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I expect that the HIPPA regulations are well known by anyone who has any involvement with the medical system, they are to me. The point I was making is that Trump, the patient involved who we are talking about, could/should waive his own patient confidentiality and allow the medical personnel to speak publicly. I guess I needed to be specific about that in my previous post, sigh. In any case it would be good to know from the medical personnel involved what specific injury happened. It might help tamp down the silliest of the conspiracy theories.

How can I put this? Duh. Yes, of course. For you and I, neither of who have chosen to be public representatives. However, this is a public attack on a public figure being guarded by public servants. Did you know that patient confidentiality/privacy can be waived in the public's interest? Not that the defeated former President ever gave a shit about the public's interest (Americans are still waiting on the tax returns).

The defeated former President did go to the hospital, and there were medical personnel who tended to him. I want to hear from them, and not the nonsense from Dr. Ronny who wasn't anywhere near the scene.

One thing about the defeated former President, he's very transparent. Every accusation is an admission of guilt. With his weird press conference yesterday at Mar-o-lago the line that really stood out for me was what he said about Clinton. I think it was his first admission that he thinks he's going to lose the election. He said (lied), in referring to Clinton, that he was "protective of her" and tried to calm down his crowds chants of "lock her up." He then went on, very creepily, with "there were things he could have done to her." I think Trump is laying the ground work for the nonsense fairytale of "I protected Clinton, I was being Presidential, therefore President Harris should protect me."

I still want to hear from the medical personnel who actually treated the defeated former President. Why the silence? I expect it's shrapnel, and the more information the fewer the conspiracy theories. Also, it's amazing that even with an assassination attempt Trump still couldn't crack a 50% approval rating. Americans really doesn't like the guy.

The answer to Walz' military record is two fold: one, neither Vance not Walz were in combat roles, and two - bone spurs. I wonder who he is going to vote for? I doubt it's Trump.

Is Trump's saying Kamabala an attempt at a nickname, or is more mispronunciation (like all those countries he couldn't pronounce) and evidence of even more cognitive decline of the defeated former President. @EmmetK perhaps as an expert all things MAGA you could tell us?

Vance is turning into a bit of a campaign stalker. Arriving at the airport the same time as Harris, and prowling the tarmac looking for press attention. Yes, weird. Very weird.

I think Harris picked Walz because she feels they are going to win if the Democrats stay united. She wasn't picking based on the short term election goal, but the longer term governing goal.

I believe Obama would agree with me, remember he eventually was legislating off his "bucket" list in the face of total obstruction - GOP leaving the legislating to the life time appointed extremists on the Supreme Court.

She is a better orator than I was expecting. She's let it drop a couple times, in referring to Walz, as Coach Walz. She's not "labelling" him that, but if the monicker gets a take up and sticks - it's not a bad one. After 10 years of being berated with anger by Trump, the America Dream could use a coach.

I hope Harris learns something from Obama's presidency. In his first two years he had a substantial majority in the Senate (was it 54 or 56 seats?) and a large majority in the House. If Obama had governed in his first two years as he did in his last two years (having then experienced six years of complete Republican obstructionism) there would have been a renewed Voting Rights Act, Washington DC would be a State, a renewal of the Assault Weapons Ban, perhaps Campaign Finance Reform (taking the worst of the obscene amounts of dark money in elections), and Mitch McConnell might not have been able to pack the Courts (Donald took credit, but Trump did none of the strategy and work, of undermining the integrity of the courts and rule of law). So, hopefully, if there is a Harris presidency, she'll recognize the obstruction she is up against in Congress, and move ahead with whatever is possible to improve the functioning of American democracy and freedoms, and pass the necessary laws to counter act the partisan policy rulings that the extremists on the Supreme Court have been legislating from the bench.

On the debate I expect that Trump will organize his rally - err debate - on September 4th and claim from the stage that Harris was afraid to "debate" him. I think she should have a rally on the same night, to up stage him with her crowd, and keep the focus on the real agreed upon debate date and format on September 10th. Also, rather than a debate, I want them both to appear on Celebrity Jeopardy. US State Capitals for $100. Bible Verses for $200.

Are you saying she's perceived as a radical or as a liberal? A liberal is in the center of the political spectrum between left and right.

Trump is Putin's favorite for president. Putin must be reading the writing on the wall as to who he's going to be dealing with next year though.

Maybe I'm the wrong demographic for the message. Yes, of course, Donald Trump and JD Vance, are weird. Aren't we all a bit weird? My concern about them isn't the weirdness - the spray tan, the hair spray, the who shakes hands the longest, cheating at golf - it's that they are dangerous. A federal abortion ban, outlawing birth control and ending no fault divorce. Those are 2025 policies (which JD Vance has written the forward for the upcoming book) which are far more than weird - they are dangerous, anti-freedom, anti-American.

I think there's something odd going on at 538 with poll reporting, or at least a divergence between news reports and how polls are being reported.

Election stealers refusing to certify election results (as has happened this year in Nevada already) will happen in November, in an attempt to sow chaos and to discredit the election process. The defeated former president loves chaos.

I think the tide of this election may have turned. Lately I've mostly heard FOX News announcers referring to Trump as the "former President", embracing the reality of his free and fair loss in the last election. Is sanity going to be returning to American politics?

I didn't understand your post. What were you saying?

Maybe it's his bone spurs.

The weird MAGA times

That's a misleading headline. It's Ronny Jackson, who wasn't one of the doctors who treated Trump, after he was a victim of gun violence. The actual doctors who treated the wound aren't allowed to speak about what happened.

I think Trump should be made to carry JD to full term

People who are against choice on abortion are not "pro-life". I am pro-life. I support a woman's right to choose, and paid parental leave, and affordable child care options. I support preventing unwanted pregnancies with birth control universally covered through health insurance, public health education in the schools system. The anti-choice zealots are fixated on a fetus and government control of women's bodies, they are not interested in actually solving a problem and supporting the lives of children and women.