Celebs tweet about Senate confirming Sessions as AG
With the exception of alleged Democrat Joe Manchin III of West Virginia who voted to confirm, Senators voted along party lines. Both Independents voted against Sessions.
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Congratulations, America. We have an oil man at State, a billionaire idiot at Education, and a racist as Attorney General. #SwampRats
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) February 9, 2017
"Rights are won only by those who make their voices heard." - Harvey Milk.
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) February 9, 2017
Sessions is a revolting choice. The fight continues. #Resist
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it's also getting to trump. from maggie haberman's nyt story the other day (she has amazing sources): Cloistered in the White House, he now has little access to his fans and supporters — an important source of feedback and validation — and feels increasingly pinched by the pressures of the job and the constant presence of protests, one of the reasons he was forced to scrap a planned trip to Milwaukee last week.
the activism at the airports from lawyers helped a ton of scared people. murkowski and collins said they voted no on devos because of a high level of phone calls, which didn't torpedo her confirmation but came close. the white house backed off on the order that prevented the EPA from publishing findings without trump admin approval after people lost their shit. the republicans cancelled their plan to dismantle the independent ethics committee when people started freaking about it.
like, yes, a lot of horrible shit is going to happen and yes, in many ways, there's nothing people can do, but there is a lot than a loud, organized, and energized group of people can do
Trump is already up to his neck in crimes and corruption, he may not even last until the midterms. You never know what will come out next. People are fighting to hard to give up now.
we need people to keep fighting!
Or would if there was a God. Which there clearly isn't.
Remember this piece of video when Sessions only goes through Trump to uphold the law.
I will continue to fight these next 4 years but good god is our country fucked. And fuck that fake fem Manchin while we're at it. He has been stealing a living being a fake Dem.
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I FUCKING HATE THE REPUBLICUNTS RIGHT NOW!
You're not really getting enough info on ontd
There's also wonkette and Daily Kos for news with a filter.
America, you're so fucked.
i wonder what horrible horrible awful things are in store for us