The closing arguments for Donald Trump's floundering reelection campaign are focused narrowly on two subjects, neither of which the American people consider relevant to their lives. Nevertheless, Trump is spending the last week before election day hammering away repetitively at these non-issues in a desperate attempt to claw his way out of the abyss he…
Category: CoronaVirus
ME, IA & KS: GOP PACs Busted For Using The Same “Voter” In Ads For 3 Different Senate Races
From The Huffington Post: x YouTube Video Two Republican super PACs used the same supposed voter in newly released ads for at least three different Senate races, including those in Maine, Iowa and Kansas. In an ad produced by American Crossroads that aired in Kansas, a brown-haired woman criticizes Democratic Senate candidate Barbara Bollier. “She…
Woodward taped Kushner boasting about taking the country 'back from the doctors'
Little Lord Fauntleroy has stepped in it once again. The odious sparkly vampire born with a silver spoon in his head was at the vanguard of Donald Trump’s pandemic response — and, you guessed it, he fucked it up, big-league. Seems that Bob Woodward taped Boy Blunder as well as Trump and, erm, it’s not pretty. CNN:…
NC-Sen: PPP Has Cal Cunningham (D) Beating Thom Tillis (R) 47-44, Biden Beating Trump 51-47
Here’s the latest news today out of North Carolina courtesy of PPP’s latest poll: x NORTH CAROLINABiden 51% (+4)Trump 47%.#NCsen:Cunningham (D) 47% (+3)Tillis (R-inc) 44%@ppppolls/@ProtectOurCare (D) 10/26-27https://t.co/BAV0ZaJeQm— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) October 27, 2020 A new Public Policy Polling survey finds North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis trailing Democratic opponent Cal Cunningham by 3 points (47–44). Health…
MT-Sen: PPP Has Gov. Steve Bullock (D) Beating Sen. Steve Daines (R) 48-47
Here’s the latest news today out of Montana courtesy of PPP: A new Public Policy Polling survey finds Steve Bullock leading Republican opponent Steve Daines in the Montana Senate race by 1 point (48-47). Health care is a key issue fora majority of Montanans, with 64% considering it either the most important issue or a…
Obama: Trump is 'jealous of COVID's media coverage'
Obama is on the stump, stumpin’ for Joe. And it’s a beautiful, beautiful thing. x Noting that Trump is complaining about the media reporting on rising COVID cases, President Obama says, “He's jealous of COVID's media coverage.” pic.twitter.com/Of4RZxERYt— The American Independent (@AmerIndependent) October 27, 2020 < p class=”is-empty-p”> OBAMA: “And what’s his closing argument? That people are…
While Trump Whines Media is All 'COVID, COVID, COVID,' Fox News Gets Hit Hard
As the coronavirus pandemic surges to ever new highs in infections, hospitalizations, and fatalities, Donald Trump desperately wants to change the subject. He thinks the American people should be more interested in vague emails stolen from a laptop that allegedly belonged to Joe Biden's son, Hunter. That's a “crime” that the Wall Street Journal debunked…
TX-Sen: Data For Progress Poll Confirms A Toss Up Race Between MJ Hegar (D) & John Cornyn (R)
Some very encouraging news today out of Texas: x 🚨New Poll – TEXAS🚨Biden 49 / Trump 48Hegar 46 / Cornyn 48https://t.co/OCRMOhwGdJ— Data for Progress (@DataProgress) October 26, 2020 Click here for the full results. Yesterday’s UT Tyler poll showed a tightening race: In his bid for a fourth term in the U.S. Senate against Hegar,…
60 Minutes of Hell
When Kayleigh McEnany handed Leslie Stahl of 60 Minutes a six-inch thick encyclopedic styled book allegedly containing the President's healthcare plan, I was skeptical. When Ms. Stahl said the book was filled with superfluous Executive Orders, ancillary paperwork, but no healthcare plan, I believed her. There lies the problem with the current American President. As accomplished as Ms. Stahl…
White House chief of staff: 'We are not going to control the pandemic'; okay, then
Now this is a brilliant campaign strategy nine days before an election — give up! CNN: White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Sunday that the US is “not going to control” the coronavirus pandemic, as cases surge across the country and nearly 225,000 Americans have died from the virus. “We are not going to control…
Big Wisconsin billboard calls out Trump's local superspreader event
The day after Johnny Virus-seed’s superspreader events in Florida — hey, they’re not going to die before November 3; that’s all he cares about — a billboard in Waukesha, Wisconsin, is taunting POTUS over his 2020 COVID Road Show. (Will he have T-shirts made up with all the tour stops printed on the back? If…
Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy
The term “vast right-wing conspiracy” is not an original quote from the then First Lady Hillary Clinton, but in 1998 her use of the phrase baked it into the political lexicon. As with most conspiracies, they are usually borne of self-inflicted grievance or a piteousness dragged out as the last defense strategy when the truth…
MO-Gov: “Emails show Parson was warned about virus outbreak before visit to state office building”
From The St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Gov. Mike Parson proceeded with an event at a state office building last month after staff warned his office of a cluster of COVID-19 cases among state workers in the building, according to emails obtained by the Post-Dispatch. Parson, a Republican running for a four-year term, was diagnosed with COVID-19…
AK-Sen: Mother Jones, “The Unspoken Reason the Alaska Senate Race Is So Close”
Mother Jones has a great piece about the Alaska U.S. Senate race between incumbent U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R. AK) and Dr. Al Gross (I. AK). But there’s a really good part of this piece that explains why Gross is making this race competitive and how his campaign strategy might just pay off: The key…
Columbia study says at least 130,000 avoidable COVID deaths are due to Trump's incompetence
I knew — felt in my gut — that Trump’s reign of chaos would be, well, chaotic. But sheeee-ite, I never thought it would be this bad. And I can be a pretty dark guy. But gosh, I’m not a psychopath. I don’t watch snuff films. I don’t enjoy videos of maggots consuming horse heads. So,…
AK-Sen: PPP Shows A Toss Up Race Between Dr. Al Gross (I) & Sen. Dan Sullivan (R)
Here’s the latest news today out of Alaska courtesy of PPP’s latest poll: x NEW POLL: 86% of Alaska voters say health is one of the most important issues when deciding who to vote for in the #AKSEN race — this includes 78% of Republican voters and 90% of Independent voters. https://t.co/F79Jr3o2M7 #ProtectOurCare— Protect Our…
KS-Sen: PPP Has Dr. Barbara Bollier (D) Tied With Rep. Roger Marshall (R) 43-43
Here’s the latest news today out of Kansas courtesy of PPP’s latest poll: x NEW POLL: 45% of Kanas voters say they’re less likely to vote for @RogerMarshallMD due to his vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act with no replacement. #ProtectOurCare #KSSEN— Protect Our Care (@ProtectOurCare) October 21, 2020 x #KSsen:Bollier (D) 43%Marshall (R)…
GOP senator releases statement defending Fauci as Republican rats continue to abandon ship
Donald Trump is melting down faster than a brick of Velveeta nestled snugly between the twin industrial steam pans that are his moobs. The latest? He’s been trashing Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s preeminent expert on infectious diseases, because Trump is missing Friday night Skee-Ball at Chuck E. Cheese or whatever. First, Trump, from a call with campaign…
Manifestly losing his mind, Trump calls CNN 'dumb b*stards' for covering COVID
What? CNN is still talking about the COVID-19 pandemic? You’d think people are still dying by the thousands or something. From today’s superspreader jamboree in Arizona: x From @therecount… Trump calls @CNN “dumb bastards” for continuing to cover #COVID19. He is spiraling and manifestly Unfit to remain in office. Spread this far and wide. Make sure…
Dr. Fauci 'absolutely not' surprised that Trump got COVID
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the guy Trump likes to disparage and ignore because he knows things, appeared on 60 Minutes last night, and it looks like he’s running out of fucks faster than Trump is running out of chances. As the U.S. passes 8 million coronavirus infections and more than 220,000 deaths, Fauci appears resigned to…