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Donald Trump campaign manager shared posts in 2021 saying Trump’s lies caused the violence on January 6
  • Sorry, I thought it was obvious that Trump's campaign is getting all sorts of foreign help, including state-level actors that might object to organizations that keep evidence the campaign is trying to stuff down the memory hole ...

  • Donald Trump campaign manager shared posts in 2021 saying Trump’s lies caused the violence on January 6
  • Some of those posts have since been deleted from LaCivita’s feed, but CNN was able to review them on the Internet Archive WayBack Machine, which archives internet webpages.

    That's interesting, since the Internet Archive has been the subject of a few hacks in the last few weeks....

  • Nate Silver: Here’s What My Gut Says About the Election. But Don’t Trust Anyone’s Gut, Even Mine.
  • Yes, I know that will require a constitutional amendment. Yes, I know that will be extraordinarily difficult, some might say impossible

    There's a shortcut

    States have the ultimate say over how their electors for President represent the will of the people. The NPV movement asks states to assign EC votes based on the result of the National Popular Vote. Several states have passed laws mandating this once enough states pass it to constitute an EC majority.

    It has been passed in states making up 209 electors, and proposed in states making up 50 more. If those states passed it, and they get 11 more electors (perhaps Arizona?), then they will have the 270 votes necessary to guarantee the EC will vote in line with the popular vote. Still a hard problem, but now the problem has been confined to a handful of states.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact

  • The big picture: Who is favored to win the presidency?
  • I was a big pusher of the idea that Biden should drop out after the first debate, and that Harris would be the only possible replacement, since she had already won on a ticket with Biden and, as VP, was his understudy anyway.

    There was a lot of pushback from people then, but a handful of people argued against it because they claimed that the heartland of America was simply too sexist to vote for a woman. It explained what happened in 2016, and they said it would happen again.

    I'm wondering if they were right. And the difference between 2020 and 2024 is that enough people in the wrong EC states will simply never vote for a woman as President.

  • Trump: ‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had’
  • I read this entire article, and it made me sad. Because the guy's probably going to win. The people who need to read this article simply won't, and they will continue to believe what he tells them.

  • Kamala Harris to rally in Houston days before Election Day
  • Do not underestimate how much some people (even in Texas) hate Ted Cruz. I can totally see a ticket split there.

    I mean, if Beto "Psychedelic Warlord" O'Rourke can almost win there after threatening to grab everyone's guns, then there must be a lot of people looking for any alternative to Cruz.

  • www.fox5ny.com Another controversy? Adams 'strikes out' with Yankees, Mets combo hat

    NYC Mayor Eric Adams is under fire from fellow New Yorkers for wearing a baseball cap supporting BOTH the Yankees and Mets.

    Another controversy? Adams 'strikes out' with Yankees, Mets combo hat

    On Monday, the mayor marched down Fifth Avenue during the annual Columbus Day Parade wearing a baseball cap supporting BOTH the Yankees and Mets! The hat featured a Mets logo on one side, an "X" in between and a Yankees logo on the other side. ... "No wonder Eric Adams got indicted, that hat is a crime against humanity," one user wrote in a post on X, formally Twitter.

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    Pete Alonso's clutch home run sends New York to NLDS, eliminates Milwaukee

    LFGM

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    Mets beat Braves in all-time classic Game 1 to clinch WC berth

    Let's Go Mets!

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    NFL has first legal 12-men-on-field play in league history

    The announcers were very excited about it while it happened

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    Trump attacks ABC News reporter during tense NABJ interview

    Former President Trump on Wednesday clashed with an ABC News correspondent at a convention of Black journalists, slamming her “disgraceful” questioning after she asked why Black voters should trust him with another term.

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    Supreme Court says marketer is not entitled to a trademark for 'Trump too small' T-shirts

    The phrase “TRUMP TOO SMALL” stems from a memorable moment in the 2016 Republican presidential debates, during which Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., made a crude joke about the size of Trump’s hands.

    “And you know what they say about guys with small hands,” Rubio quipped.

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    apnews.com Biden challenges Trump to 2 debates but won’t participate in nonpartisan commission's debates

    President Joe Biden says he won’t participate in the campaign debates sponsored by a nonpartisan commission, instead challenging Republican Donald Trump to a pair of debates.

    Biden challenges Trump to 2 debates but won’t participate in nonpartisan commission's debates

    Biden’s campaign proposed that the first debate between the presumptive Democratic and Republican nominees be held in late June and the second in September before early voting begins. Trump responded to the letter in an interview with Fox News digital, calling the proposed dates “fully acceptable to me” and joked about providing his own transportation.

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    www.jsonline.com Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is talking to Aaron Rodgers about being his presidential running mate

    Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is talking to quarterback Aaron Rodgers about being his running mate.

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is talking to Aaron Rodgers about being his presidential running mate
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    thehill.com McCarthy scolds Gaetz in GOP meeting: ‘Sit your ass down’

    Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) scolded Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) during a closed-door GOP conference meeting Thursday, telling the Florida Republican to sit down when he tried to interrupt…

    McCarthy scolds Gaetz in GOP meeting: ‘Sit your ass down’

    Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) scolded Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) during a closed-door GOP conference meeting Thursday, telling the Florida Republican to sit down when he tried to interrupt McCarthy’s remarks.

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    Clueless Tourist and Parking

    Hi all! I'll be visiting with my family soon. I go to San Jose/Santa Clara often for work, but this will be my first time in the area as a tourist in 20 years. Were have 3 days planned for San Francisco on the trip, from a hotel near SFO. We have a rental car, and are 5 people, so it may make sense to drive. The hotel isn't walkable to BART or Caltrain, so if we were going to take those into the city we'd have to park at the station anyway. (South San Francisco would probably be the closest station).

    I'm planning to park the car for the day and take the MUNI most places, since it's free for teens. Any suggestions on safe garages? I don't mind paying to make sure the car is secure. If there's a good garage around Union Station, that may be the best bet because we can get anywhere. But it might be nice to park closer to the Presidio for the day we do things there.

    Any suggestions? My coworkers who live in the Bay Area think I'm crazy to take a car into SF at all, but surely there are some safe places to park?

    We're a bunch of nerds, and will hit up the Exploratorium. (We have a fourth day planned at the Chabot Center and Berkeley, and other days further afield). Any other suggestions for nerdy things to see would be appreciated. (We already have the Wave Organ on the list....)

    Thanks!

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