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5 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Trumps and the Trumpy establishment trying to push more of the GOP into the fray, threatening them with a base revolt...
Some are doing it.
Oh man.
Republicans in disarray! Ballots still being counted and the factions are going to war over level of Trump loyalty.

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7 Nov
Fox's analysis is that Joe Biden succeeded by taking the virus seriously, building his margin in the suburbs, and because the GOP didn't push mail-in voting.

In other words, the network's advice led Donald Trump to ruin.
Trump didn't take the virus seriously because he was listening to Fox.

His suburban strategy was built around fearmongering the Floyd protests because he was listening to Fox.

He told his supporters that mail-in ballots were a source of fraud because he was listening to Fox.
The actual impact of Trump taking Fox's advice, particularly wrt the coronavirus, proved devastating for the country.

But as political counselors, they failed him.
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7 Nov
There are four Starbucks locations in and around The Villages, Florida's massive, Fox-obsessed senior community villages-news.com/2019/07/26/new…
There's a Starbucks in Trump's DC hotel and one in his NYC skyscraper. ImageImage
There's no policy agenda attached to what Carlson is saying, he's not explaining what actual concrete steps should be taken to stop corporate consolidation, because his economic populism is a culture war grift.
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5 Nov
We are inching into extremely dangerous territory. mediamatters.org/fox-news/despi…
We're going to get a "many people are saying I should consider this" comment from Trump within 48 hours.
Escalation upon escalation.
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3 Nov
This interview was scheduled to start at 7:00 a.m., it still hasn't begun, and the Fox & Friends co-hosts are desperately vamping to fill the time.
Kilmeade is now complaining there isn't enough media reporting about tensions in the Biden camp - "You mean everyone agrees about all the messages???"
Now burning time with news briefs, things are going great!
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Matthew Gertz Profile picture
2 Nov
Fox & Friends using diner interviews to suggest a hidden Trump wave that will defy the polls.
"If we are to believe the polls, President Trump is having some trouble with suburban women. What do you say to that?"

"If the media has not been honest to us in so many things -- except for Fox -- why would we believe this? I think it's gonna be a red tsunami."
Tucker's show last night stressing "Huge Enthusiasm For Trump Despite Conflicting Polls."
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2 Nov
1. Claim that mail-in voting encourages voter fraud and election theft.
2. Discourage your supporters from voting by mail.
3. Ensure that mail-in ballots can't be counted before Wednesday morning.
4. Demand to know the results by Tuesday night.
Trump declaring victory prematurely isn’t *sufficient* to steal the election, but it is a *necessary precondition* to pull it off.
Maybe it won’t work, maybe Biden will win by such a large margin PA doesn’t matter, maybe the lawfare fails, but the fact that he’s saying this all out loud is itself raising tensions and increasing risk to a dangerous point.
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