Ever since President Trump beat his Democratic challenger Kamala Harris in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Democrats have been in disarray, struggling to find a compelling narrative with which to challenge the new Trump administration.
Corruption is slowly becoming the galvanizing issue that is uniting Democrats in their opposition to the Trump administration. My posts on X(formerly Twitter) referencing these corruption stories generate a lot of engagement(retweets, likes, comments) which supports my assertion that corruption is clearly a hot topic for Democrats as we approach the 2026 midterms. Below are examples of such posts.
#BREAKING: ๐ฅErin: "Now to our other big story tonight, the Trump family CASHING IN big time. President Trump's son @EricTrump is now arriving in Vietnam. In just hours, he'll be breaking ground on a $1.5 billion golf resort there…and while #EricTrump is in Vietnam receiving aโฆ pic.twitter.com/RHOxxzomE7
#BREAKING: Legendary #Maddow: "The eldest son of POTUS, @DonaldJTrumpJr, has made multiple trips to Serbia to try to shore up their very Trumpy president against [protests] that he resign…WHY…?? In the middle of the capital city of Serbia, there is a ruined building [neverโฆ pic.twitter.com/eNqhYcbdID
#BREAKING: Erudite Anne to Morning Mika: "He [Trump] has been involved in an industry, the real estate industry, that relied on secret Russian money coming through anonymous bank accounts buying anonymous properties in his businesses for many years. He's been dealing in thatโฆ pic.twitter.com/Hh8VAaXitW
Rep Marjorie Taylor-Greene(R-GA), the loudest opponent to Ukraine funding
A bombshell segment on Alex Wagner Tonight show (04/17/24), citing a Washington Post piece, confirmed what we’ve suspected all along, and that is, Putin’s Russia is behind the Republican Party’s opposition to efforts by Congress to provide funding for Ukraine, as it defends itself against a Russian invasion. The bombshell report essentially says that Rep Marjorie Taylor-Greene(R-GA), aptly nicknamed “Moscow Marge”, and other congressional Republicans currently opposed to Ukraine funding, are either willing or unwilling participants in Vladimir Putins propaganda campaign–a sad state of affairs indeed.
Host Alex Wagner(5:43): “…Ukraine and the vote for Ukraine funding has become a leverage point for Russia. The Washington Post has some explosive reporting…on newly revealed documents from inside Vladimir Putin’s government, documents which show how Russia is seeking to subvert western support for Ukraine and disrupt the domestic politics of the United States and European countries through propaganda campaigns and supporting isolationist and extremist policies. Russia is formenting division over Ukraine because it wants to weaken America’s role in the world. In particular, one Russian policy expert cited in one of these documents, specifically calls on Russia to continue to facilitate the coming to power of isolationist right-wing forces in America.”
Host Wagner then got very specific, adding, “Russia very much wants the Marjorie Taylor Greene’s to continue doing exactly what they are doing, because it serves Russia’s interests.”
Bottom line folks, host Alex Wagner and the Washington Post are absolutely correct. Trump GOP’s opposition to Ukraine funding is not rooted in some legitimate conservative ideology as they would like the public to believe. Instead, it is a shameless assist to Russia’s strongman Vladimir Putin, who they are banking on to help them win Congress and possibly the White House in 2024. You read that right, a win for Trump in 2024 is a win for Vladimir Putin.
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In case you missed it, MSNBCโs Joe Scarborough dropped a bombshell on the 01/08/2024 edition of his Morning Joe Show, telling his viewers that back in the day, former President Trump kept Adolf Hitlerโs speeches by his bedside.
#BREAKING: Morning Joe: "We know Trump LOVES dictators, we know he ADMIRES dictators, we know…#IvanaTrump [told] @VanityFair, that he kept Adolf Hitler's speeches BY HIS BEDSIDE…"๐ณ๐ณ
I didn't know that. Why is Vanity Fair SILENT in light of "poisoning the blood"?๐ pic.twitter.com/pemyX7pIE2
This bombshell revelation by Scarborough was especially notable because it came on the heels of Trumpโs recent statement that migrants โpoison the bloodโ of Americans. Notable historians have pointed out that German dictator Adolf Hitler used similar rhetoric on his way to killing 6 million Jews in the 1930s.
Former President Trump when confronted by the media about his Hitler-sounding rhetoric, dismissed such questions saying he has never read Hitlerโs book Mein Kampf. Well, that may be true, but this bombshell revelation by Scarborough certainly raises fresh questions as to his admiration of the ruthless German dictator. Simply put, you donโt keep speeches of somebody you hate/despise on your bedside.
Bottom line as we approach the November 2024 general elections, the Trump-Hitler nexus must be fully explored. Vanity Fair owes the public an explanation as to why they’ve buried this story, even as questions about Trump-Hitler nexus continue to swirl
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The 2022 midterm election will not only go down in history as one which produced the most unlikely outcome for the party in power, but also, one where the pollsters got it totally wrong. As a matter of fact, the pollsters got it so wrong, that the public is convinced, they were deliberately misled with the โred wave/tsunamiโ predictions. Itโs therefore only fair that the mainstream media journalists who got sucked into the red wave mass hysteria be named and shamed, and their actions memorialized for future referenceโsort of a handy list, if you will.
MSNBC did an interesting, and quite frankly, hilarious mashup of the โred waveโ mass hysteria that appeared to suck up even some well respected journalists from reputable networks. This shows how these faulty/fake polls can affect mainstream media coverage of elections, which can then have negative consequences, up to and including depressing voter turnout. This is therefore an issue that needs to be addressed head on as we approach the 2024 general elections.
Politicians are known to exaggerate, so they are not the subject of this naming and shaming. Our interest here is only on journalists, who ought to know better.
Fox Newsโ Steve Doocey(1:39): โYou know, your predictions of a red wave are accurate.โ
Unidentified Fox News Reporter(1:42):โโฆa red wave is coming.โ
Fox News star Anchor Laura Ingraham(1:44): โRed Wave Rising.โ This is the title of a whole segment Ingraham dedicated on the โred waveโ on 10/18/22. Not a good look, Laura, not a good look.
Unidentified Reporter on NewsMax(1:51): โSleepy Joe just guaranteed a red wave in Pennsylvania.โ
Fox Newsโ Dana Perino(2:01): โDemocrats are bracing for the worst case scenario, a red Tsunami.โ
Fox Newsโ Greg Gutfeld(2:04): โWe are officially on a red Tsunami watch.โ He was apparently referring to an Axios piece by Josh Kraushaar titled โRED TSUNAMI WATCH.โ Not a good look Josh, not a good look.
Fox Newsโ Clay Travis(2:09): โRed Tsunami growsโฆthat means red Tsunami.โ
Fox Newsโ Stephen Miller(2:16): โPoverty, joblessness, critical race theory, crazy gender ideology in our schools, we are going to see a red Tsunami.โ
Unidentified host of Fox Newsโ The Five show(2:34): โUp next, Elon Musk ready to ride the big red wave.โ
Fox Newsโ Steve Doocey(2:37): โElon Musk tweeted massive red wave.โ For the record, Musk did indeed tweet about a red wave. Other Fox News personalities who used this Elon Musk tweet to proclaim a โred waveโ were Tucker Carlson(biggest star on Fox), Maria Bartiromo, among others. Not a good look, Elon, not a good look.
Daily Wireโs Ben Shapiro(2:43): โYouโre about to see a red wave, that makes โDay After Tomorrowโ [the popular movie] look like nothing.โ
Leading Podcaster Joe Rogan(2:47): โThatโs going to be responsible for the red wave. I think the red wave thatโs coming is going to be like the elevator doors opening up in โThe Shining'[popular 80โs movie]โ
Daily Wireโs Ben Shapiro(2:55): โRogan said that the red wave is going to look like the elevator doors opening, and the blood pouring out of the elevator in โThe Shiningโ, that is correct, except itโs not going to be an elevator, itโs going to look more like โDeep Impact โ[popular movie], the tsunami at the end, but colored red.โ Good Lord have mercy!!
Fox News Contributor Dan Bongino(3:10): โRemember that Teo Leone โDeep Impactโ disaster movie? Thatโs the red wave tsunami that will come ashore.โ
Daily Wireโs Ben Shapiro(3:17): โItโs going to be a brutal week for the Democrats beginning on Tuesday.โ
Fox Newsโ Clay Travis(3:21): โFrankly, Iโve already DVR-ed CNN and MSNBC for election night, not because Iโm going to watch, but just because I want to enjoy the tears post-red tsumami.โ Hope youโre enjoying those DVRs, Clay.
Fox Newsโ Jesse Watters(0:05): โItโs going to be a wave election, and you [Democrats] gonna lose the Senate, Iโll bet you $1,000 now.โ
Fox Newsโ Lisa Boothe(0:12): โDemocrats are going to be crushed on November 8th because a red wave is coming.โ
Fox Newsโ Greg Gutfeld(0:16): โBetting that Joy will learn two new words on Tuesday, red wave.โ
Unidentified Fox Business host(0:21): โHow big could that looming red wave get?โ
Fox Businessโ Maria Bartiromo(0:23): โWe begin this Sunday morning with expectations of a red wave this Tuesday.โ
Fox News Contributor Marc Thiessen(0:39): โWeโve been hearing, โis it going to be a red wave?โ, โis it going to be a red tsunami?โ, I think itโs going to be a red hurricane.โ
Fox Newsโ Pete Hegseth(0:43): โWhen the red wave comes, and it is coming, Joe Bidenโs political utility is over.โ
Fox Newsโ John Roberts(0:48): โAre we in for a red wind here, or a red wave?โ
Fox Newsโ Martha MacCallum(0:51): โRed wave or red tsunami, what are you feeling today?โ
Fox Newsโ Jesse Watters(0:54): โAnd donโt listen to the lies they are spewing, that this could take daysโฆto know who won. This is total bs. A wave like this, we should know that night, basically, who won the Senate and the House, and even if it happens Wednesday into Thursday, itโs gravy.โ
Unidentified Fox News Reporter reporting on an actual tropical storm approaching Florida(1:09): โRight out the back door, Iโve got a tropical storm brewing right now. I think theyโre saying it could be a category one by the end of the day. However, let me tell you what is the storm, that red waveโฆโ Oh boy!!
Thereโs also this clip from MSNBCโs The Beat with Ari Melber which shows even journalists from CNN sucked into the โred waveโ mass hysteria. Not a good look, CNN, not a good look.
CNN & ABCโs Alyssa Farah Griffin(7:28): โA red wave is coming. Republicans are going to win the midtermsโฆโ
New York Postโs Karol Markowicz(7:32): โForget red wave, Iโm rooting for a red tsunami. โ
CNNโs Jake Tapper(7:34): โPoliticos with whom I spoke today all agree, as of now, a modest red wave at the very least, seems to be building.โ
Fox Newsโ Dana Perino(7:49): โSigns of a red wave are kind of getting bigger than ever, but not everybody in the media wants to hear that.โ Dana is a former White House Press Secretary.
Fox Newsโ Jesse Watters(7:55): โIt wasnโt looking like a red wave earlier in August, and now it looks like a tsunami.โ
As MSNBC host Ari Melber aptly summarized it (8:00): โThe point there is not that multiple news channels over there echo Fox and sound similar, as they make those predictions that have been proven falseโฆItโs bigger than the media or polls. This is a larger effort to hack your mind, and the discourse, and shape the ultimate turnout for the results in our democracy itselfโฆIt is legal to be sure, but itโs also misleading with real consequencesโฆIf you really have a huge bankable lead, you donโt need to hype it. You just turn your voters out and win, but so many Republican leaders know their slate of MAGA candidates lately, is very weakโฆSo Republicans concluded they needed to inflate their perceived support in the hopes that that might then create more support than they have actually haveโฆโ
Bottom line folks, this stuff is serious. New York Governor Kathy Hochul also addressed this fake poll issue, which featured prominently in her race. What Gov Hochul said about this serious issue lines up with the assessment by MSNBCโs Ari Melber.
Voters have a right to know which polling firms are credible, and those with a history of manipulating polls to aid campaigns. This will prevent reputable news channels from getting sucked into theseย โwaveโย hoaxes, as they report on elections.
For the record, Yours Truly never fell for the โred wave/tsunamiโ mass hysteria for one minute.
Canโt wait for doom & gloom MSMers with their โpollsโ next week.I know my Dems will kick @GOPโs a$$, especially in Senate races
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo appeared on MSNBCโs The Rachel Maddow Show (09/24/2021), where she blasted elected Republicans in Texas for giving in to former President Trumpโs baseless demands for an audit into the stateโs 2020 election results. The decision by the Texas Secretary of Stateโs office to conduct an audit into the election results of Collin, Dallas, Harris and Tarrant counties, came literally a few hours after Trumpโs demand, which led a visibly upset Judge Hidalgo to tell host Maddow that Texas was โbeing run from Maralago.โ
Judge Hidalgo told Maddow:โWe have to remember we had incredibly successful elections here in Harris County in 2020. We had innovations that led to record turnouts from both parties, the highest in 30 years, I mean it was beautiful, and since then, no evidence has come out that would in any way cause the need for this kind of audit. All weโve seen is [former]President Trump exhorting the state, or [Governor]Abbott, to have this auditโฆThe reality of it is Texas is being run from Maralago, and that is dangerous, and itโs not appropriateโฆitโs extremely concerning.โ
Judge Hidalgo added that time had come for politicians in Washington to get off the sidelines, and actively join the fight against voter suppression in the states, telling host Maddow, โWe need the federal government to act, I mean, this has gone too farโฆ This should be another call to action. Weโve got the writing on the wall. Weโve got to get off our chairs and get moving on all this.โ
Bottom line folks, as Judge Hidalgo correctly pointed out, time has come for some decisive action to be taken against these naked efforts by Republicans at the state level, to restrict the voting rights of minorities. Democrats in Washington cannot just sit on the sidelines, and watch their counterparts in Republican-led states like Texas, go to war against GOPโs efforts to restrict minority voting rights. Simply put, time has come for Democrats in Washington to finally do away with the filibuster, and institute a national voting standard geared towards making it easier for people to vote, as opposed to GOPโs scheme of limiting access to the ballot box. As Judge Hidalgo correctly put it, congressional Democrats need to โget off their chairs and get movingโ on a comprehensive federal voting rights law.
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An audio recording of Sen Joni Ernst(R-Iowa) telling a group of GOP donors that there needs to be โchangesโ(read cuts) to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security has surfaced. Youโll remember that Sen Ernst made similar remarks at a town hall in September 2019 where she said Congress needs to meet behind closed doors to address these programsโessentially gut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security in secret.
In the latest audio, a person at the GOP event can be heard saying, โEven without the additional spending weโre already going bankruptโฆthe biggest driver of that being entitlements. It is interesting hearing your classmate [Sen]David Perdue. Heโs been pretty frank about the changes that need to happen with Medicare and Medicaid. Are you on the same page with him on that?
Sen Ernst responded, โI think we [Republican Senators]all are because we all understand our non discretionary spending is growing like this. Everybody focuses on the discretionary spending because thatโs what we have control over in Congress. The rest is on auto pilot and itโs out of control. So we have to figure out ways to honor the commitments that have been made and make changes for the future.โ
For the record Sen David Perdue(R-GA) has been very vocal about his desire to reign in Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security spending in an effort to address the ballooning federal deficit. Sen Joni Ernst has also flirted with this idea previously but unlike Sen Perdue, is afraid to say so in public. Why wonโt Sen Joni Earnst, who is up for reelection in 2020, look Iowans in their eyes and tell them that she wants cuts to their Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security benefits?
Bottom line folks, Americans elect politicians and send them to Washington with the understanding that the said politicians will in turn look out for their interests. All national polls indicate that Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security remain very popular programs among Americans, including Iowans. Where, as here, Sen Joni Earnst appears hell bent on gutting such programs, she owes Iowans an explanationโpublicly. Simply put, Sen Ernst should tell Iowans in public, what she says all the time at private GOP gatherings and that is, she wants cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security programs. Iowans deserve a Senator who will level with them.
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