In which we post yet another ten thousand plus interesting or amusing - or neither - tweets

The upshot of this afternoon’s one-two punch of the second Alito flag and Nikki Haley’s endorsement of Trump:

👉 A lot of people on the right have lost their minds.

👉 And a lot of other people on the right are afraid to say it.

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) May 22, 2024

 

Quality prose

Nikki Haley is exactly the spineless, useless, self-serving lump of hypocrisy I expected her to be. If you are surprised, you weren’t paying attention.

— Mattie Timmer (@MattieTimmer) May 22, 2024

 

That this case will not likely see the light of day in a courtroom before the election is just remarkable:

“Once Trump realized that security cameras at Mar-a-Lago could capture his employees moving classified government information that officials were attempting to retrieve, he…

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 22, 2024

 

3/11. Fascism is might over right, conspiracy over reality, fiction over fact, pain over law, blood over love, doom over hope.

— Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder) May 22, 2024

6/11. Once named, fascism can be defeated. Indeed, once named it can be easily defeated.

— Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder) May 22, 2024

 

While talk of a “unified Reich” may alarm some Americans, historical data reveals that Germany had some of the lowest gas prices of 1930s Europe.

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) May 23, 2024

 

"it's the summer of freedom! The following colors are now forbidden." pic.twitter.com/Pjgx3VkVsU

— Andrew Fleischman (@ASFleischman) May 22, 2024

 

https://t.co/a1KayOCDp1 pic.twitter.com/57KqzNPtbZ

— ceeks (@70Ceeks) May 22, 2024

 

Your company had $156,697 in PPP loans forgiven. https://t.co/lky5LxP2Au

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 22, 2024

 

Congresswoman, in what way do you believe that your support helped this project? We chose it because it's a good project, and funded it using President Biden's infrastructure package, which you voted against. https://t.co/qfiRbp4KTe

— Secretary Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) May 22, 2024

 

NSA Sandy Berger lost his law license & was sentenced to 2 yrs probation for taking 5 pages of classified docs

Reality Winner took 1 page & was sentenced to 5 yrs

Trump took 200,000 pages & kept some even after a FBI search

Judge Cannon is protecting him

Ain’t that some shit?

— Lindy Li (@lindyli) May 22, 2024

 

congratulations to the literally zero Republicans who have stood up to denounce Donald Trump for calling for "the creation of a unified reich." take a victory lap, you gutless fucking cowards

— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) May 21, 2024

 

Has anyone asked the Murdochs how they feel about Trump keeping Evan Gershkovich in RU custody to help his election chances?

— emptywheel (chéqueur) (@emptywheel) May 23, 2024

 

I thought it was Bill Casey, not John Connolly, but ok

John Connally sabotaged the release of the Iran embassy hostages *in secret*, in order to hurt Carter and get Reagan elected. Trump is doing his whole thing out in the open. https://t.co/x7pXSwNgUC

— Eric Kleefeld (@EricKleefeld) May 23, 2024

 

Hey, transparency in government is a good thing. Why not transparency In corruption?

 

Freedom Summer sounds like just the sort of shitty forced fun a grubby troll like DeSantis would come up with.

 

If Biden won't increase the tariff on Chinese electric vehicles to help out my failing car company, I'm going to become an even bigger libertarian.

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) May 24, 2024

 

I use to think NY was a state that led but man are we garbage! These "Betcha don't ya know" jerks are showing how you rule with a trifecta!!

 

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— Satan (@s8n) May 24, 2024

 

The reason the Alito flag stories (like the Thomas stories) are so important is not because they reveal the individuals in question to be extremist ideologues. It is because of the utter contempt for the history, ethics, and standing of the court on which they serve & for the…

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) May 24, 2024

 

Unsannakable:

In today's metaphor he's launching his campaign from the home of the Titanic. pic.twitter.com/sTlL1NwXUx

— Colin the Dachshund (@DachshundColin) May 24, 2024

 

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

 

Pandamonium:

NEW: #SeditionPanda convicted on all charges, including assaulting an officer.

Government did not move for immediate captivity, but sentencing is set for September. https://t.co/acyP7Njlub

— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) May 24, 2024

 

BREAKING: In a phone call with President Biden, Egyptian president el-Sisi agrees to resume delivery of aid trucks to Gaza through Israel

— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) May 24, 2024

 

Echoes of 1492…and not the Christopher Columbus part

The river and the sea includes the internationally recognized borders of Israel.

I don't expect college students to take this seriously but I do expect a Vice President of another sovereign state to understand why this is a call for destroying a nation. https://t.co/A7z3amD1eO

— Alex גדעון בן װעלװל (@JewishWonk) May 24, 2024