Donald Trump’s pardons must not obstruct justice

If Donald isn't held accountable, future presidents will only be encouraged to do the same damage to our democracy:

https://www.ft.com/content/e73fdd69-1fee-4886-b299-959ce9647151

Newsmax And Pro-Trump Media Walk Back Voting Conspiracies After Legal Threat

Nice to see the fake news-spreading conservative media sources held accountable and admitting their misinformation:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/newsmax-smartmatic-fox-news_n_5fe108e8c5b60d416344f057?guccounter=1

How the Conservative Legal Movement Stopped Trump’s Attempts to Overturn the Election

This is a good explanation for why Donald keeps losing:

https://time.com/5921196/conservative-legal-election-blocked-trump/

Amazon Becomes World’s Largest Corporate Purchaser of Renewable Energy, Advancing its Climate Pledge Commitment to be Net-zero Carbon by 2040

This can help their image, as well as help set precedents:

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201210005304/en/Amazon-Becomes-World%E2%80%99s-Largest-Corporate-Purchaser-of-Renewable-Energy-Advancing-its-Climate-Pledge-Commitment-to-be-Net-zero-Carbon-by-2040

America’s Post-Christian Future, Part 1

I'm so glad to see this happening:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2020/12/americas-post-christian-future-part-1/

Contractors Smuggled Armed Mexican Nationals To Guard Trump’s Border Wall: Complaint

Irony can be so ironic sometimes:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mexican-guards-hired-patrol-border-wall_n_5fcf8112c5b63a153454d803

The World Is Headed for 3 Degrees of Warming This Century, U.N. Report Warns—But a Green Pandemic Recovery Could Offer Hope

The world has to get its shit together ASAP:

https://time.com/5919239/un-emissions-gap-climate-change/

We're in bizarro world. Thanks to Trump's hidden deplorables, high-turnout no longer benefits Dems

 I don't buy the high turnout claim, but the hidden deplorables part is rather interesting:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/12/1/1999185/-The-hidden-deplorables-don-t-care-about-Republicans-their-crap-world-revolves-around-Trump

‘My Frustration Turned Into Anger.’ Some Americans Who Lost Family Members to COVID-19 Have Turned Against Donald Trump

 Donald's gross negligence needs to be front and center:

https://time.com/5913055/covid-19-grief-politics-trump/

You don't want to hang out with Trump deplorables, and turns out, no one else does either

 Another interesting perspective from the guy with the plausible hypothesis of why Donald overperformed at the polls:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/11/25/1998220/-If-you-want-to-find-Trump-s-hidden-deplorables-look-to-the-lonely-fringes

The Real Reason Trump Won’t Concede

 Another good Robert Reich piece, this on how Trump is a grifter scamming his supporters:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EMH31JvERo&feature=youtu.be

GM flips to California’s side in pollution fight with Trump

 This is an important move:

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-lawsuits-environment-california-gavin-newsom-f30458eb13b6ff967d05b12c178621e8

Texas will host the largest solar project in the US

 If Texas can do this, there's hope:

https://electrek.co/2020/11/20/texas-largest-solar-project-us-samson/

Rick Santorum said: "Democrats need to give Republicans, including Trump, time and space to work through their feelings about losing." What are your thoughts?

 Why there is no compromise with Trumpettes:

https://www.quora.com/Rick-Santorum-said-Democrats-need-to-give-Republicans-including-Trump-time-and-space-to-work-through-their-feelings-about-losing-What-are-your-thoughts/answer/Dan-Caugherty?ch=10&share=abc7104e&srid=uBhZO

Trump overperformed the polls twice. Could this be the reason why?

 This is a very interesting and plausible perspective:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/11/16/1996146/-Trump-has-a-legit-superpower-and-it-s-his-hidden-deplorables

Olbermann vs. Trump #25: Pompeo Was Joking? Wasn't Joking? I Don't Care. Cut Off Red State Funding.

 He's still got it:

https://youtu.be/6IMJD_5d_MY

Only Right-Wing Media Can Save America From Trump’s Conspiracies

 Right wing media is largely responsible for this mess. It stands to reason they need to be a major part of the solution:

https://time.com/5911619/right-wing-media-trumps-conspiracies/

Norway’s Wealth Tax Is Uncommon. Here’s What America Could Learn From It.

 It just seems a no-brainer to tax income over a certain high amount. It benefits EVERYONE:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/norway-wealth-tax-what-america-can-learn_n_5fac2082c5b68707d1fb6391?ri18n=true&ncid=newsltushpmgnews

No, I Will Not Be ‘Reaching Out’ To Trump Voters, Now Or Ever. Here’s Why.

 This is basically my sentiment:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/reaching-out-to-trump-voters-unity_n_5fad1d45c5b6d647a39c46a2?ncid=newsltushpmgnews

Historian: Today’s Authoritarian Leaders Aren’t Fascists—But They Are Part of the Same Story

Still, Donald is a fascist wannabe at the very least:

https://time.com/5908244/strongman-fascism-history/

WRONG Trump Prophecies! Oops!!

 This is fun, watching Christian prophets all get it wrong:

https://youtu.be/wahJSouIu2I

No, not that Four Seasons. How Team Trump’s news conference ended up at a Northeast Philly landscaping firm.

 Here's the whole story. It's just hilarious!

https://www.inquirer.com/news/four-seasons-landscaping-philly-trump-giuliani-hotel-biden-20201108.html

Mary Trump on the end of Uncle Donald: all he has now is breaking things

 We could be in for a bumpy ride:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/08/mary-trump-on-the-end-of-uncle-donald-all-he-has-now-is-breaking-things

Joe Biden Had To Beat Donald Trump With One Hand Tied Behind His Back

 We should all remember that Biden had to struggle against a huge headwind, yet he won decisively:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-2020-election-obstacles_n_5fa5ab5ec5b623bfac4f43fc

The Final Gasp of Donald Trump’s Presidency

 THIS is the schadenfreude that I have wanted all along! I delight in karma running over Trump’s dogma:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/trump-election-results-humiliation.html

and

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/11/donald-trump-presidency-election-week.html

Scientists Warn: Warming of 2°C Would Release Billions of Tons of Soil Carbon

 More grim news:

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-warn-warming-of-2c-would-release-billions-of-tons-of-soil-carbon/

'We've Built the Most Toxic Marriage Ever': Why Political Opposites in the U.S. Despise Each Other

 I blame Fox News for starting the schism:

https://time.com/5904504/political-ideology-division/

Data Disappeared--This is an Accounting of the Damage

 Lots of detail on Trump's putting politics above science, corrupting both:

https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/article/disappearing-data/index.html?ncid=newsltushpmgnews#introduction

How Joe Biden Is Positioning Himself as a Modern FDR

If so, Biden could make some powerful positive changes:

https://time.com/5904569/joe-biden-fdr/

‘We Are Being Eaten From Within.’ Why America Is Losing the Battle Against White Nationalist Terrorism

What a shitshow:

https://time.com/5647304/white-nationalist-terrorism-united-states/

China Suddenly Pledges to Become Completely Carbon Neutral

 Letting China get ahead of us on climate change technology is foolish:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/china-pledges-become-completely-carbon-neutral

A Greenhouse Mega-Catastrophe Killed Nearly All Life on Earth – Here’s What Happened

 A critical warning:

"Hana Jurikova adds: “Ancient volcanic eruptions of this kind are not directly comparable to anthropogenic carbon emissions, and in fact all modern fossil fuel reserves are far too insufficient to release as much CO2 over hundreds of years, let alone thousands of years as was released 252 million years ago. But it is astonishing that humanity’s CO2 emission rate is currently fourteen times higher than the annual emission rate at the time that marked the greatest biological catastrophe in Earth’s history.""

https://scitechdaily.com/a-greenhouse-catastrophe-killed-nearly-all-life-on-earth-heres-what-happened/

US signs anti-abortion declaration with group of largely authoritarian governments

 Deplorable and against the rights granted to US citizens:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/22/us-trump-administration-signs-anti-abortion-declaration

Trump’s Fake Payroll Tax Cut Is A Big Mess

 Everything he touches turns to shit:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trumps-fake-payroll-tax-cut-is-a-big-mess_n_5f903d12c5b6b005f5f198a8?ri18n=true&ncid=newsltushpmgnews

Most Presidents Who Lose Deal With Shame. Trump Could Have To Deal With Prison.

 Oh PLEASE let him end up in prison:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-loss-prison-statutes-of-limitations_n_5f8f5353c5b62333b23ff0a0

The Evangelical Movement’s Bad Bargain

 The evangenitals have really screwed the pooch by supporting Trump:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/the-evangelical-movements-bad-bargain/616760/

Will ‘Nones’ Bring a Progressive Future?

 Let's hope we succeed:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2020/10/will-nones-bring-a-progressive-future/

A Plot Against an Embattled Governor? Militias Disrupting Elections? It Happened in the 1850s—And Holds a Lesson for Today

 This is scary:

https://time.com/5900218/governor-plot-slavery-history/

COVID cases since June

 Impressive dynamic chart. Notice how it starts out with a lot of blue states but ends up almost entirely red states?

https://dangoodspeed.com/covid/total-cases-since-june

The Stock Market Does Better When Democrats Are In The White House

 Reinforcing the point that Democrats are better for the economy than Republicans:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-vs-republicans-stock-market_l_5f853971c5b6e6d033a6f26f?ncid=newsltushpmgnews

Who’s the Tax Cheat: The Lady in Jail or the Man in the White House?

 An interesting assessment of the inequalities in financial justice between the rich and poor:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/10/opinion/sunday/trump-taxes.html

Will America’s disregard for science be the end of its reign?

 It's just depressing to think this may just be an unavoidable consequence of our culture:

https://bigthink.com/videos/anti-science-pro-conspiracy-america

Who is Donald Trump's base? Why is he popular? Why are people voting for him? Why do people like and support him?

 This is probably the best explanation for the irrational behavior of Trump supporters:

https://qr.ae/pNMkTT

Here's Why Trump Has Lost So Much Support in the Active Duty Military

 Wow, he's done a LOT to alienate the military:

https://time.com/5898258/trump-lost-support-military/

Covid drug given to Trump developed using cells derived from an abortion

 Trump likely didn't know about it when he got the treatment, but he surely does now. Will he be a hypocrite or change his recommendation for everyone to get it?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/08/trump-covid-drug-developed-using-cells-derived-from-abortion

How a Road Trip Through America's Battlegrounds Revealed a Nation Plagued by Misinformation

 I've encountered this level of ignorance on my YouTube channel and the Nextdoor app. One wonders how to get through to them:

https://time.com/5897887/swing-states-2020-election/

Job Growth By President

This must REALLY irk Trump, but look a little closer. Even though there have been more Republican presidents since WWII, Democratic presidents have created more than DOUBLE the number of jobs (D=70 million vs. R=31 million). So much for Republicans being the job creators.... 

https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1313856721497083905?s=20 

How the pandemic and politics gave us a golden age of conspiracy theories

This is a good explanation for why so many fall for conspiracy theories, especially in times of crisis:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/03/us/conspiracy-theories-why-origins-pandemic-politics-trnd/index.html

The media’s 2020 moment

 The media is underfunded and understaffed, but it's the reason why so many things the Trump administration has tried to hide have been exposed:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-5933fdb2-f24a-4a41-864d-c1a2dd1d6fbf.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

What if Donald Trump is proven right by history?

He WAS proven right!

https://qr.ae/pN4Arm

Buried in Trump's taxes, what's going on at his golf resorts makes no sense ... unless it's a lie

 I'm guessing money laundering:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/9/29/1981694/-Buried-in-Trump-s-taxes-what-s-going-on-at-his-golf-resorts-makes-no-sense-unless-it-s-a-lie

California Gov. Newsom calls for 100% zero-emission vehicles by 2035

THIS is what the whole world needs to get behind:

https://pluginamerica.org/california-gov-newsom-calls-for-100-zero-emission-vehicles-by-2035/

Trump Secretly Mocks His Christian Supporters

 If they weren't so stupid and ignorant, they would realize they're being played:

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/09/29/trump-mocks-religious-believers-behind-closed-doors-say-his-former-aides/

Original article: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-secretly-mocks-his-christian-supporters/616522/

What If Trump Refuses to Concede?

 This helps you get a good understanding of the risks we face...and it's really grim:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/what-if-trump-refuses-concede/616424/

Say it plainly: The president is a psychopath

 In case it's not self-evident:

https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-the-president-is-a-psychopath-20200924-i4yegtrvjvelzgrqniinn6pvue-story.html?__twitter_impression=true

Devastating Forest Decline: Tree Rings Show Scale of Arctic Pollution Is Far Worse Than Previously Thought

 I hope we get our shit together before it's too late:

https://scitechdaily.com/devastating-forest-decline-tree-rings-show-scale-of-arctic-pollution-is-far-worse-than-previously-thought/

Bye Kayleigh

 More Republican hypocrisy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkY9YK6wgjU

Trump Makes America More Like Russia Every Day

 Authoritarians are anti-American, and thus Trump must go:

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-makes-america-more-russia-090242616.html

Democrats' Armageddon option

 If Republicans won't fight fair, Democrats should bloody them to teach them a lesson:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-9a1b9c11-7d86-4309-9c17-eab4c3b6db81.html?chunk=1&utm_term=emshare#story1

The Nightmare Scenario That Keeps Election Lawyers Up At Night — And Could Hand Trump A Second Term

 Trump and his brown-nosers have the power to totally fuck up our country:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/election-2020-nightmare_n_5f65163fc5b6de79b674a9d5

How scientists pin extreme weather on climate change

 Just a lot of useful info on the topic:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-deep-dives-ca9c6200-676f-4f1b-9b92-3f4cc505aec9.html?chunk=2&utm_term=emshare#story2

Top Pence staffer on Covid-19 speaks out against Trump, endorses Biden

So many people leave Trump's administration, and so many have relayed horrible experiences about him:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0j6adNroo4

Donald Trump claimed he would be "the greatest jobs president God ever created."

The greatest at sucking, evidently:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1306975013355089922

Updates: Billionaire Wealth, U.S. Job Losses and Pandemic Profiteers

 "The stock market in which billionaires have much of their money invested dropped sharply in the month before the pandemic lockdown. But the six months of gains that followed were not merely a reversal of those losses: billionaires are also $680 billion, or 22%, richer today than they were in February 2019, the release date of the most recent previous Forbes annual report (see table below)."

https://inequality.org/billionaire-bonanza-2020-updates/

Is being a billionaire ethical? At a minimum they should be heavily taxed.

South Africa's Private Game Reserves Are Struggling to Survive Without Tourists. The Animals Are, Too

 This is painfully sad:

https://time.com/5888730/south-africa-conservation-private-game-reserve/

The world set a 2020 deadline to save nature but not a single target was met, UN report says

 This is a really sad milestone:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/16/world/un-biodiversity-report-intl-hnk-scli-scn/index.html

Trump Could Use the Huge Number of Mailed and Absentee Votes to His Advantage. Here's Why Democrats Should Consider Voting Early in Person

 I really like mail-in ballots and have used them for years just fine. But this is no normal election:

https://time.com/5889013/absentee-mail-votes-recounts/

Prosecutors could pounce when Trump leaves

 Oh, to see Trump hauled off in an orange jumpsuit...

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-a3bdb925-9329-4b4e-8df9-aa6e40366de9.html?chunk=7&utm_term=emshare#story7

Whistleblower accuses Trump appointees of downplaying Russian interference and White supremacist threat

 More Trump administration corruption:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/politics/dhs-whistleblower-white-supremacist-threat/index.html

The Senate Is Back To Work And Its First Order Of Business Is... More Judges

 Mitch McConnell is the worst:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senate-republicans-trump-judges-mitch-mcconnell_n_5f590738c5b67602f5ff84e1?ri18n=true&ncid=newsltushpmgnews

US report warns climate change could create economic chaos

 This SHOULD be enough to get Republicans to also come on board:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/business/climate-change-economy-cftc-report/index.html

David Frum: What on earth did Trump expect to happen next?

 This is a good insight into Trump's fecal brain:

https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1303855414115799040

Cliodynamics: Russian Scientists Predicted Increased Unrest in the United States Back in 2010

 And if the climate crisis isn't bad enough...

https://scitechdaily.com/cliodynamics-russian-scientists-predicted-increased-unrest-in-the-united-states-back-in-2010/

Global Temperature Could Exceed Limit Set By World Leaders In Next Decade: UN Report

 Scary bad:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/global-warming-temperature-rising-united-nations_n_5f58c5b0c5b6b48507fa34c0

“Worst-Case Climate Scenario” – Ice Sheets in Greenland and Antarctica Loss Rates Rapidly Increasing

 This is getting bad:

https://scitechdaily.com/worst-case-climate-scenario-ice-sheets-in-greenland-and-antarctica-mass-loss-rates-rapidly-increasing/

Greenland Ice Sheet Already Reached Tipping Point 20 Years Ago

 Wonderful news...

https://scitechdaily.com/greenland-ice-sheet-already-reached-tipping-point-20-years-ago/

The Useful Idiot

 A long but enlightening article on how the Republicans' useful idiot, Trump, became a problem for them:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-useful-idiot-book_n_5f4bf594c5b697186e379058

Trump's dishonest campaign is entirely on-brand

 The lies are coming back to haunt him:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/06/politics/election-2020-donald-trump-dishonesty/index.html

Ex-US Army captain: Troops knew about Trump before article

It's worth watching the video about what this captain has to say:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/09/05/trump-atlantic-military-service-members-jason-kander-ctn-bts-vpx.cnn

Trump Losing The Military Vote, A Traditional Republican Bloc

 REALLY good to see this:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-military-poll_n_5f52b8b4c5b6578026cdea89

Trump Is Trying To Rig The Census And Hopes You Won’t Notice, Key Senator Warns

 Trump is SUCH a corrupt sleaze:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-2020-census-jeanne-shaheen_n_5f4fb730c5b69eb5c0378a2a?ri18n=true&ncid=newsltushpmgnews

Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’

 This should really hurt Trump. If Kelly confirms it, it should ruin Trump's chances. Just ONE person has a hell of a lot of influence:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/

Can anything change Americans’ minds about Donald Trump?

Good post. It's all been baked in since the beginning:

https://www.vox.com/2020/9/2/21409364/trump-approval-rating-2020-election-voters-coronavirus-convention-polls 

Christian Leaders Call On Fellow Believers To Take Science Seriously During The Pandemic

 At least this is good to see. Even Christian leaders want Trump to pay attention to the science:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/christian-statement-covid-19-biologos_n_5f3ebd0fc5b6763e5dc07d9f?ncid=newsltushpmgnews

Congressional investigation finds over $1 billion in coronavirus aid fraud

 Just to add to the incompetence of how the government has handled the pandemic:

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/congressional-investigation-finds-over-1-billion-ppp-fraud-n1239001

What are some lesser known Trump administration scandals that everyone should know about?

 Trump is such a low-life:

https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-lesser-known-Trump-administration-scandals-that-everyone-should-know-about/answer/Jarred-Dunn?ch=99&share=59c62595&srid=uBhZO

What If Fox News Covered Trump the Way It Covered Obama?

What a perfect way to show the hypocrisy of Fox News:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-cZG81-MPQ

Trump Offers Pardons for Bad Policy

 Another message from the former Chief of Staff on Trump's corruption:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30_WW_vnsR4&feature=youtu.be

Several European Countries to Follow Norway’s Lead, Ban Fuel-Powered Cars

 Old article, but I hope they're able to meet the goals:

https://pedestrianobservations.com/2016/04/01/several-european-countries-to-follow-norways-lead-ban-fuel-powered-cars/

What Anti-Maskers Would've Sounded Like on The Titanic

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kd7dpsZrhY&feature=youtu.be

‘Freedom’ Means Something Different to Liberals and Conservatives. Here’s How the Definition Split—And Why That Still Matters

 Very interesting that there are two conflicting definitions of freedom used in politics:

https://time.com/5882978/freedom-definition-history/

During Disasters, Red States Get The Red Carpet. Blue States Get Threats.

 A president for less than half the country doesn't deserve to be president:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-disaster-response-red-vs-blue_n_5f47fa1bc5b6cf66b2b4d29c

Former Trump administration officials launch anti-Trump group

Yet another Republican group forming to help remove Trump from office:

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/513490-former-trump-administration-officials-launch-anti-trump-group

In Mary Trump's secret tapes, president's sister Maryanne calls brother 'stupid,' phony, 'cruel

Trump's own family knows he's unfit:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/maryanne-trump-barry-secret-recordings/2020/08/22/30d457f4-e334-11ea-ade1-28daf1a5e919_story.html

75 former Republican national security officials and Congressmen endorse Biden

This should be utterly devastating for Trump and his toadies. It won't be, but it absolutely should, since it's signed by 75 former Republican national security officials:

https://www.defendingdemocracytogether.org/national-security/

They Knew who Trump Really Was All Along. Conservatives in their own words.

 Craven Republicans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P43wDpKQxaM&feature=youtu.be

Former Chief of Staff of Trump's DHS is the newest Republican Voter Against Trump

 Another brilliant example showing how incompetent Trump really is, from an insider:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgQZExTciQM&feature=youtu.be

Climate Scientists Sound the Alarm: Warming Greenland Ice Sheet Passes Point of No Return

 The evidence keeps coming in...

https://scitechdaily.com/climate-scientists-sound-the-alarm-warming-greenland-ice-sheet-passes-point-of-no-return/

US intelligence indicates Iran paid bounties to Taliban for targeting American troops in Afghanistan

MORE bounties on the heads of American soldiers, this time from Iran. NOW will Trump do something about it?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/17/politics/iran-taliban-bounties-us-intelligence/index.html

Trump To Withdraw Nomination Of Anti-Environmentalist As Public Lands Director

 We just need to stave them off long enough to turn Trump out of office (I hope):

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-william-perry-pendley-blm-nomination_n_5f37fc24c5b69fa9e2fc3178

'Burn it to the ground' former Republican says of the racist GOP

 Of course I agree. I love it when "good" Republican politicians and VIPs call out Trump and his minions:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/8/14/1969288/-The-Republican-Party-is-a-racist-party-and-always-has-been

Donald Trump Can Do More Than Attack Post Office Funding. He’s Mounting A Legal War Against Mailed Ballots.

 More damage Trump can do and is doing to the Post Office:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-absentee-voting_n_5f357da4c5b6960c06723348

In 1,267 days, President Trump has made 20,055 false or misleading claims

I've probably posted this before, but it's worth a look again, since Trump has now reached 20,000 documented lies and mistruths:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database

The Ministry Of Untruth

 "What Donald Trump’s unending stream of lies has done to our White House, our country and us":

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-untruth-lies-false_n_5e0bac46e4b0843d360c94ea

President Trump Says He Wants to Block Post Office Funding to Stop Mail Voting

 Trump again says the quiet part out loud:

https://time.com/5879267/trump-postal-service-mail-voting/

And mail sorting machines are being removed from post offices!

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7wk9z/the-post-office-is-deactivating-mail-sorting-machines-ahead-of-the-election

But this may very likely not help Republicans or Trump at all, since many of their base are old and can't stand in line for hours, unlike motivated younger Democrats. And many Republicans want to have mail-in voting.

Trump Has Nearly Eliminated Intelligence Briefings From His Schedule Entirely

This is just willful ignorance of the highest magnitude:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-intel-briefings-gone_n_5f32f2b9c5b6fc009a5e72e3?ncid=newsltushpmgnews

If Donald Trump Controls The Mail, He Controls Democracy

He's trying to eliminate the Post Office to weaken mail-in voting to improve his re-election chances:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-us-postal-service-democracy_n_5f31f7d2c5b6fc009a5c6381

Donald Trump: If Reelected, I will “Terminate” Social Security

Another big promise broken:

https://socialsecurityworks.org/2020/08/08/trump-terminate-social-security/

Democrats should have no trouble turning that against him.

White House reached out to South Dakota governor about adding Trump to Mount Rushmore

The epitome of Trumpian narcissism:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/09/politics/mount-rushmore-trump-south-dakota/index.html

Billionaires Shouldn't Exist

It's worth viewing and considering these pictographs:

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3166579863427620&id=129174633834840&set=pcb.3166580686760871&source=48

The Satanic Temple: “Satanic Abortions” Are Protected by Religious Liberty Laws

The Satanists are the perfect way to reveal the hypocrisy of "religious liberty" laws that favor Christians:

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/08/05/the-satanic-temple-satanic-abortions-are-protected-by-religious-liberty-laws/

He Predicted Trump’s Win in 2016. Now He’s Ready to Call 2020.

Very interesting analysis method. The results are a little close for my liking, but I'll take any win:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/opinion/2020-election-prediction-allan-lichtman.html

The Mask Slackers of 1918

It's deja vu all over again. The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic had the same resistance to masks:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/us/mask-protests-1918.html

George Conway Proposes How Trump Should Pay For His Attacks On Democracy

Excellent idea:

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/george-conway-op-ed-trump-election-010336462.html

I hate Fox News, but you've got to watch this....

Neil Cavuto does a masterful job of spanking Trump:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1132798760453970&id=100011715693992&sfnsn=scwspwa&extid=nfp2X52YCCT1sM6t&d=w&vh=i

Watch the full "Axios on HBO" interview with President Trump

It's painful to watch Trump lie and deflect ("tremendous ratings!"), but it's worth seeing how utterly incompetent he can be:

https://www.axios.com/full-axios-hbo-interview-donald-trump-cd5a67e1-6ba1-46c8-bb3d-8717ab9f3cc5.html

Trump’s Broken Promises On Healthcare Called Out In Stinging New Ad

His own words are his greatest enemy:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/meidastouch-trump-no-plan-ad_n_5f27415cc5b656e9b09d264c

Trump did the crime, then he arranged the cover-up; only this time the crime is genocide

If this is true, it's the worst thing Trump has done yet:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/7/31/1965464/-Trump-did-the-crime-then-he-arranged-the-cover-up-only-this-time-the-crime-is-genocide

Here's the more detailed report, if interested:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/how-jared-kushners-secret-testing-plan-went-poof-into-thin-air

Our very smart president

Classic examples of Trump being an idiot:

https://twitter.com/brooklynmutt/status/1286086421938397184

Ex-Obama Health Official Explains How The USA Could End The Epidemic Whenever It Wants In A Detailed Twitter Thread

Where there's a will there's a way. But there's not enough will with this administration:

https://www.boredpanda.com/usa-eliminate-covid-19-coronavirus-obama-health-official-andy-slavitt/

This is one absolute failure by Donald Trump that is actually good for the United States

Lots of cases of coal failing in the US:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/7/29/1964877/-Trump-is-still-digging-coal-he-s-digging-its-grave-as-the-industry-collapses-despite-deregulation

A bipartisan group secretly gathered to game out a contested Trump-Biden election. It wasn’t pretty

Well this is disturbing:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/25/nation/bipartisan-group-secretly-gathered-game-out-contested-trump-biden-election-it-wasnt-pretty/

Coronavirus shows how to get people to act on climate change – here’s the psychology

While light on solutions, this does summarize why many people ignore health and safety warnings:

https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-shows-how-to-get-people-to-act-on-climate-change-heres-the-psychology-143300

This should frighten you. One of most effective questioning of Trump you’ve ever seen

As a former soldier, I find it incomprehensible that the Commander in Chief of the armed forces would not even deign to LOOK INTO whether Russia is paying the Taliban bounties to kill American forces:

https://twitter.com/rgoodlaw/status/1288444241765707781

Physicists Say There's a 90 Percent Chance Civilization Will Soon Collapse

Just in case you've forgotten about the climate change and other environmental tsunamis heading for us:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/physicists-90-percent-chance-civilization-collapse

'White supremacists' arrested while trying to amplify protest violence, Richmond mayor says

Useful to point out when conservatives claim the left is causing the violence:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/7/27/1964268/--White-supremacists-arrested-while-trying-to-amplify-protest-violence-Richmond-mayor-says

GOP Climate Change Denial Set The Stage For Trump’s Coronavirus Conspiracies

This is at the core of why I no longer have any respect for the Republican party:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/climate-change-coronavirus-skepticism_n_5f1cf0b0c5b6945e6e3b7e37

UN issues warning to US authorities as Black Lives Matter protesters continue to face off against police

The Trump administration is behaving like such an authoritarian regime that the UN has to condemn us:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-24/un-issues-warning-to-us-authorities-over-black-lives-matter/12491624

Failure

Another brilliant ad by The Lincoln Project, using only Trump's words and a graph to show what an incompetent boob he is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uLJkpH__os&feature=youtu.be

How bad will a Trump loss be for the Republican Party and for how long will the damage last? Is it possible that Trump could spell the end of the modern Republican Party?

This is a good summary of the mess the G.O.P. has become:

https://www.quora.com/How-bad-will-a-Trump-loss-be-for-the-Republican-Party-and-for-how-long-will-the-damage-last-Is-it-possible-that-Trump-could-spell-the-end-of-the-modern-Republican-Party/answer/Glenn-R-Anderson?ch=99&share=10442a18&srid=uBhZO

Barbara Walter was done with Donald's BS in 1990

More people need to call him out.

https://twitter.com/BLONDIE_007_/status/1285722487486132225

The pandemic shows that the future of aid is cash

A big opportunity for trying out a universal basic income:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-0daff0af-290f-4e61-ad4f-2de0104ab315.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

We Looked At How The Stock Market Performed Under Every U.S. President Since Truman — And The Results Will Surprise You

Well, no, I'm not surprised. The stock markets have done better under Democratic presidents than Republican:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sergeiklebnikov/2020/07/23/historical-stock-market-returns-under-every-us-president/amp/

What’s at stake if Trump gets to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

We SERIOUSLY need to evict the Tangerine Dumpster Fire from office:

https://www.vox.com/2020/7/21/21328863/supreme-court-trump-vacancy-ruth-bader-ginsburg-voting-rights-epa-police

I took a closer look at the cognitive test Trump claims to have aced

Just a reminder that Trump is an idiot:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/21/donald-trump-cognitive-test-closer-look

Chris Wallace pushes back on Trump's claim that Biden wants to defund the police

Chris Wallace is really stepping up his game, doing a better job than most reporters...and he works for Fox News!

https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1284230837114986497

Siberian heatwave of 2020 almost impossible without climate change

Just scary:

https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/siberian-heatwave-of-2020-almost-impossible-without-climate-change/

Days after hospitals were told to stop sending information to CDC, all the fears appear justified

Controlling the flow of scientific information is the stuff of authoritarian regimes, not the US:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/7/16/1961226/-Hospitals-are-still-sending-in-data-on-COVID-19-but-it-s-no-longer-visible-outside-the-White-House

Federal Agents in Unmarked Minivans Detain Protestors in Portland, According to Reports

Armed men who don't identify themselves, nor do they have any identifying insignia on their clothing, kidnapping people off the street and shoving them into mini-vans to be taken away and interrogated. Anyone would be in their right to draw a gun on them and call the police:

https://time.com/5868087/portland-blm-protest-federal-law-enforcement-trump/

US allies once seemed cowed by China. Now they're responding with rare coordination

Good, I've never been happy with the idea of authoritarian China becoming the dominant superpower:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/world/china-world-coordinate-response-intl/index.html

Trolling Trump Isn’t The Same Thing As Beating Him

I'm a fan of The Lincoln Project, but they may not be swaying Republicans:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-lincoln-project-trolling-trump-beating-him_n_5f06ac20c5b6480493cb4967

Tucker Carlson vs. Tucker Carlson

Tucker Carlson is a tool:

https://twitter.com/mmfa/status/1280688146448109568?ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.patheos.com%2Fblogs%2Fprogressivesecularhumanist%2F2020%2F07%2Ftucker-carlson-claims-mask-wearing-has-no-basis-in-science%2F&fbclid=IwAR1h3tMq2Suif3yvNkZqkqSgCEnMKZW3klJvX3zRUyCcbtWcNv9kE6XXJls

How can a disease with 1% mortality rate shut down the United States

Because mortality is only a small part of the total damage the disease causes:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/comments/hq26fb/what_1_really_means/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

President Hillary Clinton announces that every case of COVID-19 has now been traced to its source

How things might have been:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/7/8/1959169/-President-Hillary-Clinton-announces-that-every-case-of-COVID-19-has-now-been-traced-to-its-source

Vermont Is First State To Ban Throwing Food Scraps Into The Trash

This is an excellent idea:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/vermont-food-scrap-ban_n_5f060a24c5b67a80bc01dc44

Fighting the coronavirus "infodemic"

A good summary of why conservatives believe so many wrong things about this pandemic: 

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-c4efada4-b267-40e9-9f17-bf0b4434f6a9.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

Sweden Has Become the World’s Cautionary Tale

Conservatives loved Sweden's approach. Now the chickens are coming home to roost:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/business/sweden-economy-coronavirus.html

Trump Administration Formally Notifies U.N. of Withdrawal From World Health Organization

That's about as smart as getting rid of the only fire department while a fire is still raging because the fire engine arrived a little later than it should:

https://time.com/5863883/us-withdrawal-world-health-organization-trump/

Donald Trump rushed to reopen America – now Covid is closing in on him

Trump has fucked over this country, and it's about to bite him and the Republicans in the ass:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/05/donald-trump-reopen-america-covid-19-coronavirus

How Trump Could Lose the Election—And Still Remain President

This is creepy. The best way to avoid this disaster is to spread the word so everyone is familiar with it and will recognize it as it happens:

https://www.newsweek.com/how-trump-could-lose-election-still-remain-president-opinion-1513975

Warning: The world won't hit climate goals unless energy innovation is rapidly accelerated

This pandemic mustn't serve as a distraction from this problem:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/business/climate-change-clean-energy-iea/index.html

John Roberts Just Bulldozed the Wall Separating Church and State

This is really, really bad news. The founding fathers were very much against using tax money to fund religious endeavors:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/supreme-court-espinoza-montana-religious-schools.html

A National Mask Mandate Could Save The U.S. Economy $1 Trillion, Goldman Sachs Says

Yet another good reason to wear a fucking mask:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhansen/2020/06/30/a-national-mask-mandate-could-save-the-us-economy-1-trillion-goldman-sachs-says/#6551da4256f1

What Police Can Learn From the Military About the Effectiveness of Soft Power

Soft power is less expensive and more effective than hard power:

https://time.com/author/james-stavridis/

John Bolton: It's ‘Remarkable’ Trump Says He Wasn’t Briefed About Russia's Reported U.S. Troop Bounties

There is no way he wasn't briefed, and he'll lose a lot of military support for this:

https://time.com/5860939/john-bolton-trump-russia-bounties-us-troops/

Trump in ‘fragile’ mood and may drop out of 2020 race if poll numbers don’t improve, GOP insiders tell Fox News

If he thinks quitting will make him seem any less of a loser, he's mistaken. He'll be a loser AND a quitter:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/trump-2020-us-election-drop-out-fox-news-republican-a9592036.html

I hate the idea of Pence getting to be on the list of presidents, but he wouldn't be president for long.

Trump’s Real Reason for Running for a Second Term: Fear of Being Remembered as a One-Term ‘Loser’

With nothing to offer but a personal desire not to appear a loser, he's going to lose:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-real-reason-for-running-for-a-second-term-is-fear-of-being-remembered-as-a-one-term-loser

Sacha Baron Cohen Pranks Right-Wing Rally Into Racist Singalong

Way to expose those who claim they're not racist (watch the video):

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sacha-baron-cohen-right-wing-rally_n_5ef92f54c5b612083c4f4ede?guccounter=1

Trump Seemingly Tells Sean Hannity That Biden Will Win, Saying ‘He’s Going to Be Your President’

I love seeing Trump acting defeated:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-seemingly-tells-sean-hannity-that-biden-will-win-saying-hes-going-to-be-your-president

Have fun with this, Senate Republicans: Trump tells SCOTUS it was your idea to dismantle the ACA

How can he be so profoundly stupid?

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/6/26/1956148/-Have-fun-with-this-Senate-Republicans-Trump-tells-SCOTUS-it-was-your-idea-to-dismantle-the-ACA

Public health experts are increasingly frustrated with America's lack of leadership on coronavirus

No, response to COVID-19 isn't just an "opinion":

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/26/us/public-health-politics-coronavirus/index.html

Pelosi Statement on Trump Brief Asking Supreme Court to Strike Down Affordable Care Act Amid Coronavirus

This may seal his fate:

https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/62520-3

Republicans literally try to drown out judiciary hearing on AG Barr by pounding the dais

Louie Gohmert is a complete tool:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/6/24/1955703/-Republicans-literally-try-to-drown-out-Judiciary-hearing-on-AG-Barr-by-pounding-the-dais?detail=emaildkre

So this is what some Republicans are telling themselves...

There's surely some truth to this:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/6/22/1955202/-So-this-is-what-some-Republicans-are-telling-themselves

This is the most succinct -- and brutal -- Republican rejection of Donald Trump that you will ever read

Republicans viciously attacking Trump with undeniable truth. Gotta love it:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/23/politics/steve-schmidt-donald-trump/index.html

Chris Wallace Chews Out Trump Adviser For Denying Reality Of ‘Empty’ Tulsa Rally

A lot of conservatives watch Chris Wallace on Fox News, so I'm glad he did not let her spin. Sometimes Wallace does a great job:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-rally-chris-wallace-fox-news_n_5eefe088c5b676360572cb03

'No Lessons Have Been Learned.' Why the Trillion-Dollar Coronavirus Bailout Benefited the Rich

Depressing how we never seem to learn:

https://time.com/5845116/coronavirus-bailout-rich-richer/

Inside the Cult of Trump, His Rallies Are Church and He Is the Gospel

This is DEEPLY creepy, showing why it's impossible to reason with a die-hard Trump supporter:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/06/inside-the-cult-of-trump-his-rallies-are-church-and-he-is-the-gospel

Churches Are Receiving Bailout Dollars and the GOP is Hiding All the Details

There HAS to be a reckoning for this:

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/06/18/churches-are-receiving-bailout-dollars-and-the-gop-is-hiding-all-the-details/

What the U.S. Can Learn From Countries Where Cops Don't Carry Guns

This would be a profound improvement on current US policing:

https://time.com/5854986/police-reform-defund-unarmed-guns/

In the Brazilian Amazon, China is buyer, trader, lender, builder – to potentially devastating effect

China is authoritarian and thus can't be trusted:

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3088624/brazilian-amazon-china-buyer-trader-lender

Republican operatives launch pro-Biden super PAC

Republicans fed up with Trump. It never gets old:

https://www.axios.com/republicans-pro-biden-super-pac-e48b415a-7fc3-44e4-b02e-11a105239811.html

Trump says chokeholds sound 'innocent and perfect' and compares himself to Lincoln

But of course choke holds are innocent and perfect...like kittens!

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/12/donald-trump-chokeholds-juneteenth-rally

Trump Administration Refuses To Disclose Which Businesses Received $500 Billion In Government Bailout

The corruption of this administration is staggering:

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/trump-ppp-loan-businesses-secret-192846650.html

A 2010 Scientific Paper Predicted That 2020 Would Be a Shitshow

“Records show that societies can avert disaster,” Turchin wrote. “We need to find ways to ameliorate the negative effects of globalization on people’s well-being. Economic inequality, accompanied by burgeoning public debt, can be addressed by making tax rates more progressive. And we should not expand our system of higher education beyond the ability of the economy to absorb university graduates.”

In other words, conservatism isn't the solution, it's the problem:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/2010-scientific-paper-predicted-2020-shitshow

More: https://time.com/5852397/turchin-2020-prediction/

Cops slash car tires at protests in Minneapolis

This is some seriously fascist behavior:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wk-mRv1Nlo&feature=emb_logo

CNN's response to Trump campaign's demand for an apology over poll that shows Biden leading

Trump actually threatens to sue over unfavorable poll results. What a child:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/10/politics/cnn-letter-to-trump-over-poll/index.html

More Than 1,250 Ex-DOJ Workers Demand Probe Of AG Barr Over Protesters’ Removal

I'm really glad to see Barr's butt-kissing behavior called out:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-alumni-request-barr-probe_n_5ee1103fc5b6d5bafa560466

The Coronavirus Is Already Reshaping Urban Life

How cities may change:

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/06/coronavirus-pandemic-urban-suburbs-cities/612760/

'Antifa buses!' Panicked armed men hit small-town streets across America to fend off imagined hordes

Another case of conservatives being more susceptible to conspiracy theories:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/6/9/1951844/--Antifa-buses-Panicked-armed-men-hit-small-town-streets-across-America-to-fend-off-imagined-hordes

Ex-Judge Says Push To Dismiss Flynn Case Is ‘Abuse Of Power’

More evidence Barr is loyal to Trump, not the US:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-flynn-john-gleeson_n_5ee10f53c5b6d5bafa560302

CDC Director Robert Redfield: Too Smooth to be True

This is what happens when you hire incompetents:

https://cspinet.org/news/beyond-the-curve/cdc-director-robert-redfield

Clean Energy Capacity Grew at a Record Pace in 2019, U.N. Report Finds. But it Needs to Grow Even Faster

https://time.com/5851370/clean-energy-growth-2019/

Federal Judge, After Reading the Unredacted Mueller Report, Orders DOJ to Explain Itself at Hearing

Oh, I sincerely hope this has traction:

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/federal-judge-after-reading-the-unredacted-mueller-report-orders-doj-to-explain-itself-at-hearing/

U.S. Citizens Married To Immigrants Are Blocked From Getting Stimulus Checks

As usual, Trump lies:

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/u-citizens-married-immigrants-blocked-145343198.html

As Trump touts increased production, coronavirus swabs made during his Maine factory tour will be tossed in the trash

The supreme idiocy of this vain "president":

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/05/trump-maine-puritan-throw-away-coronavirus-swabs/3153622001/

Scores of Retired Military Leaders Publicly Denounce President Trump

I love seeing this:

https://time.com/5849362/military-leaders-denounce-trump/

As They Scream Voter Fraud, Trump And His Press Secretary May Have Voted Illegally

Hypocrisy, thy name is Trump:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-maralago-illegal-residence_n_5eda78e6c5b66ef1a9246821

People are sawing through and climbing over Trump’s border wall. Now contractors are being asked for ideas to make it less vulnerable.

What a perfect symbol for the Trump administration:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/trump-border-wall-vulnerable/2020/06/04/ccd40e5e-a66e-11ea-8681-7d471bf20207_story.html

Donald Trump is (Finally!) Losing Support Among White Evangelicals and Catholics

Evangelicals gave Trump the presidency. Losing a chunk of them will hurt him a LOT:

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/06/05/donald-trump-is-finally-losing-support-among-white-evangelicals-and-catholics/

Delicious Fox News poll has Trump cratering in key swing states, including one absolute zinger

Nice to see Fox News polling these results, since their viewers will see them:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/6/4/1950423/-Delicious-Fox-News-poll-has-Trump-cratering-in-key-swing-states-including-one-absolute-zinger

Tensions flare between Trump, military figures over handling of George Floyd unrest

I love seeing Fox News print negative stories about Trump:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-military-tensions-george-floyd

Read the comments. Almost all are anti-Trump.

Trump and allies try to rewrite history on handling of police brutality protests

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-and-allies-try-to-rewrite-history-on-handling-of-police-brutality-protests/2020/06/03/21d49c22-a5af-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html

One of America's most prominent conservative columnists wants Republicans to lose in 2020

Wow. Conservative George Will wants to see the Republicans lose the Senate. That's huge:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/02/politics/george-will-donald-trump/index.html

Evidence mounts of far-right extremists' violent chicanery at police protests around the nation

Several examples of right-wing extremists trying to turn protests violent:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/6/3/1950018/-Evidence-mounts-of-far-right-extremists-violent-chicanery-at-police-protests-around-the-nation

Trump Went Full-On Fascist For A Photo-Op. What’s He Willing To Do To Keep Power?

I'm glad he's called out for each of these displays of authoritarianism, but he should have been kicked out of office long ago:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-fascist-reelection-authoritarianism_n_5ed816e5c5b6c0b2f10e5775

James Mattis Denounces Trump as Threat to Constitution

IN UNION THERE IS STRENGTH

I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled. The words “Equal Justice Under Law” are carved in the pediment of the United States Supreme Court. This is precisely what protesters are rightly demanding. It is a wholesome and unifying demand—one that all of us should be able to get behind. We must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers. The protests are defined by tens of thousands of people of conscience who are insisting that we live up to our values—our values as people and our values as a nation.

When I joined the military, some 50 years ago, I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution. Never did I dream that troops taking that same oath would be ordered under any circumstance to violate the Constitutional rights of their fellow citizens—much less to provide a bizarre photo op for the elected commander-in-chief, with military leadership standing alongside.

We must reject any thinking of our cities as a “battlespace” that our uniformed military is called upon to “dominate.” At home, we should use our military only when requested to do so, on very rare occasions, by state governors. Militarizing our response, as we witnessed in Washington, D.C., sets up a conflict—a false conflict—between the military and civilian society. It erodes the moral ground that ensures a trusted bond between men and women in uniform and the society they are sworn to protect, and of which they themselves are a part. Keeping public order rests with civilian state and local leaders who best understand their communities and are answerable to them.

James Madison wrote in Federalist 14 that “America united with a handful of troops, or without a single soldier, exhibits a more forbidding posture to foreign ambition than America disunited, with a hundred thousand veterans ready for combat.” We do not need to militarize our response to protests. We need to unite around a common purpose. And it starts by guaranteeing that all of us are equal before the law.

Instructions given by the military departments to our troops before the Normandy invasion reminded soldiers that “The Nazi slogan for destroying us…was ‘Divide and Conquer.’ Our American answer is ‘In Union there is Strength.’” We must summon that unity to surmount this crisis—confident that we are better than our politics.

Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to try. Instead he tries to divide us. We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy, as the past few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens; to past generations that bled to defend our promise; and to our children.

We can come through this trying time stronger, and with a renewed sense of purpose and respect for one another. The pandemic has shown us that it is not only our troops who are willing to offer the ultimate sacrifice for the safety of the community. Americans in hospitals, grocery stores, post offices, and elsewhere have put their lives on the line in order to serve their fellow citizens and their country. We know that we are better than the abuse of executive authority that we witnessed in Lafayette Square. We must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution. At the same time, we must remember Lincoln’s “better angels,” and listen to them, as we work to unite.

Only by adopting a new path—which means, in truth, returning to the original path of our founding ideals—will we again be a country admired and respected at home and abroad.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/06/james-mattis-denounces-trump-protests-militarization/612640/

Trump Brutally Mocked For Saying He Went To Bunker Just To Inspect It

Some delightful burns:

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/trump-bunker-excuse-twitter-mock-172705922.html

Leaked Proud Boys Chats Show Members Plotting Violence At Rallies

More examples of right-wing extremist attempts to subvert peaceful protests. Fortunately, they are incompetent wannabes:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/proud-boys-chat-logs-premeditate-rally-violence-in-leaked-chats_n_5ce1e231e4b00e035b928683

American society is teetering on the edge

Well this is just fucking cheerful:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-608a940a-f188-4f35-bbfc-4d9b525823f5.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

White Nationalists Posing As Antifa Caught Calling For Violence On Twitter

The next time a conservative accuses ANTIFA of violence, show them this:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2020/06/white-nationalists-posing-as-antifa-caught-calling-for-violence-on-twitter

Roberts Upholds COVID-19 Restrictions on Churches, Scolds Kavanaugh

Yup, turns out Kavanaugh isn't a great judge. Shocker. Roberts has to be the adult in the room:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/05/supreme-court-coronavirus-california-churches.html

'Trump’s Re-Election Chances Are Going Down in Flames.' How Trump's Divisive Rhetoric Could Hurt Republicans in November

Music to my ears:

https://time.com/5846311/trump-protests-republican-fallout/

That time Donald Trump tweeted about 'weak leadership' leading to riots

There really is a tweet for everything:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/6/1/1949380/-That-time-Donald-Trump-tweeted-about-weak-leadership-leading-to-riots?detail=emaildkre

Obama’s new statement on the protests exposes Trump’s failures

The stark difference between how Obama handles national tragedies vs. how Trump does:

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/6/1/21276918/obama-statement-protests-george-floyd-president-trump

Temperature Tipping Point for Tropical Forests Identified – Scientists Recommend Immediate Steps

Yet another reason to move quickly on combating climate change:

https://scitechdaily.com/temperature-tipping-point-for-tropical-forests-identified-scientists-recommend-immediate-steps/

Ferguson Police Take A Knee In Honor Of George Floyd

I don't understand how nobody seems to have noticed the fact that police are kneeling to honor a victim of police kneeling:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ferguson-police-george-floyd-protesters_n_5ed3ae83c5b66912638d67fb

OTOH, what other option is there? Bow? A moment of silence? 

How Vietnam managed to keep its coronavirus death toll at zero

Who would have thought that the Vietnamese would do it right:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/asia/coronavirus-vietnam-intl-hnk/index.html

Brenden Dilley Doesn’t ‘Give A Fuck About Being Factual’

Behavior like THIS is one of the main reasons why conservatives are so misinformed:

https://vimeo.com/423279040

These countries are leading the transition to sustainable energy

Yay for the Northern European countries, but we still have a long way to go:

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/05/energy-transition-index-2020-eti-clean-sustainable-power/

Right-Wing Radio Reaches Tens Of Millions. Its Coronavirus Conspiracies Are Out Of Control.

This is why so many Republicans are so ill-informed:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/conservative-radio-coronavirus-limbaugh-fox-trump_n_5ec29324c5b637e3d2d33e04

At last, a climate policy platform that can unite the left

Good, the Dems need unity on this issue:

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/21252892/climate-change-democrats-joe-biden-renewable-energy-unions-environmental-justice

Republican Group Gives Trump A Harsh Reminder Of His Biggest Coronavirus Blunder

Another great Lincoln Project ad:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/conservative-groups-trump-coronavirus-toll_n_5ecddd0fc5b6ed2bae791f9c

Coronavirus post card that featured Trump's name cost struggling Postal Service $28 million

Everything exists for him to use and abuse:

https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-post-card-featured-trumps-170359610.html

Revoking Hong Kong’s special status is Trump’s ‘nuclear option’ that could trigger irrevocable U.S.-China split, analysts warn

More Trumpian irresponsibility:

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/revoking-hong-kongs-special-status-is-trumps-nuclear-option-that-could-trigger-irrevocable-us-china-split-analysts-warn-2020-05-27?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo

Yeah, the 'fake outrage' game doesn't quite work anymore with Trump in charge

Republican hypocrisy knows no bounds:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/5/26/1947728/-Nikki-Haley-gets-the-vapors-over-minor-Biden-kerfuffle-ignores-Trump-hurricane-of-sh-t?detail=emaildkre

Donald Trump is the most unmanly president

I hadn't thought of it this way, but he certainly is everything manly men despise:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/donald-trump-the-most-unmanly-president/612031/

Trump supporters get almost nothing they expected to get

Excellent thread:

https://mobile.twitter.com/radiofreetom/status/1262181287969918979

Increased Threat of Fierce Fires and Accelerated Global Warming From Water Loss in Northern Peatlands

More depressing news:

https://scitechdaily.com/increased-threat-of-fierce-fires-and-accelerated-global-warming-from-water-loss-in-northern-peatlands/

Yes, It Can Be Hard to Be an Atheist in America; Now We Have the Data

And Christians whine that THEY are persecuted:

https://religiondispatches.org/yes-it-can-be-hard-to-be-an-atheist-in-america-now-we-have-the-data/

This Week ad

Another good anti-Trump ad from The Lincoln Project:

https://youtu.be/AVJENCKjF-o

Trump's New Rule Governing College Sex Assault Is Nearly Impossible for Survivors to Use. That's the Point.

Yet another thing the Trump administration couldn't help but fuck up:

https://time.com/5836774/trump-new-title-ix-rules/

Five USS Theodore Roosevelt Sailors Test Positive for Coronavirus a Second Time

If having had COVID-19 already doesn't confer immunity, then that only compounds this disaster:

https://time.com/5837531/sailors-coronavirus-second-time/

Fox News asks lawyer about #Obamagate and gets answer it wasn’t looking for

How to respond to Trump's made-up Obamagate scandal:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/5/12/1944627/-Lawyer-shuts-down-Fox-News-Obamagate-talking-points-in-60-seconds-leaving-host-speechless

In a First, Renewable Energy Is Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S.

Nice milestone:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/climate/coronavirus-coal-electricity-renewables.html

Trump's rebuke of Fauci encapsulates rejection of science in virus fight

Rejection of science is one of the main reasons I loath Trump:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/14/politics/donald-trump-anthony-fauci-science-coronavirus/index.html

If Trump Is Down In The Polls, Why Do So Many Americans Think He’ll Win?

Polls like this make me concerned:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/13/politics/cnn-poll-2020/index.html

But we are likely pessimistic because we are 2016-shy:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/if-trump-is-down-in-the-polls-why-do-so-many-americans-think-hell-win/

The Moment to Change the World Is Right Now

“Only a crisis–actual or perceived–produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around.”

https://time.com/5833427/coronavirus-hope/

2,000 Former Justice Officials Demand William Barr Resign Over Michael Flynn Case

So NO penalty for lying to the FBI? Sorry, but that would be a disaster:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/justice-department-william-barr-resign-michael-flynn_n_5eb9e722c5b69011a572d046

Trump administration cuts funding for coronavirus researcher, jeopardizing possible COVID-19 cure

Lesson #4559 for how to become the worst president in US history:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-coronavirus-vaccine-researcher-covid-19-cure-60-minutes/

Trump Met With GOP Lawmakers For An Hour. Nobody Wore A Mask Or Stayed Apart.

Evolution in action:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-republicans-coronavirus-masks_n_5eb5aeecc5b6a673354216b4

GOP Goes All in For Trump's Coronavirus Response Amid Political Benefit

I hope they choke on their Trump butt-kissing:

https://www.newsweek.com/gop-goes-all-trumps-coronavirus-response-republicans-see-political-upside-pandemic-1502717

Sweden never shut down, now its death rate AND its economy are worse than its neighbors

So much for the conservative fantasy:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/5/7/1943379/-Sweden-never-shut-down-now-their-death-rate-AND-economy-is-worse-than-their-neighbors

So, This is What Deregulation Looks Like

Regulation exists for a reason. Trump's random slashing of regulations is clearly resulting in many unnecessary deaths:

https://cspinet.org/news/beyond-the-curve/covid-testing-deregulation-fda

Amid lockdowns, renewable energy sources overtake coal

Nice. But natural gas still has a huge presence:

https://news.yahoo.com/amid-lockdowns-renewable-energy-sources-181508107.html

The Harsh Future of American Cities

This pandemic could get really brutal:

https://gen.medium.com/the-harsh-future-of-american-cities-7263da52fd1f

Why we shouldn't worry about Elizabeth Warren's Senate seat (if she's picked for VP)

Good. I was concerned there for a bit:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/5/4/1942493/-Why-we-shouldn-t-worry-about-Elizabeth-Warren-s-Senate-seat-if-she-s-picked-for-VP

Mourning in America

I do love these Republicans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_yG_-K2MDo&feature=youtu.be

The most disturbing video known to man

Alex Jones is the poster boy for modern conservatism. He WILL eat your ass:

https://twitter.com/BarstoolNewsN/status/1256223127937392640

Donald Trump has had a profoundly negative impact on the GOP's control of state governments

The map shows how much the GOP is losing:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/5/1/1941884/-Donald-Trump-has-had-a-profoundly-negative-impact-on-the-GOP-s-control-of-state-governments

Once again we see, Red America wouldn't last a week without daily bailouts from blue states

Another reminder that the "taker" states are red states and that the "giver" states are blue states. Blue states bail out red states. This should shut up a lot of conservative arguments:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/30/1941555/-Blue-states-are-bailing-out-Mitch-McConnell-s-Kentucky-and-other-red-states-AGAIN

For Some Reluctant Trump Voters, Coronavirus Was The Last Straw

Is this the crack in his support that we've been waiting for?

https://time.com/5829244/trump-voters-coronavirus-2020/

Older white voters—a must-get demographic for Trump—are running from him at a breakneck pace

It's going in the right direction. I mean left direction:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/29/1941407/-Trump-is-repelling-the-very-same-older-white-voters-who-propelled-him-to-victory-in-2016

The evidence you need to see regarding Reade and Biden

Well, for the sake of the country, I hope this is true:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/29/1941307/-The-evidence-you-need-to-see-regarding-Reade-and-Biden

Unlike Christians, Older Non-Religious Voters Aren’t Becoming More Republican

Glad to see this:

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/04/27/unlike-christians-older-non-religious-voters-arent-becoming-more-republican/

New York Times op-ed: Trump and friends didn't just 'ignore' COVID-19, they engaged in a cover-up

Is this treason or just incompetence?

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/28/1941003/-They-didn-t-just-ignore-COVID-19-they-engaged-in-a-cover-up-NYTimes-Op-Ed?detail=emaildkre

The two-party system is killing our democracy

I've always been a fan of ranked voting, so I'm on board with this system for reducing political divisiveness:

https://www.vox.com/2020/1/23/21075960/polarization-parties-ranked-choice-voting-proportional-representation

The Biden Trap

This doesn't look good for Biden...but not voting for him would only help Trump--someone with some 60 allegations of sexual assault and rape, and whose other behavior and policies toward women are deplorable:

https://www.thecut.com/2020/04/the-biden-trap-woman-vice-president.html

KKK Newspaper Endorses Trump for Reelection

Because of course:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2020/04/27/kkk-newspaper-endorses-trump-for-reelection/

Our love of the cloud is making a green energy future impossible

This is going to be a big problem if we want to fight climate change:

https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/25/our-love-of-the-cloud-is-making-a-green-energy-future-impossible/

Kentucky’s gravy train is now in danger, thanks to Mitch McConnell’s heartless greed

We need to keep making it clear that blue states subsidize red states:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/25/1940305/-Kentucky-s-gravy-train-is-now-in-danger-thanks-to-Mitch-McConnell-s-heartless-greed

Why people stick with Trump and Fox News—even when hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19 lies do harm

Doubling down on stupid out of spite:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/23/1939713/-Why-people-stick-with-Trump-and-Fox-when-the-lies-on-hydroxychloroquine-and-COVID-19-do-them-harm

White House reporters kept their cool and kept demanding answers despite Trump's bullying meltdown

Calling out his narcissism:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/20/1938833/-During-daily-press-bashings-Donald-Trump-s-deadly-failures-take-center-stage

Maryland agency receives more than 100 disinfectant use calls

Because of Trump's thoughtlessness and stupidity, people are actually considering ingesting disinfectants:

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/coronavirus-updates-china-reports-covid-19-deaths-9th/story?id=70324535

and

https://www.miamitimesonline.com/covid-19_hub/man-drinks-a-bottle-of-rubbing-alcohol-for-covid-19/article_0a2a9cfa-8626-11ea-a76a-07f198b5e75f.html

Four possible post-coronavirus futures

Well, at least a couple aren't too bad:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-d7e4942f-d939-48b1-9204-f6a51b78c1bf.html?chunk=1&utm_term=emshare#story1

It's way worse than feared

A reality check for how long this will be the new normal:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-83d3b863-c263-4d32-a5f2-eb2de052a75f.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

Republicans rail against 'Blue State Bailouts' while Red America bleeds the country dry

More Republican hypocrisy:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/23/1939763/-Republicans-rail-against-Blue-state-bailouts-while-Red-America-bleeds-the-country-dry

Home Alone at the White House: A Sour President, With TV His Constant Companion

Just to put the daily routine of incompetence into perspective:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/us/politics/coronavirus-trump.html

Trump Spent Years Undermining Global Charities Now Crucial To Fighting Coronavirus

Some garnish on Trump's pudding of evil:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-global-health-coronavirus-pandemic_n_5ea08e65c5b6a486d0834dda

Trump owes tens of millions to the Bank of China — and the loan is due soon

Well, he keeps claiming Biden is beholden to China, and whatever he accuses others of being guilty of doing is inevitably something he himself is guilty of doing:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/24/trump-biden-china-debt-205475

Trump Ponders Whether Light Or Disinfectant Injections Can ‘Cure’ Coronavirus

How can anyone be so utterly stupid? He HAS to know a lot of his followers believe everything he says, and some of them WILL try drinking bleach, right? And some of them will die. Not that we'll miss them, but their blood is on his hands:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-suggests-injecting-disinfectant-light-fight-coronavirus_n_5ea218a0c5b6d376358c7711

UN food agency chief: World on brink of 'a hunger pandemic'

This could get really ugly fast:

https://apnews.com/ddf274a0521fc3047de31f56cb71dd62

What the World Will Look Like in 2050 If We Don’t Cut Carbon Emissions in Half

Read this to see what we're fighting for; don't read this if you don't want to get depressed:

https://time.com/5824295/climate-change-future-possibilities/

The Lincoln Project Releases New Ad: “READY”

Republicans are now actively spending money on ad time FOR a Democrat:

https://lincolnproject.us/news/ready/

These People Aren’t Freedom Fighters—They’re Virus-Spreading Sociopaths

Truly asshats:

https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/liberate-america-covid/

‘Another nail in an almost closed coffin’: Trump faces his next coronavirus test

I think it's clear he's already failed this test:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/21/trump-coronavirus-testing-197839

The Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee has concluded that Russia did in fact aid Donald Trump in the 2016 election

Not that we didn't already know, but it's nice to have this confirmed by a Republican-led Senate committee:

https://twitter.com/travisakers/status/1252612709906034688

We are Living in a Failed State

The Democrats aren’t perfect, but they are not so deeply evil and ignorant as the Republicans:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/underlying-conditions/610261/

What the protesters want, and what will happen if they get it

Something to show idiot protesters who are demanding a stop to social distancing and other interventions:

In 'Everything Trump Touches Dies,' Few Are Spared

This is an older story, but an example of yet another prominent Republican--Rick Wilson--trashing Trump:

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/07/635978021/in-everything-trump-touches-dies-few-are-spared

House Democrats propose $2,000 monthly payments to Americans

Perhaps an actual universal basic income is indeed on its way:

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/492950-house-democrats-propose-2000-monthly-payments-to-americans

Piers Morgan Says Trump Is Failing America With Self-Serving Briefings

And ANOTHER prominent Republican (Trump's FRIEND, no less) speaking out against Trump:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-piers-morgan-failing-america-cnn_n_5e9d092cc5b63c5b5870ba66

Florida’s economy is collapsing under COVID-19, and only Republicans are to blame

Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis are a couple more Republican assholes who need to be voted out of office:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/18/1929884/-Rick-Scott-s-78-million-unemployment-website-was-designed-to-fail-but-that-s-not-the-worst-of-it?detail=emaildkre

This is how Trump supporters treated nurses in downtown Denver

This is why it's perfectly reasonable to consider Trump supporters to be both stupid and evil:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/19/1938740/-This-is-how-Trump-supporters-treated-nurses-in-downtown-Denver?detail=emaildkre

This Is Trump’s Fault

Another prominent conservative eloquently tears Trump a new one. This excellent article walks through the timeline of Trump's truly terrible response to the pandemic:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/americans-are-paying-the-price-for-trumps-failures/609532/

Sorry Hospitals, Trump’s Border Wall Is Getting Another Half-Billion Dollars

Spending hundreds of millions of dollars on something that will do absolutely nothing to help the pandemic crisis:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/sorry-hospitals-trumps-border-wall-is-getting-another-half-billion-dollars

The lost month

For those Republicans who are claiming Trump was busy fixing the problem during February...nope, not so much:

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/04/politics/trump-covid-response-annotation/

EPA Loosens Rule On Toxic Mercury Emissions As Pandemic Rages

Why not? Everything Trump does seems to be directed at hurting people:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/epa-mercury-emissions-rollback-coronavirus_n_5e98be87c5b6a92100e46ecf

Trump planning to scapegoat others if his strategy to 're-open' the country results in more deaths

Because of course he refuses to take responsibility for ANYTHING:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/15/1937452/-Trump-administration-hatching-plan-to-blame-others-if-reopening-country-ends-up-killing-Americans

Republicans Endorse Biden

More from the anti-Trump Republicans. It just gives me the warm fuzzies:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/15/1937573/-Republicans-Endorse-Biden

GOP Group Dethrones ‘King’ Trump Over Coronavirus Power Grab In Fox News Ad

Another Republican group bitch-slapping Trump:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-for-the-rule-of-law-king-trump_n_5e97ef3dc5b65eae709f31fa

(Scroll down to see the video.)

Gotta love it!

Evangelical Pastors Seize Political Opportunity in Coronavirus Crisis

More why religion is stupid:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/church-exemption-coronavirus_n_5e9675cbc5b65eae709bf82c

Trump declares himself a dictator. Blue-state governors organize. A breakup is now on the table

This is scary...but I wonder if a two-nations-within-one-nation setup would actually be a great way to test the right-left ideologies:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/14/1937064/-Trump-declares-himself-a-dictator-Blue-state-governors-organize-A-breakup-is-now-on-the-table

You want to know what white privilege is?

Read the thread:

https://mobile.twitter.com/michaelharriot/status/1249871486644563969

Navarro gets slam dunked during 60 Minutes Overtime

This is what happens when you're ignorant and trying to gaslight in this day and age (of video, tweets, etc.):

https://twitter.com/chrisalbertolaw/status/1249544218063908864?ref_url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.dailykos.com%2fstory%2f2020%2f4%2f13%2f1936820%2f--60-minutes-rolls-out-receipts-after-trump-advisor-complains-they-never-covered-pandemic-warnings

Something about this particular ad is really getting under the Trump campaign's skin

This is an excellent model for how to attack Trump successfully:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/13/1936922/-Something-about-this-particular-ad-is-really-getting-under-the-Trump-campaign-s-skin

Fox News host hits back at Trump over Chris Wallace criticism: 'Enough'

I just love seeing stuff like this. And The Hill is a conservative website, too:

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/492446-fox-news-host-hits-back-at-trump-over-chris-wallace-criticism-enough

How Mitch McConnell Became Trump’s Enabler-in-Chief

He's still ahead, but his allies are getting angry with him and his challenger has a good shot:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/20/how-mitch-mcconnell-became-trumps-enabler-in-chief

Op-Ed: Get ready for the recovery of the 1%

The government protects the already wealthy, not so much those who are struggling:

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/09/op-ed-get-ready-for-the-recovery-of-the-1percent.html

He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trump’s Failure on the Virus

Democrats MUST make use of this info in the elections:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-response.html

California declares (rhetorical) independence from the undemocratic Trumpian States of America

It's nice living in a state with so much clout:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/10/1934848/-California-declares-rhetorical-independence-from-the-undemocratic-Trumpian-States-of-America

Putting the various pandemics into perspective

NOTHING compares to the Spanish flu:

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/fxucds/for_everyone_asking_why_i_didnt_include_the/

Could the Pandemic Wind Up Fixing What’s Broken About Work in America?

Some possible things to look forward to:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/upshot/coronavirus-future-work-america.html

Golf Kept Trump From Focusing On COVID-19, Not Impeachment, Zings GOP Group In New Ad

The Lincoln Project is a Republican organization that wants Trump and his sycophants GONE. They're doing it with great ads like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHjJydZO99A

After COVID

A lot of interesting data in here:

https://mehlmancastagnetti.com/wp-content/uploads/After-COVID-Mehlman-Q2-2020.pdf?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top

America last: Rep. Porter has receipts showing Trump chose a quick buck over American lives

Trump is the intersection between corruption and incompetence:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/8/1935508/-America-last-Rep-Porter-has-receipts-showing-Trump-chose-a-quick-buck-over-American-lives

Interactive Media Bias Chart® 5.0

Here is a much better version of the Media Bias Chart, since it's interactive and allows you to select just the media source you want:

https://www.adfontesmedia.com/interactive-media-bias-chart/?v=402f03a963ba

The Coming Red-State Coronavirus Catastrophe

Well, well. There's a possibility the pandemic will take out a lot of Trump voters simply because of their stupid culture wars and stupid politics:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2020/04/the-coming-red-state-coronavirus-catastrophe/

How biased is your favorite news source? This chart will tell you.

This is where to check to see if your media source of choice is biased:

https://bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/media-bias-chart

America needs to plan now in case Trump loses in November — but refuses to leave the White House

And this is horrifying, showing how evil Republicans can get:

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/america-needs-to-plan-now-in-case-trump-loses-in-november-but-refuses-to-leave-the-white-house/

‘It's a shit sandwich': Republicans rage as Florida becomes a nightmare for Trump

This is very encouraging for showing voters how incompetent Republicans are:

https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2020/04/03/its-a-sh-sandwich-republicans-rage-as-florida-becomes-a-nightmare-for-trump-1271172

Robert Reich: 12 Myths About Taxing the Rich

Of course these are spread by Republicans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnoLAMHwf2I&feature=youtu.be

Instead of just flattening the COVID-19 curve, can we 'crush' it?

If only humanity could organize better:

https://www.livescience.com/can-covid-19-be-crushed.html

The Army warned Trump two months ago that COVID-19 was a 'black swan' on the way to wreck America

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/3/1933977/-The-Army-warned-Trump-two-months-that-COVID-19-was-a-black-swan-on-the-way-to-wreck-America

Here are the government's biggest failures in the coronavirus response

An ever-growing list:

https://news.yahoo.com/governments-biggest-failures-coronavirus-response-130750197.html

The Trump administration just changed its language about the Strategic National Stockpile on an HHS website to jibe with Jared Kushner's claim that this isn't for the states

Extreme toadying, as well as subverting the purpose of the department:

https://twitter.com/AaronBlake/status/1246102757003722752?s=20

Trump’s breakdown

May this successfully sink him for good:

https://www.politico.eu/article/us-president-donald-trump-breakdown-coronavirus-pandemic/