11 thoughts on “Wednesday Open Thread”

1. Interesting:

   Fairshake spokesman Josh Vlasto commented: “We are seeing a broad bipartisan consensus behind ‘crypto and blockchain as a critical component of the future economy. More than 52 million Americans own crypto with the sector responsible for tens of thousands of jobs across the country. We will continue to deploy our resources in support of leaders on both sides of the aisle and in both houses who are committed to getting things done and working with the industry to pass responsible regulation that drives innovation, creates jobs, and sustains America’s global leadership.”

   Pro-#crypto Super PAC Fairshake has just announced it will spend $25M on TV ad campaigns to support 18 House candidates from both parties listed below…. Colorado's sole recipient … CO-08: Yadira Caraveo (D)

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   1. Crypto is dumb. There is nothing (legal) you can do with crypto that you can't with a real currency. Dollars are already mostly zeros and ones in a computer somewhere. I already do most of my transactions electronically without physically touching any filthy lucre.

      And don't start in on, "but what about marginalized people like sex workers?" Instead of getting them sucked into the crypto ponzi scheme, work on decriminalizing those activities. Brings a lot more benefits than just the financial transactions.

      The only thing it is really good for is getting crypto bros rich. Not interested.

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2. RFK Jr. managed to get himself DQ'd from the NY state ballot.  His campaign will appeal, but it failed politics 101–get on the ballot. 

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   1. That dumbass is second-tier (at best) even as an anti-vax grifter. He and his campaign staff being bad at basic campaign stuff can most charitably be described as unsurprising. Not what you'd call an auspicious result for a dipshit trying to parlay his "support" into a cabinet job.

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3. Funny quote from the Trump campaign regarding their Colorado efforts in today's Denver Post:

   Trump’s campaign did not respond Monday to a request for information about its Colorado staffing plans. Earlier this year, it named former state Rep. Justin Everett as state director, but his duties were later shifted to help with the planning of last month’s Republican National Convention.

   A Trump spokesperson told Colorado Politics in June that the campaign would combine forces with the Republican National Committee to defeat Democrats this November, but “we do not feel obligated … to discuss the specifics of our strategy, timing and tactics with members of the News Media.”
    

   I guess when you know you're going to lose by double digits with only Dave Williams and his team of bozos to work with, there's no need to be even slightly polite to the press.

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   1. If I were running a campaign, I would stay very very quiet about my plans.

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      1. The context of the article was the Harris/Walz Colorado campaign beefing up their staff with several seasoned Colorado politicos.  Since the only indication from the Trump campaign concerned the reassignment of their so-called state director to other duties is essentially an admission that they got nuthin'

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4. NY Times is paying attention to Jason Crow …. gift link:  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/12/us/politics/jason-crow-trump-inquiry.html?unlocked_article_code=1.C04.C5Jo.jTlbVJarSY1Q&smid=url-share

   Democrats Turn to Their National Security Go-To for Trump Assassination Inquiry

   last month, he was named the senior Democrat on a bipartisan task force to investigate the attempted assassination of Mr. Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

   “Political violence is intolerable, and we have to set a tone that it’s not appropriate for our nation,” Mr. Crow said of the assignment.

   In his new role, Mr. Crow will work with Representative Mike Kelly, Republican of Pennsylvania and the chairman of the task force, to get to the bottom of the law enforcement failures that preceded the shooting last month.

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5. Interacting with MAGA folks is just exhausting. They consider people who are not them to be inept or corrupt no matter what happens. It's pretty simple.

   Let's say Democrats are having a hard time getting things done because Republicans are getting in the way. When this happens MAGA folks tell everyone that we're inept. They say we're failures who are unable to get anything done and that makes them better than us.

   Now let's say Democrats are getting things done despite Republicans. When this happens MAGA folks tell everyone that we're corrupt. They say the only way we can succeed is if we are scheming and lying and cheating and that makes them better than us.

   (This rant is brought to you by Trump claiming that Harris's success at being the Democrat's candidiate for President is somehow corrupt because it's working.).

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   1. Well, yes. I've been posting a fair amount recently on various Yahoo News threads (need to cut back, tho, because it's interfering with other stuff). Die-hard MAGAs are the same as diehard "pro-lifers." Dialogue or reasoning with either type is not possible because it's "do things our way or hit the highway."

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6. The worm is definitely eating his brain if he thought this was going to go anywhere…

   Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to meet with Kamala Harris to discuss Cabinet job

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