Thursday News Round Up – Crowds Cheer RFK Jr. as He Campaigns in America’s Heartland
“What I promised to do when I launched this campaign is to dim that anger and find the values that we share in common, rather than focusing on these cultural issues that keep us all apart. To unify this country and take back our country from the people who stole it.” – RFK Jr.
RFK Jr. wows the crowds on the campaign trail:
“What I encountered was a person from a beloved and powerful family who used their influence for the good of those who were struggling. This theme, along with honesty based on deep inquiry, integrity and never giving up on something worthwhile, runs deep in RFK Jr. …Biden and Trump are polling essentially evenly, both with staggering unfavorability ratings. Kennedy is climbing. I figure it’s time for people to actually learn for themselves about his candidacy – away from the lens of mainstream media.” – Opinion: Find out about RFK Jr. for yourself | Portland Press Herald
“‘We need to have a big change in this country and need somebody more in the middle,’ Rose said.” – RFK Jr. draws hundreds to rally in Lincoln | KETV
“Breanna Demaray, a Kennedy supporter from Lincoln, said she appreciates the work he has done as an environmental lawyer. ‘I like a lot of what he does for the environment, he really goes to bat against corporations that other people aren’t normally willing to fight,’ she said.” – Independent candidate for president Robert F. Kennedy Jr. holds campaign event in Lincoln | Nebraska Public Media
Read the comments: “He’s got my vote. Nobody is like him, and nobody will be like him after him. He truly listens and knows our country’s laws acutely well. I pray he gets in the Oval Office. We need leaders like him.” – Hundreds gather to hear Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. campaign in Lincoln | KLKN
“After the rally, Kennedy took time to take pictures with nearly every supporter who stayed. True to form, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s final words to the Nebraska crowd: ‘I will get your country back to you. God bless you. God bless America.’” – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Rallies Lincoln Voters at Nebraska Campaign Stop | KLIN
“You might assume Kennedy would draw support from people who were alive when his family was most prominently in office. So far, he says it’s been just the opposite, with most of his support coming from younger generations who have heard him on podcasts and speeches shared on social media.” – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaigns in Kansas City | FOX4
“The middle class just gets clobbered everywhere you turn,” Joseph Weimholt said. “He has an amazing vision of where this country should be.” – Voters turn out Wednesday night to hear from well-known independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | KSHB
GALLERY: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Campaign Rally at The Royal Grove | The Daily Nebraskan
Polling update:
“According to the findings of polling of 1,500 likely voters split evenly between Republicans, Democrats and Independents, RFK is gaining in support.” – Fears surge over Democrat plot to keep RFK Jr off ballots as Biden support plummets | Daily Express US
Trump leads Biden by five points with RFK Jr. on the ballot, polling shows | MSNBC
Trump holds slim lead over Biden as RFK Jr. acts as spoiler for Democrats: poll | Fox News
Kennedy began fighting for working people and the environment 40 years ago. The Hudson River is alive and vibrant again – an amazing success story: RFK Jr. Helped Save The Hudson River by Fighting Invisible Subsidies | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. If RFK Jr. can clean up the Hudson River, he can clean up Washington!
American Values 2024 in the news – not lost in Yonkers: “We have chosen to pursue these critical states, some of them battlegrounds, due to the complexity of the state election codes and the volume of signatures necessary to achieve ballot access. A successful ballot access initiative ensures Robert F. Kennedy, Jr as an option for president of the United States,” said Deirdre Goldfarb, Special Counsel, Ballot Access. – PAC Supporting RFK Jr. for President to Spend $15 Million for Ballot Access in 10 States, Including New York | Yonkers Times.
Is Hunter Biden on the lam? – Hunter Biden defies House Republican’s subpoena that he testify in private | NBC News
Today’s bleak Biden news:
CNN Poll: 67% Disapprove of Joe Biden’s Economy, Top 2024 Issue | State of the Nation
Opinion: By Modern Standards, Biden Should Be Impeached | Newsweek
House panel advances resolution to open impeachment inquiry into Biden | The Washington Times
Bidenflation Steady At 16.7%, With No Relief in Sight | Tipp Insights
Rise in US core inflation highlights stubborn price pressures | Financial Times
Former Obama Adviser Axelrod Calls WSJ Poll ‘Very Dark’ For Biden | The Messenger
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How about a prayer for our Gazan brothers and sisters? How about lighting a candle for the late poet & professor Refaat Alareer? (assassinated by the IDF, along with his sister & four children, on Dec 7th).
https://thegrayzone.com/2023/12/07/tribute-refaat-alareer-teacher-murdered-israel/
Days before his death, Refaat pinned the following poem he wrote to the top of his Twitter/X timeline:
If I must die,
you must live
to tell my story
to sell my things
to buy a piece of cloth
and some strings,
(make it white with a long tail)
so that a child, somewhere in Gaza
while looking heaven in the eye
awaiting his dad who left in a blaze—
and bid no one farewell
not even to his flesh
not even to himself
sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above
and thinks for a moment an angel is there
bringing back love
If I must die
let it bring hope
let it be a tale
In one of his last public interviews, with Electronic Intifada, Refaat vowed that, if necessary, he would die by the same pen by which he lived: “I’m an academic. Probably the toughest thing I have at home is an Expo marker. But if the Israelis invade, if the paratroopers charge at us, going from door to door, to massacre us, I am going to use that marker to throw it at the Israeli soldiers, even if that is the last thing that I do.”
I suggest Kennedy also does a special prayer for the Palestinian People being Genocided!