“We would hop around his…clubs, bldgs, holding rooms, limos, planes, golf carts, & mob scenes, #Trump disgorging his usual #bluster, #slander, #flattery, & obvious #lies. The #diatribes were #exhausting & disjointed.

“…I was struck by one theme that Trump kept pounding on over & over: he was used to dealing w/'brutal, vicious killers'—by which he meant his fellow ruthless operators in showbiz, real estate, casinos, & other…industries. In contrast, he told me, politicians are saps & weaklings.

#JDVance’s ‘#Constitutional #Crisis’ in the Making.

Vance’s #parroting #Project2025's #proposal to #gut the #federal #workforce is likely #unlawful and #unworkable. But despite his #bluster about #defying the #SupremeCourt, that might not be necessary.

— Don't believe the #Republican #lies that the #Trump campaign doesn't know anything about #Project2025, they are up to their neck in it.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/08/12/what-jd-vance-gets-wrong-about-the-supreme-court-00173445

What #unites #DonaldTrump and #AdolphHitler: "Fierce #determination and self-imposed #blindness"

Why the #lies and #bluster keep working: For both Hitler and Trump, says #TimothyRyback, "the #medium is the #message"

https://www.salon.com/2024/08/05/what-unites-and-hitler-fierce-determination-and-self-imposed-blindness/