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Thursday, September 5, 2024
BY MATT BERG & CROOKED MEDIA

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[- JD Vance on lowering]([link removed]) Americans' daycare costs.

Doug Emhoff is gearing up to make history as America’s original first gentleman, if Kamala Harris wins in November. He’s got a vision — free from toxic masculinity — to make the most of it. 
 

- Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff hailed his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, as a “badass warrior” during his first in-depth interview since the Democratic National Convention with [Pod Save America]([link removed]). He also sketched out his views on stepping into the role of presidential spouse, as a man, for the very first time in U.S. history — a job that sets him up to become a national role model for America’s feminist dudes.  
 

- “Let's talk about gender issues. I've talked a lot about gender equity, pay equity, family leave, childcare,” Emhoff said. “I spent two years talking to men about why the [Dobbs]([link removed]) issue and reproductive freedom, and this crisis that Dobbs has caused is an issue for all of us, not just for women. And then being the first Jew … lean into that. That's how I approached it, and that's how I'll continue to approach it.”
 

- Emhoff said he stepped away from his successful legal career to become a political spouse “without bitterness.” The president’s spouse takes on an unpaid position as an advocate for the administration’s policies while also leading personal initiatives — think former First Lady Michelle Obama’s [public health campaign]([link removed]) to end childhood obesity, or First Lady Jill Biden’s [efforts to boost federal research]([link removed]) into women’s health. We don’t know yet what Emhoff would make of the role, but one duty is non-negotiable: “Where can I be most useful to her as her husband, support her, love her as always?” Emhoff said.

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Emhoff and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), Harris’s affable running mate, have the opportunity to take a stand against [toxic masculinity]([link removed]) and [incel culture]([link removed]) in America — and the dubiously macho vibes radiated by disgraced former President Donald Trump and GOP veep nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-OH).
 

- The contrast with the vision of American manhood projected by the Trump-Vance ticket couldn’t be more stark. Aside from the numerous [horrible things]([link removed]) Trump has said about women, [the former president has been found liable for sexual abuse,]([link removed]) and convicted of crimes related to covering up hush money payments to a porn star prior to the 2016 election. Vance talks obsessively about [childless women]([link removed]), and thinks that American men [have their masculinity]([link removed]) “suppressed.” MAGA misogynists have [relentlessly attacked]([link removed]) Ella Emhoff, Doug’s daughter, for looking extremely cool at the DNC. And the Trump campaign is working to court disaffected young male voters, [hopping on podcasts]([link removed]) with conservative influencers who directly influence millions of Gen Zers. 
 

- Anthony Polcari, a DC-based influencer promoting “vibrant masculinity” counter to toxic masculinity (who is [better known as Tony P]([link removed])) said he thinks Emhoff and Walz have the winning proposition in this national debate over the soul of the American guy. “Their ability to engage with people with warmth and kindness, while consistently demonstrating strength and toughness in defending and advocating for those who are hurt and may not have a voice, is inspiring,” Polcari told What A Day — adding that he plans to vote for Harris-Walz.

And that’s not to even mention Donald Trump’s [unnerving views about reproductive rights]([link removed]), and how he wants to take them away from you. Sounds like fragile masculinity to me.

We might be about to learn new information about Donald Trump’s allegedly criminal role in trying to subvert the 2020 election, likely before the end of this month. 

Trump’s cronies were back in court on Thursday, [once again denying]([link removed]) that the former president broke the law. His lawyers entered a not guilty plea to criminal charges brought in a revised federal indictment by Special Counsel Jack Smith in Washington D.C., before sparring with prosecutors over how the Supreme Court’s [presidential immunity ruling]([link removed]) should affect the case. 

Trump’s lawyers have repeatedly sought delays in all his legal cases while attempting to push all of his trials and legal deadlines past the election. The no-nonsense Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing Trump’s D.C. case, has previously dismissed Trump’s political campaign as his “day job.” On Thursday, she said politics should not factor into the timing of these proceedings. She also acknowledged the trial is likely still “months” away — and presumably well after the November election. But later in the day, [she released a schedule]([link removed]) ordering prosecutors to file a brief on presidential immunity by September 26. That filing could include fresh details about Trump's alleged crimes, including previously unseen evidence like grand jury transcripts. Does this mean we’re getting a deep-dive on Trump’s alleged wrongdoing from prosecutors right before the election? The answer seems to be: maybe! 

Let’s take a moment here to remind ourselves how absolutely insane it is that a former president ([and convicted felon]([link removed])) is on trial for allegedly trying to overthrow an election — two months before the country decides whether he should be given another shot. I hate everything!!!

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Hunter Biden [dealt with his own legal troubles]([link removed]) on Thursday, pleading guilty in federal court to nine tax offenses sans a deal with prosecutors. The president’s son had previously tried to resolve the tax evasion case with a so-called “Alford plea,” which would’ve allowed him to maintain his innocence while accepting punishment.
 
The alleged 14-year-old shooter who killed four people in a Georgia high school on Wednesday will make a virtual court appearance on Friday, [according to a spokesperson for the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice]([link removed]). He’s being held at a youth detention center, despite plans to be charged as an adult.
 
Noted roadkill enthusiast Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is [suing the Wisconsin Elections Board]([link removed]) to remove his name from the battleground state’s ballot, in an effort to boost Trump’s chances there. “The only way he gets to not be on the ballot is to up and die, which I'm assuming he has no plans on doing,” WEC chair Ann Jacobs, who’s a Democrat, [said last week]([link removed]). “The statute is absolutely clear on this.”
 
Donald Trump is turning Elon Musk’s crackpot ideas into official policy positions, [outlining a “government efficiency commission]([link removed])” proposed by the conspiracy-peddling billionaire as well as a series of economic proposals. Those proposals? You’ll be shocked to hear that they include massive corporate tax cuts and deregulation, among other things that benefit the ultra-rich. 
 
North Korean spies are secretly [scoring low-level jobs at IT companies]([link removed]) in the United States, netting hundreds of millions of dollars for the authoritarian regime each year, according to the Justice Department. So is THIS why it’s been impossible to find jobs on LinkedIn?
 

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American fraudster Billy MacFarland, the genius behind the disastrous Fyre Festival in 2017, is [confident that his second swing at hosting the luxury music festival will work]([link removed]). Smell that? It's the popcorn we're making ahead of the Fyre Festival documentary sequel!
 
Truth Social, the former president’s social media cesspool, has [lost so much money]([link removed]) since going public in March that Trump’s stake, previously valued at $6 billion, is now worth about $2 billion. Turn it up, I love this song! 

Will Ferrell and his close pal Harper Steele, former SNL head writer, are [starring in a new documentary]([link removed]) about their cross-country road trip together after Steele came out as a trans woman. We’re not crying, you are!!!

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