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(Jimmy Margulies, King Features)
(John Deering, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
(John Branch, King Features)
(Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News)
(Clay Jones, claytoonz.substack.com; context here)
(Marian Kamensky, caglecartoons.com, Austria)
(Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press)
(David Horsey, The Seattle Times)
(Robert Ariail, Spartanburg Herald-Journal, SC; context here)
The Malignant Fascist's sell out of Ukraine for a little Russian diesel --
— emptywheel (@emptywheel.bsky.social) October 9, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Re: Trump's diesel deal with Putin Conversion factor is 7.5 barrels of diesel per metric ton. Daily global diesel consumption is around 25 million bpd. So, the initial 300,000 tons, or 2.2 million barrels, would meet global demand for about two hours.
— Jeffrey Brown (@texasgeologist.bsky.social) October 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This is what an American hero -- and patriot -- looks like --
This is what an American hero looks like. Her name is Katie Phang and she is suing the most corrupt attorney general in U.S. history, pedophile protector Todd Blanche, to force him to release the unredacted Epstein files.
— Bill Madden (@maddenifico.bsky.social) October 8, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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Trump regime corruption, Kimberly Guilfoyle edition --
Team of Mercenaries by @GrahamDavidA www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu) October 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
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The Latino voters coming out in big numbers bad for the MF --
ICYMI: Latino early voting is currently outpacing where it was at the same time in 2024 in RAW VOTE TOTALS, a new study finds. That's astounding. Turnout is usually much higher in presidential years. This election will bury the Myth of Multiracial MAGA. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2164...
— Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) October 10, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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A Dem sweep of Governor battleground races would have big impact ahead --
Whoever wins the governorships in the battleground states will certify the 2028 presidential election. There are election deniers running, in Wisconsin and elsewhere. We've got to beat them. My new NYT op-ed:
— Ben Wikler (@benwikler.bsky.social) October 9, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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The Trump bribe and clean up effort --
Trump Mails Americans Checks Ahead of Midterms, Seeking to Compensate for What His Party Did to Healthcare talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) October 10, 2026 at 7:54 AM
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The whiny MF and his delusional obsession with the Nobel Peace Prize --
Remember, his campaign promise in 2024 was he would stop the Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours and he wouldn't start any new wars. Russia's war continues nearly 2 years later, and he let Bibi convince him to launch a war against Iran. Real Nobel Peace Prize stuff here.
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona.bsky.social) October 10, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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The MF's new press secretary as bad as the last --
Very special. I know it's hard to get him to talk about the ballroom because he's got so much on his plate improving the lives of regular Americans.
— Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) October 10, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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The ultimate stretch for the ultimate stench --
Trump's suit appears to be part of Jos. A. Bank's Traveler line. The suit is listed as having been made abroad using a wool-polyester-spandex blend. The company describes it as having the "ultimate stretch" and was designed to minimize body odor.
— derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) October 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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"... Any easing of sanctions against Russia without a clear and lasting de-escalation agreement with Russia is an obvious weakness. It plays into Russia’s hands – allowing it to kill more, wage war for longer, have even less respect for America, and inflict even greater losses and damage on the world.
"Ukraine is ready to take symmetrical de-escalatory steps, and the American team knows our position. Our strikes on Russian oil refineries and other oil facilities are a response to Russia’s years-long campaign of terror against Ukraine’s energy sector. Ukraine will not set Russian oil refineries on fire if Russia does not destroy our energy infrastructure. This is the kind of agreement we are proposing to America, and we believe the United States has enough power to achieve such a compromise.
"Gifts to Putin will not bring peace or any benefit to the civilized world. Russia will “repay” the diesel with further terror and perfidy. Allowing Russia to sell petroleum products is an investment in a war that must be ended, not prolonged. What is needed is real de-escalation with Russia on a reciprocal basis.
"We count on America’s fair support for our defense of life, for our defense of people in Ukraine – and on the United States having a correspondingly strong conversation with Russia. A strong one, not a weak one." -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, yesterday on X, reacting to the "deal" the stupid, desperate, and easily manipulated Malignant Fascist made with mentor and war criminal Putin for supplies of Russian diesel. In addition to dropping the sanctions against Russian energy products, the MF's "deal" would amount to funding Putin's war effort against Ukraine, all for a window-dressing gesture that, even if the Russians could make good on their promise, wouldn't alleviate the diesel crisis that is sinking MAGAt Republicans in the mid-term elections. Here's why:
Context: 300k tonnes of diesel = 93 million gallons. US uses 160 to 170 million gallons per day - so 300k tonnes would last 13-14 hours. Total order of 1.8 million tonnes = ~82 hours of US use = ~3 days 10 hours. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
— Euan MacDonald (@euanmacdonald.bsky.social) October 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Oops.
The MF's "deal" may have gone up in smoke anyway after Ukrainian drones damaged the NZNP Rostovsky oil export terminal last night, setting it on fire. Oops again.
So, instead of a strong President with resolve, we have a stupid, weak, corrupt, self-interested narcissistic sociopath who is perfectly willing to sell out his country's interests and allies and what's left of its reputation in order to gain an ephemeral "win" in an election in which his party's circling the drain. As Zelenskyy rightly notes, it plays into Russia's hands so they "have even less respect for America" (than they already do). That's a particularly dangerous place to be.
High-spending ambassador to Greece, and corrupt Don Jr.'s former fiancé / cougar Kimberly "Guiltyfoyle" Guilfoyle's attempted shakedown of a MAGA donor for $100,000 is being investigated by the State Department's Inspector General. From NBC News:
"U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle and the embassy she leads are under investigation by the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General, two people familiar with the decision confirmed to NBC News.
The government watchdog’s probe comes as legal consultant and longtime Donald Trump supporter and donor Eric Deters has accused Guilfoyle of asking him to pay her outstanding $100,000 American Express bill in the days before her 2025 confirmation hearing in exchange for access to senior administration officials.
“She was so desperate for that $100,000. It was a quid pro quo,” Deters told NBC News in an interview Thursday.
“She said I could ask her for anything and everything in Trump world. There was no request too big,” he said of Guilfoyle, a former Fox News personality, Trump campaign surrogate and ex-fiancee of Donald Trump Jr.
Deters provided NBC News with a PDF document of texts and Signal messages with Guilfoyle, which were first reported Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal. The Daily Mail first reported the watchdog investigation." (our emphasis)
The corrupt Malignant Fascist was asked yesterday about the reports that Guilfoyle tried to get the money in exchange for influence in the MF's regime, and replied "too bad, I mean I don't know." He meant too bad she got caught. We'll see if the Inspector General has sufficient spine to investigate the breadth of her corruption.
Guilfoyle's inappropriate sexualized outfits and extreme, Mar a Lago face makeup and plastic surgery earned her the boot from the Trump Crime Family, but she's the perfect embodiment of the corruption, greed and entitlement that permeates the MF's regime.
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Some smart teens in Ontario, Canada, have come up with the board game of the year.
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Features of the board itself:
You can get an expansion pack of 29 additional Questionable Decision cards (beyond the 58 included in the box). Some of those include:
Ordering information and more is at the link above. Some of the proceeds are going to charitable causes (which would make them "suckers" to the Malignant Fascist, a.k.a., the "American Dictator"). Avoid the Christmas rush, order NOW.
(P.S. -- "They're not laughing at us anymore." -- DJT)
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(Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
(Mike Stanfill, ragingpencils.com)
(John Darkow, Columbia Missourian)
(Bill Day, caglecartoons.com)
(Jeff Koterba, caglecartoons.com)
(Chris Britt, Creators.com)
(Rick McKee, caglecartoons.com)
(Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune; context here)
(David Rowe, Financial Review, Australia)
(John Cole, The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA)
(Ruben Bolling, gocomics.com)
(Paul Noth, The New Yorker)
Former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance, is sounding the alarm over evidence that the corrupt felonious Malignant Fascist is plotting with his election denier cultists to disrupt the mid-term elections. Read the entire article in her Substack column:
"Trump is calling in the election-denier faithful to meet with him in advance of the midterm elections. We know this in part because people like Ed Martin have said so. He announced that Tina Peters, the Colorado elections clerk who went to prison for election crimes and was recently pardoned, met with Trump in the Oval Office to discuss election integrity and 'the plans' for the upcoming midterm elections.
According to a local Colorado reporter, Peters’ attorney said the plan involved 'seizing ballots nationwide' and a 'strategy for a potential civil war,' although there’s no word on whether those topics were actually discussed and what the President’s views on them are.
That meeting isn’t an isolated occurrence. Trump seems to be preparing to try and salvage a potential electoral loss in ways that are all too familiar for those of us who lived through January 6. We understand the concept. And like always, Trump says the quiet part out loud.
Trump: 'We have some big surprises coming up in a few weeks, right Russ? He's gonna be one of the important people in the history of our country.' [OMB Director Russ] Vought is, of course, the architect of Project 2025. The idea that Trump is touting 'big surprises' in the next 'few weeks'—the period of time up to and including the election—and that as a result, Vought will be one of the important people in the history of our country,” should be a wake-up call for anyone who is still asleep." (our emphasis)
The MF is delusional and arrogant enough to publicly announce his plans to tilt the elections in his favor by employing tactics of the likes of Ed Martin and Tina Peters, the latter of whom was granted clemency by a spineless Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado, nominally a Dem. As we keep saying, forewarned is forearmed.
Operation Epic Quagmire / attack or no attack / winning! --
Hours later, Trump posts that the US has just had “productive talks” with Iran and announced the US will not attack Iran before the midterms.
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) October 8, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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The United States and Israel are planning to resume the war against Iran before Israel’s election scheduled for 27th October, Israel’s Channel 12 reported on Thursday, contradicting statements by US President Donald Trump. Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20261009-isr...
— Middle East Monitor (@middleeastmonitor.bsky.social) October 9, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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So much winning 🙄 #Trump #Iran #Hegseth
— Gary Robertson (@robertson1970.bsky.social) October 9, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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Trump's election playbook -- forewarned is forearmed --
Trump is desperately trying to incite a riot before the election so he can declare an emergency
— Laura Bassett (@lebassett.bsky.social) October 8, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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Another day, another Trump scam --
Of course the Trump Savings Accounts for kids turns out to be scam. In effect, "our president is helping rich donors offload overvalued stocks onto children, who are forced to hold the stocks for five years whether they want to or not." www.rawstory.com/trump-accoun...
— Khashoggi's Ghost (@urocklive1.bsky.social) October 8, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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Whiskey Pete Hegseth's firing squad livestream: brutality is the point --
UN says Pentagon plan to livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter would amount to torture – US politics live
— The Guardian (@theguardian.com) October 9, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.
— Eric Levai (@ericlevai.bsky.social) October 9, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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Is there anything that says 'the country is in the hands of fascists' quite so much as a public execution?
— Kathy O'Donnell (@kathyodonnell.bsky.social) October 9, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Morning America. We'd just like to let you know that if (as is by no means certain) you get rid of your current leader and his cronies in 2028, your application for readmission to civilization will probably be given sympathetic consideration. Yours, the human race. ❤️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
— Adrian Littlejohn (@yorksfella59.bsky.social) October 9, 2026 at 5:57 AM
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Incitement / abolish ICE, then start the prosecutions --
“His words are dangerous and incite hostility” seems like it’d more applicable to Trump calling on Minnesotans to “fight back” against their Somali-American neighbors.
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) October 9, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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“They’re kids! They’re kids!” Monstrous. Abolish ICE.
— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) October 8, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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A member of Congress at the scene confirmed to The Intercept that there was a child in victim's car when ICE agents shot at it.
— The Intercept (@theintercept.com) October 8, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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And the Nobel Peace Prize goes to... not Trump, who retaliates --
Not happening, Donald! Just days after claiming it would be a “great discredit” if he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize, the prize went to South African anti-apartheid lawyer and human rights judge Navi Pillay.
— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) October 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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EXCLUSIVE: US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize reut.rs/4zoCXDd
— Reuters (@reuters.com) October 9, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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Today would have been John Lennon's 86th birthday. Assassinated on December 8, 1980, Lennon's impact on music beyond that awful day will forever remain unknown. Rather than rehash his many musical contributions with The Beatles, as a solo artist, and with The Plastic Ono Band, let's just remember him today with a small selection of his music.
Lennon cited "Strawberry Fields Forever" as his finest work with the Beatles, so we'll start with that.
"I Should Have Known Better," from The Beatles early days (1964), was featured in their film, "A Hard Day's Night."
Finally, what else but his signature 1971 anthem, "Imagine."
(Happy Birthday to Silver Spring Bureau Chief Brian, too!)
The right-wing Make America Healthy Again movement, known for opposition to vaccines and for boosting pseudoscience quackery, is reportedly up in arms against what they see as a betrayal of their movement. Many are threatening to sit the mid-terms out or to vote for either the independent or Dem alternative. From The Hill:
"Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) activists are growing frustrated with Republican leaders following a series of what many see are serious betrayals of the movement.
The growing divide between the two comes just ahead of the midterm elections, where the GOP is already facing headwinds.
The latest setback is the farm bill, supported by Republicans purporting to be MAHA sympathizers. Activists are pushing back on the inclusion of a provision to delay a deadline for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pesticide safety reviews. They’re also raising concerns about cuts to certain conservation programs.
Meanwhile, Trump administration officials hobnobbing with key industries and little activist presence at a recent MAHA summit is also exacerbating tensions.
Voters in this bloc are characterized by their support for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as well as distrust of vaccine mandates and chemical and agriculture corporations. Activist Zen Honeycutt, founder of Moms Across America, warned that MAHA-aligned voters could sit out the midterms — meaning the potential loss of a key pocket of support for Republicans." (our emphasis)
Read the rest of the linked article to get a sense of the complaints from MAHA proponents about the lying Malignant Fascist's regime's broken promises. We hope their frustration and anger at them plays out at the ballot box on November 3.
(photo: HHS Secretary "Bobby Brainworm" having a problem with MAHAts)
As of today, it looks like Sen. Jon Ossoff will win his race in Georgia and former Gov. Roy Cooper will win his race in North Carolina (you need to show up to make that happen!). Other races are essentially no contests in either blue or red states. These are the most contested Senate races that would be worthy of a donation:
Mary Peltola (Alaska)
Josh Turek (Iowa)
Adam Hamilton (Kansas)
Troy Jackson (Maine)
Abdul El-Sayed (Michigan)
Peggy Flanagan (Minnesota)
Sherrod Brown (Ohio)
James Talarico (Texas)
A few stretches we need to add:
Jamie Davis (Louisiana)
Scott Colom (Mississippi)
If you should decide to make a donation, this is the map at Electoral-vote.com, with the polling key, that may help you decide (as much as polls can tell us) where it might be the most strategically helpful (the "barely Dem" and "tied" being the most obvious). Click to enlarge.
Time, as they say, is of the essence, as the MAGAt party/ cult's Epstein class oligarch donors are kicking in megabucks to try to turn the Democratic tide in the last few weeks of campaigning. We're next to certain that won't happen, particularly if we make an effort to get the financial playing field a little more level. Please help if you can.
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(Rick McKee, caglecartoons.com)
(Gary Markstein, Creators.com)
(Robert Ariail, Spartanburg Herald-Journal, SC)
(David Horsey, The Seattle Times)
(Nick Anderson, Raw Story)
(Michael de Adder, caglecartoons.com, Canada)
(Jeff Koterba, caglecartoons.com)
(Drew Sheneman, Tribune Content Agency)
(Joe Heller, hellertoon.com)
(Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News)
(Jack Ohman, Tribune Content Agency)
(Peter Steiner, @plsteiner)
Attention! The Stable Genius Cadet Bone Spurs has locked on to a new ENEMY in his focus on things that matter to the American people:
Artificial Intelligence! Artificial Intelligence! Artificial Intelligence! Artificial Intelligence!
Pass it on!
We seriously wonder if he's secretly taken out a copyright or trademark on "Super Intelligence," or is it just because he thinks he invented the term? He's a giant among morons and a laughingstock of the world.
Meanwhile, let's keep track of who bends the knee to this twaddle.
Trump - Epstein files coverup: deaths of Epstein class whistleblowers --
NEW: Maybe it's time to take a good look at all these deaths in the Epstein-Trump orbit. jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/dead-men-t...
— Julie K. Brown (@jkbjournalist.bsky.social) October 7, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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Operation Epic Quagmire: crude oil up, Saudis down, Trump saber rattling --
“.. Preliminary data showed just 4mn barrels transiting the strait on Tuesday.” @financialtimes.com ⛽️ www.ft.com/content/ec86...
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) October 8, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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BLASTS RATTLE RIYADH, SAUDIS HIT BY DEADLIEST HOUTHI ATTACKS SO FAR - NYT
— FinTwitter (@fintwitter.bsky.social) October 8, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Old: Iran pulls an October Surprise on Trump by attacking before the midterms New: Trump pulls an October Surprise on himself by attacking before the midterms www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
— Brian Finucane (@bcfinucane.bsky.social) October 7, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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The corruption of the Malignant Fascist's regime continues on and on --
Despicable!! www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
— Susan McPherson (@susanmcp.bsky.social) October 7, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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Who could’ve have foreseen Kim Guilfoyle would go on a grifting and crime spree after Trump named her as Ambassador to Greece to get her out of the country after Junior hooked up with a younger woman?
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) October 7, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Update on early voting trends --
#earlyvote evening update 10/7: at least 2,072,005 people have voted in the 2026 general election 🥳 election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2...
— Michael McDonald (@electproject.bsky.social) October 7, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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Most significant early vote trend we are seeing so far (yes it is early) is heightened performance among people of color. Here's this morning's national early vote tally from #TargetEarly broken out demographically:
— Simon Rosenberg (@simonwdc.bsky.social) October 8, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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Iowa and Ohio polls --
New CNN/SSRS polls of Ohio and Iowa (9/29-10/5, online and phone) Iowa (MoE ±4.2%) Senate: Hinson 45% - Turek 43% Governor: Sand 51% - Lahn 42% Ohio (MoE ±4.5%) Senate: Brown 49% - Husted 43% Governor: Acton 50% - Ramaswamy 42% Jon Husted hasn't led in any poll since June.
— James Downie (@jamescdownie.bsky.social) October 8, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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The MF's health care plan coming right up, suckers! --
This promise has been two weeks away for the past 10 years. Maybe his massive health care plan is what Natalie has been hauling around in her giant diaper bag.
— Sanho Tree (@sanho.bsky.social) October 8, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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Bezos delivers subtle message to spouse --
somewhere his wife is like “wait what”
— shauna (@goldengateblond.bsky.social) October 7, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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Realism in art --
If you've seen the giant golden naked Trump statue that was just unveiled this morning inside the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France - well, I fixed it, by by making it just a tad more realistic. #DonaldTrump
— Paulley Ticks (@tomadelsbach.bsky.social) October 7, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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"Donald Trump narrowly winning two presidential elections in conditions highly favorable to the out party may suggest the conclusion that playing dirty is always good politics, but I don’t think that this is true. Trump’s illegal taxpayer-funded campaign ads are very bad, but I continue to think that to the extent that they matter they will be a net negative for Republicans [snip]
"The thing about this is that Trump has dark money coming out of his ass — there’s absolutely no reason his Riefenstahl-for-even-bigger-morons ads couldn’t have been self-funded. The looting of the public fisc was an end in itself. But it’s not a great idea to remind people of your endless corrupt self-dealing during the football game while it costs $110 to fill up their truck." -- Scott Lemieux, LGM, on "Counterproductive Authoritarianism." The American public sees what's going on and is overwhelmingly against the Malignant Fascist's taxpayer-funded political ads. After near universal condemnation, it caused an extremely rare walk-back from the MF, who claims those ads will be funded by one of his PACs going forward. (The Democratic Party is suing him to have the government reimbursed for the ads already run that the MF still wants taxpayers to pay for.) In the meantime, the ads have served the purpose of reminding voters of the MF's heavy-handed authoritarianism (ad content and style) and his corruption (ads method of funding), it sends a strong (though unintended) message of a crooked, out-of-touch politician willing to spend millions of tax dollars on self-promoting projects (see also, the Golden Ballroom/bunker, the Triumphal Arch/sniper tower, and various building re-namings).
