"If I were the paper, I would be a little embarrassed that it has fallen to me, the humor columnist, to make our presidential endorsement. I will spare you the suspense: I am endorsing Kamala Harris for president, because I like elections and want to keep having them." #GiftLinkhttps://wapo.st/3UqHWRM
"Trump told startled aides that if AG Jeff Sessions would not order the dept to go after #HillaryClinton & James Comey, the former #FBI director, #Trump would prosecute them himself.
...White House counsel, Donald McGahn, sought to stall.
“How about I do this?” McGahn told Trump... “I’m going to write you a memo explaining to you what the #law is and how it works, and I’ll give that memo to you and you can decide what you want to do”"
#GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/us/politics/trump-investigations-enemies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M04.cnHj.-ABNToexupmu&smid=url-share
"The story of that period has a powerful resonance today as #Trump, angered in part by the two #federal & two state-level #indictments... threatens to carry out a campaign of #retribution if he returns to the White House. He has signaled that a 2nd Trump administration would be stocked not with people who served as #guardrails during his first term, but with carefully vetted loyalists who would eagerly carry out his wishes"
#GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/us/politics/trump-investigations-enemies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M04.cnHj.-ABNToexupmu&smid=url-share
#GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/us/politics/trump-investigations-enemies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M04.cnHj.-ABNToexupmu&smid=url-share
"If elected again, he would also return to the White House bolstered by the #SupremeCourt 's ruling in July that former presidents have broad #immunity from prosecution for official acts taken while in office."
Read the whole article yourself, even if you don't have a subscription, by clicking on this #GiftArticle #GiftLink:
Click on the URL above ⬆️ not the preview below (if there is one) in order to access the gift article.
"The story of that period has a powerful resonance today as #Trump, angered in part by the two #federal & two state-level #indictments... threatens to carry out a campaign of #retribution if he returns to the White House. He has signaled that a 2nd Trump administration would be stocked not with people who served as #guardrails during his first term, but with carefully vetted loyalists who would eagerly carry out his wishes"
#GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/us/politics/trump-investigations-enemies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M04.cnHj.-ABNToexupmu&smid=url-share
#GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/us/politics/trump-investigations-enemies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M04.cnHj.-ABNToexupmu&smid=url-share
“She consistently struck a tone that was reassuring and self-assured. She was serious and at times even a bit salty — as she was when contrasting the decency of Joe Biden with the utter indecency of Donald Trump. But she never seemed nasty or even super angry, which was also vital, since women simply cannot get away with that like men can. I’m sorry, but you know it’s true.”
Another example of Community Notes on X being useless:
"'This is an AI-generated video of Vice President Kamala Harris using audio of clips that were never actually stated by the VP' read one...'Videos like this are dangerous to those who can not decipher AI-generated content from reality'...At least 7 notes were proposed, but none had been added by Saturday..."
X is now basically Gab. Another reason to organize here.
I got a pay wall so can you share a #GiftLink or #GiftArticle or an article with #NoPaywall? @tchambers
Another example of Community Notes on X being useless:
"'This is an AI-generated video of Vice President Kamala Harris using audio of clips that were never actually stated by the VP' read one...'Videos like this are dangerous to those who can not decipher AI-generated content from reality'...At least 7 notes were proposed, but none had been added by Saturday..."
X is now basically Gab. Another reason to organize here.
