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Growing up, I didn't hear hyperbolic stories about walking uphill both ways in the snow for school.
My mother is an immigrant. She was born in Germany, in 1936. Her father served in the Wehrmacht and was sent to Stalingrad.
Growing up, I didn't hear hyperbolic stories about walking uphill both ways in the snow for school.
My mother is an immigrant. She was born in Germany, in 1936. Her father served in the Wehrmacht and was sent to Stalingrad.
(2/x)
Like so many others dispatched to that terrible siege, he was either captured or killed. Regardless, I never knew him.
My mother remembers the firebombing of Dresden. She watch it from her home in a small village outside the city. She remembers the Soviet invasion...
Like so many others dispatched to that terrible siege, he was either captured or killed. Regardless, I never knew him.
My mother remembers the firebombing of Dresden. She watch it from her home in a small village outside the city. She remembers the Soviet invasion...
(3/x)
... and occupation. She told me about how they had to eat the neighbors dog because the Russians took all their food. How they had to make tea from grass. How the children were forced to watch while the soldiers raped the women of the village.
... and occupation. She told me about how they had to eat the neighbors dog because the Russians took all their food. How they had to make tea from grass. How the children were forced to watch while the soldiers raped the women of the village.
(4/x)
From my family history, I know the cost of lies, and the price of appeasing fascists.
My father didn't raise me to be a progressive-minded individual. He thought Nixon's only real misstep was getting caught and he LOVED Reagan.
From my family history, I know the cost of lies, and the price of appeasing fascists.
My father didn't raise me to be a progressive-minded individual. He thought Nixon's only real misstep was getting caught and he LOVED Reagan.
(5/x)
Like many white Americans, I've had to work hard to address my privilege and bigotry. It's a journey on which I've made mistaken and I know is a lifelong journey of listening, learning, and constant work to improve myself by helping others have the same opportunities...
Like many white Americans, I've had to work hard to address my privilege and bigotry. It's a journey on which I've made mistaken and I know is a lifelong journey of listening, learning, and constant work to improve myself by helping others have the same opportunities...
(6/x)
...that I am granted just by virtue of having a central European background.
I implore you, please don’t make the mistake of thinking we can trust those in our government who stood up and supported the architects of the insurrection.
...that I am granted just by virtue of having a central European background.
I implore you, please don’t make the mistake of thinking we can trust those in our government who stood up and supported the architects of the insurrection.
(7/x)
Far too many Representatives and Senators supported and repeated Trump’s lies and his rhetoric. Some recanted at the last minute, play-acting at magnanimity by not objecting to Electoral College certification.
Far too many Representatives and Senators supported and repeated Trump’s lies and his rhetoric. Some recanted at the last minute, play-acting at magnanimity by not objecting to Electoral College certification.
(8/x)
It was a nakedly political ploy that proves they knew Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud were just lies, but went along with them because they saw him as a kingmaker.
It was a nakedly political ploy that proves they knew Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud were just lies, but went along with them because they saw him as a kingmaker.
(9/x)
Many in the Senate have lost sight of the fact that they are servants of the people and view themselves as our rulers, and we cannot let them forget their seditious speech and acts.
Actions must have consequences. Laws must apply to all, or they are worthless.
Many in the Senate have lost sight of the fact that they are servants of the people and view themselves as our rulers, and we cannot let them forget their seditious speech and acts.
Actions must have consequences. Laws must apply to all, or they are worthless.
(10/x)
This nation cannot heal and move forward unless ALL those who transgressed against us, all those who stood by and enabled and encouraged the insurrection against the lawfully elected government of the United States, are punished to the fullest extent of the law.
This nation cannot heal and move forward unless ALL those who transgressed against us, all those who stood by and enabled and encouraged the insurrection against the lawfully elected government of the United States, are punished to the fullest extent of the law.
(11/x)
If this requires Senators and Representatives to be expelled from Congress, if this requires the impeachment of Supreme Court Justices, so be it.
If this requires Senators and Representatives to be expelled from Congress, if this requires the impeachment of Supreme Court Justices, so be it.
(12/x)
There are those who will say doing so is partisan extremism, but to do any less will be to denigrate the sacrifices of the soldiers who gave their lives to defend our nation over its history.
There are those who will say doing so is partisan extremism, but to do any less will be to denigrate the sacrifices of the soldiers who gave their lives to defend our nation over its history.
