(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . President Joe Biden---Day 1359---Fourth Year---Day 254---Evening Shade---Thursday [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-10-17 YOU WILL FIND in the DIARIES a LOT of POLITICS THE PERSON who MAKES the FIRST COMMENT WILL GET TWO CRITTERS EVERY PERSON WHO COMMENTS WILL GET A CRITTER RULES IN THE DIARY WHEN YOU FIND SOMETHING in the DIARY that you LIKE YOU CAN REPOST IT AS COMMENT in the DIARY === This is so Fecking weird. x BREAKING: From @maddow on @chrislhayes :: We have just learned that Trump tried to pay Stormy Daniels hush money a second time. During negotiations for Stormy to pay Donald what she owed him, Trump offered her a discount to silence her. And Stormy has it on video, and there are… — Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) October 17, 2024 BREAKING: From @maddow on @chrislhayes :: We have just learned that Trump tried to pay Stormy Daniels hush money a second time. During negotiations for Stormy to pay Donald what she owed him, Trump offered her a discount to silence her. And Stormy has it on video, and there are emails. Here's the clip, it's about 15 minutes long. === Yup. x Let's be honest. He'd rather be in Cancun, podcasting and planning insurrections than working for the people of Texas. It's time to send sentient birth control Ted Cruz packing. Let's get Colin Allred elected. pic.twitter.com/WsxWqygIgG — Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) October 17, 2024 Let's be honest. He'd rather be in Cancun, podcasting and planning insurrections than working for the people of Texas. It's time to send sentient birth control Ted Cruz packing. Let's get Colin Allred elected. === 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 As shat! x Josh Hawley paying off these parking tickets might end up being the first time he's brought money back home to Missouri since he got to the Senate! https://t.co/EDbAwQvyEN — Lucas Kunce (@LucasKunceMO) October 17, 2024 Josh Hawley paying off these parking tickets might end up being the first time he's brought money back home to Missouri since he got to the Senate! Quote Lisa Clancy @lisadclancy· 2h Hey Senator Hawley, I know you’re not around very often, but normally out-of-state travelers don’t just leave their bus illegally parked in six spaces when they head back home to wherever. The county asks you come back to MO to move your bus. #MOSen x.com/hawleymo/statu… === Yup again. x Q: How does a deeply reviled, morally and ethically compromised, mentally frayed convicted felon stay competitive in an election to lead the United States of America? A: By cozying up to crooked billionaires and making promises he cannot possibly keep. — Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) October 17, 2024 Q: How does a deeply reviled, morally and ethically compromised, mentally frayed convicted felon stay competitive in an election to lead the United States of America? A: By cozying up to crooked billionaires and making promises he cannot possibly keep. === Comedic interlude: x "pre Madonna" Is that before Annunciation or before Like a Virgin? pic.twitter.com/kPxuSEsTlA — emptywheel (Chesapeake blue crab) (@emptywheel) October 17, 2024 "pre Madonna" Is that before Annunciation or before Like a Virgin? I'm a Pre Madonna too! === Trump's New Delay Tactic. www.muellershewrote.com/… For over a year, Donald Trump has been directly asking to delay the many trials against him. And when those attempts fail (except with Judge Aileen Cannon in Florida who has been all to happy to grant Donald’s delay requests), he turns to other tactics. In Fulton County, he conspired to bring a disqualification case against DA Fani Willis - which was successful. Now he’s got a new trick up his sleeve in the DC case. ✂️ October 2024: The day Jack Smith’s evidence appendix is supposed to be unsealed, Trump asks for another 3 weeks: saying it’s unfair that he doesn’t get to respond to Jack Smith’s briefs before the election - even though HE is the one who asked for three more weeks to respond. That’s right. In a new filing today, Trump says that because he asked for three more weeks, he won’t be able to respond before the election, and therefore the Judge should DELAY releasing the massive evidence appendix for the crimes against him. The only problem is that Judge Chutkan has already plainly said she does NOT take the election timeline into consideration as part of this case. Click the link to read the whole thing. === He's definitely spiraling if his handlers won't even let him sit down with the NR Fecking A. x Donald Trump just ditched an interview with the NRA. Kamala Harris just whipped Brett Baier like he was a rented mule. Tell me, who's afraid of tough interviews, again? — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) October 17, 2024 Donald Trump just ditched an interview with the NRA. Kamala Harris just whipped Brett Baier like he was a rented mule. Tell me, who's afraid of tough interviews, again? === x Brett Baier on the edge of his seat. The body language. Leaning in. Talking over her. All intimidation tactics. She is unfazed. John Micklethwait - laid back, leaned back, legs crossed. Kid gloves. trump’s body language says it all. pic.twitter.com/RwGRlXqEuA — Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) October 17, 2024 Brett Baier on the edge of his seat. The body language. Leaning in. Talking over her. All intimidation tactics. She is unfazed. John Micklethwait - laid back, leaned back, legs crossed. Kid gloves. trump’s body language says it all. === x Imagine thinking you can intimidate and steamroll a lifelong prosecutor. What’s more, we’re talking about a woman with remarkable poise, stoicism and grace. Think about the number of times she’s been counted out, underestimated and the countless times she’s been subjected to… — Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) October 17, 2024 Imagine thinking you can intimidate and steamroll a lifelong prosecutor. What’s more, we’re talking about a woman with remarkable poise, stoicism and grace. Think about the number of times she’s been counted out, underestimated and the countless times she’s been subjected to micro aggressions and outright aggressions. People who underestimate her are playing with fire. === x Reminder: Trump was born on 3rd base, claimed he hit a triple, was thrown out stealing home, called the umpire a fraud, protested the game, lost the replay challenge, threatened to sue, got the courts to give him a do-over, and then bragged abt being the best player in the game. — Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) October 17, 2024 Reminder: Trump was born on 3rd base, claimed he hit a triple, was thrown out stealing home, called the umpire a fraud, protested the game, lost the replay challenge, threatened to sue, got the courts to give him a do-over, and then bragged abt being the best player in the game. === x Humiliating. The @NRA tries to attack Tim Walz for being a responsible gun owner and knowing how to safely unload his gun. They get fact checked by a community note and by everyone in the comments on how guns work. If the NRA was actually about gun rights advocacy, they… pic.twitter.com/rPVSYE1g4l — MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) October 17, 2024 Humiliating. The @NRA tries to attack Tim Walz for being a responsible gun owner and knowing how to safely unload his gun. They get fact checked by a community note and by everyone in the comments on how guns work. If the NRA was actually about gun rights advocacy, they would love that someone on the Democratic ticket is such an avid hunter and knowledgeable about guns. But they’ve outed themselves yet again as just political hacks who don’t even know the first thing about guns. === For number lovers and to combat the D&G. The Problem with Polymarket. Offshore betting markets like Polymarket mislead voters by substituting right-wing “vibes” for data. www.meidasplus.com/… In the age of digital disruption, it’s no surprise that offshore betting markets like Polymarket have become a tool for political discourse. This website, funded by Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel and advised by election pundit Nate Silver, allows users to bet on elections by trading shares tied to future outcomes. While Americans cannot bet on U.S. elections, many use VPNs to skirt the rules, introducing a host of issues that undermine the credibility of Polymarket as any serious indicator of political trends. Despite these glaring problems, right-wing influencers regularly cite Polymarket's odds as though they represent legitimate data. This has become a common tactic for Trump supporters attempting to shore up his 2024 prospects against Vice President Kamala Harris, dismissing hard polling and early voter data. As of mid-October, Harris appears to hold an advantage in early vote returns and recent polling—yet Polymarket would have you believe Trump is in the driver’s seat. We are currently witnessing the 2022 flood the zone with right-wing polls “red wave” strategy on steroids. Democratic strategist and writer of The Hopium Chronicles, Simon Rosenberg, refers to this as “Polymarket Voodoo.” === An important reminder. x Rosenberg: What’s really important, Ben, and we talked a lot about this in 2022, is that everyone watching today needs to realize it’s very important to vote early. Vote as early as you can. When you vote early, you come off the GOTV rolls for the campaign. They know each night… pic.twitter.com/qmgh6kQyfS — Acyn (@Acyn) October 17, 2024 Rosenberg: What’s really important, Ben, and we talked a lot about this in 2022, is that everyone watching today needs to realize it’s very important to vote early. Vote as early as you can. When you vote early, you come off the GOTV rolls for the campaign. They know each night who’s voted—not how you voted, but that you voted. When you come off the GOTV roles, it allows the campaign to focus on lower propensity voters quicker. If they can reach lower propensity voters sooner, it’s more likely they’ll vote for us. So, by voting early, you can actually increase Democratic turnout and make it more likely we win. If you have a choice between voting on Election Day or near Election Day, and voting right now, vote now. It’s more important to vote now and try to run up the score in October, as we did in 2022, and win this election in early voting rather than waiting until Election Day. === Georgia sees 2nd day of record early voting turnout. abcnews.go.com/… After two days of early voting in Georgia, half a million people had already cast their ballots, according to data from the state's election office. At the close of the day Wednesday, 269,696 votes had been cast at early voting, according to the office of the Georgia Secretary of State. In total more than 581,000 in-person early votes had been cast, according to the data. === x Devastatingly succinct ruling from Arizona judge rejecting Rudy Giuliani's request for evidence that the grand jury that indicted him might have been chosen based on political affiliation. pic.twitter.com/tBGrMMxWfV — Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) October 17, 2024 Devastatingly succinct ruling from Arizona judge rejecting Rudy Giuliani's request for evidence that the grand jury that indicted him might have been chosen based on political affiliation. === x A federal judge has temporarily blocked Alabama's voter removal program — pushed by Republicans — that flagged thousands of registered voters and accused them of illegally registering in the state. — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 17, 2024 A federal judge has temporarily blocked Alabama's voter removal program — pushed by Republicans — that flagged thousands of registered voters and accused them of illegally registering in the state. === Evening Shade Seekers! 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