Odds and Ends — 28 August 2024

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Anti-Abortion Activists Want Trump to Stay Quiet

Twenty days ago, Donald Trump promised he would soon discuss how he’ll vote on Florida’s abortion rights initiative. But a number of evangelical leaders and advisers think he should just shut up about it.
Poll after poll has shown abortion is a loser of an issue for Trump and Republicans in general. And with a proposed amendment on the ballot in Florida this November that would enshrine the right to an abortion in the state constitution, he’s gone to great lengths to avoid talking about it—or giving too many specifics. For some of the activists hoping to see the amendment defeated, that’s just fine.

Latino Civil Rights Group Demands Inquiry Into Texas Voter Fraud Raids

The organization said many of those targeted by the raids, conducted by a unit created by the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, were Democratic leaders and election volunteers.

J.D. Vance Said Teachers Should Have Their Own Children

In newly-uncovered audio, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) said that teachers who do not have biological children “brainwash the minds of our children” and that “disorients and really disturb” him.
He added: “She should have some of her own.”

How The Hell Was Trump Allowed To Use Arlington National Cemetery As A Campaign Prop?


Trump campaign staff had altercation with official at Arlington National Cemetery

Two members of Donald Trump's campaign staff had a verbal and physical altercation Monday with an official at Arlington National Cemetery, where the former president participated in a wreath-laying ceremony…
A source with knowledge of the incident said the cemetery official tried to prevent Trump staffers from filming and photographing in a section where recent U.S. casualties are buried. The source said Arlington officials had made clear that only cemetery staff members are authorized to take photographs or film in the area, known as Section 60.
When the cemetery official tried to prevent Trump campaign staff from entering Section 60, campaign staff verbally abused and pushed the official aside, according to the source.

‘He’s Got to Pay a Price’

Biden Impeachment Backlash Builds Within GOP

House Republicans are furious about being forced into a last-minute Biden impeachment vote — which they say could hurt their campaigns.
Even leadership doesn’t want it. But just one member can force a vote.
Watch hardliners — Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Andy Biggs (R-AZ) or Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) — as most likely to pull the trigger.

Democrats Dare GOP to Impeach Biden

House Democrats are effectively inviting a hardline Republican to go rogue and force a vote to impeach President Biden in the final weeks of the 2024 election.
Top House Democrats are in rare agreement with their Republican counterparts that an impeachment vote would damage GOP attempts to hang onto control of the House.

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Haha checking in again as you collect such a great subsection of the headlines in this goat rodeo. Abortion Food Truck? srsly? ;)

I've never heard of an abortion food truck, wonders shall never end I guess!