J.D. Vance's parting pre-election slur of Kamala Harris, reported by David Kurtz (link below). If you want to see the video clip, you can clip the link below and then click to watch at that link.
#KamalaHarris #Trump #election
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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/election-reforms-campaign-finance-dark-money-oligarchy
"The cockeyed audacity of Epstein brother-in-arms Donald Trump claiming that he will 'protect women whether they like it or not' is almost as remarkable as the fact that millions of deluded sheep will be voting for him today.
"It doesn’t have to be this way."
#KamalaHarris #Trump #election
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https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/a-plaintive-cry-for-election-reforms
"At a rally today, he had a backdrop of women holding pink 'Women for Trump' signs."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
"Reality itself has been contested during this election year."
~ Brian Stelter
#KamalaHarris #Trump #election
/4
https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/1730816406919134f008e5704/raw
"Donald Trump was always, and always will be, the worst of us."
~ Paul Waldman
#KamalaHarris #Trump #election
/3
https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/what-this-election-means-for-us-and
"That he ever ascended the heights he has is, of course, a terrible indictment of so much about our political system and culture."
~ Jonathan Weiler
"Here’s an early prediction: Donald Trump will unilaterally declare victory sometime this evening."
~ Joyce Vance
Timothy Burke looks at the fatuous pablum "American public writers on partisan division" have fed us for some years now — looking at you, corporate media — and opines:
"It must be nice to be so continuously wrong and yet still be welcome on the editorial pages, the Sunday talk shows, and so on."
#media #MediaFail #Democrats #Republicans #KamalaHarris #DonaldTrump
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Lateral Moves Against The Cycle of Doom
(timothyburke.substack.com)
"A crucial part of Trump’s 'superpower' as a political force has stemmed from the fact that America’s mainstream – political elites, media, key institutions – have simultaneously refused to take him seriously as an authoritarian menace while also buying into MAGA mythology far too much. Somehow, a lot of people in positions of power and influence steadfastly refuse to accept Trump’s most radical, most aggressive announcements as an acute threat."
"We are here because of a system-wide failure to hold Trump accountable and mount an effective defense against the onslaught of authoritarian minority rule. The much vaunted 'guardrails' have failed spectacularly."
~ Thomas Zimmer
And not least among those failed guardrails are very plainly the corporate media. If any of us doubted who they are, they've taken the mask off.
#media #MediaFail #Democrats #Republicans #KamalaHarris #DonaldTrump
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Democracy itself is on the ballot. If Trump wins, the extreme Right will be in a much better position than ever before to abolish it
(thomaszimmer.substack.com)
"They could rely on Donald Trump being himself, a man who remains his worst enemy and couldn’t help but step on rakes every day leading up to the election. He’s going down, just like he did on the microphone.
This should not surprise or shock anyone paying attention to Trump’s behavior, actions, and rhetoric over the past decade. The man is a walking chaos agent whose vomitorium of lies, cruelty, and grievances define his petty vulgarity."
"Kamala Harris's pathway to becoming the first female President was aided in part by the numerous missteps & blunders of Donald Trump who self-destructed due to his innate cruelty, bigotry, & misogyny.
In the end, Democrats didn’t need to unveil an 'October Surprise' to help Kamala Harris."
~ Wahajat Ali
#Trump #Republicans #chaos #ChaosAgents
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Kamala Harris's pathway to becoming the first female President was aided in part by the numerous missteps & blunders of Donald Trump who self-destructed due to his innate cruelty, bigotry, & misogyny.
(thelefthook.substack.com)
@OvertonDoors You'll have to help me see how your comments respond to Parker Molloy's point. I'm not able to see the connection.
@ApostateEnglishman You're very right. And I'd maintain that a strong root of all of this is the Puritanism built into American culture at a formative level.
@mloxton And as that happens, there is, I'd argue, a strong rippling effect so that more and more people feel confident in being open bigots.
@CatHerder I refuse to despair, too. At the same time, I have to admit that I find hope hard to cling to. That may be my personality or may reflect my life experiences. I also have a dogged determination not to permit those who want to rob me of hope in order to dehumanize me have that power over me.
@skydog I think men in general have long since been overdue when it comes to paying close attention to the wisdom and insight of women of all ages. Good comments!
@mloxton From where I stand, unfortunately, it has gotten worse in many ways. Trump and the Republican party have let some real evil out of the garbage bags in which it was formerly contained, and more and more people feel very proud to be open racists, misogynists, and homophobes.
@guyjantic Good commentary. I myself am not a paid subscriber and could not read more than the opening of her statement.
