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Srinivasan Rajaraman Sep 27, 2023

Steven Beschloss

Trump is getting worse, more dangerous, more bent on inciting violence. This is not a presidential candidate; this is a criminal defendant seeking to save his own skin no matter how much damage it causes. The media must stop pretending this is in any way a normal presidential horse race.

Pam Nash Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss
Looking on from the UK I’m baffled why the US media persist in treating both sides the same way.

Rick Thoman Sep 26, 2023

@Pam_Nashes @StevenBeschloss because nearly all of the US media are for profit businesses so their sole purpose is to maximize short term revenue.

2xfo Sep 26, 2023

@AlaskaWx @Pam_Nashes @StevenBeschloss
They're also owned by billionaires that would prefer not to be held accountable for the effects their wealth has on society. Their interests align with Trump to a degree and I'm sure he's talked to them about it.

PalmerSpaulding Sep 26, 2023

@Pam_Nashes @StevenBeschloss I’m an American and I’m just as baffled as you are. Our media has been grossly negligent for the past 5-10 years, if not longer. They’re just laundering extremism at this point.

Gatekeeper..Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss
Chutkan will reign him in today.

Jill Minor Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss is it possible that the big money behind the media companies want him back? His need for attention and their need for clicks feed on each other.

MadisonMonkey Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss good luck with that. I put the odds level with big oil suddenly promoting solar energy

Darwin Woodka Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss he's a mob boss. I have no idea how anyone can still support him. I choose not to be around those people since I figure they're dangerously stupid.

jz.tusk Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss

"The media must stop pretending this is in any way a normal presidential horse race."

I agree with you. And the next step is "what do we do when they don't stop pretending?". Because they mostly won't. Do we picket the NYT offices? Do we name-and-shame individual reporters? Do we figure out who writes the both-sides headlines and name them?

What is a call to action that doesn't mention any actions?

garpu Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss Yeah, similar pattern to how my narcissistic mom reacted when I cut her off. Thankfully, nobody voted to give her nuclear codes.

Cosmo Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss

StevenSavage (he/him)Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss It feels like the usual pattern of "act like everything is normal" followed by "how did this happen."

MemphisDaPlaya 🎲🎲Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss

The justice department needs to get more serious, too. Either find him in violation of terms in his bail release agreement and jail him until trial or have him commited to a mental health institution for a psychological evaluation to see if he's unfit to stand trial. If unfit, he needs to be institunalized indefinitely for being a menace to society.

Cps10001 Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss Indeed

@StevenBeschloss

The media loves raking in advertising dollars while lamenting how their colleagues cover trump in ways they should not.

Unprecedented 2023 Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss 👏🏽

Asariel Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss I bet that some people in the media are getting paid 'behind close doors' to promote certain candidates. Those politicians are visible, but some outlaws behind the curtains who are supporting those candidates are not.

Pensive™️Sep 26, 2023

@Asariel999 @StevenBeschloss
It’s not behind closed doors, they even brag about it.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/leslie-moonves-donald-trump-may-871464/

Leslie Moonves on Donald Trump: “It May Not Be Good for America, but It’s Damn Good for CBS”

"Most of the ads are not about issues. They're sort of like the debates," the CBS CEO said.

The Hollywood Reporter

🍸Pooka🥕Boo🍸Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss absolutely...

pawspatspaws Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss - should we be liquidating our properties and deciding on NEW places to live in case trump gets inserted into our country and decides NO ONE CAN LEAVE? I FEAR what we saw in 2016 when folks DID NOT understand that the election was BINARY no matter what your ideals are, BINARY!

Pensive™️Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss
The News BUSINESS only cares about making profit.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/leslie-moonves-donald-trump-may-871464/

Leslie Moonves on Donald Trump: “It May Not Be Good for America, but It’s Damn Good for CBS”

"Most of the ads are not about issues. They're sort of like the debates," the CBS CEO said.

The Hollywood Reporter

Kid Mania Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss
Narrator (Morgan Freeman voiceover): And of course the media did nothing.

Nicole Parsons Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss

Trump has Republican billionaire donors backing him in everything he does, even now.

Timothy Mellon
Luther S. Pate, IV
Tilman Fertitta
Murray Goodman
Anthony Lomangino

Most of Trump's donors are anonymous so no one knows who is attacking democracy.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/11/some-megadonors-support-trump-super-pac-as-it-backs-him-for-president.html

Threadbane Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss
They needed to stop pretending he was normal in 2016 after his demented "debate" with Hillary. For whatever reason, the media refuses just to come right out and say that he is totally insane. "I'm no psychologist, but for my money Trump is completely insane. Criminally insane. Demented and delusional." Every TV anchor should be saying something similar. Dare the maniac to sue!

Threadbane Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss
This is not a presidential candidate; this is a *criminally insane* defendant seeking to save his own skin. Any discussion of Trump that does not point out that he is a deranged, delusional, irrational and demented sociopath falls short.

Joe Hill 🇵🇸🇺🇦Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss I think his cognitive dissonance is rotting his brain. (Either that or tertiary syphilis) First beating Obama in 2016/2020. Now Jeb Bush starts Iraq war. I think it’s the real reason he’s avoiding the debates. I can only imagine what a shit show he is in person/private.

microveldt Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss any case in which a presidential candidate might credibly intimidate witnesses or officers of the court and set the stage for violence perpetrated against them by his followers during a legal proceeding such that a judge has to contemplate tailoring a gag order to prevent that behavior is flat out unfit to serve as President. Why can’t journalist say that in plain and unambiguous language?

xs4me2 Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss The sole reason why he is doing his unpresidential bid, is trying to avoid prosecution. And if all goes well, it will not be working. That is why now he is getting more and more desperate and vile… Trump is a dangerous con man. He should never ever be allowed near public office again.

MollyNYC Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss

#Trump was this vicious when he was in office, but has become more inclined to say the quiet part out loud as…

(a) the indictments, and the real possibility of doing time, have him increasingly rattled; and

(b) his ongoing, no-joke cognitive decline is destroying what little self control he has.

#USPol
#USPolitics

🎓 Doc Freemo

🇳🇱Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss Worse? Is that possible? What did he do now?

Eric J. Korpela Sep 26, 2023

@freemo @StevenBeschloss He told his followers that a likely witness against him in one of his trials should be killed. So nothing new, really, and nothing will be done about it.

🎓 Doc Freemo

🇳🇱Sep 26, 2023

Oh wow.... killed as in "someone should murder them" ... or killed as in "They violated a law and the penalty for that is death and he deserves it"....

Cause the separation between those two is huge... what is meant by "killed" here? Like what did he say?

@StevenBeschloss

Eric J. Korpela Sep 26, 2023

@freemo @StevenBeschloss It's the usual mob style veiled threat that can be carried out by underlings or random cult members. "XXX committed treason and should be executed."

🎓 Doc Freemo

🇳🇱Sep 26, 2023

Ahhh ok, yea I saw that one. Thought we were talking about something new.

Just think its important we be factual when we talk about this stuff, or else someone might be misinformed and thought he literally and explicitly made a call for violence.

What is more telling is the fact that when I thought you meant a direct threat I didnt doubt that Trump was capable.

@StevenBeschloss

Eric J. Korpela Sep 27, 2023

@freemo @StevenBeschloss Well, in theory, intimidating witnesses is illegal. But theory and reality often diverge, especially where Trump is concerned.

🎓 Doc Freemo

🇳🇱Sep 27, 2023

Trump just assumes reality bends around him as needed

@StevenBeschloss

MasterMischief Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss His followers don't care. They want him to go after everyone they feel wronged them. And people not paying attention have no idea how dangerous he is.

C for Charlie Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss @deepstatedude

Not sure I understand why he still has a voice 🤷🏻‍♂️

Deep State Dude Sep 26, 2023

@grisish @StevenBeschloss because of media ratings. They cover him 24/7.

C for Charlie Sep 26, 2023

@deepstatedude @StevenBeschloss

I’ve always been told any publicity is good publicity… and looks like it’s working with his braindead followers

Deep State Dude Sep 26, 2023

@grisish @StevenBeschloss the media isn’t interested in protecting democracy. Profits take precedence. We have learn nothing.

C for Charlie Sep 26, 2023

@deepstatedude @StevenBeschloss

You are right about that… money talks and always will even if it means the end of us

#fightfordemocracy
#ClimateEmegency

deanasidney Sep 26, 2023

@StevenBeschloss i do believe he's going to incite violence... soon.

Cyclops Sep 27, 2023

@StevenBeschloss It won't, though

Tim Bondy Sep 27, 2023

@StevenBeschloss

If it bleeds, it leads.
And all things Trump are bloody as hell.

mk30 Sep 27, 2023

@StevenBeschloss @kentbrew anyone who's ever lived with or worked for a narcissist knows that they get more dangerous the more they feel their power slipping. the worst part is that they can have this attitude like... "if i'm going down, i'm taking all of you with me. (that'll teach them not to mess with me.)" full scorched earth.

Kent Brewster Sep 30, 2023

@mk30 @StevenBeschloss yes. "Après moi, le déluge!"

Maiden of Utrecht Sep 27, 2023

@StevenBeschloss The “normal” way of electing a President shouldn’t resemble a horse race in the first place.

Job Destroyer Sep 28, 2023

@StevenBeschloss

you know scares the shit out of me is when Biden Campaign people go on MSNBC and say they want a "rematch of 2020" okay so they're bettering on Trump being the nominee, While prosecuting him lol what? so yeah I doubt trump will end in in jail between now and next november

Sue Sep 29, 2023

@StevenBeschloss yes msm stop pretending...just the facts pls.

Eva Mar 14, 2024

@StevenBeschloss he needs to be in prison