FTA: ... the apparently huge chink in democrcy’s armour that threatens the whole damn thing.
Republicans have placed dozens of election deniers in positions to refuse to certify the coming vote.
Are we wrong to be extremely concerned about this? ... Do the Democrats have a real plan to deal with this?
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/30/2259287/-Maddow-on-the-coming-steal
From the world of Law & Order, laughter, and a coconut tree... 🥥 🌴 (Be sure to watch the vid!)
Cartoon by Clay Jones/Claytoonz
#TrumpVirus #dictatorship #Project2025
#election #democracy #GQP #cult #truth
My (rhetorical?) question, and a hopeful response:
QUESTION: So what's the solution, for the Dem party's action plan now, and/or a successful winning ticket a bit over 100 days from now?
Major players in the Democratic Party on Sunday swiftly coalesced around Vice President Kamala Harris to be its new presidential nominee — a show of support that could make it difficult for any other candidates to seriously challenge her in the month before the Democratic National Convention.
The endorsements for Harris and praise for Biden's selfless patriotism are piling ever higher, even on a Sunday! The DNC reports a staggering influx of donations too. As Maddow put it, ~ "that sound of paper rustling is all the checks now being written by donors."
#hope #democracy #Biden #TrumpVirus #KamalaHarris #election #Democrat #politics
Just… ugh.
Wednesday, the 17th of June 2024. (Hat-tip to Walter Cronkite.)
The only other snappy and relevant quote that springs to mind after hearing/reading this is: “A fine mess!” - Laurel & Hardy, 20BC
#Biden #election #Dems #candidacy #HereWeGo #narrative #GQP #USpolitics #cognitive
While we're all bombarded with #disinformation and #tribal political warfare, the #GQP convention, etc...
Some of us had turn the tubes off, as even beloved 'news' show helped deify the personification of evil, corruption, distrust & hate.
Thankfully, the late-nite shows offered up only the highlights, PLUS #ContextAndPerspective.
Liberal Redneck - JD Vance Ain't It
Do yourself a favor and skip J.D.'s book and read this one instead: What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia
#LiberalRedneck #comedy #trump #HillbillyElegy #politics #VP #election #2024election
Yathink?
Almost as horrific as #TrumpVirus himself, Vance is a #perfect shape-shifter - almost as completely 'Zellig'-like as Sir Stable Genius*.
(Psychoanalytic nomenclature for such disturbed personality has been called the "as-if" personality. Living the moment, only.]
But no doubt, in the 'mind of Trump' (genuflecting), "perfect", just like him! Great optics, great bumper sticker. So smart.
And subservient. Plus, no need to find a woman or person who can actually think critically and/or consistently. Nah... Not the Don!
Envoyé Spécial, 21/06/24
Envoyé spécial est revenu à Montargis, ville où le Rassemblement National est arrivé en tête aux européennes.
Il y a quelques mois, nous avions posé nos caméras dans la sous-préfecture du Loiret, à l'image paisible. Elle avait pourtant été la proie d'une nuit d'émeutes le 29 juin 2023, après la mort du jeune Nahel, tué par un policier pour un refus d'obtempérer.
Les quartiers périphériques de Montargis concentrent la moitié de la population et la plupart des difficultés économiques. Une personne sur trois y vit sous le seuil de pauvreté.
Dans ces quartiers populaires, le RN est arrivé en tête, mais deux électeurs sur trois ne sont pas allés voter aux européennes.
Depuis les élections, l'atmosphère est tendue, et les langues se délient.
Divine, aide-soignante, est victime de racisme de la part de ses voisins militants RN. Des agressions décomplexées depuis la victoire de Jordan Bardella aux européennes.
(finalement, les résultats aux législatives :
sur la commune :
- NFP (PCF) = 53.15%
- RN = 46.85%
sur la circo :
- RN = 62.59%
- NFP (PCF) = 37.41%
)
#fn #rn #racisme #loiret #harcelement #harcèlement #election #élection #elections #élections #législative #legislative #législatives #legislatives #agression #bardella #lepen
Source: https://about.fb.com/news/2023/01/trump-facebook-instagram-account-suspension/
Social #media is rooted in the belief that open debate and the free flow of ideas are important values, especially at a time when they are under threat in many places around the world. As a general rule, we don’t want to get in the way of open, public and democratic debate on Meta’s platforms — especially in the context of #elections in democratic societies like the United States. The public should be able to hear what their politicians are saying — the good, the bad and the ugly — so that they can make informed choices at the ballot box. But that does not mean there are no limits to what people can say on our platform. When there is a clear risk of real world harm — a deliberately high bar for Meta to intervene in public discourse — we act.
#usa #democracy #election #vote #news #fake #conspiracy #hate #politics
The move highlights the growing influence of a #technology mogul who tops the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with a net worth of US$263.6 billion and his shift from a self-described political independent – who said he preferred to stay out of politics – into a figure who regularly uses his X social-media platform to espouse right-leaning views and attack Democrats.
#Belousov called #Austin and advised him to make sure the old man will not press the red button.
A Russian analysis
#Papperger #stories #cover #Israel #ukraine #usa #election
#SCO #Shanghai #Cooperation #Organization
#Media watching today… on the election/campaign narrative
Interesting story beyond the screaming and spinning:
Vice President Pence is the most prominent Republican to express dissatisfaction with the new proposed Republican platform.
I was curious about the rep/cred of the New York Sun (founded 2002), which has been sending me (unsolicited) daily ‘news’ dispatches of late. My impression has been (1) nice; free, no paywall (2) generally leaning towards fact (3) seemingly hewing right across the narrative. Seems I was close, according to mediabiasfactcheck.org
Today’s email headlined “‘Sad and Frustrated’ House Democrats in Disarray After Meeting on Biden’s Candidacy Fails To Reach Consensus” … Okay, there’s a basis for this, though IMM reflecting reinforcement of a meme/narrative. But not “news” for me.
This, however was/is interesting to me, found on their main page when I followed their email link. OK, will endure them for now.
Hm, wonder what VP J.D. Vance of the Trump/Vance ticket thinks? (Guessing #TrumpVirus likes the ‘optics’ of “Trump/Vance”)
I could be wrong though, as “Trump/Greene” has a certain ring (a ding ding) to it.
#truth #election #GQP #platform #Project2025 #issues #rights #democracy #news #bias #facts #journalism
Just in case we don't have enough #disinformation and effort to confuse/misinform/divide through #bots & #propaganda...
Remember our Justice Department? Still working for democracy it seems...
