Harris shouldn’t talk to the press. That’s our fault.

Los Angeles Times ^ | Aug. 15, 2024 3 AM PT | Anita Chabria

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Hello and happy Thursday. There are 81 days until the election, and today we are talking about stayin’ alive — for the Harris campaign, the Trump whatever-it-is and for us voters who have 11-plus weeks to go.

And for democracy. Don’t forget democracy!

First, I know you’ve seen the AI-generated video of Donald Trump and Elon Musk dancing to the Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive.” Trump also posted it on his Truth Social, where truth goes to die.

This bromance is hard to watch. Musk’s power and privilege seem to be veering him into Howard Hughes-weird territory, where his crazy theories are matched only by his unique ability to foist them on the rest of us. And Trump will love anyone who loves him — or who has a lot of money. Sad.

Put the two together (as they were for two-plus hours this week during a platform-formerly-known-as-Twitter conversation with 1 million people listening) and you have something more than unfortunate or strange.

You have something dangerous — two of the most influential men in the world undermining democracy with lies.

There are no consequences for Musk, and few for Trump. This election is a broken info-pipe of raw sewage spewing in every direction, and these guys are boogieing down in the muck.

Which brings me to the news media, and Kamala Harris doing her own dance around its questions.

[FlipWilson]

Lies= not buying the left wing premise or agreeing with their version of the world.

[MNnice]

They think we’re stupid.

[Eli Kopter]

I hope the banged on the hornets nest.

[lizma2]

“LIES - the WEAPON used most often by the criminal.”

YES!!!

In 1984 I spent 5 weeks backpacking through Europe visiting family members who went through Nazi Germany or were living in communist countries and they all said the same thing.... “We fell for their lies.”

[Yardstick]

“...a platform-formerly-known-as-Twitter...”

The lefty fascists simply cannot bring themselves to call X by its name. She goes the whole piece without saying “X”.

[clearcarbon]

"LIES - the WEAPON used most often by the criminal.'

[BiteYourSelf]

BARF ALERT!😝

[FenwickBabbitt]

Well it does undermine their definition of “democracy” as Democrat one-party rule, which is all that they’ve been fighting for. They certainly haven’t been fighting for regular people to have informed choice in freely and fairly choosing their own leaders.

It is fascinating how much our party-aligned propaganda overlords hate any dissent at all being permitted still. I think we can have no doubt after all we’ve seen, once they get enough control dissent will not still be permitted.