Trump Administration Fails to Substantiate Its Claims of Noncitizen Voting (Again)

Originally published at: Trump Administration Fails to Substantiate Its Claims of Noncitizen Voting (Again) - TPM – Talking Points Memo

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That photo of Barron Trump….he’s on suicide watch, right?

He doesn’t look well even for a tRump.

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Melania doesn’t look much better.

Although the 21-year-olds AI experiment on polling says the health of journalism and politics in the country is in a much worse state than we could ever have imagined.

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"…the Department of Homeland Security [claimed]to have uncovered “tens of thousands of non-citizens who are illegally on the states’ voter rolls.”
So are they admitting that is how Trump won the 2024 election?

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Glad that this morning’s post led with the possibility that realty can successfully confront propaganda because, otherwise, the rest of the post could lead to despair for the fate of our nation or even humanity.

Okay, not quite that bad but, really; that girl is very ill.

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Barron may be 6’7”, but his mouth is too small to eat grapes. I mean WTF?

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With the publication of those letters, the Natalie Harp story is completely missing from FauxNews digital. Several women’s basketball and other sports stories. Feature is on the Strait blah blah blah.

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“And please, when I fail, will you tell me? You have the absolute right to cuss me out, if need be, when I deserve it, because no one knows or cares about me more.”

“With all my heart, Natalie”

Snark is one thing. But reading those, this woman needs some serious help and a healthy dose of self esteem.

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Might note that the renaming of the Doris Miller aircraft carrier isn’t there as of this morning.

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She needs deprogramming from the X-tian education that indoctrinated her to be a bimb.

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Both Melania and Barron look so sour, and they did that without touching any lemons, well maybe with one lemon exception.

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I’m not so sure. We could all be tragically underestimating Natalie’s prowess and ability to manipulate Trump. Trump thinks he’s the boss of her when it’s quite the opposite. Who knows?

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https://archive.ph/2026.08.21-004957/https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-i-decided-to-release-natalie-harps-unsettling-letters-michael-wolff/

The best-selling author told Coles that staffers on Trump’s 2024 campaign had passed the letters to him because they were alarmed by Harp’s growing role at Trump’s side.

The letters were also passed along to the Secret Service, which warned that Harp posed a danger to both herself and Trump, according to Wolff…. would make him vulnerable to blackmail,”

“I think it makes him vulnerable to bad advice more directly, and it makes it difficult for other people to do their job,”

…on Wednesday, MS NOW reported that she went more than a year without seeking the routine security clearance West Wing staffers typically obtain… The Secret Service, the White House counsel’s office, and security officials grew alarmed over Harp’s refusal to obtain the clearance

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I’m gonna have to recalibrate my gullibility index now.

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Prowess and ability to Manipulate TMF? A precocious five year old could do that.

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worth $150 million

He went to college, graduated, got a delivery job for Amazon, and now’s worth millions of dollars.

You can do it too. You just need perseverance.

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21-Year-Old Uses AI to ‘Test’ a ‘Theory.’ Chaos Ensues.

In my company we have discovered that AI is best employed by experts with an understanding of the subject matter. It doesn’t substitute for expertise or common sense.

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Nor ethics.

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One shudders to think of the fortune he’ll be spending on therapy.

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