Thread on the beauty of our planet to celebrate Earth Day 🧵

1. Meteor over Mount Fuji by H. Manabe

Just a little reflection on history here…October 7th 2016 was of course the day the Access Hollywood tape broke….it was also the day that the Department of Homeland Security finally put out this statement about Russia intervening in the election.. dhs.gov/news/2016/10/0… it was

NEW: Trump valet Walt Nauta was allegedly told “if even if he gets charged with lying to the FBI, FPOTUS will pardon him in 2024” — per cooperating witness Person 16

Nauta is now a co-defendant in the Trump classified docs case, charged with obstruction

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

NEW: NY Courts will release daily transcripts of Donald Trump's criminal trial.

The Trumpiest thing about the Stormy Daniels saga is Trump pressuring Michael Cohen to slow-walk payment to Daniels until after the election. And then not pay her because it wouldn't matter if she talked then.

That proves payment was about the election, not Melania finding out.

NYT scoop: 'David Pecker...is set to go first' as prosecution witness. ⬇️

Pecker could be key witness - in ways more devastating than Michael Cohen.

This also indicates DA is foregrounding unlawful election influence for jurors.

hat tip: Andrew Weissmann (weissmann11 on Threads)🌻
nytimes.com/2024/04/21/nyr…

Watch Professor Timothy Snyder completely destroy Marjorie Taylor Greene for lying about “Nazis in Ukraine.”

This is my yearly rant. My father survived the OKC bombing. He was on the 7th floor when it was attacked. If all you talk about today is the “Oklahoma Spirit” and say “never forget” but don’t talk about how the GOP is now carrying McVeigh’s flag you’re doing it all wrong.

This is what Trump and his friends wanted.

US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul:
If Ukraine falls, then Russia will invade Moldova, Georgia, and the Baltics (NATO members). Clear parallels to Hitler & Stalin's invasion of Europe in 1939.
To avoid sending our men & women to war, we must arm Ukraine.

“Lawmakers on a Louisiana House committee voted Thursday to repeal a law requiring employers to give child workers lunch breaks” nola.com/news/politics/…

This is what authoritarians do: incite violence against anyone seen as having the power to harm Cult Leader. This is also designed to make it very difficult to find jurors and thus proceed with the trial. It is form of sabotage of our democratic justice system.

Wow, worth a watch

On the left:

NY judge's gag order prohibiting Trump from 'making ... public statements about any prospective juror or any juror in this criminal proceeding.'

On the right:

Trump making public statement about prospective jurors in this criminal proceedings.

I strongly support the national security package in the House of Representatives that supports Israel and Ukraine, provides humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, and bolsters security and stability in the Indo-Pacific.

The House must pass the package this week and the Senate

💰Trump took $5.5 million from the CCP.
💰Kushner received $2 billion from Saudi Arabia.

Trump and his family used the White House to cash in from authoritarians. This is a danger to democracy.

We have ONE Commander in Chief who speaks for the United States of America, President Joe Biden.

It has now been confirmed by multiple sources including Fox that this is fake and the whole thing was an op. 7 million views on this viral post. This is how MAGA rigs elections.

NEW: After an armed California man showed up at a Bay Area hospital and threatened staff for 'favoring non-whites,' police seized 230 guns, including assault rifles and machine guns; 11,000 pounds of ammo; 22 silencers; and 869 magazines from his home. mercurynews.com/2024/04/15/ric…