Hahahahahahahaha! ๐น๐๐ ๐ธ #politics
Trump taps Tulsi Gabbard for help preparing for debate with Kamala Harris
Former Democratic Hawaii representative, who fell out of favor with party, to be rehearsal stand-in for vice-president
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/17/tulsi-gabbard-trump-kamala-harris-debate
Oh Jeebus! MAGAs have taken 'childless cat ladies' and run with it as only they can, carrying around mock-ups of J. D. Vance's couch residues to pwn the childless libs #politics
Wild read! Campaign shenanigans and an murderer and the guy behind putting Ye on the ballot! #politics
Her name was on a filing agreeing to be a Cornel West elector. Her question: Whatโs an elector?
'Mitchellโs case is the latest example of dubious tactics used in an effort to qualify West, a left-wing academic, for the ballot in states across the U.S. Itโs also among the more egregious. Itโs an effort that West himself apparently knows nothing about.'
Harris Campaignโs Legal Team Takes Shape as Election Battles Heat Up
The campaign is adding Marc Elias, one of the partyโs top election lawyers, to help Democrats counter what they expect to be a contentious postelection period. #politics
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/us/elections/democrats-election-legal-challenges.html
Lincoln Project punching hard #politics
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Michigan disqualifies presidential candidate Cornel West from November ballot
'Brater said West's affidavit of identity was notarized in CO and was required to meet that state's rules for proper notarization in order to be proper in MI. The letter said there were several defects, however, including unfilled blanks on the form, the notary's public stamp being sent on a separate sheet of paper and the notary failing to identify what specific notarial act she was engaged in.
I read this one right. Here's why Dumpy took a dump on the Medal of Honor: #politics
Trumpworld scrambling to clean up โmessโ after ex-presidentโs angry texts to megadonor
'That includes having his aide send texts to Miriam Adelson, the widow of casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson and eighth richest woman in the world, complaining that the super PAC she funds, which has poured millions of dollars into supporting Trump, was being run by RINOs โ Republicans in name only.'
Well, holey sheep! More of this, please! #politics
FTC bans fake online reviews, inflated social media influence; rule takes effect in October
'Along with prohibiting reviews written by nonhumans, the FTCโs rule also forbids companies from paying for either positive or negative reviews to falsely boost or denigrate a product. It also forbids marketers from exaggerating their own influence by, for example, paying for bots to inflate their follower count.'
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/14/ftc-bans-fake-reviews-social-media-influence-markers.html
Oh, for the sake of each and every fuck! No Teacher Left Unprosecuted. ๐ก #politics
House GOP sets its sights on Walz
Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) on Friday announced that he is opening an investigation into Walzโs work related to China, including coordinating student trips, and sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray requesting a swath of documents and any correspondence with Walz related to China.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/16/tim-walz-james-comer-china-00174403
How did he do it? Is this an appeal for multiculturalism couched in bigotry? My broke brained. #politics
How Trump rolled Elon
Musk tried to meet Trump as an equal. He came away as just another lap dog.
'No one has torched their image in service of Donald Trump like Elon Musk has.
Sure, Musk started tearing down his altruistic billionaire Tony Stark image when he bought Twitter and turned it into an alt-right Mojo Dojo Casa House. But after his fawning talk with Trump on Monday, the unmasking was complete...' #politics
Trump campaign has rehired former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, I guess because he's got a good grasp on how to turn around the messaging problems they've been having... or so they thought? #politics ๐๏ธ
J. D. apparently has a record of offending everyone at some point ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ช๐ฉ๐ช #politics
JD Vance blames higher crime rates on 'wave of Irish immigration' in resurfaced clip
"You had this massive wave of Italian, Irish and German immigration,โ Vance said, โand that had its problems, its consequences. You had higher crime rates, you had these ethnic enclaves, you had inter-ethnic conflict in the country where you really hadn't had that before."
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/jd-vance-blames-higher-crime-33474033
Trump to resume outdoor rallies with bulletproof glass
The U.S. Secret Service is arranging for former President Donald Trump to resume outdoor campaign rallies a month after a gunman targeted him at a rally in Pennsylvania.
The Secret Service plans to surround Trump's podium with bulletproof glass, according to two federal law enforcement officials. #politics
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-resume-outdoor-rallies-bulletproof-glass/
Kamala HQ: 'Fox News quickly removes their ticker showing the Dow hitting 40,000 after Trump tries to claim the stock market is going to โcrashโ' #POLITICS
Oh, no, the campaign is over. Kamala is finished. Trump will be the next president. She got caught in a lie. #politics ๐ถ๏ธ
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