Current Affairs 2024 POTUS race

[verreauxi]

Decent quick read:

The price of joy

Why did the Democrats refuse to allow a Palestinian American to speak at the convention? “I truly have no idea why they said no. None of us do," Romman told me.

theracket.news

 

[catcherintherye]

Hopefully it is the person in question goes to jail, and external people do their duty.

I do wonder if this just drives up turnout for Dem voters though, and demoralises Republicans. Like I wouldn't be leeking that you are effectively going to lose the election but will try and cheat.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[LinekersLegs]

This.

1 million times this. I can anecdotally report the Dem field office here in my city is packed to the rafters every day with volunteers and cannot keep yard signs in stock.

Hope the momentum continues!

 

[catcherintherye]

Hope the momentum continues!

This is winnable. And if you are winning Texas, you are trouncing Trump.

 

[BlueTX]

This is winnable. And if you are winning Texas, you are trouncing Trump.

This is a very, very difficult state for Dems to win statewide. The roadblocks are many and they are intentional.

If Colin Allred wins, Trump and the GOP are beyond screwed nationally.

 

[RAFUH]

He should have to pay the state to reprint.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[mmmmsnouts]

Decent quick read:

The price of joy

Why did the Democrats refuse to allow a Palestinian American to speak at the convention? “I truly have no idea why they said no. None of us do," Romman told me.

theracket.news

Because Palestinians let Hamas do most if not all of their talking, which drains away the sympathy they could be getting from the average American. I think everyone is wrong to some degree in this situation and this is the way the Palestinians are wrong.

Also the “protests” in Chicago were probably astroturfed.

 

[LinekersLegs]

He wants to pardon these rioters that he incited.



Even if I agreed with every other position he supported I would find his decisions and actions about January 6th disqualifying, he is a danger to democracy.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

He wants to pardon these rioters that he incited.



Even if I agreed with every other position he supported I would find his decisions and actions about January 6th disqualifying, he is a danger to democracy.

Think a lot of Trump supporters believe the police and FBI let them into the building and/or the trouble was instigated by BLM, Antifa etc.
Crazy stuff

 

[verreauxi]

This is an interesting analysis that looks at (perhaps) why Trump resonated with workers in the rust belt in 2016. He mentioned things that actually resonated with them...words like "jobs" "manufacturing" "unfair trade" etc. That he didn't deliver on these issues beside the point, in that he campaigned on them and thus managed to steal votes from a voting block that Democrats traditionally rely on.

KH and Walz better start talking about some of these things (over and above stuff like reproductive rights). Walz is probably better at doing this given his seemingly more populist demeanor.

Why Do So Many Workers Love Trump?

Racism and xenophobia are a part of why so many ordinary workers were won over to Donald Trump, but that's far from the whole story. A careful study breaks down how Trump spoke to economic grievances and personal experiences.

jacobin.com

 

[sd_1992]

This is winnable. And if you are winning Texas, you are trouncing Trump.

No it isn’t.

Why on earth Dems throw millions in campaign funds into one of the least winnable states in the nation every time there is an election is beyond me.

 

[catcherintherye]

No it isn’t.

Why on earth Dems throw millions in campaign funds into one of the least winnable states in the nation every time there is an election is beyond me.

If they are within 3%, it's winnable. Especially with the Dems having all the momentum and Trump collapsing.