The United States just committed suicide. π³
And so America descends into fascism ... π₯
#Politics from WUSA-TV: Capitol Police intercept man who entered the visitor center with a torch lighter and flare gun, smelled of gasoline. The visitor center is closed until further notice.
#Politics #FBI statement on bomb threats by #Russia to polling precincts in several states.
https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-statement-on-bomb-threats-to-polling-locations
#Politics #Florida #SpaceCoast
Drove past my local Merritt Island voting precinct at noontime. The #MAGA forces were out front waving a giant US flag, except the red stripes were made of assault rifles. No voter intimidation there. π
#Politics As we all know, #Trump excels in conning gullible people out of their money.
Somehow he conned Elon Musk into spending Elon's money to run the Trump ticket's ground campaign.
It's failing miserably, but that's not the point. The point for Trump is that he didn't have to spend his own money. He'll go into retirement with another $100 million in his PAC than he would have had to spend if not for conning Elon.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/us/elections/musk-america-pac-trump-voters.html
#Pennsylvania judge rules that Elon Musk's $1 million per day giveaway to voters is legal.
#Politics From #FloridaToday:
Republicans outnumber Democrats 2:1 in #Florida early voting as of this morning. π
#Maddow last night interviewing J. Ann Seltzer, whose #Iowa poll showed #HarrisWalz2024 +3 over #Trump. Some interesting insights into how the polling was conducted; will the high senior women turnout for Harris in Iowa be replicated nationwide?
After this, the panel made the point that pollsters tend to adjust models based on the past election, whereas Seltzer attempts to predict the profile of the next electorate.
#Politics The Des Moines Register floored us last night when it released a poll showing #Harris +3 in Iowa over #Trump.
The Trump campaign released an Emerson poll today showing him +10 in Iowa over Harris.
Simon Rosenberg at Hopium Chronicles says the Emerson poll was paid for by RealClearDefense, a pro-Trump group backed by House Armed Services Republicans.
In other words ... it's junk.
I'm still a bit skeptical about the Register poll, but glad to know the Emerson poll is garbage.
#Politics From #FloridaToday:
No surprise, a #MAGA Republican fleeced #SpaceCoast taxpayers for years by having his county staffers do his private teaching job paperwork.
Elon Musk fires canvassers he hired to door-knock, after several of them spoke on the record about how badly run his PAC is and their not being paid.
https://www.wired.com/story/canvassers-elon-musk-america-pac-fired-stranded-michigan-mistreatment/
At a #Pennsylvania rally today, #Trump said he wouldn't mind if an assassin shot the reporters covering him.
(I still think the Butler attempt is messing with his wetware a lot more than we know.)
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-harris-election-11-03-24#cm31t49yp00123b6nj27iph6r
#Politics Harrison Ford has endorsed #HarrisWalz2024. Because Indiana Jones hates Nazis.
I'll believe it when I see it, but this Des Moines Register poll now has #HarrisWalz2024 ahead of #Trump by three points in #Iowa.
H/T @DevinY1
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