Notices by Aaron Rupar (atrupar@journa.host), page 2

"If Biden loses the election in '24, not only will virtually everything he accomplished be at risk of being lost, but our democratic institutions could be lost too; in that case, his presidency will likely be remembered as a colossal failure, & fairly so." https://www.publicnotice.co/p/joe-biden-presidential-record-underrated

New in Public Notice: The new House speaker is an opposition researcher's goldmine. In particular, he's deep in the Christofascist derp. https://www.publicnotice.co/p/mike-johnson-christofascism

New in PN: “Trump has just one goal in his two federal criminal cases: push them off until after Nov 2024, so he can either pardon himself or instruct the DOJ to drop the charges. 

That’s all you need to know about his legal strategy. The rest is noise.” https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-judge-cannon-classified-docs-trial-delay

I don’t think interviewing Trump is always a bad idea. But treating him as anything other than a depraved authoritarian helps his cause by legitimizing him as a reasonable choice for voters. You can't go in hoping to get along. And that's what Welker did. https://www.publicnotice.co/p/kristen-welker-trump-interview-meet-the-press

New in Public Notice: "The GOP has a crowded field of habitual liars. But Ramaswamy is perhaps the current master of what Kate McKinnon’s SNL version of Laura Ingraham described as 'feel facts, which aren’t technically true but just feel true'" https://www.publicnotice.co/p/vivek-ramaswamy-rise-explained

"Imagine the endless howls if Justice Sonia Sotomayor ran to MSNBC to do a media hit every time someone questioned her integrity or one of the court’s decisions. That’s essentially what Alito is doing here." https://www.publicnotice.co/p/alito-paul-singer-alaska-trip-corruption

"'Debate me' has become a bad faith propaganda tool for the right, designed to legitimize lies & target critics for harassment. It’s ripped from the right's 'free speech' playbook, which demands bad actors get access to all platforms & audiences - or else" https://www.publicnotice.co/p/hotez-rogan-rfk-jr-vaccines-debate

*choking on smoke*

get a lot of these Dems *gasp* pumping up climate hysteria

"The state’s Democratic majority didn’t just succeed because they had a trifecta. It’s also because they set aside the urge to engage in bipartisanship with the bad actors of the Minnesota GOP, who thought Democrats’ one-vote majority was fragile and would require them to obtain bipartisan support to pass key legislation." https://www.publicnotice.co/p/minnesota-democrats-accomplishments-2023

things are going great on Twitter rn

Minnesota Republican state Sen. Steve Drazkowski on bill providing free school breakfast and lunch: "I have yet to meet a person in Minnesota that is hungry. Yet today. I have yet to meet a person in Minnesota that says they don't have access to enough food to eat." #mnleg

This got me thinking about Fox's obsessive coverage of the Twitter files. Which got me thinking about Elon literally asking people to vote Republican. Lots of reciprocation going on.

New in Public Notice: There’s been lots of speculation about what concessions Kevin McCarthy made to the MAGA lunatic fringe to secure their votes for his speaker bid. Well, it appears one of them was turning the House Oversight Committee into a glorified Tucker panel. https://aaronrupar.substack.com/p/house-oversight-committee-greene-boebert

New in Public Notice: Hochul bipartisans herself into a mess

"When Democrats like Hochul defy their coalition to ally with Republicans, they aren’t embracing comity and bridging divisions. They’re helping a rogue antidemocratic party advance an agenda designed to target the marginalized and shred America’s better values. If opposing that is partisanship, then more partisanship is what we need." https://aaronrupar.substack.com/p/kathy-hochul-hector-lasalle-bipartisanship

Chuck Todd, of all people, just destroyed Ron Johnson on Meet the Press. Watch the full exchange: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_CnF2gGwMY