1. There is a Congressional election on September 10 in North Carolina and the Republican candidate, Dan Bishop, is an investor in Gab, a fringe social media network that caters to white supremacists and anti-Semites
4. In the article, Gab is presented as an alternative social network that is permissive of racism. So the idea Bishop didn't know what Gab was about is ridiculous.
Now, after another mass murder, the GOP is spending millions to send Bishop to Congress.
5. After a white supremacist murdered a protester in Charlottesville, Bishop attacked Black Lives Matter, calling the group a "violent" and "racist" movement
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6. Bishop's response to the white supremacist mass murder over the weekend is also disturbing. He did not post anything acknowledging the tragedy.
Instead, he repeatedly responded to Democrats' reactions to the massacre by calling them "clowns"
1. Yesterday, Elon Musk — who for some reason is in charge of deciding what federal government programs are unnecessary — declared that the concept of homelessness is a "lie" and "propaganda."
Musk also suggested that virtually all unhoused people are "violent drug addicts" who cannot be helped.
Musk needs to educate himself. Starting with five basic facts.
2. FACT: 17% of unhoused people are children
A 2023 survey found 17 percent of unhoused people were children under the age of 18
1. Some people are saying Trump's pick for FBI Director, Kash Patel, is unqualified but did you know he's a published author of books on important legal topics?
2. In addition to being a legal genius, Patel is also a medical expert
3. More of Patel's deep experience... grifting Trump supporters
1. Media outlets have show little interest in an $18 million payment from Justin Sun, a Chinese national being prosecuted by the SEC for fraud, to President-elect Trump
It wasn't always this way
Consider how the NYT covered the alleged influence of foreign cash on then-candidate Hillary Clinton
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2. In the lead-up to the 2016 election, there was extensive coverage of how foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation created conflicts of interest for Hillary Clinton
This was a legit topic but differed significantly from Sun's enrichment of Trump
3. Nearly all of the payments to the Clinton Foundation at issue occurred when Clinton was not in public office. The foreign money was donated to benefit the Clinton Foundation, a charity, and not Clinton personally. The Clinton Foundation disclosed its donors, even though it was not required.
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1. Justin Sun, a Chinese national being prosecuted for fraud by the SEC, just sent Donald Trump $18 MILLION
Sun made the payment by purchasing tokens from a Trump-backed crypto company
THIS IS A MAJOR SCANDAL
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2. On November 25, Sun purchased $30 million in crypto tokens from World Liberty Financial, a new crypto venture backed by Trump.
Sun said his company, TRON, was committed to "making America great again.
3. World Liberty Financial planned to sell $300 million worth of crypto tokens, known as WLF, which would value the new company at $1.5 billion. But, before Sun's $30 million purchase, it appeared to be a bust, with only $22 million in tokens sold. Sun now owns more than 55% of purchased tokens.