(22 Aug) - Desperate Rudy Giuliani Visited Mar-a-Lago to Beg Trump for Help With Legal Fees https://newrepublic.com/post/175062/desperate-rudy-giuliani-visited-mar-a-lago-beg-trump-help-legal-fees #RudyGiuliani #MarALago #Trump #LegalFees #Help #Desperate #Politics #News https://mastodon.sdf.org/@uspolitics/110931526907114271

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/world/americas/nigerian-migrants-brazil.html

#OilRich, what is it good for: But for many Nigerians, #unemployment is rampant, helping to fuels a major #exodus of “very #desperate people either fleeing #conflict or fleeing the #degradation of #livingconditions due to #climatechange or due to other social factors”

#Kleptocracy #RenewablesAreDeflationary

"The #grifters that make up the #troll-industrial complex are not okay.

"One can see the sheen of #desperation in the #world of self-identified #conservatives who make a living by "triggering" the #liberals. The usual dose of outrage bait isn't working as well any longer, so the #rightwingers are escalating the provocations. Tucker #Carlson, for example, gave a glow-up interview with manosphere "influencer" Andrew #Tate, who is being held in #Romania on charges of sex #trafficking and #rape. #DailyWire anti-trans provocateur Matt #Walsh is selling plushies of himself clad only in a diaper, which he encourages #people to give to #children. Daily Wire founder Ben #Shapiro, on the other hand, made a nearly hour-long video #tantrum about "#Barbie," complete with setting the dolls on fire. The clawing need to get attention from #progressives seems to be driving these engagement farmers a little nuts, as they up the weird-and-evil ante, hoping to get those precious clicks and plays.

[...]

"The escalation of shock value tactics, on both the right and the pretending-not-to-be-right political classes, are likely rooted in the same cause: The slow motion collapse of #Twitter, now rebranded "#X," under the leadership of #Tesla CEO Elon #Musk. While these folks have various outlets, both in the #media and #socialmedia, ultimately their #business model of #trolling depends heavily on Twitter.

"Grifters need people to harass and a mainstream discourse to counter. As traffic takes a nosedive and Twitter becomes less a part of the conversation, it's going to be harder for these folks to make #money," Melissa #Ryan, a strategist who helps counter online #disinformation, told #Salon.

"They need us. We don't need them:" The fall of Twitter is making the trolls and grifters #desperate"

https://www.salon.com/2023/08/01/they-need-us-we-dont-need-them-the-fall-of-twitter-is-making-the-and-grifters-desperate/

The clawing need to get attention from progressives seems to be driving these engagement farmers a little nuts, as they up the weird-and-evil ante, hoping to get those precious clicks and plays.

"What Musk has proven through his actions and his statements is that he's committed to serving the trolls and the #fraudsters first and the ordinary good faith users second," explained Brian Hughes of American #University, who is the co-founder of the Polarization and #Extremism #Research and Innovation Lab (#PERIL). But, he noted, Musk is "blinded by his own #ideology" and can't see how this is backfiring. "As normal people, for lack of a better term, continue to leave Twitter, that's actually going to cause probably a reduction in the use of the platform by these trolls and these fraudsters. They don't have their audience of targets that they need," he continued.

https://www.american.edu/spa/faculty/bhughes.cfm

HAHAHAHAHAHA die mad about it, trolls. Full offense."

https://www.tumblr.com/wilwheaton/724472830135353344/the-grifters-that-make-up-the-troll-industrial?source=share

No shit. The #presidency is the only hope #Trump has of not spending the 5-10 years he has left on this earth in a prison or under house #arrest. He's a #pathetic and #desperate man who knows the clock is close to midnight. But he knows that if he can just win that 2024 election, he can stop the prosecutions in their tracks. I believe he is at his most dangerous right now.

#TrumpIndictment #JackSmith #trumpisacriminal #TrumpLies

https://www.mediaite.com/news/trump-vows-to-keep-running-even-if-convicted-and-sentenced-to-prison-after-new-bombshell-charges/

"Please, Congress! Save me from the consequences of my actions by initiating an investigation of the investigators!" ~#Trump

#Desperation is a stinky cologne, #Donald. This #desperate plea for House #Republicans to act as your #defense counsel, and provide cover for your numerous #crimes is pathetic, and transparent. The #American people see you, and see what you're doing. And it's not going to work.

#TrumpIndictment #TrumpDelusions

https://www.benzinga.com/amp/content/33388222

#desperate #donny #uspol

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-getting-desperate/?utm_source=123456&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=15179

"Imagine insulting #queers for who they fuck while you're still #desperate for gym socks. Whatever helps clean up your self-indulgent mess."

https://www.tumblr.com/smashing-yng-man/722329826687582208/imagine-insulting-queers-for-who-they-fuck-while?source=share

Sorry for the noise, but I'm desperate to keep my fiancé and our cats safe. 😰

Our newest blog entry!

https://ko-fi.com/post/Want-to-give-up-O5O3MR2I6

‼️ PLS BOOST THIS EMERGENCY‼️

Please boost, donate, comment... anything, please, we are about to lose literally EVERYTHING 😭

#Eviction #Poverty #TransCrowdFund #Storage #Nonbinary #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #LongCovid #CovidIsntOver #MaskUp #MutualAid #Crowdfunding #Help #Desperate #Crisis #Urgent

#Bidenadministration looks #desperate to reestablish normal communications with #China #NationalSecurity

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-06-19-biden-admin-desperate-reestablish-communications-with-china.html

#Bidenadministration looks #desperate to reestablish normal communications with #China #NationalSecurity

https://newstarget.com/2023-06-19-biden-admin-desperate-reestablish-communications-with-china.html

RT @ddale8 :
Plea for softball help in the DC area! My extremely nice co-ed team in NoVa is looking for a woman to play a 1-hour game tomorrow afternoon. Any skill level is cool. (We know this is #desperate but we don’t wanna start summer with a forfeit!) daniel.dale@cnn.com if interested.

If you'd #bet that #Trump would be #indicted this year, you'd be getting a nice $$$ right now.

https://www.oddschecker.com/us/insight/specials/politics/20220629-oddsmakers-give-donald-trump-778pp-chance-to-avoid-an-indictment

I'm wondering what the #odds are that Trump runs for it, like seek #asylum in North Korea or Russia. His #psyche can't handle #jail, so odds are Trump makes a #desperate move. Having a second go at #insurrection would obviously have high odds as well.

#desperate : past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous

- French: désespéré

- German: verzweifelt

- Italian: disperato

- Portuguese: desesperado

- Spanish: desesperado

------------

Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form

"Seriously though - what the fuck is it with #tech bros? They are #desperate to sound like #genius #philosophers and #thought-leaders but they all come across #thick as #shit."

https://www.tumblr.com/ayeforscotland/718766356003258368/seriously-though-what-the-fuck-is-it-with-tech?source=share

#younglibs #desperate #betootaadvocate

https://www.betootaadvocate.com/uncategorized/young-libs-push-for-national-service-in-effort-to-force-people-their-own-age-to-hang-out-with-them/?goal=0_ac916ebeb2-a59298c8c6-188766461&mc_cid=a59298c8c6&mc_eid=b495416498

#democracy in the #UK is gone!
What next - #authoritarianism,
#desperate & worrying times in the #UK

Huns fouling players to get the ball and allowed by the ref to play on. 😆
#SevcoRangers #Desperate #Cheats

$500 would be life-saving 🙏🏻

#Scared #MutualAid #Request #Help #Crowdfunding #Desperate

only in the UK in 2023 can someone be #sacked for #tweeting their #support for #desperate #people, only in the #UK in 2023 can the #BBC find such a #tweet unacceptable.

Look what they [The West] are doing in their own countries. Even paedophilia is announced as a normal thing," #Putin #PutinsSpeech

#desperate