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Keep in mind that they're compared to 2020, when voting patterns changed dramatically quite partisanly due to covid

Further they are just looking at county levels of voting, not individuals. Virginia does not have party of voters released. Dems have increased their rural voter outreach dramatically this year. For all we know this could mean higher dem turnout in rural areas. Republicans tend to strongly prefer voting on election day in most polling

Still good to encourage people to turnout early though!

Overseas voters abroad generally lean heavily democratic by around a D+60 margin

This year dems are actually investing in get out the vote for democrats abroad

DNC Invests Six Figures into Democrats Abroad to get out the vote

https://www.democratsabroad.org/dnc_invests_six_figures_into_democrats_abroad_to_get_out_the_vote

Also fun fact the democrats abroad have an offical mastodon account

https://mastodon.social/@democratsabroad

Let's make sure it's a mistake by making sure they are outnumbered

Make sure to register to vote. Deadlines in many states are starting to roll by

Find opportunities to volunteer for dems around you and online

Write letters to voters in swing states or in competitive downballot races

Or when an event is done, apparently, if you just keep playing music

Jack Smith did not postpone it that late, the Supreme court and lower courts have been adding delays non-stop

He filed indictments over a year ago against trump. The more recent headlines are talking about modified versions of those indictments to work around the Supreme Court's insane rulings

Remember when he suddenly had a slurring voice on Elon Musk's interview? He also had canceled most of his rallies and such around then

In 2020, he denied having a series of mini strokes out of nowhere

Sept. 1, 2020

President Donald Trump posted a baffling tweet Tuesday declaring that he has not had a series of "mini-strokes" — and he had the White House physician release a statement backing up his claim.

[...]

No major media outlet appears to have reported in recent days that Trump had a series of mini-strokes.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-raises-eyebrows-tweet-declaring-he-did-not-have-series-n1239006

Where it might matter is the turnout. If it decreases turnout by even 1% of his potential voters that absolutely matters

If nothing else, we can make it matter by letting it inspire us to take action that increases dem turnout

Find opportunities to volunteer for dems around you and online

Write letters to voters in swing states or in competitive downballot races

I think that's the idea

The whole thing was televised, you can have a listen for yourself if you want https://youtu.be/bDZgox580B0?t=7447

That's not the alternative to proving it being false, that's the alternative to it being knowingly false. You have to show all four of these things for US defamation

To prove prima facie defamation, a plaintiff must show four things: 1) a false statement purporting to be fact; 2) publication or communication of that statement to a third person; 3) fault amounting to at least negligence; and 4) damages, or some harm caused to the reputation of the person or entity who is the subject of the statement.

It's the 3rd fault one that is the knowingly false or reckless disregard for the truth

As a result, a defamation plaintiff in an American court must prove that the allegedly defamatory statement is false and that the defendant was at fault for publishing it. “Fault,” in the case of a government official or a “public figure,” means that the defendant published the defamatory statement with “actual malice” – which means that he knew it was false or at least recklessly disregarded whether it was true or false

https://www.carter-ruck.com/law-guides/defamation-and-privacy-law-in-united-states/

Maybe for other countries, but this was filed in the US where that's not the case at all. You need it to not only show it's false, but that the person making a false statement knew it was false be or acted with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not

The CNN report was pretty damning and with how extensively they laid out the evidence that tied Robinson was to it, it'd likely be extremely difficult to show 1) that it was false or 2) that they acted recklessly when they were pretty through

EDIT: and to clarify the "person making a false statement knew it was false be or acted with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not" is the standard for finding fault with the person making defamation when the actual malice is used (which is the case for government officials or public figures)

His team was telling him to take more questions on the teleprompter and he still just stood there

(Photo from the Washington Post article)

That's honestly tame compared to the rest of the town hall

At the end, he made it sound like he was done and going to wrap up, said thank you and then he... just stood there for 39 minutes noding to music

Oh also he said "does anyone else want to faint too" after someone fainted

He also told people to vote on January 5th instead of election day (Nov 5th)

Think his team is more so afraid of making his mental decline even more obvious after his town hall yesterday. He cut if off early, said "who wants to listen to questions" and "let's listen to music" followed by an early wrapping up. Sounded like he was going to leave, but he just didn't. He stood on stage for 39 minutes of him nodding on stage to music

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/14/trump-music-sways-town-hall/

From the comments made in the town hall, it sounds like the room itself was hot. Given how trump is usually super late to almost all of his events, people were probably standing for a while in a hot room

Can’t wait until he’s gone next year.

To clarify for others, Glenn Youngkin is the governor of Virginia. The state's law says that governors cannot hold consecutive terms and Youngkin's term ends in 2025, so regardless of who wins next year it won't be Youngkin

That's a misleading picture of it. Two people fainted, then paused for a bit, resumed and switched the format to having a speaker ask him questions. A couple of questions in he said "Let's not do any more questions. Let's just listen to music. Who the hell wants to listen to questions" and then wrapped up and seemed like he was done, but processed to bob to music for 39 minutes

The whole town hall is online, you can watch it yourself. Here's how he spends the last 40 or so minutes https://youtu.be/bDZgox580B0?t=7447

She's certainly increased her messaging about it. For instance, she recently release her medical records and loudly asked why trump wasn't doing the same this year when he has in the past

Then look at the KamalaHarris account quote tweeting the kamalahq account saying "hope he's ok"

https://xcancel.com/kamalaharris/status/1846049221369024700?s=46&t=ybtfi8Urdi-1ZG9fTxJdzg