[Mega] MAGA Super Trump Mega Thread

LAS VEGAS — The Democratic National Committee is reeling, facing a turnaround that's proving a much bigger lift than anyone expected as it struggles to raise enough money to cover its basic promises.

Many donors are refusing to write checks. And on-the-ground operatives worry they won’t have the resources to build the infrastructure they need to compete effectively in next year’s midterms and in the run-up to 2020.

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"Donors, small and large, are so over the party," said Nebraska party chair Jane Kleeb, summing up the problem facing DNC chairman Tom Perez and his counterparts in the states. Kleeb, who is working on grassroots fundraising efforts for the committee, said she believes the money will come eventually.
"Everybody thinks that some magic three-page document and some magic tagline is going to turn everything around for us," she added. "But this is very typical work."

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Compared not just to the RNC, but to other Democratic committees, groups and candidates that are teeming with donations, the DNC's funding problems are stark. That is the case even though it's customary for an out-of-power committee to face a drop-off.

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"I've made it pretty clear I don't want to donate to the DNC, DCCC, or the Senate counterpart, so they have not called me," said Northern California attorney Guy Saperstein, a part-owner of the Oakland Athletics and a prominent funder of progressive causes and candidates.

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It's not just a fundraising hole DNC officials are facing. They have to rebuild political infrastructure and trust in the wake of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's controversial tenure atop the committee, the loss of the White House, and the fallout from the Russian hack of the committee computer system.

After being slow to assemble a full staff, the DNC is still advertising for 22 jobs to fill, including a chief security officer and a data science lead.
Paying for those jobs will take more money, which means winning over more skeptical donors.

“I’ve had enough dinners,” said Orlando attorney John Morgan, a longtime top party donor who is now considering a Florida gubernatorial run. “I’m not really interested. I’m going to let them get new blood. I can’t get motivated.”

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SuperTrap said:

Think about it..

A Black man and a White women killed the democratic party

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SuperTrap said:

Did Huff throw shade on Maddow and then Maddow threw shade back and then Huff threw some more shade. What does throw shade even mean?

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The immediate roots of the Niger ambush can be traced to the 2011 US/NATO war in Libya which resulted in the removal and assassination of Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi. Under the Obama administration, Washington cultivated and armed various Islamist militant groups with ties to Al-Qaeda as a proxy force to carry out its aim of regime change. The resulting US/NATO bombardment left Libyan society in shambles, and the Islamist fighters spilled forth and out across North Africa and south to the Sahel.
In 2012, as a consequence of a US and French backed coup against the government in Bamako, Tuareg rebels in northern Mali took advantage of the chaos resulting from the coup to stage a rebellion.

After the Tuareg militants began taking control over cities and territory as it cut deeper into southern Mali, France with the Obama administrations backing deployed 4,000 troops to the country to neutralize the Tuareg rebels, eventually stabilizing the government it placed in Bamako.
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A key element of Washington’s military expansion in the region is the significant economic resources that it aims to secure for American corporate interests. On behalf of these interests, and complementary to its military operation, Washington has constructed a $300 million embassy in Niamey.
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China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) purchased the permit for oil drilling in Niger’s Agadem Basin, and CNPC also constructed and operates the Soraz refinery near Zinder, Niger’s second largest city. Deals by Beijing for the construction of pipelines traversing through Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Cameroon are currently in the development stage, causing no small amount of consternation in Washington.

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I like when 2 left news organizations accuse each other of fake news. :lol:

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For the second time this month, a Catholic high school from outside of the city forfeited a football game rather than play at Chicago Hope Academy’s West Side field, citing safety concerns

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Hope Academy was supposed to play Bishop McNamara Friday night, but the Catholic school in Kankakee declined to play the scheduled game at Altgeld Park in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
Hope Academy’s game against Providence Catholic on Sept. 29 was interrupted by gunfire when someone in a vehicle shot and wounded another motorist on West Harrison Street, just south of the park.

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Hope Academy founder Bob Muzikowski was blunt in his assessment of the forfeiture.
“I don’t want to judge them, but if it were the reverse, we’d come to their place no matter what,” Muzikowski said. “Maybe we’re not reading the same Bible. There’s ‘do not fear’ all over it. I said it to both of the heads of (St. Francis and Bishop McNamara) — we had had an opportunity to do something great and they chose not to do it.”

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SuperTrap said:

Poll finds Las Vegas shooting doesn’t alter opinions on guns
The Denver Post

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Goshin said:

quick question

have you ever thought, at least once in your life, about kissing a dog or a dude or a girl or a space alien

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Validuz said:

"The AP-NORC poll of 1,054 adults was conducted Oct. 12-16 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population."

I'm curious to see the polling results for this group during the campaign and election. :lol: I bet it doesn't exist!

These shitbags.

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NORC at the University of Chicago Launches AmeriSpeak - A Breakthrough Panel-Based Research Platform

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AmeriSpeak enables NORC clients to conduct research with a representative community, or panel, of pre-recruited participants who have agreed to take part in regular online and telephone surveys on government policies, social and political issues, new consumer products and services, and other topics.

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Goshin said:

quick question

have you ever thought, at least once in your life, about kissing a dog or a dude or a girl or a space alien

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