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Johnny McEntee, one of Trump's most loyal deputies who is in regular contact with him, is literally one of the people collecting resumes for staffers who would implement Project 2025. Shame on any journalistic outfit who takes this "truth" at face value.

Today in "Trump didn't write this, someone on his campaign staff did." I don't know if Kellyanne Conway is working for Trump these days but this feels more like her style, voice, and syntax than Trump or those posting on his behalf recently.

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No coincidence that Robinson is using the same "you made us do it" rhetoric as Kevin Roberts--it's a textbook strategy for persuading people to get over their moral scruples and just do it.

NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech. "Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!" Video and story here: newrepublic.com/article/1834...

MAGA Gov Candidate’s Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!”newrepublic.com Mark Robinson, the GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, has a long history of incendiary comments. But he may have topped himself this time.

“I have nothing to do with them, including the multiple Project 2025 guys who worked in my administration and the one working on the party platform” newrepublic.com/article/1834...

The ramped-up hits on Project 2025 must be landing — Trump just shoved it right in front of the bus

Listen Closely to the Men Crafting the GOP’s Anti-Abortion Policynewrepublic.com The main dispute within Trump’s Republican Party is not about how severely to punish women for having abortions, but merely how to “frame the argument.”

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Waving away dangerously autocratic & illiberal stuff like the Reawaken America tour as just "church stuff" is how fascism comes to America with the passive assent of millions of apolitical white people who have no deep desire to be "the baddies" of American democracy. www.npr.org/2022/11/02/1...

The ReAwaken America Tour unites conservative Christians and conspiracy theoristswww.npr.org Some of the biggest proponents of conspiracy theories about vaccines and elections regularly tour the country together. Many of the speakers are closely tied to former President Donald Trump.

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we’re in danger

Great thread breaking down what this fight about abortion & the platform might really accomplish—and who pushing this fight might really benefit

Washington Post has more on the story first in Politico the other day about the clashes between the Christian right and the Trump campaign/RNC on platform drafting. It's getting heated, but what will it amount to? 🧵1/x www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Tempers flare as Trump team revises abortion plank for Republican platformwww.washingtonpost.com The former president wants the platform to endorse leaving the issue to the states rather than a federal ban in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s demise.

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Post office Mecca, CA

leaving the movies and seeing fireworks as just a thing on the walk to the train are now my favorite nyc fireworks in fifteen years here

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Mae West, 1934

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Anyway journalism is supposed to be the fourth pillar of US democracy. And theres evidence that where theres good journalism there's less governmental corruption. Kind of interesting that NYT has openly positioned itself as anti- democracy imho.

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If you hear next week that the RNC has "moderated" on abortion by dropping a 20-week-ban from the platform or somesuch, here's me telling you now that it doesn't mean anything close to "moderation" when it's these guys running the show.

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I feel like a fool, a real rube, for having not previously predicted cops demanding free OnlyFans access arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Millions of OnlyFans paywalls make it hard to detect child sex abuse, cops sayarstechnica.com Cops want more access to OnlyFans to detect more child sex abuse, report says.

🫡 pls do not openly plan what sound like (uh) “official acts” on this website ✨

meet two of the three guys running the RNC platform committee newrepublic.com/article/1834...

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If people don't understand how crucial local abortion funds are to folks actually getting their procedures or pills, here's the latest example: National Abortion Federation and Planned Parenthood are slashing patient grants from 50% to 30% of what callers need. Thirty percent.

More info from my local, the DC Abortion Fund, about why they're cutting back their hours and service area

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Do you remember folks were picketing Supreme Court Justices' homes a couple of years ago? They're back! At Justice Roberts' home today. Short thread with video on Twitter: x.com/LiteraryMous...

every time I write about some guy on the right I should look up, in addition to a) does he have a tag on Right Wing Watch and b) or appear in a search of Media Matters, but also c) did he back a "stop the steal" lawsuit or other effort, d) where was he on Jan 6, e) was he later subpoenaed for either

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Truly it is the 4th of shit

never forget that even when pat buchanan essentially launched the "culture war" at the RNC in 1992 what he said was: "There is a religious war going on in this country. It is a cultural war." it was a religious war first and always. voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/buchanan-cul...

Buchanan, "Culture War Speech," Speech Text - Voices of Democracyvoicesofdemocracy.umd.edu PATRICK JOSEPH BUCHANAN, “CULTURE WAR SPEECH: ADDRESS TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION” (17 AUGUST 1992) [1] What a terrific crowd this is. What a terrific crowd. This may even be larger than the...

correct and: part of the reason we're in the situation we're in, and why it's taking some people by surprise, is it's not sunk in for many that no matter what happens in the white house, these guys will retain a base of power. they are operating under an apocalyptic paradigm that justifies anything

IDK kind of feels like we should be paying more attention to a prominent conservative think tank saying we're in the midst of a second american revolution that will remain bloodless as long as long as the left lets it be, then whether or not Biden should step down.

...if we are going to need everyone to get through this, including the people with annoying takes but who are on 'our' side, it makes learning to keep said takes in perspective pretty vital

I remember where I was in May 2021 when the first legal challenge to the first ban (AR, still in court) dropped: at the TX state lege while folks were trying to stop their ban (it passed in 2023, was upheld last week). Hat's off to the New York Times, among others, truly. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

In just a few years, half of all states passed bans on trans health care for kidswww.npr.org The Supreme Court will hear a case on gender-affirming care in the next term after a flurry of legislation. Lower courts have come to conflicting conclusions when these bans were challenged.

I went looking for the whole War Room episode this Kevin Roberts/"bloodless" second American Revolution clip was in, and you know for all his "we are winning" pablum, the reason he is thanking a guest host at the top is because War Room's regular host is in jail www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court immunity decision: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution"www.mediamatters.org

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using the power of the presidency and agencies to impose a Christian-nationalist worldview on the country without having to pass any new laws or go through any publicly accountable process, and undoing abortion rights, environmental protection, labor rights, and financial safeguards in the process

Not trying to be antagonistic - it's still early in the AM - but I wonder how many of the people on socials 'talking' about Project 2025 have read through the full document. It's very very long. What is Project 2025 actually shorthand for at this moment?

In other Heritage Foundation news:

I sure hope all the Dems calling for Biden to step aside have gamed out the fuckery that the Heritage Foundation is planning www.notus.org/2024-electio...

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never heard an edge in Nina Totenberg’s voice until this morning

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constitutional lawyers use your fucking brain challenge www.politico.com/news/2024/07...

Your honor, with all due respect, this is not really happening (you bet your life it is)

Your honor, with all due respect, I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want

i am not prepared for the "Kamala!" discourse, i am still processing the abortion headline and the hurricane in the season two 'interview with the vampire' finale