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Prism & Pen @prismnpen@stranger.social · last month

What’s going on with the insistence on mispronouncing Vice President Harris’s name?
Is it obnoxious? Yep. Is it provocative? Yep.
But most of all, it’s fear.
https://buff.ly/3BSHRzR

#LGBTQ #USPolitics #Racism #Misogyny #Feminism #Fear

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · 3 months ago

#Trump has issued yet another ominous warning about his potential 2nd term, this time promising a "bloody story" for the millions of #immigrants he intends to #deport.

He made the comments at a campaign rally in Wisconsin on Sat, echoing the broader RNC’s 2024 platform. The #GOP's plans for US after a Trump victory include aggressive #immigration enforcement & #MassDeportations.

#ConcentrationCamps #PoliticalViolence #WhiteNationalism #racism #WhiteSupremacy #Project2025

#law #HarrisWalz2024

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · 3 months ago

#Trump's *vision* for America includes #MassDeportations that will be so extensive that "huge camps" [#ConcentrationCamps] will be needed to detain people. To execute his vision, Trump has proposed the creation of a deportation force pulled from local police & National Guard troops volunteered by "Republican-run states."

#authoritarianism #PoliticalViolence #WhiteNationalism #racism #WhiteSupremacy #Project2025

#imimigration #law #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-immigrants-plan-bloody-story-b2609092.html

William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 months ago

"As Trump slides in the polls, he is increasingly focusing his campaign on demonizing immigrants, much more than talking about the economy, or any other issue. That’s dangerous, because his fake data about immigration, amplified by Fox News and other right-wing media, may foster more racial discrimination and hate crimes."

~ Andres Oppenheimer

It's all they've got.

#Trump #Republicans #immigrants #race #racism #hate #PoliticsofHate #PoliticsofDivision

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andres-oppenheimer/article291367855.html

ChatAGP @farahbuzz@eldritch.cafe · 4 months ago

#transphobia #misogynoir #racism

post from @carolinekwan@twitter.com from 2024-08-01:
"Michael Phelps is literally referred to as a freak of nature because of his disproportionate wingspan, double jointed ankles, lung capacity twice that of an average human, body that produces half the lactic acid of a typical athlete, and he is rightly celebrated for being the greatest male swimmer in history. Meanwhile, female athletes with genetic differences are legally discriminated against and harassed to no end. This is not about "protecting women in sports" - this is about protecting a very specific idea of what a woman is." — post from @carolinekwan@twitter.com from 2024-08-01: "Michael Phelps is literally referred to as a freak of nature because of his disproportionate wingspan, double jointed ankles, lung capacity twice that of an average human, body that produces half the lactic acid of a typical athlete, and he is rightly celebrated for being the greatest male swimmer in history. Meanwhile, female athletes with genetic differences are legally discriminated against and harassed to no end. This is not about "protecting women in sports" - this is about protecting a very specific idea of what a woman is."

William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 months ago

"Going up against a Black woman brings out the absolute worst in Trump. Hopefully Americans are smart enough this time to see his crude racism and misogyny for what it is. He’s certainly not disciplined enough to hide it."

#Trump #NABJ #racism #misogyny #KamalaHarris
/13

William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 months ago

"Based on social media posts and statements by Trump surrogates, it is clear the campaign believes that focusing on Kamala Harris’s racial identity is a winning strategy. Only a white billionaire living in a bubble of sycophants would believe that strategy will increase his chances of election."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #NABJ #racism #misogyny #KamalaHarris
/14

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/defying-the-odds-trump-steals-spotlight

William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 months ago

The headline for Inae Oh and Julianne McShane's report at Mother Jones on Trump's appalling behavior at NABJ neatly sums things up:

"White Man Tells Black Journalists His Black Opponent Is Not Black"

#Trump #NABJ #racism #misogyny #KamalaHarris
/15

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/07/trump-nabj-racist-harris-interview/

William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 months ago

And another headline, this one from Huffington Post right now:

#Trump #NABJ #racism #misogyny #KamalaHarris
/16

https://www.huffpost.com

Huffington Post's headline about Donald Trump's disastrous behavior at the National Association of Black Journalists meeting

William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 months ago

"He also can’t grasp how a daughter of an Indian mother and a Black man can self-identify with two races and be recognized and celebrated as such by a diverse, multicultural American in which nearly 34 million people are now biracial.

When you’re all out of juice, you have to resort to what’s worked in the past. For Trump, that’s racism. He’s a one-hit wonder."

#Trump #NABJ #racism #misogyny #KamalaHarris
/18

William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 months ago

"Anyone in the press who said Trump had changed and become more serene and unified after his assassination attempt must resign. Please, just leave this profession. Find money and influence elsewhere. Also, anyone who remains in this profession, please finally pay attention to Trump and learn from your colleagues’ mistakes. This is what and who he is."

Remember Natalie Allison telling us he has a "new softness" and is spiritual now? I remember.

#Trump #NABJ #racism #misogyny #KamalaHarris
/19

William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 months ago

"Trump, a privileged white man, told a crowd of Black journalists that a Black-Indian woman running for President wasn’t really Black because she also identifies as Indian and then, somehow, only turned Black for the sake of opportunism even though she went to a historically Black college and pledged at a Black sorority. Apparently, he hasn’t met anyone biracial."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump #NABJ #racism #misogyny #KamalaHarris
/17

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/breaking-news-trump-alleges-black

William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 months ago

When you’re all out of juice, you have to resort to what’s worked in the past. For Trump, that’s racism. He’s a one-hit wonder."

#Trump #NABJ #racism #misogyny #KamalaHarris
/18

William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 months ago

“I think we’re getting the first view of imploding Donald Trump as he realizes that what was his for the taking ten days ago is slipping away and he’s likely to go to prison rather than the White House. He [is] being dominated and humiliated by Harris and he’s losing it.”

~ Josh Marshall as quoted by Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #NABJ #racism #misogyny #KamalaHarris
/6

William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 months ago

"We all know Trump is a racist, misogynist, and an antisemite. But in past years he’s expressed such bigotry just enough to excite his base while covering himself with 'I was just being sarcastic,' or 'it was taken out of context.' And the media allowed him to get away with it.

No longer. Now that he’s running for president against a Black woman, the media isn’t buying it."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #NABJ #racism #misogyny #KamalaHarris
/7

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-meltdown

William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 months ago

"Not knowing how to attack a Kamala Harris, Trump appears to be melting down."

#Trump #NABJ #racism #misogyny #KamalaHarris
/8

William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 months ago

“VP Harris has Trump on the ropes. He will never debate her because he’s scared of her because he knows she will mop the floor with him.”

~ Omarosa as quoted by Oliver Markus Malloy

#Trump #NABJ #racism #misogyny #KamalaHarris
/9

https://badchoicesmakegoodstories.substack.com/p/trumps-appearance-at-the-national

William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 months ago

"This is a picture worth a thousand words of Donald Trump standing clueless on stage in Chicago at the National Association of Black Journalists after one of his campaign handlers had told ABC Newscaster Rachel Scott to end the event early."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #NABJ #racism #misogyny #KamalaHarris
/10

https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/this-is-what-happens-when-trump-loses

William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 months ago

"The photo shows Scott, in blue and two other Black journalists who were on the panel questioning Trump leaving the stage as Trump is left staring silently at the audience, which was hostile throughout. ...

Reports from Washington have said that the Trump campaign has tried to steer him away from attacking Harris on the basis of her race and gender.

That went out the window in Chicago today."

#Trump #NABJ #racism #misogyny #KamalaHarris
/11

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · 4 months ago

A lot of journos & politicos thought #Trump shouldn’t have been given the platform.

But I gotta say, I thought it was brilliant.

He was totally exposed as the #weak, #racist, #liar that he is.

#NABJ #NABJ24 #racism #misogyny #MAGA #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #USpol
#ProsecutorVFelon #WeAreNotGoingBack #Freedom #VoteBlue #HarrisForPresident #Harris2024
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/31/us/harris-trump-election?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · 4 months ago

#ABC's #RachelScott asked re #Jan6 insurrectionists:

“My question is on those rioters who assaulted officers. Would you pardon those people?”

#Trump w/o hesitation: “Oh absolutely, I would.”

Trump repeated openness to pardon J6 insurgents:

“If they’re innocent, I would pardon them.”

Scott pointed out they were #convicted.

Crowd erupted into laughter.

TFG: “They were convicted by a very tough system”🙄

#NABJ #NABJ24 #racism #misogyny #MAGA #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #USpol
#Harris2024

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · 4 months ago

Wow, #Trump immediately offending the very first #black #journalist.
Calling her rude, offensive, awful, nasty, hostile.
Accusing her of inviting him under false pretenses.
Complaining about a late start.
He is outrageously #aggressive to the journalists.
Wow accuses #KamalaHarris of “suddenly turning black” after identifying as #Indian prior. Absolutely false.
Says #Harris “could be” a #DEI hire.
Says #immigrants are taking “#BlackJobs”

#NABJ #NABJ24 #WhiteSupremacy #racism #MAGA #Republicans