2024 US Presidential election

• Biden to run against MAGA in 2024, not just Trump

President Biden's team is expanding his re-election strategy beyond Donald Trump to target the MAGA movement and its impact on U.S. politics, figuring it will endure even if Trump isn't the GOP nominee, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: The move aims to cast Trumpism as a far-right authoritarian force — and stems partly from Democrats' polling that suggests the term "MAGA" is viewed more negatively than "Trump Republicans."

Biden's team believes Trumpism will continue to permeate through the GOP at least through 2024, regardless of who emerges as the party's presidential choice.

Trump has a big lead in GOP polls, but it's unclear how his growing legal troubles will weigh on his campaign.

The big picture: By attacking the "Make America Great Again" movement that some Americans see as particularly coarse and divisive, Biden's team will seek to paint many Republicans across the ballot as MAGA candidates.

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• Study: Republican deaths in Florida, Ohio linked to COVID vaccine politics

Registered Republicans experienced a "significantly higher" rate of excess deaths than Democrats in Florida and Ohio in the months after COVID-19 vaccines were made widely available, a new study has found.

Why it matters: The Yale researchers note in their study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine Monday, the findings "suggest that well-documented differences in vaccination attitudes and reported uptake between Republican and Democratic voters may have been a factor in the severity and trajectory of the pandemic."

• The study builds on growing evidence suggesting that a person's political leanings could have been a COVID risk factor.

What they did: Researchers examined 538,159 deaths in individuals aged 25 years and older in Florida and Ohio from March 2020 to December 2021.

• Political party affiliation in Ohio was defined by whether an individual voted in a party's primary election within the preceding two calendar years. In Florida, it was based on party registration.

By the numbers: After May 1, 2021, when vaccines were available to all adults, researchers found the excess death rate gap between Republican and Democratic voters widened from a percentage point of −0.9 to 7.7 percentage points.

• That meant the excess death rate among Republican voters was 43% higher than that among Democratic voters.

• Biden to tout climate investments in trip to sweltering West

President Biden will tout his administration’s work to combat climate change in a trip out West, which has faced scorching — and in some cases, record-breaking — temperatures this month.

In a trip next week to Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, Biden is expected to discuss Democrats’ climate, tax and health care bill and the ways in which it bolstered climate-friendly energy and U.S. manufacturing.

Later, on Aug. 16, Biden will host a White House event to celebrate the Inflation Reduction Act.

The southwestern U.S. has faced a sweltering heat wave over the past several weeks, with Phoenix seeing 31 days in a row of temperatures above 110 degrees.

Last week, Biden gave a speech about climate change, which exacerbates heat waves and other extreme weather events, and said he would take actions aimed at protecting workers from the hazardous heat.

The upcoming White House moves are part of broader efforts to promote that bill and other legislation the administration has passed.

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• DeSantis floats RFK Jr. to run CDC or FDA

“If you’re president, sic him on the FDA [Food and Drug Administration] if he’d be willing to serve. Or sic him on CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention],” DeSantis said in response to a question about whether he’d consider making Kennedy his running mate. “But in terms of being veep, there’s 70 percent of the issues that he may be averse to our base on, you know, that just creates an issue.”

He is a prominent anti-vaccine activist and a vocal critic COVID-19 mitigation measures. He appeals to the libertarian faction of the right that dislikes vaccine mandates and “lockdowns” and raise questions about the safety of vaccines, including the one for COVID-19.

In the past few weeks, he has come under fire from Democrats for suggesting that the coronavirus was engineered to target “Caucasians and Black people” and to be less lethal to Asian and Jewish people.

'Unrelieved crackpottery': Conservative aghast DeSantis would consider RFK Jr. for CDC

Apparently desantis' high heels come close to breaking his laws on cross dressing

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Aircon ? More aircon ?

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You really believe the shit you post, don't you ?

^upset? :)

you must have been reading the Hunter Biden thread

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No should I ?

Any news on the crack addict set up by his loving father ?

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DeSantis rocked by Black Republican revolt over slavery comments

The bitter fight between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Rep. Byron Donalds over a line about slavery in the state’s revised African American history standards is infuriating several prominent Black conservatives.

Several told POLITICO they fear the issue will play into Democrats’ characterization of Republicans as favoring a whitewashing of American history. Most saw it as an unforced error at the time when Black Republicans feel they’ve been making significant strides within the party.

“It raises eyebrows,” said Diante Johnson, president of the Black Conservative Federation, who is supporting Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. “Ron DeSantis is not the candidate for Black conservatives and that’s what [he] constantly, constantly exhibits to us.”

At issue are the new education standards for how Black history is taught in Florida schools that DeSantis signed into law last year. The revised guidelines, released this month, require educators to instruct middle schoolers that “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”

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Play it again, Joe. Biden bets that repeating himself is smart politics

If you’ve heard one of the Democratic president’s recent speeches, you’ve basically heard them all — and you’re sure to keep hearing the same refrains in the year-plus leading up to Election Day 2024. People in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah will get to sample the playlist starting Tuesday, when Biden makes a three-day swing through the Southwest.

The repetition is a strategic choice — one with a scientific basis in a society that is loaded with distractions. People need to see his TV ads and speeches dozens of times before they truly absorb them, his campaign believes. The president has built a multi-decade political career on repeating the same stories to explain the principles behind his policies.

“That’s communications 101 — developing a compelling message and repeating it again and again,” said White House communications director Ben LaBolt, who noted that marketing has a “rule of seven” in which a customer generally needs to see a message at least seven times before making a purchase.

That means Biden is putting his economic pitch on repeat, hoping to break through the daily clutter by delivering his message often enough that voters will recall it and accept it as truth. The White House thinking is that voters will turn out for him if they know that their new bridge, new factory or tax break for an electric vehicle came from his legislative accomplishments.

He’s even repeated in speeches the importance of repetition.

“We got to let people know what we’ve done and how we’ve done it and why we did it,” he recently told donors in Chicago after delivering a speech about “Bidenomics” — a term he has used at least 39 times during the past month in public remarks.

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Newsom spokesperson slams DeSantis debate counteroffer as a ‘joke’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) team slammed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) counterproposal for a debate as a “joke” on Saturday, claiming that the Republican presidential candidate’s suggested rules are meant to “hide his insecurity and ineptitude.”

“What a joke,” Newsom spokesperson Nathan Click said in a statement, according to Politico. “Desantis’ counterproposal is littered with crutches to hide his insecurity and ineptitude — swapping opening statements with a hype video, cutting down the time he needs to be on stage, adding cheat notes and a cheering section.”

“Ron should be able to stand on his own two feet,” Click added. “It’s no wonder Trump is kicking his ass.”

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And come November 3, 2026 he’ll be elected again, unless the convicted criminal trump endorses another loser. Florida :disappointed:

Pence qualifies for first GOP primary debate

Former Vice President Mike Pence has qualified to make the stage at the first Republican presidential primary debate, his campaign confirmed Monday night.

Pence’s campaign surpassed the 40,000 individual donors required by the Republican National Committee (RNC) to make the debate stage. The former vice president had previously met the polling requirement, which stipulated that candidates be polling at a minimum of 1 percent in a combination of national polls or early primary state polls.

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Francis Suarez says he’s met the 40K donor threshold for first GOP presidential debate

Francis Suarez says he’s met the fundraising threshold to qualify for the first Republican primary debate, which would put Miami’s mayor one step closer to making a national appearance he has said is crucial for his long-shot White House bid.

In order to make the debate, the mayor still needs to boost his polling numbers. Suarez needs to reach 1% in three national polls

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DeSantis' retaliation against Disney hurts Florida, former governors and lawmakers say

Saying Gov. Ron DeSantis has followed the autocratic examples of governments in Russia and China, a group of mostly Republican former high-level government officials has called the Florida governor’s takeover of Disney World’s governing district “severely damaging to the political, social, and economic fabric of the State.”

The group of former governors, U.S. House members and presidential administration officials filed a “friend of the court” brief on Wednesday in Disney’s federal lawsuit against DeSantis and his appointees to the board of Disney World’s governing district. Disney’s lawsuit says the Republican governor violated the company’s free speech rights by taking over the district after Disney publicly opposed Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law, which banned classroom lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades.

The group’s goal in filing the brief last week is to demonstrate “how the path the Governor has chosen is corrosive to the form of democracy envisioned by the Constitution, and to re-emphasize this Court’s critical constitutional role in curbing the excesses of governance by retaliation,” they said in a court filing.

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‘Go back to Florida’: DeSantis drowned out by hecklers at Iowa campaign stop

A small group of protestors dug into Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis Friday during a campaign stop in Iowa.

“Go back to Florida,” “Ron DeFascist,” and “Fascist Ron” were among the chants used to interrupt the Florida governor’s conversations with locals.

Heather Ryan, who appeared to lead the social justice group, said she’s been a party to progressive movements that encouraged activists to bake cookies for lawmakers in an attempt to sway opinions.

“F*** that. I’m over being nice,” Ryan said on her group’s webpage. “It’s time to proudly and loudly, be a b****. Because, ‘B****** Get Stuff Done.'”

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Mind boggling . . .

^I obviously pay close attention to Florida politics and know the teachers and educators are furious.

But you know........

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Majority says Trump should be prosecuted on charges linked to 2020 election: survey

The national Quinnipiac University poll showed 54 percent of Americans said Trump should be face federal criminal charges, while 42 percent said he should not be prosecuted for those alleged crimes.

Independent voters, notably, said they support prosecuting Trump for the alleged federal crimes in question by 20 points: 57 percent said they support, and 37 percent said they do not.


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Floridians stung by DeSantis veto that cost $346M in energy-saving programs

The 22-year-old air conditioning and heat pump in Daniel Milligan’s Deltona home was on its last legs, and it would cost at least $10,000 to replace, a large sum for a man in his 60s who’d been laid off and was getting by on temp work.

He’d heard about a new $8.5 billion federal rebate program targeting lower- and moderate-income homeowners and was eager to apply to the program to help pay for the upgrades that would help lower his electric bills.

But when he contacted the Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Department to see if it was participating in the program, the office’s blunt response sent on July 31 surprised him: “On June 15, 2023, Governor DeSantis used his veto power to eliminate nearly $30 million in energy programs,” said an unsigned email from the FDACS Office of Energy.

With a stroke of the pen, DeSantis had wiped out the seed money needed for Florida to get what would have been $346 million from Washington for Milligan’s heat pump and other energy-saving programs, the email said.

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Ron DeSantis campaign suffers another blow after debate memos published

Seeking to resurrect his flagging US presidential campaign, Ron DeSantis suffered a major embarrassment when memos about his preparation for the first Republican debate were reported by the New York Times.

“There are four basic must-dos,” one memo advised:

1. Attack Joe Biden and the media 3-5 times.
2. State [DeSantis’s] positive vision 2-3 times.
3. Hammer Vivek Ramaswamy in a response.
4. Defend Donald Trump in absentia in response to a Chris Christie attack.

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Disney seeks damages from DeSantis board for contract breach

Disney goes on offense in DeSantis board’s lawsuit, seeks damages for breach of contract

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may say he’s “moved on” from his long-running feud with Disney, but the House of Mouse isn’t easing up.

Disney has filed counterclaims, including a breach of contracts claim, against the board of supervisors picked by DeSantis to oversee Walt Disney World’s special tax district, a Thursday court filing shows.

The company seeks damages over the alleged breach, as well as a court order for the district to comply with development contracts that are at the heart of the legal fight between Disney and DeSantis.

Disney’s requests came in a 55-page filing denying the district board’s allegations in its state-level lawsuit against the entertainment giant. Disney’s filing also put forward 12 “affirmative defenses” against the board, including that it lacks standing for its claims.

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Gun safety groups back Biden in 2024 — with no other alternative

With the U.S. topping more than 400 mass shootings in 2023 alone, a prominent contingent of gun violence prevention groups — with little to no alternative in 2024 — has thrown its weight behind President Biden’s reelection bid.

Some of those same advocates, however, maintain they want to see more out of the Biden administration on the matter, even as they acknowledge he’s the only viable candidate for them when it comes to efforts to curb gun violence.

The early endorsements come from four major groups — Everytown for Gun Safety, Brady and Team ENOUGH, Community Justice Action Fund and Giffords.

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Biden campaign targets battleground states with $25M ad campaign

President Biden’s campaign is launching a $25 million advertising campaign focused on several key battleground states, ramping up its messaging early in the election cycle.

The campaign on Sunday announced the 16-week campaign, which marks the third major ad buy since Biden officially announced he would seek a second term.

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Winners and losers of the first GOP debate

Loser

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

DeSantis arrived in Milwaukee needing a big night. He didn’t get it.

It wasn’t that the Florida governor made any obvious gaffes. But he didn’t have any great moments either and, more importantly, he didn’t impose himself on the debate at any point.

For long stretches, DeSantis faded into the background of the debate.

That is a big problem, since his whole campaign is predicated on being the sole alternative to Trump.

DeSantis’s campaign has been trending downward since its beginning and there was no real reason to believe that Wednesday night’s performance, which often sounded over-rehearsed, changed that.

DeSantis-backed board will pay $6.5 million in legal fees as it battles Disney

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National Organization for Women endorses Biden reelection campaign

The National Organization for Women (NOW) PAC has endorsed President Biden’s reelection bid, the campaign announced Friday in the group’s earliest-ever endorsement for a presidential reelection campaign.

NOW PAC lauded Biden and Vice President Harris for their work on women’s equality and rights “long before they walked into the White House” but highlighted the administration’s creation of the Gender Policy Council, its push to codify Roe v. Wade and the nomination of the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, among other accomplishments.

“This is our earliest endorsement for a presidential reelection campaign because the Biden-Harris administration has and continues to place women’s issues at the forefront, not through words but through actions,” said Christian Nunes, NOW PAC chairwoman and NOW national president, in a statement.

Nunes called the Biden-Harris administration the “firewall” against extremist attacks on women’s rights, from access to abortion and contraception to pay parity and equity.

“While every election is consequential, the 2024 election will make or break our democracy. And as always, women will be on the right side of history because we will continue to break feminist turnout records. We have no choice because all of our rights are on the line,” Nunes said.

Biden-Harris 2024 Campaign Manager Julie Chávez Rodríguez said in a statement the team is “honored” by the NOW PAC endorsement and plans to work with the organization to “mobilize women in historic numbers” to reelect the president next year.

“57 years since the founding of NOW, the stakes of this election for women couldn’t be higher,” Rodríguez said.

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Ron DeSantis Booed At Vigil For Victims Of Jacksonville Shooting

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) was booed on Sunday at a vigil for the victims of Saturday’s racist attack at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville.

Three people were killed in the shooting.

Critics called out DeSantis for making it easier to carry firearms in the state and for his divisive “anti-woke” policies.

“This divide exists because of the ongoing disenfranchisement of Black people and a governor, who is really propelling himself forward through bigoted, racially motivated, misogynistic, xenophobic actions to throw red meat to a Republican base,” Rudolph McKissick, senior pastor of the Bethel Church in Jacksonville, told the Associated Press.

Florida Democrat: DeSantis has ‘blood on his hands’ after Jacksonville shooting

Pro-Ron DeSantis super PAC ends door-knocking in Nevada and Super Tuesday states

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Bernie Sanders stumps for Biden: ‘He’s going to win’

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday touted President Biden’s accomplishments and stressed his confidence in the president’s ability to win reelection, as long as he runs on a strong progressive platform.

In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Sanders stressed what he saw as the importance of running on a “strong” and “progressive agenda” and said if Democrats do so, it could guarantee that wing of the party will back Biden.

Sanders touted raising Social Security benefits, expanding Medicare and dealing with student debt as areas of priorities for his wing of the party.

“If we come up with a progressive agenda, I think we’re going to win and win big and when we win big, we have to make it clear that we stand with the working class of this country against the kind of corporate greed that we now see,” Sanders said.

On whether Sanders would consider a 2024 presidential run, if, for any reason, Biden decided not to seek or win the nomination, Sanders declined to answer the question directly.

“Well, I think we spend too much time speculating,” he said in response. “I think President Biden is going to be the nominee of the Democratic Party. And I think if he runs on a strong, progressive agenda, he’s not only going to win, he’s going to win by a strong vote, and I’ll tell you why.”

Sanders pointed to the contrast of the two parties’ positions and suggested Republicans are running on unpopular policy positions, as well as running with a lead candidate who faces criminal charges in four different cases.

“Because when you look at a Republican Party, it’s not only that you have a president, a former president, who has been impeached twice, indicted four times. These are people who deny women in this country the right to control their own bodies. Really? Is that where we are in 2023? Not recognizing the reality of climate change, wanting more tax breaks for billionaires, that’s what their agenda is.”

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DeSantis voted against Sandy aid a decade ago. Now his state needs the help

Ron DeSantis had just been sworn in as a member of the House in 2013 when he voted against sending $9.7 billion in disaster relief to New York and New Jersey, two states still reeling from the damage of Hurricane Sandy.

“I sympathize with the victims,” the Florida Republican said at the time, but objected to what he called Congress’ “put it on the credit card mentality” when it came to government spending.

Now, a day after Hurricane Idalia pummeled Florida less than a year since Hurricane Ian’s destruction, DeSantis is not objecting to federal borrowing when it’ll help his disaster-stricken state. As Florida’s governor — and a 2024 White House contender — he is in regular contact with President Joe Biden as the state seeks dollars from Washington to rebuild from the storm wreckage, assist rescue efforts and aid displaced residents.

Trump: ‘Cognitively Impaired’ Biden May Cause ‘World War II’

Donald Trump bungled his criticisms of rival Joe Biden in a speech Friday at the Pray Vote Stand summit in which he said the current president is “cognitively impaired” and will lead the world into a second world war. “Just think of it,” Trump said. “We would be in World War II very quickly if we’re going to be relying on this man.” This is unlikely; World War Two ended 78 years ago. Trump also seemed to suggest that he is leading former President Barack Obama in polls of the 2024 race, despite Obama not being in the contest. “As you know, crooked Joe Biden and the radical left thugs have weaponized law enforcement to arrest their leading political opponent, and leading by a lot, including Obama—I’ll tell you what,” Trump said.

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He sure is. What is scarey is how many "cognitively impaired" idiots who believe he is some sort of new messiah.

Even worse is 75% of the voting public don't like Biden or Trump.

They both should move over for younger people take their place.

Biden cannot move until trump is buried

The risk is too great

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Next in line,………..Gavin Newsom

“The train has left the station,” Mr. Newsom said. “We’re all in. Stop talking. He’s not going anywhere. It’s time for all of us to get on the train and buck up."

I’d most certainly have Biden as president over Trump!

The bloke who says he beat Obama uses the phrase "cognitively impaired" :smileylaughing:

It's frightening that there are 70m idiots that don't get this.

Two minutes of it here:

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