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Barrett will be confirmed tonight, pointless to cavil, Republicans are terrorists

An End to the Chapter of Dictatorship. Chileans Vote to Draft a New Constitution. Voters overwhelmingly approved a bid to scrap the charter inherited from Gen. Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, a move that could set a new course for the country.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/25/world/americas/chile-constitution-plebiscite.html

Lesley Stahl: Giant health care book in Trump interview had 'no comprehensive health care plan'
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/522710-lesley-stahl-giant-health-care-book-in-trump-interview-had-no-comprehensive

There is only one principled vote on Amy Coney Barrett: No

Joe Biden warned one year ago, before Covid, the U.S. "not prepared for a pandemic"
https://www.newsweek.com/biden-warned-one-year-ago-before-covid-us-not-prepared-pandemic-1541995

Universal Masks in U.S. Could Save 130,000 Lives Before Vaccine
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-23/universal-masks-in-u-s-could-save-130-000-lives-before-vaccine?srnd=coronavirus

lying sack of shit.@tedcruz: "I'm very worried about the debt...Now, to be fair, Trump didn't campaign on cutting the debt."
@jonathanvswan: "He did. He said he was gonna eliminate the national debt in 8 years."
Watch the full #AxiosOnHBO interview tonight at 11:16pm ET/PT. @dctvny @hbodocs
https://twitter.com/axios/status/1320674031251550208

Ted Cruz just claimed that Trump didn't promise to cut the federal debt. But eliminating it was a major part of the president's 2016 campaign — and he hasn't come close.
https://www.businessinsider.com/ted-cruz-trump-federal-debt-eliminate-2016-campaign-national-deficit-2020-10

Texas has nearly 17 million registered voters. More than 7 million already voted. Florida has 14+ million registered voters. 5.7+ million already voted. Wisconsin has 3+ million voters. More than a 3rd already voted. Arizona has 3.9+ million voters. More than a 3rd already voted.
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html

There are more than 41,000 Americans hospitalized with the virus, 8,100 in ICUs. The country just recorded its highest seven-day average for new cases, at over 66,000. Governors from both parties are saying their health systems are being overwhelmed. And it's getting worse.
https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1320696327446122496

"He went to Minneapolis to start a new life. But there he found that there were some things about being a Black man that he could not escape." A deeply reported look at George Floyd's struggles with mental health and addiction.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/george-floyd-america/health-care/

Jared Kushner tried to get Trump wall money from OPIC last year as it was becoming the U.S. Int'l Development Finance Corporation. Now the DFC is under fire for a botched loan to Kodak.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/25/business/economy/kodak-loan.html

Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons Passes Important Threshold: Fifty countries have now ratified the treaty, so it will become international law. The United States and the eight other nuclear-armed powers reject it but have failed to stop its advance.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/25/world/americas/nuclear-weapons-prohibition-treaty.html

Trump And Republicans Wants Covid-19 Media Coverage Banned Because It Reminds Voters Of Republical Refusal To Deal With Covid19
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-wants-covid-19-media-coverage-to-be-illegal-should-be-an-election-law-violation

Lindsey Graham Losing Ground to Jaime Harrison in South Carolina:
https://www.newsweek.com/lindsey-graham-jaime-harrison-south-carolina-forecast-1542047

Trump signs illegal and unconstitutional executive order enabling him to illegally and unconstitutionally fire Dr. Fauci
https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-signs-executive-order-enabling-him-to-fire-dr-fauci-94620741538

FBI Refuses To Release Report Detailing Right-Wing Conservative Republican White-Supremacist Terrorism Threat
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-sits-on-report-detailing-white-supremacist-terror-threat

"They Wanted to Take My Womb Out": Survivor of Medical Abuse in ICE Jail Deported After Speaking Out
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/10/26/ice_irwin_detention_center_invasive_surgeries

At least 5 Pence aides sick with coronavirus19. Pence refuses to quarantine and continues to pretend he's testing negative when he's not being tested at all.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/at-least-5-aides-to-vice-president-pence-test-positive-for-coronavirus/

Fox News anchors are quarantining after coronavirus19 exposure on debate flight
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/fox-news-quarantine-coronavirus/2020/10/26/490a5af2-178d-11eb-82db-60b15c874105_story.html

These hearings are a job interview. If I brought my kidswith me and refused to answer any questions half of my interviewers asked do you think I'd get the job? I would not have even been interviewed, I would have been told the job was filled and bye bye, What if I had the added bonus of less than 3 years experience when the position requires upwards of 15? I would not even be allowed to apply for the job.

Joe Biden is doubling down on raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour despite the economic downturn. It could bump paychecks for over 27 million workers
https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-15-minimum-wage-election-economy-paychecks-low-workers-2020-10

Odell Beckham Jr just text me that his ACL is torn and that his season is over.
https://twitter.com/josinaanderson/status/1320732259977146369

Russ with a bad pick to Baker who is chased down by DK
https://www.clippituser.tv/c/nkvwyp

DK HAWKED MY ASS... #RESPECT
https://twitter.com/buddabaker32/status/1320586347573170177

Washington LB Jon Bostic is not expected to be suspended for his intentionall malicious criminal hit on Dallas QB Andy Dalton.
https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1320713726224379905

Kyler Murray see's DeAndre Hopkins 1 on 1 and laughs before throwing the ball.
https://twitter.com/jeffeisenband/status/1320535913806598145

The Arizona Cardinals won the game while leading for 0 seconds

The Chicago Bears are now the #1 seed in the NFC

Republican Effort to recall Gov. Tony Evers comes up short after not meeting number of signatures required, organizers say. Republicans are a death cult.
https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/effort-to-recall-gov-tony-evers-comes-up-short-after-not-meeting-number-of-signatures-required-organizers-say

Man accused of stealing bulldozer to tear down Biden signs in Florida
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/522761-man-accused-of-stealing-bulldozer-to-tear-down-biden-signs-in-florida

Pro-Trump Republican is facing charges of grand theft and trespassing after police say he stole a bulldozer from a construction site and drove around Haines City, Fla., destroying signs supporting former Vice President Joe Biden's (D) campaign.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/522761-man-accused-of-stealing-bulldozer-to-tear-down-biden-signs-in-florida

The U.S. Office of Special Counsel is investigating whether Mike Pompeo violated the Hatch Act by giving a speech to the Republican National Convention from Jerusalem.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1320787282299858945

If you've been exposed to covid19, you may be infectious even if you feel well. That's why it's important to stay home and quarantine. No one wants to pass this virus on to someone who gets very sick or dies from it. Unless you're a terrorist republican.

Agreement reached in litigation about how to handle 28K+ voters in Allegheny County, PA, who received incorrect ballots and then corrected ones — affected ballots will be segregated and then specially counted. The challengers had also sought to have poll watchers present at the Allegheny County satellite election offices where people can return absentee ballots or request/fill out absentee ballots on-site — the judge prev. denied a TRO on that count
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7276227/10-26-20-Parnell-v-Allegheny-County-Consent-Order.pdf
https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1320786286668582913

In letter, Pelosi cites WH resistance to meeting her demands on covid testing and tracing as key reason why stimulus deal has not been reached. "We cannot accept the Administration's refusal to crush the virus, honor our heroes or put money in the pockets of the American people"
https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1320784006728896512

We still don't know why Trump went to W. Reed last November. McConnell still hasn't answered Qs about his very darkened hands from last week. And Bernie's campaign took 3 1/2 days to acknowledge he suffered a heart attack last October.
https://twitter.com/pkcapitol/status/1320766747440517122

Trump has emboldened Christian terrorists and sparked a rise in Terrorist Patriot "Churches"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/10/26/trump-christian-nationalism-patriot-church/

Dave Roberts said that Tony Gonsolin is the starter in Game 6, and not simply the opener, hoping he can go as long as possible

New wildfires break out in California as state is buffeted by El Diablo & Santa Ana winds at same time as vegetation is record dry for this time of year. Wind gust of 140 mph recorded at Kirkwood Mountain, 96 mph in San Gabriel Mountains of LA.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/10/26/california-wildfire-risk-santa-ana/

Child Sex Trafficking Prosecutions Fall During Trump Administration
https://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/crim/629/

I see it going to 7. The Rays are good, and the Dodgers have been slipping up when they shouldn't. Tuesday is a bullpen game, which in my head is a Rays win. I could maybe see them pulling Urias for game 6 to try to seal it, maybe? Arozarena is playing how we thought Mookie would play, and we can't put all the hopes on Seager and Pederson.

The Rays are the "playing their best baseball at the right time" team, which historically is the team you'd rather be in October. The exceptions are Glasnow and Morton. If the Rays don't win this series, it'll be because those two - two of their three top starters - weren't as sharp as they needed to be.

NYPD Chief Says Cop Who Chanted 'Trump 2020' Over Loudspeaker Has Been Suspended
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/nypd-chief-says-cop-who-chanted-trump-2020-over-loudspeaker-has-been-suspended

Prosecutors discovered bomb materials connected with Whitmer kidnap plot
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/26/gretchen-whitmer-kidnap-plot-bomb-materials/6043513002/

Suspect in Boston ballot box burning taken into custody, according to police
https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/10/26/suspect-in-boston-ballot-box-burning-taken-into-custody-according-to-police/  

Democrats: "Amy Coney Barrett could overturn Roe and eliminate all the progress America made the last 400 years!"
Republicans: "This is just scare tactics, you don't know how she would rule on a case"
Also Republicans: "I am proud to support ACB because she will overturn Roe and eliminate all the progress America made the last 400 years!"

Man charged with burning ballot drop box in Boston
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/26/metro/man-charged-burning-ballot-box-boston-police-say/

Another staffer who accused Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of crimes leaves the agency
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/10/26/another-staffer-who-accused-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-of-crimes-leaves-the-agency/

Trump Threatens Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf: I'll Withhold Federal Aid Because You Didn't Help My Campaign
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-threatens-pennsylvania-gov-tom-wolf-he-wont-help-covid-hit-state-because-he-didnt-help-his-campaign

Arrange the senate seats by state size rather than political party, and 17% of the population gets 50% of the seats. The senate does not represent the people and should be abolished. We are just one country and see ourselves as Americans. Not Utahns or Georgians, etc. There is no need for representation based on states. A unicameral legislature based on population (and actually proportional, unlike the 435 rep cap) is the way to go.

There's a huge difference between "I think lowering taxes is the best way to stimulate the economy" and "We gotta stop all these dirty thugs from coming across the border." One is a misguided, self-serving opinion about economics. The other is racist xenophobic hate speech.

Biden did not confuse George W. Bush and Donald Trump: 1.1 million views and a Fox story based on the premise that Biden was confusing Trump with George Bush. He was talking to George Lopez. (Clip in next tweet)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/26/no-biden-did-not-confuse-george-w-bush-donald-trump/
https://twitter.com/i/status/1320766181637263366

Unreal. Trump has won the election, Democrats are done. Since Inauguration Day almost four years ago, the president has held more than 125 rallies around the country, returning to the place where he feels most comfortable — surrounded by supporters — and where his disconnection from the truth is rewarded with enthusiastic applause. In one three-minute stretch in Janesville, the president made eight inaccurate statements that had been fact-checked repeatedly before. A detailed examination of his statements in Janesville on Oct. 17 by The New York Times found that more than three-quarters of the president's assertions were either false, misleading, exaggerated, disputed or lacked evidence. Less than a quarter were true. At one rally Trump made 131 false or inaccurate statements, many entirely made up. Others were casual misstatements. He lied about his record and that of his opponent. He made exaggerations that violate the pliable limits of political hyperbole
https://twitter.com/i/status/1320833902416678912
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/us/politics/trump-rallies.html

And you voted for a person identical to Charles Kushner: Christie on Charles Kushner: "Mr. Kushner pled guilty, he admitted the crimes..it's one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes that I prosecuted when I was US Attorney, and I was US Attorney in New Jersey, Margaret, so we had some loathsome and disgusting crime going on there."
https://twitter.com/grace_panetta/status/1320837668163510272

On a press tour of Philadelphia's ballot processing equipment in a 125,000-square-foot, heavily guarded warehouse in the city's Convention Center. This is step 1: the sorting machine, where mail ballots are first received in the county. This does not read the actual vote.
https://twitter.com/JohnFetterman/status/1320834272417271813

The President is outraged not by the 225K who have died, not by the 20 million who lost their jobs, not by the 8 million who have fallen into poverty, and not by a country ravaged by climate change.  He's outraged that reporters are not being nice to him.

The agency that oversees elections in NYC is staffed almost entirely by relatives & friends of political leaders, even the computer programmers. Many are incompetent. "The agency is chronically dysfunctional," one current staffer said.

Trump has started adding multiple sirs to his story about how they told him sir Barron tested positive and then like 15 minutes later they told him sir it's all gone.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/nyregion/nyc-voting-election-board.html

I just voted in a presidential election for the tenth time in my life. It's the first time I ever voted for the Democrat.
https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1320738466792132608
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ElQ0oFmXUAEuGw8?format=jpg&name=small

"The fact that Biden was talking with George Lopez was relevant and helpful context that should have been included in the original report."
https://thedailybeast.com/nbc-news-today-show-runs-with-edited-clip-of-biden-supposedly-confusing-trump-with-george-w-bush

Amy Coney Barrett will be the first Supreme Court justice confirmed with support from just one party since Edwin Stanton in 1869
https://nationaljournal.com/s/710883/barretts-scotus-confirmation-set-to-be-most-partisan-since-reconstruction?

Tuned in to Trump's third Pennsylvania rally of the day to hear him say "Barack Hussein Obama" and falsely claim that no president before him was left even one judicial vacancy.

Kayleigh McEnany once repeatedly praised Joe Biden as a ''likable' man of the people' who resonates with the  "middle class" over 'tycoon' Donald Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/26/politics/kayleigh-mcenany-biden-2015/index.html

Sen. Joey Hensley, who was prescribing opioids to a woman who was simultaneously his employee, second cousin and lover, continues to be one of the top sponsors of anti-LGBT bills in Tennessee. https://tennessean.com/story/news/2020/10/26/tennessee-senator-joey-hensley-fights-charges-unethical-opioid-prescriptions/5691825002/

Frank Langella famously played Richard Nixon in "Frost/Nixon," and he warns "we are in a great deal of trouble in this country. The waters are very dangerous at the moment."
https://twitter.com/camanpour/status/1320812169857011714

Trump, in Pennsylvania, says that Cory Booker "never lived" in Newark, where he lives today and lived as mayor of Newark.
https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1320846736479440899
https://twitter.com/i/status/1320846736479440899

Companies doled out millions to executives before filing for Chapter 11 so they could personally pocket the bailout. JC Penny - Ascena Retail Group - GNC - Chesapeake Energy - Neiman Marcus
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/10/26/chapter-11-bankruptcy-executive-bonuses/

"Tribal affiliations have been exploited in American politics for centuries... But Trump [has] been especially adept at fomenting and wielding fear as a source of power in his brief political career." — @amandamull on the concept vs the reality of safety
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/10/pandemic-safety-america/616858/


From the guy who never goes to church. How does he not burst into flames: They're closing your churches. Your churches are all closed. It's terrible. It really is terrible," Trump adds at a separate part of his speech in Pennsylvania, where the state is not keeping churches closed.

Leftist Democrats is out with its 2nd digital ad backing Joe Biden. "They knew the virus was deadly. They knew we couldn't pay rent without jobs. But they protected the rich, blamed immigrants & black folks," the ad's narrator says.
https://twitter.com/hollyotterbein/status/1320806053395791875

Here is Claire McCaskill just crushing Peggy Noonan's fake, self righteous, elitist, dare I say racist, comments about Kamala Harris! Clapping hands sign Clapping hands sign
https://twitter.com/MysterySolvent/status/1320836112097681409

"Together, those counties saw 1,500 more new cases in the two weeks following Trump's rallies than the two weeks before – 9,647 cases, up from 8,069"
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/10/22/trumps-campaign-made-stops-nationwide-then-coronavirus-cases-surged/3679534001/

John Katko at final debate: 'I'm not Donald Trump.' You endorsed him, Dana Balter replies
https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2020/10/john-katko-at-final-debate-im-not-donald-trump-you-endorsed-him-dana-balter-replies.html

First, we must rebuild and modernize the national security institutions that keep Americans safe. The next administration will need to take steps to restore the public's faith in these institutions and ensure that they are free from the kinds of political pressure wielded by President Trump. We cannot allow for a President to appropriate government institutions in order to go after political enemies or to utilize the intelligence community as a means to promote a political agenda. Instead, a new administration must restore trust and integrity, leading by words and deeds and committing to build a more diverse workforce that reflects the breadth of talent of the American people. Second, America must recommit to living its values at home and around the world. President Trump has undermined our nation's commitment to human rights and democracy, be it by separating migrant children from their parents or embracing dictators. This will take time. It will involve both sweeping reforms at home that tackle inequality, injustice, and corruption, and it will also involve presidential leadership on the international stage, be it by welcoming more refugees or strengthening our relationships with other democracies through a democratic strategic advantage initiative. U.S. foreign assistance should be reconfigured so that protecting human rights and rooting out corruption are core values. These values should reflect who receives American aid, presidential visits, and invitations to the White House. Third, we need to end America's endless wars and do so responsibly. Thousands of American soldiers, countless foreign civilians, and trillions of taxpayer dollars have been lost to ongoing wars—investments that have come at the expense of American competitiveness at home. The next administration must renew diplomatic efforts around the world to defuse tensions with Iran and create conditions for peace in Afghanistan, Syria, and Yemen. We must also review our global security partnerships to develop a more resilient and sustainable counterterrorism approach that upholds our values. And we must place our military's posture abroad on surer footing with the American people by, among other things, repealing and replacing the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force. Fourth, we must recalibrate relationships with our allies and foes alike. President Trump has turned U.S. foreign policy upside down, embracing adversaries like Russia while eschewing those who have long been our closest partners. The next administration must redress this approach by strengthening relationships with our allies and working with them on issues that require multilateral solutions and international cooperation. The next administration should also take stock of whether U.S. interests are being well served by countries that operate at odds with our values. America must confront the threats posed by China— whether in trade, cyberspace, or in its undermining of human rights. As for Russia, we must stop Vladimir Putin's attacks on our democracy. Fifth, our country needs to address the greatest global challenges facing humanity. We need an international effort to combat climate change that reflects the magnitude of the crisis. Rejoining the Paris Agreement won't be enough; the next administration must commit to centering climate in its foreign policy by explicitly articulating climate change as a diplomatic priority and by training a cohort of foreign service officers to prioritize climate issues in all bilateral and multilateral fora. We also need humane and pragmatic policies to address the greatest migration emergency in our lifetimes. We need a renewed commitment to nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. We need technology policies that advance our interests in both freedom of speech and security, and we should work with democratic and like-minded partners to advance these values in an international forum. Global multilateral organizations that can develop norms for these challenges and enforce them will be critical to our efforts.
https://democracyjournal.org/arguments/five-paths-to-global-respect/ 

Supreme Court illegally and unconstitutionally sides with Republicans in refusing to extend Wisconsin deadline for absentee ballots
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7276432/10-26-20-DNC-v-Wisconsin-SCOTUS-Order.pdf

Holy shit—Brett Kavanaugh just endorsed Rehnquist's concurrence in Bush v. Gore, which was too extreme for Kennedy or O'Connor. This is a red alert. I can't believe he put it in a footnote. This is terrifying. https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7276432/10-26-20-DNC-v-Wisconsin-SCOTUS-Order.pdf
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ElSvxPtXgAAhakG?format=png&name=small

uhh...under Erick's theory here, tens of thousands of absentee ballots from active-duty military service members in far-away parts of the world that arrive after Election Day shouldn't count
https://twitter.com/grace_panetta/status/1320902460450447360 

Republicans adjourned the Senate until November 9, rejecting any attempt for a second covid19 stimulus relief bill for all Americans. There won't be any stimulus or relief until Biden is sworn in AND the Senate is Democratic-controlled. Republicans don't care about the people. Trump will drop any mention of a new stimulus after the election and claim that the US is doing well because he won.
https://www.businessinsider.com/senate-adjourns-until-after-election-without-covid-19-bill-2020-10

Justice Kagan Says Supreme Court 'Failed' To Protect Voters Amid Pandemic
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/supreme-court-justice-kagan-dissent-wisconsin-election_n_5f976ea7c5b646c70e9bbcd0

Kavanaugh Illegally And Unconstitutionally Wants The Counting Of Election Votes To End Nov 3rd (impossible and illegal and unconstitutional)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brett-kavanaugh-trump-2020-election_n_5f977b16c5b6e1e7076381c2

Minnesota Reports Three New Covid19 Community Outbreaks From Trump Campaign Events
https://www.thedailybeast.com/minnesota-reports-3-covid-19-outbreaks-from-trump-campaign-events

Bloomberg Funds Last-Minute Advertising Blitz for Biden in Texas and Ohio
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/us/politics/bloomberg-ads-texas-ohio.html

Thirty police officers were injured — including one struck by a pickup truck — and police cars and dumpsters were set on fire in Philadelphia last night after police shot and killed a manl who tried to stab police. Leftists Are Terrorists, Republicans really need to win so they can order the military to exterminate the left already.
https://apnews.com/article/5dcb0689db8cddf34600d5310ac5197d

Full blown looting in Philly. Leftists Are Terrorists, Republicans really need to win so they can order the military to exterminate the left already.
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1320952122406588416

Conference call with Cowboys defensive coordinator Mike Nolan has been put on hold because he had Tabasco sauce on his finger and it got in his eye. Can't make this stuff up.. damn
https://twitter.com/clarencehilljr/status/1320850737375621122

Ezekiel Elliott is consistently being mowed over in pass-pro, leads all RBs in fumbles and drops, and is averaging a career-low 1.9 YAContact per rush. But at least he's locked up for the next six years.
https://twitter.com/notjdaigle/status/1320729376896503809

Brian Griese just said that Nick Foles told the ESPN crew that sometimes Nagy sends in a play call and Foles already knows it won't work because he won't have enough time after the snap. That's something.
https://twitter.com/JasonLieser/status/1320924713045139458

Foles is cheapshotted. Peters responds.
https://gfycat.com/admirabletimelyfruitbat-eagles-nfl

Total Early Votes: 64,714,357
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html

Former Pro-Trump Republican USPS worker charged with tossing absentee ballots in dumpster in Kentucky
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/ncna1244891

Lesley Stahl given security protection after deaths threat over Trump '60 Minutes' interview
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-lesley-stahl-trump-60-minutes-death-threat-20201027-njzpths36fg4ze2elzhhwygmsi-story.html

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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/plot-kidnap-me/616866/

The Plot To Kidnap Me

Every time the president ramps up his violent rhetoric, every time he fires up Twitter to launch another broadside against me, my family and I see a surge of vicious attacks sent our way.

Gretchen Whitmer
Governor of Michigan

When I put my hand on the Bible at my inauguration, it did not occur to me that less than two years later, I would have to tell my daughters about a plot against me. But earlier this month, I learned that a multistate terrorist group was planning to kidnap and possibly kill me. Law-enforcement announced charges against 14 people as part of the plot. As jarring as that was, just over a week later, President Donald Trump traveled to Michigan, and when a crowd chanted "Lock her up" after he mentioned me, he said, "Lock them all up."

I am not surprised. I have watched the president wedge a deeper divide in our country; refuse to denounce white supremacists on a national debate stage; and launch cruel, adolescent attacks on women like Senator Kamala Harris and public-health leaders like Anthony Fauci. And while I won't let anything distract me from doing my job as governor, I will not stand back and let the president, or anyone else, put my colleagues and fellow Americans in danger without holding him accountable.

Every time the president ramps up this violent rhetoric, every time he fires up Twitter to launch another broadside against me, my family and I see a surge of vicious attacks sent our way. This is no coincidence, and the president knows it. He is sowing division and putting leaders, especially women leaders, at risk. And all because he thinks it will help his reelection.

Look no further than the president calling me a "dictator" on Fox News, Mitch McConnell laughing on the debate stage as his Democratic challenger called on him to save lives by passing a COVID-19 relief bill, or Republican legislative leaders right here in Michigan fraternizing with those who stormed the Michigan capitol, long guns in hand. From the White House all the way down to state and local governments, these leaders have shown a disdain for unity and have failed to rally fellow Americans against a common enemy: COVID-19.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/15/donald-trump-gretchen-whitmer-coronavirus-executive-order/3663238001/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/13/mitch-mcconnell-laughs-covid-relief-amy-mcgrath-kentucky-senate-debate
https://www.michiganadvance.com/2020/10/08/republican-leaders-join-anti-whitmer-rally-outside-capitol-after-fbi-reports-murder-plot-against-her/

Even now, as leaders from both sides of the aisle call on him to tone down his violent rhetoric, Trump just keeps going, hostile as ever. He is trying to distract Americans from his failure to protect our families and trying to divide us further to win the election. He has taken to Twitter to spread lies and launch cheap insults against those with whom he disagrees. Eight months into the pandemic, he still does not have a plan to protect our frontline workers or rebuild our economy. He has only lies, vitriol, and hate. And as we saw earlier this month, his violent rhetoric puts leaders across the country in danger.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/500581-senate-republicans-urge-trump-to-tone-down-rhetoric-on-protests
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/08/921824550/democrats-blame-trump-rhetoric-for-michigan-governor-kidnapping-plot

We cannot count on President Trump to rebuild America. We cannot expect him to unite us against violence and hate. Fueling the deep divisions within our country is a tactic he has been using for years, often with the help of social-media platforms like Facebook, which domestic terrorists used to organize the plot against me.

I grew up during a time when Republicans and Democrats routinely worked across the aisle to get things done, whether it was at the federal level or at the state level right here in Michigan. I grew up in a bipartisan household, with a dad who worked for a Republican governor and a mom who worked for the Democratic state attorney general. This was a time when, as the late Representative John Dingell wrote in his last words to America, leaders "observed modicums of respect even as we fought, often bitterly and savagely, over issues that were literally life and death." Our leaders knew that at the end of the day, we are all Americans; we all deserve to be treated with humanity and respect. And they were bound by their calling to public service. Those were the values I learned when I sat down at the dinner table with my parents every night.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/john-dingell-my-last-words-for-america/2019/02/08/99220186-2bd3-11e9-984d-9b8fba003e81_story.html

That is what this election is about. This election is about looking our kids in the eye and proving to them that we did everything in our power to build a stronger, safer, more sustainable America for everyone.

The past four years have been the worst version of America. Ever since Donald Trump first stepped foot in the White House, we have moved away from the common ideals and values that are supposed to unify us as a country, putting leaders across the country—including me—in danger. This president has failed our country, and it is on all of us to come together to turn things around. We deserve better.

We want to hear what you think about this article. Submit a letter to the editor or write to letters@theatlantic.com.
Gretchen Whitmer is the 49th governor of Michigan.
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Federal judge rejects Trump's request to remove him as defendant from rape defamation case
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/nyregion/jean-carroll-trump-rape-lawsuit.html

Judge says Justice Department cannot defend Trump in E. Jean Carroll rape defamation suit
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/judge-says-justice-department-cannot-defend-trump-e-jean-carroll-n1244924

Texas Is Currently Leading The Nation In Youth Voter Turnout
https://www.kut.org/post/texas-currently-leading-nation-youth-voter-turnout

Michigan absentee voters: It's too late to mail your ballot. Drop it off.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/20/absentee-ballot-deadline-michigan-election-2020/5990066002/

US Postal Service on-time delivery times for First-Class Mail have dropped again — now nearly as bad as the worst period this summer. If you are voting absentee and haven't returned your ballot, experts say drop it off in person. Do not rely on #USPS delivery at this point.
https://twitter.com/GeoffRBennett/status/1321042528502689793

The GOP is intent on subverting democracy at every turn. They've intentionally broken the postal service and then tell us that even if we send our votes before Election Day they might not be counted. That's why I put our ballots in a designated dropbox. Get your vote in early!
https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/1320942567521832961

Climate Change: Navajo Power | Joe Biden for President 2020
#JoeBiden #Joe2020 #BidenForPresident
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEIEUF3A4Gw

Republicans plans to litigate their way into staying in the White House. Democrats already have legal teams to fight.

Supreme Court Shitstains Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barret were on the legal counsel for Bush during the whole Bush vs Gore thing.

Border Control Is Asking The National Archives For Permission To Destroy Misconduct Records
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201011/21201245483/cbp-is-asking-national-archives-permission-to-destroy-misconduct-records.shtml

And it begins, abortion will be permanently banned under all circumstances before election day LOL: Supreme Court to consider taking up Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/522929-supreme-court-to-consider-taking-up-mississippis-15-week-abortion

To all the Berniebros yelling at Democrats in the Senate for not using magic to stop the Barrett nomination, let me remind you that magic gramps is a Senator. Why didn't BERNIE do something, if something could indeed be done? Tell me. I'll wait.

So, how come Bernie didn't lead protests outside of Mitch McConnell's house to stop the Barrett confirmation? LIKE HE PROMISED HE WOULD?

A short six months ago Bernie Sanders was arguing "it's unjust that the Boston Marathon Bomber can't vote from prison." I'm sure that argument would have Trump on his heels today and Bernie would be on his way to 400 electoral votes.

Arkansas is the only state in the country that allows landlords to file criminal — rather than civil — charges against tenants after they fall behind on rent. Incredibly important piece:
https://www.propublica.org/article/when-falling-behind-on-rent-leads-to-jail-time

Yesterday the refused: .@ODNIgov has agreed to brief Florida lawmakers this week about election interference by Russia & Iran. ODNI spokesperson tells me the office is working w/ Rep. Waltz (R) & Rep. Murphy (D) to "provide them details on the most recent threat reporting impacting their districts." Last week, Waltz & Murphy sent a letter to ODNI, the FBI & DOJ requesting a classified briefing for Florida lawmakers on "the nature and extent of Iranian and Russian efforts to undermine the 2020 election in our state."
More context here:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/21/politics/fbi-election-security/index.html

A gut-wrenching story about the toll that a disinformation campaign took on the White Helmets and their co-founder. The impacts of that ongoing campaign are profound, diffuse, and will never fully be understood. But in this case, they were acute & tragic.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/oct/27/syria-disinformation-war-white-helmets-mayday-rescue-james-le-mesurier

Obama: "Imagine a president, when Puerto Rico gets hit by a hurricane, doesn't respond just by throwing paper towels but says those are Americans and we've got to make sure we get them the help they need as quickly as possible. That's what you should expect from a president."

Another record number of daily #COVID19 cases in Italy- 21,994. And the highest number of deaths in 1 day for months. There was also a record number of tests- 174,398- but the virus is out of control. Eminent Doctor Massimo Galli tells me "the next few weeks will be terrible".
https://twitter.com/BillNeelyNBC/status/1321130668148011012

Obama: "That's what voting is about - not making things perfect but making them better. It's about putting us on track."

The other week I sent a cease-and-desist letter to Sen. Graham (R-SC). His response, published on the Senate Judiciary Committee's website, is inadequate. Not only did he fail to retract his lies about me, but hid behind his Senate floor privilege and AG Barr's summary. (1 of 4)
https://twitter.com/IgorDanch/status/1321092124557848578

(2 of 4) Two problems with this. 1) AG's summary did not say I was/am a Russian spy because the DOJ knows that I am not. 2) @LindseyGrahamSC called me a Russian spy/agent not just in Senate, but on Fox News, which is not related to his duties as an elected official.
https://twitter.com/IgorDanch/status/1321092126806073344

(3 of 4) Short of a retraction and a public apology, I have no option but proceed with legal action against him. The same goes for @realDonaldTrump and @DevinNunes (R-CA), who have not responded to my letters (but appear to have at least stopped making false statements...
https://twitter.com/IgorDanch/status/1321092128320180224

(4 of 4) although @DonaldJTrumpJr continues to repeat these false statements). Thank you for supporting me in this battle.
https://twitter.com/IgorDanch/status/1321092129729499139
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-trumprussia-whistleblower-iggy-danchenko

Obama: "He said that Putin of Russia, Xi of China, and Kim Jong Un of North Korea want him to win. We know. We know because you've been giving them whatever they want for the last four years. Of course they want you to win. That's not a good thing. You shouldn't brag."

With nearly 3 million early votes in a week before Election Day, more than 10% of Georgia's ~2,650 precincts have more than 50% of their *total* registered voters cast a ballot already. I made a map of % turnout by precinct so far! #gapol
https://public.tableau.com/profile/stephen.fowler#!/vizhome/TurnoutByPrecinct/TurnoutByPrecinct1026

Two years ago, worshipers at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh fell victim to gun violence driven by anti-Semitic hate. We must combat hate in all its forms. And we must prevent its deadly consequences by keeping firearms out of the hands of those convicted of hate crimes.
https://twitter.com/WhipClyburn/status/1321127391390031872

Wonder how they simultaneously hold that Trump did an amazing job and covid19 is a hoax and if it's real the deaths are not his fault and that Whitmer killed thousands of people. I'm curious about the "how many seniors" sign.  She enacted a stay at home order and a mask mandate.  People wanted to kidnap her because of these orders...what else would they propose she do to prevent people from dying? Love how they have to use altered pics of her because she's so beautiful. These signs are very contradictory. They're mad she's making people stay home, but then blaming the death toll, specifically seniors, on her because they chose not to stay home?
https://twitter.com/kadiagoba/status/1321114029860028418

Still stuck on this Kavanaugh concurrence claiming that states announce the winner on election night. They don't. News organizations project based on the trajectory of incoming results. And furthermore, it's not uncommon for close races and states to be undeclared for days.
https://twitter.com/abbydphillip/status/1321053449610502152

Previously un-released documents show the government has illegally and unconstitutionally paid $2.5 million to Trump's businesses. Far more than we knew. Trump Org charged $7,700 for a dinner, $6,000 for floral arrangements…and $3 for POTUS's own glass of water.
https://washingtonpost.com/politics/ballrooms-candles-and-luxury-cottages-during-trumps-term-millions-of-government-and-gop-dollars-have-flowed-to-his-propertiesmar-a-lago-charged-the-government-3-apiece-for-glasses-of-water-for-trump-and-the-japanese-leader/2020/10/27/186f20a2-1469-11eb-bc10-40b25382f1be_story.html

Blundering conservative operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman have been indicted AGAIN for voter intimidation, this time in Ohio. Wohl also faces charges in Michigan and California, and they're both under FBI investigation.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jack-burkman-and-jacob-wohl-indicted-again-over-voter-intimidation/

Trump seems to be yelling at the TV because Fox is showing Obama. See his twitter.

White House claiming victory for "ending the pandemic," which is blatantly untrue.

Rodney Smith is a Bermudan immigrant in AL with a long record of doing good deeds across the USA, the kind of immigrant any of us would love to have as a fellow citizen, but now is in a legal bind with US immigration. How about some help, legal eagles?
https://twitter.com/iamrodneysmith/status/1321083913708646400

WR Antonio Brown now has officially signed with the Buccaneers, per source.
https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1321074453770653696

All five of Johnny Hekker's game-changing punts tonight landed within the 10-yard line
https://v.redd.it/xkwbelka9kv51

The #Ravens are signing WR Dez Bryant to the practice squad. Officially back.
https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1321117976700067842

After rewatching the #MNF game between the @RamsNFL & @ChicagoBears the biggest takeaway—-The coaching gap between McVay and Nagy is enormous—like enormous—whatever you think it is—times it by 10.
https://twitter.com/danorlovsky7/status/1321052389512761347

this is a bombshell type comment Foles openly accused Nagy of calling plays that have no chance of working you never hear this from a starting QB about his own head coach
https://twitter.com/SharpFootball/status/1320933095000989696

Republicans do this because they don't believe Dems have the stones to play hardball like they do. And for a long time they've been correct. But do not let them bully the public into thinking their bulldozing is normal but a response isn't. There is a legal process for expansion.
https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1320883278476398595 

A Chance to Expand Medicaid Rallies Democrats in Crucial North Carolina | The legislature in this battleground state could flip to Democratic control, a prospect that is bringing out lower-income voters who stayed home in 2016.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/health/covid-medicaid-north-carolina-election.html

84-year-old Ohio man assaulted for having Biden campaign sign in his yard
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/27/elderly-ohio-man-assaulted-having-biden-campaign-sign-yard/3748607001/

Voting by mail isn't so easy on Native American reservations
https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-business-virus-outbreak-south-dakota-voting-rights-fa8d0806cdd22455648988736e71ac73

DOJ secures Manafort and Gates-connected entity dissolutions
https://news.delaware.gov/2020/10/26/doj-secures-manafort-and-gates-connected-entity-dissolutions/

Tucker Carlson had the highest-rated show on cable TV this month. He is averaging 5.36 million viewers a night – a huge number by modern standards.
https://twitter.com/grynbaum/status/1321151075358040068

Imagine arguing that it's unfair to count runs in a ninth inning because it could "flip" the score from the end of the eighth inning. That's a bit less stupid than what's being argued here: North Carolina Republicans are already using Kavanaugh's opinion last night to cast doubt on the validity of mail ballots that arrive after Election Day. (They are currently asking SCOTUS to shorten the ballot deadline to invalidate millions of votes that they presume are Democratic ballots): NC Senate leader amplifies Kavanaugh's opinion including the selective Pildes quote. (and yes, they spelling OPINION wrong....)
https://twitter.com/ludkmr/status/1321129787528806405

A five second time lapse = 2.5 hour wait on the last day to request your mail in ballot & fill it out in person, at Philadelphia's City Hall
https://twitter.com/MauraBarrettNBC/status/1321149886537060353

It seems like the DC civility police always gives Republicans a pass. If Dems sent this out, it'd be a whole panel on Meet The Press.
https://twitter.com/JudiciaryGOP/status/1320878683423428609

Potential committee chairs include... Sanders at Budget... Leahy at Appropriations... Feinstein at Judiciary... Sherrod Brown at Banking... Warner at Intelligence... and Menendez at Foreign Relations.
https://politico.com/news/2020/10/27/senate-democrats-lead-if-biden-wins-432269

Great. What about Julian Castro, HE NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT.

Kyle Korver Speaks On NBA Strike: "How Do I Help As A White Man? What Do I Say As A White Man In This Space? & You Know What You Do? You Stand With The Marginalized."
https://streamable.com/4j2of8

Hearing George Springer does not want to return to the Astros. Owner had said before season re-signining him was top priority, but nothing ever materialized. Would be huge loss for Houston. Top offensive bat/strong defender at premium position. Best FA Bat IMO.R
https://twitter.com/PCreighton1/status/1320908437354647553 

Rushed SCOTUS confirmation, then said COVID19 relief can wait while people suffer | "If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power" - Eisenhower 3/6/56

Trump doesn't understand state laws governing ballot counts. Totals at the end of Election Day are *never* official. It takes about a month after Election Day for ballots to be canvassed and verified in many states. It's been this way for years, since well before he took office: "It would be very, very proper and very nice if a winner were declared on Nov. 3, instead of counting ballots for two weeks, which is totally inappropriate, and I don't believe that's by our laws." -- Trump (In fact tallying all the ballots is consistent with the law.)
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1321142155721793539

Philadelphia police shot Walter Wallace ten times in front of his mother after she tried to deescalate the situation. He was 27 years old. Having a mental heath crisis should not be a death sentence
https://www.inquirer.com/news/west-philadelphia-police-shooting-locust-20201026.html 

Trump Pulls Florida Ads as Cash-Poor Campaign Enters Final Week
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-27/trump-pulls-florida-ads-as-cash-poor-campaign-enters-final-week

Justice Kavanaugh Caught Cherry-Picking Line from a Law Review Article That Contradicted His Conclusion
https://lawandcrime.com/awkward/justice-kavanaugh-caught-cherry-picking-line-from-a-law-review-article-that-contradicted-his-conclusion/

Everyone knows Zuck. But what about the rest of the Facebook power players? It's a team that includes former top Bush WH officials, an ex-Trump State Dept lawyer & the granddaughter of former House Speaker Tip O'Neill.
https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-most-important-people-and-lobbyists-mark-zuckerberg-nick-clegg-2020-10

Yesterday was Republicans' best day in Florida mail and early vote, cutting Dems' lead by more than 52,000 votes. Florida Dems in Miami-Dade, Broward and Hillsborough are getting outpaced in the rates of returned ballots. Pick up the pace, Shitstain Florida Democrats
https://countyballotfiles.floridados.gov/VoteByMailEarlyVotingReports/PublicStats

Almost a quarter of Americans report knowing not much or nothing at all about the Holocaust, per AJC poll. More than four in ten say the statement 'American Jews are more loyal to Israel than to America' is not antisemitic
https://www.ajc.org/AntisemitismReport2020/Survey-of-the-General-Public

"Remember when Obama said there'll be no more manufacturing?" Trump asks, though Obama never said that, then claims he brought back 700,000 manufacturing jobs, though 483,000 had been added as of February and now it's a net loss of 164,000 under Trump.
https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1321171154426601481
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https://www.jta.org/2020/10/27/opinion/joe-biden-2-years-after-the-tree-of-life-shooting-the-world-feels-dark-we-must-be-the-light

Joe Biden: 2 years after the Tree of Life shooting, the world feels dark. We must be the light.

October 27, 2020 1:30 pm

(JTA) — Two years ago, a gunman entered the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh with hate in his heart and bigotry in his soul. Beset by a false sense of grievance and an imagined threat, he murdered 11 peaceful souls at prayer, taking age-old anti-Semitism to its most vile conclusion. We were reminded in that moment, as we have been too many times before, that we still have work to do to give meaning to the haunting phrase: never again.

I've never forgotten the harrowing lesson of those words, which I first learned from my father as a young boy in the years that followed the horrors of the Holocaust. I've done my best to pass that lesson along to my children and grandchildren, taking them to visit Dachau so they could see firsthand what can happen if we stand silent in the face of evil and prejudice. Those experiences were about more than bringing to light the darkest chapters of the past. Because the end of that story isn't one solely of loss and devastation; it's also about the survivors, their perseverance, determination and faith.

It's about the wisdom we can glean from generation to generation of Jewish history: the necessity of refusing to stand idly by. The urgency of speaking the truth. The demand to pursue justice, embrace peace, repair the world and treat each person with dignity. These principles have Jewish roots, but they are also fundamental to who we are as Americans. We need them now more than ever. We all have to heed the rabbinic teaching that "it is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it."

We have a responsibility to do the work of improving, strengthening and perfecting our union. That begins with affirming an essential truth: no one should fear for their rights, their freedoms or their lives because of who they are.

Anti-Semitism is a cancer that has fueled a dangerous rise in hate crimes over the past four years, from Charlottesville and Pittsburgh to Poway and Jersey City. I got into this race after hearing the anti-Semitic bile spewed by neo-Nazis in Charlottesville — and hearing President Trump say that there were "very fine people on both sides." Those words shocked our conscience and stunned the world.

If I have the honor of being elected, you have my word: we will forcefully denounce this evil, no matter the source. We will lead a comprehensive strategy for battling anti-Semitism. We will restore funding for programs to address domestic extremism, prosecute hate crimes and substantially expand investments in protection for our houses of worship.

We will lift up our common humanity on every issue, including our comprehensive effort to beat COVID-19 — a disease that has taken too many lives, too many jobs and too much time away from kids and grandkids. We will be guided by science, while heeding the Talmudic call: that if you save one life, it's as if you saved the entire world. For any family who has lost a loved one to this virus, I know what that loss is like — that is your entire world.

We'll listen to public health experts, implement nationwide mask mandates by working with governors and mayors, greatly enhance our testing and tracing capacity, get desperately needed resources to families and small businesses to help them weather the pandemic, and distribute a vaccine equitably and at zero cost the second it's ready. Politics won't be a factor. Health, safety and security are all that matter.

Our responsibility extends beyond our borders as well — to maintaining and deepening our unbreakable bond with Israel. I have worked with every Israeli Prime Minister since I first met Golda Meir as a young senator, and my commitment has never wavered: I will always stand firm for Israel's security and against efforts to delegitimize Israel on the global stage. I will work with our ally Israel to ensure it can always defend itself and to pursue the lasting security of a two-state solution. And I will never allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. Unlike our current president, I will never play partisan politics with the U.S.-Israel relationship. And I will restore America's role on the global stage — as a nation that leads not only by the example of our power, but by the power of our example.

Here at home, we must do more than talk about tikkun olam — repairing the world — we must act on its promise. We must recommit to the pursuit of justice in healthcare, economic fairness, racial equality and reproductive freedom, and we must take on the existential threat of climate change. We must welcome the stranger by reasserting our founding promise as a nation of immigrants and asylum seekers. We must uphold our commitment to dignity and respect for every single person, in word and deed.

The Jewish story is the American story — being the light when the world feels dark. No matter the issue, there is one way all of us can write the next chapter: we can vote. We can exercise our power to determine who we are and who we wish to be.

By casting our ballots, we can, in other words, pray with our feet — and in the process, reclaim America's soul.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/opinion/2020-election-pennsylvania.html

Can We Trust Pennsylvania's Polls? They show Joe Biden clinching crucial counties. So why does it feel so different on the ground here?

BENSALEM, Pa. — Two men, one in a Ford F-150 truck bedecked with Trump decals and the other in a Chevrolet Malibu, were stopped at a traffic light, arguing about politics. The light turned green, the truck pulled into a parking lot and the Chevy followed. The man in the truck jumped out, brandishing a trailer hitch head like a war hammer.

The parking lot led to the Trump Store, a tiny shop selling MAGA merchandise. It has turned the strip mall here in Bucks County, north of Philadelphia, into a never-ending Trump rally. This was Saturday afternoon. Less than an hour later, someone leaned out of the window of an S.U.V., punched a Trump Store customer in the face, and took off.

"It feels like I'm surrounded by Trump people," said Kendall Messick, 25, a warehouse worker for a phone company who was sitting in the passenger seat of the Chevy Malibu, which had moved to an adjacent lot when a store manager threatened to call the police as the argument escalated.

"Look where you are," said the car's driver, Jamear Seals, 27, a Peloton employee. He gestured toward the growing group of Trump supporters with whom he had nearly come to blows. "You're in a Philadelphia suburb."

This town and others like it will decide which way Pennsylvania and its 20 electoral votes will swing in next week's election. President Trump won the state by less than one percentage point in 2016 and pretty much can't eke out a victory again without it. "We win Pennsylvania, we win the whole thing," he said at a rally an hour from here on Monday.

Saturday morning, before the contretemps at the Trump store, Joe Biden was just down the road, speaking at a community college. "It may come down to Pennsylvania," he told the crowd.

Polls show Mr. Biden leading by five to 13 points, but I grew up around here and am dubious. This place — the land of hoagies and Bradley Cooper and Rocky Balboa worship and Tina Fey's "Cousin Karen" accent — has transmogrified into Trumplandia.

"He has so much more support than in 2016, because it's been four years of accomplishments," said Darinna Thompson, 49, a homemaker who was talking with a group of women outside the Trump Store. They were part of a caravan that had just encircled the Democrats' rally "to say bye-bye to Biden" and let his supporters know they were outnumbered.

"We just drove all around and people were coming out of their houses and cheering us on as we paraded through their neighborhoods," Ms. Thompson said.

Pollsters say that suburban women are President Trump's kryptonite, that they've turned on him. At another Pennsylvania rally, the president pleaded, "Suburban women, will you please like me?"

"I feel like that's wrong — we're the majority," said Jennifer Girard, 41, a single mother working in consumer goods who was standing near a pink Dodge Challenger emblazoned with "Women for Trump." Ms. Girard said that she was part of a group that raised enough money to erect a "Women for Trump" billboard over the stretch of 1-95 that crosses from the city into the suburbs.

Isn't she bothered by the president's loud mouth and tetchy Twitter fingers? "There's a shock factor, for sure," Ms. Girard said, "but I think we know what to expect now." She added, "He's not a politician, and that's why he works for us."

What about his flirtation with white supremacists? "I'm sick of people coming to me and telling me I'm a racist because I'm Republican," Ms. Girard said. "My son is half Puerto Rican. I don't understand where that comes from."

Granted, these women were voluntarily at the Trump Store, but there seemed to be nothing about the past four years that gave them pause. Not Charlottesville. Not the Bob Woodward tapes. Not the pathetic pandemic response and the ruinous economy. Not the president's suggestions that he might not accept the results of the election. A schoolteacher in the group said, with a shrug, "This is Trump country."

On Monday, footage of Philadelphians joyfully dancing in long lines to vote early went viral. But by nightfall, different videos began circulating: There was another police shooting, and West Philly was tearing itself apart. The scenes of mayhem that suburbia — speckled with "Back the Blue" and "Support Our Police" yard signs — awoke to could serve to help this president, who has built his campaign on racist tropes about "anarchist" cities.

My parents, who are divorced and haven't agreed on anything in 20 years, both plan to vote for Joe Biden. They say that, in their respective circles, this makes them unique. My father's wife will vote for Mr. Trump ("401(k)," she says), as will all his friends. My mom says many of her girlfriends will go for Mr. Trump, and she hasn't been able to match with any man on Bumble who isn't a Trump voter.

She lives in Montgomery County, just southwest of here, and went to the same high school as Jill Biden. The front yards of the houses flanking my mom's, the one across the street and three more on the block feature Trump signs. There is one Biden sign on the street. One of my mom's acquaintances recently held a Trump-themed birthday party for her child. Icing on each cookie read, "Make ninth birthdays great again."

On Sunday, I went back to visit the neighborhood I grew up in, in Hatboro, where the most febrile of Fox News talking points are in bloom on many of the front lawns. One house, belonging to Richard Gottshall, is in a league of its own. Hand-painted posters sprout like weeds from every corner of his yard. "We the people are tired of the dirty Demo-rats," says one. "Liars idiots troublemakers news media as well the best is yet to come."

Mr. Gottshall, a retired carpenter and volunteer firefighter, said that some 20 like-minded people had congregated on his lawn that morning to show support for their candidate. His neighbor was not pleased about the gathering.

"The people across the street here, they're Democrats," said Mr. Gottshall. "They tried to outdo me — they had 29 signs. They called the police." But, he added, "First Amendment."

Mr. Gottshall explained to me how the media was corrupt. I told him I grew up on the next street over. He offered me a hot dog. I asked him if posting signs calling his neighbors "rats" was crazy. "Not really, because it's on television," he pointed out. "Judge Jeanine, she calls them that. They don't like it? That's tough."

A few doors down was a pad with an even nuttier setup. Trump 2020 flags billowed in the wind and a digital sign crawled a message in the front window: "Bidens received millions of illegal money from China, Russia, Ukraine. Biden is a crook — should be locked up." It belonged to — who else — Mr. Gottshall's twin brother, William.

A couple unloading groceries in their driveway around the corner said that they planned to vote for Mr. Biden but were too intimidated to talk openly about it. The whole neighborhood, they said, seemed to be going for President Trump.

This is what everyone is trying to figure out: Is the Trumpmania here restricted to a fortissimo minority circling the drain, or is it a blinking red warning sign that the polls are, once again, badly discombobulated?

One thing is for sure: It is a florid expression of how many Americans feel alienated from the system. They were here last time and they will remain here no matter what happens on Tuesday.

Lochel's bakery in Hatboro has become an overnight Oracle of (Phila) Delphi, selling red "Trump 2020" and blue "Biden 2020" sugar cookies. Whichever cookie sells the most will predict how this area, and thus the state, and therefore the election, will turn. Supposedly.

The shop's owner, Kathleen Lochel, says enthusiasm for the president has drawn people from as far as West Virginia. Eric Trump stopped by last week.

Ms. Lochel said Pennsylvania is unknowable. "If I was a gambling woman," she said, "I wouldn't gamble on this." She doesn't disclose her political views and said, with utmost seriousness, that "the bakery does not make an endorsement."

So far, the count stands at 3,367 blue cookies, 18,241 red.

"I do think that Trump supporters are more competitive," said Dan Rutledge, standing in line outside of the bakery in the spitting rain on Sunday. Mr. Rutledge, 44, a manager at a clinical research organization, was there to snag some red cookies. "I'm hopeful that he'll win PA, but I don't see it happening myself," he said.

"Trump has turned so many people anti-him — he's a little arrogant," said Mr. Rutledge. But he "liked that in a leader." He added, "It's going to be closer than people say."

Shawn McCreesh is an editorial assistant for the Opinion section.
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In the midst of an unusually active hurricane season, the Trump admin removed NOAA's chief scientist & replaced him with a researcher who has criticized climate scientists for what he says are unnecessarily dire predictions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/climate/trump-election-climate-noaa.html

Canadian Senator Lynn Beyak Illegally Donated to Trump Reelection Using a Fake U.S. Address
https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkdy9y/this-controversial-canadian-senator-lynn-beyak-donated-to-donald-trumps-re-election-effort-violating-campaign-finance-laws

Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Mike Kelly mocks Joe Biden's stutter during Trump campaign call
https://www.newsweek.com/pennsylvania-rep-appears-mock-joe-bidens-stutter-during-trump-campaign-call-1542608

Half a million Americans test positive for coronavirus in the last week
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-us-cases-latest-test-positive-covid-b1375008.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-infection-idUSKBN27C2KA

Video shows man wearing a Trump hat pull a gun on anti-Trump demonstrators after an unknown liquid was thrown on him during a protest
https://www.insider.com/video-trump-supporter-pulls-gun-on-counter-protesters-2020-10

Meadows 3rd? Lowe cleanup?? Lowe at cleanup is nice because all this man does is hit tanks. RIP Wendle at SS dream, 10/27/20-10/27/20. That is quite possibly the weirdest Rays lineup I've seen produced this season. Hopefully it works.Let's fix that PISP issue please! No more stranded runners. Bring 'em home so their hits count. Boys can absolutely win this, just have to convert some at bats. Snell will win today and then Morton will go 8 tomorrow with Castillo getting the save. I dreamt this. I am praying that Dave Roberts acts like Dave Roberts and brings in Walker Buhler late in the game on a tied game and we win and he has no good pitchers for tomorrow and we win tomorrow (sorry Seager....) I think there's a good number of Dodgers fans who are expecting the loss here - Gonsolin is going out to give innings no matter what, since tomorrow is their big shot with Buehler. That is quite possibly the weirdest Rays lineup I've ever seen produced.

Trump campaign ran this Facebook ad implying he won the election (since no new ads allowed starting today, advertisers had to have at least 1 impression to be able to run later). Ads claiming premature victory are supposed to be against FB rules https://cnbc.com/2020/10/27/trump-campaign-ads-are-working-around-facebooks-election-rules.html
https://twitter.com/megancgraham/status/1321117383147311104

Putin orders national mask mandate as coronavirus cases spike in Russia https://cbsn.ws/3jC3jds
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-mask-mandate-putin-covid-cases-spike/

Clarence Thomas' wife is once again illegally and unconstitutionally using her Facebook page to promote unsubstantiated claims of corruption by Joe Biden
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-clarence-thomas-media-amy-coney-barrett-social-media-d7df89f52e02c13ec0d2784a54cdc7f3

A senior US official, Peter Berkowitz, tested positive for COVID-19 after a recent trip to France, UK & Hungary, raising concerns about the spread of the virus to senior officials in Europe.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/peter-berkowitz-coronavirus-state-department-europe-trip/2020/10/27/dd81154e-1874-11eb-bb35-2dcfdab0a345_story.html

More than 7.8 million people have already cast their vote in Texas. That represents 46.02% of all registered voters in Texas.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1321199995219968001

Here Is The Last Day Mail-In Ballots Will Be Accepted In Every State
https://buzzfeednews.com/article/addybaird/vote-by-mail-state-deadlines

In May, Adam Weeks left a voicemail for a friend saying he had been recruited to run as a third-party CD2 candidate by Republicans to draw votes away from the DFL. Loved ones say the race took a toll. Four months later he died unexpectedly.
https://www.startribune.com/pot-party-candidate-gop-recruited-him-to-pull-votes-from-dfl-congresswoman/572888651/

Alabama's Covid19 hospitalizations climb above 1K again
https://wsfa.com/2020/10/27/alabamas-covid-hospitalizations-climb-above-k-again/

A lot of strength for Biden in the Upper Midwest (IA/WI/MN/MI) in this recent round of surveys and one starts to wonder whether this is a part of the reason why:
https://nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

The Atlanta Hawks have transformed their arena into a polling center with well-trained staff and over 300 voting machines. Coach Pierce hopes their efforts will make voting in Georgia accessible and easy for all.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/voting-in-the-arena-94672965924

Make America Mogadishu Again: Judge illegally and unconstitutionally strikes down Benson order banning open carry of guns at Michigan polling places
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/27/judge-strikes-down-benson-order-banning-guns-polls/3752018001/

Melania Trump promotes anti-bullying project while also viciously attacks media, Democrats while campaigning in Pennsylvania, claiming that Democrats are socialists, even though she came to the US THANKS TO DEMOCRATS AND SOCIALISM.
https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/melania-trump-attacks-media-democrats-while-campaigning-in-pennsylvania-94785093910

Republicans scrapped tool for defrauded students to recoup money and lied about it: documents
https://www.newsweek.com/education-department-scrapped-tool-defrauded-students-recoup-money-lied-about-it-documents-1542627

Federal Agents Are on Standby for Possible Election Day Unrest
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx8qan/federal-agents-are-on-standby-for-possible-election-day-unrest

Judge Orders Richmond's Robert E. Lee Statue Can Be Removed
https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/10/27/925407770/judge-orders-richmonds-robert-e-lee-statue-can-be-removed

Clayton Kershaw Insists He's Still Fresh Enough To Melt Down Out Of The Bullpen. LOS ANGELES—Expressing his desire to continue contributing to the World Series in any small way after two quality starts, Clayton Kershaw reassured his Dodgers teammates Tuesday that he was still fresh enough to melt down out of the bullpen. "I know everyone expects me to be completely spent, but this is the World Series and I'm still ready to go if the team needs me to blow a game in relief," said Kershaw, clarifying that his throwing arm felt great thanks to the strict tantrum limit he followed during the regular season. "I've got plenty of gas in the tank to throw some beach balls. It's not really a big deal to blow our shot at a championship on two-days rest. We're one game away from taking this, which means all hands on deck—we all need to chip in to make sure we have a heartbreaking collapse." At press time, Kershaw had started warming up in the bullpen by accidentally beaning his pitching coach.
https://sports.theonion.com/clayton-kershaw-insists-he-s-still-fresh-enough-to-melt-1845495390

Supreme Court DENIES Republican application to halt U.S. Congressional election in Minnesota. MN-2 election will proceed.
Victory for @AngieCraigMN
https://democracydocket.com/cases/minnesota-second-congressional-district-postponed-election/

Mass firings, frozen funding, and midnight rules: Inside the Democrats' operation to fight back against Trump going scorched-earth in a Biden transition
https://www.businessinsider.com/democrats-fear-lame-duck-trump-biden-transition-midnight-rules-2020-10

Responses to our record requests also showed Pompeo had direct communication with Rudy Giuliani in March 2019, when Giuliani was orchestrating activities that figured prominently in the president's impeachment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/23/us/politics/pompeo-trump-ukraine-impeachment.html

Trump admin illegally and ahem UNCONSTITUTIONALLY rescinded an editorial "firewall" regulation late Monday night at U.S.-funded media outlets.
https://twitter.com/NBCPolitics/status/1321218139389087746

Today is the last day USPS says it can guarantee delivery of a ballot by election day. Per ElectProject, there are still more than 28 million unreturned mail-in ballots. If you have one, please consider returning it in person to your election office. If not, mail it today

US Postal Service on-time delivery times for First-Class Mail have dropped again — now nearly as bad as the worst period this summer. If you are voting absentee and haven't returned your ballot, experts say drop it off in person. Do not rely on #USPS delivery at this point.
https://twitter.com/GeoffRBennett/status/1321042528502689793

A federal judge in South Carolina has ruled that the state can't reject absentee ballots because of a signature mismatch, and ordered officials to reprocess all ballots previously thrown out because of signature-related issues.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1321225162998558721

It's still getting worse. Hospitalizations continue to rise rapidly, up more than 40% this month: Our daily update is published. States reported 1.05 million tests, 73k cases, and 44,212 people hospitalized. The reported death toll was 931.
https://twitter.com/COVID19Tracking/status/1321222490622889984

Trump touts newspaper endorsements tonight at his rally. It follows years of undermining newspapers and describing them as "fake news."

Donald Trump has real estate debts of $1.1B with $900m owed in next four years
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/donald-trump-debts-real-estate-loans-buildings-b1375290.html

Kevin Costner Is Voting for Joe Biden, but Still Thinks Pete Buttigieg Could Have Won the White House
https://variety.com/video/kevin-costner-joe-biden-pete-buttigieg/#!

Sleeping giant Arctic methane deposits starting to release, scientists find
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/oct/27/sleeping-giant-arctic-methane-deposits-starting-to-release-scientists-find

Anger over sacred Australian Aboriginal tree bulldozed for highway
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-54700074

Trump called for Joe Biden to be assassinated.
https://twitter.com/aravosis/status/1321231738832650242

Donate now to defeat this piece of garbage, and to take back the Senate. Our country's very survival is at stake. Enough of this tyrant. Donate now.
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/democrats-2020

A day after lots of Pennsylvanians went to church, Trump went to Pennsylvania and told people it's terrible they aren't allowed to go to church. Trump falsely claims Pennsylvanians 'can't go to church'
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/27/politics/trump-false-claim-pennsylvania-cant-go-to-church-fact-check/index.html  

'Trump Encourages It': Pittsburgh Jews Still Fear Far-right Violence, Two Years After Massacre—A visit to the Squirrel Hill neighborhood finds many Jewish voters promising to have the last word against a president they regard as America's inciter in chief since the tragedy at Tree of Life Synagogue.
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-two-years-after-massacre-these-pittsburgh-jews-fear-violence-and-blame-trump-1.9263078

Biden's temperament is moderate. His agenda is transformative.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/27/bidens-temperament-is-moderate-his-agenda-is-transformative/

Our hearts are broken for the family of Walter Wallace Jr., and for all those suffering the emotional weight of learning about another Black life in America lost. We cannot accept that in this country a mental health crisis ends in death. It makes the shock and grief and violence of yesterday's shooting that much more painful, especially for a community that has already endured so much trauma. Walter Wallace's life, like too many others', was a Black life that mattered — to his mother, to his family, to his community, to all of us. At the same time, no amount of anger at the very real injustices in our society excuses violence. Attacking police officers and vandalizing small businesses, which are already struggling during a pandemic, does not bend the moral arc of the universe closer to justice. It hurts our fellow citizens. Looting is not a protest, it is a crime. It draws attention away from the real tragedy of a life cut short. As a nation, we are strong enough to both meet the challenges of real police reform, including implementing a national use of force standard, and to maintain peace and security in our communities. That must be our American mission. That is how we will deliver real justice. All Donald Trump does is fan the flames of division in our society. He is incapable of doing the real work to bring people together. We will. We are all praying for the entire Wallace family, and for our nation, that we may move toward healing.
https://joebiden.com/2020/10/27/the-shooting-of-walter-wallace-jr-statement-from-vice-president-biden-and-senator-harris/#

Alabama's most populous county is now doing a public outreach campaign and trying to contact absentee voters who received a witness signature waiver with their ballots that a court later invalidated
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/alabama-jefferson-county-ballot-problem-witness-waiver

Trump's rallies are actually making voters in battleground states LESS favorable towards him. The numbers are even worse for Trump among persuadable voters. Here are the numbers from the latest polling from @prioritiesUSA.
https://twitter.com/guycecil/status/1321225949061533696
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ElXv_13XUAEM3SU?format=jpg&name=small

Here's the announcement from Jefferson Co., which has the phone number voters can call if they're worried they missed the Oct. 13 cutoff to use a witness signature waiver for their ballot:
https://www.jccal.org/Default.asp?ID=993&pg=News&action=view&aid=251&title=ATTENTION%3A+IF+YOU+VOTED+ABSENTEE+BY+MAIL+IN+JEFFERSON+COUNTY%2C+UTILIZING+A+BLUE+WAIVER%2C+POSTMARKED+ON+OR+AFTER+OCTOBER+14%2C2020%2C+PLEASE+CONTACT+JACKIE+ANDERSON+SMITH%2C+CIRCUIT+CLERK%2FABSENTEE+ELECTIONS+MANAGER+AT+205%2D325%2D5360

Randy Arozarena wastes no time with a first inning Home Run in Game 6 for his 10th this postseason
https://streamable.com/93lph1

Texas Supreme Court illegally and unconstitutionally sides with governor on rule requiring one ballot drop box per county
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7276918/10-27-20-TX-Supreme-Court-Abbott-v-ADL-Opinion.pdf

Randy Arozarena has 24 career hits, including 8 home runs, in the regular season over two years. He has 27 hits this post-season, including 9 home runs.

This is the government of the United States? The United States of America? That United States?
https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1321245641599864832

'It's a nightmare scenario:' Wisconsin reports more than 5,200 cases, 64 deaths in worst day of pandemic yet https://jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2020/10/27/wisconsin-coronavirus-state-reports-5-262-new-cases-64-deaths/3751894001/

I'm finding it hard to reconcile the "Biden is ahead by 10+" with the fact that Trump's rallies are still incredibly well attended (especially compared to Biden's paltry events). It would be quite rare for an incumbent with this level of enthusiasm to not be re-elected. I'm open to hearing explanations, but when GHWB served only one term, there was so little enthusiasm for him. This is the total opposite. If Biden wins, he could argue that he was the candidate of the "silent majority" all along.

USPS leadership have received a sweeping set of orders from a federal judge, laying out ways the Postal Service must make sure ballots are delivered quickly because of the ongoing election and absentee voting deadlines.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/us-election-news-10-27-2020/h_8f0d33cfc49549bae2a93a872c63e5be

Total Early Votes: 69,645,195
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html

Making fun of not having a college education while wooing voters who don't have a college education to own the libs
https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1321228928401498119

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has a college education....

Of the 29 states that require mail-in ballots to arrive on or before Election Day, 28 have since late July seen periods of average USPS delivery times exceeding six days. Among them are battleground states like Florida, Arizona, Wisconsin and Georgia.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-delayed-is-your-mail-in-ballot-11603706400

Well that didn't take long: Аntonio Вrown posted "Outcast I feel like I'm Аaron Нernandez!! @tombrady #Himmothy" on his IG story and deleted it. Today he chose the number 81 to wear for the Bucs and now we know the reason why. Аaron Нernandez of course played with Brady in New England and wore #81
https://i.imgur.com/SdyVFOr.jpg credit to Вleacher Report first on screengrabbing it quickly 

Gonsolin: 1.2 IP, 3H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4K, 60 pitches

Scaramucci: "I applaud the President for unifying the country. It just happens to be against him"
https://www.msnbc.com/craig-melvin/watch/scaramucci-i-applaud-the-president-for-unifying-the-country-it-just-happens-to-be-against-him-94767685841 

Arizona state Senate candidate's campaign sign vandalized with swastika | Seth Blattman, who is Jewish, is running as a Democrat to represent Legislative District 23 in the state Senate. Blattman, a small business owner who grew up in Scottsdale, is campaigning on issues such as fully funding education and promoting job growth.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/27/arizona-jewish-senate-candidate-seth-blattman-campaign-sign-vandalized-swastika/3749038001/

Tax records show while the lower and middle people go bankrupt, Trump had over $270 million in debt forgiven after failing to repay lenders
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/27/politics/trump-tax-records-chicago-loan/index.html

Trump walked off interview in 1990 when asked tough questions about his casino
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/business/2020/10/26/donald-trump-walks-out-of-intv-1990-pkg-vpx.cnn

Donald Trump, Grifter Incarnate, Charges Taxpayers for Water He Drinks at Mar-a-Lago
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/10/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-water

Trump forced to defend Nebraska in contest for single electoral vote
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-ne2-omaha-nebraska-rally-011630391.html

Whitmer's job approval beats Trump's job approval in Michigan
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/28/whitmer-job-approval-beats-trump-job-approval-michigan-poll/6051858002/

The Patriot Front is preparing for "civil conflict" as they believe that Trump's defeat on election day is inevitable
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/patriot-front-preparing-after-trump

Texas reverses decision that allowed social workers to deny LGBTQ, disabled clients
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/texas-reverses-decision-allowed-social-workers-deny-lgbtq-disabled-clients-n1245006

Federal judges block Trump exclusion of undocumented immigrants from Census
http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102220_census_exclusion_ruling/federal-judges-block-trump-exclusion-undocumented-immigrants-from-census/

Holy Sh!t for the first time in decades, Shitstain Susan Sarandon 1) Endorses A Democrat (Biden) And 2) Fundraises For Democrats: Pete Buttigieg & Liz Warren do the Time Warp with Tenacious D & Susan Sarandon
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tenacious-d-time-warp-cover-1081758/

The system is 'rigged': Robert Reich on the Supreme Court, economic inequality, and his Twitter beef with Elon Musk
https://fortune.com/2020/10/12/robert-reich-books-scotus-rbg-elon-musk-economic-inequality/

After testing positive, Justin Turner's actions are difficult to justify | League officials, league security personnel and some Dodgers officials spoke with Turner, asking him to remain in isolation, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. Turner, however, was adamant about wanting to join the celebration, the source said, and he had the support of at least some club officials. |  Turner, 35, did not practice social distancing as he hugged and shook hands with teammates, remaining on the field for perhaps 20 minutes and often standing close to his wife, Kourtney, who also had been part of the Dodgers' bubble. He wore a mask, but removed it for photos with Kourtney and also for a team photo in which manager Dave Roberts was to his immediate right and president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman was to his left, with only the World Series trophy between them.
https://theathletic.com/2165720/2020/10/28/justin-turner-dodgers-rays-world-seriesrosenthal-after-testing-positive-justin-turners-actions-are-difficult-to-justify/ 

Very bad for Turner, the Dodgers, MLB, and everyone involved really, and they don't care because nobody cares 

Justin Turner went into isolation after finding out he had tested positive. He eventually returned to the field on his own accord. When MLB officials found out, they instructed security to get Turner back into isolation. Turner refused to leave.
https://twitter.com/jareddiamond/status/1321354157098455041

You don't say: Mookie Betts' reaction to see Blake Snell leave the game: "Oh, man, it was kind of a sigh of relief. If he had stayed in the game, he might have pitched a complete-game [shutout]. That was the Cy Young Snell that came tonight.''
https://twitter.com/bnightengale/status/1321320266887290881

Total Early Votes: 71,063,593
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html 

History will forever sneer at Kevin Cash for yanking Blake Snell

Welp he does it again (he has a history of domestic violence against women): Raptors guard Terence Davis was arrested in New York City Tuesday night on charges of assaulting a woman and criminal mischief.
https://twitter.com/TimBontemps/status/1321444191088615424

It is now TOO LATE to mail in your ballots! Don't trust the USPS to deliver it on time. Drop them off in person or vote early in person / on election day!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/10/27/usps-delays-election-day/

Trump supporter charged with two felonies after stealing and submitting Biden supporter's absentee ballot with Trump and Republicans checked off
https://www.pressherald.com/2020/10/27/orono-woman-charged-with-submitting-fraudulent-ballot/

Trump has found a whole new way to make the government worse, whether he wins or loses Trump ensured it will take years to restore a depleted federal workforce, whether or not he wins the election.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/trump-has-found-whole-new-way-make-government-worse-whether-n1245041

Fox News cuts Lindsey Graham off as he asks for donations after interview
https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-cuts-lindsey-graham-off-donations-interview-1542731

"Trump failed us" projected onto Arizona mountain as U.S. COVID death toll nears 227,000
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-failed-us-arizona-mountain-1542763

Michigan Trump-Supporting Councilman Charged With Impersonating an Officer, Assault After Handcuffing BLM Supporter
https://www.newsweek.com/michigan-trump-supporting-councilman-charged-impersonating-officer-assault-after-handcuffing-blm-1542869

Multiple people taken to hospital (hypthermia) as thousands stranded in the cold following Omaha Trump rally
http://www.ketv.com/article/thousands-stranded-in-the-cold-struggle-to-leave-site-of-omaha-trump-rally/34506267
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/hundreds-trump-supporters-stuck-freezing-cold-omaha-airfield-after-rally-n1245065

Number Of Misconduct By ICE Gynecologist Againts Females Nearly Triples
https://theintercept.com/2020/10/27/ice-irwin-women-hysterectomies-senate/

Biden campaign launching bus tour across Texas
https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/biden-campaign-launching-bus-tour-across-texas

Florida Gov. DeSantis attempts to vote, discovers someone changed his address
https://www.wesh.com/article/florida-governor-voter-info-changed/34508114

Republicans to illegally and unconstitutionally strip protections from Tongass National Forest, one of the biggest intact temperate rainforests
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/10/28/trump-tongass-national-forest-alaska/

The Son of Former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Helped Trump Secure Loans at Deutsche Bank
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/the-son-of-former-supreme-court-justice-anthony-kennedy-helped-trump-secure-loans-at-deutsche-bank/

Six Republican Secretaries Of State Tried To Illegally And Unconstitutionally Stop Facebook's Effort To Register Millions Of Voters
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-republican-states-stop-register-millions-voters

Supreme Court Motion Says Amy Coney Barrett's Integrity Demands Recusal from Swing State Mail-in Ballot Case
https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/supreme-court-motion-says-amy-coney-barretts-integrity-demands-recusal-from-mail-in-ballot-case/

The preacher who might finally turn Georgia blue — Raphael Warnock, a first-time candidate running for Senate, is working to turn out new and infrequent voters. But a tough runoff almost certainly looms.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/28/raphael-warnock-georgia-senate-race-432346

Still haven't voted? Don't send your ballot by mail. | The deadline has passed to safely mail your ballot. Here's what to do if you still need to vote.
https://www.vox.com/21536156/vote-early-in-person-drop-off-ballots

Republican Lobbyists Are Clutching Their Pearls Over Biden's Ethics Reforms
https://newrepublic.com/article/159895/biden-revolving-door-government-ethics

West Virginia Law Enforcement Officials Endorse Republican House Of Delegates Candidate Derrick Evans (anti-abortion terrorist) Who Has Restraining Order Against Him For Stalking Females Who Work At And Are Patients Of Women's Health Center | Derrick Evans, a Republican frontrunner for the House of Delegates in 19th District, was found by a Kanawha County magistrate last year to have engaged in "stalking" and made "repeated credible threats of bodily injury" to a woman who worked at the Women's Health Center in Charleston, W.Va. It is the state's only facility to offer abortion services. Nine days after he was served, Evans violated that restraining order leading to an extension that does not expire until Dec. 31, 2020.
https://www.wvpublic.org/top-stories/2020-10-27/w-va-troopers-endorse-house-of-delegates-candidate-with-restraining-order-for-stalking

First guilty plea expected in campaign finance case involving Giuliani associates
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/28/first-giuliani-associates-guilty-plea-433318

Banks lent $2.6tn linked to ecosystem and wildlife destruction in 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/28/banks-lent-1-9tn-linked-to-ecosystem-and-wildlife-destruction-in-2019-report-aoe

In Georgia, Democrats Target the True Silent Majority: People Who Don't Vote
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/28/us/politics/georgia-democrats-voting.html

I still find it hard to believe that anyone in their right mind thinks getting rid of section 230 will help Trump and the right wingers on social media. If social media companies are held liable for their posts on their platforms, it will be much safer to just ban people who could pose a problem. Trump will be first on the list. I am so looking forward to January 21st 2021, The Day RealDonaldTrump gets banned from Twitter for incivility, disinformation, hate speech and flushing 15 times when a brush and 2 flushes get the job done.

Bengals traded DE Carlos Dunlap to the Seahawks, source tells ESPN. Will be official after 4 pm.
https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1321482130568994819

The #Cowboys have informed DT Dontari Poe and CB Daryl Worley they'll be released if Dallas can't trade them today, per sources. Big changes continue for Dallas D.
https://twitter.com/tompelissero/status/1321419827353964545

The #Texans will be closing their facility due to a player testing positive for COVID-19, source said. They are on a bye week now. They are testing all other players.
https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1321458229575094272

Trade! #Cowboys DE Everson Griffen is being traded to the #Lions in exchange for draft pick compensation, sources say. Detroit, winners of two in a row, is added a big-time veteran pass-rusher.
https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1321192664109326340

Panthers release CB Josh Hawkins after he was seen dancing in public without a mask
https://sports.yahoo.com/panthers-release-cb-josh-hawkins-after-he-was-seen-dancing-in-public-without-a-mask-231838425.html

Trump claimed his crowd last night was 29k. Video puts it at 6K.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/10/trump-supporters-left-stranded-in-cold-after-omaha-rally.html

More than 8.1 million people have already cast their vote in Texas. That represents 48.06% of all registered voters in Texas.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/us-election-news-10-28-2020/h_7c65ea9f4c72dde558784eecf16f0207

A BBC investigation has revealed that 80 per cent of child abuse images it reported to Facebook were not removed. Facebook responded to the allegations by requesting the BBC send examples of the material to it, then reporting the team to the authorities for sending them.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39187929

When you fill out your ballot, ask yourself: Who will best restore decency and civility to the White House. Who can I be proud to tell my children and grandchildren I voted for.
https://twitter.com/JeffFlake/status/1321500449992683521

Over a year before Trump manipulated the mail, delayed care for covid19, and urged armed gangs to threaten voters and murder Democratic leaders, he was acting with cruelty to disrupt democracy. Elijah warned us. He begged us. He fought for us with every last breath. We must pick up the mantle. We must VOTE: I'm begging the American people to pay attention to what is going on. Because if you want to have a democracy intact for your children, and your children's children, and generations yet unborn we've got to guard this moment…this is our watch.
https://twitter.com/RepCummings/status/1154161356171599877

Category 2 #Hurricane #Zeta speeding toward southeastern Louisiana- good luck finding a hurricane there that strong so late in the year- unprecedented in modern records.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1321511343527206913

Almost half of South Dakota's prison population tests positive for Covid-19
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/half-south-dakotas-prison-population-tests-positive-covid/story?id=73853624

N.J. mandates workplace COVID-19 safety rules as cases spike, citing lack of federal standards
https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/10/nj-mandates-workplace-covid-19-safety-rules-as-cases-spike-citing-lack-of-federal-standards.html

Substantial faction of players and star players pushing for NBA season to start Jan. 18 — MLK Day — with a free-agency commencement of Dec. 1.
https://twitter.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/1321527387759079424

Justin Turner, stupidest ending to the season possible
https://twitter.com/dougherty_jesse/status/1321528806394351616

The whole reason the World Series (and playoffs( were at a neutral site was so this didn't happen. Both the Dodgers and Rays were in isolation and robbed of any home field advantage for the sake of safety. Then that team has a player test positive and they let him play in the deciding game of the series INFECTING EVERYBODY IN THE BUBBLE.

Trump, 4 years ago speaking about protesters at his rally: "Confiscate their coats! Throw them out into the cold". Rings true today, except this time it's his thousands of his supporters who are left out in the cold and dozens hospitalized with hypothermia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb2GzMstrMk

In new petition, Republican candidates and state Rep. Toth ask Texas Supreme Court to REJECT Harris County votes cast in drive-thru lanes (100,000+ so far), calling it illegal curbside voting reserved for sick/disabled. A new argument after earlier bid to end drive-thru voting failed.
https://twitter.com/chucklindell/status/1321517036309270533

This comes after the Texas Supreme Court rejected efforts to shut down drive-thru voting last week by the Republican Party of Texas and a separate petition by Hotze, the Harris County GOP and and Hemphill.
https://twitter.com/chucklindell/status/1321519055883350018

You've been doomscrolling Miami-Dade turnout reports, haven't you? Solution! Florida organizers need a little cash to expand the Miami-Dade Hispanic canvass by another 20,000 doors + do a full round of calls to people who still have ballots:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/psa_florida

MLB will begin investigation into Dodgers 3B Justin Turner returning to field to celebrate title after positive COVID-19 test
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30211683/mlb-justin-turner-disregarded-coronavirus-protocols

If you are a Pennsylvania voter and have not voted either drop your ballot off at a Dropbox or vote in person. There is a chance the Supreme Court could rule ballots arriving after 8pm on the 3rd will not be counted.
https://twitter.com/JessBravin/status/1321516256739184643

Full Panel of Federal Judges, Including Three Trump Appointees, Unanimously Reject Judicial Watch's Effort to Depose Hillary Clinton
https://lawandcrime.com/awkward/full-panel-of-federal-judges-including-three-trump-appointees-unanimously-reject-judicial-watchs-effort-to-depose-hillary-clinton/

If @MilesTaylorUSA wants to identify any specific records I can #FOIA and sue the govt for that would further lay bare how bad it was inside DHS (and elsewhere) I would be happy to receive that information.
https://twitter.com/JasonLeopold/status/1321565568424501248

A pregnant Orange County woman in labor refused to go to the hospital Tuesday afternoon until after she voted in the Presidential election, so elections staff helped her cast her ballot from the office's parking lot.
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-woman-labor-casts-ballot-early-voting-20201027-dg3ejsa3t5c7jalh3bha24f3k4-story.html

DNI Ratcliffe strayed from his prepared remarks last week to say publicly that Iran's spoof emails intimidating Dems were aimed at "damaging President Trump," blindsiding FBI Director Wray and CISA Director Chris Krebs who were standing behind him.
https://politico.com/news/2020/10/28/john-ratcliffe-iran-433375

Almost exactly a year ago. I was already fed up with "Anonymous."

Supreme Court will *not* expedite latest GOP challenge to Pennsylvania mail-in ballot rules, leaving in place a state Supreme Court decision allowing counting of ballots received three days after the election. Justice Barrett did not participate.
https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1321564796609875968
https://supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20-542_i3dj.pdf

Republicans could still challenge these ballots after election, so drop your mail ballot off asap if you can

We haven't see positive testing rates like this at any point during the US pandemic. Overall US positive test rate has shot up to 7.3%, and testing has decreased.
South Dakota 43.4%
Idaho 34.8%
Wyoming 31.5%
Wisconsin 28.0%
Iowa 26.4%
Alabama 25.2%
Nebraska 21.8%
Kansas 20.7%
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1321466255124033537

Total Early Votes: 75,009,142
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html

GOOD: NHS worker punched and thrown from Tube train after confronting passengers for not wearing masks
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/london-underground-tube-mask-nhs-attack-high-street-kensington-coronavirus-b1391500.html

Far too little far too late: South Korean dog meat farms closing as attitudes change
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/10/28/South-Korean-dog-meat-farms-closing-as-attitudes-change/7141603796708/

A US embassy staffer drugged, sexually abused at least 23 women and kept almost 400 photos, videos of his activities on iCloud account
https://www.insider.com/us-embassy-staffer-brian-jeffrey-raymond-accused-drugging-abusing-women-2020-10

Islamic Terrorist Regime of Turkey threatens legal, diplomatic action over Charlie Hebdo's caricature of Erdogan
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20201028-turkey-blasts-charlie-hebdo-s-immoral-caricature-of-erdogan

These women are liars, THEY VOTED THEIR ENTIRE LIVES FOR THE ABORTION BAN: Nationwide strike launched after Poland abortion ruling
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/poland-abortion-law-ban-protests-strike-today-warsaw-b1391588.html

Armenians Murder 21 civilians
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54722120

Republicans try to block Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as first African WTO head
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54725681

Vermont's secretary of state formally asked Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to correct an opinion he wrote Monday that mistakenly said Vermont had made no changes to its election rules due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/28/politics/vermont-kavanaugh-voting/index.html
https://twitter.com/VermontSOS/status/1321547993728823296/photo/1

For decades, Texas Rep. Michael McCaul's real estate firms have pursued two dozen lawsuits for back rent in the San Antonio area, despite structural issues with the properties and other hardships, including someone who had to shut down during Covid19.
https://prospect.org/power/wealthy-congressman-repeatedly-squeezes-small-business-tenants-michael-mccaul/

Video shows Trump supporter repeatedly screaming N-word — The woman accuses numerous people of supporting 'pedophilia and communism' as well.
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/trump-supporter-n-word-video/

We obtained Aug. '18 emails btwn Bernhardt's schedulers & Fieldwood Energy, which was acquiring a former client of Bernhardt's. The scheduler noted the "slight hold up" was due to this conflict, as the ethics staff specifically did not approve the discussion of the acquisition.
https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1321575363626020864

In other words, Bernhardt's staff reported he received ethics input not to attend the conference, receipts show Bernhardt attended the conference, and then his staff told ethics he did not go to the conference.
https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1321575360039931905

Texas and Florida count their votes very fast. Depending on the results in those states, it's entirely possible that Biden could pull it off before 11PM ET, when polls close in CA

No matter what people think personally, it's not right to act like a virus isn't serious.

A hacker who hit Hall County, Ga. publicly released some election-related data after a ransom wasn't paid. Files include names of people with ballots that were flagged for signatures not matching, registration numbers & an election equipment inventory
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hacker-releases-georgia-county-election-data-after-ransom-not-paid-11603923101

After a brief mic issue, Trump: "Whoever did this microphone, don't pay 'em. You know, I have a reputation for not paying. And it's a false reputation. When somebody does a lousy job like a microphone that's no good or teleprompters that fly with the wind, I say 'don't pay 'em.'"
https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1321541064709316608

Trump is patting himself on the back for his response to the virus. Roughly 1,000 people per day are dying in the U.S. He said no more than zero or a dozen or a few hundred or a few thousands or 50,000 or 60,000 would die. The number is approaching 230,000.

I never thought I would share this story. But this moment is too important to stay silent. https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/28/joe-biden-loves-his-son-we-should-all-be-so-lucky/

One of the most political U.S. Attorneys in the county is holding a press conference five days before Election Day to announce indictments related to unrest in Philadelphia, a frequent target of the Trump administration in a critical swing state.
https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1321575150135975941

We have formally requested that #SCOTUS correct the erroneous claim by Justice Kavanaugh that #VT has not changed voting procedures for the #2020Elections due to #COVID19. When it comes to issuing decisions on the voting rights of American citizens, facts matter.
https://twitter.com/Bakari_Sellers/status/1321575074634321926

The entire #Dodgers team, with the exception of Justin Turner and his wife, were allowed to travel on the team plane back to LA. They all tested negative.
https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/1321586726360567810 

Feds arrest prominent West Philly activist, 2 others in case tied to torched police cars, as protests continue
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philly-protests-anthony-smith-arrested-fbi-federal-charges-20201028.html

All seven of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's whistleblowers (all Republicans) have resigned, been illegally fired or illegally put on leave
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/28/texas-ken-paxton-whistleblowers/

The Supreme Court has declined to block lower court rulings that allow six extra days for accepting ballots sent by mail in North Carolina. The justices left the later deadline in place, a victory for Democrats in a presidential battleground state.
https://twitter.com/GeoffRBennett/status/1321597315803713538

A Black family battled covid-19 at the same time as Trump. It devastated them. https://washingtonpost.com/local/black-family-covid-trump/2020/10/28/7e54933e-1644-11eb-ba42-ec6a580836ed_story.html

the real surprise is that after 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, Anonymous surprised his closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where they could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time
https://twitter.com/IsaacDovere/status/1321594226468147203

We are the United States and Oceans of America. Clean water and healthy beaches are vital to our communities. But plastic, offshore oil drilling, pollution and sea level rise are threatening this precious resource. You can help -> https://surfrider.org/usoa #USOA  @Surfrider

Another 500,000 Californians voted yesterday, which the CA Secretary of State reports is equivalent to 1/3 of the ballots sent. This is HISTORIC and something we should celebrate! Join the party by finding your polling place at http://iwillvote.com
https://twitter.com/TomSteyer/status/1321563389794021378

Lindsey Graham is a disgrace, and is one of the worst representatives out of anyone in the United States. He's one of the dumbest human beings. He's a terrible representative for the state" - Donald J. Trump
https://twitter.com/i/status/1321522873740255233

Billions In COVID-19 Relief Loans Handed Out To Scammers
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/28/928792199/billions-in-covid-19-relief-loans-may-have-been-handed-out-to-scammers-report-sa

Dallas Mavericks assistant Stephen Silas is finalizing a deal to become the next head coach of the Houston Rockets, sources tell ESPN.
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1321555395622699011

The NBA held a call this afternoon with team GMs & presidents to detail the plan for a 72-game season set to begin December 22 & end before the Olympics in July. The league intends to schedule games in a way that reduces travel by 25% with teams playing MLB style series.
https://twitter.com/kevinoconnornba/status/1321550839681568768

Raptors' Terence Davis has been charged on seven counts, including assault, harassment, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal mischief
https://twitter.com/BR_NBA/status/1321579054387003392

Reminder: For the second time in one day, the Supreme Court rejected a Republican attempt to block a U.S. state's extension for the receipt and counting mail-in votes beyond Election Day—this time, involving the Trump campaign in N.C.
https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/supreme-court-rejects-trump-campaigns-bid-to-block-mail-in-voting-extension-in-n-c/

Person who claims to be a triple-digit billionaire who has the money to travel anywhere for any reason at any time telling Iowans he has no reason to return to Iowa if he loses election, he's basically told Iowa that Iowa is worthless to him: Trump on the Tarmac in Iowa: "I may never have to come back here again if I don't get Iowa," he said. "I'll never be back." @realDonaldTrump won't be back.
https://twitter.com/BrianKarem/status/1321611708880900096

On March 10, speaking about Covid-19, President Trump told Americans to "Just stay calm. It will go away." The next day, Trump, VP Pence, Treasury Sec. Mnuchin, Jared Kushner, and other officials met with 12 top bankers to discuss the Covid-19 response.
https://americanoversight.org/document/sba-calendar-records-regarding-a-specific-meeting-with-bank-executives-in-march-2020

103-year old Tula Massey cast her first prez ballot for FDR.This year, the Detroit resident voted absentee for Biden. "As an American citizen, you have a right to cast your vote for who you want in office, who you want to be running the government."
https://www.startribune.com/voting-history-of-detroit-woman-103-dates-back-to-fdr/572896991/ 

Islamic terrorist in France entered Notre-Dame Basilica and BEHEADED three people. Media calls the attack "knife stabbing" and the Islamic terrorist an "assailant".
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/breaking-french-police-put-area-22923552

Tucker Carlson Reports He Lost Only Copy of Documents That Nail Biden. "My dog ate my October surprise." That's where we're at, now.
https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1321608055549775872
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/10/tucker-carlson-lost-only-copy-of-documents-nailing-biden.html

They think bully-behaviors indicate strength, and being on the strong team is a major motivator. If Trump does something illegal and gets away with it, that's a show of force. It's saying: "Yeah, well whaddya gonna do about it, WE WON YOU LOST HILLARY WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT AND MILLIONS OF ILLEGALS WERE DEPORTED AND ABORTION IS BANNED SO I DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOU ANYMORE?"

Most people against Trump believe that their job is done once their argument ends in "therefore he lied" or "therefore he committed a crime". You need to go one step further to have a chance of reaching his base, which is "therefore he's weak, coward, loser."

He doesn't have to be strong, or smart, or calculating, or handsome, or young, or charming, or even likable. He doesn't have to be good at business or even be rich. He doesn't have to be good at politics, he doesn't have to be diplomatic or long-term-thinking. He doesn't have to know policy--hell, he doesn't even have to propose policy. All he needs to do is validate the fears and prejudices of people who feel left behind by a world that wants to value those who do not look like themselves as equally human. All he needs to do is petulantly name call to anyone with a shred of academic or intellectual authority so they can feel superior in their "real American heartland" fiction. The driving factor over the last decade and a half--if not longer--has been spite. Spite for a changing world, spite for having to deal with minorities in day to day life, spite for having consequences for actions ("cancel culture!!!"), spite for educated professionals being listened to for policy (from Jared Kushner: "the President has taken the country back from the scientists" and from Michael Gove: "the people are sick and tired of the experts") because they actually know more than whims and intuitions, spite for women not 'knowing their place', etc.

California investigating after secret filming shows 'Trump Store' employees saying they collect votes in unofficial ballot box so they can throw away Democratic-marked ballots
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/california-investigating-after-secret-filming-shows-trump-store-employees-saying-they-collect-votes-in-unofficial-ballot-box-b1404288.html

Immigration Service Incorrectly Told Hundreds Of New Citizens They Can't Vote This Year
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2020/10/28/immigration-service-incorrectly-told-hundreds-of-new-citizens-they-cant-vote-this-year

Northam signs legislation banning no-knock warrants in Virginia
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/523294-northam-signs-legislation-banning-no-knock-warrants-in-virginia

Pete Buttigieg Makes a Case for Biden's Energy Policy. He's been on Fox News making the case for Biden for a while now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgzQOPqD4UY

Pete Buttgieg Outsmarts MAGA Heckler
https://www.out.com/politics/2020/10/28/pete-buttgieg-outsmarts-maga-heckler-keeps-foot-trumps-neck

Jon Ossoff's Blistering Attack On David Perdue At Georgia Debate Watched Over 2 Million Times
https://www.newsweek.com/jon-ossoff-attack-david-oerdue-georgia-debate-2-million-views-1543115
https://twitter.com/aravosis/status/1321645508591521795

Record numbers of an endangered species of turtle have hatched on a beach in northern Mexico, believed to be the result of reduced human activity during the coronavirus19 pandemic.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-54724723 

Power outages skyrocketing as Tropical Storm Zeta zips through the South.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/live-news/hurricane-zeta-approaching-landfall-in-louisiana/838478

Federal prosecutors had evidence of corruption by allies of President Erdogan of Turkey. Illegally Appointed Criminal Attorney General Barr pushed to have criminal investigation of those individuals shutdown at Erdogan's request. The back story on Trump, the DOJ, and the Turkish Halkbank, a state-owned Turkish bank suspected of violating U.S. sanctions law by funneling billions of dollars of gold and cash to Iran.
https://nytimes.com/2020/10/29/us/politics/trump-erdogan-halkbank

Plastic Camelot represents a pillar of the Trump family's success: their awareness that a substantial percentage of Americans who can't handle anything more challenging than Supermarket Sweep can be manipulated into holding the fate of the world in their hands

Oil is cratering again
https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-28/oil-holds-near-one-month-low-on-rising-supply-virus-lockdowns

Total barbarism
https://washingtonpost.com/world/europe/france-nice-stabbing-church-attack/2020/10/29/e375eef0-19c5-11eb-8bda-814ca56e138b_story.html

Nine ATMs around the city were also blown up, including one inside a Wawa on Castor Avenue. None of the attempts to extract cash were successful, and no one was injured.
https://www.inquirer.com/business/vandalism-breakins-theft-looting-aramingo-philadelphia-20201028.html 

In Virginia over the past year, a number of rural counties have mulled resolutions that would illegally and unconstitutionally endorse the assembly and training of local militias. At least three counties have illegally and unconstitutionally approved them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/28/us/virginia-county-militia-.html

The 9/11 Commission created the DNI role to correct intelligence failures to better protect the nation against foreign terror attacks. Ask yourself if this misleading messaging on another foreign threat fits that mission: (Reminder) DNI Ratcliffe strayed from his prepared remarks last week to say publicly that Iran's spoof emails intimidating Dems were aimed at "damaging President Trump," blindsiding FBI Director Wray and CISA Director Chris Krebs who were standing behind him.
https://politico.com/news/2020/10/28/john-ratcliffe-iran-433375

Trump's PA campaign is pursuing a 3-pronged strategy that would effectively suppress mail-in votes, moving to stop the counting of absentees before Election Day, to limit how late mail-in ballots can be accepted and intimidating thos trying to vote early
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/us/elections/trump-pennsylvania-voter-suppression.html

UK's Labour Party was responsible for repeated antisemitic discrimination and broke human equality laws. Corbyn's office long maintained there was no political interference in antisemitism complaints. The only time they were ever involved, they say, was an interim period in 2018. Now EHRC says Labour "adopted a practice" of interference so often it was "discriminatory and unlawful". They intentionally blocked and shut down official complaints of antisemitism in 23 of 70 official complaints.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-54730425 

Timberwolves guard Malik Beasley is being charged with fifth-degree drug possession and threat of violence following a September 27 arrest at his Plymouth, Minnesota, residence, @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium learned. Joint statement from his attorneys, Steve Haney and Ryan Pacyga
https://twitter.com/shamscharania/status/1321844019366776833

Total Early Votes: 79,005,705
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html

Wisconsin Republican Party says hackers stole $2.3 million
https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-wisconsin-archive-elections-641a8174e51077703888e2fa89070e12

Right-wing fraudsters Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman ordered to call back robocall victims, admit messages were false and illegal
https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2020/10/28/right-wing-fraudsters-ordered-to-call-back-robocall-victims-admit-messages-were-false-and-illegal

Good, Flip As Many Seats Blue As Possible: It Looks Like AOC's Squad Will Double After Election Day
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjp4g5/it-looks-like-aoc-squad-will-double-after-election-day

Republican Duval County judge leading vote-counting board donated to Trump 12 times. That's not allowed.
https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/29/election-2020-duval-canvassing-board-head-donated-trump-12-times-brent-shore-county-florida-vote/6066521002/

Trump's 'No Christmas' Scaremongering About Biden Presidency Spectacularly Backfires: "You're talking about everything that is ALREADY our reality," one person responded to the president's coronavirus19 pandemic falsehoods.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-self-owns-with-warning-about-biden_n_5f9a69bec5b6a4a2dc82501e

Documents Reveal WH Officials Tried to Use $250 Million In Taxpayer Money On Covid19 Ad Campaign To Boost Trump Reelection
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/29/documents-reveal-wh-officials-tried-use-250-million-taxpayer-money-covid-ad-campaign

Trump Quashed Probe Into Crimes by Bank in Turkey, Which Is Paying Trump
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/10/trump-turkey-bank-scandal-corruption-erdogan-halkbank-conflict-interest.html

Indian Americans Stir Blue Wave In Deep Red Texas
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/10/28/2020-election-indian-americans-blue-wave-texas/

Kavanaugh corrects opinion in voting case following Vermont official's objection
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/523357-kavanaugh-corrects-opinion-following-vermont-officials-objection

Feds arrest leader of white supremacy group who ran 'hate camp' in Michigan
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/29/base-white-supremacy-michigan-watkins/6069096002/

750K more U.S. workers file new unemployment claims
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/10/29/750K-more-US-workers-file-new-unemployment-claims-Labor-Dept-says/2421603973115/

Sen. Bernie Sanders joins commemoration for Tree of Life victims, spotlights election
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/faith-religion/2020/10/28/Tree-of-Life-mass-shooting-pittsburgh-Bernie-Sanders-commemoration-victims-Bend-the-Arc/stories/202010280181

State To Pay $375 To Qualifying Coloradans In One-Time Stimulus Check
https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/10/29/colorado-stimulus-check-coronavirus/

Jerry Falwell Jr. sues Liberty University over reputation damage
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/523352-jerry-falwell-jr-sues-liberty-university-over-reputation-damage

The Deradicalization of Supreme Court Reform: Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation has won some surprising court-packing converts, but the broader public isn't behind them. Stop calling it packing and start calling it balancing.
https://newrepublic.com/article/159993/chris-coons-court-packing-barrett

Abbott confirms Texas National Guard to be deployed in cities ahead of Election Day
https://www.fox4news.com/news/abbott-confirms-texas-national-guard-to-be-deployed-in-cities-ahead-of-election-day

Trump's comments come as job losses due to the pandemic have disproportionately affected women. In September, 865,000 women over 20 dropped out of the workforce compared to 216,000 men.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pelosi-trump-women-husbands-back-to-work/

Milwaukee and Fulton County, Ga. had chaotic primaries in the spring with long lines because of staffing issues, lack of polling places in the pandemic. They've tried to change things. "We've made some lemonade here out of our disastrous first round."
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pandemic-spurs-election-2020-polling-site-changes-11603972068

And 12 years later, the most liberal Democrat in that race finally won the seat as a conservative Republican
https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/1321857123341508608

The Trump Administration has informally notified Congress of its intent to illegally and unconstititionally move forward with a major arms sale to UAE involving F-35 fighter jets. Once the illegal and unconstitutional sale is made, it is IRREVERSIBLE. If Biden wins 2020, Democrats will heavily sanction UAE.

Texas surpasses 94 percent of its total votes in 2016, with less than a week until Election Day
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-surpasses-94-percent-its-total-votes-2016-less-week-until-election-day-1543268

WWE cofounder Linda McMahon, who runs Trump's biggest super PAC and has been friends with Trump for three decades, once hired a suspected child molester on the condition that he 'stop chasing after kids.' He didn't.
https://www.businessinsider.com/linda-mcmahon-once-employed-an-accused-child-molester-2020-10

Obama does not help. The mystique he had vanished the moment he defended Trayvon Martin and cheered Black Lives Matter.

ggreenwald: When a publication you started doesn't want to publish something you wrote, maybe have some self reflection on what's wrong with you. You're a mentally ill deranged antisemitic racist lying sack of shit scumbag. That is why your publication forced you out.

Illegal and unconstitutional and a gross misuse of our planet and every resource that went into it.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1321845843780112385

In Tampa, just saw someone appear to punch this sign, which has now been knocked over
https://twitter.com/katieglueck/status/1321867850907353090

Congrats to Twitter from moving so quickly from "WHY IS BIDEN TAKING THE MIDWEST FOR GRANTED BY GOING TO GEORGIA" to "WHY IS BIDEN TRAVELING TO THE MIDWEST IN THE FINAL DAYS"
https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1321867177029443585

Susan Collins backed down from a fight with private equity over their cherished carried interest tax break. Now in a close reelection contest, she is the Senate's No. 1 recipient of industry money.
https://propublica.org/article/susan-collins-backed-down-from-a-fight-with-private-equity-now-theyre-underwriting-her-reelection

Health officials confirm multiple Covid19 cases now linked to Trump's rally in Gastonia. Two people who attended to Trump rally at the Gaston Municipal Airport have tested positive for Covid-19 according to county health officials. "Anyone who was in attendance at the rally is encouraged to monitor their symptoms and seek testing if needed."
https://www.wbtv.com/2020/10/29/least-two-positive-covid-cases-reported-by-attendees-president-trumps-gastonia-rally/

NBA players Karl-Anthony Towns, Victor Oladipo and Matt Barnes are part of the speaking program at @JoeBiden's event in Broward County, FL today (h/t @KThomasDC)
https://twitter.com/JTHVerhovek/status/1321872883887546368

Great breakdown of the Potemkin trade deal with China
https://piie.com/blogs/trade-and-investment-policy-watch/trumps-phase-one-trade-deal-china-and-us-election

The #Dodgers and #Rays are home but in self-quarantine after Justin Turner's COVID-19 diagnosis. Turner and his wife have scheduled a private flight home as well the unidentified #Rays player and his wife, who had tested positive.
https://twitter.com/bnightengale/status/1321850402162176000

Yankees are the new Red Sox except less lovable and more like the Cowboys 

Trump, calling for the prosecution of Miles Taylor and railing against Taylor at length, repeats his shtick-lie about how CNN just turned off its camera after he criticized CNN, then returns to economic numbers by saying, "This is boring but it's really good."

Far too little Far too late for the racist antisemitic relentlessly pro-terrorist Labour Party: Jeremy Corbyn has been suspended from the Labour Party pending an investigation "in light of his comments made today". This time last year many said he was the future PM
Eyes
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1321803531951681537
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-suspended-labour-party-antisemitism-keir-starmer-update-b1422940.html

By a 5–1 vote, the Florida Supreme Court overturns a whole line of precedent that limited the death penalty to the most aggravated and the least mitigated of first-degree murders. The decision sets back Florida's death penalty jurisprudence by decades. This decision is a HUGE deal. The Florida Supreme Court has long reviewed death sentences for proportionality. But five conservative justices just decided they didn't like that rule, so they tossed it out the window. An earthquake in Florida's criminal justice system. To see the future of our federal judiciary, just take a look at the Florida Supreme Court. Republicans have now stacked it with a 6–1 conservative majority ... which promptly gave itself the power to overturn decades of precedent. A massive power-grab. The Florida Supreme Court's last remaining moderate, Justice Labarga, dissented. He outlined the conservative majority's recent assault on precedent, leading up to today's reversal of a nearly 50-YEAR-OLD decision, with obvious disgust. This is a warning.
https://floridasupremecourt.org/content/download/685153/opinion/sc18-2061.pdf
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/01/florida-supreme-court-precedent-conservatives-death-penalty.html

Labour party racism example:
The Oxford Labour Club who think Auschwitz is a "cash cow"
or Ruth Smeen being called a "Yid Cunt" in a long death threat from a Corbynista
or Labour councillors saying the holocaust was a hoax
or Corbyns close associations with organizations which deny the holocaust
or The party giving platform at its conferences to a speaker who called for expulsion of Jews from Labour and called for support of holocaust denial
or When Corbyn defended an artists mural of Jews playing a boardgame on the back of poor people
or When a Labour councillour said Jews "play the holocaust card"
or a Labour councillor in Wales posting YouTube videos asking whether "ISIS was good for the jews"
or A birmingham Labour councillour was caught sharing anti-semitic posts
or A Labour parliamentary candidate tweeted that Hitler might be "a Zionist God" and that Jews "have big noses"
or A Labour Councillor compares Israel to the Nazis and says that "the Israeli connection to ISIS is interesting
or when a Labour insider spilled the beans that Corbyns team refer to "Jewish Conspiracies" and how his Chief Spokesperson launched inquisitions into whether he was Jewish
or when a Labour member described the holocaust as "a useful political tool to establish a financial racket"
or when chair of Spitalfields and Banglatown Labour Party tweeted "timeline of the Jewish Genocide of the British People"
or when a Labour MP suggested Israel should be relocated and that "Jews were rallying" to an online poll
or The chair of Manchester Labour Students tweeted that 'Hitler was Jewish' and Israel was comparable to ISIS
or when a labour councillor said Hitler was "the greatest man in history"
or a member of Hampstead and Kilburn CLP compared a Jewish councillour to Joseph Goebbels
or when Ken Livingstone said Jews "would not vote Labour because they were rich"
or when Jews are literally being forced from the party under a torrent of anti-semitic abuse
or when Labour council candidates ask "What good have jews done for the world?

Craig Counsell, the longest-tenured manager in the National League, was still an active player the last time Tony La Russa managed an MLB game.

"Listen," the owner mused, "I'm so worried about Biden's regulations, so I'm funding as much as I can privately and confidentially to get Trump reelected. I know he's crazy, and I hope Democrats take the House and the Senate, but then Trump can block stuff and protect us on the taxes and regulation."
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30210730/election-2020-how-sports-owners-hide-political-donations-players-fans

Supreme Court rejects second Republican effort to block mail-ballot extension in North Carolina
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/523407-supreme-court-rejects-second-gop-effort-to-block-mail-ballot-extension-in

Ricky Martin Says It's 'Really Scary' and 'Super Sad' to See Latinos Vote for Donald Trump — "I am a Latino, gay [and] married to an Arab living in Trump's America," the singer and actor told Variety. "We check all the boxes"
https://people.com/music/ricky-martin-says-super-sad-see-latinos-vote-trump/

Republicans illegally and unconstitutionally lift endangered species protection for wolves. Paying hunters to mass murder wolves "reflects the Trump Administration's continued commitment to species conservation".
https://www.denverpost.com/2020/10/29/gray-wolf-endangered-species-trump/

Pro-Trump Florida judge resigns from vote-counting board after illegal and unconstitutional donations to Trump campaign uncovered
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/29/judge-brent-shore-florida-duval-county-vote-counting-head-trump-donations/6068234002/

USPS Is Again Notifying Employees That DeJoy's Reforms Are Null and Void | Court issues new mandate amid renewed spikes in mail delays.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2020/10/usps-again-notifying-employees-dejoys-reforms-are-null-and-void/169628/

NOAA chief scientist fired for asking new Trump hires to follow scientific integrity policy
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/trump-noaa-craig-mclean-science-fact-climate-denial-influence-b1425030.html

Republicans controlling USPS admit delivery times are plummeting, says there's no "constitutional right" to timely delivery. USPS data shows that less than 70% of first-class mail arrived on time on Wednesday — and only 42% in Philadelphia
https://www.salon.com/2020/10/29/usps-admits-delivery-times-are-plummeting-says-theres-no-constitutional-right-to-timely-delivery/

At least three people were killed and more than 2 million residents were left without power in the United States Thursday morning as Zeta continued to carve a path of damage across the South. The storm made history by making landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday afternoon -- the fifth named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season to do so -- but it weakened into a tropical storm after it plowed inland and picked up forward speed through the night.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/power-out-for-2-million-as-us-faces-down-another-deadly-hurricane/839628

Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir says Muslims 'have right to kill French' - France 24
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20201029-malaysian-ex-pm-mahathir-says-muslims-have-right-to-kill-french

2020 likely to be one of warmest years on record despite La Niña
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/29/2020-warmest-year-record-la-nina-climate-crisis

Total Early Votes: 80,339,247
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html

X-rays during this week revealed that Jaguars' QB Gardner Minshew II has multiple fractures and a strained ligament in his right thumb, sources told ESPN. Minshew has had discomfort in his thumb since Oct. 11 at Houston. Jaguars didn't know about Minshew's injury until this week
https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1321840050238296068

The #Giants have quarantined all but four of their offensive linemen after one tested positive for COVID-19, sources tell me and @RapSheet.
https://twitter.com/tompelissero/status/1321825462360965120

Texas is at 95% of total 2016 votes, I will lose my fucking mind if it turns blue

Kamala Harris to visit Miami, Broward and Palm Beach on final weekend of early voting
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article246803237.html#storylink=rss

Yasiel Puig sued for alleged sexual battery at 2018 Lakers game
https://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/yasiel-puig-sued-sexual-battery-lakers-game/566741

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos sued over 455 times
https://www.newsweek.com/education-secretary-besty-devos-sued-over-455-times-most-ever-departments-history-study-says-1542952

Trump Was Impeached. But It's Not Even A Blip In The Presidential Campaign
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-impeached-campaign_n_5f998cf1c5b6c7fe582afa8f

MSNBC airs 80-second supercut of Trump's racist remarks over the past 30 years
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/video-donald-trump-racist-barack-obama-central-park-five-us-election-2020-b1426977.html

Walmart pulls guns, ammo off sales floors because of 'civil unrest' in some areas, but will still sell those items
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/29/walmart-pulls-guns-ammo-off-sales-floors-because-of-civil-unrest.html

Black Michigan city councilman and lifelong Democrat endorses President Trump: 'Democrats are full of hate
https://www.theblaze.com/news/black-democratic-michigan-city-councilman-endorses-trump

Members of Trump's Cabinet are logging extra miles as mostly unofficial campaign surrogates in crucial state before Tuesday's election, blending politics and policy in ways that violate the law.
https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-virus-outbreak-cabinets-michigan-a6dfaeac7a28522a908efbde7dc1377d

A wedding on Martha's Vineyard is veering toward superspreader status, causing the island to experience its first-ever case cluster since the pandemic began, and sending the destination known for its elite visitors and lush vacations into a tailspin.
https://thedailybeast.com/marthas-vineyard-superspreader-wedding-sparks-covid-19-fury

Several attendees were helped out during Trump's remarks by medical personnel because of the heat. Water from a hose or hydrant shot up to cool off attendees. Trump saw and said: "Are they friend or foe? ... If they're foe, let's take care of those sonofabitches."
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1321927287906865153

But it's not a death cult and he's not trying to kills his supporters. Not at all.

Wilbur Ross served on the board of a Chinese joint venture until 2019. In other words, while helping run the Trade War, the Commerce Secretary was partnered with a Chinese state-owned enterprise. Thread on this massive conflict of interest. 
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/10/29/ross-china-board-trade/

Can't believe @justinjm1 is censoring me and my important investigative work on the impact that Kanye's presidential campaign is having on War of 1812 historiography. This is an outrage.
https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/1321930369902530562

If I, the president of the United States, who was airlifted to the military's flagship medical center, where a team of physicians tended to me exclusively, and I was treated with experimental therapeutics, can get better, anybody can get better.
https://twitter.com/davidgura/status/1321890952819212290

Warren wants to be Joe Biden's Treasury secretary and will make her case for it if he wins next week, according to three Democratic officials who have spoken with her inner circle. "She wants it," two of them said matter-of-factly
https://twitter.com/AlxThomp/status/1321928835127009280

Senator Perdue just cancelled our final debate. At last night's debate, millions saw that Perdue had no answers when I called him out on his record of blatant corruption, widespread disease, and economic devastation. Shame on you, Senator.
https://twitter.com/ossoff/status/1321926559368912896

If Purdue is too scared to debate, he's not fit to serve in the US Senate. Donate to Jon Ossoff to vote him out: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/social_2020_10_16_tjo_dp2

Chip in to end his career for good:
http://DefeatDavid.com
https://twitter.com/ossoff/status/1321927290373242880

Baltimore has been in the grip of crime and corruption for decades. 36-year-old Brandon Scott, poised to become the city's next mayor, thinks he can break the cycle. Why? Because he's seen Baltimore's problems firsthand.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/a-different-kind-of-mayor-94671429788

Giuliani associate Correia pleads guilty to making false statements
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/523466-giuliani-associate-correia-pleads-guilty-to-making-false-statements

Despite Ban, KKK Racist Neo-Nazi Monster Joe Rogan Illegally Hosts KKK Racist Neo-Nazi Monster Alex Jones on Flagship Spotify Show
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/despite-ban-joe-rogan-hosts-conspiracy-monger-alex-jones-on-flagship-spotify-show/

17 Trump campaign rally attendees in Florida were taken to the hospital, fire officials said. The incident comes days after rallygoers in Nebraska needed medical attention after transportation issues resulted in attendees being stuck in the freezing cold.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/heat-trump-rally-sends-dozen-attendees-hospital-n1245397

This is a cult.  There is no other way to describe what is going on here.

The White Sox, perhaps sensing displeasure from the fan base, sent out a PDF of baseball people quotes praising La Russa over the years.
https://twitter.com/jon_greenberg/status/1321890610329038848

Tony La Russa to @MaggieGray in 2016: "I would not, to the best of my ability, I would not sanction somebody taking a knee … I think that's disrespectful, and I really question the sincerity of somebody like Kaepernick.""
https://twitter.com/martinonyc/status/1321875630661771267 

Our daily update is published. States reported a record number of cases—88.5k—and 1.3 million tests. 46k people are hospitalized. The death toll was 1049.
https://twitter.com/COVID19Tracking/status/1321946899918647297

The president and his supporters have seized on the inspector general's findings to falsely claim that the FBI's investigation into possible collusion between members of the Trump campaign and Russia was illegitimate.
https://twitter.com/dsamuelsohn/status/1321945866979205123

In December, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz reported that all four of the government's applications in 2016 and 2017 to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page contained "significant errors."
https://twitter.com/dsamuelsohn/status/1321945727644409856

Horowitz, however, concluded that the FBI had sufficient reason to open the investigation in July 2016, months before the first request to spy on Page and well before special counsel Robert Mueller took over a probe that dominated the first 3 years of the Trump administration.
https://twitter.com/dsamuelsohn/status/1321945940329189378

Reminder: MSNBC airs 80-second supercut of Trump's racist remarks over the past 30 years
https://twitter.com/thebeatwithari/status/1321580307749982208

See how outraged people get at immoral treatment until you say the being in question is a cow/pig/chicken.
https://i.redd.it/yjsapjsvf1w51.jpg

Beto O'Rourke: Free concert with @BunBTrillOG and The Suffers at a 24-hour voting location in Harris county tonight! Folks in Harris County are making Texas and the country proud — let's keep it up. Encourage friends and family who haven't voted yet to come out!
https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1321906952948035584

Danny Green says he absolutely wasn't going to apologize to fans for Game 5 miss: 'I don't owe you anything'
https://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2020/10/27/21537237/lakers-danny-green-not-apologizing-for-game-5-nba-finals-miss

Warning: two political posts to follow.
We are gravely concerned about the future of our country (and the world) and therefore will be voting for and supporting Joe Biden and Democrats down the ticket.
https://twitter.com/nineinchnails/status/1321565961476923393

Hawaii Wins: Already at 104.5% of 2016 Total Turnout
https://i.redd.it/5wsfmpofr3w51.jpg

Arizona is about to turn blue — and the reason is John McCain. My usually Republican neighborhood is now abundant with Biden-Harris signs
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/arizona-2020-election-result-polls-democrat-john-mccain-trump-pence-b1431683.html

The Biden campaign should move to Georgia after the election. Georgia will almost definitely have a runoff election that day for Loeffler's seat and possibly also Perdue's seat. No matter the outcomes, we need Warnock and Ossoff to win those seats. In the days following Tuesday, the Biden campaign should be focusing on those seats. Remind people that there is a runoff. Get people setup for absentee ballots.

Paul Rudd handing out cookies in Brooklyn to people in line at the polls
https://twitter.com/rexchapman/status/1321887282966732801
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https://www.christianpost.com/voice/the-greatest-commandment-has-guided-my-politics.html

The greatest commandment has guided my politics

By Joe Biden, Democratic nominee for president

In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus is asked, "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?"

"'Love the L-rd your G-d with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind,'" he said. "This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

These abiding principles – loving G-d and loving others – are at the very foundation of my faith. Throughout my career in public service, these values have kept me grounded in what matters most. As a husband, father, and grandfather, they are the cornerstone upon which our family is built. Through the pain of losing my wife, my daughter, and my son, they have sustained me with eternal hope. My faith has been a source of immeasurable solace in times of grief, and a daily inspiration to fight against the abuse of power in all its forms.

My Catholic faith drilled into me a core truth – that every person on earth is equal in rights and dignity, because we are all beloved children of G-d. We are all created "imago Dei" – beautifully, uniquely, in the image of G-d, with inherent worth. It is the same creed that is at the core of our American experiment and written into our founding documents – that we are all created equal and endowed by our creator with inalienable rights.

As a country, we have never been perfect nor free of prejudice. We've never fully lived up to those ideals, but we've never walked away from them. And, at our best, these are the values that have pushed us, time and again, as Dr. King said, to bend that great arc of the moral universe toward justice. As president, these are the principles that will shape all that I do, and my faith will continue to serve as my anchor, as it has my entire life.
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Right now, as a country, we are facing numerous crises, including threats to the very idea of imago Dei. It's what I call the battle for the soul of the nation. We saw it in Charlottesville in 2017, the hatred and boiling rage of those people coming out of the fields carrying tiki torches and chanting the same anti-Semitic bile we heard in the 1930s. We've seen it far too often since – attacks on immigrants, communities of color, people of different faiths – violence stemming from those who would stoke hate and division in our country. It has become too easy in recent years to define our neighbors as "others" rather than children of G-d and fellow Americans. It has to stop. We have to strive harder to come together, and to love our neighbors as ourselves. That is the work we are all called to by G-d.

This battle for the soul of our nation is why I'm running for president, and it's why I'm asking for your vote. Who we are, what we stand for, and maybe most important, who we want to be as a nation are all at stake. Character is on the ballot. The character of our nation. The core values that define this nation are on the ballot. While I am running as a proud Democrat, I will serve as a president for all Americans.

To start, on the first day of my presidency, I will tackle the COVID-19 pandemic head-on. We haven't turned the corner, yet. In fact, infections are on the rise again – with daily infection rates topping 70,000 for the first time since July. More than 220,000 Americans have died from the virus, and tens of millions are out of work. Millions of individuals and families are still unemployed because of this virus, and they're worried about how they're going to put food on the table, pay their mortgage, or fill their prescriptions. They're terrified of what will happen if they get infected, because they lost their health insurance. And far, far too many families are grappling with the daily pain of a newly empty chair at the kitchen table where a loved one should be sitting. It's a pain I know all too well. I can't imagine the pain of saying a final goodbye over a video chat, or not being able to gather and grieve with your community. Yet, eight months in, this administration has no plan and no intention of enacting a strategy to get ahead of this virus so we can safely get back to our lives.

I will choose a different way. My administration will lead a decisive public health response that ramps up free testing so we can trace this virus and curb its spread; eliminates all cost barriers to treatment for COVID-19; increases the manufacturing and distribution of the personal protective equipment that our front line workers need to keep themselves safe, so our health care workers no longer have to ration masks; and ensures the rapid and equitable distribution of a safe and effective vaccine when one is ready. We will also lead an economic response that begins with emergency paid leave for all those affected by the outbreak and gives necessary help to workers, families, and small businesses that are hit hard by this crisis.

To beat COVID-19, we must all work together to pull our country out of this crisis. We must all wear masks. It's not a political statement – it's a manifestation of G-d's commandment to love our neighbors as ourselves, so we can save lives. And as my administration mobilizes this public health and economic response, I will work closely with Governors — Democrat and Republican — to make sure every state has the resources, support, and guidance they need to implement an effective response in their state, and to institute mask mandates nationwide. If we all work together, we can save lives and get our economy back on track more quickly for everyone – not just those at the top.

We must also root out systemic racism, which is so antithetical to the idea of imago Dei, and which has long deprived too many of our sisters and brothers of color of the opportunities they deserve as equal children of G-d. These injustices have been part of our society for a long time, but this pandemic has laid them bare for all of us to face. We see so clearly how the burden of unemployment and exposure to this disease has fallen disproportionately on the backs of historically disadvantaged communities.

That's why we must deliver real, immediate economic relief to those who need it the most in these challenging times – including rental, food, and unemployment assistance; student loan relief; support for small businesses struggling to keep their doors open; necessary aid to state and local governments so they can keep paying their brave front line workers and first responders; and support for our schools so they are able to open safely with all the right precautions and resources in place to keep both students and our educators safe.

As pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer said, "We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself." As president, that will be my mission – to lead a national effort to halt the wheels of injustice in our country that are bearing down on so many communities, especially communities of color. Racial equity is a core principle that is integrated throughout my agenda. We will work to remove barriers that prevent full participation in our economy and ensure all families can more easily create and build wealth to pass down to their children, including by making it easier for people to buy their first home. And, I am deeply committed to building an education system that invests in our children starting at birth and ensures that no child's educational opportunity is determined by their zip code, parents' income, race, or disability.

We must also tackle the pervasive evil of poverty, which continues to burden too many families in the wealthiest nation on earth. Jesus tells us that "to whom much is given, much will be required." As a country, we are blessed with the world's highest GDP and incredible national resources – yet too many working families struggle to pay for basic necessities while the rewards of our economy are increasingly concentrated in the hands of a wealthy few.

My faith implores me to embrace a preferential option for the poor and, as president, I will do everything in my power to fight poverty and build a future that moves us closer to our highest ideals – not only that all women and men are created equal in the eyes of G-d, but that they are treated equally by their fellow man.

It means building an economy more reflective of the hope expressed in Isaiah 65 – a world where children are not born into misfortune, where workers fully share in the fruits of their labor, where the old live out their years. With more than one million of our veterans on food stamps and millions of children dependent on school lunches to avoid hunger, my administration will recognize that poverty and economic injustice hurts us all. They undermine the core values America was built upon.

In both the Old and New Testament, we are taught to welcome the stranger – a direct extension of the Greatest Commandment. I will ensure America re-establishes itself as a place of compassion, grace, and love for immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees, because this is part of who we are as a country.

This is an area where the faith community has led, and as president, I will work closely with faith leaders and faith communities to reassert America's commitment as a nation that welcomes refugees, rather than rejects them. We must again become a nation that defends the inherent dignity of every human, upholds the blessings of liberty, and provides a haven for those fleeing violence or persecution.

I am committed to building an immigration system that treats everyone with dignity while pursuing policies that safeguard our security, uphold both our laws and our values, and grow and enhance our economy.

As a senator, I co-sponsored the legislation creating our refugee program, which this Administration has systematically sought to decimate. As president, I am committed to restoring refugee admissions in line with our historic practice and our moral responsibility under both Democratic and Republican administrations.

Throughout my career, my work has been shaped by – and often done side-by-side with – faith leaders, organizations, and communities devoted to being our brother's and sister's keepers and working to ensure opportunity for all. People of faith have been at the forefront of many of our country's most important achievements for justice, equality, and peace. I remain committed to partnering with congregations, faith-based organizations, and faith leaders to strengthen and expand the important work they do to meet essential community needs made worse by this pandemic. We are called, as Christians, to serve rather than be served, and a Biden-Harris administration will embody that foundational value. We will be servants of the people and continue the important work we've started to build a robust, diverse, and inclusive coalition that deeply values the contributions of people of faith.

We don't always have to agree on everything, but our country has to find a way to come together – to overcome the spirit of division and the hateful words that have defined too much of our public life for the last four years.

We all matter in the eyes of G-d, and it will take all of us to achieve the healing America so desperately needs. To follow G-d's Greatest Commandment, and to love each other fully. Together, we can win the battle for the soul of our nation; navigate the multiple crises we face – ending this pandemic, driving our economic recovery, confronting systemic racism; address the scourge of poverty; pursue immigration and refugee policies that uphold the dignity of all; and do everything in our power to ensure that all G-d's children have the hope and future they so rightfully deserve.

As Christians, I know there is much more that unites us than divides us. And as Americans, I know that there is nothing our country cannot achieve when we stand together – united.
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No, Really? A fake document, fake firm and even a fake human. How a fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge
https://nbcnews.com/tech/security/how-fake-persona-laid-groundwork-hunter-biden-conspiracy-deluge-n1245387

Never forget: the 1990's Jim Henson TV sitcom "Dinosaurs" ended with the dinosaur characters contemplating their own inevitable extinction as the result of a massive nuclear winter brought about by a cataclysmic explosion in the Earth's atmosphere.
https://twitter.com/EsotericCD/status/1067572855028760581

The FBI is warning of an "imminent" cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals. This has already been one of the worst years ever for ransomware, with victims of these types of attacks including hospital systems in VT, NY and OR. @EamonJavers reports.
https://twitter.com/thenewsoncnbc/status/1321965584498757632

To put this into perspective with people most folks know....
Were he alive today, Emmett Till would be YOUNGER than the following people.
Morgan Freeman
Julie Andrews
Nancy Pelosi
Jane Fonda
Tina Turner
Anthony Hopkins
And 8 sitting United States Senators.
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1321979065440456704

Minnesota Sec. of State @MNSteveSimon (D) says this ruling is "a tremendous and unnecessary disruption" to the ongoing election. Election law expert @rickhasen says it is an "outrageous" ruling. SCOTUS expert @steve_vladeck says it's "an embarrassment" and "indefensibly wrong."
https://twitter.com/MarshallCohen/status/1321974243144380416

Fox News' Martha MacCallum Interviews 'Suburban Mom' Voting for Trump Again in 2020, Fails to Disclose Her Past as Republican Senate Staffer
https://www.mediaite.com/news/fox-news-interviews-suburban-mom-voting-for-trump-fails-to-reveal-her-past-as-gop-senate-staffer/

The U.S. set another single-day record for new coronavirus cases on Thursday with more than 86,000 known infections, surpassing the previous record set last Friday.
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1321977821078736896

The Pennsylvania AG, Josh Shapiro, said Republicans will use late ballots "as a hook to challenge *all* mail in ballots." "We have a sitting president who's actively trying to undermine this election."
https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/29/trumps-effort-steal-election-explained-by-democrat-fighting-against-it/

Top: How Trump told his rally crowd Biden responded to a question yesterday about the situation in Philadelphia
Bottom: How Biden actually responded
https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1321977027549908992

Last night the focus was on the damning, candidacy ending documents that had supposedly disappeared - now the flash drive is back, but rather than talk about the documents, the focus is on the supposed UPS mail sorting scandal
https://twitter.com/i/status/1321976188823359491

Florida Republicans refused to spend $10 million for election security, Covid-19 protection at polls. They're planning to use the money to challenge election results.
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/state/2020/10/29/florida-failed-spend-10-million-election-security-covid-protection-voter-

last night, Carlson claimed there was a "trove of materials--documents that are directly relevant to the presidential campaign"
tonight he said "the point is, pounding on a man, jumping on, piling on, is something we don't want to be involved in"
so Carlson is in on it too?
https://twitter.com/IsaacDovere/status/1321981602604470274

Brewers Decline Former MVP Ryan Braun's Options Ending 14 Year Run in Milwaukee
http://cbssports.com/mlb/news/brewers-decline-former-mvp-ryan-brauns-option-ending-14-year-run-in-milwaukee/

Tucker Carlson Suddenly Says It's Time to Leave Hunter Biden Alone
https://www.thedailybeast.com/tucker-carlson-suddenly-says-its-time-to-leave-hunter-biden-alone

Group hired to canvass for Trump campaign says they weren't paid
https://www.fox6now.com/news/group-hired-to-canvass-for-trump-campaign-says-they-werent-paid

Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich endorses Joe Biden for U.S. President
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Spurs-Coach-Gregg-Popovich-endorses-Joe-Biden-for-15686947.php

Kamala Harris joins Bernie Sanders in campaign for minimum wage hike
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/joe-biden-minimum-wage-kamala-harris-bernie-sanders-us-election-2020-b1437214.html
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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/mass-death-in-south-texas/616907/

COVID-19 Is Killing My People—And No One Seems to Care

It almost killed me. A story of criminal neglect and mass death in South Texas.

Jesus Torres, age 75, was hired to dig graves after the backhoe broke down at La Piedad cemetery in McAllen, Texas, this summer. La Piedad has held multiple funerals a day for weeks due to the pandemic. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times / Getty)

by Carlos Sanchez

At half past one on the morning of July 1, my 60th birthday, I awoke shivering. Since summertime chills are rare in South Texas, I immediately grew concerned. As the director of public affairs for Hidalgo County, just one county removed from the bottom of the state, I had been spending my days urging people to be on the lookout for symptoms that might indicate a COVID-19 infection. Chief among them were chills and a fever. Looking at my sleeping wife, a committed germaphobe, I crawled out of bed to hunt down a thermometer.

Ninety-nine degrees; a low-grade fever. Crawling back into bed, I knew my life was about to change: Part of the public-health-education message I'd been hammering was Self-isolate if you begin showing symptoms. Over the next hour, my temperature continued to rise. I woke my wife and told her to leave the room. That was the last time we would share a bed for two months.

I had already learned enough about the virus to be worried. I knew I would have to self-isolate for two weeks. I had started my government job less than six months earlier, after 37 years as a journalist. As a new employee still in my probationary period, would I lose my job? Would I lose my health insurance at the time I needed it most? Would my wife and children get infected? Would my elderly father-in-law, who was living with us, get sick? Would he die? Would I? Within two weeks I would be hospitalized, feverish and delirious, dependent on supplemental oxygen to breathe. But I didn't know that yet. I also didn't know how much the lives of the people in my county were about to change. The virus was about to tear through the Rio Grande Valley.

My part of the country doesn't get much attention—not from the government, not from the media, certainly not from President Donald Trump (except when he's ranting about his big, beautiful wall). We're much closer to Mexico City and Monterrey than we are to New York City and Washington, D.C. People here laugh when the national media describe San Antonio as "South Texas"; Hidalgo County lies three hours farther south. Our county is more than 90 percent Hispanic; we are disproportionately poor, disproportionately susceptible to debilitating disease, disproportionately living without health insurance. But we are also human beings, and what happened to us this summer—what is still happening to us, in fact—shouldn't happen to anyone. What happened to New York and its 8.3 million residents at the start of the pandemic drew global attention, and I'm glad it did. But the impact of COVID-19 on my county and its more than 850,000 residents is going mostly unnoticed. My community is brutally vulnerable to this disease. People are dying, and as far as we can tell, the world doesn't really seem to care.

When I woke up shivering that July morning, "only" 3,982 people in Hidalgo County had tested positive for the disease, and "only" 46 people had died in the three months since the start of the pandemic. Over the next month, part of which I would spend in two desperately overcrowded hospitals, another 13,024 Hidalgo County residents would test positive for COVID-19, and another 598 would die from it (217 of them during the 10 days I was hospitalized), as the entire South Texas medical system got overwhelmed with coronavirus patients. In the first two weeks of July, while Houston was logging two deaths per 100,000 people, and Texas overall was logging three deaths per 100,000, Hidalgo County was logging 17 per 100,000.

I was offline for much of the time I was hospitalized, drifting in and out of consciousness.

But I was able to glean some sense of how badly hit the county had been from the nurses who treated me, some of whom had been summoned from as far afield as Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama to help local hospitals contend with the overflow of patients. I began to realize that the crisis I was witnessing firsthand as a patient was echoing what New York City had gone through in March and April, when the virus first hit America.

In the 10 days I spent in the hospital, Hidalgo County became a scary place.

Historically, the highest-ranking elected local official in Texas is the county judge. This is a powerful political position. Texas law gives county judges massive authority as the jurisdiction's head of emergency management. On March 17, my boss, Judge Richard F. Cortez, declared a local health emergency, as counties across the nation began to prepare in earnest for the pandemic. Four days later, Hidalgo County had its first COVID-19 patient, a resident who was believed to have contracted the infection during a trip to Las Vegas. The initial emergency declaration lasted for seven days and was extended by a vote of the Hidalgo County Commissioners Court. At the urging of health advisers, Cortez implemented several safety measures that eventually included a prohibition on mass gatherings; a curfew; and shutting down all but essential businesses.

These aggressive measures are believed to have kept the initial spread of COVID-19 in check and held down coronavirus-related deaths through March and April. But in April, Governor Greg Abbott, under pressure to buoy the state's faltering economy, issued sweeping executive orders removing local authority. He established May 1 as the beginning of what he called "Open Texas," which nullified many of the public-health mandates that had been implemented locally. The use of facial coverings became voluntary. Nonessential businesses such as restaurants, which had been allowed only to transact pickup-and-delivery business, now had permission to open their dining rooms at partial capacity.

By the end of May, COVID-19 cases were climbing in Hidalgo County—as were deaths. Hospitals warned that their capacity was starting to run short. On June 29, Cortez invited the CEOs of all five major hospital groups in the Rio Grande Valley to participate in a press conference to warn the public of the oncoming hospital crisis and to ask people to stay home.

I organized that press conference, which included not only the hospital executives but also our own county's director of health and human services, Eduardo Olivarez, as well as Dr. Ivan Melendez, Hidalgo County's top-ranking health adviser and the person responsible for coordinating the medical response between local doctors and hospitals. Among my jobs that day was to ensure social distancing for the media: Everyone was mandated to wear a mask, and a nurse stood sentry at the entrance of the room to check everyone's temperature.

Arriving late, Melendez whizzed past me to get to his assigned seat. He joined others in urging caution and warned against politicizing or downplaying the virus. "When people say it's a conspiracy, or it doesn't exist or is really [exaggerated], my response would be: 'Come to our emergency department, where we have five people on ventilators for three days,'" he said. "'Come to the three floors we've had to use to put these people on. Come to all the health-care workers that go home every night, every little cough they're sure they have it.' We're in tough times."

A few minutes after Melendez spoke, he received a text message and abruptly got up to leave, passing me again on the way out. His office had just learned that he'd tested positive for COVID-19.

Two days later, I was celebrating my birthday by lying in bed and watching my fever climb. It's impossible to say for certain that I got the infection from Melendez. But as I was to tell state and local contact tracers weeks later, he was the only person I knew who had tested positive for COVID-19 who had been in the same room as me.

When I first moved to Hidalgo County, it felt like home. The culture, the economic and family ties with Mexico, the Rio Grande flowing through—all of this reminded me of the city where I grew up, El Paso, an 11-hour drive north. After my wife and I spent time in Hidalgo County, we agreed we would retire here. (The Rio Grande is even more beautiful in South Texas than it is in El Paso.) But Hidalgo also felt familiar to me because it suffers from the same kind of provincial low self-esteem that afflicts El Paso—both regions are chronically underserved by the state capital in Austin (and by Washington); both have high rates of poverty. Hidalgo County is home to a hundred thousand undocumented migrant farmworkers who have limited resources, little education, and virtually no political clout.

The region's political and social problems are deeply rooted in its racial history—in particular by tensions between white landowners and the Hispanic agricultural workers who outnumber them. A local historian once told me that, from the county's founding in 1852, white landowners protected their power by intentionally balkanizing the region with dozens of independent jurisdictions to create constant conflict among them. Today, Hidalgo County has 22 incorporated municipalities, the largest being McAllen, with a population of roughly 150,000.

The political structure of the area has helped produce or exacerbate a raft of social problems. Migrant farmworkers, always poorly paid and highly mobile as they followed harvesting jobs as far north as Michigan, began building homes in this region without government approval, or the proper infrastructure. These so-called colonias often have no electricity or running water, and they've created a slew of health challenges. A 2015 study by the Dallas Federal Reserve found that 38,000 colonia residents did not have access to safe drinking water. The study noted further that 40 percent of Hidalgo County residents rely on food stamps. Though agriculture has long been a principal economic engine for the region, a 2018 study by Texas A&M University concluded that 52 percent of the region's census tracts could be considered food deserts, defined by the federal government as places where a person must travel at least 10 miles for fresh fruit and vegetables. The combination of poverty and the unavailability of fresh produce leads residents to rely heavily on cheap processed foods. This in turn has led to high rates of obesity and diabetes. Since at least 2011, the McAllen metro area has ranked among the most overweight cities in America.

https://www.dallasfed.org/~/media/documents/cd/pubs/lascolonias.pdf

All this has been compounded by weaknesses in our medical system. Hospitals throughout the four-county Rio Grande Valley struggle with a shortage of doctors. Nationwide, the country has 278 doctors per 100,000 people, according to a 2019 report; the Rio Grande Valley has about half that.

These were the underlying conditions that COVID-19 feasted on when it came to my county—and what the medical system was straining to contend with when the coronavirus made me, too, part of the burden.

For a dozen days after my fever first spiked, I endured the illness in my bedroom at home. These were days of isolation spent working via Zoom through a fever that scraped 101, despite round-the-clock Advil. Each day, I grew more fatigued. Every night, I suffered febrile nightmares. As the days passed, the fever, chills, and body aches became relentless. I began assigning more of my tasks to my staff. By the twelfth day, a Sunday, I was scared and exhausted. I called Dr. Melendez. (His own case of COVID-19 was mild, and he was working from isolation at home.) Early in the pandemic, I had sat down several times with him and Olivarez, the health-department administrator, as they patiently explained what was known about the virus, so I could determine how best to convey sound public-health messaging to a skeptical community. Now I needed help for myself. Listening to my symptoms, Melendez asked if I was having trouble breathing. "Yes," I said, "but that's because I'm exhausted." In a firm voice, he told me to go to the hospital immediately.

For the first time since I began self-isolating, I opened my bedroom door. Wearing a mask that Melendez had given me weeks earlier, I started toward the front door, passing my family in the dining room. Like so many families with Millennial and Gen-Z children, my two sons—one living in Washington, D.C., one living in San Antonio—had returned home to join their younger sister to ride out the pandemic.

"Where are you going?" my wife asked, obviously not happy to see me breaking my in-home isolation.

"I called Dr. Melendez," I said, looking for my car keys. "He told me to go to the hospital."

I have few memories of my first night in the hospital beyond being exhausted and frightened. It marked the beginning of a week in which I seemed to fade in and out of reality. I remember my stay more as a series of sometimes frightening vignettes than as a narrative.

That first night, a friend called from Austin. He'd had a mild case of COVID-19 during the early days of the pandemic, and he wanted to check on me.

"I'm dying," I said.

My friend immediately called my wife and began making plans to drive south five and a half hours to donate his antibody-filled plasma to administer to me. (He gave up after learning that current protocol forbids that type of direct donation.) He and his wife later described how shocked they'd been when I said I was dying, and how frightened they'd been for me.

To this day, I don't remember the conversation.

I was initially put in a small room that had been jerry-rigged with an exhaust fan blowing out of an open window to prevent outside air from entering—one of the "negative pressure" rooms that I'd heard about. A nurse took my vital signs, then started an intravenous line in my arm and placed tubing around my nose to supplement my breathing with pure oxygen. She told me she was from Mississippi, the first of many nurses I'd encounter who had been sent in from other parts of the country to supplement the overwhelmed local staff.

Unfortunately, the hospital in which Melendez had been able to find me a room was not properly equipped to treat COVID-19 patients. So my wife, after consulting with Melendez, began working the phones. All the local hospitals were full. A journalist herself for more than 30 years, she began dipping into her contacts and enlisted three members of Congress, a state senator, and, soon, my boss, to help find me another hospital bed. She worried about the ethical issues attached to using personal work contacts to help, so she called a veteran journalist friend for advice.

"You do what's best for your husband," the friend said.

Ultimately, my boss reached out to his son-in-law, who is a doctor in San Antonio, and they began making arrangements to get me a bed in a hospital there.

At the time I knew none of this. I learned about it when—as one nurse was checking my vitals and another staffer was bringing me something to eat—a social worker told me a bed was waiting for me in a San Antonio hospital; all I had to do was agree, which would set the transfer in motion.

"No!" I said emphatically. I dreaded the prospect of a four-hour drive in the back of an ambulance.

Fortunately, while my wife and boss had been working the San Antonio angle, Melendez had been methodically calling local hospitals. Finally, he found one that could free up space for me—as it happened, just a block away from the one I was in. But despite the proximity, getting there would not be straightforward. I still required supplemental oxygen, and hospitals in South Texas were in full-blown crisis. Waiting times for ambulances were averaging four hours.

Eventually, I was placed on a gurney and loaded into an ambulance. I remember the ambulance being excessively hot, but the ride was blessedly brief. As I was wheeled into the emergency room, I felt a soothing rush of cool air.

ventually, I was placed on a gurney and loaded into an ambulance. I remember the ambulance being excessively hot, but the ride was blessedly brief. As I was wheeled into the emergency room, I felt a soothing rush of cool air.

To limit the chance of spreading infection in the ER, I was told, I would have to be covered completely with a sheet. (This despite the fact that I was wearing a mask.) So I was wheeled in, under my sheet, and parked in a hallway, where I must have looked like a dead body awaiting delivery to the morgue. I spent the better part of an hour there, amid the chaos of the overwhelmed emergency room, listening to screaming patients and the hospital staff trying to reassure them while whispering among themselves. Finally, my room was ready and I was wheeled away—still covered by a sheet. The only available bed turned out to be in the pediatric wing, another room jerry-rigged with an exhaust fan to blow out the air. When they removed my sheet, the first thing I saw was a mural of a monkey on the wall.

The next few days passed in a haze. Mainly I remember the exhaustion. The headache. The interminable sound of the exhaust fan. The moment I would finally slip into a fitful sleep, someone would wake me to take my vital signs or X-ray my chest. To prevent blood clots—a common problem among COVID-19 patients—I got a daily injection of anticoagulant via a needle into my stomach.

"How do you feel?" each nurse who came in would ask. "How is your breathing?" At one point Melendez told me with friendly candor that I had a 70 percent chance of survival. Those odds were better than most of my fellow coronavirus patients, but to have a doctor tell you that you have a 3 in 10 chance of dying in the next few weeks is jarring.

At some point—I don't remember when—I was awakened in the middle of the night and told a bed had opened up for me in the regular COVID-19 wing. My good fortune, I would later learn from the nurses, was the result of someone else's bad news: Another coronavirus patient had died.

The nurses and other attendants were my only source of information from the world outside. All of them had come from beyond South Texas, most of them from out of state. None of them had any idea what it was actually like to live here because their existence didn't extend beyond caring for the ill in the hospital and then collapsing into sleep at a hotel. I couldn't see their full faces—they always wore personal protective equipment that included an N95 face mask and a plastic shield—so I learned to read their eyes. One night, I saw sadness in the eyes of a nurse from Georgia, and I asked if everything was all right.

"I've had three patients code on me tonight," she said, using the medical term for cardiopulmonary arrest.

"How many survived?" I asked.

"One," she said.

On another night, I was awakened by a nurse checking my vital signs. As I chatted with her, she leaned forward and whispered to me, "You have to get out of here. This place is dangerous."

Throughout my own ordeal, I remained largely oblivious to the magnitude of the medical crisis that was enfolding Hidalgo County. Of course I had listened dutifully to the hospital CEOs during that June press conference, but I don't think anyone then comprehended the magnitude of what was about to hit the county—we hadn't gotten our heads around how quickly this disease can spread and kill, especially in a population like ours.

Between the time the first coronavirus patient was admitted to a Hidalgo County hospital in April and the end of June, area hospitals housed an average of 47 COVID-19 patients a day. Over the course of July, that number spiked to 813.

Inside these numbing statistics lurked grisly human tragedies. Because of the outbreak, hospitals were not allowing family members to visit patients, so one young man recorded a video for his mother, telling her he loved her, and sent it to Melendez, who was a family friend, for delivery. Melendez didn't make it to her in time. Still, he located the woman, whom he had known since he was five, unzipped the body bag that contained her, and played her son's recording before closing the bag.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-texas-a-doctor-fights-the-surge-and-gets-covid-19-i-cry-every-day-11594891801

By my fourth day in the second hospital, my temperature had finally subsided, and, although I was still being fed oxygen, I was beginning to feel better. That was the day I was given plasma containing the antibodies of another COVID-19 patient. I knew that doctors held out great hope for this treatment; before I had entered the first hospital, Olivarez had told me about a coronavirus patient in South Texas who, on a ventilator and fading fast, responded immediately when given the plasma antibodies, and had eventually left the hospital weakened but alive. The plasma was a psychological boost, and I immediately felt better. But plasma, like hospital space, was in short supply; despite many promises that I would get another dose, it never materialized. In any case, this treatment is still in the clinical-trial phase. It is not the "breakthrough" that Trump once suggested it was.

In recent weeks, I have spoken with many people who contracted the virus. While each describes a different set of symptoms, the common denominator is exhaustion. That was certainly true for me. Going to the bathroom left me winded. I spent most of my days sleeping. During the 10 days I spent in the hospital, I experienced great fear—another common effect of the disease. But I knew from the nurses who were caring for me that many patients were much worse off than I was. One nurse admitted to me that she liked checking on me because I was easy, despite my difficulty breathing. Too many other COVID-19 patients, she told me, required a lot more from her physically.

As I began to feel better, I was eager to get home. Easier said than done. Although I was assured that my blood-oxygen levels were better, I still had tubes pumping oxygen into my nose. Because X-rays showed scarring in my lungs, doctors wouldn't release me until I could be set up with supplemental oxygen at home—and local oxygen companies were as overwhelmed as the hospitals. Even if this problem could be solved, Melendez warned my wife and me, my going home would pose a great risk to her 86-year-old father. "If he gets COVID, that's almost certainly a death sentence," Melendez said.

This kind of problem was widespread in South Texas, which contains many multigenerational households where grandparents live with grandchildren. While the infection rate of teens and those in their 20s and 30s was rising fastest, those in their 70s and older were the ones who were dying.

When my wife arrived to pick me up, a nurse's aide came to my room with a wheelchair. When we got to the lobby, she stopped the wheelchair and walked around to face me. With a look of seriousness in her eyes, she told me, "I can't tell you how happy I am to take you out of this hospital in a wheelchair instead of a body bag." Then she wheeled me out to my wife's car.

In the parking lot, a large evangelical group had gathered to pray over the patients fighting for their lives inside. As my wife slowly drove past them with my window rolled down, they realized that a survivor was leaving the hospital, and a cheer went up as I broke down in tears.

I left the hospital on July 21. Three months later, I still suffer from occasional shortness of breath. I also still sometimes weep, though less frequently than in the days immediately following my discharge, when I would sit alone in my dark room crying much of the time, trying to understand my experience. My doctor has been aggressively monitoring my recovery, and my most recent CT scan showed that I still have scarring in my lungs, a common long-term result of a COVID-19 infection. She is also concerned that I am showing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, another long-term by-product. My body just doesn't feel right.

Earlier this month, when the White House announced that President Trump had tested positive for COVID-19, and then that he'd been helicoptered to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, I was naturally interested and concerned—all the more so when I learned that he, like me, had required supplemental oxygen. Would his experience be like mine? Would his suffering be prolonged like mine? Would he be traumatized like I've been? Would he be shocked into a new understanding of the seriousness of the disease, of the fear and morbidity and mortality it unleashes, of the damage it does to communities like mine?

His experience turned out to be little like mine, or like that of the almost 230,000 Americans who have died, or like the hundreds of thousands more who have spent time in the hospital but survived. After three days in the hospital, attended by more than a dozen doctors from some of the best medical institutions in the world, in a private suite at Walter Reed, given a cocktail of drugs—including an experimental treatment available to very few people in the world—at a cost of more than a hundred thousand dollars borne entirely by taxpayers, the president emerged to preen with the bravado of a conquering hero.

"Don't let it dominate your life," he said of the disease that has infected more than 44 million people worldwide, killing almost 1.2 million of them so far. Let's grant him the partial wisdom of those words—better to not allow the virus to dominate us if we don't have to. But as I write this, record numbers of Americans are testing positive for COVID-19—averaging more than 70,000 cases a day this week. Thousands are still sick in South Texas. Utah is preparing to ration care, turning away patients it can't accommodate in its intensive-care units. Wisconsin has opened an emergency field hospital and is constructing additional makeshift ICUs in existing ones. With cases spiking sharply, my home town of El Paso has announced a curfew as well as plans to convert a convention center into a COVID-19 hospital.

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1313186529058136070?lang=en

The demographics of the pandemic continue to be cruel. People of color are still getting sick and dying at rates far greater than their share of population. (What Adam Serwer wrote here last spring—"Black and Latino workers are overrepresented among the essential, the unemployed, and the dead"—remains true.) The Rio Grande Valley holds just 4.7 percent of the Texas population, but it accounts for 17 percent of the state's coronavirus deaths. COVID-19 is capricious: Some who are infected have no symptoms; some have mild symptoms and then return to normal life; some fall gravely ill and don't fully recover for months; some die. It's much easier to not let the virus "dominate" you when you are an affluent person with access to first-rate medical care, like Donald Trump, than when you are an essential worker with diabetes and no health insurance in the Rio Grande Valley.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/americas-racial-contract-showing/611389/#correction%202
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/powerup/2020/05/07/powerup-black-and-hispanic-americans-are-getting-laid-off-at-higher-rates-than-white-workers/5eb38eb688e0fa17cddf4497/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/06/study-finds-that-disproportionately-black-counties-account-more-than-half-covid-19-cases-us-nearly-60-percent-deaths/

I certainly had no intention of letting COVID-19 dominate me, but the virus had other ideas. I would tell my fellow Hidalgo County residents not to let it dominate them, but this is unhelpful advice for the more than 1,900 of my people who are already dead.

Carlos Sanchez is the head of public affairs for Hidalgo County. Previously he worked as a journalist for many years, most recently as executive editor of The Monitor and senior editor of Texas Monthly.
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Total Early Votes: 82,042,050
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html

Donald Trump Jr. says Covid-19 deaths "almost nothing" on same day 90,000+ test positive and 1,000+ Americans die from Covid19
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/30/trump-jr-coronavirus-deaths-almost-nothing/

Reminder: IRS documents show Tuberville Foundation (Tuberville Is Alabama Senate Canadate) pocketed money raised for veterans
https://www.wkrg.com/news/irs-documents-show-tuberville-foundation-kept-money-from-vets/

Biden's Plans for Latin America: End 'Bully Dictating Policy' | As a starting point, Biden is proposing a $4 billion aid package for Central America to address the causes of unauthorized migration and help defuse a third rail in American politics. A Biden White House would also, according to advisers, seek to rally the region around commitments to rein in global warming, an imperative that has already antagonized the government of Brazil, one of the most consequential actors on environmental policy. And Biden's advisers say they would seek to revive the anti-corruption campaign that set off political earthquakes across the Americas starting in 2014, but largely stalled in recent years. | Juan Cruz, a veteran intelligence officer who served as  Trump's top Latin America policymaker in the National Security Council from May 2017 to Sept. 2018, said the Obama administration's passivity allowed China to expand commercial, diplomatic and military partnerships that pose a long term strategic threat to the United States. "The Chinese are eating our lunch,"  Cruz said. In a Biden administration, his advisers say, the United States would once again retire the Monroe Doctrine, a 19th-century policy under which Washington said the Americas was its exclusive sphere of influence and that attempts by overseas powers to intervene would be considered a hostile act. | On Venezuela, Biden advisers conveyed little faith in continuing to treat  Guaidó, who unsuccessfully sought to persuade the armed forces to break ranks with  Maduro, as the country's de facto leader. A senior adviser said a Biden White House would seek to establish negotiations with  Maduro once the date was set for a vote, and pressure him to commit to holding a fair election.  Cruz, the former top Latin American policymaker in the Trump administration, said the Obama administration let the crisis in Venezuela fester. "I think there were missed opportunities," said  Cruz, who has served in senior roles under Democratic and Republican White Houses.  Biden's advisers said they would seek common ground with Cuba and roll back some of the travel and remittances restrictions  Trump put in place, seeing steps to normalize relations as the most promising approach toward bringing about change in the island. But the campaign has not prioritized engagement with Cuba, an issue that remains deeply polarizing among Cuban American voters, who have wielded enormous influence in past elections. Julissa Reynoso, a former American ambassador to Uruguay who is also advising the Biden campaign on Latin America, said the United States can accomplish more leading by example and building consensus. That starts with retiring the Monroe doctrine. "Promulgating these doctrines as if Latin Americans are essentially subject to our beck and call is just not helpful," Ms. Reynoso said. There is an issue on which  Biden seems inclined to play hardball: climate change. During the first presidential debate, he proposed creating a $20 billion international fund to preserve the Amazon in Brazil and said the country's conservative government would face "economic consequences" if it fails to slow deforestation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/world/americas/joe-biden-latin-america-policy.html
https://joebiden.com/centralamerica/

70% of Kansas expected to vote in 2020 general election
https://www.kmbc.com/article/70-of-kansas-expected-to-vote-in-2020-general-election-secretary-of-state-predicts-commitment-2020/34524497

Republicans are Very Mad (again) about my appearance. This time they're mad that I look good in borrowed clothes (again). Listen, if Republicans want pointers on looking your best, I'm happy to share. Tip #1: Drink water and don't be racist
https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1321887547564449793

This is just before the exit to Fredericksburg. I once tried to recruit a young Howard grad for my firm there. She asked me if it was where that flag was located. I told her it was. She didn't come for an interview. Perception matters. I hope this disappears forever.
https://twitter.com/FPWellman/status/1322087542313816065

Virginia's Department of Transportation will remove the Confederate battle flag near Interstate 95 by the end of the month, according to the vice chairman of the county's board of supervisors.
https://wjla.com/news/local/vdot-to-vote-this-week-on-removing-stafford-county-confederate-flag

Italian company sees US citizenship applicants quadruple since 2016 amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Many Americans are seeking Italian citizenship in a bid for free healthcare, affordable higher education & a less frenetic lifestyle.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/travel/2020/10/30/italy-us-visas-citizenship-applications-coronavirus-wedeman-pkg-intl-ldn-vpx.cnn

Trump already attacking Supreme Court, saying REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED Supreme Court is already helping Biden to win
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/523527-trump-says-supreme-court-will-have-aided-a-biden-win

Mark Meadows illegally and unconstitutionally used taxpayer funds to help wife's friend raise campaign cash
https://www.salon.com/2020/10/30/mark-meadows-apparently-used-taxpayer-funds-to-help-wifes-friend-raise-campaign-cash/

Melania Trump's speech against 'Hate' should come with a laugh track 

Early Votes Have Been Averaging 5+ Million A Day....Almost At 85 Million Before Noon Today: Total Early Votes: 84,679,411
Last updated: 10/30/2020 11:48 AM Eastern Time
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html

What In Fuck: Mike D'Antoni and Ime Udoka are finalizing deals to become assistant coaches under Steve Nash with the Brooklyn Nets, sources tell ESPN. Together, D'Antoni and Nash were the architects of the Seven Seconds or Less Offense with the Phoenix Suns in the mid-2000's.
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1322169096063066115

Presidential race TV/radio ad spending in TEXAS markets for 10/27-11/3 --
Pro-Biden: $8.08M
Pro-Trump: $0
https://twitter.com/MediumBuying/status/1322147724611981312

Holy Fuck Sheer Fucking Idiocy: #Rays Neander said they will not pick up options on Morton or Zunino
https://twitter.com/TBTimes_Rays/status/1322198317816782849

#Tigers expected to make the A.J. Hinch hire official by the end of today. @MLB
https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/1322188864430243841

Texas just surpassed its 2016 total votes cast w/ one day of early voting & Election Day left to go. The state is reporting 9,009,850 votes already cast, vs. the all-time record of 8,969,226 in 2016. This is massive.
https://twitter.com/redistrict/status/1322160084651266048

Lester Gone: Regardless of what's next I want to thank the fans for the past 6 years. So this weekend (10.30-11.1) Im buying y'all my favorite beer. Make a res at @Hopsmithchicago @LodgeTavern @ButchMcGuires @ShenannigansHOB & your 1st @MillerLite is on me. Just tell em to put it on #JonsTab
https://twitter.com/JLester34/status/1322160871544655872

Man I remember the hype around the Cubs and baseball when they signed him. Side note for some reason the early to mid-2010's era of baseball was some of the most memorable for me. Started in 2012 with No-Han and then Dickey winning the Cy Young. 2013 with Harvey breaking out and the All Star Game Mets fans can start looking to the future. 2014 postseason was amazing all around, A's-Royals Wild Card Game, Bummy going insane. 2015 Lester signs with the Cubs and they start to reap the benefits of the rebuild with their young hitters which coincided with the Mets reaping the benefits of their young pitchers and look like a new rivalry was about to form for years to come ;( and the Mets go to the World Series which was the last time I was happy. 2016 we get Bartolo's homer and the Cubs winning it all. I look on that era with so much fondness and nostalgia. I feel like we're about to head for a dark time for the sport. Labour disputes, owners milking Covid19 to plead poor, a completely botched handling of the Astros scandal, a commissioner who lacks passion for the sport or at the very least is tone-deaf with his 'piece of metal' comments, Sinclair forcing local Fox Sports affiliates off an increasing number of streaming services for financial reasons, etc.

Trump changes election night plans, cancels party at Trump International
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/523528-trump-changes-election-night-plans-cancels-party-at-trump-international
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-cancels-plans-for-election-night-party-at-his-washington-hotel

Child Sex-Trafficking Prosecutions Way Down Under Trump/Republicans. Trump—Jeffrey Epstein's Creepy, Leering Wingman—Lets Other Child Rapists Off the Hook
https://www.dcreport.org/2020/10/30/child-sex-trafficking-prosecutions-way-down/

Rashida Tlaib and AOC have a proposal for a fairer, greener financial system — public banking
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21541113/rashida-tlaib-aoc-public-banking-act

Pandemic Rage Is Flipping Trump Voters in Wisconsin
https://www.thedailybeast.com/wisconsin-trump-voters-are-flipping-over-coronavirus

FBI Documents Reveal Man Charged in Plot to Kidnap Michigan Governor Had More Violent Plans
https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgqqg8/man-charged-plot-kidnap-michigan-governor-had-more-violent-plans-south-carolina-governor-fbi

Imagine if, instead of just waiting for Trump to spew his lies and airing it live, the cable news channels did the work themselves to identify America's most credible epidemiologists and give them an hour each day to discuss the latest developments and give their recommendations.

A man waved a sword at a woman blocks away from a polling place, warning her to 'vote for Trump' and photographing her license plate
https://www.insider.com/trump-rally-waves-sword-beverly-hills-voting-tiktok-voter-intimidation-2020-10

Thousands of ballots potentially lost in one Pennsylvania county. This is Butler County, north of Pittsburgh, where Trump got 66% of the vote in 2016. Chalk this one up to Hanlon's razor. PENNSYLVANIA Get off your asses and vote in person or drop your shit off in person. Putting it in the mail is as good as the shredder. Republicans are doing everything they can to take this vote away from you.
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/10/potentially-thousands-of-requested-mail-ballots-lost-in-pa-county-official-says.html

Russian hacker group targeted state Democratic parties in repeat of 2016 attacks.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/30/21541822/russian-hackers-elections-democrats-clinton-emails-fancy-bear

Early voting numbers put Kentucky on pace for record-breaking turnout
https://www.wlky.com/article/early-voting-numbers-put-kentucky-on-pace-for-record-breaking-turnout/34487707#

Breathtaking: we're likely on track for 100 million+ votes cast *before* Election Day, nearly double the EACgov estimate of 57.2 million advance ballots cast in 2016.
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html

Over the next 3 days, the President is holding 14 rallies in 7 states. Trump's final rallies:
Saturday: 4 rallies in PA
Sunday: MI, IA, NC, GA, FL
Monday: NC, PA, MI, WI, MI
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ell9GHzXYAArg1e?format=jpg&name=small

More Than 40 Immigrants Have Died In ICE Custody In The Past Four Years. Here Are Thousands Of Records About What Happened. | BuzzFeed News has obtained thousands of pages of documents from internal investigations of deaths of immigrants held in ICE custody.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kendalltaggart/here-are-thousands-of-documents-about-immigrants-who-died

Fewer arrests in Philadelphia after citywide curfew
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-usa-philadelphia/fewer-arrests-in-philadelphia-after-citywide-curfew-idUSKBN27E362

More than a dozen people who attended a Trump rally in Arizona on October 19 went to the hospital for heat exposure, and medics treated 60 in all. An estimated 15,000-plus people attended that event.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7mm7x/a-bunch-of-trump-supporters-had-to-be-hospitalized-again

Swing state voters face major mail delays in returning ballots on time, USPS data shows
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/10/30/postal-service-absentee-ballots-2020-election/

Trump: "Twelve years ago I was named Man of the Year of Michigan. Can you believe it?" (That never happened.)

Trump is pointing to hardcore pro-Trumper Laura Ingraham - a shitstain who relentlessly lies on Fox News - he is pointing to her and attacking her for wearing a mask

Brett Favre is in the news today. I just checked with the state auditor's office, and, no, Brett has not finished paying back the $1.1 million of welfare money that he said he would.
https://twitter.com/GBolognaCL/status/1322216836688236546

MASSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION. This is Guadalupe Canyon, Arizona, where border wall construction costs $41.1 million per mile and the Trump administration has illegally and unconstitutionally blasted the steep mountainsides to illegally and unconstitutionally build roads so the heavy equipment can get in to build the illegal and unconstitutional "fence"
https://hcn.org/articles/borderlands-border-wall-construction-and-environmental-destruction-in-a-remote-arizona-canyon

Also, remember when folks were wondering what happened to some of the Trump campaigns money? From mid-August through early October, the Trump campaign illegally and unconstitutionally spent close to $210,000 on what FEC filings describe as "lodging" throughout the Trump Hotel Collection.
https://cnbc.com/2020/10/30/trump-washington-dc-hotel-is-sold-out-for-election-night.html

State of COVID-19 in South Dakota today:
-1 in 20 South Dakotans has tested positive for Covid19
- 1 in 65 South Dakotans CURRENTLY sick with Covid19
- New daily highs: new cases, active cases
- 12 more deaths, extends October as deadliest month of pandemic (192 deaths)

South Dakota governor today once again dismissed Covid19 as a hoax

Illegal Immigrant children from Central America are being expelled to Mexico, where they have no family, nobody
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/us/migrant-children-expulsions-mexico.html

Repeat after me:  "All votes have never been counted on election night."  These graphs show the number of votes that were counted and reported in 2016 after Wednesday morning following E-Day. Even "quick count" states had work to do.
https://twitter.com/cstewartiii/status/1321802843590971392

May change my Twitter banner again now that Bolivia's had a democratic election and the winner is being allowed to take power. For the 99% of people who didn't notice/care about my banner before
https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1322231704442949632
https://truthout.org/articles/militias-in-bolivia-are-burning-the-indigenous-flag-in-public-plazas/
https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1322231619281891331

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, First Lady in quarantine after COVID-19 exposure
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/gov-kemp-wife-quarantine-after-covid-19-exposure/WWLD3OSDFNGCZNXUFRBDRHMG3I/

Wow CNN PR is SAVAGE
https://twitter.com/CahnEmily/status/1322229284342292481

Biden endorsements: scientists, intelligence and military officers and generals, economists, politicians from across the aisle
Trump endorsements: old hockey player, failed black rappers on sizzurp 

While I will be rooting against him (sorry Tigers), at least he's saying the right things. Which has been surprisingly difficult for the cheaters: A.J. Hinch responds to first question, which was about the sign-stealing scandal. He acknowledges it was "very wrong" and adds, "That's part of my story. It's not the Tigers' story. I understand how wrong it was . . . Wrong is wrong. It was very wrong."
https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/1322240532517715969

New Zealand announces official Travel Warning to New Zealanders in the United States due to the upcoming election and civil unrest
https://www.safetravel.govt.nz/news/united-states-2020-presidential-elections

Venezuela oil tanker that was abandoned with 1.1million gallons of oil has been kept afloat and is having the oil safely removed
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/officials-minimal-risk-venezuela-oil-tanker-sink-73770129

16 Year Old Male, screaming 'Allahu Akbar', is shot dead by cops after knife attack on police officer in Muslim-majority Russian region
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8896287/Boy-16-shot-dead-cops-knife-attack-police-officer-Russia.html

Huge earthquake hits Greece and Turkey
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/greece-turkey-earthquake-today-athens-update-istanbul-izmir-b1447616.html

The world's largest seagrass restoration project is a huge success, restoring 9,000 acres of wildlife
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/largest-seagrass-meadow-restoration-in-the-world-in-virginia/

US sells oil seized from Iran to Venezuela for $40 million
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20201029-us-sells-oil-seized-from-iran-to-venezuela-for-40-million

Islamic terrorist wielding blade tries to stab police officer in Paris day after Nice terror attack
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-paris-knife-attack-man-22932229

HEY NON-VOTERS and the people who love them! This is for you! You may not know we can get progressive bills passed IMMEDIATELY after the election, if we elect *4 MORE SENATORS* -and into LAW if we elect #Biden.  PLEASE WATCH & SHARE!
https://twitter.com/DebraMessing/status/1322218038276558852
https://twitter.com/i/status/1322218038276558852

Kirstie, you are welcome to change the channel - just like countless viewers did every time "Veronica's Closet" came on TV. But don't downplay the loss of nearly 230K American lives. And please, wear a mask.
https://twitter.com/CNNPR/status/1322206119486464004

Mic Drop
https://twitter.com/i/status/1322206923979137024

1049 deaths yesterday. Equivalent to ~3 Airplane Airplane Airplane  747's full of Americans crashing with no survivors... Would that shock her? Would she notice?  Today it will happen again. #WearAMask #VOTE for candidates that listen to #ScienceMatters #COVID19
https://twitter.com/monkeyes2/status/1322207110134943744

It could be closer to zero but Trump and team wasted that opportunity. I hope you don't feel the pain of losing a loved one to COVID only to have them dismissed as a number.
https://twitter.com/CathyNiemiller/status/1322229054372675584

15 of the top states for deaths have Republican governors, 10 have democrat. The other one is DC.
https://dangoodspeed.com/covid/state-by-state-total-deaths-by-date

The mentally ill liar who said "It's CNN.  They're completely irrelevant and will be for the foreseeable future." - you mean Kirstie Alley, who has been so irrelevant that I forgot about her for I guess 30+ years until I saw the CNN tweet.

Biden campaign says its 'unable to trust' Facebook after 'technical issues' block fundraising efforts 'We find ourselves 5 days out from Election Day unable to trust that our ads will run properly, or if our opponents are being given an unfair, partisan advantage'
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/biden-campaign-facebook-2020-election-trump-donations-blocked-zuckerberg-political-ads-b1449624.html

Full House actress Lori Loughlin has reported to prison on Friday in the college admissions scandal, a federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) representative told Law&Crime in a brief phone conversation. Online BOP records state the defendant is not in custody, but the spokesperson said that Loughlin is at the Federal Correction Institution, Dublin in California.
https://lawandcrime.com/celebrity/full-house-actress-lori-loughlin-reports-to-big-house/

If truly implemented could ease some worries. I'm very positive on the requirement Supervisor of Elections be required to go pick up mail ballots from USPS: @sem1480 sends this significant order from SDFL regarding USPS and mail ballots. c ⁦@MarcACaputo⁩ ⁦@steveschale
⁩ ⁦@KevinCate⁩
https://twitter.com/ArmandoNDK/status/1322256831796912128
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13cAHrMoalP_ZIN1mk-WYSK7GZsJzocGx/view

Essentially court order guaranteeing every USPS office in FL will have ballots transferred to Elections Supervisors (categorically "timely delivered" for purposes of counting) by 11/3.

The president has accused doctors of profiting off diagnosing more COVID cases. He has made that accusation several times now. That is how he views critical frontline health care workers. There is, of course, no basis for that claim.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1322259477773520896

Joe Has 4,000 Lawyers on Standby in Florida for Possible Election Recount
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/10/biden-prepares-legal-war-against-trump-in-florida.html

Native American Voters Could Decide Key Senate Races While Battling Intense Voter Suppression
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/10/30/jenni_monet_indigenous_sovereignty_2020

Nate Cohn on Twitter: All out in Pennsylvania on the last day makes sense for Biden. Biden's clearly up in the Clinton states, plus MI/WI--leaving him one state away. And as I noted last night, PA is really the only one possible soft spot for Biden in the public polling"
https://twitter.com/Nate_Cohn/status/1322152925980991490

Patriots list both WRs, Julian Edelman and N'Keal Harry, as out for Sunday's game vs. Buffalo.
https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1322265904261042177

If a player commits an illegal hit on another player and that player misses games due to injury, the first player should be suspended for each game the injured player misses

#Saints WR Michael Thomas (ankle/hamstring) is out for Sunday against the #Bears.
https://twitter.com/tompelissero/status/1322266366221713408

Total Early Votes: 85,755,756
Last updated: 10/30/2020 03:48 PM Eastern Time
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html 

DeJoy will ignore it like all the other court orders: U.S. judge orders 'extraordinary measures' to ensure timely ballot delivery at some locations
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/30/us-judge-orders-extraordinary-measures-to-ensure-ballot-deliveries.html

A backlog of mail is piling up at a Miami-Dade post office as Election Day nears
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/election/article246838887.html

North Dakota man arrested for threatening to blow up voting location
https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/crime-and-courts/6739905-North-Dakota-man-arrested-for-threatening-to-blow-up-voting-location

One secret about Greenwald's time at The Intercept is that he often was allowed to publish his columns straight to the website. They were cleaned up quickly after publication for spelling errors, grammatical errors, and factual inaccuracies without notes being appended.
https://twitter.com/nickmartin/status/1322276744120868864

Macy's flagship store in Herald Square boarding up ahead of Election Day ... preparing for potential unrest ... store will remain open to shoppers
https://twitter.com/Bogs4NY/status/1322284390613962763

Many people, including @realDonaldTrump, are understandably confused about how much time each state has to tally and certify election results. The experts at NCSL have put together a handy map showing the deadlines (established by law) in each state: https://ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/after-the-voting-ends-the-steps-to-complete-an-election.aspx
https://twitter.com/KimZetter/status/1322282753010794496

In Florida, voters of color and young voters have had ballots flagged for possible rejection at higher rates than others. Voters have until Nov 5 to fix errors
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/florida-rejected-ballots/2020/10/30/0bba976a-186f-11eb-befb-8864259bd2d8_story.html

The American Medical Association hits Trump: "The suggestion that doctors—in the midst of a public health crisis—are overcounting COVID-19 patients or lying to line their pockets is a malicious, outrageous, and completely misguided charge." | "Throughout this pandemic, physicians, nurses, and frontline health care workers have risked their health, their safety and their lives to treat their patients and defeat a deadly virus. They did it because duty called and because of the sacred oath they took. The suggestion that doctors—in the midst of a public health crisis—are overcounting COVID-19 patients or lying to line their pockets is a malicious, outrageous, and completely misguided charge. COVID-19 cases are at record highs today. Rather than attacking us and lobbing baseless charges at physicians, our leaders should be following the science and urging adherence to the public health steps we know work—wearing a mask, washing hands and practicing physical distancing."
https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/ama-statements/ama-statement-ongoing-attacks-physicians-treating-covid-patients

Iranian hackers tested the defenses of 10 state election offices and were able to steal voter registration data from one due to a "website misconfiguration," federal officials told their state and local partners today.
https://www.cyberscoop.com/iran-election-hacking-state-websites-probe-fbi/

3. Trump signed legislation that provides higher payments under Medicare to hospitals treating COVID patients. But the payments are tied to cases of the disease, not deaths or other outcomes.
https://bloombergquint.com/politics/trump-claims-at-rally-doctors-lie-about-virus-deaths-for-money

2. Doctors and hospital systems are struggling to regain their footing financially from COVID, which HURT them, draining revenue that comes mainly from tests that can't be done over Zoom and hospital procedures cancelled to free up beds for sick COVID patients.
https://twitter.com/HeidiNBC/status/1322290256524333057?s=20

Total Early Votes: 86,166,713
Last updated: 10/30/2020 05:32 PM Eastern Time
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html

People seem to be conflating "they won't count (mail) ballots that arrive after Election Day"—true in some states, not others, and currently the subject of much litigation—with "they won't count ballots after Election Day, period", which would be orders of magnitude more radical.

Florida Democrats are once again refusing to vote for their own candidate, I suspect the vast major-majority of Florida Democrats are Repubublicans who refuse to change their voter affiliation
Mail-in and early in-person ballots returned in Florida, as of now: 7,215,627
Total votes in 2016: 9,420,039

Imagine holding a Trump flag (and a Trump flag with obscenity and profanity, and holding it in public, which is a crime - it's a crime to expose minors to obscenity and profanity) but not an American one and still thinking that you're patriotic.

This isn't Biden's first rodeo. But think of the absurdity of our system, which is so fragile and prone to litigation that a candidate needs to have 4,000 lawyers on call to manage potential voting issues in a single state.

230K dead. 9 million cases. Crashed the economy. Trashed our reputation. Looted the treasury. Dismantled checks and balances. Created a banana republic. Elevated racists, conspiracy theorists, terrorists, antisemites, mysognists, criminals, and science deniers. Those are your 47 months of accomplishments @realDonaldTrump
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1322295405313323009

If rappers want to make their political decisions based off self-interests, how about not endorsing the guy who let a pandemic ravage the country so much that most musical artists can't hold concerts and generate income?

Nope. It's a choice between science and fiction. A choice between sanity and insanity. A choice between the American ideal and Republican terrorism @realDonaldTrump
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1322294145726078976

House subcommittee on the coronavirus19 crisis issues report blasting the Trump admin.'s response to the pandemic, calling it "among the worst failures of leadership in American history."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/american-fiasco-house-coronavirus-oversight-report-rips-trump-admin-s-n1245373

The initial investigation by the D.C. National Guard into the two Guard helicopters that flew low over protesters on the night of June 1 found they weren't properly authorized to be there & were directed by a Lt. Col. who was driving home in his car.
https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2020/10/helicopters-over-dc-protesters-broke-regulations-while-commander-was-driving-home-dc-guard-concludes/169704/

It should end when all the votes are counted not when you want it to end @realDonaldTrump. And I guarantee if you are behind you will insist on it. Sack of shit terrorist.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1322294301183782912

"It will take every single person in your states really moving forward wearing masks and physically distancing, personal hygiene and really decreasing these gatherings with friends and families as an indoor activity," Dr. Birx told Governors today, per audio
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-task-force-birx-warns-surge-covid-19/

Boris Johnson is preparing to introduce national lockdown restrictions from next Wednesday. The restrictions could see everything except nurseries, schools, universities and non-essential shops close until Dec 1. PM presser on Monday.
https://twitter.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1322294630906503171

Walmart is returning firearms and ammunition to its sales floor, reversing a decision from earlier this week meant to protect them from potential looting
https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-30/walmart-returns-firearms-ammunition-back-to-sales-floor

Hey! Remember Pennsylvania? Liberty Bell? Eagles? Steelers? Cheesesteaks? They say "wooter" instead of "water"? Well, they also have TOO MANY mail-in ballots unreturned. That is BAD. Want to help collect them? Volunteer here:
https://twitter.com/TVietor08/status/1322299243965505537

If you support law and order @realDonaldTrump why are you always breaking the law?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1322293755328618497

Here's what happened when NBC News tried to report on the alleged Hunter Biden emails. Analysis: Trump complains the media isn't reporting on Hunter Biden's emails. But NBC News met obstacles, including Rudy Giuliani, when it tried. | But the Wall Street Journal and Fox News — among the only news organizations that have been given access to key documents — found that the emails and other records don't make that case. Leaving aside the many questions about their provenance, the materials offered no evidence that Joe Biden played any role in his son's dealings in China, let alone profited from them, both news organizations concluded. | The lack of major new revelations is perhaps the biggest reason the story has not gotten traction, but not the only one. Among others: Most mainstream news organizations, including NBC News, have not been granted access to the documents. NBC News asked by email, text, phone call and certified mail, and was ultimately denied. | Another factor tamping down coverage of the story is that there isn't much new in what the laptop documents appear to reveal. The allegation that Hunter Biden has traded on his family name has been thoroughly explored in previous news stories, including a lengthy New Yorker investigation last year in which Robert Weissman, the president of the advocacy group Public Citizen, said, "It's hard to avoid the conclusion that Hunter's foreign employers and partners were seeking to leverage Hunter's relationship with Joe, either by seeking improper influence or to project access to him." Reports published while the elder Biden was still vice president raised ethical questions about the Burisma deal. | After examining text messages provided by Bobulinski, the Journal reported that "the venture — set up in 2017 after Mr. Biden left the vice presidency and before his presidential campaign — never received proposed funds from the Chinese company or completed any deals, according to people familiar with the matter. Corporate records…show no role for Joe Biden." Fox News, meanwhile said it "reviewed emails from Bobulinski related to the venture — and they don't show that the elder Biden had business dealings with SinoHawk Holdings, or took any payments from them or the Chinese." | NBC News has sought to obtain the documents on the alleged Hunter Biden laptop, but has been rebuffed. | It was Giuliani who ultimately told NBC News he would not be providing a copy of the hard drive. NBC News responded by asking if, instead of a full copy of the hard drive, he could just provide copies of the full set of emails. Giuliani did not agree to that proposal. NBC News then declined an offer of copies of a small group of emails. NBC News has also requested the documents from Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, but has not received a response. | NBC News attempted to speak to Mac Isaac, but he did not respond to requests for comment. NBC News published an article quoting responses he had given to The Daily Beast. His lawyer then sent NBC News a letter that said, "Your network and affiliates should cease any further discussion of Mr. Mac Isaac as much of the information you are presenting is false." |
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/here-s-what-happened-when-nbc-news-tried-report-alleged-n1245533 

Noose on display near voting booths in southwest Missouri county draws protests. A county official said the noose is part a historical exhibit in place for years marking the last legal hanging in the state
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/election/article246846382.html 

Total Early Votes: 87,798,086
Last updated: 10/31/2020 12:23 AM
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html

Biden event in Texas cancelled because armed right-wing militants ambushed and attacked campaign bus
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/us-election-biden-bus-trump-supporters-texas-event-cancelled-b1477876.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/biden-camp-cancels-austin-texas-event-after-pro-trump-ambush-on-campaign-bus

A 20-year-old woman cast her ballot early before dying of cancer. Her state will throw it out.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/31/politics/voter-death-election-count-invs/index.html

Trump told donors at a closed-door event that he will have his 'own team' and law enforcement monitoring polling places and is planning dispute individual ballots
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-says-campaign-preparing-to-dispute-ballots-wapo-2020-10

Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn never graduated from Oxford University law program even though he not only claims he did but has been caught lying about it for years and keeps lying anyway | The Oxford claim misrepresents Cornyn's qualifications, and though its origins are unclear, went uncorrected by Cornyn for the duration of the campaign, leaving voters with the impression that he passed through one of the most prestigious institutions in the world. In reality, Cornyn earned his highest degree from the School of Law at St. Mary's University in San Antonio in 1977 — a Juris Doctor.
https://www.salon.com/2020/10/30/texas-gop-senator-didnt-graduate-from-oxford-university-law-program-as-claimed-in-prior-campaign/
https://www.salon.com/2020/09/02/gop-sen-john-cornyns-ex-staffers-lobbied-for-pharma-giant-accused-of-price-gouging-covid-drugs/

Postal distribution center audit ordered after video shows ballots in bins at SW Miami-Dade branch
https://wsvn.com/news/politics/postal-distribution-center-audit-ordered-after-video-shows-ballots-in-bins-at-sw-miami-dade-branch/
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/video-of-piles-of-mail-at-miami-dade-post-office-brings-up-concerns-of-ballot-backup/2314409/

Gov. Andy Beshear reacted to a report Friday showing a Kentucky State Police training slideshow quoting Adolf Hitler three times and advocating officers to use "ruthless" violence, calling it "unacceptable."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/10/30/kentucky-state-police-training-presentation-quoting-hitler-is-unacceptable-governor-says/6094075002/
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/30/gov-beshear-ksp-training-quoting-hitler-unacceptable/6090417002/

Trump has the worst job losses on record heading into the election
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/10/02/trump-has-the-worst-job-losses-on-record-heading-into-the-election/

Texans cast 9 million early votes, becoming the first state to surpass total 2016 turnout. Two election forecasters have moved Texas into "toss-up" territory amid a surge in new voters
https://www.salon.com/2020/10/30/texans-cast-9-million-early-votes-becoming-the-first-state-to-surpass-total-2016-turnout/

My stepfather died alone of Covid19 as Donald Trump throws unmasked rallies
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/10/31/covid-19-family-death-trump-health-coronavirus-column/3745437001/

The 2018 election was the first time that collecting ballots from people who weren't relatives was legal in CA. The idea is that it enfranchised people who can't leave their house, or can't get off of work, or don't have an easy way to the polls. Republicans call it "Ballot Harvesting" in an attempt to brand enfranchising people who are unable to vote as a bad thing. So in 2018 there was a blue wave in CA that flipped a lot of house seats that were historically Republican, Orange County is a great example. Republicans believe the ballot collections (or enfranchising of people who normally would have a hard time voting) were a big reason why despite there being no evidence. They know they have very little chance to change things there so they set out these shady drop boxes in the hope of being sued. They're going to claim they are collecting ballots. If they win they get to keep tricking people and throwing out Democratic-marked ballots. If they lose they believe it calls the entire law into question. With fake drop boxes that look official there is no chain of custody with a person and a pretty obviously fraudulent intent. Here is a pretty good breakdown by the Sacramento Bee:
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article246424595.html

Native vote plays powerful role, especially in swing states
https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/native-vote-plays-powerful-role-especially-in-swing-states-hJRQxO1j5Eqf6fAQ25xhCw

As cases soar, an El Paso judge ordered a shutdown. But the Texas AG says the judge has 'no authority.'
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/30/el-paso-texas-shutdown-paxton/

Republicans Ask Fourth Circuit To Illegally And Unconstitutionally Strike Down Age Limit For Handguns
https://www.courthousenews.com/fourth-circuit-asked-to-strike-down-age-limit-for-handguns/

Sean Connery. Although he's best known as Bond, and although I'm not a fan of James Bond or Sean Connery, my favourite Connery performances are Jim Malone in the garbagey The Untouchables (he deserved an Oscar nomination, as did Billy Drago, for Best Supporting Role), Henry Jones in Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, Zed in Zardoz, and Raisuli in The Wind And The Lion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Connery
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000125/

Select Subcommittee Releases New Staff Report On Investigations Into Trump Administration Pandemic Response - As New Cases Skyrocket, Report Finds Response is Among the 'Worst Failures of Leadership in American History'
https://coronavirus.house.gov/news/press-releases/select-subcommittee-releases-new-staff-report-investigations-trump 

College student drove 20 hours from Washington DC to Texas to vote after her mail-in ballot never arrived
https://www.insider.com/college-student-drove-20-hours-to-vote-2020-10

Texas Republicans have asked a federal judge to throw out 100,000 ballots in Harris County cast through curbside voting. They drew Judge Andrew Hanen, one of the most notoriously partisan Republican judges in the entire federal judiciary. This is alarming.
https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1322602843661021184

Trump Admin Refuses to Release 112 Records of Federal Agency's Correspondence with Mueller About Michael Flynn
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/trump-administration-refuses-to-release-112-records-of-agencys-correspondence-with-mueller-about-michael-flynn/

Olivia Troye: 'I was asked to write a report for the Vice President's office saying Covid19 was over'
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/olivia-troye-i-was-asked-to-write-a-report-for-the-vice-president-s-office-saying-covid-was-over-95074373932

Trump Rallies Led To 30,000 Coronavirus19 Cases, 700 Deaths
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-rallies-coronavirus-cases-deaths-study_n_5f9d85f9c5b60eefc8532067

US District judge orders USPS to speed up ballot delivery in Detroit
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/31/usps-detroit-ballot-delivery/6102992002/

Without stimulus, 12 million Americans will owe more than $5000 in missed rent by December: rent debt could top $70 billion by the end of the year if Republicans keep blocking additional coronavirus19 relief
https://www.salon.com/2020/10/31/rent-debt-tops-70-billion-by-december-no-stimulus-trump-pelosi-cares-act-relief/

Total Early Votes: 90,533,594
Last updated: 10/31/2020 06:08 PM Eastern Time
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html

The #Cowboys have officially downgraded Andy Dalton (concussion) to out and we won't travel to Philadelphia. It's Ben DiNucci time against the #Eagles.
https://twitter.com/tompelissero/status/1322605072400920576

"Among those who have already cast their ballots, Greenfield leads 55% to 33%. And Ernst leads 60% to 29% among those who have yet to vote."
https://twitter.com/mikememoli/status/1322675480164782081

Take supplements and stop eating animal products since fucking animal products are the reason we keep having pandemics. Go vegan and leave the animals alone. Fuckin wet markets.

In France, Islamic terrorist shoots Greek Orthodox priest twice in abdomen
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/europe/france-shooting-priest-lyon-scli-intl/index.html

Scientists find Madagascar chameleon last seen 100 years ago
https://apnews.com/article/africa-madagascar-reptiles-3d70ac4d74fa9d32b86962b9e8b5e2db

Great Fox-Spider Assumed Extinct in UK Found at British Army Training Area After 27 Years
https://www.ibtimes.sg/great-fox-spider-assumed-extinct-uk-found-british-army-training-area-after-27-years-52963

Seven Pennsylvania counties will wait until after Election Day to process mail-in ballots
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/seven-pennsylvania-counties-will-wait-until-after-election-day-process-n1245614

You wouldn't know it but this "DEA raid" was on the office of a former high profile Fox News commentator who later got busted for sexual misconduct in his psychiatric practice. How you figure he ends up with a Hunter hard drive?
https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1322673179492573184

One of the Republicans asking a federal judge to throw out more than 117,000 valid ballots in Harris County is a Covid19 and QAnon conspiracy theorist domestic terrorist
https://mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-and-suppression/one-plaintiffs-who-trying-throw-out-drive-thru-votes-harris-county

The first time he did it, you could say it's a mistake.  But now maybe he's deliberately trying to freeze his supporters... it's 41 degrees there.  And dropping: Trump has finished and left, but there's thousands of supporters who have been let loose into the night with no sign of the shuttles they've been told will take them back to parking. People are filling the street, blocking the road for ambulances and police.
https://twitter.com/DJJudd/status/1322688676170735616

North Carolina police pepper-sprayed people — including a 5-year-old girl and other children — who were participating in the 'I Am Change' march to the polls on Saturday afternoon.
https://newsobserver.com/news/local/article246861942.html 

Trump openly endorsing and encouraging domestic terrorism
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1322700188624932869

A highly regarded reporter (@TexasTribAbby) from the highly regarded @TexasTribune reached out to the Texas Republican Party for a comment on yesterday’s bus incident along I-35. Their response is ... something (basically, Democrats are raping and executing Republicans everywhere, Republicans are reacting in self-defense, the footage of Trump supporters trying to drive a campaign bus off the road - an act of domestic terrorism - was created by Democrats, it never happened, Democrats tried to drive their own bus off the road to blame Republicans)
https://twitter.com/steve_vladeck/status/1322703211959099397 

FBI investigating 'Trump Train' swarming of Biden bus on Texas interstate
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/31/biden-trump-texas-bus/

The same black truck that bumps into the white car also tried to run over BLM protestors back in Sept:
https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/i-didnt-want-to-hurt-anybody-video-shows-man-with-trump-flag-drive-through-crowd-of-protesters/273-858757ed-4730-48e5-b37a-b0416ee3cc91

Trump Supporters Murdered And Decapitated Deer And Placed Their Heads Near Black Lives Matter Signs, And Biden/Harris Sign
https://katu.com/news/local/severed-deer-heads-found-near-black-lives-matter-signs-bidenharris-political-sign
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJuLLbH5/

Trump Supporters illegally and unconstitutionally tresspass and swarm Illegally Appointed Attorney General William Barr's home demanding he "lock up Joe Biden".
https://www.newsweek.com/protesters-trump-flags-william-barr-home-lock-joe-biden-1543842

Yes, Joe Biden has released 22 years of tax returns onlin
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/31/joe-biden/yes-joe-biden-has-released-22-years-tax-returns-on/

Trump Says He Will Cut Middle Class Taxes as Republicans Plans Lower And Middle Tax Increase Next Year
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-cut-middle-class-taxes-gop-increase-next-year-1543832

Senator Warren and Congresswoman Haaland Condemn Republican Appointees' Censorship of Important New Report on the Pandemic's Impact on Native Nations
https://haaland.house.gov/media/press-releases/senator-warren-and-congresswoman-haaland-condemn-republican-appointees

Trump and Republicans are insisting that we need to know who won on election night. But votes have *never* been fully counted on election night. EVER. ANYWHERE ON THE US. ANYWHERE IN ANY COUNTRY ON ELECTION DAY.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/01/us/politics/trump-ballot-counting-election.html

Total Early Votes: 93,322,526
Last updated: 11/01/2020 10:32 AM Eastern Time
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html

Listen.  Surrounding a bus with a mob doesn't show strength, burning buildings with a mob doesn't show strength.  Both show WEAKNESS and FEAR.  Strength is winning the argument at the ballot box.
https://twitter.com/RepKinzinger/status/1322928379969085448

"Stealing it back," also known as "counting the votes."

Did not know her, but she's my kind of person. Just extraordinary. Dr. Joyce Wallace, Pioneering AIDS Physician, Dies at 79. Dr. Joyce Wallace outside her home in Greenwich Village in 1993. She drove around in a white Dodge van offering tests for H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, as well as running a needle-exchange program and trying to coax prostitutes off the streets and into shelters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/us/joyce-wallace-dies.html

CNN: According to Johns Hopkins University's tally of cases, there are at least 9,125,482 cases of coronavirus in the U.S.; at least 230,548 people have died in the U.S. from coronavirus. On Saturday, Johns Hopkins reported 81,227 new cases and 862 new deaths.
https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/1322935829514342405

Today, Biden is starting the morning attending church, as usual for Sundays. Trump is not attending, as usual (with one exception a few weeks ago). But there are pro-Trump protesters outside of Biden's church in Wilmington chanting, "Joe, Joe, repent for the sake of your soul."
https://twitter.com/IsaacDovere/status/1322935482586726400

All I want is for the public to know the truth about what I witnessed while in the President's orbit. Thank you @NatashaBertrand
 for capturing just that. As I write, this second State Department operated discretely in an effort to effectuate the President's TRUMP FIRST agenda.
https://twitter.com/AaronParnas/status/1322926163241652224

As Giuliani dug for dirt on Biden, waged shadow diplomatic campaigns in Venezuela and Turkey, and spoke regularly to Trump about all of it, a 19-year-old law student was quietly watching and soaking it all in—and he's now written a new tell-all: https://politico.com/news/2020/11/01/lev-parnas-son-trump-tell-all-433790

Elections are never decided on election night. In Utah (and most states) it takes 2 weeks to finalize counting and certify results. It really doesn't matter who is ahead on election night, it only matters when every eligible vote is counted and each county canvasses and certifies the vote totals. Yes it's true that when a race isn't close the media may "call" the race, and candidates may concede or declare custody, but such actions are technically meaningless. NO STATE certifies their results on election night. All state results are certified weeks and even a month after the election.  

Saints' WR Emmanuel Sanders, who tested positive over a week ago and is out again today against Chicago, is recovering and expected to rejoin his team this week and play next Sunday at Tampa Bay, per league source.
https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1322862526594535424

The #Browns will play their first game without WR Odell Beckham today, and he may have played his last game in Cleveland.
https://twitter.com/rapsheet/status/1322905773807177728

Just wait till the 9th inning: No players tested positive today, per source. Sunday, Week 8, ready to roll. Which is lie, at least 2/3 of NFL players tested positve and they don't care, they're playing sick.
https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1322910106061807616

THE HOLOCAUST WAS NOT A RESULT OF DIGITAL DEPLATFORMING YOU FUCKING IDIOT.
https://twitter.com/mongoosenewyork/status/1322928144882520065

After weeks of his lying that Biden is going to put Cory Booker in charge of suburbs-destroying, Trump now says this in Michigan: "They're going to put Ilhan Omar in charge of immigration."

Dr. Fauci on Scott Atlas: "I have real problems with that guy. He's a smart guy who's talking about things that I believe he doesn't have any real ... experience in. He keeps talking about things that when you dissect it out ... it doesn't make any sense."
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1322946503283941376

Former Republican House Speaker in Texas: The lawsuit attempting to disenfranchise more than 100,000 voters in Harris County is patently wrong. #txlege
https://twitter.com/SpeakerStraus/status/1322943776470478853

Likely Utah's next REPUBLICAN Governor --->Hey guys, please ignore this type of garbage. The truth is that elections are never decided on election night. In Utah (and most states) it takes 2 weeks to finalize counting and certify results. It really doesn't matter who is ahead on election night, it only matters when...1/ twitter.com/rickklein/stat…
https://twitter.com/SpencerJCox/status/1322933145709080576


Total Early Votes: 93,131,017
Last updated: 11/01/2020 11:28 AM Eastern Time
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html

It's possible to hit 100 million early votes if the average of 5+ million is sustained through Monday night. 95+ million is the goal for Sunday. 100+ million is the number for Monday.

The Trump camp is signaling in concert with the courts that, wherever Trump has a transient lead, they will try to stop counting of valid ballots and coerce state officials to certify an incomplete vote—throwing out uncounted absentee/military ballots. That's a plan for a coup.

—>> For the third day in a row, US Postal Service moved fewer ballots on-time in critical battleground states than the previous day, according to new court filings, meaning ballots are now at significant risk of not arriving in time to get counted. 1/
https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1322956699507007488

2/ USPS says, nationally, it moved fewer ballots on time on Saturday than on Friday, the score dropping from 93% to 91%. Scores have been steadily declining since Wednesday, when USPS reported they moved 97% of ballots on time.
https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1322956880373817344

Why is this happening?  Is everyone working at USPS a republican?

FACTS about counting votes:
- Ballots are counted after Election Day in every single state
- No state certifies a winner on Election night
- In 18 states ballots can arrive after Election Day per state law
- In 29 states military ballots can be received after Election Day
- The president has no control over how votes are counted
- Election results are certified at the state & local level
- The president has no authority to prematurely declare himself the winner of the election
Repeat after me: counting all the votes is not stealing the election
- Election officials in MI, WI and PA begged Republican state legislatures to allow them to start counting votes before Election Day like FL/NC/AZ and many other states do. Republicans refused because they want chaos and uncertainty.

Great chart from NCSLorg on when states certify election results. Not a single state does it on Election Night & some states have 3+ weeks. No result is official until all the votes are counted
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ElwWfv0XgAkPD0O?format=jpg&name=small

The Trump administration funds plasma company that "exists within the luxury condo of its majority owner, Eugene Zurlo. based in owner's condo"
https://apnews.com/article/technology-virus-outbreak-pandemics-south-carolina-only-on-ap-5990d2ac718bc26070e72ce55bc712f8 

Texas Supreme Court rejects Republican-led effort to throw out nearly 127,000 Harris County votes
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/11/01/texas-drive-thru-votes-harris-county/

Trump supporters block major New Jersey highway ahead of 2020 election. "We shut it down, baby! We shut it down!" man shouts in video of vehicle blockade
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-garden-state-parkway-new-jersey-2020-maga-trucks-b1509844.html

I'm a white woman who voted for Cindy Hyde-Smith in 2018. I'm voting for Mike Espy in 2020.
https://mississippitoday.org/2020/11/01/im-a-white-woman-who-voted-for-cindy-hyde-smith-in-2018-heres-why-im-voting-for-mike-espy-in-2020/ 

Democrat Congressman Mike Doyle's South Side Office, Democratic Candidate Sean Parnell's House Vandalized With Similar Messages
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/11/01/doyle-parnell-vandalism-cases/

Trump has told confidants he'll claim victory Tuesday night
https://axios.com/trump-claim-election-victory-ballots-97eb12b9-5e35-402f-9ea3-0ccfb47f613f.html?

The Jets highest paid player on the field today is Kansas City Chiefs running back, Le'Veon Bell

"BRĀDŸ ČĀŃT ŚĀVÊ ŸÔÛ" billboard up in Buffalo on the throughway to the stadium
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Elv3SThXUAAC8Cs?format=jpg&name=small

Cam fumbles in the redzone, Bills recover. The Pats are now 2-5
https://streamable.com/iwm3u1

Brady would let Ted Bundy sleep on his couch if he was a good wr: #Bucs WR Antonio Brown has been staying at Tom Brady's house as he gets caught up on the playbook, per @JayGlazer. The #Bucs were "shocked" at how physically ready he is despite not playing in over a year. Brady has even been helping off the field, introducing AB to Tony Robbins.
https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1322950049853329408

Final Seconds of Steelers vs Ravens Game. I expected an ugly game but good g/d.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LBIKO7-uCs

With 1.63 million votes cast, Maricopa County voter turnout has already surpassed 2016
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/01/voter-turnout-maricopa-county-surpasses-2016-days-early/6116477002/

11 States Are Choosing Their Governor On Tuesday. Here Are The Races To Watch.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/11-states-are-choosing-their-governor-on-tuesday-here-are-the-races-to-watch/

#Ravens coach John Harbaugh announces that LT Ronnie Stanley is out for the season with a "severe ankle injury." Just brutal.
https://twitter.com/rapsheet/status/1323016437926105090

Mahomes goes over 400 yards with his 5th Passing TD today. 41 yards to Hill
https://twitter.com/NFLFrance/status/1323001529771634689

Deadly Taliban Attack On Governor's Compound Was A Drone Attack | About 2,100 Afghan civilians were killed and 3,800 wounded in the first nine months of 2020, according to a United Nations report released Tuesday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/01/world/asia/taliban-drone-afghanistan.html

27 October - Taliban drone use Khost
https://twitter.com/avsec_pro/status/1323026220238266368

25 October - Taliban drone use Helmand
https://twitter.com/avsec_pro/status/1323026395002368001

15 October - Taliban drone use Zabul:
https://twitter.com/avsec_pro/status/1323024114219507712

October 7 - Taliban drone use:
https://twitter.com/avsec_pro/status/1323024204321550336

7 May - Weapons cache with drone in Afghanistan:
https://twitter.com/avsec_pro/status/1323024473516171264

9 Aug - Taliban drone use Helmand:
https://twitter.com/avsec_pro/status/1323024600133849088

24 July - Taliban drone use Helmand:
https://twitter.com/avsec_pro/status/1323025064351068160

3 Jan 18 - Weapons cache in Kabul with drone:
https://twitter.com/avsec_pro/status/1323027522146037762

Here are the official charts on jobs in Michigan auto manufacturing and Michigan auto parts manufacturing. Spot where Barack Obama killed the industry and Donald Trump saved it! (This is a claim Trump has been making.)
https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1323038999963967490

On Monday, November 2, President Obama will travel to Atlanta, Georgia and Miami, Florida to campaign on behalf of Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Georgia Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1323042133582909441 

.@GOPChairwoman on the Texas bus incident this AM: "Certainly you don't want harm. And we shouldn't be hurting other people. The president would not endorse that." The president this evening:
https://twitter.com/merica/status/1323073001546539008

Republican Lawyer Ben Ginsberg, who led the party's election litigation efforts for decades: "Proof of systematic fraud has become the Loch Ness Monster of the Republican Party. People have spent a lot of time looking for it, but it doesn't exist."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/01/ben-ginsberg-voter-suppression-republicans/