The attaboy Manchin was waiting for? --
Trump praises @Sen_JoeManchin for his refusal to do away with the filibuster: "It's a very important thing. He's doing the right thing, and it's a very important thing." pic.twitter.com/O2iy4KGwb2
— Quint Forgey (@QuintForgey) June 7, 2021
You'll never guess what Trump's position on the filibuster was the entire time he was president https://t.co/2ZGvfeFPVn pic.twitter.com/PfykiRNCQx
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) June 7, 2021
From the autocrat's playbook --
Remember when politicians who lost just left office? https://t.co/HP3WrKanbv
— Richard Goldwasser (@_Goldwasser_) June 7, 2021
'That election will go down as the crime of the century' -- Trump, this weekend
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) June 7, 2021
'We are witnessing the greatest election fraud in the history of the country' -- Netanyahu, this weekend
Two defeated politicians, two countries, one playbook
Our institutions will not save us (cont.) --
here’s’ show last wk’s Post article described Trump’s lies:
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) June 7, 2021
• “ceaseless attacks”
• “baseless theories”
• “unsubstantiated claims”
• “baseless claims”
• “baseless theories”
• “alleging without evidence”
• “falsehoods”
• “The accusations”
• “Claims”
“This is not the normal, instinctive language people use when telling the story about nonstop lies. This is the strained language reporters opt for when they want to avoid blunt adjectives to describe deeply disturbing Republican behavior that threatens democracy.”
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) June 7, 2021
D-Day remembrance --
A quiet beach in Normandy yesterday. Still, and always, the pivotal moment of the modern world. We must honor the memory of those who fought and died for freedom and the rule of law by living up to those same ideals here in America. pic.twitter.com/UB4ZlzGn8w
— howardfineman (@howardfineman) June 6, 2021
Counting your pollos before they're hatched/ no "gooooaaaaallll!" (Mexico v. U.S.) --
what a call on Univision pic.twitter.com/l5HHsFmKek
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) June 7, 2021
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