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POLITICO Playbook: Trump’s pre-runoff message: Terminate the Constitution politi.co/3VtgHo7

We can all take small steps to make someone else feel good today, hold a door open, give up your seat, pay someone a compliment, give people a smile, message someone you've not seen in a while. Let's all make some small kind gestures & spread a little love & kindness.

On Dec 2, 1859, Abolitionist John Brown was the first American ever executed for treason. The second ever executed for treason was Aaron Dwight Stevens (March 15, 1831 – March 16, 1860).

Their crimes? Attempting to free the enslaved. The first Americans executed for treason was for the crime of freeing the enslaved.

Legality is not always a measure of justice & morality, but a measure of power. This was only two life spans ago.

May we learn from these atrocities & uphold justice forever.

Ousted Disney CEO Bob Chapek is set to receive a golden parachute worth ~$23 million.

Meanwhile, Disney is dragging its feet on paying its workers better wages to keep up with the rising cost of living.

It’s corporate greed above all else.

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ACLU
BBB
FBI
HUD
IRS
NASA
NATO
YMCA

Night and day she can’t stop thinking about her list.

She was a veritable … acronymphomaniac.

If you are concerned about "free speech," you should probably be concerned about the top Republican candidate for the presidency calling for the Constitution, which includes the First Amendment, to be suspended.

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I feel bad when I go to delete an app from my iPhone because they all start shaking with fear wondering which one is about to die.

The incoming GOP majority is going to try and discredit the work of the Jan. 6 Committee. Remember the courage of honorable conservatives like Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger when the extremists begin their assault. They had nothing to gain by opposing their party and Trump, and everything to lose. But they stood up anyway for the rule of law and for democracy.

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I voted to impeach Trump twice; both times we charged that he was a “threat to the Constitution.”

Republicans protected him, even after he tried to overturn an election.

He just demanded the “termination” of the Constitution’s electoral process in an attempt to return to power.

🇦🇺🇺🇦 Gin was released in Australia in honor of the liberation of #Kherson. Proceeds from the sale of a limited edition of gin will be used to purchase metal detectors necessary for demining Ukraine. #StandWithUkraine

.@arneducan@twitter.com: Schools have a tremendously important role in defending, reinventing & strengthening democracy with every generation. No other institution has comparable power. Hear him, @laurameckler@twitter.com, Chris Cerf for more bit.ly/CrisisTF

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in Belarus for talks with the Republic's Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin. According to media reports, the 🇧🇾 and 🇷🇺 sides will discuss topical issues of bilateral military and military-technical cooperation. #RussiaInvadedUkraine

The GOP's Nazi/antisemitism problem—Trump dining w/ Nick Fuentes & Kanye West—is nothing new. The GOP in the past actually recruited Nazi collaborators to help it win elections. Hard to believe? I explain in my "Our Land" newsletter.

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