The Political Thread

[Barry Poppins]

Another nail in the coffin for Trump: his nephew will be actively campaigning for Kamala Harris, as will the Republican mayor of Mesa, Arizona John Giles, and former Lt. Governor of Georgia Jeff Duncan.

 

[Chris]

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/31/nx-s1-5055907/kari-lake-wins-arizonas-gop-senate-primary-shell-face-democratic-rep-ruben-gallego

Arizonans have chosen Kari Lake, an election denying ally of former President Donald Trump, as the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in a race that could determine control of the chamber this fall, according to a race call by The Associated Press.

 

[Y2Jayne]

Amazing news if they got Haniyeh, only two heads left I believe. Although we know others will grow back.

 

[Chris]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/31/uk/southport-stabbing-vigil-violent-protests-intl-hnk/index.html

Far-right protesters violently clashed with British police on Tuesday near a mosque in the northwest English town of Southport, a day after three young girls were stabbed to death in one of the worst assaults against children in the country in decades.

 

[Y2Jayne]

Those poor three girls who were just having fun dancing, reminds me of that animal who stabbed kids in a park a year ago in Annecy, he even stabbed a baby in a stroller

 

[Mitch Buchannon]

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/31/nx-s1-5055907/kari-lake-wins-arizonas-gop-senate-primary-shell-face-democratic-rep-ruben-gallego

Arizonans have chosen Kari Lake, an election denying ally of former President Donald Trump, as the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in a race that could determine control of the chamber this fall, according to a race call by The Associated Press.

Fuck Kari Lake

 

[Samoa Looch]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/31/uk/southport-stabbing-vigil-violent-protests-intl-hnk/index.html

Far-right protesters violently clashed with British police on Tuesday near a mosque in the northwest English town of Southport, a day after three young girls were stabbed to death in one of the worst assaults against children in the country in decades.

In the immediate aftermath of the attack, misinformation about the identity of the attacker began to spread widely on social media, including a false name.[34] False claims regarding the suspect's nationality, religion and migration status were shared by high profile far-right accounts.[35]

The same evening a large group of people gathered near a mosque on St Luke's Road, near Hart Street. They attacked the mosque with bricks, bottles, and rocks,[36] and set a police vehicle on fire. Merseyside Police believed the group to be supporters of the English Defence League.[37] Merseyside Police reported that 39 officers were injured; 27 were hospitalised and eight sustained serious injuries.[38]

Because of course...

And I bet the people behind those "high profile far-right accounts" weren't anywhere near that location. Damn idiots mobilizing their even dumber foot soldiers to do their dirty work, as per usual.

 

[Barry Poppins]

What's that, racists making false assumptions about the attacker? I'm shocked.

 

[Barry Poppins]

By the way, in case anyone hasn't seen it, I highly recommend checking out Kamala's speech from Wisconsin. It's actually extremely well thought-out and concise.

 

[Chris]

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/31/fed-meeting-live-updates-traders-brace-for-central-banks-rate-policy-outlook.html

Central bank policymakers kept interest rates at their target range of 5.25% to 5.5%, where they have been for the past year.

The Federal Reserve indicated that inflation is getting closer to its target, but gave no clear signs that a rate cut is imminent.

 

[Chris]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/07/31/2024-election-campaign-updates-harris-trump/

Former president Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had been aware of Vice President Harris’s Indian heritage but didn’t know she was Black “until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black.” “And now she wants to be known as Black,” Trump added during a very combative question-and-answer session at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago. Both Trump and Vice President Harris are focusing Wednesday on courting Black voters, a key constituency in November’s election. Harris is scheduled to speak at a gathering of a national Black sorority in Houston.

 

[Shane]

This man has got to be the biggest idiot on the fucking planet and that’s not even an exaggeration.

 

[Barry Poppins]

Trump is doing everything he possibly can to just tank his chances at garnering support from moderates.

 

[Shane]

I cannot make this shit up if I tried. Holy fuck. This just can’t be real.

 

[Barry Poppins]

I think the cherry on top is that there are people laughing in the crowd when they say this stuff. They're not laughing with him, just at him for his ridiculous weirdo behavior.