Opinion: This Week's Gallup Poll Shows Why Dems Shouldn't Fear Anti-Trans Ads

Voters rank transgender issues as the least important to their vote among a list of 22 issues. Of those who rank it as very important, most are Democratic voters.

Erin In The Morning
Kamala Harris defends "fundamental freedoms" for gay Americans in sit down with Howard Stern - LGBTQ Nation

Following the interview, Donald Trump lashed out at the one-time shock jock, calling him a "BETA MALE".

LGBTQ Nation

#Democratic #Presidential #Nominee #KamalaHarris uses #townhall to show #empathy with #Latino #voters.

She made the #case that her #opponent does not care about the problems of the #middleclass.

Lets also not forget the whole #massdeportation thing, which in the #farright's eyes will also include those who are here #legally.

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/10/nx-s1-5147253/kamala-harris-univision-town-hall

Harris was asked to name a few of Trump's virtues. Here's her response

Vice President Kamala Harris was asked to name three virtues that her opponent in next month's election, Donald Trump, possesses — but was unable to come up with even one. At the end of her town hall for Spanish-language network Univision in Las Vegas on Thursday, an audience member asked, “Please give me three virtues that Trump has.” Harris criticized the former president's ”us versus them” approach and said she thought he “loves his family” but that she didn't really know him so she couldn't be sure. "I don’t really have much more to offer you,” she concluded.

AP News
Kamala Harris’s Taste in Beer Is Turning Heads | Gear Patrol

Whether it was a shrewd bit of political calculus or a genuine expression of personal tastes, Vice President Kamala Harris's taste in beer has clearly captured the attention of the news media.

Gear Patrol

[Video] #FormerPresident #BarackObama #jokes with #Pittsburgh #crowd after asking if they think #Trump has ever changed a #diaper.

“I shouldn’t say it,” Obama said, clearly alluding to rumors about Trump’s use of #Depends-style #undergarments, which had earned him the #nickname #DiaperDon.

https://therecount.com/watch/i-shouldnt-say-it-obama/2645896354

“I shouldn’t say it”: Obama jokes with Pittsburgh crowd after asking if they think Trump has ever changed a diaper.

I don't have to tell a lot of you, raising kids is hard. And she wants to make it easier to afford stuff like a crib, or a car seat, or diapers. I remember buying diapers. I remember the first time I went in the store, right after Malia was born, I was like, what? That's how much diapers cost. I remember changing diapers. You think Donald Trump ever changed a diaper? I almost said that, but I decided I shouldn't say it.

The Recount

What Does #Fascism Look Like? A Brief #Introduction.

During a #FoxNews #townhall in December 2023, #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump made a notable comment when asked if he would be a #dictator if reelected. His response was, "No, no, no... other than #DayOne,"

https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/10/11/what-does-fascism-look-like-a-brief-introduction/

What Does Fascism Look Like? A Brief Introduction

It would be good to be able to recognize fascism when you see it. Sight is our dominant sense (light travels faster than sound) and provides us warning. In addition, because “fascist” is an epithet as well as political term, it must be used carefully. In 1942, a New Hampshire Jehovah’s Witness named Chaplinsky was arrested after calling a Rochester city marshal a “damned fascist.” The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the arrest on the grounds that the expression constituted “fighting words,” excluded from constitutional protection. Recent court decisions in the U.S. have widened speech freedoms, but the word “fascist” remains highly charged, underlining the need for historical and political discretion.

CounterPunch.org

#Republican #Candidates Have #Spent More Than $65 Million on #AntiTrans #AttackAds Since August.

#Hatemongering #Campaign #ads have aired in more than a dozen states have focused on anti-trans messaging. The Trump campaign alone has spent more than $15 million on the #ads since August.

https://www.them.us/story/trump-republican-campaign-anti-trans-ads-election

Republican Candidates Have Spent More Than $65 Million on Anti-Trans Ads Since August

Campaign ads in more than a dozen states have focused on anti-trans messaging. The Trump campaign alone has spent more than $15 million on the ads since August.

Them.
Republicans Are Pouring Millions Into Anti-Trans Advertisements In Election’s Final Stretch

One analysis shows Trump and Republican PACs have spent more than $65 million on ads targeting trans people's access to sports and health care.

HuffPost
NC, other swing states bombarded with Trump commercials about Harris and gender transition surgeries

The Trump campaign is focusing on Kamala Harris' response in 2019 to a survey by the American Civil Liberties Union.

WUNC
Brown didn’t vote to allow “biological men” into girls’ spor

The Senate Leadership Fund, the Senate Republicans’ political action committee, is using a series of ads to hammer Sen.

@politifact

[FactCheck] #Farright #Antitrans #Propaganda falsely claimed #HurricaneMilton was #renamed to '#HurricaneMillicent' for #TransgenderAwarenessMonth

The #content of these #socialmedia #posts have been rated as #false. The above post raised the factcheckers #suspicions because the two #screenshots were not accompanied by #links to any #articles from the #websites.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/fact-check-hurricane-milton-wasnt-210300383.html

Fact Check: Hurricane Milton Wasn't Renamed to 'Millicent' for Transgender Awareness Month

Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida in October 2024.

Yahoo News

I’m Running Out of Ways to Explain How #Bad This Is

What’s happening in #America today is something #darker than a #MisinformationCrisis. The truth is, it’s getting harder to describe the extent to which a meaningful percentage of #Americans fed a diet of #farright #faux #news have #dissociated from #reality.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/10/hurricane-milton-conspiracies-misinformation/680221/

I’m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is

What’s happening in America today is something darker than a misinformation crisis.

The Atlantic
GOP senator ruthlessly mocked for saying hurricane victims don't need tampons - LGBTQ Nation

“I think he means that menstruation stops if the President declares a natural disaster,” one commenter joked.

LGBTQ Nation

#Trump eyes a #ridiculous #plan to #overhaul #US #military #leadership.

The #question isn’t whether Donald #Trump intends to #fire #US #military #leaders in a possible second term. It’s #how.

— Of course He would want to ensure that #politically reliable cronies are in charge of our military as he enacts his plan to become a dictator.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-eyes-ridiculous-plan-overhaul-us-military-leadership-rcna174840

Trump eyes a ridiculous plan to overhaul U.S. military leadership

The question isn't whether Donald Trump intends to fire U.S. military leaders in a possible second term. It's how.

MSNBC

#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump has kept in touch with more #foreign #leaders than #VladimirPutin since leaving office.

Trump reveled in communicating with #foreignleaders when he was #president and hasn't stopped doing so since he lost his 2020 #reelection #bid.

— These communications should be investigated for #LoganAct #Violations

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-kept-touch-foreign-leaders-putin-leaving-office-rcna174762

Trump has kept in touch with more foreign leaders than Putin since leaving office

Trump reveled in communicating with foreign leaders when he was president and hasn't stopped doing so since losing his re-election bid.

NBC News
Watch: Trump Completely Loses Train of Thought in Awkward Speech

Donald Trump rambled about “beautiful” circles and defined “groceries” during a speech at the Detroit Economic Club.

The New Republic

#Trump #insults #Detroit while #campaigning in the #city.

Trump claimed the whole #country would end up like the #city if his #Democratic #opponent, #VicePresident #KamalaHarris, is #elected.

“The whole country will be like — you want to know the truth? It’ll be like #Detroit,” the senile #Republican #presidentialnominee said. “Our whole country will end up being like Detroit if she’s your #president.”

https://apnews.com/article/trump-detroit-2382e6f01ea6d236e8a2b755ff150580

Trump insults Detroit while campaigning in the city

Donald Trump has criticized Detroit while delivering remarks to an economic group in the very same city. In remarks to the Detroit Economic Club on Thursday, Trump said the whole country will end up like Detroit if his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, is elected. He also called Detroit a “developing” city in what appeared to be an attempt at a compliment. Democrats in the state were quick to criticize Trump for his comments. Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wrote on X: “And you better believe Detroiters won’t forget this in November.” Trump’s campaign said in a statement that Detroit has “suffered from globalist policies championed by Kamala Harris” that have led to manufacturing moving overseas.

AP News
UAW Chief Slams 'Job-Killer-in-Chief' Trump Ahead of Michigan Visit | Common Dreams

"Kamala Harris has stood with labor," said Shawn Fain. "She's walked the walk. Donald Trump serves himself. He's always served himself."

Common Dreams
@Susan_Larson_TN Is it Detroit's turn to be the demon city? I guess the "organized retail theft in San Francisco" narrative is running out of gas finally. I remember Chicago being the demon city, esp. during the Obama years, and of course Portland during CHAZ, CHOP, etc. Maybe having a SF nominee is a stroke of genius, the right having already played the SF-bashing card.
@Susan_Larson_TN I don't understand how a person can be that old and that ignorant about basic human bodily functions. I mean, I've never menstruated, but I've talked with people who have. It isn't that complicated.

@Susan_Larson_TN

The anti- #SherrodBrown ads regarding trans youth are so nasty. . . . For Ohio GOP, the cruelty is the point.