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Re: News and Current Events - 2023 +
« Reply #765 on: August 02, 2024, 11:21:43 AM »

The talk about who thought it was a good idea for Trump to be interviewed by black journalists...Trump did. Trump does what he wants to do. He thinks he knows better than anyone else. Doesn't matter what his advisors think. He wanted to pick Vance for V.P., he wanted to do this interview. You can't tell Trump he's wrong. After all, he did win the last election, right?

As for the upcoming one, at least Trump isn't President during the election. Biden is there and I'm sure he's having, or going to have, all parts of his administration with authority over things focused on it and able to do _______ if trouble arises. let's hope _______ doesn't.
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Which reminds me of the Gene Rayburn cocktail.
Too many drinks and your mind goes ________.




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Re: News and Current Events - 2023 +
« Reply #766 on: August 02, 2024, 11:51:16 AM »
Well, of course. Delusional Don Everyone Loves Me, or I'll just threaten them.
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Re: News and Current Events - 2023 +
« Reply #767 on: August 02, 2024, 07:15:36 PM »
Trump’s Angry New Attack on “Dumb” Kamala Gets Wrecked by Leaked Data

Greg Sargent - August 2, 2024


At a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Donald Trump rolled out a new attack on Vice President Kamala Harris that showcased his well-known fondness for high-toned discourse: Her handling of immigration reveals her as not just weak, but also dumb.

The former president luridly claimed that Venezuelan gang members were “plotting to conduct ambush attacks” on American cops, then added: “All the while Harris and Biden sit in the White House and try to figure out who is dumber.” He proceeded to blame “Border Czar Harris” for a series of crimes by migrants, even though President Biden tasked her with addressing the root causes of Central American migration, while the Department of Homeland Security secures the border.

Unfortunately for Trump, unpublished DHS data shows that border encounters between ports of entry plummeted again to approximately 57,000 in July, according to an official familiar with the numbers. The data, which is preliminary until its official release in the coming days, was also leaked to CBS News and The New York Times. This is the fifth straight month of declining border crossings and the lowest monthly figure of the Biden administration. According to the Times, nine separate months during the Trump administration saw more border crossings than July under Biden did.

https://newrepublic.com/article/184507/trump-attacks-kamala-wrecked-leaked-immigration-data

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Re: News and Current Events - 2023 +
« Reply #768 on: August 03, 2024, 08:21:29 AM »
The cult accepts whatever the First Felon said last as gospel. Can only hope their numbers are decreasing.

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« Reply #769 on: August 03, 2024, 09:07:40 AM »
New Poll From Conservative Group Spells Disaster for Trump

Paige Oamek - August 1, 2024


New polling data out Thursday shows Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump neck and neck in several key swing states.

Surveys conducted by conservative market researcher Public Opinion Strategies for the Competitiveness Coalition showed Harris leading Trump in Pennsylvania (48 percent to 45 percent) and Wisconsin (48–46). The two are also tied 45–45 in the battleground state of Michigan.

Meanwhile, Trump squeezed ahead of Harris in Nevada and Arizona by one percentage point and three percentage points, respectively. The survey was conducted between July 23 and 29. Pollsters spoke to 400 people in each battleground state, resulting in a margin of error of plus or minus 2.19 percent.

https://newrepublic.com/post/184489/new-poll-conservative-group-disaster-trump-kamala

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Re: News and Current Events - 2023 +
« Reply #770 on: August 03, 2024, 10:07:55 AM »

Hopefully the trajectory soon will be the Dem candidate is way ahead of the Dumb one.

After all this insanity that it's still practically tied is just... :o.
 

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« Reply #771 on: August 03, 2024, 10:14:41 AM »
Hope. A sizeable number of voters don't pay attention to elections until after Labor Day.

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Re: News and Current Events - 2023 +
« Reply #772 on: August 03, 2024, 11:08:26 AM »

The Advocate weighs in:

Why It's Time for a Vice President Who Happens to Be Gay
(and maybe because of it)



by Michael Dru Kelly
https://www.advocate.com/voices/pete-buttigieg-vp#toggle-gdpr

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Re: News and Current Events - 2023 +
« Reply #773 on: August 03, 2024, 11:11:43 AM »
I was looking at the last 10 elections and the V.P.s on the ticket.
Winning candidate on the left.
* = did not win home state

2020 Harris CA - Pence IN
2016 Pence IN - Kaine VA
2012 Biden DE - Ryan WI*
2008 Biden DE - Palin AK
2004 Cheney WY - Edwards NC*
2000 Cheney WY - Lieberman CT
1996 Gore TN - Kemp NY*
1992 Gore TN - Quayle IN
1988 Quayle IN - Bentsen TX*
1984 Bush TX - Mondale MN

Observations:

--The fact a state could be in play does not seem to affect the choice. Most of those choices were not
from states in play. Far from it.

--One thing I noticed is that Governors often run for President, but rarely are chosen for the V.P. slot.
The exception above is Mike Pence. In Harris's list of 6 people being vetted, 4 are Governors (Beshear,
Shapiro, Walz, Pritzker) 1 is a Senator (Kelly) and 1 a member of the Cabinet in the current administration
(Buttigieg).

--In the closest election above, 2000, Gore didn't even carry his own state as he did as VP the previous two times.

--Biden chose Harris in 2020, and everyone suspected it would be close, but CA was not in question.

--2016 was the second closest election on this list and VA did go Dem., but it had been going Dem for several previous elections.

--None of this probably matters.  :-\
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Re: News and Current Events - 2023 +
« Reply #774 on: August 03, 2024, 03:05:51 PM »
Now that the First Felon is refusing to debate Harris as previously agreed on 10 September, I guess the main menu item for the next 90+ days will be Chicken à l'Orange.

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Re: News and Current Events - 2023 +
« Reply #775 on: August 03, 2024, 03:48:25 PM »
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« Reply #777 on: August 03, 2024, 04:22:11 PM »
 ;D

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« Reply #778 on: August 03, 2024, 06:25:04 PM »


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Re: News and Current Events - 2023 +
« Reply #779 on: August 04, 2024, 06:59:34 AM »