@kevindalley @lauren Scarily, the fate of the #UnitedStates 🇺🇸 rests in the hands of #Republicans. 😱

I pray #Republican women will vote for #KamalaHarris in #Georgia, #NorthCarolna & #Pennsylvania.

#DonaldTrump will win most of the Southeast (where I live), so my vote against him is irrelevant.

Due to the Electoral College, it statistically will not matter if I vote for #Kamala, as #GOP voters outnumber #Democrats & other political parties combined. 😞

#Trump’s political #incitement more broadly—[that has] increasingly focused on a supposed grand conspiracy to steal the #election from him—has made potential #violence from #MAGA #extremists a top concern. As one source put it, “they’re piling on the idea that the opposition is so out to get Trump that they even tried to kill him, & therefore retaliation is justified.” Another described #ConspiracyTheories about the shooting gives extremists “a really big plot point” for retaliatory violence.
The blame narrative from #Trump & his allies also expanded this week when #Republican Reps #CoryMills of FL & #EliCrane of Az convened an “independent” hearing they called the “J 13 Forum” at the #HeritageFoundation (home of #Project2025). They & several colleagues conducted congressional testimony-style interviews w/participants including fmr Secret Service agent & #FarRight media personality #DanBongino, & fmr Blackwater CEO & Trump political operative #ErikPrince.

#Incitement #extremism

He further suggested they [#Biden & #Harris] played a role in undermining his #security: “They were making it very difficult to have proper staffing in terms of Secret Service.” [←bald-faced #lie]

“I’m not saying they wanted you to get shot,” Dr. Phil said, “but do you think it was OK w/them if you did?”

“I don’t know,” #Trump replied. “There’s a
lot of hatred.” (Biden, Harris, & other Democratic leaders condemned the shooting in the aftermath & Biden phoned Trump to offer prayers & support…)

The deceased 20-yr-old gunman was a registered #Republican voter, as noted throughout national media coverage…, there appears to be NO solid #evidence that he was driven by partisanship or ideology. A sweeping #FBI investigation, including analysis of his digital devices & interviews w/ >450 people, has found no clear motive, acc/to congressional testimony from FBI Dir Christopher Wray.

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

#Hypocrisy

Exec at #Trump Media Jumped the Line for #US#Visa After Company Lobbied #GOP Lawmaker

A fmr aide to Rep #DonBacon, a #Nebraska#Republican, said she intervened on the company’s behalf even though she thought it was #inappropriate. “It was specifically the congressman that suggested I needed to deal with it.”

#immigration #law#ForTheeButNotForMe
#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-media-foreign-executive-us-visa-don-bacon

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

#TrumpMedia, which now accounts for roughly HALF of #Trump’s #NetWorth, presents conflicts of interests for TFG, acc/to #ethics experts. While there have been concerns about donors & special interests seeking to curry favor w/the #Republican candidate…, this is the first known instance of a politician helping Trump in a private matter involving his social media #business.

And it shows that as Trump has presented himself as an #immigration hawk, his company has sought #SpecialTreatment….

#law

Around the same time, #KamalaHarris & her team said they would see the #RFKJr endorsement & raise #Trump w/a dozen #Republican WH lawyers who served in the #Reagan & #Bush admins, each of whom are now supporting the #Democrat.

This week, something similar happened. Trump picked up backing from fmr *Democratic* Rep #TulsiGabbard [islamophobe & homophobe], at which point…Team #Harris again said they’d see the fmr congresswoman’s endorsement & raise Trump a whole lot more….

#HarrisWalz2024

>200 #Republicans who previously worked for fmr Pres George W #Bush, the late Sen John #McCain, or Sen Mitt #Romney, endorsed VP #KamalaHarris for president in an open letter Mon obtained by USA TODAY.

The letter from alums of the 3 #Republican pres nominees prior to #Trump comes on the heels of a DNC last wk in Chicago that showcased Republican detractors of the #GOP nom. ≥5 fmr aides to fmr Pres George HW Bush also signed the letter, which has 238 signatures in all.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/26/bush-mccain-romney-trump-harris-2024/74947380007/

'A #vibe I’m feeling': Here's what #people are #saying about #VicePresident#KamalaHarris

Earlier this month, longtime #Republican#LaTrellBell took up a #friend’s #invitation to attend a #HarrisWalz #rally in his #hometown of #Detroit. Now he's going to #vote for Kamala Harris.

#Polls suggest millions of #Americans are changing their presidential #voting plans with Harris currently topping the #Democratic #ticket.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/22/kamala-harris-election-campaign-momentum-dnc/74878362007/

#SCOTUS won't allow #LGBT #student #protection in certain states

The U.S. #SupremeCourt declined on Friday to let President Joe #Biden's admin enforce a key part of a new rule protecting LGBT students from #discrimination in #schools & #colleges based on #gender identity in 10 #Republican-led states that had challenged it.

#law#TitleIX #education#Hate#FarRight #extremism#ActivistCourt#SCOTUSreform
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-wont-allow-lgbt-student-protection-certain-states-2024-08-16/

A related site aimed at #conservatives, “#SavannahTime”, writes on #Republican #politics & #LGBTQ issues. Some of the sites use #AI to plagiarize content from US sites, the company said. The “about us” blurb on the site reads, “We’re opinionated, we’re noisy, & we’re having a good time.”
#Iran#MediaLiteracy#ForeignInfluenceCampaign#ElectionInterference#USpol
In a recent interview w/ #FauxNews, #Minnesota#Republican Party Chair David Hann accused Walz of delaying guard activation because "he was fearful of alienating his progressive base, who were supporting the riots…. [Walz]…is by far the most partisan governor that I can remember having. He displayed a remarkable lack of leadership in dealing w/the riot …& the aftermath of which is still affecting the quality of life & the business climate in Minneapolis." 🙄

#Restraint#Ally#HarrisWalz2024

#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