"Trump is no longer a strongman.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Trump is no longer a strongman. Vice President Kamala Harris is outperforming him in the theater of political dominance. And as she does so, his image is crumbling."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#KamalaHarris #Trump #fascism #strongman #EmperorHasNoClothes
/1

October 17, 2024

In a new rule released yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission requires sellers to make it as easy to cancel a subscription to a gym or a service as it is to sign up for one.

(heathercoxrichardson.substack.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"In a seemingly choreographed split screen of weakness vs. strength, as Trump’s campaign was reneging on all of his challenging media interviews, Kamala appeared on Call Her Daddy, Howard Stern, Univision, The View, Stephen Colbert, All the Smoke, 60 minutes, Charlamagne tha God, and now Bret Baeir of Fox News—the network that had to pay $787 Million for lying on her opponent’s behalf."

~ Brian Tyler Cohen

#KamalaHarris #Trump #fascism #strongman
/2

Harris vs. the Hacks

MVP holds her own in hostile territory as the veneer keeps on cracking for Trump and his band of foot soldiers

(plus.briantylercohen.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"You know who has to be prepared to engage with such a diverse range of people, and be willing to meet them with strength, respect, and readiness to hold them accountable?

A president.

And there’s only one person on the ballot who has proven she is up to the task."

#KamalaHarris #Trump #fascism #strongman #EmperorHasNoClothes
/3

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"I will never understand why it took so long, but it’s as if people are finally seeing the man behind the curtain: the miserable, petty, perpetually aggrieved child who seems only to be trying to win back the presidency so he can stay out of prison. That so many media outlets continue to let him get away with murder, and that tens of millions of Americans continue to support him is enough to make one’s head explode."

~ Mary Trump

#KamalaHarris #Trump #media
/4

The Republican Candidate Knows Nothing

Evening Dispatch

(www.marytrump.org)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"But it’s a good sign that at least some people are waking up to the realization that Donald is a no-nothing empty suit who is losing his grasp of reality."

#KamalaHarris #Trump #fascism #strongman #EmperorHasNoClothes
/5

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"For 10 years, Fox has built a fictional informational cocoon around Donald Trump. Kamala Harris just burst it open. ...

Without the massive propaganda support system he benefits from—and the gravitational pull it exerts on mainstream news outlets—Trump, who has never enjoyed majority support in this country, probably could not long politically survive."

~ Greg Sargent

#KamalaHarris #Trump #fascism #strongman #EmperorHasNoClothes
/6

Harris’s Harsh Takedown of Fox’s Bret Baier Exposes MAGA’s Biggest Lie

For 10 years, Fox has built a fictional informational cocoon around Donald Trump. Kamala Harris just burst it open.

The New Republic (newrepublic.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"The window has closed on CNN's offer to hold a town hall with Trump and voters. Last week, the network proposed back-to-back town halls on October 23, and Harris accepted the invite, but Trump did not."

~ Brian Stelter

#KamalaHarris #Trump #fascism #strongman #EmperorHasNoClothes
/7

(view.newsletters.cnn.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Donald Trump pulled out of another mainstream interview Thursday–this time nixing a sit-down with NBC News.

The interview, CNN reported, would be in Philadelphia with NBC News' senior business correspondent, Christine Romans. CNN’s Brian Stelter said one source suggested that it had only been 'postponed.'”

~ Mary Ann Akers

#KamalaHarris #Trump #fascism #strongman #EmperorHasNoClothes
/8

Donald Trump Cancels Second Mainstream Interview in Days

The ex-president was scheduled to sit down with NBC News on Monday. But he pulled out after nixing a CNBC interview, too.

The Daily Beast (www.thedailybeast.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"It was the second time in a week that he had canceled a scheduled appearance outside the conservative news sphere, CNN’s Reliable Sources reported Thursday. He had canceled an in-studio appearance on the CNBC flagship show, Squawk Box, which was due on Friday."

#KamalaHarris #Trump #fascism #strongman #EmperorHasNoClothes
/9

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Bret Baier interrupted Harris so much she could barely finish a sentence. She still injected some reality into Fox News’s world. ...

Immigrant hatred. Transphobia. And later, Joe Biden’s age. Baier was running through the Fox News greatest hits playlist.

This was grievance theater, not political journalism.

But Harris got in her licks."

~ Margaret Sullivan

#KamalaHarris #Trump #fascism #strongman #EmperorHasNoClothes
/10

Fox News’s interview of Kamala Harris was grievance theater, not political journalism | Margaret Sullivan

Bret Baier interrupted Harris so much she could barely finish a sentence. She still injected some reality into Fox News’s worldKey takeaways from Harris’s Fox News interview

the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

“I agreed to a second debate. Trump refused. I released my medical records. Trump has not. I sat for a 60 Minutes interview. Trump backed out. One has to ask: What is Donald Trump trying to hide?”

~ Kamala Harris

#KamalaHarris #Trump #fascism #strongman #EmperorHasNoClothes
/11

Trump keeps canceling appearances. What is he hiding?

For the second time in one day, Donald Trump has canceled a planned public appearance, leading to questions about whether his campaign is trying to limit exposure of their candidate in the home ...

Daily Kos (www.dailykos.com)

[bytebro@mastodonapp.uk]

@wdlindsy One is beginning to wonder if HE is cancelling these things, or if his TEAM are cancelling them because he's now too obviously demented to be allowed an appearance...

[ferricoxide@evil.social]

@[email protected]

Republican party is now a collection of cultists and those who seek to take advantage of that cult. Does any of Trump's obvious failings matter to the cultists? And, so long as the cultists constitute nearly half the voting-populace, do those failings matter to those seeking to cash in on that cult (especially in voting-regions where the cultists are more than half of the likely voting-pool)?

[dsmdexter@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy
Postponed until the 6th Tuesday in Octember.

[alexafontanilla2024@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy
#PostOfTheWeek (season 1):
Judging by the video that Kamala Harris’s campaign is circulating, her aides are pleased with one particular exchange during her interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier. In it, Harris dressed down Baier for playing video of Donald Trump that sanitized away his threat to unleash the military on “the enemy within.”

Many observers immediately surmised that this moment—which showed Harris digging in hard against Baier.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

I watch clips of Bret Baier interviewing Kamala Harris – attacking her, pouncing on her, talking over her, interrupting her – and I ask myself,

What kind of parents raised this man with the manners of an ill-tempered skunk?

What kind of parents raised a son and gave him the idea that it was okay to treat another human being this way?

#KamalaHarris #BretBaier
/12

Harris Shuts Down Bret Baier as He Plays the MAGA Hits

The Fox News host opened his sit-down by hammering Harris on President Biden’s border policies—and asking her about crimes committed by migrants.

The Daily Beast (www.thedailybeast.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

Why did his schooling in a Catholic high school, his years as an altar boy, all the years he's gone to church as the practicing Catholic he is: why have these had so little impact on how he treats fellow human beings?

Has no one ever told him that lying is morally wrong?

#KamalaHarris #BretBaier
/13

[judeet99@mastodon.world]

@wdlindsy My theory is that Catholics know they can be absolved of sin so maybe that adds in?

[elpasyou_2@mastodon.online]

@wdlindsy
That's the circle of life for catholics

Lying -> confession -> penance -> lying -> confession -> penance -> lying etc. etc.

[72mz@mstdn.party]

@wdlindsy
He was groomed by fox.