Garry Kasparov
@Kasparov63
The ability of demagogues & autocrats to surprise, to create a new scandal every day, is their superpower. It diminishes attention to the previous day's transgressions & normalizes them. It slowly numbs the senses, including outrage. Values are the only defense. Hold them dear.
Occupy Democrats
@OccupyDemocrats
President-elect Donald Trump nominates alleged child sex trafficker Matt Gaetz to serve as Attorney General.
The Department of Justice will be run by a MAGA predator. The rule of law is shredded.
Retweet if you’re horrified.
Alex Cole @acnewsitics
Donald Trump is not even in office yet, but the corruption and chaos have already begun.
Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63
There it is. Gabbard obliterates any national security credibility gained with the nominations of Waltz & Rubio. Gabbard's only constituencies are in Damascus & Moscow, and apparently that's an important box for Trump to check. Time to see if the GOP is dead or just mostly dead.
Jon Cooper @joncoopertweets
🚨FANTASTIC NEWS: Democrat Derek Tran has defeated incumbent GOP Rep. Michelle Steel in California’s 45th congressional district. This was one of the most closely watched races in the country, and it’s critically important for Democratic hopes to retake the House.
Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski
To be fair, we have to consider Matt Gaetz’s lengthy list of accomplishments before his daddy bought him a seat in Congress. Here are some career highlights:
While some of Matt Gaetz’s former GOP foes are warming to the thought of him as the nation’s top cop — even as other GOPs seem to be quivering before Trump — other lawmakers say they can’t even discuss his nomination because Gaetz is still being investigated over allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor.'
https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-2669872820/
Trump's nomination of Matt Gaetz to be A.G. has caused an explosion on social media but legal experts and other observers horrified. Gaetz faced a highly publicized FBI investigation and subsequent congressional ethics inquiry over alleged sex trafficking, retaliation, drug use, and campaign finance offenses. "Holy s---," wrote Rep. Maxwell Frost. Trump will nominate Matt Gaetz as Attorney General. The man who was at the center of a sex trafficking probe. God help us."
https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-reaction/
The Intellectualist
@highbrow_nobrow
In 2017, Matt Gaetz stood as the sole dissenting vote against an anti-human trafficking bill.
Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱@AdamKinzinger
America you voted for this.
This dude is a straight up psycho
Quote @LeadingReport
BREAKING: Trump may appoint Kash Patel as FBI Director to ‘clean house,’ Fox News is hearing.
Anti-Trump former Naval War College professor Tom Nichols urged the Senate to reject Trump's pick of Tulsi Gabbard for director of ODNI. "Gabbard is stunningly unqualified for almost any Cabinet post ... "She has no qualifications as an intelligence professional...She has no significant experience directing or managing much of anything." She’s been an apologist for both the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and Russia’s Vladimir Putin," wrote Nichols.
https://www.rawstory.com/tulsi-gabbard-dni/
Sex Therapist Lauren Boebert taunted DoD officials by declaring "the Earth is flat" at a hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena and unidentified flying objects.
"May as well just go all out and say it. The Earth is flat, birds are government drones, and we've never set foot on the moon, and Joe Biden received 81 million votes in the 2020 election," the spunk producer continued.
https://www.rawstory.com/lauren-boebert-conspiracy-theories/
George Conway: “We have a criminal – a convicted criminal who is president – who has been adjudicated to have engaged in sexual abuse so why not select a guy who has been loyal to him,” (Matt Gaetz) “And who wants to seek revenge in the same way Donald Trump does, and who was accused of sex trafficking. He’s the perfect choice. So, I don't know why anyone is surprised.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2669874163/
Key legal Trump adviser Todd Blanche is reportedly in the running to become his next deputy attorney general.
Blanche was a registered New York Democrat In 2023 but switched to become a registered Florida Republic and moved near Mar-a-Lago.
https://www.rawstory.com/todd-blanche-2669873788/
POS Scott Jennings could be Trump's pick for press secretary. Jennings served as an aide to former Pres,
George W. Bush and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, He has become a regular on panels discussing Trump and the Republican Party, where he often raises the ire of the rest of the panel by defending Trump's more outrageous statements and actions.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-press-secretary/
CNN's Kaitlin Collins stated that Trump's decision to choose Matt Gaetz for attorney general was not simply a question of selecting a loyalist but was made out of desperation as Trump couldn't find candidates he liked for the role.
https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-trump-2669872673/
Amistad Society
Joined Oct 2022