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I’m surprised the American press hasn’t picked up Kurt Andersen’s vivid first-hand revelation that RFK Jr. was a cocaine dealer at Harvard. As Andersen points out, it’s fair to ask why Bobby is supporting someone who says that he and his ilk should be executed.
What even is the point of this? Is Trump looking for the lie so absurd, so illogical, so contrary to what everyone knows, that he will finally break the spacetime continuum?
@gtconway3@threads.net On the one hand, props to the NYT for highlighting a picture for the ages.
On the other hand, leading the paper with—not news—a news analysis saying Harris Faces Challenges … ? Have they lost their minds?
That spot used to be the Most Important News of the Day. The most important news of the day is NOT Peter Baker’s opinion that Harris faces challenges.
Flop sweat. @aaron.rupar@www.threads.net
“Instead of treating Trump as an equal force in the system, the Democrats are now treating him more like a virus.” @pbump@journa.host
“A craven man who ‘gleefully, with little remorse,’ boasted about his illegal conduct and treated it as a ‘laughing matter’ as he threatened the business owners he gouged.”
Trump? Well, yes, but not this time. It’s a criminal Trump pardoned—among a parade of convicts who used connections, money and influence to seek pardons from Mr. Trump.”
Now he has been arrested again, for multiple assaults. Fine reporting by Schmidt and Haberman. (Gift link.)
No, NYT fact-checker, attacks on his military record are not “dogging” Tim Walz. Attacks don’t dog. They have no agency.
Vance keeps attacking Tim Walz with a lot of made-up nonsense, and you are joining in.
Dems in Array
Sky now.
Here the NY Times assures us that it’s going to be all snark, all the time. They won’t even pretend to the neutral stance they used to espouse.
Why would the NY Times choose the day the Democrats publish their highly detailed 91-page platform to complain that Harris is "light on policy"? This approaches self-parody. How about, instead, reporting on the numerous and specific policies expressed in the Democratic platform and comparing them to whatever policies you can find Trump and his party advocating?
https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FINAL-MASTER-PLATFORM.pdf
“When you mention Jeffrey Epstein, sir, are you referring to the friend of Donald Trump who entertained him at parties, flew him on his jet, and procured young girls for him?” @aaron.rupar@www.threads.net
Notice how comfortable the NY Times is, favorably comparing Harris to Biden. Can they favorably compare her to Trump? No, they cannot. It is forbidden.
He really said this. Think about it.
“We gave Miriam [Adelson, billionaire donor] the Presidential Medal of Freedom … It’s the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor— it’s actually much better because everyone gets the Congressional Medal, they’re soldiers. They’re either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets or they’re dead. She gets it and she’s a healthy beautiful woman.”
The NY Times catches up with Trump encouraging Russian aggression against NATO, and look how they minimize the story:
1. It’s old news. “… repeating a claim he has made previously …”
2. It’s just braggadocio. “… to highlight his negotiating skills …”
3. The first reaction quoted is not from the White House (¶6) but from Putin (¶4)—who promises never to invade anyone.
4. Trump says he caused “hundreds of billions” to be paid in. NYT doesn’t mention that this is a lie.
Justice Kagan sounds the alarm: The Supreme Court is seizing for itself authority that it does not have under the Constitution.
It’s time for Biden and the Democrats to treat this as the constitution crisis it so clearly is.
“Better to talk to people than communicate by tweet.”
The former tech giant known as Twitter has a new company motto.