Did Trump lose the black vote and the woman vote this week?

I got out of the illegal pot biz years ago. I was probably the only dealer in the World that asked for ID if the person looked younger than 23 (I had a 23 or older rule). Cheers and happy weekend!

This exactly how I feel when I hear people go after Trump for polices.   

"1000 men in prison for smoking pot" - evidence, please? She definitely jailed a lot of dealers.
Even if the allegation has some substance (it doesn't, possession of cannabis in less than commercial quantities is a slap on the wrist or at worst a fine in CA, it's never carried a custodial sentence), lawyers frequently have to do things that's they find distasteful - like defending rapists, murderers and paedophiles. It's part of the job. She did her job and you want to crucify her for that?

Harris was state attorney general. The conservative Washington Free Beacon reported this year that at least 1,560 people went to prison for pot during Harris’ tenure from 2011 through 2016, citing reports from the California corrections department that are no longer available on their website. A department spokesman said 1,974 people were admitted to prison for marijuana and hashish charges during that time period. 

She prosecuted more people in CA as DA than her predecessor.  

Harris is in red and that us just convictions. Which the rate was on 24% so the were 4 times as many arrests. 

Then later when asked about a brand/blend/whatever of Marijuana named after her she laughs. Says she smoked in college and she did inhale.  
Of course now, she us all in for legal pot. More evidence of her being a chameleon.   Saying whatever the crowd in front of her wants to hear.  From Indian to black to fake southern accent...fake as that laugh she uses to avoid real answers to questions.  

"Possession" in COMMERCIAL quantities,  not for smoking it. And that's convictions, not custodial sentences - like I said, a slap on the wrist.

Show me where it was just dealers....

We're all these men dealers?  Image made up of people Harris filed with marijuana charges.  There are supposedly no records for how many got jail time.  
This post was edited by my2cents at August 3, 2024 9:32 AM MDT

She's. A. Lawyer. Doing her job, unlike His Royal Orangeness some people aren't born with a golden spoon up their a$$ and have to earn a living. And you still have yet to demonstrate that even ONE of those convictions lead to a custodial sentence (although in the case of dealers, they should).

Doing her job is good.    Laughing about doing the same thing you put people in jail and prison for is not just doing your job. And bragging that she inhaled. That is hypocrisy. 

I could point to a dozen cases of Trump being a diamond-studded hypocrite, if there was the faintest skerrick of a chance that you'd believe it.

This is about her being a hypocrite on policy issues.  She will say whatever to appease the crowd in front of her. And lie about it as well.  

Again, POLICIES are what matter.  And Trump supports MY policies. Harris does not now.  

Trump's strategy may be to point out to Black voters that she is not Black enough, as well as to say something outrageous enough to get him back in the public eye. 

I read that in a new article yesterday.  The Swedes must be so happy that he has disavowed his Swedish heritage.

I'm biracial but don't identify that way - being Native Australian is more about culture than blood and I wasn't exposed to that in my formative years. I voted "Yes" on the voice and was gutted when it didn't pass. The difference between Australia and apartheid-era South Africa is that the South Africans were honest about it.

I get sent down a lot of rabbit holes on answerMug. I wasn't familiar with the Voice and I did some reading. I confess, I'm still unclear on why it's needed and what it would accomplish. It made me wonder about our own native population and learned a lot about how all this nonsense about ballot harvesting, absentee ballots and lacking enough polling places on reservations is really affecting them. Democracy is messy.

Democracy is only messy because politicians (of all stripes) are more interested in party than country.  Voting should be a very simple matter and it should be federally regulated.  I understand that census results can change districts, but there is no reason why more or less ballot boxes or voting places cannot be flexible depending on population.  You should have to show proof of citizenship to get your voter registration card and it shouldn't be a driver's license or membership card in a pool club.  

Something we agree on.... :)

I am OK with a "Real ID" driver's license or non-drivers license (Real ID)

You have to provide birth certificate or something to prove citizenship to get them.  This post was edited by my2cents at August 3, 2024 2:54 PM MDT

Actually, that's true as I just applied for my PA Real ID driver's license and I had to show my birth certificate or passport.  What I meant was not a regular driver's license.

I do not have my real ID. Because you have to have certified copy of your marriage license. I have never had a certified copy and we got married in another state.  So it was a pain to get it.   I do have a copy now but have not bothered to get it. 
I feel sorry for any woman who has been married and divorced multiple times.  She has to have a certified copies for every marriage and divorce. 

Why would they require a marriage certificate?  It doesn't prove that you're a citizen.

Name changes. My birth certificate proves my citizenship and my birth name. Marriage changed my name so they want the certified marriage license. If divorced and remarried or any other event that would cause a name change...they want certified copies. 

OK, that make sense.

Hundreds of millions of people probably give a crap because it will be a factor to Trump getting into the WH or not. Cheers!