The Iowa caucuses are seven weeks from today. While AFP Action says it will deploy ā€œthe largest grassroots operation in the country and a presence in all fifty statesā€ behind Haley, itā€™s hard to imagine her beating Trump. It feels like another exercise in political delusion: a powerful mainstream Republican force pretending Trump doesnā€™t control the party.

Thereā€™s also deep irony here. As the major financial and political force behind the reactionary, anti-Obama Tea Party movement, AFP helped create Trump, the man it is now trying to defeat.

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    10 months ago

    Can we please stop using these FAKE AFFIRMING NAMES? Sheā€™s NIMARATA Haley! Why does she get to choose her name but I canā€™t?

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    10 months ago

    Just received this. My name isnā€™t Daniel and this is the worst scam attempt Iā€™ve received yet.

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      10 months ago

      I got one recently, classified as spam by Android, asking to participate in a presidential poll and with links to click. Of course I didnā€™t, but I do wonder if it was realā€¦ If so, theyā€™re doing an awful job getting people who arenā€™t complete morons to respond

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        10 months ago

        I admit I assume itā€™s a scam attempt. No way in hell Iā€™m clicking that link or going to that website. Report spam and delete.

        If it is real, they need to do much better, not that it will matter to me.

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          10 months ago

          Part of me hopes itā€™s real.

          ā€œHey boss, Iā€™ve figured out exactly what we need to do to get our supporters to give us money! Itā€™s something they fall for every day already!ā€

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    10 months ago

    I keep seeing ads from them on YouTube. It gets just far enough to hear a guy saying some BS about supporting legislation that is pro-entrepreneur. I give him the finger and hit skip every time. Gotta love sprinkling anti-union anti-labor messages into the commercial with shit that sounds reasonable.