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Pictures of locked mailboxes circulate on Twitter amid USPS crisis
https://www.newsweek.com/locked-mailboxes-circulating-social-media-1525480

'What a Disgrace': Pentagon Weighing $2.2 Billion in Cuts to Military Healthcare Just After Passage of $740 Billion Budget
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/08/17/what-disgrace-pentagon-weighing-22-billion-cuts-military-healthcare-just-after

Trump administration using private security firm to detain Latin American children in major hotel chains
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-migrant-children-detention-centre-hotel-hampton-inn-hilton-a9673606.html

If Americans stop believing in the system of institutions - and most Americans already do not believe anymore , then what is left but chaos, and who can bring order out of chaos? only Trump and Republicans. It is the theme of every autocrat who ever seized power or tried to hold onto it”

Afghanistan hands over government to Taliban. Such a long war, so many lives impacted and so much money spent. All for nothing.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/2020/08/16/kabul-begins-release-of-final-400-taliban-prisoners-called-for-in-us-agreement/

“We lost his body the first time," Seth Rich's mother, Mary, has said, "and the second time we lost his soul.” How Fox News turned a private tragedy into a "living nightmare" and a global conspiracy theory.
https://rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/seth-rich-fox-news-sean-hannity-wikileaks-donald-trump-1040830/

Pro-Trump Republican Donor Postmaster General Louis DeJoy continues to illegally hold a multimillion-dollar stake in his former company XPO Logistics, a USPS contractor
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/12/politics/postal-service-dejoy-conflicts-amazon-trades-xpo-stake/index.html

After losing her grandmother and godmother to the coronavirus, Sharon Stone now says her sister and brother-in-law are battling the disease.
https://www.etonline.com/sharon-stone-says-sister-and-brother-in-law-are-fighting-for-their-lives-batting-covid-19-151425

Democratic Caucus Chair Jeffries and Rep. Lieu write urging FBI to evaluate whether Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, or Members of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service, committed any crimes in light of nationwide delays and issues with USPS.
https://twitter.com/HouseInSession/status/1295322326226141184

7 states are preparing to sue the Trump administration to stop the Republicans from destroying USPS
https://www.businessinsider.com/states-plan-sue-trump-admin-usps-cuts-election-2020-8

Record-breaking 721,751 votes in South Florida already cast in Tuesday’s primary election
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/elections/fl-ne-mail-voting-early-voting-florida-turnout-august-2020-20200817-wxwtnsvw65b7hfdscxmozu4kdy-story.html

The Democratic Party will be hosting their official nominating convention from August 17th - August 20th. Based in Milwaukee, much of the convention functions are expected to be digital. Convention program is advertised to begin airing from 9:00-11:00 PM Eastern. Caucus meetings are scheduled to start at noon (EST) each day with a Pre-Show at 7 EST. Other major events are to be determined. Currently Publicized Speakers:
Day 1 Speakers
https://www.demconvention.com/schedule-and-speakers/?_sft_event-day=august-17
CSPAN Stream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuZDGe5g56M

Trump administration announces plans to illegally drill in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/17/politics/trump-arctic-wildlife-drilling/index.html

One week after an intelligence assessment described a Russian effort to denigrate Joe Biden, Trump has retweeted a Russian-created audio recording that aims to do just that. The recordings were made public in May by a Ukraine lawmaker.
https://apnews.com/670097d689c18e87c267018654f9f914

Colorado drop boxes are kept under 24-hour video surveillance, and the ballots are collected at least once a day by a bipartisan team of election judges, whose actions are recorded in a public log.
https://twitter.com/smotus/status/129539868743935181

It's really weird having a home Denver playoff game in which they aren't talking about altitude for 90% of the game.
https://www.espn.com/nba/game?gameId=401236280

Voting by mail is safe enough for Trump's postmaster general—he's done it before
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/louis-dejoy-absentee-voting/

82-year-old Houston-area man left without heart medicine for a week due to USPS delays
http://cbsaustin.com/news/local/82-year-old-houston-area-man-left-without-heart-medicine-for-a-week-due-to-usps-delays

14 U.S. Cities Still Waiting for Trump Campaign to Pay Nearly $2M in Police, Public Safety Bills
https://www.newsweek.com/14-us-cities-still-waiting-trump-campaign-pay-nearly-2m-police-public-safety-bills-1525583

Mail processing equipment dismantled behind Cleveland’s main post office
https://www.cleveland19.com/2020/08/16/mail-processing-equipment-dismantled-behind-clevelands-main-post-office-will-timing-this-impact-election-mail-in-votes/

Iran paid bounties to Taliban for targeting US troops
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/512273-iran-paid-bounties-for-targeting-us-troops-intelligence-reportedly-suggests

Microplastic particles found in human organs
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/17/microplastic-particles-discovered-in-human-organs

Taylor says Trump brushed off aides who told him family separations were illegal. "He didn't want us to tell him it was illegal anymore because...and these were his words: He knew that he had 'magical authorities.'"
https://twitter.com/EliStokols/status/1295445954976456704

Trump noting in Minnesota that he has blocked refugees from (among other countries) Somalia is notable - the state has the largest Somali community in the United States (most in the Twin Cities area)

LOL Trump administration admitting fewer persecuted Christian refugees | The number has plummeted 90 percent since 2015 as the White House repeatedly slashes the number of refugee admissions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-administration-admitting-fewer-persecuted-christian-refugees/2020/07/10/8899353a-c2dd-11ea-864a-0dd31b9d6917_story.html

Trump's Former head of DHS Miles Taylor: One morning it might be a demand to shut off congressionally appropriated funds to a foreign ally that had angered him, and that evening it might be a request to sharpen the spikes atop the border wall so they’d be more damaging to human flesh.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/at-homeland-security-i-saw-firsthand-how-dangerous-trump-is-for-america/2020/08/17/f10bb92e-e0a3-11ea-b69b-64f7b0477ed4_story.html

Jason Leopold's FOIA work showed how Trump's former DHS head Miles Taylor was privy to many DHS conversations about border policy. His appointment at Google sparked outrage among employees given the company's very public stance against the Muslim ban.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/miles-taylor-family-separation-dhs-despite-google-denial

Mitchell gets past Jokic, avoids Grant in the air and throws it down
https://streamable.com/vj0gal

The Jazz & Nuggets play some amazing basketball to end the half
https://streamable.com/bs7t2i

Clarkson hits a crazy off-balance 3 to beat the shot clock
https://streamable.com/fkb6mu

Jokic ponders whether to embarrass Gobert then drills a 3 in his face
https://streamable.com/na62lq

Jamal Murray confidently hits the 3 to cap off a 12-2 run
https://streamable.com/y0ilpv

Donovan Mitchell hits the step-back 3 to tie the game
https://streamable.com/2l8dh4

Jokic looks like Drew Brees with the full court pass to Jerami Grant for the layup
https://streamable.com/325xv3

Everyone should watch this new ad. Trump cut funding to FEMA in California during the massive wildfires, because it was burning down areas that weren't his base.
https://twitter.com/RVAT2020/status/1295428130170195968

Navy SEAL who oversaw bin Laden raid defends the Postal Service and says Trump is undermining every major US institution
https://www.businessinsider.com/navy-seal-william-mcraven-trump-is-actively-undermining-us-institutions-2020-8

Utah gonna lose because of an unforced backcourt violation. how do you let that happen?? How do you not replay the foul with 26 seconds left in the game.

the constant lies. All the lies. They come so easy to him that most will just roll with what he's saying. A liar, a cheater, a racist, a misogynist without compassion or empathy, without intellect or morals - the President. I hate 2020 so much...

A former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI has been charged with spying for China, including by disclosing secret tradecraft and information on sources to intelligence officers, according to a court documents unsealed Monday.
https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1295456339595010048

Just heard from a teacher friend prepping for the school year: they've been told they can't leave classroom doors open to promote better air circulation, because that would circumvent the school's automatic locking system that's in place for active shooter situations.

Quit covering this insane piece of garbage (Kanye)

This guy.He called sitting US Senator/VP nominee a “Ho” and a mattress. Joni? Hello? Kelly? Hello? Martha? Any R women Senators going to speak out? In my time in the Senate the women Senators would come together on a bipartisan basis & condemn this outrageous abuse of a colleague
https://twitter.com/clairecmc/status/1295394637042143238

The decision comes after the University's COVID-19 positivity rate rose from 2.8 percent to 13.6 percent last week.
https://twitter.com/dailytarheel/status/1295452926362746885

In a letter obtained by @CBSNews, OH AG Yost wrote Pres. Trump, urging him to postpone his reforms to the Postal Service until after the Nov. election. Yost wrote, "Whatever reform is needed at the Postal Service, it cannot come at the expense of our faith in the 2020 election."
https://twitter.com/jackturmanIII/status/1295453857787645952

Las Vegas Philharmonic and Nevada Ballet Theatre are among the more than 350 performances canceled through the end of the year
https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/arts-culture/with-smith-center-closed-for-2020-ceo-makes-plans-for-reopening-2094885/

Donovan Mitchell in a Game 1 OT loss against Denver: 57 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists on 19/32 from the field, 6/14 from 3 and 13/13 from the line

Donovan Mitchell With 3RD HIGHEST Playoff Scoring Performance In NBA History

Kendall Graveman Diagnosed With Bone Tumor In Cervical Spine | Fortunately, Graveman’s tumor is benign and won’t grow or worsen if he continues to pitch, per Divish. And while Graveman may undergo surgery to address it at some point, that procedure won’t take place “until down the road,” Divish writes. It seems Graveman will even pitch again this year, as his hope is to make one more rehab start in an intraquad game before he’s ready for a return, according to Divish.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/08/kendall-graveman-diagnosed-with-bone-tumor-in-cervical-spine.html

MLB not ready to open its parks to fans. A league spokesperson says, “Given the state of the virus throughout the country and that most of our clubs do not have authorization from their local jurisdictions allowing for it, we are not able to consider hosting fans at this time.”
https://twitter.com/ken_rosenthal/status/1295447265876869122

His last few tweets are a trip. He's now saying Bernie is not part of the radical left and he's mad that the USPS testimony is happening during the Republican convention instead of the Democratic one lol. And "Save the Post Office". He's throwing DeJoy under the bus. Media are CRIMINAL TERRORIST COWARDS for refusing to stop covering Trump.

Lowry finds Siakam with the football pass for the And-1 touchdown
https://streamable.com/asc0i1

Fred VanVleet sinks a disgusting triple to put the Raptors up by 26 points and force a Nets time-out
https://streamable.com/ootmvs

Senate Democrats call on USPS governing board to undo mail changes and remove DeJoy if necessary
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/08/17/usps-dejoy-policies-democrats/

Republicans are accusing Democrats of lying for saying some people rely on the mail for Social Security checks. They aren't. Though 99.1% do direct deposit, the 0.9% still getting mail checks is 549,818 people. https://ssa.gov/deposit/T2StateSum_a.htm

It’s “nearly 850,000” Social Security Administration paper checks per month if you include SSI, administration spokesman Mark Hinkle tells me.
https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1295488884059656200

This was supposed to be Milwaukee's year to shine. Instead, it's just full of disappointed business owners and Secret Service agents standing around protecting no one.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/just-kind-sucks-disappointed-milwaukee-ghost-town-democratic-convention-n1236967

Trump said he should get a 3rd term because "they spied on my campaign. We should get a re-do on four years." "They got caught," he says of the FBI and Obama Administration.

Louis DeJoy, the recently appointed US Postmaster General, said in a 2005 interview that Donald Trump's leadership style is "self-destructive" and that if he ever worked for Trump, he would be ousted.
https://www.businessinsider.com/usps-louis-dejoy-trump-leadership-style-self-destructive-2020-8

For a lot of students, planning a semester at college involves tons of expenses that can't be recouped. These last minute cancellations are just brutal for young people already stretched thin.

It's time to end the power of the police unions. We've published the largest analysis of police union contracts in America and mapped the ways police unions block accountability and transformational change. Take action to dismantle police union power at http://nixthe6.org.

Trump says we're doing "great" with the pandemic

Kim Jong Un orders pet dogs to be confiscated for food
https://nypost.com/2020/08/17/kim-jong-un-orders-pet-dogs-to-be-confiscated-in-pyongyang/amp/

US chickens 'literally sitting in each other's waste' says RSPCA. Chlorination of hens and use of pig sow stalls among disparities highlighted by charity ahead of post-Brexit trade talks
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/17/us-chickens-literally-sitting-in-each-others-waste-says-rspca-brexit

Trump really laying on thick the president for life jokes today...

Meanwhile, over on Fox News, we have the 2nd of Trump's speeches today, aired live and uninterrupted, without commentary or fact checking. I wonder if their coverage of the DNC speeches will be shown the same courtesy?

The people AOC speaks to are already voting Democrat. Kasich is talking to people who can flip states.

Trump has called Fox “fake news,” once again showing that loyalty need only surge like a tidal wave in one direction only.
https://twitter.com/andylevy/status/1295476305681620992

This is one of the first cases to test just how broadly SCOTUS' landmark LGBTQ workplace rights decision this year will apply — the judge found the Trump admin's plan to roll back transgender protections in the ACA couldn't stand. A Judge Blocked The Trump Administration's Effort To Roll Back Transgender Healthcare Protections. The court ruling is one of the first to apply the US Supreme Court's expansion of employment protections for LGBTQ indviduals to other areas.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/judge-blocked-trump-rollback-transgender-rights

Taylor was a trusted staffer of Kirstjen Nielsen and worked side-by-side with Chad Wolf, who is now the acting (and illegally appointed) secretary of DHS.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/miles-taylor-family-separation-dhs-despite-google-denial

Trump right now in his speech in Oshkosh, Wisconsin: "The only way we're going to lose this election is if it's rigged. That's the only way.". He's already been saying that if Biden wins it's because Democrats rigged it, and he, Trump, will not leave office and will fight the results. REPUBLICANS ARE CHEERING BECAUSE THEY ARE HITLERS.


1. Illegally Drill for oil
2. Illegally Burn oil
3. Heat planet
4. Manually re-freeze melting Arctic permafrost to prevent infrastructure from collapsing so you can
1. Illegally Drill for oil
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/alaska-oil-project-would-use-chillers-to-freeze-thawing-tundra

OG Anunoby gets the spin and slam over Luwawu-Cabarrot
https://streamable.com/zvguhd

VanVleet drills his 8th triple of the game with a cold shot from the cornerHighlights
https://streamable.com/qivjew

DNC convention vs NBA playoffs and NHL playoffs and MLB truncated season where every game matters and every game is played like game 7 of the world series YIKES I'll be going back and forth between all the games and speeches

"Trump Campaign Launches Sale of Trump 2020 Face Covers" The president's campaign is now branding face masks as "patriotic" and encouraging its supporters to wear them.

One of the most highly known (retired) military officers today told me he has voted by mail his entire career (and even now), "I have never been in a voting booth." Military largely votes by mail.

I want to scream this story from the rooftop: millions -- MILLIONS -- of kids cannot attend virtual classes because they don't have high-speed Internet. Even during the pandemic, Congress + @realDonaldTrump have done almost nothing to fix it
https://twitter.com/ByMoriah/status/1295462028606349317?s=20
https://washingtonpost.com/education/a-national-crisis-as-coronavirus-forces-many-schools-online-this-fall-millions-of-disconnected-students-are-being-left-behind/2020/08/16/458b04e6-d7f8-11ea-9c3b-dfc394c03988_story.html

Where we are at with remote learning: well-off families planning pods, low-income families having child-neglect cases opened against them for kids' failure to log on for virtual classes. https://bostonglobe.com/2020/08/15/metro/your-childs-no-show-virtual-school-you-may-get-call-states-foster-care-agency/

"Haydee Berdejo, 18, does not have high-speed Internet in Baltimore & can get online only w/ a smartphone. When her magnet high school, Baltimore City College, shut down in mid-March, she hunched over the phone, where she had difficulty hearing teachers." https://washingtonpost.com/education/a-national-crisis-as-coronavirus-forces-many-schools-online-this-fall-millions-of-disconnected-students-are-being-left-behind/2020/08/16/458b04e6-d7f8-11ea-9c3b-dfc394c03988_story.html

Divided Federal Appeals Court Allows ‘Historic’ Emoluments Case Against Trump to Proceed
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/divided-federal-appeals-court-allows-historic-emoluments-case-against-trump-to-proceed/

Chris Cuomo is raging inside a cage while waiting to be released on camera so he can begin anchoring. The DNC is like a full moon to him. He is in wolf mode. He is in a suit but he’s transformed into a wolf. A literal wolf.

Michelle Obama’s “they go low we go high” speech is arguably some of the worst advice ever lmfao. These are psychopaths we are dealing with not play ground bullies.

Donald Trump told reporters that he would issuing a pardon tomorrow of someone “very, very important” but it would not be Michael Flynn or Edward Snowden.

Day 17 of #housework2020: The boys love @AmyKennedy715 for #NJ02. A mental health advocate & longtime teacher, she faces Jeff Van Drew, a Democrat who switched parties, voted against impeachment & pledged his "undying support" for Trump. Give what you can: http://secure.actblue.com/donate/adopt-amy-kennedy
https://twitter.com/PreetBharara/status/1295519319309398016

Bloomberg's money was a big help to Dems crossing the finish line in '18 -- I remember watching the local news in suburban Chicago a week out and seeing not one but two pro-Lauren Underwood spots between commercial breaks.

I try not to do this too often...but imagine the Republican response if Obama had refused to respond to multiple Iranian-funded Haqqani attacks on US troops? @LindseyGrahamSC would have lit himself on fire in a Fox News studio.
https://twitter.com/TVietor08/status/1295518963661565952

So who is the RNC moderator gonna be? Scott Baio?

Donovan posts on twitter that Black Lives Matter. Random troll responds “8 seconds matters”. Donovan responds “8 minutes 46 seconds matters”
https://twitter.com/spidadmitchell/status/1295519082410909696

Gwen Moore beat a young Scott Walker. The last time he lost — until Tony Evers beat him in 2018

Caucuses should also end, particularly in states without diverse populations. It's horribly undemocratic and prone to disaster. 2020 has taught us all so much.

Kasich is right: "I listen to people all the time make these statements, and because AOC gets outsized publicity doesn't mean she represents the Democratic Party. She's just a part, just some member of it."

Rapist Kristaps Porziņģis With First Career Ejection In First Career Playoff Game Following 2nd Technical Foul
https://streamable.com/g8umrw

Kawhi looking at a home screen to avoid human interaction on the way to the Arena
https://streamable.com/d5i6qr

Luka Doncic in his NBA playoff debut: 42 points (13/21 FG, 14/15 FT, 2/6 3PT), 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals, 11 turnovers

A car-sized asteroid flew within 1,830 miles of Earth over the weekend — the closest pass ever — and we didn't see it coming. A NASA-funded program detected the asteroid, called 2020 QG, six hours after its close approach
https://www.businessinsider.com/car-size-asteroid-2020qg-missed-earth-by-2000-miles-2020-8

International team of marine scientists discovered 30 new species of invertebrates in deep water surrounding Galapagos...fragile coral and sponge communities including 10 bamboo corals, four octocorals, one brittle star and 11 sponges...four new species of crustacean known as squat-lobsters.
https://www.ibtimes.com/scientists-discover-30-new-species-galapagos-depths-3029876

Jared Kushner says 'yes,' the US coronavirus death toll of 170,000 is a 'success story,' doubling down on comments from April
https://www.businessinsider.com/kushner-coronavirus-deaths-measure-success-cnn-wolf-blitzer-2020-8

More than 2,000 students, 500 teachers in Mississippi in quarantine due to COVID-19
https://www.wjtv.com/health/coronavirus/more-than-2000-students-500-teachers-in-mississippi-in-quarantine-due-to-covid-19/

17 Native candidates in Alaska and Wyoming primaries
https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/17-native-candidates-in-alaska-and-wyoming-primaries-kEduscXvwk6zZpKAAkUPHA
https://twitter.com/IndianCountry

H1N1 U.S. deaths (2009-10): 12,469 (estimated)
COVID-19 U.S. deaths (2020): 171,606

Mitch McConnell says Democrats are lying about the USPS destroying USPS infrastructure and revamping the mail delivery schedule to delay mail delivery by days and weeks and will block all Democratic attempts to reverse the damage
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/17/politics/mitch-mcconnell-donald-trump-usps/index.html

Donald Trump claims he is the "law and order" President. He's right: no administration has more people in jail than the Trump Administration

Roger Stone dropped the appeal of his convictions for lying to Congress, obstruction, and witness tampering. Recall that Trump commuted his 40-month prison sentence, but it was not a full-out pardon:
https://buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/roger-stone-trump-russia-wikileaks-mueller-sentence

Trump is visiting storm-devastated Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, where his campaign and the Republicans are suing the county to invalidate 51,000+ absentee ballot requests and counting. Here’s background on the lawsuit - the hearing has been pushed back to Aug. 27
https://apnews.com/22e6d33f1a2eeadde8e193a9330cde16

The way these things work, if they work, is not that undecided Republican voters watch hours of Democratic convention coverage (who would do that???) but that they may see take-away media narratives like "Republicans worried about the direction of the country say Biden is okay"

A group of voters and political candidates have sued Trump and the Postmaster General to ensure that the U.S. Postal Service gets enough funding to handle an expected surge in mail-in votes amid the coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-17/ny-politicians-voters-sue-trump-over-post-office-funding

"Donald Trump is the wrong president for our country. He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head. He cannot meet this moment. He simply cannot be who we need him to be for us. It is what it is." —
https://twitter.com/CAPAction/status/1295556139363508224

We go low so you don’t have to. #DNC2020
https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1295554892619186177

113 Native Americans Will be Participating in the Democratic Convention And yet none are invited to speak. Nice to see members of a party (republican) that's fought tooth and nail to strip us of treaty rights, voting rights and land be celebrated while Native voices are relegated to the normal Democratic tokenism. This is fine.
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/113-native-americans-will-be-participating-in-the-democratic-convention

Sigh...Virginia Sen. L. Louise Lucas charged with felonies over Portsmouth Confederate monument protest.     Lucas, who as the Senate’s first African American president pro tempore leads the chamber when the lieutenant governor is absent, did not respond to requests for comment. Her lawyer, Del. Don Scott (D-Portsmouth), called the charges “a political stunt meant to weaponize the criminal justice system against African Americans.”    Some of the state’s most prominent Democrats came to Lucas’s defense, including at least four candidates for governor next year: former governor Terry McAuliffe, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, Sen. Jennifer McClellan (Richmond) and Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy (Prince William).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/virginia-sen-l-louise-lucas-charged-with-felonies-over-portsmouth-confederate-monument-protest/2020/08/17/84fd4bf6-e0c8-11ea-8181-606e603bb1c4_story.html

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment that granted women the right to vote. GPO produced the amendment. See the historic document on GPO's govinfo: https://govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CONAN-REV-2016/pdf/GPO-CONAN-REV-2016-10-20.pdf #WomensVote100

I remember in 2016 when Kasich stood in this very spot and the two options were Trump or Rubio/Cruz. Kasich chose options 3 - just staying in that spot, making sure Rubio or Cruz couldn't win and guaranteeing no one could stop Trump. Kasich helped Trump as much as anyone in 2016. I fully understand and accept that he is working himself to death to get rid of Trump and pro-Trump Republicans and will be voting a mostly blue ticket but do not vault him as a savior.

Kansas Senator JerryMoran has sent a letter to Trump’s Postmaster General Louis DeJoy that warns that delivery delays could be deadly, especially for people in rural states like Kansas
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article245033315.html

Former Postal Service board member who recently resigned because of politicization on the board to brief House Democrats this week
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/former-usps-board-member-brief-house-democrats-week-n1237027

Senate Intel Committee Releases Final Report Detailing Ties Between 2016 Trump Campaign and Russian Interference. A sprawling report released Tuesday by a Republican-controlled Senate panel that spent three years investigating Russia’s 2016 election interference laid out an extensive web of contacts between Trump campaign advisers and Russian government officials and other Russians, including some with ties to the country’s intelligence services. The report by the Senate Intelligence Committee, totaling nearly 1,000 pages, provided a bipartisan Senate imprimatur for an extraordinary set of facts: The Russian government undertook an extensive campaign to try to sabotage the 2016 American election to help Mr. Trump become president, and some members of Mr. Trump’s circle of advisers were open to the help from an American adversary.
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/press/senate-intel-releases-volume-5-bipartisan-russia-report
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/senate-intelligence-trump-russia-report/2020/08/18/62a7573e-e093-11ea-b69b-64f7b0477ed4_story.html

Manafort worked with Russian intel officer who was involved in DNC hack
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/18/manafort-worked-with-russian-intel-officer-who-may-have-been-involved-in-dnc-hack-senate-panel-says-397597

"We're not traitors! We just think its ok to solicit help from a country that actively puts bounties on our fellow countrymen to be killed in other countries. Not only do we think its ok that Russia kill our troops, but we should also defend Putin and side with him. Our G-d Emperor has spoken and thus is the way." -Republicans

Some details about the day of the Access Hollywood tape/Podesta emails release: Trump campaign team heard about the tape an hour before its release. Stone told Corsi to get Assange to "drop the Podesta emails immediately." WikiLeaks did so 30 min after tape published. (249)
https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1295723474045083648/photo/1

Julian assange is a Russian asset working to dismantle America and leftists continue to cheerlead him

And did anyone actually get charged with a crime from the emails? Did the emails ever detail any criminal acts at all? No, they detailed basic work shit. Thus necessitating the creation of a “secret code” to turn them into conspiracy theory bullshit. 10/10 people couldn't even tell you what the emails were about. Far fewer could accurately describe why they were somewhat mildly concerning. The point of the Podesta emails was to confuse them with Hillary Clinton's emails. And it mostly worked.

Honestly, fuck Bob Mueller for not having the balls to charge anyone for this. He let people lie to his face and shrugged his shoulders because taking on the White House got scary and told us all that he just had to take the lies at face value. Never, ever trust a Republican to investigate a Republican.

Republicans have known this the entire time they were helping Trump push the Biden/Ukraine conspiracies...: The report says Kilimnik, who SSCI identified as a Russian intelligence officer, "almost certainly helped arrange some of the first public messaging that Ukraine had interfered in the U.S. election." (pg. 108).  The report confirms reporting from December that the panel found scant if any evidence of Ukrainian interference.

More evidence that Trump lied to Mueller (also the reason Stone was given a commutation): Trump told Mueller in written answers that he recalled no conversations with Stone about WikiLeaks.  SSCI: "The Committee assesses that Trump did, in fact, speak with Stone about WikiLeaks and with members of his Campaign about Stone’s access to WikiLeaks on multiple occasions."
https://twitter.com/dnvolz/status/1295727446415814656

Wow. Senate Intel report bluntly states that Manafort associate Konstantin Kilimnik is a Russian intelligence officer. That’s further than Mueller went.    “Some evidence suggests Kilimnik may be connected to the GRU hack-and-leak operation related to the 2016 U.S. election.”    The committee even goes as far as to say that this raises the possibility that Manafort was potentially connected to the hack-and-leak operations.    “Taken as a whole, Manafort's high-level access and willingness to share information with individuals closely affiliated with the Russian intelligence services, particularly Kilimnik and associates of Oleg Deripaska, represented a grave counterintelligence threat.”    Gotta say, I was not expecting the Senate Intel report to include this type of exhaustive detail that goes well beyond even what Mueller uncovered.    Also worth noting that this is really the only bipartisan product to come out of Capitol Hill on the Russia probe.
https://twitter.com/AndrewDesiderio/status/1295715850574598148

Just kinda proves to me how far back Mueller went to bend his back to a fascist regime. I respect his military accomplishments and stewardship of the FBI, but am completely dumbfounded at how intentionally ineffectual he was at this investigation. America deserved better. He's no hero. He just stood and watched like the rest of them. I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt for a long time but the fact that Mueller is retired, and he got played by Barr/Trump, yet he's still silent is...baffling. Hamstrung or not, the dude could have at least been honest and forthright when he was called to testify in front of the House. What value did America get from his "it's in the report" and "I wont speak on that subject"? It’s almost like a we shouldn’t have trusted a life long republican and career FBI agent...If Mueller wanted to have any redeeming qualities now would be a good time for him to speak the fuck up.

    WikiLeaks/Assange has long maintained Russia was not the source of the hacked Democratic materials. But the committee says it "found significant evidence to suggest that, in the summer of 2016, WikiLeaks was knowingly collaborating with Russian government officials.”
https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1295719866708754436

Umm...why was Roger Stone drafting pro-Russia tweets for Trump in July 2016, as he was teasing more WikiLeaks dumps?    "Many of the draft tweets ... mentioned a new peace deal with Putin, such as "I want a new detente with Russia under Putin."
https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1295721207564820481

SSCI says it "did not establish that the Russian government collected kompromat on Trump" or try to blackmail him (638) Separately, committee says "during the 2016 U.S. presidential election cycle, Donald Trump and the Trump Organization pursued a business deal in Russia." (407)
https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1295727780160823299

A memo written to Steve Bannon in December 2016 by Bob Foresman, a banker w/deep ties to Russia who is discussed in the Mueller report, "offered advice for structuring the National Security Council so that Russia was a main focus of the council."    Per the report, after submitting that memo, Foresman met with Flynn. Foresman then met w/Russian banker Sergey Gorkov, who relayed Trump team's message to Putin about a desire for better relations. Recall Gorkov held a secret meeting w/Kushner in Dec 2016.
https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1295747311507841028

Page 946: Nevertheless, the facts above, which are further examined in the Committee's bipartisan Report, clearly show that what did happen between Russia and the Trump Campaign in 2016 is far worse than has been publicly revealed thus far. Furthermore, in nearly 1,000 pages _ of text, we are not aware of a single case where the information that is redacted makes the conduct of Trump or his associates less concerning. To the contrary, across the Report's most critical sections, the redacted information makes the already alarming public findings even more granular, explicit, and concerning.

Page 948: It is our conclusion, based on the facts detailed in the Committee's Report, that the Russian intelligence services' assault on the integrity of the 2016 U.S. electoral process and Trump and his associates' participation in and enabling of this Russian activity, represents one of the single most grave counterintelligence threats to American national security in the modem era.

So let's see what we have here

1: Manafort get in contact with GRU ops to help Trump against H.Clinton
2: GRU ops successfully hack Democrats emails
3: Trump admit to sexual assault on tape
4: Roger Stone and Trump collude with Wikileaks to distract from step 3
5: Wikileaks release emails they had stolen from the Clinton team (Wikileaks being related to Step 2), in the report it's stated that Wikileaks is actually a front for GRU covert ops
6: While the GRU and WikiLeaks were releasing hacked documents (Step 2 and Step 5 related), Trump Campaign sought to maximize the impact of those materials to make sure Donnie boy is elected. To do so, the Trump Campaign took actions to obtain advance notice about WikiLeaks releases of Clinton emails
7: Donnie boy get elected
8: Now elected president Trump offered a pardon to Julian Assange if the WikiLeaks chief agreed to say that Russia had nothing to do with hacking emails from Democrats during the 2016 presidential election, Assange’s lawyer said.
9: Stone walks free after sentence being commuted by Trump
10: GOP-led Senate Intel Comittee reveal that everything in the Mueller report was true

Michelle Obama stole the show, and Bernie Sanders covered Biden’s left flank — Sanders made clear to his supporters that they need to join him in getting behind Biden.

No two franchises have met more often in the NBA playoffs than the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers, who have faced each other 20 times in postseason history

CP3 on Harden: "We don't talk or communicate but it's all good & well. I wish him the best.

Reds-Royals tonight will be postponed. Doubleheader tomorrow. MLB being cautious.
https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1295735456039149568

Michigan's rejection of ballots from dead voters is an example of the system working, not fraud
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/18/politics/dead-voters-in-michigan-rejected-ballots-fraud-fact-check/index.html

Immigrants are being doused in toxic industrial disinfectant at Trump-funded ICE detention center over Covid
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/ice-detention-immigrants-trump-california-toxic-chemicals-covid-a9668716.html

Marco Rubio Decimated For Tweet Criticizing DNC For Celebrity Host Eva Longoria | “You literally elected a Reality TV star to be the President
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marco-rubio-dnc-eva-longoria_n_5f3b3c4dc5b6e054c3fdeaea

Joe's plan for electoral reform is COLOSSAL, and it's perhaps the one subject he's been most passionate about since the beginning of his career. If you aren't familiar with it, you should definitely check it out
https://joebiden.com/governmentreform/

Ex-DHS staffer whom Trump said he never heard of shares picture of them together: 'Haven't forgotten you though!
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/512497-ex-dhs-staffer-trump-said-he-never-heard-of-shares-picture-of-them

Senate will hold Postal Service hearing with DeJoy on Friday. This is Senator Ron Johnson (R-Moscow) in charge of this hearing. This is nothing more than trying to protect DeJoy and Trump prior to the real hearing on Monday. It cannot work because Senate Republicans can’t stop the Democrats questioning DeTraitor.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-will-hold-postal-service-hearing-with-dejoy-on-friday-as-mail-delay-fears-grow/2020/08/18/5f978e76-e14f-11ea-8dd2-d07812bf00f7_story.html

Washington State - 1/5 of all-mail voting states - reduced to two USPS processing centers for entire population of 7.615 million ahead of November election.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/aug/17/usps-ending-mail-processing-in-wenatchee-and-yakim/

Through his first 4 starts as a Diamondback, Madison Bumgarner is 0-3 with a 9.35 ERA and a WHIP of 1.558. He’s signed for 5 years at $85 million.

Death Valley reports world's hottest temperature on record in 89 years
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/death-valley-reports-worlds-hottest-temperature-on-record-in-89-years/796311

Republican-controlled Senate Panel Investigation: Putin Ordered 2016 Democratic Hack To Rig Election In Favour Of Trump
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-18/putin-ordered-2016-democratic-hack-bipartisan-senate-panel-says

The Orlando Magic pull off the 122-110 upset win over the Milwaukee Bucks behind Vucevic's 35/13 double-double to open with a 1-0 series lead. They did the same thing last year vs Toronto Raptors then went on to lose 4 in a row

Georgia voters to be illegally unregistered from voting after absentee mail not delivered | Tens of thousands of Georgia voter registrations are on track to be illegally changed to inactive status because absentee ballot applications mailed to them in the spring were not delivered
https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-voters-to-be-made-inactive-after-absentee-mail-undeliverable/D7K5RATLZVGDHBZXZJE6EUSC6Y/

To avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail, I am suspending these initiatives until after the election is concluded. I want to assure all Americans of the following:... Mail processing equipment and blue collection boxes will remain where they are.”: U.S. Postmaster General DeJoy Says He will Postpone Controversial Changes to USPS Until After Election | Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said in a statement on Tuesday that he would halt operational changes and cost-cutting to the U.S. Postal Service until after the 2020 election to "avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail." Widespread delays and backlogs had prompted allegations from Democratic lawmakers that DeJoy and President Trump were attempting to undermine the Postal Service ahead of an election that will see a record number of mail-in ballots.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/18/dejoy-suspends-usps-changes-under-pressure-397765
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/18/usps-chief-louis-dejoy-suspends-some-changes-to-post-office-until-after-2020-election.html
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dejoy-usps-overhaul-election

So does this mean the sorting machines and blue boxes they’ve already removed will “remain where they are” at this current moment in time? Because they need to be put back where they came from. Damage is done already, supposedly 100% of the equipment/machines/boxes were physically destroyed. He's already had millions and millions of dollars worth of sorting machines destroyed.

Let's not forget, he has financial conflicts of interest and should also resign.

"I'll stop for now. This won't undo the immense, almost incalculable damage I have done, but I pinky promise to not do anymore."

My USPS 2-3 day priority mail pieces are now taking up to 18 days. THAT IS BY DESIGN, NOT ACCIDENTAL. Make no mistake, whatever is happening with USPS is 100% intentional.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy “gave $400,000 to Republicans just this year” and has “between $30 and $75 million in assets of direct competitors to the United States Postal Service.”
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/18/really-american/ad-watch-postmaster-general-republican-donor-inves/

But they caught me on the counter (It wasn't me)
Saw me breakin' down sorters (It wasn't me)
I's even takin out mailboxes! (It wasn't me)
They even caught me on camera (It wasn't me)

They saw the stocks in my portfolio (It wasn't me)
Heard the words that I told 'em (It wasn't me)
Heard the screams of the unions (It wasn't me)
They stayed until I said it was over

House Dems came in and they caught me red-handed
Creeping with the privatized shippers
Picture this, we were both conspirin'
Wrecking all the sorting floors
How could I forget that I had given them oversight
All this time they was standing there
They never took their eyes off me

A fucking revolution is needed in this country. I'm fucking sick and tired of the administration for their fuckery and of the media for not demanding action. All they do is report and move on to the next abortion of a story. Americans, real Americans, need to rise up and take this country back. An insurrection is happening right in front of us. To the unemployed, what do you have to lose? Rise up and take your fucking power back.

DHS also released a high-level report on the cyber risks of different aspects of election infrastructure. It predicts several "emerging risks" that we're now dealing with, including new types of voting machines and internet voting.
https://epic.org/foia/dhs/cybersecurity/russian-interference/EPIC-17-03-31-DHS-FOIA-20200818-Supplemental-Production-Election-Infrastructure-Cyber-Risk-Report.pdf

Reminder: Report says straight up that Kilimnik was a Russian intelligence officer: Paul Manafort's associate is a Russian spy, may have helped coordinate Russia's 2016 e-mail hack-and-leak, bipartisan Senate report says.
https://nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/manafort-associate-russian-spy-may-have-helped-coordinate-e-mail-n1237121

Saudi Arabia to allow UAE-Israel flights (such as Dubai-Tel Aviv) to overfly Saudi airspace. With Saudi airspace access, flights between Dubai/Abu Dhabi – Tel Aviv could begin as soon as this year, in what is considered an unprecedented development for the region
https://twitter.com/AlexInAir/status/1295781946837041153?s=20

DNC RATINGS: Adding the cable viewers, the first night of the DNC convention from 10-11:15 p.m was watched by 18.6m viewers, which is 28% down from 4 years ago, per Nielsen.  The broadcast audience is down around 50%.

This is why Democrats are done: A scoop flying under the radar: Ali al-Timimi, purported spiritual leader of the so-called Virginia ‘Paintball Jihad’ crew, a group of men who joined a terrorist group overseas, was just ordered released from his life sentence due, in part, to COVID concerns at Florence Supermax
https://twitter.com/SeamusHughes/status/1295802591721422849/photo/1

This is why Democrats are done: Ibrahim Bouaichi had been in jail since October on rape and abduction charges. But he was released in April, and is now charged with killing the victim. He was released because Democrats seriously want all people released from prison because they view criminals as innocent and police as criminals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2020/08/06/released-jail-height-pandemic-alexandria-rape-suspect-allegedly-killed-his-accuser/

FLASHBACK to the Agalarovs: Suspicious Transactions Followed The Trump Tower Meeting https://buzzfeednews.com/article/anthonycormier/trump-tower-meeting-suspicious-transactions-agalarov

Documents show suspicious transfers began six days before the controversial meeting.
https://buzzfeednews.com/article/anthonycormier/mueller-investigation-money-trump-tower-meeting

Chicago prosecutors abused their discretion and may have violated legal ethics by dropping charges that Jussie Smollett falsely reported he was attacked.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/independent-counsel-faults-chicago-prosecutor-s-dismissal-jussie-smollett-case-n1237093?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_np

Senator @EdMarkey and his campaign are attacking my friend @joekennedy for joining a fraternity in college. Our fraternity chapter at Stanford was as diverse as it gets & wanted nothing to do with the national KA frat. Joe is a great man & a great friend. My experience...
https://twitter.com/stephanie_murr/status/1295802117140119552

I never imagined living in a world where the Sunni Arab world is friendlier to Israel than Democrats

Another letter: In this one, looks like Trump BS'd Putin by claiming Miss U pageant turned down many countries in favor of Russia, when in fact Senate Intel found Trump was desperately seeking any venue...
https://twitter.com/mmcintire/status/1295788588467200000/photo/1

Rangers pitcher Ian Gibaut has been suspended three games for throwing behind Manny Machado last night. He is appealing. Rangers manager Chris Woodward has been suspended one game and will sit out today.
https://twitter.com/sdutkevinacee/status/1295799130921545733

The captain of the ship that spilled hundreds of tonnes of oil off the coast of Mauritius has been arrested.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53819112

Trump pardoned Susan B. Anthony LOL

Khris Middleton today 14 points 4-12 from the field 2-6 from three 4-6 from the free throw line with 4 turnovers

Giannis in a Game 1 loss to the Magic: 31 points, 17 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal, 34 minutes

Giannis Antetokounmpo scores only 1 point in 9 minutes of the 4th quarter

Internal USPS Documents Outline Plans to Hobble Mail Sorting. 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.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkyv4k/internal-usps-documents-outline-plans-to-hobble-mail-sorting

Surging fires threaten world's largest wetland in Brazil, 10x the size of the Everglades, the region is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet with more than 4,700 plant and animal species, including threatened ones like the jaguar.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-environment-fires-idUSKCN25E2FC

Zack Greinke compliments Ryan McMahon on a nice take
https://v.redd.it/v3zkeon4kth51

McDonalds Fish Ship “Alaska Ocean” has the capacity to catch and process 225 metric tons of frozen finished product daily, hauls in a 65-ton load of Pacific whiting. With a crew of 150, the 376 foot long factory trawler processes its catch on board. Think of the destruction. All for a Fillet-O-Fish.
https://i.redd.it/m8v0iszscsh51.jpg

Mali's president and prime minister held by mutinous troops
https://apnews.com/54737684e3e2a84f9b44656de7343e56

Int'l court: Hezbollah member guilty in Lebanon ex-PM death
https://apnews.com/840f256aee15bb8104fb38d45c2d4224

Atlantic ocean plastic more than 10 times previous estimates - UK National Oceanography Centre, which studied waters between Britain and Falklands, says action needed urgently
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/18/atlantic-ocean-plastic-more-than-10-times-previous-estimates

Jimmy Butler gets the steal and slam on the pass intended for TJ Warren. And has some words for him after the bucket.
https://streamable.com/55bjc9

3rd baseman Manny Machado with the running catch... in the RF corner
https://twitter.com/FOXSportsSD/status/1295824340177637376

Zack Greinke starting his windup and realizing he didn’t see the signs
https://twitter.com/pitchingninja/status/1295818759974916102

First he's telling the hitter what signs are coming, now he's pitching without seeing them. And then gets strike 3.

Zack Greinke's line against the Rockies today: 8.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K

Antonio Senzatela vs. HOU: 8.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K on 107 pitches
https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=401226024

Greinke's last three starts 20 1/3 innings 15 hits 1 run 1 earned run 2 walks 19 strikeouts 0.44 ERA
https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/1295831995574964224

The Astros don't deserve Greinke. They repeatedly fail to get him runs-batted-in.

This view is popular but it’s completely wrong. Roughly 90% of the change from 2012 to 2016 and 2016 to 2018 was people changing their minds, not changes in turnout. 10+ million Democrats turned against Obama in 2012, 16+ million Democrats turned against Democrats in 2016

He signed the official pardon for Susan B. Anthony, who voted illegally, LOL

Beto O'Rourke said during Axios event that Biden campaign isn't taking Texas seriously enough:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfuronvWAAEsgKp?format=png&name=900x900

Notre Dame is canceling in-person classes and moving them online for at least two weeks after seeing a spike in coronavirus cases. On Monday, one week after classes began, 80 students tested positive out of 418, or 19% of students tested.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-reopening-notre-dame-to-move-classes-online-due-to-coronavirus-spike-11597784400

Trump is having a full-blown temper tantrum over Michelle Obama. The former first lady struck a nerve with the president in a speech that nailed him not as an evil genius, but an inadequate fraud

Two worst losses in the bubble: Bucks (-18.5) vs Brooklyn & Bucks (-13.5) vs Orlando

Jimmy Butler cuts backdoor and throws it down
https://streamable.com/lsm9ta

Jimmy Butler uses his voice and attempts to will the ball into the basket. (Warning LOUD)
https://streamable.com/dcs2zb

The Heat switching everything after halftime and the Pacers are stumbling (good)

This Butler guy is good. Wish the 76ers had a player like him....

Iguodala has aged 10 years since I last saw him, this time last year

“Took LeBron to game 7” LOL took the CAVALIERS to game 7

MAGA facist mentally ill deranged teen Nicholas Sandmann, who sued news networks for reporting his racist verbal abuse of a Native American protester, will speak at the RNC

Why are they calling this a potential "upset" for, the Pacers and Heat are equally matched and represent the 4th and 5th seeds

Hillary's response to absolutely idiotic Comey tweet (lacking self-awareness)
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1295818174752006147

Dylan Bundy's domination ends: 4IP, 4ER, 4H, 4BB, 2HR, 3Ks

Michael Cohen's initial lies to Congress about Trump Tower Moscow "were aided by other members of the alleged JDA, namely the Trump Organization" https://intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/report_volume5.pdf

A portrait of how much Donald Trump turned the Reublican establishment upside down -- Cindy McCain is speaking at the DNC about her late husband's relationship with Biden, and neither the last Republican president (GWB) nor the last Republican nominee (Romney) are speaking at the RNC, and a major Republican governor (Kasich) spoke at the convention yesterday.

Cindy McCain is going to bat for Joe Biden, lending her voice to a video set to air during Tuesday night’s Democratic National Convention programming focused on Biden’s close friendship with her late husband, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona.

Biden simultaneously showcases a working-class American, gives the finger to the NYT editorial board, and provides the scoop about it to the NYT’s rival. Sometimes it’s not all that surprising that Bernie personally likes Biden.

The security guard blurted “I love you” to Joe Biden in an elevator. One viral video later, she will nominate him for president
https://washingtonpost.com/politics/the-security-guard-blurted-i-love-you-to-joe-biden-in-an-elevator-one-viral-video-later-she-will-nominate-him-for-president/2020/08/18/df652f04-e178-11ea-b69b-64f7b0477ed4_story.html

Trump has already won re-election, he's campaign in-person in swing states and purple-regions of red states and purple-regions of blue states making the case that Biden/Democrats are too scared to show up and fight for you in person, they're scared of a cold and hot weather and he, Trump, isn't, he'll show up fighting no matter how hot it is and no matter how bad flu season is, he's not afraid of colds or heat

Myles Straw beats the 5-man infield to walk off the Rockies
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/89e581f7-f460-48f0-94bb-bb15e6c76f40.mp4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Cross

She was last seen blurting 'I love you' to Joe Biden as she escorted him in an elevator to a NYT editorial board meeting. Tonight, Jacquelyn Brittany will do something else for Biden — be the first person to put his name into nomination for president.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-security-guard-blurted-i-love-you-to-joe-biden-in-an-elevator-one-viral-video-later-she-will-nominate-him-for-president/2020/08/18/df652f04-e178-11ea-b69b-64f7b0477ed4_story.html

Beyond the Biden aspect, striking that this is almost assuredly more of a tribute to John McCain — a former Republican nominee and longtime party stalwart who died since the last election cycle — then he will recieve at the Republican convention next week.

Jewish Leaders Condemn Discriminatory DSA Candidate Questionnaire
https://twitter.com/Conf_of_Pres/status/1295847889172865024

After Michael Cohen lied to Congress, a lawyer for the president allegedly called him to say he did great and might receive a pardon.
https://twitter.com/ChrisMegerian/status/1295717182706454531/photo/1

Schumer says he spoke w/ DeJoy today + requested “a specific, written document from him outlining exactly what changes he is rescinding” & confirmation election mail will continue to be treated as first class. “He said he would give me a written response shortly.”
https://twitter.com/JulieNBCNews/status/1295855119972671488

The number of LGBTQ-identified delegates at the 2020 Democratic National Convention is 635, including 30 transgender people, a spokesperson for @TheDemocrats tells me. It's the most LGBTQ delegates ever for a Democratic convention. The total in 2016 was 600. In 2012, it was 550.
https://twitter.com/chrisjohnson82/status/1295854389740146688

Michella Obama had not come to reassure a jittery country. She had come with a warning. She had come to speak her mind and to unleash a profound sorrow."

Diamondbacks send 9 to the plate in the 1st inning against the A's, scoring 5

If the biggest part of Sanders' legacy is this bizarre insistence that people shouldn't vote unless they are "excited", then it will be a really shitty, undemocratic legacy.

“America, Donald Trump has quit on you.”

In 2017, Paul Manafort told The Times: "I have never knowingly spoken to Russian intelligence officers....it's not like these people wear badges that say, ‘I’m a Russian intelligence officer.’”

Chuck Schumer: "President Lincoln, honoring the great sacrifice at Gettysburg, didn't say: 'It is what it is.' President Roosevelt, seeing a third of the nation ill-housed, ill-clad, and ill-nourished, didn't say: 'It is what it is.' America: Donald Trump has quit on you."

“Trump intel briefings in August informed him that Russian spy agencies had stolen emails from the DNC and were releasing them through WikiLeaks. Despite this, Trump cited that Russian-stolen material almost daily between Oct. 10 and Election Day.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-russia-collusion_n_5f3c44b2c5b61551404e7071

Bill Clinton, as always, killing Trump with his speech. He turns 74 tomorrow.

.@SenSchumer's agenda if Democrats sweep 2020:
—"Make health care affordable for all"
—Tackle income inequailty
—Climate action
—Protect voting rights
—Fight systemic racism
—"Restore" Supreme Court
—Rebuild infrastructure
—Save Post Office
—Defeat Covid-19
—Overhaul immigration
https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1295895076472840197

Biden campaign spokesman @AndrewBatesNC says regarding Sarsour being on this call: “Joe Biden has been a strong supporter of Israel and a vehement opponent of anti-Semitism his entire life, and he obviously condemns her views and opposes BDS, as does the Democratic platform....
https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1295889173149253633

“... She has no role in the Biden campaign whatsoever." A Dem official says this was a meeting of Muslim delegates to the convention room and not run by the DNC or the Biden campaign.
https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1295889174541807616

The Red Sox losing streak currently spans 15% of the season. No team in the modern era has lost a larger percentage of their season's games in a row.

The Portland Trail Blazers upset The Los Angles Lakers by a score of 100-93 to take a 1-0 series lead behind 34/5/5 from Damian LillardSpoilers

Body Cam footage was just released of the shoving match between the Alameda Co. sheriff and Masai Ujiri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd4e9qX-ZZs

Whiteside rejects LeBron's layup leading to a Lillard deep three
https://streamable.com/55xmj6

Laker #1 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope finishes with 1 Point, 1 Rebound and 1 Assist

Lebron & AD miss 4 straight free-throws late in the game
https://streamable.com/88c47a

Trent Jr drills the 3 to make it a 5 point lead with 1:10 left
https://streamable.com/m7b2j9

The Blazers' score of 100 points tonight is their lowest since the restart

MVP finalists Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James each put up big numbers today (31-17-7 and 23-17-15, respectively). Unfortunately, both lost to an 8th seeded team.

Trump is a liar con artist fraud who only cares about using the government for personal profit and to keep himself out of prison, and the whole world knows it

Over 240 Colorado police left the profession since a bill was passed that bans chokeholds and requires bodycams at all times, among other citizen protections. Many of the officers cited the bill as to why they left their respective departments.
https://www.denverpost.com/2020/08/18/colorado-police-resign-retire-reform-law/

Four Native leaders featured in DNC roll call
https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/four-native-leaders-featured-in-dnc-roll-call-4GEijTQ5b02ix05swOdbyQ

Day 2 of DNC convention was shit. The healthcare segment PROVED BERNIE SANDER'S AND THE LEFT'S POINT: WE NEED ONE UNIFIED HEALTH CARE PLAN THAT COVERS EVERYTHING AT ALL TIMES AT ZERO COST. It's one of the few policies I agree with Sanders on.

Two dead Republicans received more airtime than the most famous young person in the Democratic Party (AOC)

Pelosi on call with DeJoy: "The Postmaster General frankly admitted that he had no intention of replacing the sorting machines, blue mailboxes and other key mail infrastructure that have been removed and that plans for adequate overtime ... are not in the works.
https://twitter.com/GeoffRBennett/status/1296150061743771649
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1296151210966372353
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfzaK1CXYAExxtg?format=jpg&name=medium

Trump told Putin 'I'm a big fan of yours' and asked him to be the guest of honor at a Miss Universe pageant, in a series of fawning letters
https://www.businessinsider.com/revealed-donald-trump-letters-to-vladimir-putin-miss-universe-russia-2020-8

USPS Illegally Added Rule Prohibiting Workers From Signing Mail-In Ballots As Witnesses
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/usps-quietly-added-rule-prohibiting-workers-from-signing-mail-in-ballots-as-witnesses

Facebook Fires Employee Who Shared Proof Of Right Wing Favouritism
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/08/07/reports-facebook-fires-employee-who-shared-proof-of-right-wing-favoritism/

The post office backed off, but the damage is already done
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/19/politics/what-matters-august-18/index.html

In DNC Remarks, Dying Medicare for All Activist Ady Barkan Delivers Powerful Indictment of 'Broken' US Healthcare System
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/08/19/dnc-remarks-dying-medicare-all-activist-ady-barkan-delivers-powerful-indictment

As Democrats confirm Biden as his opponent with a show of unity, Trump is retreating further into conspiracy claims and stoking a culture war
https://www.businessinsider.com/analysis-trump-stirs-culture-wars-as-biden-touts-unity-renewal-2020-8

State Department Cancels Hill Briefings as Tensions Escalate Between Rogue Pompeo and Lawmakers
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/08/18/state-department-cancels-congress-briefings-tension-pompeo-lawmakers/

Migratory birds keep protections as judge strikes down Trump administration illegal rule change
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2020/08/19/migratory-birds-win-back-protections-court-ruling/3386397001/

Racist White Supremacist Laura Loomer, banned from social media and share riding apps for Hate Speech, wins primary in Florida.
https://apnews.com/7262e6c6301601457d32b4af55cefcfc

America Will Want Too Much From Kamala Harris
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/america-will-want-too-much-kamala-harris/615388/

McEnany added she believes MAGA is synonymous with "Blue Lives Matter" at this point and I agree 100%

Kevin Clinesmith, FBI lawyer who altered an email shown to a colleague during preparations to seek the 4th wiretap order targeting Carter Page in the Trump-Russia investigation, pleads guilty. Sentencing set for Dec. 10, w/ guidelines range of 0-6 months in prison.

New images obtained by ABC News appear to show mail sorting machines -- critical pieces of equipment used to speed up the mail delivery process -- sitting in parts inside a postal facility in Portland, Ore.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/photos-show-mail-sorting-machines-parts-us-postal/story?id=72468917

Not one question on the Republican led intel committee findings on the 2016 election interference. Why are reporters focused squarely on Trump's tweet about Goodyear? President lied in his written answers to Mueller and they want to know about car tires.

Every single person in that press core should be fired. I usually do not watch these propaganda briefings and my g/d, I have never seen such incompetence! Absolute sniveling cowardice. They did not ask a single relevant question. They let her march in, tell lie after lie, and sat in silence as if it were fact. These ineffectual-yellow-bellied-weaklings are a disgrace to a free and open press. Whether or not she answers the question is meaningless. You could ask her or the president about the weather and they would lie. The point is that as a journalist in the White House press room, not asking the question is tantamount to endorsement. At four years in, the press know they will never get anything close to an honest answer. Their job is to hold public officials accountable. That is done by asking the question and not dependent on said official answering it.

It’s raining ash in California, forcing us to wear a different kind of mask than we wear for the pandemic when we go buy the generator we need for either rolling blackouts or preemptive outages so we can work from home if we haven’t been evacuated or our house hasn't burned down
https://twitter.com/demianbulwa/status/1296103619037544448

And news orgs simply referring to Loomer as "far-right" or a "right-wing activist" are not adequately explaining to their audiences who she is.
https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/1296146028148805632?s=20

"I would like to promise and pledge to all of my voters and supporters and to all of the people of the United States that I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election, if I win." -Donald Trump, 10/20/2016

Seems clear Trump will call any election he loses a fraud and may already have a legal team working in fighting the results to stay in office. But he could also just leave and continue to hold and espouse that view for the rest of his life.

DNC makes an appeal to Republicans disillusioned by Trump
https://cbsnews.com/news/democratic-convention-republicans-supporting-joe-biden/

Sanders announces virtual town halls in Iowa and Wisconsin this weekend: Working Americans are devastated by the pandemic and Republicans are doing nothing. Iowans are recovering from a disastrous derecho and Trump is doing nothing. Unacceptable. Join our town halls on Saturday on addressing the crises in Iowa and Wisconsin at
http://live.berniesanders.com

Trump always resorts to racist and xenophobic language to deflect from his failures, hatefulness is who he has always been, it's why he won

Trump floated swapping Puerto Rico for Greenland because 'the people are poor' and 'dirty' in Puerto Rico, according to former DHS chief of staff
https://www.businessinsider.com/former-dhs-trump-floated-trading-puerto-rico-for-greenland-2020-8

Trump 'cancels' Goodyear tires as he campaigns against 'cancel culture'
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/19/politics/trump-goodyear-cancel-culture/index.html

She Called Muslims ‘Savages’ And Islam A ‘Cancer.’ Now She’s A Republican Nominee.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/laura-loomer-anti-muslim-gop-primary-victory_n_5f3d3bf9c5b683523604d435

House Democrats Unveil Bill to Restore Mail Service to 'Pre-DeJoy Levels' and Require USPS to Treat All Ballots as First Class
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/08/19/house-democrats-unveil-bill-restore-mail-service-pre-dejoy-levels-and-require-usps

Sally Yates: Trump Would Rather ‘Fawn Over A Dictator’ Than Defend The Country
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sally-yates-democratic-national-convention-trump-dictator_n_5f3b7303c5b670ab17af5066

Trump has been fawning over dictators for decades and he won anyway

NBA needs to do some research on robot refs

Obama will deliver his convention speech tonight from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, a location intended to underscore “our very democracy is at stake” in this election.

Citigroup CEO Michael Corbat said banks should start walking away from clients who don’t acknowledge the need to reduce their carbon emissions
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-19/citi-ceo-says-banks-must-walk-if-clients-won-t-reduce-emissions

Back in February, DOJ announced a new section dedicated to denaturalization cases: https://buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/us-attorneys-strip-naturalization-fraud

Today, per a source, a notice went out internally at DOJ that Timothy Belsan will lead that section (the NYT noted he was the lead contender:
https://nytimes.com/2020/02/26/us/politics/denaturalization-immigrants-justice-department.html)

An under appreciated fact by those pushing to just reopen the schools already is how many parents would be uncomfortable sending their children to those schools with the crisis still this intense, even if suddenly presented with the option to do so.

.@Cliff_Sims has really come back into the Trump fold. He wrote a tell-all book, the campaign filed an arbitration against Sims and he briefly sued Trump. Now he is helping lead "messaging and speechwriting for the upcoming Republican National Convention." https://wapo.st/2YeSq9L
https://twitter.com/dlippman/status/1296109212032995328

California wildfire updates: Lightning-sparked blazes explode in size, prompt urgent evacuations
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/08/19/california-wildfires-heat/

Reports of DeJoy rolling back all the changes he's made at the post office are greatly exaggerated.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xg8kwk/usps-policy-change-rollbacks-postmaster-general-dejoy

You are dead wrong, Senator. The report shows extensive evidence of collusion between the Trump Campaign & the Russians. Read the report. Criticizing FBI investigative efforts while ignoring the political corruption of Donald Trump & his cronies is shameful.
https://twitter.com/JohnBrennan/status/1295842708809015298

Not only are Goodyear Tires on the presidential "Beast" limousine, they're also the official tire of Secret Service
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/19/politics/trump-goodyear-cancel-culture/index.html

Pelosi Statement After Conversation with Postmaster General | This morning, I spoke with Postmaster General DeJoy and conveyed to him that his announcement is not a solution and is misleading.
The Postmaster General’s alleged pause is wholly insufficient and does not reverse damage already wreaked. The Postmaster General frankly admitted that he had no intention of replacing the sorting machines, blue mailboxes and other key mail infrastructure that have been removed and that plans for adequate overtime, which is critical for the timely delivery of mail, are not in the works. All of these changes directly jeopardize the election and disproportionately threaten to disenfranchise voters in communities of color. At the same time, we are highly concerned that the slowdown of the delivery of medicines to veterans is not being sufficiently addressed.
https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/81920

Important part here. A lot of people think because he "stopped" that means the USPS is returning to its previous capabilities and that isn't true. They did the smash and grab already where they wanted to so their mission was a success. This isn't something that can unfucked in time for the election, which was exactly their intention.

Biden could just shuffle around the whitehouse all day in a robe, sipping his cold coffee and yelling for youngsters to get off of his lawn, and it would still be miles better than the failure and blatant corruption we've seen over the last 4 years.

Trump's Goodyear boycott is unconstitutional and illegal and will cost him swing states

And the Raptors take a slight lead for the first time all game during the 4th quarter

Zero again: No NBA player has tested positive for coronavirus out of 341 tested at Orlando campus since last results were announced Aug. 12.
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1296169741061632001

The Toronto Raptors pull out the narrow win 104-99 over the Brooklyn Nets behind VanVleet's 24/10 to take a 2-0 series lead

Gobert, scared of getting two pieced again, socially distances from Jokic before getting a 3 drilled in his face
https://streamable.com/m3plkh

Dolly Parton is the largest employer in Sevier County, TN. When the wildfires ravaged that area, she sent everyone displaced by the fires $1000 a month until they got back on their feet and a lump sum of $5000 when it was over.
https://twitter.com/Grace_Segers/status/1296196536083382273

A Waterloo, Iowa postal employee provides these photos of a dismantled mail sorting machine, which now sits in a garage. The employee says it was in good working condition and that its recent removal has caused delivery delays.
https://twitter.com/GeoffRBennett/status/1296195532285714435

Goodyear is a 121-year old company that was founded in Akron, Ohio, and has never left its home, opening a new global headquarters building in Akron in 2013. It employs tens of thousands of Americans. And the President is leading a boycott of it.

Obama to say on Trump: "He’s shown no interest in putting in the work; no interest finding common ground; no interest in using the awesome power of his office to help anyone but himself and his friends; no interest in treating the presidency as anything but one more reality show that he can use to get the attention he craves."

“I did hope, for the sake of our country, that Donald Trump might show some interest in taking the job seriously; that he might come to feel the weight of the office and discover some reverence for the democracy that had been placed in his care. But he never did” - Obama tonight

Trayvon Martin's mother narrowly came up short in a Miami-Dade County commissioner race

Former Republican Rep. Charlie Dent endorses Joe Biden on CNN: "I mean, a 9/11 truther for Pete's sake. And the president called this person a rising star. I mean, all this does is empower the whack jobs and the nuts to come out."
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1296190239598411782

We're sad to share that 7 y.o. golden lion tamarin Izzy died while giving birth overnight Aug. 9. She was pregnant with 2 offspring; sadly, neither survived. Keepers fondly remember Izzy for her bold nature + knack for solving enrichment puzzle feeders + toys. She will be missed.
https://twitter.com/ericgeller/status/1296190200872423425

Nuggets miss 6 times in one possession
https://streamable.com/451x34

MRI confirms a "left ankle Malleolar stress reaction" for Zach Collins. He's out for Game 2 and will be reevaluate in a week, which means Games 3 and 4 are likely out as well.
https://twitter.com/CHold/status/1296189444676935680

Alameda County Sheriff's office is doubling down on their support for deputy Alan Strickland despite the recently released body cam footage showing that Strickland was the aggressor. Also, why did it take them over a year to release the footage? https://twitter.com/stephaniesmyth/status/1296176728264658945

No one’s judging based off what lawyers are saying, they’re judging based off VIDEO EVIDENCE

Confirmation from Joe Biden's policy director that Biden remains committed to ending U.S. fossil fuel subsidies. It is part of the climate plan he has already released: .@JoeBiden continues to be committed to ending U.S. fossil fuel subsidies & then rallying the rest of the world to do the same—as was outlined in his climate plan last year. Here at home, he'll use those dollars to instead invest in a clean energy future and create union jobs.
https://twitter.com/StefFeldman/status/1296114375908966400

Please put ending fossil fuel subsidies back onto the DNC Platform.

Mariners have DFA'd struggling designated hitter Daniel Vogelbach, who was an All-Star just last year.
https://twitter.com/GregJohnsMLB/status/1296200206552150016?s=19

Yordan Alvarez will have surgery next week to correct a partial tear of the patella tendon in his right knee, Dusty Baker said. He is out for the season
https://twitter.com/chandler_rome/status/1296199667961626624?s=21

If it wasn’t for that 8 second violation in Game 1 this series would be looking wrapped up
https://www.espn.com/nba/playbyplay?gameId=401236281

Just foul Mitchell so he can’t make a three in your face.

Jingles +24, as expected.

Gobert turns comically French when he complains for a foul

Is that the Utah Jazz or the 2017 Warriors?

I know Harris and Barton are out but that’s no excuse to be getting blown out by the Conley-less and Bogdanovic-less Jazz

The Jazz are shooting practice wide open 3s lmfaooo

Donovan has been incredible

Donovan ‘Spida’ Mitchell Uses His Spidey-Sense To Find The Corner Three
https://streamable.com/ix1bnu

Royce O'Neale knocks down the corner 3 and blows Jokic a kiss
https://streamable.com/wsabsz

Mitchell with an overhead bullet-pass to the cornerHighlights
https://streamable.com/ev10gn

Jimmy Butler On Trash Talk, ‘One Of Their Silly Coaches Was Yapping At Me For Some Reason’
https://streamable.com/59axdh

Matisse Thybulle will start for the Sixers tonight in place of Al Horford. Brett Brown hinted at the move before Game 1, and now goes to it in Game 2. Interesting to see how it shakes up the matchup. Expect Thybulle to get the assignment on Jayson Tatum. Big spot for a rookie.
https://twitter.com/timbontemps/status/1296209137785802758

Snowflake dude triggered by Obama. Leaves in huff.
https://twitter.com/PodSaveAmerica/status/1296213032134049792

A summary of that press conference: Announced resumption of some Iran sanctions, mused that the FDA is delaying a virus treatment to hurt him politically, thanked QAnon types for their support, said he'd swap the Goodyear tires off his limo, and encouraged colleges to stay open.

New @JoeBiden statement on Trump's Goodyear comments -- he says "thousands of American workers" will be "collateral damage in yet another one of his political attacks."
https://twitter.com/EliStokols/status/1296213084726599683

The FBI has labeled QAnon as a domestic terror threat.
https://news.yahoo.com/fbi-documents-conspiracy-theories-terrorism-160000507.html

Historic lightning siege triggered more than 367 new fires in California in just 72 hours
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/a-look-at-the-western-u-s-fire-season/796784

Trump attacks Senate Republicans for scheduling hearing with postmaster general
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-slams-senate-republicans-hearing-postmaster-general-louis-dejoy/

Looking forward to the Republican roll call:
ALABAMA: Roy Moore, legally standing a hundred feet outside a mall
ALASKA: Hunters lighting up caribou with AK-47s
ARIZONA: Joe Arpaio licking a taser
ARKANSAS: Tom Cotton smashing a bottle on a bar, daring the camera to fight...
AMERICAN SAMOA: [delegates barred because Trump insists they're a Girl Scout cookie]
CALIFORNIA: Devin Nunes' cow
COLORADO: A can of room temperature Coors Light
CONNECTICUT: Lou Dobbs for some reason
DELAWARE: Biden's long-form birth certificate
DC: A canister of tear gas
FLORIDA: Ron DeSantis in a hazmat suit he somehow has on inside-out
GEORGIA: Brian Kemp holding a lit stick of dynamite
GUAM: [delegates barred because Trump hates Wrigley's]
HAWAII: A local official insisting it's actually part of America until the microphone is cut off
IDAHO: A tray of burnt French fries
ILLINOIS: Rod Blagojevich with an auctioneer's gavel
INDIANA: Bobby Knight, talking to an empty chair, screaming at an empty chair, kicking the living shit out of an empty chair
IOWA: A corn-dog cannon from the State Fair
KANSAS: Kris Kobach and his list of very real cases of voter fraud that he can't seem to find
KENTUCKY: Mitch McConn-BOOOOOOOO!
LOUISIANA: LSU Coach Ed Orgeron running through a tackling dummy with Joe Biden's face taped to it
MAINE: Susan Collins' slight disappointment
MARYLAND: The defense lawyer from "The Wire"
MASSACHUSETTS: Sully and White Pete outside a Dunkin, what the hell you lookin' at
MICHIGAN: A middle-aged Kid Rock, getting winded halfway through "Bawitdaba"
MINNESOTA: Michele Bachmann, that's right, America, Michele Bachmann!
MISSISSIPPI: A Confederate monument come to life
MISSOURI: The St. Louis gun couple
MONTANA: Greg Gianforte in a luchador mask
NEBRASKA: Ben Sasse, slowly edging out of the camera frame
NEVADA: [NSFW story recounted in Michael Cohen's book]
NEW HAMPSHIRE: [postponed due to bad weather]
NEW JERSEY: Chris Christie, directing traffic in Fort Lee
NEW MEXICO: Someone insisting that "the wall should have been to the south, please, sir, we're Americans, please"
NEW YORK: The hosts of "Fox & Friends"
NORTH CAROLINA: The Duke Blue Devil mascot slapping the floor
NORTH DAKOTA: A guy dramatically coughing on the elderly Wal-Mart greeter who asked him to wear a mask
OHIO: Jim Jordan in an OSU wrestling singlet
OKLAHOMA: A pile of slurry next to a fracking device
OREGON: Cliven Bundy, barricaded in Malheur again for some reason
PENNSYLVANIA: Just a paper sign that says "Wharton"
PUERTO RICO: A fresh roll of Bounty paper towels
RHODE ISLAND: Calamari, again
SOUTH CAROLINA: Lindsey Graham debating Lindsey Graham about Trump's character
SOUTH DAKOTA: Kristi Noem, sandblasting Trump's face onto Mt. Rushmore
TENNESSEE: Marsha, Marsha, Marsha
TEXAS: Ted Cruz, attacking his own wife and father
UTAH: A battered piñata of Mitt Romney
VERMONT: A guy with a Bernie Sanders cutout screaming "socialism" over and over
VIRGINIA: A torchlight parade in Charlottesville
WASHINGTON: [stricken from the roll call after a long argument with the president about how he doesn't live there]
WEST VIRGINIA: A lump of beautiful, clean coal!
WISCONSIN: The ghost of Joe McCarthy, even though he too is a little skeeved out by all this
WYOMING: The guy Dick Cheney shot in the face, introduced by the gun that shot him

Asked about his call for a Goodyear boycott, Trump says, "you know what? Workers who lose their jobs will be able to get a good job." (The unemployment rate is currently over 10 percent.)

Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer planned to wear cleats in his start today that say “FREE JOE KELLY” and sport a picture of the suspended Dodgers pitcher. MLB told him he could be removed from the game and disciplined if he does
https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1296217790022549506
https://i.imgur.com/ERFbAwp.jpg

Rob Manfred was going to discipline a player for wearing shoes he didn't like more than he did any Astros players for cheating their way to a world series title.

Hy shitstain Manfred, shoes are just pieces of fabric just as, in your word, the world series trophy is just a piece of metal

The Utah Jazz defeat the Denver Nuggets 124-105 with Jordan Clarkson's 26 and Donovan Mitchell's 30 pts to even the series at 1-1

After the 57-point game, Donovan Mitchell comes back with 30 PTS 8 AST with 71.4% shooting and 6/7 from three.

Jayson Tatum beats the buzzer from near half court to end the 1st quarter
https://streamable.com/wzdks8

Donovan Mitchell Mic’d Up, ‘It Aint Nothing Personal, I’m Telling You’
https://streamable.com/qyoopi

Karl Rove Attacks Trump for QAnon Answer: 'This Is a Group of Nuts and Kooks,' He Should Disavow Them
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/karl-rove-slams-trump-for-qanon-answer-this-is-a-group-of-nuts-and-kooks-he-should-disavow-them/

New York City prepares to layoff hundreds of emergency medical workers (EMTs and Paramedics), the same EMTs who responded to record call volumes and were sickened by COVID-19. The city's budget woes come into focus because Republicans refuse to sign off on a second covid19 package because doing so means helping Democratic-led states
https://nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-york-city-emergency-medical-workers-prepare-layoffs-n1237357

If this interview isn’t a BRIGHT LIGHT on systemic racism in criminal justice AND the terribly inadequate training of those who choose to become police officers, then you are probably an old white guy. Audio of investigators' interview with one of the former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s death were released. The interview was conducted by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shortly after Floyd died on May 25.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/audio-investigators-interview-officer-george-floyds-arrest-released/story?id=72470775

Before the DNC, the #housework2020 boys say look at @PamKeithFL in #FL18, fresh off her primary win: Navy vet, civil rights atty & her nonprofit serves homeless & at-risk veterans. Her opponent wants to dismantle affordable healthcare. Give what you can: http://secure.actblue.com/donate/pamkeith_default
https://twitter.com/PreetBharara/status/1296225593990750208

If it isn't clear to you by now, academia in America has been compromised. At Princeton, students in a Chinese politics class will use codes instead of names to protect identities. Harvard excuses students from discussing politically sensitive topics.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-national-security-law-reaches-into-harvard-princeton-classrooms-11597829402

Facebook said it will restrict the right-wing conspiracy movement QAnon, designated as a domestic terrorist group today by the FBI, and will no longer recommend that users join groups supporting it, although the company isn’t banning it outright
https://apnews.com/71bddeded4bfdf8f1b6efed37963768d

Nearly 11,000 lightning strikes in 72 hours in #California have sparked 367 fires, according to authorities.
https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/1296228841162145798

40% of letter-handling machines dismantled in Seattle-Tacoma area: By the time Postmaster General Louis DeJoy halted a raft of changes that might slow down the US mail, the Postal Service had already shut down 40% of the high-speed letter-sorting machines in the Seattle-Tacoma area, KUOW has learned
https://www.kuow.org/stories/nearly-half-of-mail-sorting-machines-in-seattle-area-already-dismantled

Trump might rage tweeting all night long: tonight's DNC speakers include: Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama
https://www.demconvention.com/schedule-and-speakers/?_sft_event-day=august-19

The team @crookedmedia built a program to help people adopt a swing state and become a digital organizer. Nearly 200,000 people have signed up. Join us! Tell a friend. Make Donald Trump an (indictable) private citizen again! http://VoteSaveAmerica.com/adopt
https://twitter.com/TVietor08/status/1296244890351726592

We are SO close to reaching 200,000 people participating in Adopt A State and mobilizing voters in swing states. If you’ve adopted a state already, sign up your best friend, mom, or that neighbor who's watching The OC too loudly for the 100000th time:
http://votesaveamerica.com/adopt

Those who suggest @BarackObama is fighting to protect his “legacy” misread him and the moment. He’s fighting to protect our democracy against the assault of a @POTUS who, unlike his predecessors of EITHER party, simply doesn’t believe in its rules, laws, norms or institutions.
https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/1296244317997146113

Essential background reading on QAnon, by the two reporters who have owned this story from its insane beginnings:
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/how-three-conspiracy-theorists-took-q-sparked-qanon-n900531

Exclusive new images obtained by NBC News appear to show high-volume mail sorting machines out of service and dismantled. This comes after Postmaster General Dejoy suspended cost-cutting measures and policy changes until after the election.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/images-show-u-s-postal-machines-removed-and-dismantled-90332741667

Deliveries of chicks are arriving dead, costing Maine farmers thousands of dollars. They were going to be murdered anyway but still. These poor creatures are TORTURED WHILE IN THE WOMB AND THROUGH BIRTH AND LIFE AND DEATH. GO FUCKING VEGAN ALREADY.
https://www.pressherald.com/2020/08/19/dead-chick-deliveries-costing-maine-farmers-thousands-of-dollars/

Kansas Democrat, 19, Who Admitted to Revenge Porn, Ekes Out Primary Win, STOP VOTING FOR CRIMINALS YOU MENTALLY ILL DERANGED REPUBLICAN TERRORISTS
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/us/politics/aaron-coleman-kansas.html

Walker hustles back after getting demolished by Embiid to get the steal leading to a Jaylen Brown 360 jam
https://streamable.com/gmzwr6

Marcus Smart reaches the apex for the block on Tobias HarrisHighlights
https://streamable.com/07kyp6

Tatum knows Thybulle is behind him but it doesn't matter
https://streamable.com/0hy8up

Marcus Smart jukes Embiid for the shot, then forces the backcourt violation on the 76ers
https://streamable.com/af3m0e

Enes Kanter with the and-1 off the sweet Brad Wanamaker dime
https://streamable.com/255sn1

It's another evening to remember that if the Twitter conversation had anything to do with the electorate at large, Joe Biden wouldn't be anywhere near the nomination

The DNC videos tonight have been devastatingly effective. (last nights were not....)

Estela, an 11 year old whose mother was deported: "Mr. President, my mom is the wife of a proud American Marine and a mother of two American children. We are American families. We need a president who will bring people together, not tear them apart. Sincerely, Estela."

Instead of protecting us you tore our world apart," says Estella, a young girl whose mother was deported, reading a letter to Trump. Her mother was married to a U.S. Marine. "My mom is the wife of a proud U.S Marine and two American children...we are American families."

YEP: the GOP messaging about the first 2 nights of the Dem convention was the party didn't stand for anything except being anti Trump -- the 1st hour tonight has leveraged the all-TV format to dig in on guns, climate and immigration in a way that shows actual impact on people's lives
https://twitter.com/IsaacDovere/status/1296259859965509632

This was a pretty powerful segment on the humanity of immigration and why a mother would bring her children to the U.S. to save their lives.
https://twitter.com/Carrasquillo/status/1296261727668056064

Police called after Kanye West signature gatherers were aggressive with poll workers. Laramie County Clerk Debra Lee said her office fielded multiple calls from six of the county's seven locations, and in some cases the signature gatherers were combative with poll workers
https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/police-called-after-kanye-west-signature-gatherers-were-aggressive-with-poll-workers/article_55578467-70e3-5b3c-b040-fb01477676d3.html

Hillary Clinton with a Zinger: "I wish Donald Trump knew how to be a president, because America needs a president right now.”

GO VEGAN PROBLEM SOLVED: USPS changes blamed for deliveries of thousands of dead chicks: 'We've never had a problem like this before'
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/512844-usps-changes-blamed-for-deliveries-of-thousands-of-dead-chicks-weve

The Dallas Mavericks outlast the Los Angeles Clippers 127-114 to even the series at 1-1 behind 28/8/7 from Luka Doncic

Kawhi Leonard tonight: 35/9/2/1stl on 10-21 FG, 13-14 FT

Kawhi rushes in for a ferocious slam
https://streamable.com/kx2e32

Cincinnati Reds Suspend Mentally Ill Deranged Lying Sack Of Shit Anti-LGBTQ Thom Brennaman Who Defended Himself By Saying He Prided Himself On Being A "Man Of Faith" And Would Not Broadcast Anymore If People Didn't Like Him Attacking LGBTQ Because He Was A "Man Of Faith" And Was Ordained To Attack LGBTQ
https://twitter.com/Reds/status/1296292420565585920

(full three tweets) For everyone wondering why I didn’t wear the cleats tonight, @MLB threatened to eject me and suspend me and levy unprecedented fines against me if I did. I couldn’t put my teammates at risk like that. Earlier this year, MLB said players could put whatever they wanted on their cleats, so long as it wasn’t political or offensive. Apparently, Rob is not a fan of players following his rules, as “Free Joe Kelly” is not political and is very clearly said in jest. Just leaves me over here wondering how following the rules = ejection/suspension/fine and cheating your way to a World Series = no ejection/suspension/fine...y’all really know how to pick your battles... 🙄learned my lesson though. Fun is bad, cheating is good. Won’t make the same mistake twice, can promise you that 👊👊
http://twitter.com/BauerOutage/status/1296297392581545989

Bauer is a gift to baseball. After MLB told him he'd be disciplined for wearing his Joe Kelly cleats, he pitches a 7-inning shutout complete game against KC and rips off his jersey to show his "Send It" t-shirt (when he got pulled out and threw the ball over the wall with CLE)
https://i.redd.it/y4e5y76wd4i51.jpg

Putin Opponent Alexei Navalny Poisoned by Toxin in His Tea
https://www.thedailybeast.com/putin-opponent-alexei-navalny-reportedly-poisoned-by-toxin-in-his-tea
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53844958
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/world/europe/navalny-poison-russia.html

750 million GMO mosquitoes coming to Florida
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-florida-aedes-aegypti-mosquito-750-million-genetically-modified-20200820-knjbs5s6hvg7xejcebz5pev2de-story.html

Hillary Clinton: We need overwhelming win so Trump can't steal his way to victory
https://www.axios.com/hillary-clinton-dnc-joe-biden-donald-trump-8319e84d-c401-4798-9107-66f31c32fa68.html

U.S. Postal Service scrapping usable mail sorting machines in Grand Rapids
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2020/08/us-postal-service-scrapping-usable-mail-sorting-machines-in-grand-rapids-union-says.html

Kirsten Dunst baffled after featuring on Kanye West's campaign poster: 'Why am I a part of it?'
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/kirsten-dunst-kanye-west-election-2020-vision-poster-twitter-a9679326.html

Isn't this like the time he had a bunch of naked celebrities/important people wax models posing with him on a bed without their consent? Are nude wax models NSFW???
https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/g28419/guide-to-celebrities-in-kanye-famous-video/

Democrats stay silent on violence in their cities
https://nypost.com/2020/08/19/democrats-stay-silent-on-violence-in-their-cities-devine/

I am looking forward to never thinking of this man again. We have 170,000 people dead and this is what he’s tweeting.

The US is a DEMOCRATIC Republic. This is addressed in Federalist No. 10, as Madison considered what he saw as democracies and republics: "The federal Constitution forms a happy combination in this respect"

This is an increase from last week’s 960,000 claims: Another 1.1 million Americans applied for unemployment aid last week, an indication that unemployment remains painfully high in the US. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/20/business/many-likely-sought-jobless-aid-after-federal-benefit-lapses/

Election officials are racing to expand in-person voting, early voting and absentee ballot drop-off options, as they are inundated with calls from residents who say they no longer trust voting by mail.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mail-ballot-worries/2020/08/19/d75d97fe-e238-11ea-b69b-64f7b0477ed4_story.html

I have to assume anyone that Schilling praises this highly is absolute scum (Thom Brennaman). Schilling was part of Bannon's "build the wall" scam
https://www.nj.com/yankees/2020/08/how-ex-red-sox-pitcher-curt-schilling-is-connected-to-steve-bannons-indictment.html
https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/former-phillies-pitcher-curt-schilling-on-pac-board-that-indicted-ex-white-house-adviser-steve/article_6ecdf9c8-e2f0-11ea-ba1f-c3cbce2f9f5d.html
https://twitter.com/IsaacDovere/status/1296446129668849665

Bannon, indicted today on charges of defrauding donors, chaired the advisory board of We Build the Wall other board members: Erik Prince Kris Kobach Curt Schilling Tom Tancredo Sheriff David Clarke
https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/1296474131840589826

Former Trump Campaign Manager Steve Bannon Indicted & Arrested on Fraud Charges | "Former Trump political adviser Steve Bannon has been arrested in New York in connection to an online fundraising scheme. The Department of Justice’s Southern District of New York (SDNY) says that Bannon, along with three others, were arrested for leading the "We Build The Wall" online fundraising campaign that "defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors".
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/20/904255171/read-the-indictment-against-steve-bannon
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/steve-bannon-among-4-arrested-indicted-in-online-fundraising-scheme-doj-announces
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/20/politics/bannon-build-the-wall-indictment/index.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-bannon/steve-bannon-architect-of-trumps-2016-win-charged-with-defrauding-border-wall-donors-idUSKBN25G1J4

Steve Bannon promised that all of the "We Build The Wall" donations would be used for the project. Prosecutors say he received over $1 million, using some to pay co-defendant Brian Kolfage and to cover hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal expenses.
https://apnews.com/6119b50079aaf30ba54b8e40bd36033b

Trump saying he doesn't know him in 3, 2, 1 ...

- Roger Stone - Obstruction of an official proceeding, making false statements and witness tampering - Arrested and found guilty
- Rick Gates - Financial fraud and lying to the F.B.I. - Arrested and found guilty
- Paul Manafort - Tax evasion, bank fraud, failure to disclose a foreign bank account and witness tampering - Arrested and found guilty
- Michael D. Cohen - Lying to Congress - Arrested and plead guilty
- George Papadopoulos - Lying to the F.B.I. about conversations with people he believed were working on behalf of Russians - Arrested and plead guilty
- Michael T. Flynn - Lying to the F.B.I. - Arrested and plead guilty
- Steve Bannon - Fraud, money laundering - Arrested, disposition pending

Also shout out to Acting SDNY US Attorney Audrey Strauss, who was put in an impossible position after AG Bill Barr engineered the firing of US Attorney Geoffrey Berman, but said "fuck it" and did her job and has put cuffs on Bannon and Ghislaine Maxwell in her first couple of months on the job, even though both are Trump allies.

Amazing how all his best people are criminals

Strange, it's almost like the Trump campaign may be a criminal enterprise. Someone should look into that!

And consider that Strauss was forced to circumvent Trump/Barr obstruction of every agency and had to use the USPS to get the evidence to indict Bannon before DeJoy could be planted. The SDNY has made Mueller's investigation look like a hometown paper's expose on the local pharmacy missing a few opioids.

The United States Postal Inspection Service assisted in the investigation. You love to see it. Guess we know where the post master general is going to make his next cuts. The Postal Service is shaping up to be the heroes of 2020.

Given his new felony indictment, Steve Bannon is now eligible to speak at the RNC next week.

Manny Machado walk-off grand slam against the Rangers.
https://streamable.com/h580by

Nick Castellanos hits the awkwardest home run of all time. Shitstain Thom Brennaman apology/sign-off
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/26a69dd7-bf09-4cf1-8682-efa4742d94e6.mp4

Thom Brennaman drops a homophobic slur without realizing he's live
https://twitter.com/churchofbasebal/status/1296226277158985728

This needs to be talked about, Masai is an ambassador for basketball and human rights. The police assaulted him, slandered his name and then tried to sue him for damages.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h42lKRp_G9k

Kawhi shows rare emotion and SLAPS Luka on the ass! 8/19/20
https://streamable.com/q0175x

Tatis evades the tag to steal 3B despite being thrown out by a mile by the pitcher
https://streamable.com/m/fernando-tatis-steals-third-base

Umpire Doug Eddings calls a pitch way off of the plate for a strike in the 11th inning against the Rockies
https://streamable.com/mwbzex

Myles Straw beats the 5-man infield to walk off the Rockies
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/89e581f7-f460-48f0-94bb-bb15e6c76f40.mp4

Manny Machado's reaction to Tatis' slam. "Aw shit I'm gonna get thrown at, aren't I?"
https://twitter.com/DSmithShow/status/1295771759765946368

#Dodgers Dave Roberts said he can see the Fernando Tatis Jr. 3-0 debate from both sides. He came up in era when "unwritten rules were abided by." But Tatis situation has caused him to "flip" his opinion. Teams that are behind don't stop trying to score. Why should team leading?
https://twitter.com/billplunkettocr/status/1295801957177675776

Padres' Tatis angers Rangers with late grand slam...... How about get him out?
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29685137/padres-fernando-tatis-jr-angers-rangers-late-grand-slam-rout

Tatis Jr. on celebrating the game; This should be the part of the press conference we remember, not all that other BS
https://twitter.com/973TheFanSD/status/1295590578684485632

Unhappy about Tatis' grand-slam, the Rangers immediately threw a fastball behind Manny Machado on the very next pitch
https://streamable.com/o01pah

[Bauer] Hey @tatis_jr listen up: 1) Keep swinging 3-0 if you want to, no matter what the game situation is 2) Keep hitting homers, no matter what the situation is 3) Keep bringing energy and flash to baseball and making it fun 4) The only thing you did wrong was apologize. Stop that.
https://twitter.com/BauerOutage/status/1295599492855730176

I get Chris Woodward's reaction to the Fernando Tatis, Jr. swing. It's ridiculous, but I get it. But for Tatis' manager Jayce Tingler or the G.M. to do anything but rise to his defence? I'd fire them. I can get a thousand Jayce Tinglers. To throw Tatis under the bus is bullshit.
https://twitter.com/snjeffblair/status/1295771845799665665

Fernando Tatis Jr. and Juan Soto are breaking baseball's unwritten rules and it's GREAT
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29687366/fernando-tatis-jr-juan-soto-breaking-mlb-unwritten-rules-great

Citing the Padres' struggles closing games and a grand slam of insurance, Jayce Tingler said he learned a lesson last night that giving Fernando Tatis Jr. a take sign was the wrong call.
https://twitter.com/dennistlin/status/1295783138598117376

Judge throws out Trump challenge to Manhattan DA subpoena for tax records |  Trump’s effort to fight a prosecutor’s subpoena for his tax records was rejected Thursday by a federal judge, handing another loss to the president in a high-profile case that already made its way to the Supreme Court. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero said the president failed to show that the subpoena would pose an unfair burden, siding in favor of Manhattan D.A. Cyrus Vance Jr., who has said his office is pursuing an investigation of potential violations of state law. Trump is likely to appeal the decision to a higher court.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/nyregion/donald-trump-taxes-cyrus-vance.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-subpoena/u-s-judge-dismisses-trumps-lawsuit-to-block-subpoena-for-tax-records-idUSKBN25G1LD
https://www.thedailybeast.com/president-donald-trump-must-hand-over-tax-returns-to-manhattan-da-cy-vance-judge-rules-again
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/this-case-is-closed-court-rules-manhattan-da-gets-trumps-tax-returns/

Each of Trump’s 2016 campaign managers has now faced criminal charges
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/20/each-trumps-2016-campaign-managers-has-now-faced-criminal-charges/

You'd think he'd be more concerned with shit like, you know, running the country, instead of trying to duck the law, sell beans, and shitpost on Twitter

Can anyone explain HOW the F--- his taxes haven't been leaked by someone from the IRS? LEAK THEM NOW. NAIL IN COFFIN.

Let’s not forget that Richard Neal would have been able to request trump’s tax returns but didn’t. Why is Richard Neal acting in trump’s interest? We need to vote out scum like him out of government.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/rep-neal-s-refusal-get-trump-state-tax-returns-emerges-n1034536

USPS Sorting Machines Are Still Being Dismantled Despite DeJoy’s Promise to Stop
https://truthout.org/articles/usps-sorting-machines-are-still-being-dismantled-despite-dejoys-promise-to-stop/

USPS Headquarters Tells Managers Not to Reconnect Mail Sorting Machines, Emails Show
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xg8k4d/usps-emails-tell-managers-not-to-reinstall-mail-sorting-machines-postmaster-general-dejoy?f

REPORTER: Sir, it's not just Steve Bannon. It's Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, Rick Gates, Paul Manafort. What's that say about your judgement and the culture of lawlessness around you?
TRUMP: Well, there was great lawlessness in the Obama administration.
Aaron Rupar (Vox) Video
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1296475330648199173

Trump says in the video that he didn’t know them, that he believes he never met them. He said that with a straight fucking face like people are supposed to believe that. Kris Kobach says, "hello!"

If Trump really wanted Hillary locked up he should have just hired her. The press sec issued a statement claiming Trump has not been involved with Bannon since the campaign, and does not know the people involved in the project.

Kobach co-chaired the Commission on Election Integrity that Trump established through EO, along side VP Mike Pence. Trump considered him for Sec of Homeland Security and "Immigration Czar". Trump personally endorsed him for governor, calling him a "strong and early supporter of mine...a fantastic guy". Clarke spoke at the RNC convention on behalf of Trump, met with Trump personally after the election to discuss a role in the administration, and announced he was accepting the role of Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (before withdrawing himself). He's been on Fox News and Hannity. Trump personally promoted his new book on Twitter, saying "great book by a great guy". Erik Prince is the brother of Betsy DeVos, who Trump appointed as Sec of Education. He arranged and personally attended a meeting in Trump Tower with a UAE lobbyist during the campaign (with Trump, JR, etc) and claimed he was able to set it up because he's a "friend of a friend". He was sent by Bannon to meet with the UAE Crown Prince, allegedly to discuss their support for Trump's campaign. This resulted in him being roped into the Mueller investigation, and lying under oath during his testimony to protect Trump. It's nuts that anyone would believe Trump doesn't know these people.

Note that SDNY had to go through the Postal Inspectors to get the arrest because Barr is obstructing cases in the Department of "Justice" and the FBI.
https://twitter.com/AWeissmann_/status/1296451668595347456

This all explains the SDNY shake-up, it was done to protect Trump and his people

Lisa Page weighs in:    I worked with some great USPIS agents when I was a prosecutor. But it is undeniably atypical to have a public corruption-adjacent investigation like this that doesn't involve the FBI at all. If for no other reason than FBI tends to push its way onto high-profile cases like this.  There may be a perfectly reasonable explanation for why the FBI isn't involved. I'd be curious to know what it is.
https://twitter.com/NatSecLisa/status/1296475135650791424

And yes, Steven Bannon was arrested on a boat illegally purchased with the donations and used in a Boaters for Trump parade. 2020 y'all.

Justices remove Green Party candidates from Montana ballot because they're Republicans and Republican-funded etc
https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/justices-remove-green-party-candidates-from-montana-ballot

SDNY was run by a Republican US Attorney (George Berman, the person Barr forced out) hand-picked by the Trump Administration. The fraud also involves far more than $100,000 being misappropriated. If they’re going to try to make excuses, they should at least make sure they aren’t clearly contradicted by the facts and that they actually cover the allegations.

Goodyear Workers Rally Against Trump's Boycott, Union Says It Should 'Scare the Hell' Out of Working Americans
https://www.newsweek.com/goodyear-workers-rally-against-trumps-boycott-union-says-it-should-scare-hell-out-working-1526506

Los Angeles Mayor Shuts Off Power At Hollywood Hills House That Hosted Large Parties
https://www.scpr.org/news/2020/08/19/94107/los-angeles-mayor-shuts-off-power-at-hollywood-hil/

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Right to Warn of “Fascism in the United States”
https://newrepublic.com/article/158999/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-right-warn-fascism-united-states

One of the bank accounts (Steve Bannon and Build The Wall) that’s being subpoenaed is owned by "White Knights & Vultures LLC." Not only that, but the head of “White Knights & Vultures LLC” is literally named Badalotto

Trump + Campaign staff + arrested, name a more iconic trio

Top Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissmann tweeted this:    Note two things about the Bannon indictment. 1. it explains why Trump-Barr removed US Attorney Berman so precipitously. 2. SDNY made case not with FBI, but Postal Inspectors and internal SDNY agents. Open question: did SDNY seek approval for charges from Barr (wd not need to)?
https://twitter.com/AWeissmann_/status/1296451668595347456

Trump saying he isn't connected to this at all: Kris Kobach in a January 2019 interview connected the border wall fundraising scheme to Trump: "I talked with the president, and the 'We Build the Wall Effort’' came up. The president said 'the project has my blessing, and you can tell the media that.'" ~ Geoff Bennett (NBC News)
https://twitter.com/GeoffRBennett/status/1296454156560015360
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/us/politics/kris-kobach-wall-funding.html

These are also state crimes in states across the country. Trump can’t pardon that. Bannon will be serving jail time one way or the other.
https://twitter.com/NormEisen/status/1296450205559259137

Donald Trump Jr. praised We Build The Wall and Brian Kolfage at a 2018 event: "This is private enterprise at its finest. Doing it better, faster, cheaper than anything else. What you guys are doing is amazing.”
https://twitter.com/jonallendc/status/1296465849054900224

Here's Donald Trump Jr.'s testimonial on the We Build The Wall Website.
https://twitter.com/jonallendc/status/1296465849054900224/photo/1

Steve Bannon looks like a guy who just had his 2nd to last horcrux destroyed.

GOOD: Pelosi Endorses Kennedy in Race Against Incumbent Markey. Pelosi endorsed Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib in their races against more moderate challengers so it's clearly not an ideological decision.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/20/metro/house-speaker-nancy-pelosi-endorses-joe-kennedy-race-against-ed-markey/

Haaland, Heinrich Call Out FCC for Shortchanging Tribes on Tribal Broadband Application Deadline
https://haaland.house.gov/media/press-releases/haaland-heinrich-call-out-fcc-shortchanging-tribes-tribal-broadband-application

It's a long standing American tradition to make treaties with natives then pretty much violate them at the first opportunity

If they weren't so hateful, I'd almost feel bad for Trump supporters. Everytime they try to get involved in politics, their money goes to a conman.
-Trump Organization: Dissolved due to fraud
-Trump Campaign: Accusations of laundering $170 mil
-NRA: Under litigation for fraud
-Build a wall: Fraud

However, he “covertly took more than $350,000 in funds” that he used “to pay for his own personal expenses, including, among other purposes, home renovations, payments toward a boat, a luxury SUV, a golf cart, jewelry, cosmetic surgery, personal tax payments, and credit card debt,” the indictment says.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/steve-bannon-arrested-in-new-york-on-charges-of-stealing-from-build-the-wall-fundraiser

Trump supporters paid for Bannon to get cosmetic surgery

Really wish the idiot Democrats nominated for VP Winona La Duke.

The fact that Obama refused to mention Native Americans/American Indians in his list of voters angry at the government because the government beat them down continues to enrage me today. At least Kamala mentioned "indigenous" people. She should have said Native American.

New York will allow voters to cite virus concerns in order to request absentee ballots for the general election.

Plan To Vote Tool
https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/plan-your-vote-state-by-state-guide-voting-by-mail-early-in-person-voting-election/index.html

I get great personal pleasure from searching indictments for "lol," as it almost always appears in a text message like "sure hope we don't get caught lol"
https://twitter.com/gzornick/status/1296500500037283842?s=20

She has a point: No one gets to complain about primary challenges again. Hugging face
So @dccc, when can we expect you to reverse your blacklist policy against primary orgs?
Because between this & lack of care around @IlhanMN’s challenger, it seems like less a policy and more a cherry-picking activity.
https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1296498853517176832

Trump on...
BANNON: "Haven't been dealing with him at all"
COHEN: Did a "tiny, tiny fraction" of my legal work
MANAFORT: "I didn't know Manafort well"
STONE: "Roger didn't work for me in the campaign"
FLYNN: "Impossible for me to know this"

It’s extraordinary how many people close to Trump are felons

the last chapter...is not done yet...mark my words" Erik Prince, in his now-infamous @AJheadtohead interview with me last year, defended both the We Build The Wall fundraising project that he's involved in & Brian Kolfage, who was arrested today alongside Steve Bannon.
https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1296487339167023104

We’ve been investigating the administration’s plans for building a border wall since 2017. Since the beginning of the administration, the wall project has been marked by misinformation, broken promises, and a total disregard for actual border security.
https://www.americanoversight.org/investigation/audit-the-wall

As part of his private border wall scheme, Brian Kolfage and We Build the Wall vilified a nearby butterfly sanctuary and accused it of being involved in drug trafficking. Naturally, the sanctuary is thrilled by today's indictments: WE TOLD YOU SO!!!  From the beginning, we said this was a Bannon scheme to raise dark money for the administration & help @FisherSandG defraud the government. We are sure there will be more coming out...Just wait!!! Oh, and SUCK IT, @BrianKolfage
https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1296493109443002368

Sen. Doug Jones is getting some outside air cover: Vulnerable Democratic senator gets first outside spending support in Alabama The most vulnerable incumbent Democratic senator on the ballot this fall, Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama, received some outside support this week as the first Democratic group to spend on his behalf...
cnn.com
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/20/politics/doug-jones-senate-race-alabama-outside-spending/index.html

In 2019, Brian Kolfage had a table where he was soliciting donations for We Build The Wall at a Donald Trump Jr book signing in Florida
https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/post/trump-jr-book-signing-triggers-large-crowd

Florida Trump Supporter Punched Neighbor in Face Over Biden Yard Sign, Police Say | "Yeah, I went to jail for Mr. Trump, for our president," Vullo told the station.
https://www.newsweek.com/florida-trump-supporter-punched-neighbor-face-over-biden-yard-sign-police-say-1526479

NO LIVING CREATURE SHOULD EVEN BE MAILED, STOP TORTURING AND MURDERING ANIMALS, STOP BREEDING ANIMALS, GO VEGAN: USPS changes blamed for deliveries of thousands of dead chicks: 'We've never had a problem like this before'
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/512844-usps-changes-blamed-for-deliveries-of-thousands-of-dead-chicks-weve

23,000 absentee ballots were rejected in Wisconsin's April primary. That's more than Trump won the state by in 2016.

I'm 100% convinced at this point he's going to 1) Straight up refuse to concede and step down and/or 2) Resign and vanish suddenly off to Russia/East Europe then is pardoned for federal crimes from Pence. He's just in way, way too deep to do a normal transfer of power if he loses. Remember he has a court ordered dna test for a rape case that he has been able to avoid, solely because he is president.

Fauci undergoes surgery to remove vocal cord polyp | The White House coronavirus task force member says he'll be "out of action" on long speeches for two weeks.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/20/fauci-has-surgery-to-remove-polyp-399280

Trump asks Supreme Court to let him violate the First Amendment
https://www.axios.com/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-let-him-block-twitter-critics-d2b385d7-aaef-493a-a82d-33af2868aad0.html

Trump Jr. pretends to not know "Buold Wall" group despite ample video footage of him hanging out with board members EXPLICITALLY PROMOTING "we build the wall" and him EXPLICITALLY endorsing them
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/512937-trump-jr-distances-from-bannon-group-says-he-attended-single-event

Nancy Pelosi supports members of her caucus. When Ed Markey isn't a member of her caucus, he's in the senate. Joe Kennedy is in her caucus, he's in the house. That's the difference between the two.

The through line here is that there really aren't many humans who want to vote for him. When Ross Perot needed signatures, he got 'em fast. Who's out there getting Kanye signatures without getting paid? Kanye West fails to qualify for Montana presidential ballot. Per the AP, only 3,972 of the nearly 8,800 signatures that Kanye West's campaign submitted in Montana were judged to be valid. He needed 5,000.
https://trib.com/news/kanye-west-fails-to-qualify-for-montana-presidential-ballot/article_cd7ceb91-b17f-563e-a76c-41fa97eb82dd.html

Great, I have no problem arresting DHS and CBP!....: The private wall that @WeBuildtheWall built and funded is @DHSgov @CBP ENDORSED and APPROVED.  Never forget it.
https://twitter.com/BrianKolfage/status/1282309364733358081

Through his first four starts, Trevor Bauer is currently leading the MLB in ERA, WHIP, FIP, ERA+, K/9, H/9, and CG + CGSOs

Christian Yelich since being benched August 5th against the White Sox - .295/.446/.727 with 5 HR and 11 RBI.

Reminder: Tom Brady is a Buccaneer. Philip Rivers is a Colt. Andy Dalton is a Cowboy. Nick Foles is a Bear. Jameis Winston is a Saint. Teddy Bridgewater is a Panther. Marcus Mariota is a Raider. Cam Newton is a New England Patriot.

Spo takes great timeouts. It's weird to complement such a basic thing but some coaches have been frustrating with them these playoffs...Nate stares off in confusion

Dragic does the same thing every game where he scores like 5 pts in the first half and then 15-20pts in the 2nd half

Miami has firepower.

Kelly Olynyk seems like the type of dude that wore a black trench coat in high school. Every time I hear his name I feel like he's a hockey player who stumbled in the wrong arena by mistake.

Louis DeJoy Is a Fanboy of the Late Senator and Racist Jesse Helms
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/louis-dejoy-naacp-lawsuit-jesse-helms-1047358/

You absolutely cannot go into a shooting contest with the Heat unless you're the Rockets or Mavs. Indiana needs to change their strategy. Their top 8 defence looks like a bottom 5 defence this series.

TJ has to take a page out of Jimmy's book and get to the line more if he wants to elevate his scoring game.

This must be demoralizing for the Pacers. Duncan is on automatic. This wasn't even a catch and shoot. He dribbled and took a contested pull up. Nothing but net. Wow.

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Trump's sexual assault allegations: The full list of women who have accused the President

Alva Johonson, a former Trump campaign staffer, said she had to avoid a kiss from Mr Trump while on a trip to Florida in August of 2016. The White House has denied this most recent accusation, as have some members of the Trump team who say they were present.

Jessica Leeds, a former traveling salesperson, alleged that Mr Trump grabbed her breasts and tried to put his hand up her skirt while on a first-class flight in the 1980s. Ms Leeds was in her late 30s at the time.

Ivana Trump, Mr Trump's first wife, once used the word "rape" to describe an encounter with him. The accusation was made in a 1993 book following a divorce settlement between the two. She has since softened her language, saying that she didn't mean the word in a "literal or criminal sense".

Jill Harth, a former business partner of Mr Trump's, said that Mr Trump forcibly kissed her on the lips, groped her breasts, and grabbed her genitals in what she described in a 1997 as an "attempted rape". The encounter allegedly occurred at Mr Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, in one of his children's bedroom. She also says that Mr Trump groped her under the table at a dinner with colleagues at the Plaza Hotel.

Kristen Anderson alleged that Mr Trump put his hand up her skirt and touched her genitals over her underwear at the China Club in Manhattan at some point in the early 1990s when she was in her early 20s. Ms Anderson was an aspiring model at the time.

Lisa Boyne accused Mr Trump of insisting that female models walk across a table at a New York restaurant in 1996, and then remarking on their underwear and genitalia. She was 25 at the time.

Cathy Heller says that Mr Trump forcibly kissed her on the lips during a Mother's Day brunch at mar-a-Lago in 1997.

Temple Taggart, a former Miss Utah, alleged that Mr Trump forcibly kissed her on the mouth on two different occasions. The first incident was the first time that they met. The incidents occurred at the 1997 Miss USA pageant event, and in Trump Tower.

Mariah Billado, a former Miss Vermont Teen USA, has alleged that says that Mr Trump walked into a dressing room unannounced in 1997. She said that there were several teen beauty queens aged between 15 and 19 in the room naked at the time.

Karena Virginia alleged that Mr Trump grabbed her arm and touched her breast while she was waiting for a car after the US Open.

Bridget Sullivan, a former Miss New Hampshire, alleged that Mr Trump walked into the Miss USA pageant dressing room in 2000 while contestants were naked. She was 19 at the time.

Tasha Dixon, a former Miss Arizona, alleged that Mr Trump entered dressing rooms at the Miss USA pageant in 2001 while contestants were "half-naked".

Melinda Macgillivray alleged that Mr Trump grabbed her buttock in a pavilion behind the main house of his Mar-a-Lago estate in 2003. They were in the middle of a group of people, she said, and it was during a concert performed by Ray Charles.

Jennifer Murphy said that Mr Trump forcibly kissed her after a job interview in 2005. She was 26 at the time.

Rachel Cooks alleged that Mr Trump kissed her forcibly on the lips outside the elevator in Trump Tower in 2005. She was 22 at the time.

Natasha Stoynoff alleged that Mr Trump pushed her against a wall and forcibly kissed her in a closed-door room in his Mar-a-Lago estate in 2005. Ms Stoynoff, a writer for PEOPLE magazine, was there to interview Mr Trump.

Ninni Laaksonen alleged that Mr Trump grabbed her buttocks while taking photos outside the Ed Sullivan Theater, and before Mr Trump appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman. Ms Laaksonen was 20 at the time, in 2006.

Jessica Drake alleged that Mr Trump forcibly kissed her and two female friends in 2006, when she was 32. When she pushed him away, she said that he asked her: "How much?"

Samantha Holvey, a former Miss North Carolina, alleged that Mr Trump treated women like "meat" and would barge into dressing rooms to inspect women. She said the incidents occurred in 2006, when she was 20.

Summer Zervos alleged that Mr Trump grabbed her by her shoulders and forcibly kissed her, and groped her breasts, while she was a contestant on The Apprentice in 2007. She said the incidents took place at Trump Tower in New York, and at a hotel in Los Angeles.

Cassandra Searles, a former Miss Washington, said that Mr Trump grabbed her buttocks repeatedly in 2013 during the Miss USA pageant in 2013. She said that he also invited her to his hotel room.

Karen Johnson, who said Mr Trump pulled her into a tapestry by her crotch at a New Year's Eve party in the early 2000s.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-sexual-assault-allegations-all-list-misconduct-karen-johnson-how-many-a9149216.html
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Tara Reade under investigation for perjury
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/prosecutors-open-probe-biden-accuser-tara-reade-lied/story?id=70899704

Butler: lands tough clutch 3s like its nothing.

Pacers are stuck in first round purgatory.

Joe Biden's case for the presidency is not hard to understand; it may very well be the least complicated in modern American political history. He is not Donald Trump. He is, by contrast, a thinking, feeling person who engages with and cares very deeply about people who are not Joe Biden. A vote for Biden is a vote to stop a blood tide of madness and pandemic. As slogans go, "Build Back Better" is wanting, even by the abysmal standards of presidential politics, but here's the good news: It barely matters. What really matters is that Joe Biden is not Donald Trump. That's a taut summary of the foundational ideas upon which the Democratic National Convention has been built. Biden, by virtue of not being Donald Trump, can get us out of the myriad crises that have enveloped the country over the past four years. Biden is the proud leader of a big tent party, so big that it contains many people with whom Trump would not associate or would actively demonize. It's often the case that a presidential candidate with a long career in the Senate finds that those decades of experience are a weakness, a litany of choices and compromises ably weaponized against the would-be president. But for a not-Trump, like Biden, it's a strength. Ol' No Malarkey Joe! He knows how to grease the wheels of government to get things done. And hey, Republicans like him! John McCain was his friend. The first two nights of the DNC were aimed, more often than not, at winning over Republicans who were disgusted by Donald Trump in order to convince them that Biden was a safe choice, a throwback to an earlier kind of Democratic Party, and that there was even a place in his big tent for them. Republicans John Kasich, Colin Powell, Christine Todd Whitman, Cindy McCain, and Meg Whitman launched a full-court press aimed at pushing those dozens of Republican fence-sitters out there in America toward Biden. "I'm sure there are Republicans and independents who couldn't imagine crossing over to support a Democrat. They fear Joe may turn sharp left (legalize drugs, legalize sex trafficking, designate Israel terrorist regime, etc) and leave them behind," Kasich said, channeling Ralph Macchio by standing at a literal crossroads. "I don't believe that because I know the measure of the man." Kasich was vouching for Biden: He's not like other Democrats. On the third night of the DNC, the party finally turned toward those other Democrats. Its opening segments focused on issues that trouble the heart of the Democratic base, such as gun violence, climate change, immigration, and #MeToo—and they aimed to be melodramatic and emotionally searing. The underlying message of these segments and speeches blended with the ideas of the first two nights: Biden can hold this coalition together while delivering big, necessary change and solving the problems that have burned into our collective memory and which Congress has failed to adequately address for decades. Despite how it's often been characterized during the DNC, however, success is hardly a fait accompli. Mitch McConnell and congressional Republicans will assuredly work to stymie any and all reforms offered by a hypothetical Biden administration; it is almost certain that the federal bench Trump has assembled will work to thwart a Democratic president's efforts. In a convention organized around the dangers of reelecting Donald Trump, there was little mention of the radicalism of the Republican Party or the impeachment of their standard-bearer. These are GLARING OMISSIONS. There is still a great deal of magical thinking—not just of a series of miraculous political transformations following a Trump loss in November but of a Biden administration walking into the Oval Office with a magic wand—happening at the convention. It's an understandable indulgence, given the fact Biden's election would, in some not insignificant ways, be a sudden sea change: Donald Trump would continue to be a boor and a chaos agent, but he'd be those things somewhere other than the White House. The worst excesses of his administration would be a thing of the past. But this odd perspective permeated the proceedings in stranger ways. Throughout the night, the early days of Trump's ascension to the Oval Office were remembered by various speakers not as the dire time of worry that they were but rather a tenuously hopeful moment when it was still possible for Trump to reveal himself to be fit to serve the nation. "If he had put his own interests and ego aside," said Hillary Clinton, "if he had even tried to govern well and lead us all—he might have proved us wrong." Barack Obama gave voice similar regrets, saying, "I never expected that my successor would embrace my vision or continue my policies. I did hope, for the sake of our country, that Donald Trump might show some interest in taking the job seriously, that he might come to feel the weight of the office and discover some reverence for the democracy that had been placed in his care." Four years ago, at a different Democratic convention, both Clinton and Obama seemed much more assured—and much less hopeful—of what Donald Trump's election would entail. And this magical thinking has crept into Biden's pitch to voters. It is, to some extent, hard-wired into the back-slapping dealmaker's DNA. Last year, Biden proclaimed that the world would "see an epiphany occur among many of my Republican friends" if he were elected president, that they'd be transformed into felicitous partners in a stately debate. It was a shocking notion coming from someone who had served as Barack Obama's vice president, where he witnessed the extraordinary obstinacy of Republicans firsthand. Biden and his fellow Democrats are, to their credit, clear-eyed about the challenges they would inherit at the end of a Trump presidency. The candidate has recently been invoking the idea of a "Second New Deal" response to Covid-19 and its concomitant economic collapse. But Biden's campaign is rooted in the idea that he is a kind of political cheat code. As Vox's Dylan Matthews found while interviewing Biden staffers, the Democratic candidate remains committed to the filibuster, a decision that will make any ambitious Democratic policy effort impossible. The idea that Biden might rely on parliamentary strategies, like budget reconciliation, to move big agenda items was pooh-poohed by his longtime economic advisor. Instead, Biden, we are told, will "leverage his relationships in the Senate to pass his agenda with bipartisan support." With a raft of amenable Republicans behind him, the theory goes that he'll bring about those changes that the modern Republican Party had hitherto done everything in its power, including shutting down the government on multiple occasions, to prevent. But while it's one thing for Biden to have supreme confidence in his Senate Cloakroom Backslap Game, it's entirely different when other Democrats with more familiarity with the Republican truculence of the past few years, or a higher exposure to their more recent radical strain, indulges the same ideas. On the second night of the convention, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer presented a sixty-second laundry list of everything a Biden presidency was going to bring about.* To hear Schumer tell it, almost no problem would go unsolved: "With President Biden, Vice President Harris, and a Democratic Senate majority, we will make health care affordable for all; we'll undo the vicious inequality of income and wealth that has plagued America for too long, and we'll take strong decisive action to combat climate change and save the planet." Sounds easy! And by the time the third night was finished, the portfolio had expanded considerably: infrastructure, voting rights, racial justice, gun violence. "I love a good plan, and Joe Biden has some really good plans," said plan-expert Elizabeth Warren, speaking to Biden's child care plan, in case anyone was wondering if he'd forget to fix that as well. And throughout, the coronavirus pandemic and its subsequent, related economic collapse was never far from mind. Clinton and Obama, like many of the convention speakers who'd preceded their own Wednesday night testimonials, situated Biden's ability to solve these problems in his personality. "As the saying goes, the world breaks everyone at one point or another, and afterward many are stronger in the broken places," Clinton said. "Joe Biden knows how to heal because he's done it himself." Obama, who played up his famous friendship with his vice president as if their relationship was the bridge over which he might impart his legendary mystique, at least acknowledged that Biden would need the help of other people to heal the nation. Channeling John F. Kennedy, Obama declaimed, "Here's the thing: no single American can fix this country alone. Democracy was never meant to be transactional—you give me your vote; I make everything better. So, I am also asking you to believe in your own ability—to embrace your own responsibility as citizens—to make sure that the basic tenets of our democracy endure." The vast majority of those who will flock to vote for Biden will need considerably more guidance to provide the means by which he might overcome either Republican intransigence or an enduring Trumpian judiciary designed to provide Republicans with enough power in absentia to endure, or even thwart, a Biden presidency. So far, Biden's vision of backroom comity and old-school bipartisan consensus building has left little room for a movement of committed citizens to imagine that they might have an important, daily role to play in the promised restoration. Parliamentary war games, the fanaticism of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the dire threat of a radical Supreme Court—these are not quite the stuff of a stump speech, let alone a party convention where the guiding idea is to rally voters behind an optimistic vision. But after three days of speeches, we know with precision what Joe Biden wants: a big tent to contain the Sanders wing of the Democratic Party and the Kasich wing of the Republican Party. In return, Republicans get a decent man and Democrats get progressive policy. Everybody gets no more Donald Trump. But these desires of Biden have been evident since the outset of his campaign. The piece that's always been missing, and which will likely go unfound by the time the convention concludes on Thursday night with whatever Democrats come up with as its virtual version of a balloon drop, is the reckoning with reality and the plan for action. "We've got to do the work," said Kamala Harris on Wednesday night. As some point, it may become necessary to explain how this work will work.

Iguodala with the hustle block
https://streamable.com/90312s

Before Kamala Harris, There Was Charlotta Bass: Remembering 1st Black Woman to Run for VP in 1952
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/8/20/keisha_blain_charlotta_bass

Prosecutors looking to reinstate indictment against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort for mortgage fraud
https://abcnews.go.com/US/prosecutors-reinstate-indictment-trump-campaign-chairman-paul-manafort/story?id=72499540

I choose to think of that Curt Schilling getting arrested story not as fake but simply as ahead of its time

Lucas Giolito's day: 7 IP, 3H, 1BB, 13 K, 110 Pitches (70 strikes)

The Miami Heat pull out a 109-100 victory over the Indiana Pacers behind Duncan Robinson's 7 3-pointers to take a 2-0 series lead

Austin Rivers shakes Chris Paul and yams it past SGA!
https://streamable.com/6g59qb

Tyler Herro Mic’d Up & Jimmy Butler Shouts Out His Mom, ‘Put Me In Your Tiky Tok!’
https://streamable.com/64r9g6

Kawhi Leonard commits a foul while complaining about not getting a foulHighlights
https://streamable.com/m5486z

Austin Rivers drills back-to-back 3s over Bazley
https://streamable.com/878gtr

USPS Threatens Employees Against Speaking To The Press
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7qypz/usps-warns-employees-not-to-speak-to-press

Everybody loves to pretend it gives a shit about animal welfare until you tell them to stop eating them.

Rays break Yankees' home winning streak by sweeping them in three

The Rays make a statement with 1st sweep over Yankees at Yankee Stadium since 2014, and 1st time since the Athletics in 1990 to sweep the Yankees and#Redsox on the road on the same trip. And yes, they are in 1st place in the AL East.

"Chicks don't need to eat for a couple of days after hatching, why you mad". The casual way in which people are saying they use the service. One or two chicks dying aint a thing... it works really well. The focus on how the USPS is being affected when these animals are literally dying. Points out how fucked up it is to mail an animal, which is then put in conditions where it may die, people scream at me, "you're mentally ill! fuck off and die!". But macerating chicks alive is totally fine and not animal abuse. GRINDING THEM TO DEATH WITHIN SECONDS OF BEING BORN IS JUST GREAT.

Covid-19 pandemic could trigger a 'baby boom' because almost two million women have lost access to contraception across the world. G-d forbid they stop having sex or get an abortion.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8646533/Two-million-women-lost-access-contraception-world-coronavirus.html

"The main reason the Amazon is being deforested is because of human consumption of meat. 90% of the fires started in the Amazon are to clear space to raise cattle and 70% of the fires are happening right next to areas already cleared for cattle grazing by large meat companies".
https://sentientmedia.org/60-billion-industry-behind-brazil-exploitation-amazon-rainforest/

"The Lives of Mother Pigs - The Real Price of Bacon"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPy0l0_1w14

White Sox sweep the Tigers in 4 games on the South Side.

One player and one staff member of the New York Mets have tested positive for COVID-19, a source tells ESPN.
https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1296553952843046914?s=21

Today in Yankeeland: • Zack Britton hamstring strain • Gleyber Torres hamstring issue • James Paxton forearm/elbow issue • Swept by the Rays, lost division lead

https://twitter.com/scottmerkin/status/1296534336594944002?s=21

The New York Mets game against the Miami Marlins tonight is postponed after someone in the Mets organization tested positive for COVID-19, a source tells ESPN
https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1296551848875368448

Steve Bannon Granted $5 Million Bail Package That Allows Him to Travel to Multiple States
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/steve-bannon-granted-5-million-bail-package-that-allows-him-to-travel-to-multiple-states/

Find And Punish Cruel Terrorists Who Ran Over And Viciously Beat Raccoon. More info in comments
https://www.animalvictory.org/find_and_punish_cruel_thugs_who_ran_over_and_viciously_beat_raccoon?recruiter_id=902935

I’m a gun totin’ Texas Republican, and I’m voting for Biden to preserve the Union
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/texas-republican-joe-biden-voting-election-2020-15495992.php

"We once had Republican leaders that would work to keep extremists from the levers of power. Now they embrace them and their crazy and dangerous ideas"
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/us/politics/qanon-trump-republicans.html

Steve Bannon to be released on a $5 million bond. His travel is restricted to the NY and DC areas. He can make no use of private jets or yachts without permission and he must cease raising money for We Buikd the Wall
https://twitter.com/AaronKatersky/status/1296542444637519877

Remarkable parallels between 1984 and 2020: Biden was glad the Democratic nominee (Walter Mondale, a former Vice President), chose a young female running mate (Geraldine Ferraro) so he could be more a more effective transitional figure for the party.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/12-conventions-48-years-joe-bidens-history-democratic/story?id=72426330

RECORD low daily and 7-day moving average positive rates for NYC. Shout out to #Dutchess county, where positive rate was below 0.5% for 2 days in a row and still only 0.8% today. Keep up the great work, NY! (It take a village!)
https://twitter.com/thehowie/status/1296554680554786825

Dave Williams, frmr USPS Board vice chair, says DeJoy’s moves are “strange and disturbing.”
1.Breaking down sorting machines COSTS the U.S. money, not saves.
2.Blue Box removals were “not part” of ongoing plans. Mnuchin wanted that done as part of his previous study of the postal service.
*Again, Williams, who knows USPS better than anyone, is saying there was no money-saving reason for all of these disruptions*
https://twitter.com/HeidiNBC/status/1296560129131917317
https://twitter.com/HeidiNBC/status/1296560327526621188

Trump delivering a dark, ominous speech in PA says: "They want to cancel you, totally cancel you. Take your job. Turn your family against you for speaking your mind, while they indoctrinate your children with twisted, twisted world views that nobody ever thought possible."
https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/1296546212473184264

Biden is running against Trump, and Trump is running against protesters/college professors/etc who are bad now but would be way worse under Biden. It's tougher then getting a new WikiLeaks dump on Clinton every day!

Eric Gordon needs to stop shooting threes

Jeff Green to the rescuuuuuuuuue

With the way the Rockets are shooting, OKC fans should be very concerned they're not up 20+ right now

The Rockets have missed their last 15 threes, are playing without Westbrook and are still in this game

Gotta get the 0-27 outta the way early in the playoffs

Harden has been monstrous on defense with the steals and deflections

Still not over that Rivers dunk. Incredible. I honestly didn’t think he had that in him. Super fast first step too

Schroeder singlehandedly fucking up 5 straight plays for OKC

Rivers put Noel on the floor

Harden has been phenomenal on defense and borderline awful on offense

Billy Donavan just watched the series slip away because he’s to stubborn to call a timeout

Billy Donovan: "Let me do nothing as Houston builds a double digit lead and Schroeder wastes six straight possessions"

Odd that he calls the organization that he’s on the board of a scam: [Schilling] No, Curt Schilling wasn’t arrested in the ‘Build the Wall’ fundraising scam [tweet which I refuse to link to]

Why does Curt Schilling look like he's 75 in that picture? Because being a hateful terrorists ages you

CDC Will Regain Control Of COVID Data Collection
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/wsj-admin-reverses-says-cdc-will-regain-control-of-covid-data
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-administration-puts-cdc-back-in-charge-of-hospitals-covid-19-data-collection-2020-08-20

Harden took a midrange turnaround fade-away. I’m losing my mind.

In Iowa, we’re tough and we’re used to people flying over and forgetting about us. But I’ve seen the #derecho damage in our state firsthand, and we need more help. If you’re able to donate to relief efforts, here’s where to start: https://thegazette.com/subject/opinion/staff-columnist/iowans-were-devestated-by-the-derecho-heres-how-you-can-help-20200813
https://twitter.com/GreenfieldIowa/status/1295832531921772544

Steve Bannon (when he was at the WH) plotting something against Kushner
https://twitter.com/JasonLeopold/status/1296567372497612800?

Children may be a source of contagion in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in spite of milder disease or lack of symptoms.
https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(20)31023-4/fulltext

Open Technology Fund sues administration for $20M in missing funds. There's bipartisan uproar from Congress over funding that OTF says is being withheld.
https://www.axios.com/scoop-open-technology-fund-sues-administration-for-20m-in-missing-funds-90b5420d-2f41-4e50-b58b-6a517af26cd6.html

More than two dozen major fires were scorching California on Thursday and taxing the state’s firefighting capacity, sparked by an unprecedented lightning siege that dropped nearly 11,000 strikes over several days. The fires have destroyed 175 structures, including homes, and are threatening 50,000 more, said Daniel Berlant, an assistant deputy director with the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. In all, 33 civilians and firefighters have been injured, and two people have died. Most of the activity is in Northern California, where fires have chewed through about 500 square miles (1,250 square kilometers) of brushland, rural areas, canyon country and dense forest surrounding San Francisco. More than 10,000 firefighters are on the front lines, but fire officials in charge of each of the major fire complexes say they are strapped for resources. Some firefighters were working 72-hour shifts instead of the usual 24 hours. The state has requested 375 engines and crew from other states.
https://apnews.com/b7f6ffc940c843b937d5573b58e2bda7

Michigan AG Dana Nessel: The removal of mail sorting machines is "an effort to disenfranchise voters by the Trump administration and the post master general at the behest of the Trump administration. They obviously believe they can't win the election fairly."
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1296571553052844039

Republican push to block controversial Alaskan gold mine | Federal approval of a controversial gold and copper mine in Alaska that would be the largest in North America may be put on hold after a small group of influential Republicans — including the president’s son, Fox News host Tucker Carlson, a wealthy Trump donor and one of the vice president’s former top aides — launched a full-court press to block the project. | That also happens to be a fishing spot of Donald Trump Jr., who made an impassioned case against the mine to his father during an early August fundraiser he hosted at his Bridgehampton, N.Y., home. Andrew Sabin, a Trump donor who was at the seaside gathering, also told the president that the mine was a bad idea. And last week, Carlson argued against the proposed mine on his television show. This last-minute campaign by a handful of high-profile Republicans — including Vice President Pence’s former chief of staff Nick Ayers — has prompted the White House to reassess the mine, according to two individuals familiar with the matter. Both individuals, who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to discuss internal deliberations, said administration officials are now weighing whether to delay granting a key permit to the mine’s sponsor, Pebble Limited Partnership. This marks an abrupt turn of fortunes for the project and underscores the freewheeling nature of decision-making in Trump’s White House, as well as the persuasive power of the unofficial lobbying campaign, both public and private, to block the mine.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/08/20/republican-push-block-controversial-alaskan-gold-mine-gains-white-houses-attention/

Think the words, nicknames and attack ads and posts are harsh in this presidential contest? It’s nothing new — and generally all are protected as political free speech.
https://twitter.com/1stForAll/status/1296573982242738180

Padres become first National League team since 1895 Cleveland Spiders to hit grand slams in three straight games
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/padres/2020/08/20/padres-tie-nl-grand-slam-streak-set-cleveland-spiders-1895/5614959002/

Kanye not qualified for Wisconsin ballot. The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted to keep Kanye West off the general election ballot Thursday - a move that keeps the hip hop star from potentially competing in this key battleground state. The board said the petitions were not filed on time. Because he never lifted a finger to go through the process of getting on the ballot until a week before the deadline.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7w5qd/kanye-west-gets-thrown-off-the-ballot-in-wisconsin

Injunction now bars fed agents from assaulting journalists in Portland. Judge says journalists aren’t asking for “extra” rights to stick around &cover action after agents disperse crowds for one simple reason: feds don’t have authority to declare a riot and clear PDX streets
https://twitter.com/karinapdx/status/1296580847554895872/photo/1

Donald Trump Jr. praised We Build The Wall and Brian Kolfage at a 2018 event: "This is private enterprise at its finest. Doing it better, faster, cheaper than anything else. What you guys are doing is amazing.”
https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/1296470804058832899

He today claimed he did not know any of the people involved and never heard of the project etc

USPS DeJory pledges aggressive changes at Postal Service after election designed to end the USPS
- price increases
- service reductions
- geographic pricing
- eliminating nonprofit discount
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/20/us-postal-service-louis-dejoy/

Rockets go on an incredible 17-0 run in the 4th quarter, 15 with Harden on the bench
https://streamable.com/gb711g

Giannis Puts Gary Clark On A Poster & Yells Emphatically
https://streamable.com/jz5tqf

Frank Vogel says he will keep the same starting lineup and that Rajon Rondo is inactive for Game 2 vs. POR
https://twitter.com/mcten/status/1296587411015847936

Khris Middleton today: 2 points 1-8 from the field,0-4 from three 5 assists along with 4 turnovers in a win

Washington Head Coach Ron Rivera tells me he has been diagnosed with lymph node cancer after a self check. Rivera shared the news with his team tonight but says the cancer is in the early stages and is considered “very treatable and curable”.
https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1296610136992161792

Shitstain tweet: To get into the Democrat National Convention, you must have an ID card with a picture...Yet the Democrats refuse to do this when it come to your very important VOTE! Gee, I wonder WHY???

Big Progressive Catholic Energy tonight: Sister Simone Campbell at the top of DNC programming, and Fr. James Martin at the end.

Shane Bieber vs the Pirates: 6IP, 6H, 0ER, 0BB, 11K on 99 pitches

Clayton Kershaw vs Seattle: 7 IP, 4 H, 1ER, 1 BB, 11K

Dame blow past KCP and finishes around McGee for the and-1Highlights
https://streamable.com/iapsk3

AD and LeBron connect for the back door alley oop jam
https://streamable.com/13ixb6

Syria has accused President Donald Trump of stealing the country's oil, after U.S. officials confirmed that a U.S. company has been allowed to operate there in fields under the control of a Pentagon-backed militia.
https://www.newsweek.com/syria-trump-stealing-oil-us-confirms-deal-1526589

Makers of cigarettes, takeaway coffee cups and other sources of litter will pay for future garbage sweeps: Environment Minister and Germany's 1,500 local body utilities insisted future bills should be paid by suppliers whose throwaways end up quickly littering landscape or in communal trash bins.
https://www.dw.com/en/you-pay-germany-tells-suppliers-of-throwaway-utensils/a-54641935

Fernando Tatis Jr completed the grand slam cycle. He hit one, was on first for Machados, second for Hosmers and third for Myers. Wow
https://twitter.com/JimRussellSD/status/1296674940721049603?s=19

Padres walk off Rangers in 10th to complete the 4 game sweep
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/4fc60252-2a14-4b4f-a993-cc38e79748be.mp4

Hosmer Grand Slam, Third In A Row
https://streamable.com/vphyct

Nathan Eovaldi final line vs BAL: 7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K

The Los Angeles Lakers (1-1) strike back to defeat The Portland Trailblazers (1-1) by a score of 111-84 behind 31pts/11reb from Anthony Davis to tie up the series 1-1 and secure their first playoff win since 2012

Sigh....Dame accidentally dislocates his finger against AD's shoe on the reach attempt
https://streamable.com/7xp2wa

Russell Westbrook in Westbrook attire coaching on the sidelines of the OKC/Rockets game.
https://streamable.com/2dumzw

I don't harbour any hate towards the Los Angeles Lakers anymore, I have no desire to root for them (I will always for the other team playing against them) but the hate is gone. Ditto for the Houston Cheatstros. Covid19 shut down the NBA and MLB and NHL for a mere three months and that was enough to make it feel like sports had entered a new era. The last NBA Finals and KD's departure from Golden State ushered also forced a turning-of-the-page in the NBA, but the shutdown really marked a turning-of-the-page in the NBA (Lakers finals dream could be derailed) and MLB (truncated season). Even if the Lakers win the title, that entire organization died inside when the season was shutdown: hundreds of millions of dollars were spent on the team to buy a championship, the shutdown stopped the NBA altogether and derailed the Lakers revenue and possibly derailed the Lakers from even getting to the finals. The Cheatstros are getting attacked 24/ by the all the mlb players and coaches, they're being punished by their own peers and the punishment has seriously derailed that team, the batters who cheated have all crashed and burned and have mental health issues now.

FBI Now Probing $300 Million Media Company Deal Linked To Steve Bannon
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/steve-bannon-guo-wengui-gtv-media-sec-probe_n_5f3eed87c5b697824f964ed9

Former donors to Bannon's border wall crowdfund say they feel "sick" over where the money went
https://www.newsweek.com/former-donors-bannons-border-wall-crowdfund-say-they-feel-sick-over-where-money-went-1526517

Lifelong Republican and WWII veteran discusses voting for Joe Biden | "I think Trump has been the worst president we've ever had. So I'll be glad to see him go."
https://6abc.com/lifelong-republican-and-wwii-veteran-discusses-voting-for-joe-biden/6381244/

How Sanders worked with Biden on Democratic policy proposals
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-sanders-worked-with-biden-on-democratic-policy-proposals

Who is Guo Wengui, the Chinese billionaire who owns the boat Steve Bannon was arrested on?
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/who-chinese-mogul-who-owns-boat-steve-bannon-was-busted-n1237511

Trump’s reelection effort has officially spent more than $1 billion, a record sum at this point in the campaign, but refuses to lift a finger to spend money to save the American people from historic unemployment and debt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/21/trumps-reelection-effort-has-officially-spent-more-than-1-billion-record-sum-this-point-campaign/

Biden needs to switch to drinking 90% water - warm and cool - to clear out his throat/sinuses/vocal-box, and certified organic+vegan knudsen morning drink (major vitamin boost and throat restorer) or knudsen lemon drink (which does have honey) to heal and restore his throat. And he needs to slightly die his hair a crisp silver because his entire face looks like a cobweb, he's too cobwebby looking. His voice does not exist, he has no voice. He needs his eyebrows cut back and died a crisper shade of silver so we can see his eyes better. Because his entire face and eyes look like they're covered by cobwebs. And he's failing on the health care issue, he needs to pledge to 1. Make Medicaid/Medicare/Veterans' Care/Indian-Health-Care/PPACA-federal-exchange-programmes unconditionally 100% free and unconditionally cover everything at all times - which is constitutional (expanding Medicare or Medicaid to cover every person is not constitutional.....), not simply harp on the PPACA all the time. Sanders and the Left are RIGHT about making sure health care coverage is free at all times and covers everything at all times (they're simply wrong about stripping 220,000,000+ people of the plans they have and dumping them on shitty medicare; the goal should be to get all health care plans to cover everything at all times and to make all plans free). He did, however, hit a MAJOR CRITICALLY IMPORTANT MOMENT when he equated the fight with Trump and Trump supporters as a battle between darkness and light: that was Biden directly talking to Christian Millennialists and other extreme right-wing Christian people who believe they are at war with the government, with democracy, with democratic institutions, with democrats, with anyone who they don't like, people who believe it is their Christian duty to fight the government and democrats and democracy etc, because, in their minds, democracy and democrats and the government are out to destroy Christianity and Christians. Biden evocatively called out those people with his "battle between darkness and light" moment in that speech. It won't convince those people but it was a major shoutout moment, a moment of Biden saying, "I see you, we Democrats know all about you."

Bloomberg nailed it: you were warned in 2015-2016 that Trump was a bad man and we asked you to vote against that bad man. Now you know Trump did a bad job from 2016-present, you see the bad job he's done, so fucking vote against him for doing a bad job.

Pro-Trump MAGA Postmaster General DeJoy testifies before the Republican-controlled Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee - 08/21/2020 | Live - 9:00am EDT
https://www.c-span.org/video/?474940-1/senate-hearing-us-postal-service
https://www.c-span.org/networks/?channel=radio
https://twitter.com/i/lists/884483122410213376

MLB has postponed Yankees-Mets this weekend, sources said. No game Saturday and no game Sunday, in addition to no game today.

DeJoy Says USPS Won’t Reinstall More Than 600 Removed Mail Sorting Machines "There’s no intention to do that," DeJoy testified.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/08/dejoy-says-usps-wont-reinstall-more-than-600-removed-mail-sorting-machines/

Kanye West is off Illinois’ Nov. 3 ballot, state elections board rules, half the signatures invalid. He can’t even get the number of signatures needed without cheating. And Republicans think he will steal votes from Biden.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-kanye-west-president-illinois-ballot-20200821-e6kj4sq7pzgabcd64rerrdnixe-story.html

Koala Habitats that Survived Australia’s Bushfires are Now Being Logged
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xg8myn/koala-habitats-that-survived-australias-bushfires-are-now-being-logged

An Israeli COVID-19 breath test has correctly identified all positive patients in a clinical trial in Wuhan, China, according to a newly peer-reviewed study. The proposed method can be considered as a platform that could be applied for any other disease infection with proper modifications to the artificial intelligence and would therefore be available to serve as a diagnostic tool in case of a new disease outbreak.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/just-breathe-israeli-made-nano-covid-breath-test-spots-every-carrier-in-trial/

USPS ordered to remove 671 mail sorting machines under DeJoy. He just said removed machines won’t be reinstalled. This is major crisis.
59 in Florida
58 in Texas
34 in Ohio
30 in Pennsylvania
26 in Michigan
15 in North Carolina
12 in Virginia
12 in Wisconsin
11 in Georgia

All of those states are battleground states. If the machines really aren't necessary, why aren't they removing them from every state? They've also removed about half of the machines WA state, mostly from Western counties. That's the part of the state that drives blue votes. We vote 100% by mail (as does OR). Thankfully, they have non-USPS ballot drop boxes we can use. That doesn't alleviate the issue as many people are still going to be inclined to drop their ballots in the mail.

"Mail volume is down" does not mean you get rid of machines, and mail volume FUCKING TRIPLED because of covid19.  Hey, it's not raining today, better tear down my roof.

I can't believe Ron Johnson is still allowed in Congress. He's a Russian asset actively helping to sabotage the election.

The fact that key Republican Senators are using this hearing to recount their personal Post Office horror stories (“the line was long!”), while Democrats are focused on the Postmaster’s threat to a free and fair election tells, us all we need to know about our politics today.
https://twitter.com/nedprice/status/1296822324331773952

Just because the lines are long does not mean you destroy the post office, you give them MORE POST OFFICES, MORE MAIL BOXES, MORE SORTING MACHINES, MORE EMPLOYEES. Republicans ALWAYS want to destroy something if it comes up short in some way.

Fucking Rand Paul continues to treat the USPS as a business and condemning it for operating at a loss. It’s a SERVICE, not designed to turn a profit. Treat it like the military, a service offered to the American people. People don’t complain that the military cost exorbitant money, this should be no different.

Also, YOU ALL HAVE DEBT, YOU ARE ALL OPERATING AT A LOSS BECAUSE YOU DON'T OWN YOUR HOME, THE BANK DOES, YOU HAVE CREDIT CARD DEBT, YOU ONLY PAY A FRACTION OF YOUR MEDICAL COSTS, elimate your insurance plan and your medical costs are multipled by 1000, all your medical treatments and potions and pills would cost you 1000x than what you pay because 100% of your medical costs are subsidized, eliminate subsidies for gas and the cost of your gas is multiplied by 1000x, YOU LIVE AT A LOSS, all your food is subsidized, eliminate the subsidy and your food would cost 1000x more, same for electricity and water and your automobile(s), etc, EVERYBODY OPERATES AT A LOSS, EVERYBODY LIVES BEYOND THEIR MEANS, NOBODY OPERATES WITHIN THE ACTUAL COST OF THEIR LIVES, EACH PERSON'S LIFE COSTS THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND 99% OF PEOPLE ARE NOT PAYING THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL COST, 99% ARE NOT MILLIONAIRES, ETC, FFS EACH PERSON'S LIFE COSTS THIS PLANET ITS ENTIRE PLANETARY EXISTENCE AND NOTHING BUT DEATH PAYS THAT DEBT, ALL OF EXISTENCE OPERATES AT A LOSS

DeJoy saying he's just one person among many who are making these decisions in the USPS. That doesn't really work when you're THE GUY in charge. And he fired wholesale all the executives as soon as he was appointed.

Would like to echo the Senator from Delaware's earlier statement, fuck fuck fuck.

Kanye denied ballot spot in his native Illinois, not enough signatures
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/21/kanye-west-illinois-ballot-spot-399994

He was lying about Mnuchin. His voice and body language shifted and was different on that question than the questions regarding other individuals.

Postmaster stammered but he finally said yes to simple question...Yes, he supports voting by mail. That’s not gonna make you know who happy.
https://twitter.com/clairecmc/status/1296805981230444545

The president overtly admitted he's fucking up the post office for political purposes, but Ron Johnson thinks there's a vast conspiracy among people calling the post office about late mail.

Interesting to see all these Republican senators accept DeJoy's excuse that delays have been caused by COVID-19. I thought it was a hoax & "just like the flu." How would it slow down the mail?

Surely it can't be the dismantling of all of these machines.

Jacky Rosen (D-Nevada) is not letting Dejoy off the hook that easily. She keeps pushing him to clarify and commit. Some he would and some he won't until his counsel advises him.

This Senate hearing is such garbage. We need answers, we need oversight, we need accountability, we need facts and the truth. You sure as shit aren't going to get that with this garbage government theatre. We need an independent council would be better suited to attaining the most valid investigation. Would definitely eliminate the constant voter base pandering we often see.

COVID-19 for the postal slowdown even though Covid-19 hit the country in early March and the shutdowns resulted in TRIPLING MAIL. The slowdown started in mid July.

So, Article VIII of the PAEA passed in 2006 and has been an issue for a long time. Forcing the USPS to prefund retirement benefits for 75 years is ridiculous and has been kneecapping their ability to operate within budgetary concerns for over a decade. Meanwhile, H.R. 2382: USPS Fairness Act, which would repeal the article VIII expenditure was passed by the house on 02/05/2020 and has been waiting for a vote from the Senate ever since.

Trump says he 'listens better to African Americans' than Martin Luther King III
https://independent.co.uk/voices/trump-martin-luther-king-iii-recording-mlk-audio-civil-rights-a9681201.html

Judge Rejects NY Police Unions' Bid To Block Release Of Disciplinary Records
https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-rejects-ny-police-unions-bid-to-block-disciplinary-records/

Des Moines Public Schools' request to start the school year totally online has been denied by the Iowa Department of Education, potentially putting the district in a legal showdown with the state.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2020/08/21/des-moines-public-schools-request-start-school-year-online-denied-hybrid-classes-iowa-education/3405069001/

"Republicans are doing very well. Republican states are doing great. You look at what's happening, they're doing great." -- Trump

5 of the 6 states with the highest number of coronavirus cases per 100,000 people have Republican governors.

Per source, about 50 Miami Marlins business operations employees who were previously furloughed were informed on Friday that their positions are being consolidated or eliminated - a byproduct of the COVID-19 pandemic that has delivered a gut punch to MLB teams.More coming shortly
https://twitter.com/flasportsbuzz/status/1296859397830979586

At turns optimistic, impassioned and admonishing — and using the words of the civil rights activist Ella Baker as a bridge to a biblical frame — Biden cast himself as an "ally of the light" and Trump as a figure who has "cloaked the nation in darkness."

LOLLL Former President George W Bush backed Maine Senator Susan Collins today in his first public endorsement of 2020; she had lunch with him and Laura in Kennebunkport. LOLLL and these are the “moderate” republicans the democrats are trying to appeal to. THIS MEANS TRUMP HAS ALREADY WON THE ELECTION. REPUBLICANS ARE LINED UP BEHIND HIM. PERIOD.

The Democratic strategist explanation for this shift is that voters now care about Trump’s chaos and incompetence because it’s directly impacting their lives in a way it wasn’t in 2018.

Thousands will lose insurance from the changes to the SAG-AFTRA health plan, incl. an actor whose son is getting physical therapy after cancer, and seniors whose eligibility requirements are now further out of reach. I spoke to ~20 members for this column
https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/sag-aftra-health-plan-insurance-changes-1234741151/

Democrats plan "chaos presidency" (counter-programming) events around RNC | The Democratic National Committee (DNC) will host daily events next week focused on different crises they say Trump's "chaos has created or made worse," featuring high-profile Democrats like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
https://www.axios.com/democrats-rnc-trump-counter-programming-718a97f1-a5ee-4d23-a2fb-b23f34cb9e8f.html

Fuck Alan Strickland and the Alameda county police department.

Brooklyn Nets are down 7 main rotation players, their post-season has collapsed

I'm still very irked by the fact that NBA has scheduled it so that none of the games ever overlap in scheduling and yet through the first 4 games that Toronto Raptors/Brooklyn Nets series is literally the only series on NBATV. Way to go ESPN. TNT has important NCIS: New Orleans episodes to air this afternoon. Have some perspective.

I think it's just crazy that the Raptors didn't have a hiccup after such a major change from last season. It's not like I thought they'd be bad without Kawhi, but I expected an adjustment season and maybe a fall to 4th or 5th seed. Really impressive. The Raptors had a bad season injury wise, literally ever major rotation player save OG missed 5+ games. A testament to Nick Nurse’s coaching.

How OG getting beat up on several games and not getting the calls to keep him safe?

Stephen Strasburg saw a hand specialist yesterday and was diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome. They're still coming up with a plan to address it, but Davey Martinez admits surgery is one possibility. That has not been decided yet, though.
https://twitter.com/markzuckerman/status/1296876037482188802

Hearing it’s bad news for Rays Chirinos - elbow injury is season ending and likely headed for Tommy John surgery
https://twitter.com/tbtimes_rays/status/1296870894208462848

Smoke from California’s fires has spread so far it is bleeding into the swirling air masses of an East Coast tropical storm. The entire country — for that matter, the entire continent — is feeling the extreme weather effects of climate change this week: #NOAA's HRRR Vertically Integrated Smoke profile from 12Z today shows very few smoke-free U.S. locations with #CaliforniaWildfires smoke wrapping around TS #Genevieve and reaching into Mexico and Canada as well.
https://twitter.com/sarahkaplan48/status/1296880145463091200

YEP: Progressives seethe as Democrats largely ignore Supreme Court at convention. The party adopted a plank calling for "structural court reforms." But almost none of the speakers mentioned the enormous stakes for SCOTUS at the 4-day event.
https://nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/progressives-seethe-democrats-largely-ignore-supreme-court-convention-n1237699

Of the six states where Kanye West filed but won't appear on the ballot, he had insufficient valid signatures in four: Illinois, Montana, New Jersey and West Virginia. There were other irregularities in Ohio and Wisconsin that prevented him from qualifying

Source tells me Trump's lawyers once again are seeking relief at the 2nd circuit appeals court. If they lose there, imagine this: Trump asking the Supreme Court to intervene next week, in the middle of the Republican National Convention: Federal judge denies Trump's request for a stay of Manhattan D.A.'s subpoena for Trump taxes.
https://twitter.com/AndreaWNYC/status/1296836487200280576

"Reporters found that the circumstances for the tragedy were set in the baffling nowhere-world of offshore trade, where secretive companies and pliant governments allow questionable actors to work in the shadows."
https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/a-hidden-tycoon-african-explosives-and-a-loan-from-a-notorious-bank-questionable-connections-surround-beirut-explosion-shipment

Former Police Officer Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., known as the Golden State Killer, was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing 13 people and raping dozens more in a spree of attacks that date to the 1970s.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/golden-state-killer-joseph-deangelo-sentenced-to-life-without-parole-11598033398

Kanye West's petition to get on the ballot in West Virginia was just rejected, per the SoS office. He submitted 13,865 signatures and 7,482 were rejected, so he was 761 signatures short. Most rejected signatures were college students not eligible to vote in WV, SoS office said.
https://twitter.com/cheyennehaslett/status/1296881727378513920

Lori Loughlin has been sentenced to two months in federal prison. Her husband was sentenced to five months in federal prison earlier today.
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1296880913272303616

You only get two months for conspiracy to steal some other kid's future

Much respect for the young Nets team man. They have every excuse and refuse to lay down.

Fred VanVleet drills the 3-quarter court buzzer beater with only 0.8 seconds to shoot
https://streamable.com/j7rfaa

NBA needs to stop with the advertisements in between free throws, before each quarter, and after timeouts. They are cutting into gametime.

Kanye West fails to qualify for Ohio presidential ballot
https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2020/08/21/kanye-west-fails-to-qualify-for-ohio-presidential-ballot/stories/20200821122

Kris Kobach claimed he spoke with 'enthusiastic' Trump three times about border wall project at center of fraud investigation
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/21/politics/kfile-kobach-wall-fraud/index.html

Nuggets starting to look like the 2018 Nuggets on defense.

The Toronto Raptors maul the Brooklyn Nets 117-92 behind a dominant 26 pt performance from Pascal Siakam to take a commanding 3-0 series lead

Gasol bails out Siakams' pass to no one, Van Vleet hits 3, then Lowry ices the game
https://streamable.com/hwt9xv

A former Army Green Beret was arrested today for allegedly conspiring with Russian intelligence operatives to provide them with United States national defense information.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/former-army-green-beret-charged-russian-espionage-conspiracy

One hundred cases of Ebola have been recorded in DR Congo's northwest in less than three months, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday as it warned the response to the epidemic is underfunded. The outbreak was reported in Equateur province on June 1
https://www.france24.com/en/20200821-ebola-cases-climb-to-100-in-latest-dr-congo-outbreak

Jazz swing the ball around outside and get it in deep to Gobert who lays it in over Jokic
https://streamable.com/r44n97

Trump loses umpteenth bid to delay handover of tax returns to NY prosecutor
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-subpoena/trump-loses-bid-to-delay-handover-of-tax-returns-to-ny-prosecutor-idUSKBN25H26P

Embarrassing, it's super weird how Nuggets fans defend Malone to the death. Malone is the Nuggets' Mark Jackson. He's doing more harm than good.

Casuals getting insight into why Gobert is still the most important player to Utah's success.

Gobert nearly outscored and outrebounded the entire Nuggets team the 1st quarter, Denver 14 - Gobert 12

Nuggets apparently are shook and outmatched. I’ve never seen a more stagnant, incompetent offense. A sad, pathetic performance. Should be down by 30 but Jazz are ice cold

When did Jordan Clarkson get so good? I remember in Cleveland he was hot garbage.

So who’s gonna be the next Nuggets coach? The best part about big leads is less energy exertion. Jazz can hold on the timeouts and let Nugs get tired with panic.

Playoff Conley 👀

If Conley starts to shoot well, it makes this team way different.

Gobert slams it down again over Jokic
https://streamable.com/zcmh3o

Donovan Mitchell casually walks into a wet 3 off the iso
https://streamable.com/q2d8w2

Gobert drives on Jokic and finishes with the two handed jam
https://streamable.com/95ljed

Portland’s Zach Collins will require season-ending ankle surgery, sources tell ESPN.
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1296919024492777477

Reminder: His resume is virtually unmatched and the Obama years introduced him to a new a generation, but is he ready to fight through recriminations over his role in passing policies the party’s base now loathes?
https://www.politico.com/2020-election/candidates-views-on-the-issues/joe-biden/

The Republican Embrace of QAnon Goes Far Beyond Trump. As the president all but endorses the internet-driven conspiracy theory, it is shifting from the fringes of the internet to become an offline political movement.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/us/politics/qanon-trump-republicans.html

We haven’t seen two strong tropical cyclones come into land at the same time since the Great Depression (1933) — this is the scenario that is setting up for early next week
https://twitter.com/JesseRodriguez/status/1296895890997862406

SATURDAY: U.S. House reconvenes to consider legislation related to the United States Postal Service (@USPS) - LIVE at 10am ET on C-SPAN https://www.c-span.org/video/?474899-1/us-house-debates-postal-service-legislation
https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1296917743342510080

In a statement the pro-Trump Republican-controlled Governors of the U.S. Postal Service - all Trump appointees - say DeJoy has their “full support”: “He was selected to help bring needed changes to the Postal Service, which has experienced over a decade of financial losses and faces the need for fundamental reform.”
https://twitter.com/KristenhCNN/status/1296917214109618177

The Senate/Russia report isn’t getting nearly enough pick up and the Senate Republicans aren’t taking a hit for it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/18/us/politics/senate-intelligence-russian-interference-report.html

As Trump's motion notes, the New York DA's office agreed to hold off doing anything until 8/28 to give Trump a chance to take the case up on appeal again
https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1296916745366769664
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7042146/8-21-20-Trump-Emergency-Stay-Motion-2nd-Circuit.pdf

Running out the clock

People wonder how the world just went about its business while the Holocaust happened. Studies have shown how outlets like the NYT buried the news. But the headlines were there. Most people just didn't care until it was too late. This must be raised at every presidential debate. Uighurs in China: "There were babies born at nine months who we killed after inducing labor. They did that in the maternity wards, because those were the orders"
https://rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/abortions-08172020144036.html

The U.S. military cares more about forging merciless killing machines to unleash on its enemies than it does about protecting other service members from these barbarians' rampant depravity.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ef8mHqtXkAAdd_a?format=png&name=900x900
https://apnews.com/101efca1d3589f100c4f2262e984aa22

Great reported piece by George Chidi about how, like most places, most of Atlanta wants responsive and accountable police, not fewer police
https://theintercept.com/2020/08/17/atlanta-police-city-council/

The Second Circuit denies Trump’s request for a stay of Manhattan DA Vance’s subpoena pending appeal and schedules arguments for Sept. 1. Trump previously announced plans to seek a stay from SCOTUS.
https://courthousenews.com/judge-green-lights-probe-of-trump-tax-returns-in-ny/

Trump held an illegal tax-payer funder memorial service for his brother, Robert, at the White House this evening.

Your campaign was investigated. Your campaign had ties to Russia. Russia hacked our election. You cheated to win and as it turns out most Repubrlicans knew it and were in on it. You got caught. You're done. @realDonaldTrump

The Trump administration this week blocked the FDA from regulating a broad swath of laboratory tests, including for the coronavirus, in a move strongly opposed by the agency. The new policy stunned many health experts. | The new policy stunned many health experts and laboratories because of its timing, several months into a pandemic. Some public health experts warned the shift could result in unreliable coronavirus tests on the market, potentially worsening the testing crisis that has dogged the United States if more people get erroneous results. They argued the change is unlikely to solve current testing problems, which at this point are largely due to shortages of supplies such as swabs and chemical reagents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/08/20/trump-fda-tests-coronavirus/

Pence illegally used campaign $$ for living expenses at end of his 1988 race and throughout 1990 race: No surprise to see @VP Mike Pence defend Steve Bannon for stealing from donors. Because Mike Pence APOLOGIZED for having stolen from donors in his first failed Congressional Campaign, using $ political donations for house and car payments & golf fees. It's a fact. Look it up.
https://twitter.com/donwinslow/status/1296912860103098369

Murray's gotta be better. Come on.

Wasting your challenge on one free throw is a great reason to fire Denver coach

I have never see Jokic hustle that hard on the drive defense before

Conley learned well from VanVleet. The playoff newborn son strategy is hard to stop. Mike Conley got that same baby boost that FVV had last year. R.I.P. Denver.

Gobert showing Conley how to Eiffel Tower the Nuggets

I wonder what team Jamal Murray will be on next season.

Jazz have just been insanely hot from 3 the past 2 games. They are the 3p shooting leaders this season

Conley is a new father to Elijah Conley and the entire Denver Nuggets apparently

6/6 from 3 oh my

Bill Barr should be asked about this today - Will he abide by DOJ‘s long-standing precedent that forbids the presence of armed federal agents in polling places. Trump also seems to be calling for sheriffs to intimidate voters. He is trying to steal the election in plain view.
https://twitter.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/1296811477203136513

Utah Jazz have 32pt lead on a team that finished #1 last season. And they only finished #1 because Golden State were arrogant and cocky and didn't care whether or not they finished #1, they blew a lot of game.
https://www.espn.com/nba/playbyplay?gameId=401236282

Hell of a good night for Joe Biden in terms of TV ratings, and then many, many more streaming
https://twitter.com/MediumBuying/status/1296928904683413505

2 turnovers out of a timeout

Rudy on the bench playing ipad fortnite

Denver looks like they gave up.

A lot of people I know take it for granted that if Biden wins he’ll also have a Democratic senate, but just look at the map and you’ll see there’s really no guarantee of that. Imagine Biden carries the Hillary state plus PA/MI/WI/FL/AZ and that leads Democrats to win the Senate races in Maine, Colorado, and Arizona. That’s a nice win! But if Doug Jones loses in Alabama, it’s still Majority Leader McConnell. Obviously it’s not inconceivable — Democrats have good shots in each of North Carolina, Iowa, and Montana. Point is just that to secure a senate majority, Dems need a really big win.

The folks from Build the Wall--whether they were overtly embraced by Trump or not--clearly made effort to make it seem that way on social media, as they raised $25 million from folks across the nation.  Amanda Shea is wife of Timothy Shea, who was criminally charged

Branch managers Filbert and Maple are processing a lot of direct deposits
https://twitter.com/OregonZoo/status/1296471431321018368

Joe Biden's campaign and the DNC raised $70 million during the convention. Other stats:
— 122M people watched, including 35M streams. Another 128M views across Biden/convention social
— 1.1 million people texted 30330
— 700K uniques on IWillVote
http://cnn.com/2020/08/21/politics/joe-biden-dnc-fundraising-viewership/index.html

As Alexei Navalny remains in a coma and officials don't allow him to be evacuated to Germany. He's not just an "opposition leader." He's one of the top revealers of corruption in the world.
https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/how-alexei-navalny-exposed-russian-corruption

The Scripture tells that whatever is done in darkness will be brought into the light. The crimes & immoral actions of the Trump administration are continuing to be revealed. G/d, help us to change the course of our nation & welcome immigrants once again!
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trump-cabinet-officials-voted-2018-white-house-meeting-separate-migrant-n1237416

Of the 100 members of the Senate, 72 did not employ a single person of color as a top personal aide as of January. @npfandos with a pretty devastating look at the Senate's diversity (or lack there of....)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/21/us/politics/top-senate-aides-diversity.html

DeJoy wasn't always a Republican megadonor: During the 1980s, DeJoy donated to liberals, including Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis and the DCCC LOL
https://www.businessinsider.com/louis-dejoy-timeline-trump-postal-service-usps-donations-republican-fundraiser-2008-8

“That’s what I don’t understand — why do they want their place in history to be tarred by this apology for Trump at every turn or the silence that marks them when they’re asked a tough question?,” Clinton asked.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/stay-silent-be-complicit-hillary-clinton-questions-why-her-former-n1237644

Coach Quinn wearing the extra extra skinny jeans lol

Conley drains the jumper while getting fouled to give him a perfect 6/6 from 3 in his return as a new father
https://streamable.com/htqsuu

Donovan Mitchell With The Steal & Throws Down The Tomahawk
https://streamable.com/581ea3

Mike Conley In His Return After The Birth Of His Son: 27/4 On 69% FG 7/8 3PT & +24

Denver needs to pair Jokic with a top player

David Pecker, the embattled CEO of the National Enquirer and American Media, is out, sources said. Pecker is a friend of Donald Trump and had helped th channel hush money to two different women who claimed to have had affairs with Trump years earlier.

The President who associates himself with "Law & Order" now has 7 advisors who have been criminally charged
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/20/how-many-trump-advisers-were-criminally-charged-steve-bannon-makes-7/5616793002/

A precious giant panda cub has arrived! We’re overjoyed to share that Mei Xiang gave birth at 6:35 p.m. and is caring for her newborn attentively. Positive mothering behaviors include nursing her cub and cuddling it close.
Eyes Movie camera TUNE IN: https://s.si.edu/2xiVLKp. #PandaStory
https://twitter.com/NationalZoo/status/1296942947020288000

Getting an antibody test to see if you had Covid-19 months ago is pointless, according to guidelines issued this week by a major medical society.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/21/health/coronavirus-antibody-tests.html

Almost none of the speakers at the DNC mentioned the U.S. Supreme Court. The omission was alarming to some progressives as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the leader of the liberal wing, is 87 and battling a recurrence of pancreatic cancer.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/progressives-seethe-democrats-largely-ignore-supreme-court-convention-n1237699

The Texas GOP's new slogan echoes a conspiracy group. Its chair says there's no connection. | "I truly believe it’s not the intention of Chairman West to spread this QAnon message, but if someone like me, after a little research, can find there’s a bunch of QAnon accounts on Twitter saying, 'We are the storm,' and a T-shirt you can buy with 'We are the storm' and the letter Q, I think the Texas GOP should’ve done the research and said, 'Do we even want to even appear that we’re pandering to this conspiracy theory part of the GOP?'"
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/08/21/texas-gop-slogan-storm/

"The argument all these landlords are making when they're pressuring tenants and assigning payment plans is, ‘We need your money to pay management, we need your money to make sure that...the building runs smoothly' ... And that seems like a total lie."
https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/housing-complex/article/21143104/the-same-property-management-companies-and-building-owners-pressuring-tenants-to-pay-rent-are-benefitting-from-pandemic-relief-funding

Mr. Pack is not authorizing the visa extension of some 80 VOA journalists. He is giving no reason for it. Some of these professionals are given no option but to return to non-democratic countries, which governments consider them as traitors for having been hired by the US Govt.
https://twitter.com/briciosegovia/status/1296966920680472576

John Brennan’s spokesman says Brennan was interviewed earlier today by John Durham, who told Brennan “that he is not a subject or a target of a criminal investigation and that he is only a witness to events that are under review.” Full statement:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ef_K0ECWoAQ90b9?format=jpg&name=small

"Towering over the coast, straining for sun as they’ve done since before there was such a thing as California, the old-growth giants of Big Basin Redwoods State Park stood in flames on Friday." https://nytimes.com/2020/08/21/us/big-basin-redwoods-ca-fires.html

Court orders Donald Trump to pay legal fees in Stormy Daniels suit
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/22/politics/stormy-daniels-trump-judge-order/index.html

Trump Told Homeland Security To Take Its Orders From Lou Dobbs
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/miles-taylor-trump-lou-dobbs-fox-marching-orders-homeland-security_n_5f4066aec5b697824f98b023

Luka tells Harrell “stop flopping big man”. Both receive Techs.
https://streamable.com/w5tkrj

Kristaps Porzingis in a tough game 3 loss against the clippers: 34 PTS, 11 REBS, on 11/18 from the field and 5/9 from 3

The Los Angeles Clippers defeat the Dallas Mavericks 130-122 behind 36/9/8 from Kawhi Leonard to take a 2-1 series lead

Kemba Walker hits the stepback jumper to extend the Celtics lead to four
https://streamable.com/4t5fjm

Seth Curry makes PG look foolish and finishes with the easy layup on the other end
https://streamable.com/cedhls

Marcus Smart with a touch-pass steal to Jaylen Brown for the and-1 late in the fourth
https://streamable.com/vvk0jv

Joel Embiid finishes with 30 points and 13 rebounds as the Sixers fall to 0-3 against the Celtics

Landry Shamet jams it over Boban Marjanovic
https://streamable.com/poehn3

Kawhi explodes towards the hoop and slams it down hard with the right hand
https://streamable.com/dhjiuj

The A's are 19-8, two games better than anyone else in the AL; they only two players on the team making over $10 million have OPS's of .536 and .617

At least 15 USPS sorting machines dismantled and decommissioned in DC area. Almost all voters in 2016 voted for Hillary.
https://wjla.com/news/local/at-least-15-usps-sorting-machines-decommissioned-dc-area

Kanye West will not appear on W.Va. ballot | Kanye West will not be on the ballot for West Virginia this presidential election after he turned in more invalid signatures than valid ones, according to an official with the Secretary of State’s office.
https://www.wdtv.com/2020/08/21/west-doesnt-make-wva-ballot/

Arrest Kanye and all the people working on  this fake campaign for ELECTION FRAUD
https://www.wdtv.com/2020/08/21/west-doesnt-make-wva-ballot/

The House will vote today on reversing changes and providing $25 billion for U.S. Postal Service. The rare Saturday session highlights the importance of the agency during the coronavirus pandemic and ahead of November's presidential vote.

Rise in fatal drug overdoses in D.C. region tied to pandemic | "largest monthly number of opioid overdoses in five years"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/drug-overdose-washington-coronavirus/2020/08/20/2a4c64b8-e0a4-11ea-ade1-28daf1a5e919_story.html

Crystal dagger uncovered in Spain, dating to around 3.000 BC.
https://twitter.com/archaeologyart/status/1295694679573508097

Postmaster General DeJoy violating the primary criminal conflict of interest statute after failing to divest significant financial interests in two companies directly affected by the work of the USPS
https://www.citizensforethics.org/press-release/louis-dejoy-conflicts-of-interest-letter/

Democrats are spending millions on ads in rural areas of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, hoping to find enough former Trump supporters to shave the president’s margins and increase pressure on him in more populous swing-voting regions and suburbs.
https://apnews.com/f5b519104360b307454cb86a4bc11496

Facebook’s own recommendation algorithm is actively promoting Holocaust Denial content
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3e8aw/facebooks-algorithm-is-actively-promoting-holocaust-denial-content

Trump is lying when he says that the DNC removed "under G/d" from the Pledge of Allegiance. They not only used the phrase "under G/d" during the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of each night of the 2020 DNC, they had Christian leaders give religious-themed speeches. This is a lie obviously and I look forward to no White House reporter ever challenging him on this by playing video of the DNC on all four nights with “under G/d” in the national anthem but instead asking him questions like “what’s your new nickname for Kamala Harris”

Here are videos from the Pledge at the Democratic convention
Day 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGVwc02FEaQ
Day 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFfw0-vE-7I
Day 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkqZayMXlwY
DAy 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9sYe1nkyT8

You said it was a hoax. Then you said no more than 11 cases. Then you said it would be gone by Easter. Then you said anyone could test. Then you claimed it was under control. Science doesn’t care about your politics @realDonaldTrump YOU screwed up.

Sturgis motorcycle rally: At least 7 Covid-19 cases in Nebraska tied to the South Dakota event
https://cnn.com/2020/08/21/us/sturgis-motorcyle-rally-sd-covid-nebraska-trnd/index.html

I’m astonished and disappointed how little the East Coast seems to care. Millions of Americans right now are breathing smoke. 100s of thousands on alert to evacuate.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/CZU-August-Lightning-Complex-wildfires-force-15504781.php

More Than 550,000 Primary Absentee Ballots Rejected In 2020, Far Outpacing 2016
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/22/904693468/more-than-550-000-primary-absentee-ballots-rejected-in-2020-far-outpacing-2016

Stephen Strasburg has been put on the 60 day IL, which means his 2020 season is over.
https://twitter.com/britt_ghiroli/status/1297218011544289286

Young voters prefer Biden, but they may not vote
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/22/politics/youth-voters-biden-analysis/index.html

Brooke Lopez Doesn’t Want The Cameras To See His Hatred For Chairs
https://streamable.com/kdqy71

Giannis Antetokounmpo checks out after decimating the Orlando Magic with 35 points,11 rebounds and 7 assists on 12-14FG 2-3 from 3
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=401236256

Giannis puts an exclamation point on the game with a thunderous dunk
https://streamable.com/x9zyrj

Democrats Should Be Ashamed of the Rejection of Medicare for All in the DNC Platform
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/08/democrats-should-be-ashamed-of-the-rejection-of-medicare-for-all-in-the-dnc-platform

House to vote Saturday on sending $25 billion to Postal Service as well as halting changes
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/22/politics/postal-service-house-vote-funding/index.html

Well, 2020 keeps getting better all the time. An asteroid is projected to zoom close to Earth on November 2, the day before the presidential election.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/22/us/asteroid-earth-november-2020-scn-trnd/index.html

Mourner From Robert Trump's White House Funeral Punched Waiter Over Covid Restrictions
https://www.mediaite.com/news/nbc-reporter-confirms-mourner-from-robert-trumps-white-house-funeral-punched-waiter-over-covid-restrictions/

“Nobody thought Memphis would make the playoffs”
Well, they didn’t.

R.I.P. fastbreak highlight dunk Oladipo 😔

That's what I love about Spo: A forced three on offense and then a conceded easy layup and he takes a timeout immediately. 90% of coaches won't do this, but it's so crucial.

This Miami team just fun to watch. Electrifying

Nate McMillan received a 1st place vote for coach of the year and Spo received none

Fire Nate mid-game, this is the Pacers' 5th time meeting the Heat in two weeks and he hasn’t changed or adjusted his offense AT ALL. It’s boring, ineffective, and looks like sh!t.

Miami shooting practice must be pat riley pointing gun at them.

Oladipo gets burned by a Duncan Robinson cut, shoots a bad 3, and then fouls Robinson on the next play. Pacers basketball baby

This Jimmy Butler commercial must make pacer fans so mad 😂😂😂

Are the folks who cry “free speech” and “cancel culture” when their bigotry is called out upset about this or nah?...: Tennessee adopts illegal law that strips some protesters of voting rights. Voting is an act of resistance. If our votes didn't matter they wouldn't work so hard to silence us. By the way, this is unconstitutional and against the law.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tennessee-adopts-new-law-that-could-strip-some-protesters-of-voting-rights/2020/08/22/293d7d28-e4aa-11ea-8dd2-d07812bf00f7_story.html

Dragic's time control unreal

That was so smooth from Dragic to finish off the half.

I have to give Butler props because he backed up the shit talk against TJ and Indiana

Talk to me again about how a Green New Deal “goes too far to address the problem
https://twitter.com/orlandosentinel/status/1296935348031885312

The deadline for health insurance special enrollment has been extended to September 15, 2020. New Yorkers without health insurance can apply for coverage through the NY State of Health Plan Marketplace.
https://nystateofhealth.ny.gov/

Max Scherzer throws a 4-pitch walk to Jesus Sanchez, a rookie playing his second-ever MLB game, with the bases loaded. Marlins pull within one run of the Nationals.
https://v.redd.it/3bzhn3ffrmi51

Rays say that Yandy Diaz was scratched from tonight's lineup as a precaution due to dizziness. He was struck in the face by his own batted ball on a ricochet during batting practice before tonight's game vs. Blue Jays
https://twitter.com/gregauman/status/1297299446817067008

The Nationals/Marlins 7 inning doubleheader game 1 has now been going on for two hours and we are in the bottom of the fourth. Averaging 30 mins per inning.

Humans have now consumed the Earth's natural resources for the year — It's called "Overshoot Day", the moment each year when humans have used up more natural resources that the Earth can renew in 12 months.
https://www.euronews.com/2020/08/22/humans-have-now-consumed-the-earth-s-natural-resources-for-the-year

The House of Representatives approved a funding bill for the US Postal Service, largely on party lines. The Senate is unlikely to take up the measure. The House has just voted 257-150 to give the U.S. Postal Service $25 billion and reverse operational changes made during widespread mail delays. 26 Republicans supported the measure.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/22/politics/postal-service-house-vote-funding/index.html

The Justice Department’s Operation Legend is slated to expand to Cleveland, Detroit, & Milwaukee. They're being deployed so Republicans can campaign on a platform of "we had to sent the military into Democratic-controlled cities to combat Democratic criminals destroying the cities, Democrats want these criminals to march through white mom suburbia and move right in and terrorize white mom suburbia, we have to protect white mom suburbua"
https://www.americanoversight.org/documents?fwp_document_keyword=Operation%20Legend

Half the speakers for the RNC Convention are Trump's family LOL. Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump. Also Pence, Haley, McCarthy, Ernst, Scott, Noem. LOL.

The Cuban Missile Crisis continues at Wrigley as Luis Robert launches a 2 run bomb
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/97109226-0f30-4705-b939-708a80166d2c.mp4

Twins place pitchers Jake Odorizzi, Zack Littell on IL as injuries mount
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29719604/twins-place-pitchers-jake-odorizzi-zack-littell-il-injuries-mount

Cubs place Kris Bryant on 10-day IL with left ring finger sprain, retroactive to Aug. 19.
https://twitter.com/TonyAndracki23/status/1297314329147191302

Chris Paul hits the crazy fadeaway three as the shot clock expires
https://streamable.com/syjgp4

Melo activates vintage mode with 8 straight points
https://streamable.com/rv05ia

JR Smith tonight: 0/0/0

Kyle Kuzma unable to convert the 360 noscope kill cam attempt
https://streamable.com/mtf2jh

Chris 'Point G/d' Paul: 26 PTS | 5 AST | 6 REB | 1 STL | 1 BLK | 11/20 FG (55%) | 4/6 3PT (66.7) | 0/1 FT (0%) | 4 TO | 40 MIN

Transition Defence - Presented by the Los Angeles LakersHighlights
https://streamable.com/0vjdbn

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in Game 3 vs Houston: 23/7/6/4/1 on 9-18 FG, 3-7 3PT, 2-2 FT

Carmelo Anthony makes it a 1 point game with this midrange. Melo has 13 points this quarter and is 6/6 https://streamable.com/46w2ra

This is actually a winning strategy: Donald Trump is to speak on all 4 nights of the RNC, and his family will take up half of the key speaker spots
https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-to-speak-all-4-nights-rnc-convention-report-2020-8

Adam Jones has been on a bit of a hot streak, 4 Home Runs in the last 3 games

The Padres have won six straight games for the first time since June 2013

Miguel Sanó, on his 458-foot blast off the side of the Royals Hall of Fame: "You know what's the funny part about that? I didn't hit it really great. If I got the whole barrel on it, I would have got it over [the building]."
https://twitter.com/dohyoungpark/status/1297369943449776129

The White Sox have now hit 27 home runs across the past 7 days breaking the MLB record for most homers in a 7-day span.
https://twitter.com/espnstatsinfo/status/1297380570369085440?s=21

The White Sox, who are tied for the most home runs in MLB with the Padres, have scored their last 19 runs from HRs

Jose Abreu hits his 3rd HR of the night (5th in 2 games). The White Sox have scored 19-straight runs of homers.
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/a8536f0c-9916-4b0c-a6f2-b61b065142ea.mp4

#Padres: 6 grand slams in the last 2 weeks. #SFGiants : 6 slams in the last 4 seasons.
https://twitter.com/jaysonst/status/1297364485645185024

All of these star starting pitchers are injured: Syndergaard, Soroka, Verlander, Kluber, Sale, Strasburg, Severino, Paxton, Hamels, Bumgarner, Rodriguez, Alcántara, Smith, Odorizzi, Peterson, Mikolas, Morton, Pearson

Padres are just the third NL team to ever hit 6 grand slams in one calendar month. Also done twice in AL. No team has ever hit 7.
https://twitter.com/jesseagler/status/1297357772254613508?s=21

The Slam Diego Padres continue their reign of terror on the state of Texas as Jake Cronenworth hits their fifth grand slam in six games
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/df429e3b-c747-4c4d-94b3-38cffc2adabb.mp4

Kevin Kiermaier walks off the Jays (again)
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/e09dc14e-368d-4ea0-9e9f-5d37203da739.mp4

Evan White continues his hot hitting with a three-run bomb to give the M's a 7-1 lead, his 4th HR in his last 6 games
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/117dc9b5-43b6-4138-8da2-c017934b487b.mp4

Brandon Workman makes a seamless transition into the Phillies bullpen by giving up the lead on his first pitch
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/9d93eec5-c3f3-44eb-ba25-e0abce5c1cfa.mp4

Tatis gets HBP after Padres go yard four time on the Astros in two innings. Both benches warned.
https://v.redd.it/215hpio7sni51

Mookie scores from first on a single
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/7e87b8a9-6f9f-4621-afe0-d20f2b9bb8e6.mp4

57 percent of Republicans think 176,000 coronavirus deaths (and counting) is acceptable. Holy shit.
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1297547642961002497

The entire leadership of Islamic Relief Worldwide has resigned after it emerged that it had replaced a trustee who had stepped down over antisemitic posts with a man who endorsed and supported Islamic terrorism against Israel and Jews.
https://www.jpost.com/international/board-of-islamic-relief-worldwide-resigns-over-antisemitism-allegations-639624

And more than 24k RTs later, still no label from Twitter, despite the clear spreading of voting disinformation. Everything about this is wrong and/or ridiculous.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgG0KMJXYAErS0D?format=jpg&name=900x900
https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/1297545933660487682

Double whammy- back to back hurricane strikes likely along Gulf Coast. Marco forecast to hit SE Louisiana, including New Orleans, on Monday. Laura between central Louisiana coast and northeast Texas coast late Wednesday. Houston needs to pay attention.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/08/23/hurricane-double-threat-gulf/

Montrezl Harrell’s comments have already spawned a million “If the races were reversed” conversations on social media and there is no doubt that if Luka had referred to Montrezl Harrell as a “bitch ass black boy,” that the social media condemnation would have rained down from the heavens on Luka. In fact, Luka would probably be suspended for the remainder of the season. He would be crushed, a social pariah in all of sports.
https://www.outkick.com/montrezl-harrell-should-be-suspended-for-calling-luka-doncic-a-bitch-ass-white-boy/

Reminder: Felony disenfranchisement is indefensible and unconstitutional. Especially so in a country that makes so many things a felony.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/513201-tennessee-governor-signs-bill-increasing-punishments-for-certain

Boston's Gordon Hayward has left the NBA bubble and plans to return when he is close to playing again after Grade 3 ankle sprain.
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1297557793604542464

The Trump campaign just announced Mary Ann Mendoza will speak at the RNC Convention. She is on the advisory board of the fraudulent criminal entity "We Build The Wall"

Twitter has officially hidden Trump’s post this morning. They say it violates Twitter’s rules against blatant voter suppression.
https://twitter.com/MarshallCohen/status/1297577676455268353

On Friday, I called up all of the electors Kanye West submitted in Virginia. Of the 13 electors on the ballot, 7 were surprised to either be electors, to have signed anything connected with Kanye or both. I wrote it up for @intelligencer
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/08/kanye-wests-campaign-is-both-proceeding-and-unraveling.html

Brad Stevens about to have an aneurysm after seeing a replay
https://streamable.com/rso0oa

Acting DHS chief says he has no authority to send agents to polling stations after Trump comments
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/513278-acting-dhs-chief-says-he-has-no-authority-to-send-agents-to-polling

Federal judge halts Trump/RNC lawsuit seeking to block drop boxes in Pennsylvania. Puts case on hold pending resolution in Pennsylvania state court.
https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1297598052421730308/photo/1

Republicans say Trump doesn’t know of QAnon despite Trump's repeated endorsements of QAnon
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/23/donald-trump-qanon-conspiracy-theory

Republicans Pretend They Never Heard Of The Designated-Terrorist Group QAnon
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/white-house-meadows-wolf-qanon-trump

Abreu homers in his fourth straight at-bat, being the 43rd player to ever have done so. No one has ever homered in five straight at-bats.
https://twitter.com/scottmerkin/status/1297611128671997955?s=21
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/18a720b6-78af-40ae-bcd5-6ab7c7fe892b.mp4

Kris Bryant (finger/wrist injury) says he'd have no problem moving down in the order when he returns. Says Rizzo jokingly called the lead-off spot on the Cubs 'cursed."
https://twitter.com/JesseRogersESPN/status/1297589212221448193

Vegan Dairy Brand Miyoko's Allowed To Use 'Butter' Label After Winning Legal Battle
https://www.plantbasednews.org/culture/vegan-miyokos-allowed-to-use-butter-label-after-legal-battle

Great deal of concern on the floor Philadelphia 76ers' Tobias Harris, who appeared to hit his head/neck on the court. Tobias Harris up and walking after horrific injury. Left eye laceration and being evaluated for concussion.

Rats feeding on packages of rotted fruit and meat as Republican postmaster general's cutbacks unleash chaos at California's mail centers
https://www.businessinsider.com/usps-california-overwhelme-food-rots-and-animals-dies-in-cuts-chaos-2020-8

There's a long history of candidates getting a boost from the convention, but the impact fades in a few weeks. I'd have been worried if he didn't get one, but this doesn't mean much in terms of how the general election turns out.
http://web.archive.org/web/20190501023833/https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/presidential-documents-archive-guidebook/the-post-convention-bounce-voters-preference
Luka might be the best player on the court.

Clippers totally dismantled Maverick's defense in the 1st half

Luka on 1 leg not enough

20 points in 4.5 minutes

Boban got mauled there

It would be awesome if nba commentators actually talked about the game and did real analysis

Seth Curry playing against his father in law's team which has Paul George who cheated on Doc Rivers' daughter

Kyle Lewis continues to look unstoppable, launching his 7th home run of the year in his first at bat of the game
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/62791513-0316-4dbf-a95f-909b28e387c0.mp4

Good. He extorted a girl for child porn as recently as five years ago. Fuck the Left for defending this guy: Teen candidate for Kansas House, under fire for revenge porn past, says he’ll quit
https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article245174900.html

And, instead of being upfront about it demonstrating he's repented, he tried to hide it and is playing the victim now that he's been exposed.

Biden is endorsed by all the very same people who brought you disastrous wars, which he voted for

Hardaway showed up

Luka Doncic has adjusted his defense

Paul George has been embarrassing this series

Playoff Paul George: 28 minutes 2/11 7pts 1/6 from 3. -8

A top aide to Mike Pompeo has ordered senior State Department officials to compile additional documents for two Republican senators investigating the origins of the FBI's Russia probe and Joe Biden's dealings with Ukraine.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/18/pompeo-aide-biden-russia-documents-397895

Yu Darvish against red hot White Sox lineup: 7 IP, 1 ER, 1 BB, 10 K and the win

Zack Greinke has come back out to keep an eye on the groundskeepers while they fix the pitchers mound.
https://twitter.com/chandler_rome/status/1297648491510939648

Fix my rubber good, I’m watchin

Zack Greinke, calling his own pitch...and throwing a 54mph Curveball
https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1297642382360485891

Ohtani crushes pitch left up in the zone, hits 111.3mph HR to give Angels 3-2 lead in the 3rd
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/b03fcbfe-0109-4036-a167-bea95a20ac51.mp4

Kawhi needs to take over coz Luka legit looks like LeBron out there. He's controlling almost every aspect of the court and you can't expect Lou to keep the score close for the entirety of the 4th

I used to think that Paul George was a borderline-superstar, but these last few playoffs have shown me that his peak is as a role player

Curry went right by lockdown defender Paul George

Seth Curry has been destroying PG all series

Curry has been fantastic when Luka sits. His contribution is massive. If Kleber starts hitting 30 percent of his shots, this could get very interesting.

Trump presser: Female staffer keeping a tight hold of her purse, understandable surrounded by so many grifters.

Plasma is not new...Pence already asked weeks ago to donate plasma if you have recovered from Covid19

Plowwwwsma

Two hurricanes en route. Days apart. Fires in numerous states. 1000 a day dead from Covid.
And we have a clown in charge.

Do Republicans realize double hurricanes are the result of man-made global warming?

He looks jaundiced

Trump exits after taking three questions after reporter pressed him on contradictory statements about scientific support for plasma treatment. 

Steph Curry fans (of which I am one) are rooting hard for Mavericks except for me, I'm rooting for the Los Angeles Clippers, either way, both teams are Curry Gold (Seth Curry married Doc Rivers' daughter

Landry Shamet makes 23-foot three point jumper courtesy of Paul George assist

Kawhi keeps turning the ball over everytime he gets double teamed this game

Morris being weak on the boards and playing like shit on the other end is really the difference between this game and the last one. He can still make up for it but he needs to hit shots and not let Luka get his own misses

Kawhi Leonard makes 26-foot three point jumper courtey of Reggie Jackson assist, 117 - 119

Last week, trade adviser Peter Navarro aggressively confronted FDA officials in a meeting, saying, "You are all Deep State and you need to get on Trump Time." Days later, Trump tweeted about the "deep state, or whoever, over at the FDA."
https://www.axios.com/trump-peter-navarro-fda-deep-state-12563e41-de4a-4635-9319-ff0eca41f126.html

More than 500,000 mail ballots were rejected in the primaries. That could make the difference in battleground states this fall
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rejected-mail-ballots/2020/08/23/397fbe92-db3d-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html

Remember a few days ago the FDA ruled out plasma as a treatment
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgIwZ3jXoAA8Jbh?format=jpg&name=small

Kawhi Leonard makes 11-foot step back jumpshot, 119 - 121

Seth Curry shooting foul gives Clippers the chance to tie or take leade, and it happens, game tied

OT, great game. Mavericks made a few minor mistakes at the end (Seth Curry 3pt shooting foul...) which resulted in OT, nobody is perfect, pressure is suffocating, exhaustion is crippling

Lou Williams makes driving layup, 129 - 128 OT

Luka Doncic makes 7-foot shot (Maxi Kleber assists) 130-130 OT

PG with the hella travel and still misses it

The Mariners sweep the Rangers in 3 games.

Marcus Morris Sr. makes three point jumper (Kawhi Leonard assists) 133 - 132 OT

Luka Doncic makes 27-foot step back jumpshot on one leg 133-135 OT Win Mavericks LOL OUCH
https://streamable.com/jksbv7

Harrell Apologizes to Doncic for Heated Comments, Rivers Addresses Incident
https://streamable.com/ei3wgk

The Boston Celtics complete the 4-0 sweep over the Philadelphia 76ers, 110-106, behind Jayson Tatum's 28/15/4

The Dallas Mavericks come back from 21 down to defeat the Los Angeles Clippers in OT 135-133, tying the series 2-2 despite missing Kristaps Porzingis with a knee injury; Luka Doncic with 43/17/13 and the game-winning 3

Joel Embiid on his future w/ Sixers after Celtics’ sweep: “I always say I want to end my career here. If it happens, good. If it doesn’t happen, well, you move on and all that stuff.”
https://streamable.com/slmeli

Seth Curry gets the tough and-1 then calls PG a bitch ass
https://streamable.com/3fhief

Boston beats Philadelphia in Game 4 to sweep the first-round series, and changes are coming for the Sixers. Brett Brown is without internal momentum to return for his eighth season as coach, and a final decision could come soon, sources tell ESPN.
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1297621418289528835

Jayson Tatum and Kemba Walker today: 60/19/8 on 18/33 FG 6/14 3FG and 18/23 FT

The Mavs lose more than 5 seconds off the 9 second clock with a questionable inbound play
https://streamable.com/o6mij2

Oct 25, 2019: We are not prepared for a pandemic. Trump has rolled back progress President Obama and I made to strengthen global health security. We need leadership that builds public trust, focuses on real threats, and mobilizes the world to stop outbreaks before they reach our shores. https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1187829299207954437

LUKA CALLED GAME
https://twitter.com/dallasmavs/status/1297664363344670720

My name is Luka. I shoot from across the floor.

Trump administration (Republicans) illegally conditioned billions of $$ in coronavirus relief aid for hospitals this spring on reporting to a private vendor, TeleTracking, that illegally bypassed CDC. Hospitals balked.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/23/us/politics/coronavirus-data.html

Trump's election-year economic record looks extraordinarily bleak: widespread business failures, the highest unemployment since the Great Depression, the largest output drop in modern history

Today's "breakthrough" announcement is a lie, 1. Convalescent plasma has no randomized trials and 2. True breakthroughs in medicine are exceedingly rare and 3. It is even more rare—actually unprecedented—for them to be announced by a politician

The FDA admitted it caved to Trump's blood plasma pressure treatment (including yesterday's tweet) to promote it as if there was one.
https://statnews.com/2020/08/23/fda-under-pressure-from-trump-expected-to-authorize-blood-plasma-as-covid-19-treatment/

Outrageous to listen to Trump claiming a 35% improved survival in an observational preprint study compared w/ late-treated patients. There's no evidence to support any survival benefit. 2 days ago FDA's website stated there was no evidence for an EUA

NL west momentum shifts: Padres: 7 game win streak, Giants: 6 game win streak, D-Backs: 5 game losing streak, Rockies: 7 game losing streak

The Padres sweep the Astros in 3 games; win 7 straight.

The San Diego Padres have swept the state of Texas over the last 7 days. 5 grand slams. Setting records left and right. Tatis MVP. Cronenworth ROTY.

Lou Williams off the bench in a loss, 36 Points, 65.0, 50.0, 88.9 in 34 minutes

The Government Accountability Office has denied the Department of Homeland Security's request that the watchdog rescind its finding that Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli were appointed in a way that makes their current roles invalid.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1297677499653070848

Trey Burke, waived from the 76ers, scores an incredibly efficient 25 to win against the Clippers

.@tatis_jr is UNBELIEVABLE.
https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1297667807061123073

FDA release: "The FDA continues to recommend that the designs of ongoing randomized clinical trials of COVID-19 convalescent plasma ... remain unaltered, as COVID-19 convalescent plasma does not yet represent a new standard of care based on the current available evidence."
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1297671255315931138

Mookie Betts hits his 2nd HR of the game and his 11th of the season to put the Dodgers up 11-2.
https://streamable.com/h3vb7n

Canha walks off Angels in the 10th, extending A's AL West lead to 4.5 games
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/2097221e-baa3-4f59-b696-3f2ef471bcc3.mp4

Raptors' Kyle Lowry exits Game 4 vs. Nets with ankle injury