Dementia Don has inexplicable outburst in wild rally tirade

DOJ hits high-ranking Virginia Democrat and frequent Trump critic with racketeering charges

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Trump repeatedly short-circuits during rally speech
Long hours on the campaign trail aren’t doing Dementia Don any favors, as the 80-year-old president has taken to inserting bizarre noises and incoherent sound effects into his already batshit-crazy pep rally tirades.

“If you don’t want communists controlling the US Senate, which is between JAIIIIIIT,” the president said, in an absolutely inexplicable and bizarre short-circuit last night. Yes, “JAIIIIIIT.”

If Joe Biden had done this, there would be a week-long media frenzy about it. But somehow there has been very little response or examination from the mainstream media. If it wasn’t clear from Donald’s constant nodding off at his desk, the bizarre descent into bisexual lusting, the nonsensical rambling, or his inability to retain information, these new spasms should be evidence enough that Granddad needs to be put on bed rest and relieved of his duties immediately.

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Trump pours gasoline on Vivek Ramaswamy attack ad dumpster fire
While there’s absolutely nothing surprising about Donald Trump doubling down on Vivek Ramaswamy’s vile attack ad targeting Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton, his ability to simply ignore the actual facts of the tragic story and center himself in the debacle is remarkable.

Donald played dumb on the disturbing CHILD MOLESTATION charges leveled at Acton’s stepfather, which led to her mother permanently losing custody of her kids, and instead focused on Donna Arthur’s claims that her estranged daughter is a liar, despite state custody records proving otherwise.

The narcissist-in-chief then turned the spotlight back on himself, lecturing the press about just how hysterical their coverage would be if his mother ever called him a liar.

At a rally later in the evening, Trump went even lower, telling a room full of Iowans that he wished he’d had an ad like Vivek’s to use in his past campaigns. There truly is no bottom with this man.

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Alarming exchange highlights how much bigotry Abdul El-Sayed has to overcome
Abdul El-Sayed for Senate: A new al-Jazeera interview with a young, white Michigan voter made it clear that deep-rooted xenophobia towards American Muslims is still a huge hurdle for Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to overcome. In the stunning exchange, the voter said she was concerned because [El-Sayed] “doesn’t even say his real name. Like, why can’t you share your real name?” When asked what his “real name” was, she replied, “You didn’t see where he said it’s Mohamed? It’s Abdul Mohamed El-Sayed?” The reporter countered “Well, what is Mike Rogers’ middle name?” and the woman replied, “But that’s not… Mohamed’s not his middle name.”

Folks, this is the staggering ignorance we’re up against this election. Will you chip in to help Abdul El-Sayed get his winning message out and triumph over idiocy and bigotry? It is CRITICAL that we hold this seat if we’re going to flip the Senate blue.

Jared Kushner phone hack reveals how Middle East dictators bought him off
A new book reveals that in 2017, Russia’s foreign military intelligence agency (GRU) hacked into Jared Kushner’s phone (because he was using a personal device and not a secure government device, of course) and discovered a massive bribery slush-fund scheme orchestrated by Saudi Arabia and the UAE on behalf of Donald Trump’s son-in-law.

The Russian hacker was later captured on a trip to the United Kingdom by the Dutch intelligence service and gave up the Kushner data, allowing the Dutch to reverse-engineer the hack and get access to a continual image feed of the phone’s screen. They watched as Kushner received $1.75 billion through a series of bank slush funds from the Saudis and Emiratis, including accounts in Israel’s central bank.

This is an explosive scandal that dwarfs anything that could possibly have been on Hillary Clinton’s email server and should trigger IMMEDIATE investigations the second Democrats retake the House Oversight Committee gavel…and eventually a trial for treason against the United States.

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Amy Acton’s estranged mother’s rap sheet includes killing kittens, court records show
Hats off to Vivek Ramaswamy & Co. for doing zero due diligence or background research on Democratic opponent Amy Acton’s estranged mother, whom they thrust into the very bright and revealing spotlight in the most vile political attack ad in recent history. Donna Arthur permanently lost custody of Acton and her brother when the future gubernatorial candidate was 12 years old over documented reports of neglect and physical abuse — and sexual abuse at the hands of Acton’s stepfather, Cledith, whom Arthur steadfastly defended despite clear evidence to the contrary.

Turns out Arthur also has two felony theft by deception convictions from the 1990s and, more recently, was convicted of animal neglect for leaving days-old kittens in a sweltering car in 2021. Of the five kittens rescued following a tip provided to a local animal rescue group, only three survived.

And here we thought JD Vance was the smarmiest Republican to come out of Ohio.

Republican House candidate at Trump rally talks just like him while presenting made-up “Man of the Century Award”
Just yesterday we joked about MAGA sycophants inventing fake awards to ingratiate themselves to Donald Trump and stroke the grifter’s insatiable ego. Right on cue, House candidate Joe Mitchell seized the spotlight at a rally in Iowa last night, mustered his best Trump impersonation (seriously), and publicly presented the narcissist-in-chief with a ridiculous “Man of the Century Award” that literally looks like it came off the shelf of a local Hobby Lobby. Mitchell, 29, thanked Donald for “being the greatest president we’ve ever had”

Republican leader brands Sacha Baron Cohen “pervert” and threatens to sue over appearance in Ali G film
Michael Aboud, chair of the El Paso County Republican Party, is threatening to sue Sacha Baron Cohen, claiming that he was misled into appearing in the comedian’s new film, “Ali G: Who Iz I?” Aboud said he believed he was participating in a documentary about “illegals crossing the border” and that he was deceived by Cohen and his producers “to benefit themselves.”

Uh, no, no, Michael. You were deceived for the benefit of the audience. No one can help it if your hatred of “illegals” blinds you from the truth. If you agreed to participate — on camera — in a fake training session led by a fake ex-Mossad counterterrorism expert (Cohen) to stop the fake birth of a fake baby of a fake South American drug kingpin on US soil, that’s on you, brother.

Help your neighbors make the right decisions this November
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Blanche: DOJ could block election certification in “doomsday scenario”
There is no quiet part, folks. Donald Trump and his authoritarian goon squad are telegraphing exactly what they intend to do when the midterms inevitably do not go their way. Let’s hope Democrats are up to the challenge, because this is going to get ugly in a hurry.

“So much worse than people realize”: Never-before-seen images reveal damage at US bases as troops describe being abandoned
When Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth launched a preemptive war with Israel against Iran in late February, the American public was kept completely in the dark on how the mission was impacting US troops stationed across the Middle East. There were no embedded journalists. Casualty details trickled out slowly. Images of damage to American bases — which was widespread — were almost nonexistent.

Now, service members, civilian contractors, and military families are breaking their silence. MeidasTouch has obtained dozens of never-before-published photos and videos showing damage to US military installations in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain, along with firsthand accounts from people who were there. They describe destroyed aircraft, bombed-out barracks and mess halls, troops digging their own foxholes, and military families hiding in parking garages while Iranian missiles flew overhead.

“It’s so much worse than people realize,” one source said. Support the troops, eh?

Russian group was behind AI-generated video of man falsely accusing James Talarico of sexual assault
What?! Russian disinformation groups peddling patently false, AI-generated bullshit to slander Democratic candidates and influence American elections? Republicans may have absolutely nothing substantive to run on, but at least they can count on covert operatives in Russia to flood the zone and muddy the water for their mutual benefit.

Oh, in other news, Vladimir Putin’s first shipment of Russian diesel — 40,000 tons to be exact — is on its way to New York after Donald Trump abruptly waived bipartisan sanctions signed into law just last month.

Rejected ballots skyrocketed in five states thanks to USPS
Mail-in ballots are being rejected at an alarming rate in rural areas thanks to US Postal Service cuts, precisely as intended by the Trump regime. ProPublica reports that in the primaries this year in Oregon, North Carolina, Washington, California, and Ohio, a staggering amount of ballots arrived too late to be counted due to delays in mail delivery. Three days after primary elections in Stevens County, Washington, election workers checked the mail for late ballots. They found over 500 envelopes when they were only expecting a few dozen.

The same thing happened in all of eastern Washington’s 11 rural counties. Over 2,000 ballots came in late, compared to just 600 late ballots in 2022’s midterm elections.

None of this is accidental. Service cuts, increases in delivery times, and delays in postmarking are not bugs in the Postal Service system under Trump. They are design features intended to disenfranchise US citizens and decrease overall voter participation.