Why Liberals think Trump Supporters are stupid
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Tweets for May Long Weekend
The level of anger directed at the media from these protestors was alarming. As always, I will tell a fair and unbiased story today. pic.twitter.com/5jCR0YY9VH
— Kevin Vesey (@KevinVesey) May 14, 2020
The late-night, weekend firing of State Department IG Steve Linick is an acceleration of the President’s dangerous pattern of retaliation against the patriotic public servants charged with conducting oversight on behalf of the American people. https://t.co/VavmuJpX25
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) May 16, 2020
Another Inspector General fired by Trump in the dead of night.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) May 16, 2020
Another apparent act of retaliation and cover up.
To shield a loyal cabinet secretary from oversight and accountability.
And undermine the rule of law.
This surfeit of corruption must end. And soon. https://t.co/fpH28bcjWu
It feels good to unfollow @elonmusk
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) May 16, 2020
I just voted YES on the Heroes Act to:
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) May 16, 2020
☑️Put more money in your pocket.
☑️Extend unemployment benefits.
☑️Provide hazard pay for front line workers.
☑️Increase help to small businesses.
☑️Support states, cities, and schools.
And more.
The American people need help. Now.
SNAP has been the cornerstone in the fight against hunger and poverty for decades.
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) May 15, 2020
Now, it is an essential part of the fight against the coronavirus. Democrats are committed to standing with our fellow Americans against food insecurity. #HandsOffSNAP #HeroesAct pic.twitter.com/pSpJZIcEJf
Trump took office w/ claims to “drain the swamp”....
— Ryan Chase (@GunReformRyan) May 16, 2020
He continually fires anyone who would hold him accountable. He’s now gotten rid of another watchdog, whose job is to expose waste, fraud & abuse w/ public dollars.
TEXTBOOK CORRUPTION. https://t.co/SnE8njMpkL
We deliver to many families at Rough Rock in the middle of Navajo Nation! We got amazing help from local friends and volunteers. Our truck got a bit lost! But all worked out! @WCKitchen #ChefsForAmerica pic.twitter.com/wSTowwkLu6
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) May 16, 2020
I want Donald Trump to look the American people in the eye and explain why their hard-earned dollars are bailing out his wealthy donors. https://t.co/7FItXvsZpp
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 15, 2020
We have the power to create the future we want. A future where:
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 15, 2020
- We end our gun violence epidemic
- We lead the world in combating climate change
- Everyone has access to the health care they need
- Our government works for all — not just the wealthy and well-connected
I live in Montana.
— CHARLIE (@cjohansen_MT) May 15, 2020
Home to massive amounts of MAGATS.
I went to the store today (w/ my mask on) wearing this shirt SO proudly.
Fuck Trump. pic.twitter.com/2FHKYS0Mhr
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The country is witnessing the steady, uninterrupted intellectual and psychological decomposition of Donald Trump.
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A ‘new normal’ that experts say looks grim |
Most of the United States has hunkered down for the past seven weeks, but the spread of the coronavirus has not stopped. It has slowed a bit in some places, including the hard-hit New York area, while accelerating in others. |
Even so, governors in state after state are easing stay-at-home orders and allowing some businesses to reopen — which public health experts say could put us right back where we were in mid-March, when the virus was raging unchecked. |
Despite optimistic talk from the White House, the Trump administration is privately projecting that 3,000 people a day will be dying from Covid-19 by the beginning of June, nearly double the current toll. And with wider testing, the new-case count will surge to 200,000 a day, eight times the present pace. |
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“While mitigation didn’t fail, I think it’s fair to say that it didn’t work as well as we expected,” Scott Gottlieb, President Trump’s former commissioner of food and drugs, said Sunday on the CBS program “Face the Nation.” “We expected that we would start seeing more significant declines in new cases and deaths around the nation at this point. And we’re just not seeing that.” |
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The rise of social-distance snitching |
Some frustrated Americans have turned into citizen informants, reporting other people’s violations of social-distancing edicts or stay-at-home orders to the police, public health authorities and even their employers. |
Tips from the public have prompted officials to issue citations and have helped shutter nonessential businesses like dog groomers and massage parlors that defied closure orders. |
The vigilantism has also taken the form of anonymous public shaming, like scolding fliers left on cars at weekend destinations, or posters rebuking people who go maskless. |
Some cities and counties have set up phone numbers and websites for people to report infractions, which have attracted a flood of tips — along with complaints about encouraging citizens to inform on one another the way authoritarian regimes do. |
The problem with pictures: We’ve all seen images of jammed beaches and parks held up as evidence of heedlessness. But Vice notes that some public spaces may not really be as crowded as they seem in photos, which tend to foreshorten distances toward or away from the camera. |
Italy tiptoes out of its lockdown |
At least a dozen countries took measured steps on Monday to ease restrictions on public life and reopen their economies. Italy, an early hot spot with the second-most coronavirus deaths after the United States, had locked down much tighter than most, so its reopening carried some symbolic weight. |
Restaurants and bars could reopen, but only for takeout. Some buses and subway lines restarted, but the number of passengers was limited. Work-related travel is now allowed, but moving between regions is still tightly controlled. |
For the first time in seven weeks, the government also allowed Italians to visit congiunti, a word that can mean relatives or personal connections more broadly. The ambiguity caused some confusion, so the government tried to clear it up: Spouses, partners in civil unions and people with a “stable affectionate connection” would qualify and could see each other again, but not people who are just friends. |
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The Republicans would always ignore the needs of the poor, the sick, the uninsured: the weak. The Democrats would insist on fighting for them, even if it meant a slightly higher tax burden, preferably on the wealthy. It worked this way for years—until Trump came to power.
It wasn’t so long ago that the party of George W. Bush was outraged over Terri Schiavo, a woman in a persistent vegetative state whose husband wanted to remove her from life support. It has only been a handful of years since the Republican rallying cry was “All Lives Matter.” It doesn’t surprise me how far Republicans have fallen, but it does amaze me how quickly Trump has turned them.
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From a student, not an actor:
It's been two years since a gunman with a military-grade assault weapon stormed my high school and senselessly murdered 17 of my classmates and educators. I can't begin to describe the pain and hopelessness I felt. In the days after that horrific tragedy, the NRA wanted us to believe we had no power to change anything. But my peers and I didn’t buy that. Just a bunch of kids, we declared war on their deadly agenda and took on one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington. At first they ignored us. Then they laughed at us. Soon enough they fought us. And now? We're going to keep fighting until we win. We know that the NRA and the politicians in their pocket will never do what it takes to stop these senseless, preventable tragedies. So we win by working around them – and I'm fighting as hard as I possibly can alongside Ban Assault Weapons NOW to do just that. The historic movement behind BAWN is the best chance we have to pass a constitutional ban on deadly assault weapons, like the kind that murdered 17 members of our Marjory Stoneman Douglas family. But honestly, we're facing an uphill battle, and we're falling way behind where we need to be. That is why this news is so amazing: A group of donors just stepped up to match every contribution – dollar for dollar – until midnight tomorrow! We set a match goal of $25,000 in honor of those we lost on 2/14/18, and I urgently need your help to meet it. Too many lives are on the line to let our movement get off track – so coming up short simply isn't an option.
But there's good news: If everyone reading this email right now chipped in even just a few dollars, we'd hit our goal in minutes. I know not everyone will, so I'm personally asking if I can count on you, Mary: Will you rush $25 or more ($25 becomes $50) right now to help us defeat the NRA and bring the lifesaving change we so desperately need?If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately:
I don’t want what happened in Parkland just to be another mass shooting. I don’t want this to be something that people forget. BAWN's movement is how we make sure that they won't.
When people think of Parkland, they're going to think about how it sparked lifesaving change – and I can't thank you enough for making that possible.
David Hogg
Chief Organizing Coordinator, Ban Assault Weapons NOW
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Probably because of this. pic.twitter.com/s92NbNktpO
— Aunt Granny a/k/a Kathy Schwab (@KathySchwab77) May 2, 2020
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