Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats
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"I'm going to be a dictator for just one day"
"The police really just need one good super violent day"
"I don't think I need to stick to what any judge tells me"
I genuinely worry about the future of the world - not just your country - should this guy win (again). That some 45% of the voters can actually support any of this is mindblowing.
"The police really just need one good super violent day"
"I don't think I need to stick to what any judge tells me"
I genuinely worry about the future of the world - not just your country - should this guy win (again). That some 45% of the voters can actually support any of this is mindblowing.
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One last piece of racist bullshit from old genocide Joe before he shuffles his way out of the presidency.
So fucking glad I no longer need to vote for his stupid racist ass in November.
Turn?! There's been no turn, it's been an eight year dark straight line.
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1/ Iran fired nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel after Israel launched a ground invasion into Lebanon to pursue Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Lebanese militia. The strikes also follow Israel’s killing of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah last week. Most of the missiles were intercepted — including with help from U.S. naval destroyers — and there are no reports of deaths inside Israel. The Biden administration described Iran’s attack as “defeated and ineffective,” but acknowledged that “this is a significant escalation” and “there will be severe consequences.” Iran, nevertheless, warned that Israel would face “a crushing defeat” if it responds with force. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded, saying “Iran made a big mistake this evening, and it will pay for it.” He added: “Whoever attacks us, we will attack them.” Israel is at war with two of Iran’s allied militias – Hamas and Hezbollah – and the airstrikes risks a wider war in the Middle East. The U.N. Security Council, meanwhile, will hold an emergency meeting to discuss Iran’s attacks on Israel and the threat of a widening war in the region. (New York Times / Washington Post / NPR / Politico / Associated Press / Axios / Wall Street Journal / Bloomberg / CNBC / NBC News / ABC News / CNN)
3/ Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said “the economy is in solid shape,” adding that while more rate cuts are expected, the size and speed “will depend on the data.” Fed officials lowered interest rates by half a percentage points – 50 basis points – at their September meeting, and penciled in two more quarter-point rate cuts in November and December. It was the first reduction in more than four years. “We’re looking at it as a process that will play out over some time,” Powell said, referring to the Fed’s interest rate reductions, “not something that we need to go fast on. It’ll depend on the data, the speed at which we actually go.” Inflation fell to 2.2% in August, and the unemployment rate ticked down last month to 4.2% – nearly a full percentage point higher than the low of 3.4% it reached last year. Hiring, meanwhile, has slowed to an average of 116,000 jobs a month in the past three month – about half its pace a year ago. (Associated Press / Washington Post / New York Times / Axios)
- Why Did Israel Send Troops Into Lebanon? “Israel says it aims to cripple Hezbollah’s forces in an area of southern Lebanon that the armed group controls.” (New York Times)
3/ Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said “the economy is in solid shape,” adding that while more rate cuts are expected, the size and speed “will depend on the data.” Fed officials lowered interest rates by half a percentage points – 50 basis points – at their September meeting, and penciled in two more quarter-point rate cuts in November and December. It was the first reduction in more than four years. “We’re looking at it as a process that will play out over some time,” Powell said, referring to the Fed’s interest rate reductions, “not something that we need to go fast on. It’ll depend on the data, the speed at which we actually go.” Inflation fell to 2.2% in August, and the unemployment rate ticked down last month to 4.2% – nearly a full percentage point higher than the low of 3.4% it reached last year. Hiring, meanwhile, has slowed to an average of 116,000 jobs a month in the past three month – about half its pace a year ago. (Associated Press / Washington Post / New York Times / Axios)
Not really our problem, yknow. Being toadie to an insane narcissist brings all kinds of problems. Maybe covering for Trump isn't worth the hassle.
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1/ Trump “resorted to crimes” after losing the 2020 election, special counsel Jack Smith allege in a court filing unsealed Wednesday. Prosecutors described Trump as directly responsible for “the tinderbox that he purposely ignited on January 6” after his “increasingly desperate” efforts to cling to power and overturn his 2020 election loss were unsuccessful. “When all else had failed,” Trump “directed an angry crowd of supporters to the United States Capitol to obstruct the congressional certification.” Throughout the document, Smith argues that Trump was “fundamentally” acting as a private candidate for office and not as president when he sought to overturn his 2020 election loss – a direct response to the Supreme Court ruling that Trump had immunity for some actions he took as president. “At its core, the defendant’s scheme was a private one; he extensively used private actors and his Campaign infrastructure to attempt to overturn the election results and operated in a private capacity as a candidate for office,” Smith wrote. Prosecutors also accused Trump of knowing “his fraud claims were false because he continued to make those claims even after his close advisors – acting not in an official capacity but in a private or campaign-related capacity—told him they were not true.” (Associated Press / New York Times / Washington Post / NBC News / CNN / ABC News / Axios)
2/ Trump spent 33-minutes meandering through various unrelated subjects before barely touching on the focus of a campaign event meant to highlight his education policy. “We can be nice and we can be politically incorrect, but the only thing they’re going to do there is cheat on elections, and we just can’t let this happen,” Trump said, adding: “The city of Milwaukee is the home of first and oldest choice program.” Trump went on to erroneously refer to Iran as Iraq, confuse the dictator of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, with the president of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, and claim Kim “is trying to kill me,” seemingly confusing Kim with Iran. U.S. intelligence officials have briefed Trump about the “real and specific threats” by Iran to assassinate him as part of “an effort to destabilize and sow chaos.” At one point Trump was asked if he should have been tougher on Iran after they retaliated over the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani and struck al-Asad Airbase in Iraq. While no U.S. soldiers were killed, over 100 were later diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries. Trump responded that “they could take a knife, they were like Rambos, just like putting a million Rambos – good old Sylvester Stallone was my friend. But it’s like putting a million Rambos.” When pressed to answer the actual question, Trump replied: “What does injured mean? You mean because they had a headache because the bombs never hit the fort?” The Harris campaign called Trump “unfit to be Commander-in-Chief” over the remarks. (Washington Post / New York Times / Axios / Politico / Salon)
3/ Trump claimed he would veto a federal abortion ban if he is elected despite nominating three of the six conservative Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade. Trump also refused to commit to vetoing such a ban during his debate with Harris last month, instead arguing he “wouldn’t have to” veto an abortion ban. In an all-caps message on his personal social media platform, Trump wrote: “Everyone knows I would not support a federal abortion ban, under any circumstances, and would, in fact, veto it, because it is up to the states to decide based on the will of their voters.” Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of women voters who think abortion should be legal plan to cast their votes for Trump, according to a new poll. For these women, the economy and immigration rank ahead of abortion. (Politico / CNN)
4/ Trump backed out of an interview on “60 Minutes” because he didn’t want to be interrupted for fact checks. Trump and Harris had both previously agreed to sit for individual interviews with CBS News as part of its prime-time election special next week. The Trump campaign, however, claimed “there were discussions but nothing was ever scheduled or locked in. They insisted on cutting out of the interview to do fact-checking.” Harris, meanwhile, will still appear on the show – the highest-rated news program on TV. (Washington Post / Axios / NPR / CNN)
2/ Trump spent 33-minutes meandering through various unrelated subjects before barely touching on the focus of a campaign event meant to highlight his education policy. “We can be nice and we can be politically incorrect, but the only thing they’re going to do there is cheat on elections, and we just can’t let this happen,” Trump said, adding: “The city of Milwaukee is the home of first and oldest choice program.” Trump went on to erroneously refer to Iran as Iraq, confuse the dictator of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, with the president of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, and claim Kim “is trying to kill me,” seemingly confusing Kim with Iran. U.S. intelligence officials have briefed Trump about the “real and specific threats” by Iran to assassinate him as part of “an effort to destabilize and sow chaos.” At one point Trump was asked if he should have been tougher on Iran after they retaliated over the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani and struck al-Asad Airbase in Iraq. While no U.S. soldiers were killed, over 100 were later diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries. Trump responded that “they could take a knife, they were like Rambos, just like putting a million Rambos – good old Sylvester Stallone was my friend. But it’s like putting a million Rambos.” When pressed to answer the actual question, Trump replied: “What does injured mean? You mean because they had a headache because the bombs never hit the fort?” The Harris campaign called Trump “unfit to be Commander-in-Chief” over the remarks. (Washington Post / New York Times / Axios / Politico / Salon)
3/ Trump claimed he would veto a federal abortion ban if he is elected despite nominating three of the six conservative Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade. Trump also refused to commit to vetoing such a ban during his debate with Harris last month, instead arguing he “wouldn’t have to” veto an abortion ban. In an all-caps message on his personal social media platform, Trump wrote: “Everyone knows I would not support a federal abortion ban, under any circumstances, and would, in fact, veto it, because it is up to the states to decide based on the will of their voters.” Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of women voters who think abortion should be legal plan to cast their votes for Trump, according to a new poll. For these women, the economy and immigration rank ahead of abortion. (Politico / CNN)
4/ Trump backed out of an interview on “60 Minutes” because he didn’t want to be interrupted for fact checks. Trump and Harris had both previously agreed to sit for individual interviews with CBS News as part of its prime-time election special next week. The Trump campaign, however, claimed “there were discussions but nothing was ever scheduled or locked in. They insisted on cutting out of the interview to do fact-checking.” Harris, meanwhile, will still appear on the show – the highest-rated news program on TV. (Washington Post / Axios / NPR / CNN)
Remember Disney? Yeah, Uber makes the same claims... And gets backed up by the judge
The TOS of Uber Eats applies to Uber rides as well, and getting into a car accident sucks for you but you can't take'm to court.
The TOS of Uber Eats applies to Uber rides as well, and getting into a car accident sucks for you but you can't take'm to court.
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1/ Biden’s student loan forgiveness program can proceed after a federal judge let a temporary restraining order expire. The lawsuit was brought by seven Republican-led states that argued the Biden administration’s rule would be detrimental to income tax revenue. U.S. District Judge Randal Hall, however, found that Georgia lacked standing to sue because the state failed to show it would be harmed by the plan to forgive $73 billion in student loan debt held by millions of Americans. Instead, Hall directed the case to be transferred to Missouri. The Republican-led states asked a federal judge in Missouri to rule by Friday on whether to continue blocking the proposal. (NBC News / Reuters / CNBC)
2/ Trump promised to revoke Temporary Protected Status and deport the Haitian migrants who are legally living in Springfield, Ohio, if he is reelected in November. Following a 2010, 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti that killed around 220,000 people, Obama added Haitians to the TPS program, which allows migrants to stay in the U.S. when their countries are unsafe to return to. Despite spending weeks spreading debunked conspiracy theories that Haitian migrants were eating pets in Springfield, Trump continued to disparage them, saying that placing thousands of migrants in the town “doesn’t work.” He added: “You have to remove the people. You cannot destroy — we cannot destroy our country. You had a beautiful, safe community. Everyone’s in love with everybody, everything was nice, it was like a picture community.” Trump also falsely claimed that over 30,000 migrants have moved into Springfield in recent years, but the number is between 12,000 and 15,000 in the entire county – not just the city. Trump has previously said he wants to deport between 15 and 20 million immigrants if reelected. (Axios / Politico / New York Times / CNN)
3/ A former Colorado county clerk was sentenced to nine years in prison for tampering with voting machines under her control during the 2020 election. Tina Peters was convicted of four felony and three misdemeanor charges for allowing MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell – a pro-Trump activist and a prominent promoter of the false claims that voting machines were manipulated to steal the election from Trump – to use another person’s security card to access to the Mesa County election system in May 2021. The county’s machines later had to be replaced when data, including passwords for the machines, was posted online. “Your lies are well-documented and these convictions are serious,” Judge Matthew Barrett told Peters before he handed down his sentence, calling her a “charlatan” who used her time in office “to peddle snake oil.” Barrett told Peters that “the damage is immeasurable,” and “I’m convinced you would do it all over again if you could […] You’re as defiant a defendant as I’ve ever seen.” (Associated Press / New York Times / NBC News / CNBC)
Pertaining to the unsealed Smith Jan 6 filing:
2/ Trump promised to revoke Temporary Protected Status and deport the Haitian migrants who are legally living in Springfield, Ohio, if he is reelected in November. Following a 2010, 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti that killed around 220,000 people, Obama added Haitians to the TPS program, which allows migrants to stay in the U.S. when their countries are unsafe to return to. Despite spending weeks spreading debunked conspiracy theories that Haitian migrants were eating pets in Springfield, Trump continued to disparage them, saying that placing thousands of migrants in the town “doesn’t work.” He added: “You have to remove the people. You cannot destroy — we cannot destroy our country. You had a beautiful, safe community. Everyone’s in love with everybody, everything was nice, it was like a picture community.” Trump also falsely claimed that over 30,000 migrants have moved into Springfield in recent years, but the number is between 12,000 and 15,000 in the entire county – not just the city. Trump has previously said he wants to deport between 15 and 20 million immigrants if reelected. (Axios / Politico / New York Times / CNN)
3/ A former Colorado county clerk was sentenced to nine years in prison for tampering with voting machines under her control during the 2020 election. Tina Peters was convicted of four felony and three misdemeanor charges for allowing MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell – a pro-Trump activist and a prominent promoter of the false claims that voting machines were manipulated to steal the election from Trump – to use another person’s security card to access to the Mesa County election system in May 2021. The county’s machines later had to be replaced when data, including passwords for the machines, was posted online. “Your lies are well-documented and these convictions are serious,” Judge Matthew Barrett told Peters before he handed down his sentence, calling her a “charlatan” who used her time in office “to peddle snake oil.” Barrett told Peters that “the damage is immeasurable,” and “I’m convinced you would do it all over again if you could […] You’re as defiant a defendant as I’ve ever seen.” (Associated Press / New York Times / NBC News / CNBC)
- As election threats rise, Justice Dept. says its options are limited. “Free speech protections keep federal authorities from taking stronger actions against alleged harassment and intimidation.” (Washington Post)
- Cybersecurity head says there’s no chance a foreign adversary can change US election results. “Malicious actors, even if they tried, could not have an impact at scale such that there would be a material effect on the outcome of the election,” said Jen Easterly, director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. (Associated Press)
Pertaining to the unsealed Smith Jan 6 filing:
- Takeaways from the big new filing on Trump’s 2020 election plot. “So what,” “Make them riot,” “It doesn’t matter if you won or lost the election,” and what it all means legally and politically. (Washington Post / Politico / ABC News)
- Jack Smith’s Big New Jan. 6 Brief Is a Major Indictment of the Supreme Court. “Right now it appears to be a toss-up whether Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris will win office in the November election. If Trump wins, he will have his attorney general fire Smith and shut down this prosecution. If he keeps his promises, he even may seek to investigate and prosecute Smith, Harris, Biden, and others. There is a risk of authoritarianism down the line.” (Slate)
- Trump claims new Jack Smith filing is election interference. “Trump accused the special counsel of election interference over a filing released Wednesday. But a federal judge, not Smith, made the decision to make it public and when.” (NBC News)
- Trump casts ‘election interference’ label on everything while facing federal charges. “Trump is already laying the groundwork to dispute the results of another election, leveling baseless charges of interference as his own federal election interference case progresses.” (NBC News)
- Trump Fumes Over Release of New Evidence in Election Interference Case. “The Justice Department has provided new details regarding Trump’s actions on Jan. 6 through an evidentiary brief unsealed on Wednesday.” (Rolling Stone / Daily Beast)
- Trump’s Response When He Learned Pence’s Life Was In Danger On Jan. 6: ’So What?” “The anecdote was among hundreds of pieces of evidence gathered by federal prosecutors into a 165-page court filing, unsealed Wednesday, in their four-count felony prosecution against Trump for his actions leading up to and during his coup attempt.” (HuffPost / Washington Post / CNBC)
- No amount of evidence will convince Republicans of Trump’s 2020 guilt. “Republican support for Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election has always been despite the evidence, not because of it.” (Washington Post)
- Read Jack Smith’s arguments for why Trump is not immune in Jan. 6 case. “In a court filing unsealed Wednesday, prosecutors laid out new evidence that Trump’s efforts to subvert the results of the 2020 election were taken as a private candidate.” (Washington Post)
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Oh you know who "They" are whenever one of these people say "they." "They" have the space lasers, too.
6 years ago, I remember when Ted Cruz was scared for his job and I commented on how many text messages I was getting from his campaign.
About 2 weeks ago, I started getting at least a dozen texts a day from the republicans (or grifters posing as republicans--though that Venn diagram has a lot of overlap) with messages like "Your contribution is the only way we're gonna beat the dems!" It's seriously a lot.
and none of them have anything to do with policy issues. They're all focusing on team-ism--gotta beat the libs, or gotta beat the dems. It's sad at how effective it probably is.
Oh, and it's super strange how many of them mention Elon Musk for some weird reason (link censored, because fuck these guys).
About 2 weeks ago, I started getting at least a dozen texts a day from the republicans (or grifters posing as republicans--though that Venn diagram has a lot of overlap) with messages like "Your contribution is the only way we're gonna beat the dems!" It's seriously a lot.
and none of them have anything to do with policy issues. They're all focusing on team-ism--gotta beat the libs, or gotta beat the dems. It's sad at how effective it probably is.
Oh, and it's super strange how many of them mention Elon Musk for some weird reason (link censored, because fuck these guys).
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A couple times, I've caught a split-second existence of an incoming text "from" trump or cruz a fraction of a moment before my phone autodeletes it as spam. It does seem to be happening a lot more than previously.