My thoughts on this whole Kavanaugh debacle.

Brett Kavanaugh does not belong on the Supreme Court. He’s a partisan hack in a way no SC Justice has ever been. Not only did he involve himself in the Vince Foster conspiracy bs during the Clinton years but he literally represented the Bush campaign in the 2000 Election Debacle and he also wrote the torture memos - and lied about it.

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Kavanaugh doesn’t belong in the court because of his views on presidential power.

Kavanaugh doesn’t belong in the court because of raging partisanship and involvement in torture, the 2000 recount, and Clinton’s impeachment Kavanaugh doesn’t belong in the court because of his mysterious financial issues.

I find the idea of “coastal elites” to be a completely bullshit made up idea. You can’t tell me that elitism is limited to people who border oceans, or that to know the “real America” you need to spend time in a state like Kansas. I’ve lived within 50 miles of Boston my entire life, in five cities/towns and I’ve experienced such a cross section of different groups of people that It’s silly to lump them all together

Thread: #TrumpRussia there’s something rotten in #Ohio politics.

I believe that a foreign agent is trying to get elected to the position of Montgomery County Recorder.

medium.com/p/cb500a16d6be My biggest question is: Why Ohio? why Dayton?

Two weeks ago I speculated that Columbia Gas will not be done fixing the gas explosions until Thanksgiving.

On Friday, they agreed with me.

This is going to become a humanitarian crisis VERY VERY quickly.
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https://twitter.com/patrickLSimpson/status/1041454973333254145

They’re already talking about giving hot plates and space heaters to people to get them through it. wcvb.com/article/hot-pl…

Thread: I once went to the police to report an Identity theft committed against me by a close member of my family.

The cop spent 20 min bullying me and basically calling me an asshole until I agreed to say that I did not know who committed the crime.

I’m an affluent white male. Now imagine for a second you’re a woman, and someone sexually assaulted you.

Or you’re a minority and someone stole something from you.

Or or or.

This is why rape is underreported. This is why Kavanaugh was not arrested 35 years ago.

24 months after some of us started talking about #TrumpRussia, the New York Times does...and they do a terrible job at it. nytimes.com/interactive/20… I’ll admit, after the first few sections I only parsed the story for names but there is just so much missing.

What about the Russian mob?

A lot of you are probably like “Lawrence?” Where is that.

But here’s the truth.

Lawrence is one of the poorest cities in the country, beset by massive corruption and gang wars. The schools have been in receivership for years.

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1040568356989034496

The last Mayor was a corrupt scumbag who belongs in jail, but he somehow is running for state office. bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/04/…

Thread: I’m not sure what caused the gas explosions,but it makes me nervous. 2. The people I know in the industry seem to assuming that it was a nefarious act because it’s unlikely that a failed safety check caused this.

Thread: A Thought just occurred to me (probably to others before me) while listening to @craigunger’s new book 2: So Trump has been watched by Russian intel since he met Ivana right? That means the FBI probably also kept tabs on his trips.

The anonymous op/ed has been grating on me since it came out and I finally figured out why.

I’m not talking abou the distraction from Kavanaugh, or the lack of Russia or anything....

I don’t even care WHO wrote it. What bothers me that most about it is... 2: How tens of millions of people look past his insanity, espionage, and instability because they have a few extra bucks in the wallet.

Saying The Press has a “left wing bias” is such a load of shit. There is a left wing section of the press, sure...but last I checked the corporate press is mostly full of opportunists who tell stories to get ratings. And frankly, trying to claim a left wing bias in the press when the right holds a monopoly on talk radio and local TV news... when they have incredible popular websites backed by the loudest most deplorable voices...is crap.

Thread: Technology companies aren’t censoring conservative voices.

They’re trying to mitigate the threats of violence.

The #trump #maga movement is a Frankenstein monster created by decades of manipulation. 2. Paul Weyrich and the Council for National Policy started out actually advocating for them to act like the underdog in order to seem like the victim.

It is literally the conservatives plan to convince everyone the MSM is #FakeNews

To all #Maga @realDonaldTrump @gop supporters: You night like what this president is trying to do policy-wise. Maybe you like the tax bill or his immigration policy. Maybe you hate Muslims. Maybe you’re a racist like he is, or think fascism is a good way to go. You will regret this. What this pres is doing to undermine the rule of law WILL come back and bite you in the ass. For all of your cheering while Trump discredits the media, while he punishes the left, and “tells it like it is” none of this is healthy.

My wife will not let me name the child after Robert Mueller and that makes me sad. Guys this was a joke. We’ve had the name picked out since before our first child was born.

Also, Robert is my first sons middle name.

12 hours to go.

My company just came out with a new Parental leave policy for non primary parents so that’s exciting!

Today, in "WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING AT MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY"

I present to you: "New Chronology" 2. Anatoly Fomenko is the head of the Math Department at Moscow State. He has also written scores of books on a crackpot conspiracy theory.

Thread: The evolution of my foreign policy beliefs. When I was younger, my political beliefs were pretty messed up. My parents were divorced and my parents were on the opposite side of spectrum. 2: a few weeks after I started college, I bought into the “Muslims are scary” mantra for a little bit, but the build up to Iraq turned me into a peacenik.

Thread: My thoughts on the state of #TrumpRussia 2.The right is desperate: As the left moves on from collusion and starts using the legal definition of the crime - conspiracy against the US, the right is now screaming about collusion being a crime.

Minithread: In 2015, I was trying to get involved in local politics in my small city. I saw varying degrees of political involvement on the THREE facebook groups in the city. I made some good connections by organizing debate watch parties too. 30+ people showed up at Debate 1... 2. BUT, I kept noticing something. The Trumpists in town were constantly belittling, disregarding, or even ignoring their constituents. One particular City Council member was particularly rude to pretty much everyone, and she used her husband as an attack dog.

So, I just spent 24 hour behind enemy lines in the Trump twitter verse, and wow is it worse than I could have imagined. First, it’s not that these people deny Trump and his people worked with the Russians - they just don’t care.

@TheKuhnerReport Why do you lie so much? By claiming Warren supports 90% tax rates when she very clearly mentions that the top tax rate was 90% during a good time in America, you're either trying to take advantage of the stupid people in your audience or are stupid yourself. 90% taxes on 1 million is 900k. 90% tax rate on the top tax rate only ends up to be 50-50% of earnings.

What you said is an outright lie. Shame on you.