EXPLOSIVE update as Trump attacks CONTENT CREATORS

Brian Tyler Cohen details his inclusion on Trump's 'enemies list' targeting content creators, viewing it as a deliberate tactic to intimidate and silence critics. He argues that capitulation by other entities (law firms, media outlets, tech companies) has only emboldened Trump, making it crucial to resist such pressure to protect broader democratic security.

I am officially on one of Donald Trump's enemies list. You'll now see my name under a list of media offenders. This is, I guess, a new iteration that's focused on content creators... in consultation with my attorneys, I've drafted a response, a legal response, to Trump putting my name on this enemies list... you. Suck my dick. Their decision to try and make their own lives easier actually made the rest of us less safe, less secure because now Trump knows how easy it is to wield the government against his enemies to get what he wants.

CNN's Alex Marquardt refutes Donald Trump's allegations of widespread fraud in California's vote counting. He explains that California's system prioritizes voter access, mailing ballots to all registered voters and requiring a multi-week process for signature verification and ballot curing, which naturally slows down the final tally but ensures legitimacy.

In terms of President Trump's argument that there's been widespread fraud in California, there is no evidence to that point... In California, by design, the lawmakers have made a system that prioritizes giving as many people as possible as many options as possible to vote up until the very last minute. And because of that, counting all of that is slow. The whole process, when everything comes together, takes about 3 weeks.

Ari Melber discusses how Donald Trump's promotion of Todd Blanche, who was involved in suppressing Epstein files, illustrates a pattern of rewarding loyalty over transparency. He notes that the Republican "revolt" on the Epstein issue was a significant turning point, demonstrating that pushback against Trump's actions can occur and lead to broader challenges to his agenda.

Blanche was running the exact program that everyone has criticized... because they weren't transparent, they weren't honest, uh they buried and hid a lot of stuff... someone who actually went that far against the political winds... to just save him, protect him, and do Epstein secrecy, whatever it is they're hiding, that to him, to Trump, is a win. I think it already has made a huge impact because it it broke the dam in the in the votes and was the first big revolt that was a veto-proof revolt.

Melber and Cohen argue that Trump's aggressive and widespread attacks on various media outlets, including lawsuits and efforts to control coverage, are not indicators of strength but rather signs of political weakness and desperation. They suggest these actions are attempts to censor, mute, and control the press because his political position is "sliding and crashing."

The extreme way that they are trying to censor mute and control the press going into these midterms and presumably they're not going to stop going into the the big the big presidential election shows how weak they think they are without that kind of of pressure or cheating. You don't go after content creators if you're strong or popular. You do it when you're flailing, and that's exactly what he's exposing about himself.

Ari Melber emphasizes that any future non-MAGA Justice Department must aggressively address the "corruption, the looting, the revenge prosecutions" that have permeated government agencies. He warns that an unwillingness to uphold the law and hold individuals accountable for criminal behavior, as seen with the current DOJ's perceived inaction, will only embolden future abuses, turning a "failed coup without accountability" into a "training exercise."

I think any honest future Justice Department must deal with the corruption, the looting, the revenge prosecutions um that have basically infected multiple parts of the government. If we don't, you know, there was a writer I quoted when I did a piece about January 6th who said a failed coup without accountability becomes a training exercise.