Odds and Ends — 15 November 2023
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Trump Is Now Using Straight-up Nazi Talk
We’ve all often wondered whether Donald Trump understands the historical import of what comes out of his mouth. He’s so ill-informed, so proudly ignorant, that it’s easy to think that when he hurls a historical insult, he just doesn’t know.
I feel pretty safe in saying that we can now stop giving him the benefit of that particular doubt. His use—twice; once on social media and then repeated in a speech—of the word ‘vermin’ to describe his political enemies cannot be an accident. That’s an unusual word choice. It’s not a smear that one just grabs out of the air. And it appears in history chiefly in one context, and one context only.
Autocrat rule: always blame your own people. Never yourself. See #Strongmen for how that works out. https://t.co/ipd2jdV958
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) November 13, 2023
NJ first lady Tammy Murphy launches Senate bid against Menendez
congratulations to the literally zero Republicans standing up to denounce Donald Trump for using blatant Nazi rhetoric. awesome job, you gutless fucking cowards, take a victory lap
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) November 14, 2023
Abbott to Sign Bill Allowing Him to Deport Migrants
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign a bill that would make it a new state crime for entering Texas illegally and gives law enforcement the power to arrest and order migrants to leave the United States.
Democratic House members said the bill oversteps on the federal government’s powers and echoes Arizona’s immigration status provision which opponents dubbed the ‘show me your papers’ law. The law was mostly rejected by the US Supreme Court in 2012 when it upheld that the federal government sets immigration policy and laws.
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1724200449685737817?s=20
Prosecutors Urge Court to Reinstate Trump Gag Order
Donald Trump’s renewed attacks on the family of special counsel Jack Smith and his repeated invective against likely witnesses in his Washington, D.C. criminal case warrant the urgent restoration of a gag order against him, prosecutors argued Tuesday.
Smith’s team urged a federal appeals court in Washington to reinstate the gag order — which a three-judge panel suspended earlier this month — amid Trump’s appeal of the restrictions imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan.
so to recap, here's what Republicans are up to today
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 14, 2023
-- one House Republican accused another of sucker punching him in the Capitol
-- for the second time in recent months, a Republican senator challenged a hearing witness to a fistfight
these are children
Senator Bernie Sanders just had to prevent GOP Senator Markwayne Mullin from physically fighting a guy during a Senate hearing today.
— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) November 14, 2023
WTF is wrong with Republicans?pic.twitter.com/Mo9fjkBuLf
Georgia Prosecutor Moves to Seal Evidence
Donald Trump’s choice of the word “vermin” wasn’t merely some random “coincidence.”
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) November 14, 2023
It wasn’t “accidental” or “by mistake”.
It was extremely intentional and not at all surprising.
The guy has been mirroring Adolph Hitler for years. Hell, he campaigned on ‘getting rid of’… pic.twitter.com/t0Pigy3Ff4
Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls GOP Colleague a ‘Pussy’
https://twitter.com/donwinslow/status/1724314752799891903?s=20
NEW: DA Fani Willis says the proffer videos were leaked to intimidate witnesses. She has filed a renewed motion for protective order over discovery. She notes she filed for one in September, but the court never ruled on it. 1/ https://t.co/kdLrj9FNHO
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) November 14, 2023
Miami Mayor Secretly Worked for Russian Oligarch
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez (R) earned payments totaling six figures advising two financial firms run by close associates of a Russian oligarch, two of several side jobs he refused to reveal to the public until he ran for president, with its more rigorous disclosure requirement.
WHOA!! Rep. Moskowitz just called out James Comer on the $200,000 loan he gave his brother, and Comer became extremely defensive and had a total breakdown. Moskowitz completely destroyed him. pic.twitter.com/kh2I62clDJ
— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) November 14, 2023
how sweet is this: Jenna Ellis just threw Donald Trump right the fuck under the bus
To those who have missed the previous 30 years, here is a short list of the results of negotiations with Russia that it never respected:
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) November 14, 2023
1. The Budapest Memorandum of 1994. Russia agreed to “respect independence, sovereignty, and the existing borders of Ukraine” as well as…
Jake Sullivan’s new essay reveals a Biden administration in denial about Ukraine
Here is a sitting United States Senator brandishing his firearms as a continued, unhinged threat to the guy he just tried to square up on during a Senate hearing.
— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) November 14, 2023
This is indefensible.
Also seems like a terroristic threat. https://t.co/klaG6u8Mbs
Ex-Fundraiser for George Santos Pleads Guilty
Credit where credit is due: This is the best clap back I've seen from anyone testifying before Congress. https://t.co/0dO599VmE3
— Alexander S. Vindman ❎ (@AVindman) November 14, 2023
Trump Drops Effort to Move Hush Money Case
Former President Donald Trump is dropping the appeal of his effort to move his so-called hush money trial from New York state court to federal court.
The trial is slated to begin in New York City in March.
The Trumpian demimonde of skells, criminals, low-grade hoods, mooks, dopes, wannabe operators, and jumped-up Broward country cosplay mobsters is like red-hat goodfellas, only so much dumber.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 14, 2023
Concentration camps are Trump’s new wall.
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) November 14, 2023
At least he’s not saying Mexico will pay for it this time. pic.twitter.com/5wviwjGwpU
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