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Truth Sandwiches Weekly Twitter Report, up to 02/15 [1]

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Date: 2023-02-24

My Social Media IDs

Twitter: @Mokurai Mokurai Delusion Fighter 🇺🇦 🇺🇦

Mastodon: @[email protected]

Post: On Wait List #117085

Facebook: Edward Mokurai Cherlin

Daily Kos: Mokurai

Quora: Edward Cherlin

Pinterest: @edwardcherlin Truth Sandwich Report

These are weekly reports where we list the top posts by Truth Brigaders and ask you to follow, like, reply and especially quote tweet them! Every boost helps move the entire TruthBrigade effort on!

The ever-helpful Emmy

02/10 - 02/15

So the next report will be in two weeks, on 2/29, right? Er, no, wait, that’s 3/1.

Coffee!

I have another cup of coffee in the pot, thank Dog. Fresh-roasted, fresh-ground, with real cream awaiting.

Here are our principal Truth Sandwiches of the previous two weeks. We like to share them around.

http://twitter.com/aliclayks/statuses/1624790177573896193

x I want our leaders to focus on what matters. When I see alarming lies about gas stove bans that don't exist, I have to wonder what the rumor-mongers are trying to distract us from. Let's check the facts before we react! Here's an AP article.https://t.co/SvUDpSOGhF #TruthBrigade — AliClay 🌊 (@aliclayks) February 12, 2023

Yes, Wrong-Wingers 🎜hate, hate, hate, hate,🎜 induction cookers that are cheaper, safer, and easier to cook with, in addition to helping save our one and only available planet. Professional chefs not in the pay of the Gaslighting industry are converting in droves.

http://twitter.com/aliclayks/statuses/1624404711179952133

Here is our most recent campaign Truth Sandwich, much copied in Tweets that we have links to below.

http://twitter.com/Angxgau/statuses/1625943499169271817

x Nobody likes being manipulated. So when people say “real americans” as some kind of code word for white Christians, what are they trying to make us feel? Remember: #DogWhistles are used solely to divide and dehumanize. #TruthBrigade https://t.co/swPfANfDow — Andrea Christgau, MPH (@Angxgau) February 15, 2023

http://twitter.com/Angxgau/statuses/1624168177599930383

http://twitter.com/bfraidowitz/statuses/1624427246948581378

http://twitter.com/IndivisibleHoCo/statuses/1624533171126632448

http://twitter.com/IndivisibleHoCo/statuses/1624532738786066442

http://twitter.com/JG_Progressive/statuses/1625910309683703843

http://twitter.com/JG_Progressive/statuses/1625906533749104640

http://twitter.com/JimMcGr93019878/statuses/1624113811572523223

x Most of us strive to be thoughtful and compassionate. This is what woke really means. So why is Suburban Action PAC against WOKE? Are they stoking racial fears, fear of LGBTQ+, etc.? Remember #DogWhistles are used solely to divide & dehumanize. #TruthBrigade #TruthBrigadeIL pic.twitter.com/MCKBhM4nn0 — Jim McGrath (@JimMcGr93019878) February 10, 2023

The title Buddha does not mean “enlightened”. It means “awakened”. So his followers are proud Wokeists.

http://twitter.com/Kalmoyl/statuses/1624109759614812162

https://twitter.com/kimincsu/statuses/1624228031601442817

https://twitter.com/KWforUkraine/statuses/1626344839888396289

x #TruthBrigade focused on #DogWhistles this week. They're everywhere! Learn to recognize the codes that bad actors use to divide us. Here's an opinion piece on dog whistles from Nikki Haley. https://t.co/yIQbAl5Ey7 — KatW (@KWforUkraine) February 16, 2023

Haley wants mental tests for candidates for President. Tests for voting were at the heart of Jim Crow voter suppression, so she immediately failed her own Dog Whistle test.

http://twitter.com/KWforUkraine/statuses/1625914084339089428

x “Woke” is a GOP #DogWhistle. Right-wing pundits use it to demonize anyone who doesn't agree with them. John Pavlovitz explains it well here. #TruthBrigade https://t.co/WxLzvttFWe — KatW (@KWforUkraine) February 15, 2023

The Wrong-Wingers greatest fear is that the rest of us will treat them decently, equally. To White partriarchal Christianist Supremacist hypocrites, nothing could be more racist, etc.

http://twitter.com/LeighMuncy/statuses/1624170692705935387

http://twitter.com/moderate2severe/statuses/1625988434014740481

http://twitter.com/moderate2severe/statuses/1625634590453792769

x Public Schools are the Soul of our Democracy. Think about why the GOP extremists and billionaires are using all the dog whistles to create division and fear. Protect our Freedom to Learn and Teach ALL kids. #DownWithTheDogWhistles #TruthBrigadehttps://t.co/izg2f0R02E — GrandBuddy ☮️ aka Elon (@moderate2severe) February 14, 2023

Public schools in Scotland created the Scottish Enlightenment.

http://twitter.com/Mokurai/statuses/1626408012284850176

x Voting is good for all, or it is good for none. Compare states that support or suppress voting on education, jobs, health, human rights...#Indivisible #TruthBrigade: Let the People Vote! https://t.co/8ydTAf2pGP pic.twitter.com/Y0rwYpbcfg — Mokurai Delusion Fighter 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 (@Mokurai) February 17, 2023

Then there are the Secessionists, some of whom want to forbid voting by Liberals in their states.

http://twitter.com/Mokurai/statuses/1626156399725096962

x Nixon staffer Erlichmann admitting that it had always been a lying Dog Whistle for hippy-punching & racism, with roots in Chinese-bashing (opium & "White slaves"), Latinos & pot...#Indivisible #TruthBrigade: Down with the Dog Whistles—Say what you mean, or don't say it at all https://t.co/AY90kAvxQc pic.twitter.com/VBcJoN3bxt — Mokurai Delusion Fighter 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 (@Mokurai) February 16, 2023

http://twitter.com/PonceyNAZ/statuses/1624269683481526272

http://twitter.com/RegDemsNow/statuses/1626324957964673025

x Catchy phrases help us remember products–and #propaganda.



When I see a hot button issue suddenly pushed with a viral slogan, I wonder what’s behind it.



My motto: “My views; my words!” I’ll use a slogan only

if my research supports it. #TruthBrigade pic.twitter.com/ECZ8xtny78 — Tom #Voterizer #FBR #Resist Registers Democrats (@RegDemsNow) February 16, 2023

http://twitter.com/RegDemsNow/statuses/1625906643610349612

x The right to vote is central to democracy.



Despite what MAGA Republicans say, there’s no good reason to make it harder for some Americans to vote than others. It's simple.



Protect our Democracy. Protect the sacred right to vote. #TruthBrigade #Voterizer pic.twitter.com/CTsoSlBD4I — Tom #Voterizer #FBR #Resist Registers Democrats (@RegDemsNow) February 15, 2023

http://twitter.com/SaloRachelle/statuses/1625905742136979464

http://twitter.com/SandaCl76344503/statuses/1624421715999850497

x Nobody likes being manipulated. The MAGAS have a new code word! They call themselves ‘Pure Bloods’ What's their message? Legitimizing NAZISM, HATE, BIGOTRY and Racism. #DogWhistles are used solely to divide and dehumanize. #TruthBrigade pic.twitter.com/1qB2bC7RqT — Sanda Clark (@SandaCl76344503) February 11, 2023

See also Harry Potter, The 1619 Project, Huck Finn, and everything else they don’t want your children to read, about real history and real people. Or imaginary people, either.

http://twitter.com/sethwilpan/statuses/1625572999435804683

http://twitter.com/TomDemcast/statuses/1626322626137268224

x Women should be free to make their own healthcare decisions.



The invent your own facts approach from the right presents a misleading picture for their own agenda.



Women should have the right to choose for themselves. #TruthBrigade #Voterizer https://t.co/qm3jowJHp0 — Tom Demcast 🌊 🇺🇦 #Voterizer #FBR #Resist (@TomDemcast) February 16, 2023

http://twitter.com/TomDemcast/statuses/1625904133759766528

x Taxes are too complicated and it's way too easy for the wealthy to not pay their fair share.



So why are pundits and politicians lying about the new laws that actually fix the #IRS? #TruthBrigade #Voterizer



Read the article to learn more.

https://t.co/U6w5x0wVXe pic.twitter.com/eRFaDhSgPv — Tom Demcast 🌊 🇺🇦 #Voterizer #FBR #Resist (@TomDemcast) February 15, 2023

http://twitter.com/VCVaile/statuses/1624585065937375232

x Wondering what's going on with the House GOP #WeaponizarionCommittee hearing? @BeauTFC explains effect of #disinformation based opinion presented as evidence and shows how you can do the samehttps://t.co/q6wqei8cvm via @YouTube #TruthBrigade — VCVaile (@VCVaile) February 12, 2023

Look for the helpers.

Fred Rogers

http://twitter.com/VotingRights5/statuses/1624420196617265154

http://twitter.com/WeArePatriots2/statuses/1624078444035469312

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