August 28, 2023

Another Biden Accomplishment

https://twitter.com/Zeddary/status/1696024372257882509?s=20

August 28, 2023

If Pence refused to do it, then Alito was the backup.

This new interview by Powell is interesting. It suggests that the purpose of the insurrection was to DELAY the electoral college certification to give Alito time to intervene on this legal challenge. But, Powell says they didn’t anticipate Pelosi reconvening Congress that day.
https://twitter.com/jennycohn1/status/1695943135481012365?s=20

August 27, 2023

ROBERT REICH: Trump Is Just An Image With No Platform Or Plan

Trump’s debate response: The fascist who doesn’t want America to think
He deals in images designed to invoke defiance in supporters and outrage in opponents

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........a defiant photograph isn’t “news.” It’s a symbol, an image. Which is exactly what Donald Trump is. He has no political platform, no specific policy agenda, no new ideas, and no plan for what he’ll do if he gets a second term.

He exists as a symbol for the anger, discontent, bigotry, and vindictiveness he has unleashed in America.

He is as close as America has come to a fascist leader, who doesn’t want his followers to think or analyze. He wants them only to feel.

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But Trump is not a brainless buffoon. He’s a cunning marketer, a diabolic manipulator of the public, a sly producer of his own daily reality show. His lead in the GOP’s presidential sweepstakes has grown. He will almost certainly be the Republican candidate for president next year — even if he’s in jail.

How to debate a symbol? How to take on an image? How should Biden and the Democrats, and everyone who cares deeply about this country, respond to a demagogue who obsesses over what he projects rather than what he stands for? How to deal with a fascist who doesn’t want followers to think but only to feel rage?

Expose him for who he is.

MORE:
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-debate-response-the-fascist?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=365422&post_id=136401815&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

August 26, 2023

Charles P Pierce: God needed a good laugh.

CharlesPPierce
He needed a good laugh.

Kari Lake: God told me to run for Governor.

https://twitter.com/CharlesPPierce/status/1695499619889725742?s=20

August 26, 2023

Obama should start "The Girther Movement" and make Donald Trump prove he's 215lbs.

https://twitter.com/lisakrstin/status/1694863325702791306?s=20

August 25, 2023

President Biden on Former President Trump's mugshot: "Handsome guy. Wonderful guy."

BURN
President Biden on Former President Trump's mugshot: "Handsome guy. Wonderful guy."

https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1695167322653348313?s=20
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1695190579720733181?s=20

August 25, 2023

Union-busting just got a lot harder.

BREAKING: The NLRB has ruled that if bosses commit unfair labor practices in the run-up to a union election then the election will be canceled and the Board will order the employer to immediately recognize and bargain with the union.
https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1695085156061659207?s=20

August 25, 2023

Dan Rather: The Trump Diet: Get booked, lose dozens of pounds.

https://twitter.com/DanRather/status/1695076091424346309?s=20

August 25, 2023

Joy Ann Reid explains what that Trump mugshot means to her & all the Black & brown kids in NYC

“People like Trump persecuted Black and brown people in New York. It’s what they did for fun, it’s what they did for pleasure,” Reid says. “To me, this is justice.

https://twitter.com/missno/status/1694881807827611859?s=20

August 25, 2023

The Atlanta Journal Constitution This Morning