The New York Times reports in its election updates that Joe Biden is expected to reveal his running mate as soon as today. Or maybe tomorrow. Or make that Thursday. An earlier update reports that the process is — finally! — drawing to a close and takes him to task for taking so long: In…
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Lincoln Project: Wake Up – See update at end
is a 6 ½ minute video produced by jon Turteltaub, a Hollywood director. The conceit is a man has been in a coma for 3 ½ years and has just woken up. His family gathers around him, and tries, as loyal Republicans (as he was), to explain what has happened. This ad was premiered on…
Lincoln Project goes there, with “Maxwell” — now with an update
In an ad put up today. To the point. Using Trump’s words from his answer at the presser Here it is: x YouTube Video and note the end — the picture of Biden with affirmative words in the voice-over. UPDATE later in the day LP put up a 2nd ad, about which I wrote, but…
On the ground update: Acting DHS Secretary Wolf understates Portland crisis
Over the past 24 hours, Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has faced a firestorm of criticism for his over-the-top rhetoric and grandstanding regarding the ongoing demonstrations in Portland, Oregon. In his memo justifying the deployment of federal marshals that neither the mayor nor the governor requested or wanted, the man supporters call…
Oregon Gov Accuses Trump of Stirring Up Violence to Help his Reelection [Update * 2]
Several stories are up about what’s going on in Portland OR right now. I’m writing this to highlight what Gov. Kate Brown is saying about it: this is purely and totally a political ploy to terrorize her citizens and turn peaceful protests into an excuse for “political theater” for no other reason to help Trump…
Eight World Leaders Take a Swipe at Trump [Update: Putin Out to Steal Vaccine Research]
Not in so many words, but eight world leaders wrote an op-ed in today’s Washington Post calling for any Covid-19 vaccine to be available worldwide: The international community must guarantee equal global access to a covid-19 vaccine [W]e must urgently ensure that vaccines will be distributed according to a set of transparent, equitable and scientifically…
Trudeau Declines to Die for a Trump Photo-Op [Update: Mex Pres Wanted Trudeau There with Him]
Canadian Primer Minister Justin Trudeau has quite wisely declined to risk sickness and death just so Trump can have a photo-op “celebrating” the new agreement between Canada, the US, and Mexico — which is pretty much the same as the old agreement, the most important part being that Obama’s signature won’t be on it. But…
Trump Returns From Tulsa With Tie Undone, Oh Sh!t Look on His Face [Update: Twitter Silence]
This photo is a screen grab off a video taken as Bunker Boy was leaving his helicopter after returning from the disaster that was Tulsa. So the quality isn’t the best. (But then, with Bunker Boy, it never is.) Here’s a link to the twitter feed of the video: https: //twitter.com/i/status/1274585675845828611 (DKos for some reason…
BREAKING: Trump Personally Fires SDNY DA – Or Did He? [Update 2: Berman Agrees to Leave]
The stories all yesterday and this morning have been that Barr can’t fire Berman at SDNY because he was appointed by the court. There’s been speculation whether Trump can fire him, but if so, he would have to do it personally. Five minutes ago, he did: Trump Personally Fires U.S. attorney Who Investigated His Associates…
10,000 Soldiers On the Streets of DC – Almost Happened [Update: Why Milley Wore Fatigues]
Several stories have been appearing in the media in the past few days about how Trump really wanted to put active-duty soldiers, lots of them, on the streets of the nation’s capital. The latest story is currently the lead on CNN: White House wanted 10k active duty troops to quell protesters The White House wanted…
Esper On the Outs with Bunker Boy [Update 2: WH Not Showing Confidence in Esper]
Mark Esper (SecDef for those versed in milspeak or govspeak) is in trouble with Bunker Boy (no other identification needed). Pentagon chief breaks from Trump over use of active-duty military forces to quell unrest Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper said Wednesday that he does not support the use of active-duty military forces in quelling countrywide…
Biden Expected to Attend Floyd's Funeral in Houston [Update: Some Confirmation]
This is how a mensch behaves: CNBC has just reported that Joe Biden expected to attend George Floyd funeral, family lawyer says Former vice president Joe Biden is expected to attend the funeral next week of George Floyd, the black man who died at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer, a lawyer for…
Merkel Declines to Die for Trump [Update: Macron May be Backing Out As Well]
A little over a week ago, Trump announced he wanted to have the G7 leaders meet in person in July. (The United States is this year’s host.) First it was going to be at Camp David, which is bad enough as a pandemic breeding ground, but then he changed to the White House, which is…
Merkel Declines to Die for Trump [Update*2: Trump Postpones G7 to At Least September]
A little over a week ago, Trump announced he wanted to have the G7 leaders meet in person in July. (The United States is this year’s host.) First it was going to be at Camp David, which is bad enough as a pandemic breeding ground, but then he changed to the White House, which is…
Trump Calls on Senate to Subpoena Obama [Update: Graham Says NO]
Trump’s hatred of Barack Obama is long and well-documented, from his attempts to find the “real birth certificate” to his dismantling of anything Obama had accomplished just because it was Obama who had done it. Trump’s insistence that his inaugural crowd was larger than Obama’s set the tone for his whole approach to his predecessor….
CDC Updates Its List of Covid-19 Symptoms [Update: Seems the Guidelines Were Buried – Maybe]
A new story on top of WaPo has an updated list of the most common coronavirus (Covid-19) symptoms: CDC confirms six coronavirus symptoms showing up in patients over and over Actually, the CDC website includes symptoms that are already known that WaPo for some reason left out: People with COVID-19 have had a wide range…
today's Trumpian sarchasm(sic) – UPDATE: Trump says it was indeed sarcasm
Noble gaslight gets the Pulitzer — it’s weirder only because he’s made the same mistakes before and makes his fixations more obvious. x It's “Nobel”, not “Noble.”2. There is no Nobel Prize for journalism. He's confusing it with the Pulitzer Prize.3. Senate Intelligence Committee just unanimously found Russia actively interfered with 2016 campaign to help Trump…
BREAKING: Kim Jong Un in “Grave Danger” After Surgery [Update 4: Maybe, Maybe Not]
CNN is just now reporting that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has had surgery and is in grave danger: US source: North Korean leader in grave danger after surgery The US is monitoring intelligence that North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, is in grave danger after a surgery, according to a US official with…
Bolsonaro Tests POSITIVE After Trump Meeting [Update: Bolsonaro says it was NEGATIVE]
On Saturday, Trump and Brazilian President Bolsonaro met at Mar-A-Lago. Yesterday, following reports that his communications aid, who was also present, has tested positive, Bolsonaro agreed to get a test. The result, according to the Bralizian newspaper O Dia: Primeiro exame de Bolsonaro teria testado positivo para coronavírus You don’t need to understand Portuguese (I…
Prediction: Bernie Drops Out After Next Tuesday [Update: Bernie Went Home to VT]
Bit windy out here on my favorite limb. . . but I like it brisk. So here I am again, making a prediction in advance of results — but I think my limb is solidly attached to the tree. I predict that Joe Biden will have a solid, perhaps a sweeping victory tonight. I also…
