Missing one president. #Trump now six minutes late for his #Davos speech
While we’re waiting for Trump, a group of Swiss tenors are entertaining the crowd. Not sure if this was scheduled or is plugging a gap because Trump is late...
He’s here
Trump getting a less than warm round of applause from the crowd at #Davos as he begins his speech
"I am proud to declare the US is in the midst of an economic boom the likes of which the world has never seen before” — Trump begins with his typical humility #Davos2020
Trump not getting into his stride now by criticising the previous administration and praising himself. His tone is noticeably low-key — compared to his rallies in the US at least. #Davos2020
“We are creating the most inclusive economy to ever exist.” Listing off his achievements for minorities, veterans, women, disabled. TLDR: “I’m such a great guy, right?"
Trump has reeled off a long list of numbers about the economy and he sounds like he’s boring himself. You can see he’s itching to start shouting about the media or the democrats….#Davos2020
Ah, finally, he’s had a go at the Fed for raising rates, beginning to freestyle a little…you can see he is warming up… #Davos2020
Trump still running through his administration’s successes in areas like appointing judges and technology. He’s giving a shout out to Ivanka “who’s with us today.” No mention of climate change yet (though I may have missed it as I zoned out for a while….) #Davos2020
“He’s for China, I’m for the US but other than that we love each other” Trump says of his beautiful relationship with Xi Jinping #Davos2020
On the climate/environment: “This is not a time of pessimism, this is a time for optimism” Calling climate change activists “alarmists” #Davos2020
“We have found answers to things that have not been possible.” Trump says, appearing to reference breakthroughs in solutions to climate change, though obviously he doesn’t mention what they are. #Davos2020
Trump suggests continuing as we are because "we will figure it out some day” in relation to environmental damage. #Davos2020
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For the last month I've been attending online webinars from election denial groups who are ramping up their efforts to try and disrupt the 2024 presidential election.
True the Vote and founder Catherine Engelbrecht have been trying to disenfranchise voters for more than a decade, but as the November elections rolls around they are now looking to recruit thousands of local activists to challenge voter rolls and disrupt election locations
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In a series of webinars, Engelbrecht has been giving supporters a how-to guide to local organization as well as an introduction to the group's new IV3 tool, which automates voter registration challenges.
The homepages of all Russian media are dominated by stories about the interview. State-run news agency RIA Novosti's newsfeed had at least a dozen stories published since last night — focusing on how Putin had succeeded in "educating" the west about Russia/Ukraine history
2/6
Memes about Carlson flooded pro-Kremlin Telegram channels, including ones calling for a national day of celebration for Tucker and images of him wearing a ushanka hat.
Going to be monitoring the #takeourborderback convoy here today, watching numerous livestreamers who are in Viriginia broascasting from the convoy as it gets ready to depart for Texas
And this morning, one of the livestreamers posted a picture claiming that four cars which had their types slashed in the parking lot of the hotel where convoyers were staying
The #TakeBackOurBorder convoy is spearheaded by Pete Chambers who claims to be a former green beret and plans to deploy tactics used fighting ISIS in Syria against migrants crossing the border.
Here he is on Alex Jones talking about deploying a "domestic internal defense"
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The convoy will begin Monday from Virginia, moving through Florida and Louisiana before ending up in Eagle Pass, Texas, where the standoff is taking place.
En route, the convoy will stop off at a brewery owned by Phil Waldron, who was central to fomenting #Jan6th
How did Bannon and Carlson, two of the biggest MAGA influencers, end up boosting a conspiracy that Ireland's government is replacing its population with "people from the third world"?
The answer is Keith Woods (a Roscommon native whose real name is Keith O'Brien)
A 🧵...
Woods, who has blocked me, was a student at NUIG where he studied philosophy.
He can be seen in this picture (back row, 3rd from left) which was taken at an intervarsity debating competition where Woods (or O'Brien as he's referred to in the caption) came 2nd.
In recent years however Woods has become most famous as the pseudo-intellectual voice of the Irish far-right.
With accounts on Twitter and Telegram he built up a sizeable following though until recently, Woods did not like to get his hands dirty with real world protests.
Irish Garda Commissioner Drew Harris this morning said that there's no way when the stabbing happened they "could have anticipated" the #DublinRiots
It was the first thing I expected when I heard about the stabbing.
Anyone paying attention knew this was coming.
A short 🧵
Last year, @globalextremism warned that white nationalist, anti-LGBTQ+, anti-immigrant and anti-lockdown groups in Ireland “seem to be coming together and echoing each other’s hateful rhetoric."
The report was largely ignored with one Irish journalist calling it "disinformation"
Over the course of the last year the real-world activities of far-right figures have ratcheted up, most recently seen in the attacks on libraries where dangerous idiots threaten library staff and defame them as pedophiles and groomers.