"It was all a lie.
One hundred and forty police officers assaulted, close to $3 million in damage, close to 1,200 people charged, more than 450 serving prison sentences, a poisonous political movement taking root, and voter suppression laws…all because Trump couldn’t bear to have lost an election.
'Post-truth politics' has real-world repercussions."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #lies #disinformation #BigLie #Jan6
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-2-2024
October 2, 2024
When moderator Margaret Brennan noted during last night’s vice presidential debate that Republican nominee J.D.Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)
William Lindsey :toad:
in reply to William Lindsey :toad: • • •"[When Republicans threaten media for telling the truth] is also right from the rules of Nazi propaganda that instruct people in power, 'The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie.'”
~ Dean`Obediallah
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #lies #disinformation #BigLie #Jan6
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https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/jd-vance-getting-angry-over-being
JD Vance getting angry over being fact checked tells us how dangerous he is
Dean Obeidallah (The Dean's Report by Dean Obeidallah)William Lindsey :toad:
in reply to William Lindsey :toad: • • •"Well, here we have the GOP members of the State using their power to shield the truth from the people since that is 'the mortal enemy of the lie.'”
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #lies #disinformation #BigLie #Jan6
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William Lindsey :toad:
in reply to William Lindsey :toad: • • •"Last night, we saw a 90-minute infomercial for normalizing Nazis.
I don’t use the word lightly, I use it precisely. Nothing neo about the criminal gang trying to take over America. They’re using a cruel and effective fascist playbook that I have documented on these pages in depth and with receipts."
~ Heidi Siegmund Cuda
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #lies #disinformation #BigLie #Jan6
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https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/who-goes-nazi-an-83-year-old-prediction
‘Who Goes Nazi?’ — An 83-Year-Old Prediction of JD Vance
Heidi Siegmund Cuda (Bette Dangerous)William Lindsey :toad:
in reply to William Lindsey :toad: • • •"Vance is on the ticket of the only former president who, before our own eyes, tried to kneecap democracy to hold on to power.
That is disqualifying for anyone seeking to be first in the line of succession. Yet it seems that very important fact was lost amid the postdebate discourse that focused on the more polished nature of Vance’s answers over Walz’s.
~ Kimberly Atkins Stohr
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #lies #disinformation #BigLie #Jan6
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https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/10/02/opinion/vice-presidential-debate-vance-trump-walz/
Opinion | JD Vance can't sane-wash Donald Trump
The Boston GlobeWilliam Lindsey :toad:
in reply to William Lindsey :toad: • • •"Vance has been anointed by Thiel and the rest of the anti-democracy movement as the post-Trump president, tasked with replacing the American establishment with an authoritarian regime."
~ Robert Reich
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #lies #disinformation #BigLie #Jan6 #authoritarianism #democracy
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/03/jd-vance-anti-democracy-movement-leader
JD Vance is the handpicked leader of the anti-democracy movement in the US
Robert Reich (The Guardian)