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Thread. Nazi--#Kavanaugh posters found yesterday on the campus of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY and all around the Hudson Valley region. Designed by The Daily Stormer (a reference to “Der Stürmer,” the Nazi tabloid), a webzine formerly known as Total Fascism.
2. Daily Stormer was launched in 2013 by Andrew Anglin, who embraced a Nazi ideology on the Daily Stormer.
3. Dailystormer.com was getting more than 10 million page views until it was shut down by GoDaddy and Google after remarks about the activist murdered in Charlottesville. It then briefly reappeared on a Russian domain.
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Finally slept.

For a few days when I'd sleep I was either having nightmares about #Kavanaugh or, and this was a first, having nightmares about having nightmares about #Kavanaugh.

My poor puppies didn't know what the hell was going on...

"IT'S A NEW DAY. "

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When people invoke platitudes like this it is usually done in order to being hope, to assert the positive aspects of what's ahead.

Not today.

There is nothing positive about this. We played the Super Bowl and we lost, but there is no rematch.

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Worse, one of the players for the other team is suddenly a fucking umpire and wants to review the tapes of all previous games and change some of the calls made by other, better umpires from games we had already won in the past.

It doesn't make sense.

None of it.

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You are not resisting American fascism if:

- You believe Trump is the problem, not a symptom

- You blame the entire problem on Russia and ignore white supremacism

- Accusing people of being Russian spies w/o credentials or evidence is your new hobby

#SundayMotivation #Resist
And yes, the Russian influence campaign mattered. Yes, Russia is a threat to democracy and human rights in the world today. But Russian influence campaigns work to manipulate and exacerbate pre-existing tensions and divisions. Russia didn't create American fascism in a lab.
And remember, friends don't let friends enable Louise Mensch, Eric Garland, Jay McKenzie, and their circle of grifters and paranoid loonies. Don't. Do. It.
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(1) Midterms are around the corner... Gotta say, the waters are changing. Reaction of today’s news is mostly POSITIVE. Even under liberal twitter feeds. They’re losing. Big time.
(2) Liberal celebrities, CNN pundits, Etc... are being chastised in the comments for expressing their views. The people are waking up and realizing they DON’T MATTER. We matter.
(3) the people who break their backs every day, the underdog, the average American. They feel good. I’m watching even hardcore liberal friends and dems, #walkaway. Those who call that a conspiracy theory, are mistaken.
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I won't be lectured about majorities or electoral politics on the day #BrettKavanaugh was confirmed to #SCOTUS with the help of a goddamned Democrat.

I don't care where he's from or the demographics of his state. I don't care about any of that bullshit.

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He deserves some fire under his feet on the day he voted FOR a fucking lying racist rapist who is probably going to overturn ROE v. WADE and a host of other important pieces of legislation.

He could have called in sick.

He could have abstained.

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He could have stood on the Senate floor and said "I am casting this vote because my constituents have asked me to and I am their representative, but I personally strongly oppose this nominee, and support Professor Ford.

Instead he basically endorsed Collins speech.

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1/ THREAD (Click on "Show this thread") Here is a revised Ultimate Presidential Candidates List for 10/6/18. Major changes at Tier One. Kamala Harris moves into first, followed by Cory Booker as a running mate. Joe Biden moves from first to third followed by Michael Avenatti.
2/ Bernie Sanders remains first on Tier Two, but is considered weak as a primary contender. Eric Swalwell stays at second while Deval Patrick and Adam Schiff switch places based on Schiff's high profile stance against Kavanaugh (i.e., Schiff moves up on spot).
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1/ In designing our Government, our founders did everything they could to prevent 1-Party control. 1-Party control of our Government is not compatible with our Constitution.
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#resist #theresistance #bluewave #msnbc #amjoy @docrocktex26 twitter.com/i/moments/1048…
2/ Had our founders decided on 1-Party rule, they could have saved time by establishing a monarchy, a dictatorship, or a corporate-government.
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#resist #theresistance #bluewave #msnbc #amjoy
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3/ Today we are poised to confirm a man in Brett Kavanaugh to the highest court in the land, which is our last line of defense against 1-Party control of our government.
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#resist #theresistance #bluewave #msnbc #amjoy
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THREAD: URGENT ACTION – KAVANAUGH

We all know why this nomination needs to be stopped and the clock is ticking. #Kavanaugh #KavanaughVote
Here are some actions you can take.

1. Send this to 5-10 friends and ask them to forward on to 5-10 other people.

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2. Contact newspaper ‘tip lines as follows, national and local:

Email: tips@nytimes.com, lockbox@washpost.com, john.mulholland@theguardian.com, kerry.eustice@theguardian.com, paul.harris@theguardian.com, sabrina.siddiqui@theguardian.com

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Title: URGENT: Kavanaugh Finances

To The Editor:

How did Brett Kavanaugh, who lived for a decade above his means, swimming in massive credit card debt, manage to get back in black in a single year?

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An anguished question from a Trump supporter: "Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid?"* (Read to the end, because that’s where this question is answered....)
The serious answer:

Here’s what we really think about Trump supporters - the rich, the poor, the malignant and the innocently well-meaning, the ones who think and the ones who don't...
That when you saw a man who had owned a fraudulent University, intent on scamming poor people, you thought "Fine." wapo.st/2IEpe2U
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There is no way to sugarcoat how bad things just got, and if there was, we shouldn't. This is a loss that will haunt this nation for decades.

The confirmation of #BrettKavanaugh has managed to confirm more than just a man, for many, its confirmed our worst fears.

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It has confirmed that the @GOP is the most corrupt ruling party at the federal level in our nation's history. That they will do anything and everything to protect itself, including putting the survival of our Republic itself at risk.

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Its confirmed that the real decisions are made before the questions are even formally presented, and that they really do not care what our opinions of those decisions will be.

And it has also confirmed that Donald Trump has a lot more power than we imagined.

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If you want to live in a nation that is "led" by a man who would mock someone who was the victim of a violent sexual assault then we are very different people.

Trump's behavior today was that of a playground bully. They were the words that a bully utters and then laughs.

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The bully imagines, and may even hear, the world laughing with him, but the chuckles are only from his hangers-on and those hoping to impress the bully.

The rest of the world only turns its head to look away. They hope that someone, anyone, will intervene.

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They almost always get away with it, though, bullies.

And Trump will likely get away with this, like always.

#ChristineBlaseyFord passed a lie detector test on the day of her grandmother's funeral. No one non-partisan or credible has questioned her credibility.

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They told us @HillaryClinton was just as bad as @realDonaldTrump.

Hell, @SusanSarandon said she was worse.

She should really never open her mouth about politics again, ever.

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U.S. to partners of U.N. LGBTQ staff: Get married, or get out nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-ou… via @NBCNews
That anyone ever fell for that ridiculous lie is beyond disgraceful.

Even if Clinton were guilty of the types of corruption they claimed she was she would still not be comparable in this way to Donald Trump.

Not even close.

But she's clearly not.

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thenation.com/article/how-fa…
As the nation braces itself for the @GOP's latest betrayal in the runup to the #BrettKavanaugh confirmation vote, it is becoming clearer that even those we once believed retained some recognizably moral standards, simply don't.

@SenatorCollins, @lisamurkowski--we see you.

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You are something else - yes, you, the one reading this tweet. You don't even know what you're doing, or the significance of it, but take a moment, read this thread, and pat yourself on the back.
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YOU have risen up to #resist. Without any centralized or organizational foundation, you helped grow a massive online movement. Through #FBRParty #FBR and other hashtag advocacy, you did this.
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YOU have created an international coalition, bringing together a diverse group of people who are raising up to demand change, not just here in America but across the world. You have inspired people to speak up.
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1/2. Of all the weird things in a weird article, what stood out to me is Nunes investing in a relatively new (founded 2006) Napa Valley winery I’d never heard of, Alpha Omega. That apocalyptic image set my #Exvangelical sense tingling, so I did a little digging.

#EmptyThePews
2/2. The folks behind the winery also run an Alpha Omega Foundation. Evangelical seems to be the native language of Michelle Baggett, who runs it. Among the foundation’s beneficiaries is Samaritan’s Purse, headed by Franklin Graham.

wineindustryadvisor.com/2018/01/30/alp…

#EmptyThePews #Resist
Addendum: That’s all I immediately found; figured it was worth tweeting. I also think some further digging into who the foundation supports would be worthwhile. That it does good things, like support wildfire relief, doesn’t mean it’s not working to advance a theocratic agenda.
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1. I just sent out this month's newsletter for all @Patreon patrons who support me with a $5 or higher monthly pledge. If you find my work valuable and would like the inside Stroop scoop, please consider joining them!

patreon.com/cstroop

#Exvangelical #SundayThoughts
2. At the end of the last academic year, I faced a choice--move back in with my parents in Indiana to pursue the freelance writing and speaking opportunities I was getting more of, or adjunct at the University of South Florida for low pay and no benefits. Or find something new.
3. Here's a thread with some of my life story up to the present. The travel to Austria next spring to do a semester of research mentioned in it fell through despite me having been promised it for years.

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Another reversal of an improvement for LGBTQ acceptance in an evangelical institution (World Vision is the other one I have in mind). Evangelicalism doesn’t change its patriarchal ways. It just casts out the people who would make it better.

#Exvangelical #EmptyThePews #Resist
Of course Wheaton might be the more direct parallel.

time.com/4233666/wheato…

#Exvangelical #EmptyThePews
For more on the authoritarian enforcement of hardline conservative orthodoxy at evangelical colleges, see my latest for @Playboy:

playboy.com/read/want-to-k…

#Exvangelical #EmptyThePews #SaturdayThoughts
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Why the Brett Kavanaugh Smear? powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/… via @powerlineUS
To some extent, the Dems’ bizarre smear campaign against Kavanaugh is explicable on short-term political grounds. The Dems’ crazed base demands that they #Resist, so resist they will, whether it does any good or not. But I think there is something deeper and more sinister at work
I think that Judge Kavanaugh’s pristine reputation is one reason why the Democrats have unleashed against him a smear campaign unparalleled in American history.
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WARNING
The real reason the GOP wants to shove #Kavanaugh onto #SCOTUS

Next week; #GambleVsUnitedStates comes up for reaffirmation.
IF IT'S OVERTURNED,
TRUMP’S FEDERAL PARDON will EXTEND TO the STATE LEVEL TOO.
#Trumpistan #Resist #VoteBlueNoMatterWho

hillreporter.com/the-supreme-co…
Next Friday, October 5, the Court will hear a case –#GambleVsUnitedStates – which has the potential to Overturn 200 yrs of Jurisprudence Precedent.

That would Give Trump TOTAL POWER OVER THE PEOPLE!

#RESIST DICTATORSHIP IN USA

#Resisters SPREAD THE NEWS
CALL YOUR SENATORS
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don't share pics of the Parks much... mostly because I can't take pictures for the life of me, but I wanted to share this.

The Old Courthouse, the place where Dread Scott fought for his freedom. It was short lived for him, yet was also a crucial point in US history....
It's also worth noting that the Supreme Court ruled against Dred Scott..

The ruling was that he was not a citizen, not a real person, that he was only property.

This is what happens when racist bigots hold power....

britannica.com/event/Dred-Sco…
This is what is at risk if #Kavanaugh takes a seat in the Supreme Court.

We cannot allow for what is now seen as the ultimate symbol of justice to revert to these older times. We cannot allow for it to be a political weapon as it may soon become...
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1) Something visual, #9

Don't fear the big smear edition.

#QAnon #WWG1WGA @POTUS #GreatAwakenening #redpill #PatriotsFight #walkaway
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Things fall apart.

The Republican Party is imploding right before our eyes.

Trump is in full meltdown mode and his poll numbers are worse than ever.

A new Republican National Committee poll shows that @NancyPelosi is more popular than @realDonaldTrump.

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Trump's ex- lawyer Michael Cohen is reportedly singing like a canary to Mueller and his team about the real story behind Trump's involvement with Russia.

#BrettKavanaugh gets worse and worse the closer we're allowed to look.

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Last month's deficit was $211 billion, or $104 billion more than August 2017. That number is more than a third of what it was in Obama's whole final year in office.

@AntonioSabatoJr, and some other @GOP assholes either called #MeToo victims liars, or ridiculed them.

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There are 45 more days left until Midterm Elections.

If you have not verified your registration or actually registered to vote you must do that as soon as possible.
Registration deadlines for most states are fast approaching.

Please, verify / register.

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If you have recently moved make sure that both your ID and your registration are updated and current.

if you live in a red state, or a possible swing district, please check and recheck to be certain.

I checked my registration in April & it was fine, but in July it was not.

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There were far too many people in both the California & New York primaries who were either unable to vote or forced to cast a provisional ballot because of registration issues. Some of them were well known public figures.

I believe that it's going to be worse #November6th.

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You know as people still try to justify why Hillary Clinton was not good enough for them. And how happy they are about how we are resisting this current mess now. I want to briefly remind you of all the burdens you placed on many American's for your purity! /1
First off as a Black woman and a mother of a son both of us with serious illness (me Schizoaffective) my child Autistic, I had enough woes and worries on my mind. But now thanks to the Trump administration I have watched the following: /2
The promise to the Natives in regards to the pipelines not being put down rolled back along with several environmental roll backs that will devastate our natural lands for many years. /3
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