The debate over debates
After demanding that Trump honor the debate agreement he had with Joe Biden, the Harris campaign now wants rule changes which the Biden campaign demanded for all the debates. The Harris' campaign is demanding that microphones stay unmuted at the next debate. Furthermore, they would like to have Kamals sitting down for the 90 minutes with notes to look at.
She's more than happy to have exchanges with him if he tries to interrupt her," one person familiar with the negotiations told Politico, adding that Trump was "very prone to having intemperate outbursts" and that the campaign "would want viewers to hear."
Kamala Harris wants Trump's mic to stay unmuted the whole time during their upcoming debate (msn.com)
No shit.
This debate seems to be a matter of who might screw up.
The Empire Strikes Back:
The illegally appointed Jack Smith has filed a fresh criminal indictment against former President Trump. The new one isn't much different from the old one. Smith is trying to get around the SCOTUS ruling on executive privilege. It is unlikely that there would be a trial before the election, but it would generate a lot of negative narratives against Trump during the final two months of the campaign. Smith is what the French call "evidente."
The timing of Jack Smith's revised indictment against Trump raises eyebrows in legal circles because DOJ manual forbids actions designed to impact elections
In other news:
Kamals Harris has committed to an interview tomorrow night on democrat media ally network CNN. Her vp pick Tim Walz will be there with her. Does that mean Walz will suck up half the time? Will Bash let him run out the clock?
Israel’s military rescued a hostage who was working as a guard at a kibbutz when he was abducted — from a tunnel in Gaza.
Israel’s military launched a broad operation in the occupied West Bank.
The New York Times tells us that the U.S. job market has recovered from a pandemic loss, but the recovery has been uneven: Texas & Florida are booming while parts of the Midwest and California are not. The Times doesn't understand why.
A US Naval strike group commander says that more aggressive strikes against the Houthis were rejected by US leaders because the High command was concerned about Iran at the time.
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Anti-Israel agitators defaced property at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and held a massive protest on the first day of classes Monday, despite administrators' efforts to prevent a repeat of the spring chaos.
Along the entrance of Day Hall on Monday morning, the messages "Israel bombs, Cornell pays" and "Blood is on your hands" were scrawled in red spray paint, and the door glass had been smashed.
"We are appalled by the graffiti spraypainted, and glass shattered overnight along the front entrance of Day Hall," Cornell's Vice President for University Relations Joel Malina said in a statement.
Anti-Israel agitators hit Cornell University with vandalism, protests on Ivy League school's 1st day | Fox News
Trump NEEDS a debate and Harris does not...
Absolutely will be more nails in MAGA's coffin!
Harris can't afford to speak without a script.
How in hell do you come up with that? The prosecutor in her is eloquent on her feet...
I come up with it because she can't explain her massive flip-flops.
So, just throwing bullshit at the wall huh?
Kamala is vastly more eloquent than DT!
Any contention otherwise is indefensible.
She needs to prove it.
No, Trump NEEDS her to fail. She won't!
The prosecutor in her is eloquent on her feet
What a dishonest claim.
You seem to be forgetting that (1) we’ve all seen her speak and (2) she’s afraid to do an interview and can’t even do one on her own. She’s like a gen z girl who needs to bring her daddy to job interviews.
the proof is in the pudding.
No, she is incredibly weak and ineffective when speaking without a script and/or a teleprompter.
They're still blindly searching to come up with to attack her with. Repurposing the whole teleprompter bullshit is just another instance of seeing what sticks to the wall.
Well then, it obviously is not working...
So far MAGA are wrong on everything!
Every call wrong. Every prediction fails.
MAGA may pray for an inside straight in the Electoral College like in 2016. That will never happen as Trump loses by 10,000,000 votes!
And Harris pulls ahead in swing states.
So she does want to take our cars away
No, but you may not be able to buy a new Hemi V8 in California anymore. Nobody said anything about Kamala taking away cars.
So be serious or expect to be ridiculed.
Your picture shows her grabbing at cars and gleefully stomping through cities and scaring motorists.
but trump and vance can explain theirs?
Trump and Vance are out doing interviews all the time.
Why can't Harris talk?
And that was her latest flip-flop. I read this morning on MSN that she does not support the electric car mandate that Biden pushed.
Will she ever explain her flip-flops? Will she ever put out any policy statements beyond the very vague campaign statements made?
Imo Harris wants the debate rules changed to give herself every single advantage she can get in her favor to go along with the potentially liberally biased moderator.
‘Harris can't afford to speak without a script.’
Or apparently her service record lying lapdog at her side.
Her "sickophants" won't even notice.
Even with the script 3 inches from her face as she reads from it.
Yup
Same as usual.
Yet, like "end of days" preachers and doomsday prophets, MAGA people keep coming back for more.
Then they will just proclaim fraud since, like Trump, they can never admit that they're wrong.
She does seem to be on quite the roll currently.
Huh?
That's a dumb interpretation.
See how frightened the gop cult of trump is so frightened of strong and decent and intelligent women? Just like Hillary.
That's what it looks like and that purple outfit looks like an Elvis impersonator
No, we know where Trump stands on the issues, now we need Harris to explain her flip-flops and her socialist agenda.
Thats what happens when you are a traitor. People go negative on you.
The deep blue state is frightened to death.
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But apparently he's afraid of any kind of conflict. He hid as his cities were burned during the riots over a drug overdose, he hid from deployments during his military service...
How do you think he'll react when confronted face to face. My guess, he'll tuck tail are run.
I just discovered this:
According to The Hill , an insider source revealed that the interview would be taped sometime during the same day in Georgia, where Harris is expected to participate in a bus tour this week.
You wish...
Yet Americans are LOVING Coach Walz!
Ohio and Missouri are in play Nov Fifth.
Americans?
Americans are LOVING Coach Walz!
What nonsense.
He has a 39% approval rating. He’s as popular as jd Vance.
Walz says he is not afraid of weird people, Birds of a feather flock together
"the interview would be taped"
Gee, so they will be able to edit it and clean it up for the gullible electorate. Sounds like they are afraid to go live, and that she is afraid to have to speak for herself and also has to have a man help her throughout this very friendly interview with Dana Bash.
This from someone supporting Captain Bonespurs?
You feel he should have been doing the job of police officers?
This has been debunked over and over and over....
Fact-checking attacks on Walz’s military record by Vance and other Republicans
Based on what? Captain Bonespurs is the one running away from the debates.
Except MAGA Birds are foul not fowl...
Obviously, you haven't been paying attention.
Nothing I said was false.
1. Who is "Captain Bonespurs"?
2. Where did I say I supported anybody. Provide the link.
Look at it the same fashion you look at Trump stopping the protest on Jan 6.
Then lets see the link(s).
1. Again, who is "Captain Bonespurs"?
2. The only one that seems to have the issue is Harris. Feel free to explain why she wants rule changes.
Are you saying that if you support Watz, you are not an American or people in Ohio and Missouri are not American?
Dishonest question. You know who Captain Bonespurs is.
Well, you have shown that you are opposed to Harris, and you have equally stood up for Trump in many comments. So, here's your chance. You have publicly opposed Harris, so who do you publicly support?
Aren't they almost always taped so that they can be cleaned up before being released? I'm more concerned that with CNN it will be all softball questions without any pushback. Dana Bash has a well-known history of not really pushing hard questions or doing follow up on non-answers.
Once again, who is "Captain Bonespurs"?
All that to say you can't show where I stated I supported anybody.
Cousin to Private Asthma?
Could be. It's hard to tell with them anymore.
A sure-fire sign of a weak argument--accuse your opponent of what your own did. And then pretend it is somehow different because Biden is a Democrat.
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Why would trump want to do that?
Well, since despite owning a computer you refuse to use any of the available search engines, I will help.
Captain Bonespurs
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Pay attention, you will find he said nothing of the sort, of course.
You simply ignore the fact that Biden got deferrals too.
Must be nice to feel no guilt about holding double standards.
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It appears that the cult of the former 'president' convicted felon and rapist are at the same level of maturity.
No, the gop cult of maga ARE scared shitless! Just like the former 'president' convicted felon and rapist. Such a joy to see!
Yeah, we/they mock them and laugh at them like the rest of the decent sane world!
George Floyd was murdered by that racist cop, and did not die of a drug overdose. Another hateful lie that has been debunked over and over again.
Birds of a feather....
That's what happens when you try to "get him at all costs". He's hoping people and the courts forget how he was "appointed" as special counsel and don't force him out.
Really that's the whole point. Try to get that negative narrative out there. But it's hard to do that when the person who is "prosecuting" it hasn't been properly appointed and admitted to mishandling evidence (classified material).
They are up for a fight as their "prosecution", for all intents and purposes, is all politically motivated and the former POTUS has picked up support of those who are against the Kim, Jong un style prosecution.
A former Baltimore city prosecutor who achieved a national profile for charging police officers in a Black man’s death was spared any prison time in her sentence Thursday for perjury and mortgage fraud.
Marilyn Mosby’s sentence includes 12 months of home confinement and three years of supervised release.
Marilyn Mosby was convicted of lying about her finances to make early withdrawals from retirement funds during the COVID-19 pandemic, and fraudulently claiming that her own $5,000 was a gift from her then-husband as she closed on a Florida condominium.
Baltimore’s former top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby spared from prison during sentencing for mortgage fraud, perjury (nypost.com)
We have two systems of justice.
Wisconsin joins Michigan in REFUSING TO REMOVE Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the 2024 Presidential ballot.
Why is that?
Kennedy said he didn't want to be a spoiler in battleground states. Who does Kennedy benefit in Wisconsin and Michigan?
Kennedy said he hasn't stopped running for President, he's only stopped campaigning. Just this Monday his team filed to be on the ballot in KY.
He also said he is taking his name off the ballot in battleground states because he didn't want to be a spoiler:
Although Kennedy has said in his speech formally dropping out of the race Friday that he would try to remove his name from the ballot in battleground states where his candidacy could be a spoiler, he added that he wasn’t formally ending his bid and said his supporters could continue to back him in the majority of states, whether red or blue, where they are unlikely to sway the outcome.
"In about 10 battleground states where my presence would be a spoiler, I'm going to remove my name, and I've already started that process and urge voters not to vote for me," Kennedy said. "Our polling consistently showed by staying on the ballot in the battleground states, I would likely hand the election over to the Democrats, with whom I disagree on the most existential issues."
RFK Jr. cannot remove name from ballots in 2 key battleground states | Fox News
He didn't want to be a spoiler for Trump, so he wants to withdraw from states that have already printed ballots. Would you still be supporting him if Harris offered him a cabinet spot?
And he is still accepting donations.
According to the FEC and most states that means he is still running.
It's the law.
He admitted he's still running. He just sent all his staffers home and isn't running adds. This idea he's trying to remove his name from some swing states is a scam to help Trump, since Trump agreed to hire him on the transition team. I expect politicians to sell their souls, Kennedy's was cheap.
Yep, he stated that when he suspended his campaign. He's staying in the election on the slim hope that neither of the major candidates gets to 270 EC votes and the election then moves to the House. His only hope at this point is a contested election where the House rejects both major candidates and puts him in the Oval Office.
Harris never took the whackjobs' call. Guess who did?
lol
I'm starting to question the intelligence of the American people. How can they not see what is going on?
DEI and woke has clouded their minds
Let us hope not.
I've always questioned the intelligence of trump supporters.
Decent people don't have a problem with DEI and being woke isn't a dirty word.
I suppose somebody had to.
Maybe we should demand that Biden's name be kept on the ballot.
We? Kamala Harris is Democratic Nominee!
Is We some being like Q was on Star Treck?
Dictator of the Universe? Some sort of God?
I ask as We has no real authority on earth...
Amusing how the people who have no intention of voting for a candidate want to dictate to that candidate and to individual states what should be done.
Yes, but amusing is no the word I would use...
Amusing how the people who have no intention of voting for a person have done everything they can to keep that person off state ballots and throw him in prison.
Ironic, hub?
Possibly the expense of reprinting sample ballots or reprograming 155 counties with different types of voting apparatus.
Why should the people bear the cost of a candidates decision to "suspend"?
"Suspend" has no legal meaning to the FEC, therefore they still consider RFK Jr to be running for POTUS.
It's a federal election law.
Another endorsement:
So what? BFD
Old news.
Remember when she humiliated Kamala?
Where does Biden find them?
LMAO!!!
The one sprinting for his life on 1/6? One of the inciters of 1/6?
I agree -
Question of the day:
Why did CNN agree to do a pre-taped interview with Harris and Walz instead of going live?
That's a long list of possibilities. Look at the last time their candidate was unscripted. He blundered and vapor locked, she cackles constantly. A pre-taped interview allows them to edit all that out. Not that it can make them sound even remotely close to knowing what they are doing.
I have a feeling that is going to be the number one answer.
Edit and gaffe cleanup time................and to crop out some cackling no doubt.
That's 3 of us so far.
Which makes the debate even more important. I also wonder if the Harris campaign will look at the CNN "interview" and feel they can pronounce that they did do interviews so why do another...
That would make it a spilt second interview.
After two decades at war with the Taliban, the U.S. government is now sending millions of taxpayer dollars to the terrorist group.
The Taliban resumed power in Afghanistan immediately after the chaotic and deadly withdrawal of U.S. troops earlier in the Biden administration.
A recently released federal watchdog report shows that the U.S. government has sent at least $11 million to the Taliban since the 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops. But experts and even the federal watchdog estimate the number is much higher.
Feds send millions of taxpayer dollars to the Taliban (msn.com)
Want more of the same?
Vote for Harris and you'll get it.
That was the deal that Trump made, sorry.
The UN transfers money previously frozen to the current Afghanistan government, the Taliban.
Trump wasn't president in 2021. The UN is not the US government and why would it send money to the Taliban?
Supposedly the funds are going to groups aiding the Afghan people, but how likely is it that none of it is getting through?
U.S. taxpayers may be funding the Taliban and Afghan terror groups, watchdog says (nbcnews.com)
The Taliban just banned women from showing their face in the public.
Unsurprisingly, none of the people who constantly protest on behalf of Palestinians being oppressed seem to care.
The Trump Administration approved the Doha Agreement. Certain payments were guaranteed for a few years but it appears that Biden stopped all direct payments to the Afghan government when the Taliban took over and broke part of the agreement by not prosecuting or pursuing Al-Qaidah.
We have no diplomatic relations with Afghanistain. The US is however the number one donor to humanitarian aid in Afghanistan using some 90 or so UN agencies as pass throughs. The total aid between 2021 and 2023 was apparently $2.8Billion dollars.
About half of those agencies have reported having to pay "business taxes" to the Taliban totaling roughly $10.90Million or 3%.
So it appears that 97% of the funds do get used for their intended purpose.
The Biden appointees
The dems voted to approve these people.
Want more of the same?
Vote for Harris and you'll get it.
School has begun once again
I have only one question for Amanda Silberstein: Who are you voting for?
A quick deal before the election?
Is this what you want?
Vote for Harris and you'll get it.