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Tami Burages

26 Dec 20

612 hours.

36,720 minutes.

2.2 million seconds.

Another way of thinking about the time left until #PresidentBiden:

4 years = 48 months.
1 day = 48 half hours.

Therefore, each month is like a half hour.

If Trump's presidency was a single day that started at midnight, it would be about 11:35 pm right now.

Taking it a step further:

One month = ~30 days.
Half hour = 30 minutes.

Each day brings us one minute closer to midnight

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Tami Burages

@tburages

13 Dec 20

This is the story. The lies perpetuated by Fox, Newsmax, and OAN are the foundations of the worst crises in our country.

This should always be the story. Every day. Democracy cannot stand with an ignorant citizenry.

https://twitter.com/apbenven/status/1338181592532062211

Fox has stoked racism and other divisions. Fox tells its viewers that Democrats are their enemies. Fox lied about the coronavirus. And without Fox News, Trump would have been removed from office long ago.

Without Fox News (and Newsmax, OAN, etc), a large majority of the country would have been horrified that 120+ Republicans tried to overturn a fair election.

But instead all of Fox's audience is laser-focused on Hunter Biden's finances.

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Tami Burages

@tburages

8 Dec 20

🚨 Andrew Weissmann lists the criminal statutes that Trump may have broken when he pressured state officials to overturn the election.

Election Interference Statutes
- 18 USC 241: Conspiracy against rights
- 18 USC 242: Deprivation of rights under color of law

- Wire fraud

Here is the DOJ's information on 18 USC 241. It carries some serious jail time and does NOT require an overt act to be committed.

And here is 18 USC 242. It can carry a life sentence.

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Tami Burages

@tburages

7 Dec 20

Here's a video clip from the protest outside Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's house in Detroit tonight.

I swiped the video off one of the protestor's Facebook posts. They're yelling, "Stop the Steal!" into megaphones and calling her a felon(?) They're clearly living in an alternate reality.

"She's a Democrat. She's a Dem-o-Rat. She's decided to completely ignore all the credible, credible, fraudulent evidence that's been continually presented and pointed out!"

She's says, "It's about our Soveren-Tree" (?)

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Tami Burages

@tburages

6 Dec 20

Everything about Trump's rally tonight was an awful assault on the United States.

Does it ever feel to you like a physical punch to the gut?

The worst of it is that Republicans don't care and will do nothing more than calculate how Trump's rally affects their chances of controlling the senate.

I was always taught - in school and at home - to revere our Constitution. Seeing it trashed by the highest office holder is devastating.

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