42 thoughts on “News/Politics 11-2-24”

  4. We had an incident of someone going to early vote and finding a hatchback opened with many whole boxes of ballots. It was reported.

    Years ago, we had a whole bunch of ballots found in the car of an election judge after the count. Those turned the election so that the other person won. It is difficult to know if things like these are accidents or not when you are not close to the source. There are other safeguards in place, however. My precinct is large geographically, but small enough that I don’t think we have ever voted without knowing at least one of the judges. I imagine this is true of many precincts. The crowded cities with many apartments would be a whole different matter.

    At any rate, when we are dealing with human beings, they are not perfect, and mistakes can be made. The question is how much do they affect the election and what kind of safeguards have to be in place?

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  7. Jonah Goldberg had a chance to do the right thing and just apologize for spreading disinformation.

    He chose to blame the victim instead of taking responsibility. This is why people hate the media.

    https://x.com/MZHemingway/status/1852416096370077991?t=CyinXCzbRVj9MMXQMcW4Fg&s=19

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    https://x.com/thevivafrei/status/1852454233347702980?t=cSmXwf9Pen7gTfPCAhf4jQ&s=19

    “I was reacting in haste to what were objectively appalling and irresponsible comments” THAT HE NEVER MADE.

    In other words: through ignorance, haste, malice, or combination all three, you participated in spreading a disgusting lie.

    My goodness, even your so-called “apology” is disgusting.

    Here’s what your apology should’ve said:

    “I am deeply sorry I participated in spreading a lie. I will do better in the future, and understand if you never read my publication again”.

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  11. No sugarcoating here….

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    “The rationalization from @JonahDispatch here for why he lied about Trump’s Cheney comments is no different than the rapist who blames his victim for wearing a short skirt. The victim was asking for it, you see.

    Goldberg has no agency and nothing is ever his fault. He’s just a poor, fat NPC blob programmed to gobble up everything CNN shoves down his filthy gullet.

    He’s only in the news business. You can’t expect him to watch a 30-second video clip or read a whole paragraph of text before barfing out the first stupid thought that comes to him. He’s a journo, not a miracle worker!

    Mind you, this is *his* rationale for why he chose to eat a heaping bowl of excrement on live television today. Donald Trump made him do that. Don’t you see?? “Things got a little out of hand. It’s just this war and that lying SOB Trump!”

    This is the kind of intellect we’re dealing with here. And remember: this also isn’t the first time he blatantly lied this week. He also lied about J.D. Vance’s response to the first Trump assassination attempt in Butler and unintentionally projected onto him Goldberg’s own impotence and cowardice.

    But the thing to really know about Goldberg is that nothing on earth enrages him more than being called out by a woman who’s smarter and more successful than he is. That explains the 160-proof bile he spewed at @MZHemingway. That explains his rage. He can’t contain the bitter envy anymore. He’s a joke, and she’s beloved, and crapping your pants while stepping on a rake for the whole world to see is bad enough without the person you hate more than anything showing up to point out what a sad moron you’ve become.

    And it also explains why no sane person should ever pay a single second attention to anything he says ever again. The man is a joke, and jokes are meant to be laughed at.”

    https://x.com/seanmdav/status/1852516761121288424?t=fSq-2Zq43t4GEr5eJrK3Eg&s=19

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  12. The ugly truth is Dem run govts suck.

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    “Democrat cities will let illegals run wild. Murderers will be let out on bail. Shoplifters won’t even be arrested.

    But if you bring joy to millions through your love of animals? They will break into your house, steal your pet, and murder it for sport.”

    https://x.com/seanmdav/status/1852720493951959092?t=gPt-fktZvvCABmClZ54rNg&s=19

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    https://x.com/AP/status/1852551242456703211?t=kctGWnzlioV6Kp4YzZkLSA&s=19

    “Orphaned squirrel who became social media star was euthanized after being seized from home”

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  13. And the useless stooges, Raffensberger and Kemp, once again allow the fraud because their Never Trump hatred trumps the law.

    https://x.com/ChairmanWhatley/status/1852739675988897896?t=H-nYyuvj2s4o8gtCYiRUwQ&s=19

    “Democrat officials in Georgia are playing fast and loose with election law.Fulton, Cobb, DeKalb, and Gwinnett counties decided at the last minute to accept ballots over the weekend — which disregards the law.

    They have also failed to let our poll observers in to watch the process. The Secretary of State has issued guidance to allow Republican poll watchers in but local officials REFUSE.

    Our election integrity operation has filed a lawsuit.

    Georgia voters demand that the state and courts ensure that these reckless counties administer fair, transparent, and secure elections. Anything less undermines public trust.”

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  16. We received propaganda mail today. It was questions people might ask the two candidates. Every answer shown was flip-flopped from the truth trying to persuade last minute voters to vote for KH. Isn’t it refreshing to say KH? The lies are so blatant, and the voter guide was really dumbed down to people who are lacking in brain power. So sad how they spoon feed lies.

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  17. Haven’t we all said everything that can be said already? 🙂

    Dropped my ballot off at the neighborhood Italian-American Club, which seemed to be doing a fairly brisk business. Viva Italia!

    All together now, breathe. 🙂

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  18. A Facebook friend wrote this, and I had shared it there, and want to share it here, too:

    ~ “People, the cake is baked. Just vote and help others vote. Our fellow citizens are not evil, crazy, or stupid, necessarily, because they are voting for a stupid, evil, or crazy person. We don’t know what information they have available to them, or what their most important issues are. Yeah, some are stupid, evil, or crazy, left, right, and center. But that person with undesirable politics might stop and change your tire if you have a flat, or work in a soup kitchen, or teach your children to read and do math, or take care of Alzheimer’s patients, or do drug counseling, etc. Politics is important, but it’s not everything. Your neighbors aren’t garbage, marxists, nor poisoning our country. They’re just our fellow humans.” ~

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  19. This has nothing to do with the election, but I still want to know who are the “moderates” in congress? Who are those elusive creatures? How do they vote on the bills that come before them?

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  20. DJ @6:49 Doesn’t it feel like a weight is lifted? When I walked out of the doors of the voting site I felt so relieved. Almost weightless. Voting is a wonderful right, but it’s actually a burden if you take it seriously. 🙂

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  21. Clearly vote fraud happened in Georgia, and Gov. Kemp is still useless.

    But checked and rechecked, right?

    Well it actually has been checked now, and fraud happened. Enough to swing the state to Biden, who allegedly won by 12k votes.

    https://x.com/Real_RobN/status/1852533615243993450?t=vHhA-Og-7k4D9r5x2OJtVQ&s=19

    “And here is,

    the epicenter of election fraud, Fulton County, Georgia,

    Joseph Rossi CONFIRMS BEYOND THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT. “INTENTIONAL HUMAN INTERVENTION. The predicate for ELECTION FRAUD..”

    • 17,852 votes counted with no ballot images

    • 20,713 original votes from tabulators out of thin air

    • 3,930 duplicates counted and inserted into the CERTIFIED count via a criminal conspiracy,

    “We now know with certainty that this duplication of ballots was not a mere administrative error, rather the duplication process was due to INTENTIONAL HUMAN INTERVENTION. THE PREDICATE FOR ELECTION FRAUD.

    📝 In other words, Trump is the dully elected President.”

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  24. Good. Stop the next steal before they do it again.

    And note this was in spite of Kemp’s uselessness.

    https://x.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1853085159576264957?t=GTkrYTwTxsWEPZaytdpgSQ&s=19

    “Due to massive legal and public pressure, Democrat election officials in Gwinnett County, Georgia have halted their illegal ballot collection sites.

    They tried to pull a fast one to help KamalaThe RNC & Georgia GOP also placed big pressure on Governor Brian Kemp to do his job.

    THIS IS VERY GOOD NEWS. Thank God we’re stopping the cheating before it happens. Next, we have to do the same thing in Fulton, Cobb, etc”

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  25. “Government overreach in action”

    https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1852782434703536213?t=3Xif9v0POsryrWFg-8a8Xw&s=19

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    https://x.com/F530Josh/status/1852856511904489629?t=XuPn2_jtxg-pK3VD3enPCQ&s=19

    “Imagine 10 armed agents of the state walk into your house, detain you and your significant other outside of your own home, question you like common criminals, then, euthanize your pets based on an anonymous complaint after tossing your entire house.

    It’s not about the squirrel.”

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  26. NBC breaking the law again, and of course it’s to benefit Kamala.

    https://x.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1852887210330341693?t=Nq2yEd1EOwqAwts0ZRG_1Q&s=19

    “This is a clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC’s Equal Time rule.

    The purpose of the rule is to avoid exactly this type of biased and partisan conduct – a licensed broadcaster using the public airwaves to exert its influence for one candidate on the eve of an election.

    Unless the broadcaster offered Equal Time to other qualifying campaigns.”

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    https://x.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1852901803693600776?t=EVKhBGkn4hhcezjD1Vid6Q&s=19

    “In the 2016 cycle, President Obama’s FCC Chair made clear that the agency would enforce the Equal Time rule when candidate Trump went on SNL.

    NBC stations publicly filed Equal Opportunity notices to ensure that all other qualifying candidates could obtain Equal Time if they sought it.

    Stations did the same thing when Clinton appeared on SNL.”

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    But not this time, which is odd, no?

    Yeah, partisan and biased, that’s NBC.

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  27. Well I’m shocked….

    And then I remember that military members typically vote R, and it all makes sense.

    https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/11/02/service-members-complain-about-lack-of-absentee-ballots-n2647157

    “The Pentagon Fails to Send Absentee Ballots to Active Military Service Members”

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    “GOP Reps. Brian Mast (R-FL), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), and Mike Waltz (R-FL) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin citing their “grave concern over deficiencies in the Defense Department’s protocols” for the U.S. military because they said the absentee ballot stockpile has been “depleted and had not been replenished.”

    “Our nation’s brave men and women in uniform brought to our attention that there has been inadequate education at the administrative level on how to register to vote, request an absentee ballot, and fill in a federal write-in absentee ballot if their state-issued ballot does not arrive in time,” the letter reads. “Other service members also stated that when a request for a federal write-in absentee ballot was made, they were told the base’s stockpile of such ballots was depleted and had not been replenished.””

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  28. The sheep say…..

    Baaaaa….

    https://x.com/jimmy_dore/status/1852763096139645335?t=2zymSceoE__2KsKN9jgqZA&s=19

    “Americans have ZERO idea about how the Ukraine war actually started & the fact that the U.S. instigated it through a CIA coup.

    Americans have learned nothing from being lied to about Iraq TWICE, or Afghanistan for 20 years, or Libya or Syria…..They believe whatever the TV tells them.

    They say the trust in media is at an all time low, yet they believe everything the media tells them about war. Mind boggling.

    Having an Ukraine flag in your Bio means you’re a dupe & easily propagandized to support war for profits.”

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    https://x.com/ivan_8848/status/1852163971501166661?t=ZzIzy2HIRTzdozOeddlDIw&s=19

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  29. DJ @11:30 Interesting piece about the future of conservatism. I do understand why some conservatives are not voting for Trump—I think it’s misguided, but I do understand it. The article relies a lot on projections into the future which are pretty one sided. Why not project out a potential Harris win, and it’s likely effects on conservatism. From what I see, every time the country normalizes perversion, it becomes part of our tradition and is eventually normalized in ‘conservative’ thought and positions. That is one reason I don’t define myself as an ideological conservative.

    I’m a Bible-based Christian and generally find conservatism harmonious with my core being, but more and more, I do not internalize any ideologies. And the further conservatism drifts from the Christ of the Bible, the further it drifts from me—that is my goal anyway. I do not want to be so tied to any ideologies (left, right, center, or none of the above) that my thinking about the Bible changes. To me, agendas must change to fit the Bible, not the other way around. [ And I’m not advocating a theocracy, but merely acknowledging that Jesus IS king, and every knee WILL bow, whether congress decrees it or not. And we still don’t know what that looks like in the real world.]

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  30. Correction: I said, “we still don’t know what that looks like in the real world.” I should say, “we don’t know what that looks like in the material world”. The unseen and intangible is very very real and I don’t mean to imply otherwise.

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  31. Debra, I agree with much of what you said. I feel less and less tied to the politics I see in our country, on both sides. But I think that’s good, it indicates we are doing more critical (and biblical) thinking as opposed to being dragged into the passions of this world.

    It’s why I re-registered some years ago as nonpartisan. While I usually still line up with conservative candidates (of good and sane character I have to add 🙂 ), I never become “sold out” to any politician. Part of that is maturity I think, but also a deeper appreciation for the truths of Scripture — always more complex (and yet vastly more clear and true) than anything we see in our partisan surroundings (which strike me as rather superficial the older — and I hope the wiser — I get!).

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  33. There are some lawsuits going on in MN, which are necessary, IMO. I fail to see how the system with these changes can make sure there are no noncitizens voting or students voting twice with any timeliness in the very least. One of our former senators was elected with a 312-vote margin.

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  34. I’m reminded of Habakkuk today – trust the Lord no matter what.

    ~ (3:17) Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat … (3:18) Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will take joy in the God of my salvation. ~

    God’s ways are not our ways.

    Praying for the nation in the week to come and trusting in God’s providence.

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  37. Janice, I think many pastors are very stressed right now. Many are getting an ear full from congregants on both sides of the aisle and in between too. I pray that God strengthen them for these trying times .

    I believe that no matter who wins God will care for those who love him and lean on him. He opens doors, windows and cracks in the wall if need be. He is faithful, and those who pray ‘not my will but thine be done’ can have assurance that it will be so in their own lives, even if it’s uncomfortable. We are his lights shining in the dark in his time. How can that not be good.

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  39. I see seeBS is pushing abortion lies to try to affect the election.

    Disgusting and completely partisan BS on the eve of the election, all in service to Democrats.

    This is why people hate the media.

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  40. AJ? Was there some earlier/actual context to your post @7:52 you could cite (“partisan BS / abortion lies trying to affect the election”)? You’ve lost me.

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  41. My pastor would not disagree at all that God cares tremendously for His own and does have good plans for us. He is not unhopeful about that. I guess I could have said it differently or expanded on it. He is a very positive pastor. But realistic about how much difference that politics can make in creating a different moral landscape. Only God can do that.

    In his sermon about Noah, he said it is important to notice that a verse says that God gave favor to Noah before He found him to be righteous. He said Noah still had sin and would sin more after that point in the Noah story.

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  42. Janice, I’m sure your pastor is prepared and preparing his congregation. Mine is as well. We even hosted a town hall at our church featuring all the local candidates for local positions. I’m thinking it is important to be prepared for anything after the national elections regardless of who wins. But I’m also preparing myself not to get too drawn in to post-election drama. Every stressful event is an opportunity. :–)

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