So Much For “Made in America”: Trump’s Gold Phone Exposed As A Chinese Knockoff, His $60M Birthday Flopped, and Ge…
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The stories in here didn’t fall into my lap. They came from reading the court filings other people skipped, checking the claims other people repeated, and chasing the details the big outlets decided weren’t worth their time. I’ve been doing it that way since February 2016, and I’m still proudly doing it today. Smash the ❤️ like button and re-stack this edition right now—because Democrats just outvoted Republicans in Georgia for the first time since 2006, and most Americans have no idea it happened. A re-stack drops it straight into the feeds of people the MAGA propaganda machine counts on never finding out. Here’s what I’ll promise you. Nobody owns this newsletter but its readers. No advertisers, no corporations, no billionaires. When you become a paid subscriber, you’re not just funding the reporting—you’re powering the readers who turn it into pressure, the ones picking up the phone and flooding Congress until they can’t look away. Join us today. TRUMP’S BIRTHDAY: $60M, 16% APPROVED
Trump turned 80 this weekend and threw himself a $60 million UFC cage match on the White House South Lawn. A Reuters/Ipsos poll found only 16% of Americans thought it was appropriate. The fights went on under storm threats and brutal humidity, and with no tickets to sell on the White House lawn, the UFC walked in expecting to eat a $30 million loss. Even Dana White, who built the whole thing and counts Trump as a friend, was done by the end. “I can’t afford it,” he said, adding that he’d never do it at the White House again. The giant cage came down soon after. One night, and his monument to himself was gone. TRUMP’S PHONE: GOLD PAINT, WRONG FLAG
Trump Mobile finally shipped the T1—a $499 gold-colored phone they’d been promising for nearly a year. They called it an “American-made” answer to Apple and Samsung. The repair experts at iFixIt took one apart to see if that was true. Spoiler alert: it wasn’t. Inside was a two-year-old phone built in China—the same one already sitting on store shelves, just painted gold. The marketing claims were fake too. The company bragged about 600,000 orders. The real number, exposed in a data breach, was around 30,000. Then there’s the American flag—the one stamped on the back with 11 stripes instead of 13. Just like Trump, everything about this phone is phony. GEORGIA DEMOCRATS JUST OUTVOTED THE GOP
For the first time since 2006, Democratic turnout beat Republican turnout in a Georgia primary—in a state Trump carried, in the heart of the South. And it wasn’t close. Compared to the last midterm primary, Democratic turnout surged 53% while GOP ballots dropped 13%. That’s not a poll or a prediction. That’s people voting—the only number that matters. Jon Ossoff has to win again to hold his Senate seat. The race could decide which party controls the chamber—and right now, Democrats are the ones turning out. November is coming. JUDGE SANCTIONS FAR-RIGHT LAWYERS
A far-right group went to court to stop Wisconsin from sharing voter data with ERIC. It’s the nationwide system that keeps voter rolls accurate—flagging duplicate registrations and people who’ve moved or died. Their argument: Wisconsin quit that system back in 2016, so sharing data with it was illegal. There was just one problem. Wisconsin didn’t quit ERIC in 2016—it joined then. The entire lawsuit was built on a claim that was flatly false. US District Judge William Conley didn’t just throw the case out. He sanctioned the lawyers who filed it—writing that either they never checked the facts or they just didn’t care. These groups file junk lawsuits like this constantly, betting that no one’s paying attention. This time, they weren’t so lucky. You just read four stories the powerful would rather you forget. They reached you for one reason: The Dworkin Report is paid for by the people who read it. No company, no billionaire. Just you. And we do more than report. 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For all contact Congress links, or to volunteer, you can go here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-up-for-the-watchdog-coalition 🚨 Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have announced the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Center Moratorium Act, legislation that would enact a reasonable pause to the development of AI to ensure the safety of humanity. Learn more & support this bill in Congress here: https://bit.ly/4twnWMU 🚨 SIX OTHER URGENT ACTIONS TODAY Pass Bill to Create 25th Amendment Commission https://tinyurl.com/44afaxvd Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service: https://tinyurl.com/mrx8cvv7 Demand Acting AG Blanche release ALL of the Epstein files: https://tinyurl.com/2uc9vca9 Defend voting rights! https://tinyurl.com/3f3m728j Stop Trump from deporting people with Temporary Protected Status https://tinyurl.com/yc8rfa7j I really needed this one today. A president throws himself a $60 million birthday spectacle and only 16% of Americans think it’s okay. His fancy gold phone is fake. And in Georgia and Wisconsin, people are actually pushing back and winning. It’s not everything, but it’s something real. Grateful for reporting that reminds me we’re not powerless. Some days you just need a reminder that good things are still happening. A judge held far-right lawyers accountable for lying in court. Georgia voters showed up in big numbers. And Trump’s fancy gold phone got exposed as a cheap fake. It’s not perfect out there, but there are still wins worth celebrating. It is true. Thanks for the reminders that good things are happening. I'm loving Obama's remarks for opening his center. I'm Looking forward to the opening show tomorrow. I love Jon Ossoff. Wish I could vote for him. But you can donate to his campaign as I do from California. You folks have had an amazing impact! MAGA GOP fears YOU and they HIDE! GEORGIA has a long, contentious history of voter purges, disenfranchisement, long lines at polling places where BLACK VOTERS vote - remember GEORGIA outlawed providing food or water to those standing in long lies, lack of parking, changing polling locations without public notice.....lots of lawsuits! Maybe you can't vote in GEORGIA, but you can SPEAK OUT ABOUT MAGA MAGGOTS! It's time to write the EULOGY to HATE, DIVISIVENESS and work for MEDICARE FOR ALL as a beginning! SLASH the obscene PENTAGON BUDGET and support Americans! FEED ALL AMERICANS & FUND FOOD! We contributed to Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock when they first ran - GEORGIA deserves the best! The nation deserves the BEST! In Senate Race, Michigan’s El-Sayed Hammers Message on Medicare for All The former public health official has centered the government-run healthcare proposal in his campaign. excerpt: In his first TV ad of the US Senate primary race in Michigan on Tuesday, former Detroit health official Abdul El-Sayed emphasized his top three priorities as he vies to represent working people across the state. “This campaign will take on the powerful with three simple ideas,” he said in the ad. “Money out of politics, money in your pocket, and Medicare for All.” I need to start paying more attention to him. I live in Georgia so he's an automatic "yes," but it's a blind yes, mostly. I've been reading that he's getting attention as a possible Dem front runner, which I'd feel more comfortable about if Dems can finally take the governor's office away from Republicans, too. Everything Trump does is unconstitutional and gaudy and wrong! He is the worst President in the history of the USA. Every thing he touches dies. The Georgia Republicans gave Jon Ossoff a gift when they nominated Mike Collins to run against him for the GA senate seat. Collins is the politician everyone hates! I believe this country is more democratic than Republican, and true conservative Republicans cannot stand what the administration is doing. I’m praying that the democratic turn out continues to dwarf the republican. I think the American people should not have to pay one cent for that horrible display of violence on the front lawn of our home. It’s not his. He needs to pay for his own freaking birthday party. There are many Republicans that are sickened by this president and his administration. Democrats need to remember they also want their votes. Many of us are moderates and hate the grifter in office. We want him gone! Having a cage fight on the WHITE HOUSE LAWN was a terrible happening and not an accurate or respectful representation of the American people. Sure, cage fights exist and there are fans, but our beautiful country is not represented in a spectacle like that. Put Jim Jordache in the cage with others to cut cost, and let them play Gladiator Roulette. Trump’s birthday event was a shame, a shame and an embarrassment. Our nation has been repeatedly degraded by this delusional, idiotic criminal. Agree. Trump couldn't find class with a flashlight and a compass. Just trash. Birthday bash? Trash on the White House lawn to entertain trash. There could be several reasons for the turnout in Georgia. The seizing of the 2020 ballots, MTG coming out against Trump and his cult, not to mention the damage that has been done at warp speed by this regime to our country. The birthday bash was obscene. Clips I have seen show a trashy misuse of the WH grounds, all to appeal to the vanity of the Toddler-in-Chief. Like everything he touches, it was a heaping pile of you-know-what. Q1: Democrats know what's at stake: stopping he destruction of our democracy. They know a win in November is critical and will turn out and vote to ensure it. Q2: Another humiliating embarrassment. The world laughs at us again. Fake Chinese phone???? Yeah and just spray paint it gold! Donald dick's MO - just spray paint it gold! Anyone doing business with the Trump family gets what they deserve. I think that people are fed up with the sycophantic rethuglican party. I believe that they may have finally come around to the idea that truth and fairness matters not just in daily life but is an absolute requirement for every branch of the government. I look forward to a full democratic trifecta. I want corrupt judges de-benched, especially certain SCOTUS judges. I want every executive order Frumpy ever signed to be rescinded and sent thru a shredder. I want to see that USAID is restored, SNAP becomes fully funded, Medicaid, Medicare fully restored, and insurance companies brought to heel. My instinct is that if they charge exorbitant premiums and refuse coverage, that company and especially the overpaid CEO faces a massive class action lawsuit. The billionaires and a particular trillionaire and all big corporations must pay their fair share in taxes. Refusal to do so will result in jail or exile outside the USA. Yes, I am draconian in my thinking as regards those self indulgent, power hungry, “give me more” entrepreneurs, CEOs, politicians, lawyers, etc. I have a massive want list. I want data centers and detention centers outlawed. Not just closed down. The detainees released with the executive turkey’s assets seized to pay their legal representation and “ start over “ money to restore what they have lost. The government is to work for and not against the people. If the people elect a rep or a senator, that person must do the will of the people. Failure or refusal to act on the people’s behalf will result in immediate recall. I am merely one person expressing an opinion. I do not believe I am the only one. You aren't. I like all your statements, wants and ideas. I, like you, hope the cowardly, corrupt Republicans have "cooked their own goose"; have finally gone too far, taken too much, proven their greed and alliance to a failure. Some old guard Dems are included in the criticism. We need new, committed, progressive, brave, caring people in government. We need to reverse Trump's destruction. |
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