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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.

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4 hours ago, immamac said:

weird, I didn't notice it, but I may have been too high to care he sounded the same as usual to me, but maybe I also have him half tuned out.

Super heavy lisp. Almost cartoonishly so. All 3 here listened and laughed.

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41 minutes ago, Js1 said:

That’s it? There was multiple Zoom calls that did way more than that without even featuring Harris or Walz lol

 

With a billion people that makes sense, each person only needed to donate one one-hundredth of a penny. Seems easy enough.

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5 minutes ago, Js1 said:

That’s it? There was multiple Zoom calls that did way more than that without even featuring Harris or Walz lol

 


$990,000 of it was donated to the fake Elon crypto videos on YouTube. 

26 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

Is this any kind of official account or just some random dipshit / bot spouting propaganda nonsense?

Bot spouting propaganda 

Since we're on the topic of the war room,

 

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2024/03/12/why-is-tyson-foods-closing-its-perry-iowa-pork-plant-what-we-know/72934600007/

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Tyson didn't say why the Perry plant is closing. But two things stand out about the plant: its age, at 61 years for the main facility, and, according to an industry analyst, its size, which doesn't lend itself to an efficiency-increasing second shift.

So it's old as hell and can only run one shift a day.

Then there's this....

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As the largest employer in Perry, Tyson employs 1,276 people. The closure is expected to leave all employees without work.

Tyson said it will encourage employees to apply for other jobs within the company. Across Iowa, Tyson employs 9,000 people. A significant number of its employees are immigrants or refugees, with 60% of its national workforce representing those two categories, according to Jobs for the Future.

Ah, so now you care about immigrants and refugees, or do you just want them to stay in their jobs so that you can know exactly where they are when it's time to deport them?

 

27 minutes ago, Js1 said:

That’s it? There was multiple Zoom calls that did way more than that without even featuring Harris or Walz lol

 

Yeah, that’s not much. Which suggests to me that when they say “over $1 million was raised” as if it’s a big number, it probably means they actually raised less than that. 

12 minutes ago, TexasHooch said:

Since we're on the topic of the war room,

 

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2024/03/12/why-is-tyson-foods-closing-its-perry-iowa-pork-plant-what-we-know/72934600007/

So it's old as hell and can only run one shift a day.

Then there's this....

Ah, so now you care about immigrants and refugees, or do you just want them to stay in their jobs so that you can know exactly where they are when it's time to deport them?

 

About 20 years ago, my neighbor was a small landscape contractor.  Obviously, you can imagine what his employees looked like.  I recall him losing a few; they moved to Arkansas to work the poultry industry. 

2 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Yeah, that’s not much. Which suggests to me that when they say “over $1 million was raised” as if it’s a big number, it probably means they actually raised less than that. 

Yep.  I am betting a PAC topped it off.  

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Easiest way for Walz to deal with this bullshit about "stolen valor". 

 

15 minutes ago, TexasHooch said:

Since we're on the topic of the war room,

 

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2024/03/12/why-is-tyson-foods-closing-its-perry-iowa-pork-plant-what-we-know/72934600007/

So it's old as hell and can only run one shift a day.

Then there's this....

Ah, so now you care about immigrants and refugees, or do you just want them to stay in their jobs so that you can know exactly where they are when it's time to deport them?

 

Yo. "Real Americans" don't take industrial butcher jobs.  Last 50 years of corporate agriculture and race to the bottom, unregulated late stage Capitalism out front shoulda told ya. 

2 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

About 20 years ago, my neighbor was a small landscape contractor.  Obviously, you can imagine what his employees looked like.  I recall him losing a few; they moved to Arkansas to work the poultry industry. 

Yeah, I can imagine inflation affecting the pork plant.  But a big part of it would be labor costs.  Tighter borders makes it worse. (Another part of it might be higher grocery costs reducing purchases on the high end products.) 

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Just heard a clip of Dotard saying "Kamala.... No one knows her last name. You ask people, and they have no idea what her last name is." 

Translation: He forgot her last name in that moment. 

3 hours ago, bluto said:

That Texas poll seems a bit junky, was heavy dem lean. Trump will win Tx by just as much if not more than 20. 

3 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

You think Trump wins Texas by 20? Am I understanding that correctly? The state he only won by 5.5% last time? 

Trump is going to win Texas, he's just going to win Texas by  3%, imo. 

2 hours ago, bluto said:

here’s the cross tabs on that Texas poll, it’s non sense. Trump will roll by 8 along with Cruz. 

Yeah, given the trends over the past 3-4 elections, given that abortion is on the ballot (even if not officially, it's in a lot of people's minds), and given that the state Republicans are doing things like running Houston's school district into the ground as well as pushing school vouchers, on purpose, not to mention all of the other little things (power outages, etc.), Trump will be lucky to win by 3%.  Very lucky.

1 hour ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

In a normal year, you see signs for GOP campaigns in rural and suburban areas right after primaries, and they are usually very visible by August. Energy is supplied by the presidential or governor’s race, and the local ticket drafts behind it and brings the volunteers.

Driving around in Texas you should be seeing yard signs and 6x4 fence signs for everything, in other words - house races, county commissioners, dog catcher, etc. and you don’t, at least not yet. That tells me one thing- the vital link between the Trump campaign and the county parties is missing for some reason. 

Missing for some reason?

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/11/bloodbath-at-rnc-trump-team-slashes-staff-at-committee-00146368

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2 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Easiest way for Walz to deal with this bullshit about "stolen valor". 

 

Plus, the Minnesota National Guard weighed in to back Gov. Walz.  Wonder if the MSM will pick this up as aggressively as they did the slander by the GOP.  I think we all know the answer, but I'm holding out hope.

Tim Walz couldn't possibly know his unit would deploy before he retired, DoD info shows (bostonherald.com)

"He left because of pending deployment" - BULLSHIT

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According to information shared by multiple official sources within the MNG, Walz earned that rank and would need either the gift of prophecy or a time machine to use the deployment as an excuse to leave the service, as his May 2005 retirement date came months before the 1-125th Battalion of the 1st Brigade Combat Team learned they would mobilize and most of a year before the unit was actually deployed to Iraq for what would become a historically long, 22-month tour.

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Walz’s official May retirement date came almost two full months before the 1-125 Field Artillery found out they would likely mobilize. An official order was not issued until a month after that, about 90 days after Walz left the service, according to information provided by Lt. Col. Ryan Rossman, the MNG’s Director of Operations.

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The unit mobilized on October 12 — nearly five months after Walz left the service — and deployed in late March of the 2006 after training in Camp Shelby, Mississippi, according to Rossman. That’s a full 10 months after Walz reentered civilian life.

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First of all, almost every unit and member of the U.S. Military is subject to potential deployment at some point in the future and trains constantly toward that inevitability. Second, the U.S. Army’s current practice of officially notifying a unit ahead of an upcoming deployment via a “Notification of Sourcing” wasn’t implemented until 2009. Back in 2005, any hint a unit might mobilize that made its way out of the Department of the Army Headquarters would be considered unofficial and subject to change pending actual mobilization orders.

Additionally, according to officers serving with the MNG, in order for Walz to retire, he would have had to clear his plans through his unit commander, who would have had to sign off on Walz’s retirement paperwork — Form DD 2656. There is no indication Walz’s commanding officer acted to prevent or stall his request to retire.

"He lied about his rank" - BULLSHIT

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Further allegations Walz is misrepresenting his rank are also unfounded, according to the MNG. Walz was indeed wearing a Command Sgt. Major’s stripes on the day he officially took off his uniform for the last time, but since he was unable to complete the 750 hours of coursework required to meet the conditions of Army Regulation 600-8-19 before he retired, he can’t be paid that rank’s retirement rate.

“He retired as a master sergeant in 2005 for benefit purposes because he did not complete additional coursework at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy,” Augé said.

"He was promoted to sergeant major (E-9) on September 17, 2004, and immediately began serving as the command sergeant major for the 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery while his packet was submitted to the National Guard Bureau to appoint him to command sergeant major (E-9). Once approved by NGB, he was laterally appointed to command sergeant major (E-9) on April 1, 2005,” Cochran said.

44 minutes ago, 'stache said:

With a billion people that makes sense, each person only needed to donate one one-hundredth of a penny. Seems easy enough.

 

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This is better news than a poll at this point in the race, in my opinion

The news has been so positive for Democrats even the NYT is forced to print some of it.

Recent Voter Registration Data Offers Hint of Enthusiasm for Democrats
Two swing states have seen a boost in Democratic sign-ups since Kamala Harris entered the race.

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51 minutes ago, Js1 said:

That’s it? There was multiple Zoom calls that did way more than that without even featuring Harris or Walz lol

 

Imagine a YouTube stream of Harris being interviewed by Beyoncé or Taylor. What kind of numbers would that bring?

18 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Easiest way for Walz to deal with this bullshit about "stolen valor". 

 

For now yes. I do think it would be smart to have a detailed answer prepared for the (eventual) debate obviously.

1 hour ago, TexArcher said:

He really might let an N-bomb go in the debate.

And I'm not even sure it would change the polling.

Naw. If he dropped the N-bomb on live TV black people would flip the entire south blue. One thing you need to know about us is we don't play about ours. All that apathy during election cycles would get erased. It would be worse than the 08 ass-whipping.

39 minutes ago, TexasHooch said:

Since we're on the topic of the war room,

I don't know if it's ironic or not, but Lindsey Reiser is a high-profile member of the LBGTQ community.  Interesting they used a story with her doing the intro, almost like LBGTQ members are human beings.

Or maybe they are just being dicks.  Or probably didn't care.

It’s weird seeing pundits like Harry Enten be like DONT TRUST THE POLLS and then remember that they were anointing Trump 3 weeks ago as POTUS because of the polling 

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6 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

Naw. If he dropped the N-bomb on live TV black people would flip the entire south blue. One thing you need to know about us is we don't play about ours. All that apathy during election cycles would get erased. It would be worse than the 08 ass-whipping.

Which is why I’m hoping he does it 

 

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UAW files federal labor charges against Donald Trump and Elon Musk after threatening workers on X interview

Is this bad? This seems bad.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/13/business/uaw-trump-musk-charges/index.html

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The United Auto Workers union on Tuesday filed federal labor charges against former President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk for threatening to intimidate workers who go on strike.

During Trump’s interview on X Monday night with Musk, who is also the principal owner of the social media platform, the pair discussed a potential role for Musk in Trump’s administration should he get reelected. Trump called Musk “the cutter,” and praised Musk for his anti-union stances.

“I look at what you do, you walk in and you just say, ‘You want to quit?’ They go on strike – I won’t mention the name of the company – but they go on strike, and you say, ‘That’s okay, you’re all gone. You’re all gone. Every one of you is gone,” Trump said.

Musk could be heard laughing and replying “yeah.”

The UAW, which recently endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, filed separate charges against Trump and Musk Monday to the National Labor Relations Board.

The charges claim the former president and the Tesla CEO had “interfered with, restrained or coerced employees” who were exercising their right to organize against the company, “suggesting he would fire employees engaged in protected concerted activity, including striking.”

UAW president Shawn Fain, a harsh Trump critic, has previously called Trump a “scab.” He praised President Joe Biden for joining a picket line last year when the UAW struck General Motors, Ford and Stellantis all at once. And Fain has repeatedly singled out Tesla, the largest non-union American automaker, as a target for the union’s organizing efforts.

“When we say Donald Trump is a scab, this is what we mean,” Fain said in a statement. “Both Trump and Musk want working class people to sit down and shut up, and they laugh about it openly. It’s disgusting, illegal, and totally predictable from these two clowns.”

The Trump campaign called the UAW charges a political orchestration by “Democrat special interest bosses.”

“This frivolous lawsuit is a shameless political stunt intended to erode President Trump’s overwhelming support among America’s workers,” said Trump campaign Senior Advisor Brian Hughes in a statement. “President Trump strengthened our economy and delivered results on behalf of the forgotten men and women of America, and he will do it again when he is re-elected on November 5.”

The NLRB acknowledged receipt of the charges but did not provide further comment. Tesla did not respond to CNN’s request for comment.

It’s unlikely Musk or Trump would face significant penalties if they’re found to have violated labor laws, and any action could take a long time to resolve. First, the NLRB will investigate the UAW’s charges. If it believes Trump and Musk are in the wrong, the NLRB could attempt to help settle the case – but it could also sue Trump and Musk on behalf of the UAW. Even then, if a judge finds Trump and Musk violated the law, they would typically order Trump and Musk to stop their behavior and make any employees that were wrongfully terminated whole.

But it’s not clear that Trump was referencing any specific workers Musk fired for organizing against his company. Workers have attempted to organize at Tesla several times. But Musk and Tesla’s aggressive tactics and outspoken opposition to unionization – in addition to Tesla’s strategy of granting factory workers stock options – has kept unionizing efforts at bay.

This isn’t Musk’s first run-in with the NLRB. Earlier this year, the board accused Tesla of illegally restricting technology in the workplace to dissuade workers in a Buffalo, New York, factor from organizing.

Harris’ campaign circulated the clip of Trump and Musk, saying: “Trump praises billionaire Elon Musk for firing workers who were striking for better pay and working conditions.”

 

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10 minutes ago, C-Man said:

UAW files federal labor charges against Donald Trump and Elon Musk after threatening workers on X interview

And they just dropped this ad yesterday

 

15 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Which is why I’m hoping he does it 

 

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Me too. I hope she gets him so frustrated that he drops the N-bomb and then Kamala Harris simply smiles and says I think we are done here. The moderator agrees and then simply walk off.

1 hour ago, Bateshorn said:

Este.

Do not repeat the mistakes of the 2016 Clinton Campaign.  I remember going up to knock doors in PA in late October and the local coordinated campaigns were like "We've been screaming for resources for months while they open another office in NC" 

You're right that we're well past the time when putting resources into Texas or Florida makes sense - that needs to happen over several years.

However, it's pretty clear the DNC learned their lesson after 2016. Hillabeast's campaign flat out ignored Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania thinking they were in the bag. The DNC has made a big investment in setting up field offices in all of the swing states including NC.

You know who hasn't made an investment in those states? The GOP - and at the direction of Trump's staff.

1 minute ago, The Dog said:

putting resources into Texas or Florida makes sense - that needs to happen over several years.

the state-level party leaders need to be repealed and replaced, too

Just now, chainsaw said:

the state-level party leaders need to be repealed and replaced, too

Nikki Fried is doing good work in FL.  Don't lump her in with the TDP

18 minutes ago, The Dog said:

You know who hasn't made an investment in those states? The GOP - and at the direction of Trump's staff.

Trump's lawsuits and aircraft and other expenses ain't going to pay for themselves if the RNC is dumping money into all those down-ballot races/offices.

I loved that if down-ballot Republicans wanted to use Trump's likeness in their campaign mailers or on their websites, they  had to pay him a portion of their fundraising. That is exactly what a conman running for office would do - get his finger in everybody's pie.

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Drumpf's one campaign event this week. Asheville. He requested the smaller venue. Sad.

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32 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

the state-level party leaders need to be repealed and replaced, too

At least in Nebraska....

County party leaders are elected by whoever gets through the door on the day of the county convention. I was one of those (voters) in 2018.  Normally, county party meetings maybe have 10-20 people for each monthly meeting.  On the day of the convention, it was over well 500.  Bunch of people I never saw again.  It was a hotly contested election between a labor guy and a women who was more involved with campaigns.  The woman won, and then the labor guy got elected to vice-chair in an inspiring moment of unity.   

State party leaders are elected by the delegates selected at the county convention.  (I was one of those in 2018). That was a pretty easy election for Jane.  I like Jane, but she is full of shit.  Our County Chair hated Jane.   I feel comfortable stating that on a message board, because Jane already knows it. 

National delegates are selected at the state level.  (I didn't have a chance in hell of that.)

So what's my point? These are not top-down organizations.  The national party does not decide who is running the state parties.  Just doesn't happen.  The intraparty politics are just as vicious and way more annoying than the Republican vs. Democrat politics.  It turns a lot of people off, including myself.  So much arguing over who gets to drive, rather than where we are going.  But, if anyone wants to change who is running the state party, the first step is showing up to the meetings.  Tahoe will bring donuts. 

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3 hours ago, Born to Run said:

Flipped on KLBJ for a couple minutes.  They were praising the conversation with Musk and literally in awe of Trump's ability to hold an "intelligent conversation for over an hour." 

Insane

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Nate said he himself, not his model, would likely give Harris 80% chance to win the EC with a 3 point lead

MOAR!!

Last update: 3 p.m., Tuesday, August 13: Not a huge volume of polling since our last update, but we continue to see new national polls coming in toward the Harris +3 to Harris +4 range, and that has boosted her overall lead over Trump to 3.1 points in our national polling average, her largest yet. That’s enough to offset some mediocre polling for Harris in Texas and Florida, which are at best on the fringe as swing states.

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1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

And they just dropped this ad yesterday

 

I'm so glad I found this again.

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Allegedly two big national polls tomorrow - Monmouth and Quinnipiac 

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2 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

I'm so glad I found this again.

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That's the good kind of scary.

52 minutes ago, Chopper said:

Drumpf's one campaign event this week. Asheville. He requested the smaller venue. Sad.

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Townhall policy discussion my ass. He’ll rant from a podium for two hours like always. 

6 hours ago, TexasHooch said:

You must have been a special kind of high. Congrats!

 

Maybe the tip of his tongue is rotting away.

42 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

wat

Yes, Harris would never agree to a conversation with Musk because she has to stick to her script. Etc.

Trump is so knowledgeable about so many things. blah blah blah.

 

It's crazy how he can do no wrong with them.  Just walk around naked and they continue to praise his stylish outfit. They can't admit to any failure or weakness at all, ever.

 

Contrast Bidens debate performance and the immediate breakout from His party.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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24 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

I'm so glad I found this again.

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26 minutes ago, Born to Run said:

Yes, Harris would never agree to a conversation with Musk because she has to stick to her script. Etc.

Trump is so knowledgeable about so many things. blah blah blah.

 

It's crazy how he can do no wrong with them.  Just walk around naked and they continue to praise his stylish outfit. They can't admit to any failure or weakness at all, ever.

 

Contrast Bidens debate performance and the immediate breakout from His party.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They're just like the Cowboys fans who still have unwavering faith in Jerry and Dak simply because they wear the star.

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SIAP. Trump telling Elon that any striking worker should be fired. I would love to see the reaction of the blue collar, union voters in Ohio, who plan to vote for Trump.

10 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

They're just like the Cowboys fans who still have unwavering faith in Jerry

These... these people exist?

49 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Oh hell yes - Harris/Walz planning a rally in Milwaukee next Tuesday, hoping to hold it in the arena where the RNC was

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/us/politics/harris-walz-milwaukee-rally-dnc.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Wow, that's really badass for one city to get this and the Grindr Super Bowl the same year. 

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1 hour ago, RomaVicta said:

I'm so glad I found this again.

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You can tell which trailer is hers by her boyfriend's shit burning in the yard.

13 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

SIAP. Trump telling Elon that any striking worker should be fired. I would love to see the reaction of the blue collar, union voters in Ohio, who plan to vote for Trump.

I am sure the door knockers in Ohio will be amazed by how many factory workers follow Olympic women boxing.  

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