The Political Thread

[Grimoire Lenin]

Dude is fucking PISSED that Walz was picked. He's desperately clinging to anything.

 

[JakeYourBooty]

Joe is more than happy to sit this one out the man is tired

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Major note during the speech btw: Tim Walz stopped his speech halfway through to make sure someone who was having a medical emergency got water and some help, went so far as to reiterate to the crowd to drink water to keep cool.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

A slew of protesters tried to shout down Kamala Harris during her speech tonight, unfortunately it backfired big time

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Also JD Vance has been following the Kamala/Walz campaign trail, dude landed in the same airport as them and claimed he was just "inspecting his future plane" and other nonsense. Dude has been more or less stalking them both.

What a weirdo.

 

[Leon TrotSky]

 

[Chris]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/07/taylor-swift-concerts-terrorist-attack-vienna-austria/

Taylor Swift canceled three concerts in Vienna after Austrian authorities arrested two people, accusing them of planning attacks on large-scale gatherings — including the singer’s shows — in the European capital. The arrests come amid a string of similar terrorist threats targeting major events in Europe this summer.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Ukraine's unprecedented attack on Kursk Oblast brings war back to Russian soil

Russian sovereign territory is once again under attack after Ukrainian forces launched an ambitious operation across the state border in Kursk Oblast in large numbers on Aug. 6. This time, the attack is led not primarily by small units of pro-Ukraine Russian nationals and other assorted foreign...

kyivindependent.com

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

https://us.cnn.com/2024/08/08/politics/trump-debate-harris-september/index.html

In case anyone missed it, it's interesting that the FOX debate is scheduled for earlier though... almost like Trump is trying to find any way out of having to debate with Kamala.

 

[ServantTwilight]

A slew of protesters tried to shout down Kamala Harris during her speech tonight, unfortunately it backfired big time

How so?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...nian-protesters/ar-AA1oqwXh?ocid=BingNewsSerp

The protesters interrupted, VP Harris first tried to pacify them, then yelled at them and then they were removed from the event. Same stuff happened to Pres. Biden except he didn't lose his temper.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-reacts-palestinian-protesters-point-rcna145181

Not sure where the backfire is. Seems the same.

 

[Chris]

Silver Bulletin 2024 presidential election forecast

All the numbers for Trump vs. Harris.

www.natesilver.net

Latest projections are about what you'd expect I think, a toss-up essentially

Kamala: 46.4% chance of winning
Trump: 44.3%
RFK Jr.: 4.5% and steadily dropping

Key states that are close rn: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, Arizona, North Carolina, Nevada, Florida, Virginia

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

 

[Chris]

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That's not real just a meme btw if you thought otherwise lol

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

That's not real just a meme btw if you thought otherwise lol

Oh no I thought it was a meme for sure but definitely not too dissimilar to how Republicans feel.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-fighting-continues-kursk-video-shows-burnt-out-russian-trucks-2024-08-09/