I traditionally have a thread heading to the election, here we go.
Get out the popcorn for this one.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to formally announce next week he is running for president in 2024, NBC News reported Thursday, citing two sources familiar with the matter.
The governor's official entry into the Republican primary field will put him head-to-head with former President Donald Trump, the party's current frontrunner for the nomination. Trump has already spent months treating DeSantis as his primary campaign rival, thrashing him with torrents of criticism over his gubernatorial record, his political skills and his personality.
A very Interesting thing just happened. I was wasting time on YouTube watching today's Rachel Maddow show. She was winding up a segment on the chaos over Georgia's election boards, when suddenly the broadcast was replaced by a video of soccer game somewhere in Europe.
Could be your basic technical glitch.
Could be someone doesn't want us looking over there.
I'm leery of conspiracy theories. That being said, there have been times when something a bit looney turned out to be real. Christian dominionism and HRC's "vast conservative conspiracy" Spring immediately to mind.
I would love to get a look at ALEC's records. Or be a fly on the wall at the Bohemian Grove.
There's almost zero chance that Rick Scott is going to loose his Senate seat he took from a Democrat. In the state senate back in January a special election flipped a seat democrat but otherwise the primaries we held the other day are showing incumbents winning their seats back giving them a Republican "super majority" leaving them unchallenged in their agenda. There is zero chance of Harris winning electoral votes here in Florida giving me a feeling that wonder why I'm voting in the first place. LOL. I guess this is why all eyes are on places like Michigan and swing states and Florida is written off as a wasted effort.
One consolation for me is that I live in a solidly blue part of the state, a very dark blue, probably due to our racial mix. So blue we were gerrymandered out of our county and city into a county across the bay so republicans could win the county.
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More than 200 staffers for four previous Republican presidential nominees have endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris' White House bid, cautioning that the notion of a second term for GOP nominee Donald Trump is "simply untenable" and "will hurt real, everyday people.”
In an open letter, first written about on Monday by USA Today, 238 people who worked for former President George H.W. Bush, former President George W. Bush, former Arizona Sen. John McCain and Utah Sen. Mitt Romney call on their fellow "moderate Republicans and conservative independents" to join them in backing Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, over Trump and his vice presidential pick, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio.
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"Another four years of Donald Trump's chaotic leadership,” the signatories warn, "this time focused on advancing the dangerous goals of Project 2025, will hurt real, everyday people and weaken our sacred institutions.” The letter goes on to warn that "broad, democratic movements will be irreparably jeopardized as Trump and his acolyte JD Vance kowtow to dictators like Vladimir Putin while turning their backs on our allies.”
Senator Vance received a less than enthusiastic welcome from the attendees. It was an interesting contrast to the reception that Walz received from the group the day before.
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I also think it's a great idea that like last time will benefit Trump.
What really benefits Trump is that it's considered normal and expected for his response to a question to be an off topic word salad rant that is filled with lies and delusions. The media doesn't ever really talk about the ridiculous content of his verbal responses. The expectations for Trump are so low it would be funny if we weren't talking about the presidency.
I do understand that Trump and his sychophants have been telling the country that Harris isn't smart enough to handle unscripted interactions. Talk radio is all about that.
I can't wait to see his lips and hands moving without sound:) Muting him makes him look even crazier. I have occasionally watched the Republicans rants without sound. It really makes their emotions clear. Angry.old.white.men. plus the few tokens hired by Fox.
I can't wait to see his lips and hands moving without sound:) Muting him makes him look even crazier. I have occasionally watched the Republicans rants without sound. It really makes their emotions clear. Angry.old.white.men. plus the few tokens hired by Fox.
Did you see that in the last debate? You know, that was muted mics too.
No one asked me, but I vote for muted mics. Easier to see the body language. I don't feature being bombarded by verbal bullying, so an unmuted debate is a hard no for me personally.
OTOH, an unmuted debate might showcase the candidates' respective ability to respond to pressure. Kind of important when the POTUS can literally wipe out life on earth by starting the third /last world war.
It's no wonder, to me that it's trump's team requesting the muted mics this time. His body language is bad enough. Add in his rambling word-salad rhetoric against a trained prosecutor making her case and it's almost a perfect storm.
My money is on no debate at all. I think trump's dog will finally eat his homework and he'll pull out of the deal altogether.
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A very Interesting thing just happened. I was wasting time on YouTube watching today's Rachel Maddow show. She was winding up a segment on the chaos over Georgia's election boards, when suddenly the broadcast was replaced by a video of soccer game somewhere in Europe.
Could be your basic technical glitch.
Could be someone doesn't want us looking over there.
I'm leery of conspiracy theories. That being said, there have been times when something a bit looney turned out to be real. Christian dominionism and HRC's "vast conservative conspiracy" Spring immediately to mind.
I would love to get a look at ALEC's records. Or be a fly on the wall at the Bohemian Grove.