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Sep 12Liked by Steven Beschloss

I'm sorry, but this business about "undecided" voters needing to know more about the policy positions before they can make up their minds is just so much hypocritical BS. The "undecideds" are simply trying to sound intelligent by making that assertion, rather than being honest enough to own up to their ignorance or biases.

I mean, have they been living under rocks since 2016 and are only now coming up for air? The fact that we have "undecided" voters in the face of such a polarizing election, when the differences between the two candidates could not be more divergent or clear cut, is simply a reflection of their abysmal ignorance and stupidity.

Let's call a spade a spade.

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Sep 12Liked by Steven Beschloss

I totally agree with you. Even before the debate the stark differences between the traitor and VP Harris was evident. How can anyone, after the debate, be undecided? Perhaps they are afraid to say they are voting for Harris because of the vitriol on the other side.

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I think someone is giving them money! I mean these ppl look like idiots...so great listen tho guys

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Thank you! Why not just write them off at this point of the campaign and after that debate. They can only be described as unserious.

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100%!

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Sep 12Liked by Steven Beschloss

"Lightly engaged" in this landscape is extremely charitable. I would say they are engaged in autocranialsigmoidoscopic behavior, my made up word for having their heads up their asses

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Good word.

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Sep 12Liked by Steven Beschloss

Love that word, I understood it before you defined it, well done!

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You have anatomical knowledge or a health science background, I surmise

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Medical technology background. Also, I love words. Most of them have roots in Latin, and I took four years of Latin I HS.

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I love the statement that this says more about them than the candidates, and calls for follow up questions to understand the person’s position. Without more information, I can think that the person either 1) supports Trump but doesn’t feel comfortable asserting that in face of his spectacularly bad performance, or 2) just can’t get behind a woman of color as their president. I can think that, even though I may be wrong, because the reporter failed to inform me of the facts. That’s their job. Keep up the good work. These short videos help your subscribers understand what we’re seeing in the press.

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Glad you find value in these, Dionne. Thanks.

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Sep 12Liked by Steven Beschloss

Spot on Steven, as usual. If someone really has not made a decision yet, they simply are not paying attention and more details will not make much difference. The Harris team is excellent on a broad front and with depth. Which is fortunate, because many of us would vote for almost anyone not Trump; fortunately we have a great ticket to support.

Looking at the record and character of Trump, to be undecided at this point says more about the citizen than the candidate.

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I’m sorry, but if anyone is still undecided who to vote for, they’re too stupid to vote.

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Sep 12Liked by Steven Beschloss

Thank you both. I read that headline about the ‘undecideds (on high) not so sure’ and got so angry I couldn’t even finish the article. I’m just sick to death of WaPo and NYT - and in honesty, that is unlike me. Those tend to be my go to sources. But I feel like they clobbered President Biden starting back when he was running in 2020 and never stopped … ramping up to demanding he step away from running in 2024 after HIS debate with Trump. And then they just continued on, cutting VP Harris no slack - or even treating her fairly. I think if you are undecided at this point you either actually are NOT undecided and simply don’t want to say … or you were never going to vote in the first place. So courting them like they’re royalty and kowtowing to their ‘questions and fears over what they haven’t gotten from the candidate yet’ seems a fool’s errand.

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Sep 12Liked by Steven Beschloss

Woke up to CNN (husband’s lapse in judgment) where one of the talking heads said her family “was full of undecideds”. Who would even admit that?

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Sep 12Liked by Steven Beschloss

Anyone who was undecided even before the debate just isn’t interested enough to be concerned about. There was such a contrast between the conventions, that were so easy to find and watch, it’s on them, and I don’t think there’s anything more to do.

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First, I agree that ABC did well in addressing some of TYrumps lies. It’s shameful the media in general has let his flagrant lying go on so long without confronting them. It was very important those lies be addressed right ON THE SPOT! I have MAGA friends and relatives who watch a debate if TYrump is participating but will not watch or read later or the next days when those lies are refuted.

The repeated and repeated lies are hypnotic

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I have an unsurmountable amount of patience. With that said, I have none when it comes to people who say “Hmm…I just don’t know”! They have put their blinders on to the words that Project 2025 projects, to Donnie’s lies, and to Harris’s excellent speeches, where she has been very forthright about her plans for the future. Nope, I have no time to be wasted on them.

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Sep 12·edited Sep 12Liked by Steven Beschloss

Actually, quite a few of the ‘undecideds’ I saw thought Harris “did well” or “won” the debate. Then some said they were considering voting for her but wanted to hear more. Others didn’t know how she would pay for these ideas and remained “undecided”. The ones who had begun as ‘leaning’ toward trump mostly remained the same - as did Harris “leaders.”

I often wonder how many of these folks are “undecided” no matter what they tell the reporter or pollster. An underlying issue is whether they are ready to decide which can mean changing their original leanings. I have a problem emphasizing the responses of a few people willing (eager?) to participate - maybe not so ‘random’ or “undecided.”

The one that really stuck in my mind (I’ve said this once before) was the woman in Grand Rapids (I have family there). She voted for trump 2x before but is wavering. After being pressed for her reason considering all the things she didn’t like about him she said she was torn between what was good for the country and what was best for her. IOW, she remembers doing well financially under trump and thinks or hopes for more of the same if he was in the WH again.

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By this time, if you have no opinion, you are either lying or so dumb you can't even say if you like meatloaf or not. A waste of print writing about them. I also believe interviewing a group of so called undecideds after the debate means nothing. Just a time filler for the endless news cycle. I turn them off.

Papers and commentators have turned serious business into a game show. Round and round the table they go, guessing. Perhaps Pat Sajak could start a part time retirement job. Spin a wheel ! Predict the President ! (But then, old trump would say the wheel was rigged if the arrow points to that now she says she's black woman. ) Theme songs could be a rewrite of the old Civil War song, Tramp, Tramp, Tramp but now, Trump, Trump, Trump & You say Kamilla, I say Kamala.......

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It's about time the Corporate Media was called out on this silly obsession.

It seems clear to me that this is just another device to keep the "horse race" scenario in play as it threatens to slip away. It hasn't yet, but with enough effort and enough engagement, that could happen.

Obsolete Corporate Media is shamelessly using the low information, studiously ignorant by designating them as "undecided voters" to provide a refuge where thoughtless low-input, low-effort election related stories can continue to flow now that the "sanewashing" of Trump and Trumpism is increasingly called out. Journalistic malfeasance at best. Manipulation of the ignorant at worst.

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Secondly this?

The process for issuing a presidential executive order is as follows: :

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) coordinates the process and receives comments from interested agencies. ;

The OMB and stakeholder agencies review the draft language…;

The draft order is sent to the Attorney General and Director of the Office of the Federal Register for review. ;

The President signs the order. ;

The White House sends the order to the Office of the Federal Register (OFR). ;

The OFR numbers and publishes the order in the Federal Register. ;

The order is recorded in Title 3 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations. ;

Executive orders are directives from the President that are intended to have the force and effect of law.—-

They can be used to direct executive officers or clarify and further existing laws…;

The President can revoke, modify, or make exceptions to any executive order at any time. Executive orders are not binding on everyone, but they are subject to judicial review and can be declared unconstitutional by the court—-;

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https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46738#:~:text=That%20process%20is%20coordinated%20by,force%20and%20effect%20of%20law.

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Transcript? If I cannot read the transcript, I will pass it up 99% of the time.

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Sep 12·edited Sep 12Author

There is a transcript and captions.

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Back when Donald and I were enjoying our 2-S deferments, there was a popular phrase going around: “America, love it or leave it.” Herr Drumpf, the boat undocks at midnight.

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