bipartisanreport--2020-09-22--‘The Lincoln Project’ Places 4 Anti-Trump Ads In Military Publications

There are just six weeks to go until we face one of the most consequential presidential election of our lifetimes .
Donald Trump announced he was ready to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hours after she died , disrespecting her and leaving her body behind .
She was a warrior in the fight for democracy .
Now all Americans must become warriors and pick up her weapons .
Senate Leader Moscow Mitch McConnell ( R-KY ) gleefully said that he had the votes to move someone into her empty seat .
In the hotbed of angry Americans , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against this president .
The group just came out with its new series of anti-Trump ads in its campaign strategy .
The Lincoln Project was formed by brilliant Republicans and former Republicans with the sole strategy of keeping Donald Trump out of office , The POLITICO reported : The first three advertising spots will target people in the military .
These ads go after POTUS for demeaning the veterans and prisoners of war , calling them “ suckers ” for getting caught , including Senator John McCain ( R-AZ ) .
He was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ half years in Vietnam .
Trump avoided the draft with a fake letter from a bought doctor .
When Moscow ’ s President Vladimir Putin put a bounty on the heads of American soldiers , Trump remained silent .
His relationship with the dictator is more important than the lives of our sons and daughters .
A fourth Lincoln Project ad honors those members of the military who lost their lives in battle .
The president did not want to go to the cemeteries of fallen American soldiers in Europe , because it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he called fallen troops “ losers.
” The Lincoln Project is placing digital ads in The Military Times ‘ publications and The Stars and Stripes , which is the military ’ s stand-alone newspaper .
Trump cut the funding for the Stars and Stripes , according to the Military Times , before an outcry changed his decision .
The military is a large block of voters who could turn the upcoming elections away from Trump and his Republican senators hungry for raw power over country .
Senior Adviser for Veterans ’ Affairs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : One of the ads compares the retired Marine Corps General and Trump ’ s first Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to the president .
The ad liberally uses quotes from The Atlantic magazine where the Marine general called his commander-in-chief a “ threat to the Constitution.
” The Lincoln Project ad asks : The ads will run through mid-October .
They are entitled : Bounty , Gone but not forgotten , Because they were captured , and Leadership .
The reason that The Lincoln Project is so determined is that Trump has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of destruction .
If necessary , he will take the USA down just to remain in power .
As our soldiers know , they are fighting for America , for our very democracy .
These ads are meant to fight for America , too .
The ad about prisoners of war may not be appropriate for all audiences .
POTUS wants to place an ultra-conservative woman on the Supreme Court to reverse Roe v. Act .
However , the Republican leaders are more interested in controlling women rather than being pro-life versus pro-choice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would not go hungry in the richest country in the world .
The military is just as susceptible to the coronavirus pandemic , perhaps moreso due to their close quarters .
The number of COVID-19 cases is on the rise with 47,136 cases tested on Tuesday alone .
Instead of dealing with it , Trump appears to be trying to convince the country that it “ affects nobody , ” especially young children .
He wants people to sacrifice their children on the altar of his Alice in Wonderland world , sending them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ died from this terrible disease , yes , including children .
Nearly 7,000,000 people have succumbed to the virus , and physicians and scientists suspect there are many long-term , serious side-effects .
Four months ago , the House passed a relief bill , the Heroes Act to bolster Americans with tens of millions of lost jobs and counting in this shaky economy .
In return , Moscow Mitch ’ s Senate offered an emaciated bill that cut out whole swaths of society .
He could not find the time to come back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hot-trotted it back to the capitol for his SCOTUS justice .
The new conservative-heavy Supreme Court will also put the Affordable Care Act ( Obamacare ) at risk .
It will remove the pre-existing conditions and throw Americans at the mercy of the insurance companies .
The people might easily be unable to afford insurance , if they can even find coverage .
Twitter world went wild after these ads came out .
Check out some responses from real Americans below , including wounded veteran Senator and Lt .
Colonel Tammy Duckworth .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ her Black Hawk helicopter was shot down .
They came back for her body : 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 .

There are just six weeks to go until we face one of the most consequential presidential election of our lifetimes. Donald Trump announced he was ready to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hours after she died, disrespecting her and leaving her body behind. She was a warrior in the fight for democracy. Now all Americans must become warriors and pick up her weapons.
Senate Leader Moscow Mitch McConnell (R-KY) gleefully said that he had the votes to move someone into her empty seat. In the hotbed of angry Americans, The Lincoln Project just upped their battle against this president.
The group just came out with its new series of anti-Trump ads in its campaign strategy. The Lincoln Project was formed by brilliant Republicans and former Republicans with the sole strategy of keeping Donald Trump out of office, The POLITICO reported:
‘[The group is] holding accountable those who would violate their oaths to the Constitution and would put others before Americans.’
The first three advertising spots will target people in the military. These ads go after POTUS for demeaning the veterans and prisoners of war, calling them “suckers” for getting caught, including Senator John McCain (R-AZ). He was captured and tortured for five and a half years in Vietnam. Trump avoided the draft with a fake letter from a bought doctor.
When Moscow’s President Vladimir Putin put a bounty on the heads of American soldiers, Trump remained silent. His relationship with the dictator is more important than the lives of our sons and daughters.
A fourth Lincoln Project ad honors those members of the military who lost their lives in battle. The president did not want to go to the cemeteries of fallen American soldiers in Europe, because it might muss up his hair. Instead, he called fallen troops “losers.”
The Lincoln Project is placing digital ads in The Military Times‘ publications and The Stars and Stripes, which is the military’s stand-alone newspaper. Trump cut the funding for the Stars and Stripes, according to the Military Times, before an outcry changed his decision. The military is a large block of voters who could turn the upcoming elections away from Trump and his Republican senators hungry for raw power over country.
Senior Adviser for Veterans’ Affairs at the Lincoln Project Fred Wellman said:
‘It’s a complete disgrace that a commander in chief who dodged serving in Vietnam and denigrated POWs publicly has the audacity to disrespect the millions of brave men and women who volunteered for military service.’
One of the ads compares the retired Marine Corps General and Trump’s first Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to the president. The ad liberally uses quotes from The Atlantic magazine where the Marine general called his commander-in-chief a “threat to the Constitution.” The Lincoln Project ad asks:
‘Who do you trust? The coward of the commander?’
The ads will run through mid-October. They are entitled: Bounty, Gone but not forgotten, Because they were captured, and Leadership.
The reason that The Lincoln Project is so determined is that Trump has been driving the country down a steep cliff of destruction. If necessary, he will take the USA down just to remain in power. As our soldiers know, they are fighting for America, for our very democracy. These ads are meant to fight for America, too.
The ad about prisoners of war may not be appropriate for all audiences.
POTUS wants to place an ultra-conservative woman on the Supreme Court to reverse Roe v. Act. However, the Republican leaders are more interested in controlling women rather than being pro-life versus pro-choice. Otherwise, one in five children would not go hungry in the richest country in the world.
The military is just as susceptible to the coronavirus pandemic, perhaps moreso due to their close quarters. The number of COVID-19 cases is on the rise with 47,136 cases tested on Tuesday alone.
Instead of dealing with it, Trump appears to be trying to convince the country that it “affects nobody,” especially young children. He wants people to sacrifice their children on the altar of his Alice in Wonderland world, sending them back to school when 200,428 people have died from this terrible disease, yes, including children. Nearly 7,000,000 people have succumbed to the virus, and physicians and scientists suspect there are many long-term, serious side-effects.
Four months ago, the House passed a relief bill, the Heroes Act to bolster Americans with tens of millions of lost jobs and counting in this shaky economy. In return, Moscow Mitch’s Senate offered an emaciated bill that cut out whole swaths of society. He could not find the time to come back and do his job, but he hot-trotted it back to the capitol for his SCOTUS justice.
The new conservative-heavy Supreme Court will also put the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) at risk. It will remove the pre-existing conditions and throw Americans at the mercy of the insurance companies. The people might easily be unable to afford insurance, if they can even find coverage.
Twitter world went wild after these ads came out. Check out some responses from real Americans below, including wounded veteran Senator and Lt. Colonel Tammy Duckworth. The rescuers thought she was dead after her Black Hawk helicopter was shot down. They came back for her body:
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--2020-09-22--GOP Appealing New Supreme Court To Limit Voting-By-Mail

Following a recent court defeat in Pennsylvania over voting rights and election access , Republicans are planning to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court , according to recent court filings .
This appeal would be coming after the recent death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg , which left the court with eight Justices in total , five of whom lean conservative and three of whom lean liberal .
Republicans may be hoping to exploit the new ideological alignment on the court for their own partisan advantages .
They ’ re fighting against a planned extension of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which is meant to compensate for recent slowdowns at the Postal Service .
In the case that the GOP is planning to appeal to the Supreme Court , a top court in Pennsylvania recently ruled that the deadline for receiving mail-in ballots could be extended to the third day after Election Day , although mail-in ballots still have to be postmarked by Election Day itself .
The ruling included the specific provision that ballots would be required to have a postmark proving that they were dropped off by Election Day , and , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ postmark but arrived within the three-day period , then they would be assumed to have been mailed by Election Day unless a “ preponderance of the evidence ” indicated otherwise .
Republicans claim that extending the deadline for receiving mail-in ballots could open the door to fraudulent ballots that were mailed after Election Day getting included in final counts .
It ’ s unclear what if any evidence that they may have for this claim .
The seemingly imaginary fraudulent scheme that Republicans are sounding an alarm about would entail somehow managing to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the mail after Election Day without a postmark and then delivered to election authorities within a three-day period , amidst national slowdowns in mail service .
On Monday night , the Republican Party of Pennsylvania asked the state ’ s top court to pause the implementation of its ruling , which they explained was meant to provide them an opportunity to appeal to the Supreme Court .
It ’ s unclear if or when the Supreme Court might actually take up Pennsylvania Republicans ’ case for consideration .
It ’ s also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ planned replacement for Ginsburg might be confirmed , although Senate Republicans have made clear that they ’ re in a hurry .
Trump , on his own time , has pushed many conspiracy theories about the upcoming election .
He has claimed that a widespread usage of mail-in ballots will irreparably damage the legitimacy of the election results , but there ’ s no evidence for this claim .
He ’ s even claimed that foreign countries could submit fraudulent ballots to be tabulated among legitimate mail-in ballots .
There ’ s no @ @ @ @ @ @

Following a recent court defeat in Pennsylvania over voting rights and election access, Republicans are planning to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, according to recent court filings. This appeal would be coming after the recent death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, which left the court with eight Justices in total, five of whom lean conservative and three of whom lean liberal. Republicans may be hoping to exploit the new ideological alignment on the court for their own partisan advantages. They’re fighting against a planned extension of the Pennsylvania deadline for receiving mail-in ballots, which is meant to compensate for recent slowdowns at the Postal Service.
In the case that the GOP is planning to appeal to the Supreme Court, a top court in Pennsylvania recently ruled that the deadline for receiving mail-in ballots could be extended to the third day after Election Day, although mail-in ballots still have to be postmarked by Election Day itself. The ruling included the specific provision that ballots would be required to have a postmark proving that they were dropped off by Election Day, and, if they didn’t have the postmark but arrived within the three-day period, then they would be assumed to have been mailed by Election Day unless a “preponderance of the evidence” indicated otherwise.
Republicans claim that extending the deadline for receiving mail-in ballots could open the door to fraudulent ballots that were mailed after Election Day getting included in final counts. It’s unclear what if any evidence that they may have for this claim. The seemingly imaginary fraudulent scheme that Republicans are sounding an alarm about would entail somehow managing to get a presumably significant number of ballots in the mail after Election Day without a postmark and then delivered to election authorities within a three-day period, amidst national slowdowns in mail service.
On Monday night, the Republican Party of Pennsylvania asked the state’s top court to pause the implementation of its ruling, which they explained was meant to provide them an opportunity to appeal to the Supreme Court.
They said:
‘The court’s judgment… creates a serious likelihood that Pennsylvania’s imminent general election will be tainted by votes that were illegally cast or mailed after Election Day… The Republican Party of Pennsylvania respectfully asks the court for a partial stay of its judgment, pending disposition of (our) forthcoming stay application and petition for writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court.’
It’s unclear if or when the Supreme Court might actually take up Pennsylvania Republicans’ case for consideration. It’s also unclear when precisely that Trump’s planned replacement for Ginsburg might be confirmed, although Senate Republicans have made clear that they’re in a hurry.
Trump, on his own time, has pushed many conspiracy theories about the upcoming election. He has claimed that a widespread usage of mail-in ballots will irreparably damage the legitimacy of the election results, but there’s no evidence for this claim. He’s even claimed that foreign countries could submit fraudulent ballots to be tabulated among legitimate mail-in ballots. There’s no evidence for this claim either.


bipartisanreport--2020-09-22--Acosta Owns McEnany During Intense Tuesday Press Conference

Eight months and 200,000 lives later , Donald Trump is still telling his supporters lies about COVID-19 even after having been caught on tape saying something entirely different .
These aren ’ t lies about a scandal or how well a policy works ; these are lies about a virus that has so far killed more Americans than died in the Vietnam War , September 11 , 2001 , and World War I combined .
On Monday night , the president of the United States told his followers that COVID-19 wasn ’ t as much of a threat as they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ among young people , there are places where it affects “ virtually nobody.
” In fact , his full quote is : ‘ It affects elderly people .
Elderly people with heart problems and other problems .
If they have other problems , that ’ s what it really affects .
That ’ s it .
‘ You know , in some states , thousands of people , nobody young [ dies ] .
Below the age of 18 , like , nobody .
They have a strong immune system , who knows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ off to the young , because they have a hell of an immune system .
But it affects virtually nobody .
It ’ s an amazing thing .
‘ By the way , open your schools , everybody .
Open your schools.
’ On Tuesday , CNN reporter Jim Acosta held White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany ’ s feet to the fire over those claims , asking why Trump would continue to lie to his supporters .
McEnany tried to say that Acosta was taking Trump out of context , that he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and that there are some states with zero pediatric COVID-19 deaths .
This ignores so much .
Many children have died from COVID-19 and any child who contracts the virus potentially could die , as well .
A child does not have to die from the virus to be affected by it , though .
Children can become sick from the coronavirus and be left with lifelong health problems .
Some children don ’ t even show symptoms , but they can still carry the virus and pass it to others , including @ @ @ @ @ @ @ homes .
The president and his communications team can spin the numbers however they like , but the truth boils down to false promises and a downplaying of the virus by a president who ’ s not willing to sacrifice himself politically to get the truth to the American people .
200,000 families have paid the price for Trump ’ s selfishness .

Eight months and 200,000 lives later, Donald Trump is still telling his supporters lies about COVID-19 even after having been caught on tape saying something entirely different. These aren’t lies about a scandal or how well a policy works; these are lies about a virus that has so far killed more Americans than died in the Vietnam War, September 11, 2001, and World War I combined.
McEnany twists herself into a knot trying to defend Trump's lie that coronavirus "affects virtually nobody" pic.twitter.com/aBHdKRmJRE — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 22, 2020
On Monday night, the president of the United States told his followers that COVID-19 wasn’t as much of a threat as they had been told, saying that, among young people, there are places where it affects “virtually nobody.” In fact, his full quote is:
‘It affects elderly people. Elderly people with heart problems and other problems. If they have other problems, that’s what it really affects. That’s it. ‘You know, in some states, thousands of people, nobody young [dies]. Below the age of 18, like, nobody. They have a strong immune system, who knows. You look — take your hat off to the young, because they have a hell of an immune system. But it affects virtually nobody. It’s an amazing thing. ‘By the way, open your schools, everybody. Open your schools.’
"It affects virtually nobody," Trump says of the coronavirus, which has now killed 200,000 Americans and counting pic.twitter.com/qHrZvUWNhX — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 22, 2020
On Tuesday, CNN reporter Jim Acosta held White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany’s feet to the fire over those claims, asking why Trump would continue to lie to his supporters. McEnany tried to say that Acosta was taking Trump out of context, that he had only meant among young people, and that there are some states with zero pediatric COVID-19 deaths.
This ignores so much. Many children have died from COVID-19 and any child who contracts the virus potentially could die, as well. A child does not have to die from the virus to be affected by it, though. Children can become sick from the coronavirus and be left with lifelong health problems. Some children don’t even show symptoms, but they can still carry the virus and pass it to others, including more vulnerable and high-risk people in their homes.
Trump tonight: “It affects virtually nobody.” https://t.co/gfRRjubJQW — George Conway (@gtconway3d) September 22, 2020
The president and his communications team can spin the numbers however they like, but the truth boils down to false promises and a downplaying of the virus by a president who’s not willing to sacrifice himself politically to get the truth to the American people. 200,000 families have paid the price for Trump’s selfishness.
“It affects virtually nobody”: Trump erases coronavirus victims as US death toll hits 200,000 https://t.co/Nt0YQjYhpM — Vox (@voxdotcom) September 22, 2020
Featured image screenshot via Twitter video


bipartisanreport--2020-09-22--‘The Lincoln Project’ Shames Trump Over 200k Covid Deaths In New Video

Line up all the people who have died from the coronavirus fingertip to fingertip , and that line extends 278 miles .
That is roughly the distance between Las Vegas , NV and Salt Lake City , UT .
Then , Donald Trump knocks that line down as easily as a domino effect , as James Clear describes it , and their hopes , dreams , and love disappear in a cloud of dust .
Gone .
That would be nearly 10 times as many dominos as in the video below : Trump gave himself an A+ for the way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you took out all the dead , the suffering , and the lonely , sure .
POTUS has packed his rallies with supporters shouting and cheering their little airborne parasites on to yet another host .
It appears there have been three different Republican Parties .
There have been the traditional moderate and even left-leaning Republicans , many who have fled their party .
Then , there have been those greedy for raw power , country be damned .
Third , there have been the Trumpites , a cult really , ready to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all cliffs .
Members of the first group have created The Lincoln Project to take down Trump in order to save our democracy from a dictatorship .
Its ads have been spectacular .
Those behind the latest one went after the 200,000-plus victims that Trump laid out and stomped into the dirt .
He did not care .
Apparently , the Republicans in the Senate did not care either .
The Lincoln Project ’ s ad brought home how horrid this unnecessary massacre has become .
It said that “ This won ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Twitter world lit up after The Lincoln Project ’ s latest ad .
Check out some favorite responses 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 .

Line up all the people who have died from the coronavirus fingertip to fingertip, and that line extends 278 miles. That is roughly the distance between Las Vegas, NV and Salt Lake City, UT. Then, Donald Trump knocks that line down as easily as a domino effect, as James Clear describes it, and their hopes, dreams, and love disappear in a cloud of dust. Gone.
That would be nearly 10 times as many dominos as in the video below:
Trump gave himself an A+ for the way he handled the COVID-19 pandemic. If you took out all the dead, the suffering, and the lonely, sure. POTUS has packed his rallies with supporters shouting and cheering their little airborne parasites on to yet another host.
It appears there have been three different Republican Parties. There have been the traditional moderate and even left-leaning Republicans, many who have fled their party. Then, there have been those greedy for raw power, country be damned. Third, there have been the Trumpites, a cult really, ready to follow the president off of any and all cliffs.
Members of the first group have created The Lincoln Project to take down Trump in order to save our democracy from a dictatorship. Its ads have been spectacular. Those behind the latest one went after the 200,000-plus victims that Trump laid out and stomped into the dirt. He did not care. Apparently, the Republicans in the Senate did not care either.
The Lincoln Project’s ad brought home how horrid this unnecessary massacre has become. It said that “This won’t change until we change presidents:”
‘We just hit an incomprehensible 200,000 COVID-19 deaths in America. ‘This won’t change until we change presidents. pic.twitter.com/F4mgxoqCeo — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 22, 2020’
We just hit an incomprehensible 200,000 COVID-19 deaths in America. This won’t change until we change presidents. pic.twitter.com/F4mgxoqCeo — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 22, 2020
Twitter world lit up after The Lincoln Project’s latest ad. Check out some favorite responses below:
Featured image is a screenshot via Twitter.
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--2020-09-22--Maine Supreme Court Rebuffs GOP With Tuesday Voting Decision

On Tuesday , the Maine Supreme Judicial Court cleared the way for the usage of ranked-choice voting in the state this November for the presidential race .
When ranked-choice voting is used , voters list candidates in order of preference on their ballot .
If no candidate wins an outright majority of the topline , first-preference votes , then the candidate with the lowest level of first-preference votes is removed from the equation and their supporters ’ second-preference votes are distributed accordingly .
Using ranked-choice voting in the presidential race could mean that the support of third-party voters will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if initial final results are close .
The Republican Party had been leading an effort to block the usage of ranked-choice voting in the presidential race in Maine via a ballot referendum that would have put the question of whether to use the process in presidential contests on the ballot this November .
A previous lower-court ruling upheld enough signatures to apparently allow for that initiative to appear on the ballot and concurrently postpone the actual implementation of ranked-choice voting , but Maine ’ s highest court overruled that conclusion and invalidated enough @ @ @ @ @ @ @ number needed to get the initiative on the ballot .
The Republican Party initially brought their case to court after the Secretary of State rejected their proposed ballot referendum on the usage of ranked-choice voting , but after that earlier ruling in the GOP ’ s favor , their opponents appealed .
Ranked-choice voting has already been used in Maine for elections other than the presidential race , and it will be used again this November .
The U.S. Senate candidate in the state who is running under the banner of the Green @ @ @ @ @ @ @ list Democratic contender Sara Gideon as their second choice , thereby clearing the way for their support to go to Gideon if she doesn ’ t initially win a majority of the support .
The expansion of ranked-choice voting in Maine is one of a number of significant rulings on behalf of voting rights across the country as the general election has gotten closer .
In Pennsylvania , for example , the state ’ s highest court recently extended the deadline for receiving mail-in ballots to the third day after Election Day , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Election Day .
The extension of the deadline compensates for potential Postal Service slowdowns .

On Tuesday, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court cleared the way for the usage of ranked-choice voting in the state this November for the presidential race. When ranked-choice voting is used, voters list candidates in order of preference on their ballot. If no candidate wins an outright majority of the topline, first-preference votes, then the candidate with the lowest level of first-preference votes is removed from the equation and their supporters’ second-preference votes are distributed accordingly. Using ranked-choice voting in the presidential race could mean that the support of third-party voters will be able to go towards major party candidates if initial final results are close.
The Republican Party had been leading an effort to block the usage of ranked-choice voting in the presidential race in Maine via a ballot referendum that would have put the question of whether to use the process in presidential contests on the ballot this November. A previous lower-court ruling upheld enough signatures to apparently allow for that initiative to appear on the ballot and concurrently postpone the actual implementation of ranked-choice voting, but Maine’s highest court overruled that conclusion and invalidated enough signatures to bring the total below the number needed to get the initiative on the ballot.
The Republican Party initially brought their case to court after the Secretary of State rejected their proposed ballot referendum on the usage of ranked-choice voting, but after that earlier ruling in the GOP’s favor, their opponents appealed. Ranked-choice voting has already been used in Maine for elections other than the presidential race, and it will be used again this November. The U.S. Senate candidate in the state who is running under the banner of the Green Party has directly admonished her supporters to list Democratic contender Sara Gideon as their second choice, thereby clearing the way for their support to go to Gideon if she doesn’t initially win a majority of the support.
The expansion of ranked-choice voting in Maine is one of a number of significant rulings on behalf of voting rights across the country as the general election has gotten closer. In Pennsylvania, for example, the state’s highest court recently extended the deadline for receiving mail-in ballots to the third day after Election Day, although mail-in ballots still must be postmarked by Election Day. The extension of the deadline compensates for potential Postal Service slowdowns.


bipartisanreport--2020-09-22--NY Attorney General Issues Direct Threat To Donald Trump

In a bizarrely outlandish display of political ideology , the Trump Administration has formally designated New York City , Seattle , and Portland as so-called “ anarchist jurisdictions , ” where local authorities have supposedly allowed lawlessness to take hold .
The designations came out after President Donald Trump himself signed an executive order demanding an examination of the matter for the purpose of potentially cutting off federal funding to locales where so-called “ anarchist ” violence has occurred .
New York Attorney General Letitia James , who ’ s confronted Trump numerous times , has now made clear that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to court over the issue .
‘ President Trump is trying to distract the American people from his failures as a leader and is using the last few months of his presidency to sow more chaos , more hatred , and more fear .
This designation is nothing more than a pathetic attempt to scare Americans into voting for a commander-in-chief who is actually incapable of commanding our nation… The president should be prepared to defend this illegal order in court , which hypocritically lays the groundwork to defund New York and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pretends to care about.
’ She poignantly added that her team members have “ beat the president and the illegal actions of his DOJ in court before and have no doubt we will beat them again.
” In a joint statement , New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio , Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler , and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan echoed the concerns .
They said : ‘ Our cities are bringing communities together ; our cities are pushing forward after fighting back a pandemic and facing the worst financial crisis since the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ partisanship from the White House .
What the Trump administration is engaging in now is more of what we ’ ve seen all along : shirking responsibility and placing blame elsewhere to cover its failure.
’ Trump has consistently tried to blame recent outbursts of rioting-connected violence on left-leaning individuals and leaders , and he has claimed that Democratic leaders like presidential nominee Joe Biden support the violence .
That claim is totally and unequivocally untrue — Biden , for instance , has repeatedly condemned violence in all its forms , and he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Trump ’ s own political allies have been among the perpetrators — Kyle Rittenhouse , for instance , infamously shot and killed two people at a recent demonstration in Wisconsin .
Rittenhouse was subsequently charged with first-degree murder .
It would be ridiculous to suggest that Trump is somehow free of culpability for the violence that he and his allies want to blame on so-called “ anarchist jurisdictions.
” In reality , Trump has used consistently violent language to go after his political opponents and any other interest that he happens to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ludicrously , that immigrants from Central and South America were “ invading ” the United States — and then a mass shooter attacked a Wal-Mart in the immigrant-leaning community of El Paso , Texas , killing 23 people in the process .
That shooter wrote a manifesto in which they cited a supposed “ invasion ” of Hispanic people .
After the incident , Trump refused to distance himself from the rhetoric .

In a bizarrely outlandish display of political ideology, the Trump Administration has formally designated New York City, Seattle, and Portland as so-called “anarchist jurisdictions,” where local authorities have supposedly allowed lawlessness to take hold. The designations came out after President Donald Trump himself signed an executive order demanding an examination of the matter for the purpose of potentially cutting off federal funding to locales where so-called “anarchist” violence has occurred. New York Attorney General Letitia James, who’s confronted Trump numerous times, has now made clear that she is ready to take the president to court over the issue.
This order hypocritically lays the groundwork to defund New York and the very types of law enforcement President Trump pretends to care about. The president should be prepared to defend this illegal order in court.https://t.co/8aJLVMAt6V — NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) September 21, 2020
James said:
‘President Trump is trying to distract the American people from his failures as a leader and is using the last few months of his presidency to sow more chaos, more hatred, and more fear. This designation is nothing more than a pathetic attempt to scare Americans into voting for a commander-in-chief who is actually incapable of commanding our nation… The president should be prepared to defend this illegal order in court, which hypocritically lays the groundwork to defund New York and the very types of law enforcement President Trump pretends to care about.’
She poignantly added that her team members have “beat the president and the illegal actions of his DOJ in court before and have no doubt we will beat them again.”
In a joint statement, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan echoed the concerns. They said:
‘Our cities are bringing communities together; our cities are pushing forward after fighting back a pandemic and facing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, all despite recklessness and partisanship from the White House. What the Trump administration is engaging in now is more of what we’ve seen all along: shirking responsibility and placing blame elsewhere to cover its failure.’
Trump has consistently tried to blame recent outbursts of rioting-connected violence on left-leaning individuals and leaders, and he has claimed that Democratic leaders like presidential nominee Joe Biden support the violence. That claim is totally and unequivocally untrue — Biden, for instance, has repeatedly condemned violence in all its forms, and he first did so months ago.
Some of Trump’s own political allies have been among the perpetrators — Kyle Rittenhouse, for instance, infamously shot and killed two people at a recent demonstration in Wisconsin. Rittenhouse was subsequently charged with first-degree murder.
It would be ridiculous to suggest that Trump is somehow free of culpability for the violence that he and his allies want to blame on so-called “anarchist jurisdictions.” In reality, Trump has used consistently violent language to go after his political opponents and any other interest that he happens to decide to target. He claimed, ludicrously, that immigrants from Central and South America were “invading” the United States — and then a mass shooter attacked a Wal-Mart in the immigrant-leaning community of El Paso, Texas, killing 23 people in the process. That shooter wrote a manifesto in which they cited a supposed “invasion” of Hispanic people. After the incident, Trump refused to distance himself from the rhetoric.


bipartisanreport--2020-09-22--Fox News Host Calls Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Dying Wish ‘Pathetic’ Live On-Air

The battle over the Supreme Court seat of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is in full swing , with the president and his supporters in Congress reversing all of their positions from 2016 when Barack Obama was the president and the left once again undercut .
On Monday night , Tucker Carlson weighed in on some of the debate with some comments about the left ’ s conversation about one of the most beloved Supreme Court justices and that justice ’ s dying wish that her successor be chosen after the 2020 elections .
He really , really shouldn ’ t have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he conflated the argument of the left as if anyone is saying that the Constitution is irrelevant .
After all , the president has the constitutional right to nominate a Supreme Court justice , so why would the left argue anything else ?
Carlson went on in true drama queen fashion about his take on the argument .
‘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg , they told us , single-handedly kept America from descending into fascist tyranny .
Now that she ’ s gone , only her words can keep us safe .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you think about it .
This is supposed to be a democracy .
No one ever voted for Ruth Bader Ginsburg .
No matter how much you liked her or agreed with her , in the end , she was a single judge in a country of 350 million people .
She was not God.
’ Of course , Carlson and the entire GOP sang a different tune in 2016 when the empty seat was left by conservative justice Antonin Scalia and the president exercising his constitutional obligation to fill a Supreme Court @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s dictates about choosing a justice then didn ’ t matter , but suddenly , today , it ’ s everything .
‘ According to the left , Ginsburg was all we had .
We must obey her dying words as if they were religious text .
Her final wish supersedes our founding documents .
What would Ruth Bader Ginsburg do ?
We must ask ourselves that .
So , turn down the volume and consider for a moment the reasoning behind the argument that they ’ re making .
Nothing is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our Constitution is in grave jeopardy .
That ’ s why we must substitute an 87-year-old woman ’ s final wish for the constitutionally prescribed process of filling a Supreme Court seat .
That ’ s what they ’ re arguing .
You got that ?
’ But where Carlson should have really stopped himself is in talking about that dying wish , calling it “ pathetic ” and most likely made up .
However , it wasn ’ t Democrats who communicated that dying wish .
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’ s granddaughter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her a liar and Bader Ginsburg ’ s wishes “ pathetic ” really go beyond the pale , even for Tucker Carlson .
‘ Keep in mind , we don ’ t really know actually what Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’ s final words were .
Did she really leave this world fretting about the presidential election ?
We don ’ t believe that for a second .
If it were true , it would be pathetic , because life is bigger than politics , even this year.
’ For the full segment , @ @ @ @

The battle over the Supreme Court seat of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is in full swing, with the president and his supporters in Congress reversing all of their positions from 2016 when Barack Obama was the president and the left once again undercut. On Monday night, Tucker Carlson weighed in on some of the debate with some comments about the left’s conversation about one of the most beloved Supreme Court justices and that justice’s dying wish that her successor be chosen after the 2020 elections. He really, really shouldn’t have.
Republicans secure numbers to move forward with voting on President Trump's candidate to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Fridayhttps://t.co/7M0HD6q6bE — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) September 22, 2020
As Carlson is prone to doing, he conflated the argument of the left as if anyone is saying that the Constitution is irrelevant. After all, the president has the constitutional right to nominate a Supreme Court justice, so why would the left argue anything else? Carlson went on in true drama queen fashion about his take on the argument.
‘Ruth Bader Ginsburg, they told us, single-handedly kept America from descending into fascist tyranny. Now that she’s gone, only her words can keep us safe. That’s an odd claim, when you think about it. This is supposed to be a democracy. No one ever voted for Ruth Bader Ginsburg. No matter how much you liked her or agreed with her, in the end, she was a single judge in a country of 350 million people. She was not God.’
BBC: Clara Spera talks about her grandmother Ruth Bader Ginsburg's "most fervent" wishhttps://t.co/PkSASYaQ89 — Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) September 22, 2020
Of course, Carlson and the entire GOP sang a different tune in 2016 when the empty seat was left by conservative justice Antonin Scalia and the president exercising his constitutional obligation to fill a Supreme Court seat was President Obama. The constitution’s dictates about choosing a justice then didn’t matter, but suddenly, today, it’s everything.
‘According to the left, Ginsburg was all we had. We must obey her dying words as if they were religious text. Her final wish supersedes our founding documents. What would Ruth Bader Ginsburg do? We must ask ourselves that. So, turn down the volume and consider for a moment the reasoning behind the argument that they’re making. Nothing is more important than our Constitution, and our Constitution is in grave jeopardy. That’s why we must substitute an 87-year-old woman’s final wish for the constitutionally prescribed process of filling a Supreme Court seat. That’s what they’re arguing. You got that?’
Tucker Carlson called Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish “pathetic.” pic.twitter.com/SDSxdQCOpn — HuffPost (@HuffPost) September 22, 2020
But where Carlson should have really stopped himself is in talking about that dying wish, calling it “pathetic” and most likely made up. However, it wasn’t Democrats who communicated that dying wish. Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s granddaughter dictated her final words, so calling her a liar and Bader Ginsburg’s wishes “pathetic” really go beyond the pale, even for Tucker Carlson.
‘Keep in mind, we don’t really know actually what Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s final words were. Did she really leave this world fretting about the presidential election? We don’t believe that for a second. If it were true, it would be pathetic, because life is bigger than politics, even this year.’
For the full segment, see video below:
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bipartisanreport--2020-09-22--‘The Lincoln Project’ Releases Explosive Tuesday Trump Take-Down

President Donald Trump has a long history of capitulating to murderous foreign leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin .
He seems to willfully refuse to accept the fact that being pals with authoritarian and dictatorial rulers who terrorize their own people isn ’ t exactly something that a U.S. president should be doing .
Recently , Trump punted on confronting Putin yet again ; after a reporter asked Trump about the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny , who is recovering , he said “ we ’ ll talk about that later.
” The anti-Trump conservative group known as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ compilation of occasions when Trump has publicly capitulated to Putin .
The group reposted their compilation on Tuesday .
The video includes the Brittney Spears song “ Oops , I Did It Again ” playing in the background .
Check it out below : Putin isn ’ t the only murderous foreign leader who Trump has acted as though he ’ s pals with .
He has also , for instance , worked to absolve Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of scrutiny after he reportedly ordered the murder of Washington Post journalist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resident and attacked and killed inside the Saudi consulate in Turkey .
Intelligence assessments concluded that the Crown Prince was behind the murder , but Trump has consistently deflected on the issue when pressed about the issue .
In taped conversations with journalist Bob Woodward , Trump bragged about supposedly helping the Crown Prince avoid scrutiny .
At present , intelligence assessments reveal that Russia is yet again seeking to use internet capabilities as leverage to destabliize the political climate and election in the United States .
What ’ s Trump doing about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — he ’ s simply implicitly helping the Russians ’ own cause with his repeated and baseless insistence that the presidential election results this November might not be legitimate .
Check out Twitter ’ s response to the Lincoln Project video below :

President Donald Trump has a long history of capitulating to murderous foreign leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin. He seems to willfully refuse to accept the fact that being pals with authoritarian and dictatorial rulers who terrorize their own people isn’t exactly something that a U.S. president should be doing. Recently, Trump punted on confronting Putin yet again; after a reporter asked Trump about the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is recovering, he said “we’ll talk about that later.” The anti-Trump conservative group known as The Lincoln Project has put together a compilation of occasions when Trump has publicly capitulated to Putin.
The group reposted their compilation on Tuesday. The video includes the Brittney Spears song “Oops, I Did It Again” playing in the background. Check it out below:
He’s not that innocent. pic.twitter.com/zG7QNPf9oK — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 22, 2020
Putin isn’t the only murderous foreign leader who Trump has acted as though he’s pals with. He has also, for instance, worked to absolve Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of scrutiny after he reportedly ordered the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was a U.S. resident and attacked and killed inside the Saudi consulate in Turkey. Intelligence assessments concluded that the Crown Prince was behind the murder, but Trump has consistently deflected on the issue when pressed about the issue. In taped conversations with journalist Bob Woodward, Trump bragged about supposedly helping the Crown Prince avoid scrutiny.
At present, intelligence assessments reveal that Russia is yet again seeking to use internet capabilities as leverage to destabliize the political climate and election in the United States. What’s Trump doing about it? He is not doing much — he’s simply implicitly helping the Russians’ own cause with his repeated and baseless insistence that the presidential election results this November might not be legitimate.
Check out Twitter’s response to the Lincoln Project video below:


bipartisanreport--2020-09-22--Obama Tweets Tuesday Rallying-Cry To Defeat Trump & Save America

The Republican senators led by Moscow Mitch McConnell ( R-KY ) are making a huge , raw power grab .
They are willing to let over 200 years of American democracy wash down the drain and replace it with Donald Trump ’ s dictatorship , but we have the power .
How ?
They stole President Barack Obama ’ s Supreme Court Justice nominee , and now they are trying the same trick .
President Obama reminds us that we have the power to save our very democracy .
In an early-morning tweet , 44 said “ this election is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will replace : ” People do not have to let them do this .
In fact , we Americans have the power to stop this evil scheme : ‘ Make a plan for how and when you are going to vote .
‘ Got to iwillvote.com to get registered ‘ And learn the options in your state .
‘ And if you can , vote early in person or by mail .
‘ Now is the time to safeguard this demcracy .
‘ And fight for what we believe in .
‘ And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ certain your vote is heard.
’ This could be the most important vote in our lives .
Our vote can save the USA as we know it .
President Obama is showing us the way forward : ‘ Your vote has never mattered more than it does right now .
‘ Today is National Voter Registration Day .
Go to https : //t.co/XdZz4dh82T to register and make a plan to vote .
And make sure everybody you know does , too .
pic.twitter.com/ItarX1d4zw Twitter world went crazy after Obama ’ s tweet .
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The Republican senators led by Moscow Mitch McConnell (R-KY) are making a huge, raw power grab. They are willing to let over 200 years of American democracy wash down the drain and replace it with Donald Trump’s dictatorship, but we have the power.
How? They stole President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court Justice nominee, and now they are trying the same trick. President Obama reminds us that we have the power to save our very democracy.
In an early-morning tweet, 44 said “this election is bigger than Joe or the person he will replace:”
‘Ths election bigger than Joe or the Person he will replace. ‘What is at stake is whether our democracy endures. ‘And folks in power are hoping you stay home. ‘They’re hoping you get cynical. ‘Trying to convince you your vote does not matter. ‘It’s how they win.’
People do not have to let them do this. In fact, we Americans have the power to stop this evil scheme:
‘Don’t let them. ‘Make a plan for how and when you are going to vote. ‘Got to iwillvote.com to get registered ‘And learn the options in your state. ‘And if you can, vote early in person or by mail. ‘Now is the time to safeguard this demcracy. ‘And fight for what we believe in. ‘And all you have to do is make certain your vote is heard.’
This could be the most important vote in our lives. Our vote can save the USA as we know it. President Obama is showing us the way forward:
‘Your vote has never mattered more than it does right now. ‘Today is National Voter Registration Day. Go to https://t.co/XdZz4dh82T to register and make a plan to vote. And make sure everybody you know does, too. pic.twitter.com/ItarX1d4zw — Barack Obama (@BarackObama)’
Your vote has never mattered more than it does right now. Today is National Voter Registration Day. Go to https://t.co/XdZz4dh82T to register and make a plan to vote. And make sure everybody you know does, too. pic.twitter.com/ItarX1d4zw — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) September 22, 2020
Twitter world went crazy after Obama’s tweet. Take a look at what some very fine Americans said:
Vote, our lives depend on it!! pic.twitter.com/uBwDVVwPkD — Proud Woman Democrat 🌊🌊 (@rottenblackcats) September 22, 2020
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bipartisanreport--2020-09-23--Trump Plotting Extremist Methods To Circumvent Final Vote Results

When Donald Trump was first elected , he met with the founder of the mercenary army Blackwater , Erik Prince .
The man ’ s family has long supported conservative politics , and Prince ’ s sister became the president ’ s Secretary of Education .
Prince asked Trump if he wanted a private military , and the answer was allegedly no .
The campaign website “ Army for Trump , ” is “ Paid for by Donald J. Trump for President , Inc. ” On it , his supporters are urged to sign up and help in his reelection @ @ @ @ @ @ @ troubling question : POTUS has already indicated that he will not accept the outcome of the November election unless he wins .
He also publicly says that he wanted his third pick for the Supreme Court so that he will win his lawsuit and his reelection .
Trump consistently has urged violence among his supporters at his rallies .
So , it appears that he just might get his own volunteer private army after all .
The Army for Trump site said : ‘ Search and use # ArmyForTrump to find and engage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ LeadRight if you are out in the field , knocking on doors , talking to neighbors , and registering voters for President Trump ’ s reelection to share what you are up to in the field and how we are expanding our ground game.
’ The Washington Post journalist Aaron Black shared the email seeking “ campaign support using military recruitment terms ” with Forbes : According to Forbes , the site offers limited-edition camouflage hats and fundraising emails : ‘ The President wants YOU and every other member of our exclusive Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yourselves with , and to let everyone know that you are the President ’ s first line of defense when to come to fighting off the Liberal MOB.
’ Senior Editor for The Triad City Beat Jordan Green also posted a tweet about the Trump army : 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 .
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When Donald Trump was first elected, he met with the founder of the mercenary army Blackwater, Erik Prince. The man’s family has long supported conservative politics, and Prince’s sister became the president’s Secretary of Education. Prince asked Trump if he wanted a private military, and the answer was allegedly no.
The campaign website “Army for Trump,” is “Paid for by Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.” On it, his supporters are urged to sign up and help in his reelection. But The Forbes magazine asks a troubling question:
‘[A]s concerns about post-election violence grow, does the provocatively named website have a more troubling purpose?’
website The campaign launched thislast spring. The most troubling aspect of the site is its “highly militarized” images and language: “enlist,” join the “frontlines,” and work beside “battle tested (sic) Team Trump operatives. Be a part of the “field staff of the Trump army.”
‘Video clip shows supporters in a Trump convoy passing through Elon, NC shouting “White power!” two separate times. ACTBAC founder Gary Williamson organized the convoy, which coordinated w/ a Alamance County Young Republicans event’.’
Video clip shows supporters in a Trump convoy passing through Elon, NC shouting “White power!” two separate times. ACTBAC founder Gary Williamson organized the convoy, which coordinated w/ a Alamance County Young Republicans event #Election2020 #ncpol pic.twitter.com/VQo8Hmgkc0 — Triad City Beat (@Triad_City_Beat) September 19, 2020
POTUS has already indicated that he will not accept the outcome of the November election unless he wins. He also publicly says that he wanted his third pick for the Supreme Court so that he will win his lawsuit and his reelection.
Trump consistently has urged violence among his supporters at his rallies. So, it appears that he just might get his own volunteer private army after all.
The Army for Trump site said:
‘Search and use #ArmyForTrump to find and engage fellow supporters. Search and use #LeadRight if you are out in the field, knocking on doors, talking to neighbors, and registering voters for President Trump’s reelection to share what you are up to in the field and how we are expanding our ground game.’
The Washington Post journalist Aaron Black shared the email seeking “campaign support using military recruitment terms” with Forbes:
‘You’ve been identified as one of President Trump’s fiercest and most loyal defenders, and according to your donor file, you’d make an excellent addition to the Trump Army.’
According to Forbes, the site offers limited-edition camouflage hats and fundraising emails:
‘The President wants YOU and every other member of our exclusive Trump Army to have to something to identify yourselves with, and to let everyone know that you are the President’s first line of defense when to come to fighting off the Liberal MOB.’
Senior Editor for The Triad City Beat Jordan Green also posted a tweet about the Trump army:
‘Supporters of @realDonaldTrump shouted “white power” at least twice as a Trump convoy drove past the campus of@elonuniversity in North Carolina earlier today. #Election2020‘
Featured image is a screenshot via YouTube.
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bipartisanreport--2020-09-23--Trump Compares Himself To Abraham Lincoln In Delusional Rant

President Donald Trump thinks very highly of himself .
This Wednesday at the White House , he compared himself to Abraham Lincoln — again .
He suggested that he has possibly done more for black Americans than Lincoln — which is ridiculous !
Lincoln freed the slaves .
Other presidents , who Trump claimed that he ’ s definitely done more for black Americans than , have accomplishments among them like the Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act , which were both signed in the 1960s by then-President Lyndon Johnson .
Far more recently , the administration of Barack @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meant to help end vestiges of segregation — and Trump threw it out , claiming that he was keeping an “ invasion ” of low-income housing from spreading into the “ suburbs.
” In short — Trump is delusional .
At the White House on Wednesday , he said : ‘ I ’ ve done more for the Black community than any other president — and I say with a possible exception of Abraham Lincoln , and I mean that with opportunity zones , and with criminal justice reform , with prison reform @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for historically black universities , colleges , schools — nobody ’ s done more .
Abraham Lincoln , let ’ s give him the nod , but beyond that , nobody ’ s done more.
’ Wow , how stupendous — Trump made sure to give a “ nod ” to Abraham Lincoln .
In reality — Trump has no idea what he ’ s talking about .
Watch the video of his remarks below : The “ opportunity zones ” that he ’ s referring to are areas that have been designated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in .
The most acute beneficiaries of this program are the businesses getting the tax breaks — not the people in the actual community .
The whole program seems like another classically Republican example of relying on a vague and dubiously-defined notion of some kind of “ trickle-down economics ” to solve the nation ’ s problems .
In reality , that ’ s not the way the economy consistently works — for example , after Trump ’ s monumental 2017 tax cuts that dramatically lowered tax rates for businesses , record rates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were recorded .
That ’ s not exactly community assistance .
Trump also peddles brazen racism .
He has claimed that a rule that had been formulated by the Obama team that demanded communities take a look at ways in which they could desegregate housing meant that suburbs would be overrun .
This claim is untrue — although a GOP convention speaker and the president himself have explicitly claimed otherwise , Democrats do not want to “ abolish ” the suburbs .
That ’ s just thinly veiled , delusional race-baiting , since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most often associated with low-income housing .

President Donald Trump thinks very highly of himself. This Wednesday at the White House, he compared himself to Abraham Lincoln — again. He suggested that he has possibly done more for black Americans than Lincoln — which is ridiculous! Lincoln freed the slaves. Other presidents, who Trump claimed that he’s definitely done more for black Americans than, have accomplishments among them like the Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act, which were both signed in the 1960s by then-President Lyndon Johnson. Far more recently, the administration of Barack Obama even implemented a federal housing rule meant to help end vestiges of segregation — and Trump threw it out, claiming that he was keeping an “invasion” of low-income housing from spreading into the “suburbs.”
In short — Trump is delusional. At the White House on Wednesday, he said:
‘I’ve done more for the Black community than any other president — and I say with a possible exception of Abraham Lincoln, and I mean that with opportunity zones, and with criminal justice reform, with prison reform, with what we’ve done for historically black universities, colleges, schools — nobody’s done more. Abraham Lincoln, let’s give him the nod, but beyond that, nobody’s done more.’
Wow, how stupendous — Trump made sure to give a “nod” to Abraham Lincoln. In reality — Trump has no idea what he’s talking about. Watch the video of his remarks below:
President Trump: "I've done more for the Black community than any other president — and I say with a possible exception of Abraham Lincoln." pic.twitter.com/oTU8jXczh1 — The Hill (@thehill) September 23, 2020
The “opportunity zones” that he’s referring to are areas that have been designated that businesses get tax incentives for investing in. The most acute beneficiaries of this program are the businesses getting the tax breaks — not the people in the actual community. The whole program seems like another classically Republican example of relying on a vague and dubiously-defined notion of some kind of “trickle-down economics” to solve the nation’s problems. In reality, that’s not the way the economy consistently works — for example, after Trump’s monumental 2017 tax cuts that dramatically lowered tax rates for businesses, record rates of corporations buying back their own stock were recorded. That’s not exactly community assistance.
Trump also peddles brazen racism. He has claimed that a rule that had been formulated by the Obama team that demanded communities take a look at ways in which they could desegregate housing meant that suburbs would be overrun. This claim is untrue — although a GOP convention speaker and the president himself have explicitly claimed otherwise, Democrats do not want to “abolish” the suburbs. That’s just thinly veiled, delusional race-baiting, since it’s marginalized communities who are most often associated with low-income housing.


bipartisanreport--2020-09-23--New York AG James Tweets Ominous Wednesday Message At Eric Trump

Uh oh , Eric Trump as in Donald Trump ’ s middle son , has to go up against New York Attorney General Letitia James .
He should be worried , very worried .
AG James is in a whole different category of intelligence , tenacity , and pure power than the president ’ s son .
A judge has just ordered Trump to testify in AG James ’ investigation a full month prior to the November election , no later than October 7 .
He has to submit to a subpoena from the Attorney General as she investigates Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s attorney said he would willingly be deposed , after the November 3rd presidential election .
Interesting caveat : James has been investigating to determine whether the Trump Organization headquartered in New York inflated the value of its real estate assets on “ annual financial statements that were used to obtain loans , as well as to get economic and tax benefits related to those properties.
’ Trump ’ s attorneys Matthew Colangelo said during a video conference before Engoron : “ Mr .
[ Eric ] Trump is asking for a further @ @ @ @ @ @ @ November in response to a subpoena that was served in may and where the parties agreed in early june on a date for his attendance.
’ Judge Arthur Engoron ruled in the Manhattan Supreme Court .
He said , according to CNBC : Twitter world went wild over Eric ’ s upcoming problems .
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Uh oh, Eric Trump as in Donald Trump’s middle son, has to go up against New York Attorney General Letitia James. He should be worried, very worried. AG James is in a whole different category of intelligence, tenacity, and pure power than the president’s son.
A judge has just ordered Trump to testify in AG James’ investigation a full month prior to the November election, no later than October 7. He has to submit to a subpoena from the Attorney General as she investigates Donald Trump’s company.
Eric’s attorney said he would willingly be deposed, after the November 3rd presidential election. Interesting caveat:
‘#BREAKING: A judge just ruled that Eric Trump can no longer delay an interview under oath with my office as part of our ongoing investigation into financial dealings of the Trump Organization. Eric Trump must interview with my office by October 7th, 2020.’
James has been investigating to determine whether the Trump Organization headquartered in New York inflated the value of its real estate assets on “annual financial statements that were used to obtain loans, as well as to get economic and tax benefits related to those properties.’
Trump’s attorneys Matthew Colangelo said during a video conference before Engoron:
“Mr. [Eric] Trump is asking for a further two-month delay … to the middle of November in response to a subpoena that was served in may and where the parties agreed in early june on a date for his attendance.’
Judge Arthur Engoron ruled in the Manhattan Supreme Court. He said, according to CNBC:
‘Mr. Trump cites no authority in support of his request, and at any event, neither petitioner nor this court is bound by timelines of the national election.’
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Thank you 👏👏👏✌🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/CSDrymvfZY — John Doe 🇺🇸 Veteran (@JackMeOften) September 23, 2020
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bipartisanreport--2020-09-23--Eric Trump Ordered To Testify Under Oath Before Election Day

On Wednesday , Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron ruled that Eric Trump must testify before Election Day as part of an investigation into the Trump family business that New York Attorney General Letitia James is conducting .
She is investigating whether the Trump Organization artificially inflated the values of properties in its portfolio in order to obtain benefits like loans and tax breaks .
Eric , who has been one of the top executives at the family business during his father ’ s presidency , originally agreed to testify this past summer .
After backing out , he said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after Election Day .
Engoron ’ s ruling demands his testimony by October 7 .
As CNBC reports , last month , James “ had filed an action with the court seeking Eric Trump ’ s compliance with the subpoena after she said he reneged on an agreement to testify this summer .
She “ also sought to force compliance with subpoenas seeking documentation and testimony related to several Trump properties , ” the outlet adds .
During a Wednesday hearing , attorney Matthew Colangelo , who was arguing on the side of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under no circumstance should Eric get to further delay his testimony on a whim after stringing prosecutors along for months on end .
Colangelo said : ‘ We simply can ’ t delay compliance for another two months… Mr. Trump is asking for a further two-month delay … to the middle of November in response to a subpoena that was served in May and where the parties agreed in early June on a date for his attendance… Mr. Trump shouldn ’ t be able to profit from his own dilatory conduct here.
’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not the first time that a member of the Trump family has stonewalled investigative efforts .
The Trump White House has almost completely closed itself off to Congressional inquiry , at least on the part of the Democrat-led House , although there are occasional — and rare — breakthroughs .
Trump consistently refers to investigations into himself and his associates as “ witch hunts.
” Outside of D.C. , Donald has ranted against authorities in New York in particular , where Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance is conducting a criminal investigation into the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in addition to James ’ s civil investigation .
The issues that James is looking into are rather huge — for example , valuations of a New York property called Seven Springs Estate were used to claim an apparent tax deduction of more than $ 21 million for the Trump Organization .
In 2012 , the Trump Organization valued the property at more than $ 290 million – but two years later , Forbes magazine said the value was less than $ 19.5 million .
That ’ s a huge difference , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ glaring fraud .
Besides this case , New York ’ s Attorney General Letitia James has also confronted the Trumps on a range of other issues .
Just recently , she pledged to fight the Trump administration in court over their designation of New York City as a supposed “ anarchist jurisdiction , ” a ridiculous designation that they have plotted to use as a potential excuse for denying federal funds to the city .
Trump has consistently tried to use the federal government to go after his political opponents .

On Wednesday, Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron ruled that Eric Trump must testify before Election Day as part of an investigation into the Trump family business that New York Attorney General Letitia James is conducting. She is investigating whether the Trump Organization artificially inflated the values of properties in its portfolio in order to obtain benefits like loans and tax breaks. Eric, who has been one of the top executives at the family business during his father’s presidency, originally agreed to testify this past summer. After backing out, he said he’d testify — but only after Election Day. Engoron’s ruling demands his testimony by October 7.
As CNBC reports, last month, James “had filed an action with the court seeking Eric Trump’s compliance with the subpoena after she said he reneged on an agreement to testify this summer. She “also sought to force compliance with subpoenas seeking documentation and testimony related to several Trump properties,” the outlet adds.
During a Wednesday hearing, attorney Matthew Colangelo, who was arguing on the side of James’s office, insisted that under no circumstance should Eric get to further delay his testimony on a whim after stringing prosecutors along for months on end. Colangelo said:
‘We simply can’t delay compliance for another two months… Mr. Trump is asking for a further two-month delay … to the middle of November in response to a subpoena that was served in May and where the parties agreed in early June on a date for his attendance… Mr. Trump shouldn’t be able to profit from his own dilatory conduct here.’
This situation is, of course, not the first time that a member of the Trump family has stonewalled investigative efforts. The Trump White House has almost completely closed itself off to Congressional inquiry, at least on the part of the Democrat-led House, although there are occasional — and rare — breakthroughs. Trump consistently refers to investigations into himself and his associates as “witch hunts.” Outside of D.C., Donald has ranted against authorities in New York in particular, where Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance is conducting a criminal investigation into the Trump Organization’s potential financial crimes, in addition to James’s civil investigation.
The issues that James is looking into are rather huge — for example, valuations of a New York property called Seven Springs Estate were used to claim an apparent tax deduction of more than $21 million for the Trump Organization. In 2012, the Trump Organization valued the property at more than $290 million – but two years later, Forbes magazine said the value was less than $19.5 million. That’s a huge difference, and it represents an instance of possible glaring fraud.
Besides this case, New York’s Attorney General Letitia James has also confronted the Trumps on a range of other issues. Just recently, she pledged to fight the Trump administration in court over their designation of New York City as a supposed “anarchist jurisdiction,” a ridiculous designation that they have plotted to use as a potential excuse for denying federal funds to the city. Trump has consistently tried to use the federal government to go after his political opponents.


bipartisanreport--2020-09-23--Trump Exposed For Hardcore Racist Anti-Jew Tirade

When Donald Trump was a teenager he hung a younger neighborhood boy out of a second-story window by his feet just to hear him scream .
Since then , he has learned to order others to perform his cruel dirty work .
He will even set two individuals against each other for his amusement , including his own children .
What will Trump do if he is unleashed with a second term ?
From the first moments of his campaign , Donald Trump attacked Hispanic people , which has not abated .
He flares his Bunsen burner temper at journalists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thinks has disagreed with him .
His White House has been terrified of mentioning “ Russia ” or its president “ Vladimir Putin ” to him .
Years earlier he took out full-page ads in The New York Times urging the execution of five young Black men who had been acquitted with DNA evidence of raping a woman .
Trump blames Black Americans for having “ mainly themselves to blame in their struggle for equality.
” He blames them for their problems , believing they are “ hindered more by lack of initiative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jewish lawmakers , then mutter that Jews “ are only in it for themselves ” and “ stick together.
” After a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville , Trump said : Trump said about First Lady Melania Trump ’ s trip to Africa in 2018 , that he “ could never understand why she would want to go there.
” A former senior White House official said , as reported by The Washington Post : During his long three and one-half tenure as president : His immigration policies have been “ designed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Professor of African American Studies at Emory University Carol Anderson compared Trump to President Andrew Johnson , a famous racist after the Civil War .
The new president tried to walk back his predecessor Abraham Lincoln ’ s efforts .
Johnson worked to help Southern Whites domination over Black people : Omarosa Manigault Newman , a rare Black employee in the White House , wrote a book about her experiences there : Trump ’ s niece Mary L. Trump , a Ph.D. psychologist , described the family ’ s casual racism and saw @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well as the n-word.
” The oldest and biggest neo-Nazi group on the Internet urged its members to mobilize : Trump said at least five times recently : Several White House officials said , as if excusing his behavior that “ his scorn is all-encompassing and therefore shouldn ’ t be construed as racist : ” White supremacist groups have been wary of a top Trump advisor Stephen Miller , who has been in charge of unforgivable immigration policies at the southern American border .
The founder of the Stormfront website said : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and fixer Michael Cohen said in his book that Trump was : 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 .

When Donald Trump was a teenager he hung a younger neighborhood boy out of a second-story window by his feet just to hear him scream. Since then, he has learned to order others to perform his cruel dirty work. He will even set two individuals against each other for his amusement, including his own children.
What will Trump do if he is unleashed with a second term?
From the first moments of his campaign, Donald Trump attacked Hispanic people, which has not abated. He flares his Bunsen burner temper at journalists, staff members, and anyone he thinks has disagreed with him. His White House has been terrified of mentioning “Russia” or its president “Vladimir Putin” to him.
Years earlier he took out full-page ads in The New York Times urging the execution of five young Black men who had been acquitted with DNA evidence of raping a woman.
Trump blames Black Americans for having “mainly themselves to blame in their struggle for equality.” He blames them for their problems, believing they are “hindered more by lack of initiative than societal impediments.”
He will call Jewish lawmakers, then mutter that Jews “are only in it for themselves” and “stick together.”
After a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Trump said:
‘We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence — On many sides, on many sides.’
Trump said about First Lady Melania Trump’s trip to Africa in 2018, that he “could never understand why she would want to go there.”
A former senior White House official said, as reported by The Washington Post:
‘He would say, ‘No one loves Black people more than me. [And he] wouldn’t need to say it. You let your actions speak.’
During his long three and one-half tenure as president:
‘[He has retreated from the front lines of civil rights, endangering decades of progress against voter suppression, housing discrimination and police misconduct.’
His immigration policies have been “designed to maximize trauma on Hispanic migrants:”
‘After rolling back regulations designed to encourage affordable housing for minorities, Trump declared himself the champion of the “Suburban Lifestyle Dream.” He ordered aides to revamp racial sensitivity training at federal agencies so that it no longer refers to “White privilege.”’
Professor of African American Studies at Emory University Carol Anderson compared Trump to President Andrew Johnson, a famous racist after the Civil War. The new president tried to walk back his predecessor Abraham Lincoln’s efforts. Johnson worked to help Southern Whites domination over Black people:
‘Johnson made it clear that he was really the president of a few people, not the American people. And Trump has done the same.’
Omarosa Manigault Newman, a rare Black employee in the White House, wrote a book about her experiences there:
‘[She described Trump as] a racist, misogynist, and bigot.’
Trump’s niece Mary L. Trump, a Ph.D. psychologist, described the family’s casual racism and saw him “using both anti-Semitic slurs as well as the n-word.”
The oldest and biggest neo-Nazi group on the Internet urged its members to mobilize:
‘If Trump doesn’t win this election, the police will be abolished and Blacks will come to your house and kill you and your family. This isn’t about politics anymore, it is about basic survival.’
Trump said at least five times recently:
‘I’ve done more for Black Americans than anybody with the possible exception of Abraham Lincoln.’
Several White House officials said, as if excusing his behavior that “his scorn is all-encompassing and therefore shouldn’t be construed as racist:”
‘This is a guy who abuses people in his cabinet, abuses four-star generals, abuses people who gave their life for this country, abuses civil servants. It’s not like he doesn’t abuse people that are White as well.’
White supremacist groups have been wary of a top Trump advisor Stephen Miller, who has been in charge of unforgivable immigration policies at the southern American border. The founder of the Stormfront website said:
‘Our side doesn’t consider him one of us — for obvious reasons. He’s kind of an odd choice to be the white nationalist in the White House.’
The president’s former personal attorney and fixer Michael Cohen said in his book that Trump was:
‘[A] racist, a predator, a con man [and Trump said] “Tell me one country run by a Black person that isn’t a s—hole.”‘
Featured image is a screenshot via YouTube.
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--2020-09-23--Fauci Owns Rand Paul During Wednesday Hearing ‘You Aren’t Listening’

Sen. Rand Paul ( R-Ky. ) is , like so many of his Republican colleagues in Congress , not a serious person , it seems .
During a Wednesday Senate hearing about the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic , he melted down and targeted Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health with a lengthy rant about the supposed failures of the “ nanny state ” in the U.S. Fauci sounded fed up with Paul ’ s belligerence .
The Senator has consistently “ misconstrued ” basic facts of the Coronavirus response , Fauci noted , and Paul has used these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on anti-government response campaigns that seem more interested in some vaguely defined , ideological notions of “ freedom ” and “ liberty ” than basic reality .
At one point , Paul complained about how authorities like Fauci were supposedly “ jumping up and down ” and saying that New York has done a “ great job ” in responding to the Coronavirus .
Fauci is not praising and has not praised New York to the exclusion of the obvious problems that have unfolded in the state .
He made this clear — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ve misconstrued that , senator , and you ’ ve done that repetitively in the past .
They got hit very badly .
They made some mistakes .
Right now , if you look at what ’ s going on right now , the things that are going on in New York to get their test positivity 1 percent or less is because they are looking at the guidelines that we have put together from the task force.
’ Paul subsequently suggested that currently low new infection levels in New York might be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ explained , the state has not reached “ herd immunity ” yet , according to basic data .
One might hope that a U.S .
Senator making a blustering show of perhaps being better-equipped to respond to the virus than public health authorities would be familiar with this fact , but Paul did not seem to be .
Check out the video below : Earlier in the contentious hearing , after reciting data indicating that the death rate in the U.S. is supposedly about on par with the death rates in “ less @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Paul got strangely metaphysical .
He claimed that the data raised the “ important question ” of whether or not “ man [ is ] really capable of altering the course of an infectious disease through crowd control.
” He claimed that “ statistics ” agree that the answer is no , but this entire premise is ridiculous .
Although it ’ s true , as Paul noted , that many countries have suffered “ significant ” spikes in Coronavirus-connected deaths , the various sizes of those spikes have varied significantly .
Furthermore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the United States indicate that “ lockdowns ” supposedly aren ’ t trustworthy after all is ridiculous .
Some areas of the United States have simply not imposed systematically consistent “ lockdowns ” at all .
This concept is not complicated .

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is, like so many of his Republican colleagues in Congress, not a serious person, it seems. During a Wednesday Senate hearing about the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, he melted down and targeted Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health with a lengthy rant about the supposed failures of the “nanny state” in the U.S. Fauci sounded fed up with Paul’s belligerence. The Senator has consistently “misconstrued” basic facts of the Coronavirus response, Fauci noted, and Paul has used these misrepresentations of reality as excuses for going on anti-government response campaigns that seem more interested in some vaguely defined, ideological notions of “freedom” and “liberty” than basic reality.
At one point, Paul complained about how authorities like Fauci were supposedly “jumping up and down” and saying that New York has done a “great job” in responding to the Coronavirus. Fauci is not praising and has not praised New York to the exclusion of the obvious problems that have unfolded in the state. He made this clear — he told Paul:
‘You’ve misconstrued that, senator, and you’ve done that repetitively in the past. They got hit very badly. They made some mistakes. Right now, if you look at what’s going on right now, the things that are going on in New York to get their test positivity 1 percent or less is because they are looking at the guidelines that we have put together from the task force.’
Paul subsequently suggested that currently low new infection levels in New York might be because of herd immunity. As Fauci explained, the state has not reached “herd immunity” yet, according to basic data. One might hope that a U.S. Senator making a blustering show of perhaps being better-equipped to respond to the virus than public health authorities would be familiar with this fact, but Paul did not seem to be.
Fauci explained:
‘I challenge that, senator… this happens with Senator Rand the all the time. You are not listening to what the director of the CDC said that in New York it’s about 22%. If you believe 22% is herd immunity, I believe you’re alone in that.’
Check out the video below:
Earlier in the contentious hearing, after reciting data indicating that the death rate in the U.S. is supposedly about on par with the death rates in “less developed” parts of the world, Paul got strangely metaphysical. He claimed that the data raised the “important question” of whether or not “man [is] really capable of altering the course of an infectious disease through crowd control.” He claimed that “statistics” agree that the answer is no, but this entire premise is ridiculous. Although it’s true, as Paul noted, that many countries have suffered “significant” spikes in Coronavirus-connected deaths, the various sizes of those spikes have varied significantly.
Furthermore, to suggest that the dismal outcomes in the United States indicate that “lockdowns” supposedly aren’t trustworthy after all is ridiculous. Some areas of the United States have simply not imposed systematically consistent “lockdowns” at all. This concept is not complicated.


bipartisanreport--2020-09-23--Congress Reveals Legal Power-Move To Stop Trump Corruption

Most Congressional Republicans have consistently refused to even try and hold President Donald Trump accountable for his corruption and belligerence , but Congressional Democrats are continuing their work anyway .
On Wednesday , House Dems unveiled the Protecting Our Democracy Act , which contains a wide array of new legislative provisions that are meant to compensate for some of the most brazen abuses of power that Trump and his political allies have perpetrated .
In part , the bill collects pieces of legislation that had previously been developed separately .
The currently GOP-led Senate doesn ’ t seem likely to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legislative agenda would no doubt fare better if Democrats win in upcoming elections .
In a joint statement , seven Democratic House Committee chairs insisted the following : ‘ It is time for Congress to strengthen the bedrock of our democracy and ensure our laws are strong enough to withstand a lawless president .
These reforms are necessary not only because of the abuses of this president , but because the foundation of our democracy is the rule of law and that foundation is deeply at risk.
’ As The Washington Post explains @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a long list of provisions .
( It ’ s unclear when precisely the House might vote on it . )
The legislation “ includes measures to restrain the president ’ s power to grant pardons and declare national emergencies , to prevent federal officials from enriching themselves , and to accelerate the process of enforcing congressional subpoenas in court , ” the Post says .
The ambitious legislation “ also includes provisions to protect inspectors general and whistleblowers , increase penalties for officials who subvert congressional appropriations or engage in overt political @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interference.
” On each of these fronts , the Trump administration has failed in some respect .
Trump has , for instance , used his power to declare national emergencies for a personal political advantage .
Despite the lack of an actual security emergency at the southern border , and despite the opposition of both chambers of Congress , Trump has declared a national emergency over the southern border situation and used his presidential emergency powers as a cover to divert funds towards constructing his long-sought southern border wall .
The new House @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of time spent in office as president from the statute of limitations for any federal crimes ; thus , policy against prosecuting sitting presidents couldn ’ t be used as a get out of jail free card .
The legislation also explicitly prohibits presidents from pardoning themselves , demands the submission to Congress of any materials related to any other presidential pardons within 30 days of their issuance , and a whole lot more , like an explicit requirement for political committees to report attempted foreign interference in U.S. elections to federal authorities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Trump campaign failed on this front specifically .
Trump has consistently alleged that investigations of the duly documented corruption on the part of himself and his team are “ witch hunts.
” In fact , the numerous criminal charges that his closest associates have faced tell a different story .
These efforts are not witch hunts .
They are reactions to the rampant self-serving corruption on the part of the president and his associates .

Most Congressional Republicans have consistently refused to even try and hold President Donald Trump accountable for his corruption and belligerence, but Congressional Democrats are continuing their work anyway. On Wednesday, House Dems unveiled the Protecting Our Democracy Act, which contains a wide array of new legislative provisions that are meant to compensate for some of the most brazen abuses of power that Trump and his political allies have perpetrated. In part, the bill collects pieces of legislation that had previously been developed separately. The currently GOP-led Senate doesn’t seem likely to take up the bill, but the legislative agenda would no doubt fare better if Democrats win in upcoming elections.
In a joint statement, seven Democratic House Committee chairs insisted the following:
‘It is time for Congress to strengthen the bedrock of our democracy and ensure our laws are strong enough to withstand a lawless president. These reforms are necessary not only because of the abuses of this president, but because the foundation of our democracy is the rule of law and that foundation is deeply at risk.’
As The Washington Post explains, the Protecting Our Democracy Act includes a long list of provisions. (It’s unclear when precisely the House might vote on it.) The legislation “includes measures to restrain the president’s power to grant pardons and declare national emergencies, to prevent federal officials from enriching themselves, and to accelerate the process of enforcing congressional subpoenas in court,” the Post says. The ambitious legislation “also includes provisions to protect inspectors general and whistleblowers, increase penalties for officials who subvert congressional appropriations or engage in overt political activity, and safeguard against foreign election interference.”
On each of these fronts, the Trump administration has failed in some respect. Trump has, for instance, used his power to declare national emergencies for a personal political advantage. Despite the lack of an actual security emergency at the southern border, and despite the opposition of both chambers of Congress, Trump has declared a national emergency over the southern border situation and used his presidential emergency powers as a cover to divert funds towards constructing his long-sought southern border wall.
The new House Democratic legislation includes specifics like an exemption of time spent in office as president from the statute of limitations for any federal crimes; thus, policy against prosecuting sitting presidents couldn’t be used as a get out of jail free card. The legislation also explicitly prohibits presidents from pardoning themselves, demands the submission to Congress of any materials related to any other presidential pardons within 30 days of their issuance, and a whole lot more, like an explicit requirement for political committees to report attempted foreign interference in U.S. elections to federal authorities. In the 2016 presidential race, the Trump campaign failed on this front specifically.
Trump has consistently alleged that investigations of the duly documented corruption on the part of himself and his team are “witch hunts.” In fact, the numerous criminal charges that his closest associates have faced tell a different story. These efforts are not witch hunts. They are reactions to the rampant self-serving corruption on the part of the president and his associates.