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US PoliEra 2020 |OT6| I will not be closing this thread when the second wave hits.
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Will Steakin @wsteaks
NEW: It's not just Monday night's Trump fundraiser Trump properties have been skirting mask rules (even their own) for weeks Wedding reception, fundraiser, and a "No Masks Allowed" event set for Trump's DC hotel this weekend More w. @TerranceLSmith @ABC
9:03 PM · Jul 21, 2020
ABC News @ABC
As coronavirus surges across the U.S., several properties owned by Pres. Trump have continued to host gatherings that skirt state and city-mandated face covering ordinances as well as the organization's own rules for resuming business during the pandemic.
9:16 PM · Jul 21, 2020
NEW: It's not just Monday night's Trump fundraiser Trump properties have been skirting mask rules (even their own) for weeks Wedding reception, fundraiser, and a "No Masks Allowed" event set for Trump's DC hotel this weekend More w. @TerranceLSmith @ABC
9:03 PM · Jul 21, 2020
ABC News @ABC
As coronavirus surges across the U.S., several properties owned by Pres. Trump have continued to host gatherings that skirt state and city-mandated face covering ordinances as well as the organization's own rules for resuming business during the pandemic.
9:16 PM · Jul 21, 2020
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Jesse Lehrich @JesseLehrich
LOL
a new Trump ad warning of chaos & violence depicts a cop being attacked by protesters...
...only it's a pic from Kyiv in 2014, when Yanukovich's thugs fought to quash a democratic uprising. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_police_officer_attacked_by_protesters_during_clashes_in_Ukraine,_Kyiv._Events_of_February_18,_2014-1.jpg
I mean the guy clearly has the insignia on his shoulder, at least try a little bit.
11:21 PM · Jul 21, 2020
LOL
a new Trump ad warning of chaos & violence depicts a cop being attacked by protesters...
...only it's a pic from Kyiv in 2014, when Yanukovich's thugs fought to quash a democratic uprising. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_police_officer_attacked_by_protesters_during_clashes_in_Ukraine,_Kyiv._Events_of_February_18,_2014-1.jpg
I mean the guy clearly has the insignia on his shoulder, at least try a little bit.
11:21 PM · Jul 21, 2020
It seemed like an honest misunderstanding of how imdb worked on your part.
WSJ Journalists Ask Publisher for Clearer Distinction Between News and Opinion Content
A group of journalists at The Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones staffers sent a letter to the paper’s new publisher raising concerns about the Opinion section’s accuracy and transparency.
www.wsj.com
A group of journalists at The Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones staffers sent a letter on Tuesday to the paper's new publisher, Almar Latour, calling for a clearer differentiation between news and opinion content online, citing concerns about the Opinion section's accuracy and transparency.
The letter, signed by more than 280 reporters, editors and other employees says, "Opinion's lack of fact-checking and transparency, and its apparent disregard for evidence, undermine our readers' trust and our ability to gain credibility with sources."
The letter cites several examples of concern, including a recent essay by Vice President Mike Pence about coronavirus infections. The letter's authors said the editors published Mr. Pence's figures "without checking government figures" and noted that the piece, "There Isn't a Coronavirus 'Second Wave,'" was later corrected.
The letter says many readers don't understand that there is a wall between the Journal's editorial page operations, which have been overseen by Paul Gigot since 2001, and the news staff, which is overseen by Editor in Chief Matt Murray. Mr. Murray was also copied on the letter.
The letter proposed more prominently labeling editorials and opinion columns on the website and mobile apps, including the line "The Wall Street Journal's Opinion pages are independent of its newsroom." It also suggests removing opinion pieces from the "Most Popular Articles" and "Recommended Videos" lists on the website, and creating a separate "Most Popular in Opinion" list.
The letter also proposes that "WSJ journalists should not be reprimanded for writing about errors published in Opinion, whether we make those observations in our articles, on social media, or elsewhere."
Daily Show had this clip of Buffoon speaking, from that recent lawn show with the red and blue trucks, and I couldn't believe it was real. They edited it slightly, but here's the full thing. Sounds exactly like someone who didn't prepare their presentation and is being forced to give one anyway.
"So we have many exciting things that we'll be announcing over the next eight weeks, I would say. Things that nobody has even contemplated, thought about, thought possible, and things that we're going to get done and we have gotten done — and we've started in most cases. But it's going to be a very exciting eight weeks, a eight weeks, like I prob- — I think, Mike, we can honestly say nobody has ever going to see eight weeks like we're going to have. Because we really have — we have — we're taking on immigration, taking on education, we're taking on so many aspects of things that people were hopelessly tied up in knots in Congress. They can't — they've been working on some of these things for 25, 30 years. It wasn't happening.
But you'll see levels of detail, and you'll see levels of thought that a lot of people believed very strongly we didn't have in this country. We're going to get things done. We're going to get things done that they've wanted to see done for a long, long time.
So I think we'll start sometime on Tuesday."
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"So we have many exciting things that we'll be announcing over the next eight weeks, I would say. Things that nobody has even contemplated, thought about, thought possible, and things that we're going to get done and we have gotten done — and we've started in most cases. But it's going to be a very exciting eight weeks, a eight weeks, like I prob- — I think, Mike, we can honestly say nobody has ever going to see eight weeks like we're going to have. Because we really have — we have — we're taking on immigration, taking on education, we're taking on so many aspects of things that people were hopelessly tied up in knots in Congress. They can't — they've been working on some of these things for 25, 30 years. It wasn't happening.
But you'll see levels of detail, and you'll see levels of thought that a lot of people believed very strongly we didn't have in this country. We're going to get things done. We're going to get things done that they've wanted to see done for a long, long time.
So I think we'll start sometime on Tuesday."
Remarks by President Trump on Rolling Back Regulations to Help All Americans | The White House
South Lawn 4:17 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you very much, everybody. Please. That's a nice crowd on a nice, coo
WSJ Journalists Ask Publisher for Clearer Distinction Between News and Opinion Content
A group of journalists at The Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones staffers sent a letter to the paper’s new publisher raising concerns about the Opinion section’s accuracy and transparency.
A group of journalists at The Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones staffers sent a letter on Tuesday to the paper's new publisher, Almar Latour, calling for a clearer differentiation between news and opinion content online, citing concerns about the Opinion section's accuracy and transparency.The letter, signed by more than 280 reporters, editors and other employees says, "Opinion's lack of fact-checking and transparency, and its apparent disregard for evidence, undermine our readers' trust and our ability to gain credibility with sources."The letter cites several examples of concern, including a recent essay by Vice President Mike Pence about coronavirus infections. The letter's authors said the editors published Mr. Pence's figures "without checking government figures" and noted that the piece, "There Isn't a Coronavirus 'Second Wave,'" was later corrected.The letter says many readers don't understand that there is a wall between the Journal's editorial page operations, which have been overseen by Paul Gigot since 2001, and the news staff, which is overseen by Editor in Chief Matt Murray. Mr. Murray was also copied on the letter.The letter proposed more prominently labeling editorials and opinion columns on the website and mobile apps, including the line "The Wall Street Journal's Opinion pages are independent of its newsroom." It also suggests removing opinion pieces from the "Most Popular Articles" and "Recommended Videos" lists on the website, and creating a separate "Most Popular in Opinion" list.The letter also proposes that "WSJ journalists should not be reprimanded for writing about errors published in Opinion, whether we make those observations in our articles, on social media, or elsewhere."
Is that the first time they read the WSJ op ed section?
They tryna flex now that there's a new owner. I hope it works.
Will Steakin @wsteaks
NEW: It's not just Monday night's Trump fundraiser Trump properties have been skirting mask rules (even their own) for weeks Wedding reception, fundraiser, and a "No Masks Allowed" event set for Trump's DC hotel this weekend More w. @TerranceLSmith @ABC
9:03 PM · Jul 21, 2020
ABC News @ABC
As coronavirus surges across the U.S., several properties owned by Pres. Trump have continued to host gatherings that skirt state and city-mandated face covering ordinances as well as the organization's own rules for resuming business during the pandemic.
9:16 PM · Jul 21, 2020
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Jesse Lehrich @JesseLehrich
LOL
a new Trump ad warning of chaos & violence depicts a cop being attacked by protesters...
...only it's a pic from Kyiv in 2014, when Yanukovich's thugs fought to quash a democratic uprising. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_police_officer_attacked_by_protesters_during_clashes_in_Ukraine,_Kyiv._Events_of_February_18,_2014-1.jpg
I mean the guy clearly has the insignia on his shoulder, at least try a little bit.
11:21 PM · Jul 21, 2020
Why the fuck does it ALWAYS come back to Russia?! This fucking guy. So goddamn lazy and super shitty. Fuck, the truth court can't come around soon enough.
Shahid Buttar, Nancy Pelosi’s election opponent, accused of sex harassment
A woman who has known Shahid Buttar for nearly 20 years is accusing him of repeatedly...
CW: Descriptions of sexual harassment
Hope the accusation is investigated and vetted.
Shahid Buttar deserves the right to respond to the allegations (which he has done) and a fair investigation into said allegations.
Shahid Buttar, Nancy Pelosi’s election opponent, accused of sex harassment
A woman who has known Shahid Buttar for nearly 20 years is accusing him of repeatedly...www.sfchronicle.com
CW: Descriptions of sexual harassment
Hope the accusation is investigated and vetted.
Shahid Buttar deserves the right to respond to the allegations (which he has done) and a fair investigation into said allegations.
looks like he's also being accused of misogyny by several ex-staffers
https://missionlocal.org/2020/07/sh...-allegation-misogyny-allegation-nancy-pelosi/
the fact that several are coming forward suggests it's highly likely he's guilty of being an abusive employer at best.
unsurprisingly, while left orgs are fleeing/revoking endorsements, left Twitter is a special brand and rallying around him saying this is Pelosi manipulating the election.
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The same left Twitter who was unconcerned with election manipulation when getting ready to burn Biden at the stake for the Tara Reade saga before journalists finished their vetting? Surely you jest.
pretty much. Complete with saying Shahid's response of denial with a statement to investigate is a good statement while saying Biden's denial with a statement to investigate is a bad statement.
Someone should inform them that Pelosi doesn't need to do anything in particular to deal with this guy.
Teaser | President Obama and Vice President Biden: A Socially Distanced Conversation
Join our campaign: http://www.joebiden.comFollow Joe!Joe’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/joebidenJoe’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joebidenJoe’s Instag...
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Nick Miroff @NickMiroff
Good @AlexHortonTX piece on military veterans uncomfortable with scenes of federal agents wearing tactical gear on US streets and resembling soldiers
7:29 AM · Jul 22, 2020
David Lapan @DaveLapanDC
"It's not good for our democracy," David Lapan, a former Marine officer who served as DHS spokesman under Trump in 2017, told The Post. "The public should not feel there is a militarized response to civil unrest."
7:41 AM · Jul 22, 2020
Good @AlexHortonTX piece on military veterans uncomfortable with scenes of federal agents wearing tactical gear on US streets and resembling soldiers
7:29 AM · Jul 22, 2020
David Lapan @DaveLapanDC
"It's not good for our democracy," David Lapan, a former Marine officer who served as DHS spokesman under Trump in 2017, told The Post. "The public should not feel there is a militarized response to civil unrest."
7:41 AM · Jul 22, 2020
Ugh I wanna fucking puke
The Media is absolute garbage and they're the reason we have Trump.
Teaser | President Obama and Vice President Biden: A Socially Distanced Conversation
Join our campaign: http://www.joebiden.comFollow Joe!Joe’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/joebidenJoe’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joebidenJoe’s Instag...
Ugh. He tweeted that video saying "44 + 46"
Way too presumptive.
Hey now, how am I supposed to tell you many chickens I have without counting the eggs?
Meh. Nobody changes or withholds their vote for things like that. If he didn't think he would win, he wouldn't run.
I wonder if Virginia in 2017 was the model to how the US in 2020 is going to go. Polls show the Democrat with various leads all throughout. Close fight to flip legislative chambers. Republican candidates going all in on MS-13 and other racial issues. Polls tighten to show a pretty much dead even race at the end near election day.
The result was Democrats winning +10. Suburbs fleeing Republicans en mass, Democrats win total control of government, and proceeded to pass some of the most healthy and needed legislation in the country.
The result was Democrats winning +10. Suburbs fleeing Republicans en mass, Democrats win total control of government, and proceeded to pass some of the most healthy and needed legislation in the country.
what's he supposed to do, pretend he's not going to win?
Trump administration weighs a show of force in more cities
DHS and DOJ officials are making plans to deploy units to protect federal facilities.
www.politico.com
Trump administration weighs a show of force in more cities
DHS and DOJ officials are making plans to deploy units to protect federal facilities.
That's really the only thing you need to take from this article.
We all know this is a vile political ploy, and here they are admitting it.
why have all that anger directed only at cops when you can also have it directed right at the current administration?
the result of the george floyd protests was an actual movement of defunding the police and addressing reform to the way we view criminals in the us. the result wasn't that peaceful protests were squashed under the foot of 'law enforecement.' the only outcome that seems plausible is dialing up the anger, not the fear.
Since everything Trump does backfires spectacularly, I would hope so. But this is going to be a very scary run up to November.
They're neglecting their jobs of harassing black and brown people at the border and at the airport.
and he finally become presidential. Wait hold on let's check the twitter nope still a useless idiot
To be fair the legislature didn't actually flip until 2019 (thank you gerrymandering, and also the Senate wasn't up until then) but I've basically always seen Virginia's politics post-2019 elections as the model for the US to follow should Biden win with a D legislature, just on a much grander scale. Same with New York.
In both of those cases they eventually hit roadblocks in passing the most progressive parts of the generalized Democratic agenda, but that shouldn't discount the good stuff they got leading up to it. There's a very important shift in both of those states where they literally did not need to worry about working with Republicans and getting bipartisan support on everything.
Now, for the federal government that will come down entirely to eliminating the filibuster, but there have been enough comments by Biden and Schumer, among others that makes me think it's going to happen.
This is a really great editorial from a really great guy:
Edit: Even as far back as the primaries, every candidate speaks in the language of "When I am president, when I take office," etc. Confidence in your ability to win is baked into politics.
Edit: Even as far back as the primaries, every candidate speaks in the language of "When I am president, when I take office," etc. Confidence in your ability to win is baked into politics.
No, but they see where she is inevitably headed and are working on tarnishing her for her eventual presidential run. It worked against Clinton so they're gonna do it again.
they're going after her as a rising star so she'll be clinton'd by the 2030s or 2040s if/when she does run. but i think by then the older boomer crowd that's scared of her in such numbers may not be around to vote against her.
Here in the Netherlands it's basically tradition that if you are one of the front runners in the election, you will be introduced as "the next prime minister of the Netherlands". Last election was relatively close so we had like 4 "next prime minister of the Netherlands" running around :)
Didn't it just come out yesterday they are hiring paramilitary guys?
Literally during the Iowa caucus run-up they introduce everyone speaking at what used to be the Jackson/Jefferson dinner as "THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES"
I'm also pretty sure in the Indiana primary in 2008 before I saw Obama speak they introduced him as the next President as well.
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