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WSJ reporter: Shit! I'm coming up against a deadline for that Walz expose and I've got nothing!

WSJ editor: Surely you've got something. Dig into his finances and find something controversial!

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There's Tavis! Guess Darth West is going to have to find another apprentice this election

Tavis Smiley Ordered to Pay PBS $2.6 Million for Workplace Affairs

A judge has ordered TV host Tavis Smiley to pay $2.6 million to the Public Broadcasting Service for having multiple affairs with his subordinates.

A Washington, D.C., jury found in March that Smiley had breached the morals clause in his contract, following a three-week trial.

ca.news.yahoo.com/tavis-smiley

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I was just wondering where this fellow had gotten to when I stumbled across the answer - poised to spoil Harris'chances in Wisconsin. :facepalm: This is why we need to vote in record numbers

Cornel West boosted by Trump allies to get name on Wisconsin ballot

Liberal activist Cornel West's efforts to get his name on the ballot in Wisconsin as an independent presidential candidate received a boost from Republican operatives who helped collect petition signatures for his candidacy.

usatoday.com/story/news/politi

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I figured he'd fail but never imagined this is how 😹

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vows to keep busing migrants north. One problem: Not enough migrants.

Fewer buses from Texas have been arriving in blue cities since the start of the year because of a steep drop in the number of migrants apprehended at the border.

nbcnews.com/investigations/tex

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Ew. No.

U.S. Crypto Bill Can Happen This Year, Senate's Schumer Tells Crypto Backers of Harris

At the opening Crypto4Harris event, industry supporters of the Democratic presidential candidate suggested Harris will lead a crypto surge, though she hasn't yet shared her view.

coindesk.com/policy/2024/08/15

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Batman knows

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Dumpy mistakes the existence of mini boxes of Tic Tacs for a sign of inflation :facepalm:

c-span.org/video/?c5128283/don

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Vance chooses "I'm not weird, you're weird for thinking about abortion rights"

Not super effective. Kinda creepy.

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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No.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to meet with Kamala Harris to discuss Cabinet job

Harris has rebuffed the offer of an endorsement, while Kennedy has also had conversations with Republican nominee Donald Trump about a role in his administration.

washingtonpost.com/politics/20

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Republicans in disarray

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₣Ꮛ𝕃α’ͺΠ‡βœ˜α‹ 🎻  

J. D. Vance found an opinion on the "purpose" of post-menopausal females between some couch cushions that he'd like to share

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Trump casts ballot during early voting for Florida primary

Former President Trump on Wednesday cast his ballot in the Florida primary as part of the early-voting window, even as he has pushed for one-day voting as part of his reelection bid and cast doubt on the reliability of early voting.

Trump delivered brief remarks to cameras as he cast his ballot in Palm Beach.

thehill.com/homenews/campaign/

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I like presidential candidates who don't get successfully hacked

Kamala Harris campaign says it was targeted by foreign hackers

Campaign says cybersecurity measures prevented hacking but disclosure raises renewed fears of foreign interference

theguardian.com/us-news/articl

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Minnesota National Guard officials weigh in on Walz service

Claims the VP candidate abandoned unit don’t match reality, officials say

'According to Lt. Col. Kristen AugΓ©, the MNG’s State Public Affairs Officer, Walz β€œserved from April 8, 1981, to May 16, 2005β€³ during which time he β€œheld multiple positions within field artillery such as firing battery chief, operations sergeant, first sergeant, and culminated his career serving as the command sergeant major for the battalion.”'

bostonherald.com/2024/08/12/mi

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Seems unfair to have a conscience now, but good arguments here.

News outlets were leaked insider material from the Trump campaign. They chose not to print it

'Their decisions stand in marked contrast to the 2016 presidential campaign, when a Russian hack exposed emails to and from Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, John Podesta. The website Wikileaks published a trove of these embarrassing missives, and mainstream news organizations covered them avidly.'

apnews.com/article/trump-vance

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JD Vance’s β€˜Jobs for Hillbillies’ Start-Up Employed Migrants Instead

'Before collapsing under the weight of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of debt, AppHarvest was touted as the herald of a new, tech-savvy era of farming in Eastern Kentucky. Last year, the firm filed for bankruptcy after years of pursuing aggressive growth, in part by prioritizing migrant workers from Central America despite early pledges of employment opportunities for impoverished local communities.'

thedailybeast.com/jd-vances-jo

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Dumpy stumbles in so drunk you think he might be a Lee Marvin character: "Fuck pretensh I donneed it!"

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Musk/Trump transcript:

singjupost.com/full-transcript

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Musk: Nuclear war isn't really all that bad, people. Being reduced to an ashy shadow is easy to come back from.

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One significant development to come from the Musk/Trump ramble session. UAW's Shawn Fain was not amused by Trump's congratulations to Musk for firing striking workers:

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