@#61 ... Seven days from now ...

Seven long days.

I am grateful that my DVR has a fast-forward button ....

@#57 ... That may be why Mr Cuomo has turned to racist ads to try to gain points ...

Or, maybe, it is just a campaign in desperation?

Seven days from now (give or take), we'll know ...

@#13 ... What do you know, I agree with you.

This article told me what I want to hear.

The truth. ...

I dunno.

The headline of the cited article states, "'No Kings' protests largely composed of people from one demographic: experts"

And goes on to say ...

... At last weekend's "No Kings" protest in Washington, D.C., inflatable chickens bobbed above a crowd that, according to demographic research, was made up mostly of educated White women in their 40s. ...

Yet, if you read deeper in the article, the crowd's demographics seem to morph from "mostly of educated White women in their 40s." to "the typical D.C. attendee was an educated White woman in her 40s."

More from the Axios article mentioned (but not linked) in the cited article ...

... State of play: 86% of surveyed protesters in D.C. were white, and 57% were women.

- - - "It makes sense that we're not seeing people of color in the streets because people of color are being disappeared," Fisher said.

- - - She said she's surprised, though, that women's rights and reproductive rights are no longer leading factors the way they were during Trump's first term. ...

@#58 ... That's one of the best arguments for single payer healthcare that I've ever heard. ...

Yup.

I was going to post a similar comment to yours after I had read #50.

Instead, I gave your comment another NW flag.

@#50 ... Not in the premium.
And it's only reverting back to pre COVID. ...

So, a large change from where it was last year.

Thanks for confirming that.

already posted ...

@#41 ... Claiming ownership of a dream
is just the sort of petty selfishness
that exemplifies The Banality Of Evil. ...

I had not thought about that point of view.

But I do agree with it.

Claiming ownership of a dream means an intent to control the thoughts and aspirations of people.

Control of the dream is wrong.

Inspiring people to dream of the future and how the future can be better is correct.

Which President had the inspirational Hope posters?

Oh yeah, fmr Pres Obama.

@#51 ... Mamdani's idea is "less radical than critics portray," said CNN. City-owned grocery stores have popped up in small towns like Saint Paul, Kansas and big cities like Atlanta. That makes them "more common than people are aware of," said Nevin Cohen, director of the City University of New York's Urban Food Policy Institute. ...

One other aspect that many of the locals know (and has been stated on the local NYC news many times), but may not be known nationally ...

Many of the policies that Mr Mamdani wants to put into place need approval from the NY State legislature for them to go into effect.

That may be why Mr Cuomo has turned to racist ads to try to gain points, instead of debating the policy proposals of Mr Mamdani.

@1 ... "The American Dream belongs to the American People," ...

Those posters and their accompanying rhetoric seems to define who Republicans think are the "American People."

More from the cited article ...

... "The American Dream belongs to the American People," says the Labor Department's latest propaganda poster, put up on Instagram two days ago, which shows a retro image of a clean-cut young (white) man set against a pastoral hill with a church and an American flag. Another poster from five days ago, featuring a Sunday-clad church family (White? You bet!) sitting in a pew, advertises "A dream worth fighting for!"

And then there is poster after poster, since at least August, showing variations of the same Aryan-American worker type, with slogans such as, "Your Nation Needs You!" "Make America Skilled Again!" and perhaps the most fascist of them all, "Build Your Homeland's Future." ...

@#16,17

Yeah, the Trump Peace plan's ceasefire was the first of many steps in the peace plan, and likely the easiest.

Why? Because we've been at this stage before, and those prior attempts had a similar outcome.

The difficult part of a lasting peace in the Mideast is not some transactional deal to develop Gaza into some manner of a luxury resort.

It is a strategic negotiation to put into place a future for the people of that region.

@#1 ... "Emergencies are like war, famine [and] tornadoes," said Paul, the most vocal opponent of Trump's tariffs in the Senate. ...

OK, next the Senate should look at Pres Trump's tariff threats against Canada for the "national emergency" of a TV ad he did not like.

You mean that 61% of Americans do not like Pres Trump demolishing a part of the House they own and provide to Presidents?

@#17 ... Ah, here comes "Biden was and still is sharp as a tack"...

A lame deflection attempt.

I mean, really, that's the best yer current trolling has got?

Do try harder.

More from the article ...

... The launch of new image-generation models by top AI groups such as OpenAI and Google in recent months has sparked an influx of AI-generated receipts submitted internally within companies, according to leading expense software platforms.

Software provider AppZen said fake AI receipts accounted for about 14 percent of fraudulent documents submitted in September, compared with none last year. Fintech group Ramp said its new software flagged more than $1 million in fraudulent invoices within 90 days.

About 30 percent of US and UK financial professionals surveyed by expense management platform Medius reported they had seen a rise in falsified receipts following the launch of OpenAI's GPT-4o last year.

"These receipts have become so good, we tell our customers, do not trust your eyes,'" said Chris Juneau, senior vice-president and head of product marketing for SAP Concur, one of the world's leading expense platforms, which processes more than 80 million compliance checks monthly using AI. ...

@#32

And, if I may add ...

the political commercials for the NYC Mayoral race and the NJ Governor race have been taking a new low, imo.

For example ...

From what I am seeing on local NYC news, Mr Cuomo seems to be gaining on Mr Mamdani, cutting Mr Mamdini's lead in half.

Will the gain be enough to matter by next Tuesday? I dunno ...

@#3 ... Those bastards! ...

That's your opinion of those good folk who work to provide one of the more popular current programming languages?

So sad.

Based upon Pres Trump's recent public actions, why wouldn't doctor be worried about him?

Another source for the video ...

More from the cited article ...

... The man who went viral for lobbing racially charged insults at Virginia gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears during a college football game earlier this month, subsequently filed a police report claiming he was getting harassed after the incident went viral.

The Fairfax County Police Department confirmed to Fox News Digital that it was aware of the police report that was filed and that, ultimately, the department's threat assessment unit found that the information provided did not meet the criteria for a criminal investigation.

"Go back to Haiti!," the man from the viral video yelled at Sears, a Republican, during a James Madison University football game earlier this month. "Traitor!"

After the incident, Sears clarified on social media that she is an immigrant from Jamaica, not Haiti. ...

The man, identified by local news reports as Scott Pogorelc, from Centerville, Virginia, was also reportedly fired by his employer, a subsidiary of government contractor Lockheed Martin. A JMU football player by the same last name is a redshirt senior on the Dukes' offensive line.

"We hold all of our employees and subsidiaries to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct. Any behavior that violates our Code of Ethics will be thoroughly investigated and employees found in violation will be held accountable. Zeta Associates investigated the matter, and the individual is no longer employed," said a statement from a Lockheed Martin spokesperson, according to Fox 5 DC reporter Allison Papson.

Meanwhile, Pogorelc is also a Democratic Party donor, according to Federal Election Commission filings and the Virginia Public Access Project. Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic candidate for Virginia governor running against Sears, was among those he has donated to.

The situation involving Pogorelc was not the first time Sears has faced racially insensitive remarks in recent months amid her campaign. In August, while speaking out against transgender bathroom policies outside an Arlington County school board meeting, a counter-protester held up a sign that read: "Hey Winsome, if trans can't share your bathroom, then Blacks can't share my water fountain." ...

... Surprise Surprise, Hamas violates the cease fire ...

Why was this a surprise to you?

I mean, really.

@#2 ... RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. ...

Yup.

Why does Pres trump seem to be so [I'll be kind] concerned about releasing the Epstein files?

To the point that he has shut down the House of Representatives for weeks? to prevent a vote on the matter

More from the article ...

... Why It Matters

U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr.'s ruling highlights a broader clash between political speech and judicial fairness, reinforcing that even senior government officials must respect court rules that protect a defendant's right to an impartial trial.

By calling out Bondi and Noem over their comments about Abrego Garcia, Crenshaw underscored the judiciary's role as a check on executive power and a guardian of due process.

What To Know

In a memorandum opinion and order issued on October 27, Crenshaw ruled that Bondi and Noem had violated a local court rule limiting government officials from making out-of-court remarks about pending criminal cases. ...

@#7 ... Am I doing this right? ...

Nope.

Do try harder.