American Politics: It’s Election Time

Would like to point out that Donald Trump invited conspiracy-peddling bigot and 9/11 truther Laura Loomer to an event this past week commemorating the terrorist attacks.

But Laura Loomer’s news blitz doesn’t end there.

She recently tweeted that if Kamala Harris was elected, the White House would smell like “curry”. This caused an outrage among liberals and conservatives alike. Even Marjorie Taylor Greene said that comment was “extremely racist”.

Sometimes these far-right weirdos are just…weird

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It’s election season, so I’ll make this message:

:ballot_box: REGISTER TO VOTE HERE: https://vote.gov/ :ballot_box:

If you will be 18 by or on November 5, 2024, you are eligible to vote!

If you live in Minnesota, South Dakota, or Virginia, note that early voting has already begun. If you’d like to vote early in your state, check this webpage: Early Voting Calendar - Vote.org


NYT News Quiz time!

My score: 10/11 – got question #7 wrong


In other news, Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris. A peek at Swift's favorability ratings among members of political affiliations from a NYT/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena College poll:

It was hilarious seeing Trump and Biden debating, too bad Biden pulled out.

JD Vance and Tim Walz meet tonight in New York for the first and potentially only vice presidential debate.

When to watch it

The debate will kick off at 9pm ET. It is expected to last 1.5 hours–meaning it will end some time around 10:30 ET.

Where to watch it

The debate will be moderated and televised by CBS. Link to online broadcast and information.

Why this is important

The vice president is single-handedly the most-coveted job in politics that does the least amount of actual work. So why is it truly important?

Tim Walz, the Democratic VP nominee, is anchoring the campaign’s masculine side. A success tonight means the campaign could gain with male supporters who live in rural and suburban areas.

JD Vance, a lawyer and author by trade, will need to use his Yale-acquired debate skills to trample Walz.

Let’s see what happens!

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Thoughts? Couldn’t watch it live.

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You can have your reservations about Vance and his policies, but there’s no doubt that he’s a good debater. He’s young, smart, and a Yale Law School grad.

The debate was steady and surprisingly civil until the last topic of the night: the 2020 election and January 6th. Vance refused to concede that Trump lost the election and it looked bad on his part.

Besides that, Vance was polished and Walz succumbed to the occasional verbal stutter.

Vance came across well, but if you actually listened to what he said, you’d find that he would never answer a question and would always pivot.

I think it was quite even–there was no clear winner. Snap polls support that: most were 50/50 or 51/49 for one candidate or the other.

31 days till Election Day!

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Should we make some predictions? This is my current map, with a narrow Harris win.

Site to create is here: https://www.270towin.com/

I’m willing to bet, off this map, NV goes red, ME-02 goes red, and NC goes blue.

But I never was a gambling man.

If you are right about NV and ME-02, but wrong about NC, then only NE-02 stands in the way of a Trump / Walz administration. What a party that would be.

I wonder how long it will be before Trump gets impeached for the 3rd time-