#JOURNALISM:
Rachel Maddow, Jen Psaki and other MSNBC hosts use LED screen to make it look like they’re at RNC in Milwaukee https://t.co/uUTdbYiPsl pic.twitter.com/LCtjYO6fxX
— New York Post (@nypost) July 18, 2024
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
July 18, 2024
IT’S A “CONSPIRACY THEORY” ABOUT AN ACTUAL CONSPIRACY:
I’m a broken record on this, but that is the story here. The rest is noise. New York Magazine called it a “conspiracy.” That’s what it was. The Democrats willfully conspired to lie to the public about the president’s health. Here’s a good example of it. Voters have noticed. https://t.co/bwPSNTrqCG
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) July 18, 2024
COLOR ME SKEPTICAL, BUT GOOD: Promising New Obesity Treatment Shows No Side Effects in Initial Studies.
IT’S A BAD WEEK FOR BIDEN: U.S. Appeals Court Blocks All of Biden Student Debt Relief Plan.
DEI SHOULD D.I.E.:
EXCLUSIVE: New allegations that Secret Service training resources were reallocated to “executive leadership bonuses” and DEI-prioritized recruitment are among the torrent of charges leveled against agency Director Kim Cheatle and other top officials in the aftermath of the…
— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) July 18, 2024
Flashback:
From 10 years ago! There is always a tweet. https://t.co/5Y1kge59nK
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) July 18, 2024
#JOURNALISM:
The DOJ indictment makes clear they were spying on either Boot's wife and/or the foreign government she served, and she asked her paymasters for "instructions" on what she should write in her WPost op-eds about them, yet those articles remain up without even an Editor's Note??? pic.twitter.com/V4jdMr5Hos
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 18, 2024
LONGEVITY: Experts create anti-aging holy grail drug that extends life 25% and prevents cancer and gray hair. Faster, please.
WHICH LAB MADE THIS? New fungal infection discovered in China.
ACTUALLY, I DON’T LIKE SCREENS: 2025 Cadillac Escalade First Look: Yo Dawg, We Heard You Like Screens …
DON’T GET COCKY: Emerson: Trump Runs the Table in Battleground States — Including VA.
Nice. But seriously, don’t get cocky: “However, Biden only trails within the margin of error in most states, even as Trump has widened the battleground map. . . . To be honest, a two-point shift in the national head-to-head after the assassination attempt on Saturday in the short run isn’t much movement at all. It suggests that the electorate may not be malleable any longer. That’s both good and bad for Biden, as it also suggests that he may not be able to catch up as the race hardens, but on the other hand, he’s remaining in striking distance, where GOTV could make the race a toss-up.”
If you’re not donating and volunteering to phone-bank and drive people to the polls, then you’re not in this race. No, commenting on blogs doesn’t count.
NEW FRONTIERS IN LEFTY VICTIM-BLAMING: Nashville lawmaker blames Trump for assassination attempt: ‘People heeded his call.’ “Metro Nashville Councilmember Ginny Welsch, District 16, told Fox 17 Nashville the former president encouraged the shooting. Welsch objected to suspending council rules to allow for a hearing of a resolution condemning the assassination attempt and political violence. The resolution would have also honored all victims. She told Fox 17 she ‘absolutely’ stood by her decision.”
She kinda looks like a Karen.
THERE’S A JOE BIDEN JOKE HERE, SOMEWHERE: A history of trepanning: Why do we put holes in our skulls?
GOOGLE RUINS EVERYTHING, IT’S ALREADY RUINED GOOGLE: “Extraordinarily disappointed” users reckon with the Google-fication of Fitbit.
No, really, it has:
THE NEW SPACE RACE: NASA ships critical rocket stage to Florida for Artemis II mission to moon.
UNTIL A SEMI TRUCK RUNS YOU DOWN: Biking to work confers great health benefits.
IT’S VERY EFFECTIVE AT PRODUCING GRIFT AND GRAFT, THOUGH.
Nevermind the evidence that DEI training is ineffective and at times counterproductive — a governor is spending money to identify "opportunities" to put state employees through more such trainings. https://t.co/dQdmKHnjVk
— Conor Friedersdorf (@conor64) July 16, 2024
Meanwhile, sensing a gap in the market, I’m announcing a new business:
(Actually, this was a gift from Mike Williamson, some of whose stories involve Ripple Creek Security. I’m not at their level, though to be honest I think I might be overqualified for the Secret Service. . . . But so are you.)
MISINFORMATION AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES: Pro-Palestinian student group claims Trump assassination attempt ‘staged,’ distraction from Gaza war.
SPREADING CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND MISINFORMATION: Carnegie Mellon University prof says Trump assassination attempt was ‘staged’ like ‘stupid Tubi movie set.’
IT’S BECAUSE TRUMP SURVIVED, ISN’T IT? Fireball Meteor Lights Up New York City Sky, Passes Over Statue of Liberty.
IF YOU MISSED IT LAST NIGHT, Here’s J.D. Vance’s RNC speech. I would call it solid and substantive but not poetic. But you don’t want to upstage the star attraction, if that’s even possible.
And here’s his wife Usha’s introduction, which the Insta-Daughter, comparing her to Kate Middleton, loved.
VOX POPULI, VOX DEI: Voters: Biden attacks ‘led directly’ to assassination attempt on Trump.
According to the latest Rasmussen Reports survey shared fully with Secrets, 44% believe that it is now “more likely” that Trump will win versus just 13% who don’t.
Despite falsely claiming he hasn’t stirred up anti-Trump hatred, Biden and Democrat surrogates have for three years decried Trump and warned that he would destroy democracy itself if elected again.
And when asked about his recent comment that he wanted voters to put the Republican and leader of the MAGA movement in the “bullseye,” Biden scoffed with a revealing bark, “I didn’t say ‘crosshairs.’”
Rasmussen used a phrase from Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) to set up this question: “Do you agree or disagree with this statement: ‘The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs. That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination.’”
The pollster said 61% agreed with the statement made by Vance before he was picked by Trump as his running mate. Just 31% disagreed.
Well, it’s true, you know.