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At this point, Pennsylvania. I think Casey on the ballot and Shapiro campaigning will get Biden over the hump. Not to mention Trump being more toxic in Philly suburbs than in 2020.

Is it this time of the year again?

If I were Biden, I would accept under the condition that Trump publishes his tax returns.

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1791695874512363954

After a five-hour surgery on the day of the attack, Fico was operated for a second time today, which “contributed to the positive prognosis”, according to the Minister of Health, although he is still in “a stable but serious condition”. The Specialized Criminal Court (responsible for corruption, organized crime and terrorism) ordered to keep the attacker in preventive detention.

If the situation does turn out to be "he will likely make a good recovery, but not for a while" then what happens in the interim? What are the formalities of somebody stepping in for Fico on a de facto basis?

Yeah, I'm not buying it.

Trump's issue is cognitive decline, it's sociopathy.

I suspect that it originally, but now there is some significant additional dysfunction on top of the sociopathy/megalomania.

That's one of the things that is terrifying about a hypothetical 2nd Trump presidency (not that he is legally able to be President, but Republicans care nothing for rule of law). I believe that if Biden truly were incapacitated and unable to do the job responsibly, his Cabinet would step up and remove him if he wouldn't resign (and I expect he would), and that the Democratic party would abandon him should he attempt to stay in office. I fear that, based upon demonstrated behavior in the past, Donald Trump could go full Downfall, non-stop and nonsensical raving insanity, and his cabinet and party would just obey and make excuses. (Some of our Trumpist posters may claim this is already happening with Biden. To which my response is: it is always projection.)

big govt communism at work!

Yes, which is why the formation of a Coalition of the Willing to enforce regime change in Moscow is probably a necessary step - Putin and his cronies will never stop until they're apprehended and forced to face justice.

With J 6 Crtroom drama Trump is unlikely to win no matter what the polls are saying

Not much has change from 1988 when his segment was presented on 60 Minutes.

 https://twitter.com/SomeBitchIIKnow/status/1788934737991475495

Isaiah L. Kenen, the founder of AIPAC (and AZC), was registered as a foreign agent of Israel under the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA).

Kenen was also the chief information officer for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The American Zionist Council (AZC), the predecessor of AIPAC, was forced under Kennedy to registered as a foreign agent.

After Kennedy died, the issue dropped of the political radar and AZC reorganized itself as AIPAC.

AIPAC has managed to evade being registered as a foreign agent ever since.

So what you're saying is that the predecessor of AIPAC was run by Israelis, and was as such registered as a foreign agent.

Meanwhile, AIPAC is run by Americans advocating for our alliance with Israel.

The "AIPAC is a foreign agent" talking point comes from the far-right.

I am saying that AIPAC should be registered as a foreign agent under FARA.

Then you are agreeing with the far right that American Jews who support Israel are foreign agents, and that's a patently obvious antisemitic stereotype based around the dual loyalty myth.

AIPAC members care about Israel more than America. Unequivocally. Same for CUFI. Of course, the vast majority of American Jews are not AIPAC members. JStreet would never pull crap like this.

AIPAC staffers? Surely

AIPAC backed Congressmembers? Nah, they just suppoet Israel when the AIPAC demand it. The reat of the time they focus on other issues.
Look at Latimer: an experiences politician who can be considered a generic D, who can campaing as "pragmatic progressive" while still being clearly to the roght of Bowman. He needs the zionist vote, but he won't be "the new Torres" or anything like that.

On the case of Torres, he is either being WELL played, a sincere Zionist (the ones that are one staters in their heart) or a careerist that is looking to the next Senate election.

It's likely a combo of the last two, plus being a pissed-off gay black man who was singled out for special abuse by these activists. I think it's personal for him now, in kind of the opposite way it is for McCollum after she was offended by AIPAC years back.

Trump's issue is cognitive decline, it's sociopathy.