Kamala-itis

AKA Kamala Fever, an epidemic spreading throughout the country via an infectious laugh and virulent memes.

Treatment:

a shot in the arm of pure joy

for the next 101 days get plenty of exercise knocking on doors, constructing lawn signs, handing out bumper stickers, carrying people to register and to the polls.

after which the next day, take 2 aspirin for your celebratory champagne headache.

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Sturgeone
5 months ago

“Weird” Pete says….. like I said yesterday, they’re turning into zombies all in plain view.  There’s been a sea change, slow but building, and Trump and his cult are beginning to be widely recognized as the fools they are.

Bink
5 months ago

The public cried out for literally any other choice, and it turns out the other choice is qualified and charismatic.
 
who woulda thunk it

craigcrawford
5 months ago

My notes from last night’s “weird” Trump speech to right-wing crazies, Turning Point:

Trump: “Christians, get out and vote! My beautiful Christians. I love you, Christians! I’m a Christian”

Trump: “Get out and vote just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years it will be fixed. It’ll be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore…In four years you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good your not gonna have to vote.”

He’s not kidding, just ask Liz Cheney: “A vote for Donald Trump may mean the last election that you ever get to vote in” (NBC, 12/4/2023)

craigcrawford
5 months ago

Kudos to Harris campaign for an immediate takedown of Trump’s speech, calling it “strange” and “bizarre”: “sounded like someone you wouldn’t want to sit near at a restaurant – let alone be President of the United States.”

craigcrawford
5 months ago

A dangerous attack line they’ve got is “a  study shows she was the most liberal senator”, but sounds more persuasive than it actually is.

Facts: The “old ranking” in question was a one-year profile of senators from GovTrack in 2019. It was a very dubious enterprise that rated senators as “liberal” or “conservative” strictly on the basis of how many bipartisan bills they sponsored or co-sponsored; it did not factor in actual voting in the Senate or differentiate between significant or insignificant legislation. The rating was discontinued after 2019. —
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/how-kamala-harris-can-fight-the-too-liberal-label.html

craigcrawford
5 months ago
Trump to address friendly crowd at Bitcoin conference Saturday
 
I don’t know whether it makes sense for the federal government to legitimize cryptocurrency but apparently it’s a campaign issue and Trump is all in to give the industry whatever it wants for their campaign donations. Harris hasn’t taken a position yet. 

https://www.axios.com/2024/07/26/trump-bitcoin-conference-nashville-regulation

 

craigcrawford
5 months ago

Trump is honing his response on abortion. In last night’s speech he said Harris “wants a federal law for abortion to rip the baby out of the woman in the eighth, ninth month and even after birth”. Of course, a brazen lie (or “falsehood” as NYT gently calls it) but he’ll keep on saying it.

craigcrawford
5 months ago

Pennsylvania presidential election results could again take days to count
This is a setup for Trump to attack the results if he loses. Just like last time, as it takes days to count mail-in votes he will claim it’s being rigged. Which is why he’s pushing PA Republican legislators to block the obvious fix done in many states: count the votes as they come in so they can be announced on election night.
Washington Post: “Republicans in the state Senate refused to change the law and allow mail-in votes to be counted ahead of Election Day, despite widespread calls for change.”
free link:
https://wapo.st/4c3wmCb

Sturgeone
5 months ago

KeithOlbermann

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Jul 26

 

The stunning thing is, in less than two weeks, Trump has gone from the first legitimate victimhood of his life to just looking like a hapless clown

IvyGreen
5 months ago

 
You won’t have to vote anymore…In four years you don’t have to won’t be able to vote again

 
 

craigcrawford
5 months ago

Shapiro’s PA favorable at 61% in FOX poll. Don’t see that often.

IvyGreen
5 months ago

rip the baby out

 
Vampires always go for the blood. 

IvyGreen
5 months ago

I’m fond of the maligned Marie Antoinette. Images of her bloody end were unsettling. Mindful that bloodlust is seeping up through the magas as evidenced by the rhetoric we hear from the podium. 

https://www.salon.com/2024/07/26/so-metal-headless-marie-antoinette-steals-the-show-at-paris-olympics-opening-ceremony/

craigcrawford
5 months ago

I woke up high on Shapiro, but after breakfast turned to Kelly thinking how his tough border stance helps. Will probably get back to Cooper after lunch. Maybe Beshear for dinner.

Sturgeone
5 months ago

StellaParton
Let’s talk about some badassery. My mom could have done a better job in Washington than most of our elected officials. No President, Biden included could have been successful without smart, strong women propping them up. VP Harris is gonna kick butt and take names.

Sturgeone
5 months ago

The gop has (following their leader) become a party of Sadists.   Not just mean people, but actual Sadists.  
.Cruelty is the point.  

And the twitterscape is aflame with no more voting.

craigcrawford
5 months ago

Still too soon for meaningful matchups but at this point we can measure Kamala’s sugar high. Average favorable rating up from 36% to 49% since becoming presumptive nominee. We have to wait another couple weeks to see if Trump campaign can knock that back down.

Bink
5 months ago

The contrast of “dude” energy Kelly would being to the ticket seems unstoppable to me
 
And for more contrast, any of these qualified, respected, moderate candidates will make the trump/vance ticket seem absurd by comparison. 
 
That said, i don’t see Beshear beating out the other 3

Hardly anyone mentions (that i’ve heard) that Shapiro’s very impressive 14pt win was against Mastriano whose candidacy was regarded as a joke by many.

Dexter
5 months ago

It has to be Shapiro because he is a winner.  He wins every time.  He also can have some coffee because “coffee is for CLOSERS!” And Josh is a closer.  I advocated for an open convention in Chicago just a week ago but man, that got detonated  quickly, eh? I wanted Shapiro to head the ticket, meaning I am dogshit at tea leaf reading.
Trump heading back to Butler , this time inside, no more open air venues. And a new head of security, Odd Job from the Bond movies, with his bladed rim hat, a razor-edged bowler hat. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQOBAKngyMRmXrLcgqgvnsH71I4Wnc8VN9Ygm1bCaE9Iw&s

craigcrawford
5 months ago

Dex, let’s get the Jewish piece on the table and pass around. Jewish husband and running mate. Any meaningful impact on voters? I hope not, but needs a think through.

craigcrawford
5 months ago

Yep, it’s lunchtime and I’m back on the Roy bus..

‘Ultimate team player:’ Why some Democrats think Roy Cooper is Harris’ top VP pick https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/democrats-roy-cooper-kamala-harris-top-vp-pick-rcna163844

 

Bink
5 months ago

ok i watched this, i get why people like him, now
 

We don’t need PA by 14pts, though, we just need it by .01

So, once again, does Shapiro bring anywhere besides PA?? Maybe 🤷‍♂️

craigcrawford
5 months ago

Another day and more Weird Vance stories.. ‘I hate the police’: J.D. Vance railed at cops in bombshell email release from friend https://www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-emails/

By the way, in his speech last night Trump never mentioned Vance, not once.

craigcrawford
5 months ago

An upside I had always hooked for if the ticket opened up — people get to see what a deep bench of talent the Democrats have. That’s why we’re having trouble picking one.

Bink
5 months ago

“ ‘I hate the police’: J.D. Vance ”

i mean trump supporters assault cops with flagpoles and balustrades, so Vance seems like a perfect fit

i keep hearing how smart Vance is but i’m not seeing it- maybe that’s how smart he is! 😱

RebelliousRenee
5 months ago

today’s meme…
 
 

whskyjack
5 months ago

Harris’s people are starting to impress me.
Like this comment:

“America can do better than the bitter, bizarre, and backward looking delusions of criminal Donald Trump,” James Singer, a spokesperson for Harris’s campaign, said in a statement Friday night.

Nothing like alliteration to get an idea stuck in the public memory and it sums the whole attack campaign up in one simple sentence.  Democrat’s  biggest  problem is they want to over explain. They tend to write a book where a simple sentence is needed. 
Jack

Sturgeone
5 months ago

I doubt we’re having trouble picking a VP. Kamala is playing it close to the vest and keeping it under her her hat.  
Like Joe did.

Bink
5 months ago

How do you win with a VP that emailed that he hates cops???
 
i’ve been verrrry critical of law enforcement over the years and have never said that nor would i ever, what he said isn’t even a criticism

if you’re an independent reading this, team trump either didn’t vet this guy at all or was extorted to pick him, either way, voting for trump/vance is extremely irresponsible, they’re inept, compromised, or both

Jamie
5 months ago

Craig

I mentioned a few blogposts back that there was no way Kamala could escape the Jewish connection so I hoped the Antisemites wouldn’t be too omnipresent.

Doug is Jewish.  Shapiro is Jewish.  Kelly’s father-in-law is Jewish and he and Gabby were married by a Rabbi.   

Dexter
5 months ago

Let’s talk about all of it. The second woman ever heading a ticket.  She’s married to a Jew and is endorsed by the Obamas. Mayor/Secretary Pete is a married father with Chasten.  Trump is a crazy adjudicated rapist crazy liar .  I read Beshear is out because he fights for coal, understandably, but a killer today in progressive politics.  Kelly apparently isn’t as favorable as Joe is t0 labor unions. Walz seems untouchable so far, no skeletons, and I would applaud his selection if the Jew factor boots Shapiro to the curb. Walz is Lutheran and oh my God, his resume is outstanding.  He has it all, military, stellar political career, smart, clear-headed and a great attention commander when he speaks, all plaudits, all for him…but Josh Shapiro is even better.  First Gentleman Doug won’t be running the nation anyway. Of course now the world knows Harris is Baptist with an open ear to the teachings of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.   I am quite old enough to recall my dad arguing with his peers how The Pope would not be running the USA if Kennedy won, yes, believe me…people believed that. Kennedy dispelled much of the religious trepidations of Americans then which I believe has dissipated still more in Americans center and center-left who we know will vote Blue. Our voters…well, I just do not think the fact that Doug and Josh may wear yarmulkes on appropriate days  would lose votes when it comes to the call of… Read more »

Bink
5 months ago

i’m assuming one reason team Kamala is taking their time is to focus-group and poll the heck out of how relevant Shapiro’s ethnicity is to the electorate
 
Take your time, Team Kamala, i’m enjoying learning about all of these stellar Democrats across the country that are actually interested in governing! 👍

What if Vance is so bad he puts Ohio in play???

IvyGreen
5 months ago

“ripping out babies” is an allusion to antisemitic blood libel. 

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/blood-libel

Dexter
5 months ago

Ah, a nice thought, but Ohio is gone, gone with the wind, so to speak.  Trump’s poison has spread here . Goofy bastards have vans and trucks cruising around , painted TRUMP is brush strokes. In Defiance yesterday, I saw a big Ram truck with multiple giant Trump flags flying from all six stake-holes upside the truck bed.  This area and seemingly all of western Ohio where I live is RED .  Of course if the good folks in the power cities would get off their asses and vote, yeah, Harris wins.  But….

blueINdallas
5 months ago

My resident MAGAt thinks tRUMPsky’s “you won’t have to vote anymore” statement is “obscure.”     They claim they don’t understand what that means.   Yeah, they do.  Gaslighting?
 
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/26/mark-kelly-supports-the-pro-act-why-it-matters-to-his-vp-prospects/74534343007/
 
“Kelly, D-Ariz., told HuffPost on Wednesday that he would support a pro-union bill that has floated, inconsequentially, in Congress for years.”

“Kelly previously had expressed reservations about at least one provision of the bill but never signaled outright opposition to it.”

“My parents were both union members,” Kelly said in reference to his upbringing in New Jersey to parents who worked as police officers. “I come from a family of cops and firefighters, all union members. When I was younger at the Merchant Marine Academy serving on merchant ships, all union ships.”
 
Dex – Not anti-union. 
 

blueINdallas
5 months ago

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/26/business/trump-crypto-bitcoin/index.html

“And while Trump has locked in support from a handful of deep-pocketed Silicon Valley bigwigs like Marc Andreessen and the Winklevoss twins, his claim to be the “crypto candidate” may be a harder sell now than it was even just a week ago.”

“Almost immediately after Biden dropped out of the race Sunday, the tech world began buzzing about what a Harris administration could look like and how it might take a gentler approach to crypto regulation than Biden’s did.”

 
“Mark Cuban, the billionaire entrepreneur and bitcoin enthusiast, told the news site Decrypt that advisers to the vice president have reached out to him with questions about crypto, which he saw as a “good sign.” Cuban also told Politico on Tuesday that Harris would be “far more open” to crypto, though he noted that was “certainly not confirmed by the VP.”
 

Cuban isn’t as smart as I thought he was; crypto is a house of cards; it’s a game of chicken; it’s just gambling without a net.

whskyjack
5 months ago

BiD
If even the maga supporters don’t know what he is saying?
What a great attack ad, “You think you are confused? Even his most loyal supporters are going “wtf, that was some weird shit””
Jack

whskyjack
5 months ago

Crypto, high stakes gambling, in search of the next sucker. Crypto geeks are addicts not investors and should be treated so. 
Pity them, don’t accommodate them.
Jack

Sturgeone
5 months ago

Ohio…..first national vote on abortion.   
Outcome not assured. 

I bet there’s a lot of Ohio women getting sick and tired of riding around in trucks with a bunch of dumb flags and shit all over them. I mean, I know they’re out there…..chump women, just as ragged and ignorant as their friends and neighbors……but I’d wager that a lot of the younger wives and the kids….are looking at all this general insanity and wondering if maybe there’s not a way out.

craigcrawford
5 months ago

Trump next on stage in Nashville at BitCoin conference..

RebelliousRenee
5 months ago

speaking of trump… 
 
 

Sturgeone
5 months ago

Naziville again.  

craigcrawford
5 months ago

This speech is totally bizarre. Trump wants to replace the dollar with Bitcoin.

Sturgeone
5 months ago

Nelsons…..Lennon.   Not sure exactly what but something
may have gone full circle here.  

craigcrawford
5 months ago

He’s promising this Bitcoin conference everything they want, including pardons for their colleagues jailed for fraud. This speech needs to get a lot of coverage, scrutiny. It’s nuts.

This speech is going to get a lot of scrutiny. It’s as close to a major policy speech as he’s given. And this is the topic he chooses??? He has officially made cryptocurrency a campaign issue.

craigcrawford
5 months ago

TRUMP “I’m laying out my plan to ensure that the United States will be the crypto capital of the planet and the Bitcoin superpower of the World.. if Bitcoin is going to the Moon — as we say— I want America to be the nation that leads the way”

craigcrawford
5 months ago

And he promised to fire the SEC chairman for investigating Bitcoin fraud

Sturgeone
5 months ago

I guess I’ll just have to google bitcoin. 

I had been so hoping to avoid that.

I’ll give it a couple of days.

craigcrawford
5 months ago

I Googled it Sturg. And here’s what it said, sounds awful ..

“Cryptocurrencies are a relatively new and unregulated financial asset class that can be risky. Some potential risks include:

Price volatility

Cryptocurrency prices can fluctuate dramatically and quickly, and selling at the wrong time can result in significant losses.

Lack of regulation

The regulatory status of cryptocurrencies is unclear in many areas, and additional oversight is likely in the future.

Fraud and cybercrime

Scammers may target newcomers, and the technology and platforms used for trading are susceptible to hacking.

Theft or loss

If you store your cryptocurrency online, you don’t have the same protections as a bank account, and your funds could be at risk.

User risk

Unlike traditional finance, transactions cannot be reversed or canceled once they’ve been sent.

Counterparty risks

Many investors and merchants rely on exchanges or other custodians to store their cryptocurrency.

Mismanagement

Cryptocurrency projects often involve many teams, which can lead to mismanagement and negatively affect the value of the product”

craigcrawford
5 months ago

Some coverage of this bonkers speech..

Trump, if President, pledges to replace Federal Reserve with a Bitcoin Reserve, using 210,000 Bitcoin seized by the Department of Justice, as the core of a new “Strategic National Bitcoin Stockpile.”

TRUMP: “THE US GOVERNMENT WILL KEEP 100% OF THE BITCOIN IT OWNS, THIS WILL SERVE AS THE BASE FOR A STRATEGIC BITCOIN RESERVE”

craigcrawford
5 months ago

Our soon-to-be first FIrst Gentleman Doug Emhoff:

“Mr. Trump, I know you have so much trouble with pronouncing her name. Here’s the good news: after the election, you can just call her Madam President.”

VIDEO.. https://x.com/harryjsisson/status/1817297086146392469?t=tiin_kf5EXGs0Z0tyqB2_A&s=19

IvyGreen
5 months ago

Anything with crypt in its name is crap. 

craigcrawford
5 months ago

Trump as president in 2021: “Bitcoin, it just seems like a scam, another currency competing against the dollar” (FOX BUSINESS, 2021)

He told Fortune Magazine he’s “not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air.”

FORTUNE: “Donald Trump vows to make the U.S. a ‘Bitcoin superpower’ and create national stockpile of tokens”.. https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/07/27/donald-trump-bitcoin-2024-conference-kamala-harris-national-stockpile-gary-gensler-cbdc/

Who knows how much they’re bribing him for this reversal of policy. He sold the planet to the oil industry for a billion dollars.

Bink
5 months ago

trump, as head of a crime syndicate, heard that crypto is good for laundering money

trump’s like “we’re losing in every demo, let’s go after the organized crime vote”

craigcrawford
5 months ago

Here’s why he did a 180 on bitcoins

Bink
5 months ago

lol
the economy is doing so badly people have $844,600 to spend on nothing at all

Sturgeone
5 months ago

“The Killer Shrews”
Svengoolie. 

craigcrawford
5 months ago

Watching Trump-Vance Minnesota rally. JD subdued and spooked, maybe he got his pink slip from Putin. Trump coming up next…

Jamie
5 months ago

MAGA Christian freak out over the horse going down the Seine is now death on a pale horse bringing on the Apocalypse

blueINdallas
5 months ago

Notice that they list US dollars as payment to attend and get a pic with Orange Adolf.  Attendees can’t pay in Bitcoin?  

craigcrawford
5 months ago

During an interview with Sirius host Megyn Kelly, JD Vance discussed his wife, Usha Vance:

“Obviously, she’s not a white person… but I love Usha, she’s such a good mom.”

VIDEO.. During an interview with Sirius host Megyn Kelly, JD Vance discussed his wife, Usha Vance: https://x.com/frankrichny/status/1817355205492482225

Sturgeone
5 months ago

She’s not a white person, but she’s very articulate and never gets uppity.   

Bink
5 months ago

the hits just keep comin’! 

Bink
5 months ago

you can see the shame in Meghan Kelly’s eyes, reflects off her hair extensions 😆 

yo doofus you say “you got a problem with my wife say it to my face”, not “i love my wife even though she’s not white”

holy shit

Usha’s thinking “damnit my kids have his weasel genes 😭 “

Pogo
5 months ago

Had the NBC Olympics coverage (which sucks, btw unless you prefer commercials to commentary during ongoing events) on while I was installing a closet system for Mrs. P today. The Lyin’ Dangerous San Francisco ultra liberal Kamala super PACs are blanketing the coverage with their ads. 

Pogo
5 months ago

Bink, he’s a pussy. 

Bink
5 months ago

but that’s the mother of his children

Bink
5 months ago

The people who would have a problem with his wife are like 4chan incels- that’s maybe a half a percent of the electorate

what the fuck are they doing at Team Trump, keep doing it whatever it is

Bink
5 months ago

Republicans praising their wives:
 
”she is an adequate birthing vessel ❤️ “

blueINdallas
5 months ago

Incels, by definition, are childless and Jumbo Douche is their clown prince…for now.

Orange Adolf will give him the heave-ho (Vance will withdraw, probably under duress – hey, it’s the mob and he knew what he was getting into) on 8/19 to highjack the news cycle as the DNC begins.

ps – Fill up up your gas tanks around the 10th.

Bink
5 months ago

what a fortunate circumstance to have a VP candidate hat will have been praised for weeks as opposed to the knocked-around 2nd-place finisher of a contentious primary
 
the challenge will be resisting arrogance

Meanwhile the GOP has to run opposition research on 4-7 people and they couldn’t even vet one 👍

Pogo
5 months ago

I can’t find a uterus emoji. 

blueINdallas
5 months ago

Mark Kelly would be tough to oppose.  He’s a veteran, an astronaut, and he used to be a Republican so they can’t scream liberal-commie.

blueINdallas
5 months ago

🏆 That’s as close to a uterus as I can find.