The Daily Populous

Thursday August 8th, 2024 evening edition

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Kamala Harris has taken an 8 percentage point lead over Donald Trump, according to a new poll.

Harris is also leading among registered voters, with 47 percent of the vote to Trump's 41 percent.

In Marquette Law School's last poll in May, Trump was three points ahead of Biden among registered voters, securing 40 percent of the vote to the president's 37 percent.

Harris is also leading her opponent in a head-to-head matchup with the support of 52 percent of registered voters, while Trump is the choice for 48 percent.

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally in Romulus, Michigan, on August 7, 2024.

Harris is ahead of Donald Trump among likely voters by 8 percentage points, according to a new poll. »

Yesterday, Ukraine Invaded Russia. Today, The Ukrainians Marched Nearly 10 Miles. Whatever Kyiv Aims To Achieve, It’s Taking A Huge Risk.

Authored by forbes.com
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“I’m still not sure what the goal here is,” wrote John Helin, a Ukraine expert with Finnish analysis group Black Bird Group.

Ukrainian forces were stretched thin along the 700-mile front line in Urkaine before two, three or four Ukrainian brigades invaded Russia.

“As it stands right now I still feel like Ukraine is doing some high stakes gambling while holding a pretty bad hand. »

Sony says the 220 layoffs at Bungie were made in the name of—you guessed it—things like 'portfolio optimization' and enhancing 'the efficiency of the business'

Authored by pcgamer.com
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The initial statement did at least paint some kind of proper picture.

Strap yourself in, because Sony has more buzzwords to pitch at you like so much spaghetti thrown against a grim, industry-wide wall.

These are words that have been translated by a live interpreter—but I'm still pretty confident they're downright fluff on content alone. »

Donald Trump appeared on a Kick livestream with Adin Ross, then things got weird

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Donald Trump’s presidential campaign took an interesting detour today as the former president appeared in a livestream hosted by streamer Adin Ross.

The livestream was hosted on Kick and, at its peak, had over 580,000 viewers.

The two continued the livestream with Trump offering one-word comments on a list of celebrities and politicians, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. »

Tim Walz's normal dad energy is causing MAGA to come unglued

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Dubbing Walz "Tampon Tim" appears to have been kicked off by popular right-wing troll Phillip Buchanan, who goes by the Twitter handle "Catturd."

As documented by Media Matters, the slur took off rapidly across the MAGA internet, with users photoshopping pictures of Walz surrounded by tampons.

It all appeared to be a race to prove that MAGA is full of weirdoes with deep psychological issues. »