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Janet Jackson, bless her heart, clearly doesn’t read the newspaper or even watch a legitimate news program. Some time ago, I posted about celebrities sometimes being far removed from reality. Living in rarefied air, I think I said then. Exhibit A. And as someone who lost an older brother a year ago,of course I empathize with her loss at this time.

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She is also getting a lot of support from people who are using her to stir up more racial hatred and reminding us that Trump has done nothing against black people, and so on. She is so high profile it's a dream come true for Trump, although I think opinions are much more baked in this year than in 2016 so it won't have as much impact.

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One of the tweets @Vee cited above

Ronald Brownstein @RonBrownstein
https://x.com/RonBrownstein/status/1837861083409010886
Sept. 22, 2024

"Many striking findings here-including huge lead w/women & Harris exceeding Biden w/col+ whites & equaling w/non-col whites vs exits or Pew from 2020. But among most striking results: 57% know enough about #Project2025 to view it negatively, including 51% who are very negative."


Brownstein is quoting this tweet of the NBC poll:

 

I looked at the excerpts of the poll -- images within that tweet.

Then I looked at the full link of ALL the polling questions and comparisons with prior polls.
26 pages, fascinating:

https://documentcloud.org/documents/25171447-240405-nbc-september-2024-poll_922-release

Fascinating to read all the questions asked, how it was done, rotation of choices on each call so as offset bias.  So interesting.

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Sept 22:  Israeli military storms Al Jazeera bureau in West Bank, announcing an order that it is to be shut down immediately, for the next 45 days.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/al-jazeera-office-west-bank-raid-israeli-forces-media

fyi, 45 days from now is Nov. 6, the day after USA elections.

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