Today’s Big Stuff 8.1.24 | Republicans embrace their racism

It’s Thursday. There are 96 days until the general election. Trump likes people who assault cops, Republicans embrace their racism and Dark Brandon brings home some hostages.

Photo: Vice

Be advised: This newsletter uses profanity. Today we’re using it to cuss out a racist asshead. 

Note: Well hey there, you Sexy Patriots! How the heck are you today? Fired up, pissed off and sexy as all hell? Yeah, we thought so. We’re the same happy warriors we have been since VP Harris went from Robin to Batman, but after yesterday, we have the added bonus of being disgusted and furious about some racist shithead saying racist shithead things. 

Grrrrrrr. Ever since we made the move to Substack — and a giant THANK YOU to everyone who has joined us — we’ve encountered a few folks who aren’t crazy about our potty mouths. We get it. Some folks don’t like the obscenities, and we think that’s a perfectly reasonable position to have. Our counterargument is that while Politico Playbook and other mainstream newsletters will talk about Trump being “racially charged” at yesterday’s NABJ conference, this newsletter is in the unique  position to do this…

Fuck Donald Trump. Fuck his racist ass to hell and back. We hope he eats shit, craps it out, eats it again until he shits himself into oblivion. He can kiss our hot asses and then go fuck himself and then eat more shit. Vice President Kamala Harris is out of his league and he should remember that while he is fucking off, going to hell and eating all the shit. 

Phew. That felt good. And we believe it to be a powerful argument for the importance of profanity when it comes to discussing Donald Trump. Suck it, Politico Playbook. Y’all have a blessed day.

Note two: Way too many white reporters and editors seem to enjoy Trump’s racist garbage. The Washington Post’s headline was “Harris faces a pivotal moment as Trump questions her identity.” REALLY?! So because the mainstream media continues to be a bunch of gutless suck-asses, we must continue on our mission of becoming the media. Thank you to everyone who is helping us do that on Substack.

Note three: Maybe WaPo is a right-wing mess because their boss is a damn criminal like Trump. More: NPR

Note four: How is it already August? November is going to be here before we know it.

Note five: Here is how the Vice President’s campaign responded to Trump’s racism yesterday.

Note six: Andy Beshear’s dad, former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, was in a car accident. He’s ok but we’re sending love because he’s the guy who had the guts to bring Obamacare to Kentucky from the beginning. More: SpectrumNews1

Note seven: We wrote a couple of pieces yesterday. The first is about how it’s ok to be excited and having fun backing VP Harris even though the stakes are really high. And the second is about how Trump and his party went full racist asshole yesterday. The two might seem irreconcilable, but we’re not letting those creeps steal our joy. More: 1. It’s okay to be excited. 2. Trump and the GOP go full racist

Note eight: Border crossings dropped for the fifth straight month, dropping them to their lowest levels since 2020. Maybe the press should stop pretending like Republican attacks on this crap are in any way honest. More: CBS News

Note nine: Thank you to the Huffington Post for asking important questions about Trump’s mental decline. More: Huff Post

Note 10: For you gamblers and lovers of democracy out there…

Note 11: Sen. Mark Kelly responded to Trump’s trash yesterday by calling him a “desperate, scared old man.” Damn right. More: Independent

Note 12: Jelly Doorknob (JD) Vance is calling someone else a phony? Really bro? Nobody even knows your real name! More: Huff Post

Note 13: Team Trump believes that Kellyanne Conway is leaking damaging info about Vance. We agree with Team Trump that Kellyanne is awful. We also feel the same way about Team Trump.

Trump Allies Believe Kellyanne Conway Is Badmouthing JD Vance

Note 14: It’s pretty funny that as part of yesterday’s meltdown at the NABJ conference, Trump totally threw Vance under the bus and Vance was still laughing and kissing his ass just a little while later. More: Huff Post

Note 15: Wow. Some good news out of (checks notes) Utah this morning. Ok, well thanks Utah.

Note 16: VP Harris secured the endorsement of the UAW yesterday. Hell yeah! More: CNBC

Note 17: She also got the endorsement of more than 400 venture capitalists, including Mark Cuban and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. We normally think VC guys can go shit themselves to death, but this is nice. More: The Verge

Note 18: Someone asked us yesterday to avoid Olympics spoilers, and we’re going to try. Let’s just say these games are soooooo fun.

Note 19: For today’s Happy Ending, we give you this old Trump post. You might wonder how that’s a happy ending, but just wait for it.

Note 20: And on that set-up note, let’s go do some news! We hope y’all don’t mind the extra cussing in today’s opening note, but sometimes you just gotta let it fly. And when the birther a-hole goes full racist, it’s one of those times. Love y’all!

Important
With all the racism and rudeness happening at the NABJ, it can be easy to miss that the journalists pressed Trump on his pledge to pardon Jan. 6 scumbags. Trump has been talking about pardoning these freaks for a while now, but no reporter has really pressed him on whether he will pardon those who assaulted cops. Until now. When pressed, Trump said he would in fact pardon the domestic terrorists who assaulted the police officers who were protecting our Capitol and our democracy. Congrats to all those shitty police unions on their endorsement. This must feel good. More: NBC News

So damn gross
As we’ve mentioned, Republicans have gone full racist in their attacks against VP Harris. After a couple of weeks of flailing while she dominated the campaign, Trump reverted to who he has always been. While appearing at the NABJ, Trump attacked the Black women journalists interviewing him and then launched a new birther campaign against Harris, questioning whether she is actually Black. Trump has since continued his new birther campaign on Truth Social, and he has had lots of help from scum like Lauren Boebert and Laura Loomer. We knew this would get ugly, but we are not afraid. We are just really pissed off. More: Huff Post

Dark Brandon rises
Joe Biden still has some moves. This morning, the world learned that Dark Brandon has won the freedom of Russian hostages Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan. That’s why we showed you that pathetic post from Trump. Because he didn’t get it done. Biden and Harris did. According to reports, the prisoner swap has already happened in Turkey. Welcome home, Evan and Paul, and thank you, Mr. President. More: ABC News

Today’s clips
The Democratic-led Senate will hold a key test vote Thursday on a bipartisan bill to expand the child tax credit and provide some tax breaks for businesses.

But it’s not clear Democrats have enough Republican support to break a filibuster and advance the bill toward a final vote, as many GOP senators oppose it. More: NBC News

The US has reached a plea deal with alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants accused of plotting the 2001 terror attacks, according to the Defense Department. More: CNN