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Post by SSHoya on Aug 7, 2024 6:02:29 GMT -5
JD Vance just another whackjob from Yale Law School like Yalie and convicted seditionist Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes. And how bizarre is it that the blogger now supports Harris??? The day after JD Vance was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2022, he received a congratulatory text from Charles Johnson, a blogger and entrepreneur who has zealously promoted right-wing conspiracy theories. Johnson assumed the posture of a wise mentor, cautioning the first-time officeholder to choose his staff carefully and repeatedly pressing him on his committee assignments. “Got to keep you out of trouble,” wrote Johnson, who now describes himself as a government informant seeking to protect the United States from foreign influence. Their correspondence over the next 20 months — extending into the weeks before former president Donald Trump picked Vance as his running mate — offers a glimpse of the Republican vice-presidential nominee’s off-the-cuff musings, often matching his public expressions but voiced with much less polish. Vance was just as casual in discussing America’s foreign alliances as he was in evaluating his own private alliances with the GOP’s moneyed class. With Johnson, he pondered responsibility for the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines and crudely described his aversion to the Ukrainian government and refusal to consider its pleas for U.S. assistance. The mostly friendly conversation with Johnson reflects how Vance gravitates to people on the political fringe — a cohort emboldened by Trump’s insurgent campaign in 2016 and highly active online in the years since. After Trump picked Vance as his running mate on July 15, Johnson has been criticizing his onetime interlocutor and threatening to release their communications. He said he has grown disillusioned with Vance, especially over the senator’s favorable view of the Israeli prime minister, and now supports President Biden and Vice President Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee. Vance has bragged about being “plugged into a lot of weird, right-wing subcultures.” He wrote a positive blurb for a book by Jack Posobiec, the far-right activist who advanced the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory. And he has defended Alex Jones, the right-wing radio host who spread lies about the Sandy Hook school shooting. “Believing crazy things is not the mark of whether somebody should be rejected,” Vance said in a 2021 speech to the conservative Teneo Network that was recently published by ProPublica. “Believing important truths should be the mark of whether we accept somebody, and if they believe some crazy things on the side, that’s fine. We need to be okay with nonconventional people.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/07/jd-vance-charles-johnson-texts/
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Post by DanMcQ on Aug 7, 2024 6:32:32 GMT -5
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Post by hoyajinx on Aug 7, 2024 7:32:42 GMT -5
I love this needling of Trump. It’s so petty, but it’s the stuff that drives him absolutely bonkers. He will continue to say increasingly unhinged things, hopefully driving away more voters. x.com/KamalaHQ/status/1820971860550406322
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 7, 2024 8:22:56 GMT -5
I would never denigrate Vance's Marine service as "just" a noncombat REMF PAO. I think it ridiculous for MAGA GOPers to criticized Walz for retiring. He had risen to the Command Sergeant Major (CSM, E-9) in his battalion. That's the highest enlisted rank and a true leadership position. Walz enlisted in the Army National Guard in Nebraska in 1981 and retired honorably in 2005 as the top enlisted soldier for 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery Regiment, in the Minnesota National Guard, according to a copy of his records provided by the Minnesota Guard. He reached the rank of command sergeant major and served in that role, but he officially retired as a master sergeant for benefits purposes because he didn't finish a required training course, according to the records and a statement from the Minnesota Guard. www.military.com/daily-news/2024/08/06/tim-walz-who-spent-decades-enlisted-soldier-brings-years-of-work-vets-issues-dem-ticket.html?amp=
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Post by DanMcQ on Aug 7, 2024 13:16:56 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 7, 2024 14:06:26 GMT -5
It’s getting worse for JD Vance Two weeks ago, I noted that the early signs for JD Vance as Donald Trump’s vice-presidential nominee were not encouraging. He was a historically unpopular running mate. The polls seemed to confirm what was already evident: He wasn’t a particularly voter-friendly pick, dating back to an underperforming 2022 Ohio Senate campaign in which every other Republican running for statewide office did better in their races. The signs since then have only gotten worse. A half-dozen polls have now tested views of Vance more than once in the last few weeks. In each of them, his already-underwhelming image ratings have deteriorated — sometimes significantly. And crucially, his struggles appear particularly pronounced among educated voters and women. That would suggest that his derisive past comments about childless women are indeed proving to be liabilities. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/07/its-getting-worse-jd-vance/
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Post by DanMcQ on Aug 7, 2024 16:04:51 GMT -5
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Post by hoyarooter on Aug 7, 2024 18:11:33 GMT -5
I would never denigrate Vance's Marine service as "just" a noncombat REMF PAO. I think it ridiculous for MAGA GOPers to criticized Walz for retiring. He had risen to the Command Sergeant Major (CSM, E-9) in his battalion. That's the highest enlisted rank and a true leadership position. Walz enlisted in the Army National Guard in Nebraska in 1981 and retired honorably in 2005 as the top enlisted soldier for 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery Regiment, in the Minnesota National Guard, according to a copy of his records provided by the Minnesota Guard. He reached the rank of command sergeant major and served in that role, but he officially retired as a master sergeant for benefits purposes because he didn't finish a required training course, according to the records and a statement from the Minnesota Guard. www.military.com/daily-news/2024/08/06/tim-walz-who-spent-decades-enlisted-soldier-brings-years-of-work-vets-issues-dem-ticket.html?amp=Of course it's ridiculous, particularly coming from a ticket headed by Donnie Bone Spurs.
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 7, 2024 18:21:39 GMT -5
I would never denigrate Vance's Marine service as "just" a noncombat REMF PAO. I think it ridiculous for MAGA GOPers to criticized Walz for retiring. He had risen to the Command Sergeant Major (CSM, E-9) in his battalion. That's the highest enlisted rank and a true leadership position. Walz enlisted in the Army National Guard in Nebraska in 1981 and retired honorably in 2005 as the top enlisted soldier for 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery Regiment, in the Minnesota National Guard, according to a copy of his records provided by the Minnesota Guard. He reached the rank of command sergeant major and served in that role, but he officially retired as a master sergeant for benefits purposes because he didn't finish a required training course, according to the records and a statement from the Minnesota Guard. www.military.com/daily-news/2024/08/06/tim-walz-who-spent-decades-enlisted-soldier-brings-years-of-work-vets-issues-dem-ticket.html?amp=Of course it's ridiculous, particularly coming from a ticket headed by Donnie Bone Spurs. If we assign any rational thought to the Demented Donnie campaign advisers (or his moron sons who allegedly pushed for Vance as Veep) perhaps they thought having a former Marine on the ticket may inoculate him from further criticism as a fake tough guy chicken hawk.
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 7, 2024 18:29:00 GMT -5
Lying liar keeps on lying. Trump took a private flight with Project 2025 leader in 2022 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has repeatedly denied knowing about the Project 2025 policy blueprint or the people behind it. “Have no idea who is in charge of it,” he wrote in a social media post in July. But in April 2022, Trump shared a 45-minute private flight with Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts, according to people familiar with the trip, plane-tracking data and a photograph from on board the plane, which has not been previously reported. They flew together to a Heritage conference where Trump delivered a keynote address that gestured to Heritage’s forthcoming policy proposals. “They’re going to lay the groundwork and detail plans for exactly what our movement will do,” Trump said in the speech. Separately, Roberts told The Washington Post in an interview in April of this year that he had previously discussed Project 2025 with Trump as part of offering briefings to all presidential candidates. www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/08/07/trump-heritage-project-2025-roberts/
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Post by hoyajinx on Aug 7, 2024 18:33:07 GMT -5
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Post by tashoya on Aug 7, 2024 19:53:08 GMT -5
Odd. I don't hear VP Harris "cackling" or laughing in this clip.
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Post by DanMcQ on Aug 7, 2024 20:42:07 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 7, 2024 23:20:22 GMT -5
Whining like the little beyotch he is. Trump complains about campaign as advisers try to focus on attacking Harris Donald Trump’s candidacy appeared all but destined for victory only weeks ago. He rose defiant from the bullet graze of an attempted assassination, hoisting his fist in the air with a unified party at his back, a growing lead in the polls, dissolving criminal prosecutions — and a struggling opponent, President Joe Biden, facing a full-blown revolt from within his own party. Trump mocked the idea of Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the new Democratic nominee, calling her “so pathetic.” Trump now finds himself back in a dead-even contest and with new signs of strain in his orbit. In the face of new Democratic momentum, he has grown increasingly upset about Harris’s surging poll numbers and media coverage since replacing Biden on the ticket, complaining relentlessly and asking friends about how his campaign is performing, according to five people close to the campaign who like some others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. “It’s unfair that I beat him and now I have to beat her, too,” Trump told an ally in a phone call last weekend. While Trump has repeatedly said Republican Party officials only needed to focus on election integrity, he has begun hearing from outside allies that he does not have a significant ground game in key battleground states. He has grown annoyed with some of the media focus on his campaign staff, suggesting to others that his advisers get too much credit. Some advisers have urged him to spend more on digital advertising, saying he is being pummeled online. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/07/trump-election-campaign/
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Post by tashoya on Aug 7, 2024 23:34:52 GMT -5
The past 8 years have been insane. I only hope that I live long enough to read, in my latter years, the perspective a couple of decades may provide. I'm also curious to, maybe, see who "sees the error of their ways." I put that last part in quotes because that's how little faith I have in the veracity of every single member of the former Republican party and a couple of decades isn't going to change that. That's not how I want to feel but that's the result, for me, of the past 8 years. Don't get me wrong. I don't have a ton of faith in the Dems as a whole, either. But, I don't, by default, assume each of them is lying entirely every time they speak. On a rare occasion I'll hear a Trump cultist (RIP, GOP) speak and I do think, "They're just that stupid," or, "They're just that hateful."
In any event, the "Republicans" on the Board sure haven't said much about the blatant efforts to entirely subvert national elections. It's only been a handful of years and they now no longer wait to lose to attempt to undermine American democracy, they're being proactive about doing it without even trying to win. They say that they're highly principled yet they're, oddly, silent. I guess they're too busy figuring out what's best for their wallets? Or, is it that they're crafting even more ridiculous reasons for supporting blatantly anti-American candidates and promises?
Honest request: for any board member that considers themselves a conservative or a Republican, please do explain your rationale for supporting your current nominee. I promise that I won't even respond. Not even with something snarky. I'd invite others to make the same promise in the hopes that I, and many others on the Board, can better understand where you're coming from and why I go into asking that question assuming that I'd disagree with you. Please do me a solid.
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Post by tashoya on Aug 7, 2024 23:38:09 GMT -5
Whining like the little beyotch he is. Trump complains about campaign as advisers try to focus on attacking Harris Donald Trump’s candidacy appeared all but destined for victory only weeks ago. He rose defiant from the bullet graze of an attempted assassination, hoisting his fist in the air with a unified party at his back, a growing lead in the polls, dissolving criminal prosecutions — and a struggling opponent, President Joe Biden, facing a full-blown revolt from within his own party. Trump mocked the idea of Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the new Democratic nominee, calling her “so pathetic.” Trump now finds himself back in a dead-even contest and with new signs of strain in his orbit. In the face of new Democratic momentum, he has grown increasingly upset about Harris’s surging poll numbers and media coverage since replacing Biden on the ticket, complaining relentlessly and asking friends about how his campaign is performing, according to five people close to the campaign who like some others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. “It’s unfair that I beat him and now I have to beat her, too,” Trump told an ally in a phone call last weekend. While Trump has repeatedly said Republican Party officials only needed to focus on election integrity, he has begun hearing from outside allies that he does not have a significant ground game in key battleground states. He has grown annoyed with some of the media focus on his campaign staff, suggesting to others that his advisers get too much credit. Some advisers have urged him to spend more on digital advertising, saying he is being pummeled online. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/07/trump-election-campaign/I've also risen "defiant" from many minor scratches. I also rose "defiant" from getting hit by a truck when I was 13 until I realized I could see my femur through my skin and quickly fell down. I've always thought that was adrenaline from a really close call. But, now I know it's DEFIANCE and PATRIOTISM, damnit! Yay me! I'm so manly! Also, my IQ is north of 100 so I'm definitely more qualified than the ear scratch insurrectionist. I'm also actually 6'3" and about 205 so I'm far closer to 239 than that dude. No need to update the wildly flawed public med records.
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Post by DanMcQ on Aug 8, 2024 5:49:09 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 8, 2024 6:24:57 GMT -5
The past 8 years have been insane. I only hope that I live long enough to read, in my latter years, the perspective a couple of decades may provide. I'm also curious to, maybe, see who "sees the error of their ways." I put that last part in quotes because that's how little faith I have in the veracity of every single member of the former Republican party and a couple of decades isn't going to change that. That's not how I want to feel but that's the result, for me, of the past 8 years. Don't get me wrong. I don't have a ton of faith in the Dems as a whole, either. But, I don't, by default, assume each of them is lying entirely every time they speak. On a rare occasion I'll hear a Trump cultist (RIP, GOP) speak and I do think, "They're just that stupid," or, "They're just that hateful." In any event, the "Republicans" on the Board sure haven't said much about the blatant efforts to entirely subvert national elections. It's only been a handful of years and they now no longer wait to lose to attempt to undermine American democracy, they're being proactive about doing it without even trying to win. They say that they're highly principled yet they're, oddly, silent. I guess they're too busy figuring out what's best for their wallets? Or, is it that they're crafting even more ridiculous reasons for supporting blatantly anti-American candidates and promises? Honest request: for any board member that considers themselves a conservative or a Republican, please do explain your rationale for supporting your current nominee. I promise that I won't even respond. Not even with something snarky. I'd invite others to make the same promise in the hopes that I, and many others on the Board, can better understand where you're coming from and why I go into asking that question assuming that I'd disagree with you. Please do me a solid. The HoyaTalk "Republicans" are making like their cult hero -- cowering in their versions of Mar-a-Largo. Perhaps they too are decompensating.
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