LaffyFeb 28, 2024

🎯Via Shannon Watts:

Sen. Mitch #McConnell’s legacy will be that he purposefully undermined America’s first Black president, he broke the Supreme Court, he helped elect a fascist President, and he abetted up an insurrection on American soil.

Show threadKrisSFeb 28, 2024
@GottaLaff And he broke the Senate.
Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Feb 28, 2024

@kshapar

Yes, #MitchMcConnell is the antipode of #LyndonBJohnson, the #MasterOfTheSenate.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/24307/master-of-the-senate-by-robert-a-caro/

@GottaLaff

Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro: 9780394720951 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Master of the Senate, Book Three of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, carries Johnson’s story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, ...

PenguinRandomhouse.com
Show threadNicole ParsonsFeb 28, 2024

@HistoPol @kshapar @GottaLaff

#MoscowMitch deserves the fate that awaits him as the most damaging Senate traitor in decades.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/28/mcconnell-senate-november/

McConnell to step down from Senate leadership in November

McConnell has been the longest-serving Senate leader in U.S. history.

The Washington Post
Show threadKrisSFeb 28, 2024
@Npars01 @HistoPol @kshapar @GottaLaff The harm he did to women alone…
Show threadNicole ParsonsFeb 28, 2024

@kshapar @HistoPol @GottaLaff

167 million American women lost their civil rights thanks to #MoscowMitch

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/05/mitch-mcconnell-roe-v-wade-supreme-court

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/mcconnell-the-gop-the-court/transcript/

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/republican-judges-rule-of-law

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/03/republicans-mitch-mcconnell-1980s-breaking-democracy.html

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/15/us-supreme-court-mitch-mcconell-conservative-judges-democracy

Mitch McConnell Is Hoping People Just Forget He’s to Blame for Abortion Rights Being Obliterated

Reality check: Roe would not be on the chopping block if not for McConnell’s years of scheming.

Vanity Fair
Show threadNicole Parsons

@kshapar @HistoPol @GottaLaff

Over 1.2 million Americans lost their lives to covid because of #MoscowMitch and his GOP donors monetizing a pandemic for self-enrichment.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/21/us-covid-death-rate-testing-reporting

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/12/covid-relief-bill-three-martini-lunch

Thanks to #MoscowMitch , Putin is brewing a WW3 that may kill millions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mcconnell-defends-blocking-election-security-bill-rejects-criticism-he-is-aiding-russia/2019/07/29/08dca6d4-b239-11e9-951e-de024209545d_story.html

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/07/mitch-mcconnell-russian-interference

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/30/why-is-mitch-mcconnell-blocking-election-security-bills-good-question/

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mcconnell-blocks-bills-election-security-heels-mueller-warnings/story?id=64569009

https://newrepublic.com/article/154566/simple-odious-reason-mitch-mcconnell-opposes-election-integrity

Covid death toll in US likely 16% higher than official tally, study says

Researchers think undercounting goes beyond overloaded health systems to a lack of awareness of Covid and low levels of testing

The Guardian
Feb 28, 2024 at 7:29pmWeb
Show threadNicole ParsonsFeb 28, 2024

@kshapar @HistoPol @GottaLaff

Like Trump, George Santos, and Speaker Mike Johnson, #MoscowMitch accepted Russian campaign donations to betray American democracy.
https://www.salon.com/2021/10/21/rachel-maddow-explains-origins-of-how-mcconnell-earned-his-moscow-mitch-moniker/

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a27259438/oleg-deripaska-kentucky-aluminum-mitch-mcconnell-rand-paul/

https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/mcconnell-trump-russia-deripaska-affirmative-action-20221004.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-a-mcconnell-backed-effort-to-lift-russian-sanctions-boosted-a-kentucky-project/2019/08/13/72b26e00-b97c-11e9-b3b4-2bb69e8c4e39_story.html

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/12/30/2004140/-Why-is-McConnell-Getting-Away-with-the-Deripaska-Scandal

Rachel Maddow explains origins of "Moscow Mitch"

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow explained how Senator Mitch McConnell earned the nickname "Moscow Mitch"

Salon
Show threadZen Zero ☯️ ◯Feb 28, 2024
@Npars01 @GottaLaff @kshapar @HistoPol Have you noticed that the only time he seems to smile is when he has hurt someone? The man is just flat creepy.
Show threadNicole ParsonsFeb 29, 2024

@xvf17 @GottaLaff @kshapar @HistoPol

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"The cruelty is the point.

Sadism means 'strength' to Republican megadonors like Elon Musk and #KochNetwork "

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelty-is-the-point/572104/

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/665171/the-cruelty-is-the-point-by-adam-serwer/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/24/republican-debate-sadism-self-regarding-piousness

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/11/the-dark-heart-of-the-gop/671965/

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/10/republican-party-jordan-threats-violence/675742/

https://www.salon.com/2022/12/30/the-hell-with-compassionate-conservatism-in-2023-expect-all-maga-sadism-all-the-time/

https://newrepublic.com/article/175144/desantis-mexico-drones-republicans-sadistic

https://www.salon.com/2023/01/04/new-years-message-from-republicans-yes-the-cruelty-is-still-the-point/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-performative-sadism-of-ron-desantis

https://jacobin.com/2021/10/noam-chomsky-republicans-covid-afghanistan-climate-vietnam

The Cruelty Is the Point

President Trump and his supporters find community by rejoicing in the suffering of those they hate and fear.

The Atlantic