@#4 ... People that believe MAGA ...

Yeah, they seem to believe anything that is pushed upon them.

Morons? I refuse to give those MAGA believers that appellation.

I've talked with friends who are mega-MAGA supporters. Intelligent people. But when I ask, why they believe, I seem to get dabble in response.

Quite odd.

Even they, when questioned, seemed to admit they had nothing.

But I do have to ask ... why, then, do they seem to believe when they cannot seem to say why they believe?

@#18 ... Ownership of major media in this country is, at least, complicit with Project 2025. ...

Complicit?

I am far from that conclusion at this point.

But, do the billionaire owners of major media seem to use their ownership to influence public opinion?

Based upon the two recent examples, I'd say, yes.

@#7 ... Time to switch to reading books, until all the libraries get shut down ...

My provider, Comcast, recently informed me that it will no longer supply new cable cards (leaving the question of replacement cable cards unanswered).

The cable card has for me, relieved me of paying $10 or $20 a month, in excess of the apparent Comcast quoted price in their ads for service, to have the equipment needed to receive the video Comcast offers.

It is only when I delve deeper do I see the actual cost I will be paying each month in a format I can understand (a major Thank-You to the FTC to forcing that honesty upon the cable providers!).

So yeah, am I looking to remove Comcast from my monthly bills?

Absolutely.

But, after forty or so years, that's not a simple process...

&nbp

@#31 ... Once Jack Smith has her removed from the case ...

Yeah but...

Once an elected Pres Trump ha SC Smith removed from the cases, Justice takes a back seat to politics.

@#4 ... if the outcome of next month's election is contested in Pennsylvania our integrity will not be called into question ...

Wow. Just wow.

Nuns now seemed to be concerned about MAGA calling their (the nuns') integrity into question.

Wow.

From the cited article...

@#5 ... They didn't in 2020 ...

If your comment is referring to the Republicans, I'd agree.

Fmr Pres Trump did not win in 2020.

Now, let's go on to discuss the dementia patient the the GOP seems to be proffering for the Oval Office/

Do you agree that fmr Pres Trump should drop out of the race?

@#7 ... both sides of the media are complicit in propping up 'their sides' candidate. ,,,

Please elaborate upon 'propping up their sides.'

Or is that just a false equivalency?

thx.

... "I plan on voting for Harris," he said. "I really think this is one of the most important things I've done," said [State Sen. Robert Cowles, a Republican from Green Bay]. ...

I suspect MAGA is going to primary him to get him out of office. Ya can't have an opposing opinion in a dictatorship.

More from the cited article...

..."I plan on voting for Harris," he said.

Cowles said he has been concerned about blowback and potential threats about coming forward with his views on the presidential election, but said he is joining several other Republicans in backing Vice President Harris over former president Donald Trump..

"I really think this is one of the most important things I've done," said Cowles. "Hopefully, people will accept that and listen to me, those that have trusted me and believed in me will think about that, and if they're undecided, that we have to make a change here."

He added, "Trump has to be defeated, and we have to protect the Constitution. And the country will go on, even with some liberal things that Harris might do, or might not do ... You have to have the foundation of the Constitution, to protect democracy. If you don't have that, we will disappear." ...

@#22 ... a democracy with mob rule. ...

A Democracy is not mob rule.

That aside, I agree with your #22 comment.

Good to see them back on Earth!

Another view...

Already posted...

@#15 ... If Trump wins are you sure liberals won't start riots? ...

Riots are one thing.

Storming the Capitol with the intent to overturn a valid election and hang the Vice president is a whole 'nuther thing.

Please don't try to equate the two.

Of course, then there's this...

@#15 ... I believe it was mail-in used used like they were that created the situation where they broke in. ...

It is not about what you believe, but the evidence you provide.

I mean, really, if your belief bout the 2020 election is valid, you must have based that belief upon evidence.

So, what's yer got?

@#32 ... Check the timestamp ...

I did, and that is why I posted the update.

... Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said during an appearance on "The View" Friday that Vice President Kamala Harris has had a poor showing over the last week, casting doubt on her campaign. ...

I agree.

VP Harris has seemed to have moved towards emphasizing what is wrong, rather that the solutions she would provide.

Less cheerful in her "looking forward" as she used to do, and now more sadly "describing the present."

The energy and excitement that i had ascribed to her campaign seems to be all but gone now.

imo, she needs to pivot.

Or is it too late for her to do so?

@#1 ... The district attorney did not provide information on who was funding the canvassers but asked anyone who had been approached about suspicious registrations to contact her office. ...

Good.

... "And every time I come up and talk about what they've done to our country ...

Pres Biden is not "set to apologize" he did.

@#11 ... When Trump wins will you accept the results or will it be a lie? ...

When SCOTUS declared Pres Bush to be the winner back in the day, did the Democrats storm the Capitol?

As I asked in a prior comment, what was Mr Thiel's goal in contributing megadollars to Sen Vance's successful Senate campaign?

I wish I knew, but I have to ask ...

Are billionaires more interested in the candidate they support, or the resulting probable tax-reductions and other financial benefits that they may gain should their supported candidate win the election?

Again, I wish I knew the answer.

But I readily admit that I have not a clue how they (the billionaires) may think.

More from the article...

... Thanks to a provision buried in the tax code, Elon Musk could reap one of the largest personalized tax breaks in American history if former President Donald Trump wins the 2024 election and fulfills his pledge to appoint Musk to a top government post, according to tax and ethics experts' review of long-standing statutes.

This special tax benefit -- which is only available to federal officials -- would be in addition to massive tax breaks Musk could reap if a new Trump administration further cuts income and other taxes for billionaires.

The United States Office of Government Ethics, a federal watchdog agency, notes that "the basic criminal conflict of interest statute prohibits government employees from participating personally and substantially in official matters where they have a financial interest" -- and that agency can require top officials to divest corporate holdings that create a conflict of interest in a government job.

A provision inserted into the tax code 35 years ago allows government officials to indefinitely defer all capital gains taxes on such divestment -- a tax benefit worth potentially tens of billions of dollars to Musk if he is appointed by Trump to a top government post.

The tax benefit has previously been used by George W. Bush administration officials, including former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, whose divestment from his Goldman Sachs holdings were reportedly worth nearly half a billion dollars. ...

@#16 ... Now they are just playthings for billionaires. ....

Like the playthings some politicians seem to be. (can you say Sen Vance and Mr Thiel? I knew you could.)

But that is a different thread.