He’s of course not the only powerful person working to throw the election King Tromp’s way.
(Good explanation too of how the electoral college came about, and of why Democrats can easily lose the presidency while winning the popular vote.)
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Only the board of governors by a majority vote. And that deck is stacked. And Republicans block nominations
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Yep. Our mail-in ballots in Oregon are paper fill-in-the-dots (except the dots are rectangles…).
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One of our good Senators has been making this one of his missions lately (along with fixing up military bases)…
I am so pleased with both my senators! They are models for getting elected and doing the fucking work!
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The only Venezuelan gangs in Colorado are the crews of window washers in the intersections. They’re just out there trying to make a buck since they can’t work here legally.
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I imagine this is the face silver is making through this entire interview…
Stuff like this…
Even the insight that it could go either way is useful, Silver argues. “One potential advantage of having a forecast that says … it’s 50/50, is that people should be making their contingency plans, like, right away. It doesn’t mean you need [to stockpile] ammo and peanut butter” – that giggle again – “but it means, you know: what’s your strategy to protect American institutions in the event of a Trump second term?
and…
“There were a lot of guardrails in place last time that prevented complete and utter disaster, but those guardrails have been weakened, right?” – he warns against painting it as an existential threat to democracy, at least as a political strategy. “The notion of basically holding voters hostage in that sense is very unappealing … Biden was like: ‘OK, sure, I may be running for president until I’m 86 and can barely form a complete sentence, but if you don’t vote for me, the country gets it’ – that’s a very unappealing message to swing voters … whereas Harris brings more joyfulness and is obviously a very talented woman”. He worries, though, that she has “retained too many of the Biden people who thought it was a good idea to keep running [him]. I guess she kind of had to.”
White dude with privilege downplaying the actual threat posed by Trump and the current version of the GOP… shocker.
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Doctors are giving nearly twice as much to Democrats as Republicans this cycle, teaming with Kamala Harris’ campaign and broadcasting the hazards they see in a second Trump administration on social media.
Some of their colleagues worry all the politicking will further erode trust in public health, but the Harris supporters say they see it as a moral obligation.
“Elections do matter for your health,” Dr. Suhas Gondi, an internal medicine resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston who’s involved with the organizing, told POLITICO. “It’s hard for me to not be engaged in politics.”
Doctors’ strong support for Harris is the culmination of a political shift that started with the battles over patients’ rights and HMOs in the early 2000s and gained speed with Donald Trump’s 2016 run — which drove educated professionals into the Democratic Party.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/21/doctors-harris-support-public-health-00179165
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Yep, I posted similarly a couple of weeks ago about an interview with him. He’s platformed constantly, while spouting intelligent-sounding but empty gibberish. Another mediocre white man failing upwards. Shocking!!
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In brutal summary: CNN proposed a second debate between Harris and trump on 23-Oct. Harris accepts; then trump declines. bwak…wak…wak… [wings flapping gesture]
proposal and Harris acceptance:
Harris accepts CNN debate invitation for 23 October. Challenges T*ump to do the same.
CNN has just reported that Vice President Kamala Harris has accepted their invitation for a 23 October debate against Donald Trump. This seems to be a win win for her and a lose lose for him.
and trump chickens out:
VP Kamala Harris Agrees to Second Presidential Debate Against Donald Trump on CNN
Emell Derra Adolphus
Trump said it was “too late” for another debate at a North Carolina rally on the heels of the Harris camp accepting a second debate on the network.
Updated Sep. 21, 2024 3:36PM EDT / Published Sep. 21, 2024 2:14PM
(and nothing particularly likely was lost; while Harris clocks up another win)
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Too late you mean to cancel that first disaster you endured with her? Yep, too late for that, Donny the Fowl!
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Too late for him to see a path to victory by legitimate means, maybe. He’s talking about winning NY and campaigning in California. He still hopes to be president, but thinks he can get there through shenanigans. And if that doesn’t work, Venezuela.
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Robert Reich provides some reminders for voters who seem to have selective amnesia when it comes to TFG 45:
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Nice to know i am not alone. Pediatricians trend strongly blue, but are usually quiet about it. I suck at quiet.
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He’s getting scared shitless. But can’t acknowledge that- even to himself.
The nasty & crazy hasn’t even begun to peak yet.
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I encountered these window washers literally an hour ago. I had no idea of their origin or history until seeing the article you linked. If I had any regrets about overpaying them, I sure don’t now. I do hope they’re careful though, it really is dangerous rushing in and out of the street like that. 
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