What Donald Trump’s Criminal Trial Reveals About a Potential Second #Trump Administration
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The latest trial revealed a lot about how Trump went about running his company and the presidency — and provided hints of how that might play out in a second Trump administration.
#News #election2024 #Election #Politics #Law #DonaldTrump #Government
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-criminal-trial-second-term
Reader Tips Propelled Our #SupremeCourt Reporting. Now Your Info Could Power Our 2024 #Election Coverage.
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An email from a reader helped a team of ProPublica reporters uncover secret tuition payments Harlan Crow made for a family member of #ClarenceThomas.
Now we’re looking for tips on the election, and you can help.
#News #Voting #election2024 #Government #Law #SCOTUS
https://www.propublica.org/article/reader-tips-propublica-2024-election-coverage
Trump visited a Black megachurch in Detroit.
There were no Blacks in the audience.
#trump #blackmastodon #uspolitics #Election2024 #detroit https://apnews.com/article/trump-michigan-black-voters-far-right-activists-2ddab35eceecb42ee8899f0720715b32
With Donald Trump’s long record of racist and xenophobic comments, why is support for him among voters of color increasing?
Two political scientists went to America Fest to look at how Republicans are appealing to voters of color by invoking law and order, conservative social values and mistrust of government.
https://theconversation.com/what-early-2024-polls-are-revealing-about-voters-of-color-and-the-gop-and-its-not-all-about-donald-trump-227534
#Election2024 #Trump
Georgia is in play in 2024.
“I believe that Trump can be placed among a long line of demagogues who possess the skills needed to tap into the fears and anxieties of a group of people that perceives itself as marginalized, at risk and not in control.”
It worked for Democrat Lester Maddox in 1967, and it’s working for Trump this year
https://theconversation.com/preying-on-white-fears-worked-for-georgias-lester-maddox-in-the-60s-and-is-working-there-for-donald-trump-today-227749
#Trump #Election2024 #USPolitics @blackmastodon
"Dumb bigot" is redundant. These people both buy into the far-right's racist conspiracy theories and also always believe that they'll get away with this shit. There are a lot of stupid, gullible people with anger control issues in this country so we see this happening every day.
We'll see how effective stirring them up proves to be as a political strategy.
Here's more from today's debacle in Atlanta.
(No paywall)
#blackmastodon #trump #atlanta #uspolitics #Election2024 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-black-voters-mug-shot_n_667d0447e4b017bda37badbe
Study of the top 5 newspapers found "144 articles focused on either or both Biden’s and Trump’s ages or mental acuities in the period studied, with 67% focused just on Biden’s age or mental acuity and only 7% on just Trump’s."
It's clear bias, but we haven't been beating that drum for generations.
https://www.mediamatters.org/washington-post/top-newspapers-fixate-bidens-age
Trump spokesman bragging yet again about how he is getting "support among Black and Hispanic men..."
Alas,sneakers and some out-of-work no-name rappers and has-been Philly Soul acts does NOT bring in more "support" in the Black and Brown community.
#trump #philadelphia #blackmastodon #latinomastodon #uspolitics #Election2024 https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/decision-2024/rep-senate-candidate-dave-mccormick-expected-to-join-former-donald-trump-at-rally-in-philly/3890146/
President Joe #Biden is scheduled to appear alongside MVP #KamalaHarris at an event in #Maryland on Thurs at which they are expected to tout billions of dollars in initial savings from an ongoing effort to negotiate w/ #pharmaceutical companies over the prices of #drugs used by Americans on #Medicare.
#Trump plans to hold his second *#news* conference in as many weeks, this one at his golf club in #NewJersey.
#Election2024 #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/15/2024-election-campaign-updates-harris-trump/
This is such a weird #media obsession. The campaign's only a month old and if she wins, the details of her policies will be heavily influenced by the composition of the next Congress. There's only so much you can do through executive action. And voters don't know anything about policy anyway.
Every one of those judges will be appointed for life. If you refuse to vote or leave off the top line or vote third party, you are consigning yourself and the next generation to a reduction in civil rights, voting rights, LGBTQ rights, labor rights, and minority rights, not to mention the end of NATO, abandonment of Ukraine, elimination of environmental laws, the connection of church and state... If this isn't enough reason to vote for Biden, just block me now. #election2024 #votebluenomatterwho
Armed and Underground: Inside the Turbulent, Secret World of an American #Militia
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Rounding up #migrants. Lists of “friendly” sheriffs. Debating #political assassinations.
Internal messages reveal AP3's journey from Jan. 6 through the tumultuous lead-up to the 2024 #election.
One member predicts: “It’ll be decided at the ammo box.”
#news #election2024 #government #crime #violence #immigration #politics
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-secret-ap3-militia-american-patriots-three-percent
A perfect a/b test of the media's differential coverage of Trump.
In 2016, they turned HRC's hacked/ leaked emails into dozens of vaguely damning stories down the stretch. Here they report Trump was hacked but don't reveal anything they received from the leakers. They say the hackers offered more but in this case it doesn't seem like they're interested in breaking any news from an illicit source.
#media #trump #Election2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/10/trump-hack-iran-vance-report/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzIzMjYyNDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzI0NjQ0Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MjMyNjI0MDAsImp0aSI6ImI5ZGY3MDc4LTljZDktNGVlOC1iYmI3LTBjZGI3ODU1ZjkwNSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI0LzA4LzEwL3RydW1wLWhhY2staXJhbi12YW5jZS1yZXBvcnQvIn0.O1wwyu0W06PHqlDN03JBiBZQdzPT9glUFfi_8WHSLgE
Trump is completely incoherent when talking about one of his signature policies.
Meanwhile, the press is hectoring #KamalaHarris over her "price controls."
WaPo's run one opinion piece about tariffs in the last six months. It was headlined, "How #Trump taught #Biden to love tariffs."
They've run a grand total of one opinion piece this year about the central policy proposal of his campaign, rounding up and deporting 15 million people.
#Trump got 46.1% of the pop vote when he lost it by 3mil in 2016 and 46.8% when he lost by 7mil in 2020.
He’s at 46.8% in RCP’s average, and he’s been around that number for the entire 2024 cycle. His “lead” just reflected a lack of Dem enthusiasm for #Biden.
There were always a lot of “undecided/ didn’t answer,” most of whom would have come home as we got closer to the election if history is any guide.
Great job pushing back on that whole weird thing guys.
I'm pinning this as my finger in the dyke against the mindless Democrat lemmings falling for the "Biden must step down" con.
Mandatory reading if you are STILL a "Biden must step down" rube.
Both of these.
No cheating.
Stephanie Jones: Medium post (and you should subscribe to her, even if you otherwise don't 'don't Medium)
https://stephaniejones2.substack.com/p/the-biden-replacement-theory-a-joke?r=4hf2m&triedRedirect=true
@Emptywheel Mastodon post (and you should follow them)
https://mastodon.social/@emptywheel/112756132197373574
The cult surrounding a white guy whose father’s tax fraud scheme made him a millionaire at age 8 insists that the daughter of two first generation immigrants couldn’t have gotten to where she is on merit.
If you haven't already, or perhaps if you want to again, @heidilifeldman has a #MastodonForHarris #actblue campaign to raise funds for VP Harris's presidential campaign to defeat #Trump.
I think the goal was $1,000 (lol) but we're going to the moon.
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Donate whatever you can, here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris
#uspol #politics #uspolitics #kamala #election #election2024
The right is actually guilty of doing what every dopey right-wing conspiracy theory claims about the left.
"Nadler urges Republicans to investigate X's restrictions on Kamala Harris' campaign account, citing censorship concerns"
#elonmusk #censorship #KamalaHarris #election2024
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/nadler-urges-investigation-x-restriction-kamala-harris-account-rcna163236
I grudgingly came around to thinking #Biden had to get out because the media's singular obsession with #OldGhazi had become an insurmountable obstacle but I underestimated the degree to which replacing him would shift the vibe within the Dem coalition.
#election2024 #KamalaHarris
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kamalamania-boosts-dems-fighting-maga-in-battleground-statehouses
#Biden steps aside as Democratic nominee, #endorses #Harris
President Biden is ending his presidential campaign, a momentous decision that upends the 2024 presidential race, and is endorsing Vice President Harris for the top of the ticket.
“I believe it is in the best interest of my party & the country for me to stand down & to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the reminder of my term,” Biden said in a statement.
#Election2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/07/21/election-2024-biden-trump-campaign-updates/
Nine years ago, Hillary said around half of Trump's supporters were bigots of various stripes and despite that being a generous estimate, the right hasn't stopped whining about it since--and they convinced the press that it was a consequential slur.
This will be forgotten in 2 days...
