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Some of you don't know this:
#TruthSocial is #Mastodon
I mean, the #technology
Mastodon gGmbH was talking of suing them once: you have to post the source code if you use Mastodon code (AGPL-3.0 license). #Trump avoided a lawsuit by doing that
Anyway its corporate owner #TrumpMedia isn't doing so well
Too bad, so sad
It's like #crypto: a meme stock. No inherent value, purchased by degenerates playing casino hoping other fools will buy in so they can cash out at a profit
Just another conjob
https://youtu.be/tTsnUeHNjL0?si=KNQmwLHh_n_zkqaI
Inane
Pro-#Trump #Georgia #election board votes to require hand counts of ballots
Critics plan to sue, saying the new requirement would almost certainly lead to errors & could disrupt the process of #certifying the #vote in a crucial battleground state.
#law #ElectionLaw #VoteBlue
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/20/trump-georgia-election-board-hand-count-ballots/
Pro-Trump Georgia election board votes to require hand counts of ballots
Critics plan to sue, saying the new requirement would almost certainly lead to errors and could disrupt the process of certifying the vote in a crucial battleground state.Amy Gardner (The Washington Post)
The Great American Comeback with Biden-Harris:
• Nearly 16 million jobs added
• Stock market keeps hitting record highs
• Strongest post-pandemic GDP growth in the world
• Much lower unemployment & inflation than Reagan in 1984
• Employment for prime-working-age Americans at a 23-year high
#Economy #Jobs #USPol #USPolitics #Harris #Trump #Inflation
To be clear, #Trump called this guy Martin Luther King.
#NC #Republican vows to continue campaign for governor amid fallout of CNN story
#MarkRobinson, the Republican nominee for governor in #NorthCarolina, vowed to continue his campaign Thurs amid the fallout over comments he made on a pornographic website’s message board.
#VoteBlue #VoteBlueNoMatterWho
#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/09/19/mark-robinson-north-carolina-governor/
N.C. Republican vows to continue campaign for governor amid fallout of CNN story
Michael Lonergan, a spokesman for Mark Robinson campaign, said it was “complete fiction” that Robinson was under pressure to drop out of the race.Patrick Svitek (The Washington Post)
CNN found that #MarkRobinson, the #Republican nominee for governor of #NorthCarolina, made a series of inflammatory comments on a pornography website's message board. Robinson referred to himself as a "#blackNAZI!" & expressed support for reinstating #slavery.
#Trump praised Robinson & called him "Martin Luther King on steroids."
Abby Phillip’s face says it all.
"Donald Trump doesn’t want you to focus on the economy, because the news is very good."
~ Dan Rather
#Biden #KamalaHarris #Trump #economy #EconomicRecovery
/15
https://steady.substack.com/p/news-trump-doesnt-want-you-to-hear
News Trump Doesn’t Want You to Hear
Stocks soar, interest rates fall. Will it help Harris?Dan Rather (Steady)
Richardson also notes that the Mark Robinson story distracts from another major news story yesterday: the continued stellar performance of the US economy under President Biden. She says,
"Bringing the U.S. economy out of the pandemic more successfully than any other major economically developed country meant clear goals and principles, and careful, informed adjustments."
#Biden #economy #MarkRobinson #Trump #Republicans #NorthCarolina #Nazis
/14
As Heather Cox Richardson notes, "That this scandal dropped on the last possible day Robinson could drop out of the race suggests it was pushed by Republicans themselves because they recognize that Robinson is dragging Trump and other Republican candidates down in North Carolina. But here’s the thing: Republican voters knew who Robinson was, and they chose him anyway."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#MarkRobinson #Trump #Republicans #NorthCarolina #Nazis
/13
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-19-2024
September 19, 2024
Yesterday morning, NPR reported that U.S.Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)
Commentators are now speculating about a "reverse coattails" effect for Trump in North Carolina: as Mark Robinson goes down, he may take Trump with him. These commentators include Carter Wrenn, cited by Marc A. Caputo and Sam Stein, and Larry Sabato, cited by David Badash.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/north-carolina-mark-robinson-black-nazi-posts
https://www.alternet.org/mark-robinson-cnn/
#MarkRobinson #Trump #Republicans #NorthCarolina #Nazis
/12
The North Carolina “Black Nazi” Who Could Cost Trump the Presidency
Will Mark Robinson’s gross posts drag down the other Republicans on the ballot?Marc A. Caputo (The Bulwark)
"A few days ago I wrote a piece on The Left Hook arguing we need to use 'Nazi' to describe where MAGA is headed. I brought out all the receipts. For a party and movement that is so hostile and allergic to diversity, equity, and inclusivity, I am curious to see if they are willing to expand the tent and continue supporting Mark Robinson, a man who referred to himself as a 'Black Nazi.'”
~ Wajahat Ali
#MarkRobinson #Trump #Republicans #NorthCarolina #Nazis
/11
https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/will-the-gop-embrace-diversity-and
Will the GOP Embrace Diversity and Stand with Their Black Nazi?
Republican nominee for Governor Mark Robinson allegedly referred to himself as a "Black Nazi" and wrote other inflammatory comments on a porn site. Will MAGA continue to embrace him?THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali (The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali)
"In another era, [Mark Robinson's] candidacy wouldn’t have survived his almost beyond-belief scandals. But he’s staying in the race. So in North Carolina, it’s perfectly proper to talk about the Trump-Robinson Republican ticket. It’s perfectly proper to run ads of Trump praising Robinson and Robinson praising Trump. It’s perfectly proper to make the election not just a referendum on Trump personally but on Trumpists.
~ William Kristol
#MarkRobinson #Trump
/10
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/how-dumb-do-they-think-you-are
How Dumb Do They Think You Are?
Mark Robinson is barely even trying to beat the allegations. He thinks his voters won’t notice.William Kristol (The Bulwark)
There was Trump blaming Jewish voters if he loses to Kamala Harris — his tired old antisemitic trope never quite identified as such by journalists.
There was more shocking dirt — allegations seemingly substantiated — about Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz's sexual encounters with minors at drug-flooded parties.
And there was Oprah Winfrey's interview with Kamala Harris.
#MarkRobinson #Trump #antisemitism #KamalaHarris #OprahWinfrey #MattGaetz
/7
As Doktor Zoom says at Wonkette, yesterday's news cycle brought "just a ridiculous amount of news…. and all of it kind of weird!"
There was the Mark Robinson story (see /1 - /5 above).
There was the news that Olivia Nuzzi of New York Magazine has been put on leave for a previously undisclosed relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as she wrote about him as a political candidate.
#MarkRobinson #Trump #Republicans #NorthCarolina #Nazis #RFKJr
/6
https://www.wonkette.com/p/all-the-news-happened-all-at-once
All The News Happened All At Once! Tabs For Friday, Sept. 20, 2024
It's your morning news roundup!Doktor Zoom (Wonkette)
"He thinks he can fashion his history of disturbing, angry behavior into a story in which he is the victim—and that the voters will buy it. He sees those voters as morally malleable dupes, who will cross any serious ethical line in the service of politics.
It makes sense for him to make this calculation. After all, it has never not paid off for Trump."
As Andrew Egger reminds us,
"Donald Trump is a close Robinson ally: He endorsed Robinson during the primary, calling him 'Martin Luther King on steroids.'”
And:
" In pledging to plow through, in suggesting it may all be AI, in choosing to run in the first place—knowing this stuff was all out there—Robinson has offered a nasty appraisal of the voters whose support he is seeking."
"CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski had tracked down a bunch of old online profiles of Robinson—most notably, an account he’d frequently used to comment on a porn site, Nude Africa, in the early 2010s. Those posts included some of the most insane ranting you’ll ever see:"
~ Andrew Egger
#MarkRobinson #Trump #Republicans #NorthCarolina #Nazis
/1
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/how-dumb-do-they-think-you-are
How Dumb Do They Think You Are?
Mark Robinson is barely even trying to beat the allegations. He thinks his voters won’t notice.William Kristol (The Bulwark)
"Rarely, if ever, has a presidential campaign collapsed from seeming assurance into utter chaos as Trump-Vance has. The campaign seems to have stumbled into a strange unintended message: 'Let’s go to war with Taylor Swift to stop Haitians from eating dogs.'”
~ David Frum
#Trump #JDVance #TaylorSwift #immigrants #Haitians #lies
/16
Gift link below is from Jim Swift at the Bulwark. If it doesn't work here, I suggest clicking the link at Swift's Substack blog.
What a Losing Campaign Looks Like
How does Donald Trump’s running mate have so much time on his hands?David Frum (The Atlantic)
Via Shane Goldmacher:
One detail in here: In the last 30 days, the #Trump operation has spent more on Meta ads featuring the page of his lawyer/adviser Alina Habba than his running mate Senator #JDVance. https://nytimes.com/2024/09/20/us/politics/kamala-harris-trump-campaign-spending.html
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JFC
#Trump questioned why he lacks support from #Jewish voters & suggested that they would have “a lot to do” w/a loss if their support for his campaign does not grow.
“I’m not going to call this a prediction, but, in my opinion, the Jewish people would have a lot to do w/a loss if I’m at 40%,” Trump said during a campaign event [unironically] titled "Fighting #Antisemitism in America," citing an unnamed poll that he said showed him with ⅖ of Jewish voters’ support.
Trump says Jewish voters will bear 'a lot' of blame if he loses during 'fighting antisemitism' event
In remarks ostensibly focused on combating antisemitism, former President Donald Trump questioned why he lacks commanding support from Jewish voters and suggested that they would have “a lot to do” with a loss in November if their support for his cam…Alec Hernández (NBC News)
It’s 10am on the day after restrictions on insiders selling Trump’s meme stock expired. It’s traded 43% of its average daily volume in an hour.
Regardless of whether he sells, he gave out stock to vendors and more stock to pay off debt and those people are getting their cash out while they can.
#trump #truthsocial #GriftersGonnaGrift
Am I the only one who has noticed that the people trump surrounds himself with have become more bigoted, misogynistic, racist, weird, creepy and vile over the years?
#Trump said it is incumbent upon #Israel to defeat Vice President #KamalaHarris in November’s #election somehow.
What is this jibbering idiot talking about?? This is the #Republican candidate for #president? Really?? This is who they think should be running the greatest country in the world? The man is completely detached from reality. #Dementia and #cognitiveImpairment have progressed to a point that simply cannot be ignored.
#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TrumpMentalHealth
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-declares-israel-i-believe-has-to-defeat-kamala-harris/
Trump Declares Israel 'Has to Defeat' Kamala Harris
Former President Donald Trump said it is incumbent upon Israel to defeat Vice President Kamala Harris in November's election somehow.Michael Luciano (Mediaite)
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Ha!
Via #Harris spox Sarafina Chitika on the hellsite, directly to Trump, who included the CNN story I posted earlier (https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/113165877054036473 ):
Donald #Trump and #MarkRobinson have been all over the trail together this cycle. Trump elevated and endorsed this man at every opportunity.
There's no running away from this for
@realDonaldTrump
.
Laffy (@GottaLaff@mastodon.social)
Welp. Here’s why they want to kick him off the ballot: 🧵 1/... “#MarkRobinson, the controversial and socially conservative Republican nominee for governor of #NorthCarolina, made a series of inflammatory comments on a pornography website’s message b…Mastodon
Can't abandon a fellow Nazi, amirite?
"Another #Trump campaign adviser denied reports that the campaign had pushed Robinson to leave the race.
“That’s absolutely inaccurate,” Brian Hughes, a senior Trump campaign adviser, said when asked about the reports. “Fake news. Didn’t happen. Trump and the Trump campaign have had no pushing or anything else. Inaccurate.”"
Mark Robinson vows to stay in N.C. governor's race following report he made inflammatory comments on a porn site
Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina, vowed Thursday to remain in the race following a report that he made dozens of lewd and inflammatory comments more than 10 years ago on the message board of a pornography website…Adam Edelman (NBC News)
#Life under #Fascists
and
#Life under #Trump
Source: https://mastodon.social/@LindaCollins11/113164892206336967
LindaCollins11 For Harris/Walz (@LindaCollins11@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image Life under Fascists. Life under TrumpMastodon
How the #Trump Campaign Ran With Rumors [#lies] About Pet-Eating Migrants—After Being Told They Weren’t True
#Springfield, #Ohio, city ofcls were contacted by #JDVance’s team & said the claims were baseless. It didn’t matter & now the town is in #chaos.
#RecklessEndangerment #CulpableNegligence #law #StochasticTerrorism #racism #hate #ConspiracyTheories
#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/springfield-ohio-pet-eating-claims-haitian-migrants-04598d48
City Manager Bryan Heck fielded an unusual question at City Hall on the morning of Sept 9, from a staff member of #Republican #Trump VP nom #JDVance. The staffer called to ask if there was any truth to bizarre rumors about #Haitian #immigrants & pets in #Springfield.
“He asked point-blank, ‘Are the rumors true of pets being taken & eaten?’” recalled Heck. “I told him no. There was no verifiable evidence or reports to show this was true. I told them these claims were baseless.”
Oh? 1/... 🧵
Via Brad Moss:
Oh the irony that #Trump folks are pushing Robinson to w/draw when Trump was convicted last spring for falsifying business records to conceal hush $ payment to silence a porn star about an alleged affair
👇🏼
“Thurs evening is state deadline to withdraw from the race. The deadline to remove Robinson’s name from the ballot already has passed. There are just four weeks to go until early voting, and absentee ballots are due to go in the mail Friday”
https://www.carolinajournal.com/robinson-under-pressure-to-withdraw-from-gubernatorial-race/
Ex-#Trump advisers help to grow pro-Russia website that spreads misinformation
George Papadopoulos and others involved in Intelligencer, increasingly popular source of news in rightwing circles
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/19/intelligencer-pro-russia-website-trump?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
🚨🚨🚨#House #Democrats plan multimedia #Project2025 hearing🚨🚨🚨
The hearing is expected to be in the style of the #Jan6, 2021, hearings.
The hearing is scheduled for next week on Tues, Sept 24, to illustrate potential impacts of Project 2025 under a hypothetical #Trump admin.
#authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #kleptocracy #dictatorship #MafiaState #Trumpism
#democracy #law
#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/19/house-democrats-plan-multimedia-project-2025-hearing/
House Democrats plan multimedia Project 2025 hearing
The hearing is expected to be in the style of hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.Jacqueline Alemany (The Washington Post)
“The group White Dudes for #Harris rolled out a new $10 million ad campaign on Thursday, with the first ad of the effort targeting white men in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The over one-minute-long spot addresses #Trump’s grip on the white male vote but works to appeal to voters in the bloc who are disillusioned with him and his campaign.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4888155-white-dudes-harris-ad-campaign/
🇺🇸 Amid the recent crackdown on #Russian influence in American media, a group of former #Trump advisers and operatives have quietly helped build a pro-Russian website that frequently spreads debunked conspiracy theories about the war in #Ukraine, election fraud and vaccines.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/19/intelligencer-pro-russia-website-trump
Ex-Trump advisers help to grow pro-Russia website that spreads misinformation
George Papadopoulos and others involved in Intelligencer, increasingly popular source of news in rightwing circlesGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
'#Nebraska may change its electoral system at the last second to help #Trump win -'
'It goes without saying that the nightmare I’ve described here – which could absolutely happen – is only one of several glitches in the electoral system which could undo the #UnitedStates.'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/19/nebraska-electoral-system-trump-win-election
#USPol
Nebraska may change its electoral system at the last second to help Trump win
The state’s Republican governor has proposed a legal change that could alter the course of the national presidential electionStephen Marche (The Guardian)
Raw Story:
Protesters outside New York Times demand newspaper 'stop normalizing Trump'
Readers left online complaints and cancelled subscriptions before direct protests began...
Their demand, according to one civil rights lawyer, is to stop "sane-washing" Trump...
The activists had... signs with words the Times has avoided using... such as "lies," "convict" and "felon." The group had one...banner...reading "stop normalizing Trump."
https://www.rawstory.com/new-york-times-trump-protest/
#News #Politics #Democrats #Trump
Protesters outside New York Times demand newspaper 'stop normalizing Trump'
The New York Times has garnered criticism over the year for its reporting on Donald Trump and the 2024 election. On Wednesday, that criticism led to in-person protests outside the building.Sarah K. Burris (Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism)
