This could easily lead to worse violence than 1/6. I’m surprised 100% don’t say Trump will accept the outcome. He has made it clear that the only way he will lose is by cheating.
Weird video of John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Jerry Lewis
There’s also this:
Sound engineers turn Yoko Ono's microphone off mid-performance to stop her from interfering with John Lennon and Chuck Berry's performance in 1972pic.twitter.com/6las1WYzRh
— Time Trip (@TimeTriping) August 28, 2024
Chuck Berry and John Lennon in The Mike Douglas Show, 1972. pic.twitter.com/II7CzRjL94
— Far Out Magazine (@FarOutMag) October 9, 2020
Tweets on the heat
It’s been a hot summer
Summer 2024 temperature ranking compared to all summers since 1895 using Prism data. (Note: Prism data is "cooler" in the central U.S. than NCEI station data). pic.twitter.com/dp4AEUatGQ
— Brian Brettschneider (@Climatologist49) September 1, 2024
1/ You’re not just imagining it. June and July had the highest global temperatures on record for those months. And according to @NOAA this summer we passed the 14th month in a row that saw such record-high temps—that's the longest streak yet. https://t.co/5f12lJnXoN
— Slate (@Slate) August 27, 2024
Heat killed a record number of Americans last year https://t.co/SB7R3z72Mg
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 26, 2024
June through August will enter the record books as abnormally hot for a considerable portion of the Lower 48 states. https://t.co/2TKYLTccEl
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 1, 2024
When high heat and humidity combine, not even sweating can be enough to cool down. Learn how climate change may make some places literally too hot to live, and how @nasa satellite data is helping us study and prepare for a warmer world. https://t.co/0Arb8Y1ZG9
— NASA Climate (@NASAClimate) August 27, 2024
A heat index of 180°F (82.2°C) and a dew point of 97°F (36.1°C) were recorded in southern Iran today.
— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) August 28, 2024
If these readings are confirmed this would be the highest heat index and dew point ever recorded on Earth. pic.twitter.com/SUfYnJGERT
As an extreme heat wave hits Southern California, babies and toddlers are particularly at risk for overheating. Help protect your child with these tips. https://t.co/jDgaVp73yF
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) September 5, 2024
Summers in Phoenix are notoriously hot. But after two punishing summers of record-breaking heat, the latest milestone, set Tuesday, may be the most ominous yet. https://t.co/oM46Q8U0RA
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 3, 2024
2024 is proving to be an endless summer with especially high temperatures in Phoenix.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 4, 2024
On Tuesday, the city hit its 100th straight day with at least 100 degree temperatures. https://t.co/Onem5OoV3a
Extraordinary heat in IRAN
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) September 24, 2024
Including world heat records for late September at some altitudes:
47.0 Kahnuj 500m
43.1 Khor 842m
40.9 Nehbandan 1190m
38.8 Birjand 1491m
Next days NW Mexico will try to do even "better" and reach the latest 48C/118F in Northern Hemisphere history. pic.twitter.com/b1mDVESNYy
The New York Times helps Trump by not writing about some of his worst statements
NYT's coverage of the Johnstown rally, by @simonjlevien and @migold, mentions Trump's "weave" comment, but not his claim that Byron Donalds is one of the smart ones. https://t.co/f30VmOPi5n pic.twitter.com/RshQgT66qc
— emptywheel (Chuckwagon) (@emptywheel) August 31, 2024
The Times article helps Trump by leaving out his lie that 6 states allow murder of newborn babies. Here it is. https://t.co/MOnn9qAe1A
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 31, 2024
Zero front-page coverage NYT/WaPo of Trump at Arlington.
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) August 29, 2024
NYT did not *even mention* it in stories yesterday about Trump riff at Arlington.
Wondering what coverage would be if KH or Walz had roughed-up staffer at Arlington, in question for photo-op. https://t.co/ZpRVBoVQcA
Yes. I would like to hear @nytopinion editors credibly deny this claim — we all suspect that when liberals criticize a piece like this for cooking the facts and engaging in disingenuous rhetorical tricks, all you conclude is something like, "this piece is a success, it's… https://t.co/k607oNelAs
— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) August 26, 2024
Trump made up stories about Harris meeting Putin, that 325,000 migrant girls have been sex trafficked in the last 3 yrs & posted an anti-semitic attack on Josh Shapiro but that's just going "off script" for the Paper of Record™ not grounds for calling for him to drop out🙃 pic.twitter.com/TRAotxzBrn
— scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) August 24, 2024
As Trump keeps getting more unhinged and dangerous, the New York Times leads its website with a horse-race story about his campaign tactics. NYT will keep covering politics as a sport until the scoreboard collapses and crushes our democracy. pic.twitter.com/pHmW0QcCuH
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) August 24, 2024
No need to name the publication.
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) August 19, 2024
I wonder if the person who wrote this hed and dek could name one area of "policy," even one, in which Trump is "heavier" on details or rationale than Harris.
(Not counting 'Project 2025'.) pic.twitter.com/29AREutno4
Nicholas Kristof didn’t address all of the issues about potential Trump voters
“For the sake of winning elections as well as of civility, remember that the best way to get others to listen to us is to first listen to them,” @NickKristof writes.
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) August 31, 2024
Read: https://t.co/JKcEVaJwLi
I would never say most Trump voters are bigots but I assume many are. Republicans had over 15 candidates to pick from in 2016 and they chose the most bigoted one. Trump showed he was a bigot from the first day with the murderers and rapists line. /1
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 31, 2024
Voting for Trump doesn’t make you a bigot but it shows you are willing to tolerate bigotry and that’s bad, too.
If I were to talk with a Trump voter, what could I show them to prove that Biden won? They have already been conditioned to not believe sources like the New York Times and Washington Post.
Over the past eight years, I’ve seen plenty of pieces about the need to respect Trump supporters, pieces written by conservatives and liberals, including recently in the NYT. I’ve seen zero pieces about the need to respect Clinton, Biden or Harris supporters. Have you seen any? https://t.co/FwRRoQ27ZO
— @ijbailey (@ijbailey) September 2, 2024
There's a NYT op-ed about "respecting" Trump voters, but I've never seen anything encouraging those voters to respect Democrats. MAGAs get a pass because they're "hardworking Americans" – and Dems aren't? The double standard is insulting
— Paul Rudnick (@PaulRudnickNY) August 31, 2024
Try to understand Trump voters?
— Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, News Guild (@DanRodricks) September 2, 2024
Uh, no thanks. https://t.co/NWfguIb0Vw
Donald Trump supporters in Michigan aren’t just convinced he’s winning handily right now—they think he’s heading toward a landslide.
— Adam Wren (@adamwren) August 29, 2024
Any other outcome means Democrats will have cheated, they told me.https://t.co/uhriRlMpSZ
New tweets on artists who don’t want Trump to use their music
ABBA hates MAGA. https://t.co/QEr6yBw1Lv
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) August 29, 2024
Jack White says he's filing a lawsuit against Donald Trump after a member of his campaign posted a video soundtracked to "Seven Nation Army" → https://t.co/gVkAQ00S8t pic.twitter.com/ZwL7B5dci7
— CONSEQUENCE (@consequence) August 29, 2024
Donald Trump campaign disputes Foo Fighters’ claim song use was unauthorized https://t.co/OadQmH4LkH
— The Hill (@thehill) August 26, 2024
A federal judge has granted the Isaac Hayes estate an emergency hearing in their $3 million demand against Donald Trump, who has continually used "Hold On, I’m Coming," co-written by Hayes, on the campaign trail https://t.co/smPGYHyrae
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) August 25, 2024
🚨Breaking News: It is now with absolutely clarity that @realDonaldTrump takes the matter of violating copyrights owned by @isaachayes serious.
— Isaac Hayes III (@IsaacHayes3) August 31, 2024
The document filed is full of inaccuracies and misstatements in an arena where facts matter. My family and our lawyers… pic.twitter.com/54OZedVIFb
🚨Breaking News: Today we received confirmation from @BMI in writing from their lawyers that @realDonaldTrump, The @NRA, @TurningPointUSA and The @GOP DO NOT and HAVE NOT had a Political Use License to play “Hold On I’m Coming” for quite some time.
— Isaac Hayes III (@IsaacHayes3) August 29, 2024
We look forward to our day…
"Prominent artists have demanded Trump's campaign stop using their tunes on social media or at rallies — with lawsuits involved in some cases." https://t.co/Zl5lxvhewB
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 31, 2024
Trumps resident idiot @margommartin posted a video using Jack White’s music a couple of hours ago and he wasn’t having it….she already deleted it 🤣 pic.twitter.com/3V0ccHZN3b
— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) August 29, 2024
Oh the irony… as per Jack Smith’s sprawling presidential immunity motion, Trump’s Ellipse speech can’t be considered an official act, because instead of playing “Hail to the Chief” that day, they played… YMCA.
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) October 3, 2024
A song The Village People have never given him permission to use. pic.twitter.com/rBPPxc8lus
— The Onion (@TheOnion) October 5, 2024
Was waiting for this: Heart's Nancy Wilson calls out Trump for blasting "Barracuda" during his military parade.A “powerful piece of music that was never intended for political use" and used "without permission or authorization from us." http://www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-…
— Jen Bendery (@jbendery.bsky.social) 2025-06-16T14:48:16.808Z
“According to a new cease-and-desist letter reviewed by Rolling Stone, the organizers for Trump’s military parade were explicitly told they did not have permission to use the song, acknowledged that they did not have permission, & then… “illegally” used the song for Trump’s festivities regardless.”
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24.bsky.social) 2025-06-27T23:51:07.047Z
It's the TRUTH, we are ALL Americans, as Kenny Loggins says. I'm a Democrat, I denounce Hamas, I love OUR country as do the MILLIONS that peacefully protested 10/18/25. It is OUR 1st Amendment rights, last I checked. But we are ALL Americans. It's EVERYONE'S country, NOT theirs & we will PERSEVERE!🙏
— Peter Morley ♿️ (@petermorley.bsky.social) 2025-10-20T19:05:05.339Z
Eliminate the Electoral College
We need the electoral college to protect the interests of rural areas, otherwise the only places politicians would pay attention to are large metro areas like Philadelphia and Atlanta.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) August 28, 2024
Under the electoral college system, excessive attention is given to voters in 6 or 7 states. Big states like CA and NY are ignored. That’s not better than what would happen without the electoral college.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 28, 2024
You’re right about attention to large areas. However, more harm has been done by letting the minority dictate policy. Abolish the Electoral College.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 28, 2024
I live in MD which is a very blue state in presidential elections. We rarely see presidential candidates. There are lots of commercials for the Senate race but few for the presidential.
It’s different after candidates become president. The president makes lots of appearances to MD which is close to DC and to big states,
Republicans cite the terrible Dred Scott decision
Republicans claim Kamala Harris can’t be president based on the Dred Scott decision – probably the worst Supreme Court decision ever,
Did the National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA) really unanimously adopt the position that Kamala Harris is ineligible to be President based on… the Dred Scott decision?!
— Andrew Fleischman (@ASFleischman) August 23, 2024
h/t @LorenCollins pic.twitter.com/9LZsDfWdlM
Lack of official information is breeding conspiracy theories on the Trump assassination
We still haven’t heard from the first doctor who treated him. The FBI took a long time to make a statement. This bred conspiracy theories ranging from ‘the assassination attempt was fake” to “Democrats arranged the assassination attempt. I don’t believe them but the delays in issuing factual information were harmful.
It is odd that Trump has not attacked the late shooter since he attacks so many other people.
Even MAGA has to admit it's strange that Trump isn't demanding a full investigation into the assassination attempt.
— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) August 24, 2024
NEW: Trump and his allies are escalating a dangerous false narrative about the assassination attempt, from Dr. Phil’s show to a faux congressional hearing at the Heritage Foundation. It’s a pattern that’s been building for weeks—here's my latest on it 👉 https://t.co/HFp9e06YjL
— Mark Follman (@markfollman) August 29, 2024
NYT reports that Trump himself has been saying Democrats "tried to kill him." This lie about the assassination attempt that's being pushed by Trump, JD Vance, Trump's sons, and MAGA allies will fuel violence, according to security experts I spoke with 👉 https://t.co/yVD6xIHfk7 pic.twitter.com/WGIFgpu4MS
— Mark Follman (@markfollman) August 10, 2024
This deserves far more attention from mainstream media than it has gotten (none). JD Vance *emphasized* this lie on Saturday that Dems were behind the assassination attempt. It’s an intentional tactic—and a dangerous one, according to threat experts—as I report here 👉🏻 https://t.co/73UNsQT857
— Mark Follman (@markfollman) August 5, 2024
Allow me to address the elephant in the room: Someone who staged a fake memorial service for war dead at Arlington National Cemetery Section 60 to trick the American public is quite capable of having staged a fake assassination attempt on himself to trick the American public.
— Andrea Junker (@Strandjunker) August 29, 2024
Before the FBI statement:
I've waited a while to say this but the burden is now on Trump to show he was shot. I can condemn the assassination and still demand truth, especially since Trump is now politicizing taking a bullet. Wray has now opened the door; this is not a conspiracy theory. Wray, known for… https://t.co/1QCTeSWux7
— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) July 25, 2024
Why does this matter? It goes to Trumps truthfulness, its absence never in doubt. But also more: it is essential we find out because Trump doesn't get to write our history. He was shot at, of course. But he is using it for political purposes and he has opened this door. https://t.co/o2n6NPOwe4
— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) July 24, 2024
More tweets on Republican efforts to sabotage elections in Georgia
NEW: The Democratic Party has filed a powerful new lawsuit to challenge the election subversion rules passed by the Trump-endorsed members of the Georgia State Elections Board.
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) August 29, 2024
Paige and I break it down and explain. https://t.co/y3ddfBkqSM
NEW: The DNC and Georgia Democratic Party sue the Georgia State Election Board over new rules that could delay election certification this fall. Democrats ask the court to rule that certification is mandatory and officials cannot delay or refuse to certify.https://t.co/qjERwl2sov
— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) August 26, 2024
.@BrianKempGA, what’s uncertain? https://t.co/1YNleiKdwl pic.twitter.com/8US639jdlc
— Max Flugrath🗳️ (@MaxFlugrath) August 26, 2024
A former Fulton County election official who submitted an initial draft of the rule told ProPublica she had done so at the behest of a regional leader of a right-wing organization involved in challenging the legitimacy of American election systems. https://t.co/cFYUPTTnUu
— ProPublica (@propublica) August 29, 2024
NEW: Two right-wing activists — who have challenged the status of thousands of voters in Georgia — sue Fulton County election officials, claiming they are not properly maintaining the county’s voter rolls and are failing to respond to voter challenges. https://t.co/P68SCEuWQU
— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) August 29, 2024
Trumpism’s route to the White House is paved with bricks of election theft in the battleground state
— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) August 29, 2024
Source: the Guardian https://t.co/MjDE1Lgyof
Sad! 