The Miami Heat defeat the Los Angeles Lakers 115-104 behind 40/11/13 from Jimmy Butler to cut the series to 2-1Post Game Thread
LeBron walks off the court before the game ends, he almost always does this when his team loses the game, unsportsmanlike
https://streamable.com/jyzt3d
Jimmy Butler with huge triple double in Game 3 win. Butler with 40 points (14-20 FG) 11 rebounds 13 assists
Jimmy Butler has the 3rd 40-point triple double in NBA Finals History, joining Jerry West and Lebron James.
Jimmy Butler is the first player to outscore, outrebound and out-assist LeBron James in a Finals game, including LeBron's teammates. Via Elias. Jimmy Buckets was on 🔥🔥 tonight
https://twitter.com/marcjspears/status/1312947613491245057
Jimmy Butler on his 40-point triple double: "I don't care about a triple double. I don't care about none of that. I really don't. I want to win. We did that."
https://streamable.com/l39sml
LeBron told Jimmy that the Heat were in trouble, at the end of the first. Jimmy said it in reply late in the fourth, for context
https://twitter.com/VinceGoodwill/status/1312945984327094276
https://streamable.com/v7tdl1 [video of both moments]
Jimmy says LeBron told him "you're in trouble" in the first quarter. He responded by saying the same thing in the fourth
https://streamable.com/002hpr
This is in response to the question regarding "They're in trouble". The reporter asked Jimmy if that's what he said. Jimmy confirmed it and added that LeBron said it to him first: Jimmy Butler on "They're in trouble": let's not act like I'm just out here talking trash. LeBron said it to me at the end of the first.
https://www.twitter.com/Brendan_Tobin/status/1312950449880866816
Love the fact that LeBron is facing someone who isn't afraid to talk shit back
CP3 says 90% of league is registered to vote
https://streamable.com/gctb5f
Herro drives and finishes
https://streamable.com/pkfcyd
Kelly Olynyk with 17 points, outscored Anthony Davis in Game 3 of the 2020 NBA Finals
LeBron James has passed John Stockton for 2nd-most assists in playoff history with 1,840
Duncan Robinson seals the game with a 3
https://streamable.com/h25zim
The lack of talk/love about Jae Crowder during this bubble is an embarrassment to the integrity of the game of basketball.
https://twitter.com/Money23Green/status/13129265401669591040
Coach Spoelstra: "How else do you say it other than Jimmy effing Butler?"
https://streamable.com/v39hmu
Duncan Robinson: 13 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL, 1 BLK, game high +27
Jimmy Butler is the first person in Finals history to have a 40-point triple double and 70% FG Pct
Jimmy Butler was also LeBron's primary defender tonight
Butler drives on Lebron and scores
https://streamable.com/n8ubl1
The Heat went 51/41/91 in Game 2. Went 50/33/90 in Game 3.
Jimmy Butler had as many points, steals, blocks and more assists than Lebron and Anthony Davis combined tonight
Jimmy played 45 of the 48 minutes, and dropped a 40 point triple double. He also didn't commit a single foul tonight, which is very impressive considering he had 2 steals and played great defense on LeBron throughout the game.
Danny Green passes up two wide open threes in the same possession
https://streamable.com/c6nfti
Rondo hits a circus shot
https://streamable.com/02jrrp
Anthony Davis attempted only 1 shot in the 4th quarter and went scoreless in the period.
Players are all exhausted, they're playing a Finals series 4 months after the season should have ended, they're playing a Finals series in October, when the 2020-2021 season should have already started. And they're doing so outside their own comfort zone, outside of their own normal life patterns and training routine (trapped in a hotel resort which they're no doubt tired of). During an extremely draining political climate.
Butler spins and scores with ease
https://streamable.com/l9zv1z
LeBron + AD: 13 Turnovers (8 and 5). Miami Heat: 12 Turnovers
White House staffers get email saying to stay home - instead of getting tested - if they experience coronavirus symptoms. "If you're feeling sick, you're fired!"
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/519572-white-house-staffers-get-email-saying-to-stay-home-if-they-experience
The US has reported more than 97,000 new Covid-19 cases since the news of Trump's positive test | America's Covid-19 outbreak is a lot bigger than Trump.
https://www.vox.com/coronavirus-covid19/2020/10/4/21500997/trump-us-covid-19-cases-deaths-update
Veteran in McSally campaign ad supports illegal and unconstitutional waterboarding, dismisses covid19 as a hoax
https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/veteran-mcsally-campaign-ad-waterboarding-downplays-covid-19-11498128
West Virginia Delegate Republican John Mandt resigns from House after screenshots of anti-gay slurs surface
https://wvmetronews.com/2020/10/04/mandt-resigns-from-house-after-screenshots-of-anti-gay-slurs-surface/
Even with Trump's illness, the Trump administration's false and misleading claims about COVID-19 continue
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-ill-administrations-misleading-claims-about-covid-19-continue-2020-10
Designated domestic terrorist right-wing militants, KKK, Aryans, Neo-Nazis, Far-right groups, feeling support from Trump, find fertile recruiting ground in the Northwest
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-09-30/portland-protests-trump-far-right
Reminder: Designated domestic terrorist right-wing militants show up at hospital rally to support Trump, FBI refusing to arrest the very groups they designated DOMESTIC TERRORISTS
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-proud-boys-alt-far-right-gavin-mcinnes-covid-hospital-b789243.html
Police Reform Takes Center Stage at Los Angeles DA Debate
https://www.courthousenews.com/police-reform-takes-center-stage-at-los-angeles-da-debate/
He's worse than a sociopath. There's 210,000 dead on his watch and he plays the heroic victim and the discoverer of an illness that he has consistently denied even existed.
Trump's National Security Advisor Robert C. O'Brien Insists Russian Government Is Committed To Not Interfering In Elections
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/04/us/politics/russia-election-interference.html
For 10 days, Mars will shine the brightest it has since 2003
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mars-shine-bright-next-ten-days-1.5749742
YES: Schumer: Graham must require testing for senators, staff before Supreme Court hearings
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/519618-schumer-graham-must-require-testing-for-senators-staff-before-supreme-court
Exxon's Plan for Surging Carbon Emissions Revealed in Leaked Documents | Internal projections from one of world's largest oil producers show an increase in its enormous contribution to global warming
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-05/exxon-carbon-emissions-and-climate-leaked-plans-reveal-rising-co2-output
Matt Patricia has lost 12 of his last 13 games, despite leading in all but one of them. He's lost the last 6 games in which he's led by double digits, an NFL record.
https://www.twitter.com/kmeinke/status/1312881919059800069
Matt Patricia was asked why people should still believe he's the right coach to turn the Lions around: "When I came to Detroit, there was a lot of work to do. That's what we're trying to do," he said. When he came to Detroit they'd just finished 9-7. They're 15 games under .500 since.
https://twitter.com/pat_thorman/status/1312898516898000897
Nick Foles is 0-5 in his last five games as starter, Trubisky is 4-1.
Dak Prescott on becoming the first QB to throw for over 450 yards in three consecutive games: "I'd give all those yards back for a different record."
https://twitter.com/jonmachota/status/1312863813302181890
(a win record)
Texans pass on Earl Thomas after numerous players made push to keep the safety out of their locker room
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/texans-pass-on-earl-thomas-after-numerous-players-made-push-to-keep-the-safety-out-of-their-locker-room/
Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tests positive for coronavirus19. She briefed the press yesterday without wearing a mask
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/05/trump-press-secretary-kayleigh-mcenany-tests-positive-for-coronavirus.html
Melania Trump didn't visit husband to avoid exposing Secret Service and medical staff to Covid19. From the same person who had said "Give me a fucking break" and "I don't really care, do you" about kids at the border, I find this empathy hard to believe.
https://www.businessinsider.com/melania-trump-observing-coronavirus-isolation-rules-unlike-president-nbc-2020-10
100,000 Ballot Requests Were Illegally And Unconstitutionally Invalidated In Iowa After Courts Sided With Trump Campaign
https://theintercept.com/2020/10/05/iowa-absentee-ballot-requests-trump/
Women-led political groups commit $10 million in digital ads to Biden-Harris ahead of VP debate
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-harris-campaign-women-led-political-groups-10-million-ads-debate/
All 3 players with 40+ pt triple doubles in the finals were "on the floor" last night. With Butler getting a 40pt triple double he joined LeBron (opponent), and Jerry West (on the logo on the court) as the only players in finals history to do so.
Jaylen Brown, Harrison Barnes, George Hill, Chris Paul and Dwight Powell have won the NBA's end of season Community Assist Award.
https://twitter.com/JaredWeissNBA/status/1313148599354691587
Trump unleashed odd early morning all caps Twitter storm. PROTECT PRE EXISTING CONDITIONS. VOTE! So... For Biden? Trump should NOT be on Twitter let alone leading the country on steroids.
Appeals Court rules Trump administration can't detain young immigrants in hotels
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/519607-court-rules-trump-administration-cant-detain-young-immigrants-in
LOL Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Pennsylvania Shutdown Order
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-05/supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-pennsylvania-shutdown-order
High Court Rebuffs Clerk Who Withheld Gay-Marriage Licenses | The U.S. Supreme Court let two gay couples press a lawsuit against Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who refused to abide by the 2015 high court ruling that legalized same-sex weddings nationwide. | Davis was challenging a 3-0 federal appeals court decision that said the suit could go forward and that the couples could seek damages. The Cincinnati-based court said the couples made a plausible allegation that Davis had violated a clearly established legal right to marry. The couples -- David Ermold and David Moore, and James Yates and Will Smith -- were rejected three times when they requested marriage licenses from the Rowan County clerk's office in 2015. They urged the Supreme Court to reject Davis's appeal without a hearing. Davis, who lost her re-election bid in 2018, contended she was entitled to "qualified immunity," a legal protection more commonly used by police officers seeking to stop civil rights lawsuits.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-05/supreme-court-rebuffs-clerk-who-withheld-gay-marriage-licenses
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/19-926.html
Kim Davis didn't just lose re-election. She lost it to one of the men whose marriage license she refused to approve.
Ammon Bundy Refuses To Wear A Mask, Ruins High School Football Game
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/ammon-bundy-refuses-to-wear-a-mask-ruins-high-school-football-game
Trump Campaign Attacks Joe Biden for Not Having Covid19
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-campaign-attacks-joe-biden-for-not-having-covid-19
Joe Biden's small business outreach shows he's ready to spark America's strongest recovery ever
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/519628-joe-bidens-small-business-outreach-shows-hes-ready-to-spark-americas
Supreme Court is back in session and will decide whether or not to officially terminate the PPACA, and may decide the election results
Tasmanian devils have been reintroduced into the wild in mainland Australia for the first time in 3,000 years.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-54417343
Jewish student attacked with a shovel in Germany. The suspect, 29, was dressed in military clothes and had a hand-drawn swastika in his pocket, police said. Muslims and "refugees" and illegal immigrants and obese blob dictator Angela Merkel are destroying Germany, blame Jews
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54417350
The obvious story from yesterday is Jimmy Butler putting the team on his back and he deservedly should get recognized for that. But what the stats don't show is Tyler Herro absolutely refusing to back down from LeBron James. LeBron definitely got the best of him during the game because it's LeBron, but you have to love to see that drive from a rookie on a stage like this.
Sometimes the quick shot is the best shot if the defense is expecting you to run the clock. Snarling Herro turned it up towards the end there, just attacking the rim over and over, all that energy he had was crazy.
In addition to Kayleigh McEnany, two other staff members in the press office have tested positive for the coronavirus19. Chad Gilmartin and assistant press secretary Karoline Leavitt are positive, sources told ABC News.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1313165841534341121
The White House coronavirus19 outbreak is not under control, as evidenced by the new infections announced today. There needs to be a lot more transparency about what is being done to protect people who work at that facility and to prevent further spread of this virus.
Otto Warmbier was unavailable for comment....: I felt safer reporting in North Korea than I currently do reporting at The White House. This is just crazy.
https://twitter.com/benstracy/status/1313146869573464064
GOLDMAN SACHS: A Democratic "blue wave" would "likely result in substantially easier US fiscal policy, a reduced risk of renewed trade escalation, and a firmer global growth outlook."
https://twitter.com/JimPethokoukis/status/1313162920981913600
Justin Herbert on 3rd downs: 21/26 for 305 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs, 17 first downs, 154.0 passer rating, 80.77% completion
Texans coach Bill O'Brien says he's not concerned about job after 0-4 start
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/30046191/texans-coach-bill-obrien-says-not-concerned-job-0-4-start
The #Titans have zero COVID-19 positive tests today, source said, a big step toward opening their facility and playing football.
https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1313092597540417537
Deshaun Watson: 'It is what it is. We're 0-4. I'm not going to let it take my joy. My spirit, my smile, my energy, my love of the game is still going to be there.'
https://twitter.com/AaronWilson_NFL/status/1312860657226780674
4-0 vibe
https://twitter.com/BuffaloBills/status/1313136765964779529
Murphy is among the Democrats who have tried to have a good relationship with this White House during this crisis. This statement is notable: The President & his staff acted recklessly in coming to New Jersey knowing that they had been exposed to someone with a confirmed positive test. We hope that no confirmed cases come out of the event in Bedminster. This is a matter of humanity, but also of leadership by example.
https://twitter.com/GovMurphy/status/1313163121301823493
We continue to investigate reports that suggest the Bedminster event may not have complied with our current rules, which may have put others at risk. Any failures to comply with our emergency orders will be referred to @NewJerseyOAG for a follow-up.
https://twitter.com/GovMurphy/status/1313163627919273984
Press pool still waiting outside Walter Reed. No sign of any action, no helicopter on the landing pad here. It has been over 24 hours since his medical team updated us on his health.
Reminder: Seven top aides to Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, wrote a letter that surfaced Saturday saying he should be investigated in connection with offenses including improper influence, abuse of office, bribery and other potential criminal acts
https://twitter.com/NYTNational/status/1313172354172891136
Republican Senator Sen. Ron Johnson says he'll murder everybody to make sure Barrett is put onto the Supreme Court
https://khow.iheart.com/content/2020-10-05-sen-ron-johnson-r-wi-discusses-his-positive-covid19-diagnosis/
Cuomo rightfully won't allow NYC to close businesses in 9 virus hot spots, a legal and rightful decision that preempted the mayor's idiotic moot plan (people live in zip code A, shop in zipcode B, work in zipcode C, go to school in zipcode D, visit the doctor in zipcode E, etc
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/nyregion/cuomo-shutdown-coronavirus.html
The racist white aryan neo-nazi kkk confederate flag on display outside Walter Reed hospital.
https://twitter.com/PhilipinDC/status/1313176392675348484?s=20
Median duration of a covid19 hospital stay 10-13 days. Patients can deteriorate quickly a week after symptoms manifest. But Trump wants to be cleared for business as usual. It's his national pandemic strategy applied to himself — and for the same reason.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/05/true-form-trump-wants-move-his-coronavirus-infection-despite-looming-dangers/
The problem isn't that the media aren't asking "the right questions". The problem is that "the right questions" aren't being answered.
At the Cliftondale Church voting location, the person with the key to the voting machines showed up late causing delays.
https://americanoversight.org/document/fulton-county-georgia-communications-with-state-officials-in-early-june-2020
New documents: We obtained records of voter complaints & election mishaps from the June primary in Fulton County, Georgia. The records highlight problems that could reoccur in November: absentee ballots sent to the wrong address, broken voting machines, & long lines.
https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1313180878986772480
Not wholly surprising - voters have now shrugged their way through a series of sex scandals. We saw after Al Franken resigned that most voters didn't want him to go. It was Kristin Gillibrand (spelling) who screamed and screamed and screamed because she wanted to run for the Presidency and viewed Franken as a major threat.
TONIGHT: @LesterHoltNBC anchors a live town hall discussion with Joe Biden from Miami, Florida. The special prime time event starts at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. #BidenTownHall
https://twitter.com/NBCPolitics/status/1313179898853298177
Doctors believe Browns' RB Nick Chubb is expected to miss about six weeks
https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1313150121853542403
Doc Rivers on what went wrong with Clippers (besides COVID) - "We had a 3-1 lead and didn't [win]. I love that we got up 3-1. It tell us that we're doing something great. What I didn't like is we didn't close. That's something that'll bother me for a long time until we win here."
https://streamable.com/o55ua7
"We will not see diseases like the coronavirus19 come here, we will not see terrorism, and isn't that refreshing when contrasting it with the awful presidency of Barack Obama?" -Kayleigh McEnany, who tested positive for covid19 last week
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/us/politics/kayleigh-mcenany-trump-coronavirus.html
102-year-old woman who never missed a vote casts her mail-in ballot in full PPE
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/election-2020-102-year-old-woman-ballot-ppe-chicago/
Trump blames US troops and/or police for infecting White House staff just before he tested positive for Covid19
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-suggests-military-police-to-blame-for-staff-getting-coronavirus-2020-10
U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, Attorney General Ken Paxton's former top aide, calls for Paxton's resignatio
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/05/ken-paxton-chip-roy/
I have no objection to Democrats 'virtue signaling' over masks because demonstrating a commitment to public health during the worst pandemic in a century contributes in an important way to the common good.
I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don't be afraid of Covid. Don't let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313186529058136070
A source familiar with POTUS phone calls from the hospital today tells me he said "I need to get out of here." He's being warned that if he rushes to leave the hospital and has a setback it would be bad for not just his health, but his re-election campaign.
https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN/status/1313175430615240704
Trump's message as he prepares to leave Walter Reed: "Don't be afraid of Covid." Not sure how that will sit with the families of more than 210,000 Americans who are dead and the million-plus people who tested positive and the tens of millions of people who have no health care coverage, no family doctor, no money, nothing, etc, the millions of essential workers who may or may not have health care coverage, the millions of forcibly unemployed people, etc. This is so insulting to the families and friends of the over 210,000 people that have died from Covid19.
Far too little decades too late: The IRS is investigating longtime National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre for possible criminal tax fraud, people familiar with the matter said
https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-investigating-nras-wayne-lapierre-for-possible-tax-fraud-11601923467
Greg Laurie, who was at the SCOTUS Rose Garden event, confirms he has tested positive for Covid19
https://twitter.com/greglaurie/status/1313186724692938752
6:30 PM - when Trump leaves Walter Reed - is timed to be live on the evening newscasts. He should be locked down in Walter Reed until he tests negative twice in a row
Thinking today about all the people who died alone in the hospital unable to see their loved ones in their final moments.
Beatrice Lumpkin — who began voting 80 years ago — said the first presidential candidate she voted for was FDR in 1940. She hasn't missed a vote since.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/election-2020-102-year-old-woman-ballot-ppe-chicago/
The Phillies say Rhys Hoskins had Tommy John surgery last Friday on his non-throwing elbow. He's out four to six months.
https://twitter.com/MattGelb/status/1313194069301100544
Biden needs to say "I look forward to defeating Donald in our final two debates, which I am calling to be held virtually given his reckless ignorance about spreading covid19 while being infected. If he can work from the hospital, then he can debate remotely from wherever he may be"(wearing a mask)
How fucking out of touch do you have to be to get airlifted to a hospital because you not only tested positive for covid19 but were symptomatic and suffering a few symptons bad enough to accept an experimental treatment which almost killed you (oxygen levels dropped, requiring emergency oxygen) and resulted in you being emergency airlifted to Walter Reed where you're treated 20 top tier doctors on your own private floor, and given more experimental drugs only to come away from the experience thinking "Don't be afraid of Covid19. Don't let it dominate your life." and "I know more than the doctors about it, I have it."
This was actually the worst-case scenario: Trump gets a mild/moderate case, downplays it, and a whole bunch of people start taking covid19 even less seriously than before.
If Trump was actually tested every single day, his doctors and political aides could easily say when his last negative test was. Instead they've refused, casting serious doubt on what they've claimed for months.
You can't selectively invoke HIPAA when convenient. The health of the President is the Nation's business. And HIPAA doesn't apply.
Odds Trump holds an in-person rally in the next 10, scratch that, 5 days?
I really don't understand why Biden and Harris are still willing to debate these monsters. Trump and his enablers have repeatedly lied about their health and put others, including the Biden family, at risk.
Dr. Conley just said that POTUS has not been on fever-reducing medications for 72 hours. That is wrong. Dexamethasone is a fever-reducing medication.
https://twitter.com/celinegounder/status/1313199064952037378
He is there right now saying the President is doing great and recovered. But he will continue to receive Remdesivir and dexamethasone outside of the hospital. He's doing so well that he will continue to receive the drugs designated for severe Covid19 cases. What a fucking shitshow
Many folks would be less scared of coronavirus if they had
- a team of the nation's best doctors
- the most cutting-edge treatments instantly available
- a full covid hospital room at home w/top doctors & nurses there
- free health insurance & 0 worries about medical debt
There is no coming back from this for Dr. Conley. He has repeatedly lied and hid the truth to help Trump politically even as it puts others at risk. Truly disgraceful.
https://twitter.com/TVietor08/status/1313200973657985024
Good: Gov. Andrew Cuomo: "I have to say to the Orthodox community tomorrow, 'If you're not willing to live with these rules, then I'm going to close the synagogues.'"
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1313180695599222786
A small Russian bank whose owner was supported by Russian intelligence on a number of levels, transferred $330 million into Deutsche Bank's branch in NY to spend on unknown recipients. This is a spy story.
https://forensicnews.net/2020/10/01/russian-intelligence-connected-bank-deposited-330-million-into-deutsche-bank-america/
You can't trust a word from this administration, whether it's the press secretary or Trump's team of doctors. They will say and show whatever to meet Trump's wants/agenda. You might have the occasional straggler here and there that goes against the grain, but the takeaway is the same: You can't ever take their word for it, because telling the truth and being transparent has never been (and won't ever be) the point. Note that that doesn't necessarily mean they never tell the truth.
Trump cares, above all, about his image and status. Trump cannot stand looking like he's not in control of something. He's put out videos since his diagnosis that aim to show that he's doing well, and that, for the most part, nothing is out of the ordinary (i.e., he's still the president doing president things). He even did that ridiculous drive-by to show his local supporters that he's just fine. I imagine he never wanted to go to Walter Reed, and has since his admission wanted to return to the White House, because each moment he spends in that hospital is a moment he looks vulnerable and submissive (e.g., to the virus and his medical team), which he can't abide.
Trump's first positive diagnosis probably did occur on Thursday, because any sort of covid19-like symptoms would've been picked up by the rabid media during this election period if he was getting sick sooner than that. However, I imagine that someone like the president would be getting tested on a daily basis at least, and that he'd probably test positive before he felt any symptoms, given covid19's tendency to be contagious a couple of days prior to a symptomatic phase. Still, the White House has been very lackadaisical with respect to the pandemic, so perhaps he wasn't getting tested as often as we might think. Unfortunately, because of #1, I don't expect to ever know the real answer as to when Trump first came up positive.
Jamal Adams tweeted a pic with a joint in it, deleted it, and then tweeted the same photo without the joint in it 5 minutes later
https://twitter.com/incredelman11/status/1312816268358029312
Raiders TE Darren Waller was fined $30,000 and several teammates were fined $15,000 each for attending Waller's recent fundraiser, at which some were photographed without masks
https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1313197017095696386
Timeline for Herman Cain
07/02 diagnosed with covid19
07/10 says he is improving
07/15 says his doctors seem happy
07/27 says he's really getting better
07/30 DEAD
Man Standing Outside Polls With AK-47 Just There To Protect People From Voting
https://www.theonion.com/man-standing-outside-polls-with-ak-47-just-there-to-pro-1845275010
Trump's Covid-19 diagnosis makes it much harder for his Republican allies in tough House and Senate races to play down the public health risk of the pandemic.
Tech guru John McAfee arrested in Spain on U.S. charges of tax evasion and willful failure to file tax returns. John McAfee indicted: DOJ unseals indictment charging John McAfee with tax evasion: alleges McAfee directed income to be paid into banks and cryptocurrency exchange accounts in the names of nominees. Also alleges McAfee put assets, including a yacht, in the names of others.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1324536/download
Showdown between Cubans outside Biden's Little Havana stop today. Trump supporter: "Vete pa Cuba, socialista!!! LÃmpiale los pies a Raul Castro que te gusta el comunismo." Biden supporter: "Vete tu que yo nacà aquÃ!!! Yo no soy ningún socialista."
https://twitter.com/sabrod123/status/1313213342945771522
A federal grand jury has indicted Baltimore attorney Stephen L. Snyder, 72, on federal charges of attempted extortion. https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-steve-snyder-umms-misconduct-20200717-dnaargw5w5hmlcvryb63uhfi4a-story.html
The Supreme Court is set to meet Friday about a South Carolina executive order that tried to cut Planned Parenthood off Medicaid: Here are 17 other abortion-related cases in the pipeline to the high court.
https://www.businessinsider.com/rbg-abortion-rights-supreme-court-trump-roe-wade-nominee-2020-9
NatSec Adviser @robertcobrien reveals on @facethenation that he met with Vladimir Putin's "right hand man" Friday in Geneva. He said he warned the US will have "no tolerance" for "interference with our Election Day, with our voting- with the vote tallies." He says Russia agreed
https://twitter.com/margbrennan/status/1312787557936254977
The specific reference to vote tallies stood out to me. That's different potential activity than the Russian influence operation on 2020 that the intel community says is already underway.
https://twitter.com/margbrennan/status/1313232264399126536
The White House has decided not to trace the contacts of guests and staff members at the Sept. 26 Rose Garden celebration for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, where at least eight people, including the president, may have become infected. They never took covid19 seriously to begin with so another unsurprising answer from Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/health/contact-tracing-white-house.html
Bill O'Brien has been fired as Texans' head coach and general manager, effective immediately, according to league sources not authorized to speak publicly
https://twitter.com/AaronWilson_NFL/status/1313220907603820555
[Davante Adams] Sorry fans and friends I wont be on the field tonight. I've done everything I need to do and proved Im ready but I guess I don't know my body as well as others. Good luck out there my boys.
https://twitter.com/tae15adams/status/1313111901543555074
Bill O'Brien has been fired as Texans' head coach and general manager, effective immediately, according to league sources not authorized to speak publicly
https://twitter.com/AaronWilson_NFL/status/1313220907603820555
Bill O'Brien getting fired on the day he promoted himself back to play caller feels like something that would happen to Bill O'Brien. Now fire Adam Gase and hire Bill O' Brian of course! The Jets cycle continues! ..Adam Gase hired as new coach of the Texans. Matt Patricia? He took a 9-7 team and made them bad, he needs more time to fix the mess that is clearly not his fault!
It's going to be unpopular because Bill O'Brien is a completely shambolic GM but he should be in consideration for HC positions. He was doing reasonably well in Houston before they handed him absolute power. 27-21 in his first 3 years with 2 playoff apps and 1 playoff win with Fitzpatrick, Hoyer and Osweiler as his QBs. 21-10 in 2 seasons with 2 playoff apps and a playoff win in the seasons when he had a healthy Watson. His only losing season came when Watson and Watt were out for the season and they had to play Tom Savage and TJ Yates at QB. The Division was bad but those are still some solid results.
Brian Hoyer has never started for the New England #Patriots. He's expected to do so tonight against the defending SB Champs #Chiefs. Hoyer has lost the last 10 starts he has made, that is the longest active losing streak in the NFL.
https://twitter.com/diannaESPN/status/1313109733851779073
The New York Giants have one touchdown in their last twelve quarters
I like that he says "don't let Covid19 dominate your life" like all Americans have a helicopter on their lawn waiting to fly them to the nearest hospital to get the latest in available treatments, including access to experimental medicines not cleared by FDA, and health insurance to pay for all of it, paid for by the people. An ambulance ride to the hospital would financially wreck most Americans.
To say that covid19 is not dominating every facet of our lives is derangement, terrorism, negligence. And I'm saying that as someone who does not wear a mask (and has not been forced out of any place) and vehemently opposes face covering mandates and opposes social distancing (none of those things are the solution.......). Large industries such as film, travel, and recreation, are almost completely shuttered. Parents are right now struggling with childcare and managing student learning. People are losing their jobs and homes and businesses.
Trump: It's Actually Good I Contracted The Coronavirus19
Me: It actually is, BUT YOU FAILED TO LEARN THE LESSON
The Rose Garden ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett was supposed to define the the rest of the campaign. It did. Just not how Trump hoped.
Judges Tell Trump His Officials Are Serving Illegally. Republicans Do Nothing. Three high-ranking administration officials have been found by courts to be working in violation of a 1998 law that governs how a president can appoint temporary officials
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/climate/trump-pendley-land-management.html/
Trump Campaign: Biden Not Qualified For Presidency Because He Hasn't Contracted Covid-19. An historic spin zone.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/10/donald-trump-joe-biden-covid-19
Biden hasn't experienced bankruptcy, either.
Joe Biden has first-hand experience not getting covid19. I like Presidents who don't get covid19.
How is this country set up to be completely demolished in 4 years by one power hungry party?
New documentary "Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground" captures the efforts to mobilize the Latino vote ahead of the 2020 election in November.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/latino-vote-dispatches-battleground-looks-hispanic-voter-mobilization-2020-n1241849
Trump cannot advance democracy and human rights," he says, "when he has embraced so many autocrats"
https://nytimes.com/2020/10/05/us/politics/biden-florida-covid.html
So he because sick with covid19D and somehow he just DOUBLES THE FUCK DOWN on telling people to ignore the disease. Holy fuck.
Scalia's son apologizes to parish for not wearing mask during Barrett's White House ceremony, is quarantined
https://twitter.com/scotusreporter/status/1313249743724834826
"Do you think you might be a super-spreader, Mr. President?"
https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/1313248648495595524
It's killed 7,000 of your constituents and 210,000K Americans and destroyed the nation: COVID stood NO chance against DonaldTrump
https://twitter.com/KLoeffler/status/1313201217309417478
When former Texans coach-GM Bill O'Brien fired people over the years, he did so with a lot of F bombs and orders to get the F out of the building immediately, per sources. That wasn't how he was dismissed today by Cal McNair, though
https://twitter.com/AaronWilson_NFL/status/1313243776769568768
Bill O'Brien had lost the confidence of organization, including several players and staff, and was increasingly prone to arguments with staff, including a recent and loud verbal exchange in front of players on the practice field, according to sources
https://twitter.com/AaronWilson_NFL/status/1313235550674001920
Trump just walked up the stairs to the White House and then promptly took off his mask.
https://twitter.com/VickyPJWard/status/1313253091899252741
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He's back out again. Without a mask! Holy!
He's wandering around like a dementia patient. Someone call his handlers.
The president's advisers hope to show that he's beaten the virus and also that he understands it better than he did. First thing he did when he got to the White House was take his mask off.
Trump filming himself with his back to the entire nation. Could there be a more appropriate image?
We are supposed to believe the man who still went to rallies unmasked, knowing his staff were feeling sick/having symptoms/testing positive is really going to isolate himself in an area of the White House? Ha.....
Brit Hume says on Fox News that the virus "almost certainly isn't going to kill you." I can think of 210,000 reasons right here in the US why this is a dumb and dangerous take. Add to that another 1,000,000+ million deaths globally.
Concern rises for White House residence staffers as their workplace emerges as a virus hot spot
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/white-house-residence-staff-virus/2020/10/05/a8399794-0645-11eb-9be6-cf25fb429f1a_story.html
I can definitely see why the doctors would want him out of their hospital as soon as possible.
This really is Trump's "Mission Accomplished" moment.
Republicans are blocking strict new federal guidelines for the emergency release of a coronavirus19 vaccine, objecting to a provision that would almost certainly guarantee that no vaccine could be authorized before the election. They want a vaccine prematurely released now, even if it kills people. They want to say, "it's our vaccine, Trump saved us!"
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/us/politics/coronavirus-vaccine-guidelines.html
He has covid-19. He's leaving the hospital early to show strength. Which is a mistake. I think a small part of him is leaving the hospital because he saw that he wasn't getting any pity points. If his polls started skyrocketing after he was admitted he'd probably stay there until they got better.
Don't forget that Biden lost one of his close friends, Larry Rasky, to Covid-19. Rasky was Biden's press secretary during his first presidential campaign, an advisor to his 2008 campaign, and was supporting him strongly in 2020.
https://twitter.com/joelockhart/status/1243742122559377409
It certainly makes everything very clear, watching this play out, that this is how the president functions on just about everything that interests himself personally. Reckless, ignorant, stubborn, foolish, short-term and image-obsessed. If it doesn't involve himself personally, he doesn't give a shit, or finds an angle to leverage it to benefit himself personally.
Pick a policy category, it doesn't matter which one, the mode of operation follows the same as with his coronavirus episodes
Texans fire Bill O'Brien and the Astros offense scores immediately. Weird. Not really. Whatever
Trump supporters: He Has Risen!
The rest of America: Sure, from an assbirth, which is why 100,000,000+ million of us already early voted for Biden.
He's reshooting his entrance to the WH because his hair was floating from Marine One's prop wash. A couple minutes after POTUS entered the WH, he came back outside with several people and a camera crew to apparently reshoot his entrance into the White House. He was not wearing a mask at any point during this.
The electronically-assisted citibikes kind of make you feel like Lance Armstrong
Also thinking today about all the people who haven't seen their families in months, people who haven't been to church or any religious service, people who had to cancel weddings, people who couldn't hold funerals, because they were and are following guidance to keep others safe.
NFL is fortunate to have both Reid and Belechick in the league
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Gibson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Haeger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armelia_McQueen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Keith
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Middleton (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0585485/)
I would like to know who at the White House watched this and said "yes, that's great, he intentionally caught the virus to lead, this is a winning message, post it."
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313267615083761665
*The president* has the best medical equipment and the best medicines, as he should. Those things are not guaranteed for anybody else. Almost nobody has access to the best medical equipment or the best medicines.
Here we gp SCOTUS ILLEGALLY AND UNCONSTITUTIONALLY reinstates South Carolina's witness requirement for absentee ballots—but, by a 5–3 vote, says ballots cast without a witness signature must be counted if they're received by Oct. 7. Thomas, Gorsuch, and Alito would let SCOTUS ILLEGALLY AND UNCONSTITUTIONALLY nullify those ballots. THEY WOULD INVALIDATE LEGAL BALLOTS LEGALLY CAST. They are also doing virtual hearings but ILLEGALLY AND UNCONSTITUTIONALLY require people to have witnesses for their ballots or go vote in person and get sick and die
https://supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20a55_dc8e.pdf
The covid19 infected president who is just beginning the covid19 battle tweets a video saying not to be afraid of a virus that has killed more than 210,000 Americans. He may be added to the total.
Trump, who is still covid positive and will be for at least 10-14+ days and is being treated with steroid cocktails says in the WH without wearing a mask: "maybe I'm immune."
Megachurch Pastor Matt Hagee Contracts covid19 After Suing to Force School Reopenings
https://www.thedailybeast.com/san-antonio-pastor-john-hagee-has-coronavirus-and-residents-are-worried-about-covid-19
Florida online voter registration site broken, just hours before deadline to register
https://www.newsweek.com/florida-online-voter-registration-site-broken-just-hours-before-deadline-register-1536519
Bidencare Would Be a Big Deal. Don't dismiss it because it isn't Medicare for All | But while Biden is indeed proposing incremental change rather than Medicare for All, we're talking about some big increments. Independent estimates suggest that under Biden's plan, 15 million to 20 million Americans would gain health insurance. And premiums would fall sharply, especially for middle-class families. What policy changes are we talking about? To the extent that the Biden plan has received any attention at all, this attention has largely been focused on his proposed introduction of a "public option" — a Medicare-like plan that individuals could buy instead of purchasing private insurance. This option might be a first step toward a single-payer system, but it would be a small step, and in the near term would be much less important than other aspects of the plan. First and foremost, the Biden plan — Bidencare? ObamaBidencare? — would substantially increase the subsidies that currently help many but not all Americans who don't get insurance from their employers. The Affordable Care Act, as passed in 2010, was underfunded, because Democrats wanted to hold down the headline cost. This meant that premiums and co-payments were and are too high for many families. Since then, however, the politics have shifted: Public opinion has shifted in favor of the A.C.A., the Democratic Party has moved somewhat to the left and Republican willingness to ram through expensive, unfunded tax cuts has encouraged Democrats to be more aggressive. So the Biden plan would increase subsidies and also remove the upper-income limit that prevents many middle-class families from receiving aid. This would cost a fair amount of money: The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget puts the price tag at $850 billion over a decade. But it would cost far less than the 2017 tax cut, much of which went to corporations, which were supposed to respond by increasing investment, but didn't. The Biden plan would also automatically enroll low-income Americans in the public option, which is more important than it might sound. One of the defects of our system is that it's complex and confusing, and those who need help the most are often the least able to navigate their way to getting it. Ideally we'd just move to a simpler system, but for now auto-enrollment would be an important palliative measure. Oh, and the plan would also provide significant aid for long-term care, rural health, and mental health. None of this amounts to revolutionary change — in contrast to Trump's efforts to kill Obamacare, which would drastically change American health care, for the worse. But Bidencare would still be, as Biden didn't quite say when President Barack Obama signed the A.C.A. into law, a pretty big deal. True, America would still fall somewhat short of achieving what every other advanced country has — universal health care. But we'd get a lot closer, and many who currently have insurance coverage would see their costs fall and the quality of coverage improve. So health care, including to PROTECT PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, really does need your VOTE! If Trump wins, Americans will lose that protection and many will lose their health insurance or see their premiums soar; if Biden wins, Americans will keep that protection and many will gain insurance or see their premiums fall.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/opinion/joe-biden-health-care.html
https://www.crfb.org/papers/understanding-joe-bidens-2020-health-care-plan
https://www.kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/affordability-in-the-aca-marketplace-under-a-proposal-like-joe-bidens-health-plan/
https://www.kff.org/interactive/kff-health-tracking-poll-the-publics-views-on-the-aca/#?response=Favorable--Unfavorable&aRange=all
https://www.crfb.org/papers/understanding-joe-bidens-2020-health-care-plan
https://budget.house.gov/publications/report/cbo-confirms-gop-tax-law-contributes-darkening-fiscal-future
https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1312755983031111680
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/a-big-fucking-deal-bidens_n_509927
Remember back in May when McConnell forced everyone back to the Senate because there were no rules in place that allowed remote voting. Hmmm, did something change?
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/488073-mcconnell-rejects-remote-voting
The young man murdered at the Shell station in upper NW DC this morning is Alexander Nwogu, 23, a cum laude graduate just 5 months ago from Virginia Tech. He'd just gotten a job at Ernst and Young. So sad
https://twitter.com/BruceLeshan/status/1313168034551549954
"The shootings on well-traveled roads have worried residents in some of the District's more affluent neighborhoods and come amid a 15 percent increase in homicides from this point in the year in 2019. No arrests have been made."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/police-investigating-fatal-shooting-at-gas-station-in-chevy-chase-area/2020/10/05/d5ac8ffc-0707-11eb-859b-f9c27abe638d_story.html
Baltimore City Council votes to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day
https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-columbus-day-renamed-20201005-yws3zdtexnclfeywhbvuztksdu-story.html
Rudy Giuliani, who was in debate prep with Donald Trump and Chris Christie — both of whom now have COVID-19 — has been coughing throughout this Fox News hit. Giuliani has claimed he's tested negative.
https://twitter.com/Olivianuzzi/status/1313267852695277568
An infected person should not be interacting with his staff without a mask. It's indefensible. I understand Trump was "home," but his home is a professional one with dozens of staff members who work for him. They have families, too.
Restaurant staffers in quarantine after working Trump fundraiser
https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1313262593549664263
The side effects of Dexamethasone are psychosis, mania, amnesia, etc. Shouldn't the 25th Amendment be invoked while Trump weens off this steroid?
Trump, still infected with the coronavirus, says: "Maybe I'm immune"
Patriots/Chiefs: (13:50) (Shotgun) J.Stidham pass short left to N.Harry for 4 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/game/_/gameId/401220221
Reminder: Trump campaign discussing plans to appoint its own state electors no matter the results to ensure state electors vote for Trump even if Biden wins the state
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-campaign-discussing-plans-appoint-090001571.html
Reminder: Rudy Giuliani Coughs Through His Attack On Biden's Mask Advocacy. He also said in the same breath that he tested negative for covid-19 and was awaiting his results for his covid-19 test.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rudy-giuliani-coughs-through-attack-on-bidens-mask-advocacy
Federal judge orders Arizona to extend voter registration deadline until Oct. 23
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/05/arizona-voter-registration-deadline-extended-oct-23-judge-rules/3633974001/
The chairman of the Senate committee that oversees airlines and U.S. transportation policy had his mask off for extended periods on a Delta flight to Mississippi on Thursday night, according to another passenger, and the company said he had to be reminded twice by a flight attendant to follow the airline's mask requirement. The chairman of the Senate committee that oversees airlines and U.S. transportation policy had his mask off for extended periods on a Delta flight to Mississippi on Thursday night, according to another passenger, and the company said he had to be reminded twice by a flight attendant to follow the airline's mask requirement.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/a-us-senator-kept-taking-off-his-mask-on-a-delta-flight-raising-questions-about-safety-oversight/2020/10/05/5f6b765e-073f-11eb-9be6-cf25fb429f1a_story.html
Melania Trump calls Stormy Daniels "the porn hooker", which describes Melania herself, Melania was and still is a porn hooker.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/05/melania-trump-tapes-discusses-stormy-daniels
Nearly 4 million general election ballots cast so far in November election, historic, record-setting, hope this means Trump lost
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/06/politics/ballot-returns-early-voting-2020-election/index.html
Only about 12 hours after returning to the White House from being hospitalized with covid19 and after having almost dying from a lethal drop of oxygen and at least 5-10+ more days of having to battle covid19, Trump dismisses covid19 as a hoax and tells everybody that if they they can live with the flu then they can live with anything because the flu is more dangerous than anything. See Trump's twitter
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313449844413992961
Facebook removes Trump post falsely saying flu is more lethal than Covid19
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/tech/facebook-trump-covid-flu-false/index.html
He's literally on Woodard's tape back in February saying that covid19 is five times more deadly than the flu. The man is a criminal. He's killing people with his lies. There is no bottom to his depravity.
Trump received rare and expensive covid19 treatment then told Americans not to be afraid
Trump campaign canceling ads in Ohio and Iowa
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/519766-trump-canceling-ads-in-ohio-and-iowa
Biden targets Texas with $6M advertising blitz
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/519764-biden-targets-texas-with-6m-advertising-blitz-report
Sen. Tillis too: "Nobody knows how she's going to rule on that." She being the person who wrote voluminously for nearly two decades about how abortion was illegally legalized and was first degree murder and how Roe v Wade needed to be overturned asap
CDC estimated 80,000 people died of the flu in 2017-18, and that was the highest in 40 years. Numbers for 2019-2020 will be worse because of covid19 and because so many people died with covid19 symptons but were not tested. Numbers will be worse for 2020-2021.
https://statnews.com/2018/09/26/cdc-us-flu-deaths-winter/
Players appointed for NBA Foundation and new Social Justice Coalition: Foundation: Harrison Barnes (@hbarnes), Tobias Harris (@tobias31) Coalition: Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell), Carmelo Anthony (@carmeloanthony), Sterling Brown (@thatnegus_sb)
https://twitter.com/shamscharania/status/1313510029329219585
NBA, the Miami Heat & State Farm announced a $45,000 contribution to the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition's current Fines & Fees Program to aid "efforts to reinstall the right to vote for returning citizens who face financial obligations & barriers from felony convictions."
https://twitter.com/ByTimReynolds/status/1313511267068522499
Amy Coney Barrett, denying she has anything to do with scam cult, lived with the scam cult's co-founder
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/06/amy-coney-barrett-people-of-praise-home
Indigenous Leaders Furious After EPA Grants Oklahoma Control Over Sovereign Tribal Lands
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/05/indigenous-leaders-furious-after-epa-grants-oklahoma-control-over-sovereign-tribal
ACA Repeal Lawsuit Would Restore Cut Taxes for Top 0.1 Percent Used To Fund Medicare Trust Fund, Weaking Medicare Trust Fund
https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/aca-repeal-lawsuit-would-cut-taxes-for-top-01-percent-by-an-average-of-198000-weaken
Texas is emerging solar power capital, with assist from San Antonio's CPS Energy
https://www.mysanantonio.com/sa-inc/article/Texas-is-emerging-solar-power-capital-with-15609068.php
On Monday, October 12, we are committing to calling one million Texans at an all-day phone bank to get out the vote. We'll be joined by special guests and Beto and our volunteers will make calls from 10:30AM to 9:00PM. Help us reach one million voters by signing up
https://poweredxpeople.org/calling-texas/
Trump evangelical advisers exposed to Covid-19 preach in public
https://religionnews.com/2020/10/05/trump-evangelical-advisors-exposed-to-covid-19-flout-cdc-guidelines-preach-in-public/
The Supreme Court Warned Against Changing Voting Rules Near Election Day, And Then Did It Anyway
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/zoetillman/supreme-court-election-changes-south-carolina-witness-ballot
Claudia Conway's popular, unfiltered TikTok account is a communications problem for the Trump administration. That's where we are, folks. A 15-year-old girl is a much more reliable source of the state of our union than the entire government in charge.
https://www.businessinsider.com/claudia-conway-tiktok-problem-for-republicans-2020-10
Two ISIS 'Beatles' headed to US to stand trial for torture and beheadings of American hostages
https://www.foxnews.com/world/two-isis-beatles-headed-to-u-s-to-stand-trial-for-torture-and-beheadings-of-american-hostages
US military compromised: The top US general, Gen. Mark Milley and several members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are quarantining after a top Coast Guard official tested positive for coronavirus19, several US defense officials tell CNN's
https://twitter.com/cnnadam/status/1313519106835050497
ICE deployed armed personnel in response to a tweet from journalist @chick_in_kiev that contained no threat, per internal docs I obtained after a FOIA lawsuit with my atty @bethbourdon
https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1313523298333007872
GAO found Republicans illegally and unconstitutionally gave oil companies a break on royalty rates for illegally and unconstitutionally using public lands because of the pandemic, and did so without first establishing that the companies even needed the help.
https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-21-169T
Claudia Conway is Q for people who own over $150 in notorious RBG merch
.@TulsiGabbard - You, along with everyone else who amplified this fraudulent story, owe Rep. Omar a public apology. Liban Osman, subject of Project Veritas alleged voter fraud story, tells @LydenFOX9 he was offered $10K by Omar Jamal to say he was collecting ballots for Congresswoman @IlhanMN. Omar Jamal was Project Veritas' insider in the Somali community. https://fox9.com/news/subject-of-project-veritas-voter-fraud-story-says-he-was-offered-bribe
https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1313536453645864960
https://twitter.com/mukhtaryare/status/1313334486810099713
Trump administration to illegally and unconstitutionally impose rules targeting H-1B visas, rules that SCOTUS recently struck down
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/519811-trump-administration-to-impose-new-rules-targeting-h-1b-visas
Last Friday, at his first press conference outside Walter Read, Sean Conley said Trump is "slightly overweight".
https://time.com/5895933/trump-coronavirus-doctor-hospitalized/
Democrats are still fighting for and Republicans are still fighting against $600 jobless benefits
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/06/extra-600-in-unemployment-benefits-delayed-as-talks-in-congress-stall.html
Biden didn't wear a wire at the debate
https://www.cnn.com/videos/tech/2020/10/02/biden-debate-wire-conspiracy-me-orig.cnn
Whitmer to sign bill buying clerks more time to process absentee ballots before election
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/06/whitmer-absentee-voting-michigan-ballots/3635670001/
California passes a first-of-its-kind law to consider reparations for slavery
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/01/us/california-bill-slavery-reparations-trnd/index.html
The Marlins will go with 14 pitchers and 14 position players for their NLDS matchup against the Braves. Injured CF Starling Marte is not on the roster, having been transferred to Miami's taxi squad. Also, there was some buzz about prospect RHP Edward Cabrera making his big-league debut against Atlanta, but he is not among the 14 pitchers who made the Marlins' roster.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/playbyplay?gameId=401246358
Aaron Rodgers just trolling people now. He gets the Falcons to jump on his hard count by literally yelling "hard count"
https://twitter.com/mattschneidman/status/1313471813024911360
Jets not planning to play Darnold Sunday
https://www.rotoworld.com/football/nfl/player-news/headlines/9794746
Mahomes fumbles the ball/gets picked, but it's an incomplete pass?
https://streamable.com/xwzg5s
Another good morning, as the #Titans had zero positive COVID-19 tests. That's two in a row. There is a potential the facility could open tomorrow.
https://twitter.com/rapsheet/status/1313456102458224642
Imagine whispering in Bill O'Brien's ear, when the Texans held a 24-0 lead on KC in January, that he would never win another game. Also, imagine whispering in someone's ear.
https://twitter.com/rosenberg_mike/status/1313248775687884800
#Bucs TE OJ Howard's MRI confirmed that he tore his Achilles, source said. This is what was expected. The former first-round TE is done for the season.
https://twitter.com/rapsheet/status/1313490309742047233?s=21
Rodgers went 20/20 for 241 yards, 4 TDs when targetting his TEs and RBs.
Tankathon: The Atlanta Falcons have now jumped the New York Jets in the race for the 1st overall pick
Mahomes flopping
https://v.redd.it/8mdgiw7imdr51
Belichick gets heated
https://streamable.com/lebm9n
Braves/Marlins: I'm confused by this strike zone. So is the umpire.
More people have died from Covid-19 than in the past 5 flu seasons combined. And coronavirus19 is much more contagious
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/health/flu-covid-19-deaths-comparison-trnd/index.html
The head of the Coronavirus19 Task Force objects to keeping people safe from coronavirus. Sounds about right: These people - Trump and now Pence - are happy to recklessly endanger people's lives. Pence also famously refuses to work with or eat with females one-on-one. It's really disgusting. Also, Pence's chief of staff said Pence had no problem with the plexiglass. Now Pence has a problem with it and they want it removed "or "else" (Pence won't debate). Vice-President who violated rules and went maskless into the Mayo Clinic doesn't want plexiglass.
https://politicalwire.com/2020/10/06/pence-objects-to-plexiglass-dividers-at-debate/
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers' administration issues a new order limiting gatherings, including limiting people in bars, restaurants and stores to 25% of capacity
https://twitter.com/MollyBeck/status/1313547413659942912
And there you have it, Trump ordered Republicans to drop second covid-19 stimulus, because, according to him, there is no such thing as covid-19. He has ordered Republicans to put Barrett on the Supreme Court now, immediately, asap
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313551794623127552
And the stock market crashes immediately after Trump cancels covid19 stimulus and orders Barrett put onto the court asap. The U.S. stock market's reaction to Trump cutting off stimulus:
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.@CYBERCOM_DIRNSA is among the top military officials quarantining after a meeting with a Coast Guard leader who tested positive for Covid-19.
https://twitter.com/ericgeller/status/1313554617804886017
.@CBSNews @CBSDavidMartin reports at least seven top military officials are now in quarantine following meetings at the Pentagon last week Downwards arrow
https://twitter.com/NicoleSganga/status/1313526380471234566
All but 1 of the Joint Chiefs are quarantining after exposure to coronavirus19 at a meeting
Arkansas Republican County Chair Dies of Covid-19 Weeks After His Committee Hosted Maskless Gathering
https://www.thedailybeast.com/steven-farmer-ak-republican-county-chair-dies-of-covid-19-weeks-after-committee-hosted-maskless-gathering?ref=home
#TrumpIsASuperSpreader
Explosive intensification. 20 mins after becoming Cat 3, #Delta catapults to Cat 4, w/ 130 mph winds. 90 mph increase in wind in under 28 hours. Strongest Greek-named storm on record.
Update: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/10/06/hurricane-delta-cancun-louisiana/
Tens of millions of WORKING AMERICANS FORCED OUT OF WORK BECAUSE OF COVID19 are unemployed and REPUBLICAN CANCEL COVID-19 STIMULUS LEGISLATION
A third White House press staffer has tested positive for coronavirus, meaning three of McEnany's deputies are now working from home. The West Wing press areas are essentially being run by a skeleton crew because of the recent outbreak.
Today, the TRUMP-APPOINTED PRO-TRUMP FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR said the US faced "tragic" outcome if policy makers take their foot off the gas: "Even if policy actions ultimately prove to be greater than needed, they will not go to waste. The recovery will be stronger and move faster..."
Ronald Acuña Jr. leads off in the NLDS with a home run
https://streamable.com/rm0rm3
Miguel Rojas hits a leadoff Moonshot to left field, tying the game 1-1
https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2020/2020-10/06/3fa54827-ce5da5a3-507f50c4-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4
NYY@TB Gm1: Ji-Man Choi terrorizes Gerrit Cole again with a 2-run shot to put the Rays ahead
https://streamable.com/z4j3cu
Election officials said Tuesday that they scrapped their plans to use the Milwaukee Bucks and Brewers' stadiums as early voting sites in the presidential battleground state of Wisconsin, citing fear that the ballots could be legally challenged.
https://twitter.com/ByTimReynolds/status/1313543675864068096
At least 1 of Trump's military aides tasked with carrying the nuclear 'football' reportedly has coronavirus19
https://theweek.com/speedreads/942048/least-1-trumps-military-aides-tasked-carrying-nuclear-football-reportedly-coronavirus
Hillary Clinton was up 14 points October 10, 2016. If we vote, we win. If we get complacent, we lose.
Biden endorses Democrat Espy in Mississippi US Senate race, Espy needs our support
https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-senate-elections-mississippi-4934ecdd79cb4f6c64f1a38bfeaf2149
Promote early voting along with mail-in to avoid voter intimidation or Post Office issues
Florida Extends Deadline After Crash of Voter Registration Site
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/florida-looking-into-crash-of-voter-registration-site-just-before-deadline/2303061/
Church of England forgave pedophiles and allowed them to continue working with children
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/child-sex-abuse-priests-church-england-inquiry-report-iicsa-b833262.html
Russian surfers say mystery ocean pollution is poisoning them and killing animals
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-surfers-ocean-pollution-poison-killing-animals/
Mass Sea Animal Deaths Raise Alarms For Possible Ecological Catastrophe in Russia
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/investigators-probe-possible-ecological-catastrophe-russia-s-kamchatka-region-n1242043
Study finds 14 million metric tons of microplastics on the seafloor
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/06/world/microplastics-oceans-14-million-metric-tons-intl-hnk/index.html
Scientists find intact brain cells in skull of man killed in Vesuvius eruption nearly 2,000 years ago
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/05/europe/brain-cells-vesuvius-victim-herculaneum-scn-scli-intl/index.html
South Carolina Senate Republicans Illegally And Unconstitutionally Stops Ballot Drop-Off Boxes At Local Election Offices
https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-sc-state-wire-f8cc8d00103e9552307f5388e3414b20
Senate Democrats on Judiciary have tested negative for coronavirus
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/politics/senate-judiciary-committee-confirmation-hearings-preparations/index.html
If Biden wins, 18 months from now at least 40% of Republicans will believe that covid19 started during his presidency.
In a nearly hour-long event Esper takes no audience questions and does not address COVID-19 case in the Joint Chiefs of Staff that has forced top military leaders to self-quarantine
https://twitter.com/JackDetsch/status/1313568626058964992?s=20
3 days ago: OUR GREAT USA WANTS & NEEDS STIMULUS. WORK TOGETHER AND GET IT DONE. Thank you!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1312449034154504192
In reaction to Pres. Trump removing his mask upon returning to the White House, @Alyssa_Milano says "there's not a leadership bone in that man's body. It's almost as if he tries hard to be the worst leader he possibly can." https://abcn.ws/2RiH3wd
https://twitter.com/TheView/status/1313543400533176321
80-Year-Old Is Killed After Asking Bar Patron to Wear Mask. Donald Lewinski, 65, was charged with criminally negligent homicide in the death of Rocco Sapienza, who had confronted him at a bar in West Seneca, N.Y.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/nyregion/face-mask-criminally-negligent-homicide.html
A person close to family says rock star and guitar legend Eddie Van Halen has died of cancer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Van_Halen
https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-10-06/eddie-van-halen-guitar-dies-65
Born in Amsterdam,[3] Netherlands, Edward Lodewijk van Halen was the son of Jan van Halen and Eugenia van Halen (née van Beers). Jan was a Dutch clarinetist, saxophonist, and pianist, and Eugenia was an Indo (Eurasian) from Rangkasbitung on the island of Java in Indonesia.[4][5] The family eventually resettled in Nijmegen.[6] In February 1962, the Van Halen family moved from the Netherlands to the United States, settling in Pasadena, California.[5] Both Eddie and his older brother, Alex van Halen, naturalized as U.S. citizens.[7] The brothers learned to play the piano as children starting at the age of six.[8][9] They commuted from Pasadena to San Pedro to study with an elderly piano teacher, Stasys Kalvaitis [lt].[10] We came here with approximately $50 and a piano, and we didn't speak the language. Now look where we are. If that's not the American dream, what is?[11]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Van_Halen
The 1978 instrumental "Eruption" by Van Halen, which was voted No. 2 in Guitar World's readers poll of the "100 Greatest Guitar Solos",[43][44] showcased a solo technique called tapping, using both left and right hands on the guitar neck. Although Van Halen popularized tapping, he did not invent the tapping technique, which had been used infrequently by various guitarists. Steve Hackett, lead guitarist with Genesis in the 1970s, is said by MusicRadar to be "widely credited with inventing two-handed tapping" and was an influence on Van Halen.[45] When asked about this, Hackett said, "Eddie and I have never spoken about it, but yes, he has credited me with tapping... Eddie is a fine player, of course, and he's the one who named the technique."[46] George Lynch also said in an interview that he and Van Halen saw Harvey Mandel tap at the Starwood in the 1970s.[47] Van Halen also named Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin as an influence, saying in one interview with Guitar World: I think I got the idea of tapping watching Jimmy Page do his "Heartbreaker" solo back in 1971. He was doing a pull-off to an open string, and I thought wait a minute, open string ... pull off. I can do that, but what if I use my finger as the nut and move it around? I just kind of took it and ran with it.[48] Van Halen holds a patent for a flip-out support device that attaches to the rear of the electric guitar.[49] This device enables the user to play the guitar in a manner similar to the piano by orienting the face of the guitar upward instead of forward.[50][51][52]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Van_Halen
In 2019, it was revealed that Van Halen had been secretly battling throat cancer over the previous five years.[71] Death
His family officially announced his death on October 6, 2020 due to throat (head and neck) cancer.[72][73]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Van_Halen
Pool report: "Just in, according to the campaign: 'Vice President Biden underwent PCR testing for COVID-19 today and COVID-19 was not detected.'"
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1313572248532340742
In an effort to keep reporters safe, the Chairs of the Capitol Hill press galleries today asked Leader McConnell and Speaker Pelosi to increase access to COVID-19 testing and contract tracing for those on Hill and to instruct members to keep masks on while speaking with reporters: The Chairs of all four press galleries representing journalists on Capitol Hill sent letters today to Speaker Pelosi & Leader McConnell requesting additional COVID-19 safety precautions at the Capitol.
https://twitter.com/RTCACapitolHill/status/1313569045233438720
Michael Cohen tells a story of Trump negotiation: "I watched in silent admiration as Trump laid down the law to the board. He sensed he had an advantage ... this was the moment he ended the meeting, as if he were yelling cut on the set of his own personality reality show. 'Michael - we're done, let's go,' Trump said. 'This meeting is over.' With hundreds of millions of dollars on the line ... Trump had suddenly, unilaterally, melodramatically called an end to the proceedings, apparently for no other reason than that he could." The result? A total fiasco for Trump, annihilation of his economic interest on the table, and one more bankruptcy, this time leaving behind $1 billion in debt. Trump's not a very good negotiator, as it turns out.
As if Mark Meadows could do anything about this. He's the what, fourth chief of staff?
Trump slamming the door on covid19 relief talks undermines the Republican argument that Pelosi doesn't want a deal because it was Trump who rejected the deal.
Scientists discover 24 'superhabitable' planets with conditions that are better for life than Earth.
https://news.sky.com/story/scientists-discover-24-superhabitable-planets-with-conditions-that-are-better-for-life-than-earth-12091801
Twitter locks THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES' twitter account after SHITSTAIN TERRORIST shares NY Post columnist's email. After the tweet was removed, the account was unlocked.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-president-trump-twitter-locked-ny-post-20201006-gnv5wacehfd5fantuv4hiv2rpm-story.html
'It's insane': White House staff are mad about Trump's diagnosis and terrified now that he's back from hospital while still infected
https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-staff-scared-after-trumps-return-with-coronavirus-axios-2020-10
The best thing for this country would be if this man just succumbs to the virus honestly. Not even joking.
One thing that needs to be discussed is what Trump will do if and when he loses in November. I suspect December and January will be some of the most dangerous chaotic months where Trump will do everything to destroy the US. He has nothing more to lose if he loses the election. He will most definitely shut down the government, end any sort of stimulus, gut more regulations. G/d knows what else he will do.
White House Reception For Bereaved Military Families Turned Into A Covid19 Spreader Event
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/white-house-covid-outbreak-may-have-spread-at-gold-star-family-event.html
Stormy Daniels Tweets Back at Melania Trump Over 'Porn Hooker' Diss
https://www.thedailybeast.com/stormy-daniels-punches-back-at-melania-trump-over-porn-hooker-diss?ref=home
Self-Own: Trump Demands Repeal of the Law Which Makes His Twitter Account Possible
https://lawandcrime.com/opinion/self-own-trump-demands-repeal-of-the-law-which-makes-his-twitter-account-possible/
Depleted National Stockpile Contributed to Covid19 PPE Shortage: 'You Can't Be Prepared If You're Not Funded to Be Prepared'
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/depleted-national-stockpile-contributed-to-covid-ppe-shortage/
HOU@OAK Gm2: Khris Davis opens the scoring with a solo shot
https://streamable.com/z81zn8
Travis d'Arnaud hits a three run bomb
https://streamable.com/vo47kh
Meanwhile Melania and Stormy Daniels are calling each other hookers.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-trump-hooker-stormy-daniels-melania-20201006-lhzosajir5fnvmg67fwo3hyiky-story.html
Stormy kind of owns Mealnie though. Mealnie forgets her beginnings and why she married Donald Trump (sure wasn't for the looks). Mealnie is a hypocrite.
https://twitter.com/StormyDaniels/status/1313510115031478272
A fourth press aide has tested positive for coronavirus. That means four press aides plus Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany are now positive.
https://twitter.com/ShimonPro/status/1313590751398449153
Facebook is banning all QAnon accounts from its platforms.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1313591108442619905
Those tariffs are really working: The U.S. trade deficit rose in August to the highest level in 14 years. https://abcn.ws/2SyEioq
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1313551645129801729
Facebook's sweeping ban on QAnon today is important. QAnon uses militaristic language about itself and its followers because it sees itself as waging a war. The most fertile ground for its goal (new recruits) has been Facebook and Instagram.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/technology/facebook-qanon-crackdown.html
Lincoln Project Launches $1M Anti-Trump Ad Campaign in Texas
https://www.courthousenews.com/lincoln-project-launches-1m-anti-trump-ad-campaign-in-texas/
Trump falsely accuses Biden of support for abortion 'up until the time of birth, and beyond'
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-biden-abortion-beyond-time-of-birth-false-claim-153603885.html
If you scratch the surface of this economic crisis it's not hard to find the legacy of the last... In Cleveland you can find it in the churn in ownership of rental properties in Black neighborhoods. One house we looked at traded hands 7x in two years
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-10-06/cleveland-home-prices-tell-story-of-unequal-coronavirus-economic-recovery
Dr. Rick Bright, the former BARDA head turned whistleblower, has resigned from his position at NIH. His attorneys say right resigned "because he can no longer sit idly by and work for an administration that ignores scientific expertise" and because he was "sidelined."
https://twitter.com/JDiamond1/status/1313595079291023363
Tyler Matzek has recorded his last 12 outs via strikeout
Trump campaign slashes TV ads in Minnesota, trails in polls
https://www.fox9.com/news/trump-campaign-slashes-tv-ads-in-minnesota-trails-in-polls
Pro-gun localities accounted for nearly half of Virginia's red flag orders in law's first months
https://www.virginiamercury.com/2020/10/06/some-virginia-communities-that-took-pro-gun-rights-stances-are-already-using-the-states-new-red-flag-law/
GOOD. ARREST THEM. A grand jury in St. Louis on Tuesday indicted Mark and Patricia McCloskey on counts of exhibiting a weapon and tampering with evidence four months after footage circulated showing the couple pointing guns at Black Lives Matter protesters outside their home.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/519862-grand-jury-indicts-st-louis-couple-who-pointed-guns-at-protesters
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/st-louis-grand-jury-indicts-mccloskeys-on-gun-charges-tampering-with-a-weapon/63-c1e66184-f973-4076-8d1b-3832365ad119
Treating Pennsylvania voters as if they're all ... clinging to guns or religion ... is a neat encapsulation of why polls show Trump is losing there.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313584866932527105
This is shorthand for the lack of serious reform that has taken place. Sad. Paramount Network has resumed production of the hit television show "Cops" months after its cancellation, FOX News reports.
https://myfox8.com/news/cops-resumes-production-after-cancellation-in-wake-of-george-floyds-death/
Biden: "Make no mistake: if you are out of work, if your business is closed, if your child's school is shut down, if you are seeing layoffs in your community, Donald Trump decided today that none of that — none of it — matters to him."
Surreal situation right now where @CoryGardner, in a pretaped Spanish language #cosen debate recorded Saturday, is attacking @Hickenlooper for Ds failing to support Senate Republican covid19 bill. This was all taped before Trump pulled the plug on covid19 aid today.
https://twitter.com/NickRiccardi/status/1313602610327441415
debate recorded Sunday, airing now
https://twitter.com/NickRiccardi/status/1313602674026319872
When Brandon Aiyuk texted his agent Monday night a tweet with a video of Trump's head superimposed over his own head, the San Francisco 49ers rookie wanted to know one thing: Can they do this?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2020/10/06/the-trump-campaign/5896754002/
American Airlines says it's "disheartened" that President Trump ended stimulus talks. That means 19,000 $AAL workers will not be recalled from furloughs that started last week. An airline spokesperson says $AAL "will continue to make the case in Washington that action is needed."
https://twitter.com/petemuntean/status/1313596440875237378
As the pandemic rages and new mass layoffs are announced day after day, the president has abandoned the American people. His most pressing matter is to rush the confirmation of a far-right-wing judge to the Supreme Court so that he can oversee the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and protections for people with preexisting conditions in a case the court will hear in early November. At the same time, Trump has ordered the Senate majority and administration officials to hold an economic relief package hostage, claiming that he will only accede to action if and only if it is on his own terms. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the House majority have acted in good faith to solve a crisis of the president's own making. They have passed comprehensive aid packages to assist workers, families, educators, state and local governments, first responders, small businesses, and more. The president, whose carelessness may have resulted in a major coronavirus outbreak in the highest levels of government, has illustrated that he could not care less about the struggles of everyday Americans.
https://www.americanprogress.org/press/statement/2020/10/06/491273/statement-caps-neera-tanden-president-trump-ending-coronavirus-relief-talks-pushing-senate-rush-confirmation-scotus-nominee/#Ca=3#Or=1#Pr=28#IA=R
Attorney General William Barr has alleged "outside agitators" were involved in protests against racial injustice. We FOIA'd DOJ for assessments of outside entities' influence on the protests. DOJ said it found no such records.
https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1313596128336764930
AP story includes statement from Arlene Guzman Todd confirming relationship with Cal Cunningham. Story says additional text messages make clear they were intimate in July. Voters don't care about candidates who have consenual affairs. Most voters have been divorced at least once, nobody cares.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Miami Heat guard Goran Dragic will warm up before Game 4 of NBA Finals tonight to attempt to play, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. If Dragic can tolerate pain with torn plantar fascia in foot, he will play.
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1313597026454720512
Felony rioting charges dropped against Kentucky lawmaker
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/felony-rioting-charges-dropped-against-kentucky-lawmaker-breonna-taylor-kentucky-louisville-evidence-justice-b844558.html
Duckworth: Block Supreme Court Pick Who Thinks 'My Daughters Shouldn't Even Exist'
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/06/920823849/duckworth-block-supreme-court-pick-who-thinks-my-daughters-shouldn-t-even-exist
Stephen Miller's wife Kate Miller, who is Pence's press secretary and who has covid-19 herself, was mocking Kamala Harris's team for wanting debate precautions *yesterday* even though she has covid19 right now: Now Trump senior adviser Stephen Miller tests positive as well.
https://twitter.com/KellyO/status/1313617172397264899
Statement from Stephen Miller: "Over the last 5 days I have been working remotely and self-isolating, testing negative every day through yesterday. Today, I tested positive for Covid-19 and am in quarantine."
https://twitter.com/meridithmcgraw/status/1313616934185861120
VP Pence tested again this afternoon and is still negative, spokesman says.
https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1313618375365591040
Very confusing, the message is Trump had to blow up talks because Democrats were asking for too much money (an outright lie, NO AMOUNT OF MONEY IS ENOUGH) — and also that his pro-Trump Republican Fed chair - a Trump appointee - was correct that Congress should pass MORE stimulus and not worry about deficit concerns
Trump tweeted this article this morning: Chair of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell (a Republican) calls for more help from Congress, says there's a low risk of 'overdoing it'
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/06/fed-chair-powell-calls-for-more-help-from-congress-says-theres-a-low-risk-of-overdoing-it.html
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313615182535499779
The commission is PATHETIC. The commission organizing debates will allow Mike Pence to participate without plexiglass
http://cnn.com/2020/10/06/politics/plexiglass-vp-debate/index.html
This debate over plexiglass seems even sillier now that the husband of the Pence's spokeswoman (Stephen Miller's wife) has covid19 herself and her husband (Stephen Miller) tested positive today. She's been traveling with VP and leading the charge mocking any safeguards for tomorrow's debate. She dismisses covid19 as a hoax despite being infected and despite her husband being infected.
Harris doesn't have Covid19. Neither does Biden. Neither do their aides. But Trump and everybody around him does.
Federal judge rejects Trump's efforts to curtail New Jersey vote-by-mail plans
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/politics/federal-judge-new-jersey-canvass/index.html
Coronavirus19 Has Killed More Americans than Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan and World War I Combined
https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-has-killed-more-americans-vietnam-korea-iraq-afghanistan-world-war-i-combined-1536883
Iff they allow Trump to travel to a debate on 15th they are criminally negligent. He won't have two negative tests in a row until as early as 20th October (14 days).
Voters want more stimulus.
The Fed wants more stimulus.
Democrats want more stimulus.
Even some Republicans want more stimulus.
Joe Biden's plan to tackle climate change includes:
- Rejoining the Paris Climate Accord
- Taking action against corporate polluters
- Helping industrial workers transition to jobs in a sustainable economy
Learn more here: http://votesaveamerica.com/candidates
Today @JoeBiden became the FIRST presidential nominee to release an ad focused solely on climate change. Climate isn't just an urgent issue, it's a winning issue. The new spot running in the Traverse City-Cadillac market features Michigan cherry farmers. Check it out:
https://twitter.com/DJKoessler/status/1313510816033972225
"We Need To Take Away Children, No Matter How Young," Jeff Sessions Said
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/us/politics/family-separation-border-immigration-jeff-sessions-rod-rosenstein.html
A lot of folks in replies arguing this is just standard campaign pablum. I can see that if you're just looking at the quote in the tweet, but if you watch the full relevant section of Biden's speech, you'll see Biden leaned pretty hard into it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOHD14eVsyY
GOOOOOOOOOOD: Heat's Goran Dragic will not play in Game 4 of NBA Finals against the Lakers, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Dragic attempted to play on torn plantar fascia, warmed up pregame.
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1313626313715077122
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https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/joe-biden-gettysburg-campaign-speech-transcript-october-6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOHD14eVsyY
Oct 6, 2020
On July 4, 1863, America woke to the remains of perhaps the most consequential battle ever fought on American soil. It took place here on this ground in Gettysburg.
Three days of violence, three days of carnage. 50,000 casualties wounded, captured, missing or dead. Over three days of fighting.
When the sun rose on that Independence Day, Lee would retreat.
The war would go on for nearly two more years, but the back of the Confederacy had been broken.
The Union would be saved, slavery would be abolished. Government of, by, and for the people would not perish from the earth, and freedom would be born anew in our land.
There is no more fitting place than here today in Gettysburg to talk about the cost of division — about how much it has cost America in the past, about how much it is costing us now, and about why I believe in this moment we must come together as a nation.
For President Lincoln, the Civil War was about the greatest of causes: the end of slavery, the widening of equality, the pursuit of justice, the creation of opportunity, and the sanctity of freedom.
His words here would live ever after.
We hear them in our heads, we know them in our hearts, we draw on them when we seek hope in the hours of darkness.
"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
Here, on this sacred ground Abraham Lincoln reimagined America itself. Here, a president of the United States spoke of the price of division and the meaning of sacrifice.
He believed in the rescue, the redemption, and the rededication of the Union, all this in a time not just of ferocious division, but also widespread death, structural inequality, and fear of the future.
And he taught us this: A house divided could not stand. That is a great and timeless truth.
Today, once again, we are a house divided. But that, my friends, can no longer be.
We are facing too many crises. We have too much work to do. We have too bright a future to leave it shipwrecked on the shoals of anger and hate and division.
As we stand here today, a century and a half after Gettysburg, we should consider again what can happen when equal justice is denied and when anger and violence and division are left unchecked.
As I look across America today, I'm concerned. The country is in a dangerous place. Our trust in each other is ebbing. Hope is elusive.
Too many Americans see our public life not as an arena for the mediation of our differences. Rather, they see it as an occasion for total, unrelenting partisan warfare.
Instead of treating the other party as the opposition, we treat them as the enemy.
This must end.
We need to revive a spirit of bipartisanship in this country, a spirit of being able to work with one another.
When I say that, I'm accused of being naïve.
I'm told maybe that's the way things used to work, but they can't any more.
Well, I'm here to say they can. And they must if we're going to get anything done.
I'm running as a proud Democrat, but I will govern as an American president.
I will work with Democrats and Republicans and I will work as hard for those who don't support me as for those who do.
That's the job of a president.
It's a duty of care for everyone.
The refusal of Democrats and Republicans to cooperate with one another is not due to some mysterious force beyond our control. It's a decision. A choice we make.
And if we can decide not to cooperate, we can decide to cooperate as well.
That's the choice I'll make as president.
But there is something bigger going on in the nation than just our broken politics, something darker, something more dangerous.
I'm not talking about ordinary differences of opinion. Competing viewpoints give life and vibrancy to our democracy.
No, I'm talking about something different, something deeper.
Too many Americans seek not to overcome our divisions, but to deepen them.
We must seek not to build walls, but bridges. We must seek not to clench our fists, but to open our arms. We must seek not to tear each other apart, but to come together.
You don't have to agree with me on everything — or even on most things — to see that what we're experiencing today is neither good nor normal.
I made the decision to run for president after Charlottesville.
Close your eyes. Remember what you saw.
Neo-Nazis, white supremacists and the KKK coming out of the fields with torches lit. Veins bulging. Chanting the same anti-Semitic bile heard across Europe in the 1930s.
It was hate on the march, in the open. In America.
Hate never goes away. It only hides.
And when it is given oxygen, when it is given the opportunity to spread, when it is treated as normal and acceptable behavior we have opened a door in this country we must move quickly to close.
As President, I will do that.
I will send a clear, unequivocal message to the nation. There is no place for hate in America.
It will be given no license. It will be given no oxygen. It will be given no safe harbor.
In recent weeks and months, the country has been roiled by instances of excessive police force, by heart wrenching cases of racial injustice and lives needlessly and senselessly lost, by peaceful protests giving voice to the calls for justice, and by examples of violence and looting and burning that cannot be tolerated.
I believe in law and order. I have never supported defunding the police.
But I also believe injustice is real.
It's the product of a history that goes back 400 years, to the moment when black men, women, and children were first brought here in chains.
I do not believe we have to choose between law and order and racial justice in America.
We can have both.
This nation is strong enough to both honestly face systemic racism, and strong enough to provide safe streets for our families and small businesses that too often bear the brunt of this looting and burning.
We have no need for armed militias roaming America's streets, and we should have no tolerance for extremist white supremacist groups menacing our communities.
If you say we should trust America's law enforcement authorities to do their jobs as I do, then let them do their job without extremist groups acting as vigilantes.
And if you say we have no need to face racial injustice in this country, you haven't opened your eyes to the truth in America.
There have been powerful voices for justice in recent weeks and months.
George Floyd's 6-year old daughter Gianna, who I met with, was one such voice when she said, "Daddy changed the world."
Also, Jacob Blake's mother was another when she said violence didn't reflect her son and that this nation needed healing.
And Doc Rivers, the basketball coach choking back tears when he said, "We're the ones getting killed. We're the ones getting shot … We've been hung. It's amazing why we keep loving this country, and this country does not love us back."
Think about that. Think about what it takes for a Black person to love America. That is a deep love for this country that for far too long we have never fully recognized.
What we need in America is leadership that seeks to deescalate tensions, to open lines of communication, and to bring us together.
To heal. And to hope.
As President, that is precisely what I will do.
We have paid a high price for allowing the deep divisions in this country to impact how we have dealt with the coronavirus. 210,000 Americans dead and the numbers climbing. It's estimated that nearly another 210,000 Americans could lose their lives by the end of the year.
Enough. No more.
Let's set the partisanship aside. Let's end the politics. Let's follow the science.
Wearing a mask isn't a political statement. It's a scientific recommendation.
Social distancing isn't a political statement. It's a scientific recommendation.
Testing. Tracing. The development, ultimately approval and distribution of a vaccine isn't a political statement. These are scientific-based decisions.
We can't undo what has been done. We can't go back. But we can do better. We can do better starting today.
We can have a national strategy that puts the politics aside and saves lives.
We can have a national strategy that will make it possible for our schools and businesses to open safely.
We can have a national strategy that reflects the true values of this nation.
The pandemic is not a red state versus blue state issue. The virus doesn't care where you live or what political party you belong to.
It infects us all. It will take anyone's life. It is a virus — not a political weapon.
There's another enduring division in America that we must end: The divisions in our economic life that give opportunity only to the privileged few.
America has to be about mobility. It has to be the kind of country where an Abraham Lincoln - a child of the distant frontier, can rise to our highest office.
America has to be about the possibilities. The possibilities of prosperity.
Not just for the privileged few. But for the many — for all of us.
Working people and their kids deserve an opportunity.
Lincoln knew this. He said that the country had to give people "an open field and a fair chance."
And that's what we're going to do in the America we're going to build — together.
We fought a Civil War that would secure a Union that would seek to fulfill the promise of equality for all.
And by fits and starts — our better angels have prevailed just enough against our worst impulses to make a new and better nation.
And those better angels can prevail again — now. They must prevail again — now. A hundred years after Lincoln spoke here at Gettysburg then Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson also came here and said: "Our nation found its soul in honor on these fields of Gettysburg ... We must not lose that soul in dishonor now on the fields of hate."
Today we are engaged once again in a battle for the soul of the nation.
The forces of darkness, the forces of division, the forces of yesterday are pulling us apart, holding us down, and holding us back.
We must free ourselves of all of them.
As president, I will embrace hope, not fear. Peace, not violence. Generosity, not greed. Light, not darkness.
I will be a president who appeals to the best in us. Not the worst.
I will be a president who pushes towards the future. Not one who clings to the past.
I am ready to fight for you and for our nation. Every day. Without exception, without reservation. And with a full and devoted heart.
We cannot — and will not — allow extremists and white supremacists to overturn the America of Lincoln and Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass.
To overturn the America that has welcomed immigrants from distant shores.
To overturn the America that's been a haven and a home for everyone no matter their background.
From Seneca Falls to Selma to Stonewall, we're at our best when the promise of America is available to all.
We cannot and will not allow violence in the streets to threaten the people of this nation.
We cannot and will not walk away from our obligation to, at long last, face the reckoning on race and racial justice in the country.
We cannot and will not continue to be stuck in a partisan politics that lets this virus thrive while the public health of this nation suffers.
We cannot and will not accept an economic equation that only favors those who've already got it made.
Everybody deserves a shot at prosperity.
Duty and history call presidents to provide for the common good. And I will.
It won't be easy. Our divisions today are of long standing. Economic and racial inequities have shaped us for generations.
But I give you my word: If I am elected President, I will marshal the ingenuity and good will of this nation to turn division into unity and bring us together.
We can disagree about how to move forward, but we must take the first step.
And it starts with how we treat one another, how we talk to one another, how we respect one another.
In his Second Inaugural, Lincoln said, "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as G-d gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds."
Now we have our work to reunite America, to bind up the nation's wounds, to move past shadow and suspicion.
And so we — you and I, together — press on, even now.
After hearing the Second Inaugural Address, Frederick Douglass told the president:
"Mr. Lincoln, that was a sacred effort."
We must be dedicated now to our own sacred effort.
The promise of Gettysburg, that a new birth of freedom was at hand, is at risk.
Every generation that has followed Gettysburg has been faced with a moment — when it must answer this question — whether it will allow the sacrifices made here to be in vain.
This is our moment to answer this essential American question for ourselves and for our time.
And my answer is this:
It cannot be that after all this country has been through. After all that America has accomplished, after all the years we have stood as a beacon of light to the world, it cannot be that here and now, in 2020, we will allow government of the people, by the people, and for the people to perish from this earth.
No. It cannot. It must not.
We have in our hands the ultimate power: the power of the vote. It is the noblest instrument ever devised to register our will in a peaceable and productive fashion.
And so we must.
We must vote.
And we will vote no matter how many obstacles are thrown in our way. Because once America votes, America will be heard.
Lincoln said: "The nation is worth fighting for."
So it was. So it is.
Together, as one nation, under G-d, indivisible, let us join forces to fight the common foes of injustice and inequality, of hate and fear.
Let us conduct ourselves as Americans who love each other — who love our country and who will not destroy, but will build.
We owe that to the dead who are buried here at Gettysburg.
And we owe that to the living and to future generations yet to be born.
You and I are part of a great covenant, a common story of divisions overcome and of hope renewed.
If we do our part. If we stand together. If we keep faith with the past and with each other, then the divisions of our time can give way to the dreams of a brighter, better, future.
This is our work. This is our pledge. This is our mission.
We can end this era of division.
We can end the hate and the fear.
We can be what we are at our best:
The United States of America.
G-d bless you. And may G-d protect our troops.
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The Kings are closing in on the hiring of former Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry to join Luke Walton's staff in Sacramento as associate head coach, league sources say
https://twitter.com/thesteinline/status/1313622085126762496?s=21
MLB health protocols require temperature checks for players, coaches, team staff, media, cleaning crews. When thousands of fans attend the World Series and NLCS, there will be no temperature checks for fans.
https://twitter.com/BillShaikin/status/1313629680944082944
Vice Adm. Jerome Adams, the US surgeon general, cited for being in closed Hawaii park
https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/vice-adm-jerome-adams-the-us-surgeon-general-cited-for-being-in-closed-hawaii-park-1.647710
SIGH........................Baker said Greinke is having arm troubles and has been seen by a doctor.
https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/1313626799599955968
Astros Bad, Greinke Good. I want Greinke to throw perfect games but the Astros batters to crash. Let the Astros reliever lose the games Greinke pitches. I want the Oakland Athletics to win the series but Greinke to have a spectacular outing at least once. Now he may not pitch again this season.............
Today, the Minnesota Timberwolves ended their in-market bubble program with a visit to the George Floyd Memorial in South Minneapolis, then helped residents in St. Paul get registered to vote.
https://twitter.com/E_Woodyard/status/1313639474925051905
That officials now concede he was not getting tested every day cuts against the perception some aides allowed that he was tested so frequently that others didn't need to worry and were okay not wearing masks around him, knowing his disdain for them
https://nytimes.com/2020/10/06/us/politics/trump-covid-white-house.html
Rosenstein "said that government lawyers should not have refused to prosecute two cases simply because the children were barely more than infants." | "Rod J. Rosenstein, then the deputy attorney general, went even further in a second call about a week later, telling the five prosecutors that it did not matter how young the children were. "
https://nytimes.com/2020/10/06/us/politics/family-separation-border-immigration-jeff-sessions-rod-rosenstein.html
The former vice president is committed to working toward universal health care through measures such as adding a public option to the Affordable Care Act — which he played a significant role in passing — lowering the age for Medicare eligibility to 60 years old and cutting the cost of prescription drugs. He recognizes the fateful threat of climate change and has put forward an ambitious, $2 trillion plan to slash carbon emissions, invest in a green economy and combat environmental racism. Mr. Biden will not be morphing into an ideological maximalist any time soon, but he has acknowledged that the current trifecta of crises — a lethal pandemic, an economic meltdown and racial unrest — calls for an expanded governing vision. His campaign has been reaching out to a wide range of thinkers, including former rivals, to help craft more dynamic solutions. In midsummer, he rolled out an economic recovery plan, dubbed "Build Back Better," with proposals to bolster American manufacturing, spur innovation, build a "clean-energy economy," advance racial equity and support caregivers and educators. His plan for fighting the coronavirus includes the creation of a public health jobs corps. Leftists who want even more from him should not be afraid to push. Experience is not the same as stagnation. | Certainly, not all of Mr. Biden's foreign policy decisions through the decades look sage in hindsight, but he has shown foresight in key moments. He fought a rear-guard action in the Obama White House to limit the futile surge in Afghanistan. He was against the 2011 intervention in Libya and skeptical of committing American troops to Syria. He opposed renewing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in 2007 and 2008 because it gave the government too much power to spy on Americans. He's supported closing the prison at Guantánamo Bay. Little wonder that he has the backing of a who's who of the foreign policy community and national security officials from both parties. | That said, as the emissary often dispatched by President Barack Obama to deal with Republican lawmakers during tough legislative fights, Mr. Biden has intimate experience with the partisan gridlock crippling Congress. He knows how the levers of power work on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, and he has longstanding relationships with members from both parties. More than any of this cycle's other presidential hopefuls, he offered weary voters a chance to see whether even a modicum of bipartisanship is possible. He is also offering a glimpse of the Democratic Party's future in his choice of running mate, Senator Kamala Harris of California. Ms. Harris would become a number of firsts — a woman, a Black person and an Asian-American — as vice president, adding history-making excitement to the ticket. A former prosecutor, she is tough, smart and can dismantle a faulty argument or political opponent. She is progressive, but not radical. In her own presidential campaign, she presented herself as a unifying leader with center-left policy proposals in a mold similar to Mr. Biden, albeit a generation younger. Mr. Biden is aware that he no longer qualifies as a fresh face and has said that he considers himself a bridge to the party's next generation of leaders. Ms. Harris is a promising step in that direction.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/opinion/joe-biden-2020-nytimes-endorsement.html
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/8/20/21372511/joe-biden-dnc-2020-obamacare-health-care-plan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/how-joe-bidens-surprisingly-ambitious-climate-plan-came-together/2020/07/31/b73e78d0-cd11-11ea-91f1-28aca4d833a0_story.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/elections/kamala-harris.html
Trump fails to block tax return subpoena from Manhattan district attorney
https://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSKBN26S27Q
Trump advisor Corey Lewandowski spotted at football game without mask after saying he would self-isolate due to coronavirus concern
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/07/trump-advisor-corey-lewandowski-spotted-without-mask-after-coronavirus-concern.html
Republican-Controlled Texas Supreme Court Illegally And Unconstitutionally Blocks Houston Elections Officials From Sending 2 Million Mail-In Ballot Applications To Registered Voters
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Alert-Texas-Supreme-Court-blocks-Houston-15627729.php
Dusty Baker says the doctor found nothing structurally wrong w/ Zack Greinke.Says Zack's throwing session went "pretty good" yesterday. Beyond that Baker didn't have an update on when Greinke will be available.I
https://twitter.com/markbermanfox26/status/1313879915536752640
Far-Right Pennsylvania Politics Blog Was Mirrored by Obscure Russian Website
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/10/07/far-right-pennsylvania-politics-blog-was-mirrored-obscure-russian-website#.X33avRe1z3M.twitter
USPS Worker In NJ Arrested For Dumping Mail, Including Election Ballots Mailed To Democratic Areas
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/usps-worker-in-nj-arrested-for-allegedly-dumping-mail-including-election-ballots/2656666/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/postal-employee-arrested-dumping-mail-including-election-ballots-sent-west-orange
ICE Admits Illegal Deportation of Guatemalan Man
https://theintercept.com/2020/10/07/ice-wrongful-deportation-guatemala/
Today marks the 19th anniversary of U.S. troops illegally and unconstitutionally arriving in Afghanistan to attack people who never attacked the US. Almost all the hijackers were Saudi Arabian living in the US.
Haskins' grasp of the new offense has been an issue, and this is in large part an effort to get more out of the other 10 guys in the huddle. Alex Smith will backup Allen on Sunday: The Washington Football Team is making a QB change. Kyle Allen will get the start vs. the #Rams, while former starter Dwayne Haskins goes to the bench.
https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1313828186854166530
The debate is a chance for voters to decide whether Pence and Harris are ready to step into the presidency at a moment's notice. It's hardly a theoretical question: Trump, 74, is fighting the virus and Biden, at 77, would become the oldest person elected
Trump's campaign has aggressively courted Latino evangelicals in battleground states like Florida. Now, they are a crucial base of Latino support for the president. Some faith leaders and strategists say it is a big missed opportunity for Dems.
https://washingtonpost.com/politics/in-central-florida-latino-evangelicals-could-give-trump-an-edge/2020/10/06/39c1d824-fd19-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html
Clippers' Montrezl Harrell has won the 2019-20 NBA Hustle Award, which honors player that makes the energy and effort plays to help his team win throughout the season.
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1313902501134041089
Kayla Mueller parents will be among Pence guests at vice presidential debate which makes zero sense because 1) she knew the risk of being a humanitarian aid worker and 2) she chose to work amongst Islamic terrorists and 3) Trump cut and run from fighting Islamic terrorists and 4) the entire nation is being held hostage by Republicans and 5) he's debating Biden, not Trump and 6) NOBODY IN AMERICA SUPPORTS RESTARTING THE WAR ON ISLAM and 7) DEMOCRATS TOOK OUT OSAMA BIDEN LADEN and 8) how about the Russian bounties for the head of American soldiers?
Venezuela, Once an Oil Giant, Reaches the End of an Era — Venezuela's oil reserves, the world's largest, transformed the country and the global energy market. Now its oil sector is grinding to a halt. Will it ever recover?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/world/americas/venezuela-oil-economy-maduro.html
Trump is now encouraging mail voting, likely after Arizona Republicans was freaking out that he was discouraging their voters from voting by a safe method during a pandemic (AZ has overwhelmingly voted by mail in recent years).
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313902347416895489
Physicians likely cannot rule out with certainty whether Trump will have stopped being contagious by the Oct. 15 debate, which he's vowed to take part in.
Rundown of battleground polls this afternoon h/t @mmurraypolitics
IA: Biden 50%, Trump 45% (Quinnipiac)
NV: Biden 48%, Trump 42% (NYT/Siena)
OH: Biden 45%, Trump 44% (NYT/Siena)
PA: Biden 54%, Trump 41% (Quinnipiac)
WI: Biden 46%, Trump 41% (Marquette)
Dusty Baker is one win away from reaching the LCS for the first time in 17 years, with the most hated team in baseball.
The president looks backwards on issues all the time. Not a valid reason. Going back through a bunch of records and looking backwards is how contact tracing works: White House spokesman bmorgenstern45 refuses to say when Trump's last negative test was: "I don't know when he last tested negative... We're not asking to go back through a bunch of records and look backwards."
https://twitter.com/bgittleson/status/1313910601517871106
3 Dems spoke to Amy Coney Barrett today.
ChrisCoons told her that "rushing through this confirmation process this close to our election is divisive."
SenWhitehouse walked her through "his concerns about dark-money influence around the Court."
SenFeinstein also spoke to ACB.
https://twitter.com/JulieNBCNews/status/1313915894335242240
This is pretty hard to believe. Press pool photo of lunching @WhiteHouse staffers today --- count the Face with medical mask Face with medical mask
https://twitter.com/Laurie_Garrett/status/1313912337951318018
White House aides say Trump still struggling to breathe after hospital return. No shit... you don't magically get better 2 days after requiring hospitalization for this. Still a long way to go (late October) before testing negative twice.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/us/politics/white-house-coronavirus.html
Harris Wins Fight To Enclose VP In Pence Fence During Debate
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/pence-finally-backs-down-in-fight-against-dividers-to-protect-against-covid-for-vp-debate
Chris Christie remains hospitalized with COVID-19 in New Jersey. Was originally sent home to apparantly returned to hospital
https://nypost.com/2020/10/07/chris-christie-remains-hospitalized-with-covid-19-in-new-jersey/
Bernie Sanders: If Dems win Senate, he'll be chairman of Subcommittee on Health
There are more confirmed coronavirus cases in the White House than was the case today in Taiwan, New Zealand and Vietnam – countries with a combined population of 124 million. We cannot continue to have a president who rejects science and whose reckless behavior endangers lives.
https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1313917008673730563
"Out of an abundance of caution," we should expand Medicare to cover everyone in America.
https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1313861896181817346
My bill to tax 60% of the wealth gains billionaires made during the pandemic would increase Trump's taxes by $240 million & provide healthcare to all. Instead, Trump paid just $750 in taxes & received 100% government funded healthcare he ridicules as "socialized medicine." Sad.
https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1313886814617427972
There is evidence that the economic damage is becoming lasting. Companies have announced mass layoffs, many of them permanent. Many people who lost jobs in the spring now count as long-term unemployed — a hallmark of the recession a decade ago.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/10/02/business/stock-market-today-coronavirus
Trump Rejected Quack Coronavirus19 Cures For Himself That He Pushed On The Public. He deserves the best. Everyone else deserves bleach.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-coronavirus-cures-treatment_n_5f7dc931c5b61229a05a6cdf
Top Democrats introduce resolution calling for mask mandate, testing program in Senate
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/520027-top-democrats-introduce-resolution-calling-for-mask-mandate-testing-program
Biden and campaign demanding Trump prove he's not contagious before 2nd debate
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/biden-campaign-demanding-trump-prove-contagious-debate/story?id=73472970
Plexiglass won't stop covid19 or any virus
In late July, Turkey deployed several F-16s to Azerbaijan for the joint TurAz Qartalı-2020 military exercises. Back then, at least five Turkish Air Force F-16s were filmed at the same location at Ganja International Airport. https://mod.gov.az/az/news/turaz-qartali-2020-telimlerinde-istirak-edecek-f-16-teyyareleri-azerbaycana-gelib-video-31668.html
The F-16s may signal increased involvement of a bigger power, Turkey, into the renewed fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. Turkish-backed Syrian mercenaries are already fighting alongside Azerbaijani troops.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/28/world/asia/azerbaijan-armenia-nagorno-karabakh.html
Chauvin posted a non-cash bond for conditional release. His bail was set in June at $1.25 million for unconditional release and $1 million with prohibitions on firearm possession and working in any security capacity. He is also not permitted to leave the state of Minnesota.
https://twitter.com/CourthouseNews/status/1313919630533103616
Ian Anderson so far in the postseason: 9 IP 0 R 3 H 3 BB 15 K
Native Americans Could Help Swing Arizona—But Many Struggle to Cast Their Ballot
https://time.com/5895299/native-american-vote-arizona-elections/
BuzzFeed News Pulls Reporter From White House, Citing Virus Risk
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/business/media/buzzfeed-white-house-coronavirus.html
Report: The Trump Administration Let Sex Offenders Off Because It Was Too Busy Separating Migrant Babies From Their Parents
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/10/trump-administration-child-separation
The Trump Administration Let Sex Offenders Off Because It Was Too Busy Separating Latin American Children - Babies Included - From Their Parents
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/10/trump-administration-child-separation
Baker Mayfield asked if he finds himself running into people who still hang onto the Browns history of losing: "Well yeah, for starters, you guys..."
https://twitter.com/benaxelrod/status/1313862569728372736
#Patriots star CB Stephon Gilmore has tested positive for the coronavirus and the team isn't expected to practice today, per sources.
https://www.twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1313807887622434818
#Titans broke protocols, gathered for a workout last week
https://twitter.com/paulkuharskynfl/status/1313895872200048640
"To me it's not that damn hard. Just wear your mask. We all want to play football" -
https://twitter.com/RuiterWrongFAN/status/1313863593532760066
Patrick Mahomes slept in a separate bedroom and stayed away from his pregnant fiancé since a positive test surfaced within the #chiefs.
https://twitter.com/JamesPalmerTV/status/1313887046243475456
A player on the Las Vegas Raiders has tested positive today per source.
https://twitter.com/diannaespn/status/1313815349578657795
A player on the #Titans has tested positive for COVID-19 per source. This puts Sunday's game between the Bills and Titans in jeopardy. Titans were expected to return to their facility today, that can't happen now.
https://twitter.com/diannaespn/status/1313811036756234240
WEAR YOUR MASK • KEEP YOUR DISTANCE
https://twitter.com/CameronNewton/status/1313838269059215361
Ryan Tannehill was there when the Titans broke protocol
https://twitter.com/PaulKuharskyNFL/status/1313901788291108866
A source tells me that JJ Watt and Bill O'Brien had a heated exchange on the practice field the week of the Steelers game in which JJ called BOB out for his coaching ability. It began a player revolt that ended up getting BOB fired.
https://twitter.com/johngranato/status/1313885351845470209
The NFL and NFLPA are looking into whether #Titans players have been working out together offsite while the facility was closed due to their COVID-19 outbreak, per sources. Two more players learned of positive tests today, bringing the total to 20 cases among players and staff.
https://twitter.com/tompelissero/status/1313853092182532096
Trump wanted to destroy the NFL for not allowing him to buy a team, he won, the NFL is crashing bad because of covid19
Canada banning plastic bags, straws, cutlery and other single-use items by the end of 2021
https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/canada-banning-plastic-bags-straws-cutlery-and-other-single-use-items-by-the-end-of-2021-1.5135968
Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn was run as criminal group, court rules after landmark case
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/golden-dawn-trial-greek-neo-nazi-party-murder-anti-fascist-rapper-b857871.html
World Giraffe Population Is Dropping Dramatically Throughout World
https://www.ibtimes.sg/silent-extinction-world-giraffe-population-dropping-dramatically-iucn-arms-52292
Joe Biden's free college plan could pay for itself within 10 years, Georgetown University analysis says - The former vice president is proposing to make public college tuition free for families earning $125,000 a year or less
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-analysis-estimates-the-financial-cost-and-benefits-of-bidens-free-college-plan-11601962724
Ian Anderson's final line in his second career postseason start: 5.2 IP, 0 ER, 3 H, 1 BB, 8 K, 94 pitches
Do the Astros have their trash cans back? It's the only way they've suddenly became good in the playoffs. What happened to the Astors with the losing record??
Democrats said from Day 1 they would never under any circumstances meet Barrett. All but two Senate Democrats met her in the last 48 hours.
In unprecedented move, the New England Journal of Medicine published an editorial written by its editors condemning the Trump admin for its response to the Covid-19 pandemic and calling for the current leadership in the United States to be voted out of office
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/07/health/nejm-editorial-political-leadership-bn/index.html
A retired major general who served as a 2016 campaign adviser to Trump has been illegally and unconstitutionally installed in a senior advisory role at the CIA this year
https://politico.com/news/2020/10/07/white-house-installs-campaign-veteran-cia-427429
Facebook Widens Ban on Political Ads as Alarm Rises Over Election. All political ads will be banned indefinitely after polls close on November 3 and the company plans new steps to limit misinformation about the results. | Facebook introduces a new policy against content that urges Americans to report to election sites as unauthorized poll watchers, if the content uses "militarized language" or if the intent is to intimidate voters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/technology/facebook-political-ads-ban.html
Washington has employed a bazillion quarterbacks under Dan Snyder, and has handed unwanted big-name QBs to its last three head coaches. You can't win like this.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/10/07/washington-quarterbacks-dwayne-haskins/
Yusmeiro Petit allowed four earned runs in 21.2 regular season innings. The Astros scored four against him in one inning this series.
Trump Camp canceling TV ads in midwest states: He's been off the airwaves completely in Iowa and Ohio. Slashed at least $2 million worth of reservations in Michigan and Wisconsin. And in Minnesota, his team chopped about $5 million from its budget.
https://buzzfeednews.com/article/henrygomez/trump-campaign-ads-pulled-back-ohio-wisconsin
Delta Dawn, also known as Baby Jane, is an unidentified child murder victim whose body was found in a river in Moss Point, Mississippi in December, 1982. Authorities believe the child's mother attempted to smother her and then threw her off the eastbound Interstate 10 bridge before committing suicide. This theory is supported by the fact that only two days before the discovery of the child's body, a seemingly upset woman wearing a blue plaid shirt and jeans and holding a baby around Delta Dawn's estimated age was seen walking on Mississippi State Highway 63 and, later, the National Interstate 10. The woman repeatedly refused help from those who drove by and offered assistance. This incidence occurred on December 3rd, 1982. Two days later, a truck driver called the police and reported that he had seen a body of an adult female wearing a blue plaid shirt floating in the river. This body was never found, however, the body of Delta Dawn was recovered. She was wearing a pink checked dress. An autopsy revealed that the girl had been smothered and then thrown into the river whilst still alive, where she drowned. In 2009, Delta Dawn's body was exhumed and DNA was collected. To date, there have been no matches to the DNA sample and Delta Dawn, and the woman in the blue plaid shirt, remain unidentified. However, in October 2020, Delta Dawn's NamUs profile was removed, but no official announcements have been made. I hope and pray that the little girl has been identified, she deserves to have her name back.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Dawn_(murder_victim)
Mike Clevinger will need about a week for inflammation in his elbow to calm down, then will get more images. He is virtually certain to be taken off the DS roster, and then by rule would be ineligible for next series if Padres advance. No word yet on who replacement might be.
https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1313975721405095937
Now the Astros are hitting batters instead of trash cans
Wisconsin Is Opening A 530-Bed Field Hospital As Coronavirus19 Cases Continue To Surge
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/wisconsin-coronavirus-surge-field-hospital
Since getting sick with the virus, Trump's makeup has been more dramatic than usual, as if he's trying to appear healthier with a darker shade of foundation or bronzer. Notice the stark contrast between his face and his ears and hands.
https://twitter.com/Olivianuzzi/status/1313969356649435138
America in 2020 is a place where we now have to dissect prepared imagery from the government to try to get actual clues about the leader's health.
The same Citibank CIJorg, BuzzFeedNews, lehrennbc, bayemomardieng and others found in FinCENFiles to have filed a kinda late suspicious activity report about the former head of World Athletics? Experts said that years of wires should've sent alarm bells ringing earlier. U.S. banking regulators on Wednesday slapped Citigroup Inc. and its national bank subsidiary Citibank with a $400 million fine over "longstanding" deficiencies. https://law360.com/articles/1317938
https://twitter.com/Law360/status/1313954240256241669
While the insistence on barriers was initially met with resistance by Pence's team, candidates across some of the most crucial battlegrounds farther down ballot have been sparring with plexiglass between them in socially-distant debates in recent weeks.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/plexiglass-barriers-previous-debates-amid-covid-19-pandemic/story?id=73480144
Trump says in this message he returned from the hospital "a day ago" but he returned back two days ago, and Meadows said the video was filmed today
https://twitter.com/i/status/1313959702104023047
Third generation is the charm? What a sick, sad, stupid foreign policy we have: Years after they fought in Afghanistan, US troops watch as their children deploy to the same war
https://stripes.com/news/years-after-they-fought-in-afghanistan-us-troops-watch-as-their-children-deploy-to-the-same-war-1.647659
These umpires have been an embarrassment for the sport these playoffs (catcher's interference call)
The DOJ says it "inadvertently" altered documents it recently submitted to a federal court as part the effort to drop the Flynn case. This comes after Strzok and McCabe raised concerns about the accuracy of the docs, which are their handwritten notes.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/07/politics/flynn-justice-department-altered-documents/index.html
Liam Hendriks throwing straight heat to Reddick, 7 in a row, bye bye Reddick lol
Judge Orders Twitter To Unmask FBI Impersonator Who Set Off Seth Rich Conspiracy
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/07/921285470/judge-orders-twitter-to-unmask-fbi-impersonator-who-set-off-seth-rich-conspiracy
One week after leaving the hospital, well within the two week minimum recommended quarantine, Trump, still infected with covid19 and clearly feeling sick all day, plans to be on the road: TRUMP campaign is exploring having him hold an event (not a rally) in Pittsburgh on Monday, per 3 ppl familiar with the discussions. They're setting up possible travel plans for him all week, with later in the week seeming more solid.
https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1313990875408723968
It's at this point where I hope covid19 explodes in him and kills him.
The White House has known there was a serious exposure problem for at least a week. But it wasn't until last Thursday night that JenniferJJacobs was the one who told the world that Hope Hicks had tested positive: The head of White House security office, Crede Bailey, is gravely ill with coronavirus19 and has been hospitalized since late September, I'm told. Security office handles credentialing for access to WH; works closely with Secret Service on security measures on the compound.
https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1313989175159463941
Crede Bailey, the head of the White House security office, became sick with the coronavirus19 before the Sept. 26 Rose Garden event, I'm told.
https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1313989618644275202
White House aides, senators, Secret Service, residential staff, reporters and others have all been exposed to the virus, and many have contracted it, in the time since the White House knew about this case. They already knew and never told the Gold Star families or the Biden team exposed at the debate, if JenniferJJacobs didn't break the story public
Trump did not have to worry about the costs of his coronavirus treatment, which are covered by the federal government. His care would cost most patients more than $100,000 in the U.S. health system.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/upshot/trump-hospital-costs-coronavirus.html
Mike Clevinger is officially off the Padres' division series roster. He'll be replaced by Dan Altavilla. Clevinger won't be available in the NLCS now accordingly.
https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1313987256370237441
Umpire fucking over all pitchers all game long, also fucks up how batters assess pitches
Missouri governor says again he will pardon St. Louis couple Mark and Patricia McCloskey
I am usually pro-worker but I cannot wait until Umpires become extinct. There is no reason not to have a chip inside the ball and sensors at the plate that call balls and strikes. That technology exists today.
The yankees have 7 hits over their last 13 innings. The umps have helped, but the bats going to sleep is the reason they are losing. And the umpires are miscalling pitches thrown by all pitchers all game long
The Rays really bringing it, they just smother you with pitching, defense, and homers and if you waste the 1-2 opportunities you get, you're fucked. And too bad.
Rays swing at absolutely everything and will routinely score, it's so much fun lmfao
Manny Machado gets upset at Brusdar Graterol for throwing his hat after he celebrates Bellinger's spectacular catch
https://streamable.com/7rgvd5
Rick Santorum Interrupts Female Colleague to Argue Pence Didn't Interrupt Kamala
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rick-santorum-interrupts-female-colleague-gloria-borger-to-argue-mike-pence-didnt-interrupt-kamala-harris
What's up with Pence's eye? Viewers point out pink eye is a possible symptom of COVID-19.
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/pence-left-eye-debate/
Pence Struggles to Explain Why Trump Admin Didn't Follow Its Own COVID Guidelines
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pence-struggles-to-explain-why-trump-admin-didnt-follow-its-own-covid-guidelines
Women cheer on Harris's 'I'm speaking' response in debate: 'I hope every little girl heard that'
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/520131-women-cheer-on-harris-im-speaking-moment-i-hope-every-little
'They knew and they covered it up': Harris slams Pence over coronavirus in VP debate
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/vp-debate-harris-pence-coronavirus-trump-covid-b875287.html
CDC officials horrified Tru,p wrote a letter excusing Mike Pence from CDC quarantine guidance
https://theweek.com/speedreads/942395/cdc-officials-are-reportedly-horrified-boss-wrote-letter-excusing-mike-pence-from-quarantine-guidance
Biden campaign launches fly swatter, internet loses it over insect on Pence's head
https://news3lv.com/news/local/biden-campaign-launches-fly-swatter-internet-loses-it-over-insect-on-pences-head
Mike Pence had a fly on his head for almost two minutes and did not simply palm the fly back into the air. He pretended not to notice the fly while watching the fly romp around in his hair in the cameras and telemonitors directly in front of him.
We the people need to see Mike Pence's medical history. Because the right side of his face is droopy.
"It's a visual medium." So often said the late Roger Ailes about television. He said it to justify hiring women who looked a certain way and requiring them to dress a certain way. Ailes's abuse of the saying does not make it any less true. The most striking thing about the Pence-Harris debate was nothing that was said. It was what we saw. We saw a vice president with a pale face, his mouth cankered by a cold sore, his eyes pink. He looked unwell, which evoked the pandemic that has gripped America—a pandemic through which the Trump White House has modeled the most irresponsible and unsafe behavior. That irresponsible and unsafe behavior has sickened the president and the first lady, forced the Joint Chiefs of Staff into quarantine, and spread infection though the West Wing. This White House is notorious for non-transparency and untruthfulness. The president evaded a COVID-19 test before the September 29 debate in Cleveland—a date by which he very probably knew he was infected and infectious. Everybody watching tonight's debate had to wonder: What's going on with the vice president? At one point, Pence was at least the titular head of the White House COVID-19 response. He defied safety protocols too. He notably refused to wear a mask on a visit to the Mayo Clinic in April, despite the hospital's clear rule that he must. We saw a vice president who had internalized the Trump White House's culture of disrespect, and especially disrespect to women. He talked over Kamala Harris and the moderator, Susan Page; he ignored the rules of the debate to which he agreed. At the core of the Trump political project is the reassertion of dominance over the historically dominated by the historically dominant. That reassertion of dominance was Pence's supreme project at this debate too. Pence did not imitate his boss's manic and undisciplined—and ultimately catastrophically unsuccessful—style of dominance. Instead, he brought to this debate the more measured and controlled disdain of a man who had considered the matter carefully—and decided that the woman in front of him had no right to control him and that the woman to his right did not deserve to be onstage with him. With the sound on, you heard Page trying and failing to summon Pence to order with a repeated, "Mr. Vice President, Mr. Vice President." With the sound off, you saw Harris—a vice-presidential nominee, a U.S. senator, a former attorney general of the largest state in the nation—obliged to smile and smile in an effort to assert herself without seeming … well, you know, without seeming something that might offend somebody. Pence never worried about offending anybody. And he did not feel the need to smile when asserting himself. We saw a weird moment when a fly landed on Pence's snow-white hair—and the vice president did not react at all. No doubt, it's a conundrum, what to do in such a situation. If Pence had shooed the fly and the fly had refused to shoo, that would have been bad. So he did nothing. And that doing nothing somehow in one powerful visual moment concentrated everything. It symbolized the whole Pence vice presidency, the determined, willful refusal to acknowledge the most blaring and glaring negative realities. Through all of the scandals and the crimes and the disasters of the past four years, Mike Pence was the man who pretended not to notice. And now there was a fly on his head, and he pretended not to notice that too.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/what-vp-debate-was-like-sound-off/616654/
Pence Refuses To Commit To Stepping Down If Biden Wins Election. He Says If Democrats Win, It's Because They Rigged It
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/pence-conspiracy-theories-peaceful-transfer-power-step-down
Flint residents sue investment banks, accuse them of helping create water crisis
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2020/10/07/flint-residents-blame-water-crisis-investment-banks-lawsuit/5912871002/
Republicans Ask Supreme Court To Block Order That Extends Census Counting, Census Counting Plays A Major Role In Making America Great
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/07/920206851/appeals-court-denies-another-attempt-to-end-census-early-by-trump-officials
He sold an AR-15-style rifle to a mass shooter. Now he wants universal background checks
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/07/us/ar-15-mass-shooter-unlicensed-gun-dealer-invs/index.html
Swats away flies and lies. Get yours today: https://store.joebiden.com/truth-over-flies-fly-swatter/
https://twitter.com/TeamJoe/status/1314041430382272514?s=20
http://flywillvote.com.
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1314033841661767680
Covid-19 Is The Third Leading Cause Of Death In The U.S.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/covid-19-is-now-the-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-the-u-s/
This morning Trump said he would not debate at all. Trump is likely too sick to debate next week, even virtually, he believes he won't be well enough to debate, and he likely does not want anyone to see him sick. The Trump campaign is now calling for a one-week delay in the remaining two debates, Oct 22 and 29, instead of doing the Oct 15 one from remote locations, which is what Trump should have asked for this morning instead of ranting insanely.
As his polls drop, Trump escalates attacks on the rule of law: (1) Accused opponents of "treason." (2) Demanded indictments of Obama, Clinton, Comey. (3) Lambasted the FBI chief for refusing to repeat his lies about voter fraud. (4) Said Biden should be disqualified from running.
A covid-19 outbreak has sickened 14 workers and residents at Fairfax Count's Juvenile Detention Center. Staff is questioning why kids were never given masks before the outbreak
https://washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/fairfax-juvenile-detention-covid/2020/10/08/774e4046-08be-11eb-9be6-cf25fb429f1a_story.html
A joint Secret Service investigation led to a Russian hacker cyber-criminal being sentenced to more than 7 years in prison for hacking 3 technology companies during the #COVID19 pandemic.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/russian-hacker-sentenced-over-7-years-prison-hacking-three-bay-area-tech-companies
'Mr Vice President, I'm speaking': Harris stops Pence interrupting her at debate (
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/vice-president-debate-kamala-harris-mike-pence-interrupt-video-b875177.html
A toxic spill in Russia's Far East has killed 95% of marine life on the seabed
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/07/asia/russia-kamchatka-toxic-marine-life-death-intl/index.html
National security adviser O'Brien says the U.S. would go down to 2,500 troops in Afghanistan by early next year. President says they "should" all be home by Christmas. Taliban welcome the news. Taliban cheer Trump pledge to withdraw troops by Christmas.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trump-pledges-withdraw-troops-afghanistan-christmas-taliban-cheer-n1242590
An amazing thing about Trump is he basically says he was positive and contagious for the last debate and he claims to want an in-person debate where he can still infect people. His actual position is to sicken more people.
Trump confirms he's still on dexamethasone, a steroid for the most severe covid19 cases, while in the same breath saying he's cured.
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows hosted a lavish wedding for his daughter in Atlanta this May, despite a statewide order and city of Atlanta guidelines that banned gatherings of more than 10 people to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
https://www.ajc.com/politics/top-white-house-aide-hosted-lavish-atlanta-wedding-in-may-despite-virus-restrictions/EM4USUMCRFBJLJNC52WXR7EWIY/
Donald Trump's so-called 'miracle' coronavirus19 treatment was tested on cells derived from an abortion – The Trump administration has notably opposed medical research that uses fetal tissue from abortions, while knocking back numerous requests from scientists to work with it.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/donald-trump-s-so-called-miracle-coronavirus-treatment-was-tested-on-cells-derived-from-an-abortion
Republican Senator Mike Lee (who tested positive for covid19) Blurts Out That He Hates Democracy. His Medical Coverage Is 100% Tax-Payer Funded (Federal Employee Health Care) Thanks To Democracy.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/10/mike-lee-not-a-democracy-republican-trump-authoritarian.html
Donald Trump calls for AG Barr to indict Joe Biden with 26 days until election
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-calls-ag-barr-indict-joe-biden-26-days-until-election-1537518
Trump illegally and unconstitutionally asked Walter Reed doctors to sign illegal and unconstitutional non-disclosure agreements in 2019
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-asked-walter-reed-doctors-sign-non-disclosure-agreements-2019-n1242293
Another 840,000 Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/08/economy/unemployment-benefits-coronavirus/index.html
Buttigieg questions why evangelical Pence supports 'a president caught with a porn star'
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/520176-buttigieg-questions-why-evangelical-pence-supports-a-president-caught-with
The FBI says it thwarted what it described as a plot to violently overthrow the government and kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and federal prosecutors are expected to discuss the alleged conspiracy later Thursday.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/08/feds-thwart-militia-plot-kidnap-michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer/5922301002/
Every available study and dataset says that rightwing domestic terrorism is currently the biggest terror threat to Americans
After accusing Joe Biden of want to cancel the debates, Trump cancelled his appearance in the next debate. "I'm not going to waste my time".
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/08/second-presidential-debate-between-trump-and-biden-on-oct-15-will-be-virtual.html
Another Titans player has tested positive for COVID-19 and an inconclusive test from the previous day is also positive, per source.
https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1314186407892660224
The Titans should have to take a loss and play next week because of their irresponsible actions.
https://twitter.com/TorreySmithWR/status/1314190919198015488
Belichick: Without a healthy team, you don't have a team.
https://twitter.com/MarkDanielsPJ/status/1314183677384024064
The #Patriots had no new positive tests today, I'm told. They are working remotely, for at least one more round of COVID-19 tests.
https://twitter.com/rapsheet/status/1314168774900305922
Another thing to consider: If a game is forfeited or canceled due to Covid, NEITHER team gets paid. So Bills players wouldn't be paid if the Titans have to forfeit.
https://twitter.com/nfldraftscout/status/1314194705824055296
The #Chiefs again had zero positive tests, per source. So did the #Raiders, who'd put one player on the Reserve/COVID-19 list earlier this week.
https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1314187771318329346
Further reporting by Dan Graziano confirmed this AM, the NFL DID in fact reach out to the Titans on 9/29 to inform them that in-person meetings outside of the building are banned. The NFL memo on 10/1 was not the 1st time the Titans were told.
https://twitter.com/TDavenport_NFL/status/1314213107644784640
This is a pretty direct condemnation of Trump and Team Trump by McConnell: MCCONNELL: "I haven't actually been to the White House since August the 6th. Because my impression was that their approach to how to handle this is different from mine and what I suggested that we do in the Senate, which is to wear a mask and practice social distancing."
https://twitter.com/JulieNBCNews/status/1314239940096602113
This should not read as a jab. It should read as a recognition of our current reality. I don't think he would have said that if he thought Trump was going to win Face with tears of joy
After blaming Hicks' infection on the troops (and Hicks' inability to keep them away), Trump blames his own infection on the families of fallen service members: Trump suggested this morning that he might have contracted Covid-19 from Gold Star family members who were too close to him when telling stories of their loved ones who died in the line of duty https://politico.com/news/2020/10/08/trump-gold-star-families-coronavirus-427875
How a Radical Black Tradition Could Buoy Biden in Michigan. The Black vote may have cost Democrats the election here in 2016. This year is poised to be different.
https://newrepublic.com/article/159525/radical-black-tradition-buoy-biden-michigan
A tweet from the president in April, calling on right-wing domestic terrorists to "liberate Michigan". Trump first tweeted "LIBERATE MINNESOTA!" Then, a minute later, the president tweeted "LIBERATE MICHIGAN!"
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1251169217531056130
Stories of those lost in the US to COVID-19 per news reports & obits. Each story matters. Support local journalism. Curated by @alexjgoldstein
https://twitter.com/FacesOfCOVID
Dusty Baker: Zack Greinke will start for the Astros today.
https://twitter.com/jakemkaplan/status/1314238770972106753
Going from potential Tommy Johns type issues to starting in two days is incredible, and idk if in a good way or bad way. Wait, this is Dusty Baker we're talking about. Oh no...
According to the Umpire Scorecard,the Yankees lost a total of 0.00 runs from the ump while the Rays lost 0.71 last night. I've been saying, all the homeplate umpires for all the games have been screwing over every single pitcher on every single team every single game all playoffs - a regular season - long.
Pelosi: 'We're going to be talking about 25th Amendment'
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/520191-pelosi-were-going-to-be-talking-about-25th-amendment
Ukraine Deported Two American Members Of A Neo-Nazi Group Who Tried To Join A Far-Right Military Unit For "Combat Experience"
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/ukraine-deports-american-neo-nazi-atomwaffen-division
How down-ballot candidates could help Democrats flip Texas
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/08/texas-democrats-trump-biden/
Trump administration goes to Supreme Court in bid to stop the census
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/trump-administration-goes-supreme-court-bid-stop-census-n1242577
House Democrats propose antitrust overhaul to rein in big tech
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/06/house-democrats-antitust-overhaul-big-tech-426840
Carrollton Mayoral Candidate Zul Mirza Mohamed Arrested, Charged With 100+ Counts Of Voter Fraud
https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/10/08/carrollton-mayoral-candidate-zul-mirza-mohamed-arrested-voter-fraud/
UMMM GOOD, UMMM THAT WAS HER CAMPAIGN PLATFORM, HER POSITION IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE WANT, HER POSITION IS WHAT MOST PENNSYLVANIANS WANT: Video Resurfaces of Kamala Harris Saying She Wants to Ban Fracking After Saying Biden Will Not During VP Debate
https://www.newsweek.com/video-resurfaces-kamala-harris-saying-she-wants-ban-fracking-after-saying-biden-will-not-during-1537304
When Bucs-Bears kickoff tonight, Tom Brady and Nick Foles will become the first quarterbacks to face off as starters in a Super Bowl and then later in their careers while each starting for a different team, per @EliasSports.
https://twitter.com/fieldyates/status/1314224153990438914
Biden tests NEGATIVE for COVID-19 today. That makes nine days since the debate.
https://twitter.com/JTHVerhovek/status/1314259512342327299
Slamlanta Braves.
Slam Diego Padres.
Mislami Marlins.
Oakland Slamthletics.
Slampa Bay Rays.
Los Slamgeles Dodgers.
Houston Slamstros.
New York Slamkees.
IRS extends deadline for 9 million people to register to get a stimulus check
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stimulus-checks-irs-deadline-november-21/
Appeals court illegally and unconstitutionally blocks allowing extra week for counting Wisconsin absentee ballots
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/08/court-blocks-order-allowing-extra-week-for-counting-wisconsin-ballots.html
Former Trump Mega-Fundraiser Elliot Broidy Charged in Foreign Influence Scheme
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-trump-mega-fundraiser-elliott-broidy-charged-in-scheme-to-influence-trump-admin-for-malaysian-businessman
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-08/ex-fundraiser-for-trump-rnc-is-charged-over-foreign-lobbying
Footage of a Kansas City officer kneeling on the back of a pregnant Black woman sparks ongoing protest
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/08/us/protest-arrest-of-pregnant-woman-kansas-city-trnd/index.html
That was quick. Biden has replaced the second presidential debate, snubbed by Trump, with a town hall on his own. October 15th.
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1314279438398431232
The unarmed Black man who was killed by a white Texas cop had offered a handshake and asked the officer if he was "doing good." That was before the encounter turned deadly, according to a newly released affidavit.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-jonathan-price-offered-handshake-texas-cop-shot-him-affidavit-20201008-6bw4q4kvpzg5vl4o5un7cnuzbu-story.html
April 2020: Directly above me, men with rifles yelling at us. Some of my colleagues who own bullet proof vests are wearing them. I have never appreciated our Sergeants-at-Arms more than today. #mileg
https://twitter.com/SenPolehanki/status/1255899318210314241
"Hate groups heard the president's words not as a rebuke, but as a rallying cry. As a call to action," Whitmer said, referring to President Trump telling the Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by" during the debate. "Hatred, bigotry and violence have no place" in MI she said.
https://twitter.com/adam_brew/status/1314281168108498944
Greinke isn't telling the hitter what's coming. It's part of the sequence with his catcher.
https://twitter.com/PJHughes45/status/1314306490677698560
Good thing his teammates have no reason to be mad at him for letting the other team know what pitch is coming, it's well documented that their position on sign stealing is that it doesn't matter. I guess it helps knowing what is coming.
https://streamable.com/ko4546
OAK@HOU Gm4: Ramon Laureano's 3-run homer
https://streamable.com/8wej7i
Supreme Court rejects Republican effort to block mail voting in Montana
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/520242-supreme-court-rejects-gop-effort-to-block-mail-voting-in-montana
Trial of Giuliani associates Parnas, Fruman delayed to March 2021
https://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSKBN26T37M
Ex-N.J. Gov. Chris Christie spends 5th day in hospital for COVID-19
https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/10/ex-nj-gov-chris-christie-spends-5th-day-in-hospital-for-covid-19-updates-on-care-and-his-spirits.html
Covid19 infected and steroided-up Trump to campaign Pittsburgh on Monday
https://www.wtae.com/article/president-trump-to-travel-to-allegheny-county-on-monday-county-officials-confirm/34316950
51 protesters arrested after officer in Floyd death released
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-minneapolis-crime-arrests-derek-chauvin-c45812e7ae9fefb65ec5fb1dbb87a774
Trump's USDA Sued Over Program Allowing Horrific'Mass Slaughter Of Native Wildlife
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/08/trumps-usda-sued-over-program-allowing-horrific-mass-slaughter-native-wildlife
According to the WHO, only 20% of people need to be hospitalized and that's normally the elderly and those with preexisting conditions (all of which are self-inflicted). Christie might be fucked. Poor bastard.
Man steals pro-Biden yard sign, then goes around town stealing copies of local newspaper containing story on his theft of the pro-Biden yard sign. Local newspaper then publishes new story, on theft of the story on the theft.
https://www.dickinsoncountynews.com/story/2839758.html
Someone at Guantanamo has finally been charged, tried, and convicted: A federal judge in Jacksonville, Florida, just sentenced the former Guantanamo Bay commander to two years in prison for obstruction of justice and other federal charges.
https://nytimes.com/2020/01/18/us/politics/guantanamo-bay-mystery-death.html
The antibody cocktail for Covid-19 that Trump touted on Wednesday afternoon was developed with cells originally derived from fetal tissue, a practice that the president had repeatedly condemned.
Pence cancels Indiana trip (where he was expected to cast his ballot from the Indiana governor's mansion)
https://twitter.com/tomlobianco/status/1314302322881765400
Since very little attention is being given to the fact that this morning the President of the United States referred repeatedly to a Black woman United States Senator as a "monster," I'll re-up this piece.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/when-trump-attacks-one-black-woman-we-all-feel-it/2018/11/13/50d77c06-e756-11e8-b8dc-66cca409c180_story.html
Kamala Harris's Tamil heritage and the cultural heritage of the woman who raised her and who gave her a Sanskrit name and Indian sociocultural education.
The number of attempts by Republicans in recent years to pack or shrink the size of state supreme courts is incredible.
https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6705&context=faculty_scholarship
Last night the Vice President of the United States refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power and today no one's even talking about it
https://twitter.com/badler/status/1314263276927287297
#Dodgers Corey Seager on the PDE (Public Displays of Emotion) by Machado/Graterol in Game 2: "That's not my style to show emotion like that. But I completely get it especially in games like this. It's a rivalry. It's high emtions. It was a big situation. ... Emotions take over."
https://twitter.com/billplunkettocr/status/1314308905527279617
OAK@HOU Gm4: Carlos Correa destroys a baseball to give the Astros the lead
https://streamable.com/40lnqk
Wainwright confirms the Cardinals are composed of flat-earthers
https://streamable.com/3lc7l4
This Houston team is playing great baseball and fuck the Astros
The A's are making so many pitching changes I'm expecting to see Rollie Fingers start warming up in the bullpen
Astros making the NLCS is probably the biggest joke this sport has seen in a long time
'I'm surprised he's even heard of us': Wales hits back after Trump criticises country's coronavirus response | "I look forward to welcoming Joe Biden here as next president of the United States," says Plaid Cymru leader
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/trump-wales-coronavirus-covid-laura-ingraham-adam-price-b882909.html
Coronavirus19 killing three times more people in the UK than flu and pneumonia combined.
There was tremendous media outrage over Ruth's Chris Steak House receiving PPP money. The funding was returned. Now workers at Ruth's Chris are being laid off and much of the PPP money has not been spent
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/10/06/chicagos-ruths-chris-steakhouse-location-to-close-hundreds-of-other-job-cuts-coming-at-illinois-businesses-in-near-future/
Friction is growing in the Trump-Barr relationship over the Durham probe. Trump feels he's given Barr wide latitude on Russia & wants more charges. While Barr understands Trump's frustration, he won't tolerate interference in specific investigations. Trump has attacted Barr publically in recent days.
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-voting-fraud-and-irregularities-elections-archive-bb887a6d591b4532627e9a23a401d418
If Trump spun out of the White House in a feverish haze spouting gibberish and growling like a madman, someone on his team would not only defend him but also promote his insanity
Trump, in a swift reversal, has told allies he's interested in a large-scale stimulus deal, according to a person with direct knowledge of his comments. Trump tweeted this already overnight a few nights ago.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/08/politics/stimulus-negotiations-latest-trump-reversal/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad-Reza_Shajarian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Rall
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Nash
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Dwyer_(journalist)
"The President is giving a very mixed message right now," Dr. Rick Bright, fmr director of HHS Biomedical Advanced Research & Development Authority told @jaketapper . "He is not well. We would not want any other person on the planet to do the things he's doing."
https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1314332867426738176
Talking to Trump voters at this Pence rally, I heard more criticism of Harris's tone/expressions than of any particular thing she said at debate. Even when I talked with the local MOC, Rep. Debbie Lesko, she hit Harris for looking "smug."
https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1314336857866399744
I think you meant to say "white supremacist terrorist cabal," not "militia group."
https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/1314312227596505091
Second time Conley has flubbed the timeline, which just adds to the questions about whether they're being honest about when the president became ill.
https://twitter.com/hunterw/status/1314341487048523782
The latest statement from Trump's doctor says he anticipates "a safe return to public engagements" starting Saturday. The update makes no mention of whether he's tested negative. Dr. Conley hasn't taken questions from reporters in three days.
This would be a total of 9 days since Trump announced he had tested positive. The standard recommendation is 14 days from testing positive. So the 14 days started earlier than last Thursday or Conley is a liar
Biden wasn't dodging the court packing question a year ago. During a Democratic debate he said plainly that court packing would mean "we begin to lose any credibility…the court has at all." He has repeatedly rejected court packing. So I'm packing up my vote and not voting.
The Justice Department has freed federal prosecutors to take steps that could interfere with elections. DOJ created an exception to a decadeslong policy meant to prevent prosecutors from taking overt investigative steps that might affect vote outcomes.
https://www.propublica.org/article/doj-frees-federal-prosecutors-to-take-steps-that-could-interfere-with-elections-weakening-long-standing-policy
YEP: To many supporters, Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis inspires hope, not fear
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/to-many-supporters-trumps-covid-19-diagnosis-inspires-hope-not-fear
Trump Is Killing the Economy Out of Spite
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/opinion/donald-trump-economy.html
There are pretty strong incentives for Republican senators not to get tested right now, or not to accurately disclose the results of positive tests. Testing positive means no Supreme Court hearing.
LOL! So cheating is forgotten as long as you play by the rules after? Congratulations to the Astros on moving on.
https://twitter.com/OrelHershiser/status/1314355519428026369
https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6705&context=faculty_scholarship
Trump retweets, deletes defense of his removal from office under 25th Amendment
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-retweets-deletes-defense-his-removal-office-under-25th-amendment-1537690
White Nationalist Right-Wing Domestic Terrorists charged in plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer photographed at Capitol gun rally
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/08/whitmer-kidnap-plot-capitol-gun-rally/5931604002/
Whitmer conspiracy allegations tied to Designed-DOmestic-Terrorist Boogaloo movement
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/whitmer-conspiracy-allegations-tied-boogaloo-movement-n1242670
Federal judge issues scathing decision to allow more ballot drop boxes in Ohio
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/08/politics/ohio-injunction-ballot-boxes-election/index.html
FBI warns fake voting websites are being set up to confuse voters
https://www.businessinsider.com/fake-voting-websites-fbi-warning-2020-10
FBI Designed Domestic Terrorist Whom The FBI Refuses To Arrest Stole PPP loan of $450,000 and is using it to run for office. THESE PEOPLE ARE DESIGNED DOMESTIC TERRORISTS. PUT. THEM. IN. PRISON. THEY. ARE. DESIGNED. TERRORISTS.
Eric Trump event venue in Nevada fined over Covid-19 rules
https://elkodaily.com/news/state-and-regional/eric-trump-event-venue-in-nevada-fined-over-covid-19-rules/article_af5ae9fd-0248-5aad-aee8-cdd1e7c7f5b9.html
Republicans Illegally And Unconstitutionally Plundering Medicare Trust Fund To Fund "Vote For Trump" Drug Discount Cards 1) That Do Not Provide Discounts (they're an empty card) 2) And Have His Face On Them
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/09/shameless-stunt-trump-reportedly-attempting-raid-medicare-trust-fund-pay-drug
Covid19 infected Donald Trump, whom is taking steroid cocktails reserved for hopitalized dying covid19 patients, plans mask-free Florida rally
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/09/donald-trump-florida-rally-saturday-covid-test
Wisconsin activates 530-bed field hospital as coronavirus19 spread strains capacity
https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2020/10/07/wisconsin-activates-530-bed-field-hospital-as-coronavirus-spread-strains-capacity/
UN's World Food Programme wins Nobel peace prize
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/09/uns-world-food-programme-wins-nobel-peace-prize
https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/nobel-peace-prize-2020-scli-intl/index.html
NYC cancels $900M deferred payout to teachers
https://nypost.com/2020/10/08/nyc-cancels-900m-deferred-compensation-payout-to-teachers/
DeAndre Houston-Carson breaks up Tom Brady's pass to seal the victory
https://streamable.com/499z0o
Nick Foles improves to 2-0 in his career against Tom Brady, with the other win coming in Super LII. The only other QBs with multiple wins without a loss against Tom Brady (including playoffs) are Jake Plummer (3-0), Brian Griese (2-0) and Cam Newton (2-0).
https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/1314415541176598528
Chicago Bears utility man Cordarrelle Patterson just finished the game with 164 all-purpose yards. He has been a crucial part of the Bears' early-season success.
#Bears OLB Khalil Mack on getting after Tom Brady: "I just knew we smelled a little blood in the water."
https://twitter.com/adamjahns/status/1314415923672100865
Barrett was required, per the questionnaire, to list the "10 most significant litigated matters which you personally handled, whether or not you were the attorney of record" and to "describe in detail the nature of your participation." Barrett lists just three cases.
https://twitter.com/HeidiNBC/status/1314537921920348163
A source familiar with Barrett's work history said her client had "filed only two even arguably substantive filings after she appeared as counsel," so the work "is not a significant level of involvement." Still, in two of the three cases Barrett lists,
https://twitter.com/HeidiNBC/status/1314538095786721280
she cites her contribution as having been supporting roles such as assisting with research and briefing materials. It is fueling criticism from Democrats about whether the candidate's full record is transparent amid a hastened confirmation process for a lifetime appointment.
https://twitter.com/HeidiNBC/status/1314538648927383553
Republican Judge illegally and unconstitutionally denies request to extend Florida voter registration
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2020/10/09/federal-judge-denies-request-to-extend-voter-registration-in-florida/
Barrett disclosure did not include work for troubled hospital group. Dems say it underscores a rushed process, as it involves among largest nonprofit bankruptcies in U.S. history. Barrett didn't consider her role "significant."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/blog/meet-press-blog-latest-news-analysis-data-driving-political-discussion-n988541/ncrd1242637
Just because they are white, does not make them militias. They are not supplementing our armed forces in an emergency. They are domestic terrorists.
https://twitter.com/davidplouffe/status/1314253179870035968
40% of the Amazon Rainforest Is at Tipping Point To Becoming Savanna
https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/news/40-of-the-amazon-rainforest-is-at-tipping-point-to-becoming-savanna-341236
1.3 million people filed initial unemployment insurance claims last week: It is terrible economics to pause stimulus talks
https://www.epi.org/blog/1-3-million-people-filed-initial-unemployment-insurance-claims-last-week-it-is-terrible-economics-to-pause-stimulus-talks/
The fate of a second debate between Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Jaime Harrison and Sen. Lindsey Graham hangs in the balance as Graham, heavily exposed to covid19-infected people, refuses to be tested himself. Graham was kurbh-stomped in the first debate.
https://www.wltx.com/article/news/politics/senate-debate-in-question-over-covid19-test/101-1d59e165-4a55-4bc1-b80e-f38bb10f023e
Obama left 1,500 judicial vacancies because THE SENATE APPOINTS THE JUDGES, NOT THE PRESIDENT, AND THE SENATE HAS BEEN REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED SINCE THE END OF 2010. THE PRESIDENT NOMINATES. THE SENATE VOTES TO APPOINT AND A MAJORITY-VOTE IS THE APPOINTMENT. REPUBLICANS BLOCKED ALL OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS FROM THE END OF 2010 THROUGH INAUGURATION DAY 2017. Sotomayor and Kagan were nominated and appointed when Democrats still controlled the Senate.
Biden will to undo Trump's tax break for the rich and corporations. Wall Street is backing him.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/09/investing/bank-earnings-preview/index.html
Major League Baseball says there have been no new positive COVID-19 tests among players for 40 consecutive days, and in 48 of the last 49 days.
https://twitter.com/AnthonyDiComo/status/1314590743906996225
Here, the president blames a sitting governor for an attempted plot against her while newly attacking her himself. If he can't say anything that defends public officials against domestic terrorists, he should say nothing at all.
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1314596806597185536
Dear Colleague on Our Strategic, Science-Based Plan to Crush the Virus in the Heroes Act. | The simple truth is that we cannot safely reopen schools, the economy and our communities until we crush the virus. That is why our legislation has focused on testing, testing, testing, starting with our first bill passed March 4 and continuing with the Heroes Act passed nearly five months ago. Under the leadership of Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, the Heroes Act set out a strong, science-based national testing, tracing and isolation strategy that scientists tell us is needed to defeat the virus – with special attention to addressing the disparities faced by communities of color who are disproportionately bearing the suffering of coronavirus.
-Testing – developing new technologies and paying for tests to reach all communities in our country.
-Contact Tracing – funding CDC, state and local workforces to trace contacts and identify and contain super-spread events.
- Supported Isolation – housing and food for people who need to isolate or quarantine to keep their families and communities safe.
-Outbreak Surveillance & Reporting – with special emphasis on collecting data on how communities of color are being affected.
-Safe, Effective Development & Distribution of Vaccines – FDA must be allowed to fulfill its mission to protect public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy and trust of any future COVID-19 vaccine. We must be preparing now for ethical and equitable distribution to reach the highest priority populations first and remove cost as a barrier.
https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/10920
Republican lawmakers are in court to ban Wisconson governor's mask mandate as Wisconsin's covid19 situation is THE 3RD WORST IN THE UNITED STATES.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republican-fundraiser-charged-foreign-lobbying/story?id=73505934
https://madison365.com/wisconsin-coronavirus-infection-3rd-highest-in-us-white-house-report-says/
Wisconsin proves it: Republicans will MURDER THEIR OWN VOTERS to keep power
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/10/wisconsin-primary-coronavirus-republican-voting-by-mail
Evers gives up on virus restrictions amid GOP opposition
https://www.startribune.com/evers-withdraws-virus-plan-outline-amid-gop-opposition/570564702/
Seven Northeast Wisconsin cities seeing greatest number of new COVID-19 cases in nation, per report
https://www.wearegreenbay.com/coronavirus/seven-northeast-wisconsin-cities-seeing-greatest-number-of-new-covid-19-cases-in-nation-per-report/
Green Bay on 'verge of a crisis' as virus overwhelms hospitals, Wisconsin doctor says
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/08/wisconsin-doctor-green-bay-on-the-verge-of-a-crisis.html
Staffing Wisconsin schools is a 'nightmare' amid teacher unease, substitute shortage and quarantines
https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/education/2020/10/08/coronavirus-wisconsin-schools-staffing-nightmare-amid-teacher-discomfort-substitute-teacher-shortage/3625352001/
Tom Brady with that JR Smith moment there at the end lol. I had a moment where I genuinely thought they might just give him another down
https://streamable.com/zr1wyq
Bucs DT Vita VEa suffered a broken ankle and it out for the season
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGH9_MQJo4E/
Tom Brady has notched his first loss in his career to the Chicago Bears
Nick Foles is undefeated against Tom Brady
Facing a key 2nd & 11, Bears QB Nick Foles identified man coverage and yelled "Rub! Rub!" to Allen Robinson, scheming David Montgomery wide open against a blitz.
Nick Foles and the Chicago Bears quickly turned a 13-0 deficit into a 14-13 lead in less than 2 minutes.
Khalil Mack sacks Brady then throws Wirfs like a ragdoll. I was wondering when his 'welcome to the NFL moment' was coming.
https://streamable.com/hclabr
Republicans admitting they're planning to do even more extreme gerrymandering in 2021 to cement their anti-democratic gains is why state legislative races in 2020 are so important & need far more attention from Dems: Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle (R) told donors that Republicans must maintain their #ksleg supermajority so they can create gerrymandered state & federal districts to undermine the will of voters & ensure complete Republican control of the state.
https://twitter.com/Davis_Hammet/status/1314566887230054402
Be on the lookout for a toxic toupee, poisonous to the touch. One of the most venomous caterpillars in the world, the puss caterpillar, has been spotted in eastern Virginia, reports the Virginia Department of Forestry. While the caterpillar's coif looks like the product of an expensive salon shampoo, the hair is actually home to poison spines. According to National Geographic, the prick at first feels like a painful bee sting, but it could eventually land you in the hospital with intense pain, fever, nausea, and even symptoms of shock. Virginia isn't necessarily unusual territory for the bug: It can be found on the east coast from Florida up to New Jersey, and then westward from Arkansas to Texas. So if you do come across the insect, avoid the urge to pet it like a dog. Instead, you should just leave it alone.
https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/10/09/furry-venomous-caterpillar-found-in-virginia/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/9/toupee-caterpillar-venomous-animal-weird-insect/#close
https://www.uofmhealth.org/health-library/tm6502#:~:text=Symptoms%20of%20puss%20caterpillar%20contact,Restlessness%20and%20anxiety.
Trump (on shitstain Rush show): "Putin probably, possibly likes me. But I guarantee you one thing: He would've much rather seen ... Hillary. And I guarantee you he'd rather see Biden."
U.S. intelligence, on the record: "We assess that Russia is using a range of measures to primarily denigrate ... Biden"
Trump will remain at the White House this weekend, he's feeling to sick to travel, dashing his hope of holding rallies in Florida and Pennsylvania despite questions over the stage of his recovery from coronavirus. Events weren't going to happen on such short notice.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-09/trump-won-t-travel-over-weekend-ending-florida-rally-plan
I know I shouldn't be surprised, but Trump has spent more than two hours today pushing lies and lies and ever more lies and racism with Rush Shitstain, who was supposed to be dead years ago from the cancer he continuously claims he's dying from.
To recap, in the span of 72 hours Trump has gone from pulling the plug on stimulus talk to ordering Congress to get it passed without local and state aid to saying he wants a bigger stimulus package than Democrats AND Republicans have offered. If Trump wanted a bigger stimulus than the Democrats, why did he put Mark Meadows in the room where it happens?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313551795646541824
Nearly 50,000 voters received incorrect absentee ballots in the county that is home to Ohio's capital, elections officials said Friday as they promised corrected ballots would be mailed within 72 hours.
https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-columbus-elections-voting-2020-ohio-d665e60e4b15a3898901e1767e6fa449
Something very through-the-looking-glass about Trump surrogates like McEnany and McDaniel appearing on TV from their homes - because they have tested positive - and viciously attacking the debate commission for "not following the science".
RNC Chairman Ronna McDaniel informed the White House doctor of her positive Covid-19 test on Wednesday (9/30) per an RNC official. McDaniel attended a fundraiser with President Trump on 9/25. Which means WH and Trump knew Trump was directly exposed as early as 9/25.
When floods caused by global warming have made life on the coasts unsustainable, at least we will be able to say that we learned all about Cal Cunningham's sex life.
"These actions subvert the public's right to know and obstruct future efforts to hold the administration accountable." We are extremely concerned about the potential loss of records if NARA does not act to the fullest extent of its authority to ensure preservation of records. Trump rips up his papers and conceals documents detailing meetings with foreign leaders. Agency leaders such as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former EPA head Scott Pruitt have also not adequately preserved government records.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/trump-papers-filing-system-635164
Trump's media schedule today - at least 3 hours on with Limbaugh and Fox, and nothing else - is a sign that either he doesn't think there are any persuadable voters left (which may be right), or that he doesn't care to try to persuade them or that he's too sick to care.
Colts LT Anthony Castzono has been ruled out for Sunday vs. the Browns (ribs). A notable injury, as this snaps Indy's streak of 20 straight games with the same five starting offensive linemen, easily the longest such streak in the NFL.
https://twitter.com/fieldyates/status/1314624321860636674
My understanding is it is the Patriots making the call to shut down their facility these last couple of days. Not a league-mandated shutdown. Health and safety of the team "always priority No. 1," Bill Belichick told us Thursday.
https://twitter.com/PhilAPerry/status/1314545375089496065
Haskins' "work habits deteriorated" after being named starter, became "sloppy during pregame warmups." Alex Smith reportedly getting to the team facility earlier and preparing better than Haskins every week.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/10/08/dwayne-haskins-benched-washington/
Brady's reaction to getting sacked late in the game
https://streamable.com/0r7f11
#Cowboys HC Mike McCarthy says it is official that Tyron Smith will have season-ending neck surgery next week for what he described as a correctable problem.
https://twitter.com/WerderEdESPN/status/1314585946373918720
All the Patriots' overnight pcr tests came back negative this morning, per source. For now it appears their protocols have worked. Game is on track for Monday night vs. Denver Broncos.
https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1314532675357638659
NFL Senior VP of Officiating Perry Fewell informed clubs in a memo today that any individual who approaches an official without a face covering is subject to a 15-yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct, as well as possible fines, suspensions and forfeiture of draft picks.
https://twitter.com/tompelissero/status/1314611923992948736
Max Osceola Jr., longtime Seminole tribe leader, dies from Covid-19 complications at 70
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-ne-max-osceola-dead-20201009-isotanzkondyhkfjke2suhvgvu-story.html
Judge Nixes Trump Camp Bid To Send Poll Watchers To PA Voting Sites
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-campaign-poll-watchers-pennsylvania-rejected
Philly embeds behavioral health specialist in 911 call center amid calls for police reform
https://www.inquirer.com/news/police-mental-health-911-kenney-reform-behavioral-20201009.html
Pennsylvania Firefighters and Paramedics Demand Union Leaders Rescind Donald Trump Endorsement
https://www.newsweek.com/pennsylvania-firefighters-paramedics-union-rescind-trump-endorsement-1537861
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-10-09/hillary-clinton-national-security-reckoning?amp=true
In a year marked by plague and protest, Americans are reckoning with long-overdue questions about racial justice, economic inequality, and disparities in health care. The current crisis should also prompt a reckoning about the United States' national security priorities. The country is dangerously unprepared for a range of threats, not just future pandemics but also an escalating climate crisis and multidimensional challenges from China and Russia. Its industrial and technological strength has atrophied, its vital supply chains are vulnerable, its alliances are frayed, and its government is hollowed out. In the past, it sometimes has taken a dramatic shock—Pearl Harbor, Sputnik, 9/11—to wake up the United States to a new threat and prompt a major pivot. The COVID-19 crisis should be a big enough jolt to rouse the country from its sleep, so that it can summon its strength and meet the challenges ahead.
Among the highest priorities must be to modernize the United States' defense capabilities—in particular, moving away from costly legacy weapons systems built for a world that no longer exists. Another is to renew the domestic foundations of its national power—supporting American innovation and bolstering strategically important industries and supply chains. These twin projects are mutually reinforcing. Modernizing the military would free up billions of dollars that could be invested at home in advanced manufacturing and R & D. That would not only help the United States compete with its rivals and prepare for nontraditional threats such as climate change and future pandemics; it would also blunt some of the economic pain caused by budget cuts at the Pentagon. Integrating foreign and domestic policy in this way would make both more effective. And it would help the United States regain its footing in an uncertain world.
For decades, policymakers have thought too narrowly about national security and failed to internalize—or fund—a broader approach that encompasses threats not just from intercontinental ballistic missiles and insurgencies but also from cyberattacks, viruses, carbon emissions, online propaganda, and shifting supply chains. There is no more poignant example than the current administration's failure to grasp that a tourist carrying home a virus can be as dangerous as a terrorist planting a pathogen. President Barack Obama's national security staff left a 69-page playbook for responding to pandemics, but President Donald Trump's team ignored it, focusing instead on the threat of bioterrorism. They dismantled the National Security Council's pandemic directorate, folding it into the office responsible for weapons of mass destruction, and filled a national medical stockpile with drugs for anthrax and smallpox while neglecting the personal protective equipment needed for a pandemic. The Trump administration also shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development program created during my time as secretary of state to detect viral threats around the world, and it has repeatedly tried to slash funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The costs of this misjudgment have been astronomical.
The Trump administration has taken a similarly misguided approach to other nontraditional threats. It omitted any reference to climate change in its 2017 National Security Strategy and attempted to block Rod Schoonover, a senior intelligence official, from briefing Congress about it. The administration also deprioritized cyber-espionage in its trade negotiations with China and failed to confront Russia over its interference in U.S. elections. Unsurprisingly, both countries are at it again.
The problem runs much deeper than Trump, however. Administrations of both parties have long underappreciated the security implications of economic policies that weakened strategically important industries and sent vital supply chains overseas. The foreign policy community understandably focused on how new trade agreements would cement alliances and extend American influence in developing countries. Democrats should have been more willing to hit the brakes on new trade agreements when Republicans obstructed efforts to support workers, create jobs, and invest in hard-hit communities at home. When Republicans failed to use trade-enforcement tools to protect American workers—such as the safeguards against unfair surges of Chinese imports that my husband, President Bill Clinton, negotiated but the Bush administration refused to invoke even a single time—and blocked domestic investments in basic research, infrastructure, and clean energy, Democrats should have more forcefully called their intransigence what it was: not just bad economic policy but a national security liability.
Myopia about national security also manifests in the simplistic frames applied to complex challenges, such as insisting on seeing competition with China through the lens of the Cold War. In a speech in July, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo offered this pearl of wisdom: "I grew up and served my time in the army during the Cold War. And if there is one thing I learned, Communists almost always lie." That's a remarkably unhelpful way of approaching the challenge. Huffing and puffing about Communists may rile up the Fox News audience, but it obscures the fact that China—along with Russia—poses an altogether different threat from the one the Soviet Union did. Today's competition is not a traditional global military contest of force and firepower. Dusting off the Cold War playbook will do little to prepare the United States for adversaries that use new tools to fight in the gray zone between war and peace, exploit its open Internet and economy to undermine American democracy, and expose the vulnerability of many of its legacy weapons systems. Nor will such an anachronistic approach build the global cooperation needed to take on shared challenges such as climate change and pandemics.
Meanwhile, the United States' deep domestic fractures have hamstrung its ability to protect itself and its allies. Consider what happened after the Obama administration painstakingly built an international coalition to force Iran to the negotiating table, including winning the reluctant participation of China and Russia, and then secured a historic agreement to stop Iran's nuclear program. Trump abruptly renounced the agreement. Now, predictably, Iranian centrifuges are spinning, Tehran is exploring a new alliance with Beijing, and the international sanctions regime is shattered. It's a frustrating, self-inflicted wound and a reminder of the costs of inconstancy.
The problem is not always too much change; in some areas, it's too little. The overmilitarization of U.S. foreign policy is a bad habit that goes all the way back to the days when President Dwight Eisenhower warned of "the military-industrial complex." Many generals understand what James Mattis told Congress when he led U.S. Central Command: "If you don't fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition ultimately." But many politicians are too afraid of being attacked as soft on defense to listen. So they pile mission after mission on the Pentagon and authorize ballooning military budgets while starving civilian agencies. And, it's important to emphasize, for decades, right-wing ideological resistance has blocked crucial investments in American diplomacy and development abroad and American innovation at home—from foreign aid budgets to domestic infrastructure and R & D spending.
Like the broader government, the military itself can be slow to adapt to new threats. After the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, there were fatal delays in getting up-armored Humvees and lifesaving body armor to troops in the field. Now, the Pentagon is again at risk of being caught unprepared for the very different demands of competing with China. I saw how hard it can be to move a bureaucracy as sprawling as the Pentagon when, in 2004, I was asked to be the only U.S. senator on the Joint Forces Command's Transformation Advisory Group, which was charged with helping the military re-imagine itself for the twenty-first century. The Defense Department had assembled an impressive team of military and civilian experts from a range of disciplines and told them to think as big and boldly as possible, yet our efforts to recommend reforms ran into some of the same obstacles that remain today. Powerful players in the Pentagon, Congress, and the private sector have built careers—and, in some cases, fortunes—doing things a certain way. They have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo.
To be sure, when lives are on the line, it can be more prudent to rely on proven practices than untested innovations. And decisions about military posture and procurement have profound economic and political implications that should not be overlooked. As a senator, I represented many New York communities dependent on defense jobs, and I did everything I could to keep bases open and factories humming, whether it was funding the production of new howitzer tubes at the Watervliet Arsenal and the development of advanced radar systems on Long Island or bolstering the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum. I knew how much the jobs meant for my constituents, and I was convinced that each of the appropriations had national security merit. Yet multiply that dynamic across 50 states and 435 congressional districts, and it becomes clear why it's so hard to retire aging weapons systems or close bases that have outlived their usefulness.
Today, the poster child for this political reality is the F-35 fighter. Development of the plane ran way behind schedule and over budget, and it is estimated to cost $1 trillion over its lifespan, yet it is considered untouchable. The air force sank so much time and money into the project that turning back became unthinkable, especially since the F-35 is the only fifth-generation aircraft currently being manufactured in the United States. And because the plane directly and indirectly supports hundreds of thousands of jobs across hundreds of congressional districts in nearly every state, it has legions of defenders in Congress.
These obstacles to reforming the military are not new, but they are newly urgent. The Pentagon must adapt to a strategic landscape far different from the one it faced during the Cold War or the war on terrorism. New technologies such as artificial intelligence are rendering old systems obsolete and creating opportunities that no country has yet mastered but many are seeking. Then there are the particularly thorny challenges in East Asia. While the American military was fighting costly land wars in the Middle East, China was investing in relatively cheap anti-access/area-denial weapons, such as antiship ballistic missiles, which pose credible threats to the United States' expensive aircraft carriers.
No one should make the mistake of believing that the People's Liberation Army is ten feet tall or that the competition with China is primarily a military contest. China has relied on financial coercion and economic statecraft to gain influence as it builds infrastructure around the world. In recent years, while the Trump administration was gutting the State Department and undermining U.S. alliances in Asia and Europe, China was doubling its diplomacy budget and pouring untold billions into developing countries, now outstripping American aid. China today has more diplomatic posts around the world than the United States does.
That said, the military challenge from China is real. The United States should not be lulled into a false sense of security by its continuing firepower advantage or the fact that its defense budget remains orders of magnitude larger than Beijing's. China's advances mean that the United States' air and sea superiority in the region is no longer ensured. This isn't competition from a military equal but a new kind of asymmetric threat. Americans learned in the sands of Afghanistan and Iraq that asymmetry can be deadly, and the same is true in the skies and seas of East Asia. To make matters worse, the United States must meet this challenge with a military that has been damaged by Trump's mismanagement. He has degraded civilian oversight of the Pentagon by leaving scores of key posts vacant. At the same time, he has attempted to turn the military into part of his political machine—pardoning war criminals over the objections of military leaders and deploying National Guard troops in Lafayette Square so that he could stage a photo op.
Modernizing and refocusing the military will take both vision and backbone. A big part of the effort will have to involve overhauling the defense budget. Deep savings—potentially hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade—can and should be found by retiring legacy weapons systems. But choices about where to cut and where to spend must be driven by a clear-eyed analysis of national security needs, not politics. The United States can't afford to repeat the mistakes of the 2013 budget sequestration, when Congress forced the Pentagon to slash budgets indiscriminately, with no overarching strategy. This work is going to require a president and a secretary of defense who are rigorous in their analysis and comfortable consulting with Congress and the military brass but prepared to make difficult decisions about which missions to prioritize and which to de-emphasize or eliminate. To insulate these decisions from political pressure, Congress should agree to take an up-or-down vote on a comprehensive package of defense reforms—a process that has been used in the past for closing military bases—rather than haggling over each adjustment.
Changes to the budget should aim to prepare the United States for asymmetric conflict with technologically advanced adversaries. For example, aircraft carriers still play an important role in U.S. power projection around the world but are vulnerable to Chinese antiship missiles, which cost a fraction of the price. In addition, only a handful of the U.S. Navy's 11 aircraft carriers are usually operational and at sea at any given time, with onerous maintenance keeping others in port. Instead of continuing to expand the fleet of vulnerable surface ships, the navy should invest in accelerated maintenance and next-generation submarines. Similarly, as anti-access/area-denial weapons force U.S. aircraft carriers and guided-missile cruisers to stay farther away from potential targets, the U.S. Air Force will have to focus less on short-range tactical fighter planes and more on long-range capabilities. That means it won't need nearly as many F-35s as planned, but it should welcome the arrival of the B-21 Raider, a long-range bomber under development that is designed to thwart advanced air defenses. These capabilities must be accompanied by mechanisms that allow for consultation with China and Russia to reduce the chances that a long-range conventional attack is mistaken for a nuclear strike, which could lead to disastrous escalation.
As the United States leaves behind a period dominated by land wars and looks ahead to potential air, sea, and space conflicts, the army should accept the risks that come with a smaller active-duty ground force. A force with fewer soldiers and heavy tanks would match the strategic moment and cost far less. Maintaining fewer active-component armored brigade combat teams, for example, could save tens of billions of dollars over the next decade. Instead of heavy tanks, the military should be investing in tools that will give troops an edge in the conflicts of the future, including upgraded communications and intelligence systems.
Perhaps most important, the United States needs a new approach to nuclear weapons. For starters, it should not be deploying low-yield nuclear warheads on submarines or nuclear-armed cruise missiles, which expand the range of scenarios for the use of nuclear weapons and increase the risk of a misunderstanding escalating quickly into a full-blown nuclear exchange. Nor should the United States spend $1 trillion over the next 30 years on its nuclear arsenal, as is currently planned. Instead, it should significantly reduce its reliance on old intercontinental ballistic missiles, pursue a "newer and fewer" approach to modernization, and revive the arms control diplomacy that the Trump administration scrapped. A top priority should be to extend the New START treaty with Russia, which Ellen Tauscher, the State Department's top arms control official, and I helped negotiate at the beginning of the Obama administration. It will also be important to persuade China to join nuclear negotiations.
A renewed commitment to diplomacy would strengthen the United States' military position. U.S. alliances are an asset that neither China nor Russia can match, allowing Washington to project force around the world. When I was secretary of state, for example, we secured an agreement to base 2,500 U.S. marines in northern Australia, near the contested sea-lanes of the South China Sea. Yet Trump treats the U.S. alliance system as nothing more than a protection racket—for example, warning NATO partners that they must "either pay the United States for its great military protection, or protect themselves." Although it's appropriate to emphasize the need for burden sharing, it is more constructive to think of a division of labor. As the United States focuses on modernizing its air and sea capabilities, it will make sense for other NATO members to concentrate on strengthening their conventional ground forces so that they can deter incursions in eastern Europe or lead counterterrorism missions in Africa.
That is how the United States should modernize its approach to defense—one of the three Ds, along with diplomacy and development, that for more than a decade I have said should be integrated as part of a "smart power" strategy. Now, it's time to add a fourth D: domestic renewal, the rebuilding of the country's industrial and technological strength.
The United States' dwindling industrial capacity and inadequate investment in scientific research leave the country dangerously dependent on China and unprepared for future crises. The problem goes back decades. When the USS Cole was bombed in 2000, I was shocked to learn that there was only one American company left that manufactured the specialized steel needed to repair the ship's hull. Twenty years later, the pandemic has underscored how much the United States relies on China and other countries for vital imports—not just lifesaving medical supplies but also raw materials such as rare-earth minerals and electronic equipment that powers everything from telecommunications to weapons systems.
The United States should pursue a plan like the one proposed by former Vice President Joe Biden to invest $700 billion in innovation and manufacturing and impose stronger "Buy American" provisions, with the goal of jump-starting domestic production in key sectors—from steel to robotics to biotechnology—reshoring sensitive supply chains, and expanding strategic stockpiles of essential goods. It's time for ambitious industrial policies. China does whatever it can to gain an advantage, including conducting industrial espionage on a massive scale, pursuing a range of unfair trade practices, and providing virtually unlimited resources to state-owned and state-backed enterprises. The United States doesn't need to cheat or steal, but it can't afford to compete with one hand tied behind its back.
Although it is a mistake to use national security as a catchall justification for blanket protectionist trade policies, as Trump has done, policymakers should widen the range of industries and resources deemed vital to it. It's not enough anymore to prioritize materials and technologies used for weapons systems and semiconductors; the United States' security also depends on the control of pharmaceuticals, clean energy, 5G networks, and artificial intelligence. That's one reason it's crucial to reverse the long-term decline in the federal share of spending on R & D. Another reason is that investments in basic science and medical research can yield huge economic gains: economists at MIT have estimated that increasing federal funding for research in the United States by 0.5 percent of GDP, or about $100 billion per year, would create some four million jobs.
Massive new investments in advanced manufacturing and R & D will be expensive, but they are necessary for the United States' long-term economic and security interests and will pay off for years to come. Critics will no doubt warn that running up the national debt is itself a national security risk. But at a time of historically low real interest rates and historically high unemployment, the country should not shy away from bold investments. There is a growing consensus among economists that Washington need not be paralyzed by fears of debt and that it can afford to spend heavily on critical national investments that bring high returns, especially during a crisis. Indeed, what the United States cannot afford is to defer these investments any longer.
These two agendas—military modernization and domestic renewal—should be integrated. Moving away from outdated weapons systems will cause economic disruption and real hardship. That's why it should be done in tandem with targeted investments in economically struggling communities, bringing advanced manufacturing and R & D to the places most affected by defense cuts. In fact, as a study by economists at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, has found, $1 billion spent on clean energy, health care, or education creates, on average, far more jobs than the same amount of military spending.
I'm not suggesting telling laid-off factory workers to reinvent themselves as coders; that's fanciful and condescending. Previous pledges to support workers who lost their jobs because of defense cuts or trade policies have often fallen abysmally short. But the U.S. government can do more to help displaced workers and those leaving the military transition to the millions of new jobs that could be created through major new domestic investments. In 2008, when the U.S. Air Force retired the F-16s based at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, in Syracuse, New York, I helped secure funding to turn the base into one of the military's first major drone bases, saving hundreds of jobs. American history is full of examples of factories, communities, and entire industries pivoting when they had to. During World War II, the auto industry shifted gears with incredible speed to make tanks and bombers. At the beginning of the pandemic, it shifted swiftly again, to produce desperately needed ventilators and personal protective equipment. With the right long-term investments, communities can reinvent themselves successfully. Pittsburgh, once a center of steel production, has become a hub for health care, robotics, and research on autonomous vehicles.
Many legacy weapons systems are built or based in communities with skilled workforces that can and should be the backbone of the country's renewed self-sufficiency. Think of Syracuse, which has long been a center of defense manufacturing, a bright spot in an otherwise difficult economic picture. In 2017, the Brookings Institution ranked Syracuse dead last for economic growth out of 100 U.S. metro areas, so it could ill afford to lose any of the defense jobs keeping the region afloat. Yet a 2019 ranking by a pair of MIT economists put the city as the third most promising technology hub in the country, thanks to its skilled workers and low cost of living. It's exactly the kind of place where significant public investments in advanced manufacturing, clean energy, and R & D could create good jobs and help the United States outcompete China.
So is Lima, Ohio. Hundreds of people work at the city's Abrams tank factory. Even though General Ray Odierno, then chief of staff of the U.S. Army, told legislators in 2012, "We don't need the tanks," Congress kept the factory open. It's true that the plant's workers and their community have devoted themselves to protecting the United States, and the country absolutely must keep faith with them. It's also true that the military still doesn't need the tanks. But if the United States is to get serious about climate change, what it does need are more factories to churn out clean electric vehicles. The Pentagon alone should replace most of its fleet of 200,000 nontactical vehicles with electric. Some of those new vehicles could be built in Lima, which is already home to a large Ford engine factory. And that's just one possibility. If Washington decides to boost domestic production of next-generation electric batteries, wind turbines, and other strategically significant products, Northwest Ohio is a natural place to do it.
No one should pretend that every defense job can be saved or replaced. Cutting hundreds of billions of dollars in military spending over the next decade will inevitably inflict a painful toll on families and communities across the country. But if the government can pair these cuts with major new investments in affected communities, it can minimize the economic damage and maximize the United States' ability to compete with China and prepare for future challenges.
All of this requires leadership from the top. Having a commander in chief with no experience—and no empathy or vision—has been a disaster. But it's hard to imagine a man better suited to lead the work ahead than Biden, a former chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who has deep expertise in national security policy, a military father who knows how much the country owes its men and women in uniform and their families, and a champion of working people who fought to save the auto industry when others would have let it go bankrupt.
In the throes of a crisis as dire as any the United States has seen in many decades, it can be difficult to imagine what the world will look like in four months, let alone four years. But the country needs to be thinking now about the threats it will face in a post-pandemic future, as well as the opportunities it must seize. As former Secretary of State Dean Acheson recounted in his memoirs, when George Marshall led the State Department, he urged his team to look ahead, "not into the distant future, but beyond the vision of the operating officers caught in the smoke and crises of current battle; far enough ahead to see the emerging form of things to come." The United States should endeavor to do the same today. To look beyond the current battle and prepare to lead the post-COVID world, it must broaden its approach to national security and renew the foundations of its national power.
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Speaker Pelosi Unveils Legislation To Create Presidential Capacity Commission
https://www.c-span.org/video/?476814-1/speaker-pelosi-unveils-legislation-create-presidential-capacity-commission
Donald Trump Must Be Held Responsible For The Michigan Terrorist Plot — This plot is no accident. It is the essence of Trumpism.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/10/09/donald-trump-must-be-held-responsible-michigan-terrorist-plot
GOOD. Push your platform Jaime Harrison. Fuck Graham: After Sen. Graham refused to take a Covid test ahead of tonight's debate, Jaime Harrison will still attend after format changes "to make it safer for everyone," Harrison's spox says. "Jaime will be there in Spartanburg tonight to talk to the voters."
https://twitter.com/LACaldwellDC/status/1314653191234113538
5,000 Lawyers Join the 'Legal Arm of the #Resistance' in 'Largest Known' Condemnation of Amy Coney Barrett's 'Sham' Nomination
https://lawandcrime.com/supreme-court/5000-lawyers-join-the-legal-arm-of-the-resistance-in-largest-known-condemnation-of-amy-coney-barretts-sham-nomination/
Tax records expose more than $21 million in highly unusual payments from the Las Vegas hotel Donald Trump owns with Phil Ruffin, routed through other Trump companies and paid out in cash. | Unless the payments were for actual business expenses, he said, claiming a tax deduction for them would be illegal. If they were not legitimate and were also used to fund Mr. Trump's presidential run, they could be considered illegal campaign contributions.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/09/us/donald-trump-taxes-las-vegas.html
Jill Biden to campaign in Houston as polls hint at tight presidential race in Texas
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/election/article/Jill-Biden-to-campaign-Houston-Texas-president-joe-15634445.php
10,000 mink are dead in Covid-19 outbreaks at US fur farms after virus believed spread by humans
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/us/mink-covid-outbreak-trnd/index.html
Together with medical professionals, we are asking Fox's advertisers, including several drug companies, to stand with us and stop advertising on Fox News until they end this horrific campaign of misinformation which, according to studies, has cost lives.
https://www.npr.org/local/309/2020/05/04/849109486/study-finds-more-c-o-v-i-d-19-cases-among-viewers-of-fox-news-host-who-downplayed-pandemic
After pressure from @ColorOfChange, Google Cloud Services will stop hosting the Proud Boys site. Big Tech companies can no longer passively support hate groups by allowing them to organize on their platforms. They - and Congress - must act.
https://colorofchange.org/press_release/google-takes-action-against-proud-boys-use-of-cloud-platform-following-pressure-from-color-of-change/
This actually sounds like a fairly common practice in first-term administrations. And could be a positive sign that transition protocols are being followed: The WH Presidential Personnel Office is considering asking nearly every political appointee in the Trump administration to write and tender provisional letters of resignation right before the election, two senior administration officials told me. | "None of the Republican administrations have done that before," a former official who has worked in PPO in past GOP administrations told me. A former senior Obama WH PPO official also said that the office did not ask for letters of resignation in 2012.
https://twitter.com/dlippman/status/1314679551893606403
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/09/white-house-appointees-resignations-428412
Vice President Mike Pence and his wife had requested absentee ballots by mail. Pence's legal address in Indiana is the governor's mansion which means voter fraud.....he and his wife own no property in Indiana and have no other address in Indiana....no address means no legal right to vote....
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/09/vice-president-mike-pence-had-requested-absentee-ballots-mail/5937655002/
We can't become numb to the president saying dangerous things. Calling for the arrest of President Obama and Vice President Biden on invented charges is not just "there he goes again." It's the action of an aspiring dictator. Stay vigilant.
https://twitter.com/RepValDemings/status/1314633910073122817
YEP: 'They're domestic terrorists': Michigan governor objects to calling men charged in kidnapping plot 'militias'
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/09/gretchen-whitmer-terrorists-not-militias-charged-kidnap-plot/5935651002/
Hmm this sounds like my 2017 story based on FBI docs. "If You Keep Fucking With Mr. Trump, We Know Where You Live"
Trump's casino business went bankrupt, and then a lawyer representing investors told police he got a menacing call from a man who said... "If you fuck around with us, if you do something bad to us, we are gonna do things to you that have never been done before." — the President of the United States
https://buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/if-you-keep-fucking-with-mr-trump-we-know-where-you-live
https://twitter.com/JasonLeopold/status/1314691865191411713
Good, No Debate Oct. 15 -- the virtual debate between Trump and Biden has been cancelled by the Commission on Presidential Debates amid concerns over Trump's covid-19 status
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-plans-in-person-white-house-event-for-saturday-11602275494
This man is allowed to arrest people. This is batsh*t nuts. Terrifying. How does he not lose his job today?...: Barry County, Michigan Sheriff Dar Leaf thinks the men who were arrested for trying to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer might have only wanted to make a citizen's arrest of her, which, of course, is totally different from actually kidnapping her.
https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/1314620798649368578
Dallas Mavericks' Kristaps Porzingis has knee surgery to repair lateral meniscus tear
Dallas Mavericks forward Kristaps Porzingis underwent surgery to repair the torn lateral meniscus that sidelined him during the playoffs, the team said Friday.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30080038/dallas-mavericks-kristaps-porzingis-knee-surgery-repair-lateral-meniscus-tear
9 Covid19 cases linked to Trump's Bemidji, Minnesota rally; 2 hospitalized, 1 in ICU, state says
https://www.inforum.com/newsmd/coronavirus/6710968-9-COVID-cases-linked-to-Trumps-Bemidji-rally-2-hospitalized-1-in-ICU-state-says
https://www.fox9.com/news/nine-covid-19-cases-associated-with-trump-bemidji-rally-mdh-says
As my twin fights for his life, all Trump does is assure me the virus is no big deal
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/09/my-twin-fights-his-life-all-trump-does-is-assure-me-virus-is-no-big-deal/
Mavericks' Kristaps Porzingis underwent surgery to repair a meniscus tear in his right knee.
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1314677841183858689
Feds say plot was bigger than kidnapping Gov. Whitmer. It was civil war attempt
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/08/whitmer-wolverine-watchmen-militia-michigan/5924617002/
Delaware Gov. John Carney Pardoned Barry Croft, Suspect in Whitmer Kidnap Plot, Last Year. The charges included possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, assault, and burglary. While he was also convicted of conspiracy, receiving stolen property, and disorderly conduct, the Delaware Board of Pardons recommended the pardon after he appeared before the board in December 2019. Carney then signed the pardon papers on April 4, 2019. "The charges brought in Michigan are disturbing and everyone charged in this plot should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," Carney's spokesperson told The Detroit News. "This is also another warning sign about the growing threat of violence and radicalization in our politics."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/delaware-gov-john-carney-pardoned-barry-croft-suspect-in-whitmer-kidnap-plot-last-year
Green groups set to sue after Trump administration declines to protect wolverines
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/520246-greens-sue-after-trump-administration-declines-to-protect
U.S. CDC reports 212,111 deaths from coronavirus
https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-usa-cdc/us-cdc-reports-212111-deaths-from-coronavirus-idUSL4N2H0342
Sanders endorses more than 150 down-ballot Democrats
https://medium.com/@BernieSanders/building-a-progressive-bench-across-the-country-1120307bf74
"I'm not going to support a socialist, so of course I'm proud," Gardner adds, apparently calling Biden a socialist (and, by implication, small business owner and self-made multimillionaire Hickenlooper).
https://twitter.com/NickRiccardi/status/1314710205259821056
Jill Biden joined a virtual "Women for Biden" finance event hosted by actors Glenn Close, Jamie Lee Curtis, Diane Lane and Alfre Woodard.
Joe Biden: "His reckless personal conduct since his diagnosis and the destabilizing effect it's having on our government is unconscionable. He didn't take necessary precautions to protect himself or others. The longer Donald Trump is president, the more reckless he gets."
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1314712246014992384
This didn't need to happen; Nixon and JFK had a virtual debate in 1960.
https://twitter.com/FrankLuntz/status/1314711542219173888
Two students and a teacher at school attended by Barrett children test positive for coronavirus19
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/barrett-children-school-covid/2020/10/09/ac130298-0a40-11eb-9be6-cf25fb429f1a_story.html
Easy to forget, but Trump initially wanted 4 debates with Biden. So far he's only had one, cancelled one, and may or may not participate in the third.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/18/trump-joe-biden-debates-328356
Graham says there is no systemic racism or racism in SC and points to Nikki Haley and @TimScottSC. But both have written about and spoken about racism that they've faced in their lives, including in SC.
https://twitter.com/LACaldwellDC/status/1314714959687933958
2 of the 3 finance chairs of the Republican National Committee that Trump installed in 2017 have pled guilty to major crimes. This one used his connections the president to sell foreign influence, The 3rd used his donations to get named postmaster general
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/us/politics/elliott-broidy-trump-fundraiser.html
Attacking Steve Scully as a wild-eyed partisan is Trump's most surrealist bit yet. What's notable is the difference in approach. Susan Page, the VP debate moderator, gets caught out in a congressional investigation for hosting a booster party for Seema Verma in cahoots with a Republican lobbyist, admits it, and the Biden/Harris campaign doesn't say a thing.
Unions predict a Great Awakening during a Biden presidency: Joe Biden would institute "the most significant pro-labor, pro-worker administration in a long, long, long time," one labor leader predicts.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/09/unions-biden-administration-426880
Why is Lindsey Graham refusing to take a Covid test? Is the President still on steroids? Where is the Vice President? How much better off would the USA be if we didn't have to worry about questions like this?
https://twitter.com/PeteButtigieg/status/1314717131280453636
Caleb Cage, Nevada's COVID-19 response director, is the staffer in the governor's office who tested positive for COVID-19 this week. In an interview today, he shared what it's been like experiencing in a personal capacity a system he knows so well.
https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/nevadas-covid-19-response-director-after-testing-positive-this-virus-is-real
Remember when @realDonaldTrump emerged from 4 days in hospital to say: "Don't be afraid of Covid. Don't let it dominate your life." Tell that to 55,191 Americans who came down w/ it yesterday & the families of 961 Americans who died from Covid yesterday. Our deepest condolences.
https://twitter.com/wolfblitzer/status/1314575580831125504
Chris Christie is spending his 7th night hospitalized & has been prescribed remdesivir. CNN says he his case is the "most serious among senior Republicans in contact with Trump"
Trump's interview on Fox News by Dr. Siegel was promoted as a "medical evaluation"...that was not remotely what that was. This interview with the doctor on Fox was taped this afternoon.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/politics/chris-christie-coronavirus-trump/index.html
"I think the data speaks for themselves. We had a superspreader event in the White House and it was in a situation where people were crowded together and were not wearing masks," Dr. Fauci said.
https://twitter.com/NBCPolitics/status/1314732441802805249
The Justice Department has illegally and unconsitutionally suspended all diversity and inclusion training in every division, including for immigration judges that regularly hear cases of persecution based on religion, LGBT status and gender:
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Justice-Department-cancels-diversity-training-15635203.php
In one instance a lecture Amy Barrett gave on the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade was removed by Notre Dame from YouTube in 2014 —the only published lecture removed. A ND spokesman now says the video is lost.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/politics/kfile-amy-coney-barrett-roe-v-wade-talks/index.html
Peter Fairbanks can finally blink....he stares off into outer space, other dimensions.....
Hit that shit, Voit lol.
NICE JOB [CRACKHEAD CRAZY COKE EYES] FAIRBANKS PLEASE DO NOT STAB ME LOL
Peter Fairbanks sounds like a 55 year old realtor, not a pitcher
This pleases Peter Fairbanks
there's not enough room on the White House grounds to socially distance 2,000 people. The people there won't be required to wear masks or get tested—so this "law & order" event likely violates laws on using government property for politics & CDC guidelines
https://twitter.com/IsaacDovere/status/1314743949169434628
Donald Trump was on the phone, and he was talking about dying. It was Saturday, October 3, and while his doctor had told the outside world that the president's symptoms were nothing to worry about, Trump, cocooned in his suite at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, was telling those close to him something very different. "I could be one of the diers," he said. The person on the other end of the line couldn't forget that unusual word the president used: dier. A seldom-said dictionary standard, it was a classic Trumpism, at once sinister and childlike. If being a loser was bad, being a dier was a lot worse. Losers can become winners again. Diers are losers forever. But aren't we all diers in the end? Donald Trump, the least self-reflective man in America, was contemplating his own mortality. He said it again: "I could be one of the diers."
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/10/donald-trump-covid-19-white-house.html
Accused militia members arraigned on domestic terrorism charges in Michigan
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-michigan-whitmer-idUKKBN26V00W
Trump's New Legacy: Biggest U.S. Trade Deficit In 14 Years : Trade wars are not so easy to win after all. The president's much-touted tariffs haven't helped furious steelworkers hang on to their jobs
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-trade-deficit-steelworkers-jobs_n_5f80f602c5b62f97bac2b429
Trump's illegally and unconstititionally appointed public lands chief refuses to leave his post despite judge's order
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/10/william-perry-pendley-bureau-of-land-management-refuses-to-leave
Trump: "I could be one of the diers" could also mean "I could be one of the DIRE cases"
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/10/donald-trump-covid-19-white-house.html
Jimmy Butler in NBA Finals Game 5: 47 minutes, 35 points, 12 rebounds (5 offensive), 11 assists (2 TO), 5 steals, 1 block on 11-19 shooting (12-12 on FTs, 1-1 from 3).
LeBron tonight: 40/13/7 with three steals, on 15/20 shooting and 6/8 from 3
Duncan Robinson 26 points and seven 3's in Game 5 win. Only Ray Allen and Steph Curry has hit more in a Finals game.
Aroldis Chapman is the first reliever in MLB history to record a loss in an elimination game in back-to-back seasons
https://twitter.com/SNstats/status/1314756786495389703
YEP: IMO...the Tampa Bay Rays represent everything that attracts us to professional sports. The Houston Astros represent everything we have to overcome to enjoy professional sports. It's low-hanging fruit, I know, but I hope the Rays sweep in four.
https://twitter.com/dbremer_pxp/status/1314758405974822912
Gerrit Cole ($13.33M) is making more money this year than the entire Tampa Bay Rays starting lineup from tonight (10 players, $8.11M). Tampa Bay Rays just eliminated Gerrit Cole and the Yankees from the playoffs.
https://twitter.com/DannyVietti/status/1314757827789910022
Super classy and feel-good post-game interview from Mike Brosseau
https://streamable.com/w1r500
Astros first-year GM James Click was with the Rays for 15 years, working his way up from an intern in 2005 to VP/baseball operations in 2017. In 2020 he was hired as the Astros GM and now his team will take on the Rays in the ALCS.
https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/status/1314757179707195396
The Miami Heat defeat the Los Angeles Lakers 111-108 behind 35/11/11 from Jimmy Butler to bring the series to 3-2. Had the referees called fouls on LeBron's criminal assaults throughout Games 2 and 3 and 4, the Heat would have already won the NBA title.
Danny Green bricks the wide open three
https://streamable.com/0ywaf7
Markieff Morris in 22 mins tonight: 0 pts on 0/2, 1 Reb, 0 AST, 3 TO including the clutch moment in the punultimate possession (he didn't know what to do and threw the ball wildly to nowhere lol) and of course getting scored on almost every possession down the stretch
Epic Courtside As Jimmy Butler Leaves It All On The Court
https://streamable.com/u3xxlg
Los Angeles Lakers Lose For The First Time Wearing Black "Mamba" Kobe Rapist Bryant Jerseys, Too Bad
Jimmy Butler becomes sixth player in NBA history with multiple triple-doubles in a Finals series
Yep well said: LeBron on Danny Green's brick: I trusted him, we trusted him, it just didn't go. You live with that.
https://streamable.com/ur0tlf
Jimmy Butler is leading the Heat in the Finals in scoring, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks.
Butler rejects LeBron
https://streamable.com/md3r3g
Anthony Davis re-aggravated his right heel contusion that's been on the injury report. Looked like he got kicked there. He is available to return.
https://twitter.com/lakersreporter/status/1314743815660421120?s=21
Davis has been playing with multiple injuries since the end of that Denver series.
Federal judge blocks Texas governor's directive limiting ballot drop boxes to one per county
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/politics/texas-ballot-drop-boxes/index.html
Texas counties can have multiple absentee ballot drop-off locations, federal judge says, blocking Gov. Greg Abbott's order
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/09/texas-ballot-drop-off-locations/
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/10/09/federal-judge-blocks-abbotts-order-limiting-number-of-mail-ballot-drop-off-sites/
Trump Won't Travel Over Weekend, Ending Florida Rally Plan
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-09/trump-won-t-travel-over-weekend-ending-florida-rally-plan
McGrath requests Covid19 tests ahead of debate with McConnell
https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-senate-elections-lexington-campaigns-mitch-mcconnell-d1ece818e92ab8e5d13a0dd7612527bc
"Danny Green was 6/26 (23%) from three point shooting before Game 5, why is he taking Lakers' final shot?" - Because that was the game plan, pass to a player the Heat would not expect and who who hopefully be wide open. The Heat were all over AD and LeBron and Green was the wide open person ready to shoot.
A Joe Biden presidency would repair most of the damage Trump has done to America's historic alliance with Europe
https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-donald-trump-us-europe-alliances-merkel-china-2020-10
Candace Owens' BLEXIT group pays for some attendees' travel to Trump's White House event: Attendees were told they "must" wear a BLEXIT shirt, according to emails.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/candace-owens-blexit-group-pays-attendees-travel-trumps/story?id=73531036
Texas' John Cornyn and MJ Hegar argue over coronavirus response, policing and the Supreme Court in U.S. Senate debate
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/09/john-cornyn-mj-hegar-senate-debate-texas/
YEP....Rosenstein's version is that white yes he did draft the letter firing James Comey, and yes he did volunteer for the task, he did so only to preempt a much more provocative letter from the White House. The firing would have happened anyway, so unfair to blame him for doing it.
https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1314906985956085762
Trump's law-and-order mantra goes missing in wake of domestic terror plot against Democratic governor
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/politics/trump-gretchen-whitmer-law-and-order/index.html
The Abbott Covid19 test that's used by the White House to screen visitors was authorized by FDA WITHOUT evidence that it can detect the virus in pre-symptomatic people. That's a huge problem since ~half of those who get infected get the virus from people who don't have symptoms 1/3
https://twitter.com/AliNouriPhD/status/1312801936811458562
These tests, when not used in conjunction with mask wearing, social distancing, ventilation, can do more harm than good because they provide a false sense of comfort and let people drop their guard. 2/3
https://twitter.com/AliNouriPhD/status/1312801942909915138
Failure to detect virus isn't just a problem with Abbott. It's pervasive. This report shows on 1st day of infection tests have a 0% chance of detecting virus. Even day 5, w/symptoms present, they miss over a third. Always wear that mask and distance 3/3 https://acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-1495
https://twitter.com/AliNouriPhD/status/1312801946609344513
Even the film and TV industry doesn't allow this test without a lab PCR test also performed in the same week
https://twitter.com/alexmeshkin/status/1312802863052066816
LeBron literally drew 4 defenders to prevent him from shooting at the very end. All the best players ever passed to their teammates in big moments. LeBron also has more playoff buzzer beaters than all of them. He simply makes the right play 99% of the time. A wide open Danny Green shot is so much more likely to go in than any shot vs 4 defenders. I'm rooting for the Heat and I'm defending LeBron from the unfair attacks for passing the ball to Green.
I am happy to let you know that this morning I was released from Morristown Medical Center. I want to thank the extraordinary doctors & nurses who cared for me for the last week. Thanks to my family & friends for their prayers. I will have more to say about all of this next week.
https://twitter.com/GovChristie/status/1314917226407919617
Huge turnouts in absentee voting, especially in liberal hubs (Madison, Chapel Hill, Pittsburgh), suggest Democrats are building a big early lead. Wisconsin in 2016 had 146k mail votes. In 2020, 647k people have already voted.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/10/us/politics/early-voting-swing-states.html
North Korea unveils new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) during parade
https://twitter.com/LucasFoxNews/status/1314902834106826753
He should have thought about that before he started shooting random innocent people. Is everyone guaranteed a fair funeral in the site they pick America? Defense attorneys for alleged killer Kyle Rittenhouse argue that it would be dangerous to extradite the 17-year-old teenager, citing fears of retaliation and a divided political climate.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/kyle-rittenhouse-extradition-dangerous-due-political-climate-lawyers/story?id=73520336
Hey Dak, do us a favor and lead our team without the top two tackles, with the worst defense in the NFL, and with a special teams group we said got better but is only worse so far. Oh and do it in a contract year. Then take a discount for us. Cause of our brand.
https://twitter.com/rjochoa/status/1314587662997762048
Lindsey Graham Says Young Black People 'Can Go Anywhere' In South Carolina, As Long Es They're Conservative
https://www.newsweek.com/lindsey-graham-south-carolina-young-black-jaime-harrison-1538026
https://www.businessinsider.com/graham-black-people-go-anywhere-in-south-carolina-if-conservative-2020-10
Good: Judge denies Orthodox Jewish group's request for restraining order against New York's Covid-19 restrictions
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/us/orthodox-jewish-groups-lawsuit-cuomo/index.html
Bernie Sanders and Teen Vogue Digital Town Hall, "Working for Our Future"
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/bernie-sanders-teen-vogue-digital-town-hall-working-for-our-future
Moms of Zendaya, Alicia Keys and Jonah Hill Team Up for Voting PSA: 'Don't Make Us Nag You' — "Yes, our kids are famous. But your vote counts just the same as theirs," says Terria Augello, mom to Keys.
https://people.com/politics/moms-zendaya-alicia-keys-jonah-hill-team-up-voting-psa/
Eric Spoelstra on Jimmy's overall performance: "His will to win is remarkable. To do that in 47+ minutes, and take the challenge on the other end? Every young player coming into the league should study footage on Jimmy Butler, the definition of a two-way player, competing on both ends."
https://streamable.com/iolvqv
The Texas Republican Party Chairman is participating in a protest against the Texas Republican Governor ~3 weeks from a bunch of very competitive Texas elections.
https://twitter.com/eyokley/status/1314975467099881472
White House had projected that 2,000 people would show for the Trump speech. Turns out it was max 400. Aides said it wouldn't be a campaign rally. It was. So we're now a country where the president delivers angry speeches from a balcony to people in matching T-shirts and hats.
This is a pretty obscure reference but it's basically a warning to Columbian immigrants in south Florida. Trump campaign hit Petro in August, too. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1314998881126625280
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-nqAgAH1xgs
https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1315000166970200064
Democratic presidential nominee Biden keeps testing negative for covid19. And we know that if he tests positive, he will follow the doctor's orders.
Appeals court rules Trump's border wall illegal, blocks further construction
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/appeals-court-rules-trumps-border-wall-illegal-blocks-further-construction
With 9 minutes left in the 3rd, Anthony Davis seems to purposely slap Jae Crowder in the face as they are both on the ground
https://streamable.com/g9v09q
29 million girls, women victims of sex trafficking, which the Democrats party wants to legalize because they consider sex trafficking a "career" and the victims deserving of "fair wages"
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/29-million-girls-women-victims-of-modern-slavery-report-1.5140741
Irresponsible of news organizations to omit from headlines that Trump is breaking the law by holding a campaign event at the WH. This Bloomberg article doesn't even bother to reference the Hatch Act.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-10/trump-to-resume-public-events-starting-saturday-at-white-house
3/ According to federal guidelines, the president has to disclose who pays him money directly, even if the payments are as small as a couple hundred bucks. But the rules do not require the president to disclose payments that flow through his companies. It's a massive loophole.
https://twitter.com/DanAlexander21/status/1315048198734581763
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/10/us/trump-properties-swamp.html
6/ I spent a lot of time figuring out who pays Trump rent via his commercial buildings. In my book, "White House, Inc." I list over 150 tenants paying an estimated $177M a year in rent. I laid out a dizzying set of conflicts this presents in this excerpt.
https://twitter.com/DanAlexander21/status/1315050842479828992
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/09/how-everyone-is-quietly-lining-trumps-pockets
Some good news: The WH announced that President Trump today signed Savanna's Act and the Not Invisible Act, two pieces of bipartisan legislation which address the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women. I wrote about these bills last year:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congress-crisis-missing-and-murdered-native-american-women/
For at least seven years, Republican Rep. Jim Hagedorn appears to have enjoyed rent-free use of a campaign office supplied by a political donor — which would be a clear violation of federal election law that comes amid mounting scrutiny of his finances.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/09/jim-hagedorn-may-violated-election-law-428181
13/ "I could actually run my business and run government at the same time. I don't like the way that looks, but I would be able to do that if I wanted to. I would be the only one that would be able to do that." -Donald Trump, January 11, 2017.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?421482-1/president-elect-donald-trump-election-year-hacking-i-russia
Biden: "What I was referencing is the attempts that are made to try to influence and scare people from voting. Pay attention to them. The American people are voting...they're going to determine the outcome and I'm going to accept the outcome of the election without any question."
https://twitter.com/JTHVerhovek/status/1315060412723888132
Nurse who spoke at 2020 RNC busted for shooting woman after argument
https://nypost.com/2020/10/10/nurse-who-spoke-at-2020-rnc-busted-for-shooting-woman/
http://wchstv.com/news/local/records-williamson-nurse-facing-charge-after-shooting-woman-in-abdomen
After these disastrous two weeks, 43% of Americans still approve of Trump. Terrifying. Do not let your guard down. Vote.
The circuit court seat Barrett is in became vacant on February 18, 2015. By then, the GOP Senate was already obstructing virtually all nominees, and they did the same for Obama's pick, Myra Selby. In 2017, they swiftly confirmed Barrett. If that's not "court packing," what is it?
https://twitter.com/MaxKennerly/status/1315299695477035008
FROM 2010-2017, REPUBLICANS BLOCKED OBAMA FROM PUTTING ANYBODY IN ANY JUDICIAL SEAT, THEY BLOCKED 1300 APPOINTMENTS. DEMOCRATS NEED TO PACK THE COURTS.
Antiabortion pro-life groups say they stand behind Trump's use of a drug tested on cells derived from an aborted fetus because the Trump 'was not involved with that abortion'
https://www.businessinsider.com/anti-abortion-groups-dont-mind-trump-drug-tested-fetal-tissue-2020-10
Other than that Mrs. Lincoln I'm sure you'd agree that was a great night at the theatre: Aside from one positive test in New England and one positive test in Tennessee, there were no other positive tests with any other team this morning, per source.
https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1315293017067192322
NFL is shutting down the Patriots' facility this morning, marking the third shutdown there in 10 days, sources tell me and @FieldYates. Patriots are testing this morning and awaiting further direction from the NFL. But the status of Monday night's game vs. Denver is in question.
https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1315243371280191489
Statement from the #Titans "This morning we learned that a staff member tested positive. We have temporarily closed our facility and are in communication with the league on the next steps."
https://twitter.com/tdavenport_nfl/status/1315266869742444545
Broncos-Patriots game is being moved to next Sunday, sources tell ESPN. Broncos were supposed to play Miami; that won't happen. That game is being rescheduled.
https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1315277538059575297
Deshaun Watson will have input on Texans' coaching hire, and he's a strong believer in Chiefs OC Eric Bieniemy
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/deshaun-watson-will-have-input-on-texans-coaching-hire-and-hes-a-strong-believer-in-chiefs-oc-eric-bieniemy/
Washington expected to trade Dwayne Haskins by deadline
https://twitter.com/team980/status/1315272460040843264
No, really: Jason McCourty: NFL, union 'don't care' about players' health
https://www.nfl.com/news/as-patriots-return-to-practice-jason-mccourty-details-frustrating-couple-of-week
NFL should have already had contingency plans in place
Bill Belichick on Saturday: "One thing that we've learned this year repeatedly has been we have to be ready to adjust and adapt to changes and modifications in the way we do things....We're certainly taking things day by day, probably hour by hour would be more accurate."
https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1315248171585605633
Trump's Overhaul Of Immigration Is Worse Than You Think - This administration has attacked every aspect of the immigration system — and it won't be easy to undo.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/10/opinion/sunday/trump-immigration-child-separations.html
Elizabeth Rosenberg, former Treasury official: "The FinCEN files illustrate the alarming truth that an enormous amount of illicit money is sloshing around our financial system, and that U.S. banks play host and facilitator to rogues and criminals..."
https://www.wsj.com/articles/treasury-plugs-gap-in-anti-money-laundering-regulations-11600680611'
Danny Green on fans who have sent him and his fiancée death threats: "It's a basketball game... Fans are emotional, I hope they don't take it that seriously, I hope they're that passionate about voting, or injustice for these people who deserve justice - we'll get some better change in the country."
https://streamable.com/jzvz5s
Biden is clearly open to making changes to the court. It's not the mystery the Trump campaign wants it to be. Meanwhile, when was the president's last negative test? Where as his tax returns? Any answers Andrew?
https://twitter.com/hunterw/status/1315332058714169344
By the end of the today, we might be at 10 million votes already cast in the 2020 election. https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html
One underlying problem with the recent Court coverage is it ignores that what Mitch McConnell did to Merrick Garland was unprecedented. That's treated as business as usual now and any potential change is "packing."
https://twitter.com/hunterw/status/1315330051664207872
Most Black people vote Democrat, but most Black Democrats are moderate-leaning-conservative
Biden holding rhetorical fire(refusing to discuss court-packing) — waiting to see how much wiggle room he would have in the Senate (if he's elected).
My cynical guess: the issue of the number of justices on Supreme Court fades away in 2021 as the high court out of institutional self-interest behaves super-circumspectly in the face of Democratic congressional majorities.
Adding members really is depoliticizing and balancing the court
According to the pool report, Joe Biden attended mass today at St. Ann's Church in Wilmington.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1315328844581093376
What church did Trump go to this morning?
Biden's position is based on how events unfold. If the Republicans force Amy Coney Barrett onto the Supreme Court, then he'll respond accordingly to that. And if they don't, he'll respond differently. Biden is clearly indicating he's open to court reform. He's not ruling it out or taking it off the table. Biden is indicating frustration with what happened with Merrick Garland and now Coney Barrett. It seems like his ultimate position may be defined by how that unfolds. It's not the most direct or transparent answer in the world, but it's also not the black box of utter mystery some reporters frame it as. I suspect it's kind of reaching to find something to hammer Biden on amid continued relentless questions for Trump on taxes and covid19 tests.
A text just now from a #Patriots player: "No one gets credit for doing the right thing now because they didn't do the right thing Monday and maybe that's why we're in this mess." Adds he's "Incredibly disappointed."
https://twitter.com/MikeGiardi/status/1315304973320716294
Indefinite court-blocking (Republicans) is more radical than court-packing. Both are allowed under the Constitution. One requires a new law and therefore is harder to accomplish. The only thing stopping this is norms.
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