Other people’s money

November 13, 2024November 12, 2024 ~ susie

New filing just shows Donald Trump converted his 2024 campaign to a leadership PAC, called “Never Surrender, Inc.” This means Trump has two leadership PACs right now that he can use as personal slush funds—his other, Save America, was his legal slush fund https://t.co/Y6rwHs5bBx pic.twitter.com/mGOayVWUDx
— Roger Sollenberger (@SollenbergerRC) November 12, 2024

The blueprint

November 13, 2024November 12, 2024 ~ susie

That’s the one thing that’s notable about the Republicans — they always telegraph their plans far in advance:

The videos of Trump’s plans to illegally seize university endowments, deport Gaza protestors, purge faculty from universities, mass deport “illegals” (migrants), end the dept of ed, and destroy the economy with tariffs were on his own website all year. https://t.co/uama2DCroC https://t.co/TSc9vMhL07
— Rachel Bitecofer 🗽🦆 (@RachelBitecofer) November 12, 2024

Puppets

November 13, 2024November 12, 2024 ~ susie

Every story like this needs to properly convey how wildly extreme and unqualified these people are. Not just call them loyalists and hardliners. https://t.co/DqVUcFkHAv
— Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) (@froomkin) November 12, 2024

How to

November 13, 2024November 12, 2024 ~ susie

From me at Salon: Trump's Six Gaslighting Keys To VictoryThey are: climate denial, the Great Replacement theory, the myth of mass voter fraud, his gaslighting Roe, being "great for the economy" vs Dem disaster & thus: Dems as threat to democracy, Trump as savior. 1/11www.salon.com/2024/11/09/s…
— Paul Rosenberg (@paulrosenberg.bsky.social) 2024-11-09T16:22:10.559Z

Dangerously over his head

November 13, 2024November 12, 2024 ~ susie

The first co-host of a Fox News weekend show to be named secretary of defense www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202…
— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell.com) 2024-11-13T00:29:22.323Z

Some thoughts from Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense pic.twitter.com/iJT1ekGSHV
— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) November 13, 2024

Money makes everything okay

November 12, 2024November 11, 2024 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

“GEO Group was built for this unique moment in our country’s history,” said the private prison giant’s chairman to investors this week. After maxing out on campaign donations, it’s now preparing for mass surveillance and deportations under the new admin.

GEO stock is up 46% pic.twitter.com/9Hsth31izZ
— Bianca (@BiancaTylek) November 12, 2024

Russia Russia Russia

November 12, 2024November 11, 2024 ~ susie

Putin saying the quiet part out loud. https://t.co/m7cgAalGRe
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) November 12, 2024

Drill baby drill

November 12, 2024November 11, 2024 ~ susie

Zeldin when in House voted against many of the Dems favorite climate/envior rules/laws, like Clean Power Plan, etc. But he also was a member of bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus. So he is different than Scott Pruitt and Andrew Wheeler. pic.twitter.com/7KzwNg4cMm
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) November 11, 2024

Trump Chooses Lee Zeldin to Run E.P.A. @CoralMDavenport https://t.co/f2fga78OeY
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) November 11, 2024

Reign of terror

November 12, 2024November 11, 2024 ~ susie

Trump ‘border czar’ says administration will conduct workplace immigration raids https://t.co/oIVGyD6rys
— EssenViews (@essenviews) November 12, 2024

America signed up for this. So just be prepared for it. https://t.co/KGYUkDuUxh
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) November 11, 2024

Heil Hitler

November 12, 2024November 11, 2024 ~ susie

You knew this was coming but it still feels like a minor plotline from "The Man in the High Castle." www.cnn.com/2024/11/11/p…

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— Gary Legum (@glegum.bsky.social) November 11, 2024 at 11:09 AM