“What I really want to know is why conservatives are so angry. Always snarling and snapping about evil liberals. Heck, they control everything. If something’s wrong, it’s their fault. Not the powerless Democrats snipping at their heels.
“If Democrats had the trifecta I’d be in heaven. It’d be bliss. Every day would be a party. Confetti, good beer, and party hats, all around.
“But not them. They’re still angry.
“Of course, now that I think about it, if Democrats had the trifecta and they fucked shit up as bad as these jokers have, then I suppose I’d be angry. It must be hard seeing the real world make a mockery of everything you stand for.”
Now that Ron DeSantis is a “rage-hampered homunculus,”
You have to wonder, What’s his political calculus?
Will he wage his “war on woke”
On us poor Florida folk,
And spend the rest of his term just fuckin’ with us?
“He’s played through this really old entire playbook where there’s no floor for him in terms of how low he will go. And we should be prepared for that, we should be prepared for the fact that he is not burdened by telling the truth… I think he’s gonna lie.”
— Kamala Harris, on The Rickey Smiley Show, talking about what Donald Trump will do in the debate.
“Cheney and I agree on nothing — no issues. But what we do believe in is that the United States should retain its democratic foundations …. I applaud the Cheneys for their courage in defending democracy.”
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll found 30% of registered voters said tonight’s debate will help them a great deal or good amount in making their selection for president. Roughly 69% said they do not think the event will help them very much or at all with their decision in November.
“The IRS has collected $1.3 billion from high wealth tax dodgers since last fall, the agency announced Friday, crediting spending that has ramped up collection enforcement through President Joe Biden’s signature climate, health care and tax package signed into law in 2022,” the AP reports.
A new The Hill/Emerson College poll in Florida finds Sen. Rick Scott (R) barely ahead of challenger Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D), 46% to 45% with another 9% still undecided.
A new USA Today/Suffolk poll finds Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump nationally among likely voters, 48% to 43%. Also interesting: In June, 73% of Biden supporters predicted he would win; now 87% of Harris voters say she will, a jump of 14 points. Also in June, 88% of Trump supporters said he would win. Now 76% do ? a majority, but still, a drop of a dozen points.
“Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee plan to transfer nearly $25 million to support down-ballot Democratic candidates in state and federal races this year, a significant boost to those efforts following record fundraising for her campaign this summer,” the Washington Post reports.