Another aspect....

What is this going to turn into?

@#10 ... Trump has given people like this permission to be as base as they want to be. He has tapped into their racist proclivities and has cultivated a cult following. Just like the wall. ...

ya know, I think you are on to something.

I have often said that I view fmr Pres Trump as a transactional person, i.e., you give me this and I give you that.

Does fmr Pres Trump need the votes of the White Supremacists so badly that he is willing to make an apparent ~pact with the devil~ in order to secure those vote?

Yeah, an interesting observation.

thx.

Apparently, the "the happiest place on Earth" may not be all that happy for those who work there.

@#10

Well, yeah.

This thread is interesting.

It seems to presume that VP Harris is now the anointed Presidential candidate.

But the question it raises is, who might be her running mate.

The thread seems to assume a calm transference of ~Presidential candidate~ from Pres Biden to VP Harris.

I remain to be convinced, given the prior chaotic behavior of Democrats, that such a smooth transition will occur.

Have Democrats actually gotten their act together, and have untied against what they face?

(asking for friend....)

@#6 ... Most members begin at the bottom of their crime families ...

Curious that you use the phrase "crimes families" in an apparent reference to the Trump cult.

@#3 ... Another young man who threw his life away because of #45. ...

Yup.

But to your point, my guess is that Mr ----- had already thrown his life away.

Back during the Charlottesville riot by white supremacists, he seemed to have been photographed giving the Nazi Heil Hitler salute.

So his decision to invade the Capitol does not appear to be some emergent decision, it seems to be a lifestyle choice.

But then, the question that needs to be asked...

Why does fmr Pres Trump seem to attract supporters who revel in the White Supremacy movement?

Is such an attraction on fmr Pres Trump's part intentional?

Stated differently, is fmr Pres Trump so needing of votes that he seems to actively cultivate the worst of the Country to get those votes?

I mean, going after the Sieg Heil Hitler votes?

... A Marine who stormed the U.S. Capitol and apparently flashed a Nazi salute in front of the building was sentenced on Friday to nearly five years in prison. ...

Those Capitol tourists ...

@#13 ... give them a day or two to get over the "shock" and immerse themselves in the "contest sport" full time. ...

I'd not just attribute that to the media, but also the Democrats themselves.

The media are just reporting upon what is occurring.

imo, the joust has just begun.

@#2 ... Here's the thing... real estate professionals have always dealt with problematic people's problems and how to wangle around the system....

Yeah, but...

(ya had to know there'd be a "but" ... :)       )

... the product -- owned by the data broker red violet -- also supplies a given individual's address history; phone, vehicle and property records; bankruptcies; and liens and judgements, including foreclosure histories ...

All with just a phone number.

@#32 ... Bob Dylan ...

Mr Hendrix seemed to like the Bob Dylan music.

Here's a fav video of mine from 1967...

Ya know, one thing has surprised me this momentous day.

It has not [yet?] become an all-out war among Democrats regarding the Pres/VP slate.

t actually seems to be a calm process.

I did not expect that.

Of course, things may change....

More from the cited article...

... "A tough former prosecutor, the Vice President comes from the centrist wing of the Democratic Party, not it's left most fringe...For Haley voters, all of this puts the Vice President in a sweet spot for them to register their ongoing opposition to [former] President Trump," he said. ...

Hmmmm.... "centrist wing" ... I had not thought about that aspect of it yet.

Interesting that I saw this...

@#3 ... Enough about Project 2025. ...

Nah.

Project 2025 is evil, a subjugation of democracy in adulation of an all-powerful autocrat in the Oval Office.

Comparisons to 1825 may be valid, but Project 2025 is here and now.

Project 2025 is so bad that now even fmr Pres Trump is trying to distance himself from it.

Take a step back and ponder that for a bit.

That, alone, is a warning of what may be to come.

Don't need a comedian....

More from the article...

... The unions, which represent some 14,000 Disneyland Resort employees, have been in negotiations with Disney over wage increases and other benefits since April.

Talks have stalled and tensions have grown as some employees contend Disney has engaged in anti-union practices.

Ninety-nine percent of members voted in favor of the strike authorization, according to a union statement.

It allows union leaders to decide when to call the strike, as well as its duration and terms. ...

You can say what you want about Sen Vance.

In my view he will be a person who tossed away his sense of right and wrong to attain his goals of power.

He only became an adulant of fmr Pres Trump to get an endorsement for his Senate election.

And now, Sen Vance has gone full MAGA to get and possibly fill the VP slot.

That seems to be what the Republican Party has become, adulents becoming members of the Trump cult to attain governmental power.

Seeking a government position, not to serve the people of the US, but for the power to exploit the people of the US.

@#1

a.k.a., the result of the uber-wealthy purchasing the political solutions that please them.

More from the articles...

... The US military routinely carries out flights over international waters, operations that it says are conducted in neutral airspace and in accordance with international law.

But Moscow has responded more aggressively to the exercises in recent months, warning in June that US drone flights over the Black Sea risked leading to a "direct" military clash.

The Russian defence ministry said it had scrambled fighter jets to intercept an "air target approaching the state border of the Russian Federation". ...

... At the climax of the Republican National Convention last night, ...

I noticed an apparent complete lack of any prior GOP President or Vice President sharing the stage with fmr Pres Trump.

I thought that was odd, so very odd.

@#7

Yeah, that's what I thought when I read the article, that they might be looking for the VP slot.

@#5 ... Republicans are unlikely to gain traction ...

Do they need to succeed, or just divert attention and delay?

Sec Buttigieg has it right.

The uber-wealthy (tech bros or not) tend to support ffmr Pres Trump's re-election bid for the main reason that they look at such support as a return on investment.