Not only is strategic voting bad for your soul, it doesn’t really make a lot of sense politically. Why not just vote for whoever you want to see win?
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Donald J. Trump’s Magic Bullet
On July 13th an assassin attempted to kill former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler Pennsylvania. The bullet grazed his right ear but his bravado-filled response turned out to have greatly benefited his campaign for reelection.
Let’s not RESIGN
Finally, President Joe Biden has agreed to drop out of the presidential campaign following his poor performance in the debate against Trump. As Kamala Harris gears up to run as his anointed successor, Republicans are calling for Biden to resign—a valid request considering that he is clearly unfit to govern—which would also strengthen Harris’ campaign.
Slow Reaction Time
President Joe Biden’s disastrous performance in his presidential debate with Donald Trump finally has mainstream Democrats, including top party officials, admitting what has been painfully obvious since they shoved his candidacy down our throats four years ago: he is not up to the job.
Breaking News
After 3-1/2 years, it increasingly appears that President Biden hasn’t always been fully in charge of either his mental faculties or his administration’s policies. Who made the big decisions? We may never know.
Take the Big Pill
Almost like a miracle, the FDA has approved a promising Alzheimer’s drug just as President Biden is fighting off accusations that his debate performance is evidence that he is suffering from dementia. Hey! There’s a pill for that!
Love the Hate, Hate the Haters
“Double haters”—voters who dislike both Biden and Trump—will decide the election.
Most Likely to Protect Democracy
Between his terrifying debate performance and his refusal/inability to appear in public without reading from a Teleprompter, it’s pretty clear that Joe Biden hasn’t been the president of the United States for quite some time, assuming that he ever was. His big campaign argument was that he was defending democracy, but this lack of transparency is more indicative of a totalitarian state than a democracy. Who has been making the big decisions in the Biden Administration for the last few years? No one knows.
Dyin’ with Biden
Major donors to the Democratic Party panicked after Joe Biden’s disastrous debate appearance against Trump. Now the DNC is trying to reassure those donors, but what can they really say?
Adderall Shortage
Supply-chain problems and a dysfunctional marketplace in the pharmaceutical space have contributed to a shortage of the anti-ADHD drug Adderall with no end in sight.
“The Stringer”
graphic novel
by Ted Rall & Pablo G. Callejo
“Political Suicide: The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party”
by Ted Rall
“Bernie (Revised 2020 Edition)”
by Ted Rall
The Final Countdown – 7/23/24 – Secret Service Director Resigns Over Trump Assassination
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On this episode of The Final Countdown, hosts Ted Rall and Steve Gill discuss the latest news from around the world, including the Secret Service director’s resignation. The show begins with media commentator and thought leader Mitch Roschelle sharing his perspective on the Kamala Harris campaign. Former Barack Obama campaign director Robin Biro also weighs in on the Kamala Harris campaign. Later, Brian Gates, an international security expert, discusses the resignation of the Secret Service director following the assassination attempt on Trump. The show closes with RT journalist Mohamed Gomaa discussing the latest out of Gaza amid the Israeli attacks on Khan Younis and Netanyahu’s visit to D.C.
Read MoreThe Final Countdown – 7/22/24 – Kamala at the Forefront of the Democratic Party, Questions About Biden Finishing Tenure
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On this episode of The Final Countdown, hosts Ted Rall and Steve Gill dedicate the entire show to discussing Biden dropping out of the race. The show begins with independent journalist Dan Lazare and Counselor-at-law Tyler Nixon discussing Biden dropping out of the presidential race and his endorsement of VP Kamala Harris. Then, Cartoonist for The Chicago Tribune Scott Stantis joins the show to discuss the future of Kamala Harris’s campaign, her policies, and whether she can win over Trump.
Read MoreNo Sympathy for Biden I
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Poor Joe. No. Poor us. Poor United States. Poor Democratic Party. We’ve been suckered. While we were fearfully obsessing over the ethically-challenged Donald Trump, a much more talented grifter—Joe Biden along with his hidden passel of co-conspirators—conned the electorate, the news media and most of his own party’s leaders out of the American presidency. The Bidenite scam sounds like a fourth entry in Alan J. Pakula’s “paranoia trilogy” of 1970s political thrillers. A populist socialist senator takes an early lead in the 2020 primaries. Ruling-class elites panic. Who can stop him? Alarmed party bosses and their mouthpieces in the corporate media recruit an unlikely centrist champion to take him on: the oldest person ever to run for president, a washed-up hack who came in fourth in Iowa and fifth in New Hampshire. Even more worrisome, the elderly man presents with signs of dementia. He “campaigned unevenly and delivered uncomfortably meandering performances at the debates that…
Read MoreDMZ America Podcast #157: Biden Drops Out. What’s Next?
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Political cartoonists and analysts Ted Rall (on the Left) and Scott Stantis (on the Right) react to a shocking development in the world of politics: President Joe Biden has finally, after weeks of intrigue and pressure from within the Democratic Party succumbed to concerns about his mental acuity and dropped out of the 2024 presidential campaign weeks before the Democratic National Convention. What happens next? Scott and Ted conduct a postmortem of what amounts to a coup d’état and call for a serious investigation of who knew what when about Biden’s mental state. They assess Vice President Kamala Harris’ chances of securing the nomination for herself, who she will pick as her own running mate, how she will likely run her campaign and what could amount to a winning strategy against Donald Trump this fall. Watch the Video Version: here. (Video will be live 7/21/24 9:00 PM EDT)
Read MoreDMZ America Podcast Ep 156: Trump’s Triumph & Biden’s Final Days
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Political cartoonists and analysts Ted Rall (on the Left) and Scott Stantis (on the Right) take on a dramatic week in politics. Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt and emerged looking great from the Republican National Convention. Meanwhile, Democrats continued to call for President Joe Biden to step aside from the presidential race, Kamala Harris began to fend off attacks from the Right and the Left and the beleaguered Biden was forced to quarantine himself after he came down with Covid-19. Watch the Video Version: here.
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