"What Colin Kaepernick did was make a peaceful protest at the beginning of an NFL game. He did not endanger anyone's life," Kareem Abdul-Jabbar says.

"What Aaron Rodgers has done is totally beyond the pale … It's shameful what he did." pic.twitter.com/vzaYn3Sf9p

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 9, 2021

NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar says there’s “a double standard” when it comes to Aaron Rodgers and Colin Kaepernick:

“His lack of responsibility … shows a lack of moral character that can’t be ignored.” pic.twitter.com/DBWD60iSFx

— The Recount (@therecount) November 9, 2021

Aaron Rodgers didn’t just lie he also damaged professional sports https://t.co/dcqdEPIpDo

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (@kaj33) November 8, 2021

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s college record at UCLA:

National Championships: 3

Losses: 2 pic.twitter.com/zyDzsJzjlX

— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) November 27, 2022

Menace–meaning violence, threats and harassment–is the illegitimate weapon of a political party that is losing the ability to persuade large segments of the electorate through ideas and reason. Emphasizing the bully, abandoning the pulpit. https://t.co/NWBhHnbbvL

— Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer) November 13, 2021

via ⁦@llerer⁩ and ⁦@AsteadWesley⁩, when “fight back!” morphs into threats of violence https://t.co/lSMUT6q5kt

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 12, 2021

The level of violence humming barely below the surface of our politics is intensifying. https://t.co/iWhpSrS2Da

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) November 9, 2021

https://t.co/j7oCDErIIi pic.twitter.com/6GUb8nxN1K

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 9, 2021

Domestic extremists pushing violence against Congress, school and health officials, DHS bulletin says https://t.co/Eq4sTf0iQ9

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 10, 2021

Rep. Fred Upton received this threatening voicemail because he was among the group of Republicans who voted for the infrastructure bill pic.twitter.com/97qv2VeYTk

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 10, 2021

Desperate, angry, destructive: How Americans morphed into a mob. via @rachelweinerwp @hsu_spencer @TomJackmanWP @SahanaJayaramanhttps://t.co/cVmVzkf7bv

— Spencer Hsu (@hsu_spencer) November 9, 2021

"The GOP needs to take responsibility… The steady stream of incitement translates to things like a poll showing that 30% of Republicans believe that violence might be needed to save the United States."

In this #RealityCheck, @JohnAvlon examines the "dangerously extreme" GOP pic.twitter.com/IXONRwTJHG

— New Day (@NewDay) November 9, 2021

Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) has received multiple death threats in the days since he voted for President Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal, with the overwhelming majority of the calls coming from outside the congressman’s district. https://t.co/4jGTWpavwi

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 10, 2021

The 13 House Republicans who broke with their party leaders and voted for President Biden's infrastructure bill last week have been flooded threats from their colleagues and constituents. https://t.co/26o1XkHuzA

— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 11, 2021

It's important to recognize that Trump's self-serving and short-sighted defense of the "hang Mike Pence" protesters is simply part of a pattern of rationalizing threats and violence on the right.https://t.co/jAzCtOKYpc

— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 12, 2021

"One of the nation’s two major political parties appears increasingly tolerant of at least some persistent level of violence in American discourse, or at least willing to turn a blind eye to it." via @colvinj https://t.co/1Exoi8kHCt

— Michael Tackett (@tackettdc) November 12, 2021

>> @chrislhayes is correct: "A central fact about American life right now is that when Donald Trump or his associated right-wing propagandists set their sights on you, then you immediately have a security problem. It's just, like, a law of gravity." pic.twitter.com/tweExbCdE5

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 12, 2021

PASTE magazine did a Top 100 Film Noir and put one starring @VHopeful's grandma at #1!
WE WIN!https://t.co/U6JYq9Ij9x

— Ted Hope (@TedHope) November 5, 2016

Happy Noirvember: Surely we're all ready to embrace the darkness of this wicked season at this point, so you might as well do it like a film geek with our list of the 100 best film noirs of all time: https://t.co/1tYpv46XCU #filmnoir #noirvember #cinema

— Paste Magazine (@PasteMagazine) November 7, 2024

#NEW: Tennessee's congressional map has passed the TN House (70-26) and the TN Senate (26-5).

The redistricting plan now heads to Gov. Bill Lee for approval. https://t.co/wPTnXs3Tnu pic.twitter.com/U5VZ7UASHB

— The Redistrict Network (@RedistrictNet) January 25, 2022

Tennessee redistricting: state House voted 70-26 to pass congressional map with 3-way split of Davidson County (Nashville). State Senate passed it 26-5 last week. #tn05 pic.twitter.com/xTTqXgrVNd

— Greg Giroux (@greggiroux) January 25, 2022

Breaking: per two TN sources, Republicans are proceeding w/ drafting a redistricting plan that would carve up Nashville, likely dooming #TN05 Rep. Jim Cooper (D) and converting current 7R-2D map into 8R-1D.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) September 9, 2021

It's obviously bad that so many Americans, particularly those who believe Trump's false claims about the election, think political violence might be warranted.

But it's also bad that past violence and threats have been rationalized and downplayed. https://t.co/fKcNUEvvSU

— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 2, 2021

In a bitterly divided nation, public servants, professionals and activists are seeing a proliferation of death threats, experts say. https://t.co/zmW94Foow8

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) October 31, 2021

Thus confirming my decision to write a column this week in praise of Toni Morrison’s novel, Beloved. They attach their names to these threats now. pic.twitter.com/8exkn7GB3r

— Connie Schultz (@ConnieSchultz) October 31, 2021

—@JakeTapper condemns death threats Neil Cavuto has faced after imploring the Fox audience to get vaccinated: "Neil Cavuto is a gentleman. Neil Cavuto does not deserve that. Stay strong, Neil…" pic.twitter.com/KmoRZwqzzV

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 29, 2021

6 NYC firefighters have been suspended after they drove their firetruck to the office of State Sen. Zellnor Myrie today, and made threats to his staff to protest vaccine mandates. https://t.co/6rUIJpIH2P

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 29, 2021

This: please pay attention. https://t.co/Z7V0c9Uup2

— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) October 28, 2021

Marjorie Taylor Greene says the Capitol riot was in line with the Declaration of Independence.

But she's hardly the only one in her party still nodding to the legitimacy of political violence.

And it's something 4 in 10 Republicans are open to.https://t.co/DbOndCGeuR

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) October 28, 2021

Trump's America: the normalizing of political violence. With staggeringly few Republicans calling out the threat & a phalanx of conservative columnists working overtime to say: move along, nothing to see here. https://t.co/pSFPoTl4Mx

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) October 19, 2021

The normalizing, even celebrating, of political violence in parts of the GOP coalition continues, with virtual silence from almost all party leaders and conservative commentators https://t.co/wm6uR72VHo

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) November 8, 2021

New! We spent 3 months investigating a kind of violence that has spiked in America: Cars ramming protests.

It’s happened > 139 times since the murder of George Floyd. Less than half of drivers faced charges. And some states are protecting the drivers. https://t.co/ib8yR00kz1

— Jess Bidgood (@jessbidgood) October 31, 2021

Right-wing media and specifically Fox News have been salivating over the idea of running over protesters for years and it happens pretty regularly now. https://t.co/Tc7uK0TEaR

— Cody Johnston (@drmistercody) September 25, 2020

Instead of just saying it’s disappointing that Democrats won’t support certain things, the editorial should point out that Republicans won’t support any of the items that are in the reconciliation bill or that were considered. Don’t give Republicans a free pass!

— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) October 29, 2021

this captures a lot about the DC ecosystem. Every Republican in the Senate not only opposes paid leave but agreed to filibuster it. https://t.co/Bxb1CLUMlz

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 28, 2021

Another reason: Zero Republican votes. https://t.co/64wMAEH9U4

— Paul Farhi (@farhip) October 28, 2021

good for Brian. reporters obsessing over Democratic wrangling leave Republicans completely off the hook. https://t.co/CyJ7LfNSDD

— Eric Schultz (@EricSchultz) October 28, 2021

This is a reasonable question, but it might also be worthwhile to ask them about the fact that every Republican in Congress voted against the expanded CTC.

GOP conduct shouldn't be treated as such an inevitable background condition of our politics that it doesn't merit scrutiny. https://t.co/cBjgA8x589

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 28, 2021

Just spitballing here, but what if we covered the fact that 99 percent of elected Democrats want paid leave and 100 percent of Republicans oppose it. https://t.co/gYe0h62sAK

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) October 28, 2021

Anyone who watches my show knows I am as critical of Manchinema as the next person – if not more so! – but why do we give *50* GOP senators a pass? Why aren’t they constantly being asked by reporters why they don’t support popular & necessary measures on climate or paid leave?

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) October 28, 2021

Democrats are struggling, with bare majorities, for ways to use the federal govt to address climate change and help struggling families with health care, child care, education and housing

Republicans are showing again their opposition to using the federal govt for those purposes

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 28, 2021

Journalism isn't a crime. Cybersecurity research isn't either. Real leaders don't unleash their attack dogs on the press when they expose government failures, they roll up their sleeves and fix the problem. https://t.co/i0yuNka8C2

— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) October 14, 2021

Get ready for some 𝒎𝒆𝒈𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈!!!

[clicks “view source”]https://t.co/pefOINNS9s

— Philip Bump (@pbump) October 14, 2021

A reporter at @stltoday discovered a flaw in a state website that risked exposure of teacher Social Security numbers. He notified the state of the problem and it was fixed.

Today, @GovParsonMO labeled the reporter a 'hacker' & vowed criminal prosecution. https://t.co/WAxZOR8jon

— Jason Hancock (@J_Hancock) October 14, 2021

Missouri's governor ​condemned the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for exposing a technical glitch that allowed public access to thousands of teachers’ Social Security numbers, even though the newspaper held off on publishing its report until the flaw was fixed. https://t.co/CEn0c7m596

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 14, 2021