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January 17, 2024
https://twitter.com/AVindman/status/1747245902782144541
https://liberalsarecool.com/
Sadly, corporate media wants the big bad wolf
https://twitter.com/AVindman/status/1747245902782144541
https://liberalsarecool.com/
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January 15, 2024
Just 23% of Haley supporters say they would vote for Trump in a matchup with Biden. 43% would vote for Biden instead.
Respondents who plan to caucus for Haley stand out as significantly less optimistic about Trump’s chances than other likely Republican caucusgoers.
A majority of Haley supporters, 54%, say it would be nearly impossible for Trump to win against Biden, given his legal challenges. That’s down from 65% in a December Iowa Poll.
Just 23% of Haley supporters say they would vote for Trump in a matchup with Biden. The plurality of Haley supporters, 43%, would vote for Biden instead.
https://infogram.com/1p3e3e76vn320ws0l20039dg1yadqj0m9vg
https://twitter.com/LiftForever67/status/1746660701798834336
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/caucus/2024/01/14/iowa-poll-nikki-haley-supporters-more-likely-vote-joe-biden-over-donald-trump-november-2024-election/72193795007/
January 13, 2024
Judge denies Trump's request to delay next week's civil trial so he can supposedly attend Melania's mother's funeral
JUST IN:
Federal judge denies Trump’s attorney’s request to delay next week’s civil trial for a week while Trump attends the funeral of Melania’s mother.
Trump is free to attend the funeral during trial, Judge Kaplan says. Trump did not attend any of the previous Carroll trial.
https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1745993266728731028
January 12, 2024
A downtrodden and distressed Mike Lindell announced today that Fox News has just canceled all his future ads. One of the last lifelines keeping him afloat has now been cut. Story …
In what could be the final death blow to his rags to riches story, Mike Lindell took to his internet channel 'Lindell TV' to announce that Fox News has cancelled MyPillow.
Lindell's pillow empire has been crumbling with big box retailers cancelling him, and banks ending their relationships with him and cancelling his line of credit. His TV commercials, which built his business, were cancelled by most networks three years ago, with only Fox and Newsmax still running his ads among major carriers. However, the Fox lifeline has now been cut as Lindell struggles to keep his doors open.
A downcast and shaken Lindell said that he wasn't given any explanation by Fox for this devastating news:
"We don't know why, we can only make a couple guesses. Maybe it was because Lou Dobbs was at it over on LindellTV. Just a few days ago he showed his great new interview with our real President Donald Trump. Or maybe it was because they don't want my face even on their network leading up to the 2024 election. I don't know, I don't have the details yet. All I know is the commercials have been cancelled."
https://www.meidastouch.com/news/fox-news-cancels-mypillow
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1745879281404715224
A downtrodden and distressed Mike Lindell announced today that Fox News has just canceled all his future ads.
Fox News Cancels MyPillowA downtrodden and distressed Mike Lindell announced today that Fox News has just canceled all his future ads. One of the last lifelines keeping him afloat has now been cut. Story …
In what could be the final death blow to his rags to riches story, Mike Lindell took to his internet channel 'Lindell TV' to announce that Fox News has cancelled MyPillow.
Lindell's pillow empire has been crumbling with big box retailers cancelling him, and banks ending their relationships with him and cancelling his line of credit. His TV commercials, which built his business, were cancelled by most networks three years ago, with only Fox and Newsmax still running his ads among major carriers. However, the Fox lifeline has now been cut as Lindell struggles to keep his doors open.
A downcast and shaken Lindell said that he wasn't given any explanation by Fox for this devastating news:
"We don't know why, we can only make a couple guesses. Maybe it was because Lou Dobbs was at it over on LindellTV. Just a few days ago he showed his great new interview with our real President Donald Trump. Or maybe it was because they don't want my face even on their network leading up to the 2024 election. I don't know, I don't have the details yet. All I know is the commercials have been cancelled."
https://www.meidastouch.com/news/fox-news-cancels-mypillow
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1745879281404715224
January 12, 2024
Joe Biden: When it comes to gun violence, we don't have to "get over it." We have to stop it.
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1745604093953941970
January 11, 2024
Here's the thing: He already is. He’s the first president since Hoover to lose jobs while in office. Some record.
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1745470711148261673
Joe Biden: "They showed me the clip of Trump saying he wanted the economy to crash so he could gain politically."
Says he doesn’t want to be Hoover.Here's the thing: He already is. He’s the first president since Hoover to lose jobs while in office. Some record.
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1745470711148261673
January 11, 2024
By AMANDA MARCOTTE
SALON
...............there's one big factor that cannot be overlooked that made 2023 very different from 2022: Proud Boys finally started going to prison for their role in January 6.
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Data from The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED) Project shows that while there was a gradual decline in Proud Boys activity in the first half of 2023, there was a preciptious drop-off in the mid-summer, dwindling to nearly nothing by the end of the year. This concides with the convictions and sentencing of Tarrio and other top Proud Boys. It's highly unlikely that's a coincidence. Instead, it suggests strongly that these high-profile punishments have successfully scared other Proud Boys into retreat.
To many people, this would seem an obvious outcome. Our prison system is supposed to work as deterrence, and certainly the prosecutors argued that's why they sought lengthy sentences that would garner a lot of attention. But there's also no end of pundits these days who are ready to warn that efforts to hold authoritarians to account will only backfire. They declare that the MAGA movement will only grow stronger if the legal system enforces the law as it is written.
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But legal consequences for Trump may not be a boost of confidence in the MAGA movement some believe. MAGA is a fascist movement that worships what they perceive as strength. To them, "strength" is evading consequences for bad actions. When their leaders are held to account, however, that is demoralizing and, crucially, demobilizing for the right.
The data on the Proud Boys, while incomplete, does a good job of showing how this works. Even while their leaders were under indictment, the Proud Boys could tell themselves a story about how they were a mighty force, able to commit crimes in broad daylight without paying the penalty for it. As soon as their leaders went to prison, however, their members beat a fast retreat. They may be yelling at each other on Telegram about all the liberals they want to "trigger," but they aren't as keen anymore on going out in public to start fights. Odds are high that something similar will happen if Trump's aura of invincibility is penetrated by serious consequences, like a criminal conviction. His supporters who currently worship him like a god will be reminded he's just a man — and a whiny one who smells like a butt, at that.
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the rest:
https://www.salon.com/2024/01/11/the-proud-boys-are-collapsing-surprise--legal-consequences-do-hurt-authoritarian-movements/
The Proud Boys are collapsing: Surprise! Legal consequences do hurt authoritarian movements
Despite fears that accountability will make MAGA more powerful, a new report shows it weakens the far-rightBy AMANDA MARCOTTE
SALON
...............there's one big factor that cannot be overlooked that made 2023 very different from 2022: Proud Boys finally started going to prison for their role in January 6.
............
Data from The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED) Project shows that while there was a gradual decline in Proud Boys activity in the first half of 2023, there was a preciptious drop-off in the mid-summer, dwindling to nearly nothing by the end of the year. This concides with the convictions and sentencing of Tarrio and other top Proud Boys. It's highly unlikely that's a coincidence. Instead, it suggests strongly that these high-profile punishments have successfully scared other Proud Boys into retreat.
To many people, this would seem an obvious outcome. Our prison system is supposed to work as deterrence, and certainly the prosecutors argued that's why they sought lengthy sentences that would garner a lot of attention. But there's also no end of pundits these days who are ready to warn that efforts to hold authoritarians to account will only backfire. They declare that the MAGA movement will only grow stronger if the legal system enforces the law as it is written.
...........
But legal consequences for Trump may not be a boost of confidence in the MAGA movement some believe. MAGA is a fascist movement that worships what they perceive as strength. To them, "strength" is evading consequences for bad actions. When their leaders are held to account, however, that is demoralizing and, crucially, demobilizing for the right.
The data on the Proud Boys, while incomplete, does a good job of showing how this works. Even while their leaders were under indictment, the Proud Boys could tell themselves a story about how they were a mighty force, able to commit crimes in broad daylight without paying the penalty for it. As soon as their leaders went to prison, however, their members beat a fast retreat. They may be yelling at each other on Telegram about all the liberals they want to "trigger," but they aren't as keen anymore on going out in public to start fights. Odds are high that something similar will happen if Trump's aura of invincibility is penetrated by serious consequences, like a criminal conviction. His supporters who currently worship him like a god will be reminded he's just a man — and a whiny one who smells like a butt, at that.
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the rest:
https://www.salon.com/2024/01/11/the-proud-boys-are-collapsing-surprise--legal-consequences-do-hurt-authoritarian-movements/
January 10, 2024
Judge rescinds permission for former President Donald Trump to give his own closing argument at his civil fraud trial.
NEW YORK (AP) — Judge rescinds permission for former President Donald Trump to give his own closing argument at his civil fraud trial.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1745139718214353408
https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1745152009668284813/history
https://x.com/Mollyploofkins/status/1745151272729104548?s=20
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