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“It is extraordinarily rare for a country to be able to reduce inflation without creating a recession, but the Biden administration has managed to do so, producing what economists call a ‘soft landing,’ rather like catching an egg on a plate. As Bryan Mena of CNN wrote today: ‘The US economy seems to have pulled off a remarkable and historic achievement.’”

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-30-2024

#economy #economics #inflation #election #elections #election2024


Even as the #election will shape the #judiciary, the judiciary may also shape the election. As in 2020, #Republicans & #Democrats have already asked federal #judges, including those on #SCOTUS, to resolve disputes about ballots before Election Day. Their rulings could determine the outcome of a close race.

Perhaps related, Americans’ faith in the #courts has eroded in the #Trump era.

#law #courts #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024


Fraudsters Exploit US General Election Fever, FBI Warns.

Read more in my article on the Tripwire blog: https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/fraudsters-exploit-us-general-election-fever-fbi-warns

#cybersecurity #scam #politics #election


Line at the #Harris rally in #Madison #Wisconsin is long at doors open ~3 PM.

What you see is in front of me, probably longer behind me now (there is a building so I can’t see anymore).

#uspol #politics #uspolitics #election #wi


Hillary Clinton’s pre-election night rally in Philadelphia, 2016.

The lesson? A large crowd does not guarantee victory. Voting does, so go vote!

#Vote #Election #Vote2024 #Election2024


If work is any indication, Donald Trump is going to win the Presidency. 😭

We're all fucked, because there are too many damn stupid people here. The stupidity starts with the establishment, and not the voters. You'll fucked around and now are going to find out, as democracy dies. Maybe that was the plan all along.

#Vote #Election


I'll be attending the #Harris rally in #Madison #WI today.

Expect pictures and updates throughout!

Doors open at 3 PM Central Time and event is scheduled to begin at 5:30 PM.

#uspol #politics #uspolitics #election


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🗳️ 2) Who do you think WILL win the US election?

✔ The #poll results will only come out after the #election.

✔ It will be shared on other #socialmedia like #X, #Bluesky, #Threads for a more diverse sample.

✔ Poll is hosted on Mastodon.social: https://mastodon.social/privacy-policy

#US #USA #Trump #Harris #TrumpVance #HarrisWalz #DonaldTrump #Kamala #KamalaHarris #USPolitics #uspol #politics #vote #republican #democrat #democracy #democrats #republicans #political #politica #unitedstates #america

  • Kamala Harris / Tim Walz (74%, 94 votes)
  • Donald Trump / JD Vance (19%, 25 votes)
  • Independent, Libertarian or Green (0%, 0 votes)
  • Other / No one (5%, 7 votes)
126 voters. Poll end: in 5 days


🇺🇸 1) Who do you WANT to win the US election?

⬇️ Make sure to vote in the 2nd #poll below!

Please boost to increase the sample :)

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#US #USA #election #Trump #Harris #TrumpVance #HarrisWalz #DonaldTrump #Kamala #KamalaHarris #USPolitics #uspol #politics #vote #fediverse #greenparty #independent #libertarian #political #republican #democrat #democracy #democrats #republicans #political #politica #politik #jdvance #timwalz #walz #vance #unitedstates #america #americans #west #mastopoll

  • Kamala Harris / Tim Walz (82%, 119 votes)
  • Donald Trump / JD Vance (2%, 4 votes)
  • Independent, Libertarian or Green (9%, 13 votes)
  • Other / No one (6%, 9 votes)
145 voters. Poll end: in 5 days


Foreign Trolls and Bots are a problem on social media and the Fediverse is not immune so here are two links to help you identify them:

On of the links is interactive so you can test your skill.

#SocialMedia #Election #Fediverse #Mastodon #Bot #Troll

https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-how-do-i-spot-fake-social-media-accounts-bots-and-trolls/a-60313035

This one is interactive:

https://spotthetroll.org/start
Deutsche Welle · Jan 3, 2022
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Via guidebook author, TV and radio host #RickSteves @ 7:41pm EDT on Oct 29, 2024

I long for the day when we can return to healthy and principled partisan debates. But this #election is different… and much deeper than left versus right. It’s about the survival of our #democracy.
The stakes are really high — and the best candidate is clear: #KamalaHarris


Young supporters listen to Kamala Harris speak during a campaign rally and concert in Ann Arbor, Michigan. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

@photography
#America
#election
#children
#KamalaHarris


A week from today the first #Election results will be coming in, but tonight #KamalaHarris plans to double down on her critique of & contempt for #Trump in the very place where he incited the #MAGA insurgents to attack the Capitol on #Jan6, 2021.

“Donald Trump has spent a decade trying to keep the American people divided & afraid of each other,” #Harris will say of her self-declared “dictator on Day One” rival during her remarks tonight at the #Ellipse in Washington, #DC. “That’s who he is.”


The location of #KamalaHarris’ event will be a stark display of the alternate futures that voters face if she or #Trump takes over the #US presidency in just 3 months.

“It’s a place that … helps crystalize the choice in this #election,” said #Harris campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon.

#USpol

#MAGA #Republicans #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Tyranny #criminal #conspiracy #TrumpCoup #insurrection

#WeAreNotGoingBack #Freedom
#law #democracy #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024


via Reuters
The U.S. Supreme Court denied on Tuesday a bid by former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has endorsed Republican Donald #Trump , to be removed from the ballot in #Wisconsin and #Michigan for the Nov. 5 #election . Kennedy has said he wants voters who would have backed him to cast ballots for Trump.
#SCOTUS


The Atlantic Endorses #KamalaHarris

"The main reason for those ambivalent Americans to vote for Harris has little to do with policy or partisanship. It’s this: Electing her and defeating him is the only way to release us from the political nightmare in which we’re trapped and bring us to the next phase of the American experiment."

#HarrisWalz2024 #Election2024 #Election #vote #VoteBlue

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/11/kamala-harris-atlantic-endorsement/679944/


The US banned Hawaiian language, overthrew our country, stole our land, destroyed our universal healthcare, & illegally occupies Hawaii to this day. My mother's hands were broken for speaking Hawaiian in school. The US is not a beacon, but the destroyer of democracy. #election


SEVEN DAYS

Monday
I could wait til
Tuesday
If I make up my mind
Wednesday
Would be fine
Thursday’s
On my mind
Friday
Give me time
Saturday
Could wait
Will Sunday
Be too late?

—Sting, “Seven Days”

DON’T PROCRASTINATE. VOTE EARLY

#HarrisWalz2024 https://iwillvote.com #KamalaHarris #usa #uspol #election #election2024 #politics #voteblue #vote


Will Rogers – ”The Cowboy Philosopher” – urged Americans to avoid politicizing every issue. When it came to politics, he urged people to maintain skepticism, perspective and civility.

He was wildly popular in his time. A century later, his insights might still prove useful for navigating tumultuous election years.
https://theconversation.com/view-politics-critically-but-charitably-and-with-good-old-common-sense-cowboy-commentator-will-rogers-wisdom-for-2024-239372
#history #histodons @histodons #USPolitics #politics #election


Who is the shadowy billionaire, Bidzina Ivanishvili, behind the ruling Georgian Dream party - which claimed victory in Saturday's contested election? Emerald Maxwell takes a look at Georgia's richest man and one-time pro-Western Prime Minister, whose party has drifted towards Russia since the war in Ukraine, while becoming increasingly authoritarian.
#Georgia #election #Russia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4LPRyLFbdA


If You’re Being #Fatalistic or #Panicking, You Are #Helping #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump.

Yes, there’s so much riding on this #election. But here’s a #crazy #idea: You may as well spend this last week feeling #confident.

https://newrepublic.com/series/59/democrat-panic-2024-harris-election


🎉 🍾 Episode 400 is live! 💥🎊

To help me celebrate this major milestone, cryptography guru Bruce Schneier has returned for my #Podcentennial! We discuss Crowdstrike, supply chain, pager bombs, AI in democracy, #election #security and much more!

#FDSD400 🔥🐉💯💯💯💯

Wanna help me celebrate? Share this post or share a link to one of your favorite shows!

https://podcast.firewallsdontstopdragons.com/2024/10/28/episode-400-special/


“Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key #MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New #Trump Agenda
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Private #videos reveal Trump adviser Russ Vought’s “shadow” plans for using the #military on protesters, defunding the #EPA and villainizing civil servants.

#News #Politics #Election #Election2024 #Government #Video #DonaldTrump

https://www.propublica.org/article/video-donald-trump-russ-vought-center-renewing-america-maga


Trump decided to hold a nazi rally in NY, a state he’ll never win, and because of that rally and the vile rhetoric that emerged from it, he’s secured endorsements *for Kamala* from Bad Bunny, J Lo, Ricky Martin, Luis Fonsi, and Marc Anthony to their hundreds of millions of followers.

Trump’s Madison Square Garden hate rally:

#election #election2024 #VoteBlue


Guys (and everyone else), please listen to her. It's infuriating that, in 2024, this needs to be said, but she said it beautifully and powerfully. I know she doesn't want it, but I'd have voted for her for President in a heartbeat. She's so good at this. #Politics #Democracy #MichelleObama #Election #Election2024 #VoteBlue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt9fgCqMfO0


Latest strip. At the Lancaster, PA rally, Trump got on the subject of his mental fitness and stated “I have no cognitive. She may have a cognitive problem, but there’s no cognitive problem… Got no cognitive.”

#cartoon #uspol #USPolitics #election #election2024


#Women of Fediverse, how do you feel about the phrase "He won't know how you voted?" #Voting #Election

  • It's patronizing (37%, 3 votes)
  • It's reassuring (37%, 3 votes)
  • Other (25%, 2 votes)
8 voters. Poll end: 3 days ago


Here's a article following your line of reasoning. It explains the history and current politics of non-endorsements that people learn are quashed, which I posit could be intentional as they ironically will get "better press" and get a subtler message that one candidate is running a campaign of intimidation across.

https://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2024/Items/Oct26-1.html

#boostingIsSharing

#uspol #vote #election #kamala #kamalaharris


Behind #Christian Nationalism’s Influence on the 2024 #Election

The Christian right has become an increasingly powerful force in American #politics at every level, from school boards to the presidency. Its roots trace back decades.

https://propub.li/4flqBl6

#News #USPolitics #History #ChristianNationalism #Rightwing #Abortion #Trump #Project2025 #HeritageFoundation #Jan6


#uspol Read carefully:

More than 100 Arizona Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and progressive Democrats and community leaders have signed a letter making the case for those reluctant to support Kamala Harris against Donald Trump.


https://newrepublic.com/post/187537/kamala-harris-donald-trump-stunning-endorsement

#BoostingIsSharing

#Vote #Election #Kamala #KamalaHarris #Palestine #Gaza #genocide


ICYMI

#Trump’s attys seek #dismissal of federal #election case, call #SpecialCounsel illegally appointed

Lawyers for Trump told a federal judge Thurs that the #ElectionInterference case against him should be dismissed, arguing that #JackSmith was illegally appointed & that funding for his office should be cut off.

The argument mirrors the one that persuaded Trump-appointed FL judge, #AileenCannon, to dismiss Trump’s illegal retention of #ClassifiedDocuments case.

#law
https://apnews.com/article/trump-jan-6-jack-smith-classified-documents-2a1a7890b86501f850d70dbc4ddda292


The publisher for the Washington Post says the storied paper will not endorse a candidate for president for the first time in 36 years, and that it does not intend to endorse candidates in future races. The move has prompted outcry from employees of the Post, including its former Executive Editor Martin Baron, as well as others in the media industry. “This is cowardice, a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as a casualty,” Baron tells @npr. Read more:

https://flip.it/xVXGY_

#Media #Election #WashingtonPost #Endorsement #Democracy