Duke Silver

Ohhh, this old chestnut...not tolerating intolerance is bad!!! Demanding inclusion of those of different races, creeds, etc. means one must also welcome bigotry & racism!! Refusing to accept intolerance invalidates demands for equal rights!!! /sarcasm These fucking bigoted, illogical clowns. Unreal.

https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/815929728473374720

From Masha Gessen: The Most Powerful Men in the World

Between reading this Twitter thread & Eichenwald's Newsweek piece about Trump's so-called "conflicts of interest" (I prefer to keep it simple & use "corruption" like the GOP does about everything related to Clinton Foundation ), the extent of potential foreign influence is mind-boggling.

So after getting a few days worth of headlines & media attention about some sort of special insider knowledge about #RussianHack, Trump & Goons are predictably walking things back. (A friend of mine texted me this morning in anger about NPR, something about merely repeating Trump's claims w/ no emphasis that it was him merely claiming to have such info.). Anyway, yeahh, great job media...keep helping Trump spread his b.s., way to question power. :eyeroll:

And this is why I was trying to get people to not place all their hopes in the Faithless/Hamilton Electors. Too many people I know IRL were crushed by the inevitable: Trump winning the EC vote. They've given up. The fight is just starting. If you think it's all over now, then it is. I get being bummed, but fuck...come on. Resist and don't just accept that Trump & Goons will get everything they want.

Word. Being Republican Light is a waste of time. Republicans do it better, so why bother? A Progressive message is the only way for Dems to regain power.

It can still be enough to cause roadblocks to Trump & Goons legislative agenda. Elected officials need to be elected. They sure as fuck better care about public opinion (and they do).

Predictably (and understandably, IMHO) there has been media-critic pushback on reporting of #RussianHack (e.g. Glenn Greenwald of Edward Snowden fame, most notably), however:

And in general:

https://twitter.com/b_judah/status/815550391094022144 Primakov Lecture by Henry A. Kissinger at the Gorchakov Fund in Moscow

https://twitter.com/pewresearch/status/815726107974598656

LMAO...as I have said many times, no one does deflection better than the GOP, though Trump & Goons are taking these types of tactics to a new (low) level. It's almost art. Spicer is the perfect frontman for Trump & Goons. Spicer: 'What did Hillary Clinton do to influence the election?'

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/815653213168955392