The Weird Reactionary Background of the Dangerous J. D. Vance

1). “How the Media Created J.D. Vance. Plus, the Anointing of Donald Trump”, Jul 19, 2024, Host Brooke Gladstone, On the Media, NPR/WNYC, the following is the URL for On the Media, it has a listen on-line option and at the bottom of the page are live links to 6 articles used in preparing the show at < https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/articles/how-the-media-created-jd-vance-plus-the-anointing-of-donald-trump >, or you can click on “download” and go directly to the podcast at < https://waaa.wnyc.org/e68b6750-ddde-4b56-8121-be01a1922ff5/episodes/ccf948ac-f958-47ec-a8c2-83bd6cfd753a/audio/128/default.mp3/default.mp3_ywr3ahjkcgo_9ec99df1c7cb174979f5d6f10f133783_50797139.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=e68b6750-ddde-4b56-8121-be01a1922ff5&awEpisodeId=ccf948ac-f958-47ec-a8c2-83bd6cfd753a&feed=o4jAFXaw&awCollectionId=398&awEpisodeId=1466692&hash_redirect=1&x-total-bytes=50797139&x-ais-classified=unclassified&listeningSessionID=0CD_382_201__433165c690c4ea5409d1fd5772ff2e5f1dc1951e >.

2). “The Seven Thinkers and Groups That Have Shaped JD Vance’s Unusual Worldview: Post-liberals, 'crunchy cons' and monarchists”, Jul 18, 2024, Ian Ward, Politico, at < https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/07/18/jd-vance-world-view-sources-00168984 >.

3). “J.D. Vance’s radical plan to build a government of Trump loyalists: 'Fire every single midlevel bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state, replace them with our people' ”, Jul 17, 2024, Andrew Prokop, Vox, at < https://www.vox.com/politics/361455/jd-vance-trump-vice-president-rnc-speech >.

4). “Curtis Yarvin wants American democracy toppled. He has some prominent Republican fans: The New Right blogger has been cited by Blake Masters and J.D. Vance. What exactly is he advocating?”, Oct 24, 2022, Andrew Prokop, Vox, at < https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23373795/curtis-yarvin-neoreaction-redpill-moldbug >.

5). “Trump’s VP Reveal Today on TAP: If Trump is shrewd, he will name J.D. Vance”, originally posted in 2022, updated July 15, 2024, Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect, at < https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2024-07-15-trumps-vp-reveal-jd-vance/ >.

6). “ 'He’s a Fake': Robert Kuttner on How J.D. Vance Disguises His Anti-Worker Views as Economic Populism”, Jul 16, 2024, Amy Goodman interviews Robert Kuttner, Democracy Now!, duration of video 24:39, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IGuVQM6SNo >

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https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/jd-vance-never-was-and-never-will-be-the-voice-of-appalachia

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https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-appalachian-pretender-opinion-1927254

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Damn flat-lander suburbanite. Any idjit can google a map of Ohio and locate JD Vance's hometown, Middleton. Any idjit that cares about facts and doesn't just want to sneer at a stereotype.

I hope JD Vance as VP could cost Trump some of the rural vote.