Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Can you imagine if that was true? The right wing media and MAGA folks would be all over it with their heads exploding. Our resident right wing wacko would post numerous threads condemning it. 

Elon Musk does it and they shrug. Not to mention it’s illegal and violates election laws. 

What a bunch of hypocrites. 

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/10/20/elon-musk-offers-1-million-a-day-to-entice-swing-state-voters-.html

“Elon Musk said he'll give away $1 million daily until Election Day to registered voters in swing states who sign his America PAC petition.

"I think this is kind of fun, and you know, it seems like a good use of money basically," Musk said at the event.

Musk has embarked on a speaking tour in Pennsylvania to drive voter registration in his support of Donald Trump. The deadline to sign the petition is Monday night, which is the day Pennsylvania's voter registration closes. The petition, posted on the America PAC website, said that to be eligible for payments, signees "must be registered voters of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, or Wisconsin."


Rick Hasen, a UCLA law professor and NBC News election law analyst, said in a blog post that Musk's initiative appears to be a violation of federal election laws, specifically one that says a person who "pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both."

"Certain things in this country can be sold, and certain things we have decided should not be for sale," Hasen told CNBC in an interview. "Congress has determined you should not be able to sell your vote to the highest bidder, and we should not have the political process distorted by people with the most wealth who may try to get you to vote in a certain way."

"Ah, who gives a shit, right?"

Not Rich Davis. He was probably first in line...

"North Carolina Rep. Chuck Edwards (R) gave former President Trump a “french fries certification pin” honoring the former president’s appearance working the drive-thru at a McDonald’s over the weekend."

“For those of you who did not get to see it, I offered, because you know, I also own McDonald’s restaurants, I know that you perfected your skills behind the counter a day or so ago. And it was my honor to present President Trump with the french fries certification pin,” Edwards said as Trump was set to take the stage at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, per Mediaite."


https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4946509-chuck-edwards-trump-french-fries-certification/


There now Richie, calm yourself! It was all REAL...

The place wasn't even open.

MAGA supporters rehearsed driving thru in their cars before Trump finally "served" them french fries.

When asked if he supported a minimum wage law, he gave a word salad non-answer.


https://www.dailydot.com/debug/donald-trump-mcdonalds-staged/

"With just two weeks remaining until the presidential election, former President Donald Trump has used his most recent appearances on podcast and cable interviews to escalate attacks on fellow Americans whom he calls “the enemy from within.”


"Trump has made more than 100 threats to prosecute or punish perceived enemies"

"Trump has issued more than 100 threats to investigate, prosecute, imprison or otherwise punish his perceived opponents, NPR has found.

"A review of Trump’s rally speeches, press conferences, interviews and social media posts shows that the former president has repeatedly indicated that he would use federal law enforcement as part of a campaign to exact “retribution.”



"ELIZABETH LYNNE CHENEY IS GUILTY OF TREASON,” reads one post Trump reposted on his social media site, Truth Social, regarding the former Republican congresswoman. “RETRUTH IF YOU WANT TELEVISED MILITARY TRIBUNALS.”"

"Legal experts said that there are few guardrails preventing Trump from pursuing his plans to prosecute opponents and noted that Trump pressured the Department of Justice to investigate rivals during his first term. In about a dozen cases, the Justice Department followed through and initiated investigations, according to one analysis."

"In one instance, Trump suggested that Gen. Mark Milley, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in his administration, could face execution for calling officials in China to try and defuse tensions in the chaotic aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack."

"Milley, who retired in 2023, has since told journalist Bob Woodward that Trump is “fascist to the core” and “the most dangerous person to this country.”


https://www.npr.org/2024/10/21/nx-s1-5134924/trump-election-2024-kamala-harris-elizabeth-cheney-threat-civil-liberties

Nothing like Donald, huh?

"Trump cited it as one of his proudest accomplishments and his second-favorite book after the Bible. Schwartz called writing the book his "greatest regret in life, without question," and both he and the book's publisher, Howard Kaminsky, alleged that Trump had played no role in the actual writing of the book."

"President Trump's former ghostwriter says writing "The Art of the Deal" is the biggest regret of his life and wishes the 1987 bestseller "weren't even in print."

"I knew this was a bad guy when I did the book,"


""Trump is not only willing to lie, but he doesn't get bothered by it, doesn't feel guilty about it, isn't preoccupied by it," Schwartz said. "There's an emptiness inside Trump. There's an absence of a soul. There's an absence of a heart."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tony-schwartz-trumps-ghostwriter-says-writing-the-art-of-the-deal-is-the-greatest-regret-of-his-life/

Of course, sticking his name on a book written by somebody else is peanuts to a mistakes in not properly citing 500 words since it wasn't just ghostwritten bu ENTIRELY WRITTEN by Schwartz, right?

Then there's Trump's "1776 Commission Report:

"President Donald Trump’s 1776 Commission was supposed to be the definitive “patriotic” rejoinder to the academic left for what conservatives view as a slanderous rendering of U.S. history. But the report released by the commission on Monday has been mocked by historians as slapdash and slanted. And a good chunk appears lifted or recycled from other publications."

"An entire page of the report suggesting classroom discussion topics for teachers appears to be copied nearly verbatim from an opinion piece published in 2008 by one of the commission’s members, Thomas Lindsay."


https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/19/trump-1776-report-plagiarism-460464

Then there's Trump's non-existent plagiarism policy:

"Apparently Trump University had no plagiarism policy, because, when Melania Trump addressed the Republican National Convention Monday night, she copied several sentences from Michelle Obama’s 2008 “First Lady” speech."

https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/25/385873

Today, John Kelly clarified for all: "Trump’s former chief of staff says he fits ‘fascist’ definition and prefers ‘dictator approach’"

"JDs" "America's Hitler" explained:

"Trump complained that “my fucking generals are a bunch of pussies." "They care more about their alliances than they do about trade deals.”

As for the cost of a funeral for a fallen soldier:

"Trump asked, “Did they bill us for the funeral? What did it cost?”

"According to attendees, and to contemporaneous notes of the meeting taken by a participant, an aide answered: Yes, we received a bill; the funeral cost $60,000."

Trump became angry. “It doesn’t cost 60,000 bucks to bury a fucking Mexican!” He turned to his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and issued an order: “Don’t pay it!” Later that day, he was still agitated. “Can you believe it?” he said, according to a witness. “Fucking people, trying to rip me off.”


https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/10/trump-military-generals-hitler/680327/

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

How much you want to bet Trump will help him out for lying for him? Considering Trump’s record I’d say there is zero chance of that happening.

The key word being "zero"...

BTW, here's the latest from, gasp, a check on "election integrity" in GEORGIA:

"Georgia's top elections official said Wednesday that a check of voter rolls found that 20 of the 8.2 million people registered to vote in the state are not U.S. citizens."

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/georgia-citizenship-audit-finds-noncitizens-voter-rolls-115073753


Wow! 20 out of 8.2 million voters! Definitely worth the efforts of the GOP to spend mega millions to investigate and spread misinformation to try to justify Rudy's and Trump's election lies...

“The logic here is very simple: Candidate Trump has called for a significant increase in import tariffs to revive domestic manufacturing,” Steven Ricchiuto, chief US economist at Mizuho Securities, said in a Wednesday afternoon note. “These tariffs are seen as immediately raising the price of consumer goods and, in the process, reversing the goods deflation that has helped pull inflation back towards the Fed’s 2% target.”

"Trump’s policy proposals, if enacted, are also expected to cause the government to borrow significantly more money compared to Vice President Kamala Harris’ policy plans. That would make it riskier to invest in government-issued securities, leading investors to demand higher interest rates to hold US debt."


https://www.wral.com/story/dow-sinks-sharply-as-wall-street-gears-up-for-possibility-of-a-trump-victory/21686142/