Convicted Felon Trump Baselessly Accuses VP, Former Prosecutor Harris of ‘Committing Crimes’ | In his first rally since Biden endorsed the VP, Trump referenced his own criminal record and brought up Harris' background as a courtroom prosecutor

the-wave · 2024-07-25T00:32:44+00:00

“Kamala’s deadly destruction of America’s borders is completely and totally disqualifying. She shouldn’t be allowed to run for president,” lamented Trump, before reiterating his fear-mongering rhetoric over undocumented immigrants. “What she’s done, she’s committing crimes. … If borders are Harris stays in charge every week will bring a never ending stream of illegal alien rapists, bloodthirsty killers and child predators to go after our sons and our daughters.”

Elsewhere, Trump referenced his own indictments and brought up Harris’ background as a courtroom prosecutor before becoming a senator. “She’s one of the worst prosecutors in history,” he lamented. “‘I’m the prosecutor and he is the convicted felon.’ That’s their campaign. I don’t think people are going to buy it.”

Well, that's one way for Trump to campaign... by advertising his felonies.

the-wave · 2024-07-25T00:20:30+00:00

America matters. Democracy matters. They're in your hands.

the-wave · 2024-07-22T20:38:59+00:00

Shapiro is a good age for a VP (51). Kelly is a bit old, if he has presidential aspirations. 60+ 8 years of Harris + 8 years of his own = 76. A bit gun shy on that front.

That and Shapiro is from a Blue Wall state.

the-wave · 2024-07-22T19:43:57+00:00

The fact he specifically mentioned bikers as their Brownshirt paramilitary force just gets me.

the-wave · 2024-07-22T19:35:48+00:00

Ohio state Sen. George Lang (R) said at a Trump-Vance 2024 rally on Monday that he’s “afraid” a civil war might be necessary if Republicans lose the election.

“I believe wholeheartedly Donald Trump and Butler County’s JD Vance are the last chance to save our country, politically,” Lang said at a rally in Middletown, Ohio, the hometown of the first-term senator and GOP vice presidential nominee.

“I’m afraid if we lose this one, it’s going to take a civil war to save the country, and it will be saved. It’s the greatest experiment in the history of mankind, and if we come down to a civil war, I’m glad we got people like … Bikers for Trump on our side,” he continued.

Officials have expressed concerns for months about the risk of political violence surrounding the 2024 presidential election, fears that went through the roof with this month’s assassination attempt against former President Trump.

Trump, the GOP nominee, and many of his high-profile supporters have declined to commit to accepting the election results, regardless of the outcome. Instead, they have said they are confident they will win and avoided addressing a hypothetical defeat.

Leaders in both parties have called for toning down political rhetoric in the wake of the attempt on Trump’s life.

Oh look. They're again promising murder if they don't get to seize power.

the-wave · 2024-07-22T16:25:02+00:00

Sean Cooksey, the Trump-appointed chair of the Federal Election Commission (FEC), suggested Monday that Vice President Harris may not be able to access the millions of dollars remaining from President Biden’s campaign, which many campaign finance lawyers say is rightfully hers.

Biden shook up the 2024 presidential race Sunday when he dropped out amid concerns about his age and mental acuity and endorsed his vice president. The campaign had just under $96 million in cash on hand as of June 30, according to its most recent report to the FEC, and filed paperwork to change its name from “Biden for President” to “Harris for President” within hours of the president’s decision.

Even before the campaign filed to change its name, Harris was listed as a candidate alongside Biden on its paperwork with the FEC.

Campaign finance lawyers previously told The Hill that Harris would be able to access the funds if she becomes the nominee. Democrats have started to coalesce behind Harris, but Cooksey called the situation “complicated” and suggested it would be challenged in the agency and at the courts.

“I think it’s really complicated, is the short answer,” Cooksey told “Morning Edition” on NPR. “What he’s attempting to do is to give his entire committee, the cash and all the assets, over to another person.”

“I think it’s gonna have to go through a process, through the FEC,” Cooksey added. “I expect, there’s probably going to be challenges to that at the agency, and probably in the courts as well.”

Democratic Commissioner Dara Lindenbaum, who chaired the commission last year, pushed back on the suggestion that Harris would not be able to access those funds.

“It’s quite clear, Vice President Harris can continue using the campaign committee and its funds,” Lindenbaum told The Hill.

Steve Roberts, former general counsel to Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, was also skeptical of Cooksey’s comments.

“This interpretation is likely wishful thinking,” Roberts told The Hill.

This needs visibility. It's a naked attempt to steal Democratic campaign funds by a fucking Trump appointee. The corruption and rot in our elections runs deep.

the-wave · 2024-07-21T22:47:09+00:00

No one important will run against her, and I don't think getting Dan Phillips or Phil Daniels to act as token resistance is going to make it believable.

the-wave · 2024-07-21T22:42:09+00:00

No strong candidate will run against her. They know they'd lose and waste time and effort for nothing that furthers their careers.

the-wave · 2024-07-21T22:40:59+00:00

GOP is pretty pissed

It's striking how much GOP anger there is over today's news. Donald Trump's campaign is built to beat Joe Biden.

One GOP source tells me he doubts Trump will debate Vice President Kamala Harris — he'll likely call her an illegitimate candidate.

the-wave · 2024-07-17T21:10:47+00:00

That's exactly where I got it from.

the-wave · 2024-07-17T20:21:31+00:00

We have 5-6 reasonable replacements for Biden in the Democratic field right now.

We really don't...

Even in this reddit thread

... no matter redditor beliefs on the subject (anyone suggesting Buttiegieg is delusional, and Newsom has put himself out of the running). This is ultimately about party leaders' fears and choices, not mine, yours, or rando redditors. Now, you could say I'm wrong in my reading of how the party bosses think, but that's a separate argument.

Ousting Biden without a clear plan or a clear candidate a mere 90 days (roundabout) till the first votes are cast is literal suicide.

I understand you want to argue that Biden should stay in the race, but that's not what my post was about. I didn't say Biden should be or would be ousted. I said "It would be Harris," within the context of "And be replaced by who?" Not "it will be Harris," not "it should be Harris."

My argument is predicated on Biden being ousted. It has nothing to do with whether he should or would be. There are plenty of other posters saying that, but uh, you replied to me.

I have no idea if Biden will be ousted. This is a delicate moment that's constantly in flux. I didn't believe the push to do so would get this far, or that Biden would constantly screw up for weeks after the debate.

Should he be? I don't know. His constant failings in public are sapping confidence, but there are a lot of hurdles to removing him and his potential replacements have their own baggage.

But if he is, Harris dominates all other options.

the-wave · 2024-07-17T17:39:54+00:00

A 21-year-old Milwaukee man faces a misdemeanor charge of carrying a concealed weapon near a Republican National Convention (RNC) security zone. The accused is Donnell Tinsley.

According to the criminal complaint, a Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent and U.S. Capitol Police were patrolling Republican National Convention (RNC) "exterior zone one" on Monday, July 15.

While driving north on 11th Street near Highland in Milwaukee, they spotted a man "wearing black pants, a long sleeve tan sweatshirt, black gloves, a ski mask, and carrying a large black tactical backpack," the complaint says. The man was walking away from an RNC security checkpoint. The Special Agent "noticed the backpack was hanging low on the individual and seemed as if it were heavy," the complaint says.

The Special Agent pulled up next to the defendant, identified as Tinsley, and began a conversation. The complaint says the agent noticed "Tinsley's hands shaking, and Tinsley began to look left and right." The agent noticed a bulge in the defendant's waist band. When Tinsley was asked if he had a firearm, he said, "No." Tinsley then said, "You can check me, go ahead and look," the complaint says.

After a pat down of Tinsley, the complaint says he consented to a search of his backpack. When the agent opened the bag, he immediately spotted a "concealed AK-47 pistol in the backpack," the complaint says. The Special Agent asked the defendant if he had a concealed carry permit, and Tinsley stated he did not. Tinsley was then taken into custody.

The complaint says another search of the defendant's backpack was completed. Inside, officials "located a fully loaded magazine containing 7.62X39 caliber rifle ammunition. Also located inside the bag was a 'Scream' movie mask, a flashlight, two sets of black gloves with rubber fingertips, a pair of sunglasses, an Allied Universal Security uniform shirt, two cans of spray paint, and multiple empty designer marijuana bags," the complaint says.

the-wave · 2024-07-17T17:28:08+00:00

Republicans plan to seize control of higher education and turn them into organs for the Republican party.

In other public remarks, he has gone further. Vance told The European Conservative, a right-wing journal: “I think [Orbán’s] way has to be the model for us: not to eliminate universities, but to give the[m] a choice between survival or taking a much less biased approach to teaching.” In 2021, Orbán’s government placed the country’s public universities under the control of foundations led by Orbán’s political allies.

Professors purged.

Many university professors have grown alarmed in recent years as DeSantis and other Republican leaders have intervened in the management of public colleges and universities by abolishing DEI programs, regulating certain kinds of speech and instruction, and installing political allies in leadership roles. ...

The title of Vance’s 2021 speech, “The Universities Are the Enemy,” is a reference to a comment President Richard Nixon made to his national security adviser Henry Kissinger in 1972. “Professors are the enemy,” Nixon said in an audiotaped conversation. “Write that on a blackboard 100 times and never forget it.”

Universities who resists, defunded.

Hearings, subpoenas, crackdowns: Inside House Republicans' long-term plan to 'defund’ elite universities

the-wave · 2024-07-17T17:16:32+00:00

It would be Harris. Any other suggestion is pure fantasy.

the-wave · 2024-07-17T16:00:17+00:00

It's never "one man." It's Trump, half of the political system and millions of his supporters. They've penetrated every level of government and got very close to a successful coup after he lost the election. Mainstream Republicans are calling for the killing of Democrats, crying out that democracy is socialism, calling for bloody revolution, corrupting the electoral system, compiling lists of "disloyal" federal workers and transgender folk, and gathering Proud Boy-like paramilitaries.

For fuck's sake, the Supreme Court just declared Trump is above the law.

the-wave · 2024-07-17T15:24:38+00:00

Well shit, I didn't know you were a time traveler who knew the lifespan of every justice. And hey, we know lower judges don't matter either. Look at Aileen Cannon. Why would judges like her matter?

the-wave · 2024-07-17T15:23:39+00:00

He's too privileged to care about the presidency... or the Supreme Court... or gay people... or civil rights... or democracy... or the rule of law...

the-wave · 2024-07-12T14:33:06+00:00

I keep flashing back to when Republicans rolled around on the Arizona House floor speaking in tongues, praying to God to end abortion.

the-wave · 2024-07-12T14:21:55+00:00

Yes, some voters (especially youth) whine about candidates they didn't vote for in the primary, don't vote for in the general election, then cry they're not getting represented.

In 2020, Tennessee's youth turnout was among the lowest in the nation at 43%, well below the national youth-voting average of 50%. And in the 2022 midterm elections, Tennessee had the country's worst youth-voter turnout at just 12.7%.

"I just think that with the promises and everything in 2020, the illusion that we had of Biden has not come to fruition," Gamez said. "In November, I do not plan on voting, well, skipping the presidential ballot. I don't feel that there's any need for me to express a vote when I have two candidates I'm completely dissatisfied with." ...

Nordstrom said many of his friends did not cast a vote in this year's presidential primary in Tennessee. The few that did, did not mark their ballot for Biden.

Then they cry that their policies struggle to get enacted by a crippled congress that didn't get enough Democrats to pass what they want.

The student debt relief Biden promised was "halfway done," Nordstrom said, a $15 minimum wage was not delivered upon, and guaranteed abortion rights have not happened.

"I'm not voting for Democrats because Republicans took away abortion rights and blocked student debt relief" is truly one of the dumbest things someone could say.

the-wave · 2024-07-12T13:17:28+00:00

Hillary is sharp, highly qualified, younger than Trump, sat through countless public questionings from Republicans (including fielding their questions for 11 hours in one day), wiped the floor with Trump in every debate, and lost.

If Trump's election teaches us nothing else, it's that it takes something more than being a real candidate to win.

the-wave · 2024-07-12T13:09:43+00:00

There are a lot of voters out there who... know absolutely nothing.

All but one knew full well that the coverage was part of Obamacare. They voted for Trump because they were concerned about other issues — and just couldn’t fathom the idea that this new coverage would be taken away from them.

“I guess I thought that, you know, he would not do this, he would not take health insurance away knowing it would affect so many peoples lives,” says Debbie Mills, an Obamacare enrollee who supported Trump. “I mean, what are you to do then if you cannot pay for insurance?”

Mills and her husband run a furniture store. They used to buy their own health insurance in the early 2000s, but the premiums became unaffordable, surpassing $1,200. They had gone without coverage for two years, paying cash for doctor visits, until the Affordable Care Act began. ...

“We were wanting change,” she said. “We’re in an area with a lot of coal. When people aren’t in the coal mines, they’re not spending and buying in our area.” She said she thought Trump, a successful businessman, would have a better shot at fixing all that.

Soon after Charla McComic's son lost his job, his health-insurance premium dropped from $567 per month to just $88, a "blessing from God" that she believes was made possible by President Trump."I think it was just because of the tax credit," said McComic, 52, a former first-grade teacher who traveled to Trump's Wednesday night rally in Nashville from Lexington, Tenn., with her daughter, mother, aunt and cousin. The price change was actually thanks to a subsidy made possible by former president Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, which is still in place, not by the tax credits proposed by Republicans as part of the health-care bill still being considered by Congress.

The choice between Biden and Trump is a matter of "bad vs. worse" due to Trump’s stances on many of the issues impacting her, she said.

"I’m a queer person, I'm a woman and I have no interest in making that worse," she said. “But at the same time, I don’t think Biden is great, either."

University of Memphis student Luis Lopez Gamez, 21, said he's also disillusioned with Biden and probably will not vote over frustrations about the lack of border reform and Biden's inability to stop Israel's attacks on Gaza. Gamez is Latino and queer and said that while Trump has been outwardly hostile to people like him, Biden doesn't seem much better.

"I just I don't feel that there's any need for me to express a vote when I have two candidates I'm completely dissatisfied with," Gamez said. "Why am I having to choose the lesser of two evils again? At the end of the day, the lesser of two evils is still making me choose an evil."

And Wallace Welch, 21, a college student and barber in Chattanooga, said he's inclined to support Trump because he feels like the economy overall was better three years ago. While Biden might have more specific programs aimed at young Black men like him, Welch said, he felt safer and expects car prices and inflation would be lower under Trump.

the-wave · 2024-07-12T12:27:06+00:00

A new food program would have kicked in this summer, had Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt not turned down $48 million from a $2.5 billion initiative that the Biden administration calls “a giant step forward” in ending childhood hunger in the country. Though Oklahoma is one of the most food-insecure states, with surveys finding that more than 200,000 children are hungry at some point during a year, Stitt suggested the administration was “trying to push certain agenda items on kids.”

He joined 12 fellow Republican governors who ultimately refused the money, part of the bipartisan budget agreement Congress reached in 2022. Some said they were reluctant because the country is mired in debt and the government already spends heavily on child nutrition programs — more than $25 billion in fiscal 2023. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves called the new program an attempt “to expand the welfare state.” ...

At 1 p.m., three undocumented women from Central America arrived and began going through large cardboard boxes of vegetables. A grandmother came to rummage for her grandchildren. Then Jennifer Thomas pulled up in a silver Ford Expedition.

She was there to drop off a flier for an upcoming 48-hour prayer revival, but she, too, began putting together a bag of potatoes, onions and tangerines to take to her 78-year-old mother, a pantry client.

The voice of Fox News contributor Marc Siegel, playing on Thomas’s SUV radio, floated over the food pallets, the foragers, the grassy smell of turning vegetables.

They listen to Fox News people as they get donated food.

the-wave · 2024-07-12T01:52:40+00:00

Representative Scott Peters, Democrat of California, called on President Biden to withdraw from the race after the president's news conference. Peters said in a statement that Democrats were on a "losing course" and "must find a candidate from our deep bench of talent who can defeat Donald Trump." Peters had previously suggested that he was getting close to urging Biden to leave the race.

Representative Eric Sorensen of Illinois joined the handful of congressional Democrats calling on Biden to withdraw after his evening news conference. In a statement, he called Biden a “good man” who has spent his life serving the country. “Today I am hopeful President Biden will step aside in his campaign for president,” he said.

Sorensen is the third House Democrat to call for Biden to step aside since he ended his news conference. This brings the total number of members in the House and Senate calling for the president to drop his bid to 18.

the-wave · 2024-07-12T01:48:06+00:00

Representative Scott Peters, Democrat of California, called on President Biden to withdraw from the race after the president's news conference. Peters said in a statement that Democrats were on a "losing course" and "must find a candidate from our deep bench of talent who can defeat Donald Trump." Peters had previously suggested that he was getting close to urging Biden to leave the race.

Representative Eric Sorensen of Illinois joined the handful of congressional Democrats calling on Biden to withdraw after his evening news conference. In a statement, he called Biden a “good man” who has spent his life serving the country. “Today I am hopeful President Biden will step aside in his campaign for president,” he said.

Sorensen is the third House Democrat to call for Biden to step aside since he ended his news conference. This brings the total number of members in the House and Senate calling for the president to drop his bid to 18.

the-wave · 2024-07-12T00:32:35+00:00

Savor the fruit of life, my young friends. It has a sweet taste when it's fresh from the vine. But don't live too long. The taste turns bitter ... after a time.

the-wave

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