Author: Josh Taylor
Anti-Trump Republicans use classic Reagan speech to bash president
Posted by Josh Taylor / July 9, 2020In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan gave what has a become a classic, now called the City on a Hill speech. Modern day Republicans are turning that ad against Trump: New ad: "Has Your Party Left You?" pic.twitter.com/AQl8wgzfWA — Republican Voters Against Trump (@RVAT2020) July 7, 2020 This is the latest in a series of brutal …
Read MoreTrump tells viewers to cancel Fox News after they share low poll numbers
Posted by Josh Taylor / July 8, 2020Trump may have officially turned on Fox News. After the usually sympathetic network shared polls showing Trump behind in key swing states, Trump lashed out on Twitter. .@FoxNews gladly puts up the phony suppression polls as soon as they come out. We are leading in the REAL polls because people are sick & tired of …
Read MoreAnti-Trump Republicans go after Trump’s affinity for Russia
Posted by Josh Taylor / July 3, 2020The latest ad by the Lincoln Project, a group of anti-Trump Republicans, just released a doozy of an ad. It’s entirely in Russian, and it attacks Trump’s apparent love for––and deference to––Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin. The ad does seem to be onto something. According to former administration officials, Trump would become so enraged whenever Russia …
Read MoreNashville DA will no longer prosecute minor weed possession charges
Posted by Josh Taylor / July 2, 2020Nashville has become the latest city to address criminal justice reform in the wake of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor’s death. The DA for that city recently announced that they would no longer prosecute charges of minor possession of marijuana, citing the disproportionate impact of such laws on minority communities. After more than a month …
Read MoreNYC mayor to cut $1bn from police budget
Posted by Josh Taylor / July 1, 2020After more than a month of protests, cities around the nation are starting to make changes to their police forces. New York City mayor Bill de Blasio just announced that he would cut a billion dollars from the police budget. Seattle’s largest labor coalition has booted the Seattle police union from its ranks, citing …
Read MoreDemocrats are worried about voter overconfidence
Posted by Josh Taylor / June 29, 2020A New York Times poll puts Biden a whopping 14-points ahead of Trump. Naturally, Trump doesn’t believe the poll, since the New York Times is “fake news,” but he’s likely worried. He’s not the only one who’s worried. The Democratic Party is afraid the same thing will happen in 2020 as happened in 2016––voters will get complacent and …
Read MoreCuomo thinks Trump is preparing for 2020 loss and will claim Fraud
Posted by Josh Taylor / June 24, 2020Trump is up a campaign creek. And what does a bad leader do when things don’t go well? Shunt responsibility, of course. And that’s what Trump is doing, he’s preemptively blaming foreign countries for his 2020 loss. He’s also going nuts about voting by mail, because he says it will lead to fraud, but really he …
Read MoreAnti-Trump Republicans form super PAC
Posted by Josh Taylor / June 18, 2020A group of anti-Trump Republicans have formed a super PAC to try to swing the election towards Joe Biden. It’s not the Republican party they’re against––it’s just Trump. Another group of anti-Trump Republicans have launched an all-out offensive against President Trump, running ads around the clock, including this play on Reagan’s “Morning in America” ad. …
Read MoreSF, Boston change policing strategies
Posted by Josh Taylor / June 14, 2020San Francisco Mayor London Breed has announced that unarmed professional responders would address non-criminal emergency calls instead of police. In a statement, Breed said, “San Francisco has made progress reforming our police department, but we know that we still have significant work to do. We know that a lack of equity in our society overall …
Read MoreNew ad shows Lindsey Graham complementing Biden, dissing Trump
Posted by Josh Taylor / June 13, 2020Feast your eyes on this beastly ad, featuring Trump die-hard Lindsey Graham dissing Trump and praising Joe Biden: Joe Biden has been hitting Facebook hard with ads, which will make him a serious contender with Trump on the platform. A new CNN poll has Biden way up on Trump––some 14 points up. Moreover, Trump’s approval rating …
Read MoreThe protests are working––police reform is happening
Posted by Josh Taylor / June 10, 2020Despite the increased publicity of instances of police brutality brought about by the protests, the protests are working. The Chattanooga police now requires officers to intervene in instances of police brutality. A police officer who knocked a woman down (for no real reason) in Brooklyn has been charged with assault. Another police officer, this one …
Read MoreTwitter hides Trump tweet
Posted by Josh Taylor / May 30, 2020A little less than a week ago, Trump took to twitter to complain about twitter, tweeting out a message heard ’round the world: Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices. We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this to happen. We saw what they attempted to …
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