The Republican candidate spoke today at Asheville's Thomas Wolfe Auditorium (capacity 2000). Here is a list of 10 Indiana high school gyms that are three times as large:
1. New Castle Fieldhouse (8,424)
2. Baratto Athletic Center East Chicago (8,054)
3. Richmond Tiernan Center (7,786)
3. Muncie Fieldhouse (7,635)
4. Marion Green Arena (7,560)
6. Elkhart North (7,373)
7. Wolves Den Michigan City (7,304)
8. Gary West Side (7,217 )
9. Jefferson (7,200)
10. Southport (7,124)
Project 2025 Is a Roadmap to Disaster
Michael Hicks sticks to his knitting here, commenting primarily on his areas of expertise: education and national security. Project 2025 is bad for both.
Chalk one up for the oligarchs. Cori Bush is the second member of progressive House Democrats known as “the Squad” defeated in a primary that was linked to the incumbent’s views of Israel.
Missouri Rep. Cori Bush is ousted by a primary challenger backed by pro-Israel groups
Why calling Trump ‘weird’ is freaking Republicans out
"The entire Republican project is built on the assumption of normalcy. “We are the in-group – anything that doesn’t look, act or worship like us is weird.” They say they want to bring back a nostalgia-tinted, white picket fence version of America where you can leave your door unlocked and kids are respectful."
If you're not that worried of being part of the in-group, weird is ok.
The ‘Red Wave’ Washout: How Skewed Polls Fed a False Election Narrative
(From 2022, but I suspect highly relevant)
The skewed red-wave surveys polluted polling averages, which are relied upon by campaigns, donors, voters and the news media. It fed the home-team boosterism of an expanding array of right-wing media outlets — from Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast and “The Charlie Kirk Show” to Fox News and its top-rated prime-time lineup.