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1/ Today the kicks off in earnest with ’s re-election bid announcement

There is 560 days to the . Much will happen, conditions will change but it as suggests a continuation of the battle for the soul of America

I’ll use this thread to comment periodically on the election over the next 80 weeks. It’s a long road to , but the stakes couldn’t be higher

youtu.be/ChjibtX0UzU

6) Meanwhile the candidate accused of rape in a current civil suit trial plays golf in .

While Mr claims he will return to to defend himself, he has opted NOT to attend the trial. While the geography was different, the usual MO was on full display, made for assertions without reference to fact or logic

irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/05

The Irish TimesDonald Trump says civil rape case in New York is ‘political attack’By Jack Horgan-Jones

7) is not hirable for most jobs. Like many, conservative pundit, Charlie Sykes, is mystified that many Americans consider to be a plausible candidate for control of the nuclear codes or top secret clearance

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/

8) The will be the first election where generated imagery, audio and video will be deployed.

Donie O'Sullivan recently flagged a campaign add which used AI generated imagery to stoke fears about fictional dystopian future resulting from a re-election

This ad was created by the not some outsourced hacked media shop. A shameful moment for the Party

cnn.com/2023/05/02/politics/ai

9) The show was on last night. He served up a big dose of red meat to true believer supporters who were predominant in the town hall format audience.

While that makes going into the primary process, the campaign will be fought for the middle swing 30%. Many will not be enamored by , rioter embrace or the rape verdict

nytimes.com/2023/05/11/us/poli

The New York TimesFive Takeaways From Trump’s Unruly CNN Town HallBy Shane Goldmacher

10) has had a busy 24 hours trying to justify why it hosted

Should be hosted by legitimate news operations? I think yes, but not in the circus like town hall environment

@rbreich is out with a good piece indicating that "libertarian", was the likely driver behind the decision to host . I find this suspicion to be highly plausible

robertreich.substack.com/p/aft

Robert ReichWhy did CNN do it?By Robert Reich

11) File this one under . Hardly surprising when understaffed and under resourced is used as a broadcast platform. Seems like lacks risk assessment skills, fairly important if you wish to be .

This latest mess will do little to improve the credibility of his crumbling network

npr.org/2023/05/24/1178070208/

13) is now facing 2 different criminal court dates in New York and Federal court in Florida. It’s likely that more indictments are forthcoming: election tampering in Georgia and then the conspiracy

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

BloombergDonald Trump Charged in Florida Over Secret Documents CaseBy Chris Strohm

14) Speaker in reacting to the indictment seems to misunderstand that the charges come from the Department of Justice and not .

I can understand the confusion given how yearned to leverage the DOJ to pursue political vendettas. Seems McCarthy’s understanding of the separation of power is similar

@mnutty His moron base just eats it up, don’t they?

#Musk was certainly whipping that angle up yesterday - because he is also a moron.

Martin Nutty

@adamjcook

There is little one can do to change the minds of fans. I see as three evenly divided blocks. Stalwart Dems, Trump Fans and in the middle those that are persuadable.

These are the folks that we want to talk to as we face down another presidential election in 2024

@mnutty

There may be little that can be done to change Trump fans’ minds, but there are ways to stop throwing them meat and encouraging them.

Ignore Trump and he and his followers will wander off.

As the Internet adage goes, don’t feed the trolls.

@adamjcook

@volkris @adamjcook

Well I'd suggest that 1930s politics in Germany tell us otherwise. Ignoring somebody when they willfully subvert the law and attempt to overthrow democracy doesn't seem like a smart idea from my perspective.

Now if you think didn't break the law and don't value the law, then you position makes sense, at least not if yiou care about democracy

@mnutty

Really? You think 1930s Germany ignored the political figures rising? I’d say the exact opposite happened, as figures gained more and more attention.

I think you have your history backwards.

@adamjcook