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September 10, 2024
Philly Billboards showing this Harris ad
https://x.com/WUTangKids/status/1833653555569311861Wu Tang is for the Children
Another perfect Kamala Harris billboard in Philly .no notes 🤣🎯!
Another perfect Kamala Harris billboard in Philly .no notes 🤣🎯!
September 10, 2024
Follow them here on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KamalaHQ
Sorry - AFAIK, they're only doing this on Twitter - check your preferred social media sources to see if they're going to simul-factcheck on other sources.
Kamala HQ: Trump is going to lie tonight. A lot. So we are going to fact check him in real time.
https://x.com/KamalaHQ/status/1833647043430039784Kamala HQ
Trump is going to lie tonight. A lot.
So we are going to fact check him in real time.
Follow @KamalaHQ and tap the bell icon to help amplify the truth.
Trump is going to lie tonight. A lot.
So we are going to fact check him in real time.
Follow @KamalaHQ and tap the bell icon to help amplify the truth.
Follow them here on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KamalaHQ
Sorry - AFAIK, they're only doing this on Twitter - check your preferred social media sources to see if they're going to simul-factcheck on other sources.
September 10, 2024
Vile Tucker Carlson platforming and even more vile Darryl Cooper on X - a scumbaggery vortex!
Rep Raskin: Every House Jewish Dem to forcefully condemn Tucker Carlson's platforming Darryl Cooper
https://x.com/RepRaskin/status/1833635863776911746Rep. Jamie Raskin
Every Jewish Democrat in the House joined together to forcefully condemn Tucker Carlson's decision to platform & praise sinister Holocaust revisionist Darryl Cooper. When will GOP leaders like JD Vance repudiate this dangerous antisemite? How low can they go?
https://raskin.house.gov/2024/9/statement-from-jewish-members-of-the-house-of-representatives-regarding-interview-between-tucker-carlson-and-nazi-apologist-darryl-cooper
Every Jewish Democrat in the House joined together to forcefully condemn Tucker Carlson's decision to platform & praise sinister Holocaust revisionist Darryl Cooper. When will GOP leaders like JD Vance repudiate this dangerous antisemite? How low can they go?
https://raskin.house.gov/2024/9/statement-from-jewish-members-of-the-house-of-representatives-regarding-interview-between-tucker-carlson-and-nazi-apologist-darryl-cooper
Statement from Jewish Members of the House of Representatives Regarding Interview Between Tucker Carlson and Nazi Apologist Darryl Cooper
September 9, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC Today, U.S. Representatives Seth Magaziner, Jerrold Nadler, Brad Schneider, Jan Schakowsky, Jamie Raskin, Jake Auchincloss, Becca Balint, Suzanne Bonamici, Steve Cohen, Lois Frankel, Daniel Goldman, Josh Gottheimer, Sara Jacobs, Greg Landsman, Mike Levin, Kathy Manning, Jared Moskowitz, Dean Phillips, Adam Schiff, Kim Schrier, Brad Sherman, Elissa Slotkin, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Susan Wild issued the following joint statement in response to an interview between Tucker Carlson and Nazi apologist Darryl Cooper:
As Jewish Members of Congress, we are appalled that Tucker Carlson hosted and promoted Nazi apologist and Holocaust denier Darryl Cooper on his podcast. Cooper made deeply troubling statements, including that the United States was on the wrong side in the Second World War, and falsely claiming that millions of Jews in concentration camps 'ended up dead' only because the Nazis did not have the resources to care for them. Not only did Carlson provide a platform for Coopers ignorance and hate to millions of viewers, he also promoted Cooper by calling him the most important popular historian in the United States.
This revisionist and morally repugnant retelling of history is an insult to the six million Jews who were methodically murdered at the hands of the Nazi regime and is especially dangerous now as antisemitism is on the rise globally.
It is also concerning that Elon Musk called the discussion very interesting in a post on his platform X, and Republican Vice Presidential candidate J.D. Vance refused to condemn Carlson for promoting Cooper when given the opportunity to do so. Acceptance of hateful ideologies by people in power puts Jews and other targeted minorities across the world at great risk.
The normalization of Nazism is unacceptable and dangerous, and must be forcefully condemned. Americans deserve to know that their leaders will rebuke the cancers of antisemitism and Nazism whenever and wherever they appear.
September 9, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC Today, U.S. Representatives Seth Magaziner, Jerrold Nadler, Brad Schneider, Jan Schakowsky, Jamie Raskin, Jake Auchincloss, Becca Balint, Suzanne Bonamici, Steve Cohen, Lois Frankel, Daniel Goldman, Josh Gottheimer, Sara Jacobs, Greg Landsman, Mike Levin, Kathy Manning, Jared Moskowitz, Dean Phillips, Adam Schiff, Kim Schrier, Brad Sherman, Elissa Slotkin, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Susan Wild issued the following joint statement in response to an interview between Tucker Carlson and Nazi apologist Darryl Cooper:
As Jewish Members of Congress, we are appalled that Tucker Carlson hosted and promoted Nazi apologist and Holocaust denier Darryl Cooper on his podcast. Cooper made deeply troubling statements, including that the United States was on the wrong side in the Second World War, and falsely claiming that millions of Jews in concentration camps 'ended up dead' only because the Nazis did not have the resources to care for them. Not only did Carlson provide a platform for Coopers ignorance and hate to millions of viewers, he also promoted Cooper by calling him the most important popular historian in the United States.
This revisionist and morally repugnant retelling of history is an insult to the six million Jews who were methodically murdered at the hands of the Nazi regime and is especially dangerous now as antisemitism is on the rise globally.
It is also concerning that Elon Musk called the discussion very interesting in a post on his platform X, and Republican Vice Presidential candidate J.D. Vance refused to condemn Carlson for promoting Cooper when given the opportunity to do so. Acceptance of hateful ideologies by people in power puts Jews and other targeted minorities across the world at great risk.
The normalization of Nazism is unacceptable and dangerous, and must be forcefully condemned. Americans deserve to know that their leaders will rebuke the cancers of antisemitism and Nazism whenever and wherever they appear.
Vile Tucker Carlson platforming and even more vile Darryl Cooper on X - a scumbaggery vortex!
September 10, 2024
Sep 10, 2024
The right wing clearly thinks Americans are morons who will fall for anything
PoliticsGirl: Kitty Warriors
Sep 10, 2024
The right wing clearly thinks Americans are morons who will fall for anything
September 10, 2024
Differences couldn't be more stark!
VP Harris: In this election, Americans have a choice. (Great graphic)
https://x.com/KamalaHarris/status/1833637861528084828Kamala Harris
In this election, Americans have a choice.
In this election, Americans have a choice.
Differences couldn't be more stark!
September 10, 2024
Jesus Christ!
A quarter of Republicans think Trump should seize power even if he loses
https://x.com/mmckinnon/status/1833618702044172382Mark McKinnon
WTF!?
WTF!?
A quarter of Republicans think Trump should seize power even if he loses
As the election approaches, new polling shows the breadth of support for Trumps authoritarian tendencies.
If the 2024 presidential election were held today, its not clear who would win. Vice President Kamala Harris has a slight national advantage, according to The Washington Posts average of polls, but margins in swing states are uniformly narrow. If the polls are overestimating Harriss support, Donald Trump will return to the White House. If they are underestimating her support, shell be the next president.
Unless, of course, theres some successful, anti-democratic effort to subvert her victory. An effort that about a quarter of Republicans and 1 in 7 Americans overall think should be undertaken in the event that Trump loses.
Thats the determination of new national polling from PRRI. But before we dig into that, its useful to look at a different newly released poll, this one from the Associated Press and its partners at NORC and USAFacts.
In that poll, Americans were asked what information sources they trusted when it came to accurately reporting the results of the presidential election. The source that engendered the most trust (here reflecting the percentage of people saying they had at least a moderate amount of trust) was the certified results produced by government agencies. Local news sources (television and newspapers) were the next most trusted, followed by national news outlets. The candidates and their campaigns were among the least trusted particularly Trumps campaign.
(no paywall)
/snip
As the election approaches, new polling shows the breadth of support for Trumps authoritarian tendencies.
If the 2024 presidential election were held today, its not clear who would win. Vice President Kamala Harris has a slight national advantage, according to The Washington Posts average of polls, but margins in swing states are uniformly narrow. If the polls are overestimating Harriss support, Donald Trump will return to the White House. If they are underestimating her support, shell be the next president.
Unless, of course, theres some successful, anti-democratic effort to subvert her victory. An effort that about a quarter of Republicans and 1 in 7 Americans overall think should be undertaken in the event that Trump loses.
Thats the determination of new national polling from PRRI. But before we dig into that, its useful to look at a different newly released poll, this one from the Associated Press and its partners at NORC and USAFacts.
In that poll, Americans were asked what information sources they trusted when it came to accurately reporting the results of the presidential election. The source that engendered the most trust (here reflecting the percentage of people saying they had at least a moderate amount of trust) was the certified results produced by government agencies. Local news sources (television and newspapers) were the next most trusted, followed by national news outlets. The candidates and their campaigns were among the least trusted particularly Trumps campaign.
(no paywall)
/snip
Jesus Christ!
September 10, 2024
Money not well spent, IMO.
MAGA has a new bus just for Black voters
https://x.com/patriottakes/status/1833611004254818744PatriotTakes
MAGA has a new bus just for Black voters
MAGA has a new bus just for Black voters
Money not well spent, IMO.
September 10, 2024
All Russian paid operatives, apparently!
Paid Russian disinformation plot operative Benny Johnson is hosting several prominent Republicans today on his show
https://x.com/patriottakes/status/1833608153583243370PatriotTakes
Paid Russian disinformation plot operative Benny Johnson is hosting several prominent Republicans today on his show including:
Lara Trump
Rep. Jim Jordan
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
Michael Flynn
Rep. Cory Mills
Paid Russian disinformation plot operative Benny Johnson is hosting several prominent Republicans today on his show including:
Lara Trump
Rep. Jim Jordan
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
Michael Flynn
Rep. Cory Mills
All Russian paid operatives, apparently!
September 10, 2024
Adam Schiff: Donald Trump just called on House Republicans to shut down the government.
https://x.com/RepAdamSchiff/status/1833607623775772813Adam Schiff
Donald Trump just called on House Republicans to shut down the government.
To tear down our economy in the service of his political interests.
Par for the course. If Republicans follow along, they bear full responsibility for the devastation it will bring.
Donald Trump just called on House Republicans to shut down the government.
To tear down our economy in the service of his political interests.
Par for the course. If Republicans follow along, they bear full responsibility for the devastation it will bring.
September 10, 2024
BREAKING: Missouri Supreme Court ORDERS abortion ballot measure placed back on the ballot!
https://x.com/clairecmc/status/1833591225934614633Claire McCaskill
They tried everything. They tried to block this every way imaginable. And they failed. Now get registered, get busy, and vote Missourians!
They tried everything. They tried to block this every way imaginable. And they failed. Now get registered, get busy, and vote Missourians!
Marc E. Elias
🚨BREAKING: Missouri Supreme Court ORDERS abortion ballot measure placed back on the ballot!
A victory for abortion rights groups and the voters of Missouri.
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