Via The Lincoln Project:

But #Trump said he wants no tax on overtime...

Turns out that's easy to push to his base, when his Project 2025 says companies won’t have to pay overtime at all.

Dingell: Under #Project2025, employers could force workers to work more than 40 hours a week without paying them time and a half

🏆

Via Travis Akers:

Why did the chicken cross the road?

So he wouldn’t have to debate
Kamala #Harris again.

#Trump

She gonna dismiss this one too? Of course not. He tried to kill her BFF.

Man charged with attempted assassination of #Trump at #Florida golf course as case is assigned to Judge Aileen #Cannon

cnn.com/2024/09/24/politics/ry…

Lol, Mitch dumps water all over Trump's tariff BS:

Via Igor Bobic:

Whoa: McConnell answered a #Trump question today, on his tariff proposals

“I'm not a fan of #tariffs. They raise the prices for American consumers. I'm more of a free trade kind of Republican that remembers how many jobs were created by the export that we engage in,” he said

Now we're talkin'...

Via Katie Phang:

In a fascinating legal move, the Haitian Bridge Alliance in #Springfield, #Ohio, filed criminal charges against Donald #Trump and #JDVance based on their “baseless fearmongering” about Haitian immigrants eating neighbors’ pets.

In Ohio: private citizens can file an affidavit charging criminal offenses and the court must either issue an arrest warrant or refer it to the prosecuting attorney for investigation.

news5cleveland.com/news/local-…

Haitian nonprofit files criminal charges against Donald Trump, JD Vance over Springfield statements

The nonprofit Haitian Bridge Alliance filed charges against former president Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, for the chaos that ensued from a conspiracy theory.

^{News 5 Staff (News 5 Cleveland WEWS)}

🤣🤣🤣

Trump doesn't *actually* outsource his #disinfo campaign to the #FSB, right? Right?

"#Trump Uses Pic of #Georgia the Country Instead of the State in #Ad Fail"

thedailybeast.com/trump-uses-p…

#politics #uspol #Election2024

#WompWomp

Via Kyle Cheney:

A federal judge has rejected John Solomon's effort to access the declassified Crossfire Hurricane documents that #Trump had intended to give him at the end of his presidency.

He has no ownership right to them, Judge Leon ruled.

ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/s…

Via Josh Gerstein:

JUST IN: #Trump lawyers decry special counsel #JackSmith's bid to file up-to-180-page brief detailing evidence against then-prez in 2020 election case. Trump says it goes against DOJ's prior calls for gag order & policy against pre-election publicity. Doc: documentcloud.org/documents/25…

Via Joe Rossi @ JoeLATrib:

Once again: At 12:01 p.m. ET on 1/20/21, Americans should have looked at each other and marveled that we weren't all dead.

Aaron Rupar:

REPORTER: How will you protect critical infrastructure in the US from the Chinese Communist Party?

#TRUMP: Well, we're gonna protect it by saying you can't come. You can't do it.

Let's hope she's right! That would be a HUGE relief.

Via Anna Bower 🧵 (Thread Reader App):

NEW: The new election rules in #Georgia will almost certainly *not* hamstring the certification of the state’s electoral votes. And even if certification is delayed, such delays do not open up a legal loophole for #Trump to steal the presidency. I explain.

threadreaderapp.com/thread/183…

Thread by @AnnaBower on Thread Reader App

@AnnaBower: NEW: The new election rules in Georgia will almost certainly *not* hamstring the certification of the state’s electoral votes. And even if certification is delayed, such delays do not open up a legal loo...…

^{threadreaderapp.com}

Lawrence O'Donnell will have a field day with this one.

I hope @atrupar posts the vid. Here's his post:

#Trump in#Pennsylvania threatens John Deere with 200 percent tariffs

Via Scott MacFarlane:

Court set a deadline of today for #Trump's legal team to file any objections to Special Counsel #JackSmith's request to file an especially long argument (up to approx. 180 pages) with court this week about Trump's case

“Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski, a Donald #Trump-supporting Republican seeking re-election, likened migrants to ‘human locusts’ and called Harris a ‘Flip-Flopping, Laughing Hyena’ on his personal and campaign Facebook accounts earlier this month.”

thedailybeast.com/maga-sheriff…

#Melania #Trump was paid for a rare appearance at a political event. It’s not clear who cut the unusual six-figure check

cnn.com/2024/09/23/politics/me…

MAGA IS RUSSIA!

Need more evidence that Russia is intertwined into MAGA like a deeply corded rope....

“I see no long-term differences in our attitude to the current or previous elections in the United States, because it is ruled by the notorious deep state,”
- Spokesman for Putin

Putin's agents embedded in the highest levels of MAGA, creating propaganda and policies to sow division in America!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #breaking #breakingnews #Trump

washingtontimes.com/news/2024/…

I love #Doonesbury with the heat of 1000000 white hot suns. “Democrat” party? No. “Democrat” is a noun. “Democratic” is an adjective.

Here’s a link about that: mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/113…

#comics #Trump
Entire strip here: gocomics.com/doonesbury/2024/0…

Good 🧵from @emptywheel: 1/..

I'm trying to decide whether it's fair to use the term "dick-wag" w/VP #Harris.

Headlines, "Harris accepts CNN debate invite" are as wildly inaccurate as headlines, "#Trump accepts Fox News invite," were.

Accurate headline would be: "Harris goads Trump to do CNN debate."

Ohio’s 🔹Republican governor 🔹condemns Trump and Vance for Springfield claims

#Mike #DeWine criticizes pair in New York Times op-ed for repeating racist claims about Haitian immigrants

The conspiracy theories have caused uproar and led to an onslaught of threats and harassment.

In a guest essay published in the New York Times on Friday, DeWine said it is “disappointing” that Springfield “has become the epicenter of vitriol over America’s immigration policy”, specifically calling out #Trump and #Vance for amplifying #disinformation.

“This rhetoric hurts the city and its people, and it hurts those who have spent their lives there.”

Ohio state senate leader Nickie Antonio told the Guardian that she agreed with DeWine’s essay, but was “disappointed” that DeWine is still supporting Trump and Vance in the 2024 presidential election.
“What the governor left out with his entire [essay], which I think was beautiful, is that Trump and JD Vance started this whole thing to begin with and they continue it,” Antonio said.
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/s…

Ohio’s Republican governor condemns Trump and Vance for Springfield claims

Mike DeWine criticizes pair in New York Times op-ed for repeating racist claims about Haitian immigrants

^{Gloria Oladipo (The Guardian)}

"The world’s richest moron Is dangerous."

~ David Kurtz

#Trump #JDVance #ElonMusk #Republicans #guns #violence
/10

morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.…

Welp, Turns Out Police ARE Investigating Trump’s Arlington Cemetery Fiasco

INSIDE: Donald Trump ... Elon Musk ... Mark Meadows

^{David Kurtz (Morning Memo)}

"You can condemn the wannabe assassins while also noting that Trump’s open embrace of violence is a big part of what makes him so dangerous."

~ Andrew Egger

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
/11

thebulwark.com/p/youre-allowed…

You’re Allowed to Call Trump a Threat to Democracy

Political violence is an intolerable threat to our nation. It isn’t the only one.

^{William Kristol (The Bulwark)}

"No one in the MAGAsphere seems to notice or care that their own resistance to reasonable gun control enabled misfit Routh - who has dozens of previous charges - to arm himself in the first place. Routh had been pulled over by police more than 100 times and was considered 'a dangerous person,' but still legally stocked high-powered weapons and explosives."

~ Nina Burleigh

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
/12

americanfreakshow.news/p/magas…

MAGA’s All-American Gunners

Who is Really To Blame for the Trump Assassination Attempts?

^{Nina Burleigh (American Freakshow)}

"When you can’t even remember the names of people who tried to assassinate a former President of the United States, something is unbalanced other than the two weirdos with the guns."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
/9

luciantruscott.substack.com/p/…

Unbalanced is the new black

Here’s a question for you: Why hasn’t there been more shock about the second (apparent) attempt on the life of Donald Trump in as many months? I mean, the biggest headline in my newsfeed this morning was Ohio Sen.

^{Lucian K. Truscott IV (Lucian Truscott Newsletter)}

"Trump's GOP is caught up in a web of violence they themselves have carefully knitted."

~ D. Earl Stephens

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
/7

dearlstephens.substack.com/p/r…

REPUBLICAN-MADE

Trump's GOP is caught up in a web of violence they themselves have carefully knitted ...

^{D. Earl Stephens ✍️ (Enough Already)}

"As [Elon Musk's] words amass millions of views and thousands of shares, they also illustrate the ability of one of the world’s most influential people to spread fear, hate and misinformation during fraught political moments around the world."

~ Ali Swenson

#Trump #JDVance #ElonMusk #Republicans #guns #violence
/8

apnews.com/article/elon-musk-x…

Elon Musk has often inflamed politically tense moments

As Election Day draws nearer, social media posts by X owner Elon Musk are raising concerns that he will use his immense platform to question the legitimacy of the vote in the U.S.

^{ALI SWENSON (AP News)}

"Trump has called his political opponents 'vermin,' echoed Adolf Hitler in saying immigrants are 'poisoning the blood of our country' and referred to himself as 'a very proud election denier.'”

~ Rex Huppke

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
/6

usatoday.com/story/opinion/col…

After possible assassination attempt, Trump decries 'rhetoric'? Spare me the sanctimony.

Donald Trump wants you to believe 'rhetoric' from Kamala Harris and her campaign led to a possible assassination plot against him. Don't buy into it.

^{, USA TODAY (USA TODAY)}

"Donald Trump just painted a target on Joe Biden’s and Kamala Harris’s backs."

~ Robert McCoy

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
/4

newrepublic.com/post/185997/tr…

Trump Reacts to Assassination Attempt by Making Things Far, Far Worse

^{The New Republic}

"The pair of them may reject violence when it’s directed towards them—as we all should—but they are unconcerned when anyone else is the target."

~ Joyce Vance

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
/5

joycevance.substack.com/p/reje…

Rejecting Violence, But Only When It's Directed At You

What do you do when the protectee won’t listen to reason?

^{Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)}

"Donald Trump loves violence, especially when it’s committed on his behalf."

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
/3

~ Mary Trump

marytrump.org/p/the-bringer-of…

The Bringer of Violence

The perpetual victim is the chief perpetrator

^{Mary L Trump (The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump)}

"Trump’s current campaign was endorsed by the NRA, who frequently opposes gun safety legislation.

~ Oliver Willis

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
/2

dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/16…

Trump blames would-be shooter on Democrats as they decry gun violence

Democratic leaders and groups dedicated to preventing gun violence have condemned political violence in the wake of an apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump on Sunday. Trump has instead blamed Democrats for the would-be shooter. Ryan Wesley.

^{Daily Kos}

"As upset as the Republicans are, their outrage over this second assassination attempt on Trump has its limits. It stops at gun control."

~ Mehdi Hassan

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
/1

zeteo.com/p/trumps-assassinati…

Trump's Assassination Attempt; Banning the Word ‘Zionist’; The Terrorizing of Haitian Immigrants

Mehdi interviews Rep. Maxwell Frost, actor and activist Cynthia Nixon, and journalist Elie Mystal.

^{Mehdi Hasan (Zeteo)}

"The new effort, which involves spreading fake videos discrediting Harris and her campaign, is the latest foreign interference linked to Russia in recent weeks, and shows a speedy pivot by foreign adversaries to targeting the Harris campaign after she replaced President Joe Biden on the ticket."

#Russia #disinformation #lies #KamalaHarris #Trump #ElectionInterference
/8

"Russian government-linked efforts to interfere in the upcoming U.S. presidential election have increasingly shifted to target the presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris, Microsoft reported in findings published Tuesday.

~ Maggie Miller

#Russia #disinformation #lies #KamalaHarris #Trump #ElectionInterference
/7

politico.com/news/2024/09/17/r…

In a new article at Mother Jones, Anna Merlin surveys who's behind the attack on disinformation and lies disseminated in the public square – and she points the finger squarely and rightly at Republicans.

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #lies #disinformation #Springfield #Haitians #immigrants #media
/6

motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

How anti-disinformation research came under fire

Academic and industry support has retreated amid a GOP assault.

^{Mother Jones}

"Debunking the underlying supposed factual basis for the claims, while important, doesn’t debunk the racism, the xenophobia, or the corrosive effects on American civic life. Those explicit racist messages – not dog whistles, not coded, not euphemized – come through loud and clear to all who are listening, from white nationalists on one extreme to Republican voters to immigrant communities now feeling isolated and under siege."

~ David Kurtz

#Trump #JDVance #lies
/5

morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.…

The More Desperate Trump Gets, The More Toxic His Rhetoric Becomes

INSIDE: JD Vance ... Kamala Harris ... Tom Cotton

^{David Kurtz (Morning Memo)}

"The New York Times is belatedly getting out of the 'unproven claims' safe space and calling Trump’s lies 'lies.'”

~ Mark Jacob quoted by Greg Dworkin

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #lies #disinformation #Springfield #Haitians #immigrants #media
/4

dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/18…

Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Using a security breach for political purposes

Tom Nichols /The Atlantic: Trump Is No Gerald Ford No other president has used an assassination attempt to inflame American politics the way ...

^{Daily Kos}

"Now, the thoroughly Trumpified Republican party has all but dispensed with the pretext of honesty, instead embracing an avowed sense that the factual truth is actually irrelevant."

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #lies #disinformation #Springfield #Haitians #immigrants #media
/3

"There was a time, earlier in Trump’s political career, when pundits liked to issue chin-scratching missives about the mutability of truth: about how Trump could spin outright fabrications into vehicles for white or male grievance, and about how shockingly little it mattered when his stories were revealed to be lies."

~ Moira Donegan

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #lies #disinformation #Springfield #Haitians #immigrants #media
/2

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The American right is inciting a pogrom against Haitian immigrants in Ohio

The people of Springfield, Ohio, are enduring bomb threats, hate and vandalism because of xenophobic smears

^{Moira Donegan (The Guardian)}