@#18 ... Trump Tower his son-in-law is building in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. ...

@#17 ... Newton proved Trump will fall from a height to pavement below at the same velocity as someone who isn't an obese tub of lard. ...

Did he prove that, or did he observe and conclude that?

Unrelated tune that just happened to pop up on a playlist here ...

@#33

Wow, now we have charts to illustrate the apparent self-inflicted inanity of #29.

@#7

Yeah, at this point, it seems all the MAGA folk have to offer are fabricated lies.

Sen Vance has admitted to that.

Imagine, a candidate for Vice president of the Untied States admitting that he just makes up lies, well, just because.

This is what the MAGA cult has dragged the politics in the Country to.

@#6 ... To go on and claim Trump is the cause for their reality is gaslighting. ...

Did I claim that?

Please explain where, in my #5 comment that your current alias cites, I made the assertion that fmr Pres Trump is the cause.

Oh, that reminds me, I need to stock up on bird seed for the feeders this winter.

Of course, now, here in Connecticut, it is still legal to have a bird feeder in your yard.

That is, until someone complains about a bear accessing that feeder. Then it becomes illegal.

The number of bears breaking into houses here in Connecticut has risen lately.

... Immigrants are no longer welcome in Donald Trump's America. ...

Not just any immigrants.

But those immigrants who, as I have noted previously from his comments, are not white Christians.

So, at this point, instead of focusing upon the negative, let's look at what fmr Pres Trump thinks is the positive side of his comments ...

Only white Christian immigrants are welcome in Donald Trumps America.

From the cited summary...

... Politico has obtained data that shows that the IP address listed with North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson's Nude Africa account is located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina where he lived. ...

OK I do have an issue with this.

More from the article...

... Employees at a discount supermarket chain in Germany found 95 kilograms (210 pounds) of cocaine stashed inside crates of bananas, police announced on Monday.

The drugs are reported to have a street value of around 7 million ($7.8 million).

Police did not name the supermarket in question, but said the drugs turned up in several cities around the western state of North-Rhine Westphalia.

How did cocaine end up among bananas?

Bricks of cocaine were first discovered by workers at two of the discount chain's stores in Mnchengladbach on September 10.

Later that day, cocaine was also found at the chain's stores in the nearby cities of Duisburg, Krefeld, Viersen, Heinsberg and Neuss.

"The investigators are working on the assumption that the food discounter was not the correct recipient for the delivery, but received the goods in error," Mnchengladbach police said in a statement. ...

@#29 ... The Left Goes to War with Itself ...

... and thank-you for that article.

To my reading it shows that the Democrats are not a cult that has to obey their cult leader, but a big tent of differing opinions that often disagrees with itself.

I find it quite interesting that your current alias seems to find such disagreements, and resulting discussions, as A Bad Thing.

@#29 ... as a liberal I don't do any of that, ...

Sometimes your current alias posts the funniest things.

:)

@#28 ... She seems to have an issue with independent voters, they want to hear more. They apparently weren't satisfied with the debate. ...

That's quite an assertion about independent voters.

Got links or evidence?

@#3 ... RGA won't spend any more money in North Carolina. ...

Yeah, but what about the money they have already spent?

Are they trying to reclaim that money?

@#4 ... Where does the RGA get all the cash to support Robinson? Much of it comes from major corporations, ...

Numbers from the article cited ...

...
On June 4, 2024, the RGA received a $250,000 contribution from DoorDash. ...

Top corporate contributors to the RGA this cycle include Google ($585,000), Walmart ($570,000), CVS ($550,000), Microsoft ($550,000), Travelers Insurance ($460,000), Amazon ($450,000), Deloitte ($400,000), Charter Communications ($385,000), Oracle ($325,000), Pfizer ($300,000), Coca-Cola ($250,000), The Motion Picture Association ($250,000), and Wells Fargo ($250,000). ...

More from the cited article...

... None of this prevented the Republican Governors Association (RGA) from throwing its support behind Robinson. ...

The RGA has followed through. Data from AdImpact, a company that monitors political ad spending, obtained by Popular Information, reveals that the RGA, an affiliated PAC, and an affiliated non-profit have spent more than $17.3 million since June 11, 2024 on ads in support of Robinson. The money has financed over 20,000 ads across North Carolina supporting Robinson's candidacy. The actual expenditure by the RGA is far higher, as the $17.3 million does not include the cost of producing the ads, polling, or any other activities taken on behalf of Robinson. ...

The amount that the RGA has spent running ads to boost Robinson's candidacy in the last few months exceeds the total that Robinson's campaign has reported raising this campaign cycle ($15,757,019.87).

On Thursday, CNN reported that in a series of posts on a pornographic message board, Robinson referred to himself as a "Black NAZI" and expressed support for reinstating slavery. He also described spying on women in public gym showers and described himself as a "perv." A separate report in the Washington Post revealed that Robinson, using the same message board, praised Hitler's Mein Kampf, calling it a "good read."

Since that bombshell report, the RGA has not made any statement regarding Robinson's candidacy but, according to AdImpact data, the RGA's ads in support of Robinson's gubernatorial campaign have continued to run across North Carolina. ...

Where does the RGA get all the cash to support Robinson? Much of it comes from major corporations, ...

@#23

Wow, my reply of "Yup" was more along the lines of "good question" and not in any way, manner, shape, or form an indication of agreement with the assertion of the question.

@#21

Though...

(and you had to know there would be a "though." :)   )

There is also a secondary question for the presidential election...

Fmr Pres Trump had a rally in North Carolina recently.

Yet, LT Gov Robinson was notably absent from that rally. Fmr Pres trump had a rally in North Carolina, yet the Republican candidate for Governor of that great state apparently was not invited to appear at that rally.

Why?

I mean, someone who fmr Pres Trump has said was Dr Martin Luther King on steroids.

Yet now he seems to eschew any association with Lt Gov Robinson.

Why?

&21 ... The real question goes out to the voters of North Carolina.

Is this the type of person you want Governing your state? ...

Yup.

From the cited article...

...The campaign said the staff members who stepped down are

Chris Rodriguez, campaign manager;

Heather Whillier, finance director;

Jason Rizk, deputy campaign manager; and

Conrad Pogorzelski III, general consultant and senior adviser. ...

Whoa, those are not insignificant people in a campaign.

@#12 ... Birmingham is one of the least MAGA cities. Of course having a black population of 70% might have something to do with that. ...

Back in the 80's I went to the Birmingham area to spend a long weekend with a Frat Brother and his wife.

They lived in the suburbs.

Their neighbor was a local sheriff.

When they talked with him on a "next-door neighbor" social level, they just went along to let him speak.

Both my Frat Brother and his wife related stories to me about the conversations they had with that neighbor.

They both were quite aghast of the unapologetic racism of his comments.

Within a year, they left that area ...

Apropos?

My one (minor) disagreement is in this...

... 1) Never opted for the long and hard slog of "hearts and minds". They went straight for coercion. ...

The Republicans did not go for coercion.

Coercion implies a conversation.

There was no such conversation.

The Republicans purchased a SCOTUS that unilaterally dictated to women that the government is removing their freedom of choice over their own bodies.

@#7

Worth repeating in bold...

The forced birth people----

1) Never opted for the long and hard slog of "hearts and minds". They went straight for coercion.

2) Their movement really does seem that it hates women and is willing to see them die in nasty ways

3) Their movement aligns too neatly with the overall fascist subversion in this country.