[View as a Twitter thread] The Bezos-AMI debacle is part of a larger pattern of silencing witnesses and burying evidence, which in turn is part of a movement to undermine rule of law. First, the Bezos-AMI story in a nutshell 1/ AMI (National Inquirer) published highly embarrassing texts stolen from Bezos. Trump inserted himself into …
[View here as a Twitter thread] Tamara asks: I wouldn’t say we already had oligarchy before Trump. Timothy Snyder more accurately said that we’re “tipping toward a regime change.” It hasn’t happened (yet). For perspective: if successful, this will be our 3rd oligarchy. 1/ (Oligarchy=a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes). Our …
[View here as a Twitter thread] Hi, Craigsuperstar. Well, okay. Maybe it isn’t obvious that a gun rights, and a desire to sweep away regulations “entitlements” is authoritarian. So I’ll explain. Let’s start with regulations. 1/ Regulations are anti-authoritarian, because regulations say that everyone lives under the same rules. This is also known as rule …
[View here as a Twitter thread] Katrina Pierson is a “senior advisor to Donald Trump” with more than 440K followers on Twitter. She said about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Hi, Katrina, The history of the two major parties is a little more complicated than that. I can suggest a few good books. If you’re not really into …
[View here as a Twitter thread] Spoiler 1: Probably not. Spoiler 2: The solution to the GOP shielding Trump (most likely) won’t come through criminal justice. We have a political problem. 1/ Helping someone cover up a crime can be a crime. “Accessory after the fact” means you know a crime happened and you shield …
[View as a Twitter thread] I updated the main page to include the Roger Stone indictment, and a brief summary. If you like everything in one place, here it is. 1/The Roger Stone indictment establishes that senior Trump officials engaged in criminal activity in the 2016. Senior Trump officials knew emails were stolen. They had …
[View here as a Twitter thread] Four crimes / theories of liability are listed in the indictment: 18 USC 2 principals; aiding and abetting 1001: false statements 1512: Witness tampering. 1505: Obstruction of justice 1/ Now for the list of unnamed people: Company 1 = Wikileaks Head of Wikileaks=Assange “senior Trump Campaign officials.” Notice that …
[View here as a Twitter thread] @champasoft asks how we can repair in 2020 with Trump stacking the courts. I hear despair in that question. Despair comes partly from not understanding our history and thus thinking: “This never happened before!” and then feeling doomed. 1/ For example, about those judges: Through most of U.S. history, the …
[View as a Twitter thread]. Hi, Patrick, I think that, in the end, the only real way to save liberal democracy is through public opinion and elections. It’s easier to write about how we got into this mess than to chart pathways out. (A crystal ball would be helpful) 1/ By “this mess” I mean …
[View here as a Twitter thread] I mentioned that Trump has no legal strategy or defense. @sdterp pointed out that Trump has lots of lawyers & looking for more, so he must be preparing for a legal battle. I suspect Trump will never have a traditional legal defense. Here’s why. 1/ Trump, Giuliani, Sarah Sanders, etc., …
