hey pals - logging in to remind you that you really should vote. and i GET IT, mailing things is hard/weird bc many of us don't ever have to do it. if you're in the nj/nyc area, u can buy stamps at duane reade/cvs/staples/many bodegas

i used to get kids to fill out voter registration forms at concerts back when i was in college - even back then the biggest roadblock was 1. *remembering* to mail it and 2. having a stamp and envelope and knowing where to put it. don't be embarrassed if you don't know - pls ask!

here's a nice list of states and the weird (sometimes lack) of info on how much postage is required (in nj, postage isn't required!)

this reminds me of when i had a former boyfriend go to the post office to get us a book of stamps so we can mail the rent check and he came back with a book of **1 cent stamps**, bless that man for he is now a father of two and today i accidentally dressed as parappa the rapper

Thread: THIS WAS ALWAYS GOING TO COME DOWN "TO THE WIRE."
President Trump is going through EVERY SINGLE LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL Process available to him in orders of magnitude.
What do I mean by that?
His numerous Paths to Victory in the 2020 Election are failing one by one.

The man on the left is David Armanasco. He has been doing free public relations for @MCoSheriff Steve Bernal. 🤔

He is best buds with Leon Panetta.

The @mcweekly met with Armanasco as Steve Bernal was poised to enter office (from deputy to sheriff) and agreed to go easy.

Strongly endorse everything in this @OsitaNwanevu piece. One of the key mistakes I see among Dems, both online & in the real world, is thinking that people believe right-wing nonsense because they are unintelligent or uneducated.

In the area I know best, climate change, it's been found repeatedly that climate denialists & skeptics have, on average, MORE higher education than those who accept the science. They know MORE about climate science. They have, on average, HIGHER verbal intelligence.

What they do is adopt the conclusion that best serves their social tribe and then use their intelligence & education to build a case for it. It's called "motivated reasoning" & everyone is subject to it, very much including the smartest people.

17 December 2020 #MAGAanalysis #Overturn

It Is @POTUS' Job To Secure The 2020 Election

There is NO President Elect Biden. That is a lie. We face a stolen election. Maybe not the first. But, certainly the first landslide obliterated. #Brazen. Or maybe better: #BrazenTheft.

2) We've discussed The Big Lie before. We've discussed my beloved Shaggy video, It Wasn't Me. In the war between Truth and Lies, it is often, sadly, the most committed who wins. Truth does not uniformly defeat falsehood. That is sad.

3) No intelligent, honest, and grounded person could possibly conceive of HRC getting away with her crime family leadership at the helm of the Ship of State in America. Email scandal? No. Information crime blatantly in your face. This is The Swamp, The Cabal. And yet...

4) And yet she parrades herself...HERSELF...in evil, corrupt pride across the land. Forgive my foul language, but no other can convey her message. Fuck you, America, she says with her every public statement. I win. You lose. You thought you could catch me? Never going to happen.

5) Obama and Clinton hate each other. I have no doubt of this. But they are best of friends against America. Well, they love America as victim. They detest America as world power. They detest the Constitutional Democratic Republic of America. They want to delight in its fall.

MINI-THREAD

1) This week we saw one of the most disgustin' aspects of Trumpism rear it's ugly head. In Texas, an armed MAGA caravan of vehicles intercepted a Biden-Harris campaign bus and attempted to run it off the road.

President elect Joe Biden, please do not appoint any members of EDGE, the John Brockman nonprofit that laundered Jeffrey Epstein’s money and reputation, to positions in the new administration. No associates or allies of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in public office.

One name already out there. It’s breaking our hearts.

They report, you decide.

Mike Pence to confirm Biden then leave the country, says report https://t.co/oIkb1SU6wX via @YahooNews

Ok so I thought I’d throw at least my opinion in about this whole “Chinese Troops in Canada” deal.

In my honest opinion..... hopefully this will be a breakdown that they wanted us to.... ya know to add to “Red October”

Canada and China’s main colors... Red. Month. October.

Where was there a wall built? Why was it built in addition to stopping trafficking?

Think dangerous animals and a cage....

Now where are the Chinese Troops mainly stationed? Along which state border?

Washington.... why? If you and your sick band of misfits had to make a dash to a border.... from California thru Oregon and then thru Washington State..... they would think “Well hell... it’s time for French fries and gravy!”

As Trooper Ramathorn would put it...

Now does one think that they would simply just be able to skip into the land of Maple Syrup, Hockey and Poutine?

Maybe if England still had control of Canada would that happen.... but silly goose.... the United States of America decided on July 13, 2018...

The death of Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande brings to my mind the triumph of excellence in political leadership as well as rebellion against the political order.

A lot has been said about LKJ since he died yesterday and I hope only to contribute my perspective to enrich all said.

My emphasis with history has always been to draw out lessons relevant to the present, to show how trends repeat themselves and to show certain hypocritical contradictions within the present system.

Only few others qualify as well as LKJ to do all the three - I hope I do justice.

One area pundits have largely missed out in the Jakande story is the very beginning - both of his life and of his politics.

LKJ's parents were from Omu-Aran in present day Kwara State but he contributed more to Lagos than so many others - we will return to this subsequently.

LKJ was not originally a political ally of Awolowo - a number of elders were with Awo right from the very beginning but LKJ contributed politically to Awolowo at a crucial time of religious threat to the dominance of the Action Group (Awo's party) in the pre-Independence mid 50s.

A group had been formed in 1957 and named the National Muslim League headed by Alhaji R.A. Smith who had been very critical of Awolowo's AG as a Christian party and moved to align with the Northern People's Congress of Sir Ahmadu Bello.

The political threat to Awo was very real.

NEW: @StateDept's top counterterrorism official says the Jan 6 siege of the #USCapitol "wasn't just an assault on the Capitol. It was an assault on democracy, w/a violent mob trying to interfere with the results of the election"

"Nothing is more sacred to our constitutional democracy than the peaceful transfer of power" per Amb. Nathan Sales speaking to @AEI

Adds that those who rioted "desecrated the Capitol & the principals for which its stands"

"There's no room for complacency" @StateDept's Sales warns on the fight vs terrorism, repeating warnings that there needs to be a focus on #ISIS, #alQaida in #Africa
#StateCTatAEI

CT needs to remain "an urgent priority" per Sales

"Counterterrorism & Great Power Competition are not mutually exclusive" he says "CT is a competitive advantage for our country...security cooperation can forge durable relationships that blunt our rivals' malign influence"

"The basic architecture of American counterterrorism has been remarkably durable & stable" per @StateDept's Amb Sales, noting border security keeping out #ISIS #alQaida, plus the success of sanctions

Trump dead-ender Eric Metaxas continues to insist that nobody has provided an explanation of why Georgia election workers allegedly pulled out a "suitcase" full of votes after observers were sent home on election night. https://t.co/EeKBkkdDqP

Let's give the devil his due: he's tireless. He has an iron constitution. . He wasn't just a politician; he was a desperate man, and from his desperation he drew the power to hypnotize vast crowds. 1/

He was never anything less than a finisher, which is what made him dangerous, especially down the stretch in an election. Even today, he couldn't do anything but try to make the sale, even to people who supposedly loved him. 2/

Even today, he couldn't think of anything to say to them but the classic kiss-off of a bitter man: "Have a good life." 3/

I give the devil his due in order to give the other character in this historic drama his due -- the character whose virtues his opponent could never understand. 4/

He is, after all, an old man. He did, after all, have a speech impediment. He failed, after all , in two previous runs for the presidency, the first time for ignominious reasons. 5/