Politics, Everyday, All day... morning, noon and night....II

[Simon of the Playa]

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/matt-gaet ... court-docs

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if frank luntz is so smart why is he still a republican?

Fair criticism. I had written the post with a video which, after the post, on completing seeing the video, was not useful, so I left what I left, and removed the video interview, because we can't delete subjects, as far as I know.

We agree, and likely have similar political ideas. I think Luntz should burn in hell for his actions over the years.

He has had two strokes, age 62, and retired as a professor at West Point. He has seen the light on climate. He hates Trump and Carlson. He is wealthy and commands a very high hourly rate. The interesting thing is his involvement at West Point. I hope he does not see America's solution as military dictatorship not under civilian control, on the other hand what civilian control? So there is something for your research...

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On Sunday, a bipartisan group of 741 national security leaders—some of the biggest names in the field—endorsed Harris. “To the American People,” they wrote. “We are former public servants who swore an oath to the Constitution. Many of us risked our lives for it. We are retired generals, admirals, senior noncommissioned officers, ambassadors, and senior civilian national security leaders. We are Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. We are loyal to the ideals of our nation—like freedom, democracy, and the rule of law—not to any one individual or party.

“We do not agree on everything, but we all adhere to two fundamental principles. First, we believe America’s national security requires a serious and capable Commander-in-Chief. Second, we believe American democracy is invaluable. Each generation has a responsibility to defend it. That is why we, the undersigned, proudly endorse Kamala Harris to be the next President of the United States.

“This election is a choice between serious leadership and vengeful impulsiveness. It is a choice between democracy and authoritarianism. Vice President Harris defends America’s democratic ideals, while former President Donald Trump endangers them.

“We do not make such an assessment lightly. We are trained to make sober, rational decisions. That is how we know Vice President Harris would make an excellent Commander-in-Chief, while Mr. Trump has proven he is not up to the job.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/heatherco ... er-23-2024

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they're killing their dogs...


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... killed-dog

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Should Democrats embrace safety third by vice signalling?

Harris "has been doing is a ruthlessly effective example of vice signaling from the left: deviating in memorable ways from the “virtue signaling” that has come to define Democrats in the eyes of many Americans."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/28/opin ... =url-share

Hahaha, virtue signalling is BRC goes well with vice signalling!

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“That son of a bitch, Bibi Netanyahu, he’s a bad guy. He’s a bad fucking guy!” Biden declared privately about the Israeli prime minister to one of his associates in the spring of 2024 as Israel’s war in Gaza intensified, Woodward writes.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/08/politics ... index.html

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"don't want no short dick man"

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Vote!

https://x.com/lessig/status/1847394308196008375

Lawrence Lessig is a law professor deep into the details of democracy. He has written several books. The discussion is cheeky.

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Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden began in the early afternoon. The hateful performances of the early participants set the tone for the rally. Early on, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who goes by Kill Tony, delivered a steamingly racist set. He said, for example: “There’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico.” He went on: “And these Latinos, they love making babies too. Just know that. They do. They do. There’s no pulling out. They don’t do that. They come inside. Just like they did to our country.” Hinchcliffe also talked about Black people carving watermelons instead of pumpkins.

The speakers who followed Hinchcliffe called Vice President Kamala Harris “the Antichrist” and “the devil.” They called former secretary of state Hillary Clinton “a sick son of a b*tch,” and they railed against “f*cking illegals.” They insulted Latinos generally, Black Americans, Palestinians and Jews. Trump advisor Stephen Miller’s claim that “America is for Americans and Americans only” directly echoed the statement of Adolf Hitler that "Germany is for Germans and Germans only.”

Trump took the stage about two hours late, prompting people to stream toward the exits before he finished speaking. He hit his usual highlights, notably undermining Vance’s argument from earlier in the day by saying that, indeed, he believes fellow Americans are “the enemy within.”

But Trump perhaps gave away the game with his inflammatory language and with an aside, seemingly aimed at House speaker Johnson. “I think with our little secret we are gonna do really well with the House, right? Our little secret is having a big impact, he and I have a secret, we will tell you what it is when the race is over,” Trump said.

It seems possible—probable, even—that Trump was alluding to putting in play the plan his people tried in 2020. That plan was to create enough chaos over the certification of electoral votes in the states to throw the election into the House of Representatives. There, each state delegation gets a single vote, so if the Republicans have control of more states than the Democrats, Trump could pull out a victory even if he had dramatically lost the popular vote.

Since he has made virtually no effort to win votes in 2024, this seems his likely plan.

But to do that, he needs at least a plausibly close election, or at least to convince his supporters that the election has been stolen from him. Tonight’s rally badly hurt that plan.

As Hinchcliffe was talking about Puerto Rico as a floating island of garbage, Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris was at a Puerto Rican restaurant in Philadelphia talking about her plan to spread her opportunity economy to Puerto Rico. She has called for strengthening Puerto Rico’s energy grid and making it easier to get permits to build there.

After the “floating island of garbage” comment, Puerto Rican superstar musician Bad Bunny, who has more than 45 million followers on Instagram, posted Harris’s plan for Puerto Rico, and his spokesperson said he is endorsing Harris.

Puerto Rican singer and actor Ricky Martin shared a clip from Hinchcliffe’s set with his 16 million followers. His caption read: “This is what they think of us.” Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, who has 250 million Instagram followers, posted Harris’s plan. Later, singer-songwriter and actress Ariana Grande posted that she had voted for Harris. Grande has 376 million followers on Instagram. Singer Luis Fonsi, who has 16 million followers, also called out the “constant hate.”

The headlines were brutal. “MAGA speakers unleash ugly rhetoric at Trump's MSG rally,” read Axios. Politico wrote: “Trump’s New York homecoming sparks backlash over racist and vulgar remarks.” “Racist Remarks and Insults Mark Trump’s Madison Square Garden Rally,” the New York Times announced. “Speakers at Trump rally make racist comments, hurl insults,” read CNN.

But the biggest sign of the damage the rally did was the frantic backpedaling from Republicans in tight elections, who distanced themselves as fast as they could from the insults against Puerto Ricans, especially. The Trump campaign itself tried to distance itself from the “floating island of garbage” quotation, only to be met with comments pointing out that Hinchcliffe’s set had been vetted and uploaded to the teleprompters.

As the clips spread like wildfire, political writer Charlotte Clymer pointed out that almost 6 million Puerto Ricans live in the states—about a million in Florida, half a million in Pennsylvania, 100,000 in Georgia, 100,000 in Michigan, 100,000 in North Carolina, 45,000 in Arizona, and 40,000 in Nevada—and that over half of them voted in 2020.

In 1939, as about 18,000 American Nazis rallied inside Madison Square Garden, newspapers reported that a crowd of about 100,000 anti-Nazis gathered outside to protest. It took 1,700 police officers, the largest number of officers ever before detailed for a single event, to hold them back from storming the venue.


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe


https://x.com/america/status/1850840486728094141

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brain worm no vax baby bear killer will be in charge of your health...


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November 6, 2024

The day democracy died. Way to go America!

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[Sham]

This morning on the news shows, there were farmers now worried that without undocumented migrants, it would be impossible to harvest the crops. It was figured that only half could make it to market--leading to mass shortages and exorbitant prices. No matter the pay, Americans just won't do those hard jobs. Most young 'uns won't leave mom's basement.

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This morning on the news shows, there were farmers now worried that without undocumented migrants, it would be impossible to harvest the crops. It was figured that only half could make it to market--leading to mass shortages and exorbitant prices. No matter the pay, Americans just won't do those hard jobs. Most young 'uns won't leave mom's basement.

Meat processing likely has undocumented workers. Construction, restaurants, landscaping, child care and other sectors rely on undocumented labor. Trump's own hotels use visa programs to displace citizen labor. Who can forget Devin Nunes https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/2 ... t-00093844? Meg Whitman and many other wealthy individuals have been taken off the playing field by nannygate.

American farmers grow food for export. Because food importing countries have many choices, they may impose retaliatory tariffs on American farmers. Same with American energy exports.

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Let's tariff the China even MORE. That will teach them a lesson. Wait a minute---is the American public paying the higher prices to cover the tariffs? Isn't that tariff money going directly to the US Government? So the public is paying the tax to the US Government because they're buying Chinese goods. China is not paying. Then Biden is getting the blame for the higher prices in stores. WHO PUT THOSE TARIFFS ON IN THE FIRST PLACE.

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please please please do it...

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[Skuzzy61]

Gaetz is toast. Done. WOOHOO!

Now, if we could get rid of the rest of the dregs the Trump wants we might survive the next four years,......well,...one can hope.