I've read several pieces this AM about Trump's mutual masturbation session with Elon and I couldn't help but notice that after running thousands of stories about Biden's apparent cognitive issues, reporters don't seem to think it's even worth mentioning that 78-year-old Trump could not make words with his mouth and slurred his way through the whole two hours.
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PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT GET COMPLACENT.
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#USPolitics #Biden #HarrisWalz2024 @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews @socialmedia @womensvoices @uspolitics
#FBI is investigating suspected #hacking attempts by #Iran targeting both a #Trump associate & advisers to the #Biden-#Harris campaign….
3 staffers on the Biden-Harris campaign received spear phishing emails that were designed to appear legitimate but could give an intruder access to the recipients’ comms [but they weren’t dumb enough to fall for it; unlike Trump/Vance apparently].
#HarrisWalz2024 #Intelligence #NationalSecurity
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/08/12/trump-hack-iran-fbi/
Triggered #Dems are blocking #history. When did #Biden end the #COVID emergency? 5 11 23. When most #democrat voters were vaxxed! Not that #republican #necropolitics were any better. Trump adopted anti-mask/anti-vax politics bc the first wave of COVID *decimated* Democrat constituencies. R instincts went rabidly anti-mask/anti-vax fast and wet-dreamy. Dems? Masked up and vaxxed! Uh oh, more dead Republicans by 2024! Both parties embraced death, one won. Biden isn't any less ghoulish than #Trump.
The #DemocraticNationalConvention will kick off Monday in #Chicago. Democratic organizers have had to rework programming for the #DNC after #POTUS #Biden dropped out & endorsed MVP #KamalaHarris to replace him.
But leaders within the DNC say they are harnessing that energy the #Harris & her running mate, MN Gov #TimWalz, have brought into the race, & that they hope to keep the momentum going at the convention & beyond.
Here’s what you need to know.
#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/18/nx-s1-5078651/dnc-convention-harris-walz-speakers-schedule
#Biden Approved Secret Strategy Refocusing on #Nuclear Threat
In a #classified document approved in March, the president ordered #US forces to prepare for possible coordinated #nuclear confrontations w/ #Russia, #China & #NorthKorea.
#geopolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/us/politics/biden-nuclear-china-russia.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
#Trump’s Baseless Claims [#lies] About the Assassination Attempt Are #Dangerous
His growing effort to blame #Biden & #Harris for the shooting isn’t supported by ANY #evidence. But experts say it could stir #violence.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies
#Incitement #extremism #radicalization #PoliticalViolence #DomesticTerrorism
#weird #insane #Nonsense #ConspiracyTheories
#WeAreNotGoingBack
#CommonSense #sanity #RealityBasedPolitics #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/trump-assassination-attempt-blame-biden-harris/
Via Ammar Moussa:
Donald #Trump and #JDVance nowhere to be seen on Labor Day
Taylor Popielarz:
The presidential campaign schedule on this Labor Day:
• #Harris will visit MI and PA
• #Biden will join Harris in PA
• Tim #Walz & Gwen Walz will visit MN and WI
• Douglas #Emhoff will visit VA
• Trump and JDVance don't have any public events scheduled
#SCOTUS allows #HHS to divert funds over #abortion referrals
The #SupremeCourt Tues cleared the way for the #Biden admin to strip millions of #HealthCare dollars from #Oklahoma over its refusal to direct patients to info about #abortions — a federal req that the state says would be at odds w/its strict #AbortionBan.
Last yr, the Biden admin diverted $4.5M from OK’s #FamilyPlanning prgm, which primarily serves #LowIncome or #uninsured patients.
#law #ReproductiveRights
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/03/oklahoma-abortion-funding-supreme-court-title-x/
#SCOTUS on Wednesday rebuffed a #Biden administration plea seeking to revive the latest plan to tackle federal student loan debt.
The court in a brief order denied an emergency request filed by the administration seeking to lift a nationwide injunction imposed by an appeals court. There were no noted dissents.”
New #Biden Administration Rules Aim to Hold Insurers Accountable for #MentalHealth Care Coverage
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The regulations will force health insurance plans to collect and report more data on how they limit and deny mental health claims. ProPublica’s reporting has found that insurers regularly shortchange patients seeking treatment.
#News #Health #Insurance #Regulation #Government #Therapy
https://www.propublica.org/article/biden-administration-strengthens-mental-health-care-protections
👀 #SCOTUS refused for now to halt a #Biden administration crackdown on planet-warming methane emissions from oil wells, tanks and pipelines—Bloomberg #ClimateCrisis
Via Kyle Griffin:
The Secret Service is looking into Elon #Musk's Twitter post (later removed) that suggested it was strange no one attempted to assassinate President #Biden or Vice President #Harris.
In response to a FOIA request, the agency said it's withholding records due to "enforcement proceedings." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-09-19/musk-x-post-about-biden-harris-threats-leads-to-secret-service-investigation
I’ve heard it said that if you don’t vote with whichever party then you are a coward. I think that’s exactly backwards, and even reflects poorly all the person making that argument. It doesn’t take much courage to go with the group.
Instead I go the other way: no matter which party you might prefer in general, it takes courage to say they nominated a moron, and fortunately the other party also nominated a loser, so no matter what the US is going to slog through these next few years.
In my opinion the courageous position is to say no, you nominated a moron, and I’m not going to give you my vote. We’re going to be okay I guess, whether you win or not, but I’m not going to let you assume that you have my vote if you insist on nominating a moron. You should have nominated someone better. You should have nominated someone worthy of my vote. Do better next time.
That’s the state of #USPolitics . As South Park said, big douche versus turd sandwich. So screw both #Democrats and #Republicans. Neither of you managed to nominate someone worth voting for, so I’m voting for my dog.
To give either party our votes is to sign on to their nomination of garbage people. Let’s not. Let’s say that they need to actually nominate worthwhile administrators.
But more practically, let’s focus on #Congress. No matter who wins this election, they’re going to suck, but we can still express ourselves through our representation in Congress, and that’s honestly how it should be anyway.
Check out your representatives. See how they have actually been voting, and vote them out if they have been letting you down. That’s really where our focus should be anyway.
Not on which jerk ends up in the Oval Office.
(But thank God #Biden is on his way out, as he has been terrible for #science in the US, which has not gotten nearly enough attention from the press.)
Via Kyle Cheney:
A federal judge has tossed Rudy #Giuliani's defamation lawsuit against Joe #Biden, saying he had "utterly failed" to carry his burden. #legal
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nhd.62613/gov.uscourts.nhd.62613.18.0.pdf
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Via Kyle Griffin:
History has just been made with far too little acknowledgment:
President #Biden sat down with The Washington Blade — marking the first time a sitting president has given an exclusive interview to an #LGBTQ+ news outlet.
Read the president's full conversation with Christopher Kane. https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/09/16/the-washington-blade-interviews-president-joe-biden/
NYT—President #Biden said that he would not support a strike by #Israel on Iranian nuclear sites in retaliation for Tuesday’s missile attack, signaling an effort to restrain Israel from responding with such force that it could trigger a wider, regional war in the Middle East. Biden said that G7 leaders had agreed to impose new sanctions on #Iran. https://nyti.ms/4evqJyG
It’s pretty clear that the #Biden admin decided early on that the US’s primary interest was preventing this mess from escalating into a regional war and a lot of decisions that pissed a lot of people off flowed from that.
And yet here we are.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/30/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-hamas-war-news-gaza/
Hi Trump.
Via Ammar Moussa:
Thanks to President #Biden and VP #Harris border crossings are down for the third straight month.
Priscilla Alvarez:
New: In September, US Border Patrol recorded around 54,000 encounters along the US southern border, according to new federal data shared with CNN— marking the third month of decline since Biden's executive action went into effect. https://cnn.com/2024/09/30/politics/migrant-crossing-numbers-drop/index.html
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Via Kyle Griffin:
A federal judge will let expire the temporary restraining order against President #Biden's sweeping new student loan forgiveness plan — a massive win for the administration.
The ruling, from a Bush 43 appointee, means Biden may move forward with the plan just weeks before the election. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/03/student-loan-forgiveness-plan-goes-ahead-biden.html
No, #Biden didn't take FEMA relief money to use on migrants — but #Trump did.
"Even though Trump was once president, he still appears to have little clue about the appropriations process. What's even richer is that when he was president, he did exactly what he claims Biden did — take money from FEMA’s disaster fund to fund migrant programs at the southern border." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/04/no-biden-didnt-take-fema-relief-money-use-migrants-trump-did/
⚠️🇺🇦Kyiv condemns Iran's attack on Israel and calls on partners to defend Ukraine's skies just as resolutely as they do Israel (more) https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/10/2/7477838/ #Ukraine #Mastodon #Biden #PACE #OSCE #CoE #UN #Press #USA #UnitedNations #Rutte #US #UK #Harris #Harris2024 #HarrisWalz #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar
#BoycottHungarians #10yrInvasionofUkraine
#Article7 #Article7HungaryNow
THIS is what “pro life” looks like:
“A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the continuing dangers of lead in tap water, Joe #Biden is setting a 10-year deadline for cities across the nation to replace their lead pipes, finalizing an aggressive approach aimed at ensuring that drinking water is safe for all Americans” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/08/biden-lead-pipes-drinking-water