James Baldwin: ‘Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.’
Pretty good Snl this week. I’m pretty annoyed that Carrey perpetuated the Reds’ meme of mental decline, but the close was great. Carrey produced a remote control and paused Baldwin in midsentence. “Sorry, but I think we all needed a break,” Carrey said. “Isn’t that satisfying?” Carrey’s Biden introduced his own campaign slogan: “Make America Actively Not on Fire Again.”
A militia-promoting father and son duo of fake news publishers and a Trump-connected social media consultant are linked to pages which promote the idea of an American civil war with material presented in a way that appears to be an effort to sidestep Facebook’s fact-checking system.
Comments on their Facebook pages and other materials obtained by the Guardian show that some rank and file Donald Trump supporters are enthusiastically receiving the message that they should prepare for violence against their perceived political enemies in November.
The network is comprised of websites owned and operated by Dino Porrazzo Sr and Dino Porrazzo Jr, whose company, AFF Media, is headquartered in Pinon Hills in California.
The pair have been running rightwing websites since at latest 2013, according to DNS website records.
The Porrazzos now run a network of websites that enthusiastically promote Trump, and far right anti-government militias like the Three Percenters, and offer distorted versions of current events.
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The Vici Media Group, meanwhile, is run by Patrick Mauldin, who is a social media consultant for the Trump campaign and other Republican politicians, and his brother, Ryan.
The company was hired in 2016 by one-time Trump campaign manager and recently-resigned campaign consultant, Brad Parscale, to be part of the team that was widely credited with winning Trump the election.
In June, Patrick Mauldin was identified as the creator of a fake Joe Biden site that was compared in New York Times reporting to “disinformation spread by Russian trolls”.
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Asked to comment on the site’s apparent reach, and the nature of its community, Lewis, the extremism researcher, said: “This is not some dark corner of the internet, this is not a fringe thing, it’s mainstream Republicans that are stoking this.”
Trumpists love their Dear Leader in no small measure because of his talent for unapologetically engaging in abject cruelty.
Whether he was mocking a disabled reporter’s affliction and delighting in Hillary Clinton’s health travails on the 2016 campaign trail or separating migrant children with Down syndrome from their parents and ridiculing Joe Biden’s son’s struggle with drug addiction during his time in office — Trump supporters can’t get enough of the Dear Leader triggering the libs, or really anyone with a conscience.
To his fervent supporters, Trump’s callous viciousness is funny.
It’s the humorless politically correct scolds and loser Never Trumper conservatives who need to lighten up, they say.
Now that President Trump and first lady Melania have tested positive for COVID-19, Trumpworld has discovered the value of empathy.
And they are shocked — shocked! — that some of Trump’s critics have delighted in the irony of Trump’s coronavirus denialism contributing to his own infection.
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It is completely appropriate and relevant to point out that Trump contracted a disease whose lethality he willfully lied to the American public about.
He also personally made mask-wearing the dumbest culture-war battle of our time.
And even after tepidly walking back his mask skepticism over the summer, he mocked Biden at this week’s debate for often he wears masks:
“I don’t wear face masks like him. Every time you see him he’s got a mask. He could be speaking 200 feet away … and he shows up with the biggest mask I’ve ever seen.”
At that same debate on Tuesday, Trump’s guests were offered surgical masks by Cleveland Clinic doctors. They refused.
He hosted a super-spreader event to honor a justice who would have the government control your body but refuse the duty to care for it. And when the virus he helped go around came around, he availed himself of the healthcare he would deny others, financed by the taxes he refuses to pay.
Cheapskate0 about 4 years ago
The two week delay is killing this strip.
Okay, so Scott isn’t helping that much, either.
mi_sbs about 4 years ago
As Yogi Berra once said, “It ain’t over, til it’s over.” I’m afraid this ain’t gonna be over for a long time.
Sanspareil about 4 years ago
The lord of chaos is looking at this and saying “I could learn a thing or two”
William Robbins Premium Member about 4 years ago
James Baldwin: ‘Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.’
Pretty good Snl this week. I’m pretty annoyed that Carrey perpetuated the Reds’ meme of mental decline, but the close was great. Carrey produced a remote control and paused Baldwin in midsentence. “Sorry, but I think we all needed a break,” Carrey said. “Isn’t that satisfying?” Carrey’s Biden introduced his own campaign slogan: “Make America Actively Not on Fire Again.”
Silly Season about 4 years ago
A militia-promoting father and son duo of fake news publishers and a Trump-connected social media consultant are linked to pages which promote the idea of an American civil war with material presented in a way that appears to be an effort to sidestep Facebook’s fact-checking system.
Comments on their Facebook pages and other materials obtained by the Guardian show that some rank and file Donald Trump supporters are enthusiastically receiving the message that they should prepare for violence against their perceived political enemies in November.
The network is comprised of websites owned and operated by Dino Porrazzo Sr and Dino Porrazzo Jr, whose company, AFF Media, is headquartered in Pinon Hills in California.
The pair have been running rightwing websites since at latest 2013, according to DNS website records.
The Porrazzos now run a network of websites that enthusiastically promote Trump, and far right anti-government militias like the Three Percenters, and offer distorted versions of current events.
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The Vici Media Group, meanwhile, is run by Patrick Mauldin, who is a social media consultant for the Trump campaign and other Republican politicians, and his brother, Ryan.
The company was hired in 2016 by one-time Trump campaign manager and recently-resigned campaign consultant, Brad Parscale, to be part of the team that was widely credited with winning Trump the election.
In June, Patrick Mauldin was identified as the creator of a fake Joe Biden site that was compared in New York Times reporting to “disinformation spread by Russian trolls”.
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Asked to comment on the site’s apparent reach, and the nature of its community, Lewis, the extremism researcher, said: “This is not some dark corner of the internet, this is not a fringe thing, it’s mainstream Republicans that are stoking this.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/04/revealed-trump-linked-consultant-facebook-pages-warning-election-cause-civil-war
RobinHood about 4 years ago
Hey now, hey now
Don’t dream it’s over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know they won’t win
Neil Finn
Silly Season about 4 years ago
Trumpists love their Dear Leader in no small measure because of his talent for unapologetically engaging in abject cruelty.
Whether he was mocking a disabled reporter’s affliction and delighting in Hillary Clinton’s health travails on the 2016 campaign trail or separating migrant children with Down syndrome from their parents and ridiculing Joe Biden’s son’s struggle with drug addiction during his time in office — Trump supporters can’t get enough of the Dear Leader triggering the libs, or really anyone with a conscience.
To his fervent supporters, Trump’s callous viciousness is funny.
It’s the humorless politically correct scolds and loser Never Trumper conservatives who need to lighten up, they say.
Now that President Trump and first lady Melania have tested positive for COVID-19, Trumpworld has discovered the value of empathy.
And they are shocked — shocked! — that some of Trump’s critics have delighted in the irony of Trump’s coronavirus denialism contributing to his own infection.
✁
It is completely appropriate and relevant to point out that Trump contracted a disease whose lethality he willfully lied to the American public about.
He also personally made mask-wearing the dumbest culture-war battle of our time.
And even after tepidly walking back his mask skepticism over the summer, he mocked Biden at this week’s debate for often he wears masks:
“I don’t wear face masks like him. Every time you see him he’s got a mask. He could be speaking 200 feet away … and he shows up with the biggest mask I’ve ever seen.”
At that same debate on Tuesday, Trump’s guests were offered surgical masks by Cleveland Clinic doctors. They refused.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/trumpworld-delighted-cruelty-trump-positive-covid-test-demands-empathy-coronavirus-2020-10
Objective Turnip about 4 years ago
I’ll take the “fat man” over a liberty-stealing socialist administration any day of the week.
William Robbins Premium Member about 4 years ago
The people who consume Fox “News” and never read an actual newspaper are a big part of the problem.
Silly Season about 4 years ago
Trump went to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
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Just a reminder…
Trump’s doctors, medical treatment, and hospitalization are all a product of Government-provided, Socialist Healthcare….
dotbup about 4 years ago
He hosted a super-spreader event to honor a justice who would have the government control your body but refuse the duty to care for it. And when the virus he helped go around came around, he availed himself of the healthcare he would deny others, financed by the taxes he refuses to pay.
rossevrymn about 4 years ago
It will be less, Stantisferdespair.
Bruce1253 about 4 years ago
You can end it anytime you want, unplug. When you ballot comes in the mail, vote then unplug again.
MichaelSFC90 about 4 years ago
The day after Election Day 2020 the campaign for 2024 will begin. How about a single 8 year term as president?