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In Japan, they have this thing called a police box, or Koban, where the police are like friendly neighborhood helpers or guides; finding lost stuff, walking school children accross the street, and promoting community outreach. And I think it helps create a sense of respect between police and the community they serve. In America, at least where I live, no one sees a police, until something happens, and they randomly show up.

We do also need higher standards for Police. A person trained to practice and employ the law has less mandated training than a hair dresser in California. That is crazy. This is not a trade job. It's a profession, and it should be treated as such.

Is it this time of the year again?

If I were Biden, I would accept under the condition that Trump publishes his tax returns.

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1791695874512363954

He sounds very confident in his debating abilities.

The election is really flying under the radar here in Forsyth County because none of the local races are interesting.  I expect this is going to be very low turnout.

Yeah, I have yet to hear any ads about it. All i get are my local ones and I don’t care about who can be the Trumpiest person in a State House primary.

Did Biden win his fellow Irish Catholics?  Note that about one sixth live in New England (vs. 8% of all with Irish ancestry).  

Per Gallup, Biden won the Catholic vote 52/47. Looking at the Wisconsin map, he probably lost German Catholics, and he likely won Latino Catholics (though only about 55% of US Latinos are Catholic according to Pew). Italian, Polish, and other Catholics were traditionally a Democratic voting block, but they've become much more Republican in recent years. So my guess is that Biden won Irish Catholics but not overwhelmingly. Probably something like 55/45.

Many Italian Catholics have had a long tradition of Republican going back nearly a century. German Catholics are quite Republican indeed, probably as much as German Protestants. I agree that Irish Catholics most likely voted Biden. But probably not if you only include those who attend mass frequently.

Boosts his black vote to at least 30% obviously

Zero effect.

Isn't that usually one of Trump's better pollsters? If so, it's not a good poll for him.

It seems like after the drop following Biden's SOTU gain, he's back on the offensive for now.

Maybe Americans are finally starting to acknowledge the trial?

Georgia and North Carolina.

Maybe Michigan and Pennsylvania to some degree.

Virginia is safe D.

[Nicole Zuritta]

ABC Australia talks to the victims of Adelaide's largest serial killings, the Snowtown murders.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-18/loved-ones-of-snowtown-victims-speak-out/103820470

A series of killings designed yo clean the neighbourhood of gay and trans men.

Nicole Zuritta had a gay boarder, Michael Gardiner, who was killed. Many of the victims were forced to write letters and make recordings whilst they were being tortured that they were leaving town soon.

"I think if these people were a bit more ‘worthy’ to society, then I think there would have been a bit of a harder push to get a quicker result than what there was,” she says.

I would’ve said no until Jon Ralston said that all of the D house incumbents were in trouble. He doesn’t usually raise the alarm for no reason and clearly thinks that Dems are losing ground in NV, and it was already a close state to begin with.

As of now this is probably a pure tossup (I.e. that Rs win one of these districts).

This. Tbh Democrats might have screwed themselves over by spreading their votes so thin...it's a house of cards...one big red wave and a 4-0 R House delegation is hardly impossible (maybe not this year, but then in 2026 if Biden pulls off a win).

By that point the House is long gone most likely.

Yea, this is why it’s kind of dumb comparing it to Iowa. If Democrats are losing Clark County then they’re already screwed.