More Republican extremist candidates

Republican leadership has done nothing to stand up to their extremists. They earned this.

NEW: Far-right candidates are surging in House races across the map: GOP leaders increasingly fear that a red wave will wash in a raft of conspiracy theorists and extremists. https://t.co/FGJISCW93w
— Axios (@axios) June 26, 2022

Red states vs. blue states

California pays more in federal taxes than it gets back.

Compounding this: the parts of red states benefiting most from info age economy are their bluest areas-central cities & inner suburbs-which GOP controlled state govts are often in open war with. Take out those red state urban places & total blue GDP astonishing 75% more than red. https://t.co/WCWh2L7L5N
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) June 26, 2022

The Supreme Court decision to strike down Roe v. Wade is expected to trigger new battles between red and blue states, as women and advocates try to get around newly enacted bans by seeking the procedure out of state and using hard-to-trace medications. https://t.co/K6To902ETE
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 25, 2022

Very much worth the read today >https://t.co/rLBKTG8Mk7
— Jonathan Martin (@jmart) June 24, 2022

Counting GA/AZ as purple & VA as blue, based on their recent prez/Senate voting, means the red & blue nations are about equal in eligible voting-age population, but the blue section contributes 48% of nation's total economic output (GDP) and the red just 35%. https://t.co/GGdIvnK2rs
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) June 24, 2022

One signal of how a majority R Congress will seek to enforce red state values across US: “Sending hard-earned taxpayer dollars to businesses that are anti-2nd Amendment is unacceptable-we must send a clear message that their woke agenda has no place here” https://t.co/XdJNqDy6wj
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) June 22, 2022

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— One Old Goat (@anotheroldgoat1) July 25, 2022

New York *sends $23 billion more* to US government than we get back (#1 donor state)

Florida *gets $51 billion more* from US governement than it gives (#3 welfare state)https://t.co/Ymd2mqJlPc pic.twitter.com/ly8LabsIoi
— David Rothschild 🌻 (@DavMicRot) March 2, 2022

"The Texas Legislature ranks 10th in the nation for dependency on the federal government to pay for state spending… Imagine what would happen to Texas if the Legislature had to come up with $30 billion to make up for federal spending cuts?"From @cltomlinson.bsky.social's newsletter:
— Keri Blakinger (@keribla.bsky.social) 2025-01-02T15:25:03.609Z

World leaders oppose US abortion ruling

I expect this to reduce interest in immigration to the US, too. That’s bad for the country but fine with Republicans.

EU parliament votes to condemn overturning of Roe v. Wade https://t.co/t4zlHPRUvj
— Axios (@axios) July 7, 2022

U.S. abortion decision “horrific” and “appalling,” world leaders say https://t.co/pBUSrDDOlQ
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 25, 2022

This is how the world reacted following the US Supreme Court's ruling eliminating the federal constitutional right to an abortion. @cnn @Acosta #CNNNewsroom pic.twitter.com/lMZJ2gMC3H
— Rafael Romo (@RafaelRomoCNN) June 27, 2022

NEWS: At a dinner for NATO foreign ministers Tuesday, at least four FMs aired concerns about the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, according to one of the only two Americans in the room, in the latest show of European doubts about U.S. reliability.https://t.co/Q122S9RDXX
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) June 30, 2022

Totally ruled based on the Constitution and definitely against politicizing the Court. https://t.co/DOhmbAG0cv
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 28, 2022

2022 World’s Ugliest Dog

A Chihuahua mix named Mr. Happy Face won the 2022 World’s Ugliest Dog contest out of a field that included a "hairless mutant," a creature that resembled "a hyena or mandrill baboon" and a dog with a "gorilla-looking head," contest organizers said.https://t.co/JqKX5OdPQT
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 25, 2022

Post-Supreme Court abortion decision polls

Analysis: Polling conducted in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade paints a consistent picture — most Americans oppose the decision and lack confidence in the Supreme Court itself.https://t.co/QICXwfvZCs
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 27, 2022

82% of Democrats disapprove of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, including 66% who strongly disapprove. 70% of Republicans approve of the court’s ruling, with 48% who strongly approve. https://t.co/G7uwJdUf8a pic.twitter.com/HczUaib4yP
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) July 6, 2022

According to an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist College poll conducted June 24-25, 57% of Americans said that overturning Roe was “politically motivated and not motivated by the law.” https://t.co/oZS6xCZ0jL
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) July 1, 2022

The Roe versus Wade decision, which has guided abortion law in the United States since 1973, was overturned by the Supreme Court on Friday. Do you approve or disapprove of the court overturning Roe?

Approve 37%
Disapprove 60%

(Monmouth U. Poll, 6/24-27/22)
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) June 29, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the 1973 decision in Roe versus Wade which guaranteed the right to abortion. Do you support or oppose the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe versus Wade?

Support 40%
Oppose 56%

(NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll, 6/24-25/22)
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) June 28, 2022

In case you were wondering why Republicans seem so intent on telling everyone that this thing that they’ve wanted for 50 years and that they finally got doesn’t actually mean anything https://t.co/2rqYo8j0XY
— Daniel Gilmore (@gilmored85) June 26, 2022

Here's the @CBSNewsPoll I cited on @CNN this morning. Only 9% of respondents said abortion in their state should be illegal in all cases. pic.twitter.com/RAfMFQwSbZ
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 26, 2022

New @CBSNews polling shows 50 percent of Democrats respond they're more likely to vote after abortion ruling from Supreme Court pic.twitter.com/OW2N3hE01e
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) June 26, 2022

Good luck running on even more aggressive abortion restrictions in November, Republicans https://t.co/foRaDHcIK8
— Daniel Gilmore (@gilmored85) June 26, 2022

All Americans, asked about what law they'd like in their state:
32%: abortion should be legal in all cases
32%: abortion should be legal in most cases
27%: abortion should be illegal in most cases
9%: abortion should be illegal in all cases.https://t.co/PrKWcwJuDt
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) June 26, 2022

Of Americans living in states with trigger laws to immediately ban abortion after the overturn of Roe, only 45% realized that was the case, according to a May KFF poll. 42% were unsure.https://t.co/DzKq7LDCO4
— Ariel Edwards-Levy (@aedwardslevy) June 24, 2022

Where the country is on abortion (@CliffAYoung Sarah Feldman @Ipsosus) Details: https://t.co/7nBiF3XCvz pic.twitter.com/RhgJ8Td0rb
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) July 2, 2022

In every demographic but white evangelicals, the Dobbs decision is somewhere between "unpopular" and "brutally unpopular." The total abortion bans the GOP is rapidly enacting poll at a universal 10%. Even among white evangelicals, they poll a whopping 20%.

Dems, this is a gimme. pic.twitter.com/67M1GfzWAO
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) July 6, 2022

I think the big winner of the 1/6 hearings is Ron DeSantis

It certainly seems obvious that Trump is a criminal but I don’t think the Department of Justice will charge him. They’re concerned about dividing the country but that’s irrelevant for two reasons:

The country is already polarized.
Republicans don’t care about dividing the country. Look at the abortion decision which is very unpopular.

I do think the hearings weaken Trump’s standing within the GOP which helps potential rivals. Look at this poll:

A new poll of likely Republican primary voters in New Hampshire signals weakening support for Donald Trump as the party's presidential nominee in 2024 — and growing strength for Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. https://t.co/hr9mWlvQ3h
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 23, 2022

Republicans can get Trump policies without Trump’s personal baggage by nominating DeSantis or someone similar. I do think DeSantis could win the 2024 presidential election as long as the economy has problems such as inflation. Democrats aren’t in love with Biden and there could be a nasty primary fight if he doesn’t run for re-election. I hate to say it but I think Ron DeSantis will be the next president. I despise him but I don’t think he’s a criminal. I think the only thing that could derail him is if Trump runs as an independent or does something else to sabotage DeSantis.

“Sarah Longwell, an anti-Trump Republican strategist, has been conducting focus groups of Trump voters since Jan. 6. In her last two, none of the participants wanted Trump to run again — something that hadn’t happened before.” https://t.co/wOR1Z6t9Le
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) June 25, 2022

From @WSJopinion: Donald Trump and Joe Biden both face rejection, writes @Peggynoonannyc. The Jan. 6 hearings are helping Republicans solve their problem. It’s unclear what Democrats will do. https://t.co/RMoZNDe56E
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 25, 2022

DeSantis will be the big winner of the hearings. Republicans will realize they can get the same extremist policies without Trump’s personal baggage.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) June 28, 2022

More on violence against pro-abortion rights protestors

Fox News kept predicting violence last night — and eventually there was…by right-wing extremists, hit-and-run drivers, and especially by police with batons and tear gas

None by supporters of abortion rights that I've seen so far https://t.co/UWhfT9Rrmp
— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) June 25, 2022

The LAPD is assaulting pro-choice protesters trying to march peacefully https://t.co/DnBUheiqQG
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) June 26, 2022

The cops are always the ones that bring the violence https://t.co/yqvPxLRXKd
— Daniel Gilmore (@gilmored85) June 25, 2022

Looks like Gov Ducey is trying to gin up a false equivalency to 1-6. But these are peaceful protestors, fired on with no warning. Not an angry mob trying to interfere with the transfer of power in our country following an election. Don't let them confuse you. https://t.co/XaL2jQHMfG
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) June 25, 2022

I was attacked by an officer while standing on the sidewalk and filming the arrest https://t.co/SdQdsHrkLV
— Notorious TDB (@TinaDesireeBerg) June 25, 2022

Police in Greenville, South Carolina are tasing and arresting pro-choice protesterspic.twitter.com/CZrXAciLuC
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) June 25, 2022

The right-wing Supreme Court could give state legislatures the power to overturn elections

This is very dangerous. There is no bottom for the current Supreme Court. Four justices have indicated interest in hearing a case on the Republican-led idea

The story: https://t.co/nAZhn0VvXC
— Robert Costa (@costareports) June 20, 2022

"Republicans are quietly advancing a theory that — despite running contrary to precedent and history, the Supreme Court appears dangerously close to adopting. The ramifications for democracy could be disastrous." https://t.co/Oehd7sQ82q
— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) June 17, 2022

The rough beast sloughing towards the US Supreme Court to be born is known as the "independent state legislatures doctrine," and it is a golden ticket for R legislatures to monkey with and even overturn election results. https://t.co/uBdLStwjMR
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 20, 2022

The terrible 2000 election Supreme Court decision was the beginning

Great tweet
Would also like to note that Republicans wanted recounts in 2020 but not in 2000. Hypocrites. https://t.co/hvX1q6JGe6
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) June 25, 2022

A truly amazing 22-year-long thread starting in FLA before Bush v. Gore with the through line of John Eastman’s democracy-destroying theory that Independent State Legislatures can override the State’s voters and their State’s Constitution to elect presidents and representatives: https://t.co/cz8FwxsmHm
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) April 17, 2022

“Bush opposed any manual recount at all. His legal team included three future Supreme Court justices: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett.”
The 2000 U.S. presidential election was a harbinger of things to come. by @jennycohn1 https://t.co/BZUIo3oaNf
— LautenBK 🇺🇦 (@SecretSinger) March 26, 2022

I am not optimistic that abortion rights will be restored

1) no guarantee Dems would get rid of filibuster
2) unlikely to get enough senators to get 60 votes for abortion rights
3) this may never happen – depends who appoints justices
Note: this assumes Dems keep the House which is unlikely in 2022
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) June 26, 2022