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General Discussion / Will Minnesota be Trump country?

« Last post by theking on Today at 01:52:50 PM »

At a private donor retreat, Trump team says Minnesota and Virginia are in play
Top Trump campaign officials delivered a closed-door presentation to donors at a Republican National Committee retreat on Saturday.

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Top officials for former President Donald Trump’s campaign believe they can flip Democratic strongholds Minnesota and Virginia into his column in November, they told donors behind closed doors at a Republican National Committee retreat Saturday.

Brandishing internal surveys, pollster Tony Fabrizio and senior advisers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita delivered a set of presentations that focused on finances, messaging and the political map, according to two people who were present at the Four Seasons resort here. Fabrizio’s numbers, posted on a slide shared with NBC News, showed Trump ahead of President Joe Biden by small margins in the key swing states from 2020 — including Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia.

The Trump camp’s discussion of expanding the electoral map deeper into the Democratic territory of Minnesota and Virginia comes as Biden’s re-election team says it is eyeing North Carolina — which Republicans have won in three consecutive presidential races — and Florida, where the GOP has prevailed in the last two presidential elections. Biden took the 2020 contest by a margin of 74 electoral votes, with victories in the pivotal states of Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia coming from a cumulative advantage of about 44,000 votes.

“I think that the Biden campaign is deliberately playing a faux game by talking about [how] they’re going to expand the map in Florida and North Carolina,” LaCivita said in a telephone interview with NBC News. “But we have a real, real opportunity in expanding the map in Virginia and Minnesota.”

The top lines of the internal polling shared with donors are relatively consistent with sparse public surveys that show Biden with a small edge in Virginia, while Trump’s advantage in his own polling in Minnesota is at odds with the few public surveys in that state. But all of the public polls in Minnesota and Virginia — and the trials run by Trump’s campaign — fall within their margins of error, suggesting tight races in both states.

Trump’s team tested head-to-head, four-way and six-way races in each state, according to LaCivita. In the six-way trial in Minnesota, which includes four independent candidates, Trump and Biden were tied at 40% apiece, with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at 9%, he said. When the field was narrowed to four candidates, Trump led Biden 46% to 41%. In a head-to-head matchup, Trump led Biden 49% to 46%.

Biden won Minnesota by about 7 percentage points in 2020, and the state has not favored a Republican nominee for president since Richard Nixon’s 1972 re-election campaign.

In Virginia, Trump’s internal survey showed Biden leading Trump 40% to 37% in a six-way test that included Kennedy at 8%. Biden led Trump 48% to 44% in a head-to-head matchup. And, in a four-way race, Biden had a 42%-to-41% advantage over Trump.

Trump aides declined to make the full surveys, including their methodology, available to NBC News. Campaigns often use the promise of playing offense on new turf as an incentive for donors to give money to support those efforts.

"Trump’s team has so little campaign or infrastructure to speak of they’re resorting to leaking memos that say ‘the polls we paid for show us winning, don’t ask us to show you the whole poll though.’ Sure, guys," Biden campaign spokeswoman Lauren Hitt said.

"While we have 150 offices open with hundreds of staff across the key battlegrounds, the RNC is closing offices and hemorrhaging money on legal fees," she added. "Joe Biden has hit every battleground at least once, while Trump’s in the courtroom or on the golf course. We’ll see how that translates in November.” "

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General Discussion / Pro-Palestinians protesters do not care about Palestinians...

« Last post by Hung_Low on Today at 12:44:22 PM »

Majority of these campus protests are done by moles paid by big Democrat donors... You hear that right, they are paid actors posing as Pro-Palestinians. They don't care about Palestinians.. . just stooges paid to protests. They are not only threatening Jews, they are menacing and causing havoc to anyone who isn’t with them, all for a quick buck — to the tune of about $20,000 per month and some are getting $7800 for an 8-hour shift.

And who's these big donors? All you have to do is follow the money... The donors include some of the biggest names in Democratic circles: Soros, Rockefeller and Pritzker, according to a POLITICO analysis.

Two of the organizers supporting the protests at Columbia University and on other campuses are Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow. Both are supported by the Tides Foundation, which is seeded by Democratic megadonor George Soros and was previously supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It in turn supports numerous small nonprofits that work for social change.

When press about the issue, Soros declined to comment. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has previously funded the Tides Foundation and other groups, said it no longer has active grants to Tides. It also does not support Jewish Voice for Peace or IfNotNow.

Another notable Democratic donor whose philanthropy has helped fund the protest movement is David Rockefeller Jr., who sits on the board of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. In 2022, the fund gave $300,000 to the Tides Foundation; according to nonprofit tax forms, Tides has given nearly $500,000 over the past five years to Jewish Voice for Peace, which explicitly describes itself as anti-Zionist.

Several other groups involved in pro-Palestinian protests are backed by a foundation funded by Susan and Nick Pritzker, heir to the Hyatt Hotel empire — and supporters of Biden and numerous Democratic campaigns, including $6,600 to the Biden Victory Fund a few months ago and more than $300,000 during the 2020 campaign.

The trail of donations shows a series of blurred lines when it comes to liberal causes and Democratic politics. Often those missions are aligned, but they also sometimes have different and — particularly when it comes to Gaza — conflicting agendas and tactics. And a small group of wealthy heavyweights are often playing an outsize role funding many of them.

But as protester tactics have grown more intense, like taking over university buildings and shouting antisemitic remarks, the groups behind them are now attracting criticism from prominent donors on the left. - Politicol

You can read more about it there... Think about it... who's feeding these protesters. I'm very very positives it ain't the college students who really care about Palestinians using their own money to feed themselves.

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Marriage & Family Life / Re: Do you need to know everything about your spouse?

« Last post by Believe_N_Me on Today at 11:22:23 AM »

I just lost my appetite.

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Marriage & Family Life / Re: Family

« Last post by Believe_N_Me on Today at 11:20:31 AM »

obligation is different from free will though. If one is going to feel obligated, they shouldn't even create a family.

If people don't understand that they have an obligation to their spouse and their children then they really shouldn't create a family.

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Marriage & Family Life / Re: The type of man that will make a good husband

« Last post by Believe_N_Me on Today at 11:18:21 AM »

Every couple has their secrets, but assuming that the problems aren't too big, the couples I know who have good marriages are builders. What that means to each couple can be different things. But in the end they always have a goal that they're trying to reach as a couple.

The ones who have a lot of dysfunction aren't building together. They don't work as a unit. They just exist to exist.

This is why I believe, as do marriage counselors, that it's so important to find a man who has goals and wants to build. Otherwise, he'll just end up stringing you along until he's no longer excited about you. Now there are men who will keep a woman around even though he's no longer excited about her because she does the work for him. These are men with niam loj, niam yau. I actually know a dude who never married his girlfriend of 10 years. He claims to not be in love with her but it looks like he doesn't plan to move out of her house either. She has given him a lot of stability over the years, and he's already bonded with her family. He keeps his options open and has initiated relationships, claiming that he would marry if the right one comes along. Obviously, it never works out because he intends to keep the girlfriend in the picture - kind of like a niam loj.

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Marriage & Family Life / Re: Opposite Sex Friends

« Last post by Believe_N_Me on Today at 11:06:40 AM »

It's hard to maintain being that of an acquaintance if you are
opposite sexes. Feelings will draw you out of that into the friendship
status and then into a third, perhaps even a fourth--lovers and then
spouses--respectively. (Beyond that, of course, ex-spouses for many.)

I was first an acquaintance to a woman. We only knew each other
in the community and respected each other so. She was married
and I wasn't.

Then I became a friend when she had domestic issues with
her husband. He had taken on another woman.

Notice I wrote that "I became a friend", not that "she became
a friend."

I kept my position as an acquaintance but she didn't. She
kept calling me to talk about their situation and even
cried to me over the phone. One day she admitted to me
that she missed me and that she has accidentally told
him that she missed me.

There was no reason to do that unless you were seeking validation.

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Marriage & Family Life / Re: No one loves you more than your spouse

« Last post by Believe_N_Me on Today at 10:56:08 AM »

The right one is someone who actually desires and wants to be in a commitment.

There are too many people who enter a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship because they're attracted to each other and it's convenient for them to do so, but neither (or at least one of them) hasn't even considered commitment. What happens is that over time, one person feels like they're being used for their time and the other person feels pressured. This unalignment will create a lot of tension and typically leads to a breakup.

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General Discussion / Asian doctor's wife is very forgiving? I mean he did try to kill her near SF

« Last post by theking on Today at 01:38:21 AM »

Wife of doctor who 'drove car off cliff' with family inside begs for attempted murder charges to be dropped

The wife of a California doctor accused of deliberately driving a car off a cliff with his family inside has begged prosecutors to drop the charges against him, according to US media reports.

Dharmesh Patel, 42, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted murder.

His wife Neha and their son and daughter, aged four and seven at the time, were in the car.

Patel, a radiologist, was driving his white 2021 Tesla Model Y along the Pacific Coast Highway south of San Francisco, when it plunged several hundred feet off the cliff at Devil's Slide.

All four survived the crash in what one official called an "absolute miracle".

Patel's wife, who suffered serious injuries, spoke for the first time in court since the incident on 2 January last year.

She told the proceedings on Thursday in Redwood City, California, her husband should be released from jail and sent home under a mental health diversion programme, according to The Mercury News.

Mrs Patel blamed her husband's actions that day on "a mental health episode beyond any of our understanding and control" and said "things will be different" if he is allowed to return home to their family, the California-based paper reported.

"We need him in our life," she reportedly said, giving evidence to the courtroom via a video call.

"We're not a family without him."

She spoke at length about the impact of her husband's absence on their children, saying she has often found her daughter crying at night, the newspaper reported.

Her son has asked why it's "taking so long" for his father to return home, she said, adding the boy was "heartbroken".

Noting that Friday is the couple's 16th wedding anniversary, she described her husband as a "kind and altruistic" man, who "has been my best friend for more than 25 years".

"Seeing my kids in emotional pain is one of the hardest things I've had to endure," she said.

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The court previously reportedly heard Patel suffered from a major depressive disorder - and a psychotic episode on the day of the crash.

Mark Patterson, a psychologist who gave evidence for the defence, told the court that in the days before the incident Patel grew increasingly delusional and believed his children were at risk of being kidnapped and molested.

His mental state has been a key issue in the case, with his wife reportedly initially telling rescuers her husband was "depressed" and "he purposefully drove off" the cliff.

The trial continues.

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Marriage & Family Life / Trying to find a dream husband but "looking for love in all the wrong places"?

« Last post by theking on Today at 01:34:57 AM »

I still haven’t found my dream husband — is it too late to try dating apps?

I am sad that I haven’t found a long-lasting husband. I’m divorced, and my previous relationships and marriage look like intentional hits. I’m not sure what brought this on. I’m in my 40s and I still would like a man in my life. The men I’ve met all seem to enjoy having their homes to themselves. It’s kind of frightening.

Some female friends have told me that the good ones are already taken, so I’m waiting for a divorce to happen. Should I try online dating? Do you think I should reach out to another state for someone?

Here's Lee's version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIuryZ8JUJM

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Marriage & Family Life / Well that can't be good, $50k gone, supporting habit??

« Last post by theking on Today at 01:25:16 AM »

My cheating wife stole $50K from me and attacked me when I tried to leave her

As far as I’m concerned, my marriage is over. For the past 10 years or more, my wife has recklessly spent our joint savings and my pension savings, taken out credit cards in my name without my knowledge and put us through bankruptcy. We now have over $50K in debt with nothing left. She has also been having affairs on the side.

I can’t trust a word she says or continue to live like this. Each time, she has begged for forgiveness and promised not to do it anymore — until she does it a week later. We agreed to separate a month ago, but now she realizes there’s not going to be any regular income from me and wants to stay married. When I told her no, she attacked me physically.

I don’t want the police involved. I have a daughter on the spectrum. Although she’s a young adult, she will blame me, and what relationship I have with her will be destroyed. I have been advised to not move out, as that can be seen by the courts as abandoning my property to her.