Friday, Sept. 13, 2024 | 2 a.m.
Republicans fret continually about voter fraud, although it quantities to roughly .0000001% of votes forged and has been perpetrated nearly solely by Republicans and prosecuted by an unbiased justice system.
In contrast to some Republicans, Democrats know that the benefit of voting a number of occasions is much outweighed by the extraordinarily excessive threat of being caught and serving time. Nonetheless, the problem will get unwarranted consideration.
Republicans grossly exaggerate and shamelessly exploit the bugaboo to attain factors and agitate their gullible base.
In the meantime, Donald Trump lastly admitted he misplaced the 2020 election, whereas getting ready for an additional massive lie about 2024, months earlier than the election. His vile function is to undermine confidence within the electoral course of. He riles up his base, hoping for a repeat of the violence of Jan. 6, 2021.
Now, a conservative media firm has been federally indicted in a plot to make use of thousands and thousands of Kremlin money to affect public opinion illegally within the U.S. Recall that particular counsel Bob Mueller’s investigation confirmed that Russian operatives have been equally closely concerned in manipulating media — social and in any other case — in 2016.
One marvels at the truth that our mainstream media have didn’t preserve us knowledgeable about these items, or concerning the unmistakable proof of Trump’s cognitive decline. Republicans and media “sanewash” his insane habits reflexively. Venture 2024? Don’t count on to listen to a lot about that horror on the massive networks, both. It’s shameful.
