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Michael Mechanic

@michaelmechanic

@MotherJones editor, musician, dad & author of Jackpot, a must-read book about the insanity of wealth in America, from @simonschuster.

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Mr. Trump, your opponent has always identified both as Black and South Asian. You asked, well, “Is she Indian or is she Black?” Don’t you think this “either or” language might be insulting to the 9 percent of American adults who identify as multiracial?#Debatenight

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Mr. Trump, at a recent conference, you urged Christians to get out and vote, saying they wouldn’t have to vote anymore after that. “It’ll be fixed,” you said. What will be fixed? Abortion? Elections? Please explain your meaning. #Debatenight

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Mr. Trump, you’ve called your opponent “Laughin’ Kamala,” but it seems like many people appreciate her joyfulness. Do you see laugher as negative? Separately, I’d like to know why you think it’s okay to call her “Kamabla.” Are you five? #Debatenight

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Mr. Trump, JD Vance and others have targeted Tim Walz's military service, but Walz volunteered and served 24 years. You dodged the Vietnam draft by claiming bone spurs, a diagnosis the doctor’s daughters now say was faked. How can you justify going after Walz? #Debatenight

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Mr. Trump, the Biden admin has bested yours on key economic measures: unemployment, wage growth, jobs, domestic manufacturing, household income, child poverty, etc. Inflation was bad, also a global problem. How can you claim yours was the “greatest economy”? #Debatenight

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Mr. Trump, how can voters expect you to deal even-handedly with the Saudis when they provided $2 billion in financing to your son-in-law?#Debatenight

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Mr. Trump, American voters are not naïve. Every politician bends the truth and some lie on occasion. But the nation’s fact-checkers can barely keep up with you. You seem to have no regard whatsoever for the truth. Why should anybody trust you to run the country? #Debatenight

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Gotta say, Donald J. Trump had the WORST closing statement in tonights #DebateNight2024 that I've ever seen. Gloom and darkness. America is a shithole. You know, I just don't see that as a great strategy.

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This week, the DOJ outlined elaborate schemes mounted by covert Moscow operators to influence the 2024 campaign. But, the feds declined to state the obvious: The Kremlin efforts have been designed and mounted to aid Trump’s bid to regain power. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

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Very good @citizencohn piece demonstrating just how dishonest Trump was about ACA repeal and his record at the debate: huffpost.com/entry/donald-t…

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Father: "I wish that my son, Aiden Clark, was killed by a 60-year-old white man...if that guy killed my 11-year-old son, the incessant group of hate-spewing people would leave us alone."

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Potential voters should listen to guys like this, who actually know what the F they're talking about, not these politicians who are deliberately spreading racist lies and encouraging hate. Maybe they should try getting to know people before they start disparaging them.

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I do wish Kamala Harris had made the point during the debate that abortions very late in pregnancy are exceedingly rare, and never the mother's choice.

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Even if Congress passes Kamala Harris's tax on unrealized gains for the ultrarich (a big if), would SCOTUS uphold it? And then there's the more important question: Do you have $100 million? Yeah, I didn't think so. My latest for Mother Jones. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

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The stories coming out of red states have been horrific. As one doctor put it in the The Atlantic (in a heartrending new piece by Sarah Zhang) the bans are "morally disgusting." Very, very un-Christian, it turns out.