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Hi Corky

By Tuesday 5 Nov 2024, Throughout the month of October, 2024, the Trump campaign (and associated entities) spent $300,000,000.00 on ads in all 7 swing states during televised NFL and NCAA football games. The topic of all of those ads? Then-CA Attorney General Kamala Harris' 2019 response to a question about a Trump administration dictate on gender-affirming (read: trans) care for federal inmates


click graphic above for actual She's for They/Them ad

And the amount of money the Harris campaign spent countering those She's for They/Them ads in the swing states during NFL and NCAA football games? You know, to point out the truth that she was simply responding to a question about a Trump administration dictate on gender-affirming for federal inmates? To counter the deceptive, the lying-by-omission ads run by Trump & company?

Zero dollars

The efficacy of this strategy was born out election night, 2024, when Steve Kornacki was calling individual counties (starting with Pennsylvania) and highlighting that the Harris/Walz ticket was falling short of votes as opposed to the votes in the 2020 election for the Biden/Harris ticket. His reporting was, in effect, a death by 1,000 cuts for Harris/Walz.

Trump & company knew that all it would take would be the suppression of Biden votes in 2024 by just a point or two for Trump to carry those counties, all 7 swing states and, ultimately, the election. They judged, correctly, that men - men of color and white - would be turned off enough by the "pro-trans" Harris that they voted for Trump, or didn't vote at all.

Either way, mission accomplished.

Another view ...

UAE accuses Iran of missile, drone attacks
www.upi.com

... The United Arab Emirates activated its missile alert system for the first time since a cease-fire between the United States and Iran in April, accusing Iran of launching missile and drone attacks Monday.

The UAE's Ministry of Defense said its air defense system was "actively engaging" the threats from Iran.

"MOD asserts that the sounds heard across the country are the result of ongoing engaging operations of missiles and" unmanned aerial vehicles, the department said in a post on X.

"The public is urged to remain calm and follow the safety and security instructions issued by relevant authorities."

Officials in Fujairah, UAE, blamed a fire at the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone on an Iranian attack. ...

The UAE is just to the south of Iran, on the other side of the Persian Gulf, and has a critical position along the Strait of Hormuz.

It's unclear how the attacks may affect the shaky cease-fire between Iran and the United States. ...



The Russian oligarchs ain't a happy bunch right now: "Give to me rubles"

But American and Israeli billionaires are doing just fine, thanks for asking!

For those of you accusing Platner of Nazi tendencies, try actually listening to the guy. Here he is on Jon Stewart's podcast for about an hour. www.youtube.com

His referring(@ about 25:30) to an FDR letter from '28 about the state of the Democratic Party is a real eye opener.

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