#Trump’s new photo book is a fantastical [imaginings from a #deranged mind] *highlight* reel
“Save America” is a breathless gallery of Trump’s presidency accompanied by occasional #unhinged ramblings.
review by Ron Charles
Reflecting on the glory of his new photobook, Trump writes, “No other book compares to ‘Save America,’” which is an extraordinary claim from a man who just a few months ago was hawking copies of the Bible.
#grift #scam #ConMan #convict #idiocracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/09/04/donald-trump-save-america-book/
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#Trump's economic proposals would increase federal deficits by $5.8 trillion over the next decade — almost five times more than the plans of Vice President #Harris, according to a new pair of studies from the nonpartisan Penn Wharton Budget Model.
His plan to permanently extend the 2017 tax cuts would alone add more than $4 trillion to deficits over the next 10 years.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/27/trump-harris-budget-deficit-economy-election.html
#Trump’s atty pleaded not guilty on the schmuck’s behalf.
Via Katie Phang: Gov.t: We were thinking a comprehensive brief where we would set forth the facts. That part of the brief wd incl things that are in & outside the indictment. We blv the brief wd have a substant # of exhibits. That cd incl grand jury transcripts, docs, etc. That wd allow court to consider all relevant facts needed to make immunity decisions. We would lay out why the conduct in brief is private & not subject to immunity.
Via Ben Meiselas: 🧵 1/...
This morning, Donald #Trump posted the following:
1. Photo of VP #Harris and Hillary Clinton with text: “Funny how blowjobs impacted both their careers differently...”
2. Photo of VP Harris in an orange prison jumpsuit.
3. Multiple QAnon posts saying “Nothing can stop what is coming” with QAnon slogan “WWG1WGA.”
Via Scott MacFarlane: 1/...
Rep Gerry Connolly (D-VA) asks for release of Arlington Natl Cemetery report on Monday incident during #Trump visit:
“I urge Arlington Cemetery to publicly release all that transpired … so the American people can ensure the ground in which our nation's heroes are buried is not being debased by a man who has no concept of service and sacrifice…
Via @stevebenen:
Among the many problems with #Trump complaining about being indicted within 60 days of early voting:
He practically begged the DOJ to indict Biden — without cause — just 30 days before Election Day 2020. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/worst-part-trumps-reaction-new-superseding-indictment-rcna168587
Via Vote Vets (they provided a photo):
And there you go. #Trump is using footage & photos his campaign took at Arlington Nationl Cemetery for political purposes -- against the rules & laws that govern this hallowed ground. Arlington officials tried to stop him from politicizing the cemetery, & Trump staff physically attacked them. This whole episode is sickening & affront to all those 100s of thousands of families who never agreed to allow their deceased loved ones to be dragged into politics
#EJeanCarroll 🧵 1/… #legal #Trump
Via Inner City Press (aka Press):
All rise!
Judge: You may proceed.
Trump's lawyer: This case is a textbook example of implausible allegations being propped up by inflamatory claims. The plaintiff has a political story, funded by President Trump's enemies
Judge: We defer on factual issues
Trump's lawyer: The Access Hollywood tape should never had come in -
Do people who are pissed off by the Cheneys’ endorsement not see how much better off we’d be if many more horrendous wingnuts were similarly outraged by Trump’s hamfisted coup attempt?
Most of them were for like 5 minutes after Jan 6. Imagine if that sentiment had stuck?
John Stoehr turns a cold eye on media malfeasance in letting Trump off the hook again and again and sanewashing his nonsense babble, since
"If he’s unfit to communicate, he’s unfit to serve."
And the media have an obligation to tell us this, not to function as "Trump’s assisted living program" and impose coherence, order, and meaning on meaningless spates of words.
John Stoehr
https://www.editorialboard.com/the-press-corps-is-trumps-assisted-living-program/
Via Kyle Griffin:
Vice President #Harris on debating #Trump:
"He plays from this really old and tired playbook, right? There's no floor for him in terms of how low he will go and we should be prepared for that. We should be prepared for the fact that he is not burdened by telling the truth, and we should be prepared for the fact that he is probably going to speak a lot of untruth." #TrumpLies
Via The Rickey Smiley Morning Show
Via Scott MacFarlane:
VP #Harris campaign spokesperson's statement today addresses #Trump social media post from weekend:
"As we head into the debate, an extreme and unhinged Donald Trump is further ratcheting up his dangerous threats of revenge and retribution..."
#Hypocrisy, #Spinelessness, & the Triumph of Donald Trump
He said #Republican politicians would be easy to break. He was right.
By Mark Leibovich
“In the summer of 2015, back when he was still talking to traitorous reporters like me, I spent extended stretches w/ #Trump. He was in the early phase of his 1st campaign for president, though he had quickly made himself the inescapable figure of that race—as he would in pretty much every Republican contest since.
#GiftArticle
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/10/trump-gop-support-jd-vance-2024/679564/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxYJnBthoeKnPRywE75FVwBk&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
#Trump threatening to #jail political opposition repeatedly this weekend.
Setting up another #PermissionStructure for an American #authoritarian regime.
📌
Via Kyle Griffin:
Save the date: The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the ramifications of the #Trump immunity ruling from the Supreme Court's "right-wing supermajority" on Sept. 24.
"#Trump Administration officials privately referred to this demand as Trump’s 'American death-squads idea'...” H/t: #Maddow
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/if-trump-wins-2024-election-1235096091/
ICYMI:
#Trump threatens lawyers, donors and election officials with prison for 'unscrupulous behavior' https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-warns-prison-sentences-people-cheated-2024-rcna170088
Via Roger Parloff:
Colo supreme court justice, among majority who found #Trump to be ineligible insurrectionist, speaks out: "My house was swatted. I had 9 guns pointed at me by Denver PD. ... [m]y life was threatened, my children's lives were threatened."
Via Rupar:
Liz #Cheney: "We've seen just in the last week the Republican VP nominee willing to be interviewed by Tucker Carlson, who's platforming pro-Nazis, is himself pushing pro-Nazi propaganda. That is not the party of Reagan."
Cheney on #Trump threatening her: "It's not personal from my perspective w 1 exception, & that is that I'm a mother. I'm a mother of 5 kids. & it is personal to me that my kids grow up in a country where they know they can depend on the peaceful transfer of power."
🎯
Via @emptywheel:
Worse than silence abt #Trump's crimes, media routinely repeats Trump's lies abt being treated unfairly w no fact check. That is, they serve as data mules for Trump's false claims that he didn't crime
Bruce Bartlett:
Hillary's emails were a story every day despite no actual wrongdoing, but Trump's felony convictns & crim chges are non-news. Biden's age was front pg news for wks, forcing him to step down but Trump's advanced age, obvious dementia are never mentioned. Why?
Reminder from @TheGuardian that the mess that is today’s news coverage of Trump started in 2016:
“in a scathing analysis of 2016 election coverage, the Columbia Journalism Review noted that ‘in just six days, The New York Times ran as many cover stories about Hillary Clinton’s emails as they did about all policy issues combined in the 69 days leading up to the election’.”
#USPolitics
#JournalisticMalpractice
#sanewashing
#Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/06/trump-clinton-harris-election
Via Acyn:
#Harris: But this is a health care crisis. This is a health care crisis, and Donald #Trump is the architect of this crisis. He brags about overturning Roe V. Wade. In his own words, “I did it, and I'm proud to have done it” he says. He is proud, proud that women are dying. Proud that doctors and nurses could be thrown in prison for administering care? Proud that young women today have fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers? How dare he. How dare he. #abortion
“4 cities across the US are seeking more than $700,000 from #Trump's campaign team as reimbursement for rallies they helped stage between 2016 and 2019, according to a Newsweek investigation.
The cities—El Paso, Texas; Spokane, Washington; Mesa, Arizona; and Green Bay, Wisconsin—all said they had outstanding invoices with Trump's team.”
https://www.newsweek.com/unpaid-debts-are-catching-donald-trump-campaign-trail-1950283