Holy shit. This is big.
The former chief of Texas’s power grid testified today that Greg Abbott *instructed* officials to charge the maximum amount for power during the winter storm. Texans still owe $3.4 billion. https://t.co/ehKwnnhnxi
— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) February 23, 2022
Category: It’s OK If You’re A Republican
Rigged?
I just want to cry. Who got to the new D.A. and how? There are a lot of Russian mobsters in NYC:
2 Prosecutors Leading N.Y. Trump Inquiry Resign, Clouding Case’s Future https://t.co/Y3yoG1gmvE
— Suburban Guerrilla 💙 (@SusieMadrak) February 23, 2022
Absolutely stunned by the utter incompetence of the new Manhattan DA to destroy his investigation into Trump & alienate two incredibly tenacious prosecutors who have simultaneously resigned. DA Bragg makes Trump appear above the law once again & possibly clouds Tish James’ case.
— Spiro’s Ghost (@AntiToxicPeople) February 23, 2022
Someone check @ManhattanDA Alvin Bragg's bank account. Something tells me it just got a lot fatter. https://t.co/vf4coaP0nT
— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) February 23, 2022
https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/1496597199521779713
‘Fraud prevention’
GOP Law Blamed as Nearly 40% of Mail-In Ballots Rejected in Houston Area || By Kenny Stancil https://t.co/0bSobOUirr
— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) February 17, 2022
The invisible
The same people who blubber over each and every wasted zygote are incredibly callous about saving the lives of the people who are already here! After all, if you have a pre-existing condition, aren’t you asking for it?
Alice Wong is right and, she should say it. So many chronically ill and disabled people feel the exact same way — that we’re seen as “disposable.” This pandemic has been an especially brutal daily reminder of this lived reality. https://t.co/KlybenJ1b1
— Sarah Lerner (@SarahLerner) February 8, 2022
F*ckhead
This guy’s from a district that’s so conservative, it makes Orange County look like Haight-Ashbury in the 60s. He doesn’t HAVE to lie to get reelected, is my point. But this is your modern Republican party:
Rep. Reschenthaler is pushing a hoax that #COVID19 was just a bystander in the deaths of many people with the disease.
The CDC forecasts deaths from all causes. Using pre-COVID data, they compared actual deaths to expected.
The excess is over 1 million.https://t.co/SOeUU3Ess5 pic.twitter.com/LuNAiW2IVt
— Monty Boa (@MontyBoa99) February 8, 2022
Running government like a business
Every new Republican politician thinks this is a great idea. It never works, and they never learn. Because the primary work of government is, first of all, compliance. They have a lot of regulations and laws to comply with, and you can’t just ignore them — at least, not until you buy enough seats on the Supreme Court.
I’ll admit I’ve never run a government agency. But I know something about running a business,” Youngkin said. “And we’re going to bring business efficiency to government bureaucracy.”
— Brandon Jarvis (@Jaaavis) January 17, 2022
P*ssies
It’s not like I’m too delicate to use the word, it’s that Google puts you further down in the search results if you use them in headlines:
The GOP, party of the "defeated former president" who hung up on NPR Wed. after Steve Inskeep refuted his lies, now wants to run from presidential debates where its candidate will have to answer questions. The GOP insists on a "level playing field." https://t.co/sfMB0EZKhJ
— @TomSullivan@mstdn.social (@BloggersRUs) January 13, 2022
Go, Chuck
🚨BREAKING: Senator Schumer announces plan to push through filibuster and proceed with voting rights legislation using a procedure known as "messages between the Houses" in a caucus memo.
Here's what you need to know🧵👇
— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) January 12, 2022
Over the weekend
Two things happened as a result of this: RW media went to town on Sotomayor for calling into last week’s SCOTUS hearing on vaccine mandates under covid protocols — and implied that the justice was meeting with Democratic leaders to fix the ruling. Yay, Politico!
Scoop: Today, Politico Playbook readers were never sent a follow-up email noting the corrections – meaning readers not on Twitter or checking Politico's site would still believe the news "driving the day" is accurate. https://t.co/D6KZZx4bVD
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) January 8, 2022
Ted has such a bad memory
CNN's @JakeTapper on GOP Sen. Ted Cruz's false Jan. 6 claims: "Now, what's odd is that Cruz is voicing opposition to the activity of Jan. 6, because they were in part inspired by his actions, by his role… objecting to the counting of electoral votes for Joe Biden." #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/sMJUeqwh01
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) January 9, 2022
