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Via Rupar:
"You can't have an election in the middle of a political season" -- and #Trump accuses other people of being in decline
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Via Rupar:
"You can't have an election in the middle of a political season" -- and #Trump accuses other people of being in decline
"U.S. and other Western countries are considering transferring to #NATO a U.S.-led multinational group that coordinates the shipment of weapons to #Ukraine, a move that could help maintain the flow of arms to Kyiv under a second #Trump presidency.
During the NATO foreign ministerial meeting in Brussels Wednesday and Thursday, officials are expected to discuss gradually moving the organization — called the Ukraine Defense Contact Group — into the alliance’s control.." https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/02/allies-consider-moving-ukraine-arms-group-into-nato-to-shield-it-from-trump-00150151
Since billionaire Jeff Yass is in the news for his involvement in #TikTok and #Trump's #TruthSocial, here's our deep-dive look into the #GOP megadonor who avoided $1 billion in #taxes and poured that money into campaigns to cut taxes and support #election deniers.
https://www.propublica.org/article/jeff-yass-susquehanna-tiktok-tax-avoidance
Fact check: True
#Biden-Harris 2024 Spox James Singer:
"Donald #Trump is weak & desperate – both as a man and a candidate for Pres.
"He spent the weekend golfing, the morning comparing himself to Jesus, & the afternoon lying about having money he definitely doesn't have.
"His campaign can't raise money … & every time he opens his mouth, he pushes moderate and suburban voters away with his dangerous agenda.
"America deserves better than a feeble, confused, and tired Donald Trump."
MSNBC:
Liz Cheney urges the Supreme Court to stop aiding Donald Trump’s delay tactics
"I think it’s very important that the Supreme Court realizes, that what he's doing, is a delaying tactic...
It cannot be the case that a President of the United States can attempt to overturn an election and seize power, and that our justice system is incapable of holding a trial, and holding him to account before the next election."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHMiPAjaVtU
Trump Media will trade on Nasdaq on Tuesday under the stock symbol DJT
Trump has 79 million shares of Trump Media (60% of the stock) and owns a separate class of shares that gives him 55% voting power
Trump's shares could be valued at up to $3 billion
Trump Media will have immediate access to more than $300 million
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/business/trump-media-trading-tuesday.html
Via Ben Meiselas:
I speak frequently with #MichaelCohen.. I can tell you how incredibly fearful he is for his safety & the safety of his family based on Donald #Trump’s continuous witness intimidation. Cohen tells me about the constant death threats he receives. Hopefully the amended gag order issued by Justice Merchan will be enforced by Merchan if/when it is violated by Trump. All witnesses like Cohen needed to be protected from intimidation and threats. This is the United States of America.
Via Lisa Rubin 🧵1/…
A Lancaster NY man now in custody after being charged for threatening NY AG Letitia James, who prevailed in her civil fraud trial against #Trump & whose contact info he found online, w death or injury unless she dropped case against Trump
..also sent threatening voice mail to Judge Engoron who presided over that trial, telling judge he’d go after him if an “innocent” Trump were to be imprisoned or lose properties as result of case & calling judge “un-American” for his role
Some major Republican donors were working together to help #Trump fund the original bond amount needed to cover his $454 million civil fraud judgment ahead of Monday's deadline, three sources briefed on the matter told Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/billionaires-sought-help-fund-trump-bond-civil-fraud-case-sources-say-2024-03-26/
Via Angry Staffer:
Folks asked how I see #debate..This basically sums it up
#Harris will have 2b near perf while bar for #Trump will b somewhere arnd “moderately human”
Harris shd win handily -just curious wt spin will look like
Ben Wexler:EXPECTATIONS..DEBATE:
HARRIS:
- lay out comprehensive, detailed plans
- but avoid coming off too “wonky”
- avoid alienating swing voters
- solve Israel/Pal. (onstage)
- don’t smile much
- don’t frown too much
TRUMP:
- Try not to fling literal human feces
Via Kyle Griffin: 1/…
The Manhattan DA's office is urging Judge Merchan to reject #Trump's effort to delay his criminal trial because of pre-trial publicity, arguing Trump "has constantly stoked and encouraged such publicity."
Trump's "own incessant rhetoric is generating significant publicity, and it would be perverse to reward defendant with an adjournment based on media attention he is actively seeking." #legal
"The facts involving Trump are crystal clear, and as news people, we cannot pretend otherwise, as unpopular as that might be with a segment of our readers. There aren’t two sides to facts. People who say the earth is flat don’t get space on our platforms. If that offends them, so be it."
~ Chris Quinn, editor of Cleveland's Plain Dealer
#Trump tells billionaires he’ll keep their taxes low at $50 million fundraising gala
President #Biden released a video Saturday hitting Trump for promising to extend the 2017 tax cuts.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-tells-billionaires-ll-keep-taxes-low-50-million-fundraising-gala-rcna146748
🤦🏻♀️🤣Donald and Melania #Trump Slammed Over 'Cringe' Dinner Tradition
"We had to explain to him that he didn't have a group standing around waiting for him anymore," an unnamed former aide told the publication in 2022.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-melania-cringe-dinner-mar-lago-1885845
"One of the ugliest features of MAGA politics is the eagerness to seize on large scale accidents, disasters, and pandemics to spread conspiracy theories, invent new culture-war obsessions, and pit one region of the country against another. ...
It is not a new thing for Republicans to treat disasters in blue areas as less deserving of our collective attention than disasters in red areas."
~ Greg Sargent
#Trump #Republicans #Baltimore #CrueltyIsthePoint
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https://newrepublic.com/article/180286/magas-ugly-hateful-response-bridge-horror-get-worse
Ruth Ben-Ghiat on why Trump needs his cheering crowds:
"Early on, Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels discovered that Adolf Hitler was a wooden speaker in a studio environment and required the energy and adulation of crowds to shine. Hitler's speeches thereafter were recorded at rallies and other public occasions, his performances enhanced by the feedback of his fans."
Via @aaron.rupar:
Who says Republicans can’t pass meaningful legislation
Liz Elkind:
Scoop: A group of House Republicans are pushing to have Washington Dulles, DC’s main international airport, renamed — after Donald #Trump
The bill’s being led by House GOP chief deputy whip Guy Reschenthaler & is co-sponsored by 6 other lawmakers
Via Rupar (I’m not including the screenshot of #Trump’s screed):
Trump directs harassment against the daughter of Judge Merchan
Okay then.
Donald #Trump’s social media company, fresh from a merger with a cash-rich shell company, surged on its first day of trading on the Nasdaq, adding billions to the former president’s wealth -NYT
"Journalism Lesson #1 for 2024:
The mainstream media should not normalize Donald Trump’s behavior, nor should they give a platform to his lies or those of his sycophants, who for years have spread disastrous untruths that may have irreparably damaged our nation.
But in one fell swoop, NBC News has managed to do both."
~ Dan Rather
#NBC #RonnaMcDaniel #Jan6 #insurrection #Trump #normalization #MediaFail #disinformation
Via Tamar Hallerman:
Breaking: #Trump & 8 other defendants in Fulton election interference case appeal ruling that allowed #FaniWillis to stay on case
They argue, among other things, that Judge McAfee erred when he determined Willis didn't have personal stake in the case
The appeal isn't a surprise-- defendants asked McAfee for permission to appeal, which he granted earlier this month.
It's not [sic... now?] up to #Georgia Court of Appeals to decide whether to take up the appeal #legal
Via #Biden-Harris HQ:
Partner of #Trump’s Project 2025 calls for abolishing the 22nd Amendment, allowing Trump to be in office forever
The American Conservative headline: "Trump 2028" with the byline: "The Twenty-second Amendment is an arbitrary restraint on presidents who serve nonconsecutive terms-and on democracy itself."
Via Lawfare:
JUST IN: #Trump's defense team sent a premotion letter to Justice Merchan clarifying the express terms of the #GagOrder, saying that contrary to the People's suggestion, "the Court cannot 'direct' Pres Trump to do something that the gag order does not require." #legal
IOW: Trump's lawyers now argue that not only is Judge Merchan's daughter NOT covered by the gag order, but also that she SHOULD NOT be covered.