1/ Today the #2024Election kicks off in earnest with #JoeBiden’s re-election bid announcement
There is 560 days to the #PresidentialElection. Much will happen, conditions will change but it as #Biden suggests a continuation of the battle for the soul of America
I’ll use this thread to comment periodically on the election over the next 80 weeks. It’s a long road to #ElectionDay2024, but the stakes couldn’t be higher
2) One of America’s better columnists, #TomFriedman, with some thoughts on #KamalaHarris and how the VP needs to be a more visible presence in the #2024Election.
#USPolitics #Politics #WomenInPolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/25/opinion/kamala-harris-joe-biden-2024-reelection.html
3) is the #2024Election a contest between morality vs amorality?
#DavidBrooks of the #NYTimes certainly thinks so
#USPolitics #Politics #Elections
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/opinion/biden-trump-soul-america-election-2024.html
4) Meanwhile #DonaldTrump is on the campaign trail reinforcing his uber fan base by embracing a convicted #Jan6 agitator. In Donald world these people were patriots and acted in his best interests although he lifted nary a figure to help them as the indictments and convictions started flowing
5) The #Desantis campaign for the presidency now seems dead before its birth.
What is more surprsing, the empty vision of DeSantis or the continued acceptance of #Trump as a presidentail candidate?
#USPolitics #Politics #Election2024
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/03/trump-critics-desantis-gop-primary-00095011
6) Meanwhile the candidate accused of rape in a current civil suit trial plays golf in #Ireland.
While Mr #Trump claims he will return to #NYC to defend himself, he has opted NOT to attend the #JeanCarroll trial. While the geography was different, the usual MO was on full display, made for #NewsMedia assertions without reference to fact or logic
7) #DonaldTrump is not hirable for most jobs. Like many, conservative pundit, Charlie Sykes, is mystified that many Americans consider #Trump to be a plausible candidate for control of the nuclear codes or top secret clearance
#Politics #USPolitics #Election2024
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/05/trump-reelection-2024-assault-allegations/673957
8) The #2023Election will be the first election where #AI generated imagery, audio and video will be deployed.
Donie O'Sullivan recently flagged a #GOP campaign add which used AI generated imagery to stoke fears about fictional dystopian future resulting from a #Biden re-election
This ad was created by the #RNC not some outsourced hacked media shop. A shameful moment for the #Republican Party
#USPolitics #Politics #DeepFake
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/02/politics/ai-election-ads-2024/index.html
9) The #Trump show was on #CNN last night. He served up a big dose of red meat to true believer supporters who were predominant in the town hall format audience.
While that makes going into the primary process, the #Election2024 campaign will be fought for the middle swing 30%. Many will not be enamored by #ElectionDenialism, #Jan6 rioter embrace or the #JeanCarroll rape verdict
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/us/politics/trump-cnn-town-hall-takeaways.html
10) #CNN has had a busy 24 hours trying to justify why it hosted #donaldtrump
Should #Trump be hosted by legitimate news operations? I think yes, but not in the circus like town hall environment
@rbreich is out with a good piece indicating that "libertarian", #JohnMalone was the likely driver behind the decision to host #Trump. I find this suspicion to be highly plausible
#Election2024 #USPolitics #Politics #NewsMedia #News
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/after-last-night-anyone-still-trust
11) File this one under #FailureToLaunch. Hardly surprising when understaffed and under resourced #Twitter is used as a broadcast platform. Seems like #DeSantis lacks risk assessment skills, fairly important if you wish to be #POTUS.
This latest #Musk mess will do little to improve the credibility of his crumbling network
12) I find myself being oddly aligned with #ChrisChristie in the last 24 hours. Is the #MirrorHog trending. If not it should be
13) #DonaldTrump is now facing 2 different criminal court dates in New York and Federal court in Florida. It’s likely that more indictments are forthcoming: election tampering in Georgia and then the #Jan6 conspiracy
14) Speaker #KevinMcCarthy in reacting to the #Trump indictment seems to misunderstand that the charges come from the Department of Justice and not #JoeBiden.
I can understand the confusion given how #DonaldTrump yearned to leverage the DOJ to pursue political vendettas. Seems McCarthy’s understanding of the separation of power is similar
15) The candidacy of #DonaldTrump in #Election2024 forces us to confront the ugly realities that have been unleashed on American #Politics
David Brooks at the #NYTimes reflects on the nature of #Trump’s tyranny and how it has flooded our discourse with cruelty, corruption and selfishness
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/15/opinion/trump-indictment-president.html
16) There is no arguing, #DonaldTrump’s Supreme Court appointments resulted in a court which has greatly limited abortion access. The #Trump court has earned the unfaltering support of many evangelicals
Such Christians seem to be comfortable in overlooking Trump’s more problematic non-biblical complaint behaviors. For Trump the overturning of #RoeVWade was a purely transactional vote gathering effort
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/us/politics/trump-documents-tape-audio.html
@mnutty because most evangelicals are #conservatives before they’re #Christians. He’s a means to an end.
Ironically, the Antichrist (literally means “opposed to Christ”) will be selfish, immoral, self-centred, cruel, & a deceiver.
Trump said effectively said he’s second only to #Jesus. It’s purely transactional both ways
