Georgia’s runoff election will determine whether the American people have a Senate that’s actually fighting for them. You can get involved right now—make calls, chip in, and do whatever you can to help elect @ReverendWarnock and @Ossoff: https://t.co/NAHvLC1ET9
"A fair reading of the GOP's record of gerrymandering and voter suppression over the…decades, and its abject servility toward Trump during the past four years, is that its commitment to democracy has long been subservient to its desire to retain power." https://t.co/SbXmxbo1c9
I'm struggling with the breathtaking chutzpah of the GOP complaining about the excess weight of votes from urban areas when that exact reality disproportionately favors GOP candidates because of the Electoral College. Fact is, each GOP vote is worth more than each Dem vote.
On Sandy Hook shooting anniversary, Biden recalls "that day eight years ago was the saddest day we had in the White House." He says he will "enact common sense reforms that are supported by a majority of Americans and that will save countless lives" from gun violence. pic.twitter.com/EkTzO73Weo
“1.2 million Georgians already requested absentee ballots… 85,000 of those applications for those mail-in ballots came from voters who didn't vote in Nov… we have every belief that we're going to see a turn out unlike anything Georgia has seen.” —@staceyabrams on Senate runoff pic.twitter.com/nPyR6CoFbI
Trump's favorite messaging trick is to push accountability off to a later date. The health care plan, economic improvement, the end of the pandemic is always right around the corner.
The next thing you know, they're going to declare Palm Beach to be the "alternative" capital of the United States, and Mar-a-Lago the "alternative" Executive Mansion. https://t.co/Mn1eN6IKtI
Fire or restraint?
“Congressman Schiff On Seating GOP Reps Who Joined Trump Stunt”
“We didn’t sink to their level, we fought back and we won. and now that victory has been held up in the court. And Joe Biden will be sworn in as President of the United States, so I think our strategy won.”
yebbut.
imo common sense dictates there must be a response to sedition by U.S. elected officials.
imo it cannot pass without consequences. So much pro-Putin activity. So much mass death and abuse.
Something needs to happen to them that makes them think twice about pulling a damn stunt like this ever again. I don’t trust they won’t. I disagree with the good Congressman on this.
mp, aside from these congressionals openly carrying guns into the Capitol, or having tea with Putin in their offices, am not sure what they could’ve done worse. Just the beginning if you don’t refuse to seat them.
I agree with you, bridgeriverpass and also df. If the Dems let this go and ignore it, well………:( , we all know where it goes. This all had the seed of beginning with Reagan, Newt Gingrich, Bush’s, etc., etc., etc. Something HAS to be done to stop them.
tnmtngirl1,
if we do nothing it becomes another successful test balloon for the pro-fascist party.
And another step towards russian style oligarchy and mafia state.
Just so you have some context as to how serious the hack is:
Just imagine, however, if this operation had been Sandworm rather than APT29, and had been focused on disruption instead of espionage: It had the keys to the kingdom across hundreds of US networks through most of this incredibly fraught pandemic/remote work/election year.
I thought this SolarWinds “silver lining” tweet from Dmitri seemed odd. Then I looked at their customer list: https://t.co/xvzLRS1yGf Now I see: The only thing that will prevent this from being the “NotPetya of espionage” is that spying doesn’t scale like automated destruction. https://t.co/RYNf8ipqdA
To all the organizers, committee people, voters: This is YOUR victory. This moment is possible because of every phone call made, every dollar donated, every door safely knocked. You made this possible. You saved American democracy. Pop a bottle (or two), you’ve earned this.
— Rep. Malcolm “Biden/Harris WON” Kenyatta (@malcolmkenyatta) December 14, 2020
“Stephen Colbert’s Return To New Zealand: A Magical Land Where Hugs Still Happen”
—Congrats to New Zealand and Jacinda Adern who has declared their country free of Covid.
—Science, empathy, severe lock down worked.
Please call the Voter Assistance hotline at 888-730-5816. Fair Fight Action is documenting voters’ experiences. Share your story here: https://t.co/zOVpFf67Pv
Speaker Pelosi:
“Statement Marking Eight Years Since the Shooting in Newtown” (excerpt)
“Today, Republicans continue their years-long, shameful inaction and obstruction of commonsense gun violence prevention as our nation’s young people live in fear. Inspired by the courage of young leaders and advocates and the voices of families and survivors across the country who have turned their grief into tireless action, House Democrats have taken bold steps to keep our children safe. Nearly two years ago, the Democratic House passed the Bipartisan Background Checks Act and the Enhanced Background Checks Act, lifesaving bills to help end the scourge of gun violence in our schools and throughout our communities. While Senate Republicans refuse to lift a finger to end the bloodshed, House Democrats will work with the new Biden-Harris Administration
to enact these and other critical bills and deliver the progress the American people demand.”
(https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/121420)
Dr. Jill Biden has spoken out after an op-ed published online in The Wall Street Journal urged her to "think about dropping" her "Dr." title. The piece, written by Joseph Epstein, sparked backlash, with some calling the writer's views "misogynistic" https://t.co/SWoNm46mS6pic.twitter.com/6tbz5ooj5G
Wisconsin Supreme Court: "The Campaign is not entitled to relief, and therefore does not succeed in its effort to strike votes and alter the certified winner of the 2020 presidential election."
BREAKING: Georgia’s 16 Democratic electors formally cast their ballots for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Monday, formally cementing the state’s electoral votes for the Democratic presidential ticket for the first time since 1992. https://t.co/Ov1qPdiCll
Let the record reflect that the first person to be publicly vaccinated for COVID-19 in the United States was a Black female critical care worker named Sandra Lindsay. ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 #BlackWomenLeadpic.twitter.com/hT6gOsUH3x
Letitia James leads the motion to certify Vice President Elect Kamala Harris followed by Hillary Clinton voting to elect Joe Biden and the first woman ever to serve as VP.
First day of early voting in Georgia's run-offs and here's an image from Cobb county, which controversially cut the number of voting locations it offered in November. #gapolhttps://t.co/HmVEgju7mq
BREAKING: Wisconsin's ten electors officially cast their ballots for @JoeBiden, awarding the President-elect the state's ten electoral votes. "We made it," @GovEvers says as he announces the vote. pic.twitter.com/VjThnDlsV1
I was honored to preside over today's meeting of Georgia electors and to cast my vote for @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris, the first Democrats to win GA since 1992. Together, we will restore the soul of our nation, build our economy back better and recover from the pandemic. #gapol
Several tribal leaders are among Arizona's electors: Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, Gila River Indian Community Governor Stephen Roe Lewis and Tohono O'odham Nation Chairman Ned Norris Jr. https://t.co/nPsBJF7TXX
Today is a historic (BFD) day. Incredibly honored to be one of the 20 electors who will officially award Pennsylvania’s electoral votes to @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris — beginning a new chapter in the American story.
— Rep. Malcolm “Biden/Harris WON” Kenyatta (@malcolmkenyatta) December 14, 2020
To all the organizers, committee people, voters: This is YOUR victory. This moment is possible because of every phone call made, every dollar donated, every door safely knocked. You made this possible. You saved American democracy. Pop a bottle (or two), you’ve earned this.
— Rep. Malcolm “Biden/Harris WON” Kenyatta (@malcolmkenyatta) December 14, 2020
Most of the decisions have not actually been that close. All of the federal appeals decisions were unanimous. The US Supreme Court wasn't close. In any event, a win is a win. https://t.co/7yTsEsgUHU
When Marc Polymeropoulos, fmr senior official at the CIA,
was in Moscow in 2017, he became strangely and terrifyingly ill after what the National Academy of Sciences is now calling “directed microwave attacks”. The fallout effects on his health continue. He is one of 40 officials who believe they were targeted by microwave energy.
Marc Polymeropoulos to Maddow:
“I have spent most of most of my career in war zones, such as Iraq and Afghanistan. I’ve been shot at and rocketed. I’ve been in some pretty tricky situations, but what happened in Moscow that night in December 2017 in a hotel room was clearly the most terrifying incident of my life.”
Maddow: “When you read the report that came out a week ago now from the National Academies of Science that this was “directed microwave energy”. I mean that’s a concept that I think not a lot of us are familiar with. But let me just ask how that resonated with you, and whether you feel like we’re getting close to understanding what hit you.”
Polymeropoulos:
“Well I think it certainly resonated with me but also, not speaking for the others, but I would imagine with those who have been afflicted both in Cuba and in China. Because the bottom line is when a lot of us came back, whether it was senior medical personnel at the Department of State, or the senior medical personnel at CIA, the reaction was not a positive one. And for a lot of us it was that we were making it up. They didn’t know what it was. And so when the NAS report comes out, and while not conclusive, it certainly gives a path towards describing what happened. It certainly gives a feeling that we’re not all crazy, we’re not all just making things up for our own win. Something really did happen. Something bad happened, and we have to get to the bottom of it.”
Maddow: “What do you need?
And your colleagues who have gone through the same thing or similar things. What do you need in terms of treatment and support? One of the horrifying consequences of this has been what you’re just describing, being blamed yourself or told that it’s all in your head, or not believed for any of this. I know it’s been hard to get the kind of medical and medical treatment support that you need to try to overcome this thing.”
Polymeropoulos:
“Rachel in my case, and in the case of some of the other CIA officers,
we wanted to get to Walter Reed Medical Center, which has been the world’s most renowned traumatic brain injury center. And so that was the path, that’s what I really fought for. I was denied this opportunity for a long time. And I think since, you know when I made the difficult decision to go public on this, the agency has now decided to send me there. Just like they had sent some others there. So overall I would say the officers afflicted, whether from DOD, Commerce, State or CIA, really need to get to a place like Walter Reed where they have world class medical care. And we’re going to be able to find things that frankly just make you feel better.”
Maddow: “Do you feel like there’s enough clues out there about who is capable of doing this,
of wielding this kind of weapon? And that the U.S. Government ought to be more aggressive in terms of trying to name the bad guy here?”
Polymeropoulos:
“So Rachel I think that’s a great question. I’m putting this in two bins, one is getting the medical assistance for everyone who needs it. But number two is there has to be a concerted effort to find out who did this,
for a variety of reasons. So it doesn’t happen again. But also to hold them accountable. I saw Senator Shaheen in the media the other day, saying these attacks are ongoing. So it’s critical we find out who is behind this. I know from my colleagues at CIA they are working on this. I think one of the key things is to ask for significant congressional involvement, you know particularly starting January. And the new Administration I would hope would take it very seriously as well. Because if as we suspect, our adversaries, and we’re talking about the Russians here may be behind this, they must be held accountable.”
Good morning to Hillary Clinton and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris! Today’s electoral college meetings is going to be epic. pic.twitter.com/tVohVnLuQM
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 is now more than 300,000 souls. I tried to frame today's column as a question people should ask themselves as they plan for the holidays: If you had the chance to save a life, would you do it?https://t.co/jmvD13wRhy
The institutions did not "hold." @realDonaldTrump just got his tail whupped so hard that the institutions corrupted by Republicans couldn't save him. Next time, we might not be so lucky. My latest in @thenationhttps://t.co/fqnNc0u6tY
Also, people should check out @jaywillis from @theappeal in The Atlantic. He writes a great piece on why liberals were RIGHT to freak out about the conservative courts. It's just, again, *luckily*, Trump got absolutely trounced.https://t.co/u4pEFf9Mrx
EXACTLY. His gambit didn’t work because a series of unfortunate (for him) events. Fox called Arizona early. DeJoy was exposed early. Mark Elias, Kristen Clarke and the LDF were on them like Donkey Kong stopping voter suppression and their bogus lawsuits AND HE LOST BY A LOT.
We’ve now blown past 300,000 deaths thanks to this administration’s incompetence. Everyone who has ever enabled Donald Trump contributed to the needless mass death of Americans. https://t.co/IWSQTHk5z1
126 House members and 18 attorneys general chose to side with Trump over the democratic process.
That's what it means when you back a lawsuit asking the Supreme Court to throw out 20 million votes in states that voted against your party.https://t.co/GA8ezt6ZpT
Fake electors commit fraud: An Arizona group sent the National Archives in D.C. notarized documents last week intended to deliver —wrongly — the state's 11 electoral votes for Trump. https://t.co/ozPvWC9JqG
I have lost track of the times in this attempted coup where I've speculated on what they'll do next or simply described what they're doing now and heard "But they can't do that; it's against the law!"
Yes. That is why it is a coup. A coup is, by definition, against the law.
Elite criminal impunity is the enemy. It was an enemy that needed to be vanquished early. The refusal of officials to enforce accountability opened the door to an attempted coup. If their attempted coup fails, continued refusal to hold them accountable will guarantee their return
A reminder: The unprecedented signature audit could show whether signatures on absentee ballot envelopes really did match the voter signatures kept on file. But there’s no way to match voter signatures to ballots after envelopes were opened. https://t.co/nfzSlQapUC
State elections official @GabrielSterling says the audit, which matches signatures on absentee ballot envelopes with signatures in the registry, will not affect Biden’s victory in the state. #gapolpic.twitter.com/8kW8cuaiz9
Georgia — early voting for the Senate runoffs begins today. Stay safe by wearing a mask if you’re heading to your early voting location: https://t.co/FsQFse2eXb
BREAKING: Electoral College members in all six battleground states where President Donald Trump most fiercely contested the results cast their ballots for Democrat Joe Biden, effectively cutting off the president’s path to overturning the election https://t.co/tFmzvL6tsQpic.twitter.com/xDg0mXLmgL
For anyone unfamiliar with the Electoral College vote process…the Vice President gets votes cast SPECIFICALLY for HER. By the end of the day #MVPHarris will have in her own right received 306 Electoral College votes. #LivingBlackHistory#BlackWomenLeadhttps://t.co/Qp2ApaipzD
D.C.'s three electoral votes were cast by a nurse, a Safeway grocery store worker and an advocate for D.C. statehood. And in a year marking the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, all three electors are women. https://t.co/DqW6B1XTcA
JUST IN: @JoeBiden plans to address the nation tonight at 7:30pm ET as the Electoral College wraps up its work and officially makes him the winner of the 2020 presidential election.
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Far-Right Coup Plotters Claim Coup Plot Unfolding in Arizona Now Also*
* = While Biden's electors *will* win on January 6—of that there's no doubt—these fraudulent votes and electors are a serious federal crime that *must* be called out as it is happening. pic.twitter.com/A36d7duB2R
WSJ Editorial Board: Trump's challenge is over. After losing at the Supreme Court, he has no legal alternatives and ought to concede. https://t.co/UjdBCnYfyh
Meanwhile, Mango Unchained is more worried about the Cleveland Indians changing their team name than he is about the fact that we are experiencing a mass casualty event daily on his watch.#TrumpVirusDeathToll300khttps://t.co/VQvlUir8Zg
Biden is also expected to say, “There is urgent work in front of all of us. Getting the pandemic under control to getting the nation vaccinated against this virus. Delivering immediate economic help so badly needed by so many Americans who are hurting today…”
3 years ago, he spoke @TheKingCenter’s ‘March For Humanity,’ and talked about the suffering that #gunviolence causes. Isaiah’s sister, Ana Grace, was one of our babies killed at #SandyHook.
Clear to all who saw him for what he was going into 2016.
To speak of his clear pathology then was to be dismissed. In fact, then he wasn’t much different from much of those in power in DC. As his pathological nature has become more obvious he has freed others to do the same. https://t.co/gDBqMGSGQm
Then he should've found something legit instead of announcing to the world he's got little d*ck syndrome and whined about a woman being a non-medical doctor.
— Ceasar8675309 (Jenny couldn't pay her phone bill) (@kingofkings247) December 14, 2020
…Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen, an outstanding person, will become Acting Attorney General. Highly respected Richard Donoghue will be taking over the duties of Deputy Attorney General. Thank you to all! pic.twitter.com/V5sqOJT9PM
Wow Trump is so upset that Joe Biden is getting media coverage for winning the Electoral College that he literally fired Bill Barr as Attorney General minutes ago. I'm 100% serious. Trump couldn't let Biden get all the attention. #LoserTrump
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The Obama Diary 
Good Morning, TODers! Thanks, Nerdy!!!
37 DAYS!!!
Pandemic Profiteer has a certain ring to it
Flip the flipping senate, GA.
It should be us, too. This is what real leadership looks like
🎵🎵🎵
Sandy Hook anniversary today 😔
What a good idea these folks had! Villain Trading cards with news citations.
Alternative Electors??? Alternative Universe???
Fire or restraint?
“Congressman Schiff On Seating GOP Reps Who Joined Trump Stunt”
“We didn’t sink to their level, we fought back and we won. and now that victory has been held up in the court. And Joe Biden will be sworn in as President of the United States, so I think our strategy won.”
yebbut.
imo common sense dictates there must be a response to sedition by U.S. elected officials.
imo it cannot pass without consequences. So much pro-Putin activity. So much mass death and abuse.
Something needs to happen to them that makes them think twice about pulling a damn stunt like this ever again. I don’t trust they won’t. I disagree with the good Congressman on this.
mp, aside from these congressionals openly carrying guns into the Capitol, or having tea with Putin in their offices, am not sure what they could’ve done worse. Just the beginning if you don’t refuse to seat them.
I agree with you, bridgeriverpass and also df. If the Dems let this go and ignore it, well………:( , we all know where it goes. This all had the seed of beginning with Reagan, Newt Gingrich, Bush’s, etc., etc., etc. Something HAS to be done to stop them.
tnmtngirl1,
if we do nothing it becomes another successful test balloon for the pro-fascist party.
And another step towards russian style oligarchy and mafia state.
Just so you have some context as to how serious the hack is:
Andy Greenberg is an authority on Russian (and other) state-level hackers.
“Stephen Colbert’s Return To New Zealand: A Magical Land Where Hugs Still Happen”
—Congrats to New Zealand and Jacinda Adern who has declared their country free of Covid.
—Science, empathy, severe lock down worked.
Georgia, don’t let them take your voice and your power
Pretty cool seeing both Bill and Hillary Clinton serve as New York electors today, at the voting ceremony of the Electoral College!
Speaker Pelosi:
“Statement Marking Eight Years Since the Shooting in Newtown” (excerpt)
“Today, Republicans continue their years-long, shameful inaction and obstruction of commonsense gun violence prevention as our nation’s young people live in fear. Inspired by the courage of young leaders and advocates and the voices of families and survivors across the country who have turned their grief into tireless action, House Democrats have taken bold steps to keep our children safe. Nearly two years ago, the Democratic House passed the Bipartisan Background Checks Act and the Enhanced Background Checks Act, lifesaving bills to help end the scourge of gun violence in our schools and throughout our communities. While Senate Republicans refuse to lift a finger to end the bloodshed, House Democrats will work with the new Biden-Harris Administration
to enact these and other critical bills and deliver the progress the American people demand.”
(https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/121420)
LIVE: Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks in a virtual discussion on coronavirus and COVID-19 vaccine
Yessssss.
Mission Accomplished. The true kind.
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A double whammy within a hour for the traitorous, treasonous and seditious thugs.
Please share: Voter Protection Hotline
my heart is happy
BFD
EC vote tracker 166 Biden – 123 treasonous traitor
https://www.270towin.com/2020-vote-of-electors/
His twitter Q&A session is on
‘Havana syndrome’ likely caused by directed microwaves – US report” (Dec 6 2020)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55203844
“U.S. Diplomats and Spies Battle Trump Administration Over Suspected Attacks”
(https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/us/politics/diplomat-attacks-havana-syndrome.html)
When Marc Polymeropoulos, fmr senior official at the CIA,
was in Moscow in 2017, he became strangely and terrifyingly ill after what the National Academy of Sciences is now calling “directed microwave attacks”. The fallout effects on his health continue. He is one of 40 officials who believe they were targeted by microwave energy.
Marc Polymeropoulos to Maddow:
“I have spent most of most of my career in war zones, such as Iraq and Afghanistan. I’ve been shot at and rocketed. I’ve been in some pretty tricky situations, but what happened in Moscow that night in December 2017 in a hotel room was clearly the most terrifying incident of my life.”
Maddow: “When you read the report that came out a week ago now from the National Academies of Science that this was “directed microwave energy”. I mean that’s a concept that I think not a lot of us are familiar with. But let me just ask how that resonated with you, and whether you feel like we’re getting close to understanding what hit you.”
Polymeropoulos:
“Well I think it certainly resonated with me but also, not speaking for the others, but I would imagine with those who have been afflicted both in Cuba and in China. Because the bottom line is when a lot of us came back, whether it was senior medical personnel at the Department of State, or the senior medical personnel at CIA, the reaction was not a positive one. And for a lot of us it was that we were making it up. They didn’t know what it was. And so when the NAS report comes out, and while not conclusive, it certainly gives a path towards describing what happened. It certainly gives a feeling that we’re not all crazy, we’re not all just making things up for our own win. Something really did happen. Something bad happened, and we have to get to the bottom of it.”
Maddow: “What do you need?
And your colleagues who have gone through the same thing or similar things. What do you need in terms of treatment and support? One of the horrifying consequences of this has been what you’re just describing, being blamed yourself or told that it’s all in your head, or not believed for any of this. I know it’s been hard to get the kind of medical and medical treatment support that you need to try to overcome this thing.”
Polymeropoulos:
“Rachel in my case, and in the case of some of the other CIA officers,
we wanted to get to Walter Reed Medical Center, which has been the world’s most renowned traumatic brain injury center. And so that was the path, that’s what I really fought for. I was denied this opportunity for a long time. And I think since, you know when I made the difficult decision to go public on this, the agency has now decided to send me there. Just like they had sent some others there. So overall I would say the officers afflicted, whether from DOD, Commerce, State or CIA, really need to get to a place like Walter Reed where they have world class medical care. And we’re going to be able to find things that frankly just make you feel better.”
Maddow: “Do you feel like there’s enough clues out there about who is capable of doing this,
of wielding this kind of weapon? And that the U.S. Government ought to be more aggressive in terms of trying to name the bad guy here?”
Polymeropoulos:
“So Rachel I think that’s a great question. I’m putting this in two bins, one is getting the medical assistance for everyone who needs it. But number two is there has to be a concerted effort to find out who did this,
for a variety of reasons. So it doesn’t happen again. But also to hold them accountable. I saw Senator Shaheen in the media the other day, saying these attacks are ongoing. So it’s critical we find out who is behind this. I know from my colleagues at CIA they are working on this. I think one of the key things is to ask for significant congressional involvement, you know particularly starting January. And the new Administration I would hope would take it very seriously as well. Because if as we suspect, our adversaries, and we’re talking about the Russians here may be behind this, they must be held accountable.”
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🙏🏾😔
This!
Alternate electors in the Alternate universe where Magots live.
That includes his racist bigoted ‘base’, who are the main enablers of this traitor.
“Florida GOP Senate Leader to Miss Electoral College Vote After Testing Positive for Covid-19”
(https://www.politicususa.com/2020/12/14/florida-gop-senate-leader-to-miss-electoral-college-vote-after-testing-positive-for-covid-19.html)
It’s 183 Biden to 144 traitorous treasonous thug
The western states need to move their collective asses now.
When the thugs yell voter fraud, it’s always true and it’s always projection.
THey need to be arrested and charged. The end.
She has been a Cassandra all along for the past 4 years.
What can the House do to hold them accountable.??
Thesy voted to impeach Trump it was the Senate whoi did not remeove him from office…
Good Afternoon, TODbots…
Vaccine for #COVID19 Roll-out
and
Electoral College Votes Certification
Not a bad thing…🙌
Sandy Hook Elem 8yrs ago🙏🤲💔🕯💔🤲🙏
GA, early Voting starts today 14Dec20🍑🍑
A lot of things happening today.
Bwahahaha! All this winning!
😭😭😭
And the fat lady has sung.
Come on MA, CA and OR. Gititdone already.
Come on massholes, what are you waiting for? I don’t want the traitorous thug to have even a momentary lead in the EV count.
Yesss, massholes did it. Finally. It’s 240. The thug did not lead at any point. I am so happy.
Can’t have the racist rubes getting education.
The day of vaccine for the deadly pandemic is also the day where democracy won. Good omen for Biden/Harris admin.
Gee guys, that was an astute observation. Assholes.
Yes those enablers…. the ones that stand with Trump and the the ones who stand in silence….they are all the same.
It’s official!
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New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2020/12/14/patron-of-the-arts/