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US Republicans’ electoral college edge, once seen as ironclad, looks to be fading
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Emmanuel Macron unveils new right-wing French government
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Teamsters won’t endorse a candidate for US President in 2024
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Finland's President Alexander Stubb has called for expansion of the UN Security Council, abolition of its single state veto power, and suspension of any member engaging in an “illegal war”
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Donald Trump is safe after Secret Service opened fire at suspect with firearm near his Florida golf club
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Donald Trump trials - Georgia election interference state court case - Megathread
Texts, documents hint at convicted witness bail bond business owner Scott Hall's wide ties to Coffee County breach, Trump allies ahead of trial Hall played a part in various post-election events,...
Texts, documents hint at convicted witness bail bond business owner Scott Hall's wide ties to Coffee County breach, Trump allies ahead of trial
Hall played a part in various post-election events, and he's taken a plea deal. He will testify in the Georgia 2020 election trials.
Hall's alleged involvement following the 2020 election reaches beyond the small south Georgia county. This includes personal relationships with those close to the former president.
Several media outlets, including CNN, have reported that Hall is related to David Bossie, chairman of the conservative group Citizens United who briefly led the former president's post-election legal challenges. Bossie's name appears in the Fulton indictment.
In late November 2020, David Shafer introduced Hall to a group of individuals including Robert Sinners, a current spokesperson for the Georgia Secretary of State's office who then worked for Trump's campaign. In the email, Shafer said Hall was "looking into the election" on behalf of the former president at Bossie's request.
This is described in Act 4 in the indictment, though Sinners is referred to as "unindicted co-conspirator Individual 4" by Fulton prosecutors. Sinners has since disavowed the post-2020 election activities that took place in Georgia.
Hall may also know about the letter former Justice Department official Jeffery Clark wanted to send that alleged the agency "identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election in multiple States, including the State of Georgia."
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National Museum of Denmark is handing over an iconic cloak belonging to an indigenous group in Brazil at a ceremony being attended by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
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Kamala Harris’ lead dips in national US polls and it’s very close in the key states
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Thinking out loud: A US service to help you move to where your vote will count the most
Maybe this topic is silly, but I am up from insomnia, so here it goes. I watched a piece on the news about how the election may come down to teeny tiny little town in Nebraska. I remember a...
Maybe this topic is silly, but I am up from insomnia, so here it goes.
I watched a piece on the news about how the election may come down to teeny tiny little town in Nebraska. I remember a similar situation coming to pass in the 2020 election.
There are many teleworkers now. Many of them are IT people who would be happy anywhere there is a good Internet connection.
I was thinking that a movement to get people to move to where their votes would count the most would be interesting. At least to talk about.
There could be a web site/app that would identify the potential most crucial areas, like that little Nebraska town.
Nomadic and patriotic teleworkers could then move to such places a year in advance of an election, vote, and move on if they aren't happy in those places.
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Over 100,000 protest in France against new prime minister
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The New York Times is a fluffer for Donald Trump on Arlington Cemetery desecration
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Donald Trump vs Kamala Harris: Who is leading in the US presidential election polls?
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ABBA becomes the latest in a long line of artists to ask former US President Donald Trump not to use their music at campaign events
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How anti-trans US policies in Project 2025 could impact all families
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Book review: "Escaping Gravity" by Lori Garver
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Megathread - Updates on the Donald Trump trial regarding classified documents
Things are starting to happen in this case also.
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Former US President Donald Trump’s post of fake Taylor Swift endorsement is his latest embrace of AI-generated images
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Can MAGA be multicultural? Making sense of Donald Trump’s appeal to nonwhite American voters.
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What is the motivation to keep sending Benajmin Netanyahu military aide while the Gaza crisis continues?
I hope it is kosher to post this under ~talk. I know people are sick of this topic, so I put plenty of tags in to help those not interested avoid seeing this thread. FWIW, you can go into your...
I hope it is kosher to post this under ~talk. I know people are sick of this topic, so I put plenty of tags in to help those not interested avoid seeing this thread. FWIW, you can go into your Settings and enter keywords to filter threads on ( via tags ).
To my question.
Netanyahu has been killing people with no means of defense.
What is President Biden's motivation to keep sending military aide to Israel while Netanyahu continues to do this?
I have a few guesses, but none of them on their own or together seems to justify the political or humanitarian costs:
- Somehow it is in the geopolitical interest of the U.S. to do so
- Israel would be destroyed without military aide ( but defensive weapons can still be sent )
- The U.S. benefits from Israeli intelligence
- Congressional republicans aligned with Christian Nationlists want to see Israel live out a Biblical prophesy and it would cost President Biden politically if he were to push a decrease in military aide - assuming he could.
- President Biden might have lost Jewish American votes, BUT Jews are a minority in America and many American Jews are against what Netanyahu is doing.
Those are the possibilities I could come up with. Am I missing anything? All of these possibilities together do not seem to be worth the political cost President Biden incurred. Is there something I missed?
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First guilty plea in Arizona fake elector case comes from Republican activist Lorraine Pellegrino
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Why is Donald Trump so obsessed with Hannibal Lecter?
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Former US President Donald Trump backs out of ABC debate, says he will only debate Kamala Harris on Fox
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Though the Icelandic president's role is mostly ceremonial, Halla Tómasdóttir said that she would seek to raise “the right questions” and bring attention to critical health issues
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The cynic and the two nations: Twenty years since Barack Obama assured us we're the *United* States of America, a new country has been building with fearful momentum. Can anything be done to stop it?
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How the news broke on X. The epistemology of an assassination attempt.
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Joe Biden decision surprised most US TV news networks: How CBS, MSNBC and more scrambled to cover bombshell
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US Secret Service director quits after Donald Trump shooting
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US President Joe Biden announces that he will not run for re-election
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US President Joe Biden reportedly more open to calls for him to step aside as candidate
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US appeals court blocks all of Joe Biden's SAVE student debt relief plan
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The roads to replacing Joe Biden
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Ursula von der Leyen wins second term as European Commission president
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Jack Black ends Tenacious D tour after bandmate’s Donald Trump shooting comment
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US SEC sues Trump Media SPAC ex-CEO Patrick Orlando for alleged fraud
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Donald Trump does not get post-shooting poll boost
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US judge dismisses classified documents case against Donald Trump
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Project 2025: The radical conservative plan to reshape America under Donald Trump
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Donald Trump whisked off stage in Pennsylvania after apparent gunshots rang through the crowd
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Joe Biden calls Volodymyr Zelensky 'Putin' right before huge press conference
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Bernie Sanders: Joe Biden for US President
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US history shows swapping candidates is a losing game for Democrats
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Donald Trump is a de-facto incumbent US President ("Why I think Joe Biden decided to run again (and why he can’t really talk about it)")
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Joe Biden's path to US re-election has all but vanished
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After Joe Biden's debate performance, the US presidential race is unchanged
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Donald Trump loathes our laws, puts self over country, and is dangerous for America. He is fully unfit to lead, writes the editorial board.
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Former US President Donald Trump claims not to know who is behind Project 2025. A CNN review found at least 140 people who worked for him are involved.
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Colombia warns about danger for migrants after Panama closes Darien routes
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What are the most effective ways to help get Joe Biden re-elected in the US?
So I'm kind of terrified by recent political news. What can I do to help? Options include: Donating Phone banking Text banking Postcarding Door knocking Volunteering as an election worker Does...
So I'm kind of terrified by recent political news. What can I do to help?
Options include:
- Donating
- Phone banking
- Text banking
- Postcarding
- Door knocking
- Volunteering as an election worker
Does anyone have an informed opinion about which of these will actually move the needle and which ones just make you feel like you're doing something?
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Why a new conservative brain trust is resettling across America: Pro-Donald Trump professionals aren’t just talking about remaking Western civilization
28 votes