Red/Blue

 I've seen this meme a lot recently.  It's a US map with colored based on voting.   The vast majority of the area is red, with a few small blue area where large urban areas vote democrat.    There are frequently comments about how stupid the electoral college is or how bad it is that the small blue areas can impose their will on the rest of the country.  

As I was driving through the rural heartland of the country yesterday and seeing lots of Trump signs on farm fences, I realized something important.

The vast red areas of the map, provide the food for the small blue areas of the map.  The reality is that those in the small blue areas of the map are unlikely to vote for policies or politicians that prioritize the red areas.   They tend to vote for things that help urban areas, not the country at large.

Maybe, just maybe, those vast red swaths of the US could do something to send a message. 

Anonymous

 I've got three comments in moderation that are anonymous with no indication of who posted them.   I had a couple of comments as anon from the troll, who did identify himself.   

I those comments are yours, please ID yourself. 

Maybe...

 I'm going to start this by noting that Trump has come out against the extreme pro-abortion amendment in FL.   I'm going to hope that his change on this was due, in part, to the reactions of the pro-life community.  

Having said that, I'm going to post a sampling of the responses to Trump's apparent shift away from his previous positions on abortion.   I also have to note that Trump was the president who's done the most to advance the pro-fife cause in recent memory.  

https://x.com/realjennaellis/status/1829627237164851426?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

https://x.com/megbasham/status/1829326742630085070?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

https://x.com/slowtowrite/status/1829636006414299588?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

https://x.com/mattwalshblog/status/1829500477333024845?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

The True test of someone's intelligence is whether or not they agree with you.

https://x.com/slowtowrite/status/1829279762495524932?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Why not set up an adoption system that allows the adoption of frozen embryos to prevent the accumulation of more frozen embryos?

https://x.com/pastor_gabe/status/1829369605149892893?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

https://x.com/slowtowrite/status/1829584524323242091?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

https://x.com/virgilwalkeroma/status/1829518058521542745?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

https://x.com/mattwalshblog/status/1829518389615997029?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

https://x.com/virgilwalkeroma/status/1829519690047078743?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

https://x.com/heckyessica/status/1829291929877762073?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

https://x.com/slowtowrite/status/1829319860549022082?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

https://x.com/thealannoble/status/1829328674274836566?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

https://x.com/conservmillen/status/1829312354515038555?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

https://x.com/jvanmaren/status/1829289414062936571?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

https://x.com/slowtowrite/status/1829291604517204431?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

https://x.com/slowtowrite/status/1829292219947516098?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

This is obviously just a sample.  But these are all young, conservatives with a significant amount of influence in the conservative movement. 

Ineligible

 https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-announces-over-1-million-ineligible-voters-removed-from-voter-rolls

If a state like TX has over 1,000,000 voters on it's rolls that needed to be purged, how many more would states like CA, NY, NJ, IL, and other blues have?   Wouldn't it make sense to have mandatory voter roll purges, including non citizens, on a regular basis?  

I know that there have been a couple of other states that have also done this and found significant numbers of ineligible voters including non citizens. 

More Tidbits, Embedded Videos, and Charts of Data

 https://x.com/collinrugg/status/1828797554563436685?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Bharat Rama can't really be as stupid as the CNBC (real journalism) interview makes him seem, can he?

 

More reporting on Walz history of lying for political gain. 

 

 https://www.axios.com/2024/08/27/michigan-rfk-jr-ballot-2024-trump

https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/cornel-west-michigan-presidential-ballot/

So the Michigan Secratary of State, after making it clear that she will not allow votes to be verified, is trying to force RFK to stay on the ballot, while trying to remove Cornel West from the ballot.   Trying to fix the election for Harris?

https://x.com/alphanewsmn/status/1828092695681839603?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

This video of State Fair goers unable to articulate one single Harris accomplishment, is hilarious.  Of course there are many of these video's out there.   The girl who realizes that she can't and decides that she doesn't want to continue is awesome.  

 

This data seems to indicate a problem in the San Francisco schools.    Apparently RI not F in SF.

https://x.com/geiger_capital/status/1828422411609370752?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

There is ample evidence of Harris calling the idea of a border wall things like stupid, racist, and a waste of money.   I guess she's now a stupid, racist, money wasting politician pandering for votes.  

https://x.com/_johnnymaga/status/1828448271204757512?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

I have no reason to believe that West is lying about this, but it sure sounds like attempted bribery to me.   

https://x.com/_johnnymaga/status/1828448271204757512?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Another black democrat politician for Trump.  

https://washingtonreporter.news/tag/joe-teirab/

More data about Walz. 

Censorship and Election Interference Using the Power of the Federal Government Seems Bad, Doesn't It?

Rob Flaherty, the deputy campaign manager of the Harris/Walz campaign, was the WH official who was in charge of the effort to threaten Meta into censoring the free speech of Americans by deleting or otherwise removing posts or comments that contained factually accurate information. 

 For some reason people believe that the VP of an administration that used it's official power to engage in censorship, election interference, denial of the first amendment rights of US citizens, and that is running for president without having gotten a single vote, is magically going to protect democracy. 

The MN Dream

 https://www.foxnews.com/us/minneapolis-business-owners-face-almost-impossible-challenges-including-crime-regulations

 https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/kims-uptown-minneapolis-restaurant-to-close/

For those who are thinking that MN is a great example of why Walz should be VP, maybe it's not that simple.  

The areas affected by the Floyd/BLM riots of 2020 are still not restored to their pre riot condition, and many still have OSB over doors and windows.   Downtown isn't as bad as it was, but it's not as good as it was pre riots either.  

Uptown, once a destination for young adults and those who want to party, is now undergoing a significant downturn as the riots have dimmed it's luster.  

Ann Kim, and award winning chef and restaurateur is closing her namesake restaurant due to a combination of general financial difficulties due to location, and the upcoming unionization of her workforce.   

While there is much to like about MN, the damage from the riots is still with us and affecting areas of MPLS negatively.    Walz was one of the reasons the riots ran out of control for as long as they did, and Harris raised money to bail the rioters out of jail.