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He can win, it is obviously very close. But despite that reality, it cannot be overstated just how ****ty of a campaign he is running. Just by every objective measure

I've never seen Debbie Dingell look this relaxed before a Presidential election...

I've been seeing this take a lot from journalists in the wake of WaPo's **** up... But if consumers aren't satisfied and want to send a message, what other means are there to get it acrossrd? Journalism is very important, but the industry's inability for self-reflection is a big reason we are here.

His consistency on this is pretty unique this cycle imo

Sensing a pattern here

All I will say is that, despite the fact that he was on tape in the AH Tape describing in vivid detail something that happened involving him, it appears that in the eyes of some, he may have been just telling a story (or, as he framed in 2016, "locker room talk") I wish I could understand why he deserves the benefit of the doubt on that. He just doesn't, sorry

Trump himself isn't worth any of it either... Or worth the benefit of the doubt that so many people are willing to give. It's particularly amusing having come of age in a conservative area and in a conservative household during the Clinton impeachment. So many of the people who screamed about moral relativism with respect to Bubba (not without reason), frankly, have lost all credibility during the Trump years; they hem and haw and just have different standards when it comes to their golden calf.

The article is behind a paywall for me, but this seems sort of revealing in terms of how the Trump campaign sees the lay of the land in GA

Thank you for sharing even though it must be difficult to share even now. It's a different ball of wax, but from my own life, I experienced mental abuse at home... I would open up about it, one thing that I learned as a young age is that it could be difficult to convey what happened at home to the guidance counselor at school, or that while he may have even believed me at times there ultimately was little he could do from his position. All of this is to say that the power dynamics in these situations can be really hard for the victims.... and I couldn't even imagine how bad the power dynamics would be if one got mixed up with someone in a powerful position in society like DJT.

"Dirty Animals"... seems kinda dehumanizing, dontcha think?

Weird

I'm referring to Access Hollywood, in which you said this: So I ask again: Forget about the law or whether there is a provable crime for a second - do you give him the benefit of the doubt in that you don't think what he said happened... happened?

I know there isn't a video of the guy engaged in what he was vividly describing on the bus and will likely never be one.... but the fact that he was vividly describing it (in detail) on the bus in the first place tells me suggests to me that it happened. I'm not a lawyer, but as a political matter, it's absolutely fair game for people to hold him to account for it and make their judgment on him based on the matter

Forget about the law or whether there is a provable crime for a second - do you give him the benefit of the doubt in that you don't think what he said happened... happened?

IYKYK

Also seems really interested using the power of the state to go after people he doesn't like, per his words today. Is there specific safe-space word we are allowed to use to describe this?

Trump regularly calls his political opponents fascists, marxists and communists. Do you think he's "aching for violence" when he engages in that language?

Great, sounds like folks got their attention.

TC is a satellite city for places like Cadillac and Grayling, so it makes sense. But showing up 3-4 hours late to a rally is pretty disrespectful of people's time.

Seems like terrible time management

I don't know if the allegations are true or not, and the evidence is thin. The story will go nowhere as always. But if I'm being honest with myself, knowing what I know about the guy, there's zero chance he hasn't done some really bad stuff with women over the years. And with Access Hollywood, he's been on tape admitting it. And he's currently paying out to EJ Carroll because of one incident as well.

I understand the context just fine.

I agree with you in principle, but they could have made this decision in March of 2023 to little fanfare... instead, they did it 10 days before the 2024 Presidential Election.