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Uh Oh, Donald Trump, Look What You Made Taylor Swift Do
https://www.wonkette.com/p/uh-oh-donald-trump-look-what-you
#USPol #TaylorSwift #KamalaHarris #HarrisWalz2024 #VoteBlue!
Uh Oh, Donald Trump, Look What You Made Taylor Swift Do
Is this a sign of the long foretold Taylor Swift endorsement that we've read about in prophecy?Evan Hurst (Wonkette)
Yes, when my therapy clients come in and feel demoralized I often keep it super negative because that’s very helpful and snaps them out of that pesky depression. I learned that in my CNN theory course in grad school
As the Voting Rights Act nears 60, conservative judges are gutting it from every angle
Emboldened by the Supreme Court, Trump judges are trying to nullify the landmark civil rights law.Mother Jones
Two observations on the above post.
1) It is palpable how much he wishes he was still running against Biden. It practically drips off the screen. He’s so horny for that scenario he’s writing fanfic about ways it could still happen.
2) I guarantee you he spent today watching the response to the Walz pick and asking anyone who would listen what J.D. Vance has done for him lately.
Tim Walz comes out swinging in his first appearance on the ticket.
"I can't wait to debate the guy... "
#uspol #timwalz @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews
Article on the new Harris-Walz campaign branding ("It’s a logo without any bells, whistles, stars, or stripes. Simple and minimalist...") and sans-serif logo fonts, which her team calls "Fearless Bold" and "Fearless Medium."
• THAT BORING NEW HARRIS-WALZ LOGO? IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY HISTORIC
https://www.fastcompany.com/91168459/new-logo-harris-walz-campaign
#USPol #design #logo #typography #branding
Philadelphia Rally with Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz | Harris 2024
We love this nation and together, we will fight to build the future that people deserve.Tune in now as Governor Tim Walz and I rally voters in Philadelphia. ...YouTube
The line stretches for more than six city blocks as thousands wait for entry into the first Harris-Walz rally in Philadelphia.
#USPol #HarrisWalz2024 #Philadelphia #TimWalz #KamalaHarris #VoteBlue
Gov. #Walz picked as #VP for #Harris !
He's great on education, this is my favorite photo of him surrounded by kids from March 2023 when he signed a bill into law to provide breakfasts & lunches at no charge to students at participating schools. Minnesota is the 4th state to do so.
For @GottaLaff & @nicolesandler I made it a point to credit Ben Hovland, MPR News for this great photo from this story.
https://mprnews.org/story/2023/03/17/gov-signs-universal-school-meals-bill-into-law #Uspol
#HarrisWalz2024
#HarrisWalz #Walz #VP
Walz signs universal school meals bill into Minnesota law
Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill into law Friday that will provide breakfasts and lunches at no charge to students at participating schools. It makes Minnesota the fourth state in the country to do so.Elizabeth Shockman (MPR News)
Contrasts in Governing
Left, Gov. Tim Walz signs universal school meals bill into Minnesota law
Right. Gov. Sarah Sanders Signs Arkansas LEARNS Act, banning CRT.
Later that week, Gov. Sanders loosened #ChildLabor laws in a bill that eliminated a requirement that the state verify the age of children under 16 before companies can hire them.
Winning with #Walz #Harris2024
#Uspol
I mean, it’s still the US, aber macht schon ein bisschen Hoffnung:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuV6p5MNvqQ
#Harris #Shapiro #HarrisWalz #USPol
Josh Shapiro full speech at Harris-Walz rally: 'I ain't going back'
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro took the stage at Kamala Harris and Tim Walz first joint rally in Philadelphia.Subscribe to FOX 5 Atlanta!: https://bit.ly/3vp...YouTube
So Tim Walz is a trained geographer and a former high school geography teacher?!
This is the biggest political news for the profession since Prince William got a masters degree in Geography.
Here's Gov Walz giving a talk at the ESRI GIS conference just last month!
https://mediaspace.esri.com/media/1_d2sqkrju
He's totally locked up the pivotal mapmaker demographic.
#GIS #gischat #GovWalz #TimeWalz #geographer #geography #uspol #uspolitics
State of Minnesota
Governor Walz is Minnesota’s 41st Governor; a former high school geography teacher; served in the US Congress and the Army National Guard; and is a successful servant leader.Esri Videos: GIS, Events, ArcGIS Products & Industries
i’m getting weepy this morning thinking about how close we could be to having a woman for president 🥲
#USPol #harris #women https://one.npr.org/i/1256751419:1256751421
“Governor Walz, in the middle of the election, took apart the headlight connector on a Ford Edge and explained how to fix it using some shrink-wrap connectors. Even that itself might not be enough proof, but it’s the way he called out the cost of doing it yourself (just $7.99 at NAPA!) and his light chastising of Ford for the quality of the harness that really makes it for me.”
https://www.theautopian.com/proof-that-kamala-harris-picked-a-car-enthusiast-for-vice-president/
Proof That Kamala Harris Picked A Car Enthusiast For Vice President - The Autopian
Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee VP Kamala Harris has chosen a running mate in Governor Tim Walz.Matt Hardigree (The Autopian)
"his folksy demeanor and willingness to use plain language to criticize former president Donald #Trump and Sen. #JDVance (R-Ohio) helped catapult him onto Harris’s vice-presidential shortlist. In interviews, #Walz cast Trump and #Vance as not just a threat to #democracy but, simply, #weird, an attack that quickly caught on for #Democrats and that struck a nerve for #Republicans."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/06/who-is-tim-walz/
#TimWalz #KamalaHarris #Kamala #Harris #HarrisWalz2024 #US #Politics #USPol #USA #News
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Asked in a July 28 interview with CNN if such policies would be fodder for conservative attacks, Walz responded sarcastically: “What a monster. Kids are eating and having full bellies, so they can go learn, and women are making their own health-care decisions.”
He later added: “So, if that’s where they want to label me, I’m more than happy to take the [liberal] label.”
In the days after President Biden announced he would no longer seek reelection, Walz made numerous appearances on television, and his folksy demeanor and willingness to use plain language to criticize former president Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) helped catapult him onto Harris’s vice-presidential shortlist. In interviews, Walz cast Trump and Vance as not just a threat to democracy but, simply, “weird,” an attack that quickly caught on for Democrats and that struck a nerve for Republicans.](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/3096906 "Text from article:
Asked in a July 28 interview with CNN if such policies would be fodder for conservative attacks, Walz responded sarcastically: “What a monster. Kids are eating and having full bellies, so they can go learn, and women are making their own health-care decisions.”
He later added: “So, if that’s where they want to label me, I’m more than happy to take the [liberal] label.”
In the days after President Biden announced he would no longer seek reelection, Walz made numerous appearances on television, and his folksy demeanor and willingness to use plain language to criticize former president Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) helped catapult him onto Harris’s vice-presidential shortlist. In interviews, Walz cast Trump and Vance as not just a threat to democracy but, simply, “weird,” an attack that quickly caught on for Democrats and that struck a nerve for Republicans.")
Tim Walz’s journey from high school football coach to VP candidate
Walz, formerly a little-known Midwestern governor, now faces the urgent task of introducing himself to the country with only about three months until Election Day.Amy B Wang (The Washington Post)
"In 2006, #Walz won the race to represent #Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District, flipping a #Republican seat in a #rural part of the state...
Walz would win reelection to his seat five more times before leaving the #House to run for #governor. In the 2018 gubernatorial race, Walz defeated his Republican opponent by more than 10 percentage points."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/06/who-is-tim-walz/
#TimWalz #HarrisWalz2024 #KamalaHarris #Kamala #Harris #US #Politics #USPol #USA #News
Tim Walz’s journey from high school football coach to VP candidate
Walz, formerly a little-known Midwestern governor, now faces the urgent task of introducing himself to the country with only about three months until Election Day.Amy B Wang (The Washington Post)
“Who’s asking for this #crazy stuff? Who’s asking to raise the price of #insulin? Who’s asking to get rid of #BirthControl? … Who’s sitting in a bar in Racine, #Wisconsin, saying, ‘You know what we really need? We need to #ban “Animal Farm.”’ Nobody is!” Walz told MSNBC last month, later adding:
“Yes, they’re #weird. They prove that every day. It’s an observation.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/06/who-is-tim-walz/
#WeirdGOP #GOP #Politics #USPol #USA #TimWalz #VP #KamalaHarris #HarrisWalz2024 #USA #News
Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal has responded to the news of the FEC complaint by suggesting I have some shadowy backers funding me.
He’s also complained that we accused Coinbase of having partisan bias in who they support, something we did not allege or imply. We single out the donation to the Congressional Leadership Fund and not its Democratic equivalent because only the former happened within the prohibited period.
#crypto #cryptocurrency #Coinbase #Fairshake #USpol #USpolitics
I hadn’t seen this & holy hell is this disturbing.
A coalition of #Republican *lawmakers* want to make the #AR15, a #SemiAutomatic #firearm, #Michigan’s state #rifle, a move that concerned #GunControl advocates.
HB 5792, introduced by Rep Brian #BeGole (R-Antrim Twp), the fmr #sheriff of Shiawassee County, would make the #MilitaryGradeWeapon the state’s ofcl rifle.
#AmericanGunEpidemic #GunFetishism #GunViolence #Republicans #MIpol #USpol #law
https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/gop-legislators-seek-to-make-ar-15-michigans-official-state-rifle/
GOP legislators seek to make AR-15 Michigan’s official state rifle • Michigan Advance
A coalition of Republican lawmakers want to make the AR-15, a semi-automatic firearm, Michigan’s state rifle, a move that concerned gun control advocates. HB 5792, introduced by Rep. Brian BeGole (R-Antrim Twp.Michigan Advance
As I wrote in my earlier thread, these $25.5 million in illegal contributions ($25 million to crypto super PAC Fairshake and $500K to House Republicans) would be the largest campaign finance violation by a federal contractor by a significant margin:
https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/112877515892173876
#crypto #cryptocurrency #Coinbase #Fairshake #USpol #USpolitics
SCOOP: Coinbase appears to have violated campaign finance laws with a $25 million donation to the Fairshake cryptocurrency super PAC, made while they were in active negotiations for a federal government contract.https://www.citationneeded.news/coinbase-campaign-finance-violation/
#CitationNeeded #Fairshake #Coinbase #USpolitics #USpol #crypto #cryptocurrency
Coinbase appears to have violated campaign finance laws with a $25 million super PAC donation
Actively involved in contract negotiations with a federal government agency, Coinbase was likely prohibited from making its $25 million contribution to the Fairshake crypto super PAC in May 2024.Molly White (Citation Needed)
Last week, Public Citizen’s Rick Claypool and I filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission based on my research into apparent campaign finance violations by the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange.
Read the full complaint and my updated article.
Complaint: https://www.citizen.org/article/coinbase-fec-complaint/
Updated article: https://www.citationneeded.news/coinbase-campaign-finance-violation/
#crypto #cryptocurrency #Coinbase #Fairshake #USpol #USpolitics
![COMPLAINT
Coinbase, Inc. (“Coinbase”) is a cryptocurrency platform offering exchange, custody, and trading services. On March 20, 2024, Coinbase made a $500,000 contribution to the Congressional Leadership Fund (ID: C00504530), a hybrid PAC. On May 30, 2024, Coinbase made a $24,999,995 contribution to Fairshake (ID: C00835959), a super PAC. At the time of both contributions, Coinbase was negotiating a contract with the United States Marshals Service, a federal agency. In making these contributions of approximately $25.5 million, Coinbase violated federal campaign finance laws that expressly prohibit federal contractors from making contributions to political committees while negotiating or performing federal contracts.
This complaint is filed pursuant to 52 U.S.C. § 30109(a)(1) and is based on information and belief that Coinbase violated the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (“FECA”) prohibition on federal contractor contributions.
If the Federal Election Commission (“FEC” or “Commission”), “upon receiving a complaint . . . has reason to believe that a person has committed, or is about to commit, a violation of [the Federal Election Campaign Act] . . . . [t]he Commission shall make an investigation of such alleged violation . . . .” 52 U.S.C. § 30109(a)(2) (emphasis added).
BACKGROUND
FECA prohibits a federal contractor from making contributions, directly or indirectly, to “any political party, committee, or candidate for public office or to any](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/3095072 "COMPLAINT
Coinbase, Inc. (“Coinbase”) is a cryptocurrency platform offering exchange, custody, and trading services. On March 20, 2024, Coinbase made a $500,000 contribution to the Congressional Leadership Fund (ID: C00504530), a hybrid PAC. On May 30, 2024, Coinbase made a $24,999,995 contribution to Fairshake (ID: C00835959), a super PAC. At the time of both contributions, Coinbase was negotiating a contract with the United States Marshals Service, a federal agency. In making these contributions of approximately $25.5 million, Coinbase violated federal campaign finance laws that expressly prohibit federal contractors from making contributions to political committees while negotiating or performing federal contracts.
This complaint is filed pursuant to 52 U.S.C. § 30109(a)(1) and is based on information and belief that Coinbase violated the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (“FECA”) prohibition on federal contractor contributions.
If the Federal Election Commission (“FEC” or “Commission”), “upon receiving a complaint . . . has reason to believe that a person has committed, or is about to commit, a violation of [the Federal Election Campaign Act] . . . . [t]he Commission shall make an investigation of such alleged violation . . . .” 52 U.S.C. § 30109(a)(2) (emphasis added).
BACKGROUND
FECA prohibits a federal contractor from making contributions, directly or indirectly, to “any political party, committee, or candidate for public office or to any")
Coinbase appears to have violated campaign finance laws with a $25 million super PAC donation
Actively involved in contract negotiations with a federal government agency, Coinbase was likely prohibited from making its $25 million contribution to the Fairshake cryptocurrency-focused super PAC in May 2024.Molly White (Citation Needed)
Coinbase’s Chief Legal Officer called my research “misinformation”, claiming that Coinbase is not a federal contractor despite its multi-million dollar federal contract.
I look forward to the FEC enforcing its longstanding prohibitions against “pay-to-play”.
#crypto #cryptocurrency #Coinbase #Fairshake #USpol #USpolitics
Under #Vought, #OMB also withheld military #aid to #Ukraine as #Trump pressured President Volodymyr #Zelenskyy to investigate President Joe #Biden & his son. Vought refused to comply w/a congressional demand to depose him during the subsequent Democrat-led House investigation that led to Trump’s first #impeachment. The inquiry, Vought said, was a sham.
#USpol #Project2025 #HeritageFoundation #Authoritarianism #Republicans
#OMB is a typically sedate office that builds the president’s #budget & reviews #regulations. But w/ #Vought at the helm, OMB was at the center of showdowns between #Trump & #Congress over federal spending & the #legal bounds of #PresidentialPower.
After lawmakers refused to give Trump more money for his southern US #BorderWall, the budget office siphoned billions from the #Pentagon & #Treasury Dept budgets to pay for it.
#USpol #Project2025 #HeritageFoundation #Authoritarianism #Republicans
#Vought’s confirmation hearing was contentious. Sen #BernieSanders accused him of using #Islamophobic language when he wrote in 2016 that #Muslims “do not know God because they have rejected Jesus Christ his Son, & they stand condemned.”
Vought told senators his remarks were taken out of context & said he respected the right of every person to express their #religious beliefs.
#USpol #Authoritarianism #MAGA #Republicans #Autocracy #Tyranny #Populism #evangelism #democracy #Harris2024 #law
…Those who know #Vought described him as fiercely dedicated to #Trump’s cause….
“A very determined warrior is how I would see Russ,” said a fmr Trump admin ofcl who worked w/ Vought in the WH…. “I don’t think he thinks about whether or not he likes Donald Trump as a person. I think he likes what Donald Trump represents in terms of the political forces he’s able to harness.”
…When Trump was elected, Vought became OMB’s deputy director.
Among the small cadre of #Trump advisers who has a mechanic’s understanding of how Washington operates, #Vought has advised influential *#conservative* lawmakers on Capitol Hill, held a top post in the WH & later established his own pro-Trump think tank. Now, he’s being mentioned as a candidate to be Trump’s WH #ChiefOfStaff, one of the most #powerful positions in govt.
#USpol #Authoritarianism #MAGA #Republicans #Autocracy #Tyranny #Populism
#democracy #Freedom #Harris2024 #law
A chief architect of #Project2025 — the controversial *#conservative* blueprint to remake the #FederalGovernment — #Vought is likely to be appointed to a high-ranking post in a 2nd #Trump admin. And he’s been drafting a so-far secret “180-Day Transition Playbook” to speed the plan’s implementation to avoid a repeat of the chaotic start that dogged Trump’s 1st term.
#USpol #Authoritarianism #MAGA #Republicans #Autocracy #Tyranny #Populism
#democracy #WeAreNotGoingBack #Freedom #Harris2024 #law
A chief architect of #Project2025 is ready to shock Washington if #Trump wins
#RussellVought sounds like a general marshaling troops for combat when he talks about taming a “woke & weaponized” #FederalGovernment
He recently described political opposition as “enemy fire that’s coming over the target,” while urging allies to be “fearless at the point of attack” & calling his policy proposals “battle plans.”
#USpol #Authoritarianism
https://apnews.com/article/project-2025-russell-vought-trump-federal-government-38fc446832062e40fc2ccad6f3348dfd
Chief Project 2025 architect is ready to shock Washington if Trump wins
A chief architect of Project 2025, the controversial conservative blueprint to remake the federal government, Russell Vought is likely to be appointed to a high-ranking post in a second Trump administration.RICHARD LARDNER (AP News)
BREAKING NEWS 🚨🚨🚨
US Supreme Court declines to halt Trump's sentencing in hush money case -
The judge has set Trump sentencing for September 18.
Trumps co-conspirators have received up to two years of prison time.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump #BreakingNews #Breaking
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-declines-halt-trumps-sentencing-hush-money-case-2024-08-05/
#TheConversation #auspol #USPol
What a Kamala Harris presidency could mean for the world – and where she differs from Joe Biden Read more…https://theconversation.com/what-a-kamala-harris-presidency-could-mean-for-the-world-and-where-she-differs-from-joe-biden-235651
What a Kamala Harris presidency could mean for the world – and where she differs from Joe Biden
While a Harris presidency wouldn’t differ hugely from Biden’s, the two Democrats do have notable differences on the Gaza war and free trade.The Conversation
#AI is built on fraud & theft:
"We got a massive leak from inside #Nvidia (emails, Slack chats, documents) which show how it created a yet-to-be-released AI model. The leak shows that Nvidia scraped YouTube en masse, had clearance from highest levels of the company."
#Technology #TechBros #USPol #Google #YouTube
https://www.404media.co/nvidia-ai-scraping-foundational-model-cosmos-project/
Leaked Documents Show Nvidia Scraping ‘A Human Lifetime’ of Videos Per Day to Train AI
Internal emails, Slack conversations and documents obtained by 404 Media show how Nvidia created a yet-to-be-released video foundational model.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
After the #YellowPeril, meet the #OrangePeril
#RodStewart on stage:
“I didn’t know he [#TFG] was orange until a number of years ago, when he happened to turn orange.”
"I respect either one, but he obviously doesn’t and now he wants to be known as Orange. All of a sudden he made a turn and became an Orange person. I think someone should look into that.”"
Rod Stewart mocks Donald Trump for ‘turning orange’ after comments about Kamala Harris’s race
Image showed former president alongside a gradient of deepening tan shadesMaira Butt (The Independent)
Protect Rod Stewart at all costs:
Rod Stewart mocks Donald Trump for ‘turning orange’ after comments about Kamala Harris’s race
Image showed former president alongside a gradient of deepening tan shadesMaira Butt (The Independent)
"MAGA MAGGOTS"
"How does one battle a political party whose members will threaten death to those asking its leader to clarify his earlier statements?"
- Aure
NPR reporter Eric Deggans revealed on Saturday that ABC host Rachel Scott received death threats following her widely publicized interview with Donald Trump at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump
