I feel like David Leonhardt is a little late to the party. I just hope the Democratic Party wasn’t as stupid as he accuses it of being.
(I’ve been banging this drum for a while now: https://herereadthis.blog/page/2/?s=demographics)
And now he’s lost Omarosa.
https://variety.com/2024/politics/news/omarosa-endorses-kamala-harris-trump-president-1236174613/
Oh, yet another pro tip: the day you vote, you get dropped from the party’s canvassing list and nobody canvassing for the party will knock on your door after that.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-black-voters-economic-agenda_n_670c6fd3e4b04266ae857c44
«A poll from The New York Times released over the weekend found Harris’ support among Black voters to be substantially smaller than estimates of the support the Democratic presidential candidates received in 2016 and 2020. She led Trump 78% to 15%, with only 70% of Black men saying they would vote for her and 20% backing Trump. That said, polls in 2020 and 2022 ended up understating Black support for Democratic candidates.
Indeed, some political experts and organizers believe the hand-wringing over the Black male vote is largely overblown. Black men have consistently turned out for the Democratic Party. A Washington Post-Ipsos poll last month found support for Harris is solid among Black men.
“Black men do not vote much differently than Black women. This is a talking point being pushed that is harmful, trying to lay blame at the feet of Black men,” former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner (D) wrote on social media.
Still, the Harris-Walz campaign has been working to prevent defections to the Republican Party, having hosted multiple events in battleground states.»
Jamaican restaurant, reggae on the TV behind me, Indian newscast blaring from the kitchen. (Food’s good.)
Somehow feels pretty damn American and I’m glad to be here at the intersection of reggae and a clipped, professional Indian British accent.
[Oh, forgot to add: good craft IPA from the distillery next door. Good match.]
Pro tip for canvassing as a Dem: don’t wear a red T-shirt, even if it is your favorite old NASA shirt. 🙄🙂
Don’t know if any of my friends are canvassing these days, but if you run into a hostile person while doing so: stand up straight, look ’em in the eye, and wish them a good day.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-one-thing-obama-got-wrong
«There will be more defections among young black men than among older black voters or black women, but Harris still wins young black men by better than two-to-one.
The more important point is this: If you believe it’s important to defeat Trump, it’s not Obama’s “brothers” who are the problem. It’s my “brothers” who are the problem: white voters.»
Who is this guy, and what have they done with the real Bill Kristol?
«”Surely you’re not suggesting that senior Navy officers were responsible?!”
“I am suggesting only that until we know who was responsible, we must consider every possibility, however terrible,” Pierre replied in a level voice. “I hope with all my heart that I am doing our military personnel a grave injustice by even suggesting such a thing, but until we can be certain of that, we owe it to the Republic to guard against the chance that I’m not.”
“We owe it to the Republic?” someone else asked, without seeking recognition, and Pierre nodded grimly.
“The government has been destroyed, ladies and gentlemen. Secretary Saint-Just and Secretary Bergren are the cabinet’s sole survivors, and only Secretary Saint-Just is currently on Haven. He’s already informed me that, as no more than Secretary Palmer-Levy’s acting successor, he feels neither qualified to nor capable of assuming the burden of government. Which means that we, the people’s representatives, have no option but to assume emergency powers until such time as formal government can he reestablished.”
“Us?” someone yelped, and Pierre nodded once more.
“I realize our experience is limited, but who else is there?” He looked at his fellows appealingly. “We are at war with the Star Kingdom of’ Manticore and its lackeys. In a time of such peril, the Republic must not drift uncontrolled, and until we can know positively that the military is reliable, we dare not place ourselves at its mercy. In the face of those inescapable and overriding concerns, we have no choice but to face our responsibility to provide the stability we so desperately need by organizing ourselves as a committee of public safety to assume direction of the state.”»
Start reading this book for free: https://a.co/cjxJjXT
Committee! Of Public! Safety!
Pay no attention to that man in the corner.
Here, Read This 