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  • Brenden Dilley on X: “THE BEST THING YOU WILL SEE TODAY!!!!!! (Trump commercial)

    07/21/2024 12:06:22 PM PDT · by bitt · 20 replies
    https://x.com ^ | 7/21/2024 | brendon dilley
    THE BEST THING YOU WILL SEE TODAY!!!!!! https://x.com/WarlordDilley/status/1814419786413019399
  • Biden Endorses Harris

    07/21/2024 11:19:04 AM PDT · by John Robinson · 358 replies
    My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this.
  • The Roots of Biden’s Defiance: Anger, Fear, Pride and Regret

    07/21/2024 9:52:42 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 16 replies
    The New York Times | Yahoo ^ | July 21, 2024 | By Michael D. Shear (D-NYT)
    The seeds of President Joe Biden’s reaction to the Democratic Party’s crisis of confidence in him were planted years ago. Facing an extraordinary push by his friends and allies to end his political career, Biden has responded with defiance. For three weeks, he has dug in, denied polling evidence and vowed to stay in the race, claiming that he is the only one who can defeat former President Donald Trump. Only in the last few days have people close to him said they believe he is more receptive to stepping down. To many of his allies, he is in a...
  • Harris' 2020 campaign was a mess. If she ended up atop the ticket, this time would be a lot different.

    07/21/2024 9:27:58 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 35 replies
    NBC News | Comcast ^ | July 21, 2024 | By Peter Nicholas and Katherine Doyle
    WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris had one great day in her ill-fated 2020 presidential campaign: her first. Then came a rapid collapse. The freshman senator who announced her candidacy in January 2019 before 20,000 cheering supporters in Oakland, Calif. dropped out in December before a single vote had been cast. Now, Harris may get another shot. As the sitting vice president, she would be a leading candidate to succeed Biden if he succumbs to party pressure and exits the race. Other elected officials might step forward to challenge Harris, dividing Democrats and clouding the general election picture ahead of a November...
  • Cackling While America Burns

    07/21/2024 7:05:24 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 24 replies
    Issues & Insights ^ | 18 Jul, 2024 | I & I Editorial Board
    The campaign by Democrats to force President Joe Biden to drop out waned a bit after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. But it quickly resumed as Biden stumbled and bumbled through the week. Just yesterday, news broke that Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urged Biden to step aside, as did Calif. Rep. Adam Schiff. While there’s not a single person on any list of possible replacements who wouldn’t continue the decline of the U.S. under Biden, one stands out as more frightening than the rest: Kamala Harris. There’s an easy explanation why Harris is one of the most unpopular...
  • Trump: Biden is a sick, weak, pathetic man

    07/21/2024 7:20:07 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 48 replies
    The Telegraph ^ | July 21, 2024 | By Susie Coen
    Donald Trump warned of “slaughter in the suburbs” and called Joe Biden a “sick, weak, pathetic man” in his first rally since surviving an assassination attempt last weekend. The Republican presidential nominee had promised “unity” for the United States in the wake of his shooting in Pennsylvania last Saturday, which shocked the country and triggered a surge in support for Trump in opinion polls. Mr Trump had this week urged his supporters to dial down their rhetoric to focus on national consensus amid a divisive US election race. But at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday night, Trump...
  • Live updates: Sen. Joe Manchin says Biden should drop reelection campaign

    07/21/2024 6:42:56 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 14 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | July 21, 2024 | BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE
    Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia is urging President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid. Manchin joins a growing number of lawmakers trying to pressure the Democratic president to reconsider his plans to continue campaigning against Trump. Nearly three dozen congressional Democrats have called on Biden to step aside following a debate performance earlier this month that raised open questions about Biden’s ability to mount a convincing campaign. Manchin, who became an independent in May after years as a Democrat, is not seeking reelection to the Senate. His remarks came Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
  • The mood in Washington over Biden: Fear, sadness and looking for an escape hatch

    07/21/2024 6:23:59 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 38 replies
    Politico | Yahoo ^ | July 21, 2024 | By Liz Crampton, Zack Colman, Meredith Lee Hill, Robin Bravender, Daniel Payne and Declan Harty
    Alarmed group texts that buzz with the latest news. Rank-and-file staff dusting off resumes. A desperate rush to finish top initiatives before the clock runs out. As President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign buckles under mounting pressure for him to step aside, federal workers throughout Washington are feeling anxious and scared. They have been nervously looking on as Biden’s abrupt evaporation of support has embroiled the Democratic Party in an unprecedented crisis, prompting thousands of employees to game out whether they should be preparing for a change at the White House — and mourning the possible end of the Biden administration...
  • Bombshell poll shows clean sweep for presidential candidate in the Rust Belt - including massive swing for one state

    07/20/2024 5:10:20 PM PDT · by libh8er · 58 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 7.20.2024 | Martha Williams
    A bombshell new poll has predicted which presidential candidate will win the election based on a 'no tossup' electoral map. RealClearPolitics showed Trump taking multiple swing states in the Rust Belt region - in addition to one that hasn't been nabbed by a Republican in decades. The map shows Trump winning in Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and even Virginia. Biden won Virginia in 2020 by 10 points and no Republican has taken the state since former president George W. Bush did so in 2004. The RCP map shows that, as of late July, Trump will win the election 325-213...
  • How this ‘loophole’ could lead to a revolt against Biden at the DNC

    07/20/2024 2:48:01 PM PDT · by george76 · 31 replies
    New York Post ^ | July 19, 2024 | Diana Glebova
    Democrat National Convention delegates are openly discussing what would happen at the August convention if Biden either refuses to step aside or drops out of the race — pointing to a “good-conscience loophole” that lets them vote for a new candidate of their choosing. DNC delegate Elaine Kamarck briefed other delegates .. that the apparent “loophole” allows for such a rebellion by letting convention-goers bolt if they no longer have a “good conscience” about their pledged choice determined by primaries and caucuses. ... DNC’s rules state: “Delegates elected to the national convention pledged to a presidential candidate shall in all...
  • Biden allies say 'elites' are disenfranchising voters who want the president to stay in

    07/20/2024 2:15:24 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 42 replies
    NBC News | Comcast ^ | July 20, 2024 | By Mike Memoli and Kelly O'Donnell
    REHOBOTH, Del. — As President Joe Biden faces a wave of new calls from elected officials to end his re-election bid, his political allies are actively exploring ways to publicly demonstrate he still has widespread support among key elements of the Democratic Party’s base, according to three Democrats familiar with the discussions. In some cases, the demonstrations of support are organic, coming from organizations and constituencies that are concerned the party infighting is hurting their goal of defeating Donald Trump. They include Black clergy members, as well as Latino community leaders and progressive activists to show grassroots support for the...
  • Biden's national security team says he's up for 4 more years

    07/20/2024 1:48:59 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 45 replies
    UPI ^ | July 20, 2024 | By Ehren Wynder
    July 20 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden's national security advisers say he's up to the job while former officials cast doubt on his ability to protect his legacy from Donald Trump. National security adviser Jake Sullivan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Joint Chiefs Chair C.Q. Brown at this week's Aspen Security Forum in Colorado insisted Biden is fully capable of steering the United States through a global landscape marked by fears of Russian and Chinese aggression. "I am damn glad we have that guy sitting at the head of the table in the Situation Room," Sullivan said Friday in...
  • 2024 election live updates: Clintons privately backing Biden: Sources

    07/20/2024 1:36:53 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 38 replies
    ABC News | Disney ^ | July 20, 2024 | ByAlexandra Hutzler, Ivan Pereira, Meredith Deliso, and Leah Sarnoff
    Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton are privately supporting Biden and have been encouraging donors to continue giving and stick with the president, two sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. One source described the Clintons’ support as "encouraging," "supportive" and "deferential" to Biden’s decision to stay in this race. Several members of Biden's senior staff including, deputy chief-of staff Annie Tomasini and Steve Richetti, the president's counselor, are in Rehoboth, Delaware where he is recovering from COVID-19. As they have been since the debate, Richetti and Biden’s senior staff continue to “listen” and...
  • From Honor Student to the Gunman Who Tried to Kill Donald Trump

    07/20/2024 12:51:34 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 30 replies
    The New York Times | Yahoo ^ | July 20, 2024 | By Emily Cochrane
    BETHEL PARK, Pa. — For Thomas Crooks, the suburban Pittsburgh nursing home where he served meals and washed dishes for $16 an hour was another solitary corner of a nearly invisible life. He was polite but distant, a former co-worker said, ate lunch alone in the break room and rarely spoke with anyone. But as western Pennsylvania geared up last week for the boisterous spectacle of hosting a rally for former President Donald Trump, Crooks approached his bosses with a request, law enforcement officials said: He wanted to take Saturday off. He told them he had something important to do....
  • Secluded in Rehoboth, Biden Stews at Allies’ Pressure to Drop Out of the Race

    07/20/2024 12:45:50 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 51 replies
    The New York Times | Yahoo ^ | July 20, 2024 | By Peter Baker (D-NYT)
    WASHINGTON — Sick with COVID and abandoned by allies, President Joe Biden has been fuming at his Delaware beach house, increasingly resentful about what he sees as an orchestrated campaign to drive him out of the race and bitter toward some of those he once considered close, including his onetime running mate Barack Obama. Biden has been around politics long enough to assume that the leaks appearing in the media in recent days are being coordinated to raise the pressure on him to step aside, according to people close to him. He considers Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker,...
  • Kamala Harris gets clobbered for prosecutorial past as Democrats appear to see racism everywhere

    08/12/2019 12:45:50 PM PDT · by Kaslin · 48 replies
    Fox News.com ^ | August 112, 2019 | Liz Peek
    Democrats are panicking. In the wake of his many gaffes and shaky debate performances, many view front-runner Joe Biden as unable to go the distance, and unlikely to beat Donald Trump if he succeeds in winning the Democratic nomination. Which of the more than 20 other candidates in the race would be a better bet, they wonder? This is where the angst sets in. Elizabeth Warren is too radical, Bernie Sanders too angry, Beto too absurd, Mayor Pete too young, Cory Booker too annoying, which leaves….Kamala Harris. She’s tough, she can debate, as a woman of color she checks numerous...
  • LIVE: PRESIDENT TRUMP AND JD VANCE HOLD MAJOR RALLY IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – 7/20/24 5PM EDT

    07/20/2024 6:37:48 AM PDT · by Lakeside Granny · 631 replies
  • Democratic consensus solidifies around Harris, should Biden step aside

    07/20/2024 4:39:20 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 56 replies
    CNN ^ | July 20, 2024 | By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Lauren Fox
    Washington. CNN — No one quite knows what the process of picking a new nominee would be if Joe Biden did step aside – but many Democrats say that any process is likelier than ever to quickly end with Vice President Kamala Harris as the nominee. The informal conversations about how a fight to replace Biden at the top of the ticket would play out have been raging for weeks behind the scenes. But uncertainty about the process has been so unclear it’s given multiple Democrats – even those with serious concerns about Biden – pause about coming out against...
  • Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown calls for Biden to drop out of the 2024 race

    07/19/2024 3:25:03 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 36 replies
    NBC News | Comcast ^ | July 14, 2024 | By Henry J. Gomez
    Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio called on President Joe Biden to end his re-election campaign Friday, becoming the fourth Democrat in the chamber to ask Biden to drop out of the race. Brown, according to his campaign, will not weigh in on the process to choose a new Democratic nominee and believes Biden should serve the rest of his term. Brown’s Trump-endorsed Republican opponent, businessman Bernie Moreno, has been linking him closely to Biden’s struggles for weeks. “Sherrod and Joe have been friends and political allies for many years,” said Moreno in a campaign statement earlier this month, “so does...
  • Election 2024 live updates: Biden says in reaction to Trump speech that he’ll be back on the campaign trail next week

    07/19/2024 10:55:43 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 21 replies
    NBC News | Comcast ^ | July 19, 2024 | By Rebecca Shabad
    Biden said in a statement reacting to Trump’s speech last night that he will be back on the campaign trail next week. “I look forward to getting back on the campaign trail next week to continue exposing the threat of Donald Trump’s Project 2025 agenda while making the case for my own record and the vision that I have for America: one where we save our democracy, protect our rights and freedoms, and create opportunity for everyone,” Biden said. It’s a notable line given reporting that the Biden family has begun discussing a possible exit plan should the president need...