The 2024 U.S. Presidential race

Kamilah Hauptmann · Aug 26, 2024

Cindy Claveau said:
NYT? Are you ok?

So. You could say. Not the Onion?

Cindy Claveau · Aug 26, 2024

Isabeau · Aug 26, 2024

Maybe they’re doing some reverse psychology and want him to demand a mute button.

Kamilah Hauptmann · Aug 26, 2024

Cindy Claveau said:

My first thought was mute huttons good so this asshole can’t talk over people.

But with that other reasoning… just like he made a moron of himself at that black journalist’s interview, part 2, narcissistic boogaloo: Prosecutor Smackdown.

Katheryne Helendale · Aug 27, 2024

Kamilah Hauptmann said:
My first thought was mute huttons good so this asshole can’t talk over people.

But with that other reasoning… just like he made a moron of himself at that black journalist’s interview, part 2, narcissistic boogaloo: Prosecutor Smackdown.

Operation "Just Let Him Speak" is in full effect

Free · Aug 27, 2024

It's true, he wasn't named the 'Outstanding Young Nebraskan' by the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce.

It was the Nebraska Junior Chamber of Commerce.

An editing error by a campaign staffer 18 years ago. This is the press' (well, the Washington Free Beacon!) major gotcha on Walz for the week.

Explain to me again why Harris needs to do a sit down interview with reporters?

Isabeau · Aug 27, 2024

Good lord, what is wrong with this man?

RFK Jr faces call for investigation into claim he chainsawed whale’s head off

But the story’s re-emergence, following the bear tale and other off-the-wall declarations – including claims that part of RFK Jr’s brain was eaten by worms and that he had an apparent fondness for barbecued dog – has angered activists at the Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund.

Free · Aug 27, 2024

Isabeau said:
Good lord, what is wrong with this man?

At this point it might be easier to list all the things that's not wrong with him.

Free · Aug 27, 2024

An interesting piece in The American Prospect.

Say It to My Face - The American Prospect

How Democrats learned to tell the plain truth and like it

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A quiet revolution has been unfolding in how Democrats campaign, and it helps explain why being a Democrat has suddenly felt so joyous these past five weeks—and maybe why the Harris-Walz ticket is pulling ahead of the opposition.

Democrats are suddenly allowed to say what they mean.

No trimming. No “triangulation.” No rhetorical bank shots, no apologies. Really, we haven’t seen anything quite like it since the surprise landslide of Ronald Reagan in 1980 shocked the party of “Give ’em hell” Harry Truman into its modern-day defensive crouch.

Isabeau · Aug 27, 2024

Free said:
An interesting piece in The American Prospect.

Say It to My Face - The American Prospect

How Democrats learned to tell the plain truth and like it

prospect.org

Often, when politicians leave office, they suddenly seem more themselves, or more progressive, and we think, where was this person when we needed them to say or do what was needed.

Free · Aug 27, 2024

More respecting the troops from our Bone Spur in Chief.

Trump campaign staff had altercation with official at Arlington National Cemetery

Two members of Donald Trump's campaign staff had a verbal and physical altercation Monday with an official at Arlington National Cemetery, where the former president participated in a wreath-laying ceremony, NPR has learned.

A source with knowledge of the incident said the cemetery official tried to prevent Trump staffers from filming and photographing in a section where recent U.S. casualties are buried. The source said Arlington officials had made clear that only cemetery staff members would be authorized to take photographs or film in the area, known as Section 60.

When the cemetery official tried to prevent Trump campaign staff from entering Section 60, campaign staff verbally abused and pushed the official aside, according to the source.

As an Arlington National Cemetery statement noted (at the end of the article):

"Federal law prohibits political campaign or election-related activities within Army National Military Cemeteries, to include photographers, content creators or any other persons attending for purposes, or in direct support of a partisan political candidate's campaign."

Isabeau · Aug 27, 2024

Then “Jan” Cheung said the person (cemetery official, I presume) was suffering from a mental health issue.

Isabeau · Aug 27, 2024

Watch: J.D. Vance Fails Miserably Trying to Roast Harris

None of J.D. Vance’s awkward quips landed.

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Harris.

“She said there are going to be ‘extremely serious consequences’ for voting for Donald Trump. Kamala, I’ve got two responses to that. First of all, that’s not a very presidential thing to say. Is she the vice president or the vice principal?” Vance joked to the crowd, again not earning a single laugh. “Warning about ‘very serious consequences,’ whining at people for telling a joke instead of trying to persuade them that she should be their president. I’m sick of people like that!”

Again and again, Vance’s blatant hostility seeped through his badly delivered one-liners. While he tried to rely on his charisma to amp up his crowd, Vance sounded like someone complaining that you’re not allowed to give your female coworkers a compliment anymore.

Isabeau · Aug 27, 2024

I had to look it up cause I thought it was a joke that he was interviewed by Dr Phil, ha ha

Trump insists he’s ‘not a threat to democracy’ in Dr Phil interview, suggests God wants him to save the world

Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor.bsky.social)

Harris campaign still taking shots about the debate.

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