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"I want to explain why, if I lived in a swing state, I would vote for Kamala Harris. And I say this as somebody who thinks that Joe Biden and some of his top advisors should be brought before international courts as war criminals for their role in the utter destruction of the Gaza Strip."
~ Peter Beinart
#Israel #Gaza #Biden #KamalaHarris #Trump #fascism
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If I Lived In a Swing State, I’d Vote for Harris
The Consequences of a Trump Presidency Are Simply Too DirePeter Beinart (The Beinart Notebook)
"There’s too much at stake and far too many communities, both in the United States and abroad, that will suffer if Trump is re-elected. The desire to 'punish' Joe Biden and Harris for Gaza and vote instead for Trump or a third party vote, which just helps Trump in swing states, is like punching ourselves in the face."
~ Wajahat Ali
#Israel #Gaza #Biden #KamalaHarris #Trump #fascism
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Yes, I think Democrats are complicit in genocide. But Trump would be far worse
There is simply no moral argument for allowing the former president to win in the name of opposing genocideWajahat Ali (The Guardian)
“She Supports #Trump’s Anti-Immigration Policies. #Texas Incorrectly Flagged Her as a “Noncitizen” on Its Voting Rolls.
Mary Howard-Elley is the 10th U.S. citizen identified by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and Votebeat whose registration was canceled after her citizenship was questioned. Her saga shows how tough it can be for eligible voters to get reinstated”
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This Trump supporter was labeled a noncitizen and kicked off Texas’ voter rolls
Mary Howard-Elley is the 10th U.S. citizen identified by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and Votebeat whose registration was canceled after her citizenship was questioned. Her saga shows how tough it can be for eligible voters to get reinstated.Lexi Churchill (The Texas Tribune)
Fat chance
Via Kyle Griffin:
#PuertoRico's Republican Party chairman says he's withholding his support from #Trump unless he apologizes for the racist remarks made during the MSG debacle.
Sound familiar?
“No, no, I’m not a racist. I am the least racist person you have ever interviewed, that I can tell you.”
Now this:
“#Trump says he is ‘opposite of a Nazi’” thehill.com/homenews/campaign/…
Seriously Norah?🤦🏻♀️
Via Rupar:
O'DONNELL: When you argue that Donald #Trump if elected would put forward a national #abortion ban
KAMALA #HARRIS: Just read #Project2025.
O'DONNELL: The former president said that's not true--
HARRIS: He says everything. C'mon. Are we really taking his word for it?
…#MichelleObama didn’t hold back, & her speech in #Kalamazoo might go down as one of the most powerful of this entire #election.
She began by pointing out that #KamalaHarris was being held to a #DoubleStandard, asked “to dazzle us at every turn,” as Obama put it, versus #Trump, from whom, she said, “we expect nothing at all: no understanding of #policy, no ability to put together a #coherent argument, no #honesty, no #decency, no #morals.”
In a #WashingtonPost OpEd, Jeff #Bezos spins some #bullshit in an attempt to excuse his #acquiescence to #Trump’s threats to perceived enemies & a #FreePress.
#billionaire #SelfInterest #WaPo #FourthEstate #democracy #fascism #tyranny
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But many Americans seem to have forgotten what #Trump’s presidency was like, or they simply don’t believe that he’ll do the things that he keeps saying, loudly & publicly, that he’ll do.
Stories like Goldberg’s are an impediment to Trump’s return to #power because they are vivid depictions of what Trump believes & how he acts. In a country w/a #FreePress, voters can hear these things. Americans should carefully listen to what Trump says & know what he has done—& they should have no illusions….
But voters need to understand why #Trump is attacking the #press, & where it will lead if he is reelected. The future of American #democracy is the key question of this #election. Trump has left an ample record showing that he is committed neither to the rule of #law nor to rule by the #people—after all, he tried to steal the last presidential election after he lost it.
#Fascist #Tyranny #Autocracy #Authoritarianism #illiberalism
The point here is not to plead for pity for the poor #press. Courageous reporting is courageous because it puts #journalists in conflict w/powerful people. Anyone who expects adulation all the time should go into a different business. (This also goes for any #media owner who might feel tempted to tone down criticism of #Trump [#Bezos].)
#Fascist #Tyranny #Autocracy #Authoritarianism #illiberalism
Although #Trump’s attacks on the #press are not new, they have escalated in recent weeks. Trump has said that #CBS should lose its broadcast license over a 60 Minutes interview w/VP #KamalaHarris, his Democratic opponent. He has pressured #FoxNews to stop airing ads that are critical of him. He has threatened #Google for showing negative stories about him. He has previously vowed to #jail #reporters.
#Fascist #Tyranny #Autocracy #Authoritarianism #illiberalism
He’s also employed this kind of attempted bullying before. 4 years ago, #Trump denied Goldberg’s story about “#SuckersAndLosers,” but other reporters quickly duplicated the reporting, including Jennifer Griffin of #FoxNews. Trump quickly (though unsuccessfully) demanded that Fox fire her. Trump has also sporadically railed at Goldberg & #TheAtlantic since 2020.
#Selfish #Fascist #Tyranny #Autocracy #Authoritarianism #illiberalism
“Trump used the terms #SuckersAndLosers to describe #soldiers who gave their lives in the defense of our country,” #JohnKelly recently told Goldberg. “There are many, many people who have heard him say these things.” Besides, #Trump has said himself that he wants to use the #military domestically, & he’s disrespected #FallenSoldiers by trying to use #ArlingtonNationalCemetery as a cheap campaign prop.
#Selfish #Fascist #Tyranny #Autocracy #Authoritarianism #illiberalism
#Trump is attacking the messenger here because he can’t really attack the message. He denies making the remarks, but a pile of other #evidence backs up the report. Goldberg’s recent story was closely followed by a NYT story in which #JohnKelly, a retired general who served as Trump’s chief of staff, described Trump’s obsession w/personal loyalty & desire to use the #military against domestic critics. 13 other fmr Trump-admin ofcls signed a letter backing these accounts up.
#Trump likes to deny allegations of #AntiSemitism by pointing to his #Jewish family members, but he has a long history of #crude, stereotypical remarks about #Jews, & in this election he has repeatedly attacked #AmericanJews for not supporting him, saying they will be to blame if he loses.
1st, some housekeeping: #Trump’s own former staffers have confirmed the “#SuckersAndLosers” reporting #OnTheRecord. The Atlantic is thriving both journalistically—it has won the magazine industry’s top award 3 years running—& as a business, attaining profitability this year w/ >1M subscribers. Nearly the only thing that Trump got right was Goldberg’s name. As in past instances, he emphasized the name in a way that reeked of #AntiSemitism.
Friday night in Austin, TX, the Republican presidential nominee, Donald #Trump, fiercely criticized #TheAtlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, over a recent report about Trump’s troubling attitude toward the #military, which he believes should be loyal to him personally. As Goldberg reports, Trump said, “I need the kind of generals that #Hitler had,” which is both chilling & historically #illiterate.
#Tyranny #Autocracy #Authoritarianism #illiberalism
#democracy
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Trump Attacks The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg Over Hitler
The Republican nominee’s fixation on The Atlantic follows a dark pattern.David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
Racists be racists.
Via Rupar:
#Trump says #MichelleObama made "a big mistake" by getting "nasty" with him
"You know who was nasty to me? Michelle Obama… I always try to be so nice and respectful. She opened up a little bit of a box.. She was nasty. That was a big mistake"
WOW -- Trump fans start a loud "lock her up!" chant directed toward Kamala #Harris.
Via Eli Stokols:
NEW: There are almost 500K Puerto Ricans in #Pennsylvania. On talk radio in the Lehigh Valley Monday, #Trump’s racist MSG rally had broken through.
"For Puerto Ricans, this is our October surprise. This is what we needed to energize the Puerto Rican community.”
“The comedian who let loose a series of racist jokes, some about Puerto Rico, at #Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday night workshopped the material the night before at a local comedy club.”
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Tony Hincliffe's workshopped Trump rally racist Puerto Rico remarks at comedy club the night before
The racist comments have drawn intense anger and reignited the criticism over Trump's handling of Hurricane Maria's devastating aftermath in Puerto Rico.Nicole Acevedo (NBC News)
Via Rupar:
"We're close to World War 2" 👈🏼-- #Trump
(If Joe Biden did this the NYT would devote a special edition of the paper to calling his cognition into question)
Via Acyn, what they're saying on stage at the current #Trump rally. This is why he gets a free pass so often. He's their f'ing savior:
“But I want you to know and we want you to know we believe you are a vessel. You are a chosen vessel”
Via Kyle Griffin:
#Trump and #JDVance "know how to manufacture bullshit, and they prove it every single day."
"There's a reason unions across this country have endorsed Kamala #Harris … Donald Trump's a scab."
Elon #Musk "thinks your jobs are a joke. That's why I called him a dipshit and I stand by it."
Via #Georgia reporter Stephen Fowler:
#Trump wrapped his other event a little bit ago, and does not seem likely to start here at 6.
As of 5:30, basically the entire upper deck of the arena is empty, as is one whole section of the bottom and part of the one I’m standing in (below me is mostly reserved rows for press)
Pres #Obama on a Win with Black Men discussion:
"Donald #Trump has shown utter disrespect and disregard for our communities, for Black men specifically, throughout his career. I mean, this is somebody who took out a full page ad calling on Central Park Five to be put to death. Somebody whose family made money not renting to black people and what and was taken to court by the government because they didn't want to rent to black people. That's what he has displayed."
Trump, RNC Lose Bid To Disqualify Non-Postmarked Nevada Ballots Received After Election Day - Democracy Docket
In a win for voters, the Nevada Supreme Court upheld the state’s policy of counting mail-in ballots without postmarks received up to three days after Election Day this November.Democracy Docket
The New York Daily News today puts the NYT, WaPo and WSJ to shame.
#USPolitics
#Election2024
#JournalisticMalpactice
#Trump
#Racism
#PuertoRico
JD #Vance Campaign Event With Christian Right Leaders May Have Violated #Tax and #Election Laws, Experts Say
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#Ziklag and the Courage Tour, the far-right groups that hosted the #Republican vice-presidential nominee, are charities that can’t legally intervene in #political campaigns.
#News #Politics #USPolitics #Election2024 #JDVance #ChristianRight #FarRight #Law #Trump #Nonprofit
Vance Event With Ziklag, Courage Tour May Have Violated Tax, Election Laws
Ziklag and the Courage Tour, the far-right groups that hosted the Republican vice-presidential nominee, are charities that can’t legally intervene in political campaigns.ProPublica
The #Plastics Industry’s Wish List for a Second #Trump Administration
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Critics call it the plastics industry’s #Project2025. Tucked into a federal #recycling bill is a litany of regulatory rollbacks and other industry-friendly provisions that federal agencies under Donald Trump could adopt without congressional approval.
#News #Plastic #Environment #Sustainability #Government #USPolitics #Oil #Gas #Pollution #Climate #EPA
The Plastics Industry’s Wish List for a Second Trump Administration
Critics call it the plastics industry’s Project 2025. Tucked into a federal recycling bill is a litany of regulatory rollbacks and other industry-friendly provisions that federal agencies under Donald Trump could adopt without congressional approval.ProPublica
#Trump Says He’ll Move Thousands of Federal Workers Out of Washington. Here’s What Happened the First Time He Tried.
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The Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters moved from the capital to #Colorado in 2020, causing an exodus of leadership. If elected, Trump plans to use the same tactic across more of the federal #government.
#News #Project2025 #HeritageFoundation #USPolitics #EPA #Coal #Mining
How Another Donald Trump Term Could Dismantle Federal Agencies
The Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters moved from the capital to Colorado in 2020, causing an exodus of leadership. If elected, Trump plans to use the same tactic across more of the federal government.ProPublica
NEW: Before Springfield, #Ohio, became a flashpoint in the #immigration debate, #Trump and right-wing pundits exploited a police chief’s plea for resources to claim Whitewater, #Wisconsin was being subjected to an “invasion.” The truth is much more complicated.
#Government #News #Midwest #Immigrants #Police
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How Immigration Is Affecting Whitewater, Wisconsin
Before Springfield, Ohio, became a flashpoint in the immigration debate, Trump and right-wing pundits exploited a police chief’s plea for resources to claim Whitewater was being subjected to an “invasion.” The truth is much more complicated.ProPublica
The U.S. #Business Community Used to Be a Force for #Immigration Reform. What Happened?
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For decades, the business lobby fundamentally moderated the nation’s immigration debate. But in the age of #Trump, fearful of advocating publicly on this issue, they’ve largely prioritized other things like corporate #tax cuts and deregulation.
#News #Immigration #Labor #Economy #Industry
The Business Lobby Once Fought for Immigration Reform. What Happened?
For decades, the business lobby fundamentally moderated the nation’s immigration debate. But in the age of Trump, fearful of advocating publicly on this issue, they’ve largely prioritized other things like corporate tax cuts and deregulation.ProPublica
Behind #Christian Nationalism’s Influence on the 2024 #Election
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The Christian right has become an increasingly powerful force in American #politics at every level, from school boards to the presidency. Its roots trace back decades.
#News #USPolitics #History #ChristianNationalism #Rightwing #Abortion #Trump #Project2025 #HeritageFoundation #Jan6
The Genesis of Christian Nationalism
The Christian right has become an increasingly powerful force in American politics at every level, from school boards to the presidency. Its roots trace back decades.ProPublica
2024 #Election: What the Data Reveals About U.S. #Immigration
Politicians are not giving us the full picture on immigration and what new arrivals have meant for U.S. communities. Our reporting and analysis of #government data explains the real challenges as opposed to the ones being made up to scare you.
#News #Data #Politics #Election2024 #Border #Demographics #Asylum #Migration #Biden #Trump #Harris
The New Effects of Immigration
Recent years have seen a big increase in migrants crossing the U.S. border. But that’s not the most significant change. It’s that many are coming from new countries and with more legal ways to be here.ProPublica