"At least one of the Capitol riot defendants has flipped against the Proud Boys, agreeing to provide information that could allow the Justice Dept. to bring a more severe charge against the group's leadership, according to an attorney involved."https://t.co/n1Z0B69zei
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 7, 2021
Category: Fascists
Thought police
Florida GOP pushes bill that would allow college students “to record classroom lectures without a professor’s consent .. to use in preparation of a civil or criminal case against a higher-education institution” https://t.co/WhkAGproth
— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) April 7, 2021
So a kind of vaccine passport?
NEW: The Republican National Committee is requiring attendees of the party's spring donor retreat in Florida to get tested for COVID & submit proof of a negative result as a condition for entry. https://t.co/kJtCLZWqHR @dcexaminer
— David M. Drucker (@DavidMDrucker) April 6, 2021
Clarence + Ginni = fascist teammates
lol to the people who think this guy wouldnt be chief bootlicker in a fascist takeover of america https://t.co/9ex4Lcrv1e
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) April 5, 2021
‘Except when we hit you up for money’
‘Stay out of politics,’ Republican leader McConnell tells U.S. CEOs, warns of ‘consequences’ https://t.co/XYNteuaTzq pic.twitter.com/NOKJzDG9nD
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch (@stltoday) April 5, 2021
Fuck Mitch
McConnell says GOP won't support Biden's infrastructure plan. Will fight "Democratic agenda"
Prick. https://t.co/QYEtVBga9F— Jesse Elin Browne (@effiedog) April 1, 2021
They don’t seem to understand how politics works
'Loony' Missouri GOP lawmaker slammed for saying he's 'proud to stand against the will of the people' https://t.co/gjOyNLnGJB
— Suburban Guerrilla Ω (@SusieMadrak) April 1, 2021
What dark money can buy
Behind the dark-money web that put Barrett (and Kavanaugh and Gorsuch) on the Supreme Court https://t.co/Zgf2ke6ola
— Suburban Guerrilla Ω (@SusieMadrak) April 1, 2021
Shot, chaser
SCOOP: Rep. Matt Gaetz has privately told confidants he's seriously considering not seeking re-election and possibly leaving Congress early for a job at Newsmax, three sources with direct knowledge of the talks tell Axios. https://t.co/dhlyDgvkqU
— Axios (@axios) March 30, 2021
Matt Gaetz: "I have definitely, in my single days, provided for women I've dated. You know, I've paid for flights, for hotel rooms. I’ve been, you know, generous as a partner. I think someone is trying to make that look criminal when it is not." https://t.co/ZFbZaZ8ice
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) March 30, 2021
Over the past several weeks my family and I have been victims of an organized criminal extortion involving a former DOJ official seeking $25 million while threatening to smear my name.
We have been cooperating with federal authorities in this matter…
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) March 30, 2021
Coming to a GOP-controlled state near you
It's growing more likely that a GOP-controlled legislature will subvert a 2024 election result. Republicans are laying the groundwork to do just that, right now. Trump's backing of a radical GOP candidate for Georgia Sec State makes it explicit. My latest:https://t.co/BicTHa2p67
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 30, 2021