Notices by Rod Hilton (rodhilton@mastodon.social)

Absolutely fucking hilarious.

Apparently the people Musk is paying to doorknock, because they are paid rather than motivated by liking Trump, don't give a shit about actually doing it.

And from what I have heard, the software they are using fails to properly mark houses as previously visited, so they're knocking on the same doors multiple times over the week.

https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ground-game-donald-trump-backfiring-pennsylvania-arizona-nevada-1971789

Genuinely don't understand how people stay on X. I just logged in out of curiosity to see what things were like over there and my "For You" explore page has:

- A post by Tim Pool
- A post by Libs of TikTok
- An anti-trans post by a name I don't recognize
- A bunch of sports stuff

There were indeed mixed with stuff that seems to reflect my interest like movie news, comic books, and so on, but I've never engaged with any of the conservative shit in my life.

2016: "the polls said Hillary would win, guess you can't trust the polls!"
2022: "the polls said there would be a red wave, guess you can't trust the polls!"
2024: "the polls say Trump will win and I trust them!!"

Everyone calm the fuck down and vote, we got this.

Proposal: make it illegal to solicit anyone's voting preference and record it prior to them casting a ballot. Publicly announcing/endorsing of your own volition is fine but nobody can ask you and then write it down. Maybe an exception for anyone affiliated with an active campaign, but they cannot disclose results prior to election day.

We'd be better off without any of the polling. It doesn't help anything, it's used dishonestly, and it interferes with a fair and free election.

Kamala got the same stupid-ass "say something nice about Trump" question at her Univision town hall that Hillary got in 2016. Except this time she was asked to say THREE nice things.

And she was just like nah. I love her.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP888THrC/

What an absolute fucking loser.

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-knock-doors-donald-trump-pennsylvania-2024-10

Oh who would have thought, the price for not prosecuting the people responsible for a coup attempt is, lo and behold, a second coup attempt.

https://newrepublic.com/post/187088/roger-stone-donald-trump-coup-november-video

Hey Republicans you guys realize that "being in politics is the one way to avoid being prosecuted for committing crimes" is just going to attract an endless stream of criminals to the profession right?

Like this goes both ways, all of the liberals you hate are ALSO going to eventually be criminals because that's where criminals should go if they want to commit crimes.

So while US power hangs in the balance, there's little choice but to get through the election before enacting any kind of policy change. Anything else risks the election itself which puts MORE Palestinian lives at risk, because Trump has made it clear that Bibi will have no restrictions.

She honestly can't even *say* she's going to change the policy, because that too puts Palestinian lives at greater risk due to an election loss.

Can Kamala, or even Joe Biden, just flat out stop supplying them with weapons until there is a ceasefire?

Well let's walk through what happens.

We announce no more weapons for Israel. Israel is attacked by Hamas or Hezbollah a short time later. The blame for weakening Israel falls to Biden/Harris for their lack of support. A large enough number of Israel supporters drop their support for her, and she loses the election.

Trump wins, weapons flow back, Bibi allowed to do whatever he wants.

Maybe she doesn't want that. Maybe reading between the lines is over-interpreting. But there is at least a *chance* of what you want happening with her as president.

There is NO chance of it with Trump. None.

Protest-voting Jill Stein to deny MI to Kamala (the explicit goal of the Stein movement, at this point) will do nothing to further any goals that actually value life.

The smartest move, if you actually care about ending the war in the Middle East, is to read between the lines of what Kamala is saying. She cares about *HOW* Israel defends itself. She wants a ceasefire. These are the things that tell you that she agrees with you and wants this to stop.

If you're smart, you'll recognize the situation she's in and put your trust in her that, once she secures the power of the office, she will use that power to negotiate a ceasefire.

I want to take these never-Bideners through a situation.

Imagine you're Kamala Harris right now. And take, as a temporary assumption, that she is absolutely committed to stopping the war in the Middle East. And absolutely committed to stopping any more weapons from going to Israel until there is a ceasefire. That there is nothing more important to you than stopping Israel's ongoing aggression.

Just imagine that's the case for a moment, and lets walk through what you do in this situation.

“As a Palestinian American,” she said in the video, “the current administration’s handling of this genocide has been beyond enraging and demoralizing, but the reality is that it can get worse.”

Sounds like we're finally getting realistic here, hope all you "line I'll never cross" folks start to question yourselves a bit if you're out there and real and not bots.

https://thehill.com/policy/international/4922430-uncommitted-group-back-harris/

How do you convince an entire group of people that think they're doing the right thing that they're about to do the one thing that a future version of themselves would go back in a time machine and change immediately?

I'd give anything to be able to effectively communicate to people who are going to hand Trump the presidency because they want to protest Biden/Harris's support of Israel how much they're going to regret that decision.

I'm sure they think they're doing a lot and holding the line by "not voting for genocide" but the degree to which they're going to strongly wish, in a very short amount of time, that they'd made a different choice cannot be understated.

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2024/10/05/michigan-messes-mount-for-harris-00182609

Once again for the folks in the back.

I figure I should stay the hell away from his cars and rockets.

Unlike office workers, remote workers don't spend the full 8 hour workday working.

Now please excuse me while I socialize with my coworkers over breakfast, attend an hour-long pointless meeting, grab a coffee in the break room, go rest up at a sleep pod, go out to lunch, take a stroll to visit Vic in engineering, join a meeting in a tiny booth, get away from my desk for a bit, grab another coffee in a different break room, then head out at 4 to beat traffic.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2024/09/20/remote-work-from-home-survey/75305265007/

Voting already starting and they want to change the rules so that Kamala won't get the 270th vote in the most-likely scenario of a WI-MI-PA sweep, sending a 269 vote to the senate to pick Trump as winner.

Literally there is one single (Republican) guy in Nebraska on the board that is holding steady in his refusal to do this, and if he waffles then Harris will have to win ANOTHER swing state.

Getting pretty tired of a single Republican being the decider on democracy.

https://stateline.org/2024/09/19/winner-take-all-push-in-nebraska-gets-help-from-gov-jim-pillen-us-sen-lindsey-graham-trump/

I'm struggling to keep up with Phase 2024 of America: The Series, honestly. Like am I supposed to watch the 3rd party candidate stuff too?

It must be said that not only did RFK Jr. cheat on his wife Cheryl Hines with reporter Olivia Nuzzi, but Nuzzi wrote the infamous "Conspiracy of Silence to Protect Joe Biden" piece. Tell me more about the "fake news" liberal media targeting Trump and his cohorts.

https://www.status.news/p/olivia-nuzzi-rfk-new-york-magazine