Mike’s Blog Round-up

Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz will meet Tuesday in the lone vice presidential debate of the 2024 election, bringing together undercards who have spent two months going after each other and the opposing nominees who top the major-party tickets. The matchup, hosted by CBS News in New York, might not carry the same stakes as the Sept.

Morning Joe did a little compare and contrast about each candidate's reaction to climate change after the devastation of Hurricane Helene. "HARRIS: And we will stand with these communities for as long as it takes to make sure that they are able to recover and rebuild." "Donald Trump, meanwhile, will head to Valdosta, Georgia, to survey the damage there from Tropical Storm Helene.

Fox News pundit Jason Chaffetz, a former Republican congressman, complained about the timing of a scandal involving Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor in North Carolina. On Sunday, the Fox News Media Buzz program hosted a panel discussion about Robinson's comments on a pornographic website, which included calling himself a "Black Nazi" and defending slavery. Host Howard Kurtz noted that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had declined to withdraw his endorsement of Robinson. "Trump is, I think, being very kind to Mark Robinson by not indicting his character further," Democratic strategist Lucy Caldwell observed. For his part, Chaffetz said he did not expect Robinson's scandal to negatively impact Trump in North Carolina. "You know, some of these things that come out when the ballots are already printed.

Above, Creedence Clearwater Revival performs, Have You Ever Seen The Rain. I keep wondering if the people in the path of the terrible hurricane Helene believe that climate change is a hoax? Yeah, even the weather is political and we need to talk about it NOW. Lawyers, Guns & Money reminds us that Project 2025 plans to sell NOAA off to the highest bidder to privatize, you know, weather reporting, like Hurricane Halene. The Rectification of Names gives us the State of the Race. News from ME says TFG stinks (of desperation). Shower Cap's Blog summarizes the week that was. Bonus Track: Miss Cellania recaps the beginning of the 50th season of Saturday Night Live. Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors.

Fox News host Howard Kurtz said he couldn't defend Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump after Democratic strategist Tim Hogan pointed out that the former president often "slips into lunacy." During a panel discussion on the Fox News Media Buzz program, Hogan pointed to statistics from the conservative Cato Institute that showed "the Biden Department of Homeland Security removed a higher percentage of arrested border crossers in its first two years than the Trump administration did in its last two." Outkick writer Mary Katherine Ham argued that Vice President Harris should be subjected to the same scrutiny as Sen.

Democrats justify their support for the incompetent Kamala Harris by saying she's not Trump. This is pig-stupid.