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I heard he supposedly donated $15 to Act Blue (a Democratic organization), but apparently it was a donation made by a 69 year old guy with the same name.
Incorrect. This was fact-checked by lefty fact-checking organization Snopes. Crooks made the donation the day that Biden was inaugurated, in response to an email he received related to the inauguration.
Trump Shooter Once Donated Money to a Democratic Cause? | Snopes.com
I don’t think we can say he was definitively left or right. Pennsylvania holds “closed” primary elections, in which only voters registered with a party can vote in that party’s primaries. In such states, someone might register with a party not because they agree with its values, but because they want to weigh in on that party’s nominees for each elected post.
Incidentally, Crooks’ father is a registered Libertarian and his mother is a registered Democrat.
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You guys are funny. Debating the politics of a killer vs wondering how he easily subverted a billion dollar security apparatus. who cares if he was a disgruntled Republican or Democrat? How was he able to do what he did? An innocent person is dead and three other innocents are injured.
I do wonder (a) how Crooks got up there with no apparent issue, (b) why the police and Secret Service ignored multiple entreaties from attendees at the event who saw Crooks with a rifle prior to the shooting (c) why there wasn’t Secret Service on that specific rooftop, (d) that the shooter aimed his rifle at a cop who apparently didn’t do anything about it.
I mean…WTF? How does any of that, much less all of that happen? Conspiracy nuts could blame the moderate right (Never Trumpers), the moderate left (crazy Biden supporters), the national security apparatus (insulted by Trump on numerous occasions), the Far Left (Progressives vs. Trump), Russia, China, North Korea and on and on.
Yeah, I heard you the first time. Lone gunman, just like Kennedy and Lincoln…except in the case of Lincoln (and additional target Sec of State William Seward, who was seriously injured along with Seward’s son, and a bodyguard), nine conspirators were accused, seven found guilty, four were hung, Booth himself was shot, three were sentenced to hard labor for life and one was given a six year sentence. One of those hung was supposed to kill VP Andrew Johnson.
So what happened with Crooks? We’ll never know, I suspect.
Execution of the Lincoln conspirators, 1865 – Rare Historical Photos
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That makes zero sense. Rely on an unstable 20 year old to make a shot so precise? Are there any circumstances in which any candidate says “yeah, shoot at me and make sure you nick me but don’t kill me.” That’s insane.
On the other hand, the left believes in a series of hoaxes; Hunter’s laptop, Russian hoax, etc. When your support comes from Hollywood’s make-believe…sure, of course you believe in fairy tales.
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Bud light has dropped from 10.2% (#1 position) to 6.5% (#3 position).
https://www.wsj.com/business/bud-light-slips-to-no-3-after-boycott-reshaped-beer-industry-e4e9a102
I’d say that was a miscalculation…
Marketing’s a funny business. It’s like real estate or parenting…everyone thinks they can do it, and it’s really easy to do…badly. It’s very difficult to do well. So some 20 something woke ideologue decides to insert the political opposite of the demographic profile as the marketing focal point…yeah, that doesn’t work.
Last week, I caught up with a friend of mine who ran the sales and marketing for a very successful accounting firm years ago, sustaining a 40% annual growth rate for eight years when 5% was the industry norm. He left the firm and five years later, he saw the CEO at an industry function, and they catch up. The CEO says “One question…when you were with us, we grew 40%. You left, and we’ve grown 5% every year since. Why?” My buddy started laughing, thinking the CEO was kidding.
He wasn’t. So my friend says, “Uh, well, Bob…the program I created brought 300 to 500 new leads and 60 to 150 new clients to the firm every year. When I left, the firm couldn’t sustain the program.” Pretty typical in just about any kind of business. Another friend of mine in the same role did battle with the new CEO, who fired her. She had sustained 12% growth rates for five years, and in the three years since, the firm’s growth fell to 4%, 2% and less than 1%. In all, she figured, it cost the firm a collective $75 million in new revenue to fire her. C’est la vie.
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Former Republican congressman, Joe Scarbarough, who said on the air this year that Trump would execute generals, execute opponents and execute journalists, was taken off the air this morning because:
“(one of their two dozen lefty knucklehead regular participants) might make an inappropriate comment on live television that could be used to assail the program and network as a whole.”
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Trump has held a 3% lead pretty consistently. And there are some indications that the Dems are resigned to a Trump presidency. Biden has zero intention of backing out, no matter how ineffective and physically not-up-to-the-task he is. People have been signalling since 2020 that Biden was incapable, and frankly…Biden was only electable as a moderate, really the only moderate in the Dem 2020 field of contenders (outside of Tulsi Gabbard). And Biden has governed as a Progressive. His prerogative, but a big, big part of the reason that the country wants Trump is because the country’s not Progressive as a whole.
The Dems have made some really bad mistakes over the past few years. Paying off student loans, putatively with the taxes of hard-working blue-collar types was…not very smart. Allowing in 8x to 12x the number of illegal immigrants vs. Trump’s numbers…also not smart. Stubborn homeless numbers, California cratering, Texas and Florida succeeding…doesn’t help the Dems. And in the wake of an assassination attempt, Representative AOC makes a “Fascist” reference to Trump.
One other major issue — America is sprinting away from Chinese manufacturing and reshoring our manufacturing base. The most accepted number is that over the next ten years we will double the amount of on-shore and near-shore (e.g., Canada and Mexico) manufacturing. Trump’s greatest strengths during his presidency was to encourage legislation that promoted that reshoring, including positioning Mexico as a preferred economic partner. Quite a trick.
All of that, coupled with Biden’s inexorable march to dementia, is enough to push independents — like me — to Trump in large numbers. The Dems have basically given up hope that Biden will drop out.
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[quote quote=8598]Today’s polls all show Biden with a lead. Even Harris has a lead, which is surprising to me. It is an NPR poll, but still.[/quote]
I don’t think that’s accurate. The NPR poll is reflected as one of 15 that Real Clear Politics covers, the only one in which Biden has the lead. Two polls have the race in a tie, the other 12 have Trump in the lead.
Be interesting to see the effect of the assassination attempt.
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Real Clear Politics’ summary of national polls in battleground states has Trump with a 2.7% advantage, a significant improvement since the debates. In 2020 at this time, Biden had an 8.8% lead. In 2016 at this time, Hillary led by 4.5%.
2024 General Election: Trump vs. Biden Polls | RealClearPolling
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And speaking of the French, the newly elected Far Left proposes to bring back the “impôt de solidarité sur la fortune” or wealth taxes:
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Here’s the updated list with an additional 57 major companies closing their Union Square/Market street locations. 140 closures in all since 2019.
New additions in bold:
- 24-Hour Fitness
- A Miner Miracle Shop
- Abercrombie & Fitch
- Adidas
- Agent Provocateur
- Aldo
- Alessi
- Alexander McQueen
- AllSaints
- Amazon Go
- American Eagle Outfitters
- Amy Kuschel Bride
- Anthropologie
- Archive
- Arc’teryx
- AT&T
- Athleta
- Babette
- Banana Republic
- Bank of America (brand on 1 Market Street)
- Barneys New York
- Bed Bath & Beyond
- Benefit
- Bloom Room, The
- Brooks Brothers
- California Girl Jewelry
- Camper Shoes
- CB2
- Christian Louboutin
- Cinemark
- Coach
- Coco Republic
- Cole Haan
- Container Store, The
- Crate & Barrel
- Cuyana
- CVS Pharmacy
- Diana Slavin
- Diesel
- Disney Store
- DSW/Designer Shoe Warehouse
- eDressit
- Ethos
- Express
- Façonnable
- Farinelli Decorative Arts
- First Republic Bank
- Forever 21
- Forum
- Gallery of Jewels
- GameStop
- Gap, The
- Goorin Brothers
- Green Arcade Bookstore
- G-Star
- H&M
- Harputs
- Hilton Union Square
- Hollister
- Huntington
- Icebreaker
- Crew
- Jeffrey’s Toys
- Jimmy Choo
- Jimmy Choo Men’s
- Jin Wang Bridal
- Jins Eyewear
- John Varvatos
- Johnny Was
- Jos. A. Bank Clothier
- Journeys
- Klaus Murer Swiss Jeweler
- KPMG – Leaving their $400 million name building
- L’Occitane
- La Cocina
- La Perla
- Lego Stores
- Lily Samii Collection
- Longchamp
- Lucky Brand
- Lululemon
- Lush
- Macy’s
- Madewell
- Makeshop by Brit + Co.
- Margaret O’Leary
- Marlowe
- Marmot
- Marni
- Marshall’s
- MCM Worldwide
- Mephisto
- Merrell
- New Balance
- Nordstrom – Closing all San Francisco stores, not just Union Square
- North Face
- Oakley
- Office Depot
- Old Navy
- Omega
- Ordinary, The | DECIEM
- Paper Source
- Parc 55
- Rae | Costumes
- Ray Ban
- RealReal, The
- Ria’s Shoes
- Rims & Goggles
- Saks Off Fifth
- Scotch & Soda
- Sentiero
- Sephora
- Shreve & Company Jewelers
- Starbuck’s (Two closings)
- Steve Madden
- Sunglass Hut
- Target
- Ted Baker
- The Body Shop
- Theory
- Thomas Pink
- Tina’s Jewelry
- T-Mobile
- Tourbillon Boutique
- TSE
- TUMI
- Uniglo
- V Boutique
- Veo Optics
- Vilebrequin
- Walgreen’s (closed five SF stores in late 2021)
- Warby Parker
- Westfield Mall
- Williams Sonoma
- Wolford
- World of Charms
- Yotel
- Zadig & Voltaire
- Zara
- Zumiez
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It’s odd, the support The Left has made, trying to prop up Biden, for all the reasons that resonate in this video.
Polls currently support Trump, with the exception of the TIPP poll. Puck News suggests that New Hampshire, Virginia and New Mexico (all won by Biden 4 years ago) now have Trump in the lead. Trump leads in Arizona by 5.1%, Georgia by 6.7%, Michigan by 2%, Nevada by 3.9%, Pennsylvania by 1.9%, and Wisconsin by 1.0% as of July 2, 2024.
President: general election : 2024 Polls | FiveThirtyEight
Very curious to see whether the second debate, scheduled for Sept. 10, actually comes off. Biden’s cold will develop into the flu, I suspect.
Supposedly Biden is considering whether to take himself out of the race:
Biden Told Ally That He Is Weighing Whether to Continue in the Race – DNyuz
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New CNN poll, some interesting findings. Shows that Kamala is the strongest Dem contender, but no one beats Trump in the general election.
Most interesting is the last graph, that which asks the voter’s motivation; e.g., “Are you for your candidate or against the opposing candidate?” Trump’s supporters are largely pro-Trump. Biden’s supporters are largely anti-Trump.
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And now drugs, human trafficking, pimping…
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Which raises the question: do they draft Michelle Obama?
I made the mistake of believing that Michelle Obama would naturally and necessarily be much preferable both to all the other Democrat contenders and to Donald Trump in the presidential elections.
Turns out not so much. A DailyMail.com/J.L. Partners indicates that Trump has a 47-44 lead over Michelle Obama. Another March poll had Ms. Obama behind by 7 points, 50-43.
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Agreed re: impeachments, from now until the end of time. Democrats have also legitimized weaponization of the courts system. What are they going to do the next time it’s an election year and the Republicans decide to find a Republican jurisdiction, with a Republican-dominated court, a Republican prosecutor and a Republican jury?
Re: the immunity decision: Sotomayor wrote the dissent, Jackson wrote a separate dissent. Kagan also dissented.
Here’s the Q&A. Sotomayor’s questions are particularly pointed:
23-939_f2qg.pdf (supremecourt.gov)
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