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As Donald #Trump returned to Michigan to speak about crime, he deliberately #ignored #the #truth:
Crime is down. 
Standing under a banner that read “Make America Safe Again” on Tuesday,
Trump spoke about law and order and a so-called “Kamala crime wave”
occurring at levels “nobody has ever seen before.”
But when journalists tried to ask him about that claim, #he #got #scared.

According to The Detroit News, the Trump team had originally agreed to sit down for an interview with their newspaper Tuesday.
However, ❇️after reporters pushed the former president about spreading lies about Michigan’s crime data, “a campaign aide said 🆘the presidential candidate no longer had time for an interview after the speech.”

Data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation doesn’t show any crime wave phenomenon.
In the two years since the former president left office, violent crime has continued to 👍drop and return to pre-pandemic levels.
Michigan specific data also fails to show any spike in violent crime under a Democratic administration.
Homicides in Detroit are down to their lowest total since 1966, according to police data reviewed by The Detroit News.
⭐️But Trump doesn’t want to talk about that. So much so that he’s dodging interviews with local journalists about crime.
“Facts don’t matter when it comes to him,” Democratic state Representative Tyrone Carter, a former sheriff, told TheDetroit News. “It’s about telling a story that benefits you"

newrepublic.com/post/185107/tr

The New Republic · Trump Abandons Interview After Question on His Favorite Talking PointDonald Trump chickened out of an interview in a key swing state after being asked about his rants on crime.

Broadcast news and major papers failed to cover report of possible Egyptian bribery involving Trump
NBC, ABC, CBS, as well as the LA Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal, all ignored the reporting

Broadcast news and several top newspapers #ignored reporting on an investigation by the Department of Justice into Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign for allegedly ♦️receiving $10 million from Egypt in the days before the 2016 election, ♦️a move which would have violated a federal law that bans U.S. candidates from taking foreign funds.

Since the initial report on August 2, there have only been 4 unique articles about the probe in 5 of the top national papers, and broadcast news networks have completely failed to cover it.

#msm @abcfeeds @cbsnews @nbcnews @msnbc @PBS @nytimes @samueloakford @washingtonpost
mediamatters.org/donald-trump/

Media Matters for AmericaBroadcast news and major papers failed to cover report of possible Egyptian bribery involving trumpBroadcast news and several top newspapers ignored reporting on an investigation by the Department of Justice into former President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign for allegedly receiving $10 million from Egypt in the days before the 2016 election, a move which would have violated a federal law that bans U.S. candidates from taking foreign funds. Since the initial report on August 2, there have only been 4 unique articles about the probe in 5 of the top national papers, and broadcast news networks have completely failed to cover it.

Sadly this all feels like the drawn out #Karma of #FeelTheBern

We had a chance for better and it was #squandered #ignored #misrepresented #gaslighted

We could have been just finishing up the 2nd term of #PresidentSanders living in a more compassionate society.

What are we worthy of?

Some only want to bring the end of times upon us. Somehow they believe they will survive that.

If god and or Jesus is going to bring someone to us to do 'gods work' it's going to be about love and compassion and assisting the healing of the societies of the world and bringing it together - not vengenace and destroying it.

Why don't people get that?

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One might think that #European 🇪🇺 launch officials would have learned their lesson. But not everyone got 🦻 the message. The #Ariane6 will cost 💰 significantly more 📈 than the #Falcon9 rocket, which has similar capabilities. It likely will not realistically compete with a fully reusable Falcon 9. To say #Starship will not be a game-changer represents the same head-in-the-sand attitude displayed a decade ago. These officials #ignored 🙈🙉🙊 the rise of #reusability arstechnica.com/space/2024/06/

Ars Technica · Some European launch officials still have their heads stuck in the sand"Starship will not eradicate Ariane 6 at all."
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— I added #Unconstitutional, because the #SupremeCourt #ruling totally #ignored the #effects of the #14thAmendment on the #1stAmendment when the #requirement to consider #equalprotection of the law was added to to the #constitution and the first 13 amendments by the ratification of the 14th amendment.

The Constitution does not tolerate citizens of the United States being made into second class citizens, as the supreme court ruling very clearly does to LGBTQIA people.