Via Justin Kanew:
Surely this won’t backfire gloriously
Pop Base:
@PopBase
#Trump shares fake AI-generated images of #TaylorSwift and her fans to claim her endorsement:
“I accept!”
Via Justin Kanew:
Surely this won’t backfire gloriously
Pop Base:
@PopBase
#Trump shares fake AI-generated images of #TaylorSwift and her fans to claim her endorsement:
“I accept!”
The push back against the corporate media narrative is us, slapping back against their toadying up to #Trump and #Republican fascism.
No pessimistic rhetoric.
No whining.
Get organized, get out the vote and leave everything on the road.
💯 percent voter turnout for #Democrats must be the goal.
If you can, #volunteer.
If you can, #donate.
Just as #Ukraine is struggling against #Russia, #America is now in an #existential struggle against #fascism
From his home office in…KY, a political operative is quietly investigating scores of federal employees suspected of being hostile to… #Trump….
#TomJones & his #AmericanAccountabilityFoundation are digging into the backgrounds, #socialmedia & commentary of key govt employees, starting w/the #DHS.…+They’re preparing to publish the findings online.
#HeritageFoundation #Project2025 #BlackListing #Sonderfahndungsliste #Gestapo #democracy #BidenHarris2024
https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-president-project-2025-33d3fc2999a74f4aa424f1128dca2d16
#Trump loses third bid for judge to step aside in election interference/hush money case - https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-loses-third-bid-judge-step-aside-hush-money-case-2024-08-14/
“16 Nobel Prize-winning economists penned a letter, first obtained by Axios, warning about the possibility of higher #inflation if #Trump returns to the White House next year.”
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-inflation-nobel-economists-warning-1917046
Via Kyle Griffin:
Zero Fortune 100 CEOs — a group that historically leans Republican — have donated to #Trump this election cycle, according to data compiled by Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld.
Donations by CEOs of the country's 100 biggest companies haven't recovered since Trump became the Republican nominee in 2016.
The Obamas got under his orange skin.
Via Mehdi Hasan:
Unhinged dishonest abusive racist narcissistic loon
#Trump: You know, that was our technology that was stolen by Russia.. It could have been Barack Hussein Obama, perhaps. We should ask him. He was very nasty last night. I try and be nice to people, you know? But it's a little tough when they get personal.
Aaron Rupar and Acyn on #Trump's speech today.
Acyn: I’m sorry but this is so fucking boring
Rupar: A big picture observ'n about Trump's events these days: He's just not getting the reactions he used to 8 or even 4 yrs ago. He had decent crowd today in NC in terms of size, but...they sat in silence for most of his speech because his material is stale & his attacks on Harris are weak. There's very little chanting and few big applause lines. His rallies just don't have the same juice
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
OMFG. #BREAKING
We called it, didn’t we. OMFG.
Meet the next SCOTUS nom from Trump, should he get in.
Via Kyle Cheney:
BREAKING: Judge Cannon has dismissed the #Trump #documents case, citing violation of appointments clause.
Cannon has issued a 93-page opinion.
Via Andrew Weissmann:
BREAKING: DA Bragg defers to the Court re the #Trump motion to adjourn the 9/18 sentencing date, noting however that an appellate court might stay the date if it permits Trump to appeal any adverse ruling on immunity (to be decided on 9/16 just two days earlier). Bragg rejects Trump's other arguments. #legal
Special counsel to appeal judge’s dismissal of classified documents case against Donald #Trump -AP #JackSmith #legal
I overpaid significantly for some put options on Trump's meme stock and I'm feeling pretty good about it now.
Via Director of #Harris rapid response Ammar Moussa:
WOW. #Trump-#JDVance REFUSES to endorse raising the minimum wage and refuses to lay out how he'll help American workers.
Instead they're running to raise taxes on Americanns by $3,900 a year.
Aaron Rupar:
Q: What does the Trump/Vance ticket believe the federal minimum wage should be?
VANCE: Well look, President Trump believes very strongly that the best way to promote raising Americans' wages is tight labor markets
This is also the 9/11 truther who Trump brought to today’s 9/11 ceremony:
Via Kyle Griffin:
This person was on #Trump's plane just before the debate.
This person has access to Trump.
This person could have had influence over Trump.
Via my favorite columnist, @willbunch:
“The MSM can't handle the truth of Milwaukee - a convention with no politics, just a quasi-religious cult of devotion to Donald #Trump
The #RNC was a post-reality show about "unity" - only for folks who look like them. My report from an American nightmare” 🎁 https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/milwaukee-rnc-cult-donald-trump-20240718.html
(I hope his gift link works!) 🧵 1/…
“Former Donald #Trump White House adviser Peter #Navarro was released from a Miami federal prison Wednesday after completing his four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the January 6 congressional committee.”
Now he’s off to the convention.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/17/politics/peter-navarro-released-from-prison-contempt?cid=ios_app
Via Michael McDonald
It's hard to square the media's stenography of the Republicans' unity message with the absence of a former president and #Trump's own vice-president at their national convention