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@GregTSargent: This is a great catch demonstrating the influence that Project 2025 architects would have over a future Trump administration:

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836892691017158726

Published: September 19, 2024 22:18

This is a great catch demonstrating the influence that Project 2025 architects would have over a future Trump administration: https://t.co/MkY1J5zMXXā€” Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) September 19, 2024

@GregTSargent: One more point: Note that virtually every time JD Vance talks about how he's just trying to draw attention to Springfield, he slips in the lie about diseases. He's employing repetition. In his Springfield riff, the diseases are always present. Maybe "subordinate lie" is better

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836868905849192655

Published: September 19, 2024 20:44

One more point: Note that virtually every time JD Vance talks about how he's just trying to draw attention to Springfield, he slips in the lie about diseases. He's employing repetition. In his Springfield riff, the diseases are always present.Maybeā€¦

@newrepublic: RT by @GregTSargent: ā€œSome folks need killing!ā€ Mark Robinson, the GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina said. ā€œItā€™s time for somebody to say it. Itā€™s not a matter of vengeance. Itā€™s not a matter of being mean or spiteful. Itā€™s a matter of necessity!ā€ From July: trib.al/pNefwQs

https://twitter.com/newrepublic/status/1836861008578482228

Published: September 19, 2024 20:12

ā€œSome folks need killing!ā€ Mark Robinson, the GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina said. ā€œItā€™s time for somebody to say it. Itā€™s not a matter of vengeance. Itā€™s not a matter of being mean or spiteful. Itā€™s a matter of necessity!ā€From July:ā€¦

@GregTSargent: Certain Dems seem to have adopted a weird strategy in which they think they get savvy points for running to reporters and saying, "we don't believe the public polls, we're losing." It's a strange approach to mobilization!

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836852459144175627

Published: September 19, 2024 19:38

Certain Dems seem to have adopted a weird strategy in which they think they get savvy points for running to reporters and saying, "we don't believe the public polls, we're losing." It's a strange approach to mobilization!ā€” Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent)ā€¦

@newrepublic: RT by @GregTSargent: Imagine this fondness for fabricating stories about immigrants supercharged by the federal bureaucracy and the White House press operation, and you get an inkling of what could be coming. From @GregTSargent trib.al/ePXenGb

https://twitter.com/newrepublic/status/1836820534295757244

Published: September 19, 2024 17:31

Imagine this fondness for fabricating stories about immigrants supercharged by the federal bureaucracy and the White House press operation, and you get an inkling of what could be coming.From @GregTSargent https://t.co/00vjv6d5Wxā€” The New Republicā€¦

@GregTSargent: Interesting piece from @gavinbade and @brittanyagibson asking why the Harris camp doesn't talk more about the huge Biden-Harris investments in revitalizing manufacturing:

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836804541347471716

Published: September 19, 2024 16:28

Interesting piece from @gavinbade and @brittanyagibson asking why the Harris camp doesn't talk more about the huge Biden-Harris investments in revitalizing manufacturing:https://t.co/KqTvv7Jehi@jessejenkins and I talked about this on the pod today. Weā€¦

@HeerJeet: RT by @GregTSargent: Vance really loves to lie in the service of racism.

https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1836798386156020124

Published: September 19, 2024 16:03

Vance really loves to lie in the service of racism. https://t.co/MZEB0y7gW3ā€” Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) September 19, 2024

@MattGertz: RT by @GregTSargent: Vance's buddies in the right-wing media freak show loved this lie.

https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1836790638546722948

Published: September 19, 2024 15:33

Vance's buddies in the right-wing media freak show loved this lie. https://t.co/2ARFYbOfxy https://t.co/8RBM2RZ4F6ā€” Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) September 19, 2024

@GregTSargent: JD Vance's lies about diseases are a good example of what I'm labeling the "secondary lie." Even as everyone focuses on the pet-eating scam, MAGA figures advance other falsehoods along with it that are passing into the discourse with little scrutiny.

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836787883660726577

Published: September 19, 2024 15:22

JD Vance's lies about diseases are a good example of what I'm labeling the "secondary lie."Even as everyone focuses on the pet-eating scam, MAGA figures advance other falsehoods along with it that are passing into the discourse with littleā€¦

@davidrlurie: RT by @GregTSargent: Vance says his xenophobic and racist lie that Haitian residents of an Ohio town are eating neighbors' pets should be excused because it drew attention the "fact" that the Haitian residents brought huge rates of communicable disease to the town. But that defamation's also false...

https://twitter.com/davidrlurie/status/1836783959197233284

Published: September 19, 2024 15:06

Vance says his xenophobic and racist lie that Haitian residents of an Ohio town are eating neighbors' pets should be excused because it drew attention the "fact" that the Haitian residents brought huge rates of communicable disease to the town. But thatā€¦

@GregTSargent: It's simply amazing that there's almost no discussion of what would happen to the manufacturing jobs of the future if Trump/Vance win and repeal Biden's climate agenda. On the pod, @JesseJenkins is incredibly informative on this: newrepublic.com/article/186134ā€¦

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836767983378510272

Published: September 19, 2024 14:03

It's simply amazing that there's almost no discussion of what would happen to the manufacturing jobs of the future if Trump/Vance win and repeal Biden's climate agenda.On the pod, @JesseJenkins is incredibly informative on this:https://t.co/Rzwuu0P73Vā€”ā€¦

@David_J_Bier: RT by @GregTSargent: It's impossible to keep up. The lies will keep coming. They are trying to turn an immigration success story into an apocalyptic disaster.

https://twitter.com/David_J_Bier/status/1836759287009333307

Published: September 19, 2024 13:28

It's impossible to keep up. The lies will keep coming. They are trying to turn an immigration success story into an apocalyptic disaster. https://t.co/vxQV8hhquIā€” David J. Bier (@David_J_Bier) September 19, 2024

@michaelsozan: RT by @GregTSargent: Trump and Vance use the tools of authoritarians, including dehumanizing lies about minorities and opponents. And if they can weaponize the government (as described in Project 2025), the U.S. will slide into autocracy. #ItCanHappenHere

https://twitter.com/michaelsozan/status/1836741706957385897

Published: September 19, 2024 12:18

Trump and Vance use the tools of authoritarians, including dehumanizing lies about minorities and opponents. And if they can weaponize the government (as described in Project 2025), the U.S. will slide into autocracy. #ItCanHappenHereā€¦

@GregTSargent: RT by @GregTSargent: JD Vance's zeal for "creating stories" about immigrants is really an indicator of what a Trump/Vance presidency would look like. Imagine this kind of anti-immigrant propaganda supercharged by the federal bureaucracy and the White House press operation!

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836740453619712380

Published: September 19, 2024 12:13

JD Vance's zeal for "creating stories" about immigrants is really an indicator of what a Trump/Vance presidency would look like. Imagine this kind of anti-immigrant propaganda supercharged by the federal bureaucracy and the White House pressā€¦

@JeremyKonyndyk: RT by @GregTSargent: Important work by Greg here. This is one of the most grotesque parts of @JDVanceā€™s lies about Haitians - it echoes longstanding racist tropes about migration.

https://twitter.com/JeremyKonyndyk/status/1836735111716343978

Published: September 19, 2024 11:52

Important work by Greg here. This is one of the most grotesque parts of @JDVanceā€™s lies about Haitians - it echoes longstanding racist tropes about migration. https://t.co/Y7jlsXFxboā€” Jeremy Konyndyk (@JeremyKonyndyk) September 19, 2024

@GregTSargent: JD Vance isn't running with the pet-eating lie about Haitians in order to draw attention to the story of Springfield. He's doing it to rewrite that story entirely.New piece from me:

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836733893044494547

Published: September 19, 2024 11:47

JD Vance isn't running with the pet-eating lie about Haitians in order to draw attention to the story of Springfield. He's doing it to rewrite that story entirely.New piece from me:https://t.co/FB2yIJDuufā€” Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) September 19, 2024

@GregTSargent: Yes, you read that right. TB went up by *one case* from 2022 to 2023. In a county of 135,000.

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836731226163408966

Published: September 19, 2024 11:37

Yes, you read that right. TB went up by *one case* from 2022 to 2023. In a county of 135,000. https://t.co/Klc7HqGBvFā€” Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) September 19, 2024

@GregTSargent: RT by @GregTSargent: JD Vance also says TB and HIV have "skyrocketed." But in Clark County, TB cases went from 1 in 2021 to 3 in 2022 to 4 in 2023. That's out of a population of 135,000! HIV has edged up, but only a bit, and it's largely *the same as the rest of Ohio.*

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836728129647235417

Published: September 19, 2024 11:24

JD Vance also says TB and HIV have "skyrocketed." But in Clark County, TB cases went from 1 in 2021 to 3 in 2022 to 4 in 2023. That's out of a population of 135,000! HIV has edged up, but only a bit, and it's largely *the same as the rest ofā€¦

@GregTSargent: RT by @GregTSargent: Overall trend in communicable diseases in Clark County, home to Springfield, is downwards. ā€œIf you look at all reportable diseases as a whole, theyā€™re actually going down,ā€ the health commissioner told me.TB/HIV more complex but Vance is still wrong.

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836725268100059531

Published: September 19, 2024 11:13

Overall trend in communicable diseases in Clark County, home to Springfield, is downwards.ā€œIf you look at all reportable diseases as a whole, theyā€™re actually going down,ā€ the health commissioner told me.TB/HIV more complex but Vance is stillā€¦

@GregTSargent: JD Vance is also claiming that because of Haitians, communicable diseases in Springfield have "skyrocketed." I talked to the health commissioner in Clark County, where Springfield is located. Vance's claim is nonsense.Details here:

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836721998992388163

Published: September 19, 2024 11:00

JD Vance is also claiming that because of Haitians, communicable diseases in Springfield have "skyrocketed." I talked to the health commissioner in Clark County, where Springfield is located. Vance's claim is nonsense.Details here:https://t.co/FB2yIJDuufā€¦

@GregTSargent: very interested to hear what the populism-whisperer pundits have to say about this

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836454300320407786

Published: September 18, 2024 17:16

very interested to hear what the populism-whisperer pundits have to say about this https://t.co/9Wj2yIBzRGā€” Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) September 18, 2024

@guycecil: RT by @GregTSargent: This is a must-listen. Too many campaigns ignore young, Black, and Latino voters outside of the big cities and suburbs. Now we have the data to show the consequences. Good to see @prioritiesUSA putting in the work here.

https://twitter.com/guycecil/status/1836453692855259366

Published: September 18, 2024 17:14

This is a must-listen. Too many campaigns ignore young, Black, and Latino voters outside of the big cities and suburbs. Now we have the data to show the consequences. Good to see @prioritiesUSA putting in the work here. https://t.co/noOplJPeFUā€” Guy Cecilā€¦

@nickahamed: RT by @GregTSargent: I talked with @GregTSargent this morning about the work that's needed over the next 48 days to persuade and mobilize a winning coalition for Kamala Harris. @prioritiesUSA's part in that is to reach critical constituencies -- young, Black and Latino votes -- wherever they live.

https://twitter.com/nickahamed/status/1836451493009891713

Published: September 18, 2024 17:05

I talked with @GregTSargent this morning about the work that's needed over the next 48 days to persuade and mobilize a winning coalition for Kamala Harris. @prioritiesUSA's part in that is to reach critical constituencies -- young, Black and Latino votesā€¦

@GregTSargent: New Quinnipiac polls, all post-debate: PENNSYLVANIA Harris 51 Trump 45 MICHIGAN Harris 50 Trump 45 WISCONSIN Harris 48 Trump 47 poll.qu.edu/poll-release?rā€¦

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836449254300151834

Published: September 18, 2024 16:56

New Quinnipiac polls, all post-debate:PENNSYLVANIA Harris 51Trump 45MICHIGANHarris 50Trump 45WISCONSINHarris 48Trump 47https://t.co/w5wO7Er7R4ā€” Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) September 18, 2024

@GregTSargent: .@JDVance's web of lies is getting more and more tangled

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836411676716871829

Published: September 18, 2024 14:27

.@JDVance's web of lies is getting more and more tangled https://t.co/dq9EB79BFUā€” Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) September 18, 2024

@GregTSargent: This is even more true after Trump talked in Michigan about surrendering the future of the auto industry to China. The absurdity of the Trump/Vance stance, which would destroy untold numbers of manufacturing jobs in the very places they rhapsodize about, deserves more attention.

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836376253416312877

Published: September 18, 2024 12:06

This is even more true after Trump talked in Michigan about surrendering the future of the auto industry to China. The absurdity of the Trump/Vance stance, which would destroy untold numbers of manufacturing jobs in the very places they rhapsodize about,ā€¦

@GregTSargent: Interesting: Dem Super PAC @prioritiesUSA is expanding efforts to reach young, black, and Latino voters in non-metro areas in swing states. They are hard to reach but key to the Dem coalition. On the pod, @nickahamed digs into new polling driving the move

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836361762012107039

Published: September 18, 2024 11:08

Interesting: Dem Super PAC @prioritiesUSA is expanding efforts to reach young, black, and Latino voters in non-metro areas in swing states. They are hard to reach but key to the Dem coalition.On the pod, @nickahamed digs into new polling driving theā€¦

@charles_gaba: RT @charles_gaba: šŸ’„ BOOM!! šŸ’„ TEN. MILLION. DOLLARS. $10 million for Democrats up & down the ticket. Not a single text message sent. Notā€¦

https://twitter.com/charles_gaba/status/1836216322532769805

Published: September 18, 2024 01:48

šŸ’„ BOOM!! šŸ’„TEN. MILLION. DOLLARS. $10 million for Democrats up & down the ticket.Not a single text message sent.Not a single spam email sent.Not a single email address harvested.Not a single phone call involved.Keep it going: Donate today atā€¦

@NiskanenCenter: RT @NiskanenCenter: "Weā€™ve been punched,ā€ Springfield, OH Mayor Rob Rue (R) says, "and it was their words that did it.ā€ @GregTSargent on hā€¦

https://twitter.com/NiskanenCenter/status/1836139506552234346

Published: September 17, 2024 22:29

"Weā€™ve been punched,ā€ Springfield, OH Mayor Rob Rue (R) says, "and it was their words that did it.ā€@GregTSargent on how vile lies about immigrants are tearing a community apart. https://t.co/kQWPayn5qg pic.twitter.com/VwPlNqEihCā€” Niskanen Centerā€¦

@tribelaw: RT by @GregTSargent: A defeat of Trump this November will be a blow against sheer hypocrisy

https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/1836143031033950250

Published: September 17, 2024 20:39

A defeat of Trump this November will be a blow against sheer hypocrisy https://t.co/fXJ7yfnxkyā€” Laurence Tribe šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¦ āš–ļø (@tribelaw) September 17, 2024

@ackocher: RT by @GregTSargent: "Springfield OH is a success story. The arrival of so many new people has reversed population decline and helped the city start a new chapter." šŸŽ‰ --> Immigrants are making Ohio great! Letā€™s talk about that.āœ… @immcouncil @ReichlinMelnick @mehdirhasan

https://twitter.com/ackocher/status/1836140549545562477

Published: September 17, 2024 20:29

"Springfield OH is a success story. The arrival of so many new people has reversed population decline and helped the city start a new chapter." šŸŽ‰--> Immigrants are making Ohio great! Letā€™s talk about that.āœ… @immcouncil @ReichlinMelnick @mehdirhasanā€¦

@GregTSargent: Excellent. Don't let up on this. Vance and Trump are very much on the defensive here, no matter how much fake swagger they throw around on this (and no matter how credulously some are buying into it)

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836120374662054260

Published: September 17, 2024 19:09

Excellent. Don't let up on this. Vance and Trump are very much on the defensive here, no matter how much fake swagger they throw around on this (and no matter how credulously some are buying into it) https://t.co/GLKuAdDaKfā€” Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent)ā€¦

@GregTSargent: "If Trump is not stopped, heā€™ll hand MAGA authoritarianism an enduring competitive advantage and perhaps permanently debilitate its liberal democratic opponents." Useful, informative @MattPolProf deconstruction of Trump's version of Orbanism:

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836103168708780359

Published: September 17, 2024 18:01

"If Trump is not stopped, heā€™ll hand MAGA authoritarianism an enduring competitive advantage and perhaps permanently debilitate its liberal democratic opponents."Useful, informative @MattPolProf deconstruction of Trump's version ofā€¦

@GregTSargent: Trump just threatened to prosecute election workers (it doesn't matter that he said "corrupt" ones, because he says any loss is corrupt). Reupping: On the pod we note that Trump wants to shut down discussion of his threats to democracy even as he makes those threats *explicit*:

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836089973214449672

Published: September 17, 2024 17:08

Trump just threatened to prosecute election workers (it doesn't matter that he said "corrupt" ones, because he says any loss is corrupt). Reupping: On the pod we note that Trump wants to shut down discussion of his threats to democracy even as he makesā€¦

@GregTSargent: Another quality poll finds Harris with a meaningful national lead:

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836064558609322001

Published: September 17, 2024 15:27

Another quality poll finds Harris with a meaningful national lead: https://t.co/5y3P2K1PYxā€” Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) September 17, 2024

@BrettschneiderC: RT by @GregTSargent: I spoke with @GregTSargent from @newrepublic about the parallels between Trump's threat to democracy and those of previous presidents.

https://twitter.com/BrettschneiderC/status/1836036460891226314

Published: September 17, 2024 13:36

I spoke with @GregTSargent from @newrepublic about the parallels between Trump's threat to democracy and those of previous presidents. https://t.co/pE3dSAnle9ā€” Corey Brettschneider (@BrettschneiderC) September 17, 2024

@newrepublic: RT by @GregTSargent: Trumpā€™s Alarming New Rant About Dems and ā€œHatredā€ Echoes Nixonā€™s Worst From @GregTSargent @BrettschneiderC trib.al/B3ODmEg

https://twitter.com/newrepublic/status/1836035009909543328

Published: September 17, 2024 13:30

Trumpā€™s Alarming New Rant About Dems and ā€œHatredā€ Echoes Nixonā€™s WorstFrom @GregTSargent @BrettschneiderChttps://t.co/y8KmKl0wotā€” The New Republic (@newrepublic) September 17, 2024

@GregTSargent: JD Vance letting the truth slip that Trump and Rs would roll back health coverage for those with preexisting conditions shows that Trump/Vance don't actually have magical political powers, and libs/Dems should go into battle unafraid, argues @brianbeutler: offmessage.net/p/vance-trump-ā€¦

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836025037662416963

Published: September 17, 2024 12:50

JD Vance letting the truth slip that Trump and Rs would roll back health coverage for those with preexisting conditions shows that Trump/Vance don't actually have magical political powers, and libs/Dems should go into battle unafraid, arguesā€¦

@OliviaTroye: RT by @GregTSargent: Trump's second term could quietly push a slow-burn authoritarianismā€”less visible but more insidious, making it harder to fight back. This is a must read article by @GregTSargent. newrepublic.com/article/185487ā€¦

https://twitter.com/OliviaTroye/status/1836019605107573029

Published: September 17, 2024 12:29

Trump's second term could quietly push a slow-burn authoritarianismā€”less visible but more insidious, making it harder to fight back. This is a must read article by @GregTSargent.https://t.co/IGwJWZfcg3ā€” Olivia of Troye (@OliviaTroye) September 17, 2024

@GregTSargent: One of the most absurd things about Trump trying to shut down debate over the threat he poses to democracy is that he continually voices that threat in his own words, clearly and unambiguously. On the pod, @BrettschneiderC urges media to not get bullied: newrepublic.com/article/186023ā€¦

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1836007088100606118

Published: September 17, 2024 11:39

One of the most absurd things about Trump trying to shut down debate over the threat he poses to democracy is that he continually voices that threat in his own words, clearly and unambiguously. On the pod, @BrettschneiderC urges media to not getā€¦

@GregTSargent: New Suffolk poll of likely voters in Pennsylvania, all post-debate: Harris 49 Trump 46 Key number here is 54 percent view Trump unfavorably. Anti-MAGA sentiment is a durable factor in our politics. usatoday.com/story/news/polā€¦

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1835999731832496541

Published: September 17, 2024 11:10

New Suffolk poll of likely voters in Pennsylvania, all post-debate:Harris 49Trump 46Key number here is 54 percent view Trump unfavorably. Anti-MAGA sentiment is a durable factor in our politics.https://t.co/rvQiX0U6WGā€” Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent)ā€¦

@GregTSargent: Someone should do a study of the group psychology that seems to have persuaded many people that there is a bigger penalty to be paid for predicting a Harris win and being wrong than there is for predicting a Trump win and being wrong. Somehow the latter became the safer choice.

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1835862995802476727

Published: September 17, 2024 02:07

Someone should do a study of the group psychology that seems to have persuaded many people that there is a bigger penalty to be paid for predicting a Harris win and being wrong than there is for predicting a Trump win and being wrong. Somehow the latterā€¦

@GregTSargent: As of now, Five Thirty Eight's forecast has North Carolina closer than Pennsylvania:

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1835808832192139567

Published: September 16, 2024 22:31

As of now, Five Thirty Eight's forecast has North Carolina closer than Pennsylvania: pic.twitter.com/A4kYctKVRBā€” Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) September 16, 2024

@Freyja1987: RT by @GregTSargent: These podcasts are always so good. Realistic smart and fair. I either learn something new or hear something I know intrinsically confirmed for the first time as real. This one hits home, as a female attorney, on the validation point.

https://twitter.com/Freyja1987/status/1835786924638044464

Published: September 16, 2024 21:04

These podcasts are always so good. Realistic smart and fair. I either learn something new or hear something I know intrinsically confirmed for the first time as real. This one hits home, as a female attorney, on the validation point.ā€¦

@JillDLawrence: RT by @GregTSargent: What do the post-debate polls mean? Hope and realism in this @GregTSargent chat with longtime pollster @celindalake.

https://twitter.com/JillDLawrence/status/1835775523731235181

Published: September 16, 2024 20:19

What do the post-debate polls mean? Hope and realism in this @GregTSargent chat with longtime pollster @celindalake. https://t.co/aI4l4yORc0ā€” Jill Lawrence (@JillDLawrence) September 16, 2024

@GregTSargent: 100%. And Vance not only admitted to this on national television, but *boasted* of it.

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1835733734315692490

Published: September 16, 2024 17:33

100%. And Vance not only admitted to this on national television, but *boasted* of it. https://t.co/TbT0q28H2Eā€” Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) September 16, 2024

@Noahpinion: RT by @GregTSargent: The idea that it's OK to level a fake accusation at a specific community of immigrants, in order to draw attention to a larger debate about immigration policy, is one of the most immoral ideas I've ever encountered.

https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1835730387429122227

Published: September 16, 2024 17:20

The idea that it's OK to level a fake accusation at a specific community of immigrants, in order to draw attention to a larger debate about immigration policy, is one of the most immoral ideas I've ever encountered. https://t.co/W39v8axUfVā€” Noah Smithā€¦

@GregTSargent: "The choice Americans make later this year will set off a domino effect for the entire planet, and climate scientists say itā€™s crucial that voters understand the weight of their decision." Good @thor_benson piece on how electing Trump=disaster for climate rollingstone.com/politics/politā€¦

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1835722352853737731

Published: September 16, 2024 16:48

"The choice Americans make later this year will set off a domino effect for the entire planet, and climate scientists say itā€™s crucial that voters understand the weight of their decision."Good @thor_benson piece on how electing Trump=disaster forā€¦

@ackocher: RT @ackocher: Greg makes the point: "Trump and Vance know exactly what theyā€™re doing. ... They constantly rhapsodize about places like Spā€¦

https://twitter.com/ackocher/status/1835710740272906433

Published: September 16, 2024 16:04

Greg makes the point: "Trump and Vance know exactly what theyā€™re doing. ... They constantly rhapsodize about places like Springfield... Yet they are almost pathologically unconcerned with the real-world harms their demagoguery is visiting on the people whoā€¦

@ackocher: RT @ackocher: Trump & Vance are indifferent to threats of violence their rhetoric caused in Springfield OH, incl. bomb threats and threatsā€¦

https://twitter.com/ackocher/status/1835710021298008076

Published: September 16, 2024 16:04

Trump & Vance are indifferent to threats of violence their rhetoric caused in Springfield OH, incl. bomb threats and threats against Haitians. Now that Trump has faced another alleged assassination attempt, will they turn down the rhetoric? @GregTSargentā€¦

@GregTSargent: @amyewalter (I do not think Harris is likely to win NC. But if PA being within a point in the averages is significant, then it's unclear why NC being within a point in the averages would not also be significant, at least as a potential indicator of broader trends)

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1835695004368412842

Published: September 16, 2024 14:59

(I do not think Harris is likely to win NC. But if PA being within a point in the averages is significant, then it's unclear why NC being within a point in the averages would not also be significant, at least as a potential indicator of broader trends)ā€”ā€¦

@GregTSargent: What makes this even more absurd is that what Dems say about the threat Trump poses is rooted in *what Trump and his own advisers and allies are saying in their own words." I documented a bunch of examples of this here:

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1835690890922221903

Published: September 16, 2024 14:43

What makes this even more absurd is that what Dems say about the threat Trump poses is rooted in *what Trump and his own advisers and allies are saying in their own words." I documented a bunch of examples of this here: https://t.co/o6BIuuM2LK

@GregTSargent: "The Harris campaign could exploit Vanceā€™s confession: If he and Trump will 'create stories' to attack immigrants, what else are they 'creating stories' about? That, to my mind, is how Dems need to think about battling Republicans for narrative control."

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1835685708071109048

Published: September 16, 2024 14:22

"The Harris campaign could exploit Vanceā€™s confession: If he and Trump will 'create stories' to attack immigrants, what else are they 'creating stories' about? That, to my mind, is how Dems need to think about battling Republicans for narrativeā€¦

@GregTSargent: New pod: Top Dem pollster Celinda Lake says internal Dem data is showing positive movement for Harris in red states, a sign the debate shored up the middle. Still work to do with nonwhites. Tons of interesting insights from Lake on the state of the race:

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1835663277835112705

Published: September 16, 2024 12:53

New pod: Top Dem pollster Celinda Lake says internal Dem data is showing positive movement for Harris in red states, a sign the debate shored up the middle. Still work to do with nonwhites.Tons of interesting insights from Lake on the state of theā€¦

@tribelaw: RT @tribelaw: Terrific piece about how Trumpā€™s hate-filled lies about legal Haitian immigrants predictably and deliberately expose that comā€¦

https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/1835036141436707306

Published: September 16, 2024 11:58

Terrific piece about how Trumpā€™s hate-filled lies about legal Haitian immigrants predictably and deliberately expose that community to violent attacks ā¬‡ļø https://t.co/4Q98T3nv8bā€” Laurence Tribe šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¦ āš–ļø (@tribelaw) September 14, 2024

@MattPolProf: RT @MattPolProf: It wasn't a lie. It was a patriotic untruth based in alternative facts.

https://twitter.com/MattPolProf/status/1835317685204180994

Published: September 15, 2024 20:14

It wasn't a lie. It was a patriotic untruth based in alternative facts. https://t.co/yUNYTJELDp pic.twitter.com/GCqGkl7bMxā€” Matt McManus (@MattPolProf) September 15, 2024

@reesejgorman: RT by @GregTSargent: Two people exchanged gunfire outside of Trump International Golf Course West Palm Beach. The shooters were targeting each other, and the gunfire was not targeting Trump, sources told NY POST. nypost.com/2024/09/15/us-ā€¦

https://twitter.com/reesejgorman/status/1835387240555729006

Published: September 15, 2024 18:36

Two people exchanged gunfire outside of Trump International Golf Course West Palm Beach. The shooters were targeting each other, and the gunfire was not targeting Trump, sources told NY POST.https://t.co/0YI6SX97F4ā€” Reese Gorman (@reesejgorman) Septemberā€¦

@xpostfactoid: RT by @GregTSargent: "Vance himself said this in his own twisted way: The media would not pay attention to these grievances if MAGA didn't lie odiously about immigrants, so, hey, it's all good!" Bingo.

https://twitter.com/xpostfactoid/status/1835327621443268685

Published: September 15, 2024 14:39

"Vance himself said this in his own twisted way: The media would not pay attention to these grievances if MAGA didn't lie odiously about immigrants, so, hey, it's all good!"Bingo. https://t.co/jgTlfw7GcXā€” xpostfactoid (@xpostfactoid) September 15, 2024

@GregTSargent: Now that JD Vance has admitted lying about Haitians in Springfield, it's important not to even concede the point about the media to him. JD is not upset that the press *failed* to cover the Haitian influx into Springfield before MAGA lies attracted media attention. He's upsetā€¦

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1835315568712298543

Published: September 15, 2024 13:51

Now that JD Vance has admitted lying about Haitians in Springfield, it's important not to even concede the point about the media to him. JD is not upset that the press *failed* to cover the Haitian influx into Springfield before MAGA lies attracted mediaā€¦

@GregTSargent: Again, the media *has* covered the Haitian influx into Springfield diligently, even before MAGA started lying about them. What JD really objects to is that fact-based reporting showed a nuanced picture that tells a largely positive story about their impactā€¦

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1835312121808097532

Published: September 15, 2024 13:38

Again, the media *has* covered the Haitian influx into Springfield diligently, even before MAGA started lying about them. What JD really objects to is that fact-based reporting showed a nuanced picture that tells a largely positive story about theirā€¦

@GregTSargent: JD, if you just want a good-faith debate about immigration on Springfield, why do you and Trump see the need to keep up the lying/demagogic stuff? We're having the debate you want. Why not just state clearly/unequivocally that the pet-eating trope is irresponsible/should stop?

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1835293072118120477

Published: September 15, 2024 12:22

JD, if you just want a good-faith debate about immigration on Springfield, why do you and Trump see the need to keep up the lying/demagogic stuff? We're having the debate you want. Why not just state clearly/unequivocally that the pet-eating trope isā€¦

@GregTSargent: Now that Trump has absurdly claimed not to know about the Springfield bomb threats, please remember: There is a fact set here that we can look at. Again and again, Trump has kept on spewing inciting language even *after* that language inspired threats of violence. Examples here:

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1835288429942169965

Published: September 15, 2024 12:03

Now that Trump has absurdly claimed not to know about the Springfield bomb threats, please remember: There is a fact set here that we can look at.Again and again, Trump has kept on spewing inciting language even *after* that language inspired threats ofā€¦

@GregTSargent: @fleetcheetah @joshtpm Thanks -- I got into this in my book. See the screen caps here:

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1835124791646290163

Published: September 15, 2024 01:13

Thanks -- I got into this in my book. See the screen caps here: https://t.co/Zwwjw2Yikbā€” Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) September 15, 2024

@GregTSargent: Here's a real response to this. JD wants you to believe that all he wants is a good-faith debate about the real impact of immigration on Springfield. But JD, we are *having that debate.* So why won't they drop the ugly-lying-about-Haitians part? Because they *do* want theā€¦

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1835115691092967585

Published: September 15, 2024 00:37

Here's a real response to this. JD wants you to believe that all he wants is a good-faith debate about the real impact of immigration on Springfield. But JD, we are *having that debate.* So why won't they drop the ugly-lying-about-Haitians part? Becauseā€¦

@GregTSargent: Oh dear, he's throwing a tantrum because the truth about their little MAGA Two-Minute Hate of the Week has been laid bare so vividly

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1835111343076020322

Published: September 15, 2024 00:20

Oh dear, he's throwing a tantrum because the truth about their little MAGA Two-Minute Hate of the Week has been laid bare so vividly https://t.co/fagL4T4A5mā€” Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) September 15, 2024

@GregTSargent: This fact pattern should arguably be included in reporting about what Trump and the MAGA Hate Machine are doing to Springfield right now:

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1834952915384987956

Published: September 14, 2024 13:50

This fact pattern should arguably be included in reporting about what Trump and the MAGA Hate Machine are doing to Springfield right now: https://t.co/A6VagI5K3Lā€” Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) September 14, 2024

@GregTSargent: This is a good headline. It treats Trump's racism and hatemongering as *itself* being the story. The next step is to explain how Trump and Vance think getting everyone to hate each other benefits them, as I try to argue below.

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1834944310313164920

Published: September 14, 2024 13:16

This is a good headline. It treats Trump's racism and hatemongering as *itself* being the story. The next step is to explain how Trump and Vance think getting everyone to hate each other benefits them, as I try to argue below. https://t.co/TwxoyPpMUnā€¦

@BarbMcQuade: RT by @GregTSargent: False accusations about eating pets is reckless conduct that predictably incites susceptible people to take action. So far, bomb threats at city hall and schools in Springfield. Disinformation that demonizes others endangers public safety.

https://twitter.com/BarbMcQuade/status/1834935235147931861

Published: September 14, 2024 12:40

False accusations about eating pets is reckless conduct that predictably incites susceptible people to take action. So far, bomb threats at city hall and schools in Springfield. Disinformation that demonizes others endangerspublic safety.ā€¦

@DC_DeWitt: RT by @GregTSargent: Ohio's US Senator politically exploited an Ohio community to spread a racist lie, and now Springfield is being subjected to threats of hate-fueled violence against elementary school children. It's a despicable thing for a U.S. Senator to perpetrate onto his own constituents.

https://twitter.com/DC_DeWitt/status/1834693172414628075

Published: September 13, 2024 20:38

Ohio's US Senator politically exploited an Ohio community to spread a racist lie, and now Springfield is being subjected to threats of hate-fueled violence against elementary school children. It's a despicable thing for a U.S. Senator to perpetrate ontoā€¦

@JillDLawrence: RT by @GregTSargent: "Trump and Vance constantly rhapsodize about places like Springfield...Yet they are almost pathologically unconcerned with the real-world harms their demagoguery is visiting on the people who live there." Excellent and tragic, from @GregTSargent. newrepublic.com/article/185953ā€¦

https://twitter.com/JillDLawrence/status/1834685205216366725

Published: September 13, 2024 20:06

"Trump and Vance constantly rhapsodize about places like Springfield...Yet they are almost pathologically unconcerned with the real-world harms their demagoguery is visiting on the people who live there." Excellent and tragic, fromā€¦

@davidrlurie: RT by @GregTSargent: Trump and Vance hold the "forgotten men and women" they claim to represent in utter contempt.

https://twitter.com/davidrlurie/status/1834676124036521996

Published: September 13, 2024 19:30

Trump and Vance hold the "forgotten men and women" they claim to represent in utter contempt. https://t.co/jmAUkMmMzjā€” davidrlurie (@davidrlurie) September 13, 2024

@PeteDominick: RT by @GregTSargent: A US Senator representing Ohio fabricated a threat and put his own states people in danger. I canā€™t imagine this has ever happened before but @JDVance should resign in disgrace.

https://twitter.com/PeteDominick/status/1834673539242484014

Published: September 13, 2024 19:20

A US Senator representing Ohio fabricated a threat and put his own states people in danger. I canā€™t imagine this has ever happened before but @JDVance should resign in disgrace. https://t.co/XhqTqvZyFTā€” Pete Dominick (@PeteDominick) September 13, 2024

@GregTSargent: One big tell is @JDVance's sleazy lie that the media doesn't focus on places like Springfield. The media actually has reported on the Haitian influx diligently. What JD actually hates is that the reporting is nuanced and accurately tells a largely positive story about it.

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1834669241632424288

Published: September 13, 2024 19:03

One big tell is @JDVance's sleazy lie that the media doesn't focus on places like Springfield. The media actually has reported on the Haitian influx diligently. What JD actually hates is that the reporting is nuanced and accurately tells a largely positiveā€¦

@GregTSargent: Good @aselrod explainer on the right's "childless cat lady" obsession, which is driven by a "pronatalism that views women as a vehicle for population growth and, relatedly, as a means of countering the growth of racial minorities in the United States."

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1834664729043751301

Published: September 13, 2024 18:45

Good @aselrod explainer on the right's "childless cat lady" obsession, which is driven by a "pronatalism that views women as a vehicle for population growth and, relatedly, as a means of countering the growth of racial minorities in the United States."ā€¦

@GregTSargent: Just oozing with phony sanctimony. @jdvance, we are now *having* the debate about immigration you say you want. Why won't you stop the lies already?

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1834660683561967637

Published: September 13, 2024 18:29

Just oozing with phony sanctimony. @jdvance, we are now *having* the debate about immigration you say you want. Why won't you stop the lies already? https://t.co/OZy29phLQf pic.twitter.com/qLlwEbYGw0ā€” Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) September 13, 2024

@kbaxter: RT @kbaxter: In a normal country, a presidential campaign alleging that immigrant communities are doing terrible things, and as a result stā€¦

https://twitter.com/kbaxter/status/1834654403896488237

Published: September 13, 2024 18:21

In a normal country, a presidential campaign alleging that immigrant communities are doing terrible things, and as a result stirring up threats to their lives and to the community, would be a massive scandal. In our country, itā€™s just another day.ā€¦

@GregTSargent: Trump/Vance *want* to supercharge these social tensions. Vance basically said doing this forces MAGA grievances onto the national agenda. Springfield leaders see the hatemongering as bad for the town itself. Trump/Vance don't care about that in the least.

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1834651092455710811

Published: September 13, 2024 17:51

Trump/Vance *want* to supercharge these social tensions. Vance basically said doing this forces MAGA grievances onto the national agenda. Springfield leaders see the hatemongering as bad for the town itself. Trump/Vance don't care about that in theā€¦

@WajahatAli: RT by @GregTSargent: This is a deliberate strategy. Reboot of 2018 midterm "invasion" conspiracy that Trump promoted and also in part inspired Robert Bowers, a terrorist, to kill 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue. Why does America tolerate this stochastic terror? Why?

https://twitter.com/WajahatAli/status/1834644215969857545

Published: September 13, 2024 17:24

This is a deliberate strategy. Reboot of 2018 midterm "invasion" conspiracy that Trump promoted and also in part inspired Robert Bowers, a terrorist, to kill 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue. Why does America tolerate this stochastic terror? Why?ā€¦

@GregTSargent: Big news out of Springfield: The Mayor has now confirmed that the emailed bomb threat did contain hateful language about immigrants. Trump and Vance can no longer pretend not to know exactly what their vile demagoguery is accomplishing. New piece from me newrepublic.com/article/185953ā€¦

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1834639642223604174

Published: September 13, 2024 17:05

Big news out of Springfield: The Mayor has now confirmed that the emailed bomb threat did contain hateful language about immigrants.Trump and Vance can no longer pretend not to know exactly what their vile demagoguery is accomplishing.New piece fromā€¦

@GregTSargent: As @MattGertz notes, the Trump-MAGA rage-fest about the debate moderators is best understood as a preview of how Trump would use state power to cow and bully the media as president. Good look at how he could do this more successfully than first term: mediamatters.org/donald-trump/rā€¦

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1834634524170301461

Published: September 13, 2024 16:45

As @MattGertz notes, the Trump-MAGA rage-fest about the debate moderators is best understood as a preview of how Trump would use state power to cow and bully the media as president. Good look at how he could do this more successfully than firstā€¦

@GregTSargent: Important point from @EggerDC: Many of the MAGA activists inflaming tensions over Haitians in Springfield are from out of town and are coming there to agitate. On the pod, Egger is very good and illuminating on how the MAGA Hate Machine really works: newrepublic.com/article/185925ā€¦

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1834613755415605692

Published: September 13, 2024 15:22

Important point from @EggerDC: Many of the MAGA activists inflaming tensions over Haitians in Springfield are from out of town and are coming there to agitate. On the pod, Egger is very good and illuminating on how the MAGA Hate Machine reallyā€¦

@GregTSargent: Crucial distinction from @brianbeutler: "Right-wing media critics seek to wreck journalism as a vocation. Liberal media critics want journalists to be more faithful to their professional ideals." Also deftly debunks "media criticism is waste of time" BS: offmessage.net/p/we-liberal-mā€¦

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1834587555750121641

Published: September 13, 2024 13:38

Crucial distinction from @brianbeutler:"Right-wing media critics seek to wreck journalism as a vocation. Liberal media critics want journalists to be more faithful to their professional ideals."Also deftly debunks "media criticism is waste of time"ā€¦

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