Talkin' Politics - April 8, 2024 | The Polls, They Are A Changin'

08-04-2024 • 1 hr 32 mins

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Woke Meat and The Twitter media sinkhole (THC highlights)
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True or False 2024 will be seen as a “reset” election

County to County movement from Blue to Red: https://missouriindependent.com/2024/04/04/swing-states-see-newcomers-as-americans-move-from-blue-to-red-counties/

Sean and Adam discussed Daily Yonder article in Friday’s flyover show

Yeah…No Nebraska’s (almost) unique electoral college set up is on the Trump team’s radar for nefarious reasons

https://www.semafor.com/article/04/05/2024/inside-the-battle-over-nebraskas-electoral-college-votes

Six months ago, Nebraska Republican Party Chairman Eric Underwood pitched Ronna McDaniel on a simple idea that could help the GOP win the presidency again.

Since 1991, Nebraska had split its electoral votes; two for the statewide winner, then three for the winner of each congressional district. Trump lost the Omaha-based 2nd district in 2020, and if the GOP lost it again in 2024 — even if it flipped Arizona, Nevada, and Georgia — it would lose the presidency by a single vote. There was a bill frozen in the state legislature that could change that, assigning all five electors to the statewide winner, if Republicans rescued it. Underwood’s question for the RNC chair and its legal counsel was: Would the national party help?

But wait… there’s more: https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/04/05/sources-say-trump-sought-to-directly-pressure-nebraska-state-senator-over-winner-take-all-proposal/

Sources say Trump sought to directly pressure Nebraska state senator over winner-take-all proposal

Yeah…Yeah

The Green Bank Funding from Biden Admin: https://www.axios.com/2024/04/04/biden-climate-green-bank

Related positive environmental news traced directly to Biden’s pen: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/06/indigenous-american-tribes-funding-manage-ocean-coasts?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

YDFS - Jon Stewart left apple show because he’s still Jon Stewart: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24118814/jon-stewart-apple-tv-plus-daily-show-lina-khan-interview

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