🧵🧵🧵 Here are major media’s favorite euphemisms to avoid describing Trump as “fascist” or “authoritarian”:
/ “Boundary-testing agenda” (WaPo)
/ “An aggressive flexing of power” (NYT)
/ “Testing the limits of presidential power” (ABC)
/ “Trump tries a softer tone — and a harder one, too” (WaPo)
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/ “Boundary-testing agenda” (WaPo)
/ “An aggressive flexing of power” (NYT)
/ “Testing the limits of presidential power” (ABC)
/ “Trump tries a softer tone — and a harder one, too” (WaPo)
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/ “Defying the norms” (PBS)
/ “Trump cuts chaotic path in first weeks, bucking laws and norms” (L.A. Times)
/ “Trump pushes the boundaries of norms” (NPR)
/ “Trump's aggressive use of executive power” (NBC)
/ “Operating without internal guardrails” (WaPo)
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/ “Swiftly breaching the traditional boundaries of presidential power” (AP)
/ “Pushing the limits of what lawmakers will accept” (Politico)
/ “Trump finds new ways to flex presidential power” (AP)
/ “How Trump plans to push the boundaries of the Constitution” (CNN)
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/ “A willingness to use American power in a way that most of his modern predecessors have not.” (NYT)
/ “Trump’s ever-shifting relationship with the Constitution” (WaPo)
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/ “Impervious to traditional rules, norms and even laws” (Axios)
/ “He expects in this second term to dictate his preferences in spheres of national life that go far beyond the normal boundaries observed by presidents” (NYT)
Kristen Holmes
sane-washing donny for all of 2024👇🏼
w/clips from
@acyn.bsky.social &
@atrupar.com
https://bsky.app/profile/themistocleswall.bsky.social/post/3lg7y4ogmec2t
a) number and content of lies
b) number of times he defies constitution
c) corruption tracker
d) obvious questions that are never asked or answered, i.e., who is paying for these Palestinian subdivisions?
That’s what the defense witness says about the serial killer ….