Simon Rosenberg
Republicans are going to extraordinary lengths right now - red wave polls, releasing "internals," Polymarket voodoo - to try to make it look like Trump is winning the election when he isn't. Democrats should not be helping them.

Simon Rosenberg
6h
A central reason Dems are so jittery is that we all receive far too many messages from our candidates telling us we are losing even when public polling doesn't tell us this. We are running a daily pysop against ourselves.

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Josh Marshall
Everybody who is maybe kinda possibly thinking Donald Trump is doing a rally in Madison Sq Garden is an electoral play: It's not. Donald Trump may win in a landslide. He still won't come close to winning New York State. A small part of this is a bluff. The real driver is that ..
1:11 PM · Oct 10, 2024

Josh Marshall
2h
2/ Donald Trump wants to hold a rally at MSG. That's the whole thing. To him, that's making it. That's real. MSG is real. I don't think the exurban and rural venues he hits in swing and red states are way out in the middle of bumfuck. But I guarantee you Donald Trump does.
1:11 PM · Oct 10, 2024

Josh Marshall
2h
3/ For all the Florida nonsense, NYC is Trump's home town. All his visions of success and failure are housed there. As blue as New York is NYC and Westchester and Long Island have tons of Trumpers way more than enough to fill MSG a bunch of times. And that's why it's ...

Josh Marshall
4/ happening. Madison Square Garden is real. That's success. He's doing it to feel good.
1:11 PM · Oct 10, 2024

AFP - 'Sleeper agent' bots on X fuel US election misinformation, study says

Anuj CHOPRA

Wed, October 9, 2024
6:43 PM EDT



Hundreds of apparent pro-Russian bot accounts on X are pushing US election misinformation and amplifying false narratives about Democratic contender Kamala Harris, a research group said Thursday, calling them "sleeper agents" for having evaded detection for years.

The findings by the Washington-based American Sunlight Project (ASP) demonstrate how bot-like activity plagues X, previously called Twitter, despite pledges by billionaire owner Elon Musk to crack down on the digital manipulation.

ASP analyzed nearly 1,200 accounts, a long-standing network that generated more than 100 million posts as of July, including pro-Kremlin propaganda, content favoring Republican nominee Donald Trump, and misinformation about Harris's campaign.

The accounts, some of which have escaped detection and moderation on the site for as long as 15 years, retweeted such content within seconds of its posting, indicating bot activity, the group said in a report shared with AFP ahead of its public release.

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CSPAN
President Biden: "Former President Trump, get a life man. Help these people!"
Video in tweet below
2:20 PM · Oct 10, 2024

CSPAN
President Biden: "I think the Congress should be coming back and moving on emergency needs immediately..."
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2:24 PM · Oct 10, 2024

Ian Sams
NEW >> Harris accepts CNN Town Hall invite. JOD slams Trump ducking CNN debate as "disservice to the American people."

"It is clear Trump would rather cocoon himself in safe spaces and avoid real questions"

"Trump fears another debate where VP Harris would hold him accountable"

12:34 PM · Oct 10, 2024

Greg Sargent
This is really something. On the pod, Marc Caputo says he's been told about GOP focus groups where exurban and moderate GOP women are absolutely scalding in their criticism of Trump, calling him "disgusting" and a "pig":

https://newrepublic.com/article/187012/transcript-trump-suddenly-losing-crucial-gop-support-surprise-data


1:16 PM · Oct 10, 2024

Greg Bluestein
A group of nine current and former Republican state legislators just backed a lawsuit seeking to block new certification rules adopted by the State Election Board on grounds that the panel’s pro-Donald Trump majority exceeded its authority. #gapol

11:57 AM · Oct 10, 2024

AJC (archived: https://archive.ph/4BysP ) - Why some Georgia Republicans are fighting State Election Board rule changes

By Greg Bluestein
17 minutes ago

A group of nine current and former Republican state legislators backed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to block new certification rules adopted by the State Election Board on grounds that the panel’s pro-Donald Trump majority exceeded its authority.

The group, led by former Georgia Senate GOP leader Eric Johnson, is just the latest of a growing number of conservatives who are pushing back against the board’s tilt toward voting policies favored by Republican allies of the former president.

While Democrats and voting rights groups express concerns in litigation that the late certification changes create an opening for rogue election board members to reject the results, the Republicans are pressing a different strategy spelled out in the 26-page amicus brief.

It argued the board has usurped its authority “by adopting unconstitutional rules that will bog down the administration of future elections — including the presidential election to occur in one month’s time — with vague and cumbersome process.”

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The Good Liars
Talked to a woman who believes the US government is controlling hurricanes to hurt Donald Trump’s chances in the 2024 Election.
Video in tweet below
10:40 AM · Oct 10, 2024

Michael Beschloss
Prayers for Ethel Kennedy (1928-2024) and gratitude for her life:

11:21 AM · Oct 10, 2024