Let’s be clear: Donald Trump is planning to declare victory on election night, regardless of uncounted votes. He is planning to steal this election, and wants his judges onboard. He’s telling us upfront. No hiding it.
Are all Dems, journos, civil society orgs prepared for this?
As vitally important as the Supreme Court debate is, believe it or not, the issue of Trump trying to steal the election - & notifying us clearly of his plan beforehand - is even more important & urgent. This needs to be addressed & challenged, every single day till the election.
The first question of the first presidential debate should be, to both candidates, a version of: ‘do you commit to ensure every American voter’s vote is counted before declaring victory, including the votes of overseas US military personnel? If not, why not?’
Dear reporters, including at places like NPR & the NYT, there’s no ‘both sides’ here, there is no sitting on the fence. You can’t be neutral on the issue of autocracy. As me, @froomkin & @jayrosen_nyu & others have argued, journalists must have a bias in favor of *democracy*.
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You really wanna do this? I accept many pro-Israel people have said 'if Hamas releases the hostages *and* surrenders' but plenty of people have ALSO only claimed 'if Hamas releases the hostages' then the war could be over.
*You* are lying if you say otherwise.
Thread/Receipts: 1/
Let's start with the president of the United States, who said "the release of hostages held by Hamas" is "now the only obstacle to an immediate ceasefire" 2/
Then there's AIPAC, which quote-tweeted and echoed Biden's words, with no 'surrender' caveat. 3/
My response to @piersmorgan's classic 'Do you condemn Hamas?' question to Palestinian/pro-Palestinian/brown guests.
Me: "Hamas is a symptom of the problem...& now you have 10s of 1000s of orphans, people who've lost their kids...what you think they're not going to fight back?"
Piers: "I feel the same way."
Me: "Then we agree."
Watch @piersmorgan agree with me on the futility of Israel's war:
@piersmorgan Watch the full interview that @piersmorgan did with me for @PiersUncensored, on Gaza, Biden, Trump, culture wars, and more, here:
Irony is dead. For months now, American politicians & pundits, Jewish community leaders & students, have obsessed over ‘from the river to the sea’; censuring Rashida Talib & accusing pro-Palestinian activists of genocidal language.
To be clear btw: when @RashidaTlaib said ‘from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’, and when @marclamonthill said it, theirs was a call for *freedom* in that space
Netanyahu’s ’from the river to the sea’ is much worse - it’s a call for permanent military *occupation*.
@RashidaTlaib @marclamonthill I would love for every member of Congress. Democratic and Republican, every single person who voted to censure Tlaib, to be asked to comment on Netanyahu’s ‘from the river to the sea’ remarks. Do they condemn them? If not, why not?
Last night, Trump brought his own (fake) receipts, stuff on a piece of paper.
Had it not been for the town hall format, Kaitlan Collins could have come armed with her own receipts.
E.g. when he denied asking Raffensperger for votes, she could have played the audio!
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E.g. when Collins asked Trump about the violence and injuries inflicted on police officers on January 6th, and Trump immediately deflected to Ashley Babbitt, Collins could have played video of the horrific violence and made Trump watch it with her and respond to it.
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E.g. when Trump was falsely claiming he gave the order on the National Guard on Jan 6th, and denying his acting SecDef Christopher Miller later said otherwise, Collins could have played the relevant Miller audio from the January 6th Committee.
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So ahead of Trump's appearance on CNN, we get to watch JD Vance - a man who has pushed conspiracy theories and the white supremacist 'Great Replacement' - come on live and do a friendly, pre-game chat.
The normalization of extremism and conspiracism continues.
Anyone watching this interview with Vance on CNN right now would have no idea how extreme Vance is.
Doesn't bode well for the actual interview with Trump.
Vance just said on CNN that the Carroll case was a 'he said she said' issue - even though Carroll produced 2 witnesses to back her claims from the time, & 2 women who also claimed they were assaulted by Trump. That's: he said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said.