Bootsie, Mothertucker, and MTG, and the catapulting of racist fascism --
"Is it possible he's TOO fascist?" wonder the moderate fascists, wringing their hands in concernhttps://t.co/oth8UlwZyT
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) February 20, 2023
Tucker Carlson and others on the right have launched a vile effort to recast the Ohio train derailment as a story about the systematic victimization of white people.
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) February 21, 2023
I dug into some of their race-baiting claims in this piece. It's truly repulsive stuff:https://t.co/rZmFxh3LHj
Marjorie Taylor Greene's call for a "national divorce" is treasonous and unconstitutional, but it's also white supremacy. Because ultimately it's another way for white Republicans to disenfranchise Black voters. https://t.co/HN8zPYYYVb
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 22, 2023
Republicans would rather you drown in medical debt than support an Obamacare provision --
Medical debt is by far the highest in America's South.
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) February 21, 2023
Why?
A key reason = 8 southern states have yet to expand Medicaid.
-->In states that immediately expanded Medicaid, medical debt was slashed nearly in half between 2013 and 2020.https://t.co/2cRBUEBbCZ pic.twitter.com/beifyB5Djr
Loose lips: an "obscenely stupid" media tour --
Two things can be true:
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) February 22, 2023
1) the little media tour the Georgia special grand jury foreperson did yesterday was obscenely stupid, ill-advised and inappropriate.
2) it is highly unlikely the public remarks she made will undermine any actual indictments.
Fly guy/ lie guy --
of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most https://t.co/8KeEGdZydn
— shauna (@goldengateblond) February 22, 2023
More criminal media malpractice, New York Effing Times edition --
Shouldn’t this story have mentioned that Florida has a higher murder rate than NYC, a much higher murder rate than NY state, and its large Republican-led cities like Jacksonville and Miami have much, much higher murder rates? https://t.co/r6bbnRSZEm
— Ben Adler (@badler) February 21, 2023
The wealth and duplicity of the Mammon/ Mormon Church (and every other un-taxed organized religious group) --
The Mormon church carried out a 20-year scheme to keep its members from knowing how insanely wealthy it had become.
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) February 21, 2023
The penalty for hiding $30 billion?
$5 million.
https://t.co/MAeOPlGsOv
Lessons of the war in Ukraine so far --
Poland's the new Germany, Putin doesn't want a nuclear confrontation w/NATO, Ukraine is already a de facto part of NATO, with friends like Elon you don't need enemies, everything is always about China & other surprising lessons of the past year. https://t.co/cSOtSz1M5o
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) February 22, 2023
Can we give it back (or at least Bootsie)? --
22 Feb 1819: The United States and #Spain sign the Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819, which ceded #Florida to the United States for $5 million. #history #OTD #historymatters #ad https://t.co/Yq97zVlxrT pic.twitter.com/fm5a5VFbvl
— Today In History (@URDailyHistory) February 22, 2023
