Otherwise occupied, I missed Trump’s wounded ego-stroking last night. This one in Valdosta, Ga. As usual, Aaron Rupar was on it. At least it was outside.
Trump won the election. Every state. Did you not hear? Trump is a victim. His supporters are victims. Democrats are commies. Etc.
The people positioned behind Trump wearing Trump face masks before the election are no longer wearing them, I see.
Josh Marshall caught this dog whistle:
Eric Kleefeld wrote last week:
Right-wing media also have a long history of attacking any efforts to address the well-documented history of discrimination by government entities against Black farmers in the United States.
On the November 24 edition of Tucker Carlson Tonight, Carlson singled out the Justice for Black Farmers Act, a bill announced last week by Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). The bill appears to have gained attention on right-wing site Red Elephants, which said Tuesday that “an American nationalist” reached out to the site “to raise awareness” about the proposal.
The official press release for the bill said that it “will enact policies to end discrimination within the [U.S. Department of Agriculture], protect remaining Black farmers from losing their land, provide land grants to create a new generation of Black farmers and restore the land base that has been lost, and implement systemic reforms to help family farmers across the United States.”
Also to be clear, the bill’s own language makes it clear that land would be purchased from “willing sellers” at fair market value — not the sort of land seizures that were conducted in Zimbabwe during Mugabe’s long presidency.
Details, details. No reason to ruin a good dog whistle.