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You ask why I'm a cynic. Here's one reason:

"James O'Keefe is now under investigation for looting Project Veritas (during his tenure as the group's chairman and CEO)"

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BREAKING NEWS!

"Trump Thinks Fox News Makes Him Look Fat and Orange"

Yes, so.....

"https://politicalwire.com/2023/08/17/trump-thinks-fox-news-makes-him-look-fat-and-orange/?lctg=166149541

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#newsjunkie #notrump #voteblue #2024 #history #nazi #neveragain

[...] never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie

Rigging Democracy Is Part of the GOP Playbook Michelle Goldberg writes that it’s not just Ohio Republicans that tried to bypass the majority position on abortion rights.

“You can expect to see the blueprint repeated in other places. Already, Republicans in states including Florida, Missouri and North Dakota, recognizing the danger that direct democracy poses to their own abortion bans, are trying to make the ballot initiative process much more onerous.”

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Charlie Sykes: “When President Gerald Ford issued a pardon to [...] Richard Nixon, he could reasonably assume that Nixon would go more or less quietly into exile.

“Does anyone seriously believe that a pardon would disarm Trump, or calm the base into rationality and respect for democratic norms? [...]

“Would a pardon put a stop to his firehose of demagoguery, invective, abuse, and [...] Does anyone seriously think that a pardon would lance the boil of revanchist Trumpism?”

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"“Dopey and Constitutionally Dubious”: Legal Experts Blast Judge Aileen Cannon’s Latest Pro-Trump Rulings"

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Ann Coulter has agita. “Since Dobbs, voters haven’t approved abortion restrictions in ANY STATE,” she tweeted. “They’ve rejected abortion restrictions in Kentucky, Montana, Michigan, Kansas, Vermont and California … and now, Ohio.”

“By the time Republicans notice states keep voting IN FAVOR of abortion, there will be no elected Republicans left.”

#yes #newsjunkie #abortion #conservatives #stupidpolitics #2024 #voteblue #notrump

Biden's message:

“Congratulations on an incredible run. This team is something special and I’m looking forward to seeing how you continue to inspire Americans with your grit and determination – on and off the field.”

Trump’s message:

“Many of our players were openly hostile to America. No other country behaved in such a manner or even close. WOKE EQUALS FAILURE. Nice shot Megan the USA is going to Hell!!! MAGA”

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“Florida students will now be required to get their parents’ consent before using a nickname in schools [...] “The rule would impact everyone from students who prefer using a shorthand nickname (‘Ex: Tom vs Thomas), to those who prefer a different name altogether, including transgender students [...]”

“But even if a transgender student did get permission from their parent to use a different name, teachers would still not be obligated to use that student’s preferred pronouns.”

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Florida “Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Thursday that he would be open to using drone strikes against Mexican drug cartels if elected president,” NBC News reports.

#wtf #newsjunkie #2024 #voteblue #hesaidthat? #floridapolitics #DUHsantis

“[...] Donald Trump both ‘engaged in’ ‘insurrection or rebellion’ & gave ‘aid or comfort’ to others engaging in such conduct, within the original meaning of those terms as employed in Sec 3 of the 14th Amendment.”

“Sec 3’s disqualification rule may and must be followed — applied, honored, obeyed, enforced, carried out [...] this is the product of 2 well-known conservative legal scholars who “are active members of the Federalist Society [...] #newsjunkie #notrump #voteblue #2024 #usconstitution

#newsjunkie Just as a reminder, it might worth your time to read the full text of dRump's speech in 2015 announcing his candidacy. Here it is.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/06/16/full-text-donald-trump-announces-a-presidential-bid/

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By Taegan Goddard

“Many of the allies I don’t know because we have so many allies and a lot of them I don’t know so I don’t know exactly what you’re talking about. I can tell you this. These people want to see democracy, they want to see a nation be great again. Right now our nation is … going to hell. So we have a lot of allies that I don’t know, but they’re allies nevertheless. [...] there was a lot of shenanigans going on with the election.” — Donald Trump

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#newsjunkie "By many measures, Americans have lost their sense of community and voluntary civic engagement — what Alexis de Tocqueville called the “science of association” that was the source of the country’s strength. The combined effects of social media and the pandemic have left us isolated — and hungering for our lost civic ties. But you can’t rebuild community in a news desert." -- Dana Milbank Aug 11, 2023 WAPO

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@SrRochardBunson Also to cover his ass if, in fact he carries out one his campaign promises that went went something like this: WHEN I WIN, THE FIRST THING I'M GOING TO DO IS SLIT THROATS. Yes he really said it. #newsjunkie #DUHsantis #amateur #Politics #humour (with & w/o the u) #dontdrinkthekoolaid #dogsofmastadon #2024 #voteblue #journalism #1person1vote #democracy #votingrights #prochoice

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Florida Approves Climate-Denial Videos in Schools 😎

Florida’s Department of Education has approved classroom use of videos that spout climate disinformation and distort climate science, Scientific American reports.

#floridapolitics #Education #DeSantis (or DUHsantis) #fail #2024 #voteblue

@OSCrane
Please, noooooo!! Could we be such Neanderthals? #1968again Let the people rise up and take back our dignity. #newsjunkie

This is my husband's life all the time 😬

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https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1683175148914966528?s=20

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