Nate White, a British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:
“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”
A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.
Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.
Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.
There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.
And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.
So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:
• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.
• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.
This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum.
God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.
And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”
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🚨 #BREAKINGNEWS So it gets even worse. I did not think Donald Trump could regarding Ruby Garcia.
Donald Trump yesterday claimed he spoke to the family. He claimed they told him about her contiguous laughter and smile that lit up a room.
The family says they watched his words live and no one spoke to Donald Trump. That he lied.
Here is the worse part. Donald Trump's speech came from Ruby Garcia obituary. Almost every word about Ruby Garcia was previously written.
Donald Trump is a slurpy brain lunatic. 🚨
BREAKING: Fox News viewers are stunned as they turn on their TVs only to see Democrat Kevin Walling dropping truth bombs about President Biden's successes — while tearing into Donald Trump.
MAGA fans had their little bubble popped...
"Violent crime is across the board down in most major cities and that's something we need to talk about certainly as Democrats," said Walling, dispelling the Republican lie that there is some insane crime wave occurring.
"Listen, the highest jump in the homicide rate, the murder rate in this country annually, happened in the last year of the Trump administration," Walling went on. "It didn't happen in any of the Biden years over these last three years."
"So again the president is running on his record," he said. "Donald Trump has now a different situation than 2016, has a record he's got to defend as well."
And what a record it is. Donald Trump has the distinction of being the worst president in American history. He had zero actual accomplishments, couldn't pass an infrastructure bill, mismanaged the COVID-19 pandemic, and then attempted an insurrection when he lost.
President Biden is offering a brighter future for America. Trump is offering a return to the Dark Ages.
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This is Corion Evans.
While he was driving in Mississippi, he saw a car swerve and crash into a river. Without hesitating, he ran out, jumped into the water, and rescued three girls inside.
He was 16 at the time.
The driver of the vehicle stated she was following her GPS and did not realize she was going into the water.
Corion Evans said he immediately ran over, took off his shoes and shirt and went into the water when he saw the car sinking and heard the three occupants shouting for help.
When Police Officer Gary Mercer responded to the scene, he attempted to bring one person to shore who began panicking and caused him to struggle under water.
Evans then helped rescue the officer, too.
Officials presented Evans with a certificate of commendation for his heroism in rescuing the four people. They also recognized Mercer for his "bravery in the rescue."
“It's not often enough that you see people put others above themselves."
BREAKING: Special Counsel Jack Smith takes the gloves off and goes after shady MAGA Judge Aileen Cannon, ripping into her for her "fundamentally flawed" understanding of the case and orders that have "no basis in law or fact."
But it gets even better...
In his strongest words to date, Smith wrote in court filings that Cannon — who was appointed by Trump when he was president — doesn't appear to understand the classified documents case.
Smith and his team criticized Cannon's absurd request for them to prepare jury instructions that take into consideration Trump's false claim that he had the authority to take the classified documents. They have said that they will seek assistance from an appeals court if Cannon reifies Trump's baseless claims.
Last month, Cannon made the highly unusual request that attorneys prepare two versions of possible jury instructions, including the aforementioned one which would assume that Trump had total authority to take any documents he wanted from the White House.
"Both scenarios rest on an unstated and fundamentally flawed legal premise — namely, that the Presidential Records Act and in particular its distinction between ‘personal’ and ‘Presidential’ records, determines whether a former President is ‘authorized,’ under the Espionage Act, to possess highly classified documents and store them in an unsecure facility," wrote Smith's team.
Smith stated that Cannon is pursuing a "fundamentally flawed legal premise" because the PRA does not override Section 793 of the Espionage Act that Trump is accused of violating.
"That legal premise is wrong, and a jury instruction for Section 793 that reflects that premise would distort the trial," wrote Smith wrote, adding that The Presidential Records Act "should not play any role at trial at all."
Crucially, the prosecutors pointed out that the PRA doesn't apply in any case, because Trump took the documents AFTER he left the presidency.
The fact that Judge Cannon has not yet been replaced in this case is an insult to our judicial system. She was appointed by Trump, this is the definition of a conflict of interest.
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BREAKING: Massachusetts district court judge rules that migrants who were trafficked to Martha's Vineyard by MAGA Governor Ron DeSantis CAN proceed with a case against the charter flight company involved.
And it gets even better....
The judge dismissed just three counts leveled against the company in question, Vertol Systems Co., but said that the eight remaining counts may proceed.
Judge Allison D. Burroughs wrote that the defendants were not "legitimately enforcing any immigration laws."
"Instead, as alleged, they ‘exploit[ed] [Plaintiffs] in a scheme to boost the national profile of Defendant DeSantis and manipulate them for political ends,'" the judge went on.
"Moreover, Plaintiffs’ images were captured and sent to national news media," she added. "Unlike ICE agents legitimately enforcing the country’s immigration laws, … the Court sees no legitimate purpose for rounding up highly vulnerable individuals on false pretenses and publicly injecting them into a divisive national debate."
"Treating vulnerable individuals like Plaintiffs in this way, as alleged and accepted as true for purposes of the motion to dismiss, … is nothing short of extreme, outrageous, uncivilized, intolerable, and stunning," she added.
Crucially, the judge said that the migrants' lawyers sufficiently alleged that the migrants were specifically targeted because they were from South American countries and are "Latinx, and thus made for better props in Defendants’ photo op."
While the judge was forced to dismiss DeSantis himself and other state actors as defendants because her court lacks jurisdiction over them, this is still a massive win.
This ruling means that in the future, companies will think twice about helping Republican politicians with their cruel, anti-migrant PR stunts.
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BREAKING: Hardcore Trump supporter is charged with making terroristic threats against Attorney General Letitia James and Judge Arthur Engoron after texting them that he would use "deadly force" and owns a "whole wall of deadly weapons."
But it gets even more disturbing...
"I want to give you Letitia James a very fair warning that you are not to permanently steal Donald Trumps assets or his property," the Trump supporter wrote in one message to James. "Furthermore you are not to imprison Donald Trump."
"Mark my words I will kill you if you even dare to permanently steal Donald Trumps (sic) assets or his property," he allegedly wrote.
The alleged terrorist in question is 26-year-old Tyler Vogel from New York.
He idiotically believed that falsely identifying himself as "Brian Crandel" in the messages would prevent him from getting caught, because apparently he didn't realize that the government can easily find out who sent a given message.
The threatening texts also reportedly contained James' and Engoron's addresses.
Vogel is facing two counts of making a terroristic threat and two counts of second-degree aggravated harassment. He is being held without bail and faces a maximum of seven years in prison.
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BREAKING: Stunning report reveals that Donald Trump is scheming to take action against "anti-white racism" if he wins the White House back again — setting the stage for a blatantly white nationalist administration.
They're not even trying to hide it at this point...
"As President Trump has said, all staff, offices, and initiatives connected to Biden’s un-American policy will be immediately terminated," Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said to Axios, adding that Trump "is committed to weeding out discriminatory programs and racist ideology across the federal government."
Horrifyingly, Trump and his MAGA cronies intend to exploit Civil Rights legislation to prioritize what they call "anti-white racism," which really just means that they want to give white people back the unfair advantages that they used to have.
Axios reports that a second Trump presidency would use the Justice Department to end anti-racism programs in the government and private sector, or else mutate them into programs concerned with white people.
The effects would be far-reaching and would influence policies that have existed for decades as well as more modern ones implement in the wake of the police murder of George Floyd.
Already, the MAGA movement is laying groundwork for the initiative, by filing countless lawsuits and legal complaints, spearheaded by Stephen Miller's America First Legal group — which he describes as a "long-awaited answer to the ACLU."
The worst part is that with a Republican-packed Supreme Court they will likely have a great deal of success upholding the legality of their white nationalist policies.
The only way to stop them is to beat Trump at the ballot box.
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BREAKING: Vice President Kamala Harris unleashes an epic takedown on Donald Trump over his promise to become a "dictator" if he wins the presidency back, and she wasn't done there.
This is a MUST-READ message for all Americans...
"We've got a guy right now, the former president, running for office openly saying that he promises to essentially be a dictator!" Harris said during an appearance on The View.
"A person running to enter back into the White House who is proud that he stripped Americans, women, of the right to make decisions about their own body," she went on. "A person running to become the commander-in-chief who is admitting that he would weaponize the Department of Justice!"
"These issues in terms of how we are doing on a daily basis and how our democracy and our country is doing are inextricably linked," she added. "So yes the economy is very important, we must do both: address the economy and absolutely understand what is at stake in terms of fighting for our freedoms."
Incredibly well said Madam Vice President. The choice could not be more clear this election. We can choose Biden and a bright future, or we can choose Donald Trump and a new fascist Dark Age.
Vote accordingly.
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BREAKING: Donald Trump launches his most deranged attack yet on the judge in his hush money criminal case — despite a legally binding gag order — before bringing the man's innocent daughter into it.
This is one surefire way to ensure the judge shows him no mercy...
"Judge Juan Merchan is totally compromised, and should be removed from this TRUMP Non-Case immediately," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "His Daughter, Loren, is a Rabid Trump Hater, who has admitted to having conversations with her father about me, and yet he gagged me."
"She works for Crooked Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Adam 'Shifty' Schiff, and other Radical Leftists who Campaign on 'Getting Trump,' and fundraise off the 'Biden Indictments' - including this Witch Hunt, which her father 'presides' over, a TOTAL Conflict - and attacking Biden’s Political Opponent through the Courts," Trump went on. "Former D.A. Cy Vance refused to bring this case, as did all Federal Agencies, including 'Elections.'"
Trump is furious at Merchan for imposing a gag order to prohibit him from making "threatening, inflammatory, denigrating" against witnesses, attorneys, court staff, and the family of prosecutors and lawyers involved in the Stormy Daniels hush money case.
It looks like it's time for the judge to expand that gag order...
How should the judge respond?
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BREAKING: President Biden outmaneuvers Donald Trump in masterful fashion by going after the Nikki Haley voters that MAGA refuses to welcome — making the Democratic voting coalition even stronger.
This is how you win an election...
"If you voted for Nikki Haley, Donald Trump doesn’t want your vote," Biden's new ad bluntly states.
The effective media spot highlights all of the times that Trump insulted Haley, calling her a "birdbrain" and "not presidential material.”
"Haley supporters ‘will be permanently barred from the MAGA camp,’" the ad says, quoting one of Trump's furious Truth Social posts.
On top of that, the ad shows clips of Trump claiming that he doesn't actually need too many Haley voters to win — proving that he not only despises these voters, he's taking them for granted.
Even if they strongly disagree with Biden's historic policies, Haley supporters would be wise to vote for him over Trump. Politics aside, democracy itself is at risk.
If Trump wins, this country is headed for destruction.
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BREAKING: MAGA puppeteer Steve Bannon lets the cat out of the bag on the fascist horrors planned for a second Donald Trump term — and they should send a chill down your spine.
"On the evening after we've won, the accountability project's going to start and it's going to be thorough this time," Bannon said on his War Room podcast. "It's going to be deep, it's going to be meaningful right?
"And it's not going to be the Peter Navarros of the world that are going to be in prison," he went on. "It's going to be, they're gonna be in prison. Yes, prison."
In other words, Trump and his cronies intend to go after law-abiding Democrats in a sweeping revenge operation. They're furious that Trump is being held accountable for his own actual crimes, so they plan on inventing crimes and prosecuting them.
Since MAGA will control the Justice Department, they'll pack it with obedient fascist stormtroopers who will gladly invent cases against their political enemies.
It cannot be stressed enough just how bad things will get under a second Trump term. It's possible he could dissolve the FBI altogether and totally weaponize the DOJ.
If Trump wins, the rule of law ends in this country and the rule of Bannon begins.
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BREAKING: President Biden enrages MAGA donors by restoring crucial protections for endangered plants and animals — putting the environment before corporate profits.
And it gets even better…
Among the restored protections, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will also reinstate a regulation that enforces broad protections for species that have been recently identified as “threatened.”
It was removed under Trump in 2019 at the behest of big industrial interests, a horrifyingly greedy decision given the fact that mass extinctions and habitat loss are sweeping our embattled planet.
Under the new Biden rules, government officials will not be forced to consider the economic preferences of corporations when deciding which animals and plants to protect.
The rules will also allow the National Marine Fisheries Service to more easily carve out protected areas that they deem crucial to a specie’ survival.
This is a HUGE win for future generations and a powerful rebuke to destructive MAGA greed.
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BREAKING: Donald Trump will drain $1,500 out of the average American household annually, according to a stunning new economic analysis of his policies.
This would be absolutely devastating...
According to an analysis from the Center for American Progress (CAP), the blanket 10% tariff on imported goods that Trump wants to implement would be a historic economic disaster.
Families would be forced to shell out an additional $1,500 a year, which for many is simply impossible.
Just a few of the numbers include:
-$90 more per year spent on food
-$90 on prescription
-$120 on oil and petroleum products
-$220 on automobiles
-$70 on clothes
-$80 on electronics
-$50 on furniture and appliances,
Additionally, the cost of fruit, vegetables, coffee, and seafood would skyrocket. Industrial supplies would become more expensive and the effects would spread throughout the entire economy.
"Middle-income U.S. households—those in the 40th to 60th percentile of the income distribution—consume about 85 percent as much as the average household according to the Consumer Expenditure Surveys, which suggests a roughly $1,500 tax increase for the typical household," CAP said in its report.
The study further states that Trump's tariff would be far more damaging to U.S. consumers and importers than to any of the Chinese companies he claims to be targeting.
"Tariffs are a tax levied on U.S. importers when their purchased product crosses into the U.S. market. These importers are usually domestic companies that import products for distribution to U.S. consumers," the study states.
This cannot be allowed to happen. American can not afford another Trump presidency.
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