2024 Presidential Election | ELECTION DAY 2024

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CFordUNC said:
Woof, between plummeting crime rates, a booming economy, lowering prices, and now illegal border crossings dropping like a rock, it’s a bad damn time to be a right winger. Thoughts and prayers to all of our right wing friends. We shall overcome!

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That would be true except for the fact that the rubes never hear about all of this genuinely good news. All they hear and see on TV is the hellscape we live in here across the US presented to them by FauxNews.
 
duluoz said:
Great news that AZ put that on the ballot. Not only for the cause, but it's a huge move on the electoral chess board.

These kinds of moves are why I've been saying for months and months (and recently on the polling thread) that this is why I wouldn't have bet on even Biden losing, much less Harris now.

Since Roe was overturned, reproductive rights voters were always the key to this election, and they're an under-counted and under-polled giant. Look at KS, OH, KY for proof, having turned out heavily and voted strongly against further abortion restrictions since Dobbs in 2022.
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Biden was in a death spiral. This wouldn’t have saved him. Let’s hope Trump’s in a comparable spiral now, though.
 
Zoo_View said:
I’ve grown tired of saying, “Customer Service Rep” 15-20 times to the phone when calling a bank, credit card company, medical insurance, etc.
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I agree with you completely. But if given a choice between (a) talking to someone who I know is just going to pass me along to someone else and (b) going to the relevant website and doing what I want without being bounced around the telephone system a dozen times because the person I'm talking to has no idea how to do what I want and no interest in finding our what I want, I will take a website everytime.

When ordering takeout, if the restaurant doesn't have an online ordering system, I get the takeout somewhere that does. Order on-line, pay on-line, walk in and find the on-line to-go shelve, and walk out. That's what I consider to be A+ customer service.
 
Election is 86 days away and we know who most of the national "news" outlets are rooting for:

Trump proposal to exempt tips from taxes could cost $250 billion
www.cbsnews.com

Trump proposal to exempt tips from taxes could cost $250 billion

The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects how much the plan would add to the federal deficit.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com
(2 months later) Same proposal, but you have to dig down to the 10th paragraph to find the $250 billion deficit mentioned. Weird.

Harris backs ending taxes on tips, echoing Trump proposal

www.cbsnews.com

Harris backs ending taxes on tips, echoing Trump proposal

Vice President Kamala Harris is rolling out a new policy position, saying she'll fight to end taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com
 
ZenMode said:
Election is 86 days away and we know who most of the national "news" outlets are rooting for:

Trump proposal to exempt tips from taxes could cost $250 billion
www.cbsnews.com

Trump proposal to exempt tips from taxes could cost $250 billion

The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects how much the plan would add to the federal deficit.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com
(2 months later) Same proposal, but you have to dig down to the 10th paragraph to find the $250 billion deficit mentioned. Weird.

Harris backs ending taxes on tips, echoing Trump proposal

www.cbsnews.com

Harris backs ending taxes on tips, echoing Trump proposal

Vice President Kamala Harris is rolling out a new policy position, saying she'll fight to end taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com
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That’s not weird at all. The first article is about the estimated cost of the proposal. That’s its whole point. The second article is about Kamala adopting the proposal — unexpectedly at that. The cost is not the main point of that article.

There are occasionally examples of the national media putting their finger on the scale for the Democrats . It does nothing to help your credibility when you cry foul over reporting that does no such thing.
 
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ZenMode said:
Election is 86 days away and we know who most of the national "news" outlets are rooting for:

Trump proposal to exempt tips from taxes could cost $250 billion
www.cbsnews.com

Trump proposal to exempt tips from taxes could cost $250 billion

The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects how much the plan would add to the federal deficit.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com
(2 months later) Same proposal, but you have to dig down to the 10th paragraph to find the $250 billion deficit mentioned. Weird.

Harris backs ending taxes on tips, echoing Trump proposal

www.cbsnews.com

Harris backs ending taxes on tips, echoing Trump proposal

Vice President Kamala Harris is rolling out a new policy position, saying she'll fight to end taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com
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It is absolutely unquestionable that the news companies are rooting for Trump. They are down on their hands and knees in their offices begging for Trump to be re-elected. News consumption, traffic, clicks, etc. skyrocketed during Trump's presidency due to how outrageous he was, how many mistakes he made, etc.

This gotcha attempt is a fly on the windshield of the news media semitruck wishing Trump wins the election.
 
lawtig02 said:
That’s not weird at all. The first article is about the estimated cost of the proposal. That’s its whole point. The second article is about Kamala adopting the proposal — unexpectedly at that. The cost is not the main point of that article.

There are occasionally examples of the national media putting their finger on the scale for the Democrat. It does nothing to help your credibility when you cry foul over reporting that does no such thing.
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The Trump headline clearly includes the big negative aspect of the proposal. Harris' headline could have easily referenced the same negative aspect....but "surprisingly" it didn't.

Something like:

"Harris backs Trump tax proposal that could cost $250 billion"

Hell, put it in the first paragraph or sub-headline.
 
ZenMode said:
Election is 86 days away and we know who most of the national "news" outlets are rooting for:

Trump proposal to exempt tips from taxes could cost $250 billion
www.cbsnews.com

Trump proposal to exempt tips from taxes could cost $250 billion

The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects how much the plan would add to the federal deficit.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com
(2 months later) Same proposal, but you have to dig down to the 10th paragraph to find the $250 billion deficit mentioned. Weird.

Harris backs ending taxes on tips, echoing Trump proposal

www.cbsnews.com

Harris backs ending taxes on tips, echoing Trump proposal

Vice President Kamala Harris is rolling out a new policy position, saying she'll fight to end taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com
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How did you get that from that? Why would they rewrite the exact same story or headline? They soend the first part of the second article talking about he she is echoing Trump’s proposal, as well as include that in headline. There’s nothing flattering about that.
 
ZenMode said:
The Trump headline clearly includes the big negative aspect of the proposal. Harris' headline could have easily referenced the same negative aspect....but "surprisingly" it didn't.

Something like:

"Harris backs Trump tax proposal that could cost $250 billion"

Hell, put it in the first paragraph or sub-headline.
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Sorry, bud. If you can’t see this is not an example of media bias, you’re just looking for something to complain about.
 
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