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This sort of superficial analysis is so annoying. You did not say a word about the US having the best economy in decades, and the best performing in the world; nothing about all the actual achievements of the Biden-Harris administration, from infrastructure to antitrust to clean energy investment. Seriously, did you discuss any actual issues here at all? Nope, it’s all this ethereal “vibes” crap based on the hot air pervading the atmosphere brought to us by a media that refuses to report actual news and facts and instead just lazily keeps shouting the same Fox talking points and “hot takes” bought and paid for by their corporate sponsors.

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I liked the article. It was interesting and analyzed one specific observation Seth had made. To Seth: don’t worry about guys like this, don’t know why they feel the need to disparage writers this way.

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Sure the guy who attempted one coup and promises to do it again should be a lock? NOT!!!

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This and Nate Silver’s piece today make a good one-two punch for inspiring thoughts of expatriation.

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“It should be a GOP blowout except for MAGA” is a strange assertion. The GOP IS MAGA, and it’s performing as well as you would expect.

I should be hitting cleanup for the Yankees, but my inability to hit scares them.

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Except, as I point out in the piece, voters distinguish between the GOP and MAGA, and they find MAGA far more toxic.

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Well said Seth, and it may very well be a blow out as a result of the 10 bell weather states. If we carry them all. President Trump will have his landslide which he fully deserves. More importantly what do you say a little side bet: I will put a 12 pack of absolutely wonderful Publix Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies on the table and you can chose something from Albertson’s or one of your outstanding pies. I got Trump/Vance you Harris/Biden however I am not giving any points, it’s to close…. 😁😁

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What Trump deserves is to be in prison for a violent coup attempt to overthrow an election he lost. I lived and worked in Washington,DC for many years. Two people have attacked our nation's Capitol in my lifetime. One was Osama bin Laden. The other was Donald Trump.

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😆 😆 LOL Laura congratulations on getting out of the District of Calamity. Gee you leftist are really slipping off the deep end as our President did not attack our capital, a peaceful protest got out of hand. However due to the fact that the leftist elite media and the Socialist Democrats have framed the protest as an attack there are those people that will believe anything. Again Laura congratulations on getting out of The Swamp, but you need to stop believing the propaganda the wing feds to gullible people specifically the media and academia. Best

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Oct 20·edited Oct 20

I and we literally saw it with our own eyes as it unfolded on television. I saw Congressman Jason Crow, an Iraq War combat veteran and former Army Ranger, crouched in fear in the House gallery as Trump's mob tried to break down the doors and kill him to stop the certification of an election Trump lost. The mob tried to beat police officers to death with Trump flags and chanted 'kill him with his own gun' at Metro DC police officer Mike Fanone tased him into a heart attack. Officer Caroline Edwards testified to the January 6 Committee about slipping in her fellow officers' blood after she was knocked unconscious. There are hours of video and thousand of photographs of the violence of that day. This isn't funny or an LOL. You're clearly mentally ill and trapped in a cult, and you repulse people like me who actually love our country and value our democracy.

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Look on the mirror before you call others mentally ill. You must not be aware that your candidate was sired by a Marxist and raised to hold contempt for the American system. So whomever is the opposition candidate is a significant better potential office holder be it Trump or whomever, preserving the American system takes president. Anyway this was all about getting Seth to bet some cookies on the election. Best…

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Oct 21·edited Oct 21

The only person in this race who's shown contempt for the American system is Trump, who committed treason by inciting a violent coup attempt, stole classified documents, insults our military, and bows and scrapes to Vladimir Putin and acts in the interest of Russia instead of the United States of America. I make no apologies for defending my country against enemies foreign and domestic, and Trump fits in both categories.

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Wow, you're sure an angry human being !

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And because I can't let your smears go, Vice President Kamala Harris was raised by her mother Shyamala Gopalan, a scientist from India who specialized in breast cancer research. VP Harris' father, from whom she is estranged, is a distinguished economist at Stanford. According to the NY Times, "Ms. Harris’s father, a Jamaican-born emeritus professor of economics at Stanford University, has been a critic of mainstream economic theory from the left but is hardly a Marxist." You can read the whole article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/us/politics/kamala-harris-father.html

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"...Peaceful protest that got out of hand.." The Capitol was attacked and ransacked, Capitol police were attacked. It was a violent insurrection. Have you watched the actual videos?

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