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However it works out it’s pretty clear that both campaigns think (albeit in one case only in retrospect) that having a D-list Joe Rogan protege on stage to do a lot of witless racism was not a good idea, and I think the initial evidence is that their instincts are correct: Donald Trump has a […] The post Masterful gambit, sir appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money .

Jeff Bezos, owner of the Washington Post, published a “note” today in his newspaper. “The hard truth: Americans don’t trust the news media.” Ah yes Jeff. And why do you think that might be? Of course serious billionaire oligarchs are interested in, or perhaps prefer to be the purveyors of. Hard Truth. I have succeeded […] The post Washington Post Owner Tries To Stop The Bleeding appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money .

It occurs to me that we have not served this community with open threads for the first Dodgers-Yankees World Series in 43 years. This is an oversight! I have in the past been accused by members of this blog of insufficient Anti-Yankeeism… my defense with respect to this particular rivalry is that I grew up […] The post World Series Game 3 Open Thread appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money .

I’m trying to write up something about this article with which I disagreed to the point of saying “Fuck. This” to my computer, which annoyed a nearby cat. In the meantime: October 26 And in the hours immediately after the non-endorsement was made public, Post readers pulled the lever they knew to pull, the lever […] The post The wallet vote appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money .

Ballot drop box set on fire in Vancouver last night. A Vancouver ballot box was burned in an arson Monday morning, authorities report – with hundreds of ballots possibly damaged in the fire. Investigators believe the incident is connected to two other arson incidents in Portland and SW Washington KATU was on the scene at […] The post It begins appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money .

Paul’s question about whether Tom Hinchliffe’s speech was vetted by the campaign has been answered, and the answer is “sort of”: DONALD TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN WAS LEFT scrambling Sunday night after roast-comic Tony Hinchcliffe made insulting jokes about Hispanic and black people on stage at the ex-president’s Madison Square Garden rally. The lines sparked immediate backlash […] The post Floating island of garbage claims most racist parts of the speech at its rally were improvised appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money .

Although the rule that what can be realistically attributed to incompetence rather than malevolence probably should be is a sound general principle, I still find it implausible that even the clown show that is the Trump campaign didn’t approve the speeches/ninth-rate standup routines at yesterday’s already infamous Madison Square Garden rally. This was an event […] The post Will Nazipalooza hurt or help Trump? appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money .

When we interviewed David Nir of Downballot on our podcast in September, one point he made is that popular governors from the opposite party of who dominates the state almost never win when they try to go to the Senate because voters do in fact understand the point that they are voting for who controls […] The post Governors to Senators appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money .

I feel considerably better this morning about Kamala Harris’s chances of becoming President, and all our chances of avoiding authoritarianism. You probably all know by now that that well-known comedian, Tony Whifflebottom (Whiteham? Whatever) insulted Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans as part of the warmup to Donald Trump’s racism. He and others also insulted Jews, […] The post Losing The Puerto Rican Vote appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money .

For years, the one good thing you could say about American business interests is that they were pro-immigration. Yes of course it was for selfish reasons, but at least that was one area decent people could agree with across the aisle. Remember, back in 2006, George W. Bush held a prime time press conference to […] The post How Business Interests Abandoned Immigration Reform appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money .