Donald Trump’s repeated rants over the past 24 hours because he didn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize—again!—underscore his dangerous delusions. It’s clear that he was counting down, waiting, and perhaps even certain that his actions—including getting the U.S. into a forever war—combined with his repeated outbursts against the Nobel committee and threats against Norway would somehow net him a Peace Prize. When he didn’t get it, he attacked Norway (the government doesn’t give out the prize; an independent committee does) and viciously defamed the recipient of the prize, Navi Pillay, the South African jurist and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights…
For months it’s been clear that people who were soft Trump voters had abandoned him. But now we’re seeing more indications, both in polls and in interviews, that some hardcore MAGA voters are done. Some are talking about voting for Democrats, while others have completely tuned out the election and don’t plan to vote at all. Most startling is how they see him as suddenly incoherent and unfocused, when he’s always been that way. It gives some clues about MAGA’s denialism as Trump stoked hate and racism…
The outrage over Pete Hegseth’s announcement that the execution of convicted Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, who is Muslim, will be livestreamed has included even some Republicans. This bloodlust for violence by Hegseth is shared by many in the Christian nationalist MAGA base, wanting to watch a Muslim man—whom Hegseth called “the enemy”—shot dead. But it doesn’t seem like the White House had planned the announcement for the December firing squad execution, with JD Vance saying he won’t watch it and expressing skepticism that the livestream will even happen…