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Thanks #ABC

#Trump & His Picks Threaten More Lawsuits Over #Critical Coverage

The small flurry of threatened #defamation suits is the latest sign that the incoming Trump administration appears poised to do what it can to crack down on unfavorable media coverage.

#law #democracy #FreePress #FourthEstate
nytimes.com/2024/12/15/busines

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, on Capitol Hill last week.
The New York Times · Trump and His Picks Threaten More Lawsuits Over Critical CoverageBy David Enrich

I don’t like to post stories from the Quisling publication called the Guardian, but this is worth reading:

“Trump has been explicit about revenge’: Asif Kapadia on his new film about the threat to democracy”

by Carole Cadwalladr

“Techno-authoritarianism is here. That’s the message of the film: that [..] there’s a terrifying & all too believable roadmap for Trump that is clearly laid out in 2073.”

theguardian.com/film/2024/dec/

#Press #UK #Kapadia #2073 #Film #Trump #Musk #Thiel #Zuckerberg #Bezos

The Guardian · ‘Trump has been explicit about revenge’: Asif Kapadia on his new film about the threat to democracyBy Carole Cadwalladr
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"Donald Trump centered much of his campaign on catering to this public perception [that wage gains are disconnected from inflation], promising, for example,

From the day I take the oath of office, we’ll rapidly drive prices down and make America affordable again. … Prices will come down. You just watch. They’ll come down fast.

And low-information voters believed him."

~ Paul Krugman

#Trump #economy #groceries #EconomicElites #WorkingClass
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paulkrugman.substack.com/p/wil

Krugman wonks out · Will Trump Be Called On His Inflation Lie?By Paul Krugman

"As Trump finally admitted this week, after lying for a year on the campaign trail, there isn’t really much he can do to bring down prices, either. So now we’ll have $5 eggs and a corrupt oligarchy and political opponents under arrest and new outbreaks of once-defeated diseases. But remember, Trump was the working-class candidate."

~ Michael Tomasky

#Trump #economy #groceries #EconomicElites #WorkingClass
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newsletter.tnr.comThe Trump era came into sharper view this week. God help us.Fighting Words. What got me...
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And yet, the "cult like"* obsession with Bernie and the myth he got screwed persists among many so called liberals.

Folks, #BernieSanders IS the #Trump on the left.

And fucking hell the big difference is we shouldn't need to talk about him. He's irrelevant. He's a camera chasing never has been that is only relevant because too many so called liberals turn their brains off and refuse to accept the reality of who and what Sanders is.

He's a con artist. Period.

In 2016 a lot of people asked what the Democrats would do if a populist outsider with little or no legislative or executive leadership, a dubious history on race, allegations of sexual misconduct, shady real estate deals and no affiliation with the party ever got the nomination the way #Trump did for the GOP.

The answer was straight forward, the #Democrats have super delegates to step in should a populist like that try to take over.

Here's the thing. They've NEVER used those super delegates.

🤦🏻‍♀️Here’s Irrelevant #Romney on #Trump:

“I agree with him on a lot of policy fronts. I disagree with him on some things. But it’s like, OK, give him a chance to do what he said he’s gonna do and see how it works out.”

FFS, HOW DOES HE THINK IT WILL WORK OUT?!🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️
cnn.com/2024/12/15/politics/ro

CNN · Romney stands by Trump criticism but says MAGA is now the Republican PartyBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn

ABC and George Stephanopoulos have settled a defamation lawsuit filed against them by Trump.

Medias+ describes:
"Let’s not mince words after what they just did moments ago in settling a civil lawsuit with Donald Trump for $15 million and issuing a written apology to Donald Trump. In announcing this settlement to Trump, ABC has declared to us all that it is compromised. It is no longer legitimate. It works only for Donald Trump now and billionaires."

#ABC
#law
#Trump
#defamation