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Harris on the border...this is one of her "values" that hasn't changed. She is a snake. Elect Kamala, more of the same at the border.

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Disconcerting to see TPUSA failing to perform in spite of overcharging for the task. I can’t say I’m surprised. My daughter was having an issue after transferring into the University of Georgia with the cancel culture mob. She was looking to meet some people who at least purported to share her values. She pursued TPUSA on campus, but in spite of a lot of flyers, they did nothing.

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The Israeli military has continued its unprecedented assault on Hezbollah...

The demitia patient has checked out, the consolation prize is busy campaigning, get while the getting is good. The Vegas odds are Kamala 55%, Trump 45%.

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Donald Trump’s digital team mixed up the state and county of Georgia...

I remember Neal Boortz reading a headline, Russian tanks move into Georgia, "no not the state".

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Where is the Anti/Deficiency Act?

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Interesting comments from readers on here today.

Erick’s program was so depressing today I couldn’t listen. Turned it off.

Based on his assessment of things why are we even trying?

He mentioned the GOP’s ground game. They need to be paying people to work at the campaign offices.

Btw, in the area in which I lived I was pleasantly surprised and also shocked when a Trump volunteer knocked on our door and we took the literature. Took nerve and courage to do that.

Haven’t seen any sign of anyone since then but I suspect they’re out there. Just not enough of them.

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On November 5th we will not be picking someone to marry but a chess master to play the game for us. The game is your future. The Bible is filled with flawed leaders that God used. If on the 6th you feel good for not voting or voting third parties, don’t complain that you can’t have grandchildren because your child was medically altered and is now sterile.

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So if I don’t vote for the Orange Man the baddies are going to sterilize my children? That’s a big leap from no elections in 2028! WOW! And even the Bible warns me about “flawed” leaders (ask king Saul about that one) but we should vote for the Orange Man because he’s God’s anointed? Did I miss anything? Or are you the Mayor of Crazytown?

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Just heard your rant on why Morning Joe should stop calling Trump a threat to democracy.

Nope - Once you spend months trying to illegally end democracy as President and suffer no consequences for it , it becomes forever OK to rightfully call you a threat to democracy no matter what the consequences. I noticed that you referenced J6th (and at least condemned it), but neglected to mention the calls trying to coerce secretaries of states and governors to throw their state to Trump, the recruitment of fake slates of electors, the pressure campaign to have Pence make him president, etc. etc. When everything is taken in its full context its impossible not to conclude that Trump is a threat to democracy, hence why you always fail to include this full context.

Also you are not credible on this topic. Generally anyone who would lose their entire livelihood (i.e. you) or anyone who would lose their political career (all elected republicans) if they admitted that Trump is a threat to democracy can't be a reliable source of information on this topic.

Otherwise - good show.

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Tell me, explicitly, how, with an example, he threatens democracy. People keep saying these words but never give examples.

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I often give the receipts on here (and have done so again below) of a small fraction of the ways that Trump already tried to illegally end democracy as president, but people either won't read it or will go through mental gymnastics to rationalize the behavior. Because the are voting for Trump no matter what and since they believe they are patriots they refuse to accept they are voting for someone that tried to end our country.

Some of the ways in which Trump & Co. illegally tried to end democracy in 2020 include: Trying to coerce secretaries of states and governors to throw him the election in their states, listen to the recorded call with Brad Raffensberger below (after Brad refused to go along with the scheme Trump recruited a primary challenger and tried to oust Brad as retribution for not going along).

Recruiting slates of fake electors in several states to fraudulently submit false documents on his behalf attempting to defraud the government, see source docs below.

Pressuring Pence to thrown out the electoral college and unilaterally make him President, hear Pence discuss this directly below. Also, Trump sat on his hands for 4 hours while a mob roamed the capital with zipties trying to hang Pence

Trumps full audio call with Raffensberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhBxg17QqZ4

Fake electors submissions: https://www.archives.gov/foia/2020-presidential-election-unofficial-certificates

Giuliani admitting in court filing that he made false statements about Ruby Freeman (which formed the basis for much of Trumps coercing of Raffensberger in audio above): https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720.84.2.pdf

Pence directly on what Trump tried to get him to do (you make your own judgement on who has a better reputation for honesty between Pence and Trump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tglap7tGwHg

In addition to the rampant criminality cited above you can look at the cooperation of his Mar A Lago IT person Yuscil Taveras (Trump Employee 4) and messages between his staff of idiots in cited in the court document below. This was after Taveras dropped the Trump paid lawyer and got his own to free him to tell about Trump's wanton lawlessness in obstructing justice in the FL docs case.

https://www.justice.gov/storage/US-v-Trump-Nauta-De-Oliveira-23-80101.pdf

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I would think the party that wants to take away parental rights so their children can have genitalia mutilated on the alter of the gods they worship is a much bigger threat to democracy! By the way a lot of Dem’s are building their careers on that foundation.

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Disagree. These morning Joe people wont be satisfied until Trump is actually shot and killed. So they will not stop calling trump a threat to democracy. And just for the record the only ones that are, are the ones that decided to usurp democracy and replace their candidate even though the voters chose Biden.

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For those mean Tweet hypersensitive never-Trumpers that voted for Biden and would vote for Harris to satiate their Trump Derangement Syndrome, note that the Global Engagement Center (GEC), a “counter-messaging” operation of the State Department created in Barack Obama’s last year in office, is raked over the coals in a new House investigation. https://smallbusiness.house.gov/uploadedfiles/house_committee_on_small_business_-_cic_report_september_2024.pdf

This is just one of many examples of the REAL country-destroying threat to democracy that you would be responsible for perpetuating. Democrats should be wiped out in this election for what they have done and are doing to the country.

I posted on another Substack a comment related to an article on the 1968 election. I made the comment that JFK, if running today, would cause the blue spin machines a world of difficulty hiding all his significant character issues... issues that profoundly exceed those that GOP never-Trumpers get all wee weed up over Trump.

If Trump loses and the the GOP does not dominate the legislature, the blame for the next wave of destruction to the country should be placed on the foreheads of those tantrum-throwing never-Trumpers.

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Frank, thank you! This is what I was asking about. If more people read these reports, admittedly sometimes boring though this one is NOT!, we, the people, would be much more wary of anything in coming through print or social media or airwaves in this country. Good grief! It is amazing that the people with no authority get away with mis- & disinformation, nay, lies!

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The blame would go to the genius primary voters that decided for everyone it was time to put up the Orange Man again for president. Or are you just going to scream TDS and NeverTrumper so you don’t have to think about it too much? It’s always their fault. Blaming everyone else whenever Trump opens his mouth and says something stupid like The Cats Are Getting BBQ! or outright loses is what cowards do. And no, I’m not from the Left, thanks for asking.

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Every report on Harris doing well in the polls is both proof that the polls are rigged and that the Republican party sucks for dragging down their own candidates with infighting. The great purge required when Trump wins needs to include much of the Republican party. Send those idiots packing to the Democrat party where they belong, while the GOP picks up the true patriots of the working class and low income people that get the fog removed from their eyes to see that the Democrats only keep them from moving up.

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Lina Khan is the only Biden Admin agency head that isn't a puppet of the corporatist Regime seeking insider trading information. She is a throwback to when these appointed bureaucrats actually did the job that is their agency mission... and not just perform for the political party they belong to.

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Harris is countering her videos from 2018 and 2019 by saying her views have changed. Except its not her saying it, its 3rd party anonymous staff or resources. The reason is because when she recants and raises taxes, regulates guns, or opens up the border she can truthfully say "I never said that or committed to it.."

And technically she would be right. This is the Joe Manchin strategy. Play like a republican till elected and then switch after the election.

Trump and Harris in an interview? Wouldn't that be a switch. A joint interview with Trump and Harris. They would be asked the same exact questions and couldn't address each other directly. No fact checking just answers. you wouldn't even need a moderator. Just post the questions and let them answer. Novel idea.

Again, polls are practically meaningless. I just don't think there's enough data to justify any of them either way.

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I appreciate Erick talking about “ground game”, but the concept of having to be hounded to vote for president is just so foreign to me.

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I have seen no less than 3 -4 door knockers in my neighborhood. One was a black students for Trump. Very nice guy, he got hit during a pro palestine rally and racial slurrs were thrown at him. He talked about his disgust for the dem party. Which is something we talked about, he said white supremacist groups are siding with the pro - palistine groups because they are both anti-jewish. And you get a double wammy of racial and anti - jewish together, that's not a good combo. But they are all dem voting idiots.

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It is good that there are some knocking on doors for Trump. In my neighborhood, a very blue area of metro Atlanta, in my 8 years of living there I cannot recall anyone knocking on doors for the Republican Party.

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Sep 23·edited Sep 23

If its a place like Decatur they would likely be shot or physically assaulted. Funny enough I did ask these campaigners once why they didn't do this in the middle of atlanta, and they told me its not safe for them. No election is worth your life.

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Eric, dude, bro, love the show long time. No, really. But for love of all that is holy, please: it's not WRECKING havoc, it's WREAKING havoc.

This is one half step away from prouncing n-u-c-l-e-a-r "nook-yuh-ler, and we know you're not One Of Those yet.

Sure, we'll let you have "Massachusess," so that you can be you and all, but, ffs, stop wrecking your havoc.

We'll take on your absolutely unique wrecking of "tacit" another time.

Your Havoc-Wreaker In Stone Mountain,

John Wayne

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The NYT now writing about Venezuela gangs is a bit of a joke. These gangs have been wreaking havoc in various parts of this country trying to for months. The NYT is nothing more than a true piece of garbage.

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actually years. Even during the trump admin. Its been a problem. Trump can't be blamed for the recent rise in their numbers or crimes.

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Sep 23·edited Sep 23

Re: Routh, I get why someone would be pro-Ukraine (although not to that extent, of course), but I don't get why someone would be pro-Iran to the point of offing a presidential candidate.

Either he's a crunchy one-worlder UN Pollyanna whirled peas type, or he's a foreign asset. Both plausible.

We need to review his background with a microscope.

The extensive TMI paper trail he's left is quite odd, though, in and of itself. Beware of a headfake.

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Obviously he’s deranged. Pro Iran and pro Ukraine are polar opposites.

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