#Trump’s interview w/ #ElonMusk got off to a rough start Mon night after being delayed due to *technical* issues, but once the talk began listeners noticed something else was off: Trump’s speech.

“Why is Trump slurring his S sounds” asked author #KurtAndersen. “Shuch a shad s----uation’?”

The scheduled chat started 30 mins late after Musk’s platform #failed to launch a #livestream, which #Musk attributed to a “#DDOS” attack.

#unfit #weird #incompetent #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-trump-2668951926/

Mockery online as slurring Trump steamrolls Musk 'sounding like Sylvester the Cat'

Donald Trump’s interview with Elon Musk got off to a rough start Monday night after being delayed due to technical issues, but once the talk began listeners noticed something else was off: Trump’s speech.“Why is Trump slurring his S sounds” asked author Kurt Andersen. “Shuch a shad s----uation’?”The...

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Per @TheGuardian:

"...money raised by Democrat donors on liberal political action committee ActBlue in the hours since Biden announced that he was dropping out of the race and named Kamala Harris as his pick for nominee has now passed $60 million."

#KurtAndersen on X reported this and The Guardian picked it up, but has not yet verified it.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/jul/22/biden-drops-out-endorses-kamala-harris-election-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-669dcac88f08adbbe4b1c67f#block-669dcac88f08adbbe4b1c67f

US election live updates: top Democrats back Kamala Harris as donations surge after Biden steps aside

Vice-president says she will do ‘everything in my power to unite’ the party; ActBlue, the liberal political action committee, says $46.7m raised in hours since Biden withdrew from race

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Hitting The Links: 1/21/24

Lots of links, some thoughts on memory and a last date, getting back in the workout routine, recent readings, and a sleeping dog

Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History (Unabridged)

https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/fantasyland-how-america-went-haywire-a-500-year/id1416999791

This book does a good job of examining a phenomenon of American culture that, in recent times, has reared the uglier side of its head to baffle many. - @bookstodon #RecentlyRead #books #Fantasyland #nonfiction #KurtAndersen #Booktoot #Reading #RealityBased #Reason #ScientificSkepticism #skepticism #skeptic #science #history #AmericanHistory #AppleBooks #bookstodon (1/4)

‎Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History (Unabridged)

‎History · 2017

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Remembering István Bányai - Kurt Andersen - Medium

In the 1990s, when magazines still consisted only of their paper editions, because the internet hadn’t yet changed everything (or practically anything), I took over the weekly New York. I…

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