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JD Vance Tempts Fate By Upstaging Trump

Donald Trump's Republican midterm election convention in Dallas, Texas, wrapped up last night with another keynote speech from the felonious dotard himself. His intent was to boost Republican turnout by asking his shrinking group of loyal voters to "pretend I'm on the ballot." Instead, he demonstrated his growing irrelevancy.

"I'm getting a little bit tired of politics," Trump admitted to the crowd last night.

We can all see it. "The man is continually suffering from dementia and I don't think he really understands what he's saying," Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker told CNN this week. "Just look at the way he puts words and sentences together." To illustrate his point, here, via C-SPAN's transcription service, is the context for Trump's "tired of politics" line. Note how he seems to forget that the midterm elections are already underway.

"About 1.5 years ago we went through 4 years of embarrassment, hurt. Harm, sickness, filth. It was bad, but now it's good and it's going to soon be greater than ever before, better than ever before. It's going to be. It's going to be something very special. And I'm going to be a little bit brief because last night I spoke for 2 hours. I don't feel like going over the same material again. So, what I'm going to do tonight is a little bit different. We all love music, right? We're going to get a little music. I'm going to stand on the stage at the end with our great opera star, Christopher Macchio, and he's going to sing America the Beautiful, [Nessun Dorma], and All I Ask of You from the Phantom of the Opera, and we're going to have a good time listening to music because I'm getting a little bit tired of politics now. So I'll be brief. I'll be brief. I don't know if you should I be brief or should I not be brief. No, I look, I look forward. Now. Thank you very much. What a great country. What a great country we have. What a great country. I just want to thank everybody. This has been so amazing. You know, maybe this is going to be happening at midterms again, and maybe not. We're going to find out, but based on this, I would say we're going to be doing a lot. Perhaps I'll be here. I'll be standing with you one of these days, but you are a very special group. So I look forward to the performance, and he's considered, as you know, really one of the most brilliant since a very good friend of mine, the late great Luciano Pavarotti. So we're going to have a lot of fun. But less than 2 years ago, the American people gave us a mandate to save America, and in 19 months I've delivered on every single promise I made, and I think I delivered on far more. Joe Biden. And the radical left Democrats created the worst inflation in American history."

And so on. The guy who used to perform hourslong sets at his campaign rallies could only stand for 25 minutes on stage last night before he gave up and started swaying to his favorite music.

Perhaps, then, it's no surprise that all the press wants to talk about is Vice Bootlicker JD Vance's speech and his bid to emerge as Trump's heir apparent, the most likely Republican nominee for president in 2028. (Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this week he has "no plans" to run at the moment.) The faithful chanted "48" as Vance spoke last night, because he would be the 48th president if elected two years from now. Meanwhile, a New York Times report shows Vance trying to put distance between himself and Trump's unpopular and failing Iran war, which the Republicans are trying desperately to pretend isn't actually happening.

At the rate Trump is declining, Vance might end up running the White House before anyone casts a ballot.

MORE STORIES TO WATCH

Elections Roundup: Trump Is Resigned to GOP Defeat in Midterms

• Trump $5,000 Bribe Proposal Surprised Republicans, Who Aren't Sold on the $1.5 Trillion Plan "The policy community on all sides is aghast," Maya MacGuineas, the president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, tells the New York Times. via the Washington Post, Politico, and the Associated Press.
• Majority of GOP Candidates Skip Dallas 'Trumpapalooza' Stage "I don't know if he's going to ever speak to me again, but you know I don't care as long as he wins," Trump said of Texas Senate nominee Ken Paxton. "I really don't. I don't know. ... I don't care. You got to vote for him." via The Nation, the New York Times, and the Washington Post.
• Trump's Justice Department Demands 2024 Election Records from 29 States Plus DC "It was a little bit alarming," says Utah Republican Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, who was informed in a letter that she is "under investigation." via the AP and the Los Angeles Times.
• Supreme Court Slaps Down Missouri GOP Gerrymander for the Second Time This Week Meanwhile, six Republican secretaries of state asked the Supreme Court to block Trump's mail-in ballot order, saying "that late changes breed confusion, that confusion keeps eligible voters from voting, and that a chaotic election erodes confidence in the result." the via Politico, The American Prospect, and the Washington Post.

Handpicked Prosecutor Targeting Trump's Enemies Quits, Citing Lack of Evidence

Former US attorney Joseph diGenova, 81, has been a loyal Donald Trump lackey for years, and spread the conspiracy theories casting his boss as a victim of "Deep State" persecution. So he was a natural pick to turn the Justice Department against Trump's imagined and exaggerated enemies, taking up the job of proving a government conspiracy against the MAGA dictator in April. Yesterday, diGenova announced his resignation, telling the New York Post that "if you want indictments where there’s no evidence, you have an ethical problem."

Likely fearful of angering the boss, diGenova tried to walk back his admission, calling it "an honor and a privilege" to serve Trump. And the facts remain that, per the Associated Press, "no charges have been brought and it remains unclear whether any will be, or what information has been gathered to support any basis for the idea of a plot against Trump by the government officials who investigated him." The Washington Post notes that "DiGenova’s wife, Victoria Toensing, an attorney who was brought in as part of the prosecution team alongside him, is expected to resign Friday." The US attorney for South Florida, Jason Reding Quiñones, will lead Trump's idiot crusade, at least until another tired hack convinces the sleepy old crook he's got the goods.

QUICKEST QUICKIES

• Under Trump, Post-9/11 Police State Targets Leftists and Regime Critics "'One of the fears of civil libertarians from the beginning is that these powers and institutions would be turned against dissent. And that's exactly what’s happened,' said Jameel Jaffer, an attorney who argued some of the major post-9/11 court cases on national security and civil liberties." via the Washington Post, the Guardian, and The Nation.
• Houthis Seize Red Sea Port, Boosting Iran's War Effort "Iran shows no sign of backing down, and instead has demonstrated a willingness to not only fight back, but escalate wherever it can," says Mona Yacoubian of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "The war is likely to be protracted with no clear victor." via the New York Times, the Associated Press, and Politico.
• Another Day, Another AI Scare: Anthropic Says It Caught and Stopped Bioweapons Research on Claude* "There are no adults in the room," warns Josh Engels, a former AI safety researcher at Google. via the New York Times, NBC News, and the Washington Post.
• Documentary on Israeli Killing of Gaza Civilians Gets 25-Minute Standing Ovation at Venice Film Festival The film's title, "NAZA," "comes from an Israeli military acronym used euphemistically to refer to civilians expected to be killed in a military attack"; it was made by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the duo behind the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land." via the Guardian and the AP.

SOME NUMBER

19,595

That's how many cyclosporiasis cases the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tracked nationwide, according to the Washington Post. The regime is preparing to declare the outbreak of the diarrhea-causing parasite over, even though "efforts to find the source of the contamination are ongoing."

ON THE SHOW TODAY

9/11: Sam and Emma will be in studio. The guest will be Jennifer Welch, co-host of the "I've Had It Podcast" and author of "Not Today Fascists: The Lies That Got Here, and the Truths That Will Reunite Us."

DON'T MISS MR CLIPS‌

'Material Support for Terror': Journalist Reveals How US Synagogues Fund Israeli Settlers

That's occasional MR guest Jasper Nathaniel.

Unhinged Republican Threatens Hasan Piker on Fox News

That's really racist and uncomfortably psychosexual.

PARTING WORDS

"Grow a fucking spine."

-- California Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu, addressing American broadcast networks after ABC canceled Texas Senate candidate James Talarico's appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" for fear of retaliation by the regime-run the Federal Communications Commission. "Air whatever interviews with elected officials you want. You will win in court," Lieu went on. "Bending the knee to an authoritarian Administration only makes things worse."

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