Yep, they're trying it again. Flood the zone with shitty polls from fly-by-night pollsters, make it look like a "red wave," and try to turn it into a self-fulfilling prophecy. If it works, they look like geniuses. If it fails, they claim rigging.
Hey, I hear you. And given the threat Trump poses, it's important to stay vigilant.
But I genuinely believe we've got this. Trump will never be in the White House again.
And early voting data actually looks terrific for Harris. Early turnout in Democratic-leaning areas all over the country is unprecedented.
Thank you. I'm getting very tired of the sudden influx of doom and gloom when the actual data points to a likely Harris win and bullshit from Republican pollsters.
So a conservative luddite bias.
Guys, chill. Breathe. Calm the fuck down.
First off, Harris hasn't been "losing ground" for a month. This change reflects a few tight polls in some swing states, while she's still ahead of Trump in most of them.
Second, early voting shows ludicrously massive turnout for Harris, something that didn't happen with Clinton. Harris is not Clinton 2.0, stop pretending she is.
Third - and I can't believe I keep having to say this - polling is fuuuuuucked right now. None of the pollsters, large or small, know what to do with a young electorate that votes but doesn't answer unsolicited phone calls or texts. They're heavily relying on all sorts of assumptions to weight what little data they have, and using lots of focus groups.
Fourth, there is a huge enthusiasm gap, and it's obvious. Trump isn't filling tiny venues anymore, while Harris is filling stadiums.
Now is not the time to just give up, all right?
But that doesn't mean we can rest on our laurels, of course.
If you can, volunteer or donate for the Harris campaign, and definitely vote!
So JD is spreading this type of shit. Unlike Trump, he's not a complete idiot. The question, therefore, is whether he did so knowingly or not.
Steven Cheung's the same psychopath who accused that Arlington cemetery employee of being mentally ill for trying to stop the illegal use of the cemetery as a campaign photo-op.
"He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus." - Revelations 22:20. Seriously!
This is an incredibly wholesome thread that put a smile on my face.
It was no mistake, Bret, you obsequious hack. You were hoping to just pull one over on Harris, a seasoned and talented prosecutor, and she took you to the cleaners for it.
I mean, I'm pretty sure most of it (not all) is known from the dribs and drabs that have already come out, but it's a coherent document that ties it all together.
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case made public Friday a heavily redacted trove of documents that provide a small glimpse into the evidence prosecutors will present if the case ever goes to trial.
> WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case made public Friday a heavily redacted trove of documents that provide a small glimpse into the evidence prosecutors will present if the case ever goes to trial.
> The nearly 1,900 pages of documents collected by special counsel Jack Smith’s team were initially filed under seal to help U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan decide what allegations can proceed to trial following the Supreme Court opinion in July that conferred broad immunity on former presidents for official acts they take in office.
That's gonna be some serious reading over the weekend.
"scattershot style"
That's an odd way of spelling "clearly declining mental health and cognitive function."
This is the page where Trump appears:
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Which means he knows he removed citizens. Which is illegal. I'm assuming he's lawyering up now.
As I've been saying, ignore the polls when she's ahead, and ignore the polls when she's behind.
Vote. Make plans to get your friends, family, and neighbors to vote. Take the day off. Help people get to the polls if you live in one of the barbaric states that still don't have mail-in voting. Don't doom-and-gloom about one set of polls - we all know polling is pretty fucked up at this point, anyway. As long as you vote, she's got this.
The AI-generated hands holding cellphones are freaky.
They should be charged with assault and battery, like anyone else who did that would be.
Why the hell is anyone still storing actual passwords, even encrypted ones, in 2024? They should only be storing hashes and a salt that's only retrievable on the backend.
Edit: I stand corrected. Newsweek is just doing its usual shit job of reporting. They should know better than calling hashed passwords "encrypted" passwords.
Former President Donald Trump says Ukraine should have made concessions to Russian President Vladimir Putin instead of going to war with its invading neighbor.
Just spotted that we made this list on Forbes last week. We're famous!
Ugh, the smoke
I hate the fact that it's almost fall now, and we're seeing temperatures around 100 degrees fahrenheit and smoke from first fires. In September.
Biden administration to accuse Russia of sustained effort to influence 2024 election
> The Biden administration on Wednesday plans to accuse Russia of a sustained effort to influence the 2024 US elections by using Kremlin-run media and other online platforms to target US voters with disinformation, six sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
> It’s expected the US will make a series of moves on Wednesday aimed at addressing the Kremlin’s efforts including the White House publicly condemning the actions and the Justice Department announcing law enforcement action targeting the covert Russian campaign, the sources said.
There's thunder!
Just a heads up, there's a severe thunderstorm alert right now:
https://g.co/kgs/7NQdqAJ
Fresh from peddling conspiracy theories about Vice President Kamala Harris using artificial intelligence to create fake photos of large crowds at her rallies, former President Donald Trump has now come up with a new gambit: suing the United States Department of Justice.Fox News reports that Trump is...
Harris selects Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be VP running mate, sources say
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Oregon Country Fair starts tomorrow!
If you're attending, you can read the Peach Pit online here. I'm not going to be able to make it this year, but hope Eugeneans who can have a great time.
And stay hydrated! It's still going to be beastly hot out!
New law calls for creation of ‘first-ever’ national plan, council to conquer Parkinson’s disease
I'm linking this here because people who are spamming articles about "OMG Biden has Parkinson's disease!!!1!11" need to see this.
The New York Times did not do their homework. At all. Biden probably met with a Parkinson's doctor because he was working on a bipartisan Parkinson's research and treatment bill which he just signed into law.
It's not a flashy, attention-grabbing bill. He's been working on it quietly. But still... The rampant speculation, when he's absolutely not showing the slightest signs of beginning Parkinson's - let alone the advanced stages that would start to affect his mind - is disgusting.
Parkinson's causes extremely well-known symptoms, tremors most notably. Parkinson's dementia sometimes arises in advanced stages, long after tremors would have been constantly visible.
The chances he has Parkinson's are incredibly slim.
Hunter Biden has been convicted of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argued, the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs.
Help!
Hi everyone,
News is weird. When it's weird enough, it reads like articles from The Onion, and that's what we're all about. But as the community grows, there's more and more content being posted here that just isn't very Onion-y.
> Jimmy Carter Becomes Second President Convicted Of Felony For Sticking Up Waffle House
Take a look at that headline from The Onion today. Or this one:
> World Series Of Poker Entrants Play One Hand Face-Up So Everyone Can Learn Rules
Or this one:
> New Hormone-Free IUD Wards Off Sperm With Steady Emission Of Police-Grade Pepper Spray
That's the flavor we're going for. We want real, credible news articles with headlines that read like they're from The Onion.
This is not the community for:
- Non-Onion-y political news (it's gotta be absurd enough to look Onion-y)
- Non-Onion-y regular news (it's gotta be absurd enough to look Onion-y)
- Satire (it's gotta be actual news)
- Fake news from fly-by-night "news" sites (again, it's gotta be actual news)
That means not every ridiculous thing a politician does qualifies as appropriate content here.
I need your help, though... I need people to report content that just isn't Onion-y, and I need people to try not to post non-Onion-y content in the first place.
Finally, I need help moderating, so this is also a formal call for new mods! Post below if you think you're ready to take on moderation for one of the larger Lemmy communities! Tell me why you'd like to mod, and link to a news story from any time (it doesn't have to be current) that has a properly Onion-y headline, to show that you really get this community.
I'll pick two people to become new moderators for the community from participants. Good luck!
The Kansas Supreme Court's majority has held that there is no state constitutional right to vote in the state.
The race to replace longtime state lawmaker Paul Holvey in a Eugene-area legislative seat ended in a decisive victory on Election Night.
Three of Oregon’s largest school districts had measures on the May ballot to either establish or renew levies in their communities, but just Portland Public and Eugene appeared to have gotten a “yes” from voters.
Eugene voters have rejected a proposal for a new rating-based election system.
Andrew Rice claimed on Tuesday that he spotted former President Donald Trump "editing" the speeches his allies made outside of the courtroom.
Some context:
> Former Trump White House Communications Director Michael Dubke suggested on CNN Tuesday that Trump had mobilized his allies and proxies to the courthouse in an effort to “get around the gag order” imposed on him by Judge Merchan.
Yep. He's trying to violate the gag order indirectly. Unfortunately for him, the gag order specifically includes attempting to have surrogates violate the order on his behalf.
I suspect there's another gag order hearing incoming.
Roger Corman, who directed and produced hundreds of B movies and discovered Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, has died. He was 98.
