Fascism and the Republican Party

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A little more from Washington Post

 

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Holy shit what kind of gambling debts does John Voight have to have put this crazy shit out there??? Or is he just another radicalized old rich white guy?

Hard to tell.

 

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Holy shit what kind of gambling debts does John Voight have to have put this crazy shit out there??? Or is he just another radicalized old rich white guy?

Hard to tell.

Holy shit is right. My guess is that his family is afraid to talk to him. WOW! All that joy and laughter from Harris folks must be very painful to him.

 

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Trump shared private flight with Project 2025 head despite denying connection

New photos and data show Trump met with Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts in 2022

www.theguardian.com

 

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A little more from Washington Post

Interesting the poster of that YouTube video changed the video somehow from the Ari Melberg destroying MAGA Nazi Steve Miller on MSNBC into a coloring book thing of the Green Lantern.

Weird.

Oh well luckily MSNBC finally has it posted for people who want to see Nazi propaganda being fact checked to their face with all the benefits of having a team of writers ready for the little racist shit.

 

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So I decided to glance at the YouTube videos on that above post, and while I do not know shit about YouTube or accounts or whatnot.

One year ago this lady looked like this:



And 2 days ago the lady in the account looks like this:

I then decided to look at her 'shorts' I don't speak much outside of English so no clue what she is saying, or when this was posted.




Who knows, just really really weird.

Kinda seems more like this:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CCc9Y78HcWQ

 

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So I decided to glance at the YouTube videos on that above post, and while I do not know shit about YouTube or accounts or whatnot.

One year ago this lady looked like this:

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And 2 days ago the lady in the account looks like this:
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I then decided to look at her 'shorts' I don't speak much outside of English so no clue what she is saying, or when this was posted.
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Who knows, just really really weird.

Kinda seems more like this:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CCc9Y78HcWQ

Pretty crazy viewing numbers from that YouTube account that would get a couple hundred views up until 2 days ago, now they are almost up to a million in 11 hours.

 

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So I decided to glance at the YouTube videos on that above post, and while I do not know shit about YouTube or accounts or whatnot.

One year ago this lady looked like this:

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And 2 days ago the lady in the account looks like this:
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I then decided to look at her 'shorts' I don't speak much outside of English so no clue what she is saying, or when this was posted.
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Who knows, just really really weird.

Kinda seems more like this:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CCc9Y78HcWQ

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/harris-shutting-lock-chants-shields-trumps-federal-jan-6-case-even-del-rcna165837

 

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https://www.rawstory.com/pete-buttigieg-fox-news-2668992514/

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg sparred with "Fox & Friends" host Lawrence Jones over violent crime and gun safety on Tuesday.

The transportation secretary appeared on the conservative network Tuesday morning from Chicago to defend president Joe Biden's record after Jones challenged him, saying violent crime was up nearly 10 percent across 66 major cities.

"Well, certainly the Biden-Harris record for bringing crime down compared to why crime went up under Donald Trump, and I often wonder whether viewers of this network are aware that violent crime went up under Donald Trump," Buttigieg said. "I think that deserves more coverage so we can ask ourselves why, and some of that has to do with policy. Some of that has to do with the message we send. When you have Donald Trump, an unrepentant convicted criminal running against a prosecutor like Kamala Harris, we have an opportunity to send a message about whether we're serious on law and order in this country or whether it's a talking point, or whether it's just something people try to use as a political theme for partisan gain. You want to talk about inflation? Inflation went up in every country after COVID, but we brought inflation down in this country."

"Every election is about the future, right?" he added, as Jones tried to cut in. "In the future, economists predict the Trump plan will increase costs for American families by $3,900, so why would we go back to somebody who's going to make it worse?"

Jones said he'd been covering crime and inflation for years, and he said he'd spoken with Black Americans who were upset with the Democratic Party because many cities have been plagued by crime – especially gun violence.

"You guys sent the cavalry in for you guys, for your protection, but the people of Chicago don't see that on a day-to-day basis," Jones said. "What are you guys going to do to stop the bloodshed in our communities?"

Buttigieg pointed out that he'd been mayor of South Bend, Ind., which faces similar issues with crime, and he said the most heartbreaking part of that job was trying to comfort mothers whose children had been killed by gun violence.

"The big question, I think, for politics, for policy, for media, is who is going to help them versus who is going to use them," Buttigieg said. "The questions she's asking are the exact questions that any citizen should be asking."

Jones was taken aback, asking whether Buttigieg believes he was exploiting the mother he quoted to challenge the Democratic record on crime.

"I'm saying that mother is asking the exact right question, and the question is: What are you going to actually do when you come into office?" Buttigieg said.

The two talked over one another as Jones demanded specific policies Democrats had enacted to reduce gun violence, and Buttigieg reminded the Fox News host that vast majorities of Americans, including substantial majorities of Republicans, favored gun safety legislation that GOP lawmakers oppose.

"Donald Trump says no, the Republican Party says no," Buttigieg said. "Talk about assault weapons, something that made a difference, when that assault weapons ban contributed to a reduction in crime. I remember coming to Chicago as a kid, and by the way, even though some media only want to talk about the worst and most painful things that go on in our cities, Chicago is a proud city, Chicago is an extraordinary city. But I do remember coming here when crime and murder was off the charts."

Buttigieg praised the work that went on to bring those crime rates down, saying it was still underway, and Jones pointed out that more than 20 people were shot in the city last week.

"Then why would we elect leaders who won't do anything about gun violence?" Buttigieg said, and Jones asked him to name one Republican in charge in Chicago.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa – listen to me," Buttigieg replied. "Not only did we have those levels of crime under Democratic and Republican leaders, but if you'll try to cherry pick this for partisan purposes, you want to play that game? So is the case in Boston, where there is a much lower murder rate and also a Democratic mayor. We could talk about the murder rate in Mississippi being double what it is in Illinois. Now I could go around saying that the murder rate in Mississippi being double what it is in Illinois because Mississippi has a Republican governor and Illinois has a Democratic governor, but you and I both know it just doesn't work that way."

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1825904366458417361

(found a YouTube video w the clip too)

Mayor Pete pretty much dismissed this graphic but it is a pretty good example of their only real go to, continue to talk about inflation that has stabilized back to normal range finally after the impacts from the economic collapse in 2020, cherry picked 'statistics' designed to paint a bullshit narrative, and brown scare tactics.

The 9.6% increase in "total violent crime in 66 major cities". Are we just supposed to imagine they did not cherry pick those 66 cities? Are they in Republican led states that have gerrymandered all checks on their power away, while flooding them with easily accessed guns? But just the bullshit number that they pick to somehow make a point that is meaningless without context that is not provided is a good example of their propaganda cherry picking.

 

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https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-rally-2669106559/?

An attendee of former President Donald Trump's rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was zapped with a stun gun, subdued by police and arrested after storming the press area, according to a report.

The incident happened moments after Trump slammed major news outlets over what he felt was unfavorable coverage and dismissed CNN as fawning in its Thursday interview with Kamala Harris, according to The Associated Press.

The rally-goer reportedly "made it over a bicycle rack ringing the media area, and began climbing the back side of a riser where television reporters and cameras were stationed ... People near him tried to pull him off the riser and were quickly joined by police officers."

Trump, who saw police leading the man away, quipped, “Is there anywhere that’s more fun to be than a Trump rally?”

ALSO READ: The real reason corporate media won't cover Trump's attacks on democracy

This comes over a month after an attempted assassination at a Trump rally in western Pennsylvania in which a gunman opened fire from the roof of a nearby warehouse, killing and injuring members of the crowd and almost assassinating the former president, who escaped with an ear wound.

Trump has made attacking the press a core part of his political campaign ever since his initial 2016 run, where he proclaimed reporters who criticized him to be an "enemy of the people."

He has grown particularly frustrated with the press ever since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and was replaced with Harris, who has broadly received more favorable media coverage owing in part to the novelty and excitement being generated among Democratic voters.

 

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So I decided to glance at the YouTube videos on that above post, and while I do not know shit about YouTube or accounts or whatnot.

One year ago this lady looked like this:

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And 2 days ago the lady in the account looks like this:
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I then decided to look at her 'shorts' I don't speak much outside of English so no clue what she is saying, or when this was posted.
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Who knows, just really really weird.

Kinda seems more like this:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CCc9Y78HcWQ

 

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https://www.rawstory.com/trump-pardons-2669121146/

Former President Donald Trump made a number of controversial pardons and commutations on his way out the door in 2021, but one that has flown under the radar has been the sentence commutation of Jaime A. Davidson, a New York man who spent decades behind bars after being convicted of murdering a federal law enforcement officer in the early 1990s.

Since his pardon, however, it seems that Davidson has not kept his nose clean.

Independent progressive journalist Judd Legum recently did some digging on Davidson and discovered that he was convicted on domestic violence charges and sentenced this past summer to three months in jail after authorities say he strangled his wife during a domestic dispute.

What's more, Legum documents how Davidson circumvented the traditional process for seeking pardons to lobby Trump directly for his release.

ALSO READ: GOP 'starting to panic' as Democrats build massive fundraising lead: report

"In the waning days of Trump's presidency, Davidson eschewed the Office of the Pardon Attorney and sought relief directly from Trump," writes Legum. "Davidson's attorney Betty Schein had deep connections to the Trump White House. Schein and her husband, Alan Futerfas, represented people associated with the Trump Organization, including Donald Trump Jr."

John Duncan, the prosecutor who secured Davidson's conviction more than 30 years ago, expressed astonishment that he would be set free shortly after being contacted by the New York Times in 2021.

"If you ask me for a list of people who nobody should give a presidential commutation to, Davidson would pretty much be at the top of the list," the prosecutor said at the time.

Read Legum's full report at this link.

 

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https://apnews.com/article/florida-desantis-state-parks-golf-pickleball-development-59805ec8c933231c5b942c940ddc3efd

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A former state employee who said he leaked information about the plans to build golf courses and hotels in Florida’s state parks has apparently been fired.

But James Gaddis, who described himself as an “ethical whistleblower,” said he doesn’t regret making the public aware of the proposals, according to the Palm Beach Post.

“I just happen to be a guy in the middle of all this and the clock was ticking, and I figured someone has to step up to the plate and stop the madness,” Gaddis told the newspaper.

Gaddis, who worked as a cartographer for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, said he was directed to draw up conceptual maps for the proposals to build golf courses, pickleball courts, 350-room hotels and more at nine state parks from Miami to the Panhandle.

Tasked with illustrating the plans to build sprawling developments in some of Florida’s most pristine habitats — some of which are globally rare — Gaddis said he snapped.

“I was drawing the golf course polygons and putting a point down where the hotel was going to go in Anastasia State Park (near St. Augustine) and I was already disgusted but it just kept getting worse and worse,” Gaddis said. “I said, ‘What I am mapping out here is too bad and too egregious and I can’t take this anymore.’”

Gaddis said he wrote up a summary of the proposals on his work computer and shared it, helping spark protests and massive public backlash against the plans, which the department has since withdrawn. Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis calling the initiative “half-baked” and “not ready for prime time”.

After leaking the information, Gaddis was put on administrative leave on Aug. 30. The next day, he got a letter of dismissal in the mail saying he violated department policies.

A spokesperson for DEP did not respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press.

A single father of an 11-year-old, Gaddis is being applauded as a hero on social media by opponents of the proposed development. As of Tuesday afternoon, a GoFundMe page created by Gaddis had raised more than $100,000.

A state salary database has his annual salary listed at $49,346.04