1/ Today the #2024Election kicks off in earnest with #JoeBiden’s re-election bid announcement
There is 560 days to the #PresidentialElection. Much will happen, conditions will change but it as #Biden suggests a continuation of the battle for the soul of America
I’ll use this thread to comment periodically on the election over the next 80 weeks. It’s a long road to #ElectionDay2024, but the stakes couldn’t be higher
One of America’s better columnists, #TomFriedman, with some thoughts on #KamalaHarris and how the VP needs to be a more visible presence in the #2024Election.
Meanwhile #DonaldTrump is on the campaign trail reinforcing his uber fan base by embracing a convicted #Jan6 agitator. In Donald world these people were patriots and acted in his best interests although he lifted nary a figure to help them as the indictments and convictions started flowing
Meanwhile the candidate accused of rape in a current civil suit trial plays golf in #Ireland.
While Mr #Trump claims he will return to #NYC to defend himself, he has opted NOT to attend the #JeanCarroll trial. While the geography was different, the usual MO was on full display, made for #NewsMedia assertions without reference to fact or logic
#DonaldTrump is not hirable for most jobs. Like many, conservative pundit, Charlie Sykes, is mystified that many Americans consider #Trump to be a plausible candidate for control of the nuclear codes or top secret clearance
The #2023Election will be the first election where #AI generated imagery, audio and video will be deployed.
Donie O'Sullivan recently flagged a #GOP campaign add which used AI generated imagery to stoke fears about fictional dystopian future resulting from a #Biden re-election
This ad was created by the #RNC not some outsourced hacked media shop. A shameful moment for the #Republican Party
For years I’ve been beating a drum that we should normalize the cryptographic signing of mainstream content, for example politicians signing with their own identities to certify that a quote or video clip is real and accurate.
Not only would that help assure that a quote wasn’t taken misleadingly out of context, but in this new age it would help protect against outright deepfakes.
Unfortunately, I’ve often heard journalists respond that such a norm would interfere with journalistic independence, and lead to people being skeptical of journalists.
I think such responses get it exactly backwards.
In any case, yep, I’m still beating the drum, but sadly I think the ship has sailed and we’re now entering the more dangerous waters without that protection in place.
I think so, and just to clarify in case I’m unclear here, it’s not just that it’s not prioritized, but in my experience I’ve heard from professionals actively arguing against the idea.
The #Trump show was on #CNN last night. He served up a big dose of red meat to true believer supporters who were predominant in the town hall format audience.
While that makes going into the primary process, the #Election2024 campaign will be fought for the middle swing 30%. Many will not be enamored by #ElectionDenialism, #Jan6 rioter embrace or the #JeanCarroll rape verdict
#CNN has had a busy 24 hours trying to justify why it hosted #donaldtrump
Should #Trump be hosted by legitimate news operations? I think yes, but not in the circus like town hall environment
@rbreich is out with a good piece indicating that "libertarian", #JohnMalone was the likely driver behind the decision to host #Trump. I find this suspicion to be highly plausible
File this one under #FailureToLaunch. Hardly surprising when understaffed and under resourced #Twitter is used as a broadcast platform. Seems like #DeSantis lacks risk assessment skills, fairly important if you wish to be #POTUS.
This latest #Musk mess will do little to improve the credibility of his crumbling network
#DonaldTrump is now facing 2 different criminal court dates in New York and Federal court in Florida. It’s likely that more indictments are forthcoming: election tampering in Georgia and then the #Jan6 conspiracy
Speaker #KevinMcCarthy in reacting to the #Trump indictment seems to misunderstand that the charges come from the Department of Justice and not #JoeBiden.
I can understand the confusion given how #DonaldTrump yearned to leverage the DOJ to pursue political vendettas. Seems McCarthy’s understanding of the separation of power is similar
There is little one can do to change the minds of #Trump fans. I see #USPolitics as three evenly divided blocks. Stalwart Dems, Trump Fans and in the middle those that are persuadable.
These are the folks that we want to talk to as we face down another presidential election in 2024
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