2024 Presidential Election

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NEWS: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) told @PBS the wrong version of his RNC speech was loaded into the teleprompter, including this divisive line:

“Today’s Democrat policies … are a clear and present danger to America.”

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NEWS: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) told @PBS the wrong version of his speech was loaded into the teleprompter, including this divisive line: “Today’s Democrat policies … are a clear and present danger to America.”

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[Polds4OSU]

Shooters father had been identified by the Trump campaign as a strong Trump supporter as part of a database they keep on registered gun owners to Target to try to get more support / donations for Trump

 

[GratefulPoke]

Interesting you selected such a short window and stopped on May 8th of 2020 to exclude leftist protests that morphed into riots? Assume because you wanted to exclude the summer of 2020 when several died, over 100 days of violence and destruction in US cities (according to Homeland Security report), 500+violent riots, and $2B+ of damage occurred.

I chose that one because it is a think tank that is known to be professional and unbiased. I didn't find a more recent study on the topic from that think tank. Here is one from a peer reviewed journal that would include those events. They still came to a similar conclusion:

"Although political violence has been perpetrated on behalf of a wide range of political ideologies, it is unclear whether there are systematic differences between ideologies in the use of violence to pursue a political cause. Prior research on this topic is scarce and mostly restricted to self-reported measures or less extreme forms of political aggression. Moreover, it has generally focused on respondents in Western countries and has been limited to either comparisons of the supporters of left-wing and right-wing causes or examinations of only Islamist extremism. In this research we address these gaps by comparing the use of political violence by left-wing, right-wing, and Islamist extremists in the United States and worldwide using two unique datasets that cover real-world examples of politically motivated, violent behaviors. Across both datasets, we find that radical acts perpetrated by individuals associated with left-wing causes are less likely to be violent. In the United States, we find no difference between the level of violence perpetrated by right-wing and Islamist extremists. However, differences in violence emerge on the global level, with Islamist extremists being more likely than right-wing extremists to engage in more violent acts."

https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2122593119

 

[Polds4OSU]

RFK campaign leaks call from Trump campaign where Trump offered RFK an admin position if he were to drop out and endorse Trump

 

[Polds4OSU]

Leaked RFK call shows Trump discussing with RFK how Trump thinks vaccines cause autism

Trump links vaccines to autism in leaked video with RFK Jr.: “And then you see the baby, all of a sudden, starting to change radically. I’ve seen it too many times. And then you hear that it doesn’t have an impact, right”

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Trump links vaccines to autism in leaked video with RFK Jr.: “And then you see the baby, all of a sudden, starting to change radically. I’ve seen it too many times. And then you hear that it doesn’t have an impact, right”

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[Polds4OSU]

RFK apologizes to Trump and the leaked call recorded between the two

 

[GratefulPoke]

Interesting you selected such a short window and stopped on May 8th of 2020 to exclude leftist protests that morphed into riots? Assume because you wanted to exclude the summer of 2020 when several died, over 100 days of violence and destruction in US cities (according to Homeland Security report), 500+violent riots, and $2B+ of damage occurred.

Here is a more recent than that, government source on the topic:

"Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism. Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists, including 227 events that took more than 520 lives.[1] In this same period, far-left extremists committed 42 ideologically motivated attacks that took 78 lives.[2] A recent threat assessment by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security concluded that domestic violent extremists are an acute threat and highlighted a probability that COVID-19 pandemic-related stressors, long-standing ideological grievances related to immigration, and narratives surrounding electoral fraud will continue to serve as a justification for violent actions.[3"

What NIJ Research Tells Us About Domestic Terrorism

Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism.

nij.ojp.gov

 

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Marjorie Taylor Greene claims Trump is a “founding father”

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Marjorie Taylor Greene claims Trump is a “founding father”

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[Rob B.]

I didn't accuse you of being dishonest, that was another poster

Yeah, I thought I made that clear.

 

[Rob B.]

Marjorie Taylor Greene claims Trump is a “founding father”

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Marjorie Taylor Greene claims Trump is a “founding father”

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Ah there you go, posting a CNN spin. That's right in your wheelhouse buddy. Good job.

 

[Rob B.]

Here is a more recent than that, government source on the topic:

"Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism. Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists, including 227 events that took more than 520 lives.[1] In this same period, far-left extremists committed 42 ideologically motivated attacks that took 78 lives.[2] A recent threat assessment by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security concluded that domestic violent extremists are an acute threat and highlighted a probability that COVID-19 pandemic-related stressors, long-standing ideological grievances related to immigration, and narratives surrounding electoral fraud will continue to serve as a justification for violent actions.[3"

What NIJ Research Tells Us About Domestic Terrorism

Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism.

nij.ojp.gov

The problem I have with that study, is they don't count buildings burning and police riot squads being called a terrorist act, in fact they're usually counted as peaceful protests...

 

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[Stillwater Townie]

Marjorie Taylor Greene claims Trump is a “founding father”

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Marjorie Taylor Greene claims Trump is a “founding father”

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A good example of a short quote that is best to make nothing of it without first knowing what was said before and after it. As is, its inspiration for the Onion to run with.

 

[Stillwaterman]

Ahh, just what I needed. A "your side has crazier crazies" argument.

 

[GratefulPoke]

Ahh, just what I needed. A "your side has crazier crazies" argument.

That isn't the argument I'm making. I don't think any of our right wing posters are on that "side".

Plus, my side is too irrelevant to have extremists at this point. If we ever become relevant, I'm sure some level of extremism will follow.

 

[DxCowboy]

I guess KJP's running the Secret Service now?

"That building in particular has a sloped roof at its highest point. And so, you know, there's a safety factor that would be considered there that we wouldn't want to put somebody up on a sloped roof. And so, you know, the decision was made to secure the building, from inside," Cheatle told ABC News when explaining why the roof was empty.

 

[milehighpoke]

Looks like Trump started a gofundme acct. for the victims. It's got about $4m in it so far. Good on Biden for calling. I don't think Trump is using the phone much right now....he only has half an ear left ya know.

So billionaire business jesus has resorted to socialism (GASP) to help the victims families. Cool.

I would donate my life savings to them if trump could remember their names on the spot.

Hey Siri, remind me to see how much of that gofundme actually goes to the victims.

 

[CowboyJD]

You were able to watch the video from the Insta post?

Yep, absolutely.

 

[CowboyJD]

This. This right here is what's wrong. The President of the United States called to offer condolences and you can't put your murdered husbands political ideologies aside for 2 seconds. Trump, their families demi-god, hasn't reached out at all. The GOP is silent on this because they want all the attention on trump. Despite all of that, she's pledged her fealty to this man. Tell me again it's not a cult.

I kind of disagree with this contention.

The family of the murdered man doesn't owe a duty to take any phone calls or condolences from anybody at this point in time. I may not agree with her political positions or anything else, but I'm never inclined to call out the actions of a murdered victims family in the midst of grieving.

 

[GratefulPoke]

The problem I have with that study, is they don't count buildings burning and police riot squads being called a terrorist act, in fact they're usually counted as peaceful protests...

Fair. It is focused on homicides (shootings and bombings) versus property damage and arson. One of the studies that that particular study cites counts violence toward police officers in its totals.

More credence to @Bowers3 's point.