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#3304365 2-Nov-2024 15:56

Ge0rge: I must admit, I am struggling to see the "death threat" in his comments about Cheney. I'm not trying to defend him at all, but to leap from "she's a war monger" to "kill her" does seem to be bit of a stretch.

The US Secret Service is required to investigate all possible threats against the President and VP, no matter how obviously non-serious or frivolous they are. Not sure what the standard is for random congresscritters.

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#3304407 2-Nov-2024 18:18

Don has played the extreme christo far right. This documentary is a bit of an eye opener to extreme right Christian women.

Im pro peoples right to religion or freedom of such kind. But it seems to be getting extreme.

New documentary to explore the rise of America’s New Female Right for BBC Three and iPlayer

Its OnDemand on TVNZ still.

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#3304548 2-Nov-2024 21:46

My fave celebrity endorsement of the campaign

Cardi B refused to endorse Biden - Endorses Harris

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#3304662 3-Nov-2024 09:10

A recommended article, hard to summarize :

The NY Times - Trump, Preparing to Challenge the Results, Puts His 2020 Playbook Into Action (unlocked free link)

02 Nov 2024

Former President Donald J. Trump and his allies are rolling out a late-stage campaign strategy that borrows heavily from the subversive playbook he used to challenge his loss four years ago.

With Election Day only three days away, Mr. Trump is already claiming the Democrats are “a bunch of cheats,” as his allies in battleground states spread distorted reports of mishaps at the polls to push a narrative of widespread fraud.

[headings]

Step 1: Claim Victory
Step 2: Sow Doubt
Step 3: Disrupt

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#3304813 3-Nov-2024 10:59

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14033057/donald-trump-bizarre-microphone-moment-rally-election.html

Okay, what the hell was the orange buffoon thinking he was doing with the microphone here?

And he had the audacity to call Madison Cawthorn "weird" 🤔

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#3304901 3-Nov-2024 13:54

Did anybody else know about this "Task Force for American Democracy"? I just watched a CNN video with its chairs one a retired fed judge the other former Obama Homeland Security Secretary issuing an official warning over what ppl can do to Protect Democracy from Authoritarianism. Its a focus by the American Barr association and its 1.3M lawyers.

But it didn't say what people other than lawyers can do..... easy enough to find in the politics section if anyone else can understand the cypher haha ;-p

More interesting is the heated split between Don and his Senior Advisor Chris LaCivta, who the Daily Beast reported is raking in $22M over the last couple of years from a couple of deals from the Campaign. I guess Don is hurt that someone else learnt how to grift really well? ;-p.

Its been a terrible final week for Don so far, with the racist jks at MSG, the badly worded "scenario" toward Liz and now this. I think the man might need an Arnold Palmer once he makes it to the 19th, poor chap ;-p.

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#3304914 3-Nov-2024 15:44

A week ago I would have called this for Trump as better than even/even.

Now it's walked back to solid evens.

Genuinely unsure what will happen but I think whatever momentum Trump had two weeks ago is gone.

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#3304928 3-Nov-2024 17:00

GV27:

Genuinely unsure what will happen but I think whatever momentum Trump had two weeks ago is gone.

Christ, I hope so. Another term of the orange buffoon would be insufferable to anyone who's committed the cardinal sin of disagreeing with him 🙄

Also:

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#3304953 3-Nov-2024 19:08

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GV27:

A weep

But he did hisiracy thinking? lol, something Im firmly no a fan of.

anyway, Harris could already be winning, we wont know.
own optics a shocker this week.

The MSG Rally was BAD. Thk ago I would have called this for Trump as better than even/even.

Thats why the Outlier polls flooding the avg's downward for Harris were important (but rather bizarre), in caseng the C word for Kamala. its a close loss. Polls said I XYZ. Or is that just coney tried all they could to shake it off "Trump doesnt even know them" (funny how Rogan thought it would be good for Don during a podcast). as the ROCK woulld say "IT DOESNT MATTER" all speeches were vetted including removing the C word for Kamala.

could it get any worse? a real axe to grind against Liz Cheney, sounding like he wants her to face a firing squad, of course in his head he had planned an ulterior meaning to it all. But even that was inappropriate. But the point being Don speaking violnce Optics wise makes him looking Crazy.

sanewashing aside, irs just outrageously inappropriate. to have such fantasies period. as always there is the but what I meant, if she was in that position as a soldier. which clearly she isn't so its irrlevant,

Now he's had a fiery ending to his long time senior advisor.

Has anything else occurred?

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#3304954 3-Nov-2024 19:22

TeaLeaf:

Now he's had a fiery ending to his long time senior advisor.

Has anything else occurred?

Well, Politico thinks Harris won the day today as there's a chance she's increasing her advantage to (maybe) winning Iowa:

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/11/02/2024-elections-live-coverage-updates-analysis/who-won-the-day-00186948

In the final days of the campaign, there is some tilting at windmills happening — but more so from Donald Trump than Kamala Harris.

Trump spent part of Saturday fantasizing about expanding the map — “a little birdie,” he said at a rally in North Carolina, told him he could win New Jersey, where the last six polls have Harris up by at least 12 points — visiting Virginia, a state Republicans haven’t won in decades, and announcing a last-minute rally in New Hampshire. Harris spent the day in Georgia, a state she actually has a real chance to win.

But in the waning hours, Harris is the one who is expanding the map — or, at least, the demography. The final Des Moines Register poll had Harris leading Trump, 47 percent to 44 percent, within the margin of error.

Also - which "long time senior advisor" are you referring to?

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#3304965 3-Nov-2024 20:49

Unbelievably, the race is close—a felon, sexual assault tax evader against a lawyer, ex-state AG and Vice President.

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#3304967 3-Nov-2024 21:13

quickymart:

Well, Politico thinks Harris won the day today as there's a chance she's increasing her advantage to (maybe) winning Iowa:

The polls are leaning red but Im not sure the country is. Nevada just flipped red on poll avgs and Penn is not that far away but I don't believe it. Especially with that headline on Iowa. Harris sits precariously on 270 ;-p.

Now is the time for Hariss to strike while the Kettle is hot over both the issues razed, at MSG and the verbal threatening scenario to Liiz Cheney. Im not sure how she will close though,

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#3304971 3-Nov-2024 21:23

freitasm:

Unbelievably, the race is close—a felon, sexual assault tax evader against a lawyer, ex-state AG and Vice President.

Yep. So much for Nikki Haleys prediction of first side to retire their 80yo wins.

I was listening to something earlier saying people are addicted to Trump doing wrong. Then other theories its become addictive. Things are getting nutty.

quickymart:

to (maybe) winning Iowa:

Oh now its comig back to me, she had another similar state. I raised them at the time of being complete Coin Tosses. But because they are not on last years swing states they ignored. Which is why swing states are just that. They have changed a lot in the last 40yrs.

I want to know how many Polls were run, the size of the Polls and most importantly, who ran them :-)