The Politics Thread

[janea4old]

I am too US-centric.  
I saw a headline about Georgia and the election...
I read too fast, skimmed, saw mentions of Georgia, a recount, a political party, accusations of electoral irregularities, a stolen election, protests about fraud, intimidation, ballot stuffing, multiple voting, unprecedented levels of voter bribery and expulsion of observers from polling stations. Prosecutors said they had opened 47 criminal cases over alleged electoral violations.

Upon slowing myself down, I realized...
The article is about an election in the *country* of Georgia.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/31/georgia-election-final-recount-ruling-party-victory-electoral-commission 

Re: the official results reported by the ruling party's electoral commission:  a global research and data firm called those reported results “statistically impossible”.  The EU and the US have demanded a full investigation.

Edited October 31, 2024 by janea4old

[Marco Dane]

If they like it or not. That is sick for an presidental candidate to say. 

[janea4old]

 

 

Very gross thing for anyone to say, yeah.

Edited October 31, 2024 by janea4old

[DramatistDreamer]

 

[janea4old]

I'm a person without a car, and I live miles from the nearest bus stop.  I rely on Amazon and Doordash to survive.  This sucks.  I've already been upset with Bezos  and the Washington Post refusal to endorse Kamala Harris, which has caused me much angst about using Amazon.  But now Doordash? WTF.

Edited October 31, 2024 by janea4old

[Juliajms2]

Me too, at least to some extent. I can't follow this election minute by minute like I did 2020. I remember enjoying politics, but I don't in the same way. Not when it feels more like life and death than a simple difference in policy.

 

I am grateful that more of the Latino vote is moving to Kamala, but part of me is frustrated too. Wasn't it enough when he accused Haitian immigrants of eating pets? He brought violence upon that community with his lies.

Wasn't it obvious then that he is more than happy to scapegoat immigrants if it suits his purpose? He has done this type of thing over and over, but some people seem to think he doesn't hate them until he mentions their group specifically.

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[marceline]

I stopped trying to figure out the Latino electorate. There's so many different nationalities within that group and they all have different histories. Puerto Ricans lean liberal while Cubans like the GOP. Conversely I've started paying more attention to the Indigenous vote. I remember the articles of Native voters riding horses to the polls in the middle of the pandemic and thinking that I really wanted to support that community.

For my own sanity, I need to take the time, energy, and money I gave the Dems and transfer that to other causes and I plan to start by figuring out the best way to support the Native/Indigenous community.

[Vee]

Puck reports Mar-a-Lago is dooming.

[Vee]

The final Marist swing state polls of the cycle. Happy Halloween!

 

Meanwhile:

 

[Vee]

 

[janea4old]

Elizabeth Banks on "why I voted for Kamala Harris".
Her reasons "why" are very thought-provoking.  Deep and practical  stuff.  Not soundbites.

on tiktok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@elizabethbanks/video/7431691572913114399

a copy via someone's twitter:
https://x.com/ChristinePThoma/status/1852105131128688854


And the same on Elizabeth Banks' IG
https://www.instagram.com/p/DBw4qt_AYE4/
 

Edited November 1, 2024 by janea4old

[DRW50]

It's probably a good thing I can't embed now because I would have posted a tweet of Megyn Kelly dressed in a garbage bag with a MAGA hat. That he is actually capable of making people wear garbage bags and garbageman outfits and is able to get the media to hang onto the likes of Mark Cuban's comments on The View, is why I just can't ever believe he's going to lose unless he does. The only part that makes me think he may be struggling in some places is that even his campaign people like Susie Wiles were making a big deal of the Cuban comments.

The Trump campaign now glides through ginning up outrage to blot out any positive stories for Democrats, and Trump and his sycophants go around stating plainly to their donors/true believers what they will do (stop all vaccines, gut the economy, repeal the ACA, etc.) then just say "we never actually said that," because so many people will believe them.

I did see, although I didn't watch the interview, that even Rogan pushed back some on JD Vance, which shows you just how wretched Vance is. 

I did laugh at Vance saying "normal gay guys" will vote for Trump. I'm not going to lie and say that a number of gay men are not going to vote for Trump, but I wonder if that was another moment of donor panic due to all the homophobia being spewed by the self-hating brigade (Josh Hawley claiming his opponent can't "shoot straight," a man appointed to a major board in Arkansas by Sarah Fuckabee Sanders spewing homophobic bile even though she has a gay deputy chief of staff, etc.)

If you can find the clip of Lucas Kunce demolishing Hawley, it's worth a watch.

[Vee]

 

 

Like others, I personally suspect the Other/Independent vote in NV will break for the Dems - whether it will or if it will be enough to take the state remains to be seen.

 

He has before! Just saying.

[marceline]

It's amazing how people keep ignoring that.