The Political Thread

[Kairi HoHo]

I think Kamala Harris wins closer than what Grim thinks but she wins I think. It doesn't help things of what Trumps peoples did today making fun or Puerto Rico and it's people. You don't do these type of things and say okay to letting fools like that come up on Stage for you that making fun of my fellow Puerto Ricans.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

The 2024 United States Presidential Election Thread

It's less than 2 weeks before the most important election of our lives (so far and hopefully none will be more dangerous), so I figured it's time to make a thread related to any news, results, and discussion regarding the election of Kamala Harris/Tim Walz vs. Donald Trump/JD Vance.

wrestlingsmarks.com

Btw please direct any election related news over to this thread in the future, felt like it was important enough to make a thread for.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

 

[Chris]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/30/gdp-third-quarter-2024/

The U.S. economy continued its expansion in the third quarter, growing at an annualized rate of 2.8 percent, and offering solid good news for Vice President Harris just days before the election.

The latest gross domestic product report offers a snapshot of an economy that has slowed slightly from a 3 percent reading in the previous quarter, according to data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis released Wednesday morning.

 

[Chris]

@Butters found a group for you bc it popped up as an ad

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

 

[Chris]

House Covid Panel to Refer Andrew Cuomo for Potential Prosecution

The Republican-led House subcommittee will ask the Justice Department to investigate Mr. Cuomo for possible prosecution for “false statements” in his testimony.

www.nytimes.com

A House subcommittee plans to refer former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York to the Justice Department for potential prosecution, accusing him of lying to Congress about his involvement in a state Covid report on nursing home deaths.

Mr. Cuomo will be accused of engaging in a “conscious, calculated effort” to avoid accountability for his handling of nursing homes where thousands of people died of Covid, according to the referral from the Republican-led House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

You know, I was just thinking about it.

When a Republican politician is caught up in a scandal, the pundits always go "cancel culture, liberal conspiracy, it's not that bad"

Heaven forbid when a Democrat is in a scandal, "I knew they were trash, Democrats are covering up crimes, this is what Liberalism brings!"

 

[Toilet]

@Butters found a group for you bc it popped up as an ad

One of those likes is you, the other is me

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

So this has been a slight pet project of mine, but I've been looking at the Constitutional laws, and here I present a proposition to largely fixing the two-party system and allowing for third parties to start having more of a show on the national stage, while also making it so that the Electoral College isn't completely asinine or useless.

“Section 1: The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President. No Majority of the whole number of electors is required.

Section 2: If no person have such plurality, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.

Section 3: The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President. No Majority of the whole number of electors is required. If no person have a plurality, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.”

TL;DR: Electoral College becomes a plurality, not a majority system.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

As an Democratic Socialist I found the budget not half as bad as I thought it was gonna be.

 

[Chris]

Final U.S. Jobs Report Before Election Shows Stalled Growth: Live Updates

Employers added just 12,000 jobs in October, with hiring hit by hurricanes and labor strikes, and the unemployment rate was steady at 4.1 percent.

www.nytimes.com

Job creation stalled in October, with employers adding only 12,000 positions in a month that included a major strike and two destructive hurricanes. Unemployment remained steady at 4.1 percent.

The number was significantly lower than economists had expected, suggesting either that disruptions took a larger toll than they had forecast, or that the underlying pace of job growth might be slowing.

 

[Leon TrotSky]

As an Democratic Socialist I found the budget not half as bad as I thought it was gonna be.

And yet the usual suspects claim "the economy is ruined, disaster for everyone, Labour is stealing your money"

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

“Red Wave” Redux: Are GOP Polls Rigging the Averages in Trump’s Favor?

Polling by right-leaning firms has exploded this cycle. Maybe they want to be accurate—or maybe they’re trying to create a sense of momentum for Donald Trump.

newrepublic.com

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Arizona attorney general's office probing Trump's violent comments about Liz Cheney

At an event Thursday night, Trump said the former congresswoman wouldn't be a "war hawk" if guns were "trained on her face."

www.nbcnews.com

Well well well, if it isn't the consequences of Trump saying he wants one of his political enemies to be threatened