There are some great ones in the replies.
Month: July 2022
Mastriano is terrible
He’s the GOP candidate for governor of PA.
Anti-Semitism is not “small government” https://t.co/ZbyykM8RyG
— Jane Coaston (@janecoaston) July 27, 2022
Mastriano Campaign Engages in Explicit Anti-Semitism
— The Intellectualist (@highbrow_nobrow) July 26, 2022
"Jews and other non-Christians are "not conservative" because it is "an explicitly Christian movement" and because the US "is a Christian country," said Andrew Torba, Gab CEO and Mastriano consultant.https://t.co/zy8lxjJ6p6
I'm biased, obviously, but also, I'm sorry, this is just inarguably truehttps://t.co/cE0JCfXlh1
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 27, 2022
Gab CEO and Doug Mastriano backer on Jews:
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) July 27, 2022
"We're not bending the knee to the 2% anymore. The 98% of the rest of us — you know, 70, 75% of which are Christians, self-identifying Christians…We are taking back our culture. We're taking back our country." https://t.co/YxZHQ0Td6K
Republican attacks on voting in Georgia
New Georgia voter law creates a system of vote purge privateers in which voters can get fellow voters purged from the voting rolls based on their own DIY internet research. Not surprisingly, conservatives have taken the lead organizing to strike what … https://t.co/orQsVYFUOh
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 27, 2022
Georgia voter suppression law #SB202 allows for these mass voter challenges, but GA isn't the only state with a law like this. In almost 30 states, any private citizen can challenge the eligibility of other prospective voters up to & on Election Day. https://t.co/KuDGpQgIRj
— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) July 26, 2022
This change to our election law keeps me up at night. We saw the tip of the iceberg in ‘20
— Saira Draper // GA HD90 Dem Nominee (@SairaForGeorgia) July 26, 2022
Expect a huge ramp up of voter challenges in Oct.
Most will lack merit. The purpose is to intimidate votes, chill voting, and gum up the works at already over-burdened election offices. https://t.co/D6dUXpy1hM
Our right to provide food and water to people waiting in line to vote is protected in the First Amendment.
— ACLU (@ACLU) July 19, 2022
Politicians in Georgia can't take away this right and make it harder for us to vote without a fight. https://t.co/B4hoFm3QYX
NEW @NPR/@wabenews/@gpbnews investigation finds Georgia's GOP-led election law drastically reduced drop box access in urban/suburban areas with highest number of Democrats+nonwhite voters – and most of the drop box votes.
— stephen fowler (@stphnfwlr) July 27, 2022
w/@gringsam @Jingnan_Huo #gapolhttps://t.co/wCDL5sY6t7
More on the bad effects of overturning Roe v. Wade
Forced birth kills more women than it saves fetuses. So how is it “pro-life”? https://t.co/H2NEGyXfHM
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 27, 2022
Because of Texas' abortion ban, doctors could not terminate Elizabeth Weller's failing pregnancy until she developed a severe infection. She eventually brought her "foul" discharge to the hospital to prove that the infection was starting to kill her. https://t.co/JP4cKD8R8v pic.twitter.com/oyTfXYgfBb
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) July 26, 2022
Faced with a steady stream of horror stories about the impact of abortion bans on patients suffering failed pregnancies, anti-abortion advocates have retreated into a paranoid conspiracy theory that doctors are trying to "create viral stories making abortion bans look culpable." pic.twitter.com/RapvDOqRVg
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) July 26, 2022
Patients are being denied access to a common drug that can treat inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis, lupus and cancer, and also end ectopic pregnancies. https://t.co/ZgPwPEBXpO
— Taniel (@Taniel) July 23, 2022
The day after she found out she had an aggressive form of cancer she found out she was pregnant. She always said she’d never have an abortion https://t.co/cziYoQ5R0L
— Gina Kolata (@ginakolata) July 23, 2022
The GOP made clear overturning Roe was just the beginning. Americans’ constitutional rights are on the ballot as Republicans continue to showcase they are too extreme to be in power. https://t.co/Yd5kBAmXf2
— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) July 22, 2022
A pregnant woman at risk of liver failure, for example, may face debilitating conditions or even death. But if state law requires imminent risk of death to perform the procedure, she may have undergo forced birth and wait for harm to manifest- or kill her https://t.co/MBnAs3O6Fj
— Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) July 21, 2022
Covers: Do You Want to Know a Secret
“Do You Want to Know a Secret” is a 1963 Beatles song. It was sung by George Harrison and written by Lennon-McCartney. Billy J. Kramer covered it in 1963. Then there’s the Chipmunks version.
Covers: Dear Prudence
“Dear Prudence” is a 1968 Beatles song on the White Album. See the video on how the drums were recorded and who is playing them.
The Veltini
Perspective: A martini may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but at least the drink shines as a crisp sip for the right elegant occasion. The Veltini, on the other hand, looks as if someone had dumped a cheese plate into lukewarm bathwater. https://t.co/oKumpUUMPk
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 24, 2022
How do you make a Velveeta martini? (Sorry, "Veltini.")
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) July 21, 2022
Mix Velveeta-infused vodka, olive brine and vermouth together. Top with a cocktail pick of Velveeta-stuffed olives and Jumbo Velveeta Shells & Cheese – and a "cheese drip." Cheers? https://t.co/vNXzci2T3s
Friday cocktail? @hodakotb and @JennaBushHager tried a ‘veltini’ — basically, a Velveeta martini🍸😳 pic.twitter.com/YOUKve3Vic
— TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (@HodaAndJenna) July 22, 2022
The steelpan
#DYK there was only ONE acoustic instrument invented during the 20th century? The steelpan was created by resilient and innovative musicians in Trinidad and Tobago 🎶
— Google Doodles (@GoogleDoodles) July 26, 2022
Today’s #GoogleDoodle celebrates T&T's national instrument and the history behind it → https://t.co/qv9ufxK9T9 pic.twitter.com/ex6ljSieG0
Tuesday's Google Doodle celebrates the steelpan, a percussion instrument made of 55-gallon steel cargo drums that produces music by striking different size dents in the drum's convex belly with mallets.https://t.co/sqXFtSEOka
— CNET (@CNET) July 27, 2022
Trump’s insurrection mob update 7/26/22
As of July 18:
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 26, 2022
– 842 suspects have been federally charged in the DOJ probe of the Capitol insurrection.
– 116 defendants await sentencing after they either pleaded guilty or were convicted.
– 218 defendants have been sentenced so far. https://t.co/0WO5T0LuFf pic.twitter.com/l20QLAOuwg
A far-right internet personality who streamed live video from insice the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has pleaded guilty, according to a court filing. Anthime Gionet, known as “Baked Alaska” to his social media followers, faces a maximum of six months in prison. https://t.co/34ocfmCjz2
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 22, 2022
Jan. 6 rioter who said she wanted to shoot Nancy Pelosi sentenced to 60 days behind bars | @HolmesLybrand https://t.co/Aco1QdA23T
— State of the Union (@CNNSotu) July 21, 2022
NEW and exclusive from me + @ryanjreilly + @byjacobward:
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) July 20, 2022
In Harvard study of 470 Jan. 6 rioters — the largest yet — motivations for storming the Capitol are clear: "Trump is calling us to fight"https://t.co/n9UBuytp8L
“They were not patriots on Jan. 6,” Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell said during the hearings for James Mault, 30, and Cody Mattice, 29, of Greece, N.Y., according to NBC News. “No one who broke police lines that day were. They were criminals.” https://t.co/lAM9I05p7X
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) July 20, 2022
NEW story: Courtney Holland, the communications director for GOP Senate nominee Adam Laxalt marched to the Capitol on January 6th guided by two Oath Keepers charged by the Department of Justice — one of whom was charged with sedition.https://t.co/LHxohpXNcp pic.twitter.com/OpIV5VB0Qc
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) July 20, 2022
A January 6 rioter accused in the assault of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick pleads guilty to disorderly conduct and entering and remaining in a restricted area in connection to the US Capitol attack https://t.co/RhlXgF3eqZ
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 27, 2022
Climate tweets update 7/26/22
Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) takes issue with the term climate crisis.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 26, 2022
“The American people are facing a number of crises right now and it’s not the climate,” he says. pic.twitter.com/uOlPc2dkRL
Republicans' Environmental Worry Varies by Age; Older Republicans Least Likely to Say Global Warming Effects Have Begun (Megan Brenan, Gallup) Details: https://t.co/y5cfMPNnba pic.twitter.com/MsKpkFzlT9
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) July 26, 2022
According to a late-January poll by Pew, 51% of Democrats said they didn’t believe the U.S. and other countries would make enough of an effort to combat climate change, and among liberal Democrats alone, that share ticked up to 60%. https://t.co/yq0qLLlPSo
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) July 25, 2022
Climate change is now so serious on glaciers it’s interfering with scientists’ ability to measure it. That’s a pretty strong clue. Republicans: “meh.” https://t.co/2oc6KH5Okb
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) July 25, 2022
A BBC story about "The audacious PR plot that seeded doubt about climate change" includes this description of how easy it was to get journalists to help. https://t.co/T9Fl1tYnUe via @wblau pic.twitter.com/yPxE5jrIt7
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) July 24, 2022
Banks need more backing from the public sector to manage risks from climate-related projects while such contracts should provide returns, said a panel of market participants https://t.co/DomXhjAHU0
— Bloomberg Green (@climate) July 24, 2022
Climate change is creating a growing class of displaced Americans, and the federal government is struggling to decide how to help them. https://t.co/wKh3GTxMmr
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 23, 2022
In Opinion
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 23, 2022
"The threat posed by climate change to Americans’ lives and livelihoods is urgent and severe, and it requires significantly more commitment from those who are elected to protect them," writes the Times editorial board. https://t.co/CQ5XOA7h1D
Heat waves are breaking records, disrupting life, and killing many across the world. Climate change is here, but is that a shared reality for Americans? (@CliffAYoung Sarah Feldman @Ipsosus) Details: https://t.co/LPfJB9svNa pic.twitter.com/smgm8e84E4
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) July 22, 2022
Deloitte: The cost of climate inaction will cost the global economy $178 trillion by 2070. That's trillion with a t. https://t.co/64cYiGCqQq
— Warren Gunnels (@GunnelsWarren) July 21, 2022
A searchable map shows estimated job and public health benefits that come with transitioning away from fossil fuels and fighting global warming https://t.co/4BINs1RW61
— Bloomberg Green (@climate) July 21, 2022
Sad! 