We will continue to combine both blogs, Weekend Wrap Up and the Russia-Ukraine Conflict. Please feel free to share any headlines we may have missed providing they come from reliable and credible sources. We won’t accept any parroted, Russian propaganda from far-right ‘news’ sources unless you’re trying to point out that the far-right extremist in our country and elsewhere actually believe their own BS or Russian disinformation.
Ukrainian refugee children are turning to art to help process the trauma as Russia’s invasion continues pic.twitter.com/DIHC06Xt9t
— NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) April 2, 2022
Ukraine-Russia Updates:
To all those who gave President Biden a hard time for saying Putin cannot remain in power:
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) April 3, 2022
What do you think now as you see Russia line up and execute innocent men, women and children, tying their hands behind their backs and throwing their bodies in ditches?
President Biden/Biden Administration:
DOJ expands Jan 6 criminal investigation into Trump’s inner-circle, the attempted coup in search of a legal theory exposed, Ghislaine Maxwell denied a new trial, SCOTUS attacks the Voting Rights Act and more radical right treachery. Watch Legal AF live! https://t.co/TL29RJvYvo
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) April 3, 2022
President Joe Biden is “confident” that his son Hunter didn’t break the law, the White House chief of staff said. https://t.co/4cSCcSS2HL
— POLITICO (@politico) April 3, 2022
Congress:
Mitch McConnell is against free school lunches: 'Kids are going to have less on their plates,' Biden's agriculture secretary says https://t.co/52WrhIAz65
— EssenViews (@essenviews) April 3, 2022
Environment:
America’s coastline will see sea levels rise in the next 30 years by as much as they did in the entire 20th century, with major Eastern cities hit regularly with costly floods even on sunny days, a government report warns. https://t.co/HBSWTGIW74
— PBS News (@NewsHour) April 3, 2022
Sports:
2⃣2⃣ with the lefty spike!@Kia || Dunk of the Night pic.twitter.com/WU1xnAfjF5
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) April 3, 2022
Devastation, Destruction, and Ruin:
Bodies of ‘executed people’ strewn across street in Bucha as Ukraine accuses Russia of war crimeshttps://t.co/xkeUuwtBpH
— CNN (@CNN) April 3, 2022
Ukraine: Apparent War Crimes in Russia-Controlled Areas https://t.co/9pTHydZ4Ne
— Human Rights Watch (@hrw) April 3, 2022
Putin’s Puppets: The GQP:
Putin’s Bigliest Puppet:
Trump: I knew Putin very well… That’s a good thing not a bad thing. I know Kim Jong-un. I know President Xi of China. pic.twitter.com/yGYpEs70Oa
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 2, 2022
Trump: You know they say that in Russia the people in Russia don’t even know they’re having a war because they have a rigged press. We have the same rigged press. Maybe not quite as severe pic.twitter.com/9XKbALx1jZ
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 3, 2022
What Others are Saying/The Sunday Shows:
STEPHANOPOULOS: How about these calls for Clarence Thomas to recuse himself?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 3, 2022
BLUNT: The idea you can't disagree with your wife on a public issue and still be able to function as a judge is unreasonable
STEPHANOPOULOS: Do we know that he disagrees with her?
BLUNT: [word salad] pic.twitter.com/ol4JcaBgKF
President Biden has done more damage to America than any President in modern history. It is imperative that Conservatives put forth a compelling, positive vision built on our highest ideals, and that’s why, at @AmericanFreedom, we unveiled the Freedom Agenda. pic.twitter.com/zd9h3p10W3
— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) April 3, 2022
.@WHCOS Klain says Pres. Biden has confidence in Attorney General Garland to make decisions about possible prosecutions.
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) April 3, 2022
“Only Richard Nixon and Donald Trump, in the modern era, believed that prosecution decisions should be made in the Oval Office." https://t.co/W4oaPb56Fk pic.twitter.com/DRorZZbBzk
Stephanopoulos to Ron Klain: "How did Democrats get on the wrong side of the crime issue?" pic.twitter.com/Z3dYIxf1pM
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 3, 2022
COVID-19/COVIDIOTS:
The next wave of Covid-19 is coming. Are you ready?
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 2, 2022
The culprit this time is BA.2, a subvariant of the Omicron variant. Nobody knows for sure how much havoc it will cause, but BA.2 is now the dominant strain in the United States and around the world. https://t.co/l8Fk8H5VT7 pic.twitter.com/uVas8ndi7g
A man allegedly had himself vaccinated against COVID-19 dozens of times in Germany in order to sell forged vaccination cards with real vaccine batch numbers to people not wanting to get vaccinated. The man, 60, is said to have received up to 90 shots. https://t.co/0P3D8ySWdb
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 3, 2022
America's Frontline Scammers have a breathtaking new grift: you can pay to be on an "American Grand Jury" publicly trying Dr. Fauci for his "crimes" against health. https://t.co/RMbymtqzvX
— Mike Rothschild (no relation) (@rothschildmd) April 3, 2022
The Worst People in the World:
Ted announces he has an upcoming speaking engagement at Yale, and says they may want him to smoke some peyote and give his speech nude. pic.twitter.com/6SQqD0KBon
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 1, 2022
Another Mass Shooting in the Good Old US of A: Sacramento, CA
This is an authoritarian threat of political retaliation because corporations won’t fall in line with the GOP’s attacks on marginalized groups.
— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) April 2, 2022
“Free market” Republicans no longer exist and the First Amendment only matters to them when they’re using it to protect hate speech. https://t.co/wgnnZb07sj
Laura Loomer is a rabid racist who gives Christians a bad name. pic.twitter.com/p51k3ocOIb
— 2020 bleach injection survivor. (@_R_S_S_) March 28, 2022
Laura Loomer told fellow white nationalist Jared Taylor that she is running for Congress in "the whitest district in the entire state of Florida" and believes that exploiting "anti-white racism and anti-white hatred" will benefit her campaign. https://t.co/65cvCc3xSl pic.twitter.com/PgNpQIuLtR
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) March 30, 2022
Maria Bartiromo floated a conspiracy theory that China is trying to "kill us off" using drugs and Covid in order to take over as the "number one superpower." pic.twitter.com/P3dwDvAHTY
— David Edwards (@DavidEdwards) April 3, 2022
the projection here is astounding pic.twitter.com/mcElMmZbwi
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 3, 2022
Your Brain on MAGAt:
A man wearing a F*ck Joe Biden hoodie attempted to round up “non-binaries” at a Motel 6 and put them in the back of his vehicle to take to the hospital.
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) April 3, 2022
The man, “steelewalker42live,” claimed he is doing “the Lord’s work” by “hunting” them. pic.twitter.com/8stUcSMPVR
TFG:
TFG Held a KKKlanfest in Michigan:
Trump starts to do an impression of what his concession speech to Biden would be like and stops short because he claims the media will edit it like the “Russia are you listening thing” pic.twitter.com/0nMsIj1iZq
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 3, 2022
Trump: And then I was named a long time ago, I was named, did you know this, a long time, I dunno, your Chamber of Commerce, somebody, who the hell knows what it is, they named me the man of the year in Michigan pic.twitter.com/ipqLzHVVif
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 3, 2022
Trump hammers at false claims of voter fraud in return to Michigan
Fired up Michigan crowd breaks out in "TRUMP WON" chants pic.twitter.com/wCzxI99K1G
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) April 2, 2022
TRUMP: "We WON twice and we did much better the second time than we did the first. And now, we may have to do it again!" pic.twitter.com/8hDrz5oHPe
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) April 3, 2022
The Opening Acts:
Some interesting interviews from the rally today. Here’s Julie from Ohio. She thinks Space Force is going to help trump overturn the 2020 election. 😵💫 pic.twitter.com/0NCFMd7cJr
— Kolleen (@littlewhitty) April 2, 2022
A Total Rewrite of History:
Fact Check: At the Trump rally in Michigan, Republican House Representative Lisa McClain falsely claimed Osama bin Laden was caught by Trump.
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) April 2, 2022
No, Lisa, Osama bin Laden was caught in 2011 under the Obama administration. pic.twitter.com/5LSc9ozfms
Rep. McClain: What we have now is a shambles. It’s a complete mess. Unemployment, 40 year high pic.twitter.com/wEaem0LF4w
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 2, 2022
State News:
LA court rules state corporate diversity law unconstitutional https://t.co/Z4O0JJ6U5U pic.twitter.com/JPkH2iDJn0
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 2, 2022
Jury selection for Parkland, Florida, school shooter Nikolas Cruz is about to begin after four years of legal maneuvering and delays. Cruz, 23, has pleaded guilty to the murders. The jury will decide whether he is sentenced to death or life without parole. https://t.co/gyZb43zX8W
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 2, 2022
Ohio’s Finest:
Fact check: Ad from Ohio Republican Josh Mandel falsely claims party rival Mike Gibbons said military service isn’t real work
No one dreams of an opportunity to go to Ohio. pic.twitter.com/xgrY0ibSZa
— 💀DeathMetalViking💀 (@DeathMetalV) April 1, 2022
Thomas Develin, a security guard at a Jewish school in Columbus, Ohio, was arrested after police were told about a social media post of Develin holding up his gun with the caption, “I’m at a Jewish school and about to make it everyone’s problem.” #ohleg https://t.co/6ttpBMEqdV
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) April 2, 2022
Other News:
You don't have to go home but you can't stay here: A crane was caught escorting an alligator off of a golf course in Orlando, FL 🐊😂 pic.twitter.com/rlP9Fd5Yuu
— NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) April 2, 2022
Some Comic Relief:
The slap from the POV of a seat filler pic.twitter.com/TO3IGN57K5
— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) April 3, 2022
