Pay attention.

Via #Maddow:

“The Senate won’t confirm them” is not even a wishful thinking response, it’s 1 that ignores what’s happening:

Trump announced in advance of these picks that he expects the Senate to shut itself down so he can make recess apptmts — which means no confirmation process at all

1st rule of authoritarian politics: there’s only one source of authority.

Cong will be expected to give up its role in governing, partic anything that restrains Trump’s choices and desires.

Via #Maddow:

so… have they set this up so he can take unlimited money from anyone and just pocket it without declaring anything?

do they bother putting the word “transition” on the office door? or just cut a slot in it that says “insert bribes here”?

nytimes.com/2024/11/09/us/poli…

Via Inner City Press:

Just docketed in #Nunes v. NBC, #Maddow deposition transcript still redacted, as here: "Have you ever communicated about Devin Nunes on any of your personal devices?" Answer: [REDACTED] mean, he's a public figure and so it might have come up but... incidental

ICYMI:

#Maddow looks at the role #Musk is playing in #Trump's campaign, as well as the important role he plays in US nat sec matters & his unnervingly close relationship w #Putin & other US adversaries. If #Harris wins the presidency, Musk's allegiances will be a tricky national security mess to clean up. But if #Trump wins, the entire global power balance could shift as Musk asserts his influence on Trump to partner more closely with #Russia, #China, and #NorthKorea.

youtu.be/sTRNjvWUCBk?feature=s…

Musk's influence on Trump: A national security mess at best, a global power realignment at worst

Rachel Maddow looks at the role Elon Musk is playing in Donald Trump's campaign, as well as the important role he plays in U.S. national security matters, an...

^YouTube

OFFS.

Via Inner City Press:

DEVIN DISCOVERY: #Nunes Sued NBC for #Maddow Report on Russia Package Now Her Personal Devices to be Searched -

in Nunes defamation case, Magistrate Judge orders that "discovery shall be reopened for the limited purpose of conducting a search of Ms. Maddow's personal devices [for] personal email, text messages, Signal and WhatsApp conversations"

innercitypress.com/sdny139ccas…

Via #Maddow:

“One of the things worth knowing about #JDVance's rise in politics is that in his only electoral race before this one, a PAC almost entirely funded by Peter Thiel ran his whole campaign.

Vance's PAC didn't have many staff, but it did hire a guy from Richard Spencer's white supremacist journal "Alternative Right".

And, yes, that's the guy who talked about murdering Mehdi Hasan on CNN last night”:

washingtonpost.com/style/media…

Wut.🤦🏻‍♀️

Via Inner City Press:

POLITICAL DOG FIGHT: Devin #Nunes Sued NBC for Rachel #Maddow Report on #Russia Package - Now Dispute About Contents of Maddow's Personal Electronic Devices

- Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/sdny139bcas…