Todd Gitlin

'A Presidential Daily Brief item on Aug. 6, 2001, titled “Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US” became infamous in 9/11 lore, yet the commission report notes that it was the 36th PDB relating to bin Laden or al-Qaeda that year alone.'

Meanwhile, youtube.com/watch?v=ijY3oB…

@John_Muench There’s obviously a slide in the durexmction but we have some power up our sleeve, chiefly this: Register. Organize others to register.

@toddgitlin Obviously 2022/2024 are in the hands of the fascists

‘In Michigan, county Republican groups in eight of the 11 largest counties have systematically replaced professional administration officials with “stop the steal” extremists.’ theguardian.com/us-news/2021/d…

@edionne @ThePlumLineGS I don't see anything in WaPo about this episode in the slow-moving coup: thedailybeast.com/michigan-gop-i…, and more generally, theguardian.com/us-news/2021/d… The Brennan Center: "All of this represents a mortal danger to American democracy." brennancenter.org/our-work/polic…

Here's more on the slow-motion coup underway in MI: thedailybeast.com/michigan-gop-i…

Yeah, but I lifted this quote from the queen of the MSM, the NYT.

Finally. nyti.ms/3svxJGp

Retired US army generals warn of insurrection or civil war in 2024 if rogue military units pledge loyalty to a 'Trumpian' loser news.yahoo.com/retired-us-arm… via @YahooNews

Idiocy.

I just wrote a letter telling Columbia to agree to a fair contract now and end the strike! Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/columb…

Trump’s Defeat a Year Ago Was Dunkirk, Not D-Day thebulwark.com/trumps-defeat-… via @BulwarkOnline

@Jim_Jordan Because of you and your pals.

If government is the answer, then why is everything a mess?

"The president of the United States and his subordinates took actions which directly contributed to the unnecessary deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans...The leadership was corrupt. The institutions were unable to check the corruption." thetriad.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-handl…

Protecting democracy is not the ceiling, it’s the floor.

One down, 146 to go.

These people are insane. American Mengele - Frontpagemag frontpagemag.com/fpm/2021/12/am…

“Hey, Republicans who supported this president — esp the ones in the joint session of Congress today — have you had enough?” Colbert sd. “After 5 years of coddling this president’s fascist rhetoric, guess whose followers want to burn down the Reichstag?” nyti.ms/3pedH0Z

Never forget. All the evidence is in the public record. slate.com/news-and-polit… via @slate

Read this. Then read it again.

At this point, it seems like we can credibly say that out of sheer self-interest, Trump likely caused the unnecessary deaths of at least a couple hundred thousand people. slate.com/news-and-polit…