DeKalb Police responding to bomb threats at multiple voting precincts

Source: Decaturish

DeKalb County, GA — DeKalb County Voter Registration and Elections received bomb threats at seven locations, including five voting precincts and two other locations, around 5 p.m.

As of 7 p.m., DeKalb Police had searched and found no bombs at four of the voting precincts that received bomb threats Tuesday evening, according to a press release.

DeKalb County Police are performing bomb sweeps at New Bethel AME Church, New Life Community Center, North DeKalb Senior Center, Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library, Wesley Chapel Library, the Old Sam’s Club in Stonecrest and the Salem Panola Library.

“Every asset that we have will be deployed to ensure that every citizen who wants to vote will be given that opportunity and every vote cast will be counted,” DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond said a press release.

Read more: https://decaturish.com/2024/11/dekalb-police-responding-to-bomb-threats-at-multiple-voting-precincts/

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Since then the font size on DU is dramatically smaller.

I know how to change the font size in my Chrome browser but this has no effect on DU while changing the font size on all other sites I visit.

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Righteous Rant from Noel Casler

Noel talks Biden stepping down, VP Harris's momentum, Trump's racism and shares a story from 'Celebrity Apprentice' and Prez Obama's first inauguration
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Noel is talking about how Trumps sucks all the air and energy out of the political environment and how Kamala and company (us!) put a stop to it.

Also how our outrage machine isn't helping because MAGAs feed off it.

How do I donate to Kamala?

'Morning Joe' pulled from air Monday because of Trump shooting

Source: CNN

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MSNBC will not air “Morning Joe,” its celebrated politics roundtable program, on Monday, opting to instead air continued breaking news coverage of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

The progressive news network confirmed the decision to preempt its influential and top-rated morning show after a CNN inquiry Sunday evening. The network said the show will resume airing Tuesday.

The decision by MSNBC to leave one of its most recognizable programs on the sidelines amid a seismic politics-driven news cycle, with the Republican National Convention getting underway in the wake of the Saturday shooting at Trump’s campaign rally, is certain to raise eyebrows.

A person familiar with the matter told CNN that the decision was made to avoid a scenario in which one of the show’s stable of two dozen-plus guests might make an inappropriate comment on live television that could be used to assail the program and network as a whole. Given the breaking news nature of the story, the person said, it made more sense to continue airing rolling breaking news coverage in the fraught political moment.


Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/media/msnbc-morning-joe-pulled-trump-assassination/index.html

Encouraging Report from Central Florida

Visited my 85 year old MAGA mom for 2.5 days with Mr Sedona in the Mount Dora/Tavares/Eustice/Lady Lake red red red area of Central Florida an hour south of the Villages. Saw exactly two trump stickers, one sadly on my mom's car and one in the parking lot of a greasy spoon diner.

Saw only one small trump 2024 yard sign on the road in from the turnpike.

Attended a parade and fireworks display at a super busy lakefront in Tavares. Hard to guess on number of people disbursed along the lakefront and in the adjacent bars and restaurants. Maybe 5000 people? Seemed like a reasonable representation of the local community. Lots of Gen X empty nesters and a small group of families with children. Very few Millennials or Zillennials outside of the wait staff and handful of parents.with kids I encountered. 85-90% White with just a handful of People of Color. Lots of red white and blue gear but no Trump tee shirts, no MAGA hats not one bumper sticker. Zero, nada zilch.

Saw one big trump billboard on the highway out of town by The Viliages and one faded big old Trump 2020 sign on I75 in South Georgia.

If they're in the cult they sure are keeping it to themselves.

Did not engage strangers in any political convos, which I never do anyway so can't comment on speicfic antidotes aside from my 85 year old Trumpy mom. She is a good person and has been slowly shedding the racism and homophobia that was literally bred into her by her “greatest” generation FDR/Kennedy Democratic parents.

I sincerely believe she’s been brainwashed and stays MAGA as way to "belong” in her small group of friends. She actually never heard the boat/battery/shark story from last month. She thought Mr Sedona was making it up. Didn't bother pursuing fact checking her. She'd likely think it was fake whatever.

She was aware Bannon is in jail so there's that.

Nice to see my MAGA Mom. Who knows how long I have with her in my life. We just don't talk politics and all is good. I had no illusions of deprogramming her from the cult in 2.5 days.

I'm riding back now with Mr Sedona to my home in the deeply blue, super diverse suburbs of NE Atlanta in Dekalb County. All and all it was an encouraging visit politically for this Generation Jones couple.

Trump falls into his own trap

Thanks so much for my weekend hearts!

Please accept my belated thanks for the heart!

Morning Joe not on Peacock Plus this morning ?

What gives?

Been streaming MJ live on Peacock Plus for months. Today its gone.

Anyone else not finding it on Peackcock plus this morning?