Boycott the Republican Party.
«Trump and his allies have done grave damage to the Republican Party — both in Michigan and nationally. If we ever want our Republican Party back, it has to start with Donald Trump losing on Nov. 5. That’s why I’m voting for Kamala Harris.»
Mind blown. What the hell, dudes?
https://www.vox.com/politics/380132/gender-gap-election-harris-trump
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-racist-nyc-rally-was-vile-it-was-also-political-suicide/
Trump’s people:
«One speaker said that Harris was managed by “pimp handlers” and said of Democrats that “we need to slaughter these other people.” Disgraced and destitute former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said, as did several others, that Democrats were behind attempts to kill Donald Trump. Another speaker called Harris “the devil” and “the antichrist.”
Former Trump aide Stephen Miller, as is his habit, went directly for the Nazi playbook saying, “America is for Americans and Americans only.” Tucker Carlson came out to offer more racist slurs about Harris.»
https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/digital-nomads-criticism-locals-exploitation
«Some people —wealthy and mostly white—glide through borders, moving from place to place without ever encountering the slightest friction, while others are left to drown in the Mediterranean. This is not the result of a hypocritical worldview but an entirely consistent one which ascribes people value only according to their earning potential.»
At Bright Penny Brewing in Mebane, NC, rewarding myself after an afternoon of canvassing. Sometimes canvassing is good and uplifting, when you run into someone happy to see you (very uplifting, when we knock on your door, be happy and encouraging), frequently it’s a bit harder when you run into folks who just don’t want to be bothered (which, I guess, is the definition of the low-propensity voter, which is why we’re out here), and sometimes you run into a Trump supporter or someone else that thinks now is the right time to tee off on someone (you).
Actually, I guess this is what retail service is like, to some extent.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/25/post-columnist-no-endorsement-2024-trump-harris/
«By 17 Post Opinions columnists»
«An independent newspaper might someday choose to back away from making presidential endorsements. But this isn’t the right moment, when one candidate is advocating positions that directly threaten freedom of the press and the values of the Constitution.»
Bam.
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/25/nx-s1-5165353/washington-post-presidential-endorsement-trump-harris
«Former Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron, who led the newsroom to acclaim during Trump’s presidency, denounced the decision starkly.
“This is cowardice, a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as a casualty,” Baron said in a statement to NPR.»
I see what you did there, Martin.
And, yes, you are correct. Democracy dies in darkness.
«The system also runs in reverse. When doctors or employer health plans complain about high rejection rates, insurance companies can ask EviCore to back off. The company simply adjusts its algorithm to approve more prior authorization requests.
Dave Jones, a former California insurance commissioner and now director of the climate risk initiative at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, said arbitrarily increasing or decreasing manual reviews didn’t appear to violate any standards. Still, he questioned whether a payment structure or contract for EviCore based on reducing claims payments or authorizations would result in objective and thorough evaluations of prior authorization requests, as required by law.
“That to me is troubling,” Jones said. “It suggests that the claim settlement procedure is not objective, right?” He added, “It calls into question everything that’s occurring.”»
(a) Physicians need to speak up more loudly about inappropriate denials, and (b) yeah, that’s troubling. One hopes the right requests are being approved and denied, but it sounds like a crap shoot, really.
https://abcnews.go.com/538/video/vote-matters-2024-114864346
I normally hate video, but…
Bush v. Gore decided by 500 votes.
Va. legislature decided by a coin toss, basically, because the vote was exactly tied.
Every vote does indeed count.
Here, Read This 