Ever since the July 13 assassination attempt against #Trump, he & his allies have promoted unfounded #ConspiracyTheories & blamed #Democrats directly for the violence. The effort appears highly coordinated: From #JDVance to Trump’s sons & #MAGA#Republicans in #Congress, many have used the same rhetoric to declare that Trump’s political opponents sought to have him murdered at his campaign rally in Butler, PA.

#FactCheck#TrumpLies
#Incitement #extremism #radicalization#PoliticalViolence

A #congress member intervened to help #Trump’s social media company jump the line for a difficult-to-obtain foreign-worker #visa to bring a company exec to the US, acc/to interviews & records reviewed by @ProPublica.

A fmr staffer for Rep #DonBacon, a #Nebraska#Republican, said the congressman personally instructed her to help Trump Media, even though she thought it was inappropriate to mix #politics w/the office’s constituent services duties.

#immigration #law
#HarrisWalz2024

The #X chatbot shared the #disinformation for >1 week until it was corrected in late July.

In a press release announcing the move, #JerryNadler’s office cited #GymJordan’s “extensive focus on allegations of #censorship on #SocialMedia this #Congress.”

#ElonMusk #bias#ElectionInterference #law #moderation #disinformation #tech #policy #regulation
#VoteBlue

#TimWalz, a second-term governor & chair of the Democratic Governors Assn, does not hail from a traditional battleground state — #Minnesota has supported a Republican presidential candidate only once since 1960. But his credentials as a #veteran & gun owner [👎🏻] who previously represented a #Republican-leaning, rural part of Minnesota in #Congress could help #Harris appeal to working-class #White voters who have turned away from Democrats & helped fuel #Trump’s political rise.

#Harris2024

@pluralistic - The true, tactical significance of #Project2025. Like you, I have heard a lot about Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation's #roadmap for the actions that #Trump should take if he wins the presidency. Given the #HeritageFoundation's centrality to the #American #authoritarian project, it's about as awful and frightening as you might expect https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/14/fracture-lines/#disassembly-manual#democracy #congress #constitution #courts #justice #civilliberties #government #hierarchy #wealth #policy #governance