There are years that stand apart, made famous by the epochal events that unfolded across them and remembered as hinges on which history’s greatest events swung.
Some good news: Georgia is experiencing a record turnout of early voters, with over 365,000 ballots cast since early voting opened on Tuesday. From what I understand, nearly 55 percent of that early vote is female. I think the pollsters will be wrong about the closeness of this election and this early turnout suggests that possibility. If anything saves this country, it will be a crushing female vote that buries the MAGA Misogynists.
Thank you for echoing my thoughts since the day that we switched from Biden to Harris. I believe that the cult of MAGA combined with the Elites of America agenda has severely underestimated the soul and the spirit of this voting block. Let's do this, and get to the other side of a ten-year-nightmare!
I no longer trust polls. I have gotten at least 100 texts from pollsters since the summer. So they have asked me 100 times about my single vote? This is crazy. I like to believe the female vote is a lot higher than 55 percent.
Kansas did what on the abortion ballot vote? 60-65%? or more?
Then, of course, abortion was legal but the Republican double supermajority took away the ability to have abortions in outlawing the tools etc. to do abortions. We in Kansas do not live in a Democracy due to the double supermajority scheme.
The stupid white ladies voted for tRUMP..... unfrortunately, there are many of them. They worry about whether their next Botox treatment and which restaurant they should order dinner from.
Thank you for sharing this good, hopeful news. So important to keep hope alive as we continue to work our butts off for Harris-Walz and BLUE down the ballot!
Showing up beats the polls!! A pollster who's called every election except Bush/Gore predicted Biden and now Harris based on non-opinion factors like economy, recent elections, and so on. But we have to show up. Tennessee is seeing long lines early too although it isn't a swing state. But if I lived there I would be ready to knock some heads together.
I think in these last few weeks, more and more people are becoming aware that Trump's cognitive abilities are in rapid decline. In the following quotes, Trump proves his inability to tell the truth, maintain a thought or speak coherently as he he tries to prove he is honest and coherent and not tongue-tied:
Trump Tells Fox: “I Am The Most Stable Human Being”
October 18, 2024 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Ainsley Earhardt:
Now they’re ramping up their rhetoric. And when she sat down with Bret there, she said, talking about you, “he’s unstable.” When she was speaking at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, she called you “unstable and unhinged.” And then in this new ad that they’ve rolled out, she’s saying “unhinged, more unstable and unchecked.” What is your response and what is your closing argument?
Donald Trump:
Well, first of all, the question is pretty rough question, because, you know, you’re giving this whole argument to this woman that I don’t think she knows where she is. She’s a low IQ person. She’s not smart. Everyone knows that. Didn’t even pass a law exam was a big thing. She never thought she was going to be able to pass it.
These people are misinformation people. They’ll say, “let’s go out” with this one. They’ve tried many different things. They tried. “He’s a dictator. He’s going to take over the whole world. He said this–.” Every week they try something else.
So far, it hasn’t worked. I guess that’s the attack they have for this week. It doesn’t seem to be working. I am the most stable human being. Remember they said a stable genius? I am the most stable human being.
Trump was supposed to be on CNBC this morning but canceled the interview due to a “scheduling conflict.” The Fox and CNBC studios are blocks away from each other.
Kamela did not pass the California Bar exam the first time, but many know it is one of the most brutal and difficult exams. She passed the second time. That shows she learned, has determination and intelligence and never gives up. Donny on the other hand has been called by his economic professor...'One of the dumbest damned students I ever had' 😂
And how did the Orange Fool think she became DA in Los Angeles (2003) and AG of California (2010) w/o a law degree? He is such a pathetic ass. If he weren't causing such a dangerous crisis in our country, I'd feel sorry for this pathetic little man. I guess none of us will ever be able to fathom what so many find attractive about this grubby slob. And how anyone sees him as charismatic is a mystery to me.
She at least passed them on her second attempt. Someone should remind DonOld that Jim Jordan didn’t do his bar exam, nor could he even complete the course load after his first year. And to add insult to injury, he’s the Chair of the House Committee on the Judiciary. Great pedigree to have to chair one of the most important House Committees.
I have been saying for a long time that if anyone steps up to save this great nation it will be American women. The time is now and the cause is existential. I have great hope.
As I like to point out, when the State of Alabama nearly sent a credibly-accused child predator to the Senate, something happened. The black female vote rose up and said NO.
Here is a link to the election. A lot to absorb, but Jones won by only 21,000 votes. But the support for him in the black community was important, and breaking it down further the data showed the black female vote was the prime force for carrying the day — upwards of 90 percent. A crystal clear No.
couldn't agree more.... not to mention Polls are a quick easy way to MAKE THE NEWS.... and without knowing exactly how questions are framed there's so much conflicting info and opinionizing.
McConnell and his ilk are what, after Nazi Germany was over and being analyzed, was called a "Mitläufer". Someone who "runs with", stays silent and compliant. He is the worst kind, because he was in an actual leadership position - he could have moved America towards a different outcome at any stage, during and after the last disastrous Trump "presidency".
But there is that other kind, your "silent majority", Steve, who quietly drift along with whatever happens without moving a finger or - most importantly - casting their vote. They are allowing the indecency, the violence, the hate to hold sway. This is not a time for silent running. Please, ordinary Americans, VOTE!
McConnell could have ended it all with the second impeachment about Jan 6. He refused and because of this, most (not all) of the rest of the Rs in the Senate went along. Fuck him.
“Let’s end it”, indeed. Often, I hear there’s more of us than them. Is this true? I hope so but as I travel around my small world, I am astounded by all the trump signs. I will never, ever, ever understand how so many can be supportive of a vile, evil, lying poor specimen of a man. Yet, many do, including my sister, a reasonably intelligent (or so I thought) individual who is so enamored by trump it makes my head spin. But, I am truly scared he will win. Then what? “Life will go on” is not what will happen. They will take over our country and our lives. I truly have been scared of this for far too long.
Steve, your denunciation of Mitch McConnell holds true for all those who know better, whose silence - or failure to audibly support Kamala Harris - amounts to capitulation and tacit support of Tr*mp. Bill Kristol wrote forcefully about that this morning. I’d add that retired military officers who accepted political appointments have shed the “apolitical military” stance. And they swore an oath to the Constitution, not political neutrality. And where’s W?
This election should be a much easier test than the man-person-woman-camera-tv test that orange genius claims he aced. For the choir following here, at least. Will that silent majority pass it and lead us to exhilaration rather than despair?
First order of business if we turn out the vote like we should is to abolish the electoral college once and for all. Send it to the dustbins of history. We’d never lose another election.
Agree with Ron. We can't simply abolish it as it requires a change to the Constitution. You need Congress and then the states to ratify. Neither will happen in our lifetimes.
a Stern read this morning ☕ Steve and I hear you Loud and Clear. McConnell referenced himself as Darth Vader during a press interview a few years back and I've never forgotten it. Your right, he IS worse than trump, because of his in actions and obstruction,is why we're here today. Thank You, Steve and I will reStack ASAP 🇺🇸💙🌊👍
Despite the clarity of Steve's message I run across people in the older age cohort who swear that Trump will not take their benefits and will not prevent their granddaughters from getting reproductive care. They also warn about being harmed by immigrants and are gunned up in case. I say good luck to them living in fear and hope that they actually know what to do in a suddenly hostile situation. It is truly Kafkaesque and terrifying. And these happen to mostly be veterans of Vietnam, as I live in Southeast VA.
Kamala has begun to be fierce, but must amplify her tenor significantly and attack Trump in no uncertain or equivocal terms. Call him deranged and demented. Tell people that he mirrors Hitler and give examples in both campaign ads and live. Show photos of Trump flags above swastika flags. on boats in FL.
My hope is that the turnout among women in particular and let us hope the younger people who are voting for the first time will tilt the scale to Kamala decisively, for to depend on changing minds of those who love Trump is folly. My further hope is that the polling does not capture a representative sample of likely voters. It has been wrong in the past, i.e. Hillary in 2016, and I believe is wrong now. Early turnout seems to underscore my gut.
Fear is one of, if not the most, powerful emotions. Why do you think TFG has turned that fear meter up to the high end of red. That is not an accident.
I might suggest that many of these people are not college graduates or professional people. I also suggest that they are closely tied to their churches and pastors. They lack critical thinking skills and seem extremely ignorant. I live in Charlottesville and we are blue, through and through. UVA is the central institution here and people are highly educated and sophisticated.
I blame Merrick Garland more than anybody. We know that the Mitch McConnells of the world are bastards who will wreck the world for their tribe. Garland’s lack of balls will cost us our Democracy and will put the entire world at risk.
Alas, I am not the great prose writer as you are, and not nearly as polite ( a “fist to the face”), but I’d rather kick him in the cajones every day until November 6!
"The fault is not in our stars, but in ourselves". Through a combination of selfishness,evil, criminality, arrogance, laziness, and idiocy we are on the abyss. As unimaginable as that is, here we are. In the next 18 days, EVERYONE who is swayable must be hammered with the facts. Despite attempts by Trump and his MAGA henchmen to gaslight them, the truth IS undeniable, so those folks most here that truth, over and over. Kamala will be the main driver of that message, but we all have a role. Come on, America . Let's fix this!
The wave that is Project 2025 has been slowly building for decades. Now it threatens to break over us with a ferocious intensity as it moves toward the shore.
We must collectively act as the seawall that protects the village. Stay strong, work hard and have faith.
Some good news: Georgia is experiencing a record turnout of early voters, with over 365,000 ballots cast since early voting opened on Tuesday. From what I understand, nearly 55 percent of that early vote is female. I think the pollsters will be wrong about the closeness of this election and this early turnout suggests that possibility. If anything saves this country, it will be a crushing female vote that buries the MAGA Misogynists.
Thank you for echoing my thoughts since the day that we switched from Biden to Harris. I believe that the cult of MAGA combined with the Elites of America agenda has severely underestimated the soul and the spirit of this voting block. Let's do this, and get to the other side of a ten-year-nightmare!
Amen.
hope the white ladies are voting for Kamala because they elected Trump last time.
I sure hope they are voting for Kamala.
According to national polls, about 55% of them should be.
I no longer trust polls. I have gotten at least 100 texts from pollsters since the summer. So they have asked me 100 times about my single vote? This is crazy. I like to believe the female vote is a lot higher than 55 percent.
Kansas did what on the abortion ballot vote? 60-65%? or more?
Then, of course, abortion was legal but the Republican double supermajority took away the ability to have abortions in outlawing the tools etc. to do abortions. We in Kansas do not live in a Democracy due to the double supermajority scheme.
What if you went to vote for a president and ended up getting a used car salesman?
The stupid white ladies voted for tRUMP..... unfrortunately, there are many of them. They worry about whether their next Botox treatment and which restaurant they should order dinner from.
Thank you for sharing this good, hopeful news. So important to keep hope alive as we continue to work our butts off for Harris-Walz and BLUE down the ballot!
Showing up beats the polls!! A pollster who's called every election except Bush/Gore predicted Biden and now Harris based on non-opinion factors like economy, recent elections, and so on. But we have to show up. Tennessee is seeing long lines early too although it isn't a swing state. But if I lived there I would be ready to knock some heads together.
Yes. Come on ladies, save America.
Don't worry, Max. We got this.
I think in these last few weeks, more and more people are becoming aware that Trump's cognitive abilities are in rapid decline. In the following quotes, Trump proves his inability to tell the truth, maintain a thought or speak coherently as he he tries to prove he is honest and coherent and not tongue-tied:
Trump Tells Fox: “I Am The Most Stable Human Being”
October 18, 2024 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Ainsley Earhardt:
Now they’re ramping up their rhetoric. And when she sat down with Bret there, she said, talking about you, “he’s unstable.” When she was speaking at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, she called you “unstable and unhinged.” And then in this new ad that they’ve rolled out, she’s saying “unhinged, more unstable and unchecked.” What is your response and what is your closing argument?
Donald Trump:
Well, first of all, the question is pretty rough question, because, you know, you’re giving this whole argument to this woman that I don’t think she knows where she is. She’s a low IQ person. She’s not smart. Everyone knows that. Didn’t even pass a law exam was a big thing. She never thought she was going to be able to pass it.
These people are misinformation people. They’ll say, “let’s go out” with this one. They’ve tried many different things. They tried. “He’s a dictator. He’s going to take over the whole world. He said this–.” Every week they try something else.
So far, it hasn’t worked. I guess that’s the attack they have for this week. It doesn’t seem to be working. I am the most stable human being. Remember they said a stable genius? I am the most stable human being.
Trump was supposed to be on CNBC this morning but canceled the interview due to a “scheduling conflict.” The Fox and CNBC studios are blocks away from each other.
https://www.joemygod.com/2024/10/trump-tells-fox-i-am-the-most-stable-human-being/
Kamela did not pass the California Bar exam the first time, but many know it is one of the most brutal and difficult exams. She passed the second time. That shows she learned, has determination and intelligence and never gives up. Donny on the other hand has been called by his economic professor...'One of the dumbest damned students I ever had' 😂
And how did the Orange Fool think she became DA in Los Angeles (2003) and AG of California (2010) w/o a law degree? He is such a pathetic ass. If he weren't causing such a dangerous crisis in our country, I'd feel sorry for this pathetic little man. I guess none of us will ever be able to fathom what so many find attractive about this grubby slob. And how anyone sees him as charismatic is a mystery to me.
She at least passed them on her second attempt. Someone should remind DonOld that Jim Jordan didn’t do his bar exam, nor could he even complete the course load after his first year. And to add insult to injury, he’s the Chair of the House Committee on the Judiciary. Great pedigree to have to chair one of the most important House Committees.
I have been saying for a long time that if anyone steps up to save this great nation it will be American women. The time is now and the cause is existential. I have great hope.
As I like to point out, when the State of Alabama nearly sent a credibly-accused child predator to the Senate, something happened. The black female vote rose up and said NO.
Tell me more.
Here is a link to the election. A lot to absorb, but Jones won by only 21,000 votes. But the support for him in the black community was important, and breaking it down further the data showed the black female vote was the prime force for carrying the day — upwards of 90 percent. A crystal clear No.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Alabama
couldn't agree more.... not to mention Polls are a quick easy way to MAKE THE NEWS.... and without knowing exactly how questions are framed there's so much conflicting info and opinionizing.
McConnell and his ilk are what, after Nazi Germany was over and being analyzed, was called a "Mitläufer". Someone who "runs with", stays silent and compliant. He is the worst kind, because he was in an actual leadership position - he could have moved America towards a different outcome at any stage, during and after the last disastrous Trump "presidency".
But there is that other kind, your "silent majority", Steve, who quietly drift along with whatever happens without moving a finger or - most importantly - casting their vote. They are allowing the indecency, the violence, the hate to hold sway. This is not a time for silent running. Please, ordinary Americans, VOTE!
McConnell could have ended it all with the second impeachment about Jan 6. He refused and because of this, most (not all) of the rest of the Rs in the Senate went along. Fuck him.
“Let’s end it”, indeed. Often, I hear there’s more of us than them. Is this true? I hope so but as I travel around my small world, I am astounded by all the trump signs. I will never, ever, ever understand how so many can be supportive of a vile, evil, lying poor specimen of a man. Yet, many do, including my sister, a reasonably intelligent (or so I thought) individual who is so enamored by trump it makes my head spin. But, I am truly scared he will win. Then what? “Life will go on” is not what will happen. They will take over our country and our lives. I truly have been scared of this for far too long.
Steve, your denunciation of Mitch McConnell holds true for all those who know better, whose silence - or failure to audibly support Kamala Harris - amounts to capitulation and tacit support of Tr*mp. Bill Kristol wrote forcefully about that this morning. I’d add that retired military officers who accepted political appointments have shed the “apolitical military” stance. And they swore an oath to the Constitution, not political neutrality. And where’s W?
"And where’s W?"
Probably hiding out with Mitt Romney.
This election should be a much easier test than the man-person-woman-camera-tv test that orange genius claims he aced. For the choir following here, at least. Will that silent majority pass it and lead us to exhilaration rather than despair?
First order of business if we turn out the vote like we should is to abolish the electoral college once and for all. Send it to the dustbins of history. We’d never lose another election.
I agree about the EC, but eliminating it is a pipe dream, unfortunately.
Agree with Ron. We can't simply abolish it as it requires a change to the Constitution. You need Congress and then the states to ratify. Neither will happen in our lifetimes.
a Stern read this morning ☕ Steve and I hear you Loud and Clear. McConnell referenced himself as Darth Vader during a press interview a few years back and I've never forgotten it. Your right, he IS worse than trump, because of his in actions and obstruction,is why we're here today. Thank You, Steve and I will reStack ASAP 🇺🇸💙🌊👍
Great post Steve! I agree with you 100%. So glad to hear your voice again!
“We should all be enraged over it, and equally ashamed that any American would say what he is saying.”
Sorry, Steve, but the people that should be ashamed are the half of Americans that intend to vote for him, not “we.”
Despite the clarity of Steve's message I run across people in the older age cohort who swear that Trump will not take their benefits and will not prevent their granddaughters from getting reproductive care. They also warn about being harmed by immigrants and are gunned up in case. I say good luck to them living in fear and hope that they actually know what to do in a suddenly hostile situation. It is truly Kafkaesque and terrifying. And these happen to mostly be veterans of Vietnam, as I live in Southeast VA.
Kamala has begun to be fierce, but must amplify her tenor significantly and attack Trump in no uncertain or equivocal terms. Call him deranged and demented. Tell people that he mirrors Hitler and give examples in both campaign ads and live. Show photos of Trump flags above swastika flags. on boats in FL.
My hope is that the turnout among women in particular and let us hope the younger people who are voting for the first time will tilt the scale to Kamala decisively, for to depend on changing minds of those who love Trump is folly. My further hope is that the polling does not capture a representative sample of likely voters. It has been wrong in the past, i.e. Hillary in 2016, and I believe is wrong now. Early turnout seems to underscore my gut.
Fear is one of, if not the most, powerful emotions. Why do you think TFG has turned that fear meter up to the high end of red. That is not an accident.
Yes. It is the Hitler playbook exactly. Trump's reptilian instincts are very much at play.
I might suggest that many of these people are not college graduates or professional people. I also suggest that they are closely tied to their churches and pastors. They lack critical thinking skills and seem extremely ignorant. I live in Charlottesville and we are blue, through and through. UVA is the central institution here and people are highly educated and sophisticated.
I blame Merrick Garland more than anybody. We know that the Mitch McConnells of the world are bastards who will wreck the world for their tribe. Garland’s lack of balls will cost us our Democracy and will put the entire world at risk.
Sorry to have to break it to so many of you but NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE STUPIDITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
We are living in the age of gross ignorance and wholesale stupidity the likes of which has, perhaps, never been equaled in modern history.
As a result of this self- evident fact,
we stand on the precipice of the end of our democratic- republic and the birth of a form of fascist authoritarianism.
And the authors of our demise are the American electorate.
I agree with you about McConnell and everyone like him.
Alas, I am not the great prose writer as you are, and not nearly as polite ( a “fist to the face”), but I’d rather kick him in the cajones every day until November 6!
"The fault is not in our stars, but in ourselves". Through a combination of selfishness,evil, criminality, arrogance, laziness, and idiocy we are on the abyss. As unimaginable as that is, here we are. In the next 18 days, EVERYONE who is swayable must be hammered with the facts. Despite attempts by Trump and his MAGA henchmen to gaslight them, the truth IS undeniable, so those folks most here that truth, over and over. Kamala will be the main driver of that message, but we all have a role. Come on, America . Let's fix this!
I’m ready to fight for building a better America. We are the true patriots, how dare they usurp that word.
The wave that is Project 2025 has been slowly building for decades. Now it threatens to break over us with a ferocious intensity as it moves toward the shore.
We must collectively act as the seawall that protects the village. Stay strong, work hard and have faith.
We are not going back!