The 2024 U.S. Presidential race

[Cindy Claveau]

Wonkette is certainly happy!

Joe Biden Wanted For Arson After Burning Barn At DNC

Joe Biden’s speech at the Democratic National Convention Monday night started late, well after primetime, as if the diehard convention-watchers would have worried too much about that. (Sorry East Coast.) Maybe we’re just not cynical enough, but we aren’t buying the Terminally Online notion that the speech was deliberately pushed back to somehow prevent viewers from being reminded that Biden is no longer the party’s nominee. That one’s pretty much out of the bag, we hear.

Besides, the fact that this was Biden’s big pass-the-torch moment was why everyone there —including Biden — started crying as soon as he came onstage. Biden dabbed at his eyes with a tissue, Tim Walz looked like he was on the verge of bawling, and the crowd kept applauding so loudly that Biden had to try several times to actually start. And then he made the case for his own legacy and for his successor, Kamala Harris. That was especially clear every time he’d mention a policy achievement and the crowd chanted “Thank you Joe!” — he’d remind them, to cheers, “… thank you Kamala, too!” But people are conditioned to three-beat chanting, so nobody really chanted all seven syllables of “Thank you Joe and Kamala.” Dave Brubeck could have pulled it off, we bet, but is not currently available.

Biden’s speech was grateful, reflective, fiery, everything you’d want in what amounts to a farewell address, a few months early (all his speeches are going to sound a bit like farewells now). He gave Harris a wholehearted endorsement at every chance, noting that the achievements of his administration were a team effort. He reviewed all the things his administration has managed to do, most of it in just the first two years when Democrats held a tiny congressional majority: Infrastructure, jobs, rebuilding the economy after COVID, and passing the most significant climate legislation in history. He noted that he was the first president to ever walk a picket line, reminding me I need to order one of those “TRUMP IS A SCAB” shirts the UAW folks — including union President Shawn Fain — wore at the convention.

 

[Cristiano]

Another beautiful moment:

 

[Cristiano]

Incredible speech after incredible speech. We are witnessing history in a way I never expected to:

 

[Cristiano]

I love how powerful these speeches are. He did not mince words, and it was beautiful.

 

[Free]

Oh joy.

Republican leader in Montgomery County swatted after publicly endorsing Kamala Harris

Home surveillance video showed Matt McCaffery surrendering to Upper Merion police officers with guns on his porch Friday night.

6abc.com

 

[Cindy Claveau]

 

[Casey Pelous]

Or will the Virtual Verse Vipers be victorious?

 

[Cindy Claveau]

 

[Cindy Claveau]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

I very much doubt Netanyahu will be influenced in his conduct of the hostage negotiations by anything other than his assessment of what he needs to do for his own political survival.

I really can't imagine he will take much more notice of what Trump has to say than he does of the pro-Palestine demonstrators outside the Democrats' convention.

 

[Free]

I very much doubt Netanyahu will be influenced in his conduct of the hostage negotiations by anything other than his assessment of what he needs to do for his own political survival.

Logan Act | History and Violations | Britannica

History of the Logan Act and the events that led to its passage.

www.britannica.com

The concern is not just will Trump influence Netanyahu. There's also should he be doing it in the first place

 

[Free]

RFK, Jr. may be dropping the bear in the park once again.

RFK Jr. running mate Shanahan says they’re considering endorsing Trump

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate Nicole Shanahan said the Kennedy campaign is considering dropping out of the race and endorsing former President Donald Trump while framing the choice through her hope of reducing “the risk” of Vice President Kamala Harris becoming president.

In an interview with podcast host Tom Bilyeu posted on Tuesday, Shanahan acknowledged the Kennedy campaign’s recent conversations with the Trump campaign, which have centered on the possibility of Kennedy endorsing Trump in exchange for a role in Trump’s administration should he win. She framed the decision on whether to endorse Trump around its impact on Harris’ chances of victory in November, arguing Kennedy pulls more votes from Trump than from Harris.

“There’s two options that we’re looking at, and one is staying in, forming that new party, but we run the risk of a Kamala Harris — Kamala Harris and (Tim) Walz presidency. Because we draw votes from Trump, or we draw somehow more votes from Trump,” she said. “Or we walk away right now and join forces with — with Donald Trump.”

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

Yeah... by ANY quantifiable metric, GDP per capita, murder per capita, educational performance, etc, the American South is the worst performing region of the country but right wing media has so many people convinced it's blue states.

 

[Free]

I enjoyed a number of speeches from Monday at the convention, but this will likely go down as the most impactful one. For all of the convention

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Logan Act | History and Violations | Britannica

History of the Logan Act and the events that led to its passage.

www.britannica.com

The concern is not just will Trump influence Netanyahu. There's also should he be doing it in the first place

Well, yes, but the fact that Trump is doing stuff he shouldn't is hardly a great surprise. And since prosecutions for breaches of the Logan Act presumably take place in the federal courts I wouldn't, on present form, think he has much to worry about.

 

[Free]

Well, yes, but the fact that Trump is doing stuff he shouldn't is hardly a great surprise. And since prosecutions for breaches of the Logan Act presumably take place in the federal courts I wouldn't, on present form, think he has much to worry about.

Well then. No reason to not keep it up!

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

I don't know how I ended up in their database, but I get some amusing text messages fron the Republican campaign, like this one:

We're begging you to hear us out, Katheryne. We've never seen anything like this!

In just 24 hours following the Radical Democrats FORCING Joe Biden out of the race, Kamala Harris raked in nearly 81 MILLION!

And on top of it all, Senate Democrats just TRIPLED their single-day cycle fundraising record.

At this make-or-break moment in the 2024 election, the Democrats are already OUTRAISING and OUTSPENDING our America First candidates. We simply cannot let them register more voters than us too!

NUMBER OF AMERICANS IDENTIFYING AS "REPUBLICAN" HITS LOWEST POINT IN A DECADE

But in just HOURS, we'll have to close the books on our GOP Voter Verification Project, and as it stands, we still don't have enough profiles from [ZIP removed].

Worst of all, we couldn't help but notice that YOUR 2024 profile was still INCOMPLETE.

We're pleading with you; take just one minute to VERIFY your profile by answering this simple question: Are YOU still with us? [link removed]

Thank you,
NRSC HQ
Polling and Data Department

StopToEnd

I think to say they're scared shitless by the Harris-Walz campaign would be an understatement.

 

[Free]

NUMBER OF AMERICANS IDENTIFYING AS "REPUBLICAN" HITS LOWEST POINT IN A DECADE

Is that...a bad thing?

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Is that...a bad thing?

Newp!

 

[Free]

Is Team Trump meddling in the Middle East? | Will Bunch Newsletter

Plus, it’s becoming clear that the Sixers ought to stay in South Philly.

www.inquirer.com

The article is from April.