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In last 72 hours, Trump has:

* Aired a deranged conspiracy theory about elderly victim of police

* Demanded apology for bad poll

* Issued crazy military threat against Seattle, after his own generals rebuked him

Maybe this won't be seen as "STRENGTH."

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I took a look at the local coverage of what's happening in Seattle.

The contrast with Fox News's coverage of it is hilarious.

It's "children made chalk drawings" versus "Seattle under siege."

Fox News, of course, is what set off Trump's latest threat.

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Can we please pause to note how deeply insane it is that Trump issued an apparent threat to send the military into a US city apparently based on what he saw on Fox News?

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Final point:

I think it's highly significant that Joint Chiefs chair Milley has now apologized for the walk through the area cleared of protesters.

Milley and SecDef Esper likely came to realize just how badly they'd been corrupted by the president.

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Get ready, folks. It's only a matter of time until Trump and his propagandists start blaming the protests for coming coronavirus spikes. Right wing media is already telegraphing this line of depraved nonsense, and some Dems are prepping for it. New piece:
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If Trump and/or right wing media blame protests for coronavirus spikes, it will be entirely consistent with other ugly arguments they've made.

Remember, Trump mused about walling off blue states because it would send a message to his supporters:

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Here's the thing. There has been a legitimate debate over the public health risks associated with protests. As @B_resnick's reporting showed, it's a genuinely difficult moral and political dilemma:

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NEWS:

Democrats are launching a $20 million ad campaign slamming Trump for failing the country while lying incessantly to cover it all up.

The new ads from @American_Bridge say @JoeBiden will level with the country about the crises we face.

New piece:
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@American_Bridge @JoeBiden Also:

@beychok, the president of American Bridge, points out that period between now and Labor Day is crucial, because Trump is using his massive war chest to recover.

Time is now for Dems to drive home depth and damage of Trump's catastrophes:

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@American_Bridge @JoeBiden @beychok Trump is always ascribed magical political powers, but you can't overstate how enormously he misread this political and cultural moment.

After all his incitement, for him to give a unity speech would be the most insulting act of gaslighting imaginable:

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We are not obliged to humor bad faith propaganda. So let's be clear: Tom Cotton and Trump want you to see the *protests themselves* as a fundamentally dangerous, destructive force. But they're failing: Three new polls show they're losing the argument.
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Cotton and Trump claim to respect protests. But to pretend the story ends there -- to pretend they aren't trying to create a profoundly distortive overall picture, while maintaining plausible deniability for doing so -- is to allow bad faith to triumph:

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Awful new polling for Trump:

Only 32% approve of handling of George Floyd aftermath

74% think Floyd killing shows broader problems in police treatment of blacks

57% say police more likely to use deadly force against blacks

They're losing the argument:

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