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"As the election approaches, the reporting gets worse — policy issues are pushed aside, the most ludicrous micro-controversies are given front-page treatment, more and more attention is paid to increasingly useless polls and pointless speculation, and they ride into election day on a wave of triviality. ...
The most disheartening thing about all this is how it shows our elite media have learned nothing."
#NewYorkTimes #WashingtonPost #Trump #garbage #MediaFail
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"Nobody tells the elite reporters that they’re terrible at their job, and they think their job is to report the same thing all the other news outlets are reporting."
#NewYorkTimes #WashingtonPost #Trump #garbage #MediaFail
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~ Paul Waldman
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The News Media Have Learned Nothing
The election is just days away, and reporters are making the worst possible choices.Paul Waldman (The Cross Section)
Kurtz quotes New York Times Pitchbot, which writes,
"Biden calling Trump supporters 'garbage' in a webcam interview is a moral outrage. Here’s why Trump calling Harris supporters 'garbage' at a rally is not."
"In the final week of the presidential campaign, the country’s two most prominent newspapers extended into a second day their credulous coverage of Republicans’ fake outrage over President Biden’s 'garbage' comment.
The NYT and WaPo each made it a front-page story in Thursday’s editions, with above-the-fold, prime-real-estate treatment."
~ David Kurtz
#NewYorkTimes #WashingtonPost #Trump #garbage #MediaFail
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Major News Media Fall For Fake GOP Outrage Yet Again
INSIDE: Donald Trump ... Elon Musk ... John RobertsDavid Kurtz (Morning Memo)
"Independent analysts such as Edison Research said in March that X’s usage in the United States dropped 30 percent since last year. Fidelity this month estimated that X’s value has plunged by about 80 percent since Musk’s takeover."
~ Robert Reich
#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #ElonMusk #Twitter #EconomicElites #Trump
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"Donald recently called America 'the garbage can of the world,' and this is what he had to say about actual human beings back in September:
'The people that surround [Kamala Harris]—they’re Scum. They’re scum. And they want to take down our country. They are absolute garbage.'
Good to know.
We’re five days out. The media keeps getting it wrong."
~ Mary Trump
#NewYorkTimes #WashingtonPost #Trump #garbage #MediaFail
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"Four Days until Election Day and Donald Trump if fantasizing about killing those who oppose him."
~ James Singer quoted by Greg Dworkin
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
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dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/1…
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: How To Win With Less
Ron Brownstein /The Atlantic: The Democratic Theory of Winning With Less This election will be decided not by another big popular vote but by ...Daily Kos
A thread of statements addressing the closing arguments of the Trump campaign:
"It’s a fitting end to the filthy outpouring that is the Donald Trump campaign that he thought he was so smart by climbing into a garbage truck."
~ Steven Beschloss
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
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3 Snapshots: The Garbage Man, Women Standing Up, An Inspiring Message
Three quick takes on these final days of the 2024 electionSteven Beschloss (America, America)
"With just a few days to go, let me step back and make the case, once again, for why Trump’s language, and Trump’s propaganda, matter so much. Do note that, despite the criticism, it has not stopped. Right up until the final moments of the campaign, Trump was still casting his opponents as 'enemies,' as was everyone around him."
~ Anne Applebaum
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
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Via Adam Klasfeld:
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#Trump co-defendant and fake electors "architect" Ken #Chesebro's New York law license has been suspended, "effective immediately," following his conviction for a "serious crime."
Read the order here. 🔗 decisions.courts.state.ny.us/a…
This link does NOT go to Twitter. Watch!
Via KamalaHQ:
NEW AD: The Creature from the Orange Lagoon
Unpopular rulings on #elections, #abortion, presidential #immunity, #guns & other issues — as well as the #criminal cases against #Trump, which will likely move forward if he loses — have driven down public #trust in #SCOTUS & the #justice system.
That decline may be hard to reverse no matter which candidate prevails — especially if the courts play a role in deciding the winner.
#law #judiciary #courts #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
Even as the #election will shape the #judiciary, the judiciary may also shape the election. As in 2020, #Republicans & #Democrats have already asked federal #judges, including those on #SCOTUS, to resolve disputes about ballots before Election Day. Their rulings could determine the outcome of a close race.
Perhaps related, Americans’ faith in the #courts has eroded in the #Trump era.
#law #courts #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
A 2nd-term #Trump might have the edge over a 1st-term #Harris because a #Republican-controlled #Senate could block some of her appointees. Perhaps moderate Harris nominees would get through, though: Most of #Biden’s appointees received bipartisan support. Another potential area of agreement is a bipartisan measure to incrementally increase the total number of federal district #judges to ease rising caseloads. The bill passed the Senate in Aug but has yet to receive a #House vote.
#law
The next president will also alter the courts’ #racial, #ideological & #professional makeup. Under #Trump, 76% of judicial nominees were #men, & 84% were #white…. Many had ties to the #FederalistSociety, a *#conservative* #legal group. #Biden’s appointees have been 63% #female & 61% #nonwhite. He has prioritized nominees who served as #PublicDefenders & #CivilRights lawyers, & his picks have tended to be more #liberal than those of past Democratic presidents.
In a typical 4-yr term, a president replaces about ¼ of the country’s 870 active federal #judges, across both federal district & appeals courts. #Trump filled 231 vacancies, & President #Biden may equal that number before the next #Congress takes over.
Partly as a result, Republican & Democratic presidents have each appointed about ½ of the judges on federal courts.
#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
#Republicans seem more likely to control the #Senate next year. If they do, they can block #a President #KamalaHarris from filling a vacancy, much as they did Barack #Obama in 2016. “If he were re-elected, he’d probably get to appoint one if not two members to the #UnitedStates #SupremeCourt,” Harris said of #Trump last week. She did not say how many appointees she may get if she wins.
#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
#Trump appointed 3 #SCOTUS justices as president. If he wins, he may get more appointments than #KamalaHarris would have.
In recent years, judges have retired in time to let the president they prefer fill their seats. The oldest justices today— #ClarenceThomas, 76, & #Samuel Alito, 74—are #Republican appointees. If they retired during a 2nd Trump admin, he could choose young replacements to cement #conservative control of the court for decades.
#GriftersGonnaGrift
It’s beyond maddening that #Trump just has to win an election while we have to win and then fend off another Insurgency of Dunces.
It’s a safe bet that people will get killed this time around too.
#Election2024 #harris
"The most important thing about trash is to take it out"
#Streetart #ART #Artist #Politics #PhotoSculpture #Trash #Installation #Trump #USA #Elections2024
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Attached: 1 image 🚮 Artist: #Mentalgassi in City: #Berlin 🇩🇪 10/2024 - Title: "The most important thing about trash is to take it out" - #Streetart #ART #Artist #Politics #PhotoSculpture #Trash #Installation #Trump #USA #Elections2024Mastodon
"But new data reveal that #Trump was the one whose #immigration policies damaged the country’s #security. In fact, he released more convicted criminals into the #UnitedStates than his successor....
when it comes to the small percentage of noncitizens who do commit crimes, Trump did not prioritize removing them during his term in office. In fact, he explicitly deprioritized them."
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#Immigration #Politics #GOP #NationalSecurity #Crime #News #USNews #USA
"In his first week in office, #Trump signed an executive order rescinding Obama-era orders that directed the Department of Homeland Security to focus its resources on detaining & removing noncitizens who committed serious crimes....
What did that mean in practice? Immigration & Customs Enforcement agents were no longer required to focus on felons."
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#Immigration #Policy #DHS #ICE #Crime #GOP #Politics #USPol #USA #News
![Sam Levine
I spotted Minerva Ortiz-Garcia, 68, walking around with a small Puerto Rican flag before the rally started, so I stopped her to ask what she thought of the racist joke a speaker made before Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. “I feel horrible. I'm Puerto Rican, I actually started to cry,” she said. “How could someone say that about an island that is trying to survive [Hurricane] Maria?” Ortiz-Garcia, a flight attendant, lives in Easton, which is in eastern Pennsylvania, a part of the state that is extremely competitive and has a hug Latino population. She said she thought many Latino voters in her part of the state were waiting for Harris to reach out to them directly. “I think that people want her to say something directly,” she said.](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/3330494 "Sam Levine
I spotted Minerva Ortiz-Garcia, 68, walking around with a small Puerto Rican flag before the rally started, so I stopped her to ask what she thought of the racist joke a speaker made before Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. “I feel horrible. I'm Puerto Rican, I actually started to cry,” she said. “How could someone say that about an island that is trying to survive [Hurricane] Maria?” Ortiz-Garcia, a flight attendant, lives in Easton, which is in eastern Pennsylvania, a part of the state that is extremely competitive and has a hug Latino population. She said she thought many Latino voters in her part of the state were waiting for Harris to reach out to them directly. “I think that people want her to say something directly,” she said.")
Law and order! "I'll protect you!"
Via David J. Bier:
Today Cato published a comprehensive assessment of Trump’s record toward noncitizen criminals. Partly using FOIA data, we find #Trump released more criminals, oversaw a major increase in criminal entries, and deprioritized criminal arrests.
Perfect.
Via Kyle Griffin:
The DNC is blanketing 25 suburban and exurban newspapers in battlegrounds with this full-page ad:
#Trump
Via Elie Mystal:
#Trump's "secret plan" with Mike Johnson to steal the election is more devious than you probably think. It's not just electing Trump via the House. It's decreasing the overall number of electoral votes until Trump wins a majority. thenation.com/article/politics…
That “Little Secret” Between Trump and Johnson? Here’s What It Could Mean. | The Nation
The “secret” almost certainly involves a plan to install Trump in the White House if he loses the election—but this plan could be even worse than you think.The Nation
Via Jake Lahut:
New in WIRED:
I went to #Michigan to find out more about the massive disparity in voter turnout operations between the #Harris and #Trump campaigns. Even in Trumpworld, there's some trepidation around #Musk’s outsourced door knocking operation
wired.com/story/donald-trump-k…
Donald Trump's Ground Game in Michigan Is Mostly Glitchy Apps and Vibes
"It’s what happens when you let a bunch of grifters take over,” a Trumpworld source said. Still, the polls remain even.Jake Lahut (WIRED)
13 million Americans have reached voting age since the last election. Some of them are hearing Trump’s ‘grab em by the pussy’ comments for the first time.
#Election2024 #trump #misogyny
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Gen Z Reacts To Trump's 'Hollywood Access' Tape In TikTok Trend
Gen Z women are filming their reactions to Donald Trump's 1995 'Access Hollywood' tapes in a new TikTok trend.Lindsey Weedston (The Daily Dot)
New today: Arvin West speaks forcefully about being a local sheriff in a border county that’s always been home and where Latinos (including those in his own family) are not enemies but voters who’ve kept him in office—most recently in an unusually tough primary election campaign earlier this year. texasobserver.org/a-lawmans-ch…
#politics #USpol #police #border #racism #extremism #Republicans #Trump #immigration #WestTexas
A Lawman’s Change of Heart?
Iconic Texas Sheriff Arvin West was a leading voice against migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. But West says his perspective is aligned with what he sees as the reality of the border.Alfredo Corchado (The Texas Observer)
Via Ryan Reilly:
The fourth rioter to breach the U.S. Capitol — the same guy the feds say plotted to murder FBI special agents — appears to have been armed. #Jan6 #Trump
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Trump fan charged with plotting to murder FBI agents had a gun on Jan. 6, DOJ says
Edward Kelley, a Donald Trump supporter charged with plotting to kill FBI agents investigating him on Jan. 6 charges, appears to have had a gun during the Capitol attack, DOJ alleges.Ryan J. Reilly (NBC News)
#Bezos is wrong to think that this will protect him from #Trump's retribution. WashPo's reporting on Trump (like all accurate reporting on Trump) has consistently put him in a bad light and made Trump want to settle the score.
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Jeff Bezos reportedly killed the Washington Post’s Kamala Harris endorsement
WaPo reports that its billionaire owner intervened to cancel an editorial board endorsement that had already been written.Elizabeth Lopatto (The Verge)
