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US PoliEra 2020 |OT6| I will not be closing this thread when the second wave hits.
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At how many Covid deaths do swing voters start becoming numb to it? I have to unfortunately assume there will be a point where those kinds of voters will stop caring about the death toll as a factor in the election.
I'm not too sure.
COVID's not some far off war (which is still tragic, but still...). The death toll is steadily climbing and people are dying right here in the US.
The longer this goes on and the more people die, the more people are going to be touched by COVID related loss in one way or another.
If for no other reason than to get people their money back, ffs
Bernie's fulfilled his historical role. We can expand, and are expanding, the socialist slate from here.
Eminem looking rough these days. The Trump years have not been kind to him.
Don't do that. Just do an image search of Eminem, then post a picture of yourself to share.
The daily deaths are probably just background noise to a lot of people already. But somewhere between now and the election, US COVID deaths will hit the 200k mark. When it happens, likely sometime in October, there will be a lot of noise made about it by pundits and the media, and the usual comparisons to other calamities will bring it back into tragic perspective for a lot of people again.
Nah, I think my stupid joke will be just fine by itself
I mean I agree with you, this is just a bizzarro election cycle. In other years, she would be a big talking point given her massive unpopularity and the whole chaos of school re-opening.
I know its jokes and all, but really Eminem has been going all out war against Trump and his supporters. At the same time he is being fully supportive of George Floyd protests. I really don't feel right that we are not able to see his moral standing in Trump's America and still kinda keep lampooning him. 15-20 years ago if you'd ask me who would support a trashbag white nationalist president between Kanye and Eminem, I'd have gotten the answer so wrong
Luckily, I'll forget about the joke and your agita approximately 30 seconds after I hit "post reply"
How many seconds are we past that, well & truly. Just be honest. Or not. Your choice.
Like both sides of some Frankenstein Composite Universal Soldier? Or just Praise Nomi. (Franco Vanilla Ice Biopic Redemption Arc)
By your estimate, how many seconds have you forgotten this?Actual Em:
Artist rendition of me:
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They're trying to provoke violence so FOX can have something to talk about that doesn't revolve around COVID or Trump praising child abusers.
The first trash can that goes through a Starbucks window will be spun to be the next Pearl Harbor
Deploying leaf blowers and moms wasn't getting the pictures they wanted, so they're gonna roll it out to many major cities to see if they can find the spark.
Watch for some declaration of social unrest from the administration to justify nationalizing state guards to occupy the streets
Thanks. As long as they leave Ladro alone... The people are the enemy bullshit.. almost paint by numbers these guys.
Ok, going to spend the last few days unplugged... And watch Sims Spark'd... Cause apparently SIMs like a cooking show is a thing and that's what you do with heavy vodka and sugar free lemonades..
Ask my wife, I never stop absorbing news.
I suspect the goon squads that are being deployed aren't going to be able to physically or mentally sustain 60-90 days of intensity against tens of millions of people.
This PR stunt is going to spiral out of control very soon
Biden has not been gaffe a day, but he has been gaffe a month.
Just hope August's won't be bad
Which has been far less visible and harmful to his campaign than Trump's daily diarrhea has been to his.
? Eminem wrote Mosh 16 years ago during the Bush administration.
Eminem – Mosh
In this political protest song, released online as a single right before the U.S. Presidential election in 2004, Eminem states clearly that he passionately disagrees with the Bush
genius.com
At first I was going to join in the dragging Elon hard for this, but he clarified that his opposition to a stimulus was that it would be jammed with 'special interest earmarks' and it would have been better to just send every American $6k. That's a reasonable position to take.
Eminem has always been pretty good on race, that's why he was largely accepted by the hip-hop community back when he broke onto the scene in 1999. My main issue with him was that he was still using the word f*ggot as a gay slur in his songs 2018. That's just pathetic for a 45-year old man in 2018.
This article encapsulates a lot of my frustration with (and I'm sure many of you feel the same way) with our political system. Millennials make far less than Boomers and Gen X's of the same age, and came to age during the 2008 Great Recession and the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic. And what's most infuriating about it is that those same Boomers who claim to be against big government are the ones who benefit the most from government largesse - e.g. Social Security, Medicare, and the mortgage interest deduction while being opposed to universal healthcare, a minimum wage, dealing with the student loan crisis, and making it more affordable for millennials to buy a home.
www.bloomberg.com
OK Boomer, We’re Gonna Socialize You
The pandemic is turning Millennials into socialists. We must make them a better offer.
www.bloomberg.com
Ones who think he hasn't been racist enough, lol. The only positive about people like Richard Spencer still being allowed a twitter account is to see their disappointment.
Local TV stations across the country set to air discredited 'Plandemic' researcher's conspiracy theory about Fauci
Update: The day after this story was published, Sinclair announced it would postpone and "rework" the segment. Read our follow-up story for more... Local television stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group are set to air a conspiracy theory over the weekend that suggests Dr. Anthony...
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New York (CNN Business) — Local television stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group are set to air a conspiracy theory over the weekend that suggests Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top expert on infectious diseases, was responsible for the creation of the coronavirus.
The baseless conspiracy theory is set to air on stations across the country in a segment during the program "America This Week" hosted by Eric Bolling. The show, which is posted online before it is broadcast over the weekend, is distributed to Sinclair Broadcast Group's network of local television stations, one of the largest in the country. A survey by Pew Research Group earlier this year showed that local news was a vital source of information on the coronavirus for many Americans, and more trusted than the media overall.
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Bolling then told CNN Business that he was not aware of the viral "Plandemic" video Mikovits was featured in earlier this year, and said Saphier "was not originally booked on the show" and that he added her to "provide an opposing viewpoint."
"I don't know of any video she was in prior to or after appearing on my show. Frankly, I was shocked when she made the accusation," Bolling said. "I asked our producers to add Saphier to the show for the express purpose of debunking the conspiracy theory. I believe viewers see that I did not and do not endorse her theory."
When asked if he really was unaware that Mikovits had been in a viral video earlier in the year pushing misinformation about coronavirus, Bolling said he had been.
"I give you my word... this is the first I've heard of the video," Bolling said. "And the very first time I heard of Dr Mikovitz was the morning of taping."
But when asked whether, now that he was aware of the video, he had any second thoughts about airing the segment with Mikovits, Bolling replied, "I don't second guess my producers and bookers."
This is actually some high quality meme work for such an important Congressional committee.
Barron Trump's school will not fully reopen in the fall
At a coronavirus task force briefing on Wednesday, Mr. Trump said he had "no problem" with Barron and his grandchildren returning to school full time.
www.cbsnews.com
The school attended by President Trump's 14-year-old son Barron, St. Andrew's Episcopal School, will not fully reopen in the fall, according to an announcement on its website.
At a coronavirus task force briefing on Wednesday, Mr. Trump said he had "no problem" with Barron and his grandchildren returning to school full-time as he pushes for schools nationwide to reopen full-time in the fall.
The St. Andrew's website said the school has been preparing for either full-time distance learning or a hybrid model with students learning both on and off campus. The school said it is "hopeful that public health conditions will support our implementation of the hybrid model in the fall." It also left open the possibility of continuing with distance learning implemented in March.
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Republican Party officials hid COVID-19 mask purchases by labeling them 'building maintenance' in federal disclosures
GOP leaders publicly rejected face coverings, but party leaders spent $14,000 on mask purchases they described as "building maintenance."
www.businessinsider.com
Think "building maintenance," and you probably imagine plumbing, a new coat of paint, or a replacement toilet-paper dispenser.
But when the Republican National Committee in June spent more than $14,000 on "building maintenance," none of its facilities were getting a face-lift.
Instead, the RNC purchased face masks designed to limit the spread of COVID-19, according to Insider interviews and a review of federal campaign-finance disclosures released earlier this week.
The RNC ordered the masks at a time when President Donald Trump and other prominent Republicans were refusing to cover their faces in public. The purchases show Republican leaders were taking the coronavirus more seriously than they'd been publicly letting on.
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The RNC declined to comment on the nature of its "building maintenance" purchase, or why it publicly described protective face masks as such.
"As a general rule, we don't itemize beyond what is required" by the Federal Election Commission, the committee said in a statement to Insider.
Following publication of this article, RNC spokesperson Cassie Smedile told Insider that "there was no obfuscation" on the committee's part.
"When we buy pens and pencils, the description is not 'pens and pencils' on the FEC report," she said. "These generic descriptions are traditionally how expenses are reported and processed."
That's mostly, but not entirely true: The RNC disclosed a purchase of "pens" in a 2012 FEC report. More recently, on May 20, the committee disclosed a "paper supplies" purchase of $324, and it's also reported several instances of "painting services" and "painting costs" over the years.
So what do all the criminals that are working in various government agencies do once Trump loses? I would assume they would run their ass out of town so fast.
If I was Biden I would use my victory speech to basically say every single person involved in federal overreach around these "surges" in communities will be identified, investigated, fired with cause to lose benefits/pensions and possibly jailed if crimes were committed... say from today on, "I was just following orders" is not an excuse in the United States. I can't imagine some of these slimeball acting directors will stay in the job past November for fear of reprisal.
Also... you think leaking is bad now? Wait until Trump loses, gloves are off for long time employees of these agencies. Things will get crazy with how much internal stuff is going to make it to the press.
If I was Biden I would use my victory speech to basically say every single person involved in federal overreach around these "surges" in communities will be identified, investigated, fired with cause to lose benefits/pensions and possibly jailed if crimes were committed... say from today on, "I was just following orders" is not an excuse in the United States. I can't imagine some of these slimeball acting directors will stay in the job past November for fear of reprisal.
Also... you think leaking is bad now? Wait until Trump loses, gloves are off for long time employees of these agencies. Things will get crazy with how much internal stuff is going to make it to the press.
Susan Davis @DaviSusan
Trump's own Labor Department told Congress that it "strongly" opposed the administration's sliding scale proposal for more unemployment $ saying it is "exceedingly difficult if not impossible to implement." Could take states 8-20 weeks to figure out
7:32 AM · Jul 25, 2020
Trump's own Labor Department told Congress that it "strongly" opposed the administration's sliding scale proposal for more unemployment $ saying it is "exceedingly difficult if not impossible to implement." Could take states 8-20 weeks to figure out
7:32 AM · Jul 25, 2020
State Unemployment Agencies Could Take Months To Adapt To WH Proposal, Memos Show
The National Association of State Workforce Agencies tells lawmakers on Capitol Hill that it would take most states 8-20 weeks to move to a modified system of awarding benefits.
www.npr.org
Ancient state unemployment systems that struggled to handle the first round of COVID relief payments, could take months or more to adopt a White House proposal for modifying the benefits, according to memos obtained by NPR.
Such a lag could mean the roughly 30 million people currently collecting pandemic-related unemployment benefits would see their income drop from a weekly average of $900 to an average of $300 per week.
The proposal would cut emergency unemployment benefits to roughly 70% of a person's lost wages — a more complicated calculation than the current, flat $600.
Critics have warned since March that such a proposal would undermine efforts to speed relief to millions of people out of work due to the coronavirus. The potential delays are so significant that the U.S. Department of Labor told Congress in may that it "strongly" opposed such a change because states would find it "exceedingly difficult if not impossible to implement."
The National Association of State Workforce Agencies told lawmakers on Capitol Hill that it would take most states 8-20 weeks to move to a system of awarding weekly benefits on a sliding scale based on the worker's wages before losing their job, according to a copy of the memo obtained by NPR.
The group asked that any effective date for new benefits be set "in the future with sufficient time for programming," a delay that would further exacerbate already lengthy unemployment backlogs in many states.
The assessment comes days before the existing benefits are set to expire.
More in the link.
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Charlie Savage @charlie_savage
Promised confidentiality by the FBI, a Russia expert who had collected Trump-Russia chatter for the Steele dossier agreed to cooperate with agents vetting it. Barr directed the FBI to declassify a road map to identifying him. w/ @adamgoldmanNYT
6:32 AM · Jul 25, 2020
Promised confidentiality by the FBI, a Russia expert who had collected Trump-Russia chatter for the Steele dossier agreed to cooperate with agents vetting it. Barr directed the FBI to declassify a road map to identifying him. w/ @adamgoldmanNYT
6:32 AM · Jul 25, 2020
The F.B.I. Pledged to Keep a Source Anonymous. Trump Allies Aided His Unmasking. (Published 2020)
After a Russia expert who had collected research on Donald Trump for a disputed dossier agreed to tell the F.B.I. what he knew about it, law enforcement officials declassified a road map to identifying him.
The more deaths, the more likely a swing voter is to have someone they know die.
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