Hmm: Quinnipiac Flips in PA?
Posted By: Dreadnought, 10/31/2024 2:49:45 PM
Thus far, we've avoided focusing on single polls in the presidential election. Having been burned by that approach in the past, we have instead watched trends across aggregated poll data to ensure we don't get ahead of our skis. The Quinnipiac poll released late yesterday justifies an exception. First, we're coming down to final iterations in the closing days of the campaign, where pollsters presumably will do their best to ensure accuracy compared to the election outcomes. And second, this is the first time Quinnipiac has shown Donald Trump with a lead -- any lead -- in Pennsylvania (hat tip to A.W. Guerra in Thursday's Wednesday's Final Word):
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The Washington Post caused a stir last Friday when it declared it would not be endorsing a presidential candidate in 2024 — asserting the paper was "returning to [its] roots," even while acknowledging that it had been over 50 years since it last declined to endorse in a presidential election.
This stunning announcement caused no shortage of consternation among the outlet's already dwindling readership, prompting thousands of readers to cancel their subscriptions in outrage and The Post's owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, to issue a lengthy, navel-gazing editorial on the rationale for not just endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris (when she clearly is their preferred candidate).
Arizona's top prosecutor investigating
Trump's comments about Cheney as possible
death threat 5 replies
Trump's comments about Cheney as possible
death threat 5 replies
PHOENIX — Arizona's top prosecutor tells 12News she is investigating whether Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump violated state law by making a "death threat" against former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney during remarks Thursday night at an event in Glendale.
"I have already asked my criminal division chief to start looking at that statement, analyzing it for whether it qualifies as a death threat under Arizona's laws," Attorney General Mayes, a first-term Democrat, said during Friday's taping of "Sunday Square Off." "I'm not prepared now to say whether it was or it wasn't, but it is not helpful as we prepare for our election and as we try to make sure
The great election of 2024 is coming to a head, with only hours left until Election Day. So, where do things stand? Let's take a look at what is likely to be the last major tranche of presidential polls, just for laughs.
The RealClearPolitics averages of the battlegrounds are what I've been heavily leaning on all along in this race, so let's see where things stand. Thumbnail: There has been some tightening up of several of the races, which is typical at this point in the cycles. But Donald Trump is still leading Kamala Harris in five of the seven battlegrounds:
Arizona: Trump +2.3
Nevada: Trump +0.9
Wisconsin: Harris +0.3
Michigan: Harris +0.8
We've seen a lot of momentum going in the direction of former President Donald Trump in the last couple of weeks in the polls. In that time, he's even taken over the popular vote poll. He's now leading by 0.5 in the national vote, 48.5 to 48. He's also up 1.0 in the battleground states.
But there are a couple of interesting things to note, including a new shock poll from Echelon Insights, which is a well-thought of poll. The most interesting thing is what it has to say about Pennsylvania. It has Trump up by 6 points head to head with Harris, 52-46, and 5 points
'Tipping the scales': House GOP leaders
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hit with subpoena 5 replies
rip ActBlue after Dem fundraising giant
hit with subpoena 5 replies
Top House Republicans are coalescing behind the House Administration Committee’s subpoena of Democratic fundraising giant ActBlue.
Republicans have accused the company of having insufficient donor verification standards. Committee Chair Bryan Steil, R-Wis., has argued that the site is vulnerable to fraudulent and illegal foreign donations, though ActBlue has said it "rigorously protects donors’ security."
"ActBlue has a lot of explaining to do, and Chairman Steil is right to demand answers on these very serious allegations of foreign funds being funneled through the platform," Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., chairman of House Republicans’ campaign arm, told Fox News Digital.
Trump Drove a Truck Through the Pro-Dem
Messaging in the Press, and Now They Have
a Mess to Clean Up 11 replies
Messaging in the Press, and Now They Have
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To start, I want to show you a post from CNN’s reconstituted media maven, Brian Stelter. He was speaking with a network honcho about the state of the media these days. Specifically, this top-flight media figure was outright declaring that the media has failed in its mission, given that half the country (according to polls) supports Trump. This is kind of staggering to see. Not that we do not believe this is how they have been behaving, but to see this admission coming from the top of a network shows the breadth of this effort. They see it as their mission to bring down Trump,
Vice President Harris could win the presidential election next week. But fingers in Democratic circles are already being pointed behind the scenes, in the event that she falls to former President Trump.
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Fingers are being pointed at Harris and her campaign when it comes to disappointment over her messaging, particularly on the economy. But some Democrats have already looked to pin the blame on President Biden, who some think took too long to step aside.
Donald Trump responded Thursday to Mark Cuban’s statement on The View that he is never around “strong, intelligent women.”
Trump posted on Truth Social “I surround myself with the strongest of women” and that “all strong women, and women in general, should be very angry about this weak man’s statement.” Trump’s statement in full reads:
Mark Cuban, a really dumb guy, who thinks he’s “hot stuff” but he’s absolutely nothing, is now out there saying that I don’t surround myself with strong women. Actually, he is very wrong, I surround myself with the strongest of women – with the understanding that ALL women are great, whether strong or not strong.
AP sources: White House altered record
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of Biden’s ‘garbage’ remarks despite
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WASHINGTON — White House press officials altered the official transcript of a call in which President Joe Biden appeared to take a swipe at supporters of Donald Trump, drawing objections from the federal workers who document such remarks for posterity, according to two U.S. government officials and an internal email obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.
Biden created an uproar earlier this week with his remarks to Latino activists responding to racist comments at a Trump rally made by the comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who referred to the U.S. island territory of Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”
Biden, according to a transcript prepared by the official White House stenographers
Former President Trump is suing CBS News over a “60 Minutes” interview it broadcast with Vice President Harris earlier this month that he and his allies have claimed was edited to cast her in a positive light.
The lawsuit, which seeks $10 billion in damages and was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas alleges the network engaged in “partisan and unlawful acts of election and voter interference through malicious, deceptive, and substantial news distortion.” “To paper over Kamala’s ‘word salad’ weakness, CBS used its national platform on 60 Minutes to cross the line from the exercise of judgment in reporting to deceitful, deceptive manipulation
A new poll has found that former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are essentially tied among voters in the battleground state of Michigan.
The Washington Post poll of 1,004 registered voters reveals that Trump is leading Harris there 47% to 45%. Among that group, those who said they were likely to vote for Harris over Trump 47%-46%.
The poll was conducted Oct. 24-28 and has a margin of error of 3.7%. Of those who responded, six out of every 10 voters view the state of the economy negatively, according to The Washington Post.
Is the Media Getting the Message Yet?
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The short answer is yes. But they don't yet understand what it means.
After years of watching trust in the news media slide down so much that POLITICIANS are now more trusted than journalists, it is dawning on executives and some journalists that people dislike them...they really really dislike them.
But they don't yet understand why. They see the distrust of Americans as an indictment of Americans. We are irredeemable, deplorable, Nazis, and garbage. That sentiment is not directed merely at Trump supporters; it's aimed at every dissenting voice regardless of ideology. It is of course aimed at conservatives in the main because support for Trump is proof positive
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CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell accused former President Donald Trump “and his supporters” of not giving President Joe Biden “grace” over his “garbage” remarks.
O’Donnell referred to how Trump rode on a garbage truck to his rally in Wisconsin a day after Biden described Trump voters as being “garbage.” “Former President Donald Trump was in North Carolina earlier, and tonight he’s also in Wisconsin,” O’Donnell. “He landed in Green Bay just a short time ago, and pulled, then, this campaign stunt, speaking to reporters from a garbage truck, proof that he and his supporters are giving no grace to a gaffe by President Biden, where he in his explanation, inadvertently
Boards are going up in Washington, DC, less than a week from the election, at it seems some businesses are anticipating riots on election night.
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The McDonald’s next to the White House also has plywood going up over the building,
Actress Rosie O'Donnell has claimed she is on the verge of taking pills as she continues to worry that former President Donald Trump will beat Vice President Kamala Harris in this year's presidential election. [SNIP] She also expressed her concerns about Russian infiltration in the election, and claimed Trump would try to claim there was voter fraud if he loses.
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An ad that encourages women to lie to their husbands about supporting Kamala Harris is getting blasted on social media.
The ad supporting Vice President Kamala Harris, which was released by Vote Common Good, was voiced by actress Julia Roberts. “In the one place in America where women still have the right to choose, you can vote any way you want,” Roberts says. “And no one will ever know.”
In the ad, a woman wearing a bedazzled American flag hat votes for Harris. When she leaves the voting booth, her husband asks if she made the “right choice.”
How Barack Obama really feels about daughter
Malia’s decision to drop her last name professionally 26 replies
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Barack Obama shared his reaction to his daughter Malia dropping her last name for her directorial debut.
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“Her first film went to Sundance and all these fancy film festivals and she didn’t use Obama as a director on the credits,” he said during Tuesday’s episode of the “Pivot” podcast.
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Former President Trump is suing CBS News over a “60 Minutes” interview it broadcast with Vice President Harris earlier this month that he and his allies have claimed was edited to cast her in a positive light.
The lawsuit, which seeks $10 billion in damages and was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas alleges the network engaged in “partisan and unlawful acts of election and voter interference through malicious, deceptive, and substantial news distortion.” “To paper over Kamala’s ‘word salad’ weakness, CBS used its national platform on 60 Minutes to cross the line from the exercise of judgment in reporting to deceitful, deceptive manipulation
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban claimed Thursday on ABC’s “The View” that you never see former President Donald Trump around “strong, intelligent women.” [snip]It turns out Donald Trump is not even asking Nikki Haley for her help to try to reach her voters.[snip] “…you never see him around strong, intelligent women. Ever. It’s just that simple. They’re intimidating to him. He doesn’t like to be challenged by them and, you know, Nikki Haley will call him on his nonsense with reproductive rights and how he sees and treats and talks about women. I mean, he just can’t have her around. It wouldn’t work.”
Los Angeles descended into chaos Wednesday night as belligerent baseball fans set a bus on fire while others clashed with cops and looters ran amok following the Dodgers’ World Series victory.
The Los Angeles Police Department shared footage of a mob of looters running in and out of a boarded-up Nike store carrying merchandise and throwing it into cars parked outside the store about four miles from Dodger Stadium just after 11 p.m.
The LAPD said it was “aware of the looting” and has made arrests but did not disclose how many suspects were taken into custody.
Schools That Forfeited Volleyball Matches
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Asked to Pay ‘Damages” To San Jose
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Two of the five schools which chose to cancel and forfeit their women’s volleyball matches rather than compete against biological male player Blaire Fleming have been asked for money from San Jose State University (SJSU). Boise State University (BSU) and Utah State University, have been asked by SJSU to pay the school $1,250 each to compensate for revenue lost when the matches were forfeited.
Former President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he intends to create a new Cabinet position geared toward cutting the cost of living if elected to a second term in the White House.
He made the announcement as part of a “new step” to get “emergency price relief to all Americans” while speaking at a rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with less than a week to go before Election Day.
“I will create a new Cabinet position for a senior member of my administration who will be tasked exclusively with doing everything in the federal government’s power to reduce the cost of living,” Trump said.
America First Legal won big today in a lawsuit against Arizona’s Democrat Secretary of State Adrian Fontes.
The Superior Court of Arizona ordered Secretary Fontes to release the list of up to 218,000 registered voters who did not provide proof of citizenship as required by law.
Secretary Fontes must release the list by Monday.
Fontes previously claimed a computer glitch allowed more than 200,000 people in Arizona to register without proof of citizenship so America First Legal sued him on behalf of Strong Communities Foundation of Arizona, known as “EZAZ.org.”
World Series celebrations descended into chaos in the early hours of Thursday morning in Los Angeles, with shops being looted by gangs and fireworks thrown at cops in the street.The LAPD shared a video of people rushing out of Nike stores stealing boxes, while a bus was burnt down near Dodger Stadium. Nobody was believed to be hurt. Police said that arrests had been made but did not immediately reveal how many people had been detained.