Aug 17 2024 108 mins
Topics covered in brief:
Democrats
Walz is VP. How is that going?
Harris and Walz have been doing rallies that are *packed* and very high energy.
Polls: many polls now show Harris as climbing and leading, though still by a small margin.
Even now almost 4 full weeks after Biden dropped out of the race there are still left-leaning influencers who threaten each other semi-casually over their stance on whether Biden should have or shouldn't have dropped out of the race.
Republicans
Trump has had very few events. Almost no live events since the RNC.
For those concerned about a Trump presidency the influence of TikTok must not be under reported.
Conspiracy beliefs continue to abound in the wake of the shooting in Pennsylvania on July 13.
Among the speculation about Trump's smaller number of appearances is a lot of conspiracy talk about how maybe Trump doesn't feel the need to try so hard because he's already planning to cheat in Nov.
JD Vance has continued to underwhelm in both the polls and at rallies.
We're not doing a full recap of all the court cases against Trump this time around. Just the one: the hush money trial.
RFK Jr
RFK Jr is not a serious candidate.
Links
https://www.conspirituality.net/episodes/brief-project-2025-bloodless-coup
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/donald-trump-joins-tiktok-video-platform-he-once-sought-ban-2024-06-02/
https://apnews.com/article/kennedy-rfk-jr-ballot-new-york-residency-states-f96d46318524fad967271fed292aa212