Month: July 2024
Harris Campaign Raises $200 Million in First Week
$200 million
“Kamala Harris’s campaign has raised more than $200 million since President Biden endorsed her last Sunday and terminated his own presidential bid — with two-thirds of the vice president’s haul coming from first-time donors,” the Washington Post reports. “Harris campaign aides said they have recruited 170,000 new volunteers since last Sunday and are holding 2,300 events to mobilize grassroots supporters this weekend.”
Democrats Riding Wave of Optimism
From 17% to 51%
A new YouGov poll founds just before President Biden’s decision to drop his re-election bid, just 17% of Democrats said they felt optimistic about this year’s Democratic nomination process. After Biden stepped aside, 51% did, a 34-percentage-point increase in the span of just a few days. The shares saying they felt several other positive emotions also increased: excited (+26), confident (+16), inspired (+16), or satisfied (+12).
GOP’s Parental Litmus Test Is Absurd
The Republican Party’s newest litmus test — you must have children to have a stake in the future of America — is patently absurd. Kamala Harris is a stepmother, and that counts, JD Vance and Blake Masters.
For your edification and delight, we’ve assembled a totally non-comprehensive list of childless political figures (mostly Republican) who disprove the point:
- Tiffany Trump, Donald’s fourth child by Marla Maples. Although childless, she is married to billionaire heir Michael Boulos. And, as of 2019, Tiffany had a kitten named Petals. She is a member of “Rich Kids of Instagram.”
- George Washington, First President of the United States and stepfather to his wife Martha Washington’s two daughters
- James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States
- James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States
- Ginni Thomas, MAGA extremist, sociopathic insurrectionist, helpmate of corrupt Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
- Clarence Thomas, the most corrupt U.S. Supreme Court justice in living memory
- Barry Goldwater, U.S. senator 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987; Republican Party’s nominee for president in 1964
- Bob Dole, U.S. Rep. from Kansas for eight years, served 27 years in the U.S. Senate; Republican presidential nominee in 1996 and vice presidential nominee in 1976
- Elizabeth Dole, U.S. Senator from North Carolina 2003 to 2009; a Republican, she served in five presidential administrations, including as U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Ronald Reagan from 1983 to 1987 and as U.S. Secretary of Labor under Reagan’s successor, George H. W. Bush, from 1989 until 1990; served as president of the American Red Cross 1991 to 1999; she sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2000
- Condoleeza Rice, United States Secretary of State from 2005 to 2009
- David Souter, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990 to 2009
- George Will, an American libertarian conservative writer and political commentator, who writes regular columns for The Washington Post and provides commentary for NewsNation
BTW, we think Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham are indeed cat ladies:
After Trump’s Stunt in a Black Church, Poll Shows Him with 0% Support from Black Voters in Michigan
0%
Percentage of African-American voters in Michigan who say they support Trump for president in new WDIV Local-Detroit News poll. The New Republic suggests a reason for the cratering of support for Trump: “In June, Trump held a campaign event at a Black church in Detroit that revealed itself to be a blatant stunt. The campaign boasted 8,000 attendees in a space that could only seat a few hundred. At the event, which was meant to shore up his support among Black voters, roughly half of the attendees were white.”
Trump Promises Christians He Will End Elections If He Wins
The Hill: “Christians, get out and vote, just this time,” Trump exclaimed to a cheering crowd in West Palm Beach, Fla, [on July 26, 2024]. “You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians” he added. “I love you Christians. I’m a Christian. I love you, get out, you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote again, we’ll have it fixed so good you’re not going to have to vote,” Trump said.
