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Stolen valor is declaring “I took a bullet for you!” When you lost less than a millimeter of skin off your ear and never even spoke to the family of the man who actually took the bullet…

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That disgusts me more than I have words for.

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I’m hoping that Taylor Swift will endorse Kamala soon. The Swifties are good people.

As for the other issues — here in North Carolina, Mark Robinson has used the word “skanks” on Taylor Swift and Beyoncé. The misogyny of MAGA, as exemplified by Vance, Robinson, and others in their loathsome crew, is there for all to see.

November 5th is Garbage Collection Day here. To the landfill goes MAGA.

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The picture in front of the plane: all arrogant white MAGA males! No sign of a woman or a minority.

Clueless!🥴

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There was one woman, on the left, in back. Bet she feels like an idiot now.

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Several of those people are Secret Service, and likely she is one of them. Those folks don’t have a choice. They have to follow the fauxbilly around regardless of what crazy notion pops into his head.

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She was a Secret Service agent

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Poor lady.

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What on God's green earth is wrong with these people? Steven Cheung's vile comment was unnecessary and juvenile. I'm still trying to process it. Was it meant to energize MAGA or to piss off Democrats?

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If the intent was to piss off Democrats, it worked. Actually, I don't think this arrogant ass thinks he said anything wrong - which is even more insulting. The fact that JD Vance had the audacity to say he wanted to take a look at AF2 because it will soon be his shows his arrogance, and inability to put things into perspective. He's not only weird, he's dangerous.

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I'm afraid to look at my blood pressure now - the top of my head is about to blow off. Cheung's comment is anger provoking and will only serve to fire up Harris supporters to make sure neither Ancient Orange 🍊 or Toady the Clown 🤡 ever get close to AF1 or AF2.

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The list of things wrong with the D-bags is Loong

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Steve, knowing how Republicans are going to lie cheat and steal whatever they can regarding counting votes come November, what is being done by the states to ensure their multifarious schemes are countermanded or at least kept to a minimum?

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Top-notch election lawyer Mark Elias (the Democracy Docket) and the Democratic National Committee already have teams working in key states. They're the same peeps who beat back all the Republican election challenges in 2020. While I have great faith in their skills, I'm certain the DNC can use ever poll observer they can get. Contact your local party if you're available.

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And donate whatever you can! Court challenges cost $$$.

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Thank you Rebecca. That is great information to know about and a very good recommendation. I’ll definitely look into it.

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I’ve often wondered same.

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What i find scary is this RNC outfit Protect the Vote apparently organizing a flooding of state polls with “election integrity” volunteers. Let me take a guess that their true purpose is intimidation and underhandedness.

https://protectthevote.com/about/

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And this malarkey going on in Florida - Election Integrity volunteer training being held and journalists not permitted to cover it.

https://www.wptv.com/news/state/rncs-election-integrity-training-in-tampa-raising-red-flags-for-florida-democrats

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This is an excellent question.

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Not to quibble, but Cheung’s “smelly plane” comment is presumably exhibiting anti-Indian racism, not anti-Black racism. I didn’t think Cheung could stoop any lower after last week’s remark about Buttigieg having been “pounded” in the 2020 primaries, but he keeps finding ways.

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He is an awful person. No wonder he's a MAGA

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C doesn't know it yet....but he's going to GITMO sometime next year....

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Hopefully this year.

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Hope springs eternal

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Well that explains it. Cheung didn’t get the memo advising that Harris has turned Black.

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He didn't get the other memo about him being a minority and thus a useful idiot to MAGA (I'm also Asian but know I am)

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I would call Traitor Trump and Juvenile Delinquent (JD) Vance the Desperadoes! The BIG BlUE TSUNAMI IS COMING FOR THEM AND THEIR SYCOPHANTS!!!

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I think, sadly, Mark, that it's going to be close, so everyone needs to do every thing they can to stop T's return to the Whitte House! Write postcards for Harris Walz in PA, phone bank for Harris Walz in Georgia. If you live in any of the swing states, canvass for Harris Walz! Donate to offset Elon Musk's $45 million a month to T! Everyone needs to take action! Talk is fine; action is way better!

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I am donating virtually every other day and since I live in AZ I am taking off the month of October and showing up at Pima County Democratic HQ to do anything they want me to do! Biden won AZ by only 10,000 votes and the key to that victory was 65-35% Dems in Pima County, 5 points in Maricopa County, and an 80,000 plurality on the Navajo Nation in AZ. Jonathan Nez, the former president of the Navajo Nation is now the Democratic candidate for a U.S. House seat which should boost the vote in the Navajo nation. A good sign was I was on the UA campus several days ago and saw about 10 students with Harris 2024 shirts on! VOTE ALL BLUE!!!

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Please keep it coming, Steve. Your commentary is priceless and so badly needed in this nail bite of a moment.

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Please investigate and comment about what is being done about the MAGA plan the refuse to certify legitimate votes and block the entire process of a peaceful transition after the Nov. 5th election.

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I would name the band JD and the Douche Bags - so befitting for that motley crew!!! Sorry that "motley crew" is already taken! Steve, thanks for the great info! Brilliant!! Love your column!!

How are the Dems going to ensure an honest vote and that the Reps won't corrupt the polls at every turn???? Thanks!

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This is just the beginning. This is war and anything, no matter how vile, is fair game (regardless how unfair it may seem). Trump, Vance and MAGA will stop at nothing. Facts and decency do not matter. They will look for crevices and make them into gaping issues. Our job is to sidestep the blows and continue to look forward, painting a promising future for all Americans. We are the majority, we have a vision of what this country can be, and we believe in freedom. Let’s be sure everyone knows it.

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Spot on! See Anne Applebaum's new book, Autocracy Inc. The autocrats/oligarchs/new aristocrats are at war against freedom, self-rule and human rights. They will do anything, say anything, commit any crime to keep their power. The world war is on.

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This little display about taking Air Force 2 is to me a limp but effective dog whistle to the violent militias that are planning a violent Jan 6 2025 battle, likely to resemble the new movie "War Game". In addition to the years long terrorism we have suffered as a nation from MAGA goon cowards threatening harm and death to Americans who oppose the #SilverSpoonDictator, we face many more dangers ahead should he lose the election.

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Biden has the power to declare martial law and activate the National Guard and U.S. military to put down any insurrection! The USAF Warthogs fly over my home in AZ every day on training missions. I would have the Warthogs make a pass near the insurrectionists and make a demonstration of their Gatling guns. Tell Trump’s Pillsbury Doughboys that the second pass of the Warthogs will be on them and see if they truly want to die for Trump? My cousin won the Silver Star in Gulf War One taking on 90 Iraqi T-72 tanks with just jeeps with TOW missiles. Be told me he was vastly outgunned until the Warthogs showed up and 30 minutes later all 90 T-72 tanks had been destroyed!

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I'd call the band "JV and the Elegies" or "Corporal V and his K Street Mountain Boys".

Like others, I fully expect the Roberts Court to find an excuse to send the election to the GOP-controlled House to decide.

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My question - I want further reporting and insight into why it seems like TT has been absent from the campaign trail. He keeps

saying people don’t need to vote; he has enough votes. My fear is that the MAGA effort to control local and state election boards is sufficiently successful that he thinks he will win without needing to campaign hard. Thoughts?

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I think Trump's freefall is making his dizzy. He's got a weird VP choice who is doing NOTHING for him (but he can't get rid of him because he probably spent the money Vance's billionaire buddy paid to take him), and his dreams of taking Joe Biden out have been dashed.

Seriously, I agree that he thinks he has it all sewn up, no matter how many votes ahead Kamala will be. He can't win without cheating - another entitlement trait. The only thing we can hope for is that the States are making sure measures are in place to block these efforts.

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Rachel Maddow recently did a show on this very

danger. There are 70 Trump election deniers on the Swing states ready to do his bidding.

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Can you tell me the date of the show?

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August 5 - Episode 240,805

If you use an iPhone just open the podcast app & search “Rachel Maddow” I’m sure it’s available on whatever podcast app you use. Probably can find it on YouTube also.

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Anyone who puts on the military uniform of the United States deserves respect. That said, if Vance wants to sling shit at Master Sargent Walz, I’ll gladly throw some back. Vance never picked up an AR-15 and advanced on the enemy. He sat in an office and wrote stories.

I would like to know where was her Secret Service detail that allowed a group of men to approach her airplane?

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Excellent point. I would have thought that Air Force 2 would have been afforded the same level of security as the presidential one.

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I think you got the name of the band right!

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