The billionaire’s perpetual presence in the headlines over the years means that Trump work has never dried up for Di Domenico, but with this election cycle he says impersonating the mogul has “consumed my life”: that means voiceovers, commercials, regular appearances on the Conan O’Brien show, and zero time for anything else. Surely this puts him in an odd position, where a Trump victory might not be desirable for the world, but would be good for business? “I think the actor David Spade summed it up best,” he says. “He said ‘I don’t want to live in a world where Donald Trump is president. But I do want to live in a world where he’s constantly running for president’. I thought, ‘oh my God, that’s perfect.’” Tim Jonze … [Read more...] about Pop goes Trump! The artists, comedians and meme-makers deflating the Donald
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Trump’s Worst, Most Bizarre Statements About ‘the Cyber’
It's one thing for Trump to have questioned who really hacked the DNC in public appearances, years after his own intelligence agencies gave him the answer—a kind of willful ignorance aimed at swaying public perceptions. But it's quite another matter for Trump to have chased nonsensical theories about the DNC hack in private conversations, a sign that he may have drunk so deeply from the conspiracy Kool-Aid that he'd come to believe his own lies. That's what was revealed in the transcript of a conversation Trump had in the summer of 2019 with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky: The phone call came to light because a whistle-blower heard Trump try to pressure Zelensky to open an investigation into the son of Trump's political rival Joe Biden—the request that would eventually lead to Trump's first impeachment. But the transcript of the call also captured Trump asking Zelensky vague questions about a CrowdStrike server in Ukraine, an element of a strange, false story about … [Read more...] about Trump’s Worst, Most Bizarre Statements About ‘the Cyber’
Opinion: Long live democracy
Civic councils can widen the view Therefore, every attempt at making people engage with one another more frequently and in a more constructive manner must be welcomed. Such attempts can counteract the impression even of well-meaning people of being ignored by the day-to-day political agenda. A good example is the so-called civic council, in which 160 randomly selected people (ten from each German state) jointly develop ideas. When this format premiered under the auspices of Wolfgang Schäuble, the president of Germany's parliament, in 2019, nothing less than democracy was at stake. … [Read more...] about Opinion: Long live democracy
Video Urging Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz Expulsion Viewed 2 Million Times
Hawley said that he only objected to the Electoral College vote count because he wanted an opportunity to highlight that "some states, particularly Pennsylvania, failed to follow their own state election laws" by expanding voting options during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. … [Read more...] about Video Urging Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz Expulsion Viewed 2 Million Times
Andrew Wrigley, Capitol Rioter Who Said He Was Tear-Gassed, Charged by FBI
"To those of you who took part in the violence, here's something you should know: Every FBI field office in the country is looking for you," FBI Washington Field Office Assistant Director in Charge Steven M. D'Antuono said in a statement on Friday. … [Read more...] about Andrew Wrigley, Capitol Rioter Who Said He Was Tear-Gassed, Charged by FBI