2024 Election Season

[Ann]

OMG this thread...the absolute incompetence of the Harris campaign. 

"I think I convinced the driver to vote for Trump. He dapped me up when I got off."
 

 

[Ann]

The second tweet - wow

 

The founders of a group called "Earn Your Leisure" which focuses on black businesses & culture just hinted that they want to invite Trump to speak at their Invest Fest after seeing him speak to black journalists in Chicago

 

"You think it would be a good idea if we have Trump at Invest Fest or don't do that?"

 

Charlamagne (with a rare good take): "Why Not?"

 

Groups like this are highly respected in black culture, if Trump shows up there and talks about his economic policy, it would break all the mainstream media narratives

 

The event runs from August 23 to the 25th, and thousands of influential black entrepreneurs will be there. We need to reach every single voter we can get. The Trump team needs to get on the phone with these guys ASAP

 

THIS IS YUGEEEEE!!!
 

 

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

12 hours ago, Ann said:

 

 

She's saying this after three and a half years of calling inflation a Republican hoax?

 

[Taro T]

50 minutes ago, Crap Throwing Clavin said:

 

She's saying this after three and a half years of calling inflation a Republican hoax?

 

 

She is nothing if not consistently inconsistent.

[Fansince88]

2 minutes ago, Taro T said:

 

She is nothing if not consistently inconsistent.

Well, the troubles of today are the troubles of yesterday. Tomorrow's troubles will be tomorrows today troubles and todays troubles will be Tomorrow's yesterday troubles. Hahahahahahahahahahahah.

[Ann]

[Ann]

What!?

Open up the thread and follow the links. 
 

 

 

 

[Ann]

Virginia
 

 

[Ann]

Last night, Kamala Harris personally filed an updated Statement of Candidacy (aka Form 2) to designate Tim Walz as her running mate.

 

Since she used Biden’s personal candidate ID number (P80000722) instead of her own (P00009423), the FEC records are convoluted. Her newly filed Form 2 shows up on Biden's personal FEC page. But if you look at the 2024 election cycle, Biden is erased and replaced with Harris, as if he was never never running for President.

 

Looking at Biden’s campaign committee’s FEC record, it’s now associated with both Biden’s and Harris’s candidacies for President for the period of 2020-2022. But that makes no sense, because Harris’s Presidential run in 2020 was never linked to Biden’s, and she ceased her campaign for President in 2020 and did not run again until 2024. Now Harris’s personal FEC candidate ID number (P00009423)—which is supposed to follow her for all Presidential campaigns for life—is somehow linked to Biden’s Presidential campaign in 2020. Only her Vice-Presidential campaign was ever linked to Biden’s, but that is separate from any Presidential campaigns.

 

The current 2023-2024 FEC record for “Biden for President” (aka “Harris for President,” ID number C00703975) is linked to two Presidential candidates. Both are both named “Kamala Harris.” One of these candidates is associated with Harris’s candidate ID number (P00009423), and the other “Kamala Harris” is associated with Biden’s candidate ID number (P80000722).

 

The Statement of Candidacy that Kamala Harris filed on July 29, using Biden’s personal candidate ID number (P80000722), now shows up under Harris’s ID number. But last night’s filing for that same candidate—number P80000722—shows up for the other “Kamala Harris” who is running for President. (Based on what happened previously, I suspect the FEC will shift these records in the future, to make it seem like there aren’t so many discrepancies between the names and the ID numbers.)

 

Confused? That’s because these filings from Harris are irregular. If Kamala Harris had used her own candidate ID number, like every other candidate in modern history, this wouldn’t have been so complicated, but then it would have been difficult to make the case that she’s entitled to Biden’s war chest. Undoubtedly, these filings are trying to circumvent those pesky campaign finance laws.

 

By the way, since Walz has never run for President, he doesn’t have his own FEC candidate ID for a Presidential run. According the the logic of Harris’s supporters, Walz is equally entitled to any funds from the campaign committee associated with ID number C00703975. And, just as Harris felt entitled to file an amended Statement of Candidacy using Biden’s personal candidate ID number because she was the Vice Presidential candidate, Walz could do the same, using Biden’s personal candidate ID number to run for President if he wanted to. The Democrats could pass this campaign down in perpetuity, without even obtaining the formal agreement of the prior candidate.

 

This reminds me of a system of government that isn’t considered anything like a democracy. 
 

 

(the second tweet says)

Harris and Biden are currently linked to a single campaign committee as separate Presidential candidates, which is not supposed to be possible. Vice-Presidential candidates are an exception to the general rule that two candidates cannot share a single campaign committee, because they run as a single ticket with a Presidential candidate. Once Harris withdrew as a Vice-Presidential candidate, her association with Biden’s campaign committee ended. Now that Harris is only running for President, she is supposed to have her own campaign committee, but all that happened is that she renamed Biden’s campaign committee. As far as the FEC is concerned, Biden has made no changes to his candidacy since September 5, 2023, and I see nothing stopping him from continuing to run.

 

 

 

 

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

1 minute ago, Ann said:

Last night, Kamala Harris personally filed an updated Statement of Candidacy (aka Form 2) to designate Tim Walz as her running mate.

 

Since she used Biden’s personal candidate ID number (P80000722) instead of her own (P00009423), the FEC records are convoluted. Her newly filed Form 2 shows up on Biden's personal FEC page. But if you look at the 2024 election cycle, Biden is erased and replaced with Harris, as if he was never never running for President.

 

Looking at Biden’s campaign committee’s FEC record, it’s now associated with both Biden’s and Harris’s candidacies for President for the period of 2020-2022. But that makes no sense, because Harris’s Presidential run in 2020 was never linked to Biden’s, and she ceased her campaign for President in 2020 and did not run again until 2024. Now Harris’s personal FEC candidate ID number (P00009423)—which is supposed to follow her for all Presidential campaigns for life—is somehow linked to Biden’s Presidential campaign in 2020. Only her Vice-Presidential campaign was ever linked to Biden’s, but that is separate from any Presidential campaigns.

 

The current 2023-2024 FEC record for “Biden for President” (aka “Harris for President,” ID number C00703975) is linked to two Presidential candidates. Both are both named “Kamala Harris.” One of these candidates is associated with Harris’s candidate ID number (P00009423), and the other “Kamala Harris” is associated with Biden’s candidate ID number (P80000722).

 

The Statement of Candidacy that Kamala Harris filed on July 29, using Biden’s personal candidate ID number (P80000722), now shows up under Harris’s ID number. But last night’s filing for that same candidate—number P80000722—shows up for the other “Kamala Harris” who is running for President. (Based on what happened previously, I suspect the FEC will shift these records in the future, to make it seem like there aren’t so many discrepancies between the names and the ID numbers.)

 

Confused? That’s because these filings from Harris are irregular. If Kamala Harris had used her own candidate ID number, like every other candidate in modern history, this wouldn’t have been so complicated, but then it would have been difficult to make the case that she’s entitled to Biden’s war chest. Undoubtedly, these filings are trying to circumvent those pesky campaign finance laws.

 

By the way, since Walz has never run for President, he doesn’t have his own FEC candidate ID for a Presidential run. According the the logic of Harris’s supporters, Walz is equally entitled to any funds from the campaign committee associated with ID number C00703975. And, just as Harris felt entitled to file an amended Statement of Candidacy using Biden’s personal candidate ID number because she was the Vice Presidential candidate, Walz could do the same, using Biden’s personal candidate ID number to run for President if he wanted to. The Democrats could pass this campaign down in perpetuity, without even obtaining the formal agreement of the prior candidate.

 

This reminds me of a system of government that isn’t considered anything like a democracy. 
 

 

(the second tweet says)

Harris and Biden are currently linked to a single campaign committee as separate Presidential candidates, which is not supposed to be possible. Vice-Presidential candidates are an exception to the general rule that two candidates cannot share a single campaign committee, because they run as a single ticket with a Presidential candidate. Once Harris withdrew as a Vice-Presidential candidate, her association with Biden’s campaign committee ended. Now that Harris is only running for President, she is supposed to have her own campaign committee, but all that happened is that she renamed Biden’s campaign committee. As far as the FEC is concerned, Biden has made no changes to his candidacy since September 5, 2023, and I see nothing stopping him from continuing to run.

 

 

 

 

 

So...this isn't election fraud? 

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

 

[Ann]

Now it will cost more to launder through buying those MC/Visa gift cards:


 

Texas's Ongoing Investigation Into Act­Blue Yields Coop­er­a­tion On Donor Credit Card Identification

 

In December 2023, we opened an investigation into the major fundraising platform ActBlue to determine whether their operations are compliant with all applicable laws.

 

ActBlue has cooperated with our ongoing investigation. They have changed their requirements to now include ‘CVV’ codes for donations on their platform. This is a critical change that can help prevent fraudulent donations. 

 

But it is most important that we enforce the law and protect the integrity of our elections. 

 

Certain features of campaign finance law may incentivize bad actors to use platforms like ActBlue to covertly move money to political campaigns to evade legal requirements. Suspicious activity on fundraising platforms must be fully investigated to determine if any laws have been broken.

 

 

[Ann]

4 minutes ago, Crap Throwing Clavin said:

 

So...this isn't election fraud? 

"It's different when we do it!"

- Democrats everywhere

 

[Ann]

5 minutes ago, Crap Throwing Clavin said:

 

I thought the horse semen stomach pump story was disgusting, but since he keeps using the couch story for JD Vance, I'll allow it.

(both stories are made up)

[Ann]

Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown to skip Democratic National Convention amid tough Senate campaign
In an interview with CNN, Brown said he often skips conventions and doesn't plan to campaign with Vice President Kamala Harris this fall

 

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In an interview with CNN, Brown said he often skips conventions and doesn't plan to campaign with Harris this fall. A campaign spokesperson confirmed the senator's statements but declined to comment further. The Ohio Democratic Party referred a reporter to Brown's campaign.

 

</snip>

[Ann]

heh, headline at Fox right now:

HAPPENING NOW: Trump takes questions as Harris dodges media for 18 straight days

[Ann]

ABC!?
 

 

[Ann]

 

[Ann]

 

[Ann]

How did he get reelected?