The Roundup
Donald Trump sells new pairs of ugly sneakers while having public meltdowns, the Republican Party gets "weird," and more!
New Ugly Donald Trump Sneakers Go On Sale
Last week I mentioned that Donald Trump was speaking last Saturday at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville. To commemorate this special occasion, Trump has released new pairs of ugly sneakers known as Bitcoin Sneakers. You can pay for each pair using Bitcoin or your favorite cryptocurrency. Here is what they look like:
You can order them online right here.
Donald Trump Melts Down (Part 1)
Back in May Donald Trump posted on Truth Social saying that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who had been imprisoned in a Russian jail for a few years, will be released after the election but before he assumes office. He assured people that Vladimir Putin would do that for him and no one else and America won't be paying anything for Gershkovich's release.
Apparently Vladimir Putin is rethinking that plan because yesterday it was announced that Gershkovich was one of 24 prisoners who would be part of a prisoner swap between Russia and several Western countries, including the US and Germany. It is considered to be the biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War.
Since many of those imprisoned had been sentenced on dubious charges, one would normally be happy that they are in the process of being released from prison. However, Donald Trump ended up having a major meltdown by posting on Truth Social about the prisoner swap that the trade is bad while questioning how many of these released prisoners are rapists and murderers while implying that cash was exchanged for the hostages.
Trump's horrible reaction to Americans getting freed from Russian prisons says it all about him and it's not very flattering. Normal people who aren't self-centered 100 percent of the time would cheer at such news instead of complaining about how they are being released while Joe Biden is still in office when Putin could've waited just a few months longer until after the election to release them, especially if Trump wins in November.
Maybe Putin's decision has something to do with the possibility that he feels that Trump will get totally defeated in the upcoming election, which will make Trump having outlived his usefulness, so he might as well engage in this prisoner swap as an olive branch to the Democrats. If Donald Trump really has outlived his usefulness to Putin and he loses the election in November, he may have to spend the rest of his life watching his back so he won't “inadvertently” drink a bad cup of tea or “accidentally” fall out of a window.
Donald Trump Melts Down (Part 2)
Before that prisoner swap Donald Trump had a bad night when he appeared before the National Association of Black Journalists to give an interview. He immediately felt threatened by the tough questions that he was given. Here are a few highlights from that appearance.
A Photo From J.D. Vance's Past
Yesterday I mentioned a video that I did that combined two scandals about Donald Trump's running mate J.D. Vance that involved a sofa and a dolphin. Another photo from Vance's past has been released on social media and it shows Vance wearing a vintage Soviet Union t-shirt.
Maybe there is a reason why he's so drawn to Putin and he could care less about what happens to Ukraine. If Putin succeeds in conquering all of the former Soviet states, a new Russian Empire or a new Soviet Union can be reconstructed. Vance's old t-shirt can become hip and trendy once again.
More Protests in Israel
The anti-Netanyahu protests are now happening on a weekly basis in Israel. Here is what downtown Tel Aviv looked like last weekend.
The Weird Trend
Recently the Democrats have taken to call Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans weird on social media and there are reports that Donald Trump isn't taking that insult very well. It's not a surprise since Trump is notoriously thin-skinned. For years Trump have engaged in insults and name calling (such as calling Joe Biden “Sleepy Joe”) so being called “weird” and having it bother him is karma at this point.
There is a thoughtful response to that “weird” trend that was put out by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, the co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign. He basically said that it's weird for the Democrats not to speak to the 140 million poor and low-wage workers, it's weird for Democrats not to even use the word “poor,” it's weird to not talk about the fact that people are dying from poverty in the richest nation on earth, and it's weird to have Zoom calls for Kamala Harris representing every other constituencies (such as White Dudes for Harris) but poor people.
Are Donald Trump's Own Supporters Starting to Turn Against Trump?
According to this video Donald Trump's campaign is starting to turn off his own supporters to the point where some of them are starting to criticize him and his campaign on Truth Social.
That is a good sign. If Trump starts to alienate a significant part of his own supporters, then Donald Trump's career as a politician will come to an abrupt end in November and American democracy will be saved from the brink of fascism.
Project 2025 and Dog Parks
Kevin Roberts is the president of the Heritage Foundation, the group responsible for Project 2025. He has his own book coming out soon where he writes about the ills of the United States. They include the usual things like abortion and other social issues but Roberts adds one surprising item that he feels that it indicates that America has a problem: dog parks. That's right, dog parks. More details are in this video.
The Craziest Tweet of the Week
Laura Loomer claims that she's an investigative journalist but her exposes are so far-fetched and unbelievable that there are times when you have to question her sanity. She recently issued this tweet about the upcoming Democratic National Committee Convention where she has this exclusive scoop claiming that a black trans doctor will be performing an abortion on a white woman live on stage during the convention.
Wow! She combined racism, sexism, transphobia, anti-abortion, and anti-Democrat all in one short tweet. It's people like her who have inspired Democrats to call the MAGA wing of the Republican Party weird because that tweet is really weird.
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