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Post by markgoodair on Sept 4, 2024 10:45:15 GMT
On September 3, the Michigan Court of Claims rejected an attempt by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to remove himself from the ballot. He is listed as the Natural Law Party nominee in Michigan.
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Post by sanders on Sept 4, 2024 12:52:53 GMT
Good map showing Minnesota's urban-rural divide. Trump carried four greater Minnesota Districts. Biden carried Districts around Minneapolis-St. Paul. It's likely that that happens again. Walz may helps Harris in MN-01. It has Olmsted County (including Rochester). Walz represented Minnesota's 1st District (2007-2019). I see Democrats flipping Anoka County. It's a Twin Cities suburban area.
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Post by timmullen on Sept 4, 2024 22:38:23 GMT
It won’t shift many if any votes, but for political nerds is something of a wow moment, Liz Cheney has just told a group of students at Duke University that she will be voting for Harris.
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Post by manchesterman on Sept 4, 2024 22:58:10 GMT
Not really a wow moment. She was only ever going to vote for Harris or not vote at all.
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Post by sanders on Sept 5, 2024 1:29:30 GMT
It won’t shift many if any votes, but for political nerds is something of a wow moment, Liz Cheney has just told a group of students at Duke University that she will be voting for Harris. Same for Adam Kinzinger - not surprising. On a completely unrelated note here: So much for Ivy League degrees. Donald Trump suggested nuking a hurricane...
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Post by sanders on Sept 5, 2024 5:33:25 GMT
Walz will be the greatest VP. He savages the Trump GOP here. It's pretty spiffing Kyle Kulinski content:
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Post by willpower3 on Sept 5, 2024 5:41:32 GMT
It won’t shift many if any votes, but for political nerds is something of a wow moment, Liz Cheney has just told a group of students at Duke University that she will be voting for Harris. Same for Adam Kinzinger - not surprising. On a completely unrelated note here: So much for Ivy League degrees. Donald Trump suggested nuking a hurricane... That a majority think Trump is intelligent isn't exactly humiliating for him given that he has been portrayed as being the pinnacle of stupidity for at least eight years (and possibly decades).
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Post by cogload on Sept 5, 2024 5:58:24 GMT
To the surprise of almost everyone, the DOJ has got off it's backside and charged a Tennessee based media firm full of right wing talking heads of being a Russian front.
There are Donald J Trump connections. Which may explain his relative silence over the last week.
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Post by sanders on Sept 5, 2024 7:56:02 GMT
But Vance won't back gun control. America needs a liberal SCOTUS, imo. They ought to overturn Heller ASAP.
The sooner here was 14. Fourteen.
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Post by cogload on Sept 5, 2024 9:41:08 GMT
To the surprise of almost everyone, the DOJ has got off it's backside and charged a Tennessee based media firm full of right wing talking heads of being a Russian front. There are Donald J Trump connections. Which may explain his relative silence over the last week. Ohhh. It gets more spicy. All these roubles were funnelled through a UK registered shell company.
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Post by sanders on Sept 5, 2024 10:22:21 GMT
Are shy Trumpers still a thing?
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Post by The Bishop on Sept 5, 2024 12:15:06 GMT
Not really a wow moment. She was only ever going to vote for Harris or not vote at all. And is a very marmite person as well. No, this is not a game changer.
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Post by timmullen on Sept 5, 2024 12:52:50 GMT
Not really a wow moment. She was only ever going to vote for Harris or not vote at all. Just that four years ago she (publicly at least) did the latter, claiming Biden was too left wing, and she was still a Republican. Given that it does give the Harris campaign some ammunition with which to rebut Trump’s “Comrade Kamala” claims, but more importantly may be an indication that Republicans unable to vote for Trump are going further than they did four years ago. I specifically stated it wasn’t a wow moment so why you chose to deny that it was is puzzling.
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Post by stb12 on Sept 5, 2024 12:54:58 GMT
I think she endorsed Trump four years ago? The big break from him and the party only really began after January 6th
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Post by timmullen on Sept 5, 2024 13:00:38 GMT
I think she endorsed Trump four years ago? The big break from him and the party only really began after January 6th Can’t find an endorsement via a quick Google search; my feeling was she was one of those who didn’t endorse.
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Post by sanders on Sept 5, 2024 13:06:27 GMT
Not really a wow moment. She was only ever going to vote for Harris or not vote at all. Just that four years ago she (publicly at least) did the latter, claiming Biden was too left wing, and she was still a Republican. Given that it does give the Harris campaign some ammunition with which to rebut Trump’s “Comrade Kamala” claims, but more importantly may be an indication that Republicans unable to vote for Trump are going further than they did four years ago. I specifically stated it wasn’t a wow moment so why you chose to deny that it was is puzzling. I think Liz Cheney stopped caring after she lost the Wyoming primary to Harriet Hageman. Jan 6th was a turning point. She could have run for Senate in 2020.
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Post by timmullen on Sept 5, 2024 13:26:13 GMT
I see she’s going further than a simple endorsement but is doing a speaking tour outlining the defence and national security reasons why people should vote for Harris rather as by far the lesser of two evils.
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Post by sanders on Sept 5, 2024 14:23:09 GMT
I see she’s going further than a simple endorsement but is doing a speaking tour outlining the defence and national security reasons why people should vote for Harris rather as by far the lesser of two evils. Liz Cheney might want a cabinet post. Colour me cynical in old age. That wouldn’t surprise me one bit. Plus Harris said she’d appoint Republicans.
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Post by stb12 on Sept 5, 2024 15:01:25 GMT
Former Illinois US congressman Joe Walsh is quite an interesting example of a Republican turned to enthusiastically supporting the Democratic ticket
He was part of the Tea Party wave during Obama’s first mid-terms and after losing built a career as a hard conservative talk show host, supported Trump but started to against him later on in his first term over Russia, ran a brief primary campaign against him then voted for and endorsed Biden. He’s continued down the anti-Trump road to the extent that he’s now actively campaigning for Harris and endorses Democrats all down the ballot
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Post by stb12 on Sept 5, 2024 15:04:24 GMT
I see she’s going further than a simple endorsement but is doing a speaking tour outlining the defence and national security reasons why people should vote for Harris rather as by far the lesser of two evils. Liz Cheney might want a cabinet post. Colour me cynical in old age. That wouldn’t surprise me one bit. Plus Harris said she’d appoint Republicans. Not uncommon amongst Democrat administrations, Obama appointed at least a couple of Republicans to his cabinet. Biden didn’t (a bit surprisingly I think) but did nominate one or two to ambassadorial roles
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