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September 18, 2024 4:50 pm
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: New reporting makes Vance’s handling of Springfield story look even worse
According to the city manager in Springfield, Ohio, JD Vance knew the truth about Haitian immigrants. The senator and Donald Trump kept lying anyway.
- Angry White Men: Jeremy Carl: The Racist Lie About Haitians Eating Pets Is ‘Gonna Be A Winning Issue For Us’
During an appearance on The Auron MacIntyre Show, Claremont Institute senior fellow Jeremy Carl not only celebrated the spread of these false claims, he predicted that it will be a “winning issue” for the Republican Party.
- Alex Griffing @ Mediaite: ‘Unfounded’: Police Debunk Viral Claim Shared By Elon Musk And Others of Bomb Found Near Trump Rally Site
Quickly debunked claims spread like wildfire on X on Wednesday that explosives were found in a car near the site of former President Donald Trump’s upcoming rally on Long Island, New York.
- Robert McCoy @ The New Republic: GOP Senator Goes Full Racist in Attack on Arab American Witness
Republican Senator John Neely Kennedy accused an Arab American activist of being a member of Hamas, in an incredibly racist tangent during a congressional hearing.
- Maggie Astor @ The New York Times: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Jabs at Harris for Not Having Biological Children
“My kids keep me humble,” Ms. Sanders said at an event with former President Donald J. Trump. “Unfortunately, Kamala Harris doesn’t have anything keeping her humble.” The remark quickly drew backlash.
- Amanda Marcotte @ Salon: “Get this under control”: Mark Robinson’s anti-birth control tirade spoils Trump’s Project 2025 spin
It’s no surprise that another clip of Robinson being the worst has emerged. This time Robinson is caught on camera in a 2022 church appearance, going on a tirade about how women don’t need birth control because — as he gestures to his crotch for emphasis — they need to “get this under control” instead.
Angry White Men: Laura Loomer: Kamala Harris Is A ‘Braindead Bimbo’ And ‘Not A Woman Of Color’
On her Rumble show, Loomer Unleashed, Trump ally Laura Loomer went on a racist and misogynistic rant about Vice President Kamala Harris. Loomer, a white nationalist and conspiracy theorist, referred to Harris as a “braindead bimbo” who is not Black or a “woman of color.”
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- David A. Fahrenthold @ The New York Times: Pro-Trump Nonprofit Paid Millions to Companies Tied to Its Own Leaders
The Conservative Partnership Institute’s three highest-paid contractors had connections to the group’s leaders or their relatives, raising concerns about self-dealing.
- Julia Laurie @ Mother Jones: Mystery Group Announces $5 Million Fund to Pay for Reports of Election Fraud. What Could Go Wrong?
It’s not clear who’s behind the newly launched Fair Election Fund.
- Kara Voght @ The Washington Post: For Laura Loomer, a Trump comeback is everything
Loomer is dead set on landing a role in a second Trump administration, no matter what his aides think. (“That will never happen in any way shape or form,” said a person close to Trump’s advisers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak for the campaign.) Either way, she sees the stakes of his reelection as dire — not just for the country, but for her.
- Angry White Men: Elijah Schaffer Uses ‘Timcast IRL’ Appearance To Defend White Supremacist Nick Fuentes
On Friday, Elijah Schaffer appeared as a guest on Timcast IRL — a YouTube show hosted by right-wing streamer and conspiracy theorist Tim Pool. Schaffer used his appearance on Pool’s show to defend Holocaust denier and white supremacist Nick Fuentes, arguing that “gatekeepers of the right-wing movement” were wrong to ostracize him.
- J.D. Wolf @ MeidasTouch: GOP Candidate Welcomes White Nationalist Nick Fuentes Back to Twitter
Valentina Gomez is a Nestlé employee and currently running for Missouri Secretary of State.
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: RNC troubles continue as party parts ways with its chief counsel
Two months ago, the RNC hired two lawyers to oversee the party’s election-year legal efforts. One has been indicted, and the other has been pushed out.
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