Trump lies about the impact of his proposed tariffs

Americans would pay the price of Trump’s tariffs

Hence, why the Republican presidential ticket is desperate to convince Americans that they don't/won't pay Trump's tariffs. https://t.co/S6lWbVmhzo
— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) August 25, 2024

Narrator: they do not disagree. https://t.co/OFcCZGgvqG pic.twitter.com/40QFPNtX62
— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) August 25, 2024

Senator @JDVance is right to say that economists disagree about whether tariffs on Chinese goods raise the price for Americans.

Some "Strongly agree," while others merely "Agree." A few are "Uncertain." It is disgusting that some try to paper over this disagreement. https://t.co/7ox6ZLnIEq pic.twitter.com/YQVpvXvx35
— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) August 25, 2024

Trump’s tax proposal to replace a major amount of income-tax revenue with tariffs is a prescription for the mother of all stagflations. It burdens the middle class and the poor who purchase goods on international markets. It would also create worldwide economic warfare.

The…
— Lawrence H. Summers (@LHSummers) June 15, 2024

Tariffs imposed by executive fiat give the executive lots of opportunities to accept bribes in exchange for lowering tariffs on specific goods or even specific companies. https://t.co/9RNZR4NhDN
— Mr. Nick Beaudrot (@nbeaudrot) June 14, 2024

https://twitter.com/brendan_duke/status/1801577968830960022?s=43&t=rIYxMSgaBTiASp7yrXMpjA

https://twitter.com/brendan_duke/status/1801349306470801532?s=43&t=rIYxMSgaBTiASp7yrXMpjA

Border arrests are way down

Governor Abbott has quietly stopped bussing migrants across the country, because the number crossing the border has drastically dropped thanks to Biden's executive orders. https://t.co/ZkKB9WJLQg
— Joel Montfort (@jmontforttx) August 16, 2024

NEW: U.S. Border Patrol encounters in July were 32% lower than in June 2024 and were the lowest monthly total along the southwest border since September 2020, according to Customs and Border Protection officials.
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) August 16, 2024

Border arrests drop 33% to a 46-month low in July after asylum restrictions take hold https://t.co/G93jsJfSWe
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 16, 2024

Republicans have blocked votes on border security bills

Trump has opposed the latest compromise because he thinks it would help Democrats.

House GOP leadership never allowed a vote in either 2006 or 2013. The widespread expectation each time was there were also 218 House votes for it-but not a majority of R House members. So they blocked it w/the "Hastert rule": only pass bills backed by majority of the majority https://t.co/u2WgwuWimZ
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) September 17, 2022

in 2007, the Bush-backed bipartisan bill died by Senate filibuster because three-fourths of Senate Republicans voted no

in 2014, the Obama-backed bipartisan bill, which had passed the Senate, died in the House because the Republican Speaker wouldn't bring it up for a vote https://t.co/1ZMSzrybl1
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) September 17, 2022

WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: ".. giving up on a border security bill would be a self-inflicted GOP wound. President Biden would claim, with cause, that Republicans want border chaos .. Voter anger may over time move from Mr. Biden to the GOP, and the public will have a point."…
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) January 26, 2024

Illegal immigrant voter fraud is very rare

Illegal voting by noncitizens is rare, yet Republicans are making it a major issue this election https://t.co/weXQYQe4WM
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 1, 2024

Last month, I went straight to the lion’s den and reviewed the Heritage Foundation’s own database of proven cases of voter fraud dating back to the 1980s.

They had only documented 10 cases TOTAL where an undocumented immigrant had voted.

Read more here: https://t.co/4BAqOMJqor https://t.co/5UxsN9QS2E pic.twitter.com/SD0Je2kLAK
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) August 25, 2024

The simple reality is that there’s never been a non-citizen “voter fraud” problem in America—or any other advanced democracy—so there’s no need for a “solution.”https://t.co/i29HtWMDp1
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) September 14, 2024

Memes on the Vance couch story

AP retracts its JD Vance 'Couch Cushion Story' fact check, leading some to jokingly conclude the lewd Tale must be true.

(post by @ParkerMolloy) pic.twitter.com/8UZ93VWJ1w
— Know Your Meme (@knowyourmeme) July 25, 2024

I don’t care if JD Vance isn’t really a couch fucker. The memes are funny. pic.twitter.com/g2A4SgeilV
— Annalea 🪷🐝☀️🌻🍌🗳️ (@citizengatsby) July 23, 2024

Can we get a Trump/Vance meme thread going?

(I know the couch thing was made up but it's still funny as hell) pic.twitter.com/nboB2AlylR
— Pekka Kallioniemi (@P_Kallioniemi) July 24, 2024

Of course I have more memes about the couch pic.twitter.com/P8ot7Tz2IM
— Queen Iseabail, the Sassy Lassy 🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@bandrui0) July 25, 2024

I was wondering why I was seeing memes today of JD Vance lusting after couches. Turns out, in his hillbilly book he wrote about a time, that he used a latex glove and fucked the cushions of his couch. There's your ticket MAGAs….the rapist and the couch fucker. Good job. pic.twitter.com/SM1dCCBQLT
— #AnatomyOfCapitalAttack #CruzHawleyCoup #Sedition (@TekStol) July 24, 2024

Lololol. Who did this ??? pic.twitter.com/rzR1euqelB
— jonathan Slater (@slater_paul) August 26, 2024

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— Tim Johnston /Mojojax (@timjohnston50) October 6, 2024

71% of US GPD is produced by blue counties

Crucial fact about the parties pic.twitter.com/TbJebjpI6b
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) July 29, 2024

The blue dots are the people that produce 71% of our economy. The red dots are livestock, corn and people that depend on the blue dots for federal aid. pic.twitter.com/ssARTF33Db
— Carlos Turnbull (@cturnbull1968) August 25, 2024

You fucking morons. We can tell this truth without denigrating anyone doing anything for a living anywhere: The vast majority of this country's GDP is produced in its urban centers. So is the vast majority of its tax revenue. States with less of an urban presence are actually… https://t.co/q9RDFDlbnn
— David Simon (@AoDespair) August 26, 2024

GDP per capita (which is calculated by dividing a state's GDP by its population) of all 50 states

Notice any trends?

1. New York
2. Massachusetts
3. Washington
4. California
5. Delaware
6. Connecticut
7. Alaska
8. North Dakota
9. Wyoming
10. New Jersey
11. Maryland
12. Illinois…
— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) April 22, 2024

Tweet on photographer Thaddeus Wilkerson

I had never heard of Thaddeus Wilkerson until I saw the tweet below. Read the excellent essay the tweet links to.

Uptown Gothic: The NYC Photographs of Thaddeus Wilkerson https://t.co/odLzEezTLh via @CrimeReads
— gonzomike (@gonzomike) August 24, 2024

More tweets on Trump using music without permission

When you illegally use songs from 18 different artists it's not an accident, it's intentional.

18 Artists Who Have Hit Out At Donald Trump For Using Their Songs https://t.co/ij1ttrZ4TO
— John Oberlin (@OMGno2trump) August 24, 2024

Foo Fighters Reject Donald Trump Using 'My Hero' at Rally https://t.co/6MYS5KalFJ
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 24, 2024

Foo Fighters have formally denounced Donald Trump's use of "My Hero" at a rally with Robert Kennedy Jr. earlier this evening

"Foo Fighters were not asked permission, and if they were they would not have granted it." → https://t.co/ontxqVY1PY pic.twitter.com/hKmONEkTI8
— CONSEQUENCE (@consequence) August 24, 2024

Trump's campaign co-opted the song just days after accusing Harris of “copying” him.https://t.co/oFh1ZBpJ3m
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 20, 2024

Donald Trump campaign disputes Foo Fighters’ claim song use was unauthorized https://t.co/OadQmH4LkH
— The Hill (@thehill) August 26, 2024

Covers: Things Have Changed

“Things Have Changed” (2000) is a great Bob Dylan song, my favorite of his in the 2000s.

Republicans lie about noncitizen voting

Let's be clear:
The incidence of illegal immigrants voting is negligible–a complete canard, freely trafficked by R.N.C. speakers tonight.
The most nakedly false and despicable line came from Ted Cruz, describing violent crimes committed by immigrants.
"This is all because…
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) July 17, 2024

Spreading lies about noncitizen voting is designed to sow doubt in our election systems. The truth is our elections are fair, free, and accurate.https://t.co/wyTiQgjjQ2
— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) August 24, 2024

Non-citizens do not vote. That is a lie frequently told by Trump. We have multiple systems to deter noncitizen voting. Migrants violating the law face prison time & deportation. Why then would they vote? #TrumpDroppings

Source: Brennan Center for Justice https://t.co/3igvLGF5Fr
— John M. Talmadge, MD (@JohnMTalmadgeMD) August 22, 2024