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Trump Says It's Hard to Talk Policy With Obamas Attacking Him
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
... Donald Trump said he'd like to focus on policy " as his allies are urging him to do " but can't when Barack and Michelle Obama are delivering scathing critiques of him on prime-time television.
"Did you see Barack Hussein Obama last night?" Trump said Wednesday at a rally in Asheboro, North Carolina. "He was taking shots at your president, and so was Michelle. You know they always say, sir, please stick to policy. Don't get personal.' And yet they're getting personal all night long."
The Obamas headlined the Democratic National Convention Tuesday in Chicago, using their speeches to assail Trump. They mocked the Republican nominee over his obsession with crowd sizes, said his dislike for them is fueled by race and called him a danger to the nation. ...
Oh, the poor snowflake seems to be unable to handle the same type of stuff he gives out.
@#16 ... I'm pretty sure that they have nothing to do with vote certification. I think you're conflating state legislatures with the U.S. Congress' constitutional role to certify the electoral vote tally. ...
Could GOP states ignore voters and send Trump delegates to the Electoral College? (2020)
www.politico.com
...The Constitution sets the numbers, and the states decide how the electors are chosen
The number of electors for each state is established in Article II of the Constitution, which describes the presidency, its powers and the way presidents are elected. Every state gets a number of electors equal to the size of its congressional delegation (representatives in the House plus two senators). That number changes every 10 years based on reapportionment of House seats following the census, but heading into each presidential election, the number of electors per state is fixed.
From there, the Constitution leaves things up to the states: "Each state shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors." But across every state, those legislatures have all established a similar process.
The political parties in each state pick a slate of potential electors for the Electoral College, and the winner of the popular vote in that state gets the electors. Maine and Nebraska award single electoral votes to the winner of each congressional district and then give two more to the statewide popular vote winner, but the same process applies.
The crucial step before appointing electors: Certifying the election
Along with tethering the Electoral College vote to the state popular vote, state legislatures have passed laws setting up how elections are administered, delegating authority to other state and local officials to handle everything from voter registration to certifying the official election results at the end of the vote count. ...
@#8 ... FOX cut off his advertising for non-payment. His was evicted from his manufacturing plant for non-payment. ...
Mike Lindell's MyPillow evicted from Minnesota warehouse after lawsuit claimed it was $200K behind on rent (March 2024)
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Fox News stops running MyPillow commercials in a payment dispute with election denier Mike Lindell (January 2024)
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The trend is Arizona is not looking good for fmr Pres Trump.
Arizona: Trump vs. Harris
www.realclearpolling.com
His lead dropped from a 6% lead in mid-July to a current 0.2% lead.
It will be interesting to see how having abortion on the ballot might affect the polling.
An update this morning in Newsweek...
Russians Baffled After Putin's 'Space Troops' Deployed as Infantry in Kursk
www.newsweek.com
... Russians have been left baffled after President Vladimir Putin deployed his so-called "space troops" to defend the Kursk region due to a manpower shortage amid a Ukrainian incursion. ...
Related?
Trump Is About to Get the All-Clear to Cash In on Media Shares
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
... Donald Trump is a month away from being able to turn his paper social-media fortune into cold, hard cash. The question is, will he?
The former president will be able to start selling bits and pieces of his $2.6 billion ownership in Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., whose share price has fluctuated wildly since going public through a special-purpose acquisition company merger in March. ...
Little else lowers a stock's price more than an abundance of shares for sale. ...
@#33 ... Only Don-old gets away with that. ...
Apparently, according to fmr Pres Trump, he never lost the 2020 election, so he still is President.
But yeah, right-wing media would light up if fmr Pres Obama ever said he was still President.