11 thoughts on “Weekend Open Thread”

1. What a change in just a couple of weeks!

   

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2. Just kind of shows that Old Joe is a master tactician and good judge of character to pick Harris as his running mate. It's her time to shine thanks to his skillful handoff. Go Dems.

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3. I was in Arizon yesterday so managed a ticket to the Harris-Coach rally. Unfortunately the Fire Marshall shut the doors due to “capacity” before I got in but I have to tell you the crowd energy is off the charts. That crowd approached 20,000k, with folks left outside.  Meanwhile in Bozeman…(please no one tell Cokehead Magee there is a ‘crop’ function on his phone!)

   

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4. JD Vance Reiterates False Claim That Democrats “Tried to Kill” Trump

   NYT reports that Trump himself has been saying Democrats "tried to kill him." This lie about the assassination attempt that's being pushed by Trump, JD Vance, Trump's sons, and MAGA allies will fuel violence, according to security experts.

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5. Why "go back" when you can create a company in today's America with a $5bb market cap on revenue of less than $1mm per quarter???

    

   Trump Media reports $16 million loss for quarter as revenue falls

   Trump Media, the social media company whose majority shareholder is former President Donald Trump, on Friday reported a net loss of more than $16 million for the most recent financial quarter, as its already meager revenue fell 30% to just $836,900.

   Trump Media owns the Truth Social app, which is often used by the former president.

   The stock price of Trump Media, which trades under the DJT ticker, has fallen sharply from a high of more than $71 per share shortly after began publicly trading in late March following a merger with a so-called special purpose acquisition corporation.

   Trump Media stock closed at $26.21 per share Friday afternoon, a decrease of .49%

   

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   1. Perhaps ironic that DJT was outearned by Phunware ("a leading mobile applications platform provider"), which reported growth and strategic expansion in Q2 2024.  "The company reported a 10% revenue increase from the first quarter of 2024, achieving $1 million in Q2."  The startup company only lost $2.6 million in the quarter.

       

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6. Good Polling Trend Continues. 538.

   Harris/Walz is only a point behind in Georgia and North Carolina.

   Ahead in MN, WI, VA, MI, PA, AZ & NV

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7. Trae Crowder is a national treasure. 

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8. New polling confirms Kamala Harris' edge over Trump

   New Battleground Polls Show Harris Has Fundamentally Changed the Race

   On question after question, the poll finds that voters don’t seem to have any major reservations about her. A majority say that she’s honest and intelligent; that she brings the right kind of change and has the temperament to be president; and that she has a clear vision for the country. A majority doesn’t think she’s too far to the left, either: Only 44 percent of likely voters say she’s too liberal or progressive, compared with 44 percent who say she’s not too far either way and another 6 percent who say she isn’t progressive enough. We didn’t need to ask whether voters thought she was too old to be an effective president.

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9. 9News (video)  Tina Peters says she won't testify in trial, defense rests its case

   Colorado Sun (print), with fun details of how the defense concluded. Tina Peters declines to testify in her own trial after judge refuses request to tell prosecutors “not to bully me around”

   Closing arguments and beginning of jury deliberations expected for Monday.

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