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A quotation from Adlai Stevenson

What counts now is not just what we are against, but what we are for. Who leads us is less important than what leads us — what convictions, what courage, what faith — win or lose. A man doesn’t save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principle can.

Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965) American diplomat, statesman
Speech (1952-07-21), Democratic National Convention, Chicago

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/stevenson-adlai-ewin…

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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

#DonaldTrump’s Private #Anger Over #Kamala’s #Poll #Surge Takes an #Ominous Turn.

Trump is venting that #KamalaHarris’s #success shows he’s being #cheated, a prominent #NeverTrumper explains why we need to start thinking now about how to prevent another #coup attempt.

— Easy put him in #prison based on his #Felony #convictions in #NewYork.

newrepublic.com/article/184752

The New Republic · Trump’s Private Anger Over Kamala’s Poll Surge Takes an Ominous TurnWith Trump venting that Kamala Harris’s success shows he’s being cheated, a prominent Never Trumper explains why we need to start thinking now about another coup attempt.
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Chuck Darwin

Of course, the Republicans will go into culture-war overdrive.

They will say that as a Californian, Kamala Harris is too #liberal.
They will say that as a former prosecutor, Harris is too #conservative.
They will say that she is too #female and too #Black.
(Well, they won’t say those last two out loud, but get ready for a fusillade of dog whistles that will be amped up to the point that they could shatter granite.)

Indeed, the MAGA Republicans are already griping about a Democratic Party “coup,” as if they have serious concerns about democracy in any political party, including their own.

But Biden’s decision reflected a determination to put the fate of his country ahead of his personal vanity,
a choice Trump is inherently incapable of making.

After today the difference between the Democrats and the Republicans could not be clearer.

Biden faces challenges of age that are not going to get any easier. His decision to make way for a younger candidate reaffirmed that his party is not about one man.

Trump, meanwhile, continues to bellow #gibberish at his rallies,
raving like the emotionally unstable, would-be #dictator that he is.

Even after Trump #insulted America’s #veterans and the nation’s war dead,

even after he was found liable for #sexual #abuse,

even after he racked up 34 #felony #convictions,

almost no elected officials in his party called for him to leave the ticket.

(As usual, Mitt Romney was seated at a table for one.)

Yet millions of Americans, sadly, have come to regard Trump’s pestilential character as merely a curious facet of an otherwise normal candidate.

Now that Biden is stepping down, all the false equivalency can end.

Biden is a good man, and he’s been a good and consequential president with a first-term record most of his predecessors would envy.

He is capable of serving out his term and should do so.
(The calls from Republicans today that he should now resign, coming from opportunistic hypocrites such as Elise Stefanik, are as meaningless as they are predictable.)

Trump was a disaster, an incompetent and ignorant president whose selfish decisions,
especially about COVID-19,
likely cost many thousands of Americans their lives.

🔸Biden’s decision is now also a challenge to every voter in the pro-democracy coalition to live by their words.

🔸For two years, many Americans lamented the choice between the aging Biden and the dissolute, unbalanced Trump.

🔸Their wish has been granted:
They will now likely have a choice between
a #shouty, 78-year-old habitual #liar
whose life is a record of shame and failure

and a 59-year-old woman who has served #honorably as a big-state attorney general,
a #senator,
and the #vice #president of the United States.

theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar

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Nonilex

#SCOTUS’ ruling has the potential to affect the #convictions & #sentences of a small set of #insurrectionists — around 27 — who are serving time in #prison for only this #felony. It also could impact about 110 more who are awaiting #trial or sentencing, acc/to prosecutors. In addition, the ruling could affect #Trump’s stalled trial for illegally trying to remain in power after his 2020 defeat; 2 of the 4 charges he faces are based on the #obstruction statute, & he could move for dismissal.

#law
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Nonilex

The State of NJ disclosed recently its Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) is reviewing if #Trump’s #convictions last month on 34 counts of business fraud violate a #law barring convicted #felons from holding #LiquorLicenses.

…Donald Trump is the sole owner of the 3 clubs in NJ that are under review. The names of businesses listed on the liquor licenses are all owned by a revocable trust of which Trump is the sole beneficiary.

forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2

Forbes · Liquor-License Loophole Or Another Trump Tall Tale?By Zach Everson
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Nonilex

Hrs b4 meeting w/his #ProbationOfficer about his #felony #convictions, a leading candidate for #POTUS went on a bizarre rant about #sharks.

Sharks, #Trump claimed, were attacking more than usual (not true) & posed a new risk bc boats were being required to use batteries (not true), which cause them to sink bc they’re too heavy (really, really not true—the world’s heaviest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas, stays afloat bc of laws of #physics despite weighing >550M lbs).

theatlantic.com/politics/archi

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Nonilex

The #legal fight over the #2024election has begun

Trump's team is more focused so far on building a sprawling network of "#ElectionIntegrity" #lawyers & #PollWatchers than on rounding up organizers & door knockers to reach voters.

It's a sign that 5 months before Election Day, the legal battle is underway —& that Trump PLANS to cry "rigged" if he loses, as it did after the #2020election & his #felony #convictions.

#gaslighting #autocracy #democracy #BidenHarris2024
axios.com/2024/06/02/legal-bat

Axios · The legal fight over the 2024 election has begunBy Sophia Cai
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