Tonight we can compare Trump's Madison Square Garden #fascist rally to the 1939 MSG #Nazi rally.
Yes, 20k attended that rally.. But see the first clip "around 100,000 anti-Nazi counter-protesters gathered outside the venue."
America rejected Fascism in 1939 & we'll
Reject #Fascism in 2024.
The clip is from documentary "A Night at The Garden." In 2017 the director was asked :Will you do a comparison of this & a Trump rally?" He said no then, but he might now. Full doc: https://vimeo.com/237489146
National treasure Michelle Obama: Kamala Harris is not losing her train of thought or stumbling over her words. And she's doing it all with vigor and with grace. That's because Kamala Harris is a grown-up. And lord knows we need a grown-up in the White House.
I know that several people (Thomas Jefferson and George Bernard Shaw to name but two) have said something to the effect that the electorate gets the politicians they deserve, but just as the UK really didn't deserve the Tories, I'm sure that the vast majority of the US public don't deserve Trump. I really really hope in these last few days of the campaign that sufficient voters turn out to deny him another term in the White House. For all our sakes.
re: US Pol: Nancy
@futurebird When I was a civil servant I had to make sure I paid for my coffee and donut when government contractors held catered meetings. We could not be seen to have taken *anything* from a company with interest in government contracts. Yet we have Congress members who get privileged briefings on things that impact the future of the country, including business sectors, who then get rich on buying stocks. That is wrong. And they are the people who would have to pass a law that would limit their ability to enrich themselves, so here we have the problem. We could perhaps limit their unethical behavior with term limits but again they are the people who would have to make that law.
Via Rupar:
in the wake of #Israel bombing Iran, it's important to keep in mind that #Trump has been urging #Netanyahu to escalate
Oct 18
Replying to @atrupar
Trump says he's about to speak to Netanyahu and says, "Biden is trying to hold him back ... he probably should be doing the opposite, actually."
“Is America going to be in league with Validmir Putin, Kim Jong Un, China, and North Korea?” asks Rep. Jamie Raskin “or are we going to be on the side of democracy? Those are the stakes in this election.” #Velshi
Biden says Elon Musk was an 'illegal worker' when he began U.S. career https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/26/biden-elon-musk-illegal-worker-began-career.html
@AlliFlowers @Wileymiller @GottaLaff Was going to say something similar. Unfortunately, not all women in Congress are there to make it better or to get things done for the American people. They’re there to sow chaos, throw sand in the gears, and burn it down.
Elon Musk worked illegally in the US: Came to the US on a student visa but was never a student, started working instead
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/26/elon-musk-immigration-status/
#immigration #hypocrisy #elonmusk #politics #uspol #zip2 #-
I hate quoting this A-hole, but he's right.
And say goodbye to Japan and South Korea as well.
Taiwan could be ‘toast’ if Trump wins: former US national security adviser John Bolton
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3283928/taiwan-could-be-toast-if-trump-wins-former-us-national-securi
Democracy Dies in Anticipatory Compliance - Total agree with Doug, "This is yet another reason why billionaires shouldn’t exist. At least tax them down to being millionaires." @dougporter506 https://open.substack.com/pub/dougporter/p/democracy-dies-in-anticipatory-compliance?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web #Politics
@pamela6591 @benroyce I'd add schools, the power grid and health care to the list of things that should never have been privatised.
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