The Common Ills: 2024-10-27

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Thursday, October 31, 2024. MAGA liars and whores try to lie about Joe Biden because they can't defend Convicted Felon Donald Trump.

Happy Halloween. But don't open the door if these freaks come to it.

From left to right, that's Jill Stein, Elon Musk, Convicted Felon Donald Trump and Miss Sassy JD Vance in Isaiah's THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "Trick or Treason," If they show up on your porch, do not open the door, just immediately call the police.

So much to cover. Let's start with US President Joe Biden and how MAGA lies and the press then dances like a trained dog. Joe said something outrageous!!!!!

No, he didn't. Nor was anything for us to have waste time on.

MAGA liars and their paid whores like Jonathan Turley tried to gin up some outrage. Didn't work, wouldn't work but they knew the media would cover it for 'both sides.'

Reality was it never mattered and even the garbage knew -- and, yeah, I called them garbage. That's what they are. Trash is you prefer and will include a music video underscoring that in a minute.

Like most Americans, I learned years ago that Joe Biden rarely said the right thing. When we would cover Senate hearings every month here, some reporters would ask me, on the way out of hearing, what did Joe -- then a US Senator -- mean because there's what Joe means and what Joe says. So I'd translate. That was in Joe's good days. Most of us had to face the fact that those days were gone a few months back. For some, it was the debate performance. For me, it was after the debate when he sat down with George Stephanopoulos (see Ava and my "Media: It's Time For Joe To Go"). Joe is not on my mind these days. I'm speaking every day -- seven days a week -- about Kamala Harris and the importance voting for her. I don't have time for a lot of garbage -- and garbage is the term that has idiots upset.

Aaron Blake (WASHINGTON POST) explains:

Republicans’ latest entry on the eve of the 2024 campaign — President Joe Biden’s “garbage” comment Tuesday night — is more plausible than most as their hoped-for “deplorables” moment. But it’s still not nearly as ironclad as Clinton’s comments.

And Biden’s increasing tendency to stumble over his words, which marred these very comments, makes it entirely plausible that he didn’t intend to tar large numbers of Trump supporters — as he soon clarified that he hadn’t.

It may come down to the placement of an apostrophe, and it’s worth a parse.

The controversy centers on jumbled comments Biden made on a call with Latino voters. Biden invoked comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s quip at a Trump rally Sunday labeling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” — comments that many Republicans and even the Trump campaign have distanced themselves from.

“Just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a ‘floating island of garbage,’ ” Biden said, before his stumbles began.

“Well, let me tell you something,” Biden said. “I don’t — I — I — I don’t know the Puerto Rican that — that I know — or Puerto Rico where I’m fr — in my home state of Delaware, they’re good, decent, honorable people.”

And then the key line. I’ll offer three different versions which significantly change Biden’s meaning (with the key part bolded) [C.I. note, italicized for us here]:

“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters. His — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American.”
“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters’ — his — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American.”
“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter’s — his — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American.”

Which one is it? Read Aaron's article in full for his take. My take? I'd go with the third one. When Joe stammers, he tends to do so as he's clarifying. That's my take.

Joe -- and he shouldn't be the focus of this to begin with -- did a great thing last week and has also done some great things in recent weeks. Sorry. Joe's not our focus. Our focus is getting Kamala elected.

But the reason we're bringing this in is because of the greasy faced lying weasel Jonathan Turley. In classes, he's refused to comment on his god Donald Trump's hate rally on Sunday. He's done the same online at his non-stop Twitter feed -- there are 13-year-old girls who are on social media far less than Swirley Turley -- as one commentator on his Twitter feed noted this week -- even called him Swirley Turley (Mike's pet name for the never-ending liar). So now, all the sudden, Lying Trash thinks this is an issue.

He Tweeted -- and we do Tweets like this because we're not promoting their accounts -- twice yesterday:

Jonathan Turley

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Harris's muted response to Biden calling all Trump supporters "garbage" is strikingly in contrast to the two days of her campaign hammering on a line from a comedian at a Trump campaign event. However, the most significant contrast is with the media...

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Jonathan Turley

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...Politico immediately rephrased Biden's line to adopt a new meaning. It was widely criticized for the effort. However, now even Harris and other politicians are renouncing the attack. . . leaving Politico and others in a curious position...

9:31 AM · Oct 30, 2024

We won't note the third Tweet which is just a promo for his bad book -- his bad error riddled book (see Ava and my "Media: The lying pundits with a focus on Jonathan Turley").

We will note the sack of s**t is a lousy, lying hypocrite.

The outrage resulting from Sunday's KKK rally by the Trump campaign is something ManBoobs Turley refuses to comment on -- even now. He ignored it.

All the sudden when he thinks he can land a blow on Kamala, he wants to comment.

Turley, you may not be able to see your penis anymore as you get fatter and fatter; however, you should be able to see that we were never, ever talking about "a line from a comedian."

In fact, your university needs to sit you down and test your competency skills for the lie line alone.

Puerto Rico itself was called garbage, yes. That wasn't the only line. From ALJAZEERA:

Hinchcliffe, whose set was intended to warm up the crowd, veered into what many described as offensive territory, quipping that Latinos “love making babies”, before likening their presence to an “invasion of the country”.

He then went on to say: “There’s a lot going on, like, I don’t know if you know this but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. Yeah. I think it’s called Puerto Rico.”

Hinchcliffe, 40, continued with racially insensitive jokes, mentioning Black friends he “carved watermelons” with and suggesting that Jewish people “have a hard time throwing paper”. His punchlines drew only scattered applause from the crowd.

That was the 'comedian.' As best I know, that's all he said. Let me repeat yet again that, on Sunday, I was speaking to one group after another about the importance of voting for Kamala and making her our next president. It was after 10:00 pm when we finally got done speaking. At which point, Ava and I wrote "Media: The double standard." I then wrote the Sunday night piece here. I was pulling from things that had happened that day -- and that's when I learned of the rally. And I came across garbage.

So there may be more.

But just that above is not one line. Grasp that, you sack of s**t liar, Jonathan Turley. And let's all note his lie and his distortion and what a creep he is for molesting the truth.

I've read several reports on this and seen clips. Which is how I also know about Dr Phil and his racist and insulting remarks which overlooked/ignored slavery -- rewriting history is all Dr Phil can do. Which is how I know that one speaker came on to the stage due to the Confederacy anthem "Dixie" and left the stage to it. And praised the song -- a song glorifying the losers -- the garbage, if you will -- of the Civil War. Oh, I'm sorry, does it hurt your sensibility, Jonathan, for me not to both-sides the Civil War? There was Stephen Miller raging that "America is for Americans only!" Really? MAGA doesn't like green card holders now? Grant Cardone insinuating that Kamala is a whore handled by "pimps." Did you miss all of this or are you just trying to become even bigger liar than you already are?

There were multiple speakers. Again, I didn't watch it and I don't have to subject myself to it. No one has to. Reading about it is more than sufficient. I learned yesterday, for the first time, what Rudy G was saying and, yes, those were hateful statements as well attacking and offering racial stereotypes and lies about Palestinians.

Also, Jonathan, I know a thing or two about comedy. Whereas your 'comic' skill appears to be appearing before women naked.

I understand that brings the house down and, yes, I understand why.

But although you yourself and your body may be a joke, you can't tell one, you can't structure one and you'd be better off sitting your fat ass down.

Now let's deal with Jonathan's claim about Kamala. Kamala made so much out of the hate rally? Of course, she did. The remarks were outrageous and attacked so many groups in this country. Kamala's running to be the president of all of America -- all Americans -- so of course she would defend everyone.

But Jonathan wants to ignore the fact the comedians lines -- multiple, not just one -- were also called out by . . . Republicans. That's Trump's buddy from Florida, Senator Rick Scott. That's the Trump campaign's Peter Navarro. That's US House Rep María Elvira Salazar. That's US House Rep Carlos Gimenez. These are Republicans that I'm naming. And there are more who have called it out.

So stop your lying. You have become the biggest embarrassment in the US legal community. People talk about how craven and corrupt you've become and they do so for a reason.

Yes, Trump's hate rally is connected to him not just because his rally and not just because all the comments made on stage were vetted ahead of time -- live by the teleprompter, die by the teleprompter. But also because the comments reflected comments made by Donald Trump.

Andrew Howard (POLITICO) pointed out of the remarks made by the 'comedian' sounded like other remarks made by . . .

The comments, while reminiscent of many made by Trump in the campaign’s final weeks, were made by a comedian early in the night’s schedule and were supposed to be jokes. Now, they are dominating the news cycle and putting Trump’s campaign on the backfoot with just under a week until the election.

That's why they were said in the first place. Those statements are perfectly in keeping with Trump's own words.

To liken that to Joe Biden's use of "garbage"?

You are so damn pathetic and such a damn liar.

Not since Raymond Burr played Perry Mason has a bigger liar played an attorney. And that's really saying something. (Twice divorced and father Burr was never married and had no children. He was gay. Burr also never served in the US military despite lying about that over and over. I could go on and on. But we'll stop there.)

And as for those 'jokes'? If you're not getting it, Miss Sassy JD Vance claims not to know what was said. Then Donald Trump does the same thing. I wasn't there. They were present. They're lying because it's caused them such a huge problem and they're hoping liars and whores like Turley can dig them out of their hole if they just play dumb a little while longer.

Here's the late Nanci Griffith performing "It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go."

It's one of the many great songs she wrote in her short lifetime. Here's the music video she made for the song.

A cafeteria line in ChicagoThe fat man in front of meIs calling black people trash to his childrenHe's the only trash here I seeAnd I'm thinking this man wears a white hoodIn the night when his children should sleepBut, they slip to their window and they see himAnd they think that white hood's all they need

It's a hard life It's a hard life It's a very hard life It's a hard life wherever you go If we poison our children with hatred Then, the hard life is all that they'll know And there ain't no place in Chicago for These kids to go

Nanci called racists trash!!!!! Oh, no!!!! Jonathan Turley must be sh**ting himself!!!!

Probably. But racists are trash. And if that statement's too much for you, I really think you're in the wrong century.

Grasp also that Donald threw a hate rally in New York on Sunday and that it lasted hours with one attack after another on one group after another.

And what the whores and liars pretend to be outraged by now? That one line from Joe Biden? They zero in on that to distract you from the points he was making. Here's the transcript.

THE PRESIDENT: (In progress) — and your friendship. And thanks to everyone —

MS. TERESA: So, President —

THE PRESIDENT: — at Voto Latino. (Inaudible.)

MS. TERESA: So, President Biden, before we get started — before we get started, I just want to say, literally, three and a half years ago, we — when we were hunkered down, we were doing Zoom calls very similar to this, you came in and you talked to our community, and you said, “Maria Teresa, we are going to have the largest climate change legislation, the biggest infrastructure,” and you listed 20 things, and he’s like, “Will you be there with me?” And I said, “Absolutely.” And I said, “Do you think we’re going to get it done?” You’re like, “Absolutely.” And you know what? You have.

So, I’m incredibly grateful for all the work that you’ve done, and I would love for you to say a few words to — to the community based on your ability to deliver every single time.

THE PRESIDENT: We got it done. I didn’t get it done. Every major thing we tried to do, from over a trillion dollars in infrastructure to work on communities that need help to health care to — I mean, a whole range of things, and we got it done.

As I said earlier, your partnership, your friendship, and your leadership has really made a big difference. And thank everyone at Latino — you know — excuse me, thank everyone at your organization, Voto Latino, for all you do. You know, you’ve always had my back, and I think it’s fair to say I’ve always had yours.

This is it. This is it. Seven days to Election Day, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. And that’s not a — that’s not an exaggeration. The choice couldn’t be clearer.

Presidential historians tell us the most important thing about a president is character — does he or she have character. Kamala has character. She’ll always stand up for Latinos, but not just Lati- — she’ll stand up for everyone who deserves to be stood up for, and that’s all Americans.

Donald Trump has no character. He doesn’t give a damn about the Latino community. He’s failed businessman. He’s — he only cares about the billionaire friends he has and accumulating wealth for those at the top.

You know, he says immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of our country. Give me a break. He wants to do away with the birthright citizenship. Who the hell else said that in the last 100 years?

And just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” Well, let me tell you something. I don’t — I — I don’t know the Puerto Rican that — that I know — or a Puerto Rico, where I’m fr- — in my home state of Delaware, they’re good, decent, honorable people. The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter’s — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American. It’s totally contrary to everything we’ve done, everything we’ve been.

Now, Trump has di- — tried to divide the country based on race, ethnicity, anything that does harm, to take their eye off the ball about what the terrible things he’s done and will do. But Kamala Harris has fought for all Americans and will be a president for all of America.

Look, folks, we’ve gotten a lot done together, as you pointed out. Look, Maria Teresa, we did everything from the infrastructure bill to health care to making sure that veterans are taken care of. I mean, across the board, we’ve done so much. We’ve created over 16 million jobs. More Latinos have jobs than ever before.

Look, a quarter of all — here’s the way I look at it. A quarter of all the children in our schools today are Latino — are Latino, a quarter of them. How could we possibly not invest everything we have in a quarter of our population that’s going to be our future? It’s going to make a major, major, major, major piece of what this country looks like and what we think and what we believe. So, these are going to have to be the doctors, the teachers, the scientists, and, yes, presidents.

You know, I know we’ve asked a lot of each other, but I’m talking to you about one more thing and asking you, as a favor, all of you listening, to vote. Get out early and vote. Do it early.

You know, I — I know the long waits on Election Day are all too common, especially in Latino communities. You know, I cast my ballot yesterday. I stood in line for 40, 45 minutes with all the people in Delaware, and I cast my vote yesterday in my home state. I waited in line with a lot of other people.

There was a woman ahead of me, an elderly woman, who was in her 90s in a wheelchair, and it was a heavy wheelchair and the person pushing it was having trouble, so I spent time with her. She — she’s — she’s over 90 years old, and she’s breaking her neck to vote because she knows how important it is.

Today is National Vote Early Day. Let me say it again. Today is National Vote Early Day. Remind folks to vote early, to return mail-in ballots.

Vote for access to a good education so everyone has an opportunity. Vote to eliminate not — what Trump wants — he wants to eliminate the Department of Education and no early education. We’re fighting like hell, and we’re fighting like hell for early education because, you know, it increases exponentially the prospect of success for our sons and our daughters.

Vote to give our daughters the same opportunities we give our sons, instead of taking away their rights.

Vote to make sure we maintain a significant health care that would provide for our parents and our families and basic health care for all Americans. Trump is trying like hell to get rid of it. More people have health care now than ever before. He says he’s going to — wants to get rid of it.

Vote to continue the progress we made on job growth — the growth in jobs for everyone, including Latinos — a significant job growth.

Vote for comprehensive imm- — immigration reform instead of mass deportation. What’s he talkin- — think about it.

You know, I travel the world because of my role as president and my knowledge of foreign policy. I get inquiries from other heads of state, “Does Trump really mean it? Are you really going to send out the police to gather up thousands and millions of people and deport them?” What the hell is going on here? Vote for comprehensive immigration reform instead of mass deportation.

In short, vote to keep Donald Trump out of the White House. He’s a true danger to not just Latinos but to all people, particularly those who are in a minority in this country.

You know, we have to vote to elect Kamala as president, Tim Walz as vice president. It’s (inaudible) — it’s never been more important.

We’ve known each other a long time, Maria Teresa — a long time. And I want to tell you something I can say without equivocation. Our democracy is at stake. And to translate that into pure English — and that’s wh- — I should be able to speak Spanish, but I can’t. We should be able to talk about what this means.

He wants to fundamentally change the way our Constitution works. He wants to take away people’s rights. He wants to concentrate power in the hands of a very few — people like him.

So, go to IWillVote.com and make your plan to vote early. Make it today, because voting early (inaudible) now basically through election. Make a plan to vote, please, please, please. Your vote is critical. A Latino vote is critical. Let’s make it heard.

I want them to remember who you are and who we are. We’re the United States of America. And there’s nothing, nothing at all beyond our capacity when we do it together.

So, God bless you all. And God bless you, Maria Teresa, for all you’ve been doing. We have more to do, but we got to get it done.

This el- — this election is the most consequential election we’ve ever voted in, no matter how old or how young you are — this election.

God bless you all. And God protect our troops.

MS. TERESA: Thank you so much, President Biden. And I have to tell you, what you really — what you are saying is a clarion call. It’s a multicultural democracy, and it’s us, as Americans first, that will save this country and our democracy. And I’m so grateful for the time —

THE PRESIDENT: The reason why we’re strong.

MS. TERESA: — you’ve spent with us. (Inaudible.)

THE PRESIDENT: We’re the most diverse country, and that’s why we’re strong. That is our strength.

MS. TERESA: Right. (Laughs.)

THE PRESIDENT: (Inaudible) our weakness. It’s our strength.

MS. TERESA: No, I call it our superpower — our superpower. And I always say, like, you don’t have to take my word for it. The reason that you have disinformation around race is because the Russians and the Chinese recognize that racism is our Achilles heel, but it — they also recognize that it’s our multiculturalism that is our superpower and our strength.

THE PRESIDENT: We bring all the best of every culture together. We really do. It’s not hyperbole. That’s a fact.

MS. TERESA: It’s true.

THE PRESIDENT: Sometimes I think our folks (inaudible) don’t realize it, but it’s truly a fact. Anyway.

God love you for what you’re doing. Keep it going, kid.

MS. TERESA: I’m super grateful.

THE PRESIDENT: Keep it going.

MS. TERESA: Yeah, we’re not done yet. We’re just getting started.

THE PRESIDENT: We’re not even close to done.

MS. TERESA: (Inaudible.) (Laughs.)

THE PRESIDENT: And I may be — I may be leaving office on January 20th, but I’m not leaving.

MS. TERESA: I — I —

THE PRESIDENT: I’m not leaving.

MS. TERESA: You promise?

THE PRESIDENT: I’m leaving office, but I’m not leaving this fight.

MS. TERESA: (Laughs.)

THE PRESIDENT: God love you. Thank you so much.

MS. TERESA: I’m going to remind you of that. Much love. Say hello to Jill.

THE PRESIDENT: Well, you don’t (inaudible) — I’m going to ask for your help and let me join you.

MS. TERESA: I will always be there, President.

There is nothing wrong in any of Joe's remarks above. But whores gotta whore and trash has to stink -- what else would Turley do?

Elaine's covering Donald Trump and Elon Musk's plan to wreck the American economy (see her "Trump's plan is to wreck the economy" and "Elon Body Odor"). You may have missed it because what should be front page news -- Donald Trump plans to wreck the economy to do away with our safety net programs such as Medicare and Elon Musk revealed that publicly -- is really not being covered. That's why Jonathan Turley and other paid whores are serving up nonsense, to try to distract people so they don't know what Donald's really plotting. As Elaine pointed out:

Don't you think Donald Trump should have been sharing this plan -- and doing so a long, long time ago. How does FOX "NEWS" plan on explaining this proposal to their audience? They betrayed their audience with those puff pieces on Trump and the FOX "NEWS" audience is the 'news' network with the highest number of senior viewers. Imagine if this had been presented accurately? "Are you over 65? Well a vote for Trump could mean the end of Medicare for you so, answer us this, are you ready to go back to working eight hour days five days a week? It's that or going homeless, seniors."

Let's note Brett Arends (MARKET WATCH):

Wall Street economists are warning that Trump’s tax cuts and tariffs would add more to inflation than Harris’s proposals.

As reported here at MarketWatch just one day ago, Musk’s brutal budget-cutting math is way more severe than most Americans, including most MAGA fans, realize. Two-thirds of the entire federal budget already goes toward Social Security, Medicare, debt interest, defense, and veterans (Note that does NOT include Medicaid).

Everything else (including Medicaid) adds up to $2.35 trillion this year. So Musk’s promise to cut “at least $2 trillion” from the federal budget either means he is going to abolish pretty much everything else — Medicaid, Transportation, Justice, Homeland Security, Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, and so on — or he is going to cut Social Security and Medicare.

Or as Musk put it, when it comes to cutting federal programs there will be “no special cases… no exceptions.”

And Ja'han Jones (MSNBC) adds:

For the record, this plan would match cuts implemented by Argentina's far-right, pro-Trump president, Javier Milei, who has developed a cult following in today’s GOP. And if that’s Musk’s model, Americans have a lot to fear.

Those policies have helped skyrocket Argentina’s poverty rate to over 50% in the first six months of Milei's presidency. The hardship Musk is predicting sounds quite hard, indeed. Between Trump repeatedly praising the Gilded Age and Musk priming everyday Americans for "hardship" if MAGA retakes the White House, it seems quite obvious that a vote for Trump is a vote for extreme wealth inequality and all the suffering that comes with it.

And instead of that reality? We've got racist whores like Amy Goodman who did yet another segment on Kamala Harris attacking Kamala and did so by refusing to book -- not in August, not in September and not in October -- a single guest who supports Kamala Harris. Not one. Grasp that. Grasp that everyone she brings on attacks Kamala. Grasp that to support Kamala and her campaign -- something millions of us are doing in this country -- is to be ignored by Amy Goodman who claims to do journalism.

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Wednesday, October 30, 2024. Kamala Harris makes the case for electing her our next president while it turns out Donald Trump, in addition to all his hateful plans, is also planning to wreck the US economy.

Kamala Harris is campaigning to be the next president of the United States -- an election that wraps up in five days. She gave a speech last night. Ahead of the speech, THE PBS NEWSHOUR spoke with voters waiting to hear her.

I think a lot of us are all waiting until after the election to take that deep breath. And there's still so much work to be done before election day.

The speech? Pretty amazing.

Matt Lasio (RAW STORY) reports:

Tens of thousands of Harris supporters came out to hear her Tuesday night address at the Ellipse, the exact spot where the former president famously held his "Stop the Steal" rally before supporters rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

It’s a brilliant strategy, according to former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA) who served as a senior adviser on the Jan. 6 select committee.

“I think this is a master stroke,” Riggleman told Raw Story at the rally. “I think having this on the Ellipse right before the election, I think, it's the way to go.”

Harris’ Ellipse event comes on the heels of Trump’s racist, sexist and conspiracy-tinged Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday, which Riggleman said was perfect timing.

“The Madison Square Garden rally gave her the opportunity to provide a positive vision for America, where he tried to destroy America,” Riggleman said. “Madison Square Garden was the biggest October surprise self-own in political history.”

The former congressman said the Republican Party —a party he loves but felt forced to leave — is in shambles under Trump.

“It's a party for the unserious. I think that's the shame of it all, is that we have real issues globally, and these individuals are not prepared to deal with what America needs to deal with,” Riggleman said. “You gotta support sanity and rationality. Right now, the GOP is so infested with nativism and bad behavior, there's no way, I think, traditional center-right individuals would want to be a part of the party.”

Today on MORNING JOE, they addressed and analyzed the speech.

Yesterday, others were speaking on Kamala's behalf including Senator Bernie Sanders, US House Rep AOC and our former First Lady Michelle Obama

2024 is the year Michelle became the most effective speaker in the Democratic Party. Over and over, she delivers and she connects. A lot of things have taken place in Kamala's campaign over the last few months. One of them is Michelle emerging as not just a good speaker married to a great one (Barack) but Michelle coming into her own and becoming our greatest speaker. Marvel over that. Think about the DNC convention and how Oprah gave an amazing speech but even there Michelle didn't just match Oprah, she surpassed Oprah and every other speaker that week.

UAW's Shawn Fain spoke at the convention and has continued speaking out for Kamala. Jake Johnson (COMMON DREAMS) reports:

United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain late Tuesday called for working class unity against Republican nominee Donald Trump in the final stretch of the 2024 race, warning that the former president would serve the interests of his own class and embolden the nation's executives to intensify their decades-long war on the labor movement.

Responding to members who question why the UAW is involved in the political process at all, Fain said during a video livestream that "we are up against a billionaire class that will not stop their attack on us at the bargaining table."

"They will not stop at the workplace, they will not stop at the border—they will take every inch we give them," said the president of the UAW, which has endorsed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. "We don't engage in political activity because we like a candidate. We don't do it for ourselves, as your union leadership. We don't do it for the Democratic or Republican parties. We engage in politics as a union because it is core to our fight for economic and social justice."

Fain said that the United States is currently trapped in a "vicious cycle" in which the "ruling class has waged a one-sided class war on the working class, and they've been winning."

"We're in a vicious cycle where the billionaire and corporate class take more and more for themselves and rewrite the rules of the game to keep it that way," said Fain. "They use their insane wealth to buy off politicians and elections. The lap dogs of the billionaires then pass more laws that restrict unions and keep working-class people down. They consolidate the fruits of our labor into the hands of Wall Street and corporate America, and that cycle goes on and on."

This election matters. Saturday, Rebecca explained:

it is telling and sad that racism exists at all but even more telling and sadder when we're looking at our left outlets like 'the nation' and 'democracy now' and seeing just how much racism still exists to this day.

and i know it's depressing. it depresses me. it makes me want to climb into bed and just pull the covers over my head.

but that doesn't make it go away.

so i do that for a moment or 2 and recharge and then get back out of bed and get ready to fight again. and that's what we have to do.

vote.

vote like your life depends upon it because it does. all we have to do is vote. if we vote, if all of us vote, we're done with trump. we have the numbers on our side.

donald's cult has decreased since 2020.

we have brave americans who are swing-voters, who are independents, who are democrats, who are greens, who are libertarians and who are republicans who get just how important this election is.

we have the numbers on our side as long as we actually vote.

we need to vote and we need to ask the people we know to vote for kamala as well.

there's no secret math required. there's no in depth strategy needed. we have the numbers, we just have to turn out.

now i can't write constantly, i can' spend all day talking to 1 group after another. i can't do that. c.i. can and we're lucky to have people like that. but just because i can't put hours and hours of time in on this doesn't mean i can't do anything.

i can vote. i can make sure my friends who are supporting kamala know how important this vote is and, say 1 of them needs me to watch their kids so that they can vote, or they need a ride to the polls so they can vote. those are things i can do.

and when it starts feeling overwhelming, just focus on what you can do and do that. that's how we're going to win this election because we need president kamala harris.

I've already voted for Kamala. Absentee because I knew I'd be speaking around the country. And I mailed it long ago. (In my state, it count if it arrives by November 12th. I didn't chance it. And if you have an absentee ballot to fill out, you might want to check about when it needs to arrive. In California, it must be postmarked no later than November 5th and it must arrive by November 12th.) But that doesn't mean the job is done. I'm still speaking to groups and I'm also calling friends and being a pest asking, "You did vote already, right? No? You're going to vote election day?" We need to make sure that our friends and family members who need rides to the polls are getting them.

This is an important election and I believe most of us realized that before Sunday when Donald Trump staged his hate rally in Madison Garden Stadium. But that hate rally made it even more clear what's at stake. At THE NEW REPUBLIC, Matt Ford explains:

Americans got a visceral taste of what a second Trump administration might look like on Sunday night, when Trump held a high-profile rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The event featured prominent guests like Hulk Hogan and Dr. Phil, as well as a rare appearance by former first lady Melania Trump. But it was the lower-billed speakers who seemed to seek, and subsequently received, the most attention.

Tony Hinchcliffe, who against all odds identifies as a comedian, delivered a litany of racist invective as part of a stand-up routine. He described Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage” and disparaged Latinos more broadly. “These Latinos, they love making babies too,” he told the audience. “Just know that. They do, they do. There’s no pulling out. They don’t do that. They come inside, just like they did to our country.”

Hinchcliffe also suggested in one bit that Israel and Palestine could settle their differences with a game of rock paper scissors. “You know Palestinians will throw rock every time, and also we know Jews have a hard time throwing that paper,” he said, referencing antisemitic tropes about Jewish people and money. In another quip, he claimed that Black Americans would be “carving watermelons” instead of pumpkins for Halloween.

Other guests also leaned into racist comments and tropes. Grant Cardone, an influencer and corporate speaker, said that Harris “and her pimp handlers will destroy the country.” Tucker Carlson, an ex-Fox News host, mocked Harris in racist terms while claiming that Democrats would have a hard time stealing the election because of her.

“It’s gonna be pretty hard [for them] to look at us and say, ‘You know what? Kamala Harris, she got 85 million votes because she’s just so impressive. As the first Samoan-Malaysian low-IQ former California prosecutor ever to be elected president. It was just a groundswell of popular support,’” he sarcastically told the crowd. Harris’s mother is a biomedical scientist who immigrated to the United States from India; her father is a Stanford University economics professor who originally hails from Jamaica.

[. . .]

The Madison Square Garden rally showed how much of Trumpism is about satisfying the basest, crudest, and most hateful impulses in American life—and how much his acolytes can’t wait to wield the federal government to do it.

Do you know who was at that hate rally? You probably do. You've probably been following it more closely than I have. I was speaking over and over on Sunday. It was near midnight when we made it back to the hotel. Ava and I wrote our piece for THIRD and then I started working on the post here and that's when I found out about the hate rally. I didn't register that Robert Kennedy Jr was present until I found this Tweet by David Corn.

NEW: I asked @RobertKennedyJr about the racist jokes at the Trump rally where he was a headliner. He provided a weak rebuke, merely noting, "It was unfortunate." He wouldn't say anything else. And he's a guy with deep ties to Puerto Rico. Pls read/share.https://t.co/epKfEcPqCc
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) October 28, 2024

And on the topic of Junior and also Elon Musk, let's note this video from Keith Edwards.

Junior being in charge of our federal health agencies? That's offensive, outrages and outlandish. Also noted in the video by Keith is Elon exposing the plan that's been hidden from the American people. Elaine covered this yesterday in "Trump's plan is to wreck the economy:"

They want to destroy the economy. That would tear apart America. No wonder they want to keep this secret. I doubt even 2% of registered voters would vote for Trump if they knew that was the plan. Nikki McCann Ramirez (ROLLING STONE) notes:

On Tuesday, Elon Musk - the billionaire owner of X (formerly Twitter) and Tesla - agreed in a social media post that Donald Trump's return to office would likely crash the economy.

"If Trump succeeds in forcing through mass deportations, combined with Elon hacking away at the government, firing people and reducing the deficit – there will be an initial severe overreaction in the economy," user @FischerKing64 wrote on X. "Markets will tumble. But when the storm passes and everyone realizes we are on sounder footing, there will be a rapid recovery to a healthier, sustainable economy," he added.

"Sounds about right," Musk replied.

The billionaire has been heavily campaigning for Trump in the final weeks of the campaign, including by hosting a potentially illegal cash-for-signatures scheme and million dollar raffle for registered voters in key swing states. The former president has, in turn, vowed that Musk will be appointed as the head of a "government efficiency commission" under his administration, and be tasked with slashing wasteful spending.

They want to wreck the economy. Now that's happened before. Could it happen here? Yeah, Donald gets back in the White House, then, yes, they will intentionally destroy the economy.

Why? Because it will panic the American people. They hope it will subdue the American people. That's what they did in Iraq. That's what Naomi Klein's "Baghdad Year Zero" was all about.

They want to wreck the economy. And whether it's what was done in Iraq or what was done in Russia or anywhere, this destroys life for the average person. And that's the plan -- it's intended to do that.

He wants to be president in order to destroy our country. We need to grasp that and grasp just how important this election is.

Prospective Trump Shadow-President, #illegal immigrant & #greedy bastard, #Elon_Musk, Admits He & #DonOLDTrump Plan to Tank US Economy Completely Before Trying to Gradually Build It Over Years#politics #economy #EconomicPolicy #fascism #plutocracy https://t.co/O6Yo2kUkBr pic.twitter.com/NJY1dmzKzv
— Be a man--vote for a woman🌍 ⧖ Ⓥ SciComm @Forbes (@GrrlScientist) October 30, 2024

The plan is to tank the economy to enrich themselves while hurting Americans!https://t.co/W1J1kHok3G
— Rhonda’s Blue Realm 💙 (@Rhondizzle3) October 30, 2024

Musk is telling you they're (he, Vance, and Trump) immediately going to wreck the economy and that there will be pain and hard times for everyone...and you people ARE VOTING FOR THIS?

Why do you people want this?
— Tim Williams (@timwilliamsart) October 29, 2024

Musk just admitted they are going to crash the economy with massive budget cuts.

This will be worse than the great depression.

No more SS, health care or veterans benefits. This is huge.https://t.co/R2lEX3mE5r
— One more thing!🚔🇺🇦🌈 (@enough_when) October 30, 2024

This is not minor and it's truly outrageous. It goes to how deceptive liar Donald Trump truly is. He's refused to make pubic this scheme because he knows voters would reject him -- even many of the MAGA faithful. So he lies about it. Sunday, at his hate rally, he teased a secret that he and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson planned to reveal after the election. I bet Trump has a ton of secrets he plans to reveal after the election. But in a democracy? Those things are supposed to be made transparent ahead of the election.

That's why your vote is so important and this election is so important. Erich Pica (COMMON DREAMS) notes:

Jill Stein and the Green Party may seem to be an obvious choice for environmental advocates, yet they have failed to demonstrate that they are a real national party or can build a real national party.

This election comes down to a choice between a catastrophic dictator and a livable future for our planet.

Out of more than 519,000 elected offices in the United States, the Green Party currently holds 142 offices, none of which are statewide or federal offices. Even in California and New York, where there is rank-choice balloting and fusion battling, the Green Party has failed to make headway in electing candidates. The mayor of Oakland, California remains the party’s greatest electoral victory. Clearly this is not a political party worthy of a national ballot.

In contrast, Vice President Kamala Harris is a strong candidate with a climate record. As California attorney general, Kamala Harris stood up to corporate polluters and worked to further environmental justice. In California she vigorously defended multiple state-level consumer, public health, and animal welfare laws. And as vice president, she cast the deciding vote to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, one of the most important federal climate actions to date.

This election comes down to a choice between a catastrophic dictator and a livable future for our planet. Trump did irreparable damage under his first administration, handing favors to Big Oil billionaires and rolling back over 100 environmental rules and protections. Trump has repeatedly proven his presidential bid is solely for selfish gain, and that he will always put his own interests and his rich buddies above the American people.

If you deeply care about the fight for a more healthy and just planet, and if you deeply care about building power, then I believe—regardless of our policy disagreements with Vice President Harris—that we must support her in this election. Third-party candidates threaten to take votes away from Harris by painting themselves as an alternative to Democrats, but they will only spoil votes in Trump’s favor. I urge those who care about climate, democracy, and social justice to reject the Stein smokescreen and instead support Vice President Harris for President of the United States. Vote like the future of our planet depends on it, because it does.

Sunday's hate rally has been followed by more troubling issues for Trump. James Bickerton (NEWSWEEK) reports that

"Pockets" of the crowd who attended Donald Trump's rally at Georgia Tech's McCamish Pavilion on Monday left as the former president was delivering his address, according to a local journalist.

Footage posted on X (formerly Twitter) by Greg Bluestein, a reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, showed significant numbers of empty seats early in Trump's speech at the 8,600-capacity venue, with an entire top tier appearing nearly empty. Bluestein later posted a longer video at roughly the "hour-mark" of Trump's address, which showed the number of attendees in some seating sections had further thinned out.

Georgia, which Trump won in 2016 but lost to President Joe Biden in 2020, is one of the key swing states that may end up determining the 2024 presidential election. Recent polling indicates the race remains razor tight, with an analysis of recent surveys published on Monday by election website FiveThirtyEight giving Trump a 54 percent chance of victory, against 46 percent for Harris.

On Monday, around 40 minutes into Trump's Georgia address, Bluestein shared an 11-second video from the arena showing substantial clusters of empty seats. He wrote: "Pockets of the crowd at Georgia Tech's McCamish Pavilion start to leave as Donald Trump's speech continues."

Isaiah's THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "Trick or Treason" went up last night. The following sites updated: