2024

[jhawks99]

Iran setting up fake news sites to stir up mayhem.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/09/politics ... oft-report

They nailed DDD pretty good.

Iranian operatives called former President Donald Trump an “opioid-pilled elephant in the MAGA china shop” and a “raving mad litigiosaur"

[Sparko]

Litigiosaur is apt. Almost a fossil form

[Shirley]

Uh oh, Donald:

Harris Leads Trump in Three Key States, Times/Siena Polls Find

New surveys of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania taken this week offer the latest indication of a dramatic reversal in standing for the Democratic Party since President Biden abandoned his re-election bid.



Vice President Kamala Harris leads former President Donald J. Trump in three crucial battleground states, according to new surveys by The New York Times and Siena College, the latest indication of a dramatic reversal in standing for Democrats after President Biden’s departure from the presidential race remade it.

Ms. Harris is ahead of Mr. Trump by four percentage points in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, 50 percent to 46 percent among likely voters in each state. The surveys were conducted from Aug. 5 to 9.

The polls, some of the first high-quality surveys in those states since Mr. Biden announced he would no longer run for re-election, come after nearly a year of surveys that showed either a tied contest or a slight lead for Mr. Trump over Mr. Biden.

[On question after question, the poll finds that voters don’t seem to have major reservations about Kamala Harris, Nate Cohn writes.]

While the reshaped race is still in its volatile early weeks, Democrats are now in a notably stronger position in these three battleground states that have long been key to the party’s victories — or defeats. Still, the results show vulnerabilities for Ms. Harris. Voters prefer Mr. Trump when it comes to whom they trust to handle the economy and immigration, issues that remain central to the presidential race.

Ms. Harris’s numbers are an upswing for Democrats from Mr. Biden’s performance in those states, even before his much-maligned debate showing that destabilized his candidacy. In May, Mr. Biden was virtually tied with Mr. Trump in Times/Siena polling in Wisconsin and Michigan. Polling conducted before and after the debate in July showed Mr. Trump with a narrow lead in Pennsylvania...

Much of the newfound Democratic strength stems from improved voter perceptions of Ms. Harris. Her favorability rating has increased 10 percentage points among registered voters in Pennsylvania just in the last month, according to Times/Siena polling. Voters also view Ms. Harris as more intelligent and more temperamentally fit to govern than Mr. Trump.

Les Lanser, a retiree from Holland, Mich., who typically votes Republican, said he was considering backing Ms. Harris in November. While he disagrees with some Democratic policies, he said he could not stand Mr. Trump’s “disrespectful” and “unacceptable” attitude...

[jfish26]

i think the harris-walz ticket has the country running scared because it is the most radical far left progressive ticket that the country has ever seen.

Republican Mayor of Mesa, Arizona: I am a lifelong Republican. I do not recognize my own party. The Republican Party has been taken over by extremists. I have something to say to those of us who are in the middle. You don’t owe a damn thing to that party. You don’t owe anything to a party that is out of touch and hellbent on taking us backward. You owe no displaced loyalty to a candidate who is morally and ethically bankrupt. In the spirit of the great Senator John McCain, please join me in putting country over party, stopping Donald Trump, protecting the rule of law, protecting our Constitution, and protecting democracy by voting for Kamala Harris

https://x.com/kamalahq/status/182209505 ... q_-8Yt1KMA

[jfish26]

Uh oh, Donald:

Harris Leads Trump in Three Key States, Times/Siena Polls Find

New surveys of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania taken this week offer the latest indication of a dramatic reversal in standing for the Democratic Party since President Biden abandoned his re-election bid.



Vice President Kamala Harris leads former President Donald J. Trump in three crucial battleground states, according to new surveys by The New York Times and Siena College, the latest indication of a dramatic reversal in standing for Democrats after President Biden’s departure from the presidential race remade it.

Ms. Harris is ahead of Mr. Trump by four percentage points in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, 50 percent to 46 percent among likely voters in each state. The surveys were conducted from Aug. 5 to 9.

The polls, some of the first high-quality surveys in those states since Mr. Biden announced he would no longer run for re-election, come after nearly a year of surveys that showed either a tied contest or a slight lead for Mr. Trump over Mr. Biden.

[On question after question, the poll finds that voters don’t seem to have major reservations about Kamala Harris, Nate Cohn writes.]

While the reshaped race is still in its volatile early weeks, Democrats are now in a notably stronger position in these three battleground states that have long been key to the party’s victories — or defeats. Still, the results show vulnerabilities for Ms. Harris. Voters prefer Mr. Trump when it comes to whom they trust to handle the economy and immigration, issues that remain central to the presidential race.

Ms. Harris’s numbers are an upswing for Democrats from Mr. Biden’s performance in those states, even before his much-maligned debate showing that destabilized his candidacy. In May, Mr. Biden was virtually tied with Mr. Trump in Times/Siena polling in Wisconsin and Michigan. Polling conducted before and after the debate in July showed Mr. Trump with a narrow lead in Pennsylvania...

Much of the newfound Democratic strength stems from improved voter perceptions of Ms. Harris. Her favorability rating has increased 10 percentage points among registered voters in Pennsylvania just in the last month, according to Times/Siena polling. Voters also view Ms. Harris as more intelligent and more temperamentally fit to govern than Mr. Trump.

Les Lanser, a retiree from Holland, Mich., who typically votes Republican, said he was considering backing Ms. Harris in November. While he disagrees with some Democratic policies, he said he could not stand Mr. Trump’s “disrespectful” and “unacceptable” attitude...

The whole ballgame for her will be managing the landing from this ascent.

[Overlander]

I am curious as to who applies Vance’s eyeliner.
His wife? A makeup artist? Himself?

[DeletedUser]

I am curious as to who applies Vance’s eyeliner.
His wife? A makeup artist? Himself?

Based on how the quality varies appearance to appearance, my guess is all of the above.

[KUTradition]

why is the government paying people to have kids?

if you can’t afford them, pull out

(those without kids should be the ones getting a credit…we put less strain on the system)

or, maybe those that have more than two kids should have to pay more, rather than get bigger credits

[jfish26]

I am curious as to who applies Vance’s eyeliner.
His wife? A makeup artist? Himself?

Well, in law school anyway, it sure seemed like a solo act:



The campaign has not denied that this photograph is real.

[jfish26]

By the way - speaking of images and relative doctored-ness of them - we all know where things like Trump's lying about Harris/Walz creating AI crowd images, and Trump's lying about improprieties in Harris' nomination, go.

Right?

We need to be very clear-eyed about what is happening, which is that Trump is conditioning the hardest part of his base - tens of millions of people - to simply have no conception of a world in which Trump can possibly lose fair and square.

And this morning's word vomit isn't any sort of change:

IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR AMERICA TO SURVIVE ANOTHER FOUR YEARS OF A DEMOCRAT IN THE WHITE HOUSE!

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrum ... 9921406600

It's all fun and games until there are tens of millions of people, people who are disproportionally well-armed, who believe to the cores of their beings that (1) there simply cannot be a legitimate Harris presidency, and (2) a Harris presidency would be an extinction-level event.

[MICHHAWK]

don't sell yourself short. you can word vomit with the best of em.

[KUTradition]

don't sell yourself short. you can word vomit with the best of em.

good one!!!

you’re so brilliant sometimes, it’s truly amazing

[jfish26]

don't sell yourself short. you can word vomit with the best of em.

good one!!!

you’re so brilliant sometimes, it’s truly amazing

It's fine, MICH already knows the scenes I'm talking about:







Ahead of the curve, that Michigan.

[twocoach]

That they make fun of a high school teacher for making life better for kids so they can learn is like they are accidentally telling the truth about how they feel about everyday people.

For some weird reason, this Harris-Walz ticket has the GOP completely fucking themselves over every day. It is abundantly clear that Trump-Vance has no clear message of their own, no path towards happiness, joy and a better life for people. It is all just scare tactics, absurd complaints and grievance politics. I really hope this is the beginning of the process to strip the MAGA fungus out of our government.

I'm sure Trump's emergency, off-script presser today will right the ship.

I may have to tune in for the weird, incoherent rage rant.

Let me sum it up for you. Donald Trump is going to save Christmas.

[Overlander]

don't sell yourself short. you can word vomit with the best of em.

I imagine you did a victory lap around the yard after this post?

[jfish26]

Shouted it out in front of both Orange Juliuses.

[Sparko]

Happy Holidays, Mich!

[Overlander]

why is the government paying people to have kids?

if you can’t afford them, pull out

(those without kids should be the ones getting a credit…we put less strain on the system)

“If you see 2 car seats through a car window, you bash that window in ‘fight club’ style and throw in 3 condoms and a note telling the owner that you are super fucking happy that you get to drive 20 mph past their schools and pay extra taxes to support the services required to keep manufacturing these annoying fucking things”
Doug Stanhope

[Overlander]

Also:
“You obviously hate immigrants. But you know who else you should be super pissed at? BABIES!”

“They show up, not even wearing fucking shoes. They don’t speak English, and they have no immediate plans to get a job and contribute to our society”

“They are an immediate burden to our physical and financial infrastructure, and they smell funny”

“I am expected to stand here and wave American Flags and cheer you on while these fuckers fly out of you?”

D.S.

[KUTradition]

amen