the new political tweets thread (4/4 2022)

[Zooey]

THREAD. Sometimes the bias of the New York Times is so outrageous that it surprises even me. Because what the NYT did yesterday in its election coverage is so dangerous, I try my best to analyze it carefully below.

— Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) June 9, 2022

[waterfield]

We have relatives in the Bay area. The ONLY thing the recall showed was that even progressive voters can have enough of being afraid to walk their favorite streets downtown.  The “City” is a place where people walk to places and it used to be fun and enjoyable. Now-not so much.  Whether the D.A. was partly responsible is an open debate but people -progressives included-wanted a change.

[Zooey]

Well, here’s a different point of view on that.

 

THREAD. There is a very revealing thing at the heart of the flood of elite media "think pieces" about the San Francisco DA election. If you get past the flowery writing, what's going on is a pretty fascinating fraud. pic.twitter.com/KrkYbBg9ka

— Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) June 12, 2022

[wv]

waterfield wrote:

We have relatives in the Bay area. The ONLY thing the recall showed was that even progressive voters can have enough of being afraid to walk their favorite streets downtown. The “City” is a place where people walk to places and it used to be fun and enjoyable. Now-not so much. Whether the D.A. was partly responsible is an open debate but people -progressives included-wanted a change.

==

Its been a while, W.   How you doin?

 

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[wv]

pic.twitter.com/D6agSCekRt

— ☀️👀 (@zei_squirrel) June 13, 2022

[waterfield]

What I know from that is directly from relatives who live either in “the city” or in the Bay area. They are all progressive in their political beliefs and expressed real fear from shopping and otherwise enjoying themselves on the streets of SF. Personally, Barbara and I have enjoyed just walking around downtown SF for years-but I’m concerned now from what I’ve heard from our friends.

[waterfield]

wv wrote:

waterfield wrote:

We have relatives in the Bay area. The ONLY thing the recall showed was that even progressive voters can have enough of being afraid to walk their favorite streets downtown. The “City” is a place where people walk to places and it used to be fun and enjoyable. Now-not so much. Whether the D.A. was partly responsible is an open debate but people -progressives included-wanted a change.

== Its been a while, W. How you doin? w v

wv wrote:

Aging exponentially.

 

 

 

[wv]

waterfield wrote:

Aging exponentially.

==

Things do fall apart, dont they.

But we managed to see another Super Bowl win.   Wasnt sure we’d ever see another one.    I’ve seen two now.   Two in one lifetime   🙂

 

w

v

[Billy_T]

wv wrote:

waterfield wrote:

Aging exponentially.

== Things do fall apart, dont they. But we managed to see another Super Bowl win. Wasnt sure we’d ever see another one. I’ve seen two now. Two in one lifetime 🙂 w v

 

Are you saying you didn’t see several more after the ayahuasca? I think I would have seen Deacon, Merlin, Jack Youngblood, and Aaron Donald on the same line, getting 12 sacks in the game, and Roman Gabriel throwing touchdowns to Faulk, Kupp, Woods, Bruce, Holt, Dickerson, and Truax. Josephson, Ellison, Jackson, and Gurley would all have rushing touchdowns, and Fred Dryer would get three safeties. Stafford would get another TD subbing for Gabe. That one would go to Flipper.

All of the above would happen at least three years in a row. Threepeat!!

[zn]

Billy_T wrote:

I think I would have seen Deacon, Merlin, Jack Youngblood, and Aaron Donald on the same line, getting 12 sacks in the game, and Roman Gabriel throwing touchdowns to Faulk, Kupp, Woods, Bruce, Holt, Dickerson, and Truax. Josephson, Ellison, Jackson, and Gurley would all have rushing touchdowns, and Fred Dryer would get three safeties. Stafford would get another TD subbing for Gabe. That one would go to Flipper. All of the above would happen at least three years in a row. Threepeat!!

Not sure what you describe is actually possible.

[Billy_T]

zn wrote:

Billy_T wrote:

I think I would have seen Deacon, Merlin, Jack Youngblood, and Aaron Donald on the same line, getting 12 sacks in the game, and Roman Gabriel throwing touchdowns to Faulk, Kupp, Woods, Bruce, Holt, Dickerson, and Truax. Josephson, Ellison, Jackson, and Gurley would all have rushing touchdowns, and Fred Dryer would get three safeties. Stafford would get another TD subbing for Gabe. That one would go to Flipper. All of the above would happen at least three years in a row. Threepeat!!

Not sure what you describe is actually possible.

 

I’m guessing the ayahuasca would prove you wrong.

;>)

[wv]

Maybe something good happened in Australia.  I dunno.

==

What an amazing election result: 🇦🇺 got rid of one of the most corrupt and worst governments on climate in the industrialised world. So let's take a minute to appreciate this victory and what we've collectively achieved, b4 we get back to work #Ausvotes22 https://t.co/en1e7tya9v

— theJuiceMedia (@thejuicemedia) May 26, 2022

[zn]

Josh Kraushaar@HotlineJosh
“The [abortion rights] counterattack will be led by a woman. And there’s only one woman on the Democratic side of things who has the network and reach to underpin and underwrite a national movement. That woman is Hillary Clinton.”

Gail McGowan Mellor@authorpendragon
Counterrattack will be led by Gen-xers and Millennials, who outnumber Boomers, and Blacks, all with skin directly in this game. Stop looking at every crisis as My Chance for a Comeback, Clinton. This is not about you. You blew it, did enough damage for four lifetimes. Sit down.

The American people are profoundly decent and on the same page on almost every progressive issue you could name. We’ve been taken over by a White Christian Nationalist totalitarian cabal, a rabid minority, backed by billionaires and Putin. We’ll win.

[canadaram]

zn wrote:

Josh Kraushaar@HotlineJosh “The [abortion rights] counterattack will be led by a woman. And there’s only one woman on the Democratic side of things who has the network and reach to underpin and underwrite a national movement. That woman is Hillary Clinton.” Gail McGowan Mellor@authorpendragon Counterrattack will be led by Gen-xers and Millennials, who outnumber Boomers, and Blacks, all with skin directly in this game. Stop looking at every crisis as My Chance for a Comeback, Clinton. This is not about you. You blew it, did enough damage for four lifetimes. Sit down. The American people are profoundly decent and on the same page on almost every progressive issue you could name. We’ve been taken over by a White Christian Nationalist totalitarian cabal, a rabid minority, backed by billionaires and Putin. We’ll win.

On a kinda related note…

For years I had voted for whoever the Green Party candidate in my riding was, in both provincial and federal elections. I always knew that they didn’t have a hope in hell of winning but I didn’t care, it was a matter of principle to me. They seemed to be fighting for more of the things that I believed in than the other parties. I no longer vote Green and I now vote strategically against whoever the conservative candidate happens to be. With the lack of empathy and outright cruelness that I see  from both the federal and provincial Conservative Parties up here, it just seems too risky to do anything other than to vote strategically in order to keep them out. I hate that I’ve adopted this way of thinking, but after watching the tactics of the right down there I am seeing the same things starting to happen in Canada.

[wv]

Hugh Grant tweeted a request at activists protesting outside Westminster to play the Benny Hill theme on their loudspeakers; when they did it became the soundtrack for street interviews with leading Tories trying explain the situation to the British people pic.twitter.com/V1LxUoxRUE

— Aaron Fritschner (@Fritschner) July 7, 2022

[wv]

Learn the game.
It's older than your great grandparents. pic.twitter.com/tSpDwXpK34

— Squid Diddly (@SquidDiddly1989) July 7, 2022

[zn]

An Irish politician puts America on blast for not being a functioning democracy pic.twitter.com/kJfm10rkM0

— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) July 7, 2022

[wv]

What's going on here? pic.twitter.com/3jwbRazJhc

— Andy Tran (@andy23tran) July 13, 2022

[zn]

Not a single day should pass between now and November 8th without Republicans being asked why every single one of them in the House voted against an amendment to require all white supremacists, Nazi-sympathizers, and extremists to be removed from the U.S. military. pic.twitter.com/824h5Wmxtq

— Andrew Wortman 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸 (@AmoneyResists) July 16, 2022

[zn]

The Extreme GOP knows Trump is cooked. Here's Rogan burning Trump as in other places Rogan tours DeSantis. Ditto FOX. Sudden coordinated withdrawal. https://t.co/5vsCbJzwnq

— Gail McGowan Mellor (@authorpendragon) July 18, 2022

[wv]

🔔 We are in an information war

So many questions …

Chomsky: The US is living under a totalitarian culture much worse than Soviet Union

Soviet Russia could access BBC, Voice of America, German TV

Today 🇺🇸 are not permitted to hear what 🇷🇺 are saying
pic.twitter.com/k2Z13Wy4fN

— Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil (@ivan_8848) July 23, 2022

[Zooey]

THREAD. This is a thread to explain what copaganda is and why it's important.

— Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) July 24, 2022

[zn]

[zn]

This new commercial from Mothers Against Greg Abbott is one of the best political ads I’ve ever seen. pic.twitter.com/Eva1A8kTJG

— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) July 25, 2022

[wv]

[Zooey]

[wv]

Yeah, let's celebrate her pic.twitter.com/XowPIjdw6h

— Y 🅰️ S S I R ⭕ (@_sheekan_styles) September 8, 2022

[Zooey]

Just some of the things @FortuneMagazine willfully left out of their love letter to UPS management… 🧵 https://t.co/gN0zfJJei9

— Teamsters (@Teamsters) September 9, 2022

[Zooey]

[zn]

This is a great thread.

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