If Election 2024 hasn‘t been twisty enough for you…the newest move on this rollercoaster ride came last Friday, August 23, 2024.
While Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his presidential campaign, he joined in a rally in xxx to speak to why he now endorses for U.S. President Donald Trump.
RFK Jr. prefers the next four years to be not with the Democarts and Kamala Harris but with the Republicans and for the 45th U.S. president to be the 47th.
Jimmy Dore’s take on this is in sync with mine.
I think it is worthy of thought and consideration.
Tuesday [August 27, 2024] marks ten [10] weeks until Election Day.
The 1968 Democratic National Committee’s convention was held in Chicago, Illinois … as it is also the location here in 2024.
Lyndon Johnson, in 1968, and Joe Biden, in 2024, were—and are—unpopular even in their own party.
In 1968, the nomination went to sitting vice president Hubert Humphrey. In 2024, the nomination will be going to sitting vice president Kamala Harris.
Above is video harkening back 56 years. (The calendar, in leap years, repeats every 28 years. In 1968, August 19 was also on a Monday. Back then, though, the DNC Convention began August 26, 1968.)
In 1968, party insiders—regardless of the primaries—gave the nomination to Humphrey. In 2024, party insiders—regardless of the primaries—will be giving the nomination to Harris.
The 2024 convention, compared to 1968, appears to be much more controlled. (Technology.)
This Friday, August 16, 2024, will mark my 53rd birthday.
What I am going to do is present this topic—this “Birthday Week”—with a music video.
The year 1984 was when I started buying music. (I was a late bloomer.) I enjoyed immensely so many of the year’s hits that I didn’t just buy … I collected.
Given this is my birthday, I fondly recall being gifted with two related to music: First, I received tickets to see The Jacksons Victory Tour. Second, I was able to see, on my birthday [Thursday, August 16, 1984], the new motion-picture release, Purple Rain, starring Prince and Apollonia Kotero.
Purple Rain won Prince (1958–2016) the 1984 Oscar for Best Original Song Score.
I don’t tend to revisit the film, often, but I do that with the music. The above video is the electric—and fun—“Let’s Go Crazy.”
We are, as of this topic’s publishing date, three months out from the general election which is scheduled for Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
Last month, Democratic incumbent U.S. president Joe Biden was still in the race. He had enough pledged delegates for re-nomination. Biden looked poised to go down in flames. That Biden, with Gallup reporting June 3–24, 2024 his job approval is at 38 percent, was cooked.
In “Election 2024: A New Trajectory” (July 8, 2024), I wrote about a series of state polls which suggested Donald Trump was on pace for re-election to a level possibly reaching 40 carried states. A number of those states, like Minnesota and New Jersey, have not carried for a Republican in decades. A lot played out in July. There was the attempted assassination on Trump. Later in the month, Biden agreed, after pressure, to drop his bid for a second term. And now we have another twist.
The twist is that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has become more popular. Democrats, who were not energized about Biden, are now excited for Harris. Her approvals are on the rise. She is on par with Trump for the polls, national and in the “Swing States,” and may end up winning election to become the 47th president of the United States.
Is this believable?
I look at this in more ways than one.
I also consider the following for some insights…
Joe Rogan and guest Michael Malice consider whether Kamala Harris will win.
Due Dissidence, with guest Kit Cabello (Hard Lens Media), has its discussion. Popping in, briefly, cohost Keaton Weiss delivered a warning for anyone who thinks Trump will glide to re-election.
The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal and Aaron Maté also addressed this … and an even bigger concern.
Rethinking Election 2024: No to Biden and Trump
In response to a discussion between Due Dissidence cohost Russell Dobular and guest Misty Winston, I wrote and posted the following SuperChat:
“Rethinking Election 2024: On January 20, 2025 … Kamala Harris becomes the [47th] U.S. president. That The People are over not only Biden but also Trump.”
Russell concurred with, “You may be right.”
As a forum member of “Talk Elections,” on Dave Leip’s Atlas for U.S. Presidential Elections, I wrote the following:
My sense of this is that the 2024 Democrats may have saved their a**es by blinking first. Meaning … getting out Joe Biden.
What can be going on is that there are people who are done not only with Joe Biden but also with Donald Trump.
I am thinking especially of people who do not give their time to regularly following politics. That they are not watching such content on television, seeking and reading about this on the Internet, and engaging online with politics in discussion forums.
These individuals, who do participate in voting (presidential elections before any other cycles), may look forward to Election Season … like some people look forward to preparing and filing their income taxes.
What this election can mean for these people is that they had dreaded the initial 2024 rematch of Biden-vs.-Trump. To say to oneself, “These same two people are the best that we can do?!”
Having a different person as the 2024 general-election nominee for the Democratic Party may be enough for these individuals. It means … a turn-the-page opportunity which can be satisfying for a good number of these citizens and voters.
In 1983 were the murders of five in another fast-food restaurant, KFC, in Kilgore, Texas. (Link: Kentucky Fried Chicken murders.)
In 1991 were the murders of 23 at a Luby’s in Killeen, Texas. (Link: Luby’s shooting.)
In 1993 were the murders of two co-owners/spouses and five of their employees at a Brown’s Chicken in Palatine, Illinois. (Link: Brown’s Chicken massacre.)
According to a 2023 report by Business Insider, the 1984 San Ysidro McDonald’s Massacre is the eighth worse, for mass shooting fatalities, so far in United States history. (Link: The 30 deadliest mass shootings in modern US history….)
Given the many public venues for such multiple or mass murders … this does not feel surprising here in 2024. According to that Business Insider report, there have been four even deadlier mass shootings since the 2010s.
The 2016 documentary on the mass murders in that San Ysidro McDonald’s—which was demolished and replaced by a memorial outside Southwestern College—is titled 77 Minutes.
The film is by Charles Minn. 77 Minutes is serious and respectful, especially to the victims and their survivors, and it gives insight to the destruction caused by the murderer.
The above video is that documentary on YouTube. It is sensitive content. It is also available on Amazon’s freevee as well as Tubi. Below link, but not with embedded video, is of crime scene footage (which is also in the documentary at around the 40-minute mark).
The speculation, for months, that incumbent United States president Joe Biden will not end up with the 2024 Democratic Party presidential nomination … is official.
This decision was announced on Sunday [July 21, 2024].
This whole situation is—to put it kindly—tasteless.
I consider this an extension of a Democratic Party rigging their presidential primaries to exert as much control as they can muster. (None of what has recently transpired lacked awareness for a few years.)
The 2016 Democratic presidential nomination was rigged for Hillary Clinton.
The 2020 Democratic presidential nomination was rigged for Joe Biden.
The 2024 Democratic presidential nomination will be rigged for … Substitute Nominee.
Below videos are responses by content creators (Congratulations, Due Dissidence’s Keaton Weiss!):
The attempted assassination of 45th U.S. president Donald Trump, at a rally on Saturday, July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania, was covered that evening on Hard Lens Media.
Host Kit Cabello welcomed his guest, Due Dissidence’s Keaton Weiss (who will soon take leave as his wife is expecting to give birth later this month), to discuss this attack.
The shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was killed by the Secret Service Counter Assault Team.
One civilian, Corey Comperatore, 50, was killed in the attack.
Three others, including Trump, were injured.
This Hard Lens Media special coverage offers a perspective much in agreement with mine.
Kit and Keaton even spoke to what this means … electorally. (Their livestream video is linked above.)
I am making this brief because this is new and, for the time being, ongoing; and, of course, I think the Comments section would be even more suitable for posts and/or discussions.
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‘Sabby,’ New York, and Me
Last week’s [July 8, 2024] Progressives Chat addressed a change in trajectory for U.S. President here in 2024. That, due to poor job-approval numbers for Democratic incumbent U.S. president Joe Biden (who constantly struggles for 40 percent), there are emerging states suggesting this election may result in 40 or more carried states for Donald Trump.
I mentioned this change in trajectory to the host of Sabby Sabs. She had a post-livestream Zoom session, which I joined, last Tuesday [July 9, 2024]. I alerted host Sabrina Salvati to what I addressed here last week: an expanding electoral map.
I presented the list of states—following the six much-focused “Swing States” (Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan)—which were recently polled and are in play.
In 2020, Trump was unseated with 25 states. Following these six “Swing States,” and based on their probable order ranking after No. 31 Michigan, the potential additional pickups are: No. 32 Minnesota; No. 33 New Hampshire; No. 34 Maine (state); No. 35 New Mexico; No. 36 Virginia; and No. 39 New Jersey. (This is with respect to ranking the states, for Trump/Republicans, according to percentage-points margins by which they may or may not carry.)
I took this potential list all the way to a probable No. 44 California. For New York, the latest to hit the news (see below link), I estimate it would rank the No. 42 best state for 2024 Trump/Republicans.
After completing the list, I asked for Sabrina’s reaction. She cited New York as one with which she disagreed. She was thinking of the deep blue that is New York City. She invited likewise feedback by regular viewer and contributor Roger Meadows. He is a resident of the state. They went over its voter party registration to conclude it may not be feasible.
Following new polling on New York (from last Wednesday, July 10, 2024) showing the Empire State is now in play … Sabrina presented that report on her livestream, on Thursday [July 11, 2024], and expressed an apology (not at all necessary) and much-respect directly to me. (This segment, above video, was clipped and published to YouTube on Saturday, July 13, 2024.)
