Donald Trump is at it once more — mendacity, projecting, and distracting. This time, he’s coming with a aspect of treason accusations and Met Gala gossip.
In a determined try to deflect consideration from the festering fact about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced President has launched a full-blown misinformation blitz, accusing President Obama of treason, claiming AOC broke Home guidelines by attending the Met Gala, and throwing unwarranted shade at Vice President Kamala Harris, Beyoncé, Oprah, Al Sharpton in addition to the Democratic Get together.
At this level, we have now to confess the lies have gone past gaslighting and name it what it really is: a focused and harmful disinformation marketing campaign. And it’s time we begin combating again and hitting them the place it hurts: in court docket.
Just lately, when requested about his connection to Epstein, Trump gave what can solely be described as an unhinged diatribe, bizarrely claiming Obama had been “caught straight” committing “treason”, telling reporters, “Obama’s been caught straight… What they did in 2016 and 2020 may be very felony. It’s felony on the highest degree… Look, he’s responsible. It’s not a query … This was treason.”
An orange-faced lie.
There may be zero proof that President Obama has carried out something felony. None. Nada. Zilch. However that didn’t cease Trump from doubling down on the blatant lie, citing a “felony referral” from none aside from MAGA mouthpiece Tulsi Gabbard, who claimed she uncovered “overwhelming proof” that the Obama administration manipulated intelligence to set the stage for a “coup” in opposition to Trump.
The identical administration that tried a coup and pardoned precise treasonous criminals is now working a full-blown marketing campaign of lies to as soon as once more cowl Trump’s personal felony report and actions that MAGA retains trying to comb underneath the rug.
This nonsense and steady rabbit gap of lies is timed completely to do what Trump does finest, distract and drain you from the truth that the Epstein information are again within the headlines, together with Trump’s identify. Because of a decades-old photographs, flight logs, and an uncomfortable variety of mutual acquaintances, the reality has lastly come into the mainstream as soon as once more (as a result of we informed y’all this in 2016) that Trump and Epstein had been tight. That’s not an opinion; that’s reality. From Palm Seaside soirées to NYC membership nights, they had been seen typically sufficient to have raised purple flags a long time in the past.
Now that the warmth is reaching a boiling level, Trump has directed Legal professional Common Pam Bondi to launch solely “credible” info from the Epstein information. That’s proper, Trump, who has been named publicly as being one of many names on the record and was talked about within the Epstein case a number of instances, is telling the general public that he’s attempting to outline what’s credible as his fingerprints stay embedded throughout a long time of proof exhibiting his proximity to a convicted intercourse trafficker; credibility, on this case, is clearly code for “scrub my identify.”
Scrubbing his identify is a plan that’s clearly underway, as a result of let’s not neglect, final week, Home Speaker Mike Johnson conveniently despatched the Home dwelling early to keep away from a vote on releasing the Epstein information in full, proving that MAGA’s political machine is working extra time to bury the reality and flood the information cycle with chaos.
However wait—there’s extra.
Trump’s Deputy AG Todd Blanche, who’s Trump’s former non-public lawyer, met with Ghislaine Maxwell for 9 hours on the federal courthouse in Tallahassee, Florida, and is predicted to satisfy along with her for a second time this week. Maxwell is Epstein’s convicted confederate, who’s serving 20 years for trafficking minors. Stocked with a possible pardon, Maxwell informed the court docket that she had extra tea to spill and names to call, and naturally, Trump’s crew is toting the story that he believes she would possibly simply bear in mind one thing.
Y’all, that is straight out of a Scorsese movie.
We are actually witnessing mass manipulation and witness tampering dressed up as a press convention; and given Maxwell’s monitor report of perjury, the DOJ already labeled her a “pervasive liar” again in 2021 after she made a number of false statements underneath oath and did not take accountability for her actions. Trump is testing the temperature to see if he can twist the narrative to serve himself, and if we don’t listen, he’ll.
Which brings us to his now-regular routine of throwing random Black public figures into the fray. Kamala Harris. Oprah. Beyoncé. Al Sharpton. Not solely is that this a continuation of his appearing out of the authoritarian playbook, but it surely additionally retains his base frothing off of race-baiting lies and the headlines off his personal shoddy report. However the true egregiousness right here is Trump’s ongoing allegiance to propaganda and overseas adversaries over information and the American folks.
Let’s not neglect, Russia did intrude within the 2016 election. That’s not up for debate—it’s in a 950-page bipartisan Senate report, led by Republican Marco Rubio. The report concluded that Russia’s purpose was to not directly help the Trump marketing campaign via varied strategies, together with psychological warfare through Fb adverts and campaigns.
Regardless of the irrefutable proof and experiences, Trump is spouting delusions of grandeur and threatening to arrest Obama and Democrats, all whereas robbing Individuals blind and ushering in a pay-for-play life-style in each side of our lives, passing legal guidelines which have set the nation again 50 years, along with the stagnation and outright halt in training.
Let’s be actual, Trump is unraveling, and what’s extra harmful than his psychological state is the ability he nonetheless holds over a celebration prepared to promote its soul for MAGA loyalty. That is really now not about politics, however as an alternative about survival — the survival of fact, democracy, and sanity.
That’s why the lawsuits should start.
It’s time to satisfy lies with litigation. Disinformation ought to value one thing. Defamation ought to include penalties, as a result of if we don’t push again in court docket, we’re giving MAGA free rein to maintain polluting our information and timelines with this discourse, distracting us from the true crimes taking place in Washington by the Trump administration, and attacking harmless folks to guard a convicted felon, liar, and grifter-in-chief.
Sufficient is sufficient.
Sue all of them. It’s time to strip the lies of their perceived authorized shelter and demand fact underneath oath in court docket to indicate them that accountability is just not non-compulsory. As a result of if Trump and his enablers maintain dodging justice with press conferences and propaganda, then what instance does that set for the long run? And extra importantly, what does that do to the credibility relating to the reporting of data?
We’re carried out watching. Let the lawsuits start.
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