Why Brazil is burning

August 29, 2019August 28, 2019 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

This story is a real bombshell. Reporter Ryan Grim reveals that one of the biggest culprits of Amazon destruction is a US company, Blackstone, whose CEO is close friends with Trump and bankrolls the US Senate leader Republican Mitch McConnell. https://t.co/Kphs5dPA70
— Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) August 28, 2019

Anyone surprised?

August 28, 2019August 27, 2019 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

BREAKING!

Deutsche Bank has Trump’s taxes — and loan application cosigned by Russian oligarchs: reporthttps://t.co/To1UEjnHud
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 28, 2019

Time to go, Mitch

August 26, 2019August 25, 2019 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

I'm not sure Mitch McConnell can hear them. Let's help them #ShoutALittleLouder.https://t.co/Zf8hNHgUf9
— Devin Nunes’ Alt-Mom (@NunesAlt) August 25, 2019

Everyone’s a target now

August 23, 2019August 22, 2019 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

Ramon Torres, a U.S. citizen, was detained for four days — despite carrying a U.S. passport, a driver’s license, and a Social Security card.

The sheriff’s office explained that they had a policy of detaining all Latinx people for immigration review. https://t.co/c9fJj3Lluz
— ACLU (@ACLU) August 22, 2019

Remember, kids

August 22, 2019August 21, 2019 ~ susie ~ 2 Comments

You can’t drink dollar bills:

From Flint to Newark to Pittsburgh: Why do American Cities Fail to Protect Our Water? | By: Molly Enking https://t.co/wvcX532hR3
— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) August 21, 2019

The king says what?

August 21, 2019August 20, 2019 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

Trump admin expected to announce new rules THEY THINK'll allow for longer term detention of families traveling with children across the US-Mexico border, saying Flores is no longer valid once they publish their own regulations.

Dudes. Not how LAWS work.🙄https://t.co/6WtZka0CbP
— Rachel McGonagill (@RachelMcGonagi1) August 20, 2019

More f*ckery

August 16, 2019August 15, 2019 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

The president's tweet attacking Reps. Tlaib and Omar and urging Israel not to let them visit appears to be a Fox livetweet (though Fox's Benson is arguing that denying them access is a bad idea).

Left, Fox's America's Newsroom, 9:20 a.m.
Right, Trump, 9:57 a.m. pic.twitter.com/EFkAOLunvk
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) August 15, 2019

Israel has barred Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from visiting the country. "An unprecedented step," reports @OrenCNN. https://t.co/VuGAxdupjc pic.twitter.com/VmHTVoCzXc
— CNN (@CNN) August 15, 2019

MoC are frequently asked to visit Israel to “see things for ourselves.”

But Netanyahu choosing to ban the only 2 Muslim women in Congress from entering tells the US that only *some* Americans are welcome to Israel, not all.

Trump is exporting his bigotry &making matters worse. https://t.co/PFdMDxuIfJ
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 15, 2019

Top Foreign Affairs Republican: "It would benefit all of us" for Omar, Tlaib to visit Israel https://t.co/sSJwS7Lb90 pic.twitter.com/o2CVXkENeJ
— The Hill (@thehill) August 15, 2019

Oh sure, why not?

August 15, 2019August 14, 2019 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

https://twitter.com/nhdogmom/status/1161782124166504448

I wonder what this was about

August 14, 2019August 13, 2019 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

https://twitter.com/aroseblush/status/1161303149057118215

There are also reporters trying to track an alleged Epstein visit to the White House in 2017…

A fossil fuel Christmas

August 13, 2019August 12, 2019 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

Breaking News: The Trump administration announced plans to significantly weaken the Endangered Species Act, the nation’s bedrock conservation law https://t.co/jZYwFeVdxP
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 12, 2019