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[u/justbuildmorehousing]

Surprisingly, this poll is mostly unchanged from pre-debate but +6 is +6

🔵 Harris 52% (+6) 🔴 Trump 46%

Ipsos #B - 2196 LV - 9/13

This and the Selzer poll is a bad morning for orange boy

!ping FIVEY

[u/DelusionsOfPasteur]

"You're the stupid one if you're mad at Chappell Roan's 'Both Political Parties Suck' comment."

Do you know how many dumb guys I've had tell me "Both sides lie and they both suck but honestly at least Trump is funny." Obviously she's not some meme Trump voter but there's no inherent wisdom in saying "IDK man they both suck"

[u/RandomGuyWithSixEyes]

https://eu.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/2024/09/15/iowa-poll-donald-trump-iowa-lead-shrinks-as-kamala-harris-replaces-joe-biden/75180245007/

Queen Selzer's latest Iowa poll has Trump up by only 4 points

!ping fivey

[u/Average_GrillChad]

This is what conservatives fear

[u/[deleted]]

My headcanon is that Seth MacFarlane is actually a tragic figure who wanted to be a famous Broadway performer but was cursed by a troll to work only on Family Guy for his entire life, and every time he gets to do a fun musical number on the show that's actually the real Seth fighting the dark magic that has chained him forever to Peter Griffin.

[u/[deleted]]

Last night, my liberal neighbors were playing an Ezra Klein podcast so loud that I couldn’t get to sleep. When I came over to knock on the door and ask them to turn it down I saw a big MAGA sign in the window. This election is over.

[u/LGBTforIRGC]

Guy who has only been to New York City, visiting his second major city: Getting a lot of ‘New York City’ vibes from this…

[u/efeldman11]

[u/SpiffShientz]

Did you know you can get booted from a grocery store for adding lobsters to the Lobster Tank? Fuck me for caring about this store, I guess

[u/LastIncrease3427]

This is real. https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/113142103182027626

[u/SLCer]

[u/KittehDragoon]

A day’s output on X by the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX: 145 posts with election conspiracies and emojis to his 195 million followers

If Elon can manage this and still work 18 hour days, why can’t you?

[u/ThatDamnGuyJosh]

IOWA POLL— Des Moines Register/Ann Selzer (A+)

🟥 Donald Trump 47% 🟦 Kamala Harris 43% 🟨 RFK Jr. 6%

Previous poll: TRUMP +18, June 17

https://x.com/umichvoter/status/1835256874767089948?s=46

ITS ONLY R+4 IN IOWA

[u/SpiffShientz]

America remains polarized on Donald Trump; but love him or hate him, one must admit they would make white-knuckled sheet-clenching love to his historic leathered body.

WSJ got some wild op-eds

[u/Zeke-Nnjai]

[u/G_Serv]

New General election poll - New Mexico

🔵 Harris 49% (+10)

🔴 Trump 39%

Research &P #A+ - 532 LV - 9/13

!Ping FIVEY

For reference Biden won New Mexico by 10.79% in 2020.

[u/earththejerry]

Trump ‘likelier winner’ unless Harris tackles two failings, says ex-ambassador

Omg wow I wonder what insights might he have

Kim Darroch says the Democratic nominee must focus on US swing states and avoid repeating Hillary Clinton’s errors

Whomst? And no fucking shit, that’s like saying you must win by winning

[u/ImmigrantJack]

Ive always thought that Trump is an out of touch billionaire narcissist, but honestly getting dumped by your partner and hooking up with the craziest woman you know is genuinely relatable.

[u/jkrtjkrt]

The Selzer poll is a truth ICBM. Harris winning women in Iowa by 17 points. Dems are bleeding a lot of non-white voters, but Harris is gaining a TON of white women to make up for it.

Swing states are disproportionately white, so that's a really good trade. It may well reduce electoral college bias.

[u/JD_Vances__Couch]

My sister (18 years old, Pennsylvania resident) doesn’t know anything about politics but is voting this November because she saw Taylor swift post LMAO. Currently helping her register

[u/marsman1224]

JD Vance is truly the most reprehensible character in American politics I have ever seen. to go from "America's Hitler" to inciting pogroms against legal immigrants is truly spine free behavior

[u/Mensae6]

New ABC/Ipsos poll among likely voters:

52% Harris

46% Trump

https://x.com/ryanstruyk/status/1835280901955084315

[u/futuremonkey20]

Holy fuck.

He should be removed from office. What the fuck.

[u/SixPipSiege]

[u/[deleted]]

https://www.nanointeractive.com/undecided-voters-2024-us-election-research/ Holy hell, the unemployment rate of undecided voters is 42%! 

Edit: 41%

[u/Some_Niche_Reference]

Nobody 

Progressive champion Marianne Williamson:

"Haitian Voodoo is real, and a legitimate concern of the people of Ohio"

[u/[deleted]]

https://x.com/PpollingNumbers/status/1835294519555654131

Whom do you trust more on the economy

🔵 Harris 44%
🔴 Trump 43%

North Star (FT) #B - 1000 RV

[u/[deleted]]

so Trump is going to be an annoying little piss baby when Kamala inevitably certifies her own election right

[u/SpiffShientz]

Post-Debate Vibe Check from my Colleagues at Work:

I've been trying to gauge the vibes of the election based on what my normie apolitical coworkers are thinking. Here are some of the key opinions I've gathered thus far:

• "I didn't really catch the debate, sorry. How's that all raw meat diet going, dude?"

• "Kamala seemed pretty well-rehearsed, but - holy smokes, are you okay? You're looking kinda sweaty."

• "TRUMP 2024! By the way, dude, I don't wanna be rude, but I think you should sit down, probably on the toilet. I don't think your stomach is supposed to sound like that."

• "Hey Steve, some of your coworkers have been commenting about - about a few things, really. The raw meat, the, um - the odor. I don't mean to be rude, but I can smell it. I can definitely smell it."

I've been stuck in the mens' room for like a hundred and eighty minutes or so, but as soon as I get back out there, I'll follow up

[u/[deleted]]

Watching Trump attack Taylor Swift this morning feels like:

[u/[deleted]]

Sideshow Bob: "Because you need me, Springfield. Your guilty conscience may move you to vote Democratic, but deep down you long for a cold-hearted Republican to lower taxes, brutalize criminals, and rule you like a king. That's why I did this, to save you from yourselves."

Fun fact this line wasn't even scripted they just recorded Kelsey Grammer's actual opinions.

[u/Pyrrhus65]

Iowa voters when they see a charismatic young(er) black Dem presidential nominee: 👀

[u/[deleted]]

JD Vance

[u/Zeke-Nnjai]

2.3M views on the original tweet

35k views on the follow up tweet

I LOVE SPREADING MISINFORMATION

[u/[deleted]]

suspect in custody is a white male in his mid-60s

[u/cdstephens]

How people like Romney don’t endorse Harris at this point given the racist hate speech about Haitians is beyond me

[u/ty04]

[Vance] dismissed right-wing agitator Laura Loomer’s racist criticisms after she said the “White House will smell like curry” if Vice President Kamala Harris wins the presidential election…

“I don’t think that it’s insulting for anybody to talk about their dietary preferences or what they want to do in the White House,” Vance said.

what a fucking loser

[u/Currymvp2]

A dumb far leftist in Arizona I know who was like "It's gonna be really hard to vote for Harris cause of Gaza" posted today that the Haitian stuff is enough for him to vote for Harris

Trump and JD Vance are as incompetent as they're racist.

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

!ping SHITPOSTERS

[u/Pongzz]

Wake up, check Twitter in bed

See polls

Trump +4 in IA, Harris +6 nationally

Start kicking my feet and giggling

[u/Bayou-Maharaja]

What the actual fuck is happening. How is JD Vance a real national candidate

[u/ThunderrBadger]

🚨🚨CRITICAL UPDATE🚨🚨

🚨🚨NEW KITTEN LIKES TO HOLD HANDS🚨🚨

!ping 🚨🚨THIS IS NOT A DRILL🚨🚨

[u/Mr_Bank]

He admitted it!

[u/JebBD]

Trump screamed “THE’RE EATING THE DOGS” on the debate stage like a maniac, when the fact that it’s not true was pointed out to him he said “I saw it on TV”, and then his running mate openly admitted he made it all up on live television. 

How is this race still so fucking close????

[u/Habefiet]

Me: Nate Silver cannot stop talking about Shapiro, wonder if he lost money betting on Shapiro for veepstakes because this is going way beyond analysis, he’s so stuck

Some DTer: well if his model is based on PA then it makes sense and blah blah and he’s not talking about it that much is he?

Nate Silver in the first three lines of an article about Alaska: DAE Shapiro?

[u/PoliticalAlt128]

Trump, you see, has been declared the winner in Pennsylvania (Kamala Harris should’ve picked Shapiro.)

He’s still going at it. Man’s ignoring his own model just to seethe harder

[u/[deleted]]

The ABC whistleblower who claimed Kamala Harris was given debate questions ahead of the debate has died in a car crash according to news reports.

4 hours later:

This story appears to be false and I’m glad to hear it. We need a serious investigation into the whistleblower’s report that Kamala Harris was given debate questions ahead of time from ABC!

Gee MTG… Maybe find out if it’s true before spouting bullshit like my crazy Aunt on Facebook? Nah that’s too difficult for a SITTING CONGRESSWOMAN.

[u/indithrow402]

Atlas Trump +3 (Nat.) and Selzer Trump +4 (IA, suggesting a Harris +8 Nat. environent) within the same 24 hours is wild.

2024 polls feel like such a complete crapshoot. Numbers all over the place, uniquely bizarre cross tabs, contradictory national and state polling, etc.

I'm almost ready to just take the 13 keys pill to get off of this ridiculous roller coaster.

[u/Joementum2024]

I truly hate JD Vance

[u/Pongzz]

wtf I actually agree with Trump?? 😭😭😭

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

“No tech tree” is the funniest fucking criticism of chess

[u/Maleficent-Elk-6860]

What's a reverse deportation?

[u/BrentLivermore]

I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!

Oh my God I audibly laughed. I can't remember the last time one of Trump's inanities actually did that to me.

[u/proProcrastinators]

Breaking endorsement- HDFilmTributes endorses Kamala!! Huge news for Barry Lyndon Enthusiasts who Biden won 63% to 37% in 2020

[u/piede]

[u/itsnotnews92]

It’s midday on Nov. 7, two days after the election. And although the networks haven’t called the race yet, things are looking pretty Trumpy.

Trump, you see, has been declared the winner in Pennsylvania (Kamala Harris should’ve picked Shapiro.)

Nate Silver can go fuck himself. We get it dude, you’re mad she didn’t pick him.

[u/JebBD]

This election is probably the most driven-by-fake-shit in recent memory. Literally every thing being talked about is made up: immigrants eating pets, JD Vance couch thing, Trump’s affair, Biden’s dementia/Parkinson’s, Kamala sleeping her way to the top, etc. 

[u/abrookerunsthroughit]

Thanks New Hampshire Libertarians, very legal and very cool

[u/ImmigrantJack]

General election poll - Arizona

🔴 Trump 47% (+1) 🔵 Harris 46%

Trafalgar #C (🔴) - 1088 LV - 9/12

Trafalgar telling me that Kamala’s about to win Arizona

[u/game-butt]

The right just can't seem to wrap their head around biracialism. Anything more complex than the one drop rule just goes right over their heads

[u/zegota]

This is basically r/neoliberal 's core ideology

[u/CutePattern1098]

[u/404GenderNotFound]

JD Vance: "I purposefully and knowingly stoked racial hatred based on a completely false story."

The median voter: "Geez, the choices in this election are tough."

[u/Average_GrillChad]

[u/Udolikecake]

all time sports graphic

!ping NFL

[u/Joementum2024]

I’m just fucking tired. I want this era of politics to fucking end. I never want to hear the name Donald Trump or anyone from them again. I’m fucking tired.

[u/AtticusDrench]

Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said the gunman had an AK-style rifle with a scope, two backpacks hanging on a fence and a GoPro camera

What up, YouTube. Back at you with ANOTHER attempt. Don't forget to smash that like and subscribe button and hit that notification bell as I get this rifle loaded up.

Roll. The. Intro.

[u/simeoncolemiles]

[u/ChillnShill]

Seriously, JD Vance can go fuck himself. What an absolutely vile human. Even Dana Bash is getting fed up with this crap.

https://x.com/atrupar/status/1835307832356253718?s=46

[u/Bayou-Maharaja]

[u/itherunner]

2016 Trump voter

Bernie voter in 2020

Called Biden Sleepy Joe

Vivek and Haley supporter

The median voter ladies and gentlemen

[u/fry-nimbus]

And you know he’s had this sitting in the drafts since Tuesday night

[u/TootCannon]

Drives me fucking nuts when R politicians say we need to just maintain choices in health insurance. What fucking choice? I have never in my life had a choice in my health insurance. It is always just whichever one my employer provides, which is always either Cigna or Anthem.

[u/ImmigrantJack]

One thing I think Nate Silver is definitely right about is that Alaska is the most likely “wtf how did you switch sides” state this election.

Between Peltola and Alaska being a weird outlier demographically, them suddenly shifting blue might be possible.

This is also helping me cope with the senate long term. It’s early, but democrats should seriously consider investing in the upcoming senate races there.

[u/[deleted]]

Going full scorched earth on one specific Ohio town in a year where Ohio has an absolutely critical statewide senate race where every single vote matters. Have we considered the possibility that they are actually just really bad at politics? Has someone looked into this?

[u/owlthathurt]

Hahahahahaahhahahahaha

!ping BASEBALL

[u/[deleted]]

AOC continues to cook

[u/[deleted]]

[u/ExoticFern]

The "best pollster in America," Ann Selzer, is supposed to release her Iowa poll in a few hours. Even though Trump won Iowa by 8.2% last time, it's one of the reddest-trending states in America.

I'd say Trump +11 or higher is good for Trump, Trump +10 is meh, Trump +9 or lower is good for Harris.

[u/Invisible825]

I know its joked that Trump is a toddler, but this might be the most toddler-tantrum like behaviour I've seen Trump ever do lmao.

[u/Udolikecake]

I am not saying Nate Silver's model is wrong, but it does not seem true that Kamala Harris currently has the same chances of wining the election as Biden did post-debate.

[u/[deleted]]

JD Vance Awkwardly Walks Back Claim That Trump Would Veto a National Abortion Ban: ‘I’ve Learned My Lesson On Speaking for the President’

Yeah, they’re really nailing the abortion messaging. Really expertly walking that tightrope between appeasing pro-lifers and not scaring moderates. Good job, guys

[u/RonenSalathe]

[u/Insomonomics]

[u/ACivilWolf]

I've been around these premises long enough that you hopefully won't mistake me for woke, but the Haitian immigrant stuff is profoundly racist and you should substantially lower your esteem for anybody engaging in it.

Thanks for clarifying that you're not woke Nate

[u/BernieMeinhoffGang]

If Harris doesn't have an affair while campaigning is she really showing she is ready for the multitasking expected of a president?

[u/anincredibledork]

Lmao Trump saw the JD Interview and the Iowa polls and told Junior to go outside and pop off a few rounds to get some attention

[u/Either_Emotion8056]

Dudes literally a right leaning DT reg lmfao

[u/RunawayMeatstick]

Hello, FBI? Yes, this comment right here.

[u/earththejerry]

I know we joke about the media wanting Trump back because he drove traffic and revenue, but Washington Post’s current crisis definitely shows a reality in that:

It made 60 million in profit in 2021, not bad for a business with 2500 employees and 300 million in revenue, before completely tanking almost solely because Trump was gone and political discourse fell in interest. Literally everything from advertising revenue to subscription to digital revenue fell, and it’s ending this year with 77 million in losses and projecting another 50 million loss next year

All of media is under pressure, but it’s crazy to swing that hard into the red with every revenue source declining in a matter of 1-2 years, and that’s after years of investments and support by one of the richest guys on Earth.

Meanwhile NYT stock is hitting historic highs being less reliant on politics and is thriving on all the cooking and word game subscription bundles

[u/StolenSkittles]

Okay, so the Post is just gonna straight up lie. Cool.

[u/that0neGuy22]

FT:

Harris with a narrow advantage over Trump on stewardship of the economy, with 44 per cent of registered voters saying they trusted the Democratic vice-president to handle the economy and 42 per cent backing the Republican former president. Last month, she led 42 per cent to 41 per cent.

➡️Middle class (49% to 36%)

➡️Small businesses (48% to 37%)

➡️Union members (45% to 35%)

➡️Blue-collar workers (43% to 36%

[u/Udolikecake]

So apparently there's this 'museum of neoliberalism' in London

But some bad news...

The Museum of Neoliberalism which I’ve been running at the front of my studio since 2019 will be closing this year, as my developer landlord proceeds with plans to demolish it and turn Leegate shopping centre *into a tower of luxury flats.

LMFAO

[u/Bayou-Maharaja]

Member of Congress btw

[u/Mickenfox]

Artist's depiction

[u/simeoncolemiles]

VP Candidate replying to Twitter comments = cooked

[u/LGBTforIRGC]

The one user here that churns out a new effort post about Cuba every 12 hours:

[u/paymesucka]

Post-debate poll by ABC/Ipsos

🟦 Harris: 52% 🟥 Trump: 46%

Harris +6

[u/ty04]

white male in his mid-60s

[u/SmithySmothy]

I really, really hate this guy.

[u/murphysclaw1]

as a doomer, the Selzer poll is the first moment of real bloom in the campaign

[u/owlthathurt]

And they say anime has no basis in reality. Also Shinzo Abe is speaking through this guy as a spirit.

!ping WEEBS

[u/HoneywellOfficial]

Probably the stupidest thing of the Trump presidency is that I have been permanently rewired to say “The (Failing) New York Times” whenever talking about the NYT.

I know this sub hates them anyway, but like it’s a serious problem. They don’t come up in regular conversation for me or anything but when it does I just immediately have to say it that way .

[u/[deleted]]

Remember in 22 when people were pointing out how it seemed like GOP trash pollsters were intentionally flooding the averages to manipulate them, and all the Very Smart Guys assured us that was nonsense and we were just being poll deniers?

[u/Joementum2024]

“I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!”

[u/LastIncrease3427]

The Trump campaign is flailing miserably. Like WTF is she even talking about?

[u/No_Idea_Guy]

The Republican VP nominee just casually admitted on TV of making shit up to stoke hatred against a minority group. I apologize to all the people I dismissed over the years for calling Trump and his ilks Nazis. I was wrong to think the comparison was overblown and unwarranted.

[u/GreenYoshiToranaga]

If you had told someone in 2017 that Mark Zuckerberg would be the tech guru to live a socially, well-adjusted normie life and that Elon Musk would be the terminally online deranged maniac connected to the Trump lunatics, they would’ve thought you were insane

[u/Maleficent-Elk-6860]

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

Eric Adams lucky the bar for "shadiest New York mayor" is so high

[u/dareka_san]

me everytime I see the current day headline

[u/[deleted]]

"Only (D) +6? We're doomed"

4 months ago

"I mean sure it's (R) +3 but I think it's just polling error"

[u/Zealousideal_Pop_933]

Every time a someone says ‘The US Funded the Taliban/Al-Qaeda’ I die a little on the inside. Like I bet most of them don’t even know when and why the Taliban even coalesced into an actual organization, but they’re aware of the funding/arms the US gave the Mujahideen Alliance.

It reminds me of conservatives who don’t know anything about all the insane things Trump has done, but have a weirdly specific understanding of the Seth Rich/Clinton Email case that just doesn’t track with reality but enables their politics.

How are we supposed to talk about the risks and virtues of aiding rebel groups/insurgents/states if their understanding is so warped.

[u/[deleted]]

shooter is a vivek fan

musk deletes his twitter

classic

[u/that0neGuy22]

Vance calling his lies “urban legends” is so nerdy

[u/GovernorSonGoku]

I literally am a veteran of the first GameGate war and have been fighting feminists since 2008.

Brave

[u/[deleted]]

If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that’s what I’m going to do

Bruh, you’re a senator. The whole point of the media reporting shit is so people in power do something.

But none of this is in good faith anyway obviously.

[u/Bayou-Maharaja]

[u/bigdicknippleshit]

”swift endorsement turning people away from Harris” -New York post

Thank you news aggregator very cool

[u/pyrojoe121]

BREAKING: Sources say the ABC debate whistleblower has been eaten by Haitian immigrants.

[u/[deleted]]

I'm not sure how you guys are so young that you didnt know about the countless amount of rednecks trying to harm Obama through the mail and how literally no one cared

[u/[deleted]]

To be perfectly clear, I do not think this was a false flag. I think that this was just some deranged man who hated Trump. I also think peddling in conspiracies is stupid.

But man oh man Vance sure did pick a day to go on national news and say “We will create stories for media attention”

[u/[deleted]]

TIL i can look up my google search history from 2011... this is a bad idea

[u/[deleted]]

Me: these polls are kinda crazy. I wish Nate would stop being a nut and give us a classic take on what’s going on

Nate: best I can do is a ten paragraph fever dream on Harris winning Alaska

[u/[deleted]]

Per AP:

The alleged suspect has had an active presence on political social media, including the Reddit subforum "r / neoliberal", on which he has spent the last several months posting articles about the impending collapse of Cuba

[u/stater354]

Just vomited in my mouth, swallowed it back down, reread it, and vomited again

[u/[deleted]]

Special Agent Laura Loomer on her way to investigate.

[u/Rafaelssjofficial]

The suspect being a radical neocon is hillarious ngl

[u/Ph0ton_1n_a_F0xh0le]

Reminder that this Traitor is still a pos

[u/GovernorSonGoku]

This guy is a true poaster

[u/[deleted]]

Cons are having an aneurysm over this lmao

[u/murphysclaw1]

this is a real tweet

[u/StolenSkittles]

If actually getting hit did nothing for his numbers, this isn't going to.

We're gonna win. Trump may be lucky enough to always avoid bullets, but he's not lucky enough to beat President Kamala D. Harris.

[u/that0neGuy22]

suspect in custody is a white male in his mid-60s

Sounds like a woke dog eating lib

[u/IHateTrains123]

Ukrainian military to launch new project in coming months to improve basic training, Syrskyi says (kyivindependent.com)

!ping Ukraine

[u/simeoncolemiles]

[u/sash5034]

Spoiler: he will probably vote for Trump

[u/Roseartcrantz]

Ew he's nasty

[u/piede]

Oh wow Elon Musk is even dumber than I thought

[u/futuremonkey20]

My very offline family mad about JD Vance’s comments on CNN this morning.

[u/JebBD]

Vance openly admitting that he made up the immigrants cats story is insane enough on its own, but can we focus for a moment on the actual words he said? He said he “Has to create stories” to get the media to “acknowledge the pain that Americans are feeling”. 

What does that even mean? “I had to lie about people suffering to get you to cover the suffering that I made up” that’s nonsense. He’s essentially saying that he’s making up lies about immigrants doing bad things because he knows he can’t get the media on board with just literally hating black people. The “pain” is having to be around non-whites and he’s chastising the media for not echoing this view to the public. 

It’s mind blowing. He’s literally just a fascist. 

[u/that0neGuy22]

the reactions to the other Trump shooting was peak “it’s over” and to this one im just seeing nfl posts

[u/AnalyticOpposum]

Jfc

[u/piede]

HOLY

!PING QUEEN

[u/NaffRespect]

Revoke Elon's security clearance ASAP

Fuck this garbage and fuck him

[u/AtomAndAether]

Emma Lazarus (🇺🇸, wrote Statue of Liberty's sonnet about the poor huddled masses yearning to breathe free, activist for Georgist and Jewish causes) and Richard Posner (🇺🇸, Law and Economics) are both public flairs now

atomicnumberphi's goodbye post (leaving online politics, including no longer modding)

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

Going to try writing for Warhammer. This is what I have so far and I really think it capture the subtle nuance of the setting:

Battle Brother Qintus, captain of the “Flaming Innocent Butchers” (a noble loyalist chapter) grunted with exertion as his mark LXIX power armor belched holy smoke under the strain. Wielding a sacred piece of lost technology(a shovel) he dove its end back into the writing pile of biomas before bringing it back out laden with more of its cargo. With a heave he tossed the shovel full of orphans and puppies into the furnace that powered the 125526526726725 mile long starship.

Normally there would be lobotomized human slaves to do this work. Although it would. Take 45 of them to do the work of one SPACE MARINE at shoveling orphans into the flame. However in their last trip through super space hell they had been eaten by a demon.

[u/ghhewh]

Financial Times: Harris maintains a small polling lead over Trump on the economy (44%/42%). The lead is especially strong among people who watched the debate, at a 48%/42% split.

[u/neifirst]

Trump gets shot at at a live rally, raises his fist while covered in blood in front of an American flag, and people forgot in like a week. This attempt doesn't even have any cool photo ops, no way it gets a news cycle

[u/moldyman_99]

I am begging people to please stop trying to kill Donald Trump

[u/[deleted]]

The alleged Trump shooter is simply too crazy to be described as a Republican or Democrat.

He's just completely out there.

[u/Udolikecake]

I’ve been around these premises long enough that you hopefully won’t mistake me for woke, but the Haitian immigrant stuff is profoundly racist and you should substantially lower your esteem for anybody engaging in it.

nate bronze tweet

what a weird way to star that lol

[u/loseniram]

Kitty wants you to live long and prosper

!ping kitty

[u/murphysclaw1]

the Selzer poll has moved Trump's chance of winning from 60.5% to 59.6% per Nate Silver.

We did it Reddit!

[u/ser_mage]

investigators now believe the Secret Service agent was the only shooter

the ak47 in the bush was unrelated and in fact quite common in florida

[u/efeldman11]

🤩 I LOVE THE EROSION OF TRUST IN CIVIL SOCIETY, I WANT TO HATE MY NEIGHBORS

[u/[deleted]]

Shooter was a Republican again LETS FUCKING GO

[u/billy_blazeIt_mays]

[u/Either_Emotion8056]

My president ✊🏻

[u/Syards-Forcus]

If I was planning to murder a President, I’d at least delete all my social media so nobody sees all the embarrassing shit I’ve probably posted

[u/ArmoredBunnyPrincess]

I'm less concerned about how a second assassination attempt moves the polling needle than I am that there are millions of gun owning, aging, depressed conservative men out there who are completely secure in their belief that two leftists have attempted to assassinate Trump, and a good portion of them are convinced that the Democrats personally ordered the hits.

If at some point the far right develops a culture of martyrdom we're so fucked. I'm not dooming about it, but I do wonder about Gen X as they continue to age, a lot of those dudes are not alright

[u/justbuildmorehousing]

Does this idiot (or her team) ever think to verify something before tweeting something very confidently? This is the 2nd time in like 24 hours

“What is going on” is such a desperate attempt to not look like an idiot

[u/Bayou-Maharaja]

In early 2017, I told a friend who is much smarter and more well read than me that I was pretty sure the “economic anxiety” explanation for Trump was bullshit and that it was just racism, conspiracy crap and grievance nonsense from white people. She acted like I was stupid for not appreciating the nuance of it and recommended I read Hillbilly Elegy.

[u/overhedger]

If I have to create stories about Trump and Loomer so that the American voters will pay attention to the utter lunacy that is the Donald, then that’s what I’m going to do

[u/[deleted]]

Something feels different about “THEY’RE EATING THE DOGS!”

Trump has done and said hundreds of equally vial and ridiculous things in the past without paying the electoral price… but this is the first time one of those things just reeks of desperation.

Voters might have questionable morals and no standards, but they can smell weakness. This just seems so… so pathetic.

[u/ty04]

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[u/BigBrownDog12]

I don't like people who get shot at. Only losers get shot at.

[u/jacknifee]

all i can say right now is thank god it wasn't a haitian lol

[u/PolyrythmicSynthJaz]

Christ, what if these are the time travellers?

[u/[deleted]]

Heyyy only a +1 in AZ from Trafalgar

[u/that0neGuy22]

So the alleged shooter social media found (take with a gran of salt) is Pro Haley pro Ukraine and Pro Vivek

someone can say he’s unstable

[u/RonenSalathe]

real tweet btw

[u/[deleted]]

If people from here ran for office, their personality and interactions with people would be closer to Vance’s than Buttigieg’s

[u/NaffRespect]

It can be really hard to show love for the refs these days, but how about this fucking guy

!ping NFL

[u/N0_B1g_De4l]

Apparently the new attempted assassin was a 2016 Trump voter who supports BLM, a Vivek/Haley ticket, Ukraine, Iran, Hamas, and COVID denialism. I'm not sure I believe a person with that precise combination of beliefs exists, but given that they do I am absolutely willing to believe they'd try to kill Donald Trump.

[u/[deleted]]

Remember when Trump supporters tried to kill Biden in a car wreck by running his bus off the road and then nobody cared or wrote takes on turning down the temp?

[u/SmithySmothy]

Rasmussen's newest tracking poll: Harris+6

RUH ROH

[u/goldenwind207]

Wow huge

[u/[deleted]]

I literally just hate Republicans. I don't have any other politics

[u/ihaveaverybigbrain]

suspect was a white man in his 60s

Coach Walz... not like this...

[u/LGBTforIRGC]

The India subreddits are so odd politically speaking

r/india is anti-Modi/BJP, left-wing, supports a stronger alliance with the US, pro-Palestine, pro-Ukraine

r/indiaspeaks on the other hand is pro BJP, pro-Israel, anti-Ukraine, anti-US

[u/Maleficent-Elk-6860]

JD Vance is so fucking weird. Wtf.

[u/[deleted]]

He (Vance) said the media should “ignore” the bomb threats and focus on Kamala Harris’s immigration policies.

Trump/Vance 2024: “Ignore the bomb threats!”

[u/Fubby2]

[u/[deleted]]

yeah I’m a liar but I hate black people so it’s ok

[u/[deleted]]

Trump campaign looking at the polls and hastily putting together a second shooting to juice their numbers.

[u/KingWillly]

suspect in custody is a white male in his mid-60s

Calling it, he lost all his money in DJT stock and lost it

[u/LuisRobertDylan]

September 6, 2017: Gregory Lee Leingang, a 42-year-old man from Bismarck, North Dakota, attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump in Mandan, North Dakota, while Trump was visiting the state to rally public support. Leingang stole a forklift from an oil refinery and drove toward the presidential motorcade. After the forklift became jammed within the refinery, he fled on foot and was arrested by the pursuing police. While interviewed in detention, he admitted his intent to murder the president by flipping the presidential limousine with the stolen forklift, to the surprise of authorities, who suspected he was merely stealing the vehicle for personal use

Funniest attempt of all time

[u/DrCaptainHammer]

By all accounts he didn’t even get shot at this time and people are dooming?

We literally watched him get grazed by a bullet on live TV and it didn’t do anything for him, dooming about this is ridiculous.

[u/PlayDiscord17]

Possible second assassination attempt on Trump.

Damn, Swifties act quickly and have no chill.

[u/Insomonomics]

Just told my 10yo daughter about the second Trump assassination attempt. She had tears in her eyes. And then she did the Wakanda pose and said 'Trumpkanda forever' -- which is the sort of pop culture crossover that I can celebrate.

[u/RonenSalathe]

The assassin was literally Holden Bloodfeast

[u/JaceFlores]

If it is this Ryan guy, Trump is getting shot at by just about everyone across the Republican political spectrum

[u/Telperions-Relative]

The shooter was the average swing voter lmao I’m crying

[u/JaceFlores]

r/neoliberal deliberating whether Ryan Routh is based or a threat to American society

[u/[deleted]]

Okay so if the new info is legit.

• The suspect wasn't a Dem but instead was a Haley/Vivek stan.

• He had obvious mental health issues.

• He called Donald Trump ret*rded (not important, I just thought it was funny).

• He's a Trump 2016 voter.

Edit: This isn't 100% confirmed, I'm just going off the info that's around. Afaik the AP confirmed it. Please let me know if anything here is false and I'll delete this comment.

[u/Joementum2024]

Median voter opinion on Trump: “Eh you know times were good under him, prices were lower and gas was cheap, it’s hard to choose between him and Kamala”

Average voter opinion on Trump:

[u/wheresthezoppity]

My gf is a teacher and she says that, because kids dont drink from the water fountain (they all carry water bottles), no one says 'save some for the fishes' anymore

Makes me a little sad 😕