US Politics Thread

[Impeccable One]

Trump is a populist liar. "Normalize" means making it seem that this is OK or that he's not lying. And about 1/2 of the US population, more or less, is going to vote for Trump, hence the attempt to appeal to that audience.

Impossible, average voter turnout is about 66% and typically republicans lose the popular vote, so only about 30-32% of the population will vote for Trump.

 

[BlueHammer85]

I’ve lived in the US for almost 25 years, but the BBC is still my go-to for news. You’re dead right that the BBC’s approach to trump this year has been a lot gentler and they’ve been normalizing him as badly as the US media has been. It’s very noticeable and very discouraging.

likely because of the constant right wing attacks against the BBC that they're anti Trump.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Trump has shortened up considerably again in the last week.

5/4 into 8/11 fav.

that's depressing.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Another example of the very real consequences of Trump’s, Vance’s, and MAGA’s dangerous conspiracy mongering.

North Carolina: FEMA forced to pause Hurricane Helene aid due to reported threats toward responders | CNN

Aid to several communities impacted by Hurricane Helene was temporarily paused in parts of North Carolina over the weekend due to reports of threats against Federal Emergency Management Agency responders, amid a backdrop of misinformation about responses to recent storms.

amp.cnn.com

 

[SebastianBlue]

How many of those Republican efforts have held up in court though?

I've watched a dozen or so appearances by Marc Elias on Brian Tyler Cohen's podcast and my sense is that nearly all of the Republican voter suppression efforts have been overturned, although there were some measures/rules passed in Georgia which will have the effect of slowing the counting of votes.

Two saving graces here. Republican governors have shown no inclination to support the Maga moves. Second, Mark Elias and a huge team of lawyers are working hard to defeat these maga suits and rules.

Maybe half the voters, but only a quarter of the population. CNN please note.

Many of the lawsuits are still ongoing (or new ones have been filed), and more will likely be lodged as Election Day arrives.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/09/republicans-sue-overseas-voters-military-pennsylvania/

Republicans are challenging all aspects of mail-in voting in battleground states | CNN Politics

After mail-in and absentee voting reached new levels in the 2020 election during the Covid-19 pandemic, a wave of lawsuits over the popular vote-casting methods this year is laying the groundwork for potential challenges to the outcome of the November presidential election.

amp.cnn.com

I am glad Elias et al are fighting them, but many have been filed in counties and districts that have been intentionally stacked with MAGA-compliant judges, so I think it is dangerous to assume they will all be rejected on lack of merit.

And that’s ignoring how the Supreme Court could factor in to the legal challenges—we saw how that could go in 2000, when the court was not as heavily skewed far-right.

And several MAGA governors and operators, including DeSantis, have been working to change rules ahead of the election (with the federal government lodging civil rights and election law challenges to those efforts). Or even not make reasonable changes and accommodations in light of the wide spread disruptions to many city and county election efforts in Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina from Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/24/mississippi-mail-ballots-trump/

Republicans Refuse to Extend Voter Registration as Hurricanes Strike Southeast

Civil rights groups filed emergency litigation seeking to reopen voter registration in Florida and Georgia.

truthout.org

Year-by-year look at Florida's increasingly restrictive election, voter registration laws

The state of Florida seems determined to make elections and voter registration as secure as possible, but is it keeping too many people from voting?

www.tallahassee.com

 

[Dax777]

Doctor! Doctor! We have a head injury over here! Stat!!!

Name a candidate on the Presidential team that's better?

 

[Dax777]

Another example of the very real consequences of Trump’s, Vance’s, and MAGA’s dangerous conspiracy mongering.

North Carolina: FEMA forced to pause Hurricane Helene aid due to reported threats toward responders | CNN

Aid to several communities impacted by Hurricane Helene was temporarily paused in parts of North Carolina over the weekend due to reports of threats against Federal Emergency Management Agency responders, amid a backdrop of misinformation about responses to recent storms.

amp.cnn.com

More delusional claims

 

[TinFoilHat]

Name a candidate on the Presidential team that's better?

Vote M. Mouse!

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

More delusional claims

And this is the level of moral carelessness to which Trumpians will sink to justify their support of this man.

The stupid, the gullible, the uneducated, the deranged and the morally-compromised — every Trump supporter demonstrates he/she belongs to at least one category.

Every. Single. One.

 

[Dax777]

And this is the level of moral carelessness to which Trumpians will sink to justify their support of this man.

The stupid, the gullible, the uneducated, the deranged and the morally-compromised — every Trump supporter demonstrates he/she belongs to at least one category.

Every. Single. One.

Who falls for this emotional garbage? Who?