Callyson @AFinLA@wonkodon.com

Donald Trump Has Never Sounded Like This
"Before November 2020, his speeches, for all their boundary crossings, stopped short of the language of “vermin” and “enemies within”
When I asked the political historian Federico Finchelstein what he made of the speech, he replied bluntly: “This is how fascists campaign"
This one must have slipped by Joe "it's not our job to focus on the threat to democracy" Kahn:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/27/magazine/trump-rallies-rhetoric.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pU0.fRi8.y3MrloLa6uE-&smid=url-share

Trump escalates attacks on prosecutors, says Democrats run ‘a Gestapo administration’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/04/trump-indictments-attacks-democrats-gestapo/

Trump Campaign Files First Election Lawsuit of the Cycle, Targets Nevada Mail-in Voting
"Trump campaign is challenging Nevada’s mail-in ballot receipt deadline in its first election lawsuit of the year with the help of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Nevada Republican Party. With the road to 270 electoral votes almost certainly going through the state, Republicans are zeroing in on voting rules in Nevada”
...as a new Nevada resident, I say GFY, GOP, FFS:
https://tinyurl.com/3mztdcu5

The Monthly Jobs Report - Slower But Steady Growth, 49m Dem Jobs Since 1989
Under Biden best job market since 1960s, lowest uninsured rate ever
https://open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc/p/the-monthly-jobs-report-slower-but?r=5fuug&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

"Hope Hicks is referring to her former boss as “Mr. Trump.” His lawyers and advisers often give him the honorific “President Trump,” and his attorneys at various appearances and trials of late always make a point to do that"
Hmm...
https://tinyurl.com/mrx3ruf4

Your second daily reminder that forced birthers hate women:
Texas man files legal action to probe ex-partner’s out-of-state abortion
The previously unreported petition reflects a potential new antiabortion strategy to block women from ending their pregnancies in states where abortion is legal.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/05/03/texas-abortion-investigations/

Florida Agency Releases Dangerous Abortion 'Rules'
"They’re talking about vaginal inductions and c-sections. They want doctors to torture women with major abdominal surgery or traumatic vaginal birth rather than a safer, minutes-long, abortion procedure"
Your daily reminder that forced birthers hate women
AbortionIsHealthcare
https://tinyurl.com/mvh43fcr

@w7voa
"It is better to have anti whatever out in the open to be rebutted than grow simmering in the darkness."
Twitter 👏 is 👏 becoming 👏 the 👏 darkness 👏 under 👏 Elon 👏 Musk 👏

More loudly for any MAGA trolls this morning:
‘That’s Just a Lie!’ CNN’s Daniel Dale Demolishes Trump’s Claim He’s ‘Not Allowed To Testify’
https://www.mediaite.com/news/thats-just-a-lie-cnns-daniel-dale-demolishes-trumps-claim-hes-not-allowed-to-testify/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

My dog approves:
https://www.wonkette.com/p/bipartisan-congressmen-start-caucus

Marjorie Taylor Greene will force vote on Speaker Johnson’s fate
...hahahahahahaHA!
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/marjorie-taylor-greene-will-force-vote-speaker-johnsons-fate-rcna150357?cid=eml_maddow_20240502&user_email=243586e538260d327a642e39b423265bb39521363c38af88e18aaba956f6b55f&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TRMS%205/2/24&utm_content=Final&utm_term=Rachel%20Maddow%20Show

WILL THE SUPREME COURT GIVE THE PRESIDENT MORE IMMUNITY THAN A ROMAN EMPEROR?
Two Centuries of Ancient Legal Scholarship Applied the Same Laws to Leaders as Everyone Else
https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2024/05/02/supreme-court-president-immunity-roman-emperor/ideas/essay/

Trump says he will only accept 2024 election results ‘if everything’s honest’
OFFS--here we go again with the sore loser
🙄🤬🗳️🇺🇸🗳️🤬🙄
#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/05/02/politics/donald-trump-accept-2024-election-results

For a moment, I thought this one might be real...
Tesla Lays Off Entire Team Behind Brakes
https://www.theonion.com/tesla-lays-off-entire-team-behind-brakes-1851449223

Stay alert, Grand Canyon State...
Don't be conned: Arizona's 1864 abortion ban was not actually repealed
There was no emergency clause in the bill, so the 1864 law won't go off the books until 90 days after the Legislature adjourns
#AbortionIsHealthcare
https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/ej-montini/2024/05/01/arizona-1864-abortion-law-not-repealed/73533621007/

Arizona Lawmakers Secure Votes to Repeal 1864 Abortion Law
Two Republican state senators broke with their party, appearing to ensure final passage of the repeal. If it passes, Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, is expected to sign it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/us/arizona-abortion-repeal.html

Trump fails to rule out possibility of post-election violence
"if Trump, driven by his ridiculous and evidence-free assumptions, decides that he doesn’t believe the election was “fair,” he’s not prepared to rule out the possibility of political violence"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-fails-rule-possibility-post-election-violence-rcna150168