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I definitely don't think it's Michigan, judging by uncommitted's results.

 
Looking at the zoom ins for Arizona (and Clark County NV), it seems like total donations are decreasing/increasing in the same Metro Las Vegas zip codes for both candidates, with a southwest (less) vs northeast (more) divide.
Trump has gained relative to Biden in NV because his gains in the North and East parts of Vegas are greater than Biden's, even though his losses in the South and Southwest are also larger than Biden's.

Anyone that thinks the Republican Party is going to recover with women after Trump is a fool. This is obviously the future of conservatism. It's geared almost exclusively to insecure men.

How about this -Donald Trump (and other members of his family who wish to join him) accept the offer of permanent exile to any country in the world that would tolerate them, surrendering their U.S. passports in the process -and their citizenship. Law enforcement would leave them be, and not petition the country they pick for their extradition. If he ever returns, he would be arrested. In addition, Trump would hand over all remaining documents he took from the White House, to be overseen by a Biden-appointed representative.  

This puts the debate over school vouchers in a whole new light for most of us here:

You mean because if there were school vouchers, these schools would be less white?  They aren't "segregation academies" if they have non-white students, as the article admits they do.

Most “Christian” schools in the south were founded by wealthy whites to keep their kids away from black.

Wealthy whites don't have to send their kids to black schools because they can just move to places that don't have many black people. Most Christian school families aren't particularly wealthy, certainly not compared to those who go to secular private schools.

An important confounder in all this discussion is that the era of school desegregation coincided to a large degree with the era of school secularization with ending things like teacher-led prayer in school, both results of the Warren Court. So you can't look at a private Christian school that starts in the South in the 60s or 70s and assume that reaction to civil rights must have been the motivation.

From a Facebook friend:

Here's a theology lesson: For Christians,the teachings of Jesus and the New Testament presents (among other things) guidelines on how YOU should live... not on how you should control how OTHERS live. Any ‘church” that teaches otherwise is one you should run from.

     Did he say that women should be mandated to have children and be banned from working outside the home? And if not then how is him communicating Christian teachings at a religious institution all that different than Jesus doing the same? I get the sense that this person would have the exact same reaction to hearing Jesus speak, which makes this opinion entirely worthless to Christians.

Yeah, he was just communicating Christian teachings the same way all these kooks were just communicating Christian teachings when they campaigned for abortion to be banned or for depriving gays from their rights.

     Suppose he told them to give away all of their possessions  to clothe the naked and feed the poor. Would you still be sharing outrage over him trying to control how others live?

That would be amazing.

But when was the last Christian sports or media personality or politician to say that on a public stage?

You'd think it'd happen at least a few times. Given that it's the core message of Christianity.

I think that's the point the poster was making.

     I agree it would be amazing; greed is a massive idol in this country and nobody seriously questions it. Who among us could be the widow giving her entire livelihood? Certainly not I.

     I bring it up because by the standards of the FB post Lyndon shared he would be forced to also condemn that message, as it is telling others how to live (or I suppose, "controlling" them). If that was his point, he did not communicate it well.

That always seemed like the logical outcome to me, jail time or just go away. Of course Trump's ego wouldn't let him accept that deal, assuming the trials even get there before the election anyway.

I dont think they realize just how easy they are making it to promote anti Semitism when you virtue signal in such an extreme manner that would get you labeled a traitor if you vowed unconditional support to Mexico or Sri Lanka.

I'm pretty sure that's the logic behind a good portion of Republican support for stuff like this. Since many want all the Jews in Israel for the end times, political reasons etc. indirectly promoting antisemitism everywhere else helps a lot.

I wonder how the bloviators would react if the fbi decided to troll them and pay them a visit to ask if they were willing to violete federal law for Israel since since they love using the word unconditional so much.

It is not a violation of federal law to propose a law, and the proper response to the FBI being sent to intimidate members of Congress would be a hasty impeachment. Thankfully, Joe Biden is not a stupid man.

I wasn't referring to proposing laws in this case but the common use of the term "unconditional" by those that favor this bill, obviously the FBI won't be pulling any stunts like that as amusing as it might be to watch them stutter. That said as a hypothetical, if I was a legislator and I constantly used the word unconditional support in regards to my relationship with El Salvador I do think it's reasonable to ask whether or not I support violating various laws for the benefit of El Salvador since the term "unconditional" forbids the existence of any red lines.

At least in public accommodations and employment settings, wouldn't this violate the federal ADA?

And exactly accomplishes what?

Just seems like a silly "gotcha!" move. It's one thing to ban local authorities or businesses to impose any mask mandates at this point, but banning masks for people who voluntarily wear them is ridiculous. Hasn't the state bigger issues to solve?

The idea behind the bill is the worry that the health exception of the current mask ban enables people to hide their identity while engaging in riots and destructive protests.