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Putin's saying one thing in public, because he knows he's considered a criminal pariah in the West, and thus anyone who he publicly claims to like might suffer. Meanwhile, he and his government are spending money to accomplish their true end, which is to get Trump elected so that he'll drop the U.S. support of Ukraine and ease Russia's illegal takeover of its neighboring country. As Sky News reported: "With relations between Moscow and Washington as bad as they are, he [Putin] will know that any endorsement of a candidate might actually harm their chances come November, rather than improve them. So that might well be what Mr Putin is trying to do here, hoping instead that Donald Trump takes power. And why would he want that? Because in all likelihood, it would mean a cut to US aid to Ukraine, which in turn would significantly boost Russia's prospects on the battlefield." https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-russia-latest-putin-war-live-updates-skynews-blog-12541713?postid=8231104#liveblog-body Trump is Putin's U.S. lapdog, and Putin wants his lapdog back! Trump sides with Putin over US intelligence July 16, 2018 Helsinki, Finland CNN — US President Donald Trump, in a stunning rebuke of the US intelligence community, declined on Monday to endorse the US government’s assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, saying he doesn’t “see any reason why” Russia would be responsible. Instead, Trump – standing alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin – touted Putin’s vigorous denial and pivoted to complaining about the Democratic National Committee’s server and missing emails from Hillary Clinton’s personal account. “I have great confidence in my intelligence people, but I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today,” Trump said during a joint news conference after he spent about two hours in a room alone with Putin, save for a pair of interpreters. (more) https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/donald-trump-putin-helsinki-summit/index.html Trump 'treasonous' after siding with Putin on election meddling Donald Trump has been condemned as “treasonous” for siding with the Kremlin over his own government agencies after a stunning joint appearance with Vladimir Putin in which he seemingly accepted the Russian leader’s denial of election meddling. At a joint press conference after one-on-one talks lasting more than two hours in the Finnish capital, the US president offered no criticism of Putin or the cyber-attacks that the US intelligence community says he coordinated to help Trump’s 2016 election campaign. ... The comments set off a new firestorm in Washington and critics suggested it was a historically weak performance by a US president against a foreign adversary. It also fuelled the intrigue of why Trump’s refusal to speak ill of Putin remains one of the few constants of his White House tenure. (more) https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/16/trump-finds-putin-denial-of-election-meddling-powerful

Sep 3, 2024 NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Donald Trump’s request to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, thwarting the former president’s latest bid to overturn his felony conviction and delay his sentencing. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled that Trump had not satisfied the burden of proof required for a federal court to take control of the case from the state court where it was tried. Hellerstein’s ruling came hours after Manhattan prosecutors raised objections to Trump’s effort to delay post-trial decisions in the case while he sought to have the federal court step in. ... Prosecutors urged the trial judge, Juan M. Merchan, not to delay his rulings on two key defense requests: Trump’s call to delay sentencing until after the November election, and his bid to overturn the verdict and dismiss the case in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling. Merchan has said he will rule Sept. 16 on Trump’s motion to overturn the verdict. His decision on delaying sentencing has been expected in the coming days. (more) https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/federal-judge-turns-down-trumps-request-to-get-involved-in-hush-money-conviction

Crims are gonna be crims! Joined in criminality together.

Strange that the above OP report doesn't seem to include the following nugget cited in CNN's report on the same case: "CNN has independently confirmed that “Company 1” is Tenet Media, which is a platform for independent content creators. It is self-described as a “network of heterodox commentators that focus on Western political and cultural issues,” according to its website, which matches language contained in the newly unsealed indictment. The goal of the operation, according to prosecutors, was to fuel pro-Russian narratives, in part, by pushing content and news articles favoring Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and others who the Kremlin deemed to be friendlier to its interests. [emphasis added] ... Among the commentators listed on Tenet Media’s website are right-wing personalities Benny Johnson and Tim Pool. Both have millions of subscribers on YouTube and other social media platforms. Pool interviewed Trump on his podcast in May." https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/politics/doj-alleges-russia-funded-company-linked-social-media-stars/index.html In other words... support Vladimir Putin?... vote Trump!

Davidson was sentenced to three months in jail in May A convicted murderer whose life sentence was commuted by Donald Trump on the last day of his presidency has recently been convicted of attacking his wife. Jaime Davidson was serving a life sentence in a New York jail for his role in a 1990 robbery that led to the death of Wallie Howard Jr., an undercover police officer. Davidson, while not present, planned the robbery that targeted one of his rival drug dealers. Trump, in the final 24 hours of his presidency, commuted Davidson’s sentence. Then, earlier this year, officers in Orange County, Florida, charged Davidson with beating and strangling his wife, who he had been married to for five months, the Tallahassee Democrat reports. A jury acquitted him of all charges except misdemeanor domestic battery and a judge sentenced him in May to three months in jail. (more) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-clemency-jaime-davidson-b2606960.html The above case also isn't the only one of it's kind where Trump's actions as president going soft on criminals have come back to bite him. The above article also recounts the past case of a New York drug smuggler and loan shark who Trump gave clemency at the same time as Davidson above. That person also later was arrested and now faces several assault charges after police say he punched his father-in-law in the head during a domestic dispute. Perhaps it's a case of one future criminal (Trump) having natural sympathy for other criminals. Guilty: Trump becomes first former US president convicted of felony crimes May 31, 2024 NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had sex. https://apnews.com/article/trump-trial-deliberations-jury-testimony-verdict-85558c6d08efb434d05b694364470aa0

Ya.. a really "radical" agenda, as expressed in the above White House transcript: "And it saddens me to think and then talk about aspects of the moment we are in — a moment when LGBTQ+ people and families and freedoms and basic rights are under attack in our country. ... These extremists have a plan to push their agenda as far and as wide as they possibly can. Their blueprint is to attack hard-won rights and freedoms state by state, to attack the right to live as your authentic self, to attack the right to vote, to attack the rights of workers to organize, to attack the right to make decisions about one’s own body." https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/06/26/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-at-biden-victory-fund-and-the-lgbtq-leadership-council-24th-annual-lgbtq-gala/

I'd say, another topic about dangerous, despicable Trump.... another good example of why he doesn't deserve to be elected as U.S. president. Uncle Donald, the trauma-maker Sept. 3, 2024 ... "The Trump name is toxic,” echoes her brother, Fred C. Trump III, in his own new memoir “All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way.” Without quite as much introspection, Fred chronicles his own Uncle Trump atrocities. A disturbing number of the stories in “All in the Family” show the former president as much more than obnoxious. He causes, countenances, orders and savors the physical pain of others. “If this wasn’t evil,” Fred writes of one especially horrific incident, “I couldn’t say what might qualify …. Where did the cruelty come from? I’ve wrestled with this question for years.” Los Angeles Times https://archive.ph/hEnFA#selection-2591.0-2619.187 https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-09-03/donald-trump-fred-trump-mary-trump-memoir

There's nothing in the meat of Harris' actual full answer, as posted in the full video I linked above, that was "simplistic kindergarten speak." But she was a bit slow to focus in on the asked topic, which of course is why the various Republicans choose to post and reference only that brief into to her remarks, and ignore/omit the substance of all the rest. No one with a non-partisan mindset who would read / view Harris' full answer as given in the video above would describe it as you have. Clear evidence below. Harris transcript from Fox: "There is also a point that is important to make on the Build Back Better framework. One, it is designed to make it less expensive for working people to live. It was specifically designed to bring down the costs of child care and increase accessibility and availability. Designed to bring down the cost of elder care and make it available to all the working families that need that support and need that help," she said. "And, Build Back Better is not going to cost anything — we're paying for it. So when we can get Build Back Better passed, and we are optimistic that we will, the American people will see costs actually reduced around some of the most essential services that they need to take care of their basic responsibilities, including issues like child care and elder care, and also preschool," Harris said. https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/flashback-kamala-harris-responds-how-shed-handle-inflation

Harris' full 4 minute long answer to the asked question was clear, detailed and cogent... But readers here of only the OP don't get to see/hear any of that, because the failed Republican congressional candidate consciously decided to post only the small opening part of Harris' actual detailed answer, which came to a question having nothing to do with the event and discussion Harris was participating in. Nor does the OP post make clear that the video clip in question was back from 2021 at an event in Paris where the substance of the meeting and discussions were about the U.S.-France relationship and global international cooperation, not U.S. domestic inflation. So perhaps that's why it took Harris a moment to reorient her thoughts to an entirely unrelated out-of-left-field question before proceeding to give a clear and specific answer. Adams' lately posting a clipped, out-of-context excerpt video from three years ago that omitted the substance of Harris' actual answer is anything but classy.

BTW, Jane Adams, the "political activist" who posted the original X / Twitter excerpted, out-of-context video that the OP poster used here is a failed Republican congressional candidate who finished in SIXTH place in her Nevada 2022 Republican primary... LOSER! The congressional seat ultimately was won by a Democrat! https://ballotpedia.org/Jane_Adams

As is typical of these kind of attempted partisan political hit pieces, the above clip is taken out of context (no reference to when/where the remarks were given) and provides only the opening halting 1 minute portion of what in fact was an almost 4-minute long, cogent, detailed and specific answer given by Vice President Harris back in November 2021 during a press conference at the Paris Peace Summit that included a major focus on the U.S.-France relationship and international relations issues (and not U.S. domestic inflation). But nonetheless, Harris' full answer to a Bloomberg reporter's question starting at the 22:30 point about U.S. inflation amid the COVID pandemic and what at the time was the administration's Build Back Better legislative proposal that ultimately became the enacted Inflation Reduction Act is here starting at the 22:55 time point and concluding at about 26:40. Also, Fox News later posted a partial transcript of Harris' comments that I can only partially quote below, as per forum rules: ""So we have addressed it in a number of ways. One of the issues that we know is related to this is the supply chain issue that we just discussed. So on a domestic level, in terms of domestic policy, one of the approaches we have taken is to work with labor unions and to work with municipalities in opening back up and extending the hours of our ports," she said. ... "There is also a point that is important to make on the Build Back Better framework. One, it is designed to make it less expensive for working people to live. It was specifically designed to bring down the costs of child care and increase accessibility and availability. Designed to bring down the cost of elder care and make it available to all the working families that need that support and need that help," she said. "And, Build Back Better is not going to cost anything — we're paying for it. So when we can get Build Back Better passed, and we are optimistic that we will, the American people will see costs actually reduced around some of the most essential services that they need to take care of their basic responsibilities, including issues like child care and elder care, and also preschool," Harris said. And more comments from her answer after that, as given in the above video. https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/flashback-kamala-harris-responds-how-shed-handle-inflation

Thanks for digging down further in the page to find that nugget. That answers my question above!

Right..... The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines to prevent long COVID symptoms: staggered cohort study of data from the UK, Spain, and Estonia March 2024 "Vaccination against COVID-19 consistently reduced the risk of long COVID symptoms, which highlights the importance of vaccination to prevent persistent COVID-19 symptoms, particularly in adults." ... Added value of this study To our knowledge, this is the first multinational study to assess population-level vaccine effectiveness to prevent long COVID symptoms. Our study of more than 10 million vaccinated people and 10 million unvaccinated people, showed that COVID-19 vaccination reduces the risk of developing long COVID. Our findings were consistent across three different European countries and four databases, covering different health-care settings and national health-care policies. All vaccines reduced the risk of developing long COVID symptoms, with BNT162b2 showing slightly better effectiveness than ChAdOx1. ... Discussion Our analyses of more than 20 million vaccinated and unvaccinated people show the clinical effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines to prevent the development of long COVID in three European countries (the UK, Estonia, and Spain), with overall vaccine effectiveness ranging from 29% to 52%. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(23)00414-9/fulltext

Of course this above is what the New York Post would claim in the Rupert Murdoch property's relentless pro-Trump, anti-Democrat coverage. "Trump could..." But take it for just what it's worth. So "could" a lot of other outcomes result. Other media outlets have a different read on the current state of things: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/us/elections/polls-president.html https://archive.ph/cDPVi The share of undecided voters in major battleground states Polls in battleground states suggest that Harris and Trump are practically in a dead heat. That means even the few percent of voters who remain undecided could tip the scales one way or the other. Keeping an eye on these voters will be key to understanding what to expect in each of the swing states. https://www.vox.com/politics/369735/2024-election-biden-harris-forecast-approval-undecided-spending

My simple question here is -- has it been explained anywhere here how it is that Chinese nationals were working as laborers on a Thai government (State Railway of Thailand) contracted construction project? I always thought construction labor work in Thailand was mainly restricted by law to Thai nationals. Prohibited Occupations in Thailand ... "According to the Alien Act Law set by Thailand, the following are the type of work or jobs not allowed to be handled by foreigners working in Thailand and expect that foreigners engaging in such type of job or work will not be granted a Thai work permit: ... --Labor work, with the exception of fishing boat labor. --Whether it’s bricklaying, carpentry, or other types of construction work. --Professional civil engineering services, excluding tasks needing specialized skills. But include design and computation, systemization, analysis, planning, testing, construction supervision, and consulting services. https://www.thaiworkpermit.com/prohibited-occupations-in-thailand.html

Except numerous studies from various sources have consistently found that unvaccinated people become infected with COVID and also suffer Long COVID at higher rates than the vaccinated. Just some of many examples: Vaccinated People Have Up to 58% Lower Risk of Long COVID Feb. 21, 2024 – People vaccinated against COVID-19 were significantly less likely to have long COVID during the first few years of the pandemic, a new study from Michigan shows. ... The researchers compared vaccinated and unvaccinated people multiple ways and consistently showed at least a 40% difference in long COVID. https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20240221/vaccinated-people-lower-risk-long-covid-study Getting Vaccinated May Be Your Best Protection from Long COVID People vaccinated before their first case of COVID-19 are diagnosed with Long COVID almost four times less than unvaccinated people, suggests a large new study published Nov. 22 in the BMJ. That’s not an entirely new finding. For years, studies have shown that, while vaccinated people can and do develop Long COVID, they are at lower risk than people who haven’t had their shots. https://time.com/6338434/vaccination-long-covid-risk/ Long Covid and Vaccination: What You Need to Know A new study adds to evidence that the shots can reduce the chances of developing one of the most dreaded consequences of Covid. July 17, 2024 ... "In the new study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Al-Aly and his colleagues provided persuasive evidence that vaccines cut the risk of long Covid. Before the vaccines were introduced, about 1 in 10 people had long Covid one year after being infected. After the shots were available, 9.5 percent of the unvaccinated developed long Covid after an infection with the Delta variant, and 7.8 percent did so after infection with the Omicron variant. But among vaccinated people, only 5.3 percent developed long Covid after infection with the Delta variant, and 3.5 percent after infection with the Omicron variant. New York Times https://archive.ph/6BCEg#selection-1021.0-1033.164

Of course! By your standard, they must have been price control espousing Marxists!

So by your price controls illogic, former Republican presidents Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon must have been Marxists and Fascists as well: In 1971: "Nixon issued Executive Order 11615 (pursuant to the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970), imposing a 90-day freeze on wages and prices in order to counter inflation. This was the first time the U.S. government had enacted wage and price controls since World War II." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_shock And then later from 1975: FORD SIGNS BILL ON ENERGY THAT ENDS POLICY IMPASSE AND CUTS CRUDE OIL PRICES WASHINGTON, Dec. 22—President Ford ended a yearlong stalemate with. Congress over energy policy today by signing into law a bill that will roll back crude oil prices and help stabilize gasoline and fuel oil prices for consumers, at least temporarily. ... Cut in Crude Oil Price The new law will force a reduction in the average price of crude oil produced in the United States from the current $8.75 a barrel to $7.66 a barrel. The change will go into effect in February." Shocking what those Republican Marxist presidents were up to.... 😞 But when it comes to "fascism", the definition of that sounds a whole lot more like a different presidential candidate: "Not all scholars agree on what fascism is. Philosopher Jason Stanley of Yale University says it is "a cult of the leader who promises national restoration in the face of humiliation brought on by supposed communists, Marxists and minorities and immigrants who are supposedly posing a threat to the character and the history of a nation." That is, fascism focuses on one person as leader, fascism says communism is bad, and fascism says that at least one group of people is bad and has caused the nation's problems. This group could be people from other countries or groups of people within the country.[9] [BOLD emphasis added] https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism That sound a whole lot like the campaign platform and ravings of.... well, you know who.

Someone above kind of put their foot in it.... 🙂

Trump having "a somewhat promiscuous relationship with the truth" is pretty much like saying... ...water is wet!

Re part 1 above, maybe you should consult further with: Re part 2 above: Not that most people these days actually believe anything Donald Trump says is the "actual truth".

Can't let a dead dog lie... Once more from the OP: "To be doubly certain, I consulted a leading historian of American Marxism, Paul Buhle, a retired lecturer at Brown University. He said he had looked into Harris’ history and found no evidence of Marxist leanings. “It’s a slur,” he wrote in an email."

I did... in order to highlight the inanity and inaccuracy of Trump's name calling directed against VP Harris. As the OP report further noted: "For another thing, Harris has moved quickly and effectively to define her positions as squarely within the mainstream of current Democratic thinking: liberal, but a long way from anything resembling Marxism, which calls for government ownership of major industries." The majority of the public understand that, and recognizes Trump's tripe for what it is.

Say various of the posters here who regularly regurgitate Trump's nonsense name-calling tripe. Voters know Trump and recognize his name calling and him for what they are... nonsense.

From the same report above: "A Wall Street Journal poll released last week found that the vice president is viewed positively by 49% of voters, a gain of 14% since July. The same poll found that 59% of voters consider Trump “too extreme” to be president, but only 46% consider Harris too extreme. (That number, 46%, roughly matches already committed Trump voters’ share of the electorate.)" Then.... From the same OP report: "She has made some arguably progressive campaign proposals, including a federal ban on “price-gouging” by grocery stores; Trump denounced the idea as “Soviet-style price controls.” But it turned out to be broadly popular: An Economist-YouGov poll last month found that 60% of voters like the idea, including about half of Republicans." Trump can't win for trying...