Thursday, October 17, 2024

Ari Melber - Georgia 2024 'Early Vote' Smashes Records - As Harris Hits Trump With GOP Teammates

Ari Mellber - Inside Harris' 'Gladiator' Moment - Obama Vet On How She Beat Fox

David Pakman - Trump Gets What He Deserves In Latino Town Hall - Audience Disgusted

Mr. Newberger's AI Funnies - A Day Of Love

Trend

 Yahoo News: An 18-mile stroll? Why the extreme walk trend has people crossing their cities on foot. By Kaitlin Reilly

Meidas Touch - Trump Grows More Alarmed With Early Vote Trends

Meidas Touch - Trump Worst Nightmare Arrives With Final Attack Ads

The Bulwark - McConnell Privately Said Trump's A 'Despicable Human Being'

'Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain'

 Willie Nelson - Live From Austin City Limits, 1976

Joe Walsh - Kamala Harris’s Appearance On Fox News Won Her The Election

The Lincoln Project - 7 Calls

Michael Cohen - Kamala Shreds Trump In FOX Interview

Meidas Touch - Trump Suddenly Cancels Appearances As Health Collapses

Next

 Washington Post: Opinion - What Liz Cheney and other honorable Republicans should do next - The MAGA-tainted GOP might be past repair. But there are other ways for conservatives to regain their voices. By Jen Rubin

In an ideal world from Cheney’s perspective, devastating MAGA losses in another election cycle or two would wipe it out and leave the remnants of the party for her to sweep up and reconstitute into a viable, pro-democracy party.

China

 NPR: China ends international adoption. Reactions range from shock to relief By Emily Feng

Brian Tyler Cohen - Fox Host Concedes Defeat After Interview With Kamala

MSNBC - Israel Official - 'Very Likely' Hamas Chief Sinwar Is Dead

Lawrence O'Donnell - Bret Baier Lied And Kamala Harris Forcefully Responds

The Bulwark - The Moment Kamala Put Fox News In Its Place!

 Listen to at least the first half of this clip.

Meidas Touch - Wow! Kamala Shreds Trump On GOP Turf In PA Speech

Key

 Washington Post: Five key moments from Kamala Harris’s heated Fox News interview - Kamala Harris took part in an adversarial interview with Fox News discussing issues from immigration to gender-affirming surgery. Here are some of the key moments. By Adela Suliman

She also said, “I do not believe in decriminalizing border crossings, and I’ve not done that as vice president, and I will not do that as president.”

The Onion - How Trump Will Challenge The 2024 Election If He Loses

 The Onion: How Trump Will Challenge The 2024 Election If He Loses

War

 Axios: Israeli officials say Hamas leader Sinwar likely killed by IDF By Barak Ravid

Mary Trump - Awkward - Donald Trump Is A Total Embarrassment And Becomes A Dancing Fool At Rally

Comment

 He's canceling all kinds of interviews because his worsening dementia coupled with his worsening malignant narcissism makes him sound crazier, more delusional, and incoherent by the day. Now he thinks he's the father of IVF. What's next, will he say he's the father of modern civilization?

'Got To Give It Up'

 Marvin Gaye

Meidas Touch - Fox News Loses It After Kamala Interview Backfires

Morning Joe. - Jimmy Carter Casts His Ballot For Kamala Harris

'Per Te'

 My most popular track on Spotify

Have An Excellent Thursday

'After the Rain' 1925. By Josef Stoitzner 1884 - 1951


 


Simon Rosenberg - I Would Much Rather Be Us Than Them - My Latest 2024 Electon Video With Ruben Gallego And Tom Bonior

Morning Joe - Mika - Nothing Fair And Balanced About What We Saw In Harris' Interview

Meidas Touch - Trump Caught In Unlawful Foreign Contact Scheme

Stephen Colbert - Georgia Sets Early Voting Record - Trump, Tariff Is My Favorite Word - Walz Dresses The Part

Jimmy Kimmel - Trump's All-Women Town Hall - Says He’s the Father Of IVF - Dave Bautista Shreds Trump's Masculinity

John Flannery - October 16, 2024

It's Down

 CBS News: Politics Harris says violent crime is down. Trump says it's up. Here's a fact check. By Laura Doan

The 2023 violent crime rate is just slightly above the rates reported in 2014 and 2021, which are the lowest reported since 1970.

Frogs

 Good News Network: Seven New Frog Species Were Named After Star Trek Captains: ‘To Boldly Croak’ By Andy Corbley

Rally

 The Bulwark: They Were Hectored by MAGA. They Showed Up for Harris Anyway. Bob and Kristina Lange saw hate mail and threats pour in after they cut a video for the vice president. They spoke at her rally on Wednesday. By Jim Swift

Militaries

 Inside Climate News: Pollution From World’s Militaries in Spotlight at UN Summit - Should international climate pacts require militaries to comprehensively report the amount of greenhouse gases they release into the atmosphere? By Ken McLaughlin, The War Horse

Course

 Guardian UK: A US university has a new requirement to graduate: take a climate change course - UC San Diego has added an innovative prerequisite to ‘prepare students for the future they really will encounter’ By Katharine Gammon

Indiana

 Guardian UK: ‘Unlimited dollars’: how an Indiana hospital chain took over a region and jacked up prices - In the nation’s most affordable metro area, getting hurt or sick is expensive By George Joseph, Will Craft and Jessica Glenza

Obstruction

 Washington Post: Trump can be charged with obstruction after high court ruling, filing says, Special counsel Jack Smith said in a new filing that a Supreme Court ruling tossing an obstruction count against some Jan. 6 defendants does not help Trump. By Spencer S. Hsu and Perry Stein

...the Supreme Court explained that [the obstruction statute]’s criminal prohibition includes ‘creating false evidence,’” namely “fraudulent electoral certificates..."

War

 Washington Post: Israel complicates election’s final stretch, an issue Democrats hoped would fade - Benjamin Netanyahu’s escalating assaults in Gaza and Lebanon have become a growing vulnerability for Kamala Harris amid her bid for the presidency. By John Hudson, Yasmeen Abutaleb, Mohamad El Chamaa and Missy Ryan

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set the Gaza Strip ablaze with a renewed bombing campaign and launched a ground invasion into Lebanon alongside aerial strikes in Beirut aimed at annihilating the militant group Hezbollah.

Tribalism

 Salon: "Femiphobia" motivates MAGA males: Psychologist Stephen Ducat on the gendered tribalism of Trumpism - "Femiphobia in conservative men has more of an impact on their social and political behavior than in liberal men" By Chauncey DeVega

The Father Of IVF

 Salon: "We want fertilization": Trump's all-female Fox News town hall wasn't for women, but his male base - Trump called himself “the father of IVF,” but then admitted he asked Katie Britt to tell him what it is By Amanda Marcotte

The Market On Thursday

Good morning. At 6:32 a.m. ET DOW futures are +12, S&P futures are +24.75, and NASDAQ futures are +164.5. The market is poised to open significantly higher. Source

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Chris Hayes - Maddow’s Bombshell Reporting - Trump Trying To Pay Stormy Daniels To Be Quiet Again

The Bulwark - Kamala Livid On Fox News! Eviscerates Trump Over Military Threats!

Brian Tyler Cohen - Trump Goes Into Free Fall Ahead Of Election Day

Nicolle Wallace - Trump Shows Signs Of Age - Increasingly Erratic Behavior With 20 Days Until Election

Nicolle Wallace - 'Unhinged' - Donald Trump Calls Himself The 'Father Of IVF'

 The cheese has slipped off Trump's cracker.

UAPs

 Science News: Scientists are getting serious about UFOs. Here’s why - Understanding what are now called UAPs is crucial for national security and aircraft safety By Sid Perkins

How To

 Get Pocket: How to Actually Remember People’s Names - These tips can keep you from greeting someone with “Hey ... you!” ever again. By Lisa Kanarek

Meidas Touch - Trump Gets Bad News With New Voting Data

How Low Can They Go

 Mother Jones: Trump Super-PAC Sent Out Bogus Medicare Cancellation Notice to Scare Voters About Kamala Harris - MAGA, Inc. has disseminated a mailer to seniors that claims the veep is shutting down the program. By David Corn

The Bulwark - Does Trump Have Dementia? Kamala's Closing Argument Needs To Go After His Insanity!

Brian Tyler Cohen - Democrats Score Huge Win With Surprise Announcement

James Carville - Trump Is Mad And Has Dementia

Jen Rubin - How Trump Is Already Trying To Steal The Election

Sabotaging

 Washington Post: Opinion - Think hard, Republicans. You really want to do this again? If Harris wins, the GOP would be sabotaging a bright future by not conceding that Trump lost. By Matt Bai

And if she (Harris) does (win), I think the chances of Trump conceding that election are somewhere between zero and negative one.

That’s where your choice comes in, again. That’s when you get to decide whether you’re willing to follow Trump so far down the dark path of fraud and insurrection that it’s almost inconceivable you could find your way back.

Mood

 NPR: Science-backed mood boosters to (almost instantly) snap you out of a funk By Marielle Segarra and Connie Hanzhang Jin

Morning Joe - Georgia Sets New First Day Early Voting Record

Jimmy Kimmel - Trevor Noah On Trump’s Feud With Jimmy

The Bulwark - Mercy Rule? Ted Cruz Humiliated At Debate! Colin Allred Hammers Him On Jan. 6!

Meidas Touch - Trump Stricken By News He Feared…Americans Turn Against Him

 A little optimism

Survive

 Washington Post: How Asheville residents survive without running water, weeks after Helene - “You don’t realize how important water is until you don’t have it,” said one of thousands of North Carolinians still without a water supply after Hurricane Helene. By Sarah Kaplan, Brady Dennis and Scott Dance

It is likely to still be weeks or months before taps in this part of Appalachia begin flowing with clean, potable water. The hurricane demolished key components of a system that serves about 160,000 households in and around Asheville.

The Onion - Supreme Court Rules 6-3 To Open Evil Tomb Of Batibat

 The Onion: Supreme Court Rules 6-3 To Open Evil Tomb Of Batibat

Meet

 Axios: Meet the billionaires funneling millions into the 2024 race By Ivana Saric

Meidas Touch - Fox News Blows Up Over Trump Dementia Symptoms…

Forty

 Greatist: 40 Relaxing Activities You Might Try to Relieve Stress Fast