RUY TEIXEIRA: Democrats Are Super Happy, Working-Class Voters Are Not. And honestly, why should they be? “Harris is doing somewhat better than Biden 2020 among white college voters but somewhat worse among white working-class voters. And among nonwhite working-class voters she is still underperforming. Biden carried these voters by 48 points in 2020; Harris is ahead by only 29 points. . . . On the all-important issue of the economy, working-class respondents trust Trump over Harris by 15 points. But the college-educated trust Harris over Trump, albeit by a small margin (3 points). The pattern is exactly the same on inflation/rising prices, which was asked separately.”
Archive for 2024
August 24, 2024
August 23, 2024
OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.
DON’T THEY NOW:
How times change https://t.co/xMVJGtOohk
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 22, 2024
AS SOON AS THE CONVENTION ENDS, TRUMP UPSTAGES HARRIS:
WATCH 🔥
RFK Jr's EPIC entrance to President Trump's rally in Arizona after endorsing Trump pic.twitter.com/iL4RMlKK4D
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 23, 2024
UPDATE (From Ed):
Trump Adds A Kennedy In Hopes He Will Draw All The Sniper Fire https://t.co/fyPSUgngYl pic.twitter.com/SwBRmx6x1b
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) August 23, 2024
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Norwegian spaceport receives government license.
A MAN-MADE METEOR SHOWER: NASA Asteroid Collision Debris May Be Headed Toward Earth. “If these ejected Dimorphos fragments reach Earth, they will not pose any risk. Their small size and high speed will cause them to disintegrate in the atmosphere, creating a beautiful luminous streak in the sky.”
WOEING: Countdown To Escape: NASA and Boeing To Decide Starliner’s Fate. “NASA and Boeing are currently analyzing data to determine the future of the Starliner spacecraft, with a decision expected by August 24 following an agency-level review.”
TRUE:
When a lifelong Democrat, from an iconic Democrat family, who tried to run as a Democrat, and who’s running mate was a Democrat, warns you about the dangers of voting for the Democrat in this election, you should probably listen.
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) August 23, 2024
Quoth RFK, Jr.: “How did the Democratic party choose a candidate that has never done an interview or debate during the entire election cycle? We know the answer. They did it by weaponizing the government agencies. They did it by abandoning democracy. They did it by suing the opposition and by disenfranchising American voters.”
UPDATE:
RFK Jr. set Kamala Harris on fire and then scattered the ashes. Brutal. pic.twitter.com/DX4yVwpXAh
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) August 23, 2024
IT’S LIES ALL THE WAY DOWN:
BEY-T AND SWITCH! pic.twitter.com/5gIEpd4Hah
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) August 23, 2024
If they will lie about Beyonce, they will lie about anything,
— John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte (@NolteNC) August 23, 2024
Plus:
Disappointment As Special DNC Guest Turns Out To Be Carrot Top https://t.co/bljq63tmES pic.twitter.com/MP8CTbWhix
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) August 23, 2024
Heh. But worse, it was Kamala.
UPDATE: Kira Davis: The Beyonce Campaign. “As we all know by now, it turns out the big ‘surprise’ was Kamala Harris. . . . Cue one million sad trombones. Not only was it a hilarious let-down, it was yet another indictment of a legacy media that no longer performs journalism but rather is a lazy stenographer pool that can’t be bothered to any real work beyond reporting on social media posts.”
DIVERSITY FESTIVAL:
At least 3 people have been stabbed to death and several people are receiving CPR after a mass stabbing attack at a “diversity festival” in Solingen, Germany 🇩🇪 @BILD reports that eyewitnesses saw “an Arab-looking man” stabbing people
This is how the city describes the… pic.twitter.com/9AAmpNNT8w
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 23, 2024
THEN HOW COME IT ROARED THROUGH ITALY LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN? Mediterranean diet might lower odds of COVID-19.
WE ARE GOVERNED BY CORRUPT MORONS:
This is far more damning that people understand.
It means that the Commerce Secretary was unaware of an enormously important piece of economic data that everyone in financial markets was anticipating.
But she is aware of Trump’s Truth Social posts.
That’s very bad. https://t.co/eoCa1sqTI4
— John Carney (@carney) August 22, 2024
Well, she knows what Trump said because they have him under surveillance.
IT’S TIME FOR VICTORIA TAFT’S West Coast, Messed Coast™—Kommie Kamala’s Border Disaster Edition
Details about the forgotten radios were included in a recent report from Rep. Clay Higgins, a Louisiana Republican member of the congressional task force investigating the events of that day. Higgins claims that a county emergency services commander had “personally reminded” Secret Service counter-sniper teams to pick up their assigned radios at a command post located at the Butler County Fairgrounds. “It didn’t happen,” according to Higgins’ report.
That detail was confirmed to CNN by Butler County District Attorney Richard Goldinger.
“I can confirm that the Butler County ESU team made radios available to the Secret Service and that they were not utilized by the Secret Service,” Goldinger said in a statement. While it’s unclear if Secret Service would have gotten the warning about a man on the roof had they picked up the radios, Goldinger said, “It is safe to assume that if a holder of an ESU radio was paying attention, they would have received the call.”
It probably isn’t practical to disband the Secret Service and use competitive bidding to hire private security — but it sure is tempting.
I MEAN, WE KNEW, BUT STILL:
WOW. Watch Gavin Newsom basically admit that there was a coup to replace Joe Biden with Kamala.
"We went through a very open process, a very inclusive process, it was bottom-up… that's what I've been told to say." [laughs]pic.twitter.com/Qdew1DVo76
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 23, 2024
Related:
It’s ironic that the Democrats have raved about @realDonaldTrump being a threat to democracy yet Joe Biden’s removal was anything but democratic it was a coup. https://t.co/FzvUAwek89
— Tim Burchett (@timburchett) August 23, 2024
PAULA BOLYARD: The Nightmare Has Come full Circle.
READER FAVORITE: 4,500 Sq.Ft Energy Star Dehumidifier for Basement. #CommissionEarned
BREAKING: RFK Jr. announces in Pennsylvania court filing that he will endorse Donald Trump.
More:
It took them a month to twitch aside a sitting POTUS. Don't expect anyone to stop now. It's too late.
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) August 23, 2024
And:
This implies that future challenges to the DNC will be big, radical challengers. Not a Romney but a Trump on steroids. As the system rolls out of control an ever bigger brake is needed to slow it down. Donald was inevitable, seen in this light.
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) August 23, 2024
Kennedy voters won’t come out for Harris — not after this. But can they be persuaded to come out for Trump?
THE EV BUBBLE CONTINUES TO DEFLATE: Why Ford’s three-row electric ‘personal bullet train’ SUV went off the rails.
WRISTS SLAPPED: Secret Service Employees Placed on Administrative Leave after Trump Assassination Attempt.
Multiple Secret Service employees are being placed on administrative leave after the failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump during a campaign rally last month, according to multiple reports.
A member of Trump’s security detail and personnel from the Secret Service’s Pittsburgh field office who helped coordinate the security at Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pa. have been told to work on administrative duties from home, CNN and Fox News reported.
The security failures leading up to the attempt on Trump’s life are one of the most significant law-enforcement failures in American history and remain the subject of multiple ongoing investigations. Acting Secret Service chief Ron Rowe admitted the assassination attempt was an indefensible failure when he testified before the Senate two weeks after the incident took place.
Gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pa., managed to climb up a nearby rooftop and fire eight shots at Trump and his supporters at the campaign rally, wounding Trump’s right ear and killing former fire chief Corey Comperatore. Two other victims, Marine veteran David Dutch and retiree James Copenhaver were also wounded by Crooks’s gun shots.
“The U.S. Secret Service is committed to investigating the decisions and actions of personnel related to the event in Butler, Pennsylvania and the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump,” Secret Service communications chief Anthony Guglielmi told National Review in a statement. “The U.S. Secret Service’s mission assurance review is progressing, and we are examining the processes, procedures and factors that led to this operational failure.”
Well, one way or another, it was a failure. Or as America’s Newspaper of Record reported last month: Secret Service Director Resigns In Disgrace For Failing To Assassinate Trump.
FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY: Is That a Pizza in Your Pocket or Are You Just Happy to Fleece Me? “Florida Man Friday is usually reserved for our VIP supporters but everybody needs a little extra fun after four days of the Democratic National Convention, so how about I open it up to everybody this week?”