Mooseolini announces she's running for Congress --
Welcome back, Sarah Palin. The GOP has devolved to levels of stupidity you could only dream of and you'll now have to try harder to stand out at being atrocious.
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) April 2, 2022
Remarkable as this is to say, the odds are not in your favor.
Sarah Palin announcing her political comeback on April Fools’ Day is exactly the type of bad judgment we’ve come to expect from her
— Jessy Han (@hjessy_) April 2, 2022
"Calling All Freedom-Loving Suckers, er, Patriots" --
.@SteveScalise's PAC is fundraising by trying to get folks to join Trump's failing social media app. pic.twitter.com/WpipvhNFA1
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) April 2, 2022
Bobble- throated slapdick wants us all to have it "good" like the poverty- stricken yokels who elected him --
Cotton's state of Arkansas has a Republican governor, a Republican legislature, and an all-Republican Congressional delegation
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) April 2, 2022
it's one of the 5 poorest states in the country https://t.co/p11fxcs0rT
Democracy in retreat (see also all of the above 👆) --
"The level of democracy enjoyed by the average global citizen in 2021 is down to levels last registered in 1989. The last 30 years of democratic advances following the end of the Cold War have been eradicated." https://t.co/BuBWcXjhPL pic.twitter.com/vJP5kgDGx8
— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) April 1, 2022
Trump's "partner" Putin did this --
.@USAmbOSCE: Russia continuing "to forcibly deport locals, confiscating their passports, running them through so-called filtration camps, and sending them to remote locations...It is hard to grasp the fact of forced deportations in the 21st century. " https://t.co/NmU6W87Tg5
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) April 1, 2022
Ukrainian photojournalist Max Levin, our friend and colleague, was found dead April 1, killed by Russian forces near Kyiv. I knew Max, a father of 4, since we began covering the war in 2014. He was brave, talented, and dedicated to covering this story. I can’t believe he’s gone. pic.twitter.com/YelibinC7v
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) April 2, 2022
Seventeen- year- old woman strikes out Ruth and Gehrig in succession (after which women were banned on men's teams) --
2 April 1931: Women’s #baseball player Jackie #Mitchell, who played for a #Chattanooga, #Tennessee minor league team, strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou #Gehrig of the New York #Yankees in an exhibition game. #BabeRuth #strikeout #history #ad https://t.co/LEw3v6ES1L pic.twitter.com/F5RRzMTjRm
— Today In History (@URDailyHistory) April 2, 2022
