MisterCrisper

Trump called on the DOJ to investigate others in the Epstein files four days ago. Bondi now only has to say that the files are being used in an open investigation and can’t be released at this time. This is the usual protocol for active investigations. Trump will then say that his hands are tied - he wants to release the files but the DOJ won’t let him.

This is similar to what he did with his personal tax information before and during his first term. He said, I’m being audited by the IRS, and they won’t allow me to release my taxes until the audit is complete. This allowed him to say, ‘I want to show you my taxes but the IRS won’t let me.’

He wants you to know that he is transparent and honest and trying to do the right thing but there are powerful forces working against him. Poor Donald.

Kamala Harris dominated the debate despite the fact that she was given about 5 minutes less time to speak!

It’s disappointing to see how the media invariably accommodates Trump. Contrary to the rules of the debate, when Trump continued talking after his time was up or demanded to respond to a point Harris made, they often let him by not muting his microphone. This added up to right around 5 minutes of extra speaking time on prime time television for him to spew his lies. The one time Harris tried the same thing she was shut down by the moderators. If there is any silver lining here it’s that Trump probably made his debate performance worse by talking more!

I was glad to see some push back and fact checking by the moderators in regards to Trump’s most egregious lies. Today MAGA is complaining that the debate was rigged and the moderators were against Trump due to the fact checks while they should be thanking ABC for the special treatment that allowed Trump extra air time.

Go Harris/Walz!

He made tampons available in all bathrooms (boy’s and girl’s) to accommodate trans kids. You are right, these people are deranged - and weird as hell.

Cool. But can it resurface if it’s never been heard before?

One of the problems with this is that the debate rules are not enforced. If you go back and watch Trump in previous debates he continually ignores the time limits and talks over the moderator when told his time is up. Microphones for both participants should automatically shut off when the speaker’s time is up.

Also, obvious, outright lies should earn a microphone cutoff although this would be dependent on a moderator that would be acceptable to both debaters. I can’t see Trump ever agreeing to live fact checking during a debate.

Additionally, Trump appears to be even less mentally capable than he was in the previous debates - I do not believe it would end well for him.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the Saudis pay his bills. Especially if they think that by helping out he might be able to win the election. In fact, owning the president of the US for only 500m USD seems like it could be worth it to many nefarious characters. The Saudis didn’t seem to have a problem doing a billion dollar deal with his son in law.

Illuminating

I agree that buying a new Surface to install Linux on doesn’t seem like the way to go.

But I get new life out of older machines by upgrading them with Linux. I’ve gotten additional years of solid use out of some older MacBook Airs by installing Linux. Now that I know there are drivers, I’ve got my eye on upgrading an old Surface Pro that I have.