Amazon rainforest ‘could collapse’ as 2020 fires set to be most devastating. Environmentalists are increasingly concerned that fires in the Amazon are growing at an alarming rate – risking the ‘collapse’ of the world’s largest rainforest. Despite repeated warnings that mass deforestation could lead to runaway climate change, Metro.co.uk has been told by charities, scientists and campaigners that records continue to be broken on fires, which are often started deliberately. Though the number of blazes in the Amazon is currently far lower than at the height of last year’s crisis — when there was international outrage over the issue — some 6,803 fires were detected in July, a 28% rise on the same month last year, according to the National Institute for Space Research (INPE). And there are fears that a fire season widely expected to be drier than last year means more burning is on the way – while any response could be hampered by the coronavirus-19 crisis. There is particular concern around the rainforest — dubbed ‘the lung’s of the earth’ — in Brazil, as well Colombia, Bolivia and the Pantanal, a vast neighbouring wetland hit by a five-month drought earlier in 2020. The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), Greenpeace and the Rainforest Alliance warned Metro.co.uk that wildlife, biodiversity and human health are put at risk by the fires, amid calls for the UK to take responsibility in battling deforestation. Anna Jones, Greenpeace’s head of forests, said: ‘The Amazon is perilously close to tipping point. ‘Scientists warn that in fewer than 20 years it could collapse with catastrophic consequences for indigenous groups, forest wildlife, our health and the climate.’
https://metro.co.uk/2020/08/06/amazon-rainforest-collapse-2020-fires-set-devastating-yet-13093883/
Death toll from Beirut explosion rises to 200
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53720383
Tomorrow is last national primary (Connecticut), other local/state primaries continue on tuesday throughout August
Sacramento Kings have been eliminated from playoff contention, extending their playoff drought to 14 years
Damian Lillard tonight: 51-3-7 on 16/28 shooting. His 10th career 50 points game
The New Orleans Pelicans, a team that should have been a playoff contender, eliminated
Austin Rivers scores 41 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists on 14/20 FGs and 6/11 3PTs
The Portland Trail Blazers (33-39) defeat the Philadelphia 76ers (42-28) 124 - 121 behind Damian Lillard's 51 points
Brooklyn Nets (34-36) defeat Los Angeles Clippers (47-23) by a score of 129 - 120 behind 27 points and 13 assists from Caris LeVert
James Harden with the casual 32/8/7/3 on 21 shots as the Rockets take down the Kings
Satellite images show oil spill disaster unfolding in Mauritius: "We will never be able to recover"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mauritius-oil-spill-disaster-satellite-images/
Trump wants to be able to say he got our troops out of Afghanistan by the election. The result is, theAfghani government just turned Afghanistan over to the Taliban:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/10/asia/afghan-release-taliban-prisoners-intl-hnk/index.html
NBA Diva Treatment: NBA teams that have been mathematically eliminated on or before Aug. 12 will depart campus immediately after their final game has ended. Following game, teams will shower in designated rooms at the Coronado Springs Resort, receive meal and take team bus to airport.
https://www.twitter.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/1292824346046672897
Many Proposed Policing Reforms Are Popular — Even Among Police Officers. Restrictions on chokeholds, no-knock warrants and qualified immunity draw majority support from members of law enforcement
https://morningconsult.com/2020/07/23/police-reform-bias-demographics-polling/
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (right calf contusion), Steven Adams (left lower leg contusion), Danilo Gallinari (left ankle injury maintenance), Nerlens Noel (right ankle sprain) and Dennis Schroder (personal reasons) are all listed as out today against the Suns.
https://twitter.com/joe_mussatto/status/1292846251399159808
Portland protester and Navy veteran Christopher David was beaten and pepper sprayed by federal troops in standoff at federal courthouse
https://washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/20/christopher-david-portland-protest-video/
Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Oklahoma: Say a prayer for Abby tonight. A couple of hours ago, she was struck in a hit and run accident. She is at home resting but obviously a bit shaken up. Police are searching for the vehicle that struck her. We know she’ll be okay- She’s strong and a fighter.
https://twitter.com/HeidiNBC/status/1292802569534930945
Nearly 10,0000 Americans have died in the last 9 days
Coronavirus Deaths in the U.S.
August 1, 2020: 153,314
August 10, 2020: 162,938
81% of Black Americans Don't Want Less Police Presence Despite Protests—Some Want More Cops: Poll
https://www.newsweek.com/81-black-americans-dont-want-less-police-presence-despite-protestssome-want-more-cops-poll-1523093
Entire Lebanese government to resign within hours over deadly explosion, minister says
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/lebanon-government-resigned-today-beirut-explosion-news-a9663301.html
Fresh water is pouring into the Arctic Ocean. Climate change is to blame, new study says | More freshwater could cause changes to ocean currents in the North Atlantic — the currents that help keep winter temperatures in northern Europe more mild. This change might be felt within the next decade
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/climate-change-to-blame-for-fresh-water-into-arctic-ocean-1.5671013
Oakland #Athletics Ramon Laureano is expected to receive a lengthy suspension as early as this afternoon by #MLB, but so will Houston #Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron for provoking the bench-clearing melee.
https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/1292880877509201920
Mets announce that Marcus Stroman has opted out of this season
https://twitter.com/joelsherman1/status/1292898832724918280
9 minutes of Fernando Tatís Jr. smashing the baseball this season
https://v.redd.it/3lw4dh86w7g51
Jimmy Butler is the worst jump shooter by effective field goal percentage in the entire league by a huge margin
Puerto Rico's primary election had a meltdown on Sunday and the authorities on Monday were struggling to reschedule it. Large numbers of ballots did not get delivered to polling places and many voters couldn't vote.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/us/puerto-rico-election.html
Trump's illegal memos try to shoehorn an illegal fix for the expired enhanced unemployment benefits into a disaster relief program. By law disaster relief has to be paid out 75% fed and 25% state. And states like California, NY, Ohio, etc say they don't have the cash to spare: On Pres. Trump's executive actions, @GavinNewsom says a 25% match of state funds for unemployment would cost $700 million a week. "We do not have an identified resource. There is no money sitting in the piggy bank" from the first CARES Act, as Trump suggested.
https://twitter.com/scottshafer/status/1292909413632630784?s=20
The Georgia State Election Board made a number of rule changes/proposals Monday that will streamline the absentee voting process as officials prepare for a record vote-by-mail turnout in the November general election.
https://gpb.org/news/2020/08/10/georgia-state-election-board-approves-absentee-ballot-process-improvements
Neither the House nor Senate is in session in a meaningful way. It’s dead quiet here in the Capitol. Not a single public news event on the schedule.
Devin Booker hits a three from almost half court
https://streamable.com/emzarx
Devin Booker after 3 quarters: 35/5/4 with 14/14 from the Free Throw line
84 arrests, 226 citations and 18 crashes reported in 24 hours at massive motorcycle rally in South Dakota
Trump Oversees All-Time Low In White Collar Crime Enforcement
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-10/trump-oversees-all-time-low-in-white-collar-crime-enforcement
“Oliver, 22, said he blew a .00% on his Breathalyzer test May 17, but officers still believed he was impaired...he was able to take that independent test, he was taken to jail, given a jumpsuit with holes in it and locked in a cell.” Buffalo Bills DT Ed Oliver said his arrest in May "didn't feel right" at the time, and still doesn't sit right with him after all related charges were dropped last month. https://es.pn/3kwnKug
https://twitter.com/ESPNNFL/status/1292864737076809728
There are the people who make Facebook wealthy: Facebook has identified thousands of groups and pages with millions of followers and members that push the QAnon conspiracy theory in an internal investigation
https://www.thedailybeast.com/facebook-qanon-groups-have-millions-of-followers-internal-investigation-reveals
Earth is overheating. Millions are already feeling the pain. For the past 60 years, every decade has been hotter than the last, and 2020 is poised to be among the hottest years ever. The agony of extreme heat, though, is profoundly unequal. This Is Inequity at the Boiling Point. It was a record 125 degrees Fahrenheit in Baghdad in July, and 100 degrees above the Arctic Circle this June. Australia shattered its summer heat records as wildfires, fueled by prolonged drought, turned the sky fever red. For 150 years of industrialization, the combustion of coal, oil and gas has steadily released heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, driving up average global temperatures and setting heat records. Nearly everywhere around the world, heat waves are more frequent and longer lasting than they were 70 years ago. But a hotter planet does not hurt equally. If you’re poor and marginalized, you’re likely to be much more vulnerable to extreme heat. You might be unable to afford an air-conditioner, and you might not even have electricity when you need it. You may have no choice but to work outdoors under a sun so blistering that first your knees feel weak and then delirium sets in. Or the heat might bring a drought so punishing that, no matter how hard you work under the sun, your corn withers and your children turn to you in hunger. It’s not like you can just pack up and leave. So you plant your corn higher up the mountain. You bathe several times a day if you can afford the water. You powder your baby to prevent heat rash. You sleep outdoors when the power goes out, slapping mosquitoes. You sit in front of a fan by yourself, cursed by the twin dangers of isolation and heat. Extreme heat is not a future risk. It’s now. It endangers human health, food production and the fate of entire economies. And it’s worst for those at the bottom of the economic ladder in their societies. See what it’s like to live with one of the most dangerous and stealthiest hazards of the modern era.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/06/climate/climate-change-inequality-heat.html
https://climateextremes.org.au/heatwave-trends-accelerate-worldwide/
https://www.nber.org/papers/w27599
The NYT's "Days per year above 95°F" is wrong, double the numbers for whatever region you're looking at. The HEAT INDEX/REAL FEEL are the numbers they should have used, not daily average temperate numbers. In Florida, the real feel heat index is AT LEAST 100+°F AT LEAST 150 days of the year. They have it coloured-coded at 50 days.
Heat waves are becoming more frequent in Athens. It’s toughest in the city’s treeless, concrete neighborhoods. Hasib Hotak, 21, has been sleeping on a rooftop in Athens. To be precise, he has been sleeping on a carpet, under the stars, on a rooftop in Athens. There’s a small room on the roof, with a sheet of corrugated tin on top and a curtain for a door. The heat of the day turns it into an oven. It is suffocatingly hot to sleep inside. It belongs to a friend who, like Mr. Hotak, is a homeless Afghan refugee, and who sleeps on a bed on the roof, draped with a mosquito net. In late July, peak summer in Athens, the sun burned the rooftop by midday. Mr. Hotak walked through the city to one of Athens’s largest public parks, Pedion Areos. Some days, he volunteered with an aid group that gives out sandwiches to homeless refugees like him. Other days, he sat under a wide-armed tree and scrolled through his phone. There aren’t a lot of places where a young Afghan man feels welcome in Athens, he said. Once, he and a friend went to a cafe, hoping to chat over a cup of coffee, only to be thrown out. The owner said Greeks wouldn’t patronize his establishment if they saw refugees at a table. Hasib Hotak set up a makeshift home on a roof in the Kolonos area of Athens. He spent much of his time in Athens seeking shade with other Afghan refugees. With no running water on the roof, showers on the beach offered a chance to wash. Mr. Hotak was 16 when he left his home in the Sholgara district of Afghanistan, the only one among his 11 brothers and sisters to do so. After one failed attempt to enter Europe and two years in a refugee camp, he was granted asylum in Greece. That’s when he arrived on the rooftop refuge with a friend, in the crowded warrens of Kolonos, a working class Athens neighborhood where many migrants have settled. The city has grown hotter by the decade. According to temperature records kept by the National Observatory of Athens, there were fewer than 20 hot days (with temperatures over 99 degrees Fahrenheit, or 37 Celsius) per year in the first decade of the 1900s. By the mid-1980s, there were still fewer than 50 hot days. Between 2006 and 2017, though, the number had risen to 120 hot days. Mr. Hotak cooled down at an Athens beach. Heat waves have increased fivefold in the city over the last century. “I don’t feel welcome in the country. Whenever I go out people look at me like I’m a refugee. I don’t want that. I’m human.”
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/06/climate/climate-change-inequality-heat.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/06/climate/climate-change-inequality-heat.html
Houston is getting hotter, fast. Staying cool is an unaffordable luxury for the Rodriguez family. The air conditioner in her room gives Norma Rodriguez some breathing space at the end of a long day. At 18, just out of high school, Ms. Rodriguez is working two jobs to help her family. One at a shoe store, the other at a restaurant. Her father, Candelario Rodriguez, a roofer by profession, is unemployed. The family’s truck has broken down, so she has to hustle for rides. Her mother, Dominga, is a part-time housekeeper in a nearby hotel where business is slow. Her brother, Noe, 9, is on summer vacation from school. Money is tight. Bills are juggled. Windows are covered during the day to keep out the sun. Air-conditioners are turned on only at night. Showers are limited to every other day. The summer air is steamy in Houston. Even when you move slowly, you drip with sweat. When you’re working outdoors, in construction, as Norma’s father used to before the pandemic, sweat pools in your work boots. Three of his co-workers have collapsed from heat exhaustion over the years. Norma Rodriguez’s father, Candelario, a roofer, is unemployed but keeps busy, still outside in the heat, helping neighbors. Her mother, Dominga, works three days a week as a housekeeper in a hotel near the family home. in a hotel near the family home. Nightfall offers a small respite from the heat. The perils of the past haunt them. Their East Houston neighborhood, home to mainly Latinos like the Rodriguez family, was hit particularly hard by Hurricane Harvey. The heat packed into the atmosphere brought exceptionally heavy rains, flooding the Rodriguez’s two-bedroom trailer and a car. They waded through floodwaters to be rescued by an 18-wheeler truck, Norma carrying a pet chicken and a cat in her backpack, and Dominga, who can’t swim, wearing a life jacket. “This year,” Dominga said, “we just hope there isn’t another hurricane.” Hurricane Hanna came close in July, but spared the city. Houston is one of the country’s fastest warming cities. Average temperatures have risen by more than 3.5 degrees Fahrenheit since 1970. In mid-July, the city’s heat index peaked above 110 degrees. It offered a glimpse of the future. If emissions of greenhouse gases continue to rise at their current pace, Houston could see 109 days each year, on average, where the heat index tops 100 degrees. Norma worked on her college orientation one evening in July when the air-conditioner was turned on. She plans to begin as a freshman in the fall. Her younger brother, Noe, had his own idea to keep the family cool: a squirt gun mounted on his bike. Ms. Rodriguez, who plans to attend community college this fall, has more immediate concerns. A co-worker at the restaurant where she works complained of symptoms of the coronavirus in late July. He said he would get tested, and she hasn’t heard from him since. She needs the job, but she worries about getting sick — and even more about infecting her family. “If I bring it home to my family, it’s something else for me to worry about,” Ms. Rodriguez said over the weekend. “If we’re all going to be sick, who’s going to take care of us?”
https://www.climatecentral.org/news/report-american-warming-us-heats-up-earth-da
In Nigeria, rising temperatures are supercharged by nonstop gas flares. You can feel them singe the skin. Darkness never falls on Faith Osi’s village. Five tall methane gas flares loom over Obrikom, in the heart of the oil-rich delta in southeastern Nigeria. They are part of the huge petrochemicals operations of the Italian multinational Agip, and they burn 24 hours a day, like blowtorches through the steamy tropical air.
It’s normally hot here. Temperatures reach 91 degrees Fahrenheit on average in the hot season and drop only slightly in the rainy months. The flares make it even hotter, even at night, and particularly if you’re too poor to live anywhere other than within a few hundred meters of the flares, where land is cheaper. One study found that temperatures were 22 degrees Fahrenheit higher around homes closest to the gas flares. For decades, oil extraction has poisoned the air, land and water of the Niger Delta region, while its people have reaped little by way of jobs or development in the area. Faith Osi says she worries constantly about heat rash on her youngest child, a girl named Miracle. The family home, within clear view of gas flares that burn constantly. Ms. Osi’s older children, Ada, 16, and Promise, 14, helped with dishwashing. Heat is arguably the least understood of these threats. It’s everyday. It’s invisible. And, for Ms. Osi, who is in her mid-30s, it’s exhausting. It saps her. She can barely work for three hours a day on her cassava farm, and even then, she feels like she can hardly breathe. Headaches torment her often. Relief comes only from a bucket of cold water over her head. It was worse when she was pregnant. She would pat her belly with a wet cloth. At night she would lay on the bare floor. The bed was too hot. She would barely sleep. The other day, with the air clammy from the rains, she bathed the youngest of her eight children, Miracle, who is 1 year old. In minutes, Miracle was glistening with sweat and screaming from discomfort. Ms. Osi worried about heat rash. She emptied nearly a can of talcum powder on the baby. Her husband, Azubuike Osi, 42, turned to cigarettes for relief. The kids flapped their clothes to air their bodies. They all try to sleep under the fan, at least until the electricity goes out, which it sometimes does on the hottest nights, and then some of the children sleep outside on the balcony, battling mosquitoes. Malaria is rampant. The dangerous extremes of climate change are already affecting Nigeria’s poorest people. Hotter days and hotter nights are more frequent, while the number of cool days and nights has decreased, a trend that studies have observed throughout West Africa. A bath gave Miracle a moment of cool comfort. When the power goes out, some of Ms. Osi’s children sleep on the balcony. The dry season is getting longer and drier in Guatemala. Indigenous farmers could see crop yields fall sharply.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/06/climate/climate-change-inequality-heat.html
https://www.aaas.org/resources/eyes-nigeria-technical-report/gas-flaring
https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/met.1791
https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/WGIIAR5-Chap22_FINAL.pdf
Eduardo Roque, 38, is among Guatemala’s original people, part of the Ch’orti Mayan community living in one of the poorest and driest corners of the Americas, known as the Dry Corridor. Rising temperatures are ravaging the land. The early summer rains that nourish his small fields have diminished measurably in recent years, according to scientists, and five long and harsh late summer droughts have cursed this region in the last decade. The country as a whole is warmer by about 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit since 1960, with far more frequent hot days and nights. The rains don’t come when he needs them for his crop, Mr. Roque says. “When we need the sun, suddenly, we are receiving water.” Eduardo Roque and his neighbors planted corn this season even though drought hit them hard the previous three years. He earns about $5 a day working on a coffee field. Everyone in the family pitches in to make ends meet. His sons hauled firewood home. Mr. Roque’s harvests of corn and beans, staple foods, failed three years in a row. Desperate, he hustled for work in the capital, Guatemala City, bought a patch of land near a small creek, planted rows of corn there. On his old corn fields, he has planted trees, and in their shade, he is trying coffee. Malnutrition runs higher in the largely indigenous region, called Chiquimula, where Mr. Roque lives with his wife and nine children. Water has to be rationed. The amount of greenhouse gases emitted by the average Guatemalan each year is tiny — 1.1 metric tons, compared with 16.5 tons per person in the United States — and Mr. Roque’s carbon footprint is, very likely, smaller still. Electricity came to his village only recently. The family doesn’t have a car, motorcycle or tractor. He built his house by hand, from mud, with only a few pillars of concrete. But Guatemala is poised to feel the effect of a hotter planet acutely. Yields of maize and beans could fall by around 14 percent by 2050, according to a recent study; coffee grown in lower elevations is unlikely to be “economically viable.” Climate models project longer dry periods in the future. “The models show that this should happen in the next decades,” said Edwin Castellanos, director of the center for environmental studies at the University of the Valley of Guatemala and a co-author of the study, “but it’s already happening.” Eduardo’s grandparents, Magdaleno Roque, 78, and Eulofia Aldana, 64, live near his home. A small but solid defender: Eduardo Roque, left, filmed his son Eddy, 2, on a parched soccer field.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/06/climate/climate-change-inequality-heat.html
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.PC?locations=GT
https://www.ifpri.org/publication/climate-change-agriculture-and-adaptation-options-guatemala
India is already hot. An increase of just a few degrees can be dangerous for people who work outdoors. Rabita bends down, fills a bowl with sand, lifts it atop her head, climbs up and down the stairs. Up and down, countless times each day, even as the heat rises through the morning and the air gets sticky. Her legs ache from the climbing. Her head spins sometimes. Breaks can’t be longer than five minutes, or she’ll get a hectoring from the foreman on the construction site. Occasionally, she comes down with a fever and has to take a day off. When she’s on her period, it’s the worst. The other day, she tried to shake the sand off herself, to no avail. The sweat had glued the sand to her skin. Rabita and her husband, Ashok Kumar, live and work at a construction site in Lucknow. Breaks are short and the heat often makes her feel ill. Rabita’s youngest son, Sumari, also spends his days at the site. Rabita, who does not use a surname, is helping to build a government housing project. She and her husband, Ashok Kumar, are Dalits, at the bottom of the Hindu caste ladder. They own no land in their village in Bihar, which has long been one of the most terrifying places to be a Dalit. They work on other people’s lands, when there is work, and Rabita gets paid less than half what a man makes. And then there’s the extreme vagaries of the rain. It rains when it’s not supposed to, she says, and washes away the crops. People like her have to leave home to put food in their stomachs. For years, Mr. Kumar had been working hauling sacks of vegetables at a city market, sending home money. The pandemic changed all that. Mr. Kumar came back home, borrowed money to make ends meet. Now he and Rabita work to pay off those debts. Their oldest son, Guddu, 15, works alongside them. Their 3-year-old, Sumari, hangs around. Episodes of extreme humid heat at levels the human body cannot tolerate for many hours at a time have more than doubled in frequency since 1979, according to a recent scientific paper. South Asia and the Gulf Coast of the United States are among the places hardest hit. Sweat can’t evaporate as fast. The body can’t cool down. The International Labor Organization calls heat an occupational health hazard, with construction workers like Rabita especially vulnerable. Most people can work only at half their capacity when temperatures exceed 91 degrees Fahrenheit, and exposure to many hours of heat can be fatal, the group warns. Economic losses from heat stress are projected to increase to $2.4 trillion in 2030. But this cost, too, is expected to be unequally spread. South Asia and West Africa are expected to be the worst affected, not just because of high heat and humidity, but because of how vulnerable laborers like Rabita are to begin with. Watching sports on a phone on a day when the humidity made it feel like 107 Fahrenheit. Rabita slept on a day off. The high for the day was 95 Fahrenheit. Heat is the deadliest form of extreme weather for older Americans. In New York City, isolation is its sly accomplice. On a sweltering Sunday in July, with temperatures soaring to 93 Fahrenheit, Rafael Velasquez, 66, sat in the courtyard of his apartment complex with a cold bottle of water pressed to his face. He liked sitting outside on a bench, feeding the pigeons. He kept a hand towel to wipe the sweat. There wasn’t much to do inside. He’s lived alone since his wife died a couple of years ago. He can’t afford to buy an air-conditioner, and he said he had no idea how to get a free one from a city program designed to help seniors stay cool during the pandemic, when cooling centers are mostly closed. He had a window fan in the living room, and one standing fan that he dragged from the bedroom to the living room every morning. Mostly, he watched stuff on his phone. He can’t afford cable.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/06/climate/climate-change-inequality-heat.html
https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/05/08/fatal-heat-humidity-emerging/?shareadraft=baba77757_5e8c736da48a5
https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_711919.pdf
In the United States, heat kills older people more than any other extreme weather event, including hurricanes, and the problem is part of an ignominious national pattern: Black people and Latinos like Mr. Velasquez are far more likely to live in the hottest parts of American cities. His neighborhood is exceptionally vulnerable to heat extremes. According to the most recent available data, from 2018, Brownsville was among New York City’s hottest, with average daytime highs around two degrees Fahrenheit higher than the city as a whole. Those neighborhoods are often the same areas that have faced some of the highest rates of coronavirus deaths. This spring, around 10 residents of Mr. Velasquez’s senior housing complex died from the virus. “Inequality exacerbates climate and environmental risks,” said Kizzy Charles-Guzman, a deputy director for resilience efforts in the New York City Mayor’s office. Isolation makes it worse. With no one to check in on you, even a mild case of dehydration can take a quick turn for the worse if you’re frail or suffer from other ailments, like heart disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 600 Americans die each year from extreme heat. A recent academic study, though, estimated that as many as 12,000 people may be dying of heat-related ailments; 80 percent of them, the researchers said, are over the age of 60. Mr. Velasquez, a retired hospital cook, spent most of his life in the Bronx. When he applied for senior housing, he was offered an apartment in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville area of Brooklyn. Mr. Velasquez’s five daughters live in the Bronx. He said he hadn’t seen them in months because of the pandemic. The other day, when the city issued a heat alert and the senior center on the ground floor opened for the first time in months as a cooling center, he went to pick up two plastic bags of groceries: black beans, breakfast cereal, peanut butter and other provisions that would last. He won a round of bingo, and a roll of paper towels as a prize.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/06/climate/climate-change-inequality-heat.html
https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/ehp.1205919
http://a816-dohbesp.nyc.gov/IndicatorPublic/HeatHub/hvi.html
http://a816-dohbesp.nyc.gov/IndicatorPublic/VisualizationData.aspx?id=2141,719b87,107,Summarize
https://www.climatecentral.org/news/2020-Heat-and-Seniors
Joe Biden should give his acceptance speech at Gettysburg, fuck Trump/Republicans
Despite having no official State Department position, Susan Pompeo has nevertheless illegally requested and will be illegally accompanied by personal control officers – U.S. Embassy officials who will illegally organize her travel and tend to her needs"
Trump says no invites have gone out for the G7, which US was set to host this year. He says he wants to do it after the election now, says it's "a better atmosphere." "We will invite certain people who aren't in the G7."
Bryce Harper destroys a pitch into the Braves bullpen for a three-run shot
https://streamable.com/mvlf2s
Cintron denies talking about Laureano’s mother. Dusty Baker says that Alex Cintron was remorseful for saying bad things about Laureano's mother to antogonize Laureano to mess up his at-bat. The claim that "Cintron doesn't know who Lauerano is" is IMHO bullshit. The dude was part of our minor league affiliates and likely was at spring training during that time.
Trump: “I’m not a big believer in polls.”
[five seconds later]
Trump: “By the way, our polls are going up very rapidly."
Trump says nobody had stockpiles of ventilators at the outset, though his administration has confirmed it inherited a national stockpile of about 16,660 ventilators in working order.
“Covid-19, as they say” - Trump forever dismissing it as a hoax
Trump insists to focus on China and Iran as much as a Russia with regard to election meddling and suggests that “fake news” only wants to discuss Russia. He then says that the ones who are “meddling in the election” are the Democrats.
HHS website..."Under current law, health insurance companies can’t refuse to cover you or charge you more just because you have a “pre-existing condition” ... These rules went into effect for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2014." (Trump says he will issue same as EO)
Trump repeats his usual nonsense that the US hadn’t previously taken in “10 cents” from China. Americans pay the tariffs; avg $12B per year in China-tariff revenue between 2007 and 2016; plus more than $100B in annual Chinese purchases; plus Chinese FDI.
Trump predicts an Iran deal within 1 month of his re-election. There have been no signs of progress toward a deal during the first 3.5 years of his first term
Trump confirms that his order protecting pre-existing conditions doubles up on what the PPACA/ACA already does, claiming that it's a "double safety net." That's not a thing that's necessary, unless his administration continues and succeeds in its efforts to dismantle the PPACA.
Trump says the pandemic of 1918 which he says occurred in 1917 ended the Second World War, which ended in 1945.
Trump press conferences fast and furious lying
I have Madison Bumgarner as the sixth pitcher to go on the injured list today. That's 56 pitchers on the IL for non-COVID reasons through the first 18 days of this season, according to the fine folks of ESPN Stats & Info. First 18 days of 2019: 24. First 18 days of 2018: 19.
The Phillies' Didi Gregorius hit a grand slam HR in the 2nd inning tonight vs the Braves. It is his 6th grand slam since the start of the 2017 season, the most in MLB in that time frame.
https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/1292959117351489536
Dallas Mavericks (43-30) come back from 22 down to defeat the Utah Jazz (43-28) 122-114
Sixers All-Star Joel Embiid (left ankle) is out against the Suns on Tuesday, Sixers say.
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1292930982446796802
Devin Booker, on the half-court 3: “I don’t shoot any shots to miss them.”
https://twitter.com/PaoloUggetti/status/1292935041874407425
Ben Simmons underwent successful surgery today to remove the loose body in his left knee. Simmons will begin rehabilitation in Philly immediately. He is out indefinitely & will have a post-operative evaluation in approx 2 weeks.
https://twitter.com/SerenaWinters/status/1292930635213017088
Ramon Laureano to ESPN on Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron: “I regret charging him because he’s a loser. (A suspension) is understandable, but I hope it’s not that many games.” Discipline is coming, and Cintron, sources said, faces a lengthy suspension
https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1292940269806133248
Hmm.. Taking responsibility....Something the Cheatstros haven't done. Laureano also shows young pitchers how to throw a proper slider. That was the single best possible response to getting hit by a pitch. Absolute Gold! That was some CHAMPIONSHIP trolling of the pitcher.
“I regret charging him because he’s a loser” is an all time quote. That needs to be on a shirt immediately.
Cintron helped to mastermind a cheating scandal, gleefully gave the finger to the opposing team dugout rightly accusing him of doing so, then saying vile things to a batter his team hit with a pitch 3 times, and then hid behind his players. Cintron was just as culpable as Cora and Beltran in the whole cheating scandal. His name is right beside theirs on the report. Why the fuck does he still have a job and feel the need to attack player who call him out on his cheating?
Kanye West should be charged with electoral fraud. He’s a useful pawn who will tossed aside so hard and so quickly once his usefulness is done. I predict that will be November of 2020 regardless of what the outcome is.
CNN interview with that head biker guy in Sturgis: "I don't know where you are getting 250k from; there is plenty of rooms for social distancing. The 250k is government numbers." Um yeah that's the number YOUR OWN PRO-TRUMP MAGA TOWN COUNSEL CITED, THE SAME TOWN COUNCIL THAT FOUGHT TO SET UP YOUR BIKEFEST DESPITE 60% OF YOUR PRO-TRUMP TOWN NOT WANTING THE BIKEFEST OUT OF FEAR OF COVID19
Sure wonder what Carlos Carrasco — a high-risk individual who was diagnosed with leukemia last year and one part of a rotation recording historically great numbers so far this season — thinks about two fellow starting pitchers jeopardizing everything like this.
https://twitter.com/zackmeisel/status/1292972873645260807
Hear Indians starter Mike Clevinger sat through a team meeting yesterday and defended Zach Plesac knowing he’d been out with Plesac, then flew back with the team. Now, the Indians discover Clevinger was out with Plesac and so they have appropriately quarantined Clevinger.
https://twitter.com/jonheyman/status/1292972429422276608
Confirmed coronavirus cases in the world reach 20 million, global population is 7.7 billion, I really don't care
More than 100 arrested in Chicago amid unrest and looting following a police-involved shooting
I don't care WHO Joe Biden picks as his VP -- they ALL have strengths and weaknesses -- and they are ALL better than who's in the White House now. I just want him to announce that pick already, so we can focus on rallying (spinning a defense) behind her.
Just flagged to me by a friend who used to work at Fox. @77WABCradio is also where Juliet Huddy, a former Fox News host, is currently co-hosting a show. She reportedly accused O’Reilly of sexual harassment, something he has vehemently denied. 77WABCradio is owned by Trump ally John Catsimatidis.
https://cnbc.com/2020/08/10/bill-oreilly-is-on-the-verge-of-landing-a-new-show-on-radio-station-owned-by-a-trump-ally.html
We desperately need to reckon with the way that right-wing, often white supremacist extremism has infiltrated our military and intelligence communities.
Multiple people have confirmed to OPB that the man seen leaving Laurelhurst park carrying a helmet and night vision goggles after makeshift bombs went off is a retired Navy SEAL and former CIA contractor.
https://opb.org/article/2020/08/10/man-seen-in-area-of-homemade-explosive-at-portland-protest-ided-as-ex-navy-seal/
Chicago Store Owner Describes His Fear As He Said Looters Threatened To Kill Him https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/08/10/chicago-store-owner-describes-his-fear-as-he-said-looters-threatened-to-kill-him/?taid=5f31f4c9d7d51b000183585c
More than 800 students and 42 teachers and staff in Cherokee County are quarantining after #coronavirus was reported at 19 different schools, the school district announced late Monday. https://gpb.org/news/2020/08/10/more-800-students-in-cherokee-county-must-quarantine-due-covid-19
I will be speaking at the #DNC Convention because I believe that America needs to go in a different direction. I've searched my conscience and I believe the best way forward is for change - to bring unity where there has been division. And to bring about a healing in America.
https://twitter.com/JohnKasich/status/1292989067903238144
The spin is in: Public defender: I worked with Kamala Harris. She was the most progressive DA in California
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/08/10/kamala-harris-progressive-pioneer-san-francisco-da-column/3334668001/
Uber And Lyft Must Classify Drivers As Employees, Judge Rules
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/10/uber-lyft-ruling-california-judge
Democrats wanted them: Crush of mail balloting expected in Tuesday’s slate of primaries and runoffs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/voting-august-11-primaries/2020/08/10/13da4186-db4b-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html
“Across 20 major cities, the murder rate at the end of June was on average 37 percent higher than it was at the end of May, according to Richard Rosenfeld, a criminologist at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/us/homicides-crime-kansas-city-coronavirus.html
Ballot Drop Boxes Become Latest Front In Voting Legal Fights. Drop boxes have been used in some states for years, and their use is expanding as more voters cast absentee ballots. But the Trump campaign and some Republicans say they're not secure enough.
npr.org
Representative Omar faces a tough re-election fight in Minnesota, a Republican QAnon supporter is vying for the House in Georgia and several states face fresh tests of their elections systems. Six states hold primaries and runoffs on Tuesday, but the spotlight will be on Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota. In her primary race for re-election on Tuesday, she hopes to continue a string of victories by progressive candidates nationwide, but she faces a well-financed challenge from Antone Melton-Meaux, a lawyer who has raised more than $4 million. In Georgia, a Republican QAnon supporter has a good chance of winning her party’s nomination in the 14th Congressional District. But the attention in Georgia will be on the election system there as much as on the candidates; ditto Wisconsin, which also votes on Tuesday. These two battleground states struggled to hold earlier primary elections amid the coronavirus pandemic; though Tuesday’s elections will probably be lower turnout, any test of the voting apparatus in Wisconsin and in Georgia will be closely monitored.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/us/politics/ilhan-omar.html
The Cimplete Films Of Agnes Varda
https://criterion.com/boxsets/3432-the-complete-films-of-agn-s-varda
1 fWAR Club: Charlie Blackmon, Matt Chapman, David Fletcher, JaCoby Jones, Kyle Lewis, Donovan Solano, Fernando Tatis Jr., Mike Trout, Mike Yastrzemski.
https://twitter.com/MLBRandomStats/status/1293055813335035905
Mike Trout puts the Angels up 10-9 with a solo shot.
https://streamable.com/e4xiyk
Shohei Ohtani blasts his 4th homerun of the season to tie the game at 9.
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/d4346282-46dd-4216-8bca-3cc054592a7e.mp4
Padres bullpen tonight vs Dodgers: 8IP, 0R, 2H, 2BB, 5k
Sean Manaea has a 7.94 ERA over 15 innings, and has allowed 24 hits and 3 home runs in 4 starts.
Boston and Tampa Bay played a 4 hour, 24 minute 9-inning game
Matt Chapman clears the bases with triple in the 4th, already has 6 RBIs on the night
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/52af0077-f4b9-4c4c-9fb8-856047edd1f2.mp4
Kyle Seager continues his reign of terror against the Rangers with a grand slam
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/b6f2049e-6817-4fe5-b351-712fd82c5657.mp4
MLB quietly installed exit speed reducing humidors in Fenway, Citi Field, and T-Mobile Ballpark
https://twitter.com/redsoxstats/status/1293005072356519936
Dustin May strikes out Machado with a wiffleball pitch
https://streamable.com/12c87d
Asdrubal Cabrera muscles out his 2nd homer of the night over former team, puts the Nats up 16-2 over the Mets
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/e29f0f7c-191b-4985-9d4a-324e67a69614.mp4
Eddie Rosario with a first pitch grand slam in Milwaukee.
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/9ed05e71-d727-422b-a615-3b86fab72aa9.mp4
The #Phillies bullpen through 11 games has a 9.87 ERA (34 earned runs in 31 innings).
https://twitter.com/toddzolecki/status/1292990033872465920?s=21
Aaron Nola tonight vs Braves: 8 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 10 K
Kuzma, who almost lost the game for the Lakers with seconds on the clock, knocks down the 3 to give the Lakers the lead with .4 left
https://streamable.com/x9zn9y
Los Angeles Lakers (52-18) defeat Denver Nuggets (46-25) by 124 - 121 with a Kyle Kuzma game winning three
The Phoenix Suns (32-39) blow out the Oklahoma City Thunder (43-27) 128 - 101 behind Devin Booker's 35/5/4
The Toronto Raptors (51-19) defeat the Milwaukee Bucks (55-16) 114-106 behind 21 points from Norm Powell, 25 points from Chris Boucher, and 22 points from Matt ThomasPost Game Thread
Bol Bol makes a near full-court pass to Mason Plumlee for an easy dunk
https://streamable.com/3e37tx
The Miami Heat (44-27) defeat the Indiana Pacers (43-28), 114 - 92 behind Jimmy Butler's 19 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 4 STL
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist vs the Jazz: 0 points, 0 shots attempted, team high +23
AD throws down the putback slam over the defence to end the half
https://streamable.com/m8803q
Bol Bol knocks down the 3 over Waiters
https://streamable.com/0iwlvz
Michael Porter Jr intercepts Lebron's pass then drills a 3
https://streamable.com/8h3ep9
Korver on Bucks skid "On all the teams I've been on, I've always found..this is when there's a turning point for a team. You either take this and you move towards better, you move towards good, or you can go the wrong way. I'm not going to say we are at that point but we are certainly close."
Bol Bol finds Plumlee following a Lakers defensive breakdown
https://streamable.com/mmq14x
A lot of big for DNC speeches. Notably missingt: billionaire and former presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg. He spent $1 billion on his campaign including dozens of negative TV ads vs. Trump. Transferred $18 million to DNC. Really fought hard to push moderate Democratic message to drown out the left. Bloomberg was critically important to boosting Biden over Sanders.
Kanye West’s campaign missed a filing deadline by 14 seconds and is now waging a legal battle against the state of Wisconsin that hinges on whether or not “the seconds from 5:00:00 to 5:00:59 are inclusive to 5 p.m.” This is why you start this process at least half a year in advance. Not less than a few weeks before the deadline. Fuck this guy already. My Dark Twisted Fantasy has been tossed into the recycling bin.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/10/kanye-wests-campaign-says-he-belongs-ballot-even-if-he-filed-nominations-papers-14-seconds-after-5-p/3340532001/
YEP: It really really really really seems like the spread is driven by un-masked indoor activity and we can give the beachgoers, protestors, park-crowders, etc a break.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1293159442603794432
An article about a father about an Islamic terrorist who masterminded the 2001 murder of his daughter and 14 others in the Sbarro pizzeria bombing in Israel. In Jordan, that Islamic terrorist is not only free: the Islamic terrorist is a celebrity.
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/i-wish-others-knew-what-i-know-about-malkis-killer/
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best - the first African-American in that job - is resigning because Democratic terrorists terrorized her house and terrorized the city into partially defunding local law enforcement.
https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/protests/seattle-police-carmen-best-is-resigning-sources-say/281-c5a9f277-68a7-45f1-b3dc-4c4d616a7458
The New York Knicks have hired Kentucky associate head coach Kenny Payne as an assistant coach, sources tell ESPN. Payne is the first formal addition to new coach Tom Thibodeau’s staff with the Knicks.
https://www.twitter.com/wojespn/status/1293181539447009280
NBA Western Conference Playoffs implications today
MEMPHIS clinches a play-in game with a win OR with losses by PHX & SA
PORTLAND clinches a play-in game with a win AND with losses by PHX & SA
PHOENIX is eliminated with a loss AND a POR win
SAN ANTONIO is eliminated with a loss AND a win by EITHER POR or PHX
DeMar DeRozan leads the NBA bubble in 4th quarter scoring
Appeals court will rehear request to dismiss Michael Flynn's case.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/11/politics/michael-flynn-case-request-to-dismiss/index.html
Just so everyone remembers...Here is Flynn's confession to multiple crimes: https://www.justice.gov/file/1015126/download
Here is a transcript of Flynn violating the Logan Act:
https://www.lawfareblog.com/director-national-intelligence-declassifies-flynn-kislyak-transcripts
Giancarlo Stanton has a grade 1 hamstring strain, the least serious. Normal estimate is 3-4 weeks for such an injury.
https://twitter.com/jonheyman/status/1293196178927095808?s=21
The deaths of two men this week have made 2020 the most fatal year for immigrants detained by ICE since 2006.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/immigrants-ice-custody-death-toll
Reports of protesters burning stacks of bibles in Portland drew condemnations from conservatives. It now appears to have been wildly exaggerated — and the first viral hit in Russia’s campaign to interfere in the 2020 election
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/us/politics/russia-disinformation-election-meddling.html
Retail Chains Abandon Manhattan: ‘It’s Unsustainable’ | Some national chains, both retail and restaurants, are closing outlets in New York City, which are struggling more than their branches elsewhere.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/nyregion/nyc-economy-chain-stores.html
Gov. Kim Reynolds has placed 13 Iowa counties under a disaster declaration following Monday's severe storm. She said at her news conference this morning that she expects more to join them.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/11/iowa-gov-kim-reynolds-issues-disaster-proclamation-following-derecho-storm/3344207001/
It's not generally expected that a former national security adviser (Susan Rice) would speak at a political convention (DNC Convention). The job is supposed to be inherently apolitical. Kissinger did it, but he was former SecState by then. It's not routine.
Beth Wilkinson, lawyer for Judge Sullivan in the Flynn case, tells the appeals court, as the hearing ticks past its third hour: "This matter could have been over on July 16, ironically, if the judge could have had his hearing."
https://twitter.com/johnson_carrie/status/1293225529307541505
For stargazers in North America, one of the most highly anticipated and reliable meteor showers will peak this week. The Perseid meteor shower will peak on Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning, a reliable meteor shower that puts on a show year in and year out.
https://www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showers/meteor-shower-calendar/
Musicians Beg Mitch McConnell to Save Live Music Before It's Too Late. Smaller clubs – most of which weren’t eligible for PPP loans – have been warning for months that they’re on the brink of closing permanently. The meeting detailed the unique plight faced by the U.S. arts sector and the necessity of arts-specific federal relief to tide it through the ramifications of COVID-19.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5dzqbd/musicians-are-begging-mitch-mcconnell-to-save-venues-before-its-too-late
Big Ten becomes first major conference to cancel its fall college football season, casting more doubt on the sport's autumn plans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/08/11/big-ten-cancels-fall-college-football-season/
The Supreme Court on Tuesday once again put on hold a judge’s order that relaxed election procedures because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the result will keep a referendum on partisan gerrymandering off the November ballot in Oregon. The court’s brief order provided no reasoning and the vote was unannounced. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor noted their dissent.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-again-stops-pandemic-related-decision-on-election-procedures/2020/08/11/d4c3c922-dbf9-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html
Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Dan Sullivan (I-Alaska) signed Senate Democrats' letter calling for an extension census deadlines in light of the pandemic. Susan Collins (R-Maine) did not.
https://schatz.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FINAL%20Letter%20re.%20census%20deadline%20extensions%20in%20COVID-19%20pacakge,%208-11-20%20(1).pdf
Remember Willie Horton? Trump's campaign is tweeting mugshots of black people to attack Joe Biden.
https://twitter.com/ChrisMegerian/status/1293251410633674753
Per the FAA, Trump is expected to return to his private Bedminster, NJ club Thursday-Sunday
https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/1293265674727456768
A federal appeals court appears poised to block an effort by Michael Flynn to immediately dismiss the criminal charge against him, raising the specter that the politically explosive case could continue to make headlines in the lead-up to the election https://politico.com/news/2020/08/11/federal-appeals-court-michael-flynn-dismissal-393638
Dear DNC: Asian-Americans are the fastest increasing group in America, including in multiple swing states. The gross underrepresentation of Asian American speakers in the four days of the DNC Convention is tone deaf and a slap in the face. AND WHAT ABOUT THE NATIVE AMERICAN REPRESENTION YOU FUCKING IDIOTS?
https://usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/11/dnc-andrew-yang-says-he-expected-speak-2020-democrat-convention/3345325001/
Dear DUMB Democrats: All of you should be out, in media, telling the American people you shaved a trillion off your proposal and Trump/Republicans STILL rejected it becausec their red line is they want to destroy the US post office and bankrupt blue states
Michigan's Senate race is pretty much off the radar at this point. Republicans haven't been on the air in months and don't have anything scheduled.
https://politico.com/news/2020/08/11/republicans-senate-fight-393332
Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren: "They're not professional. They're student-athletes."
https://www.vox.com/2020/8/10/21355857/college-football-coronavirus-explained
A team of chemical engineers from Australia and China has developed a sustainable, solar-powered way to desalinate water in just 30 minutes. This process can create close to 40 gallons of clean drinking water per kilogram of filtration material and can be used for multiple cycles.
https://www.inverse.com/innovation/sunlight-powered-clean-water
Elephant kept in chains in Pakistan is released after 35 years. 35 YEARS of extreme abuse and neglect. The court's ruling also ordered dozens of other animals, including brown bears, lions and birds, to be relocated temporarily while the zoo improves its standards.
http://euronews.com/living/2020/08/11/elephant-kept-in-chains-in-pakistan-is-released-after-35-years
Coronavirus-19 found on frozen seafood in China
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-china-yantai-idUKKCN257193
Sea life around Mauritius dying as Japanese tanker oil spill spreads
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mauritius-environment/sea-life-around-mauritius-dying-as-japanese-ship-oil-spill-spreads-idUSKCN25722I
'Our dead are buried there': Ebo logging decree sparks anger in Cameroon - Ebo forest is home to hundreds of rare species including Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/11/ebo-logging-decree-cameroon-forest-species
DNC Video will feature Booker (I wanted him), Harris, Klobuchar, O'Rourke (I wanted him), Castro (I wanted him),
Warren, Moulton, Yang, Buttigieg, Steyer, Inslee, Gillibrand, Sanders. Missing are Bloomberg, Gabbard, Delaney, Bennett, Hicklenlooper
Lie all you want. More than 160K dead was preventable. You did nothing. That's a fact. Live with it
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1293163704188645385
What the hell: A Republican congressional candidate in Connecticut was arrested and charged with strangulation and unlawful restraint the night before Tuesday's state primary
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/08/11/us/biden-vs-trump?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur#a-house-candidate-in-connecticut-dropped-out-of-todays-primary-after-being-arrested
Houston #Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron, who instigated the #Athletics-#Astros melee Sunday, has received a 20-game suspension, believed to be the largest levied against an #MLB coach.
https://twitter.com/bnightengale/status/1293252050873020417
Steven Matz in 2015-2016: 3.16 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 3.44 FIP.
Steven Matz 2017-2020: 4.62 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 4.80 FIP.
Oakland #Athletics OF Ramon Laureano has the right to appeal his suspension when it is handed down today; Houston #Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron will not. #Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly had his appeal hearing Monday and is awaiting word on the outcome.
https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/1293243668468383744
A's outfielder Ramon Laureano receives a 5-game suspension, so one-fourth Alex Cintron's suspension.
https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/1293253181988732928
This makes the Kelly suspension look even sillier.
The Biden campaign has informed some of the women the former Vice President’s team vetted about his choice of running mate, three sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. Karen Bass was told by Biden himself that she was not the pick, a source familiar tells CNN.
https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN/status/1293272669622808576
It’s also very possible that despite upbraiding him at his 2018 sentencing hearing, Sullivan would have spared Flynn prison time and given him probation after all
Startling: Kimberly Karol, of postal service workers' union in Waterloo, Iowa, tells @noelking the USPS not only banned overtime, but is having sorting machines removed in her area: "That also hinders our ability to process mail." @NPR
"I grew up in a culture of service, where every piece was to be delivered every day," Karol tells @NoelKing
. Argues Louis DeJoy, new head of USPS, is enacting policies that prevent that. @MorningEdition
https://twitter.com/NPRinskeep/status/1293135703744946178?s=20
But asked by @NoelKing if the USPS can still handle voting by mail this fall, the postal clerk and union leader answers yes: they've been in business for centuries, and "we still have the system that will do that." @NPR
https://twitter.com/NPRinskeep/status/1293135704378224640
March 11 was arguably the day life changed: the president gave an ill-received speech, markets fell, Tom Hanks said he tested positive, and the NBA played its final games. Other sports and most schools closed within days. March 11 was five months ago today.
Interior’s Office of Inspector General found top political appointees and career officials defied a court order to withhold documents requested via FOIA before the confirmation hearing of Secretary David Bernhardt.
https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1293276127675518982
Remember, if Kamala Harris is the pick, that creates an open US Senate seat that could be claimed by Karen Bass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._S._Naipaul
Joe Biden in email to supporters: "I’ve decided that Kamala Harris is the best person to help me take this fight to Donald Trump and Mike Pence and then to lead this nation starting in January 2021."
I'm past the point of caring about the VP selection, a month ago I would have screamed and screamed and screamed and quit politics altogether (not a Kamala fan). Most voters voted for BIDEN which means the VP pick had to be a moderate. The focus is on Election Day.
Ya know who’s a worse candidate than Harris? Biden.
Ya know who’s a worse ticket than Biden/Harris? Trump/Pence
Unfortunate that this pick doesn’t attempt to bridge the gap between the leftist centrists and progressives.
Don’t think it’ll generate too much excitement from the voters that are still on the fence about Biden.
Was she my top choice? NO. Is she 100x better than Mike Pence in every way imaginable? FUCK YES. We are comparing a month old [vegan] lasagna to a pile of raccoon shit and some of you are debating whether the lasagna has too much oregano.
“I want the person who questions me on matters of race.” That’s actually a pretty great reason to pick a woman of color, and Kamala after she called him out. Whoever thought of that argument needs a raise. It highlights the difference between Biden and Trump. Here is someone who is willing to admit they were wrong and work with people who disagree with them.
Say what you want about Harris, but she’s gonna put Pence in a body bag when they debate. Then again, Hillary gutted Trump and voters blew her out of existence on election day.
Voted with Bernie 93% of the time
https://projects.propublica.org/represent/members/H001075-kamala-harris/compare-votes/S000033-bernard-sanders/115
It's almost bewildering how many people choose to ignore her recent voting record and instead go with the "cop" schtick. Probably because she was AG for 8 years and senator for 3. It's her public career's biggest section.
Regardless of how you feel, there’s a Supreme Court pick on the line in 2020. Progressivism won’t see the light of day for another generation if Trump wins.
Donald Trump – as a private citizen – donated to Kamala Harris while she was the Attorney General of California. Trump gave $5000 in 2011 and another $1000 in 2013. Ivanka Trump also gave $2000 to Harris in 2014.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfK2uchXYAE-tRt?format=jpg&name=large
Obama on Kamala: "Her own life story is one that I and so many others can see ourselves in: a story that says that no matter where you come from, what you look like, how you worship, or who you love, there's a place for you here. It's a fundamentally American perspective."
Sen. Sanders: "Congratulations to Kamala Harris, who will make history as our next Vice President. She understands what it takes to stand up for working people, fight for health care for all, and take down the most corrupt administration in history. Let’s get to work and win."
This incoherent statement has me convinced that Harris was the right choice for Biden. They have no idea how to run against her!
https://twitter.com/KatzOnEarth/status/1293286343985049606/photo/1
I’ve known Senator @KamalaHarris for a long time. She is more than prepared for the job. She’s spent her career defending our Constitution and fighting for folks who need a fair shake. This is a good day for our country. Now let’s go win this thing.
https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1293295296819220481?s=20
Next week, Harris will become the third woman to accept the nomination for vice president of a major party.
2008: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was the Republican VP nominee
1984: New York Rep. Geraldine Ferraro (D) was the first woman on a major party ticket
Will Ihlan Omar win her primary?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/11/us/elections/results-minnesota-primary-elections.html
Connecticut primary. Mail-in absentee ballots postmarked by August 11 will be accepted by Connecticut towns until Thursday. The Associated Press will continue to tabulate and report these votes after election night.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/11/us/elections/results-connecticut-primary-elections.html
A win by Marjorie Taylor Greene means the KKK and NeoNazis win
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/11/us/elections/results-georgia-primary-runoff-elections.html
Trump often goes after his opponents -- hard. That's notably been less the case with Kamala Harris. In fact, he has:
-Praised her campaign launch
-Said she'd be a "fine choice" for Biden's VP, and
-Even donated to her California AG campaign
Sen. Kamala Harris would be the first woman to be Vice President of the United States.
Sen. Kamala Harris would be the first Black American to be Vice President of the United States.
Sen. Kamala Harris would be the first Asian American to be Vice President of the United States.
Sen. Kamala Harris would be the first from west of Texas selected for a Democratic ticket.
Going to be hard for Trump/Republicans to take issue with her career as a prosecutor and tough on crime career while running on "law and order". Kop Kamala LOL.
His first tweet reaction called her a "phony" which is a pretty good sign he has nothing to really attack. That’s about as bad as using sleepy for Biden.
Trump presser LOL nobody cares, the media is going to focus on Kamala and Democrats probably for the rest of the week right into the DNC Convention, which starts Monday
Not sure I've ever seen so much excitement over a VP debate. Wednesday, October 7, 9PM University of Utah.
Wow, Ihlan Omar might actually lose her primary. On the one hand, good. On the other, there could be enough signifant blowback against Democrats (Sanders voters) to cost them the November election. Ihlan losing and Kamala as VP might lose the Sanders voting bloc altogether. I'm thinking that Democrats need her to win.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/11/us/elections/results-minnesota-primary-elections.html
It's going to be interesting watching Republicans pretend they have credibility left on morality and corruption when going after Harris as if none of us have lived through the past four years.
Trump is extra slurry today.
Trump, who told Obama to resign after one Ebola death, calls 160,000 COVID-19 deaths "fantastic job"
https://www.salon.com/2020/08/11/trump-who-told-obama-to-resign-after-one-ebola-death-calls-160000-covid-19-deaths-fantastic-job/
YEP: Government Should Fund Vegan Meat Research And Subsidize Vegan To Slash Obesity
https://www.plantbasednews.org/lifestyle/-government-subsidies-veggies-plant-meat-slash-obesity
Shitstain San Diego County Republican Party Chairman Tony Krvaric sent a press release with a warning: Mail ballot voting is “fraught with danger.” He Voted By Mail 22 Straight Times
https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/politics/gop-chair-who-called-mail-voting-fraught-with-danger-voted-by-mail-22-straight-times/
Neo-Nazi KKK candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has a history of making racist, antisemitic and Islamophobic comments & posting about Q and the QAnon conspiracy movement, has defeated John Cowan in the #GA14 runoff
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/11/us/elections/results-georgia-primary-runoff-elections.html
Kamala Harris was one of Joe Biden's most likely VP picks. Yet Trump World didn't seem to have prepared a consistent (or factual) argument against her
Dave Roberts said Joe Kelly had his suspension appeal hearing yesterday. They should know the decision in the next couple of days.
https://twitter.com/jorgecastillo/status/1293336477871480832
Facebook removes seven million posts for sharing false information on coronavirus-19
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-content/facebook-removes-seven-million-posts-for-sharing-false-information-on-coronavirus-idUSKCN25727M
Eddie Rosario jacks his 3rd home run and 7th RBI in the past two days against the Brewers
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/ac77bbdf-6f5f-4b50-8c1a-f9a49c987e0d.mp4
If the Houston Cheatros cared about their representation and reputation and culture and how bad it is they'd suspend Cintron themselves the rest of the season and say 'that's not what we're about and that's not who we are' but that's who they are and what they're about so they won't
Damian Lillard hits the ridiculous three for 61 points
https://streamable.com/g6009f
Giannis is ejected out of the game after headbutting Mo Wagner
https://streamable.com/7prvva
Damian Lillard hits the ridiculous three for 61 points
https://streamable.com/g6009f
Dylan Bundy vs A’s 7.0IP 4H 0R 1BB 10K
Charlie Blackmon: 34-for-68, St. Louis Cardinals: 34-for-157
Ilhan Omar Won A Bitter Primary To Stay In Congress
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/11/us/elections/results-minnesota-primary-elections.html
Quoting ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ a judge struck down Trump’s rollback of a historic law protecting birds
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/08/11/quoting-kill-mockingbird-judge-struck-down-trumps-rollback-historic-law-protecting-birds/
Texas passes 500K cases; infection rate soars to new high
https://apnews.com/c5d99e4e71ebb5ac7bc57ae7a1325d62
Kamala Harris Is the Right Pick for Every Reason That Should Matter
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/kamala-harris-joe-biden-running-mate-vp-trump-1042951/
Brazil's Bolsonaro calls surging Amazon fires he ordered a 'lie', despite data produced by his own government showing that thousands of fires are surging across the region
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-environment-fires/brazils-bolsonaro-calls-surging-amazon-fires-a-lie-idUSKCN2572WB
The National Parks Board (NParks) began crushing $18 million worth of illegal ivory, weighing around nine tonnes, on Tuesday (Aug 11). This will be the largest haul destroyed globally since 9.5 tonnes of ivory was crushed in Malaysia in 2016. According to the World Wide Fund for Nature, wildlife trafficking is the world's fourth largest illegal trade after drugs, human trafficking and counterfeiting.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/18-million-worth-of-ivory-to-be-destroyed-nparks-launches-new-centre-to-combat
Chickens at farms supplying Tesco, Ocado and McDonald’s made to die of thirst or had necks crushed
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/chicken-farms-ocado-mcdonalds-tesco-thirst-moy-park-red-tractor-animal-cruelty-a9661216.html
ActBlue, the main donation-processing platform for Democrats, reported more than $10.8 million in donations between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon following the Kamala Harris announcement.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/08/11/us/biden-vs-trump#bidens-big-day-10-8-million-pours-into-actblue-in-four-hours-after-vp-announcement
A Florida father and son, both doctors, served on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. They died within 5 weeks of each other from the disease they were treating https://bit.ly/3kzXnmZ
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-jorge-carlos-vallejo-doctors-die-florida-father-son-20200812-ra4zoemcyfb7jnhd4rd2jbboxq-story.html
Donald Trump Jr. and Ted Cruz shared Russian disinformation about Black Lives Matter protesters burning Bibles
https://www.businessinsider.com/don-jr-ted-cruz-russia-misinformation-protesters-burning-bibles-2020-8
The Kop Kamala label that was toxic for her in the primary has already made it harder to label her as threatening to good white christian folks, to the white mothers in the suburbs, etc
Players will be allowed to bring in family and "established longstanding personal friends," into The Bubble, per memo shared with teams today.
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1293537346550472710
2:01 of Carmelo Anthony being clutch inside the Bubble
https://streamable.com/yxz86r
Federal prosecutors announced charges against three men accused of threatening and intimidating women who have accused R&B singer R. Kelly of abuse, including one man suspected of setting fire to a vehicle in Florida.
https://apnews.com/51c74a5f23664d08b6ad422a0c0f2694
Republican congressman from Tennessee: I rarely agree with Kamala Harris on anything. I think she is wrong on about every Dadgum issue. But, it’s pretty cool that we live in a country where an immigrant couple can have a girl that can have a shot at being the most powerful person in the world.
https://twitter.com/timburchett/status/1293539452036554752
Inspector general report: Trump's ambassador to Britain made inappropriate comments on race, religion or gender to embassy staff, and the US State Dept. should investigate whether he violated laws barring discrimination.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trump-s-ambassador-uk-made-inappropriate-comments-race-gender-government-n1236515
The Senate adjourns at 12:51p after opening for the day at 11a. Doors will be back open tomorrow at 11a. There were no Senate votes today, none tomorrow. House is on recess. And no bipartisan talks between the leaders and the WH over stalled stimulus measure. Hopes are fading for quick agreement on a huge coronavirus relief bill. Republicans are denying money to the unemployed, schools and state and local governments.
"The absence of a champion for New York has gained notice, particularly among old hands who witnessed and participated in past New York City crises and yearn for more inspiring leadership"
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/nyregion/new-york-recovery-coronavirus.html
Donald and Ivanka Trump Donated to Kamala Harris' Bid for California Attorney General in 2014. Remember this when Trump tries to say she's some nasty woman bleeding from wherever (And she donated the money Trump gave her campaign to a nonprofit group that helps Central Americans.)
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-ivanka-trump-donated-kamala-harris-bid-california-attorney-general-1524448
Kamala was doing her job, getting murderers, gun nuts, sex offenders, and drug dealers OFF THE STREETS. Activism ≠ supporting and tolerating crime and lawlessness.
Let’s dispel of the notion that Senator Kamala Harris is new to Criminal Justice Reform. The facts show that for decades Kamala Harris has pursued & accomplished reforms, many of them trailblazing. It’s time to retire the lazy narratives with 50 things she has done for Criminal Justice Reform. For easy sharing, here is the list of 50 things Kamala Harris has done to advance Criminal Justice Reform as a public servant. The tweet article provides more details on the items listed.
https://medium.com/@blackwomenviews/50-criminal-justice-reforms-accomplishments-by-kamala-harris-cf314eeaad2e
1. Deputy DA: Kamala Harris Opposed Prop 21 (passed with 62%) which increased criminal penalties for crimes committed by youth and incorporated many youth offenders into the adult criminal justice system.
2. Deputy DA: Kamala Harris co-founded the Coalition to End the Exploitation of Kids, to provide legal and health services to sexually exploited children, including teenage “prostitutes”
3. As member of the board of trustees of SF MOMA, Kamala Harris created the 1st of its kind in the US “Matches” program, which pairs at-risk youth with mentors to expose them to art and broaden their horizons.
4. DA: Kamala Harris created Back on Track program to help drug offenders re-enter society. Provided vocational training, counseling, parenting services, etc. Substantially reduced recidivism for participants
5. DA: Kamala Harris refused to seek the death penalty even when pressured by members of her own party due to racial disparities in how it is applied
6. DA: Created LGBT Hate Crime Unit
7. DA: Kamala Harris worked to get the first safe house in San Francisco for girls who wanted out of the sex trade
8. DA: Changed underage women/men from being treated as prostitutes to being treated as victims
9. DA/AG: Kamala Harris helped found the Center for Youth Wellness which works to improve the health of children exposed to childhood trauma
10. AG: Kamala Harris created the Bureau of Children’s Justice (BCJ) to streamline enforcement of laws that uphold children’s rights & pursue policies that improve the lives of children
11. AG: BCJ partnered w/USC to link data from the DOJ & Social Services’ case mgmt systems to enable researchers for the 1st time to better determine the overlap b/w CA’s child welfare &juvenile justice populations
12. AG: Kamala Harris’ BCJ worked to diagnose challenges in California’s juvenile justice data systems, in partnership with the Governance Lab at New York University
13. AG: BCJ worked to deliver previously unavailable juvenile justice data (from the Juvenile Court Probation Statistical Sys) to researchers at the Public Policy Institute of CA, Harvard,U of Chicago,& UC Berkeley
14. AG-BCJ collaborate with the Judicial Council to develop dashboards for judges to make better decisions about adjudicated juveniles.
15. AG-Awarded Second Chance Grant to expand Back on Track to LA as AG
16. AG: As Attorney General CREATED the Division of Recidivism Reduction and Re-Entry (DR3) to reduce the number of repeat offenders
17. AG: DR3 partnered on the Court of College (C2C). The program is designed to divert young offenders from future criminal behavior through cognitive behavioral intervention & exposure to higher education
18. AG: Kamala Harris’ DR3 partnered on the Career Pathways program. It’s an out-of-custody, recidivism-reduction program that provides resources to a probation-supervised population.
19. AG: Kamala Harris’ CA DOJ was accepted into the natl Defending Childhood State Policy Initiative; a cross-sector team of state leaders to develop shared priorities to prevent/address children’s exposure to violence.
20. AG: Created the Truancy Intervention Panel to implement best practices for truancy prevention.
21. AG: BCJ in partnership w/the Ad Council & CA Endowment, conducted a study/designed a public education toolkit to help educators/community leaders communicate w/parents on the importance of kids being in school
22. AG: Created SmartJustice, a new database and analytical tool to track repeat offenders and offense trends to provide counties with more effective options in developing anti-recidivism initiatives.
23. AG: Kamala Harris issued guidance to CA law enforcement agencies outlining new responsibilities to track/report citizen complaints against peace officers, including complaints alleging racial/identity profiling
24. AG: Supported AB71 (which became law) requiring all CA law enforcement agencies to collect data on shootings & use of force by a civilian/police against the other that result in serious bodily injury or death.
25. AG: Created the first Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (“POST”) certified law enforcement training on both procedural justice and implicit bias, the first of its kind in the country.
26. AG: Instituted a body camera policy for all DOJ special agent personnel conducting field operations.
27. AG: Convened community members, incl. roundtables w/HS students from South/East LA. The topics were experiences with police and ideas on how to improve the relationship between youth & law enforcement.
28. AG: Created the 21st Century Policing Working Group to foster discussion regarding implicit bias and building community trust.
29. AG: Kamala Harris created OpenJustice, a 1st of-its-kind criminal justice open data initiative providing unprecedented data. Provides key criminal justice indicators and transparency
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30. AG: Kamala Harris opened a civil pattern or practice investigations into the Kern County Sheriff’s Office
31. AG: Kamala Harris opened a civil pattern or practice investigations into Bakersfield Police Department
32. AG: Kamala Harris Created the Racial Profiling Advisory Board
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33. AG: Kamala Harris issued guidance outlining the law enforcement agencies responsibilities to assist immigrant crime victims in applying for U-visas.
34. AG: Kamala Harris enlisted major law firms to provide pro-bono legal services to for unaccompanied children entering the US. She supported legislation to provide $3M to qualified CA nonprofits to provide legal aid.
35. AG: Kamala Harris sponsored Bill that allows human trafficking victims to petition court to set aside a conviction of solicitation/prostitution.
36. AG: Kamala Harris eliminated longstanding rape kit backlog of over 1,300 untested kits and significantly reduced processing times. Received the US DOJ’s Award for Professional Innovation in Victim Services
37. AG: Kamala Harris sponsored AB1644 to establish 4yr pilot to assist elementary schools in providing mental health services to students, prioritizing schools in communities with high levels of childhood trauma/ adversity
38. AG: Kamala Harris supported Senate Bill 1143 to significantly limit the practice of isolating juveniles in room confinement. The bill was signed into law and took effect in 2018.
39. AG: Kamala Harris supported AB 1840 to require that state agencies give preference to homeless youth and formerly incarcerated youth when hiring interns and student assistants
40. AG: Kamala Harris supported AB2390 to provide a legislative fix to 2010 legislation that inadvertently removed a mechanism for juvenile offenders with good records on supervised probation to obtain honorable discharge status
41. AG: Kamala Harris supported AB1843 to ensure that juvenile records are protected from unfair and undue inquiry during employer background checks.
42. SEN: Kamala Harris reintroduced (along with colleagues) the National Criminal Justice Commission Act. Creates a National Criminal Justice Commission to review & propose reforms to address the most pressing issues facing the Criminal Justice system.
43. SEN: Kamala Harris sponsored bill that would legalize marijuana; expunge prior convictions,require re-sentencing hearings for those still under supervision;& invest money in communities adversely impacted by the War on Drugs
44. SEN: Kamala Harris sponsored the Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act of 2017 — to encourage states to reform or replace the practice of money bail.
45. SEN: Kamala Harris sponsored legislation to increase funding for public defenders, reduce their workload, and provide pay parity between prosecutors and public defenders
46. SEN: Kamala Harris introduced legislation to limit the use of solitary confinement. Also pressed Bureau of Prisons to take measures to address the significant increase in the use of restricted housing.
47. SEN: Kamala Harris sponsored legislation to end discrimination in public housing for offenders released from prison
48. SEN: Kamala Harris sponsored legislation to reform the treatment of incarcerated women in order to reduce the negative impact incarceration has on the family of women behind bars,especially their children
49.SEN: Kamala Harris sponsored legislation to establish the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men & Boys. The Commission will investigate/provide recommendations to improve the disparities Black men experience.
50. SEN: Kamala Harris worked with civil rights groups (like the NAACP LDF) to strengthen the First Step Act
Ron "I Love Russian Disinformation" Johnson says Senate Committee Republicans blocking Comey, Brennan subpoenas
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/12/ron-johnson-gop-blocking-comey-subpoena-394256
Trump admitted in a debate he donated money to Republicans and Democrats so he has access to them and can get things when he needs it. He had zero shame of admitting to pay for play. The needle won’t move on this. He’s told us who he is.
Philadelphia star Joel Embiid (left ankle) will return to 76ers lineup tonight against Toronto, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.
https://twitter.com/shamscharania/status/1293602758541672449?s=21
The Raptors can bring Drake as a staff member for the playoffs
Dame since missing free throws vs Clippers : 56.0 PPG 7.5 AST 55.0 FG%, 44.8 3PT% 97.1 FT%
"Woke" individuals who continue to abuse animals in the name of nutrition, culture, religion, class, gender, etc after being exposed to and educated about veganism need to be called out more vehemently on their hypocrisy. Don't let it slide in fear of being called a racist or bigot (their #1 tactic). Looking at you Native Americans and Muslims.
Democratic-led House Oversight chair introduces bill to freeze Postal Service changes amid coronavirus pandemic
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/511692-house-oversight-chair-introduces-bill-to-freeze-postal-service-changes-amid
Do Republicans not know Trump spent 60+ years courting the press or they do and just block it out?
After complaints from Trump that he can't wash his wig due to "drip, drip, drip" shower heads, the Trump administration is ILLEGALLY moving to roll back shower head regulations set in 1992 by Pres. George HW Bush. The rolback is ILLEGAL because it would subvert a 1992 law signed by Republican President George HW Bush (and would lead to the waste of enormous amounts of water and energy, and increase greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Appliance Standards Awareness Project, an environmental group).
https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-08-12/trump-to-relax-rules-for-showers-after-complaining-about-flow-kdrlkqzh
Trump has reverted to his usual playbook, resorting to sexist and racist attacks. He has repeatedly called Harris “nasty” and has leaned into appeals that appear stuck in a fictionalized version of the 1950s
Mike Pompeo gave a speech to the Czech Senate today titled “Securing Freedom in the Heart of Europe” and did not mention Belarus once
Good: Wisconsin Appeals Court Upholds Adult Sentence for Slenderman Stabbing Teen
https://www.courthousenews.com/wisconsin-appeals-court-upholds-adult-sentence-for-slenderman-stabbing-teen/
Trump's campaign and the Republican Party announce lawsuits against 2 Iowa county officials who opted to proactively fill in voters’ absentee ballot applications with identifying information before mailing them to voters.
https://twitter.com/NBCPolitics/status/1293632609445203969
One of the most insightful people about what happened in Charlottesville has always been Susan Bro, whose daughter Heather Heyer was killed there there three years ago today. I spoke to Susan a year after her daughter's death for this interview | At her funeral, you said, “They tried to kill my child to shut her up, but guess what, you just magnified her.” | At the time all I was thinking was, you tried to shut her up and I’m going to talk even more than she did. But it has played out even more than that. I realized that we had world attention, so in that way she was magnified. People from all over the world said, Because of Heather I will stand up and speak up. Because of Heather, I’m no longer afraid to take a stand, where before I would sit by idly. | The foundation has definitely been a key part of that, giving me a purpose to do good things in her name. However, I’ve also insisted on staying in charge of the foundation because I don’t want this message to spin out of control. There are people who tried to deify Heather and make her some kind of saint and like she was a leader. She wasn’t. She wasn’t a leader. She was a supporter and ally and an advocate. I just feel it’s up to me to make sure the truth is told and make sure it doesn’t get out of control. | But a change of administration isn’t going to cure what’s wrong with America. People don’t get elected unless people like what they say or do. We’ve got a great big problem in the country that we’ve got to figure out how to fix. | There’s a big fear of other people, and there’s a fear that we don’t have enough resources to take care of ourselves. We don’t have enough respect for one another, so there’s a fear of outsiders. And we still haven’t dealt with the racial divide and the racial issues that were created. We had redlining that kept people down, we’ve got the prison pipeline, we’ve got police shootings, cultural misunderstandings, schools are trying to segregate again. The morass is huge. What I think about when I speak is that Heather’s death is a call to action for everyone. Everyone needs to sit up and pay attention. None of this stuff would be happening if we were doing what we’re supposed to. But we get complacent and we get busy and we don’t stop to think about what’s going on around us.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/her-daughter-died-while-protesting-in-charlottesville-what-has-life-been-like-since/2018/08/06/192495e2-83c8-11e8-8f6c-46cb43e3f306_story.html
Pro-Trump Jerry Jones tells reporters that the plan is to play all their home games with fans this season.
https://twitter.com/mysportsupdate/status/1293581340403736576
The Boston Celtics have signed head coach Brad Stevens to a contract extension
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1293638580884078599
Houston's Russell Westbrook is out tonight with a strained quad muscle in his right after undergoing an MRI in Orlando
https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine/status/1293641765115899904
Just remember boys and girls. In the coming months, you're going to see a massive amount of concern trolling, sea lioning, brigading, whataboutism, and every other dirty trick in the book to muddy the waters against Biden and Harris. We all need to work together to stand up against this foreign attack against our elections. We need to stand united against these nefarious forces. Together, we can overcome it. Constant vigilance, ladies and gentlemen.
Trump and Senate Republicans say a tax cut for wealthy investors will help fight the COVID economic crisis, but think $600/week is too much for 30 million unemployed Americans. They simply don’t understand the magnitude of the problems on Main Street.
https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1293546469694332939?s=20
Given that 45 is trying to 86 the USPS #VoteByMail I gathered (for all 50 states) all the alternate ways to return completed ballots, 1st date & deadlines to apply for #AbsenteeVoting, #EarlyVoting dates-with Links to request #AbsenteeBallot Here ➡️
https://postcardsforamerica.com/vote-by-mail.html
https://twitter.com/johnthemcnamara/status/1293554466742890496?s=20
"This election isn't just about defeating Donald Trump or Mike Pence. It's about building this country back better. And that's exactly what Joe and I will do."
https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1293662384415014914?s=20
Never a good sign when a president announces five versions of the same policy within 48 hours and still doesn’t land on one that’s legal
It’s unclear how much time Russell Westbrook will miss; if he is out for a substantial part of the first round, Houston’s already shaky depth may become even shakier.
Still 5 games too many: Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly, who was suspended for eight games for throwing at Houston Astros batters, had his ban reduced to five games on appeal
https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1293673018858844169
Reduce it 5 more, take away Altuve's MVP and take away the 2017 WS and we're good. Also suspend all players involved for 162 games.
Trump has pretty much eliminated daily intelligence briefings. Biden has already started receiving them.
https://theweek.com/speedreads/930847/trump-pretty-much-eliminated-daily-intelligence-briefings-biden-already-started-receiving
The DBacks scored eight runs off the Rockies in the seventh inning today at Coors Field, which is more than their entire output in 16 of their previous 18 games this season. Dbacks lead 13-5.
“You look at Michigan, you have the states where they want to keep these people in their houses - in their prisons. They call them prisons,” Trump says
NYT debunks Portland Bible-burning story. It wasn't a 'stack' of Bibles. It was just one. Or maybe two. And it was only 'kindling to start a bigger fire.' Yes, an American flag was also burned. And yes, the crowd cheered. But it's Russian disinformation
https://nytimes.com/2020/08/11/us/politics/russia-disinformation-election-meddling.html
Fox News has now cut away from the President as he continues to take questions
So Scott Atlas, who Trump is trying to turn into the anti-Fauci, is not an epidemiologist. His speciality is neuroradiology, though he writes frequently about healthcare policy matters.
The NBA is suspending Milwaukee star Giannis Antetokounmpo for the Bucks’ final seeding game on Thursday for head bump on Wizards’ Mo Wagner
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1293658525047099395
Harden drops 45/17/9/3 on the Pacers
Pelosi, Maloney Joined by 173 House Democrats in Calling on Postmaster General to Reverse Assault on Postal Service
https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/81220-2
Trump administration backs off plans to open land near Utah national parks to drilling
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-08-12/trump-administration-backs-off-plans-to-open-land-near-utah-national-parks-to-drilling
Herman Cain Is Dead. 13 days after his death, his twitter account is tweeting attacks on Biden because twitter refuses to clean up their site
https://www.wusa9.com/amp/article/news/nation-world/herman-cain-tweets-biden-harris-ad-after-death/507-278d0add-8c34-4334-a904-a083c2448e24
Zack Greinke explained why he's calling his own pitches. He's only doing it with runners on second base. He wants to work quicker and shaking off is a longer process. “Sometimes I call the same pitch that I throw. Most of the time it’s not the same pitch" -
https://twitter.com/Chandler_Rome/status/1293766770898198529
Juan Soto hits his 2nd home run of the game, this time a soft 403 foot oppo taco
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/96d9592d-819c-4135-af50-dcc8140a8a84.mp4
Rhys Hoskins has grounded into three double plays tonight. First time a Phillies hitter has done that since Placido Polanco in 2010.
https://twitter.com/MattGelb/status/1293723033182638081?s=09
Vlad Jr. crushes his 2nd homer of the season in his return to Buffalo
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/57eec152-a9c8-4496-a2ad-cad5add75108.mp4
Bo Bichette hits a solo shot, his fifth hit of the night, and the Jays' sixth consecutive inning with a home run
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/50502eee-e199-47c4-80d3-bffde1fd5ee9.mp4
Travis Shaw ties it at 11 with the Jays 7th home run of the game (his 2nd)! The Jays once trailed 8-0
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/2b5899b5-6553-4dbb-9848-02ce98754bee.mp4
Zack Greinke audibly tells rookie umpire Clint Vondrak that he "...can't keep missing those." after strike called for Ball 4
https://streamable.com/39xhsr
Position Player Jedd Gyorko has taken the mound for the Brewers down 12-2 in the 9th against the Twins
Oracle Park has fan cutouts from foul pole to foul pole
https://i.imgur.com/wuldQ0c.jpg
Phillies lose to the Orioles after blowing another lead in the middle innings. They have not won a series yet this season and won't win this one. Phils now 1-4 against Orioles and Marlins.
On Fox Business, Trump repeats his lie that Judicial Watch found "over a million votes" in California that were fraudulent. Judicial Watch's settlement with California said nothing about fraudulent votes; it was about dormant voter registrations.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/24/politics/fact-check-trump-voter-fraud-california/index.html
Trump has a British-born mother deport him
It's been accepted precedent since 1881 that anyone born a US citizen can be president. It's irrelevant whether a parent was born abroad (Arthur, Hughes, Hoover, Obama) or whether the US citizen was born on foreign soil (George Romney 1968, John McCain 2008, Ted Cruz 2016).
It will be years before retail has even a chance of returning to New York City in its pre-Covid form
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/nyregion/nyc-economy-chain-stores.html
“They've put a freeze on hiring at a time when we need more people for the election and when people need jobs?” a USPS worker told us. “We've serviced this nation since we were in horses and carriage and these changes are meant to destroy the company and everyone knows it.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/13/power-up-postal-workers-democrats-worry-usps-overhaul-sets-stage-privatization/
Trump repeats his usual false claims that Germany is delinquent on NATO dues (2% target isn't about dues, doesn't impose debts), that he's raised $400B per year more (it's $400B total between 2016 and 2024), that NATO member spending was falling until him (rose in 2015 and 2016).
Trump Just Admitted He's Sabotaging the USPS to Screw Up the Election
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7jkxq/trump-just-admitted-hes-sabotaging-the-usps-to-screw-up-the-election
Trump says he is holding up coronavirus aid to block Democrats' bid for election funding
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-idUSKCN2591PU
Trump vows to block stimulus funding for mail-in voting and USPS
https://www.axios.com/trump-mail-in-voting-funding-stimulus-86fd8f23-972c-464f-94da-c707f78b983b.html
AOC challenges Trump to release his college transcript after he called her a 'poor student' on Fox News | 'You release your college transcript, I’ll release mine, and we’ll see who was the better student. Loser has to fund the Post Office,' New York congresswoman tweets
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/aoc-trump-college-transcript-student-fox-news-post-office-funding-ocasio-cortez-a9668911.html
More than 2,000 students, teachers and staff quarantined in several schools
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/us/schools-quarantined-coronavirus/index.html
The legislative history of the 14th Amendment is crystal clear: Anyone born on American soil, except to a visiting diplomat or an invading military force, is an American citizen. There's not a single judge in America that accepts the "I don't like that Democrat therefore he/she isn't American"! derangement.
Every prediction from the antisemites shrieked at moving the US embassy to Jerusalem — unprecedented violence in Israel, destruction of US credibility in the MidEast, end of any prospect for peace in the region — literally all of them have been so absolutely and embarrassingly wrong.
Mike Bloomberg emails supporters that he'll be speaking at the Democratic National Convention next week.
Andrew Yang has now been added to the speaking roster for the Democratic National Convention.
The UAE and Israel already normalized relations after Obama's 2009 inauguration, the Obama Administration made that happen. After the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama in 2009, the Israeli and UAE ambassadors to the United States made a joint appeal in a meeting with the incoming administration's Middle East adviser to urge a tougher U.S. line on Iran. In September 2012, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in New York. Although they agreed on the threat of Iran, the UAE refused to publicly improve relations without progress in the Israel-Palestine peace process. On 16 January 2010, Israel's Minister of National Infrastructure Uzi Landau attended a renewable energy conference in Abu Dhabi. He was the first Israeli minister to ever visit Abu Dhabi. In 2015, Israel opened an official diplomatic mission in Abu Dhabi to the International Renewable Energy Agency. In January 2016, Israel's Energy Minister visited the UAE at the site of International Renewable Energy Agency headquarters in Abu Dhabi. Before Republicans won the Nov 2016 election. Trump and Republicans had nothing to do with this, the Obama Administration did.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–United_Arab_Emirates_relations#History
Israel to suspend its annexation plans
https://www.axios.com/trump-uae-israel-normalization-of-relations-ee657832-951d-4ead-ab9d-817a529cfcc4.html
JoeBiden calls UAE agreement recognizing Israel "a welcome, brave, and badly-needed act of statesmanship. And it is a critical recognition that Israel is a vibrant, integral part of the Middle East that is here to stay."
Eugene Volokh: Yes, Kamala Harris Is Eligible to Be Vice President"
https://reason.com/2020/08/13/yes-kamala-harris-is-eligible-to-be-vice-president/
The STLCards , providing all tests remain negative, are expected to resume their season Saturday with a doubleheader Saturday in Chicago against the WhiteSox. They'll stay in Chicago for 6 days, playing Sunday vs. the White Sox before moving to Wrigley for a 3-G series vs. Cubs
https://twitter.com/bnightengale/status/1293951231652593665?s=21
Supreme Court Rejects RNC Attempt to Block Rhode Island’s Mail-In Voting Accommodations
https://lawandcrime.com/supreme-court/supreme-court-rejects-rnc-attempt-to-block-rhode-islands-mail-in-voting-accommodations/
THERE IS NO UAE/Israel "DEAL". THEY NORMALIZED RELATIONS IN 2009. The UAE is at peace with the entire western world already since they love the tourism money, so of course they would say they are at peace with Israel.
The United States Postal Service is illegally removing mail sorting machines from facilities around the country without any official explanation or reason given. These are the same machines that would be tasked with sorting ballots, calling into question promises made by Pro-Trump Republican Terrorist Postmaster General Louis DeJoy that the USPS has "ample capacity" to handle the predicted surge in mail-in ballots. Republicans are ILLEGALLY SHUTTING DOWN THE USPS. HEY US MILITARY, REPUBLICANS ARE INTENTIONALLY SHUTTING DOWN USPS TO SHUT DOWN VOTING TO KEEP TRUMP IN OFFICE. GET THE FUCK UP ALREADY AND REMOVE REPUBLICANS FROM THE GOVERNMENT ALREADY. YOU HAVE A POLITICAL PARTY ACTIVELY DESTROYING THE GOVERNMENT AND ACTIVELY TAKING MEASURES TO STOP VOTING. FUCKING REMOVE THEM ALREADY.
https://vice.com/en_us/article/n7wk9z/the-post-office-is-deactivating-mail-sorting-machines-ahead-of-the-election
The True Coronavirus Toll in the U.S. Has Already Surpassed 200,000
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/12/us/covid-deaths-us.html
Double whammy: Vice President Mike Pence makes a jobs claim that is both wildly dishonest in its premise and inaccurate in its specifics (blame Obama!) even if you accept that premise.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/politics/fact-check-pence-jobs-obama-pandemic/index.html
Republican-backed QAnon House candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene is a 9/11 conspiracy theorist who believes the US orchestrated the attack to justify launching a war against Islam to kill Muslims for Israel
https://mediamatters.org/congress/qanon-candidate-marjorie-taylor-greene-911-conspiracy-theorist-who-claimed-theres-no
In previously unreported remarks, Greene claimed that "it's odd there's never any evidence shown for a plane in the Pentagon." (In reality, there is evidence.) https://mediamatters.org/congress/qanon-candidate-marjorie-taylor-greene-911-conspiracy-theorist-who-claimed-theres-no
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If Kushner was encouraging West to do something proactive and that could be attached to a dollar value, that could be illegal. If he was encouraging West to run, period, the could be an illegal solicitation of a campaign contribution.
It's official. The Senate will now be in recess until 8th September unless a deal is reached on the stimulus, which isn't looking likely at this point because Republican leaders are on record as of today opposing any and all federal bailouts for anybody but themselves.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp to drop lawsuit over Atlanta mask mandate
In a high profile case about vote-by-mail in a battleground state, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has told the Trump campaign and Republican party they must produce any evidence they have of vote-by-mail fraud in the state by tomorrow, per
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1293986746514972672
Senate rules prohibit senators from engaging in campaign activity using their official positions and resources. We’re asking the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate Johnson’s deployment of his office for political ends and to determine the appropriate disciplinary action.
https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1293987725167796229
Federal law prohibits foreign nationals from financing activities to influence U.S. elections. To the extent that Johnson’s investigation is serving to launder misinformation provided by Russian-backed actors, it would violate multiple Senate rules and standards.
https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1293987724379250693
In June, Derkach held a press conference and levied a number of baseless accusations about Biden. Two days later, Johnson reportedly sent letters requesting interviews and documents from two former State Department officials who were discussed at the press conference.
https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1293987723431350281
Johnson has likely been influenced by another Russian official with Ukrainian ties: Andriy Derkach, a graduate of the KGB academy who was described in an August 7 statement from ODNI as “spreading claims about corruption… to undermine” Biden’s candidacy.
https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1293987722655301633
It’s been reported that:
-Telizhenko met with Johnson in July 2019 to discuss the false Biden allegations
-Johnson wrote a letter to AG Barr referencing Telizhenko’s allegations in Sep. 2019
-Johnson expressed an intention to request documents from Telizhenko
https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1293987721657094146
Johnson recently acknowledged that he has met with a Ukrainian individual about the Ukraine investigation. That’s likely Andriy Telizhenko, who has publicly declared his intention to push damaging attacks against Biden via congressional Republicans.
https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1293987720558252043
Johnson’s investigation into matters relating to Biden appears to be using information provided or made publicly available by foreign individuals with known ties to Russia who have openly declared their intent to aid President Donald Trump’s reelection effort.
https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1293987719744573442
Along with @EXPOSEDbyCMD, we’re asking the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate Senator Ron Johnson’s abuse of his position as chair of the Senate Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee to advance discredited attacks against Joe Biden.
https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1293987718633000961
Vice-presidential challengers historically go after the incumbent more forcefully than the person at the top of the ticket so that the presidential nominee can keep his hands a little cleaner. Harris plainly relishes that role. Biden has already made clear that part of Harris’s appeal during the drawn-out selection process was her proven ability, as the former San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general, to prosecute a case. For the next 82 days, she will be prosecuting the political case against the incumbent. “We have all watched her in the United States Senate go toe-to-toe with Trump officials trying to hide the truth, asking the tough questions that needed to be asked and not stopping until she got an answer,” Biden said. “And when none was forthcoming, it was obvious what the answer was.” Harris contrasted Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic with the Obama administration’s handling of the Ebola outbreak in 2014. “Barack Obama and Joe Biden did their job: Only two people in the United States died,” she said. “While other countries are following the science, Trump pushed miracle cures he saw on Fox News. While other countries were flattening the curve, he said the virus would just poof, go away, ‘like a miracle.’ There's a reason it has hit America worse than any other advanced nation. It’s because of Trump's failure to take it seriously from the start, his refusal to get testing up and running, his flip-flopping on social distancing and wearing masks, and his delusional belief that he knows better than the experts. All of that is why an American dies of covid-19 every 80 seconds.” She is uniquely qualified to do this. Just watch her questioning William Barr in the Senate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktdi_L0rYkk
Tomas Nido's Second home run Of The game is A grand Slam
https://streamable.com/t37f2e
Stephen Strasburg Thrown Out Of The game for Arguing balls And Strikes, Colorful language is heard
https://streamable.com/4mdt4q
Biden and Harris prove it doesn’t take a rally to deliver a big message
En Banc D.C. Circuit Rules that House Committee has Standing to Sue to Enforce McGahn Subpoena
https://www.lawfareblog.com/summary-en-banc-dc-circuit-rules-house-committee-has-standing-sue-enforce-mcgahn-subpoena
Another staffer on the Cardinals has tested positive, but the team continues to work toward a return to action. The team may bring back Jose Oquendo to coach third base. Players may drive rental cars individual to Chicago to play vs. CWS this weekend.
https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/1294014949900066817
At this point, shut the Cardinals down. It’s a logistical nightmare for other teams that have to deal with their backlogged schedule. They’re beyond repair and it has a negative effect on the rest of the teams they play. If they do somehow play this weekend, every fucking player on both the Sox and Cardinals should have a mask on, or else they shouldn’t play at all.
U.S. Justice Dept. illegally accuses Yale University of illegally discriminating against Asian American and white students in admissions, a major attack on Affirmative Action.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-accuses-yale-discriminating-against-white-asian-american-applicants-n1236680?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_np
News Media, stop talking about the payroll tax: the TREASURY DEPARTMENT and IRS already said they are not going to change their payroll tax collection because it is UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND ILLEGAL for them to do so. ONLY CONGRESS changes spending policy.
Too bad: This is exactly what vulnerable Republican incumbents were worried about: no deal; senate adjourning; no relief in sight for millions.
https://twitter.com/LACaldwellDC/status/1294019600326234113?s=20
Also worth noting USPS is the most popular brand in the country — 91% view it favorably (see below). If Trump is seen to be delaying everyone’s mail for his own benefit, there’s a real chance this does affect the election, just not the way he thinks.
https://theharrispoll.com/u-s-postal-service-clorox-google-ups-walmart-top-list-of-americans-most-essential-companies-during-covid-19/
In a new book, Michael Cohen writes of Trump “I know where the skeletons are buried because I was the one who buried them.” And he alleges “When Trump wanted to reach Russian President Vladimir Putin, via a secret back channel, I was tasked with making the connection.”
https://disloyalthebook.com/
The U.S. Agency for Global Media has hired Frank Wuco, a controversial former talk radio host who once called President Barack Obama “a Kenyan” and said Nancy Pelosi was a Botox-using Nazi, three USAGM officials told me.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/13/frank-wuco-us-global-media-agency-hiring-394997
Facebook was drilling under the Oregon coast to connect a high-speed cable to Asia earlier this year when an accident left drilling equipment and 6,500 gallons of drilling fluid stranded beneath the seafloor. The company has no plans to retrieve it.
https://oregonlive.com/environment/2020/08/facebook-abandons-broken-drilling-equipment-under-oregon-coast-seafloor.html
Oman and Bahrain normalizedIsrael ties MORE THAN A DECADE AGO. Trump and Republicans have not achieved "middle eastern peace". They're paying hundreds of millions of dollars to these countries to say, "we normalized relations with Israel". They've been diplomatically engaged with Israel for far more than a decade. Ditto for the UAE. Trump and Republicans are paying them to say "Trump achieved middle east peace".
South Dakota officials say they plan to build a security fence budgeted for $400K around the official governor’s residence to protect Republican governor Kristi Noem because she doesn't like the media camped around her demanding answers for refusing to deal with covid19. She doesn't want to do her job, send the military in to remove her already.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/south-dakota-gov-noem-build-security-fence-around-residence-n1236578?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_np
Yale TERRORISTS restore brain function to 32 clinically dead pigs who are now being tortured to death "for science".
https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/zombie-pigs-brainex
After spending more than 10 minutes personally attacking Joe Biden and Democrats, Trump says: "Partisan politics has no place here" and "stop playing politics with the virus"
9/11 was an alarum call to change foreign policy (not sever ties with Israel, to stop all warfare in the Middle East and Africa and Asia). Covid19 is an alarum call to stop drinking alcohol and stop smoking EVERYTHING (including vaping) and stop taking drugs and go organic+vegan (take personal responsibility for your health). In both cases, everybody has doubled down. PLEASE leave Trump win and Republicans take back the House to Republicans can basically carry on exterminating existence. Because not one single person is worth it.
The Pirates have batted around the Reds in the top of the second, 9-0 so far lol
Someone is currently delaying the Rays at Red Sox game by flying a drone over the game
The Sacramento Kings (31-41) beat the Los Angeles Lakers (52-19) in their final game of the season, 136-122 behind Nemanja Bjelica's career high 13 assists
The Washington Wizards (25-47) escape the bubble with a win against the Boston Celtics (48-24), 96-90
Wow. Donald Trump, who led the birther movement against Barack Obama, weighs in on Kamala Harris, who was born in California: "I heard it today that she doesn't meet the requirements." We’re really doing this again as if this is real. He was forced to admit it was a lie that he had perpetuated about Obama in 2016.
Let's talk about how amazing stadiums are for voting in a pandemic: They have ventilation. They are gigantic. Multiple polling stations can be set up. Hundreds of people can vote at once with no lines. There is parking for busses. There is cleaning staff.
One quarter of young adults contemplated suicide during pandemic.
https://politico.com/news/2020/08/13/cdc-mental-health-pandemic-394832
What I said on Fox: League working with union on setting full Cardinals schedule. Players want additional doubleheaders to create off-days. League believes STL still could get close to 60 games, and maybe even to 60 by making up doubleheader if necessary day after season ends.
https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1294043408667942914
Juan Soto shuffles a strikeout.
https://gfycat.com/massivepoisedindianelephant
Mike Zunino sends a ball out of Fenway as the Rays reach 16 runs in just the 5th inning
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/0b4f4dc9-85b2-49ad-b325-1a6966ac137e.mp4
DJ LeMahieu recorded another 4 hits in the Yankees 6-3 win against the Braves on Wednesday. LeMahieu leads the AL with a .431 BA this season. He's seeking to become the first player in Modern MLB history (since 1900) to win a batting title in both leagues.
Fucking Faded: San Antonio Spurs Are Officially Eliminated From 2020 NBA Playoffs, Ending 22-Year Playoff Streak :(
The San Antonio Spurs were tied for the NBA record of 22 consecutive playoff appearances. The Spurs’ streak started in the 1998 NBA Playoffs and was the longest active playoff streak in any major North American sports league.
The Phoenix Suns (34-39) obliterate the Dallas Mavericks (43-32) 128 - 102 to finish their seeding games with an 8-0 record
The Memphis Grizzlies (34-39, 2-6) clinch a spot in the Western Conference play-in, defeat the Milwaukee Bucks (56-17, 3-5), 119-106, behind twin triple-doubles from Ja Morant (12/13/10) and Jonas Valančiūnas (26/19/12)
Middleton narrowly misses the 50/40/90 splits for the season with a 49.7% FG (471-947)
NO, REALLY? Hundreds of Taliban inmates that are set to be released as a precondition to peace talks with Kabul pose a danger "to the world", Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. The 400 Taliban prisoners include many inmates who were involved in attacks that killed scores of Afghans and foreigners.
https://www.france24.com/en/20200813-taliban-inmates-danger-to-the-world-afghan-president
Cardinals will play three doubleheaders in Chicago -- Saturday, Monday and Wednesday. The latter two coming in Wrigley vs Cubs.
https://twitter.com/dgoold/status/1294067455032283137
The Tampa Bay Flappy Boi Rays ring up 42 runs-batted-in in 4-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox
POSITION PLAYER PITCHING ALERT: Jose Peraza is on the mound for the Red Sox in the top of the 9th down 16-5 to the Rays
Loeffler is ripping on Collins for backing Romney in 2012. Which is weird. She was a max-out Romney donor, and gave $750k to his
super PAC.In fact, the $300k she gave to the super PAC in 9/12 is her largest-ever donation, beating out her $290k contrib to Trump
Victory this year
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/1294085316995944448
9/11 ‘Tribute in Light’ canceled over coronavirus concerns
https://www.pix11.com/news/local-news/9-11-tribute-in-light-canceled-over-coronavirus-concerns
Trump and Melania Trump have both requested their mail-in ballots. They were sent in the mail to the first family yesterday, per the Palm Beach County Elections website. President Trump has railed against mail in voting, including today. First reported by USA Today.
https://twitter.com/abbydphillip/status/1294085197093314562
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfV1iM2UEAACWeo?format=jpg&name=small
“In the end, it looks like climate change actually claimed him as a victim.” Obituary of renowned Arctic scientist who died after falling into the kind of crevasse that warming temperatures have created
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/climate/konrad-steffen-dead.html?smid=tw-share
A pipeline of guns from the U.S. is fueling violence in Mexico
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/mexico-shootout-23-dead-houston-tx-crime-guns-15481531.php
Everyone depends on the USPS. Seniors for their Social Security, veterans for their prescriptions, small businesses trying to keep their doors open. They can't be collateral damage for an administration more concerned with suppressing the vote than suppressing a virus.
Suns Go 8-0 In Orlando 🔥 The Best Of The Suns From NBA Restart
If Trump does this, he automatically wins the election because 100% of the left, the alt-left, the alt-right, and libertians will vote for him. Plenty of mentally ill deranged Democrats will too.
https://nypost.com/2020/08/13/trump-a-lot-of-people-think-edward-snowden-not-being-treated-fairly/
Good, and please let the Bald Eagle be okay: A bald eagle took down a government drone in Michigan, state officials say, "tearing off a propeller and sending the aircraft to the bottom of Lake Michigan."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bald-eagle-takes-down-michigan-government-drone-n1236687?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
Eagles, Trump. They have a history.
https://twitter.com/Scorpion_c/status/1294172466663882752?s=20
Every registered voter in New Jersey will get a mail-in ballot in November.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/politics/new-jersey-vote-by-mail-presidential-election/index.html
Israel has to wait to see who wins the election before annexing, the Democratic party platform calls for freezing aid to Israel if Israel annexes. If Trump wins, annexation proceeds.
Top Homeland Security Officials were Invalidly Appointed, GAO Rules
https://www.lawfareblog.com/top-homeland-security-officials-were-invalidly-appointed-gao-rules
Oakland A's outfielder Ramon Laureano had his suspension for charging at the Houston Astros' bench reduced from six games to four, sources tell ESPN. Laureano will drop his appeal and his suspension will start tonight and go through Monday. He won't miss any in-division games.
https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1294305302733611008
Judge tells Devin Nunes for 3rd time he can’t sue Twitter over anonymous tweets
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/california/article244958665.html
Trump will visit ill brother Robert in New York City hospital. "It is what it is"
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/14/donald-trump-to-visit-brother-robert-in-new-york-hospital.html
Nestlé sued over tonnes of dead fish in river. The head of a French fishing federation has lodged a complaint against global food conglomerate Nestlé, after thousands of fish were found dead in a river in north-eastern France.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53775597
Why is "flatscreen" still code for "wasteful luxury spending"? Where would you go in 2020 to buy a non-flatscreen TV?
National Association of Letter Carriers, a union that boasts nearly 300,000 active and retired postal workers, endorses Joe Biden, warning that the “survival” of USPS is at stake.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/postal-workers-union-endorses-biden-warns-survival-usps-stake-n1236768
USPS tells Pa. it can’t deliver mail ballots on time, state warns of ‘overwhelming’ risk to voters-this means Michigan and PA, both swing states, have gotten these warnings.
https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/pennsylvania-mail-voting-deadlines-post-office-lawsuit-20200813.html
The National Zoo's female giant panda, Mei Xiang, appears to be pregnant and could give birth as early as this weekend
https://washingtonpost.com/local/zoo-panda-pregnant/2020/08/14/8cf05a80-de4b-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html
Trump asked twice if he supports the Q Anon conspiracy theory. He refuses to answer. This is a day after he refused to squash discredited idea that Kamala Harris isn't eligible to serve as vice president because her parents were immigrants, even though she was born in Oakland.
He was supposed to exit for Bedford golf course on Thursday early afternoon but obviously decided to stay because the media shifted hard to covering Democrats: Tuesday's VP announcement took the spotlight off him, his Tuesday presser was short and not covered by the media, Wednesday's VP event with the speeches enraged him, his Wednesday presser began with lies and the media stopped covering it, Thursday became the day to directly rebut the speeches by reading a pre-written speech with everybody watching but his speech began insane and the media stopped covering it, Friday became the day to deliver yet another speech on issues and the media once again cut away from it, he should be leaving now for the golf course. He intentionally scheduled a campaign rally in person in Wisconsin on Monday to force media coverage away from the DNC Convention onto him.
"Democrats are holding it up" even though they passed it in the House months ago
Trump had nothing to do w/ the peace deal. It's been in the works for several years. This was the work of Netanyahu—not Trump. Trump demanded credit as he holds US aid over Israel's head. But we can expect a Trump hotel to appear in the UAE soon.
https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1294244564535062528
MLB Numbers: monitoring samples collected and tested in the past week was 12,301. - 4 of 12,301 samples, which is 0.03%, were new positives. - 2 positives were players and 2 were staff. - All 4 of these positives were from a single MLB Club; the other 29 Clubs had 0 positives.
https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1294326203474739200
The President of the United States dodges a question about whether he agrees with a conspiracy theory that the FBI has described as a domestic terrorism threat
https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/1294331824999731202
Today the Belarusian strike has become truly nationwide. Workers of every major state-owned enterprise are demanding Lukashenko's resignation, disbanding of OMON, and new free and fair elections. PM Golovchenko is visiting striking MAZ and MTZ, Lukashenko is still in denial
https://twitter.com/TadeuszGiczan/status/1294203379376435201
The U.S. Postal Service is planning to remove about 15% of letter sorting machines it uses around the country, meaning 502 will be taken out of service, according to documents obtained by Motherboard. Hundreds have already been removed. These post offices are forced to shut down (no sorting means no mail). They are not in any position to hire the hundreds-to-thousands of employees they would need to sort the mail. If if they were given the money, the people hired would need months to develop and hone the skills needed to make manual sorting meet the demand.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkyv4k/internal-usps-documents-outline-plans-to-hobble-mail-sorting
Another woman, mother and daughter lost to a violent, evil man when there were so many warning signs. There are always warning signs. The court had evidence that he threatened to kill her. The court awarded the father partial custody and ordered her to be a full participant during the custody exchanges. Police refuse to escort her for the last exchange date despite having evidence at their fingertips that the father threatened to murder her repeatedly.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/clarissajanlim/woman-killed-ex-husband-apartment-pick-up-children
Amazon rainforest fires hit 10-year high despite Brazil's fires 'ban'
https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/amazon-rainforest-fires-10-year-high-brazil-ban-jair-bolsonaro-578268
India plans to destroy 420,000 acres of ancient forest to create 40 new coalfields
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/08/india-prime-minister-narendra-modi-plans-to-fell-ancient-forest-to-create-40-new-coal-fields/
Kansas, Missouri mail processing machines removed by Postal Service, union leader says
https://amp.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article244967820.html
Calves conceived by artificial insemination shelter in 3,300 hutches at a Milk Source farm in Greenleaf, Wisconsin. Let's bury the meat and dairy industries as soon as possible, this is just disgusting and pure evil
https://i.redd.it/3lompsgk20h51.jpg
Plesac and Clevinger optioned
https://twitter.com/devanfink/status/1294364305547198464?s=21
Pleasac showed no remorse and tried to blame the media for his dumbass actions. People need to realize that when you fuck up, just own it, and get better. Clevinger didn't show any remorse either by sitting in a meeting the next morning acting like he wasn't out there with Pleasac and even defending him. Manfred: "Wait . . . You're punishing players for breaking rules? What is this concept . . . ?"
Mo Bamba has left the NBA bubble, Magic officials said, in order to undergo what the team is calling a "comprehensive post-coronavirus evaluation" on the advice of Magic performance staff and team doctors. Bamba will be out for the rest of the season, the team said.
https://twitter.com/joshuabrobbins/status/1294356423497994250
I am not sorry for being angry over how animals are treated in our society
Some weirdness about today: The O’s are looking to win seven in a row for the first time since August 2017. But if they lose the suspended game, that streak is cut in half. They’d then go for their fourth win in a row in the nightcap.
https://twitter.com/joetrezz/status/1294378613630935041
As of this afternoon, the U.S. has 167,948 coronavirus deaths. You could fill Dodger Stadium to capacity three times with the number of Americans who have died in the last five months. Put another way: We've lost the population of Springfield, Missouri. More than the population of Alexandria, Virginia.
Dolly Parton supports Black Lives Matter: “Do we think our little white asses are the only ones that matter?” https://nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-dolly-parton-of-course-black-lives-matter-20200813-frmvvsx5onczdf6qokmnm33wn4-story.html
In a statement to NBC News, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam calls the letter received from USPS "a deeply troubling development" and "a clear pattern of attempted voter suppression by the Trump administration."
https://twitter.com/amandawgolden/status/1294380763505463298?s=20
More than 223,000 absentee ballots were returned to Clark County as undeliverable mail during the June primary, according to a new report and confirmed by the Review-Journal
https://reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/clark-county/more-than-223k-absentee-ballots-returned-undelivered-in-primary-2095001/
Just this past Sunday, Trump said he hadn’t spoken to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. But WH confirms the two met last week on Monday. A WH spokesman says it was a meeting to congratulate DeJoy on being confirmed. DeJoy was confirmed in May.
https://washingtonpost.com/politics/top-republican-fundraiser-and-trump-ally-to-be-named-postmaster-general-giving-president-new-influence-over-postal-service-officials-say/2020/05/06/25cde93c-8fd4-11ea-8df0-ee33c3f5b0d6_story.html
I am masking up and voting early and in person.
“The concern among officials and social-media companies is that any delay in declaring a result or widespread problems with mail-in voting could trigger the spreading of false stories about how the votes are being counted.”
Even measured against his own history of frequent statements questioning the legitimacy of elections, the volume of Trump's allegations since the coronavirus pandemic began that mail voting will somehow facilitate widespread fraud is without precedent.
https://wsj.com/articles/facebook-and-other-tech-giants-gird-for-chaotic-election-11597272121
Trump has nearly eliminated intelligence briefings from his schedule entirely.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-intel-briefings-gone_n_5f32f2b9c5b6fc009a5e72e3
Kentucky will allow mail in voting for those who are concerned about contracting COVID-19 in Nov, the state's governor & Secretary of State said today. Three weeks of early voting, drop boxes will be available and ballots postmarked by election day will be accepted until Nov. 6.
https://twitter.com/abbydphillip/status/1294377290516910081
The internal watchdog at the United States Postal Service is reviewing controversial policy changes recently imposed under Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, and is also examining DeJoy's compliance with federal ethics rules.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/politics/postal-service-inspector-general-reviewing-dejoy/index.html
Stephen Strasburg starts game 2(after starting game 1)...so he could get 2 decisions today. Strasburg allowed 5 runs on 7 hits in 4.1 innings on Sunday. In his 10 year career he has never pitched in the regular season at Camden Yards. He did pitch there in the July exhibition.
Imagine if Russia or China were doing the same. Might there be bipartisan outrage? Or maybe not even then: President of the Montana Postal Workers Union confirmed to CNN at least 45 mailboxes have been removed various Montana cities | Gary Phillipe says that the union has reports of 30 boxes removed in Billings as well as 3 boxes in Missoula, 9 in Bozeman and 3 in Lewistown
https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1294387508923564032
US Postal Service is warning states that voters risk not getting their ballots back to election offices in time because of lags in mail delivery, according to letters reviewed by CNN.
https://cnn.com/2020/08/14/politics/usps-warn-states-mail-in-ballot-delivery/index.html
Former FBI lawyer plans to plead guilty to falsifying a claim made to sustain government surveillance on a key figure in the Mueller investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, according to his attorney.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/ex-fbi-lawyer-plead-guilty-falsifying-claim-made-continue-surveillance-n1236767
Prime Hospitals took over St. Francis Medical Center in LA and immediately gutted it during a pandemic. Totally outrageous treatment of staff who have been putting their own lives at risk to save others: By eliminating approximately one third of our workforce overnight, Prime is putting the lives of families across LA County in danger of serious illness and even death. @primehospitals it’s time to put patient safety FIRST—bring back essential caregivers!
https://twitter.com/seiu_uhw/status/1294359698762686465
Racist Antisemitic Mentally Ill Scam Artist Finally Cancelled
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/us/adolph-reed-controversy.html
Rep. Jim Clyburn: “The fact that the post office itself is in the Constitution and to see this president dealing with it the way it is, means he has absolutely no regard for the Constitution of the United States of America."
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1294394795281063936
A well-organized political operation that Starting Line observed at their staging location today dropped off petitions to put Kanye West on the Iowa ballot. All his potential electors are registered Republicans
https://iowastartingline.com/2020/08/14/group-with-gop-links-submits-kanye-west-petitions-for-iowa-ballot/
The private health care technology vendor helping to manage the admin’s new coronavirus database has refused to answer questions from Senate Dems about its $10.2 million contract, saying it signed a NDA with HHS.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/world/covid-19-coronavirus.html#link-538de6a7
The Trump campaign argues in a new email, “Racial harmony and justice begin with retiring Biden from public life.” which means murdering/assassinating Joe Biden. Republicans cheering because Republicans are the Trump campaign writing these mailers.
UPS, FedEx warn they cannot carry ballots like U.S. Postal Service
United Parcel Service and FedEx on Friday shot down social media calls that they step in to deliver mail-in ballots from the U.S. Postal Service
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-ups-fedex-exclusive/exclusive-ups-fedex-warn-they-cannot-carry-ballots-like-u-s-postal-service-idUSKCN25B00I
The history of the Post Office is a reminder that the federal government's unique ability to fund massive projects laid the groundwork for most of the business growth and innovation that made America a superpower. It's too bad we don't do that anymore.
Reminder: Congressional watchdog finds acting DHS chief Wolf and senior aide Cuccinelli not legally qualified to hold their jobs.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/congressional-watchdog-finds-acting-dhs-chief-wolf-senior-aide-cuccinelli-n1236735
"Do you have confidence in the postmaster general?"
Sen. Joe Manchin: "Not at all."
"Should he be fired? Should he resign?"
Manchin: "He shouldn't even be there to begin with, and any way you can get rid of him, please do so."
https://www.msnbc.com/mtp-daily/watch/sen-manchin-postmaster-general-won-t-even-talk-to-us-90085957994
California’s grid manager declares a Stage 2 emergency for the first time since 2006 . California’s power grid manager is no longer able to meet demand without market intervention. Shuttered power plants may be ordered back online. California is taking these measures in the hopes of avoiding rolling blackouts
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-14/california-warns-of-power-shortages-with-heat-roiling-cities
Trump illegally and unconstitutionally (and against the free market) orders Tiktok owner ByteDance to bankrupt itself because Trump is still angry TikTok was used by anti-Trump people to buy a whole bunch of Tulsa rally tickets then no-show on purpose
https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1294423649949188100
Before running for office, Republican congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote dozens of articles as a "correspondent" for a racist antisemitic white supremacist conspiracy news website
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/georgia-congressional-candidate-s-writings-highlight-qanon-support-n1236724?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_np
These are the letters the Postmaster General sent warning Secretaries of State that some mail-in ballots may not be delivered in time to be counted for the November election. Link to full cache
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7036749-USPS-Postmaster-General-Mail-in-Ballots-Deadline.html
Bill Mitchell, Trump sycophant and prominent supporter of the QAnon conspiracy theory, was permanently suspended from Twitter for previously trying to evade bans
https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanon-loving-trump-sycophant-bill-mitchell-gets-permanently-booted-from-twitter
As California Covid-19 Cases Exceed 600,000, Most Students Will Start School Year at Home
https://www.courthousenews.com/as-california-covid-cases-exceed-600000-most-students-will-start-school-year-at-home/
Economic progress for immigrants, women and Blacks is essential to the overall health of the American economy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/the-fate-of-the-american-middle-class--beyond-the-white-male-myths/2020/08/13/1ec45360-bfb3-11ea-b178-bb7b05b94af1_story.html
The NY Daily News closes its newsroom
https://nytimes.com/2020/08/12/business/media/daily-news-office.html
Good news after scary collision, stretcher: Heat's Derrick Jones Jr. has been diagnosed with a neck strain and will be re-evaluated over weekend
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1294428720246263809
As Newsrooms Close Across the Country, Remembering Why They Matter
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/as-newsrooms-close-across-the-country-remembering-why-they-matter
It's amazing how quickly "the President is going to cheat to win" is just normalized as a factor we must all work around because the system itself is far too corrupted to stop him.
To see Iran's botched shows of force as a victory for President Trump's 'maximum pressure' policy means ignoring that it has only fostered behaviors it was meant to stop
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/iran-seizes-oil-tanker-attacks-dummy-aircraft-carrier-attempt-inspire-ncna1235773
Far too little far too late: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has announced a five-point strategy to combat looting in the city's business district that includes social media monitoring, speeding up police response and "robust" prosecution https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/us/chicago-lightfoot-strategy-to-stop-looting/index.html
"Multiple sources within the postal service told Motherboard they have personally witnessed the machines, which cost millions of dollars, being destroyed or thrown in the dumpster. USPS did not respond to a request for comment."
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkyv4k/internal-usps-documents-outline-plans-to-hobble-mail-sorting
Within the last four hours, the Washington Nationals have lost their No. 3 hitter to a broken wrist and their World Series MVP to what looks like a reoccurrence of his nerve issue in his throwing hand.
Trump was supposed to throw out the first pitch at the Yankees game tonight in New York but canceled because of his "strong focus on the China Virus, including scheduled meetings on Vaccines, our economy and much else." Today he hiding at a golf course (Bedminister, NJ) with only a roundtable with supporters (closed to the press) on the schedule.
Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return, with the ice likely to melt away no matter how quickly the world reduces climate-warming emissions, new research suggests.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-arctic-idUSKCN25A2X3
It Took Newsweek Three Days And A Staff Revolt To Apologize For Publishing The Lie That Kamala Harris Is Not A US Citizen
https://www.thedailybeast.com/it-took-newsweek-three-days-and-a-staff-revolt-to-apologize-for-kamala-harris-birtherism-op-ed
Bryce Harper and the Phillies walk-off the Mets, call upheld after challenge.
https://streamable.com/91p2qa
Of the last 48 Cubs batters Josh Hader has faced since June 10th, 2018... One has gotten a hit.
https://twitter.com/archibaldcrane/status/1294478846662594560
A Reds player has tested positive for COVID-19, sources tell The Athletic. Team defeated Pirates on Friday night, scheduled to host them again at 6:10 p.m. ET on Saturday. Status of that game not yet known.
https://twitter.com/ken_rosenthal/status/1294490757689155584
Saturday’s game between the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates is likely to be postponed after a Reds player tested positive for COVID-19, sources tell ESPN. The fallout is unclear — will be for days. But after the Marlins and Cardinals outbreaks, avoiding another is vital.”
https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1294496191741394944
Imagine a presidency you don’t think about daily.
Imagine a presidency with integrity.
Imagine a presidency with probity.
Imagine a presidency with wisdom.
Imagine a presidency with intelligence.
Imagine a presidency with empathy.
Imagine a presidency with decency.
Imagine a presidency with dignity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Bream
USPS has started reducing post office operating hours across several states and removing letter collection boxes, according to union officials. Officials say that in the last week the USPS removed collection boxes in New York, Oregon, Montana and Indiana.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/politics/usps-removes-letter-collection-boxes-reduces-post-office-operating-hours/index.html
New Orleans has thankfully dismissed coach Alvin Gentry. The Pelicans should have performed far better for the 2019-2020 season. They should have finished 6th, 7th, 8th.
USPS Will "Postpone" ILLEGA Removal Of Mailboxes Until After Election
https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-postal-service-relents-will-postpone-removing-mailboxes-until-after-election
Katie Hobbs asks Arizona AG to investigate Trump administration over USPS
https://www.12news.com/amp/article/news/politics/katie-hobbs-asks-arizona-ag-to-investigate-trump-administration-over-usps/75-bc57ca9a-789a-40ab-9305-16be8ec236e0
Criminal Referral in NJ Seeks Grand Jury Investigation of Trump’s ‘Arson’ of U.S. Postal Service
https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/criminal-referral-in-nj-seeks-grand-jury-investigation-of-trumps-arson-of-u-s-postal-service/
Mail-order medicine for vets delayed due to policy changes at Postal Service
https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/mail-order-medicine-for-vets-delayed-due-to-policy-changes-at-postal-service-lawmakers/
All the remaining tests from Reds and Pirates came back negative after one Red had a positive. So postponement tonight is out of caution.
https://twitter.com/jonheyman/status/1294648500022583297
Sunday’s Reds-Pirates game also postponed
https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1294650736253341702
CDC's chief of staff, deputy chief of staff jointly depart. Both Kyle McGowan and Amanda Campbell have been with the health department since the start of the Trump administration.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/14/cdc-chief-of-staff-departs-395509
Carmelo hits the clutch three to put the Blazers up 6 with 21.0 secs remaining
https://streamable.com/st41i4
Jusuf Nurkić tonight: 22/21/6/2/2 on 8-14 shooting and 2-3 from 3. +/- of +18 in 41 minutes
CJ McCollum gets wild after drilling two monster shots back-to-back on Morant
https://streamable.com/bxpro2
Melo with the impressive bucket in transition
https://streamable.com/8m2d9v
Florida man who went on racist red light rant in viral video arrested after police chase for vandalizing political signs with racial slurs
https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2020/08/15/east-naples-man-caught-on-video-screaming-racial-slurs-stoplight-arrested-vandalizing-political-signs/
Netanyahu had long insisted, against conventional wisdom, that Israel could build full diplomatic and trade ties with Arab countries without settling the Palestinian conflict first. Changes in the Middle East finally proved him right.
Source: @KYGOP legislators are "furious" at fellow Republican @KYSecState Michael Adams for the #Kentucky general election plan he announced with Democratic @GovAndyBeshear on Friday, including "threats of primary" by some non-legislators in last 24 hours. #AllEyesOnKentucky
https://twitter.com/phillipmbailey/status/1294641219818131456
We expect our elected officials to protect the right to vote and to ensure every vote is counted. This attack on the Postal Service —an institution as old as the Republic itself and depended upon, and trusted by, millions of Americans— is designed to ensure that neither is done.
Congressman spent tax dollars on vendor owned by a member of his staff - U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedron, R-Minnesota, spent tax dollars on vendor owned by staffer, raising red flags over Congressional ethics rules.
https://minnesotareformer.com/2020/08/15/congressman-spent-tax-dollars-on-vendor-owned-by-a-member-of-his-staff/
Trump makes a false distinction between "absentee" and other mail-in voting, claiming "I'm an absentee voter." Florida, where he is voting by mail, makes no "absentee" distinction; it's all vote by mail, no excuse needed, no matter where you are.
The USPS contribution to the entire economy is priceless. The entirety of e-commerce would be nowhere near what it is today without the USPS.
Trump begins his August 15 Bedminster news conference by claiming US coronavirus cases are going down "despite" testing, which reveals a profound confusion about how testing works. (Also there were over 55,000 news cases yesterday, so cases are not significantly dropping.) ~ Aaron Rupar (Vox)
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1294748591853113344
"It's Democrat's fault that I'm purposefully sabotaging the USPS."
House Oversight is holding a hearing with DeJoy on Sept. 17 | With all due respect to @RepMaloney, that's too late to fix anything uncovered at the hearing. Early voting in some states begins on Sept. 19. This hearing should be done virtually in August
https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/chairwoman-maloney-announces-hearing-with-postmaster-general
https://twitter.com/PreetBharara/status/1294761866917490691?s=20
Trump wants to exonetate Snowden to win the left, alt-left, alt-right vote, as well as a significant number of criminal terrorist Democratic voters. If he exonerates Snowden, he will easily win re-election.
Pelosi and other top Dems discussed the plan on emergency leadership call today.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/15/pelosi-bringing-house-back-early-postal-service-395791
This Rays' shift will never cease to amaze me.
https://twitter.com/jjcoop36/status/1294768833576808450
The postal delays are in, or in parts of, five battleground states —Pennsylvania, Michigan, Florida, Wisconsin and North Carolina— politically competitive blends of urban and rural voters that will likely determine the presidential election.
https://www.wisconsinwatch.org/2020/08/postal-service-delays-errors-threaten-election/
Tonight is Shane Bieber’s 3rd start this season where he allowed 0 runs and racked up 10+ strikeouts. All other pitchers in @MLB have combined for 5 such starts this season.
https://twitter.com/MLBStats/status/1294799090925133824
YEP: What should we do, you ask? We should subpoena the Postmaster immediately and afford him the opportunity to testify. If he won’t, you ask? The Sergeant at Arms can detain anyone found in contempt of Congress. We’ve abdicated too much, and this is too important and time sensitive.
https://twitter.com/RepDeanPhillips/status/1294793043942481921
In Southeast DC people some people have gone WEEKS without mail. One man said that while at the post office he desperately needed his medicine, but his mail hadn’t been getting delivered and they didn’t have it inside the post office.
https://www.wusa9.com/video/news/local/dc/two-weeks-no-mail-in-southeast-dc-neighborhood/65-3bdc8a8f-a467-47f1-af7f-64ba207fa810
Protesters filled the streets outside the head of the U.S. Postal Service's home in Northwest Washington, D.C., on Saturday, some carrying signs that read "Don't mess with the USPS" and "Don't stamp out our democracy."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/protesters-gather-postal-service-boss-home-amid-concerns-over-mailed-n1236874
Wildfire in northern California triggers first-ever tornado warning for a 'fire tornado'
https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1294803019033464837?s=20
USPS, 1914: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." But this election year: "deadlines for requesting and casting mail-in ballots are incongruous with the Postal Service's delivery standards."
We need to subpoena the Postmaster General, and if he fails to appear, we should send the Sgt at Arms to arrest him.
https://twitter.com/repjimcooper/status/1294773672469815296?s=20
It’s not just ballots that are being slowed. It’s life-saving medication and checks for our veterans and our elderly. Tampering with the mail is a federal crime, and DeJoy — on Trump’s orders — is tampering.
https://twitter.com/repjimcooper/status/1294773673505755138?s=20
to recap, white nationalists rallied today in stone mountain, GA, where they were outnumbered & outmaneuvered by antifascists; proud boy fascists shot live rounds at protesters in portland; and there was another proud boy rally in kalamazoo, MI
https://twitter.com/chick_in_kiev/status/1294772409019621377?s=20
https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2020/08/rally-turns-violent-as-proud-boys-met-by-counter-protesters-in-downtown-kalamazoo.html
Senator Ron Johnson: You are a disgrace. You are a US Senator who is laundering Russian misinformation created by Russian Intelligence Services through the US Senate Committee you chair.
1) Prime time hearings, now.
2) Subpoenas to Trump WH and camp officials. This is a RICO case
3) Visit local post offices with cameras - show people what is happening. Pictures and video clips are already circulating on twitter
4) Events with those getting Rx late
5) Involve governors
5) No rest, no vacation. Go to war for our country.
Documents Reveal That Federal Agency Monitored Black Lives Matter Demonstrations but Ignored White Supremacist Domestic Terrorist Involvement In Violent Protests
https://www.theroot.com/documents-reveal-that-federal-agency-monitored-black-li-1844737453
Nearly 17% of mailed ballots in a Nevada county were never delivered
https://www.businessinsider.com/clark-county-nevada-las-vegas-mail-in-primary-ballots-undeliverable-2020-8
Pennsylvania farmer who voted for Trump in 2016 to speak at DNC: "He conned me"
https://www.newsweek.com/pennsylvania-farmer-who-voted-trump-2016-speak-dnc-he-conned-me-1525361
Republican state legislatures are already restricting ballot drop boxes, and ballot drop boxes ARE NOT THE SOLUTION. PEOPLE VOTE ABSENTEE FOR A REASON. THEY. CANNOT. GET. TO. A. BALLOT. DROP. BOX. LOCATION. 99% of absentee ballot voters are OVERSEAS or IN A DIFFERENT STATE or HAVE NO VEHICLE AND CANNOT RIDE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE OF DISABILITY. BIG FUCKING DUH. DEMOCRATS: RDER THE USPS POSTMASTER GENERAL ARRESTED ALREADY. THAT IS THE ONLY FUCKING SOLUTION.
Hear all Reds players tested yesterday were negative, boding well for their return next week
https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1294990900087709700?s=19
The Red Sox have lost 6 in a row and have given up 63 runs in the process.
The San Francisco Giants have blown back to back 7-2 and 6-3 leads in the 9th to the Oakland A's
The Nationals have started 7-11 in a 60-game season. That’s the equivalent of starting 19-31 in a 162-game season.
The 2020 Red Sox are the first team in franchise history to allow 8+ runs in 6 straight games. They’re the 25th team ever to do so. The record is 7 straight games of 8+ runs allowed (done 5x, most recently in 2000 by the Orioles and Mariners).”
https://twitter.com/alexspeier/status/1294804188623441922
Shane Bieber through 5 starts: 34.2 IP, 19 H, 5 R, 6 BB, 54 SO, 1.30 ERA
Mr. President, Jill and I are sad to learn of your younger brother Robert’s passing. I know the tremendous pain of losing a loved one — and I know how important family is in moments like these. I hope you know that our prayers are with you all.
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1294978495383310336
Kenya's elephant population has more than doubled since the 1980s, and one national park is currently having a 'baby boom' thanks to the country's efforts to stop poachers.
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/14/902177466/some-good-news-an-elephant-baby-boom-in-one-kenyan-national-park
Warming Greenland ice sheet passes point of no return: Nearly 40 years of satellite data from Greenland shows that glaciers on the island have shrunk so much that even if global warming were to stop today, the ice sheet would continue shrinking.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/warming-greenland-ice-sheet-passes-point-of-no-return/article/576379
'10 times more infectious' D614G coronavirus strain detected in Malaysia
https://www.todayonline.com/world/10-times-more-infectious-d614g-coronavirus-strain-detected-malaysia
12 billion light-years from Earth, scientists spotted a galaxy that just so happens to be the spitting image of a young Milky Way. Its discovery challenges our understanding of the early universe as we currently know it.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9358qz/scientists-found-a-lookalike-of-our-own-galaxy-deep-in-cosmic-time
Record Arctic blazes may herald new ‘fire regime’ decades sooner than anticipated
Other signs of rapid Arctic warming are evident, including the partial loss of a symbolic Canadian ice shelf
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/08/14/record-arctic-fires/
The Taliban on Saturday issued a statement saying the group does not recognize the Afghan government as a legitimate system LOL Osama Biden Laden won
https://tolonews.com/afghanistan/taliban-doesn%E2%80%99t-recognize-afghan-govt-statement
Australian surfer needs to be executed, the ocean is the SHARK'S HOME, not yours
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/15/australia/australia-man-punches-shark-intl-hnk-scli/index.html
Dusty Baker said Jose Altuve came to him before game time and asked him to move him down in the lineup.
https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/1294815850659225607
Dusty looking down at the lineup card in his hand where he has Altuve already written down as 7th. "Uhh.. sure thing."
“Let me just erase your name out of the 3 spot and put it lower” fakes erasing with nearby pencil.
“But...I saw the lineup card and it was written in pen”
Dusty said he was so surprised he made pitcher Christian Javier throw 300 warmup pitches to clear his head.
According to the M's broadcast, first time he's batted 7th or lower in the lineup since 2012
Also in #USPS news, Top Dem on Homeland Gary Peters sends letter to Chairman Johnson asking for emergency post office hearing on August 21. “Peters has received nearly 7,000 complaints from people in MI and across the country who have seen significant and harmful mail delays”
https://twitter.com/FoxReports/status/1295024895815045126
House Democratic leaders to hold member caucus call 11:30 a.m. Monday re: "attack on the the Postal Service" as well as status of stimulus, coronavirus response...per notice sent to offices.
NO, REALLY, I'VE BEEN SCREAMING THIS FOR YEARS: Only 28% of Black Dems consider themselves liberal, according to @pewresearch, while 70% identify as moderate or conservative. #CrossTalk #AMJoy
https://twitter.com/TiffanyDCross/status/1295017220494352390
Republican are still to this day right now attacking Hillary: A federal appeals court panel has unanimously overturned a lower-court order requiring Hillary Clinton to provide a sworn deposition about her use of a private email account. The court ruled that Judicial Watch was not entitled to depose Clinton.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/14/hillary-clinton-emails-deposition-overturned-395361
The most exonerated person in history.
Maybe Judicial watch should look into Jared and Ivanka’s use of personal email. Maybe they can focus on Ivanka doing the same thing...in the CURRENT administration
Following Trump's threats against the USPS, voters are flooding every govt office imaginable with concerns about the safety of mail voting
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/state-officials-rush-to-shore-up-confidence-in-nov-3-election-as-voters-express-new-fears-about-mail-voting/2020/08/16/3d511144-df23-11ea-b205-ff838e15a9a6_story.html
Here's the full Don Mattingly ejection. Includes him getting tossed, the profanity laced argument, and the ball/strike call that set him off. I have attempted to reduce the "crowd noise" a bit to get even clearer audio. Truly a landmark moment for f-bombs on live television.
https://twitter.com/FoolishBB/status/1295070491749867521
The fact that this question - about a woman born in this country - even needs to be asked and answered today is remarkable. (Republicans screaming that Kamala is not a citizen)
Another 1,029 Americans died yesterday from coronavirus. Some perspective: In mid-March, the U.S. & South Korea each had approximately 90 deaths. The U.S. now has 169,754 deaths. South Korea, with a population of 52 million, has 305.
Giants relievers have allowed 21 homers in 23 games.
The Brewers take 3 of 4 from the Cubs in Wrigley to take a lead in the season series (4-3).
Indians' last 20 games against the Tigers: W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W
The House is coming back into session this week, SpeakerPelosi announces, to consider legislation that will prevent any additional operational changes to the Postal Service
https://twitter.com/ElizLanders/status/1295127326884352000
Pelosi announces that members will return later this week to vote Saturday, when it's too late, because the damage has already been done, on chairwoman Maloney’s bill to stop changes at the Post Office. They should be issuing subpoenas now but are outright refusing to do so and that is why Trump easily wins re-election, Democrats are cowards. Every passed day equals grave damage to the USPS and Democrats CLEARLY DO NOT CARE. THEY HAVE THE POWER TO REMOVE THE USPS POSTMASTER RIGHT NOW AND ROLL BACK THE REPUBLICAN ATTEMPT TO DISMANTLE USPS. THEY'RE REFUSING TO DO THEIR JOBS. Fuck hearings. They schedule them weeks afterward, with an invite, then follow-ups weeks later. If they show up, it's "I don't know", or, "I don't recall" or whatever other Barr & mob-like legalese type answers they've conjured to say "I was just doing my job" and this is normal "business as usual", all while it's the fucking dopiest theater for Republican lackeys, then nothing happens. Get warrants, send subpoenas, make arrests, get injunctions, restraining orders, play their game of act first, walk back later. Crack the fucking whip. You have the power of the purse. Use it to your advantage. This is an emergency. We don't wait weeks to call an ambulance when someone gets shot in front of us and we don't have a town hall to discuss it. DEMOCRATS ARE THE SAME AS REPUBLICANS.
Forget asking them how bout arresting every one of them for treason against America ! What is it about deliberately attempting to prevent or limit Americans constitutional right to vote that wouldn’t be considered treasonous at this point ?
"Urgent" in 8 days. Testify? Why not just issue an arrest warrant? Tampering with the US mail used to be a felony. Trump is going to run all over these weak do nothing bureaucrats. While they cry, whimper and shuffle we get Hitler 2.0.
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