The Washington Post is reporting that: A private security company is recruiting former U.S. military Special Operations personnel to guard polling sites in Minnesota on Election Day, an effort the chairman of the company said is intended to prevent left-wing activists from disrupting the election but that the state attorney general warned would amount to …
2020 Elections
Open Thread: Colorado From Cherry Red to Midnight Blue
Okay, it’s more deep purple to blue, but I needed an excuse to listen to Lou Gramm. Although when I moved back here in the early 90’s it was a cherry red state. But we fixed that. I know we are not Texas-level electoral college numbers (and you keep on moving that needle Texas) but …
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Friday Morning Open Thread: Happy Leif Erikson Day
Wow. This is really good. pic.twitter.com/soVHgqXXMo — John Aravosis ?????????????? (@aravosis) October 7, 2020 Readership capture — one week from today: MSNBC to air ‘The Way I See It’ documentary about Pete Souza, October 16 at 10pm ET Former White House photographer Pete Souza says new documentary "The Way I See It" is "not a …
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Thursday Evening Open Thread: GOTV
Respite, of a sort… Check your registration and make a plan to vote early today at https://t.co/eowv4dDOz2. @ItsAdamW #ThirstTrapTheVote pic.twitter.com/QN1jWGQQOR — comedycentral (@ComedyCentral) October 1, 2020 When you think the world is unfair, remember, it is. It’s unfair that someone who’s as superb a baseball player also has such charisma & on-screen talent. https://t.co/lx2QjWtqFn — …
Open Thread: Joe and Kamala LIVE! Soul of the Nation in AZ
We have the opportunity to elect a leader who will unify this nation. And that leader is @JoeBiden. We don't have a moment to waste. https://t.co/Q2RbOQZwv9 pic.twitter.com/rau5qvJyZf — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 8, 2020 I again will again put in a plug for Biden’s speech at Gettysburg here. It will lift your spirits. …
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Today In Stochastic Terrorism: The FBI and Michigan State Police Prevent the Kidnapping of Governor Whitmer
I can’t imagine why anyone in Michigan would think it was okay to plan a terroristic kidnapping and execution of the state governor? LIBERATE MICHIGAN! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 17, 2020 Well that tweet explains it… From The Detroit News (emphasis mine) The FBI says it thwarted what it described as a plot to …
Captain Queeg phones Fox Business
Well, Trump has always been a stupid, offensive jerk with more powers of projection than every shuttered cineplex combined and multiplied by infinity. So, day ending in d-a-y and all of that, but I do think the president of Red America is becoming more unhinged by the hour: Trump refers to Kamala Harris as "this …