bipartisanreport--2020-07-09--Gorsuch Joins Liberals 5-4 With Second Surprise SCOTUS Ruling Today

On Thursday , the Trump-nominated U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch joined with the court ’ s four liberal justices in a case involving the sovereignty of Native American land in Oklahoma .
He and the four liberal justices formed a majority in favor of his side , which ruled that the Native American land in Oklahoma needed to have its sovereignty respected to the point of excluding Native American individuals from ordinary state criminal proceedings .
Instead , Native Americans would be subject to federal jurisdiction .
As reporter Steven Mazie explained , the case “ asked whether Indians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ subject to state criminal law , ” and the answer — according to a ruling that Gorsuch wrote — is no .
The New York Times called the ruling “ potentially one of the most consequential legal victories for Native Americans in decades , ” noting that a full 1.8 million people live in what the Supreme Court has now described as “ Indian Country.
” The land in question was , as Gorsuch references , originally designated as a reservation for Native Americans , and he and the court ’ s four @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did not automatically disappear simply because of the history of development and expansion in the area .
Chief Justice John Roberts , who has sometimes broken with the conservative side of the court , stuck with conservative justices this time .
In the dissenting opinion that he wrote , he insisted that the ruling could create undue chaos in the Oklahoma criminal justice system , since Native Americans would be excluded from criminal prosecutions by the state and instead would be subject to federal criminal proceedings .
However , as the Times notes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ would work with state and federal law-enforcement authorities to coordinate public safety within the reservation.
” Although Roberts suggested that “ decades of past convictions could well be thrown out ” on account of the newly outlined legal status for Native Americans in the area , it ’ s unclear that any cases will actually be thrown out .
This case is not the first occasion on which Gorsuch has broken with the court ’ s conservative justices .
He also did so when the court handled a case over the question @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discrimination in the workplace over their sexual orientation .
Gorsuch helped form a 6-3 majority , and he wrote the ruling outlining the protections from discrimination that LGBTQ individuals are entitled to .
Besides the court ’ s four liberal justices , Justice Roberts also joined the majority .
There have been other defections .
In another case decided during this same Supreme Court term , Chief Justice Roberts joined the court ’ s four liberals in striking down attempted abortion restrictions in Louisiana , a ruling which immediately sparked plenty of ire @ @ @

On Thursday, the Trump-nominated U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch joined with the court’s four liberal justices in a case involving the sovereignty of Native American land in Oklahoma. He and the four liberal justices formed a majority in favor of his side, which ruled that the Native American land in Oklahoma needed to have its sovereignty respected to the point of excluding Native American individuals from ordinary state criminal proceedings. Instead, Native Americans would be subject to federal jurisdiction. As reporter Steven Mazie explained, the case “asked whether Indians committing crimes on Creek land could be subject to state criminal law,” and the answer — according to a ruling that Gorsuch wrote — is no.
This is the second time this term Gorsuch has crossed the aisle to join the liberals and write a majority opinion. First time was the LGBT discrimination cases, when Chief Justice Roberts also joined. This time Roberts wrote the dissent for the other four conservatives. — Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) July 9, 2020
In his ruling, Gorsuch wrote:
‘Today we are asked whether the land these treaties promised remains an Indian reservation for purposes of federal criminal law. Because Congress has not said otherwise, we hold the government to its word.’
First of the final three SCOTUS rulings is out, by a 5-4 decision, the state of Oklahoma does not have jurisdiction under the Major Crimes Act (MCA) to prosecute a Native American within the historical boundaries of the Creek Indian Reservation. https://t.co/GnO4Zvuu2S pic.twitter.com/aLC9FK70NS — Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) July 9, 2020
The New York Times called the ruling “potentially one of the most consequential legal victories for Native Americans in decades,” noting that a full 1.8 million people live in what the Supreme Court has now described as “Indian Country.” The land in question was, as Gorsuch references, originally designated as a reservation for Native Americans, and he and the court’s four liberal justices determined that the reservation status did not automatically disappear simply because of the history of development and expansion in the area.
Principal Chief David Hill of the Muscogee tribe commented:
‘This is a historic day. This is amazing. It’s never too late to make things right.’
Gorsuch joins the liberals on the court https://t.co/d9c6cAkXoG — Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) July 9, 2020
Chief Justice John Roberts, who has sometimes broken with the conservative side of the court, stuck with conservative justices this time. In the dissenting opinion that he wrote, he insisted that the ruling could create undue chaos in the Oklahoma criminal justice system, since Native Americans would be excluded from criminal prosecutions by the state and instead would be subject to federal criminal proceedings. However, as the Times notes, Muscogee leaders have indicated that they “would work with state and federal law-enforcement authorities to coordinate public safety within the reservation.” Although Roberts suggested that “decades of past convictions could well be thrown out” on account of the newly outlined legal status for Native Americans in the area, it’s unclear that any cases will actually be thrown out.
This decision is no surprise. Gorsuch, the Supreme Court's only Westerner, is VERY good on tribal rights. https://t.co/IIRFBdomxK — Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) July 9, 2020
This case is not the first occasion on which Gorsuch has broken with the court’s conservative justices. He also did so when the court handled a case over the question of whether LGBTQ individuals were protected from discrimination in the workplace over their sexual orientation. Gorsuch helped form a 6-3 majority, and he wrote the ruling outlining the protections from discrimination that LGBTQ individuals are entitled to. Besides the court’s four liberal justices, Justice Roberts also joined the majority.
There have been other defections. In another case decided during this same Supreme Court term, Chief Justice Roberts joined the court’s four liberals in striking down attempted abortion restrictions in Louisiana, a ruling which immediately sparked plenty of ire from Republicans.
It’s called the three branches of Government, not the three branches of Trump. — Kim Mangone for Congress 2020 (@KimMangone) June 30, 2020


bipartisanreport--2020-07-09--Biden Dunks On Trump Over Historic SCOTUS Defeat

President Donald Trump has infamously refused to release his tax returns , although presidential candidates have voluntarily done so for decades .
This week , the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Manhattan authorities could access the tax returns , and although they technically referred the case for further proceedings , they dealt a major loss to the president in the process .
A full seven out of the nine justices on the court ruled against the president , including both of the justices who Trump nominated .
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden promptly trolled Trump on Twitter after the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ late 2019 video message , which Biden re-upped this Thursday , Biden went after Trump for his melodramatic complaints about supposed corruption on the part of the Biden family .
A plot to expose some of that baselessly alleged corruption underpinned the president ’ s attempt to bribe Ukraine into investigating the Bidens , which sparked Trump ’ s impeachment after the bribery plot was revealed .
In the original video , Biden says : After the Supreme Court ruling , Biden retweeted the video , adding the additional caption : Check it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ returns could contain crucial information about the president ’ s financial background , including fraud that he ’ s perpetrated .
Specifically , the Manhattan District Attorney ’ s office subpoenaed Trump ’ s tax returns as part of a larger trove of financial records amidst their investigation into the Trump Organization ’ s role in a criminal hush money scheme targeting women with whom Trump had affairs .
( House Democrats had also subpoenaed Trump ’ s tax returns , but the Supreme Court ruled against them on Thursday , although that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ proceedings . )
The president ’ s tax returns could also include details of his financial conflicts of interest .
He ’ s done business around the world for decades , and now , he ’ s dubiously expected to act without bias towards countries that may have been business partners at one point .
The Trump Organization ’ s ties to Russia and Russian businesspeople have been among the many points of concern .
Check out Twitter ’ s response to Biden below :

President Donald Trump has infamously refused to release his tax returns, although presidential candidates have voluntarily done so for decades. This week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Manhattan authorities could access the tax returns, and although they technically referred the case for further proceedings, they dealt a major loss to the president in the process. A full seven out of the nine justices on the court ruled against the president, including both of the justices who Trump nominated. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden promptly trolled Trump on Twitter after the Supreme Court tax ruling.
U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES FOR NEW YORK GRAND JURY OVER BID TO OBTAIN TRUMP'S FINANCIAL RECORDS, INCLUDING TAX RETURNS — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 9, 2020
In a late 2019 video message, which Biden re-upped this Thursday, Biden went after Trump for his melodramatic complaints about supposed corruption on the part of the Biden family. A plot to expose some of that baselessly alleged corruption underpinned the president’s attempt to bribe Ukraine into investigating the Bidens, which sparked Trump’s impeachment after the bribery plot was revealed.
In the original video, Biden says:
‘Mr. President, even Richard Nixon released his tax returns. Mr. President, release your tax returns, or shut up.’
After the Supreme Court ruling, Biden retweeted the video, adding the additional caption:
‘As I was saying.’
Check it out below:
As I was saying. https://t.co/NwOKjL0Zhj — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 9, 2020
Trump’s tax returns could contain crucial information about the president’s financial background, including fraud that he’s perpetrated. Specifically, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office subpoenaed Trump’s tax returns as part of a larger trove of financial records amidst their investigation into the Trump Organization’s role in a criminal hush money scheme targeting women with whom Trump had affairs. (House Democrats had also subpoenaed Trump’s tax returns, but the Supreme Court ruled against them on Thursday, although that case was also technically referred for further proceedings.)
💥 BREAKING: TRUMP LOSES SUPREME COURT BATTLE WITH NEW YORK PROSECUTOR OVER HIS TAXES AND FINANCIAL RECORDS — Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) July 9, 2020
The president’s tax returns could also include details of his financial conflicts of interest. He’s done business around the world for decades, and now, he’s dubiously expected to act without bias towards countries that may have been business partners at one point. The Trump Organization’s ties to Russia and Russian businesspeople have been among the many points of concern.
Check out Twitter’s response to Biden below:


bipartisanreport--2020-07-09--Pelosi Trolls Trump Over  SCOTUS Defeat: ‘No Man Above The Law’

In a watershed moment in history , the Supreme Court of the United States handed the Democrats a tremendous victory .
It ruled that Deutsche Bank , which holds the majority of Donald Trump ’ s financial records must turn them over to a Grand Jury .
Democrats in the House have been especially interested in the outcome of this ruling , because their committees need those details to do their presidential oversight .
This constitutional ruling is very important for a number of reasons .
Trump ’ s financial disclosures and subpoenas restore the balance of power among the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ SCOTUS ) is usually reluctant to take on these cases , so Thursday ’ s ruling was particularly important .
Of course , Grand Jury materials can not be released until they are made public in a trial .
New York Attorney General Letitia James fought all the way to the top of the government ’ s court system for this win .
The basic ruling from SCOTUS was that no man or woman is above the law .
Speaker of the .
House Nancy Pelosi ( D-CA ) immediately released a tweet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the law : ” Pelosi held a press conference very shortly after the ruling , saying that this was “ not a good ruling ” for Donald Trump .
Chief Justice John Roberts noted that the Executive and Legislative branches normally work these kinds of disputes .
However , she said the Supreme Court had to intervene in this case .
Pelosi said this reshapes the balance of powers : The Deutsche Bank , which holds the bulk of the president ’ s financial records , reams of documents , has said that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ruling and release his privately-held financial papers .
Employees of the bank have reported instances of money laundering , but the bank quashed them .
There are four primary questions that must be answered for the SCOTUS to rule favorably in a case such as this .
The following criteria were met : • • Can the materials be obtained elsewhere ?
No .
• Is the request too broad ?
No .
• Does obtaining the materials serve a legislative purpose ?
Yes .
• Is obtaining these records too burdensome for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ led House Oversight Committee chaired by Maxine Waters ( D-CA ) also has been investigating POTUS and has a case going through the lower court system to obtain Trump ’ s financial records , too .
The judge in a lower court decided to wait for the Supreme Court to rule , to determine how it would rule .
• • If Trump leaves office in 2020 , he can be prosecuted as an individual .
• If he wins , any federal crime expires after five years .
• If a committee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ might be exposed before the 2020 presidential elections .
The Oversight Committee chaired by Representative Maxine Waters ( D-CA ) also has a separate case regarding Trump ’ s financial records .
A lower-court judge said that it would wait to rule until after this SCOTUS ruling .
The Justice Committee Chair Jerry Nadler ( D-NY ) and the Intelligence Committee chaired by Representative Adam Schiff ( D-CA ) both investigated Trump for the impeachment trial , where Trump ignored their subpoenas .
Chief Justice John Roberts noted that the courts did not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the other two branches .
However , there was no alternative in this case , because the Executive Branch would not participate in the traditional negotiation process .
Trump ’ s two appointed justice , Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch voted against him and in the unanimous SCOTUS decision .
Twitter world went crazy after SCOTUS ruled that a state ’ s attorney general can obtain Trump ’ s legal documents for a Grand Jury .
Check out what American has to say about that below : The Mueller Report Adventures : In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quick , two-minute reads interpret the report in normal English for busy people .
Mueller Bite-Sizes uncovers what is essentially a compelling spy mystery .
Interestingly enough , Mueller Bite-Sizes can be read in any order .

In a watershed moment in history, the Supreme Court of the United States handed the Democrats a tremendous victory. It ruled that Deutsche Bank, which holds the majority of Donald Trump’s financial records must turn them over to a Grand Jury. Democrats in the House have been especially interested in the outcome of this ruling, because their committees need those details to do their presidential oversight.
This constitutional ruling is very important for a number of reasons. Trump’s financial disclosures and subpoenas restore the balance of power among the three branches. The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) is usually reluctant to take on these cases, so Thursday’s ruling was particularly important.
Of course, Grand Jury materials cannot be released until they are made public in a trial. New York Attorney General Letitia James fought all the way to the top of the government’s court system for this win. The basic ruling from SCOTUS was that no man or woman is above the law.
Speaker of the. House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) immediately released a tweet cheering that “No one is above the law:”
‘In the United States, #NoOneIsAboveTheLaw — not even the President.’
Pelosi held a press conference very shortly after the ruling, saying that this was “not a good ruling” for Donald Trump. Chief Justice John Roberts noted that the Executive and Legislative branches normally work these kinds of disputes. However, she said the Supreme Court had to intervene in this case. Pelosi said this reshapes the balance of powers:
‘This reaffirms Congress’ authority, its constitutional responsibility to uncover the truth, the separation of powers that was the genius of the Constitution. And it reaffirms Congress’ authority.’
The Deutsche Bank, which holds the bulk of the president’s financial records, reams of documents, has said that it would comply with the Supreme Court ruling and release his privately-held financial papers. Employees of the bank have reported instances of money laundering, but the bank quashed them.
There are four primary questions that must be answered for the SCOTUS to rule favorably in a case such as this. The following criteria were met:
Can the materials be obtained elsewhere? No. Is the request too broad? No. Does obtaining the materials serve a legislative purpose? Yes. Is obtaining these records too burdensome for the president? No.
The Democratically led House Oversight Committee chaired by Maxine Waters (D-CA) also has been investigating POTUS and has a case going through the lower court system to obtain Trump’s financial records, too. The judge in a lower court decided to wait for the Supreme Court to rule, to determine how it would rule.
If Trump leaves office in 2020, he can be prosecuted as an individual. If he wins, any federal crime expires after five years. If a committee can obtain these records, that information might be exposed before the 2020 presidential elections.
The Oversight Committee chaired by Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) also has a separate case regarding Trump’s financial records. A lower-court judge said that it would wait to rule until after this SCOTUS ruling. The Justice Committee Chair Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and the Intelligence Committee chaired by Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) both investigated Trump for the impeachment trial, where Trump ignored their subpoenas.
Chief Justice John Roberts noted that the courts did not like to become involved in conflicts between the other two branches. However, there was no alternative in this case, because the Executive Branch would not participate in the traditional negotiation process.
Trump’s two appointed justice, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch voted against him and in the unanimous SCOTUS decision.
Twitter world went crazy after SCOTUS ruled that a state’s attorney general can obtain Trump’s legal documents for a Grand Jury. Check out what American has to say about that below:
The Mueller Report Adventures: In Bite-Sizes on this Facebook page. These quick, two-minute reads interpret the report in normal English for busy people. Mueller Bite-Sizes uncovers what is essentially a compelling spy mystery. Interestingly enough, Mueller Bite-Sizes can be read in any order.


bipartisanreport--2020-07-10--DC Appeals Court Agrees To Consider Preserve Of Michael Flynn Case

The D.C .
Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to an en banc review of the case against former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn .
That means that following an earlier ruling on the matter by a three-judge panel of the court , every judge on the court will now participate in a further review .
While that further process is underway , the court has put the three-judge panel ’ s previous ruling on hold that was in favor of Flynn , who was trying to get the case against him thrown out .
The Justice Department had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but none of the facts of Flynn ’ s guilt had changed , and Judge Emmet Sullivan has so far resisted abandoning the case .
As reporter Darren Samuelsohn explained , the D.C .
Circuit Court of Appeals “ has stayed its decision ordering Judge Emmet Sullivan to end former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn ’ s criminal case while the entire en banc panel of appellate judges considers the issues.
” NBC News legal analyst Glenn Kirschner called the step “ good news , ” adding : The previous ruling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Neomi Rao , a Trump appointee who replaced Judge Brett Kavanaugh after Trump nominated him for the U.S. Supreme Court .
Rao is a highly controversial appointee ; in the description of NBC News , Democrats have viewed Rao ’ s background as “ a career of advocating an expansive view of presidential power and working on the widespread rollback of regulations.
” Trump , of course , seems keen on surrounding himself with as many people who hold an “ expansive view of presidential power ” as possible .
Just this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rulings in two high-profile cases in which Trump had been arguing that he should be exempt from subpoenas for his tax returns .
In the Flynn case , the Justice Department team of Attorney General Bill Barr had decided to request to drop the government ’ s case against the Trump ally over hyped-up concerns about whether it was ever warranted in the first place .
But the problem is , none of the facts have changed — Flynn admitted to lying to federal investigators about his communications with a Russian Ambassador to @ @ @ @

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to an en banc review of the case against former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn. That means that following an earlier ruling on the matter by a three-judge panel of the court, every judge on the court will now participate in a further review. While that further process is underway, the court has put the three-judge panel’s previous ruling on hold that was in favor of Flynn, who was trying to get the case against him thrown out. The Justice Department had requested for the case to be dropped, but none of the facts of Flynn’s guilt had changed, and Judge Emmet Sullivan has so far resisted abandoning the case.
As reporter Darren Samuelsohn explained, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals “has stayed its decision ordering Judge Emmet Sullivan to end former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn’s criminal case while the entire en banc panel of appellate judges considers the issues.” NBC News legal analyst Glenn Kirschner called the step “good news,” adding:
‘The entire DC Circuit Court of Appeals (all judges) will reconsider the split (2-1) opinion of the 3-judge panel that directed Judge Sullivan to dismiss Flynn’s case. I strongly suspect the full court will get it right, allowing the case to continue.’
This is good news. The entire DC Circuit Court of Appeals (all judges) will reconsider the split (2-1) opinion of the 3-judge panel that directed Judge Sullivan to dismiss Flynn’s case. I strongly suspect the full court will get it right, allowing the case to continue. https://t.co/dya3KIQqpB — Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) July 10, 2020
The previous ruling from the three-judge panel had been written by Neomi Rao, a Trump appointee who replaced Judge Brett Kavanaugh after Trump nominated him for the U.S. Supreme Court. Rao is a highly controversial appointee; in the description of NBC News, Democrats have viewed Rao’s background as “a career of advocating an expansive view of presidential power and working on the widespread rollback of regulations.” Trump, of course, seems keen on surrounding himself with as many people who hold an “expansive view of presidential power” as possible. Just this week, the U.S. Supreme Court revealed rulings in two high-profile cases in which Trump had been arguing that he should be exempt from subpoenas for his tax returns.
In the Flynn case, the Justice Department team of Attorney General Bill Barr had decided to request to drop the government’s case against the Trump ally over hyped-up concerns about whether it was ever warranted in the first place. But the problem is, none of the facts have changed — Flynn admitted to lying to federal investigators about his communications with a Russian Ambassador to the United States.


bipartisanreport--2020-07-10--Trump Flubs Basic History During Public Embarrassment In Florida

President Donald Trump doesn ’ t seem to have a very firm grasp of the world around him .
This Friday , he visited Doral , Florida , where he was set “ to discuss drug trafficking in South America while visiting the U.S. Southern Command , ” according to a CBS Miami/CNN report .
While in Doral , Trump devolved into some truly bizarre tangents .
For example , at one point , he made the absolutely ridiculous suggestion that “ nobody ever heard ” of the fact that President Abraham Lincoln was a Republican until Trump came along @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had ever heard of a basic historical fact is blatantly ridiculous .
‘ People don ’ t remember – nobody ever heard of it until I came along , nobody remembered it for a long time or they didn ’ t use it at least , I use it all the time : Abraham Lincoln was a Republican .
You know you say that and people say , “ I didn ’ t know that.
” ‘ There is no evidence for Trump ’ s claim that nobody “ remembered ” that Lincoln @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a basic historical fact .
Hasn ’ t Trump ever heard of books ?
Open a basic history book , and voila : there ’ s the information .
Abraham Lincoln was a Republican — he doesn ’ t even need to open a book .
He could just Google it .
Hasn ’ t he ever heard of Google ?
Or does he just get all of his information from Fox News programs — and , more recently , shows on the ultra-sycophantic One America News Network ?
Also — Lincoln ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump and more recent Republicans of their brazen pandering to and participation in a racist party establishment .
Amidst nationwide unrest over police brutality and other forms of systemic , societally-embedded racism against black Americans and other marginalized communities , Trump has tried to paint himself and his allies as some kind of grand protectors of the downtrodden — or something .
In reality , he ’ s not done much besides coast on the success of others .
Unemployment rates , for example , were going down across the board well before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re all super high again thanks to the Coronavirus chaos that he ’ s helped exacerbate .
The “ opportunity zone ” tax breaks that he helped implement which give tax breaks to people who invest in underserved areas like some black communities most immediately benefit high-income people .

President Donald Trump doesn’t seem to have a very firm grasp of the world around him. This Friday, he visited Doral, Florida, where he was set “to discuss drug trafficking in South America while visiting the U.S. Southern Command,” according to a CBS Miami/CNN report. While in Doral, Trump devolved into some truly bizarre tangents. For example, at one point, he made the absolutely ridiculous suggestion that “nobody ever heard” of the fact that President Abraham Lincoln was a Republican until Trump came along and reminded everyone. Suggesting that nobody had ever heard of a basic historical fact is blatantly ridiculous.
As reported by CNN’s Manu Raju, Trump commented:
‘People don’t remember – nobody ever heard of it until I came along, nobody remembered it for a long time or they didn’t use it at least, I use it all the time: Abraham Lincoln was a Republican. You know you say that and people say, “I didn’t know that.”‘
Trump in Doral, Florida: “People don’t remember – nobody ever heard of it until I came along, nobody remembered it for a long time or they didn’t use it at least, I use it all the time: Abraham Lincoln was a Republican. You know you say that and people say, ‘I didn’t know that.’” — Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 10, 2020
There is no evidence for Trump’s claim that nobody “remembered” that Lincoln was a Republican. It’s a basic historical fact. Hasn’t Trump ever heard of books? Open a basic history book, and voila: there’s the information. Abraham Lincoln was a Republican — he doesn’t even need to open a book. He could just Google it. Hasn’t he ever heard of Google? Or does he just get all of his information from Fox News programs — and, more recently, shows on the ultra-sycophantic One America News Network? Also — Lincoln’s Republican affiliation doesn’t absolve Trump and more recent Republicans of their brazen pandering to and participation in a racist party establishment.
Amidst nationwide unrest over police brutality and other forms of systemic, societally-embedded racism against black Americans and other marginalized communities, Trump has tried to paint himself and his allies as some kind of grand protectors of the downtrodden — or something. In reality, he’s not done much besides coast on the success of others. Unemployment rates, for example, were going down across the board well before he came along — and now they’re all super high again thanks to the Coronavirus chaos that he’s helped exacerbate. The “opportunity zone” tax breaks that he helped implement which give tax breaks to people who invest in underserved areas like some black communities most immediately benefit high-income people.


bipartisanreport--2020-07-10--Trump Calls Education ‘Radical Left Indoctrination’ During Afternoon Meltdown

The current president of the United States really wants schools to reopen for fall .
Not because he ’ s concerned about students ’ lack of socialization or their mental health from being quarantined , but because parents have to be able to go back to work for the economy to fully reopen .
If the economy does not open and rebound before November , Donald Trump is in trouble .
Who cares if those students , teachers , and administrators get a virus that could kill them or their families during an election year ?
Now , the president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ education , using an old conservative talking point about “ liberal indoctrination ” in colleges and universities .
Of course , none of those conservatives mention that having an education makes you think critically about politics and policies , they just need to keep their voters away from an educational facility lest they stop believing that Gay Pride parades cause hurricanes and windmills cause cancer .
Earlier in the week , Trump also threatened to pull funding from public schools , schools where most parents must send their children when the schools are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they do not reopen in the fall .
Because Congress holds the power of the purse , Trump is unlikely to get funding pulled from schools .
It ’ s a similar claim to his 2016 presidential election rhetoric when he promised to “ repeal Obamacare on day one ” or to keep Muslims from traveling to the United States .
It ’ s an empty and impossible promise , but one that is also telling about Trump ’ s rabid desperation ahead of the November election .
Twitter was exasperated with Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ system .
Read some of their comments below :

The current president of the United States really wants schools to reopen for fall. Not because he’s concerned about students’ lack of socialization or their mental health from being quarantined, but because parents have to be able to go back to work for the economy to fully reopen. If the economy does not open and rebound before November, Donald Trump is in trouble. Who cares if those students, teachers, and administrators get a virus that could kill them or their families during an election year?
Now, the president is threatening to cut funding to higher education, using an old conservative talking point about “liberal indoctrination” in colleges and universities. Of course, none of those conservatives mention that having an education makes you think critically about politics and policies, they just need to keep their voters away from an educational facility lest they stop believing that Gay Pride parades cause hurricanes and windmills cause cancer.
Earlier in the week, Trump also threatened to pull funding from public schools, schools where most parents must send their children when the schools are open or risk criminal charges, if they do not reopen in the fall.
Because Congress holds the power of the purse, Trump is unlikely to get funding pulled from schools. It’s a similar claim to his 2016 presidential election rhetoric when he promised to “repeal Obamacare on day one” or to keep Muslims from traveling to the United States. It’s an empty and impossible promise, but one that is also telling about Trump’s rabid desperation ahead of the November election.
Twitter was exasperated with Trump’s endless threats to our education system. Read some of their comments below:


bipartisanreport--2020-07-10--Trump Top Liaison Abruptly Resigns After Corruption Allegation

Donald Trump may have been able to convince his supporters that he will “ drain the swamp ” as president – a phrase that once meant getting big money out of politics but now seems to mean only drumming up fake investigations against political rivals – but the truth is , he ’ s done nothing more than restock that swamp .
From hiring corporate oil executives to serve as secretary of state to making his wealthy donors ambassadors to countries he ’ d like to extort , Trump has made the swamp the most popular place on earth for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American politics with big , big money .
Picture this : a man appointed to the legislative affairs office , who of course once served as a GOP lobbyist , admitted to receiving intelligence from the White House to pass onto to his corporate clients , some of whom are members of the Chinese government .
POLITICO finds this out and asks questions of the White House as to why the man is doing so .
The White House insists that nothing “ nefarious ” is going on and , by the next @ @ @ @ @ @ @ None of that looks suspicious , right ?
‘ On two occasions over the last few days , Chris Cox — who runs House outreach for the White House legislative affairs office — suggested to colleagues he was doing errands and collecting political intelligence for lobbyist friends on K Street .
Cox told colleagues in the White House that he was seeking information on the executive orders that President Donald Trump was readying to issue so he could brief people downtown — in other words , suggesting he wanted to give lobbyists a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lobbyist inside the White House is unprecedented , just like many of the explosive revelations regarding Trump ’ s presidency have proven to be .
The man lasted less than four months in his position , a record that may have only been previously topped by the four-day long tenure of Anthony Scaramucci as White House communications director .
Cox has plenty of company outside the White House , although it ’ s not exactly good company .
After all , several of Trump ’ s insider buddies are currently serving prison sentences @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Twitter after leaving and daring to speak the truth about the most corrupt presidential administration in history .

Donald Trump may have been able to convince his supporters that he will “drain the swamp” as president – a phrase that once meant getting big money out of politics but now seems to mean only drumming up fake investigations against political rivals – but the truth is, he’s done nothing more than restock that swamp. From hiring corporate oil executives to serve as secretary of state to making his wealthy donors ambassadors to countries he’d like to extort, Trump has made the swamp the most popular place on earth for corporate lobbyists and those wishing to influence American politics with big, big money.
Chris Cox, Trump's top liaison to the House, has told associates he is leaving the White House, 15 hours after POLITICO raised questions about his alleged contacts with a former lobbying client while in government. https://t.co/n22c7Is4SQ — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 10, 2020
Picture this: a man appointed to the legislative affairs office, who of course once served as a GOP lobbyist, admitted to receiving intelligence from the White House to pass onto to his corporate clients, some of whom are members of the Chinese government. POLITICO finds this out and asks questions of the White House as to why the man is doing so. The White House insists that nothing “nefarious” is going on and, by the next morning, the man is fired.
None of that looks suspicious, right?
According to POLITICO:
‘On two occasions over the last few days, Chris Cox — who runs House outreach for the White House legislative affairs office — suggested to colleagues he was doing errands and collecting political intelligence for lobbyist friends on K Street. Cox told colleagues in the White House that he was seeking information on the executive orders that President Donald Trump was readying to issue so he could brief people downtown — in other words, suggesting he wanted to give lobbyists a sneak peek.’
NEW: Chris Cox, Trump’s top legislative affairs liaison to the House, is apparently leaving the White House, just 15 hours after Politico ran a story alleging he was collecting political intelligence for lobbyist friends https://t.co/UGHRhXvOcp — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 10, 2020
Cox working as a lobbyist inside the White House is unprecedented, just like many of the explosive revelations regarding Trump’s presidency have proven to be. The man lasted less than four months in his position, a record that may have only been previously topped by the four-day long tenure of Anthony Scaramucci as White House communications director.
‘Cox’s job is primarily to help execute the administration’s priorities on Capitol Hill. He worked in the legislative affairs shop during George W. Bush’s administration. Prior to joining the White House in March, Cox himself was a lobbyist.’
Chris Cox is the 541st person to leave the Trump admin since the beginning Full list: https://t.co/9iDGamXRvC Article written earlier this year: https://t.co/tJXPreytig — ImagineWorldas1 (@ImagineWorldas1) July 10, 2020
Cox has plenty of company outside the White House, although it’s not exactly good company. After all, several of Trump’s insider buddies are currently serving prison sentences and nearly all have been trashed on Twitter after leaving and daring to speak the truth about the most corrupt presidential administration in history.
‘It was noticeable to many people at all levels of the White House that he was openly collecting political intelligence for corporate special interests and lobbyists on K Street from deep inside the sanctum of the White House.’
Chris Cox is one of the numerous Trump people who whisper, leak, gossip, and looking for one more pay @realDonaldTrump @ProjectLincoln https://t.co/JyPK1t5ZJU https://t.co/WuZ8n6GiQB — SCAM (@SCAM518) July 10, 2020
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bipartisanreport--2020-07-10--Trump ‘Guide To History’ Makes You Wonder How He Hasn’t Wandered Into Traffic

Donald Trump has emphasized the importance of “ history and culture ” before proving , over and over again , that he knows nothing about either .
In a new video from Now This , Trump ’ s worst history lesson gaffes point out that the current U.S. president is far from the “ stable genius ” he claims to be .
The man with a very fancy college degree from Wharton School of Business , a prestigious college whose judgment on accepting Trump at all is now in question , has so far been unable to locate on a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ airports , and Civil Rights hero Frederick Douglass might be found .
He ’ s accused Canada of having burned down the White House and Abraham Lincoln of having “ phobias.
” He ’ s even insisted that the Great Depression was only partially the U.S. government ’ s fault .
For a man who claims to love his country , he knows absolutely nothing about it .
Of course , this is also the same man who thinks that windmills cause cancer and injecting a patient with disinfectant will kill a virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ surprising .
What should be surprising , in fact it should be alarming , is that this man is the current leader of our country and of the free world .
He can not even explain what foreign policy is , much less what his administration ’ s might be .
The video is especially ironic with Trump and the GOP pointing out every word stumble from a candidate who overcome a childhood stutter , saying that those stutters have implications regarding the mental well-being of Joe Biden .
People in glass houses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quote Trump might take credit for himself , since he ’ s “ like really smart ” and “ a stable genius .
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Donald Trump has emphasized the importance of “history and culture” before proving, over and over again, that he knows nothing about either. In a new video from Now This, Trump’s worst history lesson gaffes point out that the current U.S. president is far from the “stable genius” he claims to be.
The man with a very fancy college degree from Wharton School of Business, a prestigious college whose judgment on accepting Trump at all is now in question, has so far been unable to locate on a historical timeline where President Andrew Jackson, airports, and Civil Rights hero Frederick Douglass might be found. He’s accused Canada of having burned down the White House and Abraham Lincoln of having “phobias.” He’s even insisted that the Great Depression was only partially the U.S. government’s fault. For a man who claims to love his country, he knows absolutely nothing about it.
Of course, this is also the same man who thinks that windmills cause cancer and injecting a patient with disinfectant will kill a virus, so none of this should be surprising. What should be surprising, in fact it should be alarming, is that this man is the current leader of our country and of the free world. He cannot even explain what foreign policy is, much less what his administration’s might be.
The video is especially ironic with Trump and the GOP pointing out every word stumble from a candidate who overcome a childhood stutter, saying that those stutters have implications regarding the mental well-being of Joe Biden. People in glass houses should likely not throw stones, a quote Trump might take credit for himself, since he’s “like really smart” and “a stable genius.”
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bipartisanreport--2020-07-10--Trump Accuses Biden Of ‘Plagiarizing’ Him During Mid-Morning Meltdown

Once upon a time , people running for president were held to strict public scrutiny .
Cheating on your wife ended your campaign .
Making a strange sound during a campaign rally was enough to turn voters against you .
Even the accusation of plagiarism during a candidate ’ s school days could derail a bid for the presidency .
Then Donald Trump came along , and all those standards were rewritten .
Trump would like you to still hold his challengers to those standards , though , and especially since he has no real agenda for his second term @ @ @ @ @ @ @ presidential elections , which President George H. W. Bush eventually ran against a young upstart from Arkansas named Bill Clinton , longtime Senator Joe Biden was a primary candidate .
His campaign went belly up when an accusation of having plagiarized a writing during his college years surfaced , to which Biden readily admitted and suspended his campaign .
Donald Trump , the man whose wife plagiarized Michelle Obama ’ s convention speech , the man who reportedly paid a smart friend to take his SATs , the man who thinks that windmills @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disinfectant will kill a virus , wants voters to remember that decades-old scandal .
He has almost nothing else to go on these days .
Joe Biden has absolutely no reason to plagiarize Trump ’ s economic policies .
Trump has done little more than ride President Obama ’ s successful policies , policies during which Biden served as Vice President .
Perhaps Trump should spend more time thinking about what his 2020 campaign agenda might be , or work on addressing the many , many controversies surrounding his own administration , before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ certainly not interested in hearing anything about a Biden plagiarism scandal .
Read some of their comments below :

Once upon a time, people running for president were held to strict public scrutiny. Cheating on your wife ended your campaign. Making a strange sound during a campaign rally was enough to turn voters against you. Even the accusation of plagiarism during a candidate’s school days could derail a bid for the presidency.
Then Donald Trump came along, and all those standards were rewritten. Trump would like you to still hold his challengers to those standards, though, and especially since he has no real agenda for his second term to speak of.
#BREAKING: President Trump slams Joe Biden's economic plan: "He plagiarized from me, but he could never pull it off. He likes plagiarizing." pic.twitter.com/Fhw11aHHpG — The Hill (@thehill) July 10, 2020
In the 1988 presidential elections, which President George H. W. Bush eventually ran against a young upstart from Arkansas named Bill Clinton, longtime Senator Joe Biden was a primary candidate. His campaign went belly up when an accusation of having plagiarized a writing during his college years surfaced, to which Biden readily admitted and suspended his campaign.
Donald Trump, the man whose wife plagiarized Michelle Obama’s convention speech, the man who reportedly paid a smart friend to take his SATs, the man who thinks that windmills cause cancer and injecting a person with disinfectant will kill a virus, wants voters to remember that decades-old scandal. He has almost nothing else to go on these days.
Joe Biden has absolutely no reason to plagiarize Trump’s economic policies. Trump has done little more than ride President Obama’s successful policies, policies during which Biden served as Vice President.
Perhaps Trump should spend more time thinking about what his 2020 campaign agenda might be, or work on addressing the many, many controversies surrounding his own administration, before playing his attack game.
Twitter was certainly not interested in hearing anything about a Biden plagiarism scandal. Read some of their comments below:
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bipartisanreport--2020-07-10--US. Army General Breaks With Trump Over Blatantly Racist Confederate Statues

President Donald Trump has lately made it one of his apparent life goals to defend monuments to the Confederacy .
He ’ s gone so far that he ’ s threatened to veto the entire defense spending authorization bill for the upcoming fiscal year if it includes a provision for the removal of Confederate names from Army bases .
At a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee this week , Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley broke with the president and admitted that the U.S. military needs to take a “ hard look ” at the presence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bases .
‘ The Confederacy — the American Civil War was fought , and it was an act of rebellion .
t was an act of treason at the time against the Union , against the stars and stripes , against the U.S. Constitution , and those officers turn their back on their oath .
Now , some have a different view of that .
Some think it ’ s heritage .
Others think it ’ s hate.
’ Milley was testifying alongside Defense Secretary Mark Esper , both of whom faced criticism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a photo op at a D.C. church in an area from which peaceful protesters had just been violently cleared .
Both Milley and Esper have since distanced themselves from the incident , which Trump and his allies have outlandishly tried to depict as some kind of show of strength , or whatever .
Nevertheless , Milley was clear in his assessment that Confederate names on U.S. military bases are not a closed issue .
As he explained , based on personal experience in the military , some Americans may serve at bases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their very own ancestors .
‘ The military equity here is divisiveness and , as you mentioned , cohesion .
And for those young soldiers that go on to a base , a Fort Hood or a Fort Bragg or a fort wherever , named after a Confederate general , they can be reminded that that general fought for an institution of slavery that may have enslaved one of their ancestors .
I had a staff sergeant when I was a young officer who actually told me that at Fort Bragg , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day on a base that represented a guy who enslaved his grandparents.
’ Trump and some of his allies who ’ ve opposed renaming the bases have suggested that doing so would erase history , or something .
It won ’ t .
They can just go read a book .

President Donald Trump has lately made it one of his apparent life goals to defend monuments to the Confederacy. He’s gone so far that he’s threatened to veto the entire defense spending authorization bill for the upcoming fiscal year if it includes a provision for the removal of Confederate names from Army bases. At a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee this week, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley broke with the president and admitted that the U.S. military needs to take a “hard look” at the presence of vestiges of the Confederacy among its bases.
As Milley noted:
‘The Confederacy — the American Civil War was fought, and it was an act of rebellion. t was an act of treason at the time against the Union, against the stars and stripes, against the U.S. Constitution, and those officers turn their back on their oath. Now, some have a different view of that. Some think it’s heritage. Others think it’s hate.’
Milley was testifying alongside Defense Secretary Mark Esper, both of whom faced criticism in recent weeks when they accompanied Trump to a photo op at a D.C. church in an area from which peaceful protesters had just been violently cleared. Both Milley and Esper have since distanced themselves from the incident, which Trump and his allies have outlandishly tried to depict as some kind of show of strength, or whatever.
Nevertheless, Milley was clear in his assessment that Confederate names on U.S. military bases are not a closed issue. As he explained, based on personal experience in the military, some Americans may serve at bases named after slaveholding generals who helped oppress their very own ancestors.
Milley commented:
‘The military equity here is divisiveness and, as you mentioned, cohesion. And for those young soldiers that go on to a base, a Fort Hood or a Fort Bragg or a fort wherever, named after a Confederate general, they can be reminded that that general fought for an institution of slavery that may have enslaved one of their ancestors. I had a staff sergeant when I was a young officer who actually told me that at Fort Bragg, and he said he went to work every day on a base that represented a guy who enslaved his grandparents.’
Trump and some of his allies who’ve opposed renaming the bases have suggested that doing so would erase history, or something. It won’t. They can just go read a book.


bipartisanreport--2020-07-10--U.S. Military Vets Ditch Trump To Release Video Attack Ad Against GOP

Since Trump ’ s first day in the White House , the scandals and alarming reports have so flooded the news cycles that it ’ s easy to let stories that would have derailed any other presidency slip through the cracks .
America may have even forgotten that Trump made illegal hush money campaign payments to an adult film star through his lawyer and “ fixer , ” that his sister was forced to retire as a longtime federal judge to avoid an investigation into the tax fraud she and her brother committed with their inheritance money , and that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ history to be impeached , the first for extorting a foreign country .
The Russian bounty story , however , is not going away .
That ’ s because organizations like VoteVets and The Lincoln Project are determined to remind voters every day between now and November 3 , 2020 .
In the latest ad for VoteVets.org , an political action committee run by an organization of retired military veterans , Americans are reminded that the president received intelligence in a written daily briefing that the Russian government was offering the Taliban bounties @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Not only did Trump fail to act on that intelligence , he went forward with plans to request that Russia be added back into the G8 and continued to side with Russian President Vladimir Putin over his own intelligence community .
For his part , Trump says he was never briefed because the intelligence was not “ verified , ” but the record shows that the information was included in his written daily briefings ( Trump just didn ’ t read them or chose to ignore them ) and that intelligence is never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reported to the president regardless when a threat to American lives exist .
Like COVID-19 , Trump simply chose to ignore that which might make him look bad and compromise his chances at winning reelection , American lives be damned .
Twitter was appreciative of VoteVets.org ’ s efforts and let their support be known .
Read some of their comments below :

Since Trump’s first day in the White House, the scandals and alarming reports have so flooded the news cycles that it’s easy to let stories that would have derailed any other presidency slip through the cracks. America may have even forgotten that Trump made illegal hush money campaign payments to an adult film star through his lawyer and “fixer,” that his sister was forced to retire as a longtime federal judge to avoid an investigation into the tax fraud she and her brother committed with their inheritance money, and that Trump became only the third president in history to be impeached, the first for extorting a foreign country.
The Russian bounty story, however, is not going away. That’s because organizations like VoteVets and The Lincoln Project are determined to remind voters every day between now and November 3, 2020.
It’s been two weeks and Trump has done NOTHING about Russia’s bounties on our troops.
He’s a coward who cares more about pleasing his Russian master than keeping our troops alive. What are you going to do about him this November?? #TraitorTrump#TwoWeeksOfSilence pic.twitter.com/ttS33l5AX5 — VoteVets (@votevets) July 10, 2020
In the latest ad for VoteVets.org, an political action committee run by an organization of retired military veterans, Americans are reminded that the president received intelligence in a written daily briefing that the Russian government was offering the Taliban bounties on the heads of U.S. soldiers. Not only did Trump fail to act on that intelligence, he went forward with plans to request that Russia be added back into the G8 and continued to side with Russian President Vladimir Putin over his own intelligence community.
For his part, Trump says he was never briefed because the intelligence was not “verified,” but the record shows that the information was included in his written daily briefings (Trump just didn’t read them or chose to ignore them) and that intelligence is never really “verified,” but is reported to the president regardless when a threat to American lives exist. Like COVID-19, Trump simply chose to ignore that which might make him look bad and compromise his chances at winning reelection, American lives be damned.
Twitter was appreciative of VoteVets.org’s efforts and let their support be known. Read some of their comments below:
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bipartisanreport--2020-07-10--Fauci Defiantly Rebuffs Trump’s Nonsense Claim About COVID-19 Danger

Recently , President Donald Trump claimed that 99 percent of Coronavirus cases are “ totally harmless , ” which is flatly incorrect .
Although it ’ s true that many people who contract the disease survive , these same survivors frequently need hospitalization , and the long-term physical effects of the illness are only beginning to come into focus .
In an interview with Financial Times published this week , Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health explained that Trump ’ s claim that 99 percent of cases are “ harmless ” is “ obviously not ” correct @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if the president didn ’ t push obvious falsehoods amidst a deadly pandemic ?
As Fauci put it , discussing the president ’ s claim that 99 percent of cases are harmless : ‘ I ’ m trying to figure out where the president got that number .
What I think happened is that someone told him that the general mortality is about 1 percent .
And he interpreted , therefore , that 99 percent is not a problem , when that ’ s obviously not the case.
’ It ’ s important @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rate is , in fact , “ general.
” Across the U.S. as a whole , the mortality rate currently sits at about 4 percent overall , meaning that about 4 percent of the confirmed cases have ended in death .
As of Friday morning , the U.S. had reported over 3.2 million cases and about 135,000 deaths , according to one count .
In some areas of the country , the mortality rate is significantly higher than the national level .
In New York , for instance , about 7.6 percent of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death .
As of Friday morning , the state had reported over 425,000 cases and over 32,000 deaths .
Nowhere in any of the data is there any support for Trump ’ s claim that 99 percent of Coronavirus cases are harmless .
In fact , the hospitals around the country that are currently struggling with very high levels of need are real world , real time evidence of how brazenly wrong that the president is .
Trump ’ s endlessly self-serving quest to see everything in a way that makes himself look @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lives , because he can use his nonsensical claims about the Coronavirus as excuses not to take the situation seriously .

Recently, President Donald Trump claimed that 99 percent of Coronavirus cases are “totally harmless,” which is flatly incorrect. Although it’s true that many people who contract the disease survive, these same survivors frequently need hospitalization, and the long-term physical effects of the illness are only beginning to come into focus. In an interview with Financial Times published this week, Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health explained that Trump’s claim that 99 percent of cases are “harmless” is “obviously not” correct. Wouldn’t it be great if the president didn’t push obvious falsehoods amidst a deadly pandemic?
As Fauci put it, discussing the president’s claim that 99 percent of cases are harmless:
‘I’m trying to figure out where the president got that number. What I think happened is that someone told him that the general mortality is about 1 percent. And he interpreted, therefore, that 99 percent is not a problem, when that’s obviously not the case.’
It’s important to note — that 1 percent mortality rate is, in fact, “general.” Across the U.S. as a whole, the mortality rate currently sits at about 4 percent overall, meaning that about 4 percent of the confirmed cases have ended in death. As of Friday morning, the U.S. had reported over 3.2 million cases and about 135,000 deaths, according to one count. In some areas of the country, the mortality rate is significantly higher than the national level. In New York, for instance, about 7.6 percent of the confirmed Coronavirus cases have ended in death. As of Friday morning, the state had reported over 425,000 cases and over 32,000 deaths.
Nowhere in any of the data is there any support for Trump’s claim that 99 percent of Coronavirus cases are harmless. In fact, the hospitals around the country that are currently struggling with very high levels of need are real world, real time evidence of how brazenly wrong that the president is. Trump’s endlessly self-serving quest to see everything in a way that makes himself look as good as possible is costing American lives, because he can use his nonsensical claims about the Coronavirus as excuses not to take the situation seriously.


bipartisanreport--2020-07-10--Republican Caught Switching Absentee Ballot Requests From Dem To GOP

President Donald Trump seems to endlessly rant about supposed election fraud , although actual instances of fraud are a lot fewer than he claims and are consistently found out and dealt with by authorities .
This week , authorities in West Virginia announced that a man had been criminally charged after he altered absentee ballot requests , changing the party affiliation from Democratic to Republican in at least five cases .
( In three other cases , he altered other parts of the ballot requests . )
The perpetrator of the attempted fraud is 47-year-old Thomas Cooper , who is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eight years in prison , although as part of a plea deal , prosecutors have agreed to seek a reduced sentence .
‘ A West Virginia mail carrier is facing prison time after admitting he attempted election fraud by changing the party registrations of people who had requested absentee ballots for the state ’ s June primary , officials announced Thursday .
Thomas Cooper , 47 , of Dry Fork signed an agreement in which he pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to defraud the residents of West Virginia of a fair @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the mail.
’ Cooper ’ s defense is that he altered the ballot requests as a “ joke.
” The ballots were for the state ’ s June primary , and investigators got Cooper to admit to changing the ballot requests in April .
The Clerk of Pendleton County double-checked the requests on account of them appearing to have been altered with a black pen .
When the voters behind the requests were called — some of whom the clerk knew to be Democrats , not Republicans — a number of them explained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the requests .
There are a number of security measures in place , like signature verification , that help protect the security of mail-in ballots .
Mail-in ballots are already used on a very large scale in the United States to the point that an estimate reported by the Brennan Center suggests that one out of every four votes in the last two federal elections were cast via the mail .
Trump has baselessly alleged that mail-in voting sets the stage for some kind of huge fraud , and according to Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , benefits Democrats .
All of that is nonsense .
Again — mail-in ballots are already used on a large scale in the United States .
They are not new .
Five states conduct their elections almost entirely by mail , and in many other states , any voter can request a mail-in ballot , no questions asked .
As the Coronavirus pandemic has raged , some areas have ramped up the accessibility of mail-in voting , which has given Trump the opportunity to complain .

President Donald Trump seems to endlessly rant about supposed election fraud, although actual instances of fraud are a lot fewer than he claims and are consistently found out and dealt with by authorities. This week, authorities in West Virginia announced that a man had been criminally charged after he altered absentee ballot requests, changing the party affiliation from Democratic to Republican in at least five cases. (In three other cases, he altered other parts of the ballot requests.) The perpetrator of the attempted fraud is 47-year-old Thomas Cooper, who is a mail carrier and faces up to eight years in prison, although as part of a plea deal, prosecutors have agreed to seek a reduced sentence.
As Buzzfeed explains:
‘A West Virginia mail carrier is facing prison time after admitting he attempted election fraud by changing the party registrations of people who had requested absentee ballots for the state’s June primary, officials announced Thursday. Thomas Cooper, 47, of Dry Fork signed an agreement in which he pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to defraud the residents of West Virginia of a fair election and one count of injury to the mail.’
Cooper’s defense is that he altered the ballot requests as a “joke.” The ballots were for the state’s June primary, and investigators got Cooper to admit to changing the ballot requests in April. The Clerk of Pendleton County double-checked the requests on account of them appearing to have been altered with a black pen. When the voters behind the requests were called — some of whom the clerk knew to be Democrats, not Republicans — a number of them explained that they’d used blue pens on the requests.
Cooper’s attorney Scott Curnutte commented:
‘He is deeply sorry for the implications for our democratic process. It should be remembered, however, that the mail he altered were requests for ballots, not ballots themselves.’
There are a number of security measures in place, like signature verification, that help protect the security of mail-in ballots. Mail-in ballots are already used on a very large scale in the United States to the point that an estimate reported by the Brennan Center suggests that one out of every four votes in the last two federal elections were cast via the mail.
Trump has baselessly alleged that mail-in voting sets the stage for some kind of huge fraud, and according to Trump, this imaginary fraud, of course, benefits Democrats.
Just this Friday morning, Trump tweeted:
‘Mail-In Ballot fraud found in many elections. People are just now seeing how bad, dishonest and slow it is. Election results could be delayed for months. No more big election night answers? 1% not even counted in 2016. Ridiculous! Just a formula for RIGGING an Election’
….Absentee Ballots are fine because you have to go through a precise process to get your voting privilege. Not so with Mail-Ins. Rigged Election!!! 20% fraudulent ballots? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2020
All of that is nonsense. Again — mail-in ballots are already used on a large scale in the United States. They are not new. Five states conduct their elections almost entirely by mail, and in many other states, any voter can request a mail-in ballot, no questions asked. As the Coronavirus pandemic has raged, some areas have ramped up the accessibility of mail-in voting, which has given Trump the opportunity to complain.


bipartisanreport--2020-07-11--Trump Commutes Roger Stone Sentence, Justice Is Dead

If you ’ re a friend of Donald Trump , the “ law and order president ” will make sure the law does not apply to you .
In fact , under President Trump , “ law and order ” doesn ’ t really mean anything unless you deface the statue of a pro-slavery traitor to our country ; then you should be imprisoned for at least 10 years .
On Friday , as expected , Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime friend and unofficial campaign advisor in 2016 , Roger Stone .
Stone was convicted of lying to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and threatening a witness in his case .
In fact , he threatened to kill a witness .
He was caught on tape threatening to kill that witness ’ s service dog .
Business Insider summarizes the case against Stone by saying : ‘ In January 2019 , Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted Stone with one count of obstruction , five counts of false statements , and one count of witness tampering .
Stone denied the charges , and pleaded not guilty .
‘ On November 15 , 2019 , a jury convicted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against him , including obstructing the congressional investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election .
‘ Three months later on February 20 , a federal judge sentenced Stoneto 40 months in prison and ordered him to pay a $ 20,000 fine , serve four years of probation after his sentence , and complete 250 hours of community service.
’ At the conclusion of Roger Stone ’ s first trial , a trial in which he was convicted on all counts , prosecutors recommended a seven to nine year sentence but were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Department of Justice , and Stone was sentenced to 40 months in prison .
Prosecutors in his case quit in protest .
He was due to begin his sentence on July 14 .
Even Richard Nixon knew better than to pardon his Watergate friends , which is the reason they justifiably were each sent to prison .
Nixon , the only president to resign from the office in disgrace , would not sully the shreds he had left of his reputation by allowing his criminal friends to go free .
Donald Trump has @ @ @ @ @ @ @

If you’re a friend of Donald Trump, the “law and order president” will make sure the law does not apply to you. In fact, under President Trump, “law and order” doesn’t really mean anything unless you deface the statue of a pro-slavery traitor to our country; then you should be imprisoned for at least 10 years.
Trump just commuted Roger Stone’s sentence. Stone lied and intimidated witnesses to hide Trump’s exploitation of the Russian hack of his opponent’s campaign. With Trump there are now two systems of justice in America: One for Trump's criminal friends and one for everyone else. — Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) July 11, 2020
On Friday, as expected, Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime friend and unofficial campaign advisor in 2016, Roger Stone. Stone was convicted of lying to Congress, tampering with a jury, and threatening a witness in his case. In fact, he threatened to kill a witness. He was caught on tape threatening to kill that witness’s service dog.
Business Insider summarizes the case against Stone by saying:
‘In January 2019, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted Stone with one count of obstruction, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tampering. Stone denied the charges, and pleaded not guilty. ‘On November 15, 2019, a jury convicted Stone in federal court on all counts against him, including obstructing the congressional investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. ‘Three months later on February 20, a federal judge sentenced Stoneto 40 months in prison and ordered him to pay a $20,000 fine, serve four years of probation after his sentence, and complete 250 hours of community service.’
President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of longtime adviser Roger Stone, who was found guilty of seeking to thwart congressional and FBI investigations into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.https://t.co/IexaASNKHw — POLITICO (@politico) July 10, 2020
At the conclusion of Roger Stone’s first trial, a trial in which he was convicted on all counts, prosecutors recommended a seven to nine year sentence but were thwarted, allegedly by Trump’s Department of Justice, and Stone was sentenced to 40 months in prison. Prosecutors in his case quit in protest. He was due to begin his sentence on July 14.
POLITICO reports that:
‘The White House said in a statement: “Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Grant of Clemency commuting the unjust sentence of Roger Stone, Jr,” calling Stone “a victim of the Russia Hoax that the Left and its allies in the media perpetuated for years.”‘
BREAKING WH Press Sec: "Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Grant of Clemency commuting the unjust sentence of Roger Stone, Jr." pic.twitter.com/UCTMG5spKd — Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) July 10, 2020
Even Richard Nixon knew better than to pardon his Watergate friends, which is the reason they justifiably were each sent to prison. Nixon, the only president to resign from the office in disgrace, would not sully the shreds he had left of his reputation by allowing his criminal friends to go free.
Donald Trump has no such reputation to worry about.
Trump commutes Roger Stone’s sentence, using the power of his office to spare his longtime friend and adviser from prison. @maggieNYT @SharonLNYT https://t.co/TPpfzdE3QE — Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) July 10, 2020
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bipartisanreport--2020-07-10--Trump Condemns Universities & Schools Like A Maniac


bipartisanreport--2020-07-10--Another Top Trump Staffer Unexpectedly Resigns


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bipartisanreport--2020-07-12--Mueller Breaks Silence With Defiant Saturday Roger Stone Rebuttal

During the infamous Mueller investigation into allegations that the Trump campaign had secretly coordinated the illegal hacking of the DNC servers by Russia in 2016 , the special prosecutor , Robert Mueller , preferred to stay silent , letting his work speak for itself .
After President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime friend and unofficial campaign advisor , Roger Stone , Mueller felt the need to speak out .
In an op-ed for The Washington Post , Mueller defended his investigation and his team from claims that they illegally investigated anyone or that the investigation was illegitimate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the investigation into Stone ’ s crimes , which were many and decided upon by a jury of his peers .
In the op-ed , Mueller wrote that : Mueller spoke at length about the importance of the investigation , noting that it centered on Russian attempts to interfere in the U.S. presidential election .
Stone lied to Congress during their hearings as well as to a jury when he was tried for those lies .
He also threatened to kill a witness in his case and to harm the witness ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the order of the investigation to the letter and that Stone was rightfully convicted .
‘ The order specified lines of investigation for us to pursue , including any links or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the Trump campaign .
One of our cases involved Stone , an official on the campaign until mid-2015 and a supporter of the campaign throughout 2016 .
Stone became a central figure in our investigation for two key reasons : He communicated in 2016 with individuals known to us to be Russian intelligence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of WikiLeaks ’ release of emails stolen by those Russian intelligence officers.
’ Mueller laid out Stone ’ s crimes one by one , none of which are exactly revelations .
The story Mueller spelled out about Stone is documented and part of public record .
‘ Congress also investigated and sought information from Stone .
A jury later determined he lied repeatedly to members of Congress .
He lied about the identity of his intermediary to WikiLeaks .
He lied about the existence of written communications with his intermediary .
He lied @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump campaign about the timing of WikiLeaks ’ releases .
He in fact updated senior campaign officials repeatedly about WikiLeaks .
And he tampered with a witness , imploring him to stonewall Congress.
’ Mueller also noted that a commuted sentence does not erase the federal conviction , saying that “ the conviction stands ” despite Trump ’ s meddling .
‘ The jury ultimately convicted Stone of obstruction of a congressional investigation , five counts of making false statements to Congress and tampering with a witness .
Because his sentence has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prison .
But his conviction stands…We made every decision in Stone ’ s case , as in all our cases , based solely on the facts and the law and in accordance with the rule of law .
The women and men who conducted these investigations and prosecutions acted with the highest integrity .
Claims to the contrary are false .
’

During the infamous Mueller investigation into allegations that the Trump campaign had secretly coordinated the illegal hacking of the DNC servers by Russia in 2016, the special prosecutor, Robert Mueller, preferred to stay silent, letting his work speak for itself. After President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime friend and unofficial campaign advisor, Roger Stone, Mueller felt the need to speak out.
In the words of Robert Mueller, his investigation “established that the [Trump] campaign expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts.” His words speak volumes, and they should not have been necessary. https://t.co/DtZxD05y4b — Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) July 11, 2020
In an op-ed for The Washington Post, Mueller defended his investigation and his team from claims that they illegally investigated anyone or that the investigation was illegitimate. In particular, he focused on the investigation into Stone’s crimes, which were many and decided upon by a jury of his peers.
In the op-ed, Mueller wrote that:
‘I feel compelled to respond both to broad claims that our investigation was illegitimate and our motives were improper, and to specific claims that Roger Stone was a victim of our office. The Russia investigation was of paramount importance. Stone was prosecuted and convicted because he committed federal crimes. He remains a convicted felon, and rightly so.’
The White House statement on Roger Stone's commutation contained at least 12 lies and falsehoods. https://t.co/449XKEQxp2 — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 11, 2020
Mueller spoke at length about the importance of the investigation, noting that it centered on Russian attempts to interfere in the U.S. presidential election. Stone lied to Congress during their hearings as well as to a jury when he was tried for those lies. He also threatened to kill a witness in his case and to harm the witness’s service dog. Mueller says he followed the order of the investigation to the letter and that Stone was rightfully convicted.
‘The order specified lines of investigation for us to pursue, including any links or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the Trump campaign. One of our cases involved Stone, an official on the campaign until mid-2015 and a supporter of the campaign throughout 2016. Stone became a central figure in our investigation for two key reasons: He communicated in 2016 with individuals known to us to be Russian intelligence officers, and he claimed advance knowledge of WikiLeaks’ release of emails stolen by those Russian intelligence officers.’
NEW: Former special counsel Robert Mueller defends Russia probe, says Roger Stone remains a felon. The op-ed marked Mueller's first public statement on his investigation since his congressional appearance last July. https://t.co/VaIfi6aa0h — ABC News (@ABC) July 11, 2020
Mueller laid out Stone’s crimes one by one, none of which are exactly revelations. The story Mueller spelled out about Stone is documented and part of public record.
‘Congress also investigated and sought information from Stone. A jury later determined he lied repeatedly to members of Congress. He lied about the identity of his intermediary to WikiLeaks. He lied about the existence of written communications with his intermediary. He lied by denying he had communicated with the Trump campaign about the timing of WikiLeaks’ releases. He in fact updated senior campaign officials repeatedly about WikiLeaks. And he tampered with a witness, imploring him to stonewall Congress.’
To celebrate Roger Stone’s freedom, here are some of the many articles we have written about his conduct since 2016. https://t.co/tLa1to3UD3 — Dan Friedman (@dfriedman33) July 11, 2020
Mueller also noted that a commuted sentence does not erase the federal conviction, saying that “the conviction stands” despite Trump’s meddling.
‘The jury ultimately convicted Stone of obstruction of a congressional investigation, five counts of making false statements to Congress and tampering with a witness. Because his sentence has been commuted, he will not go to prison. But his conviction stands…We made every decision in Stone’s case, as in all our cases, based solely on the facts and the law and in accordance with the rule of law. The women and men who conducted these investigations and prosecutions acted with the highest integrity. Claims to the contrary are false.’
The company they keep. Later, Stone sent this valentine to Credico: an email calling Credico a “rat” and a “stoolie,”, threatening to take Credico’s service dog away from him, and telling him to “prepare to die, [expletive]deleted].”https://t.co/tDv5hzJriN https://t.co/qVznCn540f — Harry Litman (@harrylitman) January 26, 2019
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bipartisanreport--2020-07-11--Trump Attempt To Sell Puerto Rico After 2 Hurricanes Leaked By Former Staffer

When the completely inexperienced Donald Trump first proposed his bid for the presidency , a lot of his supporters insisted that having a businessman in the White House would be good for the economy .
As it turns out , Trump has never been a good businessman and it ’ s not really helpful in a crisis when all the businessman thinks to do is sell properties he no longer wants .
When John Kelly , former chief of staff to President Trump , left the Department of Homeland Security , the acting director there became a woman named Elaine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disclosed a number of startling revelations , but perhaps the most jaw-dropping one involved Trump trying to sell Puerto Rico because his response to the two hurricanes that ravished the island made him look bad .
According to The New York Times : ‘ Among her most searing moments during the response to the hurricanes came when she heard Mr. Trump raise the possibility of “ divesting ” or “ selling ” Puerto Rico as the island struggled to recover .
‘ “ The president ’ s initial ideas were more of as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she recalled .
“ Can we outsource the electricity ?
Can we can we sell the island ?
You know , or divest of that asset ?
” ’ Puerto Rico is a United States territory and can not be sold away anymore than Trump can buy Greeland , a proposal he made in 2019 .
The idea is particularly cruel because these American citizens were attempting to rebuild under devastating circumstances and the man in charge of their government wanted to sell them like an old junk car .
Among other revelations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ ambush ” by Trump , Stephen Miller , and Jeff Sessions to force her to sign an order ending the DACA program .
an experience that deeply unnerved her .
‘ A lifelong Republican who describes herself as “ a kid from the Cleveland , Ohio , area , ” Ms. Duke said she supported tougher enforcement of immigration laws , as long as it was tempered by a sense of humanity that she tried to exhibit when she volunteered to teach naturalization classes .
But she described an administration that is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , values politics over policy and is dominated by a president who embraces “ hate-filled , angry and divisive ” language .
’

When the completely inexperienced Donald Trump first proposed his bid for the presidency, a lot of his supporters insisted that having a businessman in the White House would be good for the economy. As it turns out, Trump has never been a good businessman and it’s not really helpful in a crisis when all the businessman thinks to do is sell properties he no longer wants.
Elaine Duke says Trump proposed selling Puerto Rico. Buy Greenland, sell Puerto Rico. 🤔 https://t.co/A8F1QnvGp2 — Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) July 11, 2020
When John Kelly, former chief of staff to President Trump, left the Department of Homeland Security, the acting director there became a woman named Elaine Duke. In an interview, Duke disclosed a number of startling revelations, but perhaps the most jaw-dropping one involved Trump trying to sell Puerto Rico because his response to the two hurricanes that ravished the island made him look bad.
According to The New York Times:
‘Among her most searing moments during the response to the hurricanes came when she heard Mr. Trump raise the possibility of “divesting” or “selling” Puerto Rico as the island struggled to recover. ‘“The president’s initial ideas were more of as a businessman, you know,” she recalled. “Can we outsource the electricity? Can we can we sell the island? You know, or divest of that asset?”’
I watched 'Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga' yesterday and it tangentially reminded me that Trump wanted to buy Greenland last year. https://t.co/o9zN4YXnTZ — ه҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿Jon Fisher (@jonthepon) July 11, 2020
Puerto Rico is a United States territory and cannot be sold away anymore than Trump can buy Greeland, a proposal he made in 2019. The idea is particularly cruel because these American citizens were attempting to rebuild under devastating circumstances and the man in charge of their government wanted to sell them like an old junk car.
Fact: immediate response to Maria in Puerto Rico was less and slower than for Harvey in TX & Irma in FL. 3,000 Americans died. For almost a year, the gvt lied and told us it had been 64 deaths. It was not an “unsung success”. It was a mismanaged tragedy. https://t.co/X8VBRWdujL — Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) September 13, 2018
Among other revelations in Duke’s interview include an “ambush” by Trump, Stephen Miller, and Jeff Sessions to force her to sign an order ending the DACA program. an experience that deeply unnerved her.
‘A lifelong Republican who describes herself as “a kid from the Cleveland, Ohio, area,” Ms. Duke said she supported tougher enforcement of immigration laws, as long as it was tempered by a sense of humanity that she tried to exhibit when she volunteered to teach naturalization classes. But she described an administration that is often driven by ideology instead of deliberation, values politics over policy and is dominated by a president who embraces “hate-filled, angry and divisive” language.’
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bipartisanreport--2020-07-11--Trump Jr Accidentally Exposes GOP Voter Fraud During Saturday Flub

With just four months to go before the November 2020 elections , someone really should stop Donald Trump ’ s children from speaking publicly .
They support his every word and policy , but they ’ re oftentimes even more confused about how things work than their father is , and that ’ s a tall order .
On Saturday , Donald Trump , Jr. , the one whose girlfriend is under quarantine for contracting COVID-19 after attending a Trump rally in Tulsa , followed in his father ’ s footsteps by trying to convince supporters that mail-in ballots cause @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that shows it ’ s very , very rare .
Trump , Jr. shared a news story about a mail carrier changing ballots , saying that liberals insisted that voter fraud couldn ’ t possibly be manipulated when clearly these were .
Like his father , stepmother , and sister , Donald Junior voted by mail in the 2018 midterm election .
Of course , Junior missed several other key points .
First , there would be no news story to share had the mail carrier not been caught .
The fact that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his point since the voter fraud did not actually happen .
Second , Junior ’ s father has insisted that it ’ s Democrats who want mail-in voting during the global pandemic currently making Americans unsafe so they can cheat and win the next election .
However , the mail carrier was not a Democrat .
He ’ s a Republican who was changing Democrats ’ votes to Republican .
Twitter let him know about his facepalm moment .
Read some of their comments below : According to local WSAE in West Virginia @

With just four months to go before the November 2020 elections, someone really should stop Donald Trump’s children from speaking publicly. They support his every word and policy, but they’re oftentimes even more confused about how things work than their father is, and that’s a tall order.
But but but this would never really happen!!!🙄 Mail carrier in West Virginia pleads guilty to attempted election fraud for attempting to alter mail-in ballot request forms. https://t.co/gEaEqPOTeu — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 11, 2020
On Saturday, Donald Trump, Jr., the one whose girlfriend is under quarantine for contracting COVID-19 after attending a Trump rally in Tulsa, followed in his father’s footsteps by trying to convince supporters that mail-in ballots cause massive voter fraud despite decades of statistics that shows it’s very, very rare.
Trump, Jr. shared a news story about a mail carrier changing ballots, saying that liberals insisted that voter fraud couldn’t possibly be manipulated when clearly these were. Like his father, stepmother, and sister, Donald Junior voted by mail in the 2018 midterm election. Of course, Junior missed several other key points.
First, there would be no news story to share had the mail carrier not been caught. The fact that Junior is sharing it at all negates his point since the voter fraud did not actually happen. Second, Junior’s father has insisted that it’s Democrats who want mail-in voting during the global pandemic currently making Americans unsafe so they can cheat and win the next election. However, the mail carrier was not a Democrat. He’s a Republican who was changing Democrats’ votes to Republican.
Twitter let him know about his facepalm moment. Read some of their comments below:
According to local WSAE in West Virginia:
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bipartisanreport--2020-07-11--Pelosi Counters Trump With Anti-Pardon Legislation Announcement

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ( D-Calif. ) is planning legislation to rein in presidential power after Trump commuted the prison sentence of his longtime ally Roger Stone , who had been scheduled to report to prison on Tuesday .
Stone , who will now no longer have to report to prison at all , had been found guilty of an array of federal crimes relating to an obstruction of justice scheme that he launched in part to try and shield the president and the Trump campaign from scrutiny .
He ’ d lied to Congressional investigators and threatened a fellow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into going along with the lies , among other acts .
She also pointed to the November election as another opportunity to avert more catastrophic corruption from Trump .
Voting in someone other than Trump will suddenly get him and his cronies out from behind the wheel of the federal government ’ s policy .
As Pelosi put it : Pelosi , like many other prominent Democrats , has formally endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden , who leads Trump in many polls on the national level and in swing states around @ @ @ @ @ @ @ won in 2016 and were crucial to his margin of victory in the electoral college .
According to RealClearPolitics , Biden leads Trump by an average of 8.8 percent on the national level , as of Saturday afternoon .
Biden also leads in states like Wisconsin , Pennsylvania , and Michigan .
Pelosi ’ s call for legislation dealing with presidential pardon and clemency power comes on the heels of the 2019 introduction of related legislation by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff .
In pardon situations , his legislation would mandate the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Congressional committees of “ all materials of an investigation that were obtained by a United States Attorney , another Federal prosecutor , or an investigative authority of the Federal Government , relating to the offense for which the individual is so pardoned.
” Those materials would give the chance for Congress to investigate potential conflicts of interest behind the pardon .
Schiff is among those who ’ ve spoken out strongly against Trump over his commutation of Stone ’ s sentence .
He commented : Trump doesn ’ t appear to care .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ about every opponent imaginable is somehow out to get him , and he wants everyone else to believe that nonsense too .

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is planning legislation to rein in presidential power after Trump commuted the prison sentence of his longtime ally Roger Stone, who had been scheduled to report to prison on Tuesday. Stone, who will now no longer have to report to prison at all, had been found guilty of an array of federal crimes relating to an obstruction of justice scheme that he launched in part to try and shield the president and the Trump campaign from scrutiny. He’d lied to Congressional investigators and threatened a fellow witness in an attempt to pressure him into going along with the lies, among other acts.
In a Saturday statement, Pelosi insisted:
‘Congress will take action to prevent this type of brazen wrongdoing. Legislation is needed to ensure that no President can pardon or commute the sentence of an individual who is engaged in a cover-up campaign to shield that President from criminal prosecution.’
President Trump’s decision to commute the sentence of top campaign advisor Roger Stone, who could directly implicate him in criminal misconduct, is an act of staggering corruption. https://t.co/Ljqu2E71zs — Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) July 11, 2020
She also pointed to the November election as another opportunity to avert more catastrophic corruption from Trump. Voting in someone other than Trump will suddenly get him and his cronies out from behind the wheel of the federal government’s policy. As Pelosi put it:
‘This decision and Trump’s many other acts of corruption point to the urgency of electing a President in November who will respect the Constitution, the rule of law and the will of the American people.’
Pelosi, like many other prominent Democrats, has formally endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, who leads Trump in many polls on the national level and in swing states around the country, including states that Trump won in 2016 and were crucial to his margin of victory in the electoral college. According to RealClearPolitics, Biden leads Trump by an average of 8.8 percent on the national level, as of Saturday afternoon. Biden also leads in states like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.
Pelosi’s call for legislation dealing with presidential pardon and clemency power comes on the heels of the 2019 introduction of related legislation by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff. In pardon situations, his legislation would mandate the delivery from the Attorney General to relevant Congressional committees of “all materials of an investigation that were obtained by a United States Attorney, another Federal prosecutor, or an investigative authority of the Federal Government, relating to the offense for which the individual is so pardoned.” Those materials would give the chance for Congress to investigate potential conflicts of interest behind the pardon.
Schiff is among those who’ve spoken out strongly against Trump over his commutation of Stone’s sentence. He commented:
‘Trump just commuted Roger Stone’s sentence. Stone lied and intimidated witnesses to hide Trump’s exploitation of the Russian hack of his opponent’s campaign. With Trump there are now two systems of justice in America: One for Trump’s criminal friends and one for everyone else.’
Trump just commuted Roger Stone’s sentence. Stone lied and intimidated witnesses to hide Trump’s exploitation of the Russian hack of his opponent’s campaign. With Trump there are now two systems of justice in America: One for Trump's criminal friends and one for everyone else. — Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) July 11, 2020
Trump doesn’t appear to care. He’s convinced himself that just about every opponent imaginable is somehow out to get him, and he wants everyone else to believe that nonsense too.