baldingpudenda

@baldingpudenda@lemmy.world

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

Supreme Court wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favors (www.latimes.com)

The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down part of a federal anti-corruption law that makes it a crime for state and local officials to take gifts valued at more than $5,000 from a donor who had previously been awarded lucrative contracts or other government benefits thanks to the efforts of the official....

baldingpudenda,

Yup, we entered the European theater because the ppl we loaned all that money were getting their asses kicked and knew if they lost we’d never see a cent back.

baldingpudenda,

“…after making disparaging remarks in a local newspaper article”

Looks like the general got fired and he came back to shoot up the place.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/980a5b41-92b4-455a-aa55-cf92c1e2f173.jpeg

baldingpudenda,

I only acknowledge direct lines to dead ppl if they got stupid hats and a custom made vehicle and I don’t see any supreme mobiles.

baldingpudenda,

My election interference case, where I fucked a porn star while my wife was recovering from child birth, makes it impossible for me to go to the rigged debate on failing CNN. – Trump, probably

baldingpudenda,

Ben Franklin turns away from the old French lady and smiles at you

baldingpudenda,

Yeah, he takes a sec, realizes what he said and then tries to play it off

baldingpudenda,

I can ride my bike to work as its about 10k away, but it’s so damn hot im sure I’ll get heat exhaustion before I get there. In May there was a heat advisory and basically told people, unless you have to, stay indoors after 10. The only way to be outside is in the shade in front of a fan drinking something cold.

baldingpudenda,

Yup, Texas is a petro-state. They don’t give a fuck about you. Unless you fuck with their profits.

baldingpudenda,

Bibi’s word ain’t shit. Even if he signs, I’m sure he’ll still have “tactical” responses. Probably in and around aid. Or start shit in Lebanon and the West Bank.

baldingpudenda,

IIRC, both parties have been sued for pushing candidates away or for helping others. Basically they argued they’re not government entities and can do whatever they want. The problem would be if they nominated someone else would the ppl go along with it or protest.

baldingpudenda,

I also read that the recent ruling by the Supreme Court expanding gun rights will also help the defense.

baldingpudenda,

Vegans with tree trunk legs and fantastic cardio on a solar powered technical. Basically infinite range. Modern day light calvary. Highly motivated, fighting climate change AND for america’s freedom, one kill at a time.

baldingpudenda,

He uses it to get Pooh bear off. Gotta keep the war machine going.

baldingpudenda,

indubitably

baldingpudenda,

I remember her trying to turn texas blue. I think she was trying to run up the score. Guess she forgot it’s the electoral votes that matter.

Clinton campaign to spend $1.5 million in Texas ads

WASHINGTON — Campaigning in the GOP primaries earlier this year, Donald Trump liked to brag that he was the only Republican with broad enough appeal to put states in play that had not been competitive in ages.

He pointed to his native New York and to California, coastal states that typically go Democrat. He did not mention deep-red Texas, which last went for a Democrat in 1976.

But as Trump’s campaign stumbles in the polls, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is expanding her efforts in a slew of traditionally Republican states, including Texas, where she is only six points down in the polls.

Citing last month’s landmark endorsement by the Dallas Morning News, which had not backed a Democratic presidential candidate since World War II, the Clinton campaign is making a one-week ad buy in Houston, San Antonio, Austin and Dallas, touting the newspaper editorial.

Though Clinton still is a long shot in Texas, political analysts see it as a sign of her recent strength nationally and in the critical battleground states of Pennsylvania and Florida.

“I don’t think it’s knowable at this point what a Texas ad buy would accomplish,” veteran Texas Democratic operative Harold Cook said. “But I will say this: If the Democrat is buying ad time in Texas in a presidential election, it ain’t a good year for the Republican.”

The ad buy — estimated at about $1.5 million — is a modest investment for a state the size of Texas, but Democratic allies say it could represent a shift to a “50-state” strategy designed to expand on the 270 electoral votes needed to get to the White House.

Article continues below this ad

As Trump faces a multitude of allegations focused on his behavior toward women, Clinton’s new push into Texas and other Republican states also is seen as a chance to use her momentum to help Democrats in competitive House, Senate and other down-ballot races.

“Donald Trump is becoming more unhinged by the day, and that is increasing prospects for Democrats further down the ballot, because of higher-than-expected turnout and enthusiasm,” Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said Monday in a conference call with reporters.

Mook also announced that the campaign would be adding $2 million in new spending on ads and direct mail in Arizona. Campaign aides said another $1 million is being deployed in Missouri and Indiana, the home of Gov. Mike Pence, Trump’s running mate.

“I think they’re playing with house money right now,” said Craig Goodman, a political scientist at the University of Houston in Victoria, citing reports that the Clinton campaign is flush with cash compared to Trump, who has taken in less than half of the $373 million reported so far by the Democrat. “They’ve got excess resources.”

The new ad comes as First Lady Michelle Obama and Chelsea Clinton will campaign in Arizona. Vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine spent time last week in Utah, where Trump faces a tough third-party challenge and Clinton received the endorsement of the Salt Lake Tribune. In Georgia, civil rights activist Jesse Jackson recently campaigned for Clinton.

Article continues below this ad

Texas Republican Party Chairman Tom Mechler declined to comment on the Clinton ad buy. A state GOP aide, however, questioned the impact of television ads running for a limited time in largely Democratic urban markets. While the ads may demonstrate some muscle-flexing on the part of the Clinton campaign, Republicans consider them a play for the more pervasive “earned media” of news and social media reaction.

Some campaign analysts estimate that a serious effort to compete in an expensive media state like Texas would require a push of more than $2 million a week from now until the Nov. 8 election. So far, the Clinton campaign has given no sign that it is ready to make an investment of that size, notwithstanding the six offices that Clinton and the Democratic National Committee have opened in the state.

Texas Democrats see it as a hopeful sign that the national party is prepared to help make gains in the state legislature, with at least eight competitive seats in the markets covered by the ads. Democrats, working on a big turnout effort, also are hoping to pick up a congressional seat in a Texas border district that includes parts of San Antonio, one of the markets where the Clinton ad will appear.

“In 2016, Texas Democrats have been laser-focused on building the permanent infrastructure necessary to make a stronger Texas,” Texas Democratic Party Deputy Executive Director Manny Garcia said in a statement. “We’re proud to have Secretary Clinton’s campaign investing in that long term vision. Every bit of support by national Democrats to help us make our case to Texas families helps get out the vote.”

The Clinton ad appears to be timed for the beginning of early voting in Texas next Monday. It also comes on the heels of a very tumultuous two weeks for Trump, who has been battling accusations of sexually inappropriate behavior going back decades.

Article continues below this ad

While many analysts see the Texas ad buy as a sign of a widening playing field, an aide to the Clinton camp emphasized that it highlights Clinton’s “unique” endorsement by the Dallas Morning News.

The ad highlights the newspaper’s opinion that Trump “plays on fear” and shows “a dangerous lack of judgment.”

Trump currently leads in the state by nearly six percentage points, according to a RealClearPolitics average. While significant, it is a much smaller advantage than Republicans candidates generally have enjoyed in recent presidential elections. President Barack Obama lost the state by 16 points in 2012.

While the new ad is unlikely to reverse Clinton’s fortunes in the state, it could present a challenge to Trump strategists deciding how to allocate their resources in the waning weeks of the campaign.

“It’s an interesting little chess play,” Cook said

baldingpudenda,

Trump would have Steve chowder moment and hang up immediately.

baldingpudenda,

I wonder if he told her enough for her to understand he really needed the money from grifting. Ain’t no way she cares enough about him to seriously be invested in his endeavors.

baldingpudenda,

Wait, it’s not through a phone so it can be recorded?

baldingpudenda,

Supreme commander was what you describe. You setup your factory to make a unit or a set of units and repeatedly build them until canceled or not enough resources. You could zoom out to view the whole map. it was very much a strategy game and not really tactics or micro.

baldingpudenda,

He always gives me alien in a suit guy from men in black

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/5ac114c0-a087-489c-b59b-56ce2d485724.jpeg

baldingpudenda,

You are coming in loud and clear.

baldingpudenda,

I haven’t looked it up, but isn’t it a poison with no known medical use? That’s schedule 1. Right next to heroin.

baldingpudenda,

Biden could also argue that trump was a threat to America and its democracy.

baldingpudenda,

I’m going to take a guess and assume it’s about taking over DeSantis’s war chest and campaign ppl since trump’s broke and no real personnel as his are getting indicted.

baldingpudenda,

He’s been falling asleep except for when pecker is testifying. The reporters have said his demeanor completely changed. Went from just sitting there to leaning forward or folding his arms.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/17a55156-267f-4a0b-810c-398b8eac81e2.jpeg

I wonder if you look back at photos of him doing that, if he’s being told shit he doesn’t like.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3722fe0d-1220-4ddc-8d64-56772598f1c6.jpeg

baldingpudenda,

Wasn’t there speculation that his constant sniffing was because he abuses some stimulant? They probably took it away from him.

baldingpudenda,

There’s also that time where he was boo’d

baldingpudenda,

Damn you weren’t kidding

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/36b5426e-90fe-4fed-a2aa-a7a80b88e8d8.jpeg

baldingpudenda,

They really saw those videos of terrorists using monkey bars and decided to bomb a playground.

baldingpudenda,

Damn, one of those protesters got shot after trying to go through the barricade setup because they got into the building like J6? The protesters literally just got signs out and were yelling in front of the building. May these illegitimate fucks die soon. Kavanaugh cant get cirrhosis fast enough.

baldingpudenda,

Biden should agree to debate him just to punch him in the mouth, go back to his mic and say Trump says presidents have immunity and walk off stage.

baldingpudenda,

I need to talk to a lawyer about setting up a Super PAC. God Emperor TRUMP 2024 and FOREVER. even if I raise a few K, that’s still less money going to his lawyers.

baldingpudenda,

The companies should buy an ad spot on WaPo or whatever saying no client wants to be associated with all the bullshit on that far right shit hole site.

baldingpudenda,

I mean, the organization is just trying to make sure he doesn’t say gay. Wouldn’t want a republican to break the law.

baldingpudenda,

Iirc, she was touring public housing with a NY housing group. I’m assuming it was a photo op thing and the plants in the sink threw her off. People forget the Clinton’s are dems from Arkansas. They’re neoliberals, but from a state so poor they actually want public programs.

I like to shit on her, but she was a damn capable politician. I don’t know anymore after 30 years of republican propaganda making sure everyone hated her. No one is immune to propaganda, but bitches get stuff done.

baldingpudenda,

Thanks! Done.

baldingpudenda,

Material weaknesses means they “lost” paperwork, right? I’m guessing as that’s his only move.

baldingpudenda,

Oww,my back.

baldingpudenda,

Bill was a lawyer, he out-lawyered the lawyers and they got mad about it.

baldingpudenda,

Does the house still have that one vote to call for a new speaker? Once they push back the debt ceiling for the…third? time, someone should troll and see what happens. The trumpists aren’t gonna pass anything anyway.

baldingpudenda,

Why doesn’t trump, a “billionaire”, pay his own damn bond? You just said Blbillionaires can afford it.

baldingpudenda,

Me walking into the thread…

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6c2fff62-43c6-46f7-a509-3ca1ac28908d.gif

baldingpudenda,

These trumplicans are the worst. During the beghazi bs, they beat that drum for YEARS that it actually stuck in voters minds. Even though the only conclusion was that Republican budget cuts and refusing to give money to bolster security caused it. These morons couldn’t give anything close to half truths or true sounding lies when asked follow up questions. Just kept hitting those talking points.

Ex. Greene asked about possible trump VP and a follow up question on conspiracy theories with MAGA. just went NO YOU and ran off.

baldingpudenda,

Pelosi’s husband was also attacked with a hammer. Did these morons watch that Joaquin Phoenix movie You were never really here and go yeah that’s basically me?

baldingpudenda,

TING!

baldingpudenda,

Trump’s broke. That’s why he put Lara trump as co chair and you hear that some ppl want the RNC to pay donnie’s bills even though that would mean less money for down ballot candidates. Basically means about a billion needed and it would fuck the GOP in congress. I hope they go bankrupt.

baldingpudenda,

From the NY fraud case testimony and word on the street, she’s distancing from daddy. She sees the writing on the wall. Plus, kushner got 2 billion for the Saudis so she don’t need his money/ connections.

baldingpudenda,

Just watch out for that train

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • fightinggames
  • All magazines
    •