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#Republicans #Assumed a #Nebraska #Senate Seat Was #Safe. Then This #Candidate Came Along.
#DanOsborn is still an #underdog, but his mix of #leftish #economics and deep #antielitism has already shaken up #politics in bright-red #nebraska
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/opinion/nebraska-senate-dan-osborn.html
Why #KamalaHarris Has the #Momentum Going into #ElectionDay.
As usual, #Republicans have flooded the zone with #GOP #leaning #polls that attempt to claim that Trump is likely to win.
And as usual, some in the #corporatemedia has been quick to echo this #narrative
— Don't forget the financial incentives the media has to portray the election as a close race, in order to drive increased political advertising revenue they wouldn't receive if the election was not close
Why Harris Has the Momentum Going into Election Day
As usual, Republicans have flooded the zone with GOP leaning polls that attempt to demonstrate that Trump is likely to win. And as usual, some in the corporate media has been quick to echo this narrative.Daily Kos
if you ever find yourself wondering "how did crypto bros get all this money to try to take over the government?" a big part of the answer is "the government gave it to them in the form of covid stimulus and PPP loans".
the crypto industry alone is now responsible for roughly half of all corporate money attempting to influence the election. you'd never know it though because their campaigns never mention crypto.
paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4320431
#Election2024 #2024Election #Trump #DonaldTrump #JDVance #uspol #uspolitics #politics #Kamala2024 #KamalaHarris #GOP #MAGA #MAGAts #Vote #Republicans #RVAT #Democrats #HarrisWalz2024 #VoteBlue #HarrisForPresident #HarrisWalz #VoteHarris #crypto #bitcoin #BTC #Tether #PPP #covid
Uncle Sam’s Stimulus and Crypto Boom
This study examines the impact of government financial assistance during the COVID pandemic on the demand for crypto assets and its effect on the stated goals opapers.ssrn.com
"'In place of international cooperation, the fascists seek to substitute a perverted sort of ultra-nationalism which tells their people that they are the only people in the world who count. With this goes hatred and suspicion toward the people of all other nations.'
Third, fascists would insist that 'the world has but two choices—either fascism or communism, and they label as ‘communists’ everyone who refuses to support them.'”
#fascism #Trump #JDVance #Republicans
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"First, they would pit religious, racial, and economic groups against one another to break down national unity. Part of that effort to divide and conquer would be a 'well-planned "hate campaign" against minority races, religions, and other groups.'
Second, they would deny any need for international cooperation, because that would fly in the face of their insistence that their supporters were better than everyone else."
#fascism #Trump #JDVance #Republicans
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The pamphlet warned Army members not to imagine that fascism could not come to the US. Americans had once laughed at Hitler as a funny little man with a mustache, and look at what happened.
"The War Department thought it was important for Americans to understand the tactics fascists would use to take power in the United States. They would try to gain power 'under the guise of
"super-patriotism" and "super-Americanism."' And they would use three techniques:"
#fascism #Trump #Republicans
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"“The basic principles of democracy stand in the way of their desires; hence—democracy must go! Anyone who is not a member of their inner gang has to do what he’s told. They permit no civil liberties, no equality before the law.' 'Fascism treats women as mere breeders. "Children, kitchen, and the church," was the Nazi slogan for women,' the pamphlet said."
Heather Cox Richardson offers a valuable précis of a series of pamphlets the US War Deprtment published in 1943 for for US Army personnel in the European theater of World War II. The series was entitled "Army Talks."
The pamphlets define fascism as “government by the few and for the few. The objective is seizure and control of the economic, political, social, and cultural life of the state.”
#fascism #Trump #JDVance #Republicans
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-26-2024
October 26, 2024
Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S.Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)
"It is 'vitally important' to learn to spot native fascists, the government said, 'even though they adopt names and slogans with popular appeal, drape themselves with the American flag, and attempt to carry out their program in the name of the democracy they are trying to destroy.'”
To repeat: this warning was issued in 1943. After what happened in Europe in the 1930s. It was issued by the US War Department.
#fascism #Trump #JDVance #Republicans
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nothing to see here, just #JDVance actively encouraging the breaking of laws and the harassment of poll workers in a swing state.
https://x.com/DanteAtkins/status/1850305070698782876
#Election2024 #2024Election #Trump #DonaldTrump #JDVance #uspol #uspolitics #politics #Kamala2024 #KamalaHarris #GOP #MAGA #MAGAts #Vote #Republicans #RVAT #Democrats #HarrisWalz2024 #VoteBlue #HarrisForPresident #HarrisWalz #polls #swingState #Pennsylvania #Michigan #Wisconsin #Virginia #VoteHarris
"Jeez. 'Daddy’s coming home'. How can we not say this election is also about toxic masculinity and the latent violence of threatened patriarchy?"
~ Peter Jukes as quoted by Paige Oamek
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #TuckerCarlson #masculinity #gender #MaleVoters #patriarchy #fascism #strongman
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https://newrepublic.com/post/187485/tucker-carlson-daddy-trump-spanking-speech
Tucker Carlson Gives Truly Disturbing Speech About “Daddy” Trump
These are real quotes from a real speech Tucker Carlson gave at a Trump rally.The New Republic
The biggest lie the democrats (and republicans) convinced the world of is that you should vote for them, even if they are evil, because they might win.
"It needs to be emphasized at every opportunity that the Republican currently running to be president of the United States is on the side of the Nazis whom we sacrificed so much blood and treasure to defeat in World War II. It’s devastating that this tragic truth is not enough to render Donald unacceptable to every single American—or, indeed, no elected Republcans."
~ Mary Trump
#Trump #Republicans #fascism #Hitler
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https://www.marytrump.org/p/we-cant-pull-punches-hes-a-fascist
"Trump's embrace & praise of Hitler should have been the breaking point for the GOP, but instead they've decided to go all in."
~ Wajahat Ali
#Trump #Republicans #fascism #Hitler
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https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/never-go-full-hitler
Never Go Full Hitler
Trump's embrace & praise of Hitler should have been the breaking point for the GOP, but instead they've decided to go all in. We've officially reached the bottom, and none of it should be normalized.THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali (The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali)
"I hope that many of the people now supporting Trump will have an attack of conscience on their way to their polling station. But as Trump’s running mate, J. D. Vance, once wrote for The Atlantic, Trump is 'cultural heroin,' and the hard choice of civic virtue will never match the rush of racism, hatred, and revenge that Trump offers in its place."
~ Tom Nichols
#Trump #Republicans #fascism #Hitler
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Trump’s Depravity Will Not Cost Him This Election
Many Americans know exactly who Trump is, and they like it.Tom Nichols (The Atlantic)
"This is the time for political courage.
Instead, America’s highest-profile business leaders — Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase; Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft; and Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway — are displaying political cowardice."
~ Robert Reich
#Trump #Republicans #fascism #EconomicElites #CorporateLeaders #JamieDimon #WarrenBuffett #BillGates #Hitler
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https://robertreich.substack.com/p/political-cowardice-in-the-c-suites
Political cowardice in the C-suites
Jamie Dimon, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett have spoken out on everything else but are afraid to come out against Trump. They are relinquishing whatever claims they had to leadership in America.Robert Reich
"On Wednesday, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu dismissed Trump's praise for Hitler’s generals as a fact that is 'baked in' to the election results. ...
If Donald Trump wins, it will be in large part because wealthy business leaders (like Soon-Shiong) and spineless politicians like Chris Sununu put their political and monetary fortunes ahead of the democracy that allowed them to succeed. Shame, shame, shame!"
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #Republicans #fascism
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/we-have-been-warned-8aa
Count New Hampshire governor Sununu among the Americans who want to shrug at Trump's infatuation with Hitler: asked about this yesterday on CNN, Sununu shrugged and said extremism is just "baked into" Trump.
But so what?
Heather Cox Richardson highlights this statement by Sununu:
“If we can get a Republican mindset out of Washington, we need that culture change.”
Trump loves Hitler? Trump's a fascist? So what?
#Trump #Republicans #fascism #Hitler
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As Dan Rather notes, "a who’s who of Republican officials from the Trump administration and many of the Pentagon’s top brass" have now warned us that the man is "unfit to serve."
Rather asks,
"if Trump should win, what would that say about our country?"
#Trump #Republicans #fascism #Hitler
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The warning bell keeps clanging. Many of us are bored at hearing the repeated clangs.
This underscores a central revelation of this election: given the chance to choose fascism, eyes wide open, a significant proportion of Americans say, "Bring it on."
So he talks about Hitler with admiration? So what? What's a little infatuation with Hitler, after all?
We Americans are having to face some ugly truth about ourselves as this election nears.
#Trump #Republicans #fascism #Hitler
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"Trump’s admiration for Adolf Hitler may be the clearest expression of how profoundly unsuited he is to ever come near our White House again."
~ Steven Beschloss
#Trump #Republicans #fascism #Hitler
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https://www.americaamerica.news/p/admiring-hitler-is-disqualifying
Admiring Hitler Is Disqualifying. Period.
Sixteen million Americans fought against fascism and the Nazi regime to secure freedom and democracy. We have a duty to defeat this candidate for president who rejects our basic values.Steven Beschloss (America, America)
"Men who worked with Trump in high positions of authority are telling the American public that he will govern as a fascist would, and this time, without anybody who might try to check those tendencies. The Trumpist future is all in plain sight. Nothing is hidden, nothing is ambiguous, nothing is deniable.
So what do we make of people who should know better who nevertheless deny it?"
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism
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"When someone of Kelly’s stature and proximity to Trump says the ex-president is a fascist and praised Hitler’s generals, it should send a great chill through our body politic. If this becomes a half-a-day story, it will be an indictment on all of us."
~ Sarah Longwell
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-sad-pathetic-spectacle-of-john
The Sad, Pathetic Spectacle of John Kelly’s Critics
Trump’s sycophants want us to trust them over our own eyes and ears.Sarah Longwell (The Bulwark)
"Indeed, by speaking out as he has, Kelly has put his future and even his own life at risk, because if Trump regains the White House, Trump will likely seek political retribution.
Otherwise put, Kelly has no incentive to fabricate stories, and he has come forward only reluctantly because Trump has grown so extreme."
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
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"Kelly was one of the people closest to Trump during his presidency, having served as his Secretary of Homeland Security and then as his longtime chief of staff. Kelly didn’t write a book or take a gig on a news network, so he had no financial incentive to come forward."
~ Jay Kuo
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
/22
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/john-kelly-speaks-out
John Kelly Speaks Out
The retired general and former Trump Chief of Staff goes on record, and in person, in a series of interviews.Jay Kuo (The Status Kuo)
"John Kelly won't let us avert our eyes. …
47 percent of our fellow Americans want this man to be commander-in-chief.
How is this possible?
Because they look away. They choose not to see."
~ Jonathan V. Last
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
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"The sobering fact is that nearly half this country is willing to dispose of democracy in order to win. They view it as a matter of survival. Well, so do we. It is not Democrats who are attempting to manage the lives of Republicans. It is the Republicans who are determined to force the rest of us to live under their warped screed."
~ Mark Mansour
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism
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https://mmansour.substack.com/p/whats-at-stake
What’s At Stake
We have two weeks left to ensure that democracy is preservedMark Mansour (America’s Fractured Politics)
David Kurtz points out that two generals, Mark Milley and John Kelly, have now issued dire warnings that Trump is a fascist. As Kurtz notes,
"Kelly’s dual interviews came the same day Trump touted at a campaign event the 'extreme power' he would have if elected again: 'As president, you have tremendous — it’s called extreme power. You have extreme power.'”
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
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https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/two-generals-have-now-issued-dire
Two Generals Have Now Issued Dire Warnings That Trump Is A Fascist
INSIDE: Kamala Harris ... Rudy G ... Aileen CannonDavid Kurtz (Morning Memo)
Diana Butler Bass kindly offers a gift link to the New York Times interview with Trump's presidential chief of staff General John Kelly, in which Kelly warns us that Trump meets the definition of a fascist, will govern as a dictator of elected, and has no respect for the Constitution or rule of law.
You can access the gift link by clicking the link to Bass' site and finding the gift link in her essay.
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
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"Then Kelly went further. Kelly noted that Trump 'met the definition of a fascist, would govern like a dictator if allowed, and had no understanding of the Constitution or the concept of rule of law.'”
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
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"Kelly raised two bright red flags that paint a dark and deeply disturbing picture for our nation if Trump were to return to office. First, there was Kelly’s comments to The Atlantic that Trump made it clear that, 'I need the kind of generals that Hitler had.'”
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
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https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/john-kelly-is-warning-us-that-jd
This election cycle, there are reports from all over the place of widespread stealing of Harris-Walz signs. Here's one (see the link below) from Springfield, Missouri.
This is coercion and bullying, widespread stealing of signs designed to shut people up and tell them what they'll get if they don't comply. It's violence. It's a prelude to fascism that will unleash more violence.
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #thuggery #bullying #coercion #violence
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Laura McCaskill Tracked Stolen Campaign Signs With Air Tags
A Springfield, Missouri woman got tired of having her Harris-Walz signs stolen, so she used an Apple AirTag to track the thieves down and confront them.Jamie Frevele (Mediaite)
It all begins, always, with coercion. It begins with bullying and acts of accelerating violence. It begins with demonstrations that "we" have power over "you" and intend to expand and use that power to put you in your place. To hurt you.
It begins with brownshirts, and moves on to worse and worse things.
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #thuggery #bullying #coercion #violence
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“It says everything you need to know about the U.S. media that Trump’s clown show at the McDonald’s gets more attention than his former defense secretary and chair of the Joint Chief of Staff warning that Trump is a dangerous fascist with no respect for democracy.”
~ Dean Baker quotes by Margaret Sullivan
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #media #MediaFail
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https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/a-media-call-to-action-fcb
"When you’re so undisciplined that you can’t control yourself for the final TWO WEEKS of the campaign, imagine if Trump was unburdened by another election, with his official immunity gifted from the Supreme Court he stacked, his brain cooked, all guardrails removed, and nobody to hold him accountable."
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism
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"He has now gone all-out demagogue and promised his supporters that he would have no qualms about ordering our military to execute his opponents. Which has left men like John Kelly with few options but to be honest about who Trump is."
~ Brian Tyler Cohen
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism
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https://plus.briantylercohen.com/p/leaving-it-all-on-the-field
Leaving it all on the Field
Kamala battles onward as Trump's fascist rhetoric crosses John Kelly's red lineBrian Tyler Cohen
"The mystery that will provide full employment for generations of historians is why so many Americans willingly embraced the con and spread the hate that fuels Trump's campaign."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/harriswalz-campaign-in-overdrive
"If Harris wins, it’s because just enough voters accept the rule of law and reality itself. That’s probably why we remain so nervous about the outcome. The election won’t merely determine the next president. It’ll define who we are as a nation."
~ Stephen Robinson
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism
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https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harris-trump-how-the-hell-is-this-close
How the hell is this even close?
It boggles the mind. But it's not unexplainable.Stephen Robinson (Public Notice)
"He also confirmed to The Atlantic that Trump had said he wished his military personnel showed him the same deference Adolf Hitler’s Nazi generals showed the German dictator during World War II, and recounted the moment."
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
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"Kelly’s comments, two weeks from Election Day, are the latest in a line of warnings from former Trump White House aides about how he views the presidency and would exercise power if returned to office.
In addition to the fascist comments, Kelly — who was Trump’s chief of staff from 2017 to 2019 — told The New York Times that the former president 'certainly prefers the dictator approach to government.'”
~ CNN
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
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https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/22/politics/trump-fascist-john-kelly/index.html