Has Election 2024 become a battle between a happy tribe and an angry tribe? Read the latest issue of my OUR LAND newsletter to find out.
https://link.motherjones.com/public/36363382
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NEW: How Paul Wellstone helped give us Tim Walz. It all goes back to a union hall in St. Paul on a cold weekend in January 2005. I explain in my latest:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/how-paul-wellstone-helped-give-us-tim-walz/
NEW: RFK Jr. is facing a residency challenge in NY in a court case this week that could get him kicked off the ballot there—and that might lead to challenges in other states that could sink his campaign.
Does fun matter in politics? Can Kamala Harris maintain and exploit the initial excitement about her campaign? I look at all this in the new issue of my OUR LAND newsletter:
https://link.motherjones.com/public/36283907
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NEW: During a 2021 rant to Catholic activists about "childless" Democrats & reporters, JD Vancetargeted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and said that AOC had a "sociopathic attitude towards family" that was "pretty sick." That's harsh. We have the video.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/jd-vance-aoc-childless/
JD Vance is often described as a populist. But there's a strong strain of racism in his populism. I break this down in the new issue of my OUR LAND newsletter.
https://link.motherjones.com/public/36227267
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SCOOP: During a 2017 talk, JD Vance said, "Some people who voted for Trump were racists, and they voted for him for racist reasons." We have the video on this. And...would Vance stand by that remark today?
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/07/jd-vance-trump-voters-racist/
JD Vance didn't just go after Kamala Harris as a "childless cat lady." At a 2021 event, he said he got bad press because most journalists are "unhappy," "miserable," and "angry" due to the fact they're "childless adults."
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/07/jd-vance-childless-adults-media/
NEW: JD Vance endorsed a book co-written by a right-winger (who promoted the bonkers Pizzagate conspiracy theory) that describes progressives as "unhumans" who want to "destroy" civilization & that praises 1/6 rioters as "patriots."
NEW: After the shooting, MAGA, in black-is-white fashion, is all in on blaming Biden & Dems for political violence. This is how they can counter the case that Trump is a threat to democracy. It means ignoring Jan. 6 & years of Trump's extreme rhetoric.
