I hate to break it to you, but even if Garland had appointed a special counsel in 2021 and trump was indicted a year earlier, there still would not have been a trial before the election. Let me explain. 1/ We know that last year, donald filed for immunity. That's interlocutory, which means it has to be solved before trial. That whole appeal and oral argument process from district court to circuit court to SCOTUS, took nearly a year. 2/

THREAD :: THE PODCAST BUSINESS ::

Allow me to go through Tim Pool’s sad excuses for why he’s quitting two weeks before an election. 1/ 1. “It’s not a financial thing. We make a lot of money.”

Okay, but you want to start a family and you’re gonna quit the big ol’ money maker? Or is your wife the bread winner? Kinda woke, isn’t it? 2/

THREAD: Despite the overwhelming support for telling my story, I want to address some of the pushback I've received from Republicans on this site. First, "This is pure propaganda. Florida has exceptions for rape. You support killing babies so much you’re willing to lie to unsuspecting people about it." 1/ Let me address the "Florida has an exception for rape" point first. Florida does have an exception for rape if you provide a "police report, restraining order, medical record, or other court order." That requires the service member to report their rape. Let me tell you what happened when I tried to report my rape. 2/

THREAD :: IMMUNITY :: here’s a brief comparison of what I said to expect a couple weeks ago (on the left), and what Jack Smith put out today:

Me 9/14 Today

Me 9/14 Today

Um, wow. The evidence and testimony Jack Smith has is DAMNING. For instance, the government has testimony that Donald said of the voter fraud claims that the "details don't matter." There is also testimony that trump said it didn't matter if he lost, he would just declare he won. 1/ There are also multiple conversations Pence had with his running mate that they'd lost and it was time to "take a bow". I'm just digging into this, but Trump is cooked. None of this is immune (or the presumptive immunity can be easily rebutted.) 2/

NEW: THREAD: A new ruling from Judge McBurney in Georgia overturning the abortion ban and allowing the procedure to continue has some REMARKABLE quotes. Let's take a look at just a few. 1/ "While the State’s interest in protecting “unborn” life is compelling, until that life can be sustained by the State -- and not solely by the woman compelled by the Act to do the State’s work -- the balance of rights favors the woman." 2/

THREAD: Okay, so after my JAWS thread, I asked which movie I haven't seen to watch next - and the winner by a mile was Hunt for Red October - which happens to be on right now. So here we go 1/

https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1800739425036755156

1984. Soviets and the US deny any of this ever happened...2/

THREAD: BREAKING: JD Vance says he would consider privatizing Veterans health care. This is something I know a little bit about. 1/ I worked for the Veterans Health Administration for over a decade, and that entire time, republicans have been trying to privatize our healthcare. Spurred by private health providers, big donors, and lobbyist's money - the want to move Veteran care to the private sector. 2/

Tim Pool is claiming that $100K per podcast episode is the normal market value of a show that gets 100K-200K views. I own a podcast network with shows that outperform his, and that’s absolutely not true. 1/

https://twitter.com/ronfilipkowski/status/1832193194726949335

Market average is about $9 CPM (per thousand spins) per brand. Even with a 100% fill rate (unheard of) with 6 brands (also unheard of), that’s about $7,200 per episode for 100K views. $14,400 for 200K. Reality is closer to half. And that’s gross (before the network, ad agency, and talent agents take their cut). $100K per episode is market value for a show that gets MILLIONS of downloads. 2/

THREAD: GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: The republicans are threatening to shut down the government by attaching the SAVE Act to the government funding CR.

The SAVE Act penalizes CITIZENS by forcing them to prove their citizenship in order to vote - when it's already illegal for non-citizens to vote. 1/ This is a voter suppression tactic designed to stop CITIZENS from voting - particularly marginalized communities. The goal is to wear people down with paperwork to get them to give up on voting, because republicans never pass bills that make it EASIER for citizens to vote. 2/

THREAD: SPACE BEANS: This is what I bet happened with the trump sham ceremony at Arlington. This is speculation based on past behavior (with some actual events peppered in.)

1. Trump got some internal polling numbers (I still don't get why the public gets different polling than the candidates, but I digress) - so the Trump campaign got some unfavorable polling numbers that show Harris is the candidate of freedom and patriotism (speculation) 1/ 2. So the Trump campaign decides they need to hurt Harris with Veterans and the Military. They cook up an idea to create a wreath-laying ceremony on the anniversary of the Afghanistan withdrawal. So they call up Arlington, who abruptly tells them they are forbidden by law to create campaign ads at Arlington. (It's been confirmed that Arlington told Trump ahead of time that he couldn't film there.) 2/

OMG. 1/

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1829128926121079164

Okay, I'm going to do my best to ignore the Superman shirt thing for a second and answer the @AlanDersh question about how DoJ is going to prove trump knew he lost the election. 2/

THREAD: I’ve had MSNBC on for ten minutes and here’s what I’ve heard.

Gabe Gutierrez commenting on the Harris Walz rallies says something to the effect of “well she is being criticized for not doing press conferences or interviews.”

He said this with a straight face, never mentioning Trump failing to do any interviews or press conferences and just one rally.

And no, the one hour “press conference” with hand-picked journalists asking spoon-fed questions off mic from Mar a Lago does not a “press conference” make. Gabe failed to mention Trump lied 162 times in that hour, and left out all the times this week that Harris and Walz DID take questions from reporters. 1/ Next, they criticize Kamala for not having any policy out yet. LOL WHAT?

Then they immediately play a clip OF SOME POLICY shared by Harris at a rally THIS WEEK saying we need comprehensive immigration reform including increasing security and a path to citizenship.

Then MSNBC comes back and asks “IS IT ENOUGH OR DOES SHE NEED TO DEFINE IT MORE”

Omg fuck OFF. We can’t get trump to answer how he plans to deport 11M people while putting babies in tender age facilities and you’re gonna sit here and WONDER what Harris’s policy is? SHE’S BEEN VP FOR OVER THREE YEARS. START THERE.

or maybe wait another two weeks for trump’s health care plan. 2/

NEW: THREAD: Just noticed that the Attorneys General and Secretaries of State of Arizona and Michigan have had their blue check marks removed. What’s going on? 1/





So I checked other states where fraudulent electors have been indicted. Wisconsin AG lost his verification badge. 2/

I’d like to walk through the Vox article shared here. 1/

https://twitter.com/antitoxicpeople/status/1810751140281360585

First, I’d like to point out that Biden made 18 appearances in this time period. Not three. And Biden has undergone a neurological exam, and has done so every year since he’s been president. So this is BS. 2/

Hoo boy. Special counsel just provided Judge Cannon with all the examples of how dangerous Trump’s rhetoric is in support of his motion to modify the bail conditions. Check this out: 1/ 2/

A SHORT THREAD.

This article from the Times says Trump has more money that Biden. I don’t see a source here, but it must be the FEC, right? I mean, this is the @nytimes. They would just print stuff willy nilly, would they? 1/ Hmm. Interesting. I’m listening. What’s your source, though? Must be the FEC right? 2/

THREAD: SCOTUS RAHIMI: TW/CW: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: I’m relieved SCOTUS ruled 8 - 1 that a domestic abuser under a restraining order cannot own a firearm, but I’m equally appalled at Thomas’ repugnant dissent. Here’s why. 1/ Thomas writes that the law in question “is not triggered by a criminal conviction or a person’s criminal history, therefore it strips an individual of HIS (interesting use of pronoun there) ability to possess firearms and ammunition without due process.” With zero due respect Clarence, to hell with you and your selective due process. 2/

NEVADA! A quick 🧵

@RosenForNevada needs your help to defeat MAGA Sam Brown and codify Roe! Brown thinks Trump did a great job 🤯 Keep Brown OUT and send Jacky Rosen back to the Senate. 1/
MAGA Sam Brown wants to BAN ABORTION and has birth control in his sights. He wants to gut Social Security and repeal Obamacare, and would love nothing more to extend tax breaks to his wealthy friends. 2/

Alright. I’m watching Jaws for the first time. I’m 50 years old. I don’t have a good excuse for not having seen it yet.

So far, it seems as though business guys don’t want the main guy to put signs up in response to a shark attack because they don’t wanna lose money. Typical. 1/ Oh! There’s the old “that’s some bad hat, Harry” line. OOOH THE MUSIC IS STARTING… blood in the water!! 2/

THREAD: For Ken Dilanian at @MSNBC, who says Garland didn't do anything for 18 months. Can someone get this to him because he blocked me in 2019 when I called him out for getting the Mueller findings wrong. First, here's a non-exhaustive list of what Garland did before he appointed Jack Smith. 1/ Next, here’s recent reporting from the New York Times showing Garland started investigating Trump as soon as he got to the DoJ in March, 2021. 2/