Exclusive from me — Daniel Moraff, one of the political operatives behind Graham Platner's rise and fall, has been accused of sexual assault. Full story here:
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The Volatile Mermaid
Eldest Sister. Childless Cat Lady. Italian Jew. Witchy Woman. I’m from N-E-W Jerz
"I've done more for you than your parents, okay?" -- Trump goes full cult leader during a Michigan rally that also included numerous "jokes" about him serving a third term, and a protester heckling him as a "pedophile protector" Here's a supercut:
Everyone needs to listen to this
Aaron RuparTrump: "When they take something over, it's always dirty. The sidewalks are dirty. The people are -- I hate to say this -- not clean, okay? The curbs are loaded with you know what. The smell is terrible. I mean, I see it happening to cities. Blue cities. They're all blue."
A century ago, white nationalists were saying the exact same things about Rep. Rulli's Italian ancestors -- they weren't white, they were criminals, they could never assimilate to "our" country
Aaron RuparRep. Michael Rulli on reports that ICE is preparing to mass deport of Haitians from Ohio: "Let's get them out of here. Let's get 'em all out of here, and let's start from the beginning."
This is *precisely* correct, and I was thinking the exact same thing. What a lot of people (on the right, but only mostly) are doing is antisemitic by calling things antisemitic when they're not. And again, for the record, I'm Jewish by upbringing and it's absolutely a genocide.
The Volatile MermaidTHIS IS GOOD MESSAGING AND NOT ANTISEMITIC. Criticizing Netanyahu is not antisemitic. Lumping all Jews together like we’re a fucking monolith is.
Never. And it was BECAUSE it was such a good organizing tool. Labor movements, BLM, Arab Spring, #MeToo? All because of Twitter. He wanted (I continue to believe) to break solidarity and communication and he did, very effectively. (or maybe it was just ego + foolishness. Maybe.)
The Volatile MermaidI know Elon has done a lot of truly evil things, but I’ll also never forgive him for stealing Twitter from us.
THIS IS GOOD MESSAGING AND NOT ANTISEMITIC. Criticizing Netanyahu is not antisemitic. Lumping all Jews together like we’re a fucking monolith is.
Aaron RuparMamdani: "When I make criticisms of PM Netanyahu, they are criticisms of PM Netanyahu. And what I shared were not even frankly personal assessments, they were objective facts ... it's a city where everyone needs to know that their belonging to it is not conditional on how they feel about the mayor."
“The policy-making structure is effectively posting to Truth Social & seeing if the gathered Nazis reply w/ likes or jeers. If the first, leave the post up. If the second, reverse course & chastise your aides. If neither, whine about how everyone is unfair to you & it’s all really Biden’s fault.”