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Anytime I see something from the GOP, it sounds like a 'good' thing, but it is just a cruel action plan with a nice title on it.

In Canada #PP does the same thing - he makes sure he has the sound bite "We support Ukraine" and then votes against the support for some lame-ass reason.

Watch what they do and don't believe a word of what they say - because they are liars.

#trump #FuckTrump #FuckElonMusk #nonprofit #capitulation #news #complicity #complicitywarning #complicit #tv #publicbroadcasting #lgbtq #lgbtqia #racism #PeopleofColor #BlackLivesMatter #ableism #gay #lesbian #TransRightsAreHumanRights #transgender #diversity #equity #inclusion #DiversityEquityInclusion #DefianceNotCompliance #GOPLies #gopcowards

Something that seems like it's gone under the radar is #PBS shutting down their #deia program and firing the program management. This is an infuriating and disappointing move by PBS to choose #compliance in advance rather than #defiance. Every inch we give to the #fascists is an inch we may never get back. Hold strong and #resist. The #resistance is having an effect, #muskrat and co are not invincible and your efforts matter.

Please call your local station and send a message to PBS headquarters. Tell them you are unhappy with their decision to support an illegal #coup of #hate, #violence, and #sciencedenial #sciencedenialism. Media needs to remain independent and unafraid of #fascism, something the big media #corporations have seemingly forgotten.

apnews.com/article/pbs-diversi

pbs.org/publiceditor/feedback/

#Missouri #Farmer Will Westmoreland lays out how the #GOP has spent 40+ years dismantling trust in media and government—starting with #Reagan’s repeal of the #FairnessDoctrine—paving the way for #FoxNews and right-wing radio. Now, #Trump’s #Project2025 threatens small farmers by slashing subsidies and favoring corporate ag. Will urges #MAGA farmer Skyler to fact-check, see the lies, and #FightBack—not as a #Democrat, but as a farmer protecting his future. ‘Culture wars over well-being’ is the real trap. 🌾🚜 #FarmersSpeakOut #TruthMatters #AgPolicy #CorporateFarming #RuralAmerica #SmallFarmsMatter #Reaganomics #GOPLies #IndependentFarmers #RuralVoices #AgNews #ResistProject2025 #WakeUp #RuralAmerica #FoxNewsLies #FarmersFirst

#GiftArticle

Exclusive: Records undercut #TulsiGabbard’s claim of ignorance on cleric’s views

The nominee for director of national #intelligence said, under oath, that she did not know “until today” that a prominent #cleric she met in #Syria threatened to unleash #SuicideBombers in the #UnitedStates. Documents & emails from 2017 indicate she was told then about the threats.

#GOPlies #perjury #NationalSecurity #law #USpol
wapo.st/3WGaeIS

The Washington Post · Records undercut Tulsi Gabbard’s claim of ignorance on cleric’s viewsBy Jon Swaine

"WH press Sec Leavitt did her 1st press briefing today & told a number of demonstrable lies (Biden sending condoms for Gaza, criminal records of undoc. migrants...)."
-M Hasan.

Journalist B Grueskin slammed the NYT -leaving readers with "no idea if 72M Americans had been kicked off MDCD" thanks to Trump's EO this week that froze all govt grants & led to MDCD portals temp. shut down.

The NYT described her as "steely & unflinching" despite false claims...

#USPol #GOPLies
rawstory.com/karoline-leavitt-

Raw Story · 'Written by children': Critics slam New York Times' glowing coverage of Trump officialBy Brad Reed
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"Trump told prosecutors to DIVERT RESOURCES AWAY FROM DRUG TRAFFICKERS to go after #Immigrants."
-AR Melnick

Trump wants higher arrest numbers to sustain the fiction that we're under invasion & he should have sweeping new likely illegal powers to combat it -this will force LE to divert resources away from serious criminals & toward lower hanging fruit.

His demand for much higher arrests will force ICE to divert resources -potentially making us less safe.
#USPol #GOPLies newrepublic.com/article/190772

The New Republic · Transcript: Angry Trump’s Orders to Border Officials Grow UnnervingAn interview with a former senior ICE official, who argues that Trump’s disappointment over “low” migrant arrests and his demand for bigger numbers could divert resources away from serious criminals.

“We've arrested 1,300 ppl, >1000 of them are criminals."
-T Homan

“ICE didn’t track down the locations of 1,300 ppl in 3 days.” Biden tracked them & was arresting that many before Trump came in. This is normal weekday operations for ICE."
-D Bier

"In FY2024, under Biden, average daily ICE arrests: 310, detainers served: 409."
-AR Melnick

We're going to see an explosion in propaganda designed to support the idea that we're under "INVASION."

#USPol #Immigration #GOPLies
newrepublic.com/article/190491

The New Republic · Trump’s Awful New “Invasion” Executive Order is One of His Darkest YetOne E.O. appears to give Trump extraordinary powers as long as we’re facing “invasion.” Who gets to decide when the “invasion” is over? Take one guess.
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Trump is upset with the WaPo because a prominent journalist reported that his admin will probably change the tariff strategy so to not immediately shock the system, & turn Americans against him.

Since he lies about everything, it's likely true.

When his tariff plans change at a later date, he will assume most Americans will forget about his original tariff agenda. So far, it's worked for him.

#USPol #Tariffs #GOPLies
rawstory.com/donald-trump-2670

Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism · 'Fake News!' Trump furious after WaPo report claims he may break key campaign promiseBy Jennifer Bowers Bahney

2025 will be a difficult year, & I'm probably underestimating the carnage that will be wreaked on Americans.

The lies & the disinformation that's already been spewed since Jan 1 by Trump & his cabal, are off the chart. Fact-checkers will need assistance in keeping up with 24/7 nauseam. Dem leaders must hold Republicans' feet to the fire, explain & remind Americans of the Biden admin successes, & what's needed to continue that work...

GOP’s 1st order of bus: getting rid of math -change how trade figures are calculated to exaggerate the size of trade deficits. It'd massively distort how we measure & understand economic changes -symptomatic of Trump’s habit of torturing the data until it confesses.

Navarro & Vought
will serve in key economic roles in his admin -records of trying to "bully career statisticians."

Extension of Trump's tax cuts: add >$4T to: fed debt over the next decade.

#USPol #GOPLies rawstory.com/donald-trump-econ

Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism · GOP fights 'pesky laws of arithmetic' to hide true cost of Trump's plans: business expertBy Travis Gettys

More brazen lies and historical revisionism from Trump. He goes these shows and just invents lies, mistates facts, and misrepresents data to make himself look good, and craft the reality he wishes was true. Absolutely no featly to the truth. Understand, things are about to get very, very bad.

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TrumpIsATraitor #TrumpIsALiar #RepublicansAreTheProblem #GOPLies

rawstory.com/trump-biggest-lie

Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism · 'That claim is false': Trump's 'biggest lies' from his 'Meet the Press' interview rankedBy David McAfee

It's pretty clear that #Musk and #Ramaswamy view their job as an agenda to declare that every Democratic priority is wasteful and unnecessary, while every Republican priority is a rock-solid, unquestionable necessity.

This isn't about getting rid of wasteful spending, but destroying every Democratic achievement, and eliminating every Democratic project, regardless of their value to the American people.

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #RepublicansAreTheProblem #GOPLies

benzinga.com/startups/24/12/42

Benzinga · Vivek Ramaswamy Calls For Ending Federal Funding For California's High-Speed Rail, Labeling It A 'WastefuBy Adrian Volenik

ICYMI: "Don't Give Trump Credit for the Success of the Biden Economy"
It could be Trump who gets to tell Americans that he built the country back better.
Biden aides told AP they expect #DictatorTrump to continue the planned projects & take credit for Biden's accomplishments, just like the Republicans in Congress who've celebrated plant openings & infrastructure developments in their districts but voted against them presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/. #bidenomics #TrumpLiesAboutEverything #goplies

www.presidency.ucsb.eduICYMI: "Don't Give Trump Credit for the Success of the Biden Economy" | The American Presidency Project

The "uninformed" Republican voters (brainwashed by GOP leaders, Fox News, other media's... lies) who're responsible for putting the disgraced, 4X indicted, 2X impeached, ex-president back in power, coming this January, are already realizing that they made a grave mistake, they believed the lies.
h/t JR Eakle

"Final tally: acc to data from Ad Impact, Republicans spent nearly $215M on network TV ads that paint trans ppl as a national threat. This figure doesn't incl. cable or streaming ads. There're 1.6M trans ppl age 13+ in the US."
-C Parks

$215M have been wasted on ads based on lies & bigotry. Just think of the ways the funds could've been spent on worthy causes.

Oct. 7-20: Trump's campaign/pro-Trump groups spent ~$95M on ads, >41% of which were anti-trans.
#USPol #GOPLies pbs.org/newshour/show/why-anti

PBS News · Why anti-transgender political ads are dominating the airwaves this electionBy Laura Barrón-López

In the past 5 weeks, Trump’s operation has spent >$29M on TV ads criticizing Harris for supporting transgender surgeries for inmates & illegal immigrants in detention. *Only 2 inmates appear to have received such surgeries.

By contrast, the campaign has spent $5M over that same time period on TV ads on the economy, making that topic their 5th-most emphasized -so spending almost 6X more on these ads comp. to the much bigger issue of the econ-.

#USPol #HarrisWalz #GOPLies thebulwark.com/p/trump-goes-al

The Bulwark · Trump Goes All In on Anti-TransBy Marc A. Caputo