Let’s be clear: Trump’s infamous “The Weave” claims–about his speaking style always comes back to where it needs to be–isn’t some practice of skill or art. It’s because Trump glances back at the teleprompter and picks up where he was supposed to be on the script. It’s not Trump’s genius; it’s the skill of the person running the scroll on the screen.
We really must send 45 orders of Orange Chicken from local Chinese restaurants to Mar-a-Lago on October 23rd, the date of the proposed second debate on CNN Trump backed out of, when Harris will hold a Town Hall on the network.
I know there are rules about bringing up topics unfavorable to Republicans after tragedies like mass shootings and hurricanes caused by things they mocked like gun safety and climate change, but is now a good time to talk about how Ron DeSantis et al screwed up Florida’s property insurance market? So many private insurers pulled out of Florida, tens of thousands of homes are now either without any insurance at all or covered under state disaster plans–bolstered by federal taxpayer dollars. In other words: Florida socializes its rebuilding cost after the disaster with the rest of the nation.
Harris’s media strategy is nothing short of brilliant. She understands members of the most important voter group in the upcoming election–previously disengaged citizens–need to hear her message, and they don’t watch 60 Minutes. She’s getting the message to the valued undecided voters, on their platforms; Harris is going to where voters are comfortable. Trump’s going to where he’s comfortable, on the bro-heavy hoping his voters will follow.
Oh-so-quietly, the markets closed at more record highs. Inflation is at pre-pandemic levels. And The Fed is likely to announce another rate cut before the end of the year. No string of social media posts from the White House discussing how unprecedented it is, and how it never would’ve happened if the Oval Office occupant was there. Just quiet, competent leadership.
Flooding, high winds, and Ron DeSantis. If you believe in God, you gotta wonder what grudge She has against Florida.
“Hey, Vlad. It’s Donald. Trump. Donald Trump. Did I catch you in the middle of something? No? Good. Me? Nah, well, I was just sitting here–y’know, in my ‘office’–looking through these boxes in the bathtub and came across this thing on our Navy subs. Did you know they can get within 300 yards of ‘enemy’–yeah, haha, I guess that means you, right?–enemy ships without detection? Pretty amazing stuff, huh? That’s like a football field. No, no, no, for you, anything. What’s the question? Ballistic missile operations? I don’t see a file but I can look for you… Oh, yeah, I love the burner phone, Vlad.”
Sometimes you just need a gummy worm or six. No shame.
Senator Guyliner says he wouldn’t have certified the 2020 election. That foreshadows two things: first, Vance is going to be the Senator to pick up any objection to 2024 election results on January 6th, 2025, no matter how frivolous, brought up by the MAGA faithful in the House, adding to the planned chaos. And second, JD Vance cannot get anywhere near the White House.
I liked it when ex-presidents didn’t sell sneakers. It kinda denigrates the legacy, don’t you think?
Republicans like Marjorie Taylor Greene believe that the President–with unlimited immunity for official acts–can send a destructive hurricane to an area of the country that doesn’t support him and destroy it, and he’ll get away with it because controlling the weather is an official act.
Bob Woodward again with stellar reporting…in a book. In my book, a major Party presidential candidate having multiple off-the-record conversations with the dictatorial leaders of a nuclear former superpower should have been released long before the book was proofread.
As someone who had to search high and low for COVID tests in the summer of 2020 and couldn’t find one while I was clearly demonstrating symptoms of the coronavirus, and because I couldn’t get a positive test result while I was sick in 2020, I’m now unable to enroll in medical studies to treat my ongoing long-COVID and its various symptoms, I add a hearty “FUCK YOU” to Donald Trump for sending tests to Russia to help Putin and abandoning the needs of Americans.
Team Trump whining about editing in Harris’s 60 Minutes interview is a fantastic example of Trump’s disastrous “deflect everything” plan. By pointing out 60 Minutes edited the interview–which the show always does for every segment; it’s not broadcast live–Team Trump spotlights that Trump was too cowardly to sit for the interview.
If you’re posting bullshit FEMA memes because you wanna “own the libs,” go to fucking hell. Exploiting the disaster is bad enough. Exploiting the victims of the disaster to make them and their families believe things are hopeless and help is not available is heartless, cruel and inhumane.
I will generally choose a chowder over a stew, and a stew over a chili. At a restaurant, soup is a fair appetizer option, but at home, soup is a meal, especially with a loaf of crusty bread.
We missed the Northern Lights show that reached down to the DC outskirts. Neighbors saw it. Friends posted photos. But hopefully it’ll come back soon so I’ll get off my lazy ass and see it.
