September 13, 2024

Article about Laura Loomer and Donald Trump romantically involved

I wrote an earlier post speculating on Trump and Loomer having an affair. Now, Drudge has posted this article from a Florida source that puts more meat on the bones of that speculation, with some video evidence. The rumor of an affair with this crazy woman would be enough to cause chaos in the Trump campaign and if any of the rumors end up as credible it would derail the Trump train entirely.

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/is-trump-having-an-affair-with-laura-loomer-the-far-right-extremist-21281352

September 13, 2024

Is there something going on with Laura Loomer and Donald Trump?

I'm going to speculate here, and I hope my post isn't taken down, but the actions of Donald Trump are suspicious to me. There are credible reports that Trump wanted Loomer to be added to the paid staff of his campaign. That was met with strong opposition from his closest advisors. Now, we know that Trump surrounds himself with sycophants, so that dissent was out of character from these people. Trump relented and did not hire her as a paid staffer but has kept her as close as he has any other advisor. Loomer flew on the plane to the debate, yet Melania was nowhere to be found. Don't you think, for political optics, Trump would have his wife by his side for this important event? Instead, this crazy lady was whispering in his ear. The Trump campaign staff didn't just object to Loomer being a paid staff advisor because of the money. They must have been afraid of her influence on Trump.

To add even more conjecture, no staffer, even a Trump staffer, could have thought that putting this 9/11 Truther next to Trump at the memorial for the 9/11 anniversary was a good idea or represented sound political judgement. Again, this was the appropriate place for Melania to accompany her husband.

Knowing Trump's character and the importance to his staff of winning this election, I can only think of one reason for Trump to keep Loomer this close to him, and it's not for her intelligent input to his campaign.

September 13, 2024

Assessing the Republican ground game in swing states

Donald Trump’s success — or failure — on Nov. 5 could very well come down to the campaign’s ground game: And top members of the party are already whispering concerns, pointing fingers, and offering pushback as it relates to the effort. The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee are betting the race on an unconventional approach, opting to outsource much of their turnout operation to dozens of conservative groups like Turning Point Action, America First Works and the Elon Musk-backed America PAC.

The effort hasn’t been entirely smooth sailing, at least in the eyes of some members of the party: Multiple party leaders, former RNC members, and lawmakers have privately trashed what they see as a lack of a clear operation, and expressed concerns about how it could affect not just the fate of the presidential race, but down ballot races as well. Ronna McDaniel, who was ousted from her position as RNC chair back in February amid a Trump campaign takeover, has also grumbled to allies that the party’s on-the-ground efforts are lacking. (McDaniel declined to comment.)

Some swing-state senators are also warning that Democrats are going to present a unique challenge this November after COVID hampered their usual turnout efforts in the prior cycle. North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, who shared a winning ballot with Trump in the Tarheel State in 2020, said the GOP’s organizational advantage might not be as great as it was four years ago and that the party has “got to be able to match up.”

https://www.semafor.com/article/09/09/2024/donald-trumps-unconventional-ground-game-is-making-republicans-nervous

September 12, 2024

Post-Debate Poll: Harris Leads By 5%--Reuters/Ipsos

WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 47% to 42% in the race to win the Nov. 5 presidential election, increasing her advantage after a debate against the former president that voters largely think she won, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Thursday.

The two-day poll showed Harris with a five percentage point lead among registered voters, just above the four-point advantage she had over Trump in an Aug. 21-28 Reuters/Ipsos poll.


https://www.reuters.com/world/us/harris-builds-lead-over-trump-voters-see-her-debate-winner-reutersipsos-poll-2024-09-12/

September 12, 2024

It's not Un-American to criticize President Joe Biden

Just as it wasn't Un-American to criticize Donald Trump when he was President.

Why is it that Trump and his asshole supporters accuse those of us who criticize Bibi Netanyahu as being against Israel? The hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens demonstrating against the conduct of their government's actions in the war in Gaza are certainly not anti-Israel. That's the way democracy works.

I consider myself a strong supporter of Israel. I just think Bibi is a crook and a liar.

And, by the way, I support President Joe Biden's and VP Kamala Harris' position on this issue. My title line was just to make a point

September 12, 2024

The real story about American handling of a crisis

Covid is not just an excuse for Trump's dismal unemployment numbers during his administration, they're the reason for the high inflation rate during Biden's. You can't have it both ways.

Just as the worldwide lock downs during the pandemic caused massive unemployment in every country, the aftermath of the pandemic caused the huge spike in inflation across the globe. Pent up demand, supply chain disruption and inventory shortages (due to the fact that manufacturers and suppliers had no idea when the economies would open up). If inflation was confined to just America, then maybe you could blame the government, but it was worldwide.

Once the pandemic was manageable, each country worked to get back to normal. The Biden-Harris administration did the best in the world. While all the "experts" were predicting that we could not end inflation without a recission, the Democrats did it. Following the pandemic, the Biden-Harris administration had the best recovery of all the advanced economies. The unemployment rates were the best in the world. The GDP was one of the best in the world and our inflation rate was among the lowest. Our overall economy was the envy of every other industrialized country on the planet.

On the other hand, during the pandemic under Trump, the United States had 23% of the world's covid deaths, yet we are only 4.5% of the world's population. Trump's covid news conferences (have we tried injecting disinfectant into the human body?). Have we forgotten that those "pressers" looked like an SNL skit.

Look, the pandemic was a worldwide catastrophe and an economic nightmare in its aftermath. But, judging by the standards of the rest of the world, the Bidne-Harris administration performed the best during the crisis and the Trump administration (especially Trump himself) performed the worst.

September 10, 2024

The Economy: Applying Common Sense and Facts

When comparing the Trump and Biden economies, let's use our common sense and facts. First, common sense. Nobody thinks for one minute the nation's economy changes like turning on a light switch at noon on January 20th of the new President's term. The time it takes to set new policy and usher it through Congress takes at least a year and it takes at least another year to work its way through the economy. Sure, the President can issue some Executive Orders, but to truly affect the largest economy in the world you need Congress's cooperation for spending, taxes and the budget. Trump inherited a solid economy from Obama in 2017 and it carried through almost through to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Now, all the Trump cult wants to give him a pass for the 2 and a half million job loss under Trump because of the Pandemic. OK. If that's the case, surely Biden and Harris should get a pass for the inflation spike coming out of the Pandemic. As the Pandemic receded, there was an extraordinary pent-up demand, supply chain disruption and huge shortages.

Just as the Pandemic was worldwide, so was the economic upheaval as the world dealt with the aftermath. Every country faced actual inflation and recession fears. Of all the world's most advanced economies, America, under Biden and Harris, performed the best. We were and are the economic envy of the world.

I don't know why this is not the Democratic message loud and clear and repeated as often as possible.

Once again, I just don't get it.

September 10, 2024

Donald Trump should not have more than 16% of the vote

I come to that 16% number because that's the combined total of American adults who believe the earth is flat (2%), one time thought the world is round but now skeptical (5%), always thought the world is flat but now skeptical (2%), Don't know or unsure (7%). That's Trump's base. The other 84% should be with us.

https://today.yougov.com/opi/live_survey_results/6147e107-0a97-11e8-b216-d9ff14e72543/question/cecf46a6-0a97-11e8-bd7b-c532039a14a0/toplines/

September 10, 2024

Trump leads by just 2 points in latest Florida poll

With all the angst and hand ringing of the Time's poll, this Morning Consult poll has a narrow Trump lead in Florida. Both of these polls are high quality, but both can't be correct. There is no way Trump is up by 1 nationally and up by only 2 in Florida.

A new poll shows former President Trump leading Vice President Harris by only 2 points in Florida ahead of what could be a tighter-than-expected race in the red state in November.

Trump leads Harris with 49 to her 47 percent support in the Sunshine State, according to a Morning Consult poll

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4870702-florida-trump-harris-poll/

September 9, 2024

They've always called us Communists and Socialists

every time we tried to help the working men and women and the middle class of America.

At the turn of the previous century and the battle to unionize, every union attempt was called
"radical" and claimed to be inspired by Communists by Republicans and their allies. It was so bad; men and women were killed in the streets attempting to organize. Now, it is almost universally accepted by most normal people that the unions built the middle class.

Social Security was accused by FDR's opponents as a "socialist scheme". After all, it has "Social" as part of its name. the WPA and work relief efforts under the "New Deal" was characterized as "Socialist".

Medicare was described by none other than Gov. Ronald Reagan as "Socialized Medicine". same with Medicaid.

Civil Rights was decried by the reactionary right wingers as a "Communist plot to divide Americans".

This bullshit continued during the implementation of Obamacare.

All of these historical achievements are now imbedded into American society. No one wants to abandon any one of these achievements.

You would think that after more than a century, that fucking Americans would have caught on by now. And I'm not talking about half of us, I'm talking about all of us.