William Lindsey :toad:
William Lindsey :toad:  ·  4 weeks ago
"Of all the expectations I had for these final weeks of the election, canceling two of my newspaper subscriptions wasn’t one of them.

I’ve always believed newspapers are essential to our democracy."

~ Elliot Kirschner

#Trump #fascism#WashingtonPost#JeffBezos#LosAngelesTimes#PatrickSoonShiong#EconomicElites
/6

https://elliotkirschner.substack.com/p/canceled-subscriptions

William Lindsey :toad:
William Lindsey :toad:  ·  4 weeks ago
"But here we see billionaires, who own press operations as side businesses, out of their back pocket, as it were, seeming to decide that it’s easier to pull up stakes in advance, get out of the way of the freight train, lay down before Trump has even won the election."

#Trump #fascism#WashingtonPost#JeffBezos#EconomicElites
/5

William Lindsey :toad:
William Lindsey :toad:  ·  4 weeks ago
"It’s been suggested to me that Jeff Bezos’ decision here may be based on more than just fear. Perhaps carrots are operating in the background as well as sticks. I don’t know if that’s true. But I mention the possibility because I think it’s a critical driver of what I’ve called that climate of bewilderment. The choice has the whiff of decisions or deals made off stage, out of public view."

~ Josh Marshall

#Trump #fascism#WashingtonPost#JeffBezos#EconomicElites
/3

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trust-bewilderment-and-billionairedom-understanding-the-backlash-against-bezos

William Lindsey :toad:
William Lindsey :toad:  ·  4 weeks ago
"A lot of the country is convinced that a second Trump presidency will push America into the kind of elective autocracy we see in degraded democracies like Russia, Turkey and India. That brings with it the standard package of curtailments of press and other civic freedoms."

#Trump #fascism#WashingtonPost#JeffBezos#EconomicElites
/4

William Lindsey :toad:
William Lindsey :toad:  ·  4 weeks ago
"It’s been suggested to me that Jeff Bezos’ decision here may be based on more than just fear. Perhaps carrots are operating in the background as well as sticks. I don’t know if that’s true. But I mention the possibility because I think it’s a critical driver of what I’ve called that climate of bewilderment. The choice has the whiff of decisions or deals made off stage, out of public view."

~ Josh Marshall

#Trump #fascism#WashingtonPost#JeffBezos#EconomicElites
/3

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trust-bewilderment-and-billionairedom-understanding-the-backlash-against-bezos

William Lindsey :toad:
William Lindsey :toad:  ·  4 weeks ago
"Robert Kagan, who resigned from his position [as editor at large at Washington Post] on Friday after more than two decades at the publication, told the Daily Beast that Trump’s meeting with executives of Bezos’ Blue Origin space company the same day that the Amazon founder killed a plan to support Harris was proof of the backroom deal."

~ Lily Mae Lazarus

#Trump #fascism#WashingtonPost#JeffBezos#EconomicElites#RobertKagan
/1

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-washington-post-editor-robert-kagan-this-is-a-straight-jeff-bezos-donald-trump-quid-pro-quo/

William Lindsey :toad:
William Lindsey :toad:  ·  4 weeks ago
“'Trump waited to make sure that Bezos did what he said he was going to do, and then met with the Blue Origin people,' he said on Saturday. 'Which tells us that there was an actual deal made, meaning that Bezos communicated, or through his people, communicated directly with Trump, and they set up this quid pro quo.'”

#Trump #fascism#WashingtonPost#JeffBezos#EconomicElites#RobertKagan
/2

William Lindsey :toad:
William Lindsey :toad:  ·  4 weeks ago
"Robert Kagan, who resigned from his position [as editor at large at Washington Post] on Friday after more than two decades at the publication, told the Daily Beast that Trump’s meeting with executives of Bezos’ Blue Origin space company the same day that the Amazon founder killed a plan to support Harris was proof of the backroom deal."

~ Lily Mae Lazarus

#Trump #fascism#WashingtonPost#JeffBezos#EconomicElites#RobertKagan
/1

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-washington-post-editor-robert-kagan-this-is-a-straight-jeff-bezos-donald-trump-quid-pro-quo/

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  last month
“He’s been clear– he does not support a federal abortion ban,” an ad from the group #lies, despite #Trump's refusal to commit to vetoing a #NationalAbortionBan.

Tenuous claims on Trump’s #abortion positions aside, the group is also using Justice #RuthBaderGinsburg’s name & likeness without permission from her family.

#FactCheck#TrumpLies #fraud
#RBG#ReproductiveRights#VoteBlue#HarrisWalz2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  last month
“The #RBG PAC has no connection to the Ginsburg family & is an affront to my late grandmother’s legacy,” #AbortionRights attorney & #RuthBaderGinsburg’s granddaughter Clara Spera said in a statement to the NYT. “The use of her name & image to support Donald #Trump’s re-election campaign, & specifically to suggest that she would approve of his position on #abortion, is nothing short of appalling.”

#FactCheck#TrumpLies #fraud
#ReproductiveRights#VoteBlue#HarrisWalz2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  last month
#RuthBaderGinsburg herself publicly denounced #Trump in an interview w/the NYT prior to his first term.

“I can’t imagine what this place would be — I can’t imagine what the country would be — with Donald Trump as our president," she said at the time. "For the country, it could be four years. For the court, it could be — I don’t even want to contemplate that."

#FactCheck#TrumpLies #fraud
#SCOTUS#ReproductiveRights#VoteBlue#HarrisWalz2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  last month
#Trump installed 3 *conservative* justices to #SCOTUS during his time in office, replacing #RuthBaderGinsburg as well as Antonin Scalia & Anthony Kennedy. That swing toward a conservative 6-3 majority led directly to the axing of nationwide #AbortionRights established in #RoeVWade. He has also said he will vote against a ballot measure in his home state of Florida that would enshrine #abortion protections in the state constitution.

#FactCheck#TrumpLies
#ReproductiveRights#HarrisWalz2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  last month
#Trump’s campaign has sought to toe the line on #abortion policy, aiming to appease his #religious #fundamentalist base while simultaneously duping pro-choice voters, while #KamalaHarris has hit Trump hard on abortion, a key issue for voters.

#RuthBaderGinsburg#RBG

#FactCheck#TrumpLies #fraud

#SCOTUS#ReproductiveRights#VoteBlue#HarrisWalz2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/us/politics/trump-ruth-bader-ginsburg-abortion-ad.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  last month
The group…called #RBG PAC…came into existence only days ago, & began to spend $20M on Fri in support of #Trump, acc/to federal records. The group posted 2 #abortion-themed ads focused on the #TrumpLies that he would oppose a federal #AbortionBan.

The group’s paperwork was signed by #MayMailman, who worked in the WH & who is now the director of the *Independent Women’s* Law Center. She did not respond to a request for comment Fri.

#RuthBaderGinsburg
#SCOTUS#ReproductiveRights#HarrisWalz2024