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I'll go with a columnist who relies on numbers: Donald Trump's Gains With Black Voters Have Been Wiped Out A CNN poll conducted on July 22 and 23, surveying 1,631 registered voters who had previously participated in CNN polls in April and June, found that Harris had the support of 78 percent of Black voters, while Trump had 15 percent. A previous poll had 23 percent of Black voters backing Trump, while 73 percent backed Biden. Meanwhile, an ActiVote survey, conducted between July 21 and 23, found Black voters were overwhelmingly backing Harris—90 percent said they were supporting Harris, while 10 percent were backing Trump. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-black-voters-gains-wiped-out-1929974 Trump’s outreach to Black men hits a stumbling block: Kamala Harris In the days after Harris announced her candidacy, more than 50,000 Black men registered for a virtual event in her support, and one-third of them donated to her campaign, amounting to more than $1 million. In less than a week, Trump’s progress with Black voters seems to have been wiped out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/30/trump-harris-black-men-2024/
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Well, if Vivek Ramaswamy says so... It's clear that what he's saying is transparently ridiculous. He claimed that she leaned heavily on her Indian identity because of the "big Asian American and Indian American population". Apart from the fact that Indians are also Asians, who is so foolish to believe that people from Asia feel some sort of community with others from Asia? Do Kazakhs feel some sort of community with Thais? California's Indian American community is about 2.1% of the total population. She won by a landslide.
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Here's what Trump said Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire claim at NABJ about how Kamala Harris ‘became’ Black "She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black. So, I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?" Trump said July 31. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/31/donald-trump/donald-trumps-pants-on-fire-claim-at-nabj-about-ho/ His claim is clearly false.
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The journalist asked tough questions. "You have pushed false claims about some of your rivals, from Nikki Haley to former President Barack Obama, saying that they were not born in the United States, which is not true. You have told four congressmen, women of color, who were American citizens, to go back to where they came from. You have used words like 'animal' and 'rabid' to describe Black district attorneys...." https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-interviewed-national-association-black-journalists-convention-chicago/story?id=112435331 What's personal about this or any of the others? This is about what Trump has said. And thanks for speaking on behalf of African American men. Please share with us the evidence that your claim is fact-based.
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Israel is at War - General discussion (pt3)
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in The War in Israel
Yes. That is what I'm claiming. It's what American learned the hard way in Iraq and Vietnam. In Vietnam it was all about body counts. But what's really going on is whack a mole. The American military learned that if you don't keep forces in place to keep the enemy subdued, they rebound. Israel is not keeping forces in place to occupy territory. They keep on returning to the same locales to fight the same battles over and over. Probably because it can't afford to keep its troops tied down to specific places. -
Israel is at War - General discussion (pt3)
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in The War in Israel
And what real progress did that signify in the Iraq wa?. It just turned into a guerilla war. Just like what's going on in Gaza now. -
Israel is at War - General discussion (pt3)
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in The War in Israel
First off, you think that full resupply can happen in a month? And there's this: Israel’s military, worn down by Gaza, looks warily toward war in Lebanon As Israel trades threats with Hezbollah, there are fears that the military is overstretched and its resources depleted after nine months of war against Hamas. https://archive.ph/IC5qb#selection-515.0-519.158 -
Israel is at War - General discussion (pt3)
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Those decks of cards were made famous during the 2nd Iraq War. I can't believe that you would actually offer that as some kind of evidence of real progress. -
Israel is at War - General discussion (pt3)
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in The War in Israel
They've also sharply curtailed their military operations. -
Israel is at War - General discussion (pt3)
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in The War in Israel
His characterization of the IDF's record on enforcement of justice shows where he's coming from: "In those cases where there are questions of misconduct or errors in the application of military force, these issues are investigated by a judicial arm of the IDF. In fact, such investigations are currently underway in Israel by a judicial arm that is separate from the military chain of command, causing widespread debates across the Jewish nation. Legal action is imminent." https://www.forbes.com/sites/davedeptula/2024/07/31/on-the-ground-in-gaza-what-i-saw-of-israels-military-operations/ The IDF's record in investigating soldiers accused of crimes is notoriously bad. How Israel's military investigates itself in cases of possible wrongdoing After years of collecting evidence to assist the IDF in its investigations, though, Michaeli says B'Tselem rarely saw any of its cases move past the initial investigative stage. "We did that for many years and ultimately reached the conclusion that it was pointless," says Michaeli, "that regardless of what we did, there was always the same result: no accountability."... "We reached the conclusion that continuing to refer cases to the Israeli investigative bodies is not only counterproductive because it does not obtain any real accountability, but it also gives the veneer of a functioning system," she says. https://www.npr.org/2024/05/15/1250417719/israel-military-idf-investigations-icc -
Israel is at War - General discussion (pt3)
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Israel has been making all kinds of claims about the success of its war against Hamas. It's 9 months of fighting now and still no end in sight. And that end looks more remote than ever: Israeli Generals, Low on Munitions, Want a Truce in Gaza Israel’s military leadership wants a cease-fire with Hamas in case a bigger war breaks out in Lebanon, security officials say. It has also concluded that a truce would be the swiftest way to free hostages. https://archive.ph/Xt8k0 -
Israel is at War - General discussion (pt3)
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in The War in Israel
Link to a great article You must have missed this part: "CIA Director Bill Burns said recently that tensions have emerged among some senior Hamas commanders who have been urging the group's leadership to show more flexibility in negotiations and to accept a hostage-ceasefire deal. However, anger over the death of Haniyeh - and the January assassination of his deputy Saleh al-Arouri - likely puts the hardliners in pole position." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce98regp6y1o -
Israel is at War - General discussion (pt3)
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Even if it was in the cards for all Hamas leaders, why assassinate a member of the negotiating team now? Ya think that's going to help get the hostages back? "The tough question facing mediators and observers: How can talks continue if one side kills the main negotiator for the other side?" https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2024/0801/hamas-assassination-gaza-cease-fire-negotiations -
Whether her claims are phony or not, you are contradicting Trump's claim that you used to eat into her Indian heritage. That's always been false for her entire political career and, giving that she attended Howard University and as a member of a black sorority, even earlier. I guess this is one of those rare occasions where we agree about Trump.
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More nonsense from the extreme right. Late term abortions are very rare: The vast majority of abortions occur during the first trimester of a pregnancy. In 2021, 93% of abortions occurred during the first trimester – that is, at or before 13 weeks of gestation, according to the CDC. An additional 6% occurred between 14 and 20 weeks of pregnancy, and about 1% were performed at 21 weeks or more of gestation. These CDC figures include data from 40 states and New York City, but not the rest of New York. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/03/25/what-the-data-says-about-abortion-in-the-us/#when-during-pregnancy-do-most-abortions-occur And Roe v Wade specifically did not protect abortions once the fetus is viable.
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UK Winter Fuel Payments Scrapped for Millions Amid Budget Cuts
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Now you've been appointed spokesperson for the members of aseanow.com? I must have missed the announcement. Just another irrelevant deflection on your part. -
Israel is at War - General discussion (pt3)
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in The War in Israel
First off, it's not even clear if Hamas in Qatar knew about the attack before hand, much less called the shots. And as for the negotiating... Hamas’s Political Leaders Aren’t in Charge The group’s leadership in exile has taken a back seat to its officials in Gaza. https://archive.ph/OeBjs That honor, such as it it, belongs to Yahya Sinwar, who runs things in Gaza and his defunct military chief , Muhammed Deif As for Haniyeh being such an animal, which members of Hamas would you recommend for Israel to negotiate with who aren't animals? And if there aren't any such characters, why negotiate with them at all? You seem to have forgotten why Israel is negotiating with these "animals". Families of Israeli hostages fearful for Gaza ceasefire deal after Hamas leader killing Family members of Israeli hostages held in Gaza have renewed their demands for a ceasefire deal, fearing that any hope for a hostage agreement may be lost amid escalating regional tensions following the Israeli assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and a top Hezbollah commander. Families blocked main roads in Tel Aviv on Thursday morning, launching nationwide rallies as the war entered its 300th day and any hope for a ceasefire in Gaza felt more distant than ever. https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2024/08/01/families-of-israeli-hostages-fearful-for-gaza-ceasefire-deal-after-hamas-leader-killing/ -
Plea Deal Reached for Three Men Accused of Plotting 9/11 Attacks
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These 3 were arrested during the Bush;s first term.n. Obama inherited them. And then Trump inherited them. Now it's on Biden's watch. So why did you single out Obama? Pavlovian thinking much? -
Plea Deal Reached for Three Men Accused of Plotting 9/11 Attacks
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Nothing about civil rights considerations in the article you linked to. Making things up much?