All purpose news and politics thread part VI: This Is Not The Time For Posing

[Revolutionary_Jack]

I honestly don't know where Trump, his campaign, his Republican minders, or whoever owns his tax debt are going with this latest stunt.

[Revolutionary_Jack]

He made the stock market crash. Again.

Stock market isn't the economy.

[Amadeus Arkham]

Trump Halts COVID Stimulus Talks Until After Election

[KOSLOX]

Stock market isn't the economy.

It's still a self inflicted wound, and one of the things he points to as evidence he's done such an amazing job.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

And Trump returns from the hospital to blow up talks on Covid-19 relief that had been going on between Speaker Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

There's no help coming, and he just claimed the blame for that.

He’s gone off the deep end, plain and simple. Trump sent the market into the gutter and put already struggling Americans on the precipice. That’s flat out insane.

[Revolutionary_Jack]

It's still a self inflicted wound, and one of the things he points to as evidence he's done such an amazing job.

What's weird is that when he was on steroids and tweeted all caps Sunday morning, he actually said to go ahead with the stimulus. Now he's walked back. So is that the drugs talking, is it Remdesivir or Dexamethasone withdrawal? Or did someone suggest this?


More importantly will people buy this extortion?

[KNIGHT OF THE LAKE]

As vindictive evil acts go, it's one of his more cunning ones.

It encourages idiots to vote for him, because they'll suffer longer (short term) if they don't vote for him, because Biden won't be president until Jan 21

It’s not that cunning. The market just tanked. He also let it be known that he was the one walking from the table so now when his supporters try to argue bad faith negotiations against the Democrats.

My opinion he saw the polls when he got back and realized he’s done so this is his tantrum on the way out

[Joker]

Trump being wildly inconsistent with what he says and what he does, doesn’t have anything to do with the drugs he’s on. He’s always been like this.

[KNIGHT OF THE LAKE]

Stock market isn't the economy.

You are correct. However it’s also been his primary indicator for economic success. So for him and his supporters, it’s bad

[Gray Lensman]

And there’s the issue. The voter suppression has already started, the damage to the USPS has already been done, and Trump’s cult members have been told by glorious leader to go to the polls and start trouble. Biden looks to be in good shape right now, but actually getting the votes counted is still going to be a problem as the GOP is no longer trying to cheat in secret.

The latest is the Trump campaign is talking to legislatures in swing states to try and get them to override any vote and choose the electors themselves.

[Joker]

The latest is the Trump campaign is talking to legislatures in swing states to try and get them to override any vote and choose the electors themselves.

The fact that this isn’t illegal is bullshit. Like, nope, you just go to jail now.

[babyblob]

Early voting started today in Ohio and Indiana. There are very long lines in Hamilton county in Ohio and in Cleveland. My absentee ballot got rejected because they said my signature did not match. So I am going Thrusday to do early voting. I will want my vote for Biden to be put in

[Tami]

Got mine in this past Saturday and immediately filled it out and sent it back out, it's early enough in the month and I live in an middle class/upper middle class white area so I felt like the risk of mailing it vs. dropping it off wasn't too high.

Mail just came and I can't believe that I got my Ballot!!!! Yes!!! I'll fill it out and get it into the mail by tomorrow.

[PaulBullion]

Seeing polls that have Biden up nationally 14, 16 even 17 points. Ones that have him up in Pennsylvania by 11.

Trump is literally going all in on "yes, I'm that stupid about the virus" strategy. Which, admittedly, will make people forget he ignored Russian bounties on U.S. Troops, his connections to Epstein, his tax fraud, his voter fraud conspiracy theories to suprress the vote, or any number of other negative stories about him.

This is starting to look like Biden will be able to get 400+ electoral votes if the momentum doesn't shift.



I don't know that I will. Tulsi is going to fade into irrelevance.

Assuming she doesn't plan a comeback as a Republican Disney villainess.

My prediction is 335 electoral votes for Biden. I think voter suppression will be too strong in the South for Georgia and Texas to flip this time around.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

What is telling is ...my entire news feed is deep grief and sadness over rock God Eddie Van Halen. Just WHY ? WHY 2020 ? Compare this days ago to Donald Trump where half my news feed was pretty much saying how it would be alright if he died . Its just wild. In less than a week folks.