(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Donald's unhappy with Fox News... and dogs, on boards [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-19 Because nothing’s worse than dogs on boards, Trump is now panicking as the debate looms and even Fox News has Biden ahead in polling. What are the odds that Trump is not going to show up to the debate. If he does show up, he’ll walk off in a pretend angry huff. And of course that will be all the press will talk about. He will play for the attention and simply continue lying like sleeping dogs... on boards. Why do the polls register a sharp decline for Mr. Trump if he is convicted? Our analysis — including focus groups we have conducted and viewed — shows that Americans care about our freedoms, especially the freedom to cast our votes, have them counted and ensure that the will of the voters prevails. They are leery of entrusting the Oval Office to someone who abused his power by engaging in a criminal conspiracy to deny or take away those freedoms. One of the most under-covered stories of the Trump era and the 2024 presidential campaign is Donald Trump’s relationship with far-right extremism. This has been going on for years. During the 2016 race, he hobnobbed with and praised conspiracy-monger Alex Jones and encouraged anti-Muslim hatred. A few months into his presidency, Trump hailed participants in the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville as “very fine people.” The insurrectionists who stormed Capitol Hill on January 6 for Trump included Christian nationalists, members of right-wing militias, white supremacists, Confederate flag wavers, neo-Nazis, and others. In 2022, he supped with antisemite Kanye West and Hitler fanboy Nick Fuentes. He has repeatedly winked and nodded at the unhinged QAnon movement. These are just a few examples of Trump’s long-running affiliation with radicals of the right—an affinity that has not prevented him from becoming president and, now, the GOP’s banner carrier for a third time. While the instances cited above have been covered by the mainstream press—except perhaps for Trump’s pat on the back for Jones—they haven’t shaped the overall Trump narrative. And Trump’s current ties to fringe and hard-right activists are not at the center stage of the 2024 election. Far more (digital) ink has been spilled on Joe Biden’s age. Take Project 2025, the operation organized by the Heritage Foundation and other right-wing think tanks to develop a far-reaching agenda for a second Trump term that would grant him expanded powers to run an authoritarian-ish government in which he could order the prosecutions of his foes and critics and demand loyalty oaths from federal workers. This initiative has earned a couple of stories in the New York Times and the Washington Post. But how many voters are aware of this extensive scheme? A recent poll found that 76 percent of voters said they had heard “a little” or “nothing” about Project 2025. On Saturday, the Washington Post ran a piece on Russ Vought, a Christian nationalist who was budget chief when Trump was in the White House and who’s now a major player behind Project 2025. He’s in line to be Trump’s chief of staff, should the convicted felon return to power. And he’s an outright radical right-winger. In a 2022 essay, he claimed, “We are living in a post constitutional moment” because the left over the past century has supposedly hijacked the government. He decried the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Reserve, and the civil service. He denounced the independence of the FBI, the Justice Department, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He grouses that “conservatives find themselves interpreting a revered document [the Constitution] that is no longer in effect, lacking the tools to save their country.” www.motherjones.com/... x The most under-covered story of 2024: Trump and right-wing extremism https://t.co/l5jxV75O4q — Mother Jones (@MotherJones) June 20, 2024 Mr. Trump spoke for a little more than an hour on Tuesday in the early summer heat, Lake Michigan glistening behind him as he recounted how he’d won the state in 2016 before losing it in 2020. “Look at that beautiful lake,” he said, digressing. “What’s better, this, or sitting on the Pacific or Atlantic, which has sharks?” he asked. “You don’t have sharks. That’s a big advantage. I’ll take the one without the sharks.” www.nytimes.com/... Freshwater sharks are sharks able to live in freshwater lakes and rivers, including: the river sharks, Glyphis, true freshwater sharks found in fresh and brackish water in Asia and Australia the bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas, which can swim between salt and fresh water, and are found in tropical rivers around the world. x The Economist's Election Forecast Shows Trump With 2 in 3 Chance of Winning the Electoral College https://t.co/quD3UeHVj2 — Mediaite (@Mediaite) June 20, 2024 Who would you most prefer for Trump's VP pick DeSantis 11% Vivek 10% Ben Carson 9% Nikki Haley 9% Tim Scott 5% Sarah Sanders 4% Tulsi Gabard 4% Marco Rubio 4% Byron Donalds 3% Kristi Noem 3% JD Vance 2% Doug Burgum 2% YouGov - 6/14 [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/19/2247498/-Donald-s-unhappy-with-Fox-News-and-dogs?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/