Harris Vs Trump 2024 US Presidential election - read the warning in the OP posted 18/09/24

Absolutely, 100% believable and on brand for Mr Quid Pro Quo

Transactional to the last. Not a benevolent bone in his body.

I believe @Dingaan was praising his disaster relief efforts the other day...

The centrist choice eh? Only provides disaster relief to Republican areas.

The Haley Voters for Harris PAC is spending its war chest now, massive ad campaign just launched with multiple commercials talking about tariffs, economics, etc.

Several of the videos are in the link:

https://www.mediaite.com/election-2024/pro-haley-pac-drops-7-figure-ad-campaign-supporting-kamala-harris-defying-cease-and-desist-from-haleys-lawyer/

The C & D was over the use of Haley's name, which Haley has no special hold of, and the PAC is made of Haley voters, that are supporting Kamala Harris, so QED.

The strategy, Snyder said, was to point out how Harris’ positions “on major issues like fiscal responsibility and closing the border, being tough on crime” were not “radical” like Trump claimed, but actually center-left. Therefore center-right voters could “meet in the center and find some common ground” with Harris, and these ads were intended to help get voters who don’t like Trump but might have never voted for a Democratic presidential candidate be able to take that step this November.

Melania is getting a bashing from the anti-abortion activists. All that remains to see is if Melania will stand by her book and position.

Kristan Hawkins, the president of Students for Life of America, blasted Melania on X, calling her “wrong.”

“Melania Trump’s support of abortion is anti-feminist and clearly outside the teaching of our Catholic faith,” Hawkins wrote. “She is wrong.”

Tina Peters was just sentenced to 9 years in prison in Colorado for tampering with Mesa County election machines. In 2021, she gave a Mike Lindell affiliated 'expert' gain unlawful access to the machines to copy their contents and allowed him back in days later during a secured update of the machines onto a new trusted build. She never denied giving him someone else's credentials to gain entry and falsely introducing him as a county employee.

Her sentencing had been previously scheduled back in August when the jury found her guilty on 7 counts (conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation and three counts of attempting to influence a public servant, official misconduct in the first degree, violation of duty, failure to comply with an order from the Secretary of State). She was acquitted of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, criminal impersonation, and identity theft.

Hopefully her sentence will send a chill to all the seditionist embeds in the current elections systems of Georgia and elsewhere this cycle. Peters won't be free again until after the 2032 election, and won't be able to cast a vote again in Colorado until she has served her sentence, the next Presidential election she will get a chance to cast a ballot in will be in 2036. Non-pardonable by Trump in a theoretical 2nd term either, this was a State prosecution. And all for nothing, Mike Lindell's 'cyber ninjas' never found a lick of problems with the vote.

Are you suuuure it was Biden, and not eg. this lunatic hawking a strike on oil facilities on the Fear Business Network, that millions of day traders tune into? Or Lindsay Graham? Or any number of Republicans who have been urging that very thing?

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/republican-senator-urges-biden-take-out-an-iranian-oil-asset-despite-fox-host-warning-of-global-market-shock/

Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) spoke to Fox anchor Neil Cavuto following the Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel this week and urged the U.S. to attack Iranian “oil assets” in retaliation.

“If there’s a, you know, an attack on it, as Senator Graham has been talking about, on oil assets in Iran, which I support, by the way, or if there are further sanctions that would actually be enforced, frankly, if we were just…” began Cramer when asked Wednesday about possible U.S. actions following the attack.

Cavuto cut in and asked, “I’m sorry. I’m sorry. Senator, do you support going after those Iranian oil sources? And I certainly see your rationale behind that. But obviously, the impact on the global oil markets would be maybe something akin to the 1970s. Right? Prices could rocket, right?”

“It could be. No question. Yeah, we’d have to we’d have to do it surgically for sure. Neil, I wouldn’t advocate just taking out everything that they have, but we could start with enforcing the sanctions and maybe go after a refinery or two that is feeding our other enemies,” Cramer replied, doubling down.

Funny you should act like it's not a help to her campaign though, almost like we have a POTUS who isn't deciding how the job is done based on partisan or electoral calculations and scheming.

Not the blurst result.

Yeah in many ways I think short term supply volatility has also been priced in, at least for Western markets

The bigger issue is to just keep the oil flowing because supply shocks will impact poorer countries more and create further instability

One thing I read recently was that the US has been using their strategic oil reserves to balance out any volatility in the market. They sell some of the reserve when prices are high and buy it back when the price drops

It's a pretty good trick, stabilises the market and turns a quick profit for the Americans

On a side note, it'd be nice if we could get a move on with that switch to renewables

One thing I read recently was that the US has been using their strategic oil reserves to balance out any volatility in the market. They sell some of the reserve when prices are high and buy it back when the price drops

It's a pretty good trick, stabilises the market and turns a quick profit for the Americans

Been policy for a while. Trump did the same thing, despite MAGA pretending like when Biden does it, it's something to freak out over:

https://www.energy.gov/ceser/history-spr-releases

In fact the reserve exists and the diversification exists because of the oil crisis in the 70s, which was overdependence on Iran etc.

PSA - if gambling on the forthcoming presidential election, please do so responsibly.

with his indoor voice but yeah.

I guess it also turns out she can get out sooner than nine years with good behavior credit. He was quite agitated with her lawyer afterwards for trying to file a motion he already said was not valid.

There's a meltdown on my local Nextdoor app of people buying into the lies of the right wing, it's the Hawaii fire all over again, with the right wing panicking victims of Hurricane Helene into thinking that $750 is all they're going to get. Tonight Fox News and other right wing outlets spent all night cheapfaking remarks made by Kamala Harris today to make it come off like the only relief victims of the disaster will ever see will be $750, which is for people's immediate needs, like food, baby formula, diapers, a change of clothes, prescriptions, etc. and people are acting as though they're helicoptering FEMA home inspectors and insurance adjustors into the disaster areas at the same time they are airlifting stranded residents out, it's absurd.

https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/fox-news-hosts-dishonestly-cut-off-kamala-harris-speech-to-claim-hurricane-victims-are-only-getting-750/

To wit she said:

“Federal relief and assistance that we have been providing has included FEMA providing $750 for folks who need immediate needs being met, such as food, baby formula, and the like, [Fox News cuts here] and you can apply now, for anyone who’s watching this who has been affected. There are FEMA personnel who are going door to door to interact personally with folks, especially those who do not have electricity. But also that aid, if you have electricity, can be applied for online. I encourage people do that. FEMA will just basically verify your address and the process should take hold. FEMA is also providing tens of thousands of more dollars for folks to help them be able to deal with the home repair, to be able to cover a deductible when and if they have insurance, and also hotel costs. Today, I’m also announcing that the president has approved the governor’s request for 100% federal reimbursement of local costs… Also, we will be covering 100% of the local costs for food, water, and shelter."

FEMA was also forced to post a fact check when conservatives did this hoaxing after the Hawaii fire:

https://www.fema.gov/node/fema-only-giving-hawaii-wildfire-survivors-700-household

Rumor: FEMA is only giving Hawaii wildfire survivors $700 per household.
Fact:
This is not true. There is a range of federal disaster assistance available. Critical Needs Assistance provides a onetime payment of $700 to address immediate needs such as food, water and clothing. This is just one of several types of federal assistance you may be eligible to receive. As applications are reviewed, you can check your application status online or call 800-###-#### to find out what types of disaster assistance you are eligible to receive.

As of last year, federal assistance had exceeded $385 million to the Maui fire.

eg. This is the Ingraham program manipulating it's viewers on it's show (@Acyn also shows the complete remarks where Ingraham does not):

The MediaITE article also has the clips from Jesse Watters on The Five, and Sean Hannity on his show, making the same spin doctoring.

Here is here complete press conference in Augusta, per ABC:

The right wing is perverse in the way that it preys on people who have lost everything to lie to them so brazenly when they are not in the mental state to be d*cked around with.

Oh, I can’t see Melania bothering to do anything much about that. I suspect the book amounts to the “contribution” she’d agree to give the Trump campaign, with the added bonus to her of whatever cash came in from it and counting herself as a published author. (Or whatever you call a person who puts their name on a ghost-written work)

Despite earlier speculation on this thread that the book would project a “softer” image for Donnie, low and behold it looks like it hasn’t done any of that. To boot she’s now pissed off anti-choice extremists…who to be honest will vote for Donnie anyway…so she really doesn’t need to bother to do anything…which again, I don’t think she would either way.

Worth watching all 13 mins if the Tina Peters judgement, judge utterly excoriates her

https://x.com/PettyLupone/status/1841913003366875431