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  1. Magbeth4 says:

    October 25, 2024 at 6:32 pm

    Before listening to the video, I want to add to the sentiment to not despair. My trip to the grocery store included an encounter with one of my favorite checkout clerks, an uneducated man from Indonesia, who has been here long enough to become a citizen. Such people are not supposed to talk politics, but he and I have a special rapport, so he voluntarily unloaded his outrage at Trump, especially about immigrants(naturally). The message about Fascism and Trump was expressed in broken English, but conveyed his fury that anyone would vote against democracy in this country. I expect he is not alone in his demographic.

    This is what gives me hope, as well as the secret smiles of young employees I encounter at businesses when they see my old campaign pin, “Dissent is good for democracy.” Early voting is going strong, here, in my part of northern Florida. I hope it augers as well as it has in the past for Democrats.

    Like Anne Frank, I believe that most people are good at heart. Human decency still exists across a wide spectrum of people, many of who are humble, modest, and lacking political or economic clout. Such folk won’t vote for an evil vulgarian like Trump.

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    • xyxyxyxy says:

      October 25, 2024 at 7:15 pm

      They may not vote for Trump, but at least 70 million will.
      The question is will non-Trump voters win the electoral college numbers and overcome SCOTUS?

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  2. Matt Foley says:

    October 25, 2024 at 7:23 pm

    I can’t even look at my MAGA neighbors now.

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    • xyxyxyxy says:

      October 25, 2024 at 7:41 pm

      Will you when they’re pictured on “wanted” posters?

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  3. JohnMasters says:

    October 25, 2024 at 9:13 pm

    It may have already been discussed, I haven’t been able to find it yet. Anymore information on the Ziegler CCFA case being dismissed? I can’t see 24-4511 on RECAP.

    https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67788762/68/robert-hunter-biden-v-garrett-ziegler/

    ORDER from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals filed re: Notice of Appeal to 9th Circuit Court of Appeals 55 filed by ICU, LLC, Garrett Ziegler. CCA # 24-4511. Appellants’ unopposed motion (Docket Entry No. 13) for voluntary dismissal is granted. This case is dismissed. Fed. R. App. P. 42(b). This order served on the district court acts as the mandate of this court. (car) (Entered: 10/21/2024).

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  4. allan_in_upstate says:

    Only somewhat OT:
    LA Times Planned ‘Case Against Trump’ Series Alongside Kamala Harris Endorsement Before Owner Quashed It [The Wrap]

    “Alongside its endorsement of Kamala Harris, the Los Angeles Times editorial board had also planned a multi-part series against Donald Trump before the whole thing was quashed by owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, TheWrap has learned.

    According to internal memos viewed by TheWrap, the series, tentatively called “The Case Against Trump,” would have ran throughout this week. The endorsement of Kamala Harris would then have been published on Sunday. … ”

    https://www.thewrap.com/la-times-case-against-trump-kamala-endorsement-canceled/

    As someone once said, every billionaire is a policy failure.
    It’s also clear that every billionaire-owned major media outlet is a constitutional disaster.

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    • SelaSela says:

      October 26, 2024 at 12:57 am

      I canceled my subscription for WaPo today. I never had a subscription for LA Times, so I couldn’t cancel it.

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  5. cmarlowe says:

    October 25, 2024 at 9:48 pm

    Marcy – thanks much for the detailed critique of the current polling starting at about 40:00. I listened closely, but when you said that the current polling is not capturing the effect of Dobbs, I did not catch they reason why.

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  6. JanAnderson says:

    October 25, 2024 at 10:01 pm

    1. Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.

    The so-called Free Press, those who ask the questions, apparantely on your behalf, suddenly, after hounding a sitting President – have nothing to say.

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  7. dopefish says:

    October 25, 2024 at 11:07 pm

    Great show, and don’t despair!

    America will make it through this tumultuous time, and be stronger for it.

    Trump’s gonna lose, the GOP’s gonna self-immolate, Putin’s gonna lose in Ukraine and by the end of it all America will be respected around the world again.

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    • dannyboy says:

      October 26, 2024 at 8:08 am

      Watching the show now and jumped back here to see what people thought. I am with you.

      The Women’s Power is palpable these days. I voted by mail, and when I walked along Broadway wearing my “I Voted” sticker, women were flexing muscles or pumping fists in response.

      Got set off this morning with Trump’s warning that, “WHEN I WIN, those people that CHEATED will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law. Please beware that this legal exposure extends to Lawyers, Political Operatives, ***Donors***, Illegal Voters, & Corrupt Election Officials.”

      So now he’s threatening me?

      People are so done with this and won’t let it stand any longer.

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