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Huh. Ethereum's Vitalik had to finally come out and say "jfc, crypto bros, there's more to politics and policy than if a candidate says nice things about crypto." vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024...

Against choosing your political allegiances based on who isvitalik.eth.limo

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Snicker

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The billionaire who's been bribing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito donated a $10 million bribe to Senate Republicans to block Supreme Court reforms and investigations. Everyone understands these are bribes. Normalize calling them bribes.

Facing Dem Scrutiny, Alito Benefactor Paul Singer Donates $10 Million to GOPreadsludge.com The donation, to the Mitch McConnell-aligned Senate Leadership Fund, is Singer’s largest ever.

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UPDATE: Zero NYT articles about Trump's speech mention his praise for Victor Orban.

Here is a New York Times journalist recognizing a pretty important thing about this speech, and about Trump in general. Do you think it will be the central theme of the Times' speech coverage? If not, what does that say about the Times?

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Project 2025 calls for filling the VA with political appointees, narrowing what makes someone eligible for VA health benefits, and go after reproductive care. My colleague Patty Nieberg reports at TAsk & Purpose. taskandpurpose.com/military-lif...

What does Project 2025 mean for military veterans?taskandpurpose.com Project 2025 calls for changes to veteran healthcare, disability claims, VA personnel, infrastructure and more privatization overall.

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If Biden said this, people would have lost their minds: -exceptionally rambling and discursive -seems confused about who is governor of Wisconsin -can't remember the term "Star Wars"

WTAF

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I think it’s pretty clear that the much of the political press has a story they want to tell about Trump at this point, and they’re so committed to it that mere facts to the contrary are not going to dissuade them. bsky.app/profile/jami...

Today was the stupidest fucking day in media coverage. I explain: www.findinggravity.net/p/horny-for-...

Horny for fascismwww.findinggravity.net You ever have one of those days where nothing surprises you but the sheer volume of things not surprising you is kind of overwhelming? Here’s Politico reporter Natalie Allison with an extremely unsurp...

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Today was the stupidest fucking day in media coverage. I explain: www.findinggravity.net/p/horny-for-...

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Somehow wins 67 states, electoral college blowout.

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Trump's speech accepting the GOP nomination was divisive and incoherent, but front pages of mainstream media claimed it was “unifying” and “healing” www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...

Trump's RNC speech was divisive, but front pages of mainstream media claimed it was “unifying” and “healing”www.mediamatters.org At the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Thursday, former President Donald Trump gave a rambling speech late into the night in which he demanded Democrats drop criminal investigations aga...

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They sat fake electors as delegates and printed mass deportations now signs. Any coverage that misses those elements is willful obfuscation.

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Looking for coverage of Trump's speech that is centered on the idea that the "unity" stuff was always horseshit? Here you go. Gift link, even. wapo.st/3zIaChu

Analysis | The imaginary Trump ‘unity’ pivot was just another demand for fealtywapo.st In the wake of the assassination attempt, the campaign insisted that Donald Trump would strike a new tone. He very much and very predictably did not.

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Nate isn’t an astute political observer but in a sense that makes him a good barometer - he was fully primed to see the best in Trump’s speech, to plug it into a post-shooting narrative, and not even he could do it

guys he’s lost Nate Silver

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I think we just need to sit for a while with the fact that the two biggest celebrities they could get were Hulk Hogan and Kid Rock.

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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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This is from 2016 lol The more things change

What the actual fuck is wrong with these people? How many times have they declared "he really changed". Christ.

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Elon Musk has rapidly turned Twitter into a pro-Trump campaign engine. - Icon of Trump after his assassination attempt on the MAGA hashtag (hat tip to @parkermolloy.com) - Unremovable Trump 2024 hashtag at the top of the trending topics list - Unremovable Trump campaign ads on the Explore tab

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The dark-money puppetmaster of SCOTUS also funded the supposedly "grassroots" right-wing boycott of Bud Light last year. In '22 Leo-linked orgs routed $1.85M to a group he said would force "woke corporat[ions]" to "pay a price for their standing up for woke special interest instead of consumers."

Rightwinger Leonard Leo helped fuel Bud Light boycott, tax filings showwww.theguardian.com Exclusive: Documents reveal group linked to Leo gave money to another group that played central role in boycott

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In addition, you can't mute either the Trump2024 or MAGA hashtags (you can put them in your muted words, but nothing will be muted), and if you click one of them, THIS shit happens.

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I really cannot emphasize enough how everyone should stop posting there

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NEW: We found JD Vance's Venmo and analyzed his friends and friends of his friends. His direct friends list reveals connections to a wide array of people he'd likely call "elites," and it doesn't take too many hops before things get weird. Scoop by @dmehro.bsky.social @timmarchman.bsky.social & me:

J.D. Vance Left His Venmo Public. Here’s What It Showswww.wired.com The Republican VP nominee's Venmo network reveals connections ranging from the architects of Project 2025 to enemies of Donald Trump—and the populist's close ties to the very elites he rails against.

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A milestone? The NYT floats the "fascist" label for Trump in a news story without putting it exclusively in the mouths of critics: www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/u...

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JD Vance used to tell the white working class to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Now he's fighting a very different fight. From me and Tom Schaller at TNR:

How J.D. Vance Abandoned His Tough Love for the White Working Classnewrepublic.com He used to tell them they had no one to blame but themselves but he's found more politically palatable targets.

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Working class voters simply can't get enough of the moon-faced Yale Law freak who rose to prominence by writing and talking about how disgusting they were. "We love it," one told me at a diner, "when he gets real pink and talks about birth rates."

JD Vance, chosen as Trump’s running mate for his ability to appeal to working-class voters, officially accepts the nomination for vice president Latest updates: bloom.bg/rnc2024

Live: Updates From Republican National Conventionbloom.bg

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This image the RNC just showed in a video purporting to be from J.D. Vance's military service is a $33 stock photo

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I don't want to give anything away but I really do not care for this dude. (This is a gift link) defector.com/donald-trump...

Donald Trump Selects His Wingman | Defectordefector.com First things first: Donald Trump’s selection of Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his vice presidential candidate on Monday evening is insignificant. The office itself is insignificant by its nature and doub...

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Donald Trump selects his wingman: defector.com/donald-trump...

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Holy shit. This is approaching classic Hunter S Thompson-level political commentary. defector.com/donald-trump...

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This should horrify every decent American. Remember they mean deporting millions of Dreamers, farmworkers, long-settled immigrants who have contributed to our nation for decades. Businesses will suffer and families would be separated from coast to coast. Our neighbors, our coworkers, our loved ones.