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Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
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CNN's BASH: [Trump] suggested that you happened to turn black recently for political purposes, questioning a core part of your identity.
HARRIS: Yes.

BASH: Any—
HARRIS: Same old tired playbook. Next question, please. (Laughter)

BASH: That's it?
HARRIS: That's it.

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To all those "independents" pretending that they "need" to hear Harris's positions before they "decide" (like they're some kind of intellectuals), Are you happy now? Can you finally make your decision? I know it's a tough choice. I hope they can stop using that GOP talking point now.

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About Robert F. Kennedy from a science blogger I respect a lot: https://www.science.org/content/blog-po ... kennedy-jr

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TFG now says it was the family that begged him to pose giving a thumbs up at their relatives gravesite.

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As usual, Mr Delay deflects blame for his actions,

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Trump calls Arlington cemetery incident ‘a made up story’
by Lauren Sforza - 09/03/24 11:57 AM ET

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4 ... dent-2024/

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Bradley P. Moss
@BradMossEsq

I don’t read nearly as much into it.

At least not yet.

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So you don't have to listen to that godawful whine...

MeidasTouch
@MeidasTouch
Donald Trump was asked today if he would commit to prioritizing legislation to make childcare affordable, and if so, what specific legislation he would advance.

This is an unedited transcript of his response:

Well, I would do that, and we're sitting down, and I was, somebody, we had Senator Marco Rubio, and my daughter Ivanka was so, uh, impactful on that issue. It's a very important issue. But I think when you talk about the kind of numbers that I'm talking about, that, because, look, child care is child care is. Couldn't, you know, there's something, you have to have it – in this country you have to have it.

But when you talk about those numbers compared to the kind of numbers that I'm talking about by taxing foreign nations at levels that they're not used to — but they'll get used to it very quickly – and it's not gonna stop them from doing business with us, but they'll have a very substantial tax when they send product into our country. Uh, those numbers are so much bigger than any numbers that we're talking about, including child care, that it's going to take care.

We're gonna have - I, I look forward to having no deficits within a fairly short period of time, coupled with, uh, the reductions that I told you about on waste and fraud and all of the other things that are going on in our country, because I have to stay with child care. I want to stay with child care, but those numbers are small relative to the kind of economic numbers that I'm talking about, including growth, but growth also headed up by what the plan is that I just, uh, that I just told you about.

We're gonna be taking in trillions of dollars, and as much as child care, uh, is talked about as being expensive, it's, relatively speaking, not very expensive compared to the kind of numbers we'll be taking in. We're going to make this into an incredible country that can afford to take care of its people, and then we'll worry about the rest of the world. Let's help other people, but we're going to take care of our country first. This is about America first. It's about Make America Great Again, we have to do it because right now we're a failing nation, so we'll take care of it. Thank you. Very good question. Thank you.

And if you want to hear it straight from the horse's mouth

https://x.com/Acyn/status/1831748114367283575

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So you don't have to listen to that godawful whine...

MeidasTouch
@MeidasTouch
Donald Trump was asked today if he would commit to prioritizing legislation to make childcare affordable, and if so, what specific legislation he would advance.

This is an unedited transcript of his response:

Well, I would do that, and we're sitting down, and I was, somebody, we had Senator Marco Rubio, and my daughter Ivanka was so, uh, impactful on that issue. It's a very important issue. But I think when you talk about the kind of numbers that I'm talking about, that, because, look, child care is child care is. Couldn't, you know, there's something, you have to have it – in this country you have to have it.

But when you talk about those numbers compared to the kind of numbers that I'm talking about by taxing foreign nations at levels that they're not used to — but they'll get used to it very quickly – and it's not gonna stop them from doing business with us, but they'll have a very substantial tax when they send product into our country. Uh, those numbers are so much bigger than any numbers that we're talking about, including child care, that it's going to take care.

We're gonna have - I, I look forward to having no deficits within a fairly short period of time, coupled with, uh, the reductions that I told you about on waste and fraud and all of the other things that are going on in our country, because I have to stay with child care. I want to stay with child care, but those numbers are small relative to the kind of economic numbers that I'm talking about, including growth, but growth also headed up by what the plan is that I just, uh, that I just told you about.

We're gonna be taking in trillions of dollars, and as much as child care, uh, is talked about as being expensive, it's, relatively speaking, not very expensive compared to the kind of numbers we'll be taking in. We're going to make this into an incredible country that can afford to take care of its people, and then we'll worry about the rest of the world. Let's help other people, but we're going to take care of our country first. This is about America first. It's about Make America Great Again, we have to do it because right now we're a failing nation, so we'll take care of it. Thank you. Very good question. Thank you.

And if you want to hear it straight from the horse's mouth

https://x.com/Acyn/status/1831748114367283575

He has dementia. It is that simple. His train of thought is impossible to fathom otherway.

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Mayor Eric Adams Faces Crisis as U.S. Investigations Reach Inner Circle
As federal agents seize the phones of the mayor’s top aides, multiplying inquiries threaten to destabilize Mr. Adams’s ability to run New York City.
Federal agents on Wednesday zeroed in on the highest ranks of Mayor Eric Adams’s administration, searching a home and seizing the phones of the New York City police commissioner, the first deputy mayor, the schools chancellor and others, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The actions were unrelated to a separate corruption inquiry focused on the mayor and his campaign fund-raising, some of the people said. But the revelation that not only the mayor but also many of the city’s most senior officials are embroiled in federal investigations further destabilizes an administration that is already reeling from other legal problems.

The investigations also raise questions about Mr. Adams’s ability to continue managing the nation’s largest city. And they threatened to further weaken his political standing as he faces a hotly contested Democratic primary next year in which he already was set to face several serious challengers.

Among the other officials the federal investigators sought information from were the deputy mayor for public safety and a senior adviser to the mayor who is one of his closest confidants, the people said. Both men have had other legal challenges.
In addition to the police commissioner, Edward A. Caban, several other department officials, including Mr. Caban’s chief of staff and two Queens precinct commanders, also had their phones taken by federal agents, two of the people said.

Tarik Sheppard, the Police Department’s chief spokesman, said he could not confirm the agents had subpoenaed the commissioner’s phone, but he said: “We will cooperate with the U.S. attorney’s office, and any of these questions on what was done need to be referred to them because this is not a joint investigation.”

This has shades of Kwame Kilpatrick brewing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/nyre ... h-nyc.html