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Is Minnesota In Play? By John Hinderaker During the last few months, I have been asked by numerous friends across the country whether Minnesota is in play. Whether, in other words, Donald Trump might actually carry the state. My answer has always been No. Trump is beloved in rural Minnesota, as in the countryside generally, but he is deeply unpopular in the Twin Cities suburbs, the main population center of our state, and, as in many states, home to most of the swing districts. Twin Cities suburban women, in particular–some would say, the classic wine moms–have been strongly anti-Trump. But something seems to be going on here. One of our local television stations polled some weeks ago and found Kamala Harris with a ten point lead. Then, after Governor Tim Walz was announced as Harris’s running mate, they polled again. This time, Harris’s lead had dwindled to five points. Maybe a statistical fluke, but certainly not a ringing endorsement of her choice of our governor for vice president. Now, the left-wing MinnPost has a poll that shows Harris with a narrow four-point lead, 48%-44%. The breakdown is interesting. Harris of course has a huge lead in the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, while Trump dominates in Greater Minnesota. But: Harris secured a substantial majority of the vote (73% to Trump’s 21%) in Minneapolis and St. Paul, but the candidates are virtually tied in the seven-county metro area excluding Minneapolis and St. Paul. Trump had a more dominant lead (28 percentage points) in Greater Minnesota. If Trump can run anywhere near even in the Twin Cities suburbs, the election in Minnesota will be close. My point here is not to predict that Trump will carry Minnesota. I still don’t think he will. No Republican presidential candidate has carried Minnesota since Nixon in 1972, and no Republican candidate for any office has won statewide since 2006. But if Trump runs close here, and if even the Twin Cities suburbs are open to his message, there are a number of other states that should fall into his column. It is also notable that Tim Walz’s presence on the Democratic ticket has done Harris zero good, even in Walz’s home state. If Democrats thought they could sell Walz in rural America as a small-town “moderate” and a veteran, that hope has evidently fizzled. https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/09/is-minnesota-in-play.php

And THIS, is why they hid her. Kamala Harris Completely Bombs Her First Solo Interview After nearly two months of procrastination, Kamala Harris finally did her first solo interview since shoving Joe Biden out of the presidential race. On Friday, the vice president sat down with a local ABC News affiliate in Philadelphia to answer questions for a whole 10 minutes. Funny enough, the reporter who conducted the interview has a history of being called in when Democrat presidential nominees need a boost. {snip} Look, it's obvious she prepared a lot for the debate, and I'm not going to pretend otherwise. Her answers were generic tripe, but at least she delivered them well. This interview is a return to who Harris normally is, though. She's a lazy, entitled politician, and no one should listen to these exchanges and believe she has what it takes to be the President of the United States. This is why her team doesn't let her do interviews. It's one thing to join in on a three-on-one bout at a debate, in which the moderators were walking her through everything and constantly interrupting her opponent. When she's got no one to deflect to, she can't answer basic questions, and her campaign is nothing but "vibes." Frankly, America is in bad enough shape that "vibes" aren't going to cut it. https://redstate.com/bonchie/2024/09/13/watch-kamala-harris-bombs-her-first-solo-interview-n2179303

No show after subpoenaed

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Small PA Town Furious Over Plan to House Illegal Aliens in Civil War-Era Orphanage By Mike Miller As flip-flopper extraordinaire Kamala Harris laughingly claims she "now wants a border wall after saying for years that building a border wall was racist and antithetical to American values," the realities of the Biden-Harris Border Crisis continue to play out across America, including in small towns. One such town is Scotland, Pennsylvania, located just outside Gettysburg, where a plan to house as many as 1,000 illegal aliens in a Civil War-era orphanage has the town's residents up in arms. "It would upend the community," said a retired Army colonel. https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2024/09/13/small-pa-town-furious-over-plan-to-house-illegal-aliens-in-civil-war-era-orphanage-n2179276 .

LOL. Perhaps you would be served better by comprehending what you read before commenting. That simplistic spin attempt might work on children, not adults. .

Back to the thread. Far-Left Smear Factory’s Union Votes by 90% to Oust President After Mass Layoffs. The SPLC — a far-left smear factory notorious for demonizing conservatives and Christians as being as hateful as the KKK and for spreading woke dogma in schools — has its own labor union, and members of that union overwhelmingly cast a vote of “no confidence” in SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang. The vast majority of the SPLC Union’s voting members (141 of 156, or 90.4%) cast ballots urging the SPLC to find a new CEO. The union presented this demand to the SPLC Board of Directors on Aug. 30, and one week later, SPLC Board Chair Karen Baynes-Dunning denied the request. According to a union press release, its members expressed a “lack of confidence in Margaret Huang and want SPLC to find a new CEO.” The move comes two months after the SPLC Union broke the news of mass layoffs at the SPLC in June. The SPLC “gutted its staff by a quarter,” laying off more than 60 union members, including five union stewards and the union’s chair. https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/09/11/no-confidence-far-left-smear-factorys-splc-union-votes-90-oust-president-mass-layoffs/ Say, maybe both sides can lose.

SURPRISING EXACTLY NO ONE: IDF Killed Hamas Terrorists. At Least 3 Jihadis Were UN Employees. https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/09/12/idf-killed-hamas-terrorists-some-were-un-employees-n4932466

Damn whistleblowers. Confirming what everyone already knew. .

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Can't argue with the post, so try (and fail) to attack the messenger Ho-hum Didn't understand the tactic described LOL. Meanwhile: Kamala Harris held rallies Thursday in North Carolina, first in Charlotte and then in Greensboro, calling for another round of debate with Donald Trump, two days after her strong showing in Philadelphia against the former president. “I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate,” she said to applause, “because this election and what is at stake could not be more important. On Tuesday night, I talked about issues that I know matter to families across America, like bringing down the cost of living … but that’s not what we heard from Donald Trump.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/12/kamala-harris-north-carolina-trump

Senator Joe Manchin endorses former Governor Larry Hogan in Maryland Senate Race “Forget about being a Democrat or Republican,” said Manchin. “Larry Hogan is just the right person with the right attitude for the job. He’s not afraid to speak against your party and he won’t be controlled by any party or any type of ideology.” An August Gonzales Research poll shows Hogan trailing behind his Democratic rival, Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks. https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/maryland/washington-county/senator-joe-manchin-endorses-former-governor-larry-hogan-in-maryland-senate-race/ .