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Political Columnist, Bloomberg.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social · 30 min
80 years ago today was the July 20, 1944, assassination attempt that left Hitler slightly wounded but ended up rejuvenating his cult of personality ahead of his country's calamitous defeat the next year
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 3 hr
Judge: Trump raped E. Jean Carroll. CNN: But what about all the women Trump didn’t rape?
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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 5 hr
Political union with Russia, to own the globalists.™️
Avatar Health Care Renewal @healthcarerenew.bsky.social · 6 hr
Tech broligarchs are lining up to court Trump. "we’ve ... seen how this plays out. In Putin’s Russia, political and commercial interests are one and the same. Thiel is bettinghe will be first among...new super-class of broligarchs" www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
Tech broligarchs are lining up to court Trump. And Vance is one more link in the chainwww.theguardian.com Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, a longtime backer of the new vice-president pick, are among those pledging support
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 4 hr
The long arm of Gavin Newsom.
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · a day
This fellow keeps asking why there is zero information about Trump’s ear injury and treatment. It’s been a week.
Avatar Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · a day
Has there been any at a minimum semi-independent confirmation of the nature of Trump's injuries and current medical condition? Are any reporters trying to get this?
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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 2 days
This is professional malpractice, @bostonglobe.bsky.social only covering this aspect of the speech.
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L O L G O P @lolgop.bsky.social · a day
The entire mainstream media seems to be missing what Paul Manafort's reappearing at the RNC means. But missing the meaning of anything Trump does seems to be the point now. www.patreon.com/posts/108364...
"Paul Manafort never goes away." | Ball of Threadwww.patreon.com Get more from Ball of Thread on Patreon
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L O L G O P @lolgop.bsky.social · 2 days
The party that doesn't think felons should be able to vote, and whose power largely depends on that in key states, nominating a felon should be a bigger story. Beyond all his treachery, fraud and abuse.
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 2 days
This is not a normal rally. It’s the RNC.
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 2 days
That was worse for the speaker than the spoken to
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 2 days
Well he also has hands-down the worst inaugural address.
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 2 days
We have hit midnight EST.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2 days
We're at an important moment for reflection on the media practice of turning Trump's rambling soliloquies into semi-coherent narrative accounts. Are reporters going to again fail to convey just how bizarre and discursive this speech is?
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 2 days
Cue Tammy D calling out Private Bonespurs
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.bsky.social · 2 days
This could be the most important line in Trump's speech, apparently improvised: "And then we had that horrible, horrible result that we’ll never let happen again, the election result. We’re never going to let that happen again. They used COVID to cheat. You’re never going to let it happen again."
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2 days
Trump right now: “Has anyone seen Silence of the Lambs? … They’re emptying out their insane asylums. … He’s sending all of his criminals … to the United States.” Politico this afternoon:
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 2 days
Spouse is in full revolt demanding that I turn TV off.
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 2 days
Ok, so there was one lie.
Avatar Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2 days
See the arrow on that chart at the bottom? It purports to show when he left office. It doesn't. It's a lie. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | A look at Trump’s misleading, inaccurate graph of U.S. immigrationwww.washingtonpost.com The former president keeps sharing a graph that misrepresents immigration — and the politics undergirding it.
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 2 days
It started in 2015.
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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 2 days
Reporters and pundits know that all these stories he's telling about his presidency are entirely fictional, right? Right?
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 2 days
I love that Vance and his intelligent wife have to sit through this sewage.
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Bethany Albertson @albertsonb2.bsky.social · 2 days
Democratic backsliding is scary, but it's also tacky. The tackiness is distracting.
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Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 2 days
Again, I strongly believe it is not rocket science to both unite the Dems against fascism and message "Hey what's the deal with that rapist insurrectionist guy who is batshit insane that is my opponent? Also wants to ban abortion. Anyway I'm not into that and actually want to do cool stuff."
Avatar Kaitlin Has Had Enough @gothamgirlblue.com · 2 days
This man is cooked. I cannot imagine any independent voter thinking that this guy should run anything. He sounds like he needs a pudding and a nap in a comfortable chair.
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 2 days
Question: Can mainstream media manage to present this accurately as the equivalent of Biden’s debate performance?
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 2 days
If he can keep this up another 30 mins I’m actually gonna vote for him
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 2 days
He meant things we don’t like.
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 2 days
He can’t read this boring speech fast enough. More fun talking about Hulk and Dana
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 2 days
Speechwriters have heads in hands right now
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 2 days
It’s just weird and meandering after the God Touched Me section
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 2 days
I think the Dana part of the speech is very effective messaging