Justin H

Looking for a place to happen, making stops along the way

[Sam Stein @samstein]

The richest man in the world:

is one of the biggest political donors in the world.

and one of the biggest government contractors in the world.

while owning one of the biggest social media platforms in the word.

While warning about a cabal of elites ruining the world.

[Megan McArdle @asymmetricinfo]

I don't agree with a lot of Harris policies. But I disagree with trying to steal an election so strongly that that's irrelevant. Respecting the peaceful transfer of power is a foundational issue in democracy: if you don't have that, nothing else matters.

[Justin H @J_Heg_E]

@EWood70 Best guess is a Draw/fade option, and a 3-wood

[Jason Karsh @jkarsh]

The Trump campaign is a wealth transfer vehicle, set up to take money from MAGA folk, many of whom don’t have a lot to give, and sticking it directly into the pockets of Trump and is cronies. This whole thing is a charade.

[Justin H @J_Heg_E]

@klaibs27 God damn it Eric!

[Rick Taylor @OhRick4]

People cant put this together...

1/6 was the distraction from the real crime

They were going to replace the election certificates and declare Trump the President

MAGA were the willing dupes to take our attention while Elected Officials were trying to overthrow the Government

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

Let’s be clear: This is illegal and unconstitutional. The American people had voted. The courts had ruled. The Electoral College had met and voted. The Governor in every state had certified the results and sent a legal slate of electors to the Congress to be counted. The Vice President has no constitutional authority to tell states to submit alternative slates of electors because his candidate lost. That is tyranny. Our institutions held on Jan 6 because Mike Pence refused to violate his oath to the Constitution. Trump picked JD Vance because Vance will do whatever Trump wants, including violating the Constitution. They are both far too dangerous to serve. It’s our duty to stop them.

[Alan! @o2bnobx.bsky.social on Bluesky @o2bnobx]

How badly do they want to kill basic Democracy?
They built a powerful coordinated propaganda outlet disguised as news in Fox;
They plotted and bought an entire 3rd branch of Government with SCOTUS;
They bought a critical political Social Media platform in Twitter; 1/

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

There's no right to "interfere" with a presidential election. This is the banality of evil right here—Trump asserting he can override the will of the voters to claim victory in an election he lost. And, he will do it again. We must vote against him in overwhelming numbers.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

the people who thought Mexico was going to pay for Trump's border wall are clutching pearls about Kamala Harris not having a comprehensive policy plan

[Justin H @J_Heg_E]

@IwriteOK I guess I’ll just have myself a beer

[Dave Troy @davetroy]

Saturday thoughts:

1. Thiel and Musk are trying to capture the government, through Trump and Vance.

2. For them, Trump is disposable, and will be disposed of — via 25th amendment or otherwise.

3. They are both heavily dependent on government contracts and subsidies, at present.

4. The only way to stop them is to have this boil over out of the internet and into the halls of Congress and legacy media before it's too late.

5. They've already captured Trump and RFK, and are working on Harris; this must be stopped, and we should not assume their team understands what exactly is in play.

6. Starlink is working on a global cellular service to compete with terrestrial services — a global power grab that will become hard to regulate.

7. The concentration of power in SpaceX, Starlink, and X represents a massive national security risk that must be neutralized.

The more this is allowed to continue unchecked, the more difficult it will be to stop. And it poses a challenge no matter who is elected. Contact your representatives and media outlets to bring this set of issues to their attention, before it's too late. Onward!

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

There's nothing democratic about $1 billion being poured into elections from outside groups, with 7 of the 10 biggest spenders funding seditionists.

👉Campaign finance reform protects democracy:

✅ Publicly-funded elections
🚫 End corporate PACs, Super PACs and outside spending

[Jennifer Schulze @NewsJennifer]

Just so we are clear: the very news outlets whining about Harris not doing an interview are:
✅ letting trump tell 162 lies at a news conference with zero pushback
✅treating his talking points as facts
✅refusing to release damaging campaign intel.
A stunning double standard.

[Daniel W. Drezner @dandrezner]

The 45th president threatened the life of his vice president in a last-ditch, desperate effort to stay in power.

The 46th president ended his campaign and endorsed his vice president for the good of the country.

[Molly Jong-Fast @MollyJongFast]

This is the guardrails not holding

[Josh Marshall @joshtpm]

things i've found out today tells me this is worse than I imagined. Not abt what clipped Trump's ear. Who knows. But it's very clear top people at the big news orgs know theres a hole in this story but they don't think it's worth getting in a spat w the Trump campaign over.

[💙 @tabpresley]

@sandibachom @PrincessBravato

[Anders Åslund @anders_aslund]

The US is widely seen as a plutocracy & this election is likely to be bought by the billionaires who want to escape taxation.
Unlimited amounts of political campaign financing - also dark money - are allowed in the US because of John Roberts's Citizens United verdict in 2010.