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Post by hoyarooter on Aug 8, 2024 18:30:23 GMT -5
Judge Luttig is apparently heading up a new organization of attorneys dedicated to protecting democracy, as he said two years ago that he viewed this as a serious problem, and that view has if anything been further reinforced by current developments.
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 8, 2024 18:37:59 GMT -5
Judge Luttig is apparently heading up a new organization of attorneys dedicated to protecting democracy, as he said two years ago that he viewed this as a serious problem, and that view has if anything been further reinforced by current developments. He's partnered with Jeh Johnson, former Homeland Security Secretary. It's an ABA Task Force. ABA President Mary L. Smith has announced the creation of the Task Force for American Democracy, co-chaired by former Federal Judge J. Michael Luttig and former Secretary of Homeland Secretary Jeh Charles Johnson, to examine ways to ensure an enduring American democracy. R. William Ide III serves as vice chair. www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 9, 2024 5:57:22 GMT -5
Imagine if Biden had fabricated a story that confused Jerry Brown and Willie Brown. The media would be howling for him to step down. Former President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to confuse former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown with former California Gov. Jerry Brown in recounting what he characterized as a near-death experience. During a news conference from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said he once flew with Willie Brown in a helicopter that "went down" when he was asked about Vice President Kamala Harris' past relationship with the former mayor and whether he thought the relationship had played a role in her career path. www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-appears-confuse-willie-brown-jerry-brown-rcna165903
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Post by hoyajinx on Aug 9, 2024 7:15:54 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 9, 2024 8:03:22 GMT -5
‘Weird’ doesn’t begin to capture the Trump-Vance campaign PHILADELPHIA — One is running a high-decibel campaign. The other is waging a high-incel campaign. The Harris-Walz ticket debuted this week as “joyful warriors” before massive, raucous crowds. The Trump-Vance ticket focused its outreach on angry young men. Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz were rallying newly optimistic Democrats in seven battleground states. In Wisconsin, people abandoned their cars in cornfields and walked to the event rather than wait in a traffic jam. Here in Philadelphia on Tuesday, people began lining up 12 hours before Harris was expected to speak despite intermittent rain and temperatures that reached 90 degrees From my seat in the press section on the arena floor, I measured the noise when Harris and Walz took the stage at 107 decibels. That’s approaching rock-concert levels, but it wasn’t coming from the sound system; it was entirely from the lungs of 12,000 Democrats. A low-energy Trump, by contrast, scheduled only one rally, in Montana. Instead, he and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, made a series of overtures to the “manosphere,” an online community of right-wing — and frequently misogynistic — men. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/09/harris-walz-trump-vance-weird/
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 9, 2024 8:39:05 GMT -5
The political arm of LULAC, a Latino civil rights group, is endorsing the Harris-Walz campaign, marking the first presidential endorsement the group has made in its nearly 100-year history.
“The Biden-Harris administration’s actions over these last few years resulted in direct and important support for millions of Latinos, including small business owners, low-income families, and Dreamers,” Domingo Garcia, LULAC Adelante PAC chairman, said in a statement.
LULAC members plan to join Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at their campaign event Friday in Nevada. The group also said it plans to mobilize its 140,000 members to engage Latino voters in swing states. -- WaPo 8/9/24, 9:32 am
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Post by tashoya on Aug 9, 2024 10:11:22 GMT -5
I have to surmise that Elvado is "very concerned" about Trump's mental health.
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Post by tashoya on Aug 9, 2024 10:16:40 GMT -5
The political arm of LULAC, a Latino civil rights group, is endorsing the Harris-Walz campaign, marking the first presidential endorsement the group has made in its nearly 100-year history. “The Biden-Harris administration’s actions over these last few years resulted in direct and important support for millions of Latinos, including small business owners, low-income families, and Dreamers,” Domingo Garcia, LULAC Adelante PAC chairman, said in a statement. LULAC members plan to join Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at their campaign event Friday in Nevada. The group also said it plans to mobilize its 140,000 members to engage Latino voters in swing states. -- WaPo 8/9/24, 9:32 am It's so refreshing to read something like this where the people running for the POTUS are supportive of our country's changing demographics and, in turn, some of our newest citizens are getting involved and making their voices heard. It's almost as though, when done right, American democracy is pretty darn great.
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Post by DanMcQ on Aug 9, 2024 11:09:30 GMT -5
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Post by Massholya on Aug 9, 2024 11:42:56 GMT -5
One has to assume at this point that Alito and Thomas are directing court challenges from the top down.
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Post by DanMcQ on Aug 9, 2024 14:04:06 GMT -5
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Post by hoyajinx on Aug 9, 2024 14:34:26 GMT -5
Also Russell Brand. He lost a rogues gallery of dimwits, sexual predators, and neo-nazis. That should be a good indicator of who Trump appealed to in the first place. The fact that these guys are some of the top podcasters is also an indictment of the intelligence and decency of the nation at large.
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