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THREAD: #WheresHunter?

Working a job he's qualified for, unlike Trump's kids. As he was on Burisma board, where he used Yale law degree + 9 yrs as partner in private firm to give legal counsel, and 3 yrs on Amtrak board + investing experience as they moved into foreign markets.
"But he was working in Ukraine while his father was conducting diplomacy there, and in China too!" True, but no evidence of any illegal acts or intervention by Joe. But if that's your standard for corruption, I have some really, REALLY bad news about Trump and his kids...
We're gonna cover Ukraine in detail below, but a short primer on Trump and the GOP's many lies and distortions on Hunter's business dealings in China:

factcheck.org/2020/05/the-rn…
"But Burisma was a corrupt company!" In fact, the head of the company had been under investigation for actions he took with a different company, several years before Hunter joined Burisma. And the investigation was dormant before Hunter joined the board.

justsecurity.org/66271/timeline…
"But Biden said he'd withhold aid if Ukraine didn't fire the Ukrainian chief prosecutor, Viktor Shokin!" He did, in line with US policy, and working with EU, UK, IMF, and World Bank, after so much aid money disappeared, with no investigations by Shokin.

independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…
In fact, after Shokin lost his position in the government, he was arrested for corruption, and government agents found bags FILLED WITH CASH AND DIAMONDS.

Fun fact: that's why he's called the "Diamond Prosecutor," as you can read about in the previous article.
"But Joe did it to protect Hunter!" Nope. Again, Shokin was sacked for *not* prosecuting corruption, especially from Putin's Ukrainian allies. So if anything, Joe was raising the likelihood of investigation. But of course Hunter was never under investigation in the first place.
"Just because they didn't investigate Hunter..." After accusations were raised by Trump the GOP, and Putin's Ukrainian allies, they did. Multiple times. And guess what they found? Yup. Nothing.

reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Who is the only person in this situation who has accused Joe of illegally intervening to protect Hunter?

You guessed it: Viktor Shokin!

Does he have any evidence beyond his claims?

You guessed it: nope.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7…
A judge recently permitted the opening of a case file on the matter, but in Ukraine, this action does not even preliminary evidence or cause. In fact, it can be done at the request of a single parliament member, and Putin still has many allies there.

politifact.com/factchecks/202…
But SURELY the GOP's sudden "concern" isn't just political opportunism! You're right, it's hypocrisy, too: in fact, many GOP backed US's effort to oust Shokin at the time, including @SenRonJohnson, whose part of the new "investigation." But he... forgot.

cnn.com/2019/10/03/pol…
Now Johnson refuses to say if the committee is laundering misinformation from Putin's Ukrainian allies, while Trump is retweeting bogus audio recordings of Joe speaking to Ukraine's president in 2015, saying Shokin wasn't corrupt. [Pause for laughter]

In fact, Trump and his allies have enlisted a gallery of corrupt Putin allies in Ukraine to dig up dirt on the Bidens (and so far, have produced nothing but bogus claims and manipulated media).

newsweek.com/kyiv-post-ukra…
Bill Barr, Trump's hand-picked AG who protected him from Mueller (go ahead, y'all--TEST ME on this one!), is happily accepting all of this bogus info, while telling the FBI they can't investigate any other presidential candidates without his permission.

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Trump got himself impeached by attempting to extort the current Ukranian president just to ANNOUNCE an investigation into the Bidens, even if they didn't actually do the investigation.

It's all lies, and Trump's doing it because he knows he can win on his own merits.
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8/15 UPDATE on @JoeBiden / Trump matchup

Nat'l: Biden +9.5 / Clinton +6.8
Electoral votes: Biden 302 / Clinton = 252

This was Clinton's STRONGEST point in the general election: post-VP announcement and Dem convention, while Biden announced VP 4 days ago, convention still ahead. ImageImageImage
NOTES:

1. "Battleground": ≥10% in 2016 results or 2020 polling averages

2. Polls with 3rd party candidates used, when available

3. High/low turnout-hypothesizing versions of polls not used
NOTES (con’t):

For the first time ever, I'm excluding an A-B rated pollster, namely Spry. This decision is based on their use of "push" questions (i.e., crafted to be critical of one party), and results that were erratically misaligned with other polls from the same states. Image
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8/1 UPDATE on @JoeBiden / Trump matchup:

Biden +9.5% nationally, 6.2% HIGHER than Clinton at this point in 2016

Biden stronger than Clinton in 15 of 19 battlegrounds (no SC, MT, or NE-2 polls by 8/1/16)

AND Biden states = 302 EV, while Clinton on 8/15/16 = 226
NOTES:

1. A-B rated polls (per 538); lower-rated poll used if unavailable (marked "*"); RV/LV only

1a. Pre-5/31 poll used if recent poll unavailable (marked †”)

2. Battleground": ≥10% in 2016 results or 2020 poll averages

3. Lean = ≥5% / Likely = ≥10% / Solid = ≥20%
NOTES (con’t):

For the first time ever, I'm excluding an A-B rated pollster, namely Spry. This decision is based on their use of "push" questions (i.e., crafted to be critical of one party), and results that were erratically misaligned with other polls from the same states.
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GENERAL ELECTION THREAD

7/15 UPDATE on @JoeBiden / Trump matchup:

Biden +9.4% nationally, 4.1% HIGHER than Clinton at this point in 2016

Biden stronger than Clinton in 14 of 18 swing states (no NE-2 or MT polls by 7/15/16)

Biden states = 303 EV, while Clinton on 7/15/16 = 227
NOTES:

1. A-B rated polls (per 538.com ratings); one lower-rated poll used if A-B unavailable (marked "*")

1a. RV/LV only

2. Lean = ≥5% / Likely = ≥10% / Solid = ≥20%

3. “Battleground states”: ≥10% in 2016 results or 2020 averages
Polling versus forecasts

A1. 2016 polling *averages* were ACCURATE (≥5%), nat'l + swing states, except WI/IA

aapor.org/Education-Reso…

A1a. Most election *forecasts*—which this thread is NOT—weren't. 538's forecast largely matched odds from Trump’s internal pollsters at ~30%
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