The Progressive Wing

Happy 4/20 to all who celebrate!
To mark the occasion we need to legalize marijuana AND make the industry more accessible to those who have been unjustly criminalized at its hands so that Black and brown communities aren’t being incarcerated while others are making millions 🍃💨
— Congressman Jamaal Bowman (@RepBowman) April 20, 2023

It’s 4:20 on 4/20. That’s the tweet. pic.twitter.com/eG34QREjzP
— Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) April 20, 2023

👏 Big John is looking good and healthy.👍

I went to one of my shops and got my id checked at 4:19. Minute to spare, heh heh.

🗣Tomorrow the Supreme Court will discuss whether to hear Big Oil's pleas to escape climate lawsuits in state court.
Two justices have direct conflicts of interest & should recuse themselves. But Exxon wants them to exploit the court's weak ethics rules.https://t.co/rgp26vSNfn
— Center for Climate Integrity (@climatecosts) April 20, 2023

Weak??? their practically impossible to see

Benny

Maybe instead of spending millions on building rockets for rich people to escape to Mars, we should invest in stopping the climate crisis… #SpaceX https://t.co/YtoCrwHTA3
— Sunrise Movement 🌅 (@sunrisemvmt) April 20, 2023

Goldman: "We're sitting here with a shocking lack of decorum … I have now counted that 6 of my Republican colleagues have not asked you a single question." pic.twitter.com/GvgVtagUea
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2023

Every time Greene opens her idiotic piehole, she puts Women’s IQ back to the Stone Age.💩🤮

Goldman is shrewd about arcane rules of the House. However, I noticed on twitter, he did a fundraiser with it, which annoys me. He doesn’t need to ask for money for doing his job, but i guess all politicians expect to have their hat out for handouts at any given time, especially if they did not raise money strictly from donors who contribute 200 dollars or less to their campaign coffers.

As Big Tech's influence in Washington has grown, so has its power to shape trade policy. @TheProspect explores new research on the dangerous implications of Big Tech's influence and capture over crucial trade negotiations.👇 https://t.co/M2U1y5NViB
— American Economic Liberties Project (@econliberties) April 20, 2023

SCOOP: Elon Musk is no longer removing legacy blue checks, but instead will require all users to post at least one tweet a week discussing a quality of his they admire in order to maintain active accounts on the platform.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 20, 2023

I’m not a blue check, but admittedly, there’ve been many criticisms about Musk I wanted to “like” but I have refrained and concluded that Musk will try to dispense of twitter after 2024. Thus, he owns the Square, and I use it daily, not to post necessarily stuff on twitter, but to gather information. It’s a time saver as much a time waster.

jcitybone

🤣🤣🤣

New: Mike Lindell offered $5m to anyone who could disprove his claim to have data showing China interfered in the 2020 election.
A Nevada man did just that. But Lindell refused to pay. Now an arbitration panel has ordered Lindell to hand over the $5m. https://t.co/Wz4RDrNNjL
— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) April 20, 2023

lol

Aint Supposed to Die A Natural Death

lmao

I see a sale on pillows’ to pay this off

What a ‘winner’.🤮😂

Just in time for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day…

Dem Rep. Stacey Plaskett is threatening @mtaibbi with prison over his Twitter Files testimony. The testimony is actually accurate-though she's referring to an error in a tweet that's been corrected.
That's beside the point: To call for a reporter to be jailed is beyond the pale pic.twitter.com/27jKRZKRTl
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) April 20, 2023

Smells Ike a DINO, quacks like a DINO. 💩 Taibbi does not deserve this nonsense though he’s not perfect.

Grim was not the only one.

The Freedom of the Press Foundation and other press freedom groups have denounced this, first reported by @lhfang https://t.co/6MoVW97MEl pic.twitter.com/uZL3utc3ry
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) April 20, 2023

Censure or a sternly worded letter would work. But my guess is that Jeffries wants to confer in private, as he should do as a first step.

Exxon wants their case heard first, because Alito technically doesn't own Exxon stock. But if he rules for Exxon, that will indirectly benefit the oil companies in which he has a financial interest. That's what the industry is banking on, in fact:https://t.co/Rej1LIj6w7
— David Dayen (@ddayen) April 20, 2023

The text matches the commitments McCarthy made well before the Freedom Caucus organized to block him.
I don't know why anyone thought this would look different as a first offer. https://t.co/y2moeeblzi
— David Dayen (@ddayen) April 20, 2023

Gaetz the garbage who belongs in prison.

NEW: At least 13 new members of Congress have joined Rep AOC and Sen Markey on the Green New Deal including @MaxwellFrostFL and @RobertGarcia!
Standing room only. The Green New Deal is booming baby! pic.twitter.com/FN334z7DNS
— Saul (@saaaauuull) April 20, 2023

Orl, we need to persuade the Squad to adopt martin Frost!

jcitybone

Today we reintroduced the Green New Deal in the House! 🌎 🌱👷🏽‍♂️
We’re also rolling out a new tool: an implementation guide to show communities and organizers how to get federal $$ for GND investments in your community.
Check it out: https://t.co/LzmKcJcbXm https://t.co/qMqSeNI1xl
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 20, 2023

👏👏👏👏✊

Maxwell is walking the walk for sure! His generation should be very proud of him.👍☮️

T and R x 2, and happy 420 Day, Ms. Benny!! ☮️☮️👍🙂

BREAKING: new video shows cannabis Teamster workers at RISE dispensary in Joliet IL walking out at 4:20 pm yesterday to begin their Unfair Labor Practice strike.
Time for @GTIGrows to stop retaliating against workers and agree to a fair contract! #420Strike pic.twitter.com/JIPOyWVUDY
— Teamsters Cannabis Workers (@Teamsters420) April 20, 2023

First I’ve seen of an IL dispensary’s workers rising up!

Of course congresscritters from both sides were involved;
As Fears of Banking Crisis Surged, Members of Congress Sold Bank Shares
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fears-banking-crisis-surged-members-114128107.html

Figures. 🙄🙄

jcitybone

🚨BREAKING 🚨
Six hours after we first confronted Republican Rep. Scotty Campbell, he has now RESIGNED! https://t.co/IHJkyWuYAR
— Phil Williams (@NC5PhilWilliams) April 20, 2023

😂😂😂👏

Must have been bad for GQP rep to resign. Maybe a sacrifical lamb? But then again he could just run again as the Talibangeilcals down thier would forgive him as long as the R letter is by the name. Also The Tennessee state GQP knew about this before they kicked out the two Justin’s

Although it's not listed on the Tennessee Legislature's website, Lt. Gov. Randy McNally & GOP Sen. Mark Pody issued a proclamation April as a month to honor the Confederacy and "the cause for Southern Liberty." Daniel Feller writes, from @ConversationUS
.https://t.co/uGG04bIIIO
— Tennessee Lookout (@TNLookout) April 21, 2023

NEWSWEEK: “Republican Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton is facing renewed calls to resign after being accused of covering up a sexual harassment scandal that has led to the resignation of one of his colleagues. (The TN House GOP Vice Chair)”https://t.co/xYTWw212Lr
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) April 21, 2023