Trump's desperation can be measured in emojis

by annieli for Trump Russia Investigators

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Wednesday, Sep. 02, 2020 Wednesday, Sep. 02, 2020 at 2:03:35pm PDT

Eg73JhYWoAEnlsm1 — Jun 19, 2020 Facebook pulls Trump campaign ads using Nazi symbol and white supremacist code

Don’t Look Now, but Democrats Are in… Array?! And Trump now uses emojis.

pic.twitter.com/FVEZQSS2Na
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 2, 2020

Repeat after me: the stock market is not the economy

Dow closes above 29,000. https://t.co/zIPg3Kfsvv
— Micah Grimes (@MicahGrimes) September 2, 2020

“@CharlesPPierce : He’s in NC, trying to beat the rain, blabbing in front of a battleship.”

They tented the ramp to the USS NC for his visit today so we couldn’t see him lose to yet another ramp. It’s never had a tent in the 35 years I’ve lived here. pic.twitter.com/CteWPkaaBv
— Darwin Brender a’ Brandis (@DTBbyTheSea) September 2, 2020

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As for real-world conditions, we do know that coronavirus deaths will continue to rise and that unemployment will remain quite high by historic standards. No wonder Trump seems increasingly frantic and inclined to spew outlandish conspiracy theories.
https://t.co/6lS24fl3E3
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) September 2, 2020

This might explain why Biden feels confident in going to Kenosha, Wis., on Thursday; rather than avoid the law-and-order issue, he seems to be saying, “Bring it on.”

Biden has a 7.5 percent national lead in the FiveThirtyEight average, a tick down from a peak of about 9 points. Even still, he has remained remarkably steady since June. He maintains leads in battleground states such as Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Florida, Wisconsin and New Hampshire. Based on current polling, Biden has more than enough to surpass 270 electoral votes needed to win.

The race could certainly change in nine weeks, although none of the recent events seems to have recast the race. The conventions are over; the debates remain. The Commission on Presidential Debates announced the moderators for the three presidential debates — Fox News’s Chris Wallace (who made mincemeat of Trump in their last interview), CSPAN’s Steve Scully and NBC News’s Kristen Welker. It is far from certain that Trump can maintain his a-factual, conspiracy-laden mind-set with an aggressive opponent and unflinching moderator — although there is plenty of research to suggest debates do not change voters’ minds.

www.washingtonpost.com/...

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Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) threatened to shoot armed protesters in a Facebook post accompanied by black men with guns: “I’d drop any 10 of you.” https://t.co/klO6RhKGC1
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) September 2, 2020

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Donald Trump Came to Kenosha to Make the Most Vile Campaign Commercial in American Political History | The Nation https://t.co/n9sFsTcYsp
— John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) September 2, 2020

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Trump and Biden asked why they are going to Kenosha:

TRUMP: "I am a tremendous fan of law enforcement, and I want to thank the law enforcement. They've done a good job."

BIDEN: "What we want to do is we've got to heal. We've got to put things together, bring people together."
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) September 2, 2020

Bill Barr is openly admitting on @CNN right now that Trump and the Justice Department are going to interfere with the election. Just laying it out there on national TV.
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) September 2, 2020

“This framing is weird. The situation the Times is describing is one in which a democratically elected leader rejects the results of a democratic election.” @galendruke

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Crazy story of how a Kremlin-backed Russian agency recruited novice American journalists to unwittingly help with a disinformation campaign ahead of the 2020 election ... My most recent for @Forbes. Thanks to @KerryLauerman https://t.co/aadDPeiUzM
— Jemima McEvoy (@jemimacmcevoy) September 2, 2020

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“Russia is already suggesting, implausibly, that Germany did it” ah, the Trump defense. Never gets old.
— 🌹bargod🌹 (@BoozeAlchemist) September 2, 2020

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BREAKING
Merkel on @navalny poisoning:
“Proof beyond doubt”
He “was to be silenced”
“raises questions” which “only Russia can answer”
“Crime against #Navalny was aimed against the fundamental rights and values we stand for”
Unusual step for Merkel.
Unusually clear against #Russia pic.twitter.com/pXpiOjEcVR
— Michaela Kuefner (@MKuefner) September 2, 2020

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"The mantra 'no vote tallies were changed' is misleading. They weren't in a position to know. They didn't really monitor county election systems. If you wanted to alter a vote outcome, you'd do it at the county level." -- @jennycohn1 on @gaslitnation https://t.co/kl7g0QrXti
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) September 2, 2020

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I mean who doesn’t have a Russian Bank pinging their server a billion times a day? FFS https://t.co/oKTKFGtWrz
— Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 (@jennycohn1) September 2, 2020

NEW: "Democracy in Danger: Disinformation Wars" with @wiczipedia https://t.co/Wrrnvr6ssV
— The Wilson Center (@TheWilsonCenter) September 2, 2020

Trump is simultaneously saying:
- Biden is on drugs, controlled by shadowy forces, spied on him
- There was a thug plane, Soros maybe funds Antifa
- Covid deaths are inflated
- Mass voter fraud in ‘16, he can only lose now if rigged, mail voting is rigged https://t.co/HKhPXI9z7m
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 2, 2020

He is crazy. He is unraveling.

Wake up. pic.twitter.com/YkhIl4FkUZ
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 2, 2020