When you think about it, the primary reason for taking Crimea was because Russia needed a port to maintain its Black Sea Fleet. Now that the Moskva and most of that fleet have been upgraded to submarines in said Black Sea, do they still even need the port?
I looked for a simple image to post and came across this.
Credit to AtTheEndOfTheDayProductions on imgur.
If Taylor Swift spearheads voter registration drives in swing states and Pennsylvania specifically, the race could be over.
The Harris campaign is asking about setting up the next debate. No response from the Trump camp so far.
Trump himself previously pushed for 3 debates. Let’s see what his handlers allow him to agree to after this disaster.
Harris looked poised, prepared, and presidential. Trump pulled his usual bullshit, but got called on it. He also had multiple moments where he clearly lost the script.
Yes, she baited him, but he took the bait every time and made himself look like an ass.
Harris exceeded high expectations and Trump failed to meet incredibly low expectations.
Let the spin begin, but I saw what I saw.
“They can manipulate you with flattery and favors.” That’s an intelligence assessment IIRC.
Holy shit. Kamala is killing it. She’s inspiring at this point.
She hit him on the killing the immigration bill and brought up crowd sizes. Trump’s brain can’t handle it.
He fell for the Wharton reference. She’s doing fantastic so far.
Harris needs to stage whisper “small hands, tiny baby hands” while her mic is muted.
Harris really, really needs to nail Trump on blocking the bipartisan immigration bill. Speaker Johnson was on board until Trump intervened for the sole purpose of running on the issue.
This is the time that people who don’t follow politics and don’t know that are paying attention.
[Tim] Pool said on his podcast that he’s been contacted by federal authorities and plans to provide a voluntary interview.
Of course, the first rat to jump off the ship and into the federal lifeboat is Tim Pool. Not even slightly surprised.
From here, it'll be a race to give statements and turn on each other as all the best deals get made to the earliest and most thorough cooperators.
Harris should push a committal answer on Trump on a government shutdown. Will he support a compromise bill from the Speaker to avoid a shutdown? Point out how he killed the bipartisan immigration bill and ask if he’s going to do it again.
I think Trump is going to snort enough of whatever he snorts that he shows up energized. What he says will be rambling nonsense, as it always is, but he'll say it confidently. The story on the Trump side will be that he exceeded expectations, and that he's going to gain momentum again.
Harris is more of an X factor, but the buildup to the debate (felon vs. prosecutor) means that she has to win decisively in the eyes of both the left and the middle just to meet expectations. I hope she somehow exceeds them or has a few moments that steal the show, but it's more likely that Trump being able to speak semi-coherently will be the top story regardless of anything Harris does.
I hope I'm wrong.