Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Well, whatever it is, it’s better than being a Republican.

Today’s gop: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Can we lighten up on the doomsday scenarios?

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

I’m pretty sure there’s only one Jack Smith.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

Many life forms that would benefit from greater intelligence, sadly, do not have it.

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

Israel is using food as a weapon of war. Unforgivable.

I was promised a recession.

Elections aren’t won by handwringing, cowering, and/or bashing your own candidates.

Cole, when it comes to calico cats, restraint is overrated.

Motown is Joe-Town!

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

The Supreme Court is corrupt. Democrats must win in November and force court reform.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

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Harris and Walz Live Events Today: Open Thread

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The Gov is in Grand Rapids:

 

Madam VP is in Greensboro, NC

These teams know what they are doing:

 

And this went up while I was out, so you can watch it while we wait for the evening event.

 

New ad dropped:

And these amused me today:

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  2. 2.

    Leto

    I watched it more than once, and felt better with each viewing. And that’s still the sanitized version of what she was probably thinking.

  5. 5.

    Doc Sardonic

    I have absolutely no shred, shade or shadow, not even a scintilla of doubt, that in that moment of pause there was a fight of epic proportions going on in her mind and voice box to catch MOTHERFUCKA, before it got past her teeth. Having had that fight, lost it and had the word escape, than win catching it before it got past my teeth fo fly and be free.

  7. 7.

    hells littlest angel

    Thanks so much for the link to the rally. Listening to her fills me with confidence and hope.

  10. 10.

    Doc Sardonic

    @Baud: I know, because I live in Florida, we have a significant Haitian population, but I had no idea the number was that large. That is a potential election swinging number.

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    Ann Marie

    Since this is an open thread, maybe somebody has info on this.  I keep getting texts asking me who I am voting for.  If I put the number into google, there is a suggestion it is spam.  The number is 928-599-1903 — at least for the most recent one.  I have just clicked the button to tell T-Mobile to delete and treat as spam, but I am curious if it might be legit.  I’m in Pennsylvania.

  23. 23.

    Jeffro

    @HumboldtBlue: omg too good!

    The looped “they’re eating the dogs they’re eating the cats…eat the cat, eat the cat” is taking on a life of its own.  People are posting dances and everything! LOL

    Maybe just this once, our complete unseriousness as a nation is going to save us.

  27. 27.

    Josie (also)

    I just got back from the Charlotte Rally. A huge crowd with energy and enthusiasm, took us two hours to get into the Coliseum. Kamela was great. She talked about voting up and down the ballot, and had the North Carolina Democratic candidates for Governor, Attorney General, and our current Governor, Roy Cooper. It was really well done.

  28. 28.

    cain

    @Doc Sardonic:

    lol – they keep thinking that going after immigrants is going to be the winner. But once you start targeting specific populations…

    Marianne Williamson put out some racist shit about Haitian voodoo without understanding voodoo. Voodoo animal sacrifices do not include cats and dogs or even geese.

    Morons.

    Plus you know those MAGAs are going to be harassing Haitian people everywhere.

  34. 34.

    H.E.Wolf

    @Ann Marie:f I put the number into google, there is a suggestion it is spam. The number is 928-599-1903​

     928 is an area code in AZ. It comes up null in usphonebook.com, which might mean it’s designated as a business #.

    Either way, it sounds spammy as all get-out.

  35. 35.

    BR

    @Josie (also):

    Great to hear. I have friends headed to the Greensboro rally.

    You also have an exceptional candidate for agriculture commissioner, Sarah Taber. Not a high profile election, but if she wins, I could see her heading up USDA in a couple of years.

  37. 37.

    BR

    I’m surprised at how small the rally venue is for Walz in Michigan. I would have thought he could attract at least a couple thousand on his own.

  38. 38.

    Bill Arnold

    The Joy of Watching Kamala Harris Beat Down an Old Man (Rude Pundit, 9/11/2024)
    Some of the milder bits:

    She beat him down in a way that he probably hasn’t been beaten down since his hideous father likely pounded him. She degraded his record, reduced his presence, and obliterated his talking points. She was, to this incredibly biased observer, near perfect in her execution of the execution of Trump’s ego. Harris fucked him up good.
    …
    You were literally seeing a prosecutor take on a game show host and it went exactly like you’d think that would go.
    …
    When he refused to answer whether or not he’d support Ukraine in its war with Russia, she gutted him by saying that he would let Russia have Ukraine and “Putin would be sitting in Kiev with his eyes on the rest of Europe, starting with Poland. And why don’t you tell the 800,000 Polish Americans right here in Pennsylvania how quickly you would give up for the sake of favor” and talked about how world leaders think he’s a fucking joke, an easily flattered bitch boy.
    …
    And when Trump would say something completely divorced from reality, Harris would smile as if she thought it was time to give Gramps his pudding cup, shut off Fox “news,” and tuck him in.
    …
    Harris’s evisceration of Trump and the entire empty charade of MAGA ideology might sway a few people in the narrow swath of voters who are still persuadable. But the real accomplishment was in pumping up the rest of us, we the choir, and gettin us geared up to get out there and work to make this presidency happen and end the tyranny of Trump’s drain on our national spirit. She showed us how to handle it: with the sword of muted rage and a dagger of a smile.

  41. 41.

    KatKapCC

    I love that last video!! And yeah, wingnuts, I love her laugh, too. I think she sounds sweet and happy and fun…exactly the opposite of the maga morons.

  43. 43.

    KatKapCC

    I wonder if Taylor might do some kind of fundraiser concert or something. Probably not, but dang, if she did, that would rake in a lot, I bet.

  45. 45.

    BR

    @New Deal democrat:

    I’ve seen some academics throwing cold water on the polling saying that folks made this mistake in 2012 after Romney’s debate “win” because of non-response bias after debates.

  49. 49.

    Geminid

    @Bill Arnold: I will be interested in how voting goes this year among Ukrainian- and Polish-Americans. I’m not sure if there will be much good data, but maybe some localities with a lot of these folks will show some of them breaking for Harris. I tend to stereotype them as a plus-Republican demographic group; formerly, the “Reagan Democrats.”

  58. 58.

    brendancalling

    I have three go-to curses:

    God DAMMIT, a la Bob Odenkirk.

    Son of a BITCH.

    And, like Kamala, “motherFUCKer.”

    I try to avoid using these at the middle school. Sometimes I even succeed.

  59. 59.

    patrick II

    I have no doubt that Kamala’s pause was deliberate and timed for us to fill-in exactly the words most of us filled in.

  62. 62.

    HumboldtBlue

    Donald Trump, JD Vance, and other Republicans are about to find out what a big mistake it was to demonize the Haitian people in this country because now they’re mobilizing against MAGA’s “nastiness.”

    This woman hit the nail on the head “we chose to be Americans…I don’t want that nonsense in Haiti, why would I accept this here?”a

  64. 64.

    KatKapCC

    @HumboldtBlue: My favorite moment was a video of him from a week or so ago where he was visiting a bakery of some kind, I think they specialized in…whoopie pies? Moon pies? But they had other things, and at one point Tim says “I don’t have any problems picking out donuts” with a laugh.

  67. 67.

    Ishiyama

    She said it! I saw it right off the bat. You may have heard about lip reading; this was face reading. It is just as clear with the sound off.

  68. 68.

    trnc

    Just heard the gboro crowd may have hit 20,000. I suspect not quite because some upper sections were closed off and seating capacity is 22,000, but probably at least 18k. Lotta people on the floor, too.

  69. 69.

    frosty

    How do you find out where and when they’re going to have a rally? I’d hate to miss one close by here in South Pennsyltucky.

  74. 74.

    Josie

    @Doc Sardonic: ​
     I ran the numbers. Trump won Florida by 371,686 votes in 2020. That is perilously close to the 300,000 number. Did no one do their homework before spouting this nonsense?

  76. 76.

    Doc Sardonic

    @Josie: Florida, I think at this point is going to hinge on turnout of our coalitions and sit outs from the MAGA groups.  I also believe that what needs to be done in Florida is a continuation of the subtle push to demoralize the MAGA folks and not so subtle pushes to bring in groups on the margins that we can reach. Peeling off a percent here and there can significantly improve things.

  79. 79.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Ishiyama:

    She said it! I saw it right off the bat. You may have heard about lip reading; this was face reading. It is just as clear with the sound off. 

    Agreed.

  80. 80.

    steve g

    I can see the Harris laugh from the “eat the cat, eat eat the cat” loop becoming a frequently reused clip over the next year or two, to put up beside any male politician or other public figure in need of some laughing scorn.

  81. 81.

    Bex

    @KatKapCC: Walz said he was looking for apple cider donuts.  They are THE BEST cake donuts you can get.  They are seasonal  and available now nationally at Dunkin and Aldi, and locally if you live in the midwest.  Treat yourself, especially if you’ve never had one or maybe a dozen…

  82. 82.

    Kayla Rudbek

    @brendancalling: I’m going to have to train myself out of some foul language when I start working onsite again. More to avoid offending the churchgoers, I figure the veterans can handle that language (and the Marine and Army veterans may give me some guidance about how to curse even more effectively). I’m supposed to be the mild-mannered IP attorney and my sibling is supposed to be the jackbooted federal thug, after all.

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