Keeping up with Kamala
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SCMP recaps recent polls. Kamala has closed the gap.
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The scientific communities:
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: ‘We must do more’: A look at Kamala Harris’ climate record
https://thebulletin.org/2024/07/we-must-do-more-a-look-at-kamala-harris-climate-record/LA Times: Environmental groups ‘ecstatic’ over Kamala Harris’ candidacy and California climate record
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-07-23/environmentalists-ecstatic-over-kamala-harris-candidacyNature: What Kamala Harris’s historic bid for the US presidency means for science
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02394-6Scientific American: What a Kamala Harris Presidency Would Mean for Science
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-a-kamala-harris-presidency-would-mean-for-science/ -
"First week" figures:
Kamala Harris brings in $200 million in first week of her candidacy
The fundraising haul was powered by first-time donors amid support from young voters.Of course, fundraising performance does not guarantee victory. (Remember Jeb Bush?)
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@Axtremus said in Keeping up with Kamala:
Of course, fundraising performance does not guarantee victory
No but I'm sure it helps!
Also, I know it makes the maga-ites quake in their boots, and that makes me happy.
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It’s starting to look like the first Obama campaign.
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The audacity of hope?
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@wtg said in Keeping up with Kamala:
The GOP is trying to brand Harris as a failed border czar. The Dem response needs to point out that Trump killed the bipartisan border deal....remember this?
She tackles the immigration issue.
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/30/nx-s1-5055670/harris-trump-border-immigration-georgia
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“Harris tries to flip the script on Trump on the border during raucous Georgia speech”
Here’s the problem right here. Tries? TRIES? Jeez!
She didn't try, she did it! NPR used to be better than this.
NPR is dead to me.
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Yeah, that’s pretty frustrating.
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Context. Gotta read the whole letter.
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Vice President Harris’ presidential campaign says it raised more than $310 million in July, driven by a record-breaking $200 million in the first week after she replaced President Biden as the likely Democratic presidential nominee.
Last month’s totals include a number of shattered fundraising records, the campaign says, including the fastest time to raise a billion dollars and the weeklong outpouring of donations after a struggling Biden said he would no longer run for president.
“The tremendous outpouring of support we’ve seen in just a short time makes clear the Harris coalition is mobilized, growing, and ready to put in the work to defeat Trump this November,” Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Harris for President campaign manager, said in a statement. “It is the product of a campaign and coalition that knows the hard work and fighting spirit needed to win in November – and when we fight, we win.”
Two-thirds of the donations made last month came from first-time donors, according to the Harris campaign.
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/02/g-s1-14927/kamala-harris-fundraising
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It didn’t take long for former President Donald Trump to return to his well-worn playbook of resorting to attacks based on race and gender — familiar tactics he has used against political rivals, including in his 2016 campaign against Hillary Clinton.
But it’s not 2016 anymore, and Democrats assert that the lessons learned from Trump’s campaign eight years ago guide their strategy now: Respond aggressively, use his attacks to bolster the campaign’s message and don’t let them distract from the issues.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/02/trump-harris-race-attacks-00172423
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Heh. Republicans for Harris.
The announced “Republicans for Harris” endorsers also include former Govs. Bill Weld of Massachusetts and Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey, former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, and 16 former Republican members of Congress, including Reps. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, Joe Walsh of Illinois and Susan Molinari of New York, according to The Associated Press.
Plus some Floridians:
https://news.yahoo.com/news/florida-republicans-left-party-over-173700592.html
When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier
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I served with Tim Walz as a Republican in the House. He'll be a good vice president
More than ever, America needs a normal guy like Tim Walz to help lead our nation and bring us together
Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is a normal guy. I say this as a former Republican representative who served with Tim in Congress. In these times of bitter political division, America needs someone who can calmly and humbly serve the nation without all the unnecessary shouting and bluster that too often defines our politics today.
Tim and I represented different political parties – he as a Democrat, and I as a Republican – yet we found common ground and worked together on numerous issues for the betterment of our constituents and our nation. More than ever, America just needs a normal guy to help lead our nation and bring us together. I’m excited Vice President Kamala Harris has selected Tim as her running mate.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/i-served-tim-walz-republican-house-hell-good-vice-president
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Have you seen if the cooking With Kamala YouTube videos? There are several of them and they’re quite charming.
Here’s one:
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I just harvested more potatoes from my garden. I'm going to try that potato curry recipe!
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So only another poll, but at least things seem to be moving in Harris' direction...
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4818198-cook-political-report-arizona-georgia-nevada-tossups/
