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#Trump’s self-proclaimed “secretary of #retribution” was given a pass to the RNC despite calling for Trump’s enemies to be executed.
#IvanRaiklin, fmr soldier & intelligence ofcl, was free to roam the venue despite being described by one prominent congressman as a “clear & present danger to American #democracy” for his plans to round up hundreds of Trump enemies.
He also claimed in Feb that an #assassination attempt on Trump would benefit the #MAGA movement.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/conspiracy-theorist-huge-social-media-dm-dump-is-coming
I wonder how many people will tune in to watch two perpetually aggrieved narcissistic billionaires swap bonkers conspiracy theories on Xitter tonight?
And how many bots will be attending.
Nice try. It’s still the GOP Fascist Party platform:
“A #JDVance-introduced book by a leader of #Project2025, the vast and controversial hardline rightwing plan for a second #Trump administration, will be delayed until after the 2024 election.
“There’s a time for writing, reading, and book tours – and a time to put down the books and go fight like hell to take back our country,” the book’s author, Kevin Roberts, told RealClearPolitics, which first reported the news.”
https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/aug/07/project-2025-roberts-jd-vance-introduction
When tax cuts come up during the debate I'd like to see #KamalaHarris note that #Trump was earning the equivalent of $300k/ year as a toddler from his dad's tax fraud scheme and was a millionaire by age 8.
Kinda thing that'd go viral, cuts to the heart of his manufactured image and would drive him nuts.
Aside from wishful thinking, on what basis does the NYT say that this is a race "Trump is still favored to win"? Objectively, Harris is now up in the polling avgs. Vance is toxic and Republicans are begging #Trump to knock off the infantile attacks and overt race-baiting, which he will never do.
Fair to say it's still a dead-heat or something to that effect.
Griffin:
NBC News has now obtained the audio of #Trump praising Gov. #Walz for his handling of protests of the death of George Floyd.
In the audio, Trump told a group of governors that Walz "dominated" and was an "excellent guy."
"I know Gov. Walz is on the phone, and we spoke, and I fully agree with the way he handled it the last couple of days."
"I was very happy with the last couple of days, Tim."
ABC News first obtained the audio.
Via Olivia Troye:
Let’s set the record straight. I was in the room when Donald #Trump crashed the weekly Governors meeting led by Mike Pence. Trump praised Tim Walz's handling of the protests in 2020
It was also the same day that Trump: talked about wanting to shoot the protestors, wanted law enforcement to violently clear Lafayette Sq & stood in front of St. John's Church holding a bible. It was one of the darkest days of the Trump Presidency & a clear sign of what was to come. Facts matter.
🎯Griffin:
Gov. #Walz tonight in Milwaukee: "You know, it was only a month ago that the Republican Party gathered here for their convention, right here on this very spot. It doesn't sound like any of you watched it, but in case you didn't, after promising us a speech that was going to be about unity and promising that he was a changed man, Donald #Trump subjected us to 92 minutes of ranting and raving insanity."
Um…
🚨Via Kyle Griffin:
Flagging:
#Trump's plea to voters last night: "Get out and vote just this time. You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, it will be fixed. It'll be fine. You won't have to vote anymore ... In four years, you don't have to vote again. We'll have it fixed so good you’re not going to have to vote."
Usha #Vance told friends #Trump appalled her. Now she’s working to elect him.
The potential second lady found Trump’s actions on #Jan6 “deeply disturbing,” a friend said. But #ambition & devotion to her husband ultimately drove her to a place in the campaign.
#Republicans #liars #power #cynicism #VoteBlue #Harris #Harris2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/27/usha-vance-trump-jan6/
Griffin:
Last night, Donald #Trump called Leader Schumer "a proud member of Hamas."
In response, Leader Schumer says: "The lower he drops in polls, the more unhinged he becomes."
"By now you've probably seen clips from the interview Donald Trump gave on stage at the National Association of Black Journalists conference in Chicago today. It was appalling. The only thing worse than the overt racism that came out of his mouth was his apparent belief that he could get away with it."
~ Joyce Vance
THIS:
Via Jennifer Rubin:
Media: This is a test. Will you keep #Trump's racism on page one for 3 weeks, demand he exit the race, press every R to comment on it, consult African American studies experts, talk to communities of color ? You know, do your job as resolutely as you did on Biden's age. Try it.
#Trump complains about campaign as advisers try to focus on attacking #Harris
The GOP nominee has grown increasingly upset about Kamala Harris’s surging poll numbers and media coverage since replacing Joe Biden on the ticket.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/07/trump-election-campaign/
Via Ron Filipkowski:
From US Marine Trevor Reed last May when #Trump claimed that Putin would only release Whelan and Gershkovich to him as President.
Via Aaron Rupar:
I'm glad that #Trump's comments about his supporters not needing to vote anymore after this election are getting so much pickup today, and want to add that this line wasn't a one off -- he's said it repeatedly during his recent speeches
Photo Journalist Pete Souza was suspended from X (#Twitter) today for posting a photograph of former President Trump that was published by the Associated Press. The photograph showed Trump's seemingly undamaged ear.
This man has twice worked in the White House as the official photographers of both Ronald Reagan and Barrack Obama. He is a respected professional photojournalist.
Edit: fix
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Souza
#politics #uspol #journalism #Press #photojournalism #Trump #elonmusk
Joyce Vance captures a posting Kamala Harris' campaign made yesterday on Trump's Truth Social site, trolling the hell out of him about size, something he's intently interested in — crowd size, that is.
Did #Trump‘s VP pick #JDVance just ‘#swiftboat’ #TimWalz by attacking his #military record?
[Yep. Vance is pretty effin stupid.]
#Vance, accused his opponent of “stolen valor garbage” & accused him of having “abandoned” his unit in 2005 ahead of a planned deployment to Iraq.
#weird #SwiftBoatVeteransForTruth #Veterans #democracy #freedom #CommonSense #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/08/did-trumps-vp-pick-jd-vance-just-swift-boat-tim-walz-by-attacking-his-military-record.html