J.D. Vance Admits He’s Telling Racist Lies for Attention – [archived version]

“Nobody is disputing that the town of Springfield, Ohio, needs help. But, you’re not just a bystander,” [CNN’s Dana] Bash said. “You’re the senator from Ohio, so instead of saying things that are wrong, and actually causing the hospitals, the schools, the government buildings to be evacuated because of bomb threats, because of the cats and dogs thing, why not actually be constructive, in helping to better integrate them into the community? Because there are a lot of employers there who say that the Haitians workers are helping fill jobs that they need desperately filled.”

Rather than take any ownership of his role in spreading false claims and incendiary rhetoric, Vance recoiled, saying that any suggestion that he’d been responsible for inciting the bomb threats in Springfield was “disgusting.” The Ohio senator scolded Bash for sounding like a “Democratic propagandist” as she called him out on his reckless lying.

I’m not a lawyer, but one reason could be that there’s not (yet?) a clear criminal case that would convince a judge. It’s not clear whether a crime is committed, maybe?

For example, Mr. McCabe says, ““I don’t know that I would characterize it as [an] active, recruited, knowing asset in the way that people in the intelligence community think of that term” (and similar comments), but ‘don’t know’ could mean there’s nit enough for prosecution? This is not China or Russia, where people are sentenced to.prison in closed-door trials and often not even their lawyers know what exactly their clients are accused of. Maybe we could call it another ‘weakness’ of democracy (which non-democratic state actors try to exploit)?

But I say ‘could’ and conclude I don’t know either.

Yeah, but now it gets really weird:

Totally normal response’: Trump blasted for threatening ABC’s license after debate flop – [archived]

ABC took a big hit last night," Trump told Fox News. “I mean, to be honest, they are a news organization, they have to be licensed to do it. They ought to take away their license for the way they did that.”

To whom it may concern:

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I get your point, but we shouldn’t forget that cheap products are often cheap because people elsewhere pay the price through low salaries, and sometimes no salaries at all. Not that I think that Trump would care about these people (or any people), but tariffs are a bit more complex than what Trump describes here as we know.

@ulkesh I would just add that he is supporting the NRA (their lobbying might be one reason for this ‘opinion’), but I fully agree with what you’ve said.

Maybe, we can’t be sure nowadays.

The site/URL was first registered on 1997-11-14, though, and the NYT is featuring him also at https://www.nytimes.com/events/climate-forward-2024

How Fox helped Trump break the law and turn his Arlington National Cemetery visit into a political event

Fox gave immediate fawning coverage to Trump’s campaign visit, which broke federal law despite his staff being warned prior

Democrats Sue Georgia Election Board Over New Rules That Could Delay Vote Certification

The Georgia Democratic Party claims Trump’s allies are trying to “establish a new power of not certifying an election result should their preferred candidate lose.”

No clue, but these guys might know it: https://www.votefromabroad.org

Logan Act

The Logan Act (1 Stat. 613, 18 U.S.C. § 953, enacted January 30, 1799) is a United States federal law that criminalizes the negotiation of a dispute between the United States and a foreign government by an unauthorized American citizen. The intent behind the Act is to prevent unauthorized negotiations from undermining the government’s position.

As I wrote in tbe other comment in this thread: That’s just a fraction aimed at specific children-related projects. Canada’s total support is much higher as we know.

That’s just a fraction aimed at specific children-related projects. Canada’s total support is much higher as we know.

Unfortunately I know nothing about Quebec, but there apoear to be some coops in the retail sector. A quick web search revealed this: https://grocerystory.coop/food-co-op-directory

United Auto Workers (UAW) endorses Vice President Harris in the upcoming presidential election, citing ‘track record’ with workers

"Our job in this election is to defeat Donald Trump and elect Kamala Harris to build on her proven track record of delivering for the working class,” [United Auto Workers (UAW) Shawn] Fain said […]

“We can put a billionaire back in office who stands against everything our union stands for, or we can elect Kamala Harris, who will stand shoulder to shoulder with us in our war on corporate greed,” Fain added.

Fain and Trump have sparred publicly for months. Trump called for Fain to be fired during his speech at the Republican National Convention, and the UAW hit back on the social platform X, calling the former president “a scab and a billionaire.”

Last week, Fain praised Harris for walking the picket line with UAW workers in 2019, saying Trump, who was in office at the time, “sure as hell wasn’t on the picket line.”

I don’t know where you live, but is it discouraged there? Would you and your community be able to start a cooperative?

Yeah, I’m not in the position to provide advice what they should do, but I guess there is a need to change the way how political campaigns are funded as the article also suggests.

In the video, Lawrence O’Donnell argues that there is some sort of ‘kid-glove treatment’ (that’s my word) for Trump. He doesn’t answer reporters’ questions in that his statements doesn’t reflect what they have asked, even if it’s a simple yes-no question.

Trump is ignoring questions by default, and he does that in a very weird way. A typical Trump ‘answer’ is completley unrelated to the question, and often doesn’t make sense at all. However, the reporters seem to accept that.

At the same time, however, they criticize Biden/Harris and now Harris/Walz of not responding adequately to media questions, although they do.

The video is really worth everyone’s time, but the content has nothing to do with the issues raised so far on this thread.

It’s getting harder and harder to tell the difference between real news and The Onion. When I read the headline I was unsure for a moment 🤔😅

Michigan’s Secretary of State has launched an investigation into Musk’s pro-Trump PAC and how he is funding efforts to redirect voters in swing states away from official voter registration sites, while leaving them with the false impression that they have registered to vote, and collects a host of private information, as per CNBC.

Noteworthy that it is not entirely clear whether state law currently prohibits such misdirection and voter suppression.

Here is the link to CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/04/elon-musk-pac-investigated-michigan.html