How many times do I have to say this?

June 30, 2020June 29, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

Facebook was working with Trump to help him get elected:

This is BREAKING and extremely well-written and investigated.

Tl;dr — since 2015, Facebook hand-crafted its policies to ensure Trump never violates them.

Zuckerberg also personally consults with Trump to guide his messaging.https://t.co/rhY4DYisnJ
— Data Bear, PhD 🐻🏳️‍🌈 | Black Lives Matter (@dataandpolitics) June 28, 2020

They never wrote a plan

June 29, 2020June 28, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

HHS Secretary Alex Azar tells @jaketapper the Trump administration does not have the “exact details” of a health care alternative in case they get their way and the Supreme Court wipes out Obamacare. pic.twitter.com/evZtEHqkgb
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) June 28, 2020

The firewall

May 12, 2020May 11, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

I think Roberts's enablers have made clear to him that he shouldn't care. They're all in on permanent GOP rule. If he can preserve that with a fig leaf of semi-respectability, great. If not, preserving it is the priority. The other FedSoccers don't care.https://t.co/6IFx3yGFqj
— Steve M. (@nomoremister) May 11, 2020

Running government like a PR agency

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 ~ susie ~ 3 Comments

The Trump administration is incompetent at things that actually need to get done, and very good at the things that dismantle government.

The Four Men Responsible For America’s COVID-19 Test Disaster https://t.co/HTLkxyS37I via @RollingStone
— Suburban Guerrilla Ω (@SusieMadrak) May 11, 2020

Not a joke

April 29, 2020April 28, 2020 ~ susie ~ 2 Comments

A new term for our age: the Shared Violent Fantasy.

One of the most disturbing aspects of the 'Boogaloo' chatter on far-right social media is the extent to which so much of their fantasies can easily bleed over into the real world.https://t.co/QizCgUPf3i
— David Neiwert (@DavidNeiwert) April 28, 2020

News you should use

April 27, 2020April 26, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

1. There is no social movement, just an over-amplified extremist fringe. MULTIPLE polls this week back that up. Despite this legacy media continued to amplify them. https://t.co/v6YIZhsfTD
— Melissa Ryan (@MelissaRyan) April 26, 2020

2. Russia isn’t behind the protests but foreign disinformation campaigns are still a problem. A report from the State Department warns that China, Iran, and Russia are using the coronavirus crisis to spread propaganda and disinfo against the United States. https://t.co/7z5io5bYMn
— Melissa Ryan (@MelissaRyan) April 26, 2020

3. We now know a lot more about who is resourcing all of this. Right-Wing groups and donors. @EXPOSEDbyCMD's @alexkotch has mapped this out with so many receipts. https://t.co/DLnQNBpxwm
— Melissa Ryan (@MelissaRyan) April 26, 2020

Even the Times finally admits it

April 22, 2020April 21, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

NEW: Groups helping to promote and foster conservative protests against stay-at-home orders have ties to Trump camp, major donors w/@kenvogel @llerer https://t.co/KtEdBJb1Vi
— jimrutenberg (@jimrutenberg) April 21, 2020

Deja vu all over again

April 20, 2020April 19, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

I was going to write about this today, but Will Bunch already did it:

I wrote a book on the Tea Party, and I've seen this before — the shameless manipulation by Fox News, billionaires and the GOP

These 'anti-stay-at-home' protests are an illusion to help right-wing elites cling to power. Don't be fooled!

My new column https://t.co/2Q50lv8487
— Will Bunch Sign Up For My Newsletter (@Will_Bunch) April 19, 2020

And so did Melissa Ryan, my fave right-wing disinformation expert:

New from me: Everything you need to know about Excessive Quarantine Protests AKA Tea Party 2.0. https://t.co/cZl2Xa0pQa
— Melissa Ryan (@MelissaRyan) April 19, 2020

Some states are more equal than others

March 30, 2020March 29, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

Depending on how many electoral college votes:

Florida has reportedly received all the coronavirus supplies it has asked for. Massachusetts, Maine, Illinois, and many other states are still waiting for federally distributed PPE. https://t.co/Ib52brbj5j
— Vox (@voxdotcom) March 29, 2020

His puppeteers told him to cut pandemic spending

March 16, 2020March 15, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

Because after all, that money belongs in their pockets:

Americans for Prosperity, the Koch dark money pressure group that has spent several hundred million electing Republicans, compiled a list of programs they wanted Congress to cut, which includes CDC funding for global pandemic response & disease prevention https://t.co/jKx6VBCKXB
— Lee Fang (@lhfang) March 14, 2020

In 2018, after increasing the Pentagon's budget that year by $82 billion and just after passing a $1.5 tril tax cut, the Congressional GOP pushed a $15 billion "rescission bill" cutting spending on health programs, including international aid for responding to infectious disease. pic.twitter.com/OPzeCf6pOu
— Lee Fang (@lhfang) March 14, 2020

President Trump's budget requests repeatedly call for cuts to the CDC & the State Dept's infectious disease response funds. Why? The same cuts were demanded by Americans for Prosperity, FreedomWorks and Heritage Action, influential right-wing billionaire-backed pressure groups. pic.twitter.com/8NL8sez14W
— Lee Fang (@lhfang) March 14, 2020

Here are some links to the demands by these outside groups: https://t.co/xCtBqohbjN https://t.co/INJAwYzxAm https://t.co/Tw4S4G0p4p
— Lee Fang (@lhfang) March 14, 2020