I know Laffy ( @GottaLaff@mastodon.social ) has voted, at least – but this ground game sounds great! In a squeaker of an election, the 700,000 eligible US voters up north could determine who the next US president is Link: How the road to the White House might lead through … Canada?
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It’s all about dominance in space And government contracts potentially worth trillions. Link: What Bezos and Musk really want from Trump
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Driftglass is a lefty political curmudgeon, and a national treasure.
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The part about outrage was when one lone protestor flipped the bird and yelled “F- Trump!” at the MAGA devotees waiting to enter the place of worship. They erupted in fury, and one guy yelled “Get deported.” So that’s how we know it’s all they want. Link: ‘Very Hitlerian’: Protesters cause MAGA outrage at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally – Raw Story
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SO NOT GOOD, MAYNARD. Vote, because our lives, freedom, and democracy itself depend on defeating these basstids. Link: Leaked memo reveals plan for Trump to skip ‘traditional background checks’ if elected: NYT – Raw Story
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It’s about frickin’ time, NY Times, but until you stop sanewashing Der Drumpfuhrer in your headlines, sabotaging your reporters’ stories, I’m not subscribing. For all the shit we’ve given the NYTimes in this election season, they have really pulled out all the stops to make up for it the last couple of days. This was yesterday’s front page. Here are a couple of the inside pages in the same issue. There are more. A huge section was devoted to this subject. I have… Link: The NY Times Comes Through – Digby’s Hullabaloo
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Ann Telnaes’ stark visual commentary on the Washington Post’s failure to endorse Kamala Harris from 25OCT24. I will not be cancelling my subscription to the Post, because I support their journalists and editors. The decision came from publisher Jeff Bezos.
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Earlier today, the Washington Post declined to endorse a candidate in the US Presidential Election. Reportedly, an opinion endorsing VP Kamala Harris had been written but was killed by either the current CEO, or owner-oligarch Jeff Bezos. Many people have canceled their WaPo subscriptions; I just can’t in an election year. So instead, here’s an endorsement from UK liberal bastion paper, The Guardian. Which I read for free, but I may subscribe. God knows I read them constantly. Editorial: The decision of American voters will be profoundly consequential for everyone. A Harris victory would offer some hope… Link: The…
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“This memorial honors the brave men and women who broke into the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 to loot, urinate and defecate throughout those hallowed halls in order to overturn an election”
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Mariel Garza, editorials editor at The Los Angeles Times, has resigned. The announcement comes after the paper’s billionaire owner killed an endorsement of Kamala Harris for president. Link: LA Times opinion editor quits after billionaire owner kills endorsement