bipartisanreport--2020-10-15--Lindsey Graham Accused Of Felony Financial Crime In ‘October Surprise’

Poor old Senator Lindsey “ they ’ re-killing-me ” Graham ( R-SC ) .
He just can not catch a break .
His competitor Jaime Harris ( D ) is pulling in more money than any senate competitor in history .
Graham was left to beg TV audiences for a crumb .
Quite frankly , he looked sick but refused a coronavirus test .
Graham sounds like a drowning political ferret being pulled down the drain with Donald Trump ’ s dirty bath…and now this .
Graham chaired the only-lonely Senate Judiciary Committee holding the ultra-ultra-conservative Amy Coney Barrett ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were voices bouncing off of the high ceilings and marble pillars of Congress .
According to The Washington Post he said in committee : Earlier , the senator appeared on Sean Hannity ’ s talk show and said “ help me , ” according to The POLITICO : Harris was tied with Graham , and morning news had the newcomer moving ahead two or three points .
According to The Newsweek .
Graham was accused of soliciting donors to his campaign Tuesday after Judge Barrett ’ s confirmation hearing .
He pled for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fight for his seat in the Senate .
Soliciting campaign donations on federal property is illegal .
The senator spoke to reporters , and Aida Chavez captured him on video committing the alleged crime : Many social media users also said Graham had broken the law and pointed to the 18 U.S. Code § 607 , which read in part : ‘ It shall be unlawful for an individual who is an officer or employee of the Federal Government , including the President , Vice President , and Members of Congress , to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or other thing ( sic ) of value in connection with a Federal , State , or local election , while in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by an officer or employee of the United States , from any person.
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Poor old Senator Lindsey “they’re-killing-me” Graham (R-SC). He just cannot catch a break. His competitor Jaime Harris (D) is pulling in more money than any senate competitor in history. Graham is left to beg TV audiences for a crumb. Quite frankly, he looks sick but refused a coronavirus test. Graham sounds like a drowning political ferret being pulled down the drain with Donald Trump’s dirty bath water…and now this.
Graham chaired the only-lonely Senate Judiciary Committee holding the ultra-ultra-conservative Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing. There were voices bouncing off of the high ceilings and marble pillars of Congress. According to The Washington Post, he said in committee:
‘I don’t know what’s going on out there, but I can tell you there’s a lot of money been raised in this campaign. I’d like to know where the hell some of it’s coming from.’
Earlier, the senator appeared on Sean Hannity’s talk show and said “help me,” according to The POLITICO:
‘I’m getting overwhelmed. LindseyGraham.com. Help me. They’re killing me, money-wise. Help me. You helped me last week — help me again. LindseyGraham.com.’
He affixed himself to Donald Trump like a conjoined twin, but clearly the lesser of the two. While the senator licked POTUS’ boots, the president slowly sucked the spirit out of his lackey.
Harris was tied with Graham, and morning news had the newcomer moving ahead two or three points. According to The Newsweek, Graham was accused of soliciting donors to his campaign Tuesday after Judge Barrett’s confirmation hearing. He pled for donations at the Capitol in a life-and-death fight for his seat in the Senate.
Soliciting campaign donations on federal property is illegal. The senator spoke to reporters, and Aida Chavez captured him on video committing the alleged crime:
‘I think people in South Carolina are excited about Judge Barrett. I don’t know how much it affected fundraising today, but if you want to help me close the gap…I think the contest in South Carolina has taken on sort of a national profile.’
Sen. Graham: “I think people in South Carolina are excited about Judge Barrett. I don’t know how much it affected fundraising today, but if you want to help me close the gap…I think the contest in South Carolina has taken on sort of a national profile.” pic.twitter.com/ufW1G0nT71 — aída chávez (@aidachavez) October 14, 2020
Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell tweeted his accusation of Graham’s alleged crime:
‘This is a crime @LindseyGrahamSC committed a crime in plain sight.’
This is a crime. @LindseyGrahamSC committed a crime in plain sight. https://t.co/ZySdwtzfXW — Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) October 15, 2020
Many social media users also said Graham had broken the law and pointed to the 18 U.S. Code § 607, which read in part:
‘It shall be unlawful for an individual who is an officer or employee of the Federal Government, including the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress, to solicit or receive a donation of money or other thing (sic) of value in connection with a Federal, State, or local election, while in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by an officer or employee of the United States, from any person.’
According to the law:
‘A person who violates this section shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned not more than three years, or both.’
The Senate Ethics Office commented:
‘Senate Members and staff may not receive or solicit campaign contributions in any federal building” and cites 18 U.S. Code § 607 on its website under “General Prohibitions:”‘
Lindsey Graham: “Y’all have a good chance of winning the White House.” Klobuchar: “Thank you for acknowledging that.” Graham: “Yeah. I think it’s true.” pic.twitter.com/hirp7PobfP — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 15, 2020
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‘This is public solicitation of a bribe or gratuity in exchange for his official action of voting to confirm a Supreme Court nominee. That’s a crime whether or not he’s in a federal building. Disgusting.’
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bipartisanreport--2020-10-16--The Reason Bad Boy Donald Attracts His Core Group

Girls seem to go for the Fonzie type , you know , his pompadour , rebellious attitude , and motorcycle .
No wonder Donald Trump has drawn a cult-like following .
It all makes sense now .
People have been wondering what the attraction is for so many people to be drawn to the Trump-Pence guys like…well , flies .
Think about it .
Compared to Fonzie ’ s Italian-American tough and street-smart attitude , we have POTUS ’ Scottish-German-American tough-guy attitude .
Smart ?
Maybe , not so much .
They both came out of the 1950s , hang @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and are big on giving the people around them life advice .
For Trump , that is like : The Fonz has his own signature words like Ayyyyy and Woah !
The pres has a few of his own Bigly and then there is the biggliest one of all Covfefe .
Not only that , they both hang out with other bad boys like Putin , Kim Jong Un , Erdoğan , and MSB .
You know , they both had TV shows , too ?
Of course , we will have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s nickname .
Fonzarelli has Fonzie and the Fonz .
Maybe , 45 ’ s real name is Trumpernickle .
That way Trump works and possibly Truh .
About that motorcycle , though .
We have been giving the man who occasionally sits in the Oval Office motorcycle lessons , but he just sits there on his hog , saluting , and saying “ lift-off !
” Oh , oh and this .
They both hang out with hamburger joints .
The similarities are eerie .
Fonzarelli even has a greaser look and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more ?
Take a look at one of his tweets and see if that is not the reason people like our big boy “ Truh.
” While you are there , take a peek in his back pocket and see if there is not a comb for his ducktail , too : Twitter world went insane after Trump ’ s tweet .
Did he ever even have coronavirus ?
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Girls seem to go for the Fonzie type, you know, his pompadour, rebellious attitude, and motorcycle. No wonder Donald Trump has drawn a cult-like following. It all makes sense now.
People have been wondering what the attraction is for so many people to be drawn to the Trump-Pence guys like…well, flies. Think about it. Compared to Fonzie’s Italian-American tough and street-smart attitude, we have POTUS’ Scottish-German-American tough-guy attitude. Smart? Maybe, not so much.
They both came out of the 1950s, hang around married women (Mrs. Cunningham), and are big on giving the people around them life advice. For Trump, that is like:
‘Don’t wear masks in a raging pandemic. If you die, you’ll never have to worry about growing old.’
The Fonz has his own signature words like Ayyyyy and Woah! The pres has a few of his own Bigly and then there is the biggliest one of all Covfefe. Not only that, they both hang out with other bad boys like Putin, Kim Jong Un, Erdoğan, and MBS. You know, both of these cool dudes had TV shows, too?
Of course, we will have to do something about the tweeter-in-chief’s nickname. Fonzarelli has Fonzie and the Fonz. Maybe, 45’s real name is Trumpernickle. That way Trump works and possibly Truh.
About that motorcycle, though. We have been giving the man who occasionally sits in the Oval Office motorcycle lessons. But he just sits there on his hog in his leather jacket, saluting, and repeating “lift-off!”
Oh, oh and this. They both hang out with hamburger joints food. The similarities are eerie. Fonzarelli even has a greaser look and a thumbs-up gesture. Need I say more?
Take a look at one of his tweets and see if that is not the reason people like our big boy “Truh.” While you are there, take a peek in his back pocket and see if there is not a comb for his ducktail, too:
‘Nobody has ever done as much for Iowa as I have done for Iowa – Not even close!!!’
Nobody has ever done as much for Iowa as I have done for Iowa – Not even close!!! https://t.co/wvXnyYs7N9 — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 15, 2020
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bipartisanreport--2020-10-16--The Lincoln Project’ Master-Trolls Trump Jr With Viral Video Release

The orange does not fall far from the orange tree .
Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump have been in a knife fight for who will inherit their dad ’ s throne .
Ivanka stays close to her “ daddy ” here and abroad .
Of course , POTUS ’ crimes against humanity have him lingering in the states .
That along with his COVID-19-ridden body .
So now Don Jr. has the edge .
Junior is the president ’ s talking head for rallies crisscrossing the nation .
He was just at a live cattle auction in Fallon , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) as his warm-up act .
Don has some problems though , like comparing Syrian refugees to a bowl of poisoned Skittles .
So , Dad has him on the off-the-freeway-town circuit .
Spreading the word from Fayetteville , Arkansas to Nebraska according to KUSI : Even so , Jr. ’ s ad was missing something .
Fortunately , the Republicans and former Republicans in The Lincoln Project packed up their bags and headed out to do the repair work with their spectacular editing magic and an eye of newt .
They fixed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Clearly , Don Jr. really needed the help .
See what we mean below : Then , there was that very special Valentine dinner–with stuffed bears : Even The Late Show with Stephen Colbert tried to help Junior : Twitter world went wild after they saw this Lincoln Project ad .
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The orange does not fall far from the orange tree. Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump have been in a knife fight for who will inherit their dad’s throne. Ivanka stays close to her “daddy” here and abroad. Of course, POTUS’ crimes against humanity have him lingering in the states. That along with his COVID-19-ridden body. So now Don Jr. has the edge.
Junior is the president’s talking head for rallies, crisscrossing the nation. He was just at a live cattle auction in Fallon, Nevada with Representative Devin Nunes (R-CA) as his warm-up act.
Don has some problems though, like comparing Syrian refugees to a bowl of poisoned Skittles. So, Dad has him on the off-the-freeway-town circuit. Spreading the word from Fayetteville, Arkansas to Nebraska according to KUSI:
‘Bidens are the most corrupt political family in American History.’
Even so, Jr.’s promo ad was missing something. Fortunately, the Republicans and former Republicans in The Lincoln Project packed up their tool kits and headed out to do the repair work with their spectacular editing magic and an eye of newt. They fixed it up just right. Enjoy:
‘We fixed Don Jr.’s crazy ad.’
We fixed Don Jr.’s crazy ad. pic.twitter.com/TE929T1f2x — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) October 15, 2020
Clearly, Don Jr. really needed the help. See what we mean below:
‘It’s almost like a funny version of an S&L skit.’
Then, there was that very special Valentine dinner–with stuffed bears:
Even The Late Show with Stephen Colbert tried to help Junior:
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In retrospect, it’s almost as if Trump’s withholding of vital aid from Ukraine in order to extort their leader into doing Trump’s bidding -was indicative of Trump’s corrupt management style & -indicated that he wld employ cheat-to-win-at-all-costs tactics WRT the 2020 election pic.twitter.com/jwNMiXbpzX — NotATweeter16 (@NotATweeter16) October 15, 2020
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bipartisanreport--2020-10-16--Trump Tweets Deranged Threats To America During Tweet Storm Of Rage

At this point , President Donald Trump ’ s re-election strategy seems to hinge on spouting off his half-baked conspiracy theories to as many people as possible and hoping for the best .
At a Thursday rally in Greenville , North Carolina , the president did just that , claiming — as summarized on Twitter — that “ Joe Biden and the Democrat Socialists will kill your jobs , dismantle your police departments , dissolve your borders , release criminal aliens , raise your taxes , confiscate your guns , end fracking , destroy your suburbs , and drive God @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one of these claims — every single one — is a brazen misrepresentation of reality .
In short — no , Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden won ’ t “ kill your jobs.
” Actually , he wants to improve job opportunities across the nation .
Meanwhile , to suggest that Biden wants to “ dismantle your police departments ” and “ dissolve your borders ” is just laughable nonsense that has little relationship to basic reality .
Similarly , under no major Democratic plan is there any idea to “ release criminal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the law and basic concerns about public safety .
Every criminal will continue to serve the sentences handed down by the judicial system — Democrats simply don ’ t want to compel local authorities to hand immigrants who are among those criminals over to federal authorities after their sentences are complete .
There ’ s no subversion of the due process of law with this rebuttal of the feds in place .
Criminals still serve their sentences .
Going on — Biden has pledged not to raise taxes on Americans earning under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no plan to forcibly confiscate assault weapons on any systematic scale , his campaign does not support ending fracking cold turkey , and he will not “ destroy the suburbs ” if elected .
The idea underlying that last claim is that Democrats will essentially do away with single-family home zoning , which is false .
As for the idea that Democrats will “ drive God from the public square ” — Joe Biden is an openly practicing Catholic .
On Thursday afternoon , Trump also complained about journalist Steve Scully , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after admitting to lying that a hacker was responsible for a mildly anti-Trump tweet that went out from his account in the days before he was set to moderate the now-cancelled second presidential debate .
Trump also petulantly complained about an NBC town hall that he was set to participate in on Thursday night .

At this point, President Donald Trump’s re-election strategy seems to hinge on spouting off his half-baked conspiracy theories to as many people as possible and hoping for the best. At a Thursday rally in Greenville, North Carolina, the president did just that, claiming — as summarized on Twitter — that “Joe Biden and the Democrat Socialists will kill your jobs, dismantle your police departments, dissolve your borders, release criminal aliens, raise your taxes, confiscate your guns, end fracking, destroy your suburbs, and drive God from the public square.” Every single one of these claims — every single one — is a brazen misrepresentation of reality.
Joe Biden and the Democrat Socialists will kill your jobs, dismantle your police departments, dissolve your borders, release criminal aliens, raise your taxes, confiscate your guns, end fracking, destroy your suburbs, and drive God from the public square. pic.twitter.com/vrjMVaZhDI — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 15, 2020
In short — no, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden won’t “kill your jobs.” Actually, he wants to improve job opportunities across the nation. Meanwhile, to suggest that Biden wants to “dismantle your police departments” and “dissolve your borders” is just laughable nonsense that has little relationship to basic reality. Similarly, under no major Democratic plan is there any idea to “release criminal aliens” in some kind of subversion of the law and basic concerns about public safety. Every criminal will continue to serve the sentences handed down by the judicial system — Democrats simply don’t want to compel local authorities to hand immigrants who are among those criminals over to federal authorities after their sentences are complete. There’s no subversion of the due process of law with this rebuttal of the feds in place. Criminals still serve their sentences.
Going on — Biden has pledged not to raise taxes on Americans earning under $400,000 a year, he has no plan to forcibly confiscate assault weapons on any systematic scale, his campaign does not support ending fracking cold turkey, and he will not “destroy the suburbs” if elected. The idea underlying that last claim is that Democrats will essentially do away with single-family home zoning, which is false. As for the idea that Democrats will “drive God from the public square” — Joe Biden is an openly practicing Catholic.
On Thursday afternoon, Trump also complained about journalist Steve Scully, who was indefinitely suspended from C-SPAN this week after admitting to lying that a hacker was responsible for a mildly anti-Trump tweet that went out from his account in the days before he was set to moderate the now-cancelled second presidential debate. Trump also petulantly complained about an NBC town hall that he was set to participate in on Thursday night.
If we don’t win, the Radical Left will destroy our Country. Biden refuses to answer questions on packing the SCOTUS! Dems will pack the Court w/ radical left justices who will shred the #2A, empower violent mobs, and protect terrorists & violent criminals! pic.twitter.com/qUrjRM6MTp — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 15, 2020
I was right again! Steve Scully just admitted he was lying about his Twitter being hacked. The Debate was Rigged! He was suspended from @cspan indefinitely. The Trump Campaign was not treated fairly by the “Commission”. Did I show good instincts in being the first to know? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 15, 2020
I will be doing a major Fake @NBCNews Town Hall Forum, live tonight from Miami, at 8:00 P.M. They asked me to do it in place of the Rigged Steve Scully (he is now suspended from @cspan for lying) Debate. I wonder if they’ll treat me as well as Sleepy Joe? They should! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 15, 2020
Does Trump ever stop complaining?
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bipartisanreport--2020-10-16--Trump Threatens To Fire A Governor During Belligerent Friday Rally

On Friday , President Donald Trump made a couple of campaign stops in Florida , including at a rally in Ocala .
The event had a couple of high-profile Trump supporters , like the state ’ s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis and Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz , who represents an area in the panhandle .
As the 2020 election cycle draws to a close , the president has zeroed in on belligerent chaos as his campaign ’ s guiding principle .
If he ’ s uttered a conspiracy theory at just about any point during his time in the public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recent comments — he seems likely to wheel it out again as Election Day approaches .
There were slight updates — for example , at one point during the rally , Trump ’ s supporters began chanting “ lock him up !
” referring to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden .
In the past , Trump has baselessly claimed that Biden ’ s role in the Russia investigation — which Trump alleges was simply meant to smear his own team — means that the former vice president should get a decades-long jail sentence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claim about former President Barack Obama .
His claims of some kind of criminal wrongdoing on Biden and Obama ’ s parts do not reflect reality — but he seems ready and willing to push for the punitive criminal prosecution of his political opponents anyway .
In a similarly dictatorial vein , Trump ranted that the press is the “ enemy of the people ” at another point during his Friday appearance in Ocala .
Trump has , of course , made this accusation in the past , but the fact that by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ negate the fact that the rhetoric is a dangerous attack on the free press .
Trump is , of course , lying when he claims that there ’ s some kind of conspiracy to drum up fake news about him , but his fans have clearly cultivated virulent antagonism towards members of the media anyway .
The virulent antagonism towards the media that the president has helped cultivate could pose a physical danger to reporters if some of the president ’ s most dedicated followers decide to take matters into their own hands @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moments at Trump ’ s Ocala rally were just an inane spectacle of ignorance .
Trump quipped at one point that if he loses Florida , then he ’ d like to figure out a way to fire the state ’ s Republican Governor , Ron DeSantis .
There is obviously no way in which Trump could actually do that .
At another point , he rambled about his campaign ’ s quest to “ make America great again again , ” as if a resuscitated campaign slogan from four years ago is @ @ @ @ @ @ @

On Friday, President Donald Trump made a couple of campaign stops in Florida, including at a rally in Ocala. The event had a couple of high-profile Trump supporters, like the state’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis and Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz, who represents an area in the panhandle. As the 2020 election cycle draws to a close, the president has zeroed in on belligerent chaos as his campaign’s guiding principle. If he’s uttered a conspiracy theory at just about any point during his time in the public spotlight, then — based on his recent comments — he seems likely to wheel it out again as Election Day approaches.
There were slight updates — for example, at one point during the rally, Trump’s supporters began chanting “lock him up!” referring to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. In the past, Trump has baselessly claimed that Biden’s role in the Russia investigation — which Trump alleges was simply meant to smear his own team — means that the former vice president should get a decades-long jail sentence. Trump has made the same nonsensical claim about former President Barack Obama. His claims of some kind of criminal wrongdoing on Biden and Obama’s parts do not reflect reality — but he seems ready and willing to push for the punitive criminal prosecution of his political opponents anyway.
"Lock him up!" — Trump fans chant for the extrajudicial imprisonment of Joe Biden pic.twitter.com/c6AKCEcMbQ — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 16, 2020
In a similarly dictatorial vein, Trump ranted that the press is the “enemy of the people” at another point during his Friday appearance in Ocala. Trump has, of course, made this accusation in the past, but the fact that by now it’s rote does not negate the fact that the rhetoric is a dangerous attack on the free press. Trump is, of course, lying when he claims that there’s some kind of conspiracy to drum up fake news about him, but his fans have clearly cultivated virulent antagonism towards members of the media anyway. The virulent antagonism towards the media that the president has helped cultivate could pose a physical danger to reporters if some of the president’s most dedicated followers decide to take matters into their own hands and confront journalists — again.
"It's the enemy of the people. Our media is the enemy of the people. It's very, very dangerous, what they do … I will deliver optimism, opportunity, and hope" — Trump pic.twitter.com/KgNpp171xr — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 16, 2020
Other moments at Trump’s Ocala rally were just an inane spectacle of ignorance. Trump quipped at one point that if he loses Florida, then he’d like to figure out a way to fire the state’s Republican Governor, Ron DeSantis. There is obviously no way in which Trump could actually do that. At another point, he rambled about his campaign’s quest to “make America great again again,” as if a resuscitated campaign slogan from four years ago is supposed to be inspiring to people.
"Hey Ron, are we gonna win the state please? You know, if we don't win it, I'm blaming the governor. I'll fire him somehow" — Trump pic.twitter.com/qFCGAjdGsa — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 16, 2020


bipartisanreport--2020-10-16--Trump Blows It With Seniors During Friday Rally PR Disaster

On Friday , President Donald Trump delivered a speech in Florida that was supposed to be about his administration ’ s supposed efforts to support seniors — but the president quickly veered into truly bizarre territory .
At one point , Trump claimed that he is “ saving the suburbs , ” which is just completely nonsensical .
Democrats are not trying to “ abolish ” the suburbs , as Trump has claimed in the past .
All that Dems have done is promoted efforts to have communities look at possibilities for securing desegregation , and these efforts have sent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Suburban women want security .
They want safety , they want law and order , they want their homes to be protected .
The socialist ideology — ideology that they will use and and indoctrinate our youth with , it ’ s like poisonous anti-American propaganda… Take a look at Venezuela .
And people don ’ t realize it was a wealthy country — 18 , 17 years ago , was so wealthy .
And it ’ s gone from being wealthy – they don ’ t have medicine , they don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t have water , they don ’ t have anything and it ’ s , you know , it can happen here – just a much larger version with that ideology and that ’ s the ideology that [ Democrats are ] looking at.
’ This rant is total nonsense .
No , Democrats are not trying to impose some kind of Venezuela-style dictatorship in the United States .
Trump is nonsensically characterizing his opponents as some kind of anti-American conspirators , but his ramblings , quite simply , do not reflect reality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Democrats support “ totally open borders , ” which is a lie .
On another occasion this week , Trump claimed that a Biden administration would “ dismantle your police departments , ” which — according to any reasonable understanding of the phrase — is another bold-faced lie .
Discussing past scrutiny of his remarks , Trump insisted that CNN “ is a little bit on the evil side.
” This volatile , self-obsessed cultishness is what the president is promoting .
On Friday , Trump added : ‘ We all have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ care of people , but when you say we ’ re going to give you free health care , we ’ re gon na give you college education… [ Democrats ] care more about illegal aliens than they do about senior citizens .
The left is coming after me because I ’ m defending you and that ’ s true — that ’ s why they come after me every day , but we caught em on the Russia hoax .
We finally caught em after two and a half years.
’ The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a mish-mash of the “ greatest hits ” of his nonsense .
At one point while in Florida on Friday , he even insisted that he agrees that Hillary Clinton should be locked up , which is dictatorial gobbledygook .

On Friday, President Donald Trump delivered a speech in Florida that was supposed to be about his administration’s supposed efforts to support seniors — but the president quickly veered into truly bizarre territory. At one point, Trump claimed that he is “saving the suburbs,” which is just completely nonsensical. Democrats are not trying to “abolish” the suburbs, as Trump has claimed in the past. All that Dems have done is promoted efforts to have communities look at possibilities for securing desegregation, and these efforts have sent Trump on these deranged meltdowns.
Trump ranted:
‘Suburban women want security. They want safety, they want law and order, they want their homes to be protected. The socialist ideology — ideology that they will use and and indoctrinate our youth with, it’s like poisonous anti-American propaganda… Take a look at Venezuela. And people don’t realize it was a wealthy country — 18, 17 years ago, was so wealthy. And it’s gone from being wealthy – they don’t have medicine, they don’t have food, they don’t have water, they don’t have anything and it’s, you know, it can happen here – just a much larger version with that ideology and that’s the ideology that [Democrats are] looking at.’
This rant is total nonsense. No, Democrats are not trying to impose some kind of Venezuela-style dictatorship in the United States. Trump is nonsensically characterizing his opponents as some kind of anti-American conspirators, but his ramblings, quite simply, do not reflect reality. He claimed, for instance, that Democrats support “totally open borders,” which is a lie. On another occasion this week, Trump claimed that a Biden administration would “dismantle your police departments,” which — according to any reasonable understanding of the phrase — is another bold-faced lie.
Discussing past scrutiny of his remarks, Trump insisted that CNN “is a little bit on the evil side.” This volatile, self-obsessed cultishness is what the president is promoting. On Friday, Trump added:
‘We all have big hearts and we want to take care of people, but when you say we’re going to give you free health care, we’re gonna give you college education… [Democrats] care more about illegal aliens than they do about senior citizens. The left is coming after me because I’m defending you and that’s true — that’s why they come after me every day, but we caught em on the Russia hoax. We finally caught em after two and a half years.’
The president’s campaigning has devolved into a mish-mash of the “greatest hits” of his nonsense. At one point while in Florida on Friday, he even insisted that he agrees that Hillary Clinton should be locked up, which is dictatorial gobbledygook.
Watch his unhinged comments below:


bipartisanreport--2020-10-16--GOP Legend Charged With Assault After Shoving Poll Worker

A former North Carolina state legislator who was serving as an official Republican Party poll watcher has been charged with assault after pushing a poll worker on Friday , which was the second day of early in-person voting in the state .
The perpetrator was Gary Pendleton , who was serving as a poll watcher in Wake Forest , North Carolina .
He attempted to enter the polling location before it opened to the public , and after a poll worker declined to let him enter — in line with official policy , a local elections official has explained — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the summary from the local publication The News & Observer , Pendleton says that “ he asked the poll worker in Wake Forest what was he was trying to hide ” — but there is zero indication that the poll worker was trying to hide anything at all .
The incident of physical harassment that Pendleton perpetrated seems to have grown from the right-wing conspiracy theories that there is some kind of plot to perpetrate election fraud around the country .
There is no such plot — it does not exist .
Pendleton @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one term in the lower house of the North Carolina state legislature , and he has also previously served as a Wake County commissioner .
Pendleton suggests that his physical harassment of the poll worker was at least partly based in concern about the spread of COVID-19 , but this excuse seems dubious — at best .
Pendleton claimed , referring to the poll worker : If Pendleton was actually concerned about the spread of COVID-19 , then why would he have initiated physical contact ?
The assault charge that Pendleton faces is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s not immediately clear what the next step for the case might be .
The poll worker was not injured .
Gary Sims , who serves as the director of the Wake County Board of Elections , says that Pendleton has been “ warned not to return to voting locations as an observer.
” Sims has also explained that on Thursday , some early voting locations had allowed poll watchers in before the premises was open to the public , but authorities “ communicated with them today that they shouldn ’ t be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Friday .
The incident involving the assault that Pendleton perpetrated is one of many possible real-world examples of potential consequences of the GOP ’ s lies about the prevalence of election fraud .
In reality , election fraud is rare , and there is no indication of some kind of looming fraud-based threat to the integrity of the election in this cycle .
Nevertheless , Trump has even suggested that foreign countries might submit fraudulent ballots to be counted along with legitimate ones , but there is zero evidence for this possibility .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ limited incidents of mishandled mail and ballots as supposed evidence of a fraud threat , but the support for his idea of some kind of systemic problem is just not there .

A former North Carolina state legislator who was serving as an official Republican Party poll watcher has been charged with assault after pushing a poll worker on Friday, which was the second day of early in-person voting in the state. The perpetrator was Gary Pendleton, who was serving as a poll watcher in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He attempted to enter the polling location before it opened to the public, and after a poll worker declined to let him enter — in line with official policy, a local elections official has explained — Pendleton pushed the worker.
A Republican poll observer in North Carolina was charged with assault Friday morning after he pushed an election worker who was preventing him from entering an early-voting center in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh. https://t.co/sclUVG6s01 — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 16, 2020
According to the summary from the local publication The News & Observer, Pendleton says that “he asked the poll worker in Wake Forest what was he was trying to hide” — but there is zero indication that the poll worker was trying to hide anything at all. The incident of physical harassment that Pendleton perpetrated seems to have grown from the right-wing conspiracy theories that there is some kind of plot to perpetrate election fraud around the country. There is no such plot — it does not exist.
Pendleton, for his part, served for one term in the lower house of the North Carolina state legislature, and he has also previously served as a Wake County commissioner. Pendleton suggests that his physical harassment of the poll worker was at least partly based in concern about the spread of COVID-19, but this excuse seems dubious — at best. Pendleton claimed, referring to the poll worker:
‘He stepped in front of me, at about three feet. We both had on masks, and I took both my hands and pushed him back a little bit. I didn’t push him hard. I just pushed him back a little bit to get out of my face because we do have COVID-19 going on.’
If Pendleton was actually concerned about the spread of COVID-19, then why would he have initiated physical contact?
The assault charge that Pendleton faces is a misdemeanor offense, and it’s not immediately clear what the next step for the case might be. The poll worker was not injured. Gary Sims, who serves as the director of the Wake County Board of Elections, says that Pendleton has been “warned not to return to voting locations as an observer.” Sims has also explained that on Thursday, some early voting locations had allowed poll watchers in before the premises was open to the public, but authorities “communicated with them today that they shouldn’t be doing that,” Sims said on Friday.
The incident involving the assault that Pendleton perpetrated is one of many possible real-world examples of potential consequences of the GOP’s lies about the prevalence of election fraud. In reality, election fraud is rare, and there is no indication of some kind of looming fraud-based threat to the integrity of the election in this cycle.
Nevertheless, Trump has even suggested that foreign countries might submit fraudulent ballots to be counted along with legitimate ones, but there is zero evidence for this possibility. He has also cited isolated and very limited incidents of mishandled mail and ballots as supposed evidence of a fraud threat, but the support for his idea of some kind of systemic problem is just not there.


bipartisanreport--2020-10-16--Obama Announces Friday Final Push To Flip The Senate Blue

Former President Barack Obama is continuing his support for Democratic political causes as Election Day approaches .
On Friday , Obama shared that he would be participating in a virtual fundraiser event alongside Sen. Catherine Cortz Masto ( D-NV ) that was meant to help attract support for efforts to turn the Senate blue .
Democrats need to have a net gain of four seats on top of their current total in order to become the majority party in the U.S. Senate , and since the Cook Political Report currently rates a full nine GOP-held seats as either toss-ups or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ good chance of some Democratic success .
Cortez Masto was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016 , replacing outgoing Senator Harry Reid .
In the time since her election , Nevada ’ s other U.S. Senate seat has changed party hands — in the 2018 midterm elections , Democrat Jacky Rosen beat Republican incumbent Dean Heller in his race for re-election .
Although during the 2018 midterms , Democrats were less fortunate in the U.S. Senate than they were in the U.S. House , they nevertheless picked up another significant victory that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Martha McSally in the race to replace the retiring Republican Jeff Flake as U.S .
Senator from Arizona .
In the time since , McSally was appointed to fill out some of the remainder of the final term of the late John McCain , but she ’ s on the ballot this November against Democrat Mark Kelly , who has a consistent polling lead .
Other states where Democratic U.S. Senate candidates seem to be doing consistently well include Colorado , Maine , and North Carolina , with other seats elsewhere where Republicans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a definite chance nonetheless .
There ’ s been a huge outpouring of support for Democratic Senate candidates — in the third quarter of 2020 , Democrat Jaime Harrison , who is challenging Lindsey Graham , raised $ 57 million , which is the highest single-quarter fundraising total for any U.S. Senate candidate on record .
Check out Twitter ’ s response to Obama below :

Former President Barack Obama is continuing his support for Democratic political causes as Election Day approaches. On Friday, Obama shared that he would be participating in a virtual fundraiser event alongside Sen. Catherine Cortz Masto (D-NV) that was meant to help attract support for efforts to turn the Senate blue. Democrats need to have a net gain of four seats on top of their current total in order to become the majority party in the U.S. Senate, and since the Cook Political Report currently rates a full nine GOP-held seats as either toss-ups or leaning Democratic, there’s a good chance of some Democratic success.
Obama shared:
‘Democrats winning control of the Senate will make all the difference on how much progress we can achieve on health care, supporting working families, and more. Join @CatherineForNV and me for today’s grassroots event.’
Democrats winning control of the Senate will make all the difference on how much progress we can achieve on health care, supporting working families, and more. Join @CatherineForNV and me for today's grassroots event: https://t.co/E8GiJouVsF — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 16, 2020
Cortez Masto was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016, replacing outgoing Senator Harry Reid. In the time since her election, Nevada’s other U.S. Senate seat has changed party hands — in the 2018 midterm elections, Democrat Jacky Rosen beat Republican incumbent Dean Heller in his race for re-election. Although during the 2018 midterms, Democrats were less fortunate in the U.S. Senate than they were in the U.S. House, they nevertheless picked up another significant victory that year when Democrat Kyrsten Sinema beat Republican Martha McSally in the race to replace the retiring Republican Jeff Flake as U.S. Senator from Arizona.
In the time since, McSally was appointed to fill out some of the remainder of the final term of the late John McCain, but she’s on the ballot this November against Democrat Mark Kelly, who has a consistent polling lead. Other states where Democratic U.S. Senate candidates seem to be doing consistently well include Colorado, Maine, and North Carolina, with other seats elsewhere where Republicans may be slightly favored but Democrats maintain a definite chance nonetheless. There’s been a huge outpouring of support for Democratic Senate candidates — in the third quarter of 2020, Democrat Jaime Harrison, who is challenging Lindsey Graham, raised $57 million, which is the highest single-quarter fundraising total for any U.S. Senate candidate on record.
Check out Twitter’s response to Obama below:


bipartisanreport--2020-10-16--Mitt Romney Condemns Trump After NBC Town Hall  Debacle

One might hope that a president of the United States could be counted on to denounce a deranged right-wing conspiracy theory known as QAnon , which insists that top Democrats are secret Satan-worshiping cannibals .
This ludicrous conspiracy theory goes on , insisting that President Donald Trump is fighting against these cannibals , and there ’ s a nearly constant steam of unhinged pronouncements about imminent arrests that never actually happen .
At a Thursday night town hall on NBC , Trump refused to condemn QAnon , and Sen. Mitt Romney ( R-Utah ) joined the chorus of condemnation for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Friday afternoon statement , Romney said : ‘ The President ’ s unwillingness to denounce an absurd and dangerous conspiracy theory last night continues an alarming pattern : politicians and parties refuse to forcefully and convincingly repudiate groups like antifa , white supremacists , and conspiracy peddlers .
Similarly troubling is their silence regarding anti-vaxxers , militias , and anarchists .
Rather than expel the rabid fringes and the extremes , they have coddled or adopted them , eagerly trading their principles for the hope of electoral victories.
’ Romney subsequently added that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opening a door ” to a mass movement that might eventually “ eclipse them both.
” Check out Romney ’ s statement below : To be clear : it ’ s Republicans who have , by and large , been the ones to eagerly welcome peddlers of deranged conspiracy theories into their political party .
There is no systematic equivalent among Democrats .
The much-maligned “ antifa ” isn ’ t even any kind of centralized organization — there ’ s no four-star general of antifa — while QAnon itself is rather centralized @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pronouncements come from an anonymous internet user going by “ Q.
” As for the left-wing activists who those raising an alarm about “ antifa ” are generally trying to refer to — many of them don ’ t even like Democrats !
To suggest that top Democrats are okay with violence and rioting and the like is just plain wrong , period .
Joe Biden himself has unequivocally publicly condemned violence of all sorts , over and over again .
As for Trump and QAnon — the conspiracy movement itself “ has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the FBI , ” CNN reports , since the utterly unhinged claims about secret Satanic child abuse by top Democrats could be used as an excuse for further real-world vigilante violence .
Even still , the president won ’ t condemn the lunacy .
Check out Twitter ’ s response to Romney below :

One might hope that a president of the United States could be counted on to denounce a deranged right-wing conspiracy theory known as QAnon, which insists that top Democrats are secret Satan-worshiping cannibals. This ludicrous conspiracy theory goes on, insisting that President Donald Trump is fighting against these cannibals, and there’s a nearly constant steam of unhinged pronouncements about imminent arrests that never actually happen. At a Thursday night town hall on NBC, Trump refused to condemn QAnon, and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) joined the chorus of condemnation for Trump in the aftermath.
In his Friday afternoon statement, Romney said:
‘The President’s unwillingness to denounce an absurd and dangerous conspiracy theory last night continues an alarming pattern: politicians and parties refuse to forcefully and convincingly repudiate groups like antifa, white supremacists, and conspiracy peddlers. Similarly troubling is their silence regarding anti-vaxxers, militias, and anarchists. Rather than expel the rabid fringes and the extremes, they have coddled or adopted them, eagerly trading their principles for the hope of electoral victories.’
Romney subsequently added that the two major parties could be “opening a door” to a mass movement that might eventually “eclipse them both.” Check out Romney’s statement below:
To be clear: it’s Republicans who have, by and large, been the ones to eagerly welcome peddlers of deranged conspiracy theories into their political party. There is no systematic equivalent among Democrats. The much-maligned “antifa” isn’t even any kind of centralized organization — there’s no four-star general of antifa — while QAnon itself is rather centralized, since the theory’s deranged pronouncements come from an anonymous internet user going by “Q.” As for the left-wing activists who those raising an alarm about “antifa” are generally trying to refer to — many of them don’t even like Democrats! To suggest that top Democrats are okay with violence and rioting and the like is just plain wrong, period. Joe Biden himself has unequivocally publicly condemned violence of all sorts, over and over again.
As for Trump and QAnon — the conspiracy movement itself “has been labeled a domestic terror threat by the FBI,” CNN reports, since the utterly unhinged claims about secret Satanic child abuse by top Democrats could be used as an excuse for further real-world vigilante violence. Even still, the president won’t condemn the lunacy.
Check out Twitter’s response to Romney below:


bipartisanreport--2020-10-16--‘FORBES’ Uncovers $1 Billion Of Trump Debt To 6 Creditors In ‘October Surprise’

Donald Trump owes $ 1,000,000,000 to his creditors .
That is right , our president owes someone or several someones one billion dollars–or more .
At his town hall meeting Thursday night , POTUS looked bad , physically that is .
No wonder .
He fessed up to owing $ 400 million , and of course , he lied .
That puts a whole different spin on “ the buck stops here.
” That means with this huge liability , the president is a significant national security risk .
The Forbes magazine pulled out all of the dozens of documents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ His assets run primarily to “ hotels , hotels , buildings , mansions and golf courses.
” He lists most of them on the financial disclosure report he has to file yearly as part of being president .
Unfortunately for him , he omitted two properties adding up to “ an estimated $ 447 million.
” True he has significant assets , and they are worth an “ estimated $ 3.66 billion.
” That would leave him property-rich worth $ 2.5 billion and cash poor .
According to The Vox : Some speculated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump .
That appears to be inaccurate .
He has six other creditors , “ two of which began or reworked deals while the president was in office : ” ‘ One reason for all the confusion : Trump ’ s loans are not fully transparent .
It ’ s still unclear to whom he owes an estimated $ 162 million against his skyscraper in San Francisco , for example .
The loan against 1290 Avenue of the Americas is also something of a mystery .
And it ’ s difficult to pin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a loan tied to his Bedford , New York mansion .
When asked about all of this , the Trump Organization did not respond.
’ Here is an example of how one of his properties breaks down its financials .
Trump owes an estimated $ 170 to Deutsche Bank on his Washington D.C. International Hotel .
He has a variable interest rate , which is not ideal , and the loan comes due in 2024 .
The president paid for his redevelopment of the Old Post Office located a block from the White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his redevelopment of the Old Post Office building in Washington , D.C. , which now serves as the Trump International Hotel , with a $ 170 million mortgage from Deutsche Bank .
It ’ s possible that Trump does not still owe all of that money today—the New York Times , which has access to Trump ’ s tax-return data , recently reported that the loan has a balance of $ 160 million .
Regardless of the exact amount of principal outstanding , it doesn ’ t appear that the hotel is doing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with profits from the business.
’ To see the entire list of financial documents , go to this Forbes article .
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 .

Donald Trump owes $1,000,000,000 to his creditors. That is right, our president owes someone or several someones one billion dollars–or more. At his town hall meeting Thursday night, POTUS looked bad, physically that is. No wonder. He fessed up to owing $400 million, and of course, he lied. That puts a whole different spin on “the buck stops here.”
That means with this huge liability, the president is a significant national security risk. The Forbes magazine pulled out all of the dozens of documents that list Trump’s liabilities. His assets run primarily to “hotels, hotels, buildings, mansions and golf courses.”
He lists most of them on the financial disclosure report he has to file yearly as part of being president. Unfortunately for him, he omitted two properties adding up to “an estimated $447 million.” True he has significant assets, and they are worth an “estimated $3.66 billion.” That would leave him property-rich worth $2.5 billion and cash poor.
According to The Vox:
‘He has personally guaranteed $421 million in debt. We know some information about it.’
Some speculated that only Deutsche Bank would lend to Trump. That appears to be inaccurate. He has six other creditors, “two of which began or reworked deals while the president was in office:”
‘One reason for all the confusion: Trump’s loans are not fully transparent. It’s still unclear to whom he owes an estimated $162 million against his skyscraper in San Francisco, for example. The loan against 1290 Avenue of the Americas is also something of a mystery. And it’s difficult to pin down the amount the president owes on a loan tied to his Bedford, New York mansion. When asked about all of this, the Trump Organization did not respond.’
Here is an example of how one of his properties breaks down its financials. Trump owes an estimated $170 to Deutsche Bank on his Washington D.C. International Hotel. He has a variable interest rate, which is not ideal, and the loan comes due in 2024.
The president paid for his redevelopment of the Old Post Office located a block from the White House this way:
‘Trump funded his redevelopment of the Old Post Office building in Washington, D.C., which now serves as the Trump International Hotel, with a $170 million mortgage from Deutsche Bank. It’s possible that Trump does not still owe all of that money today—the New York Times, which has access to Trump’s tax-return data, recently reported that the loan has a balance of $160 million. Regardless of the exact amount of principal outstanding, it doesn’t appear that the hotel is doing well enough to cover the interest expenses with profits from the business.’
To see the entire list of financial documents, go to this Forbes article.
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--2020-10-16--Another Republican Governor Defects To Declare Vote Against Trump

According to a new report in The Washington Post , Maryland ’ s Republican Governor Larry Hogan decided not to vote for President Donald Trump in this year ’ s election .
He didn ’ t vote for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden either , though — instead , he wrote in the late Ronald Reagan .
Hogan actually didn ’ t vote for Trump in 2016 either .
In that year ’ s election , Hogan wrote in his father , Larry Hogan Sr. Hogan ’ s opposition to Trump isn ’ t much of a secret at this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Coronavirus pandemic , Hogan , who was then the president of the National Governors Association , ended up repeatedly at odds with the White House on the issue of getting resources to states .
In this case , Hogan said the following , discussing his 2020 vote : ‘ I know it ’ s simply symbolic .
It ’ s not going to change the outcome in my state .
But I thought it was important to just cast a vote that showed the kind of person I ’ d like to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lifelong conservative Republican .
Reagan was the guy .
I marched around as a college kid on the floor of the convention with a Reagan hat and a Reagan sign.
’ Hogan actually isn ’ t the first Republican governor to oppose Trump in this year ’ s election — Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has done the same , although like Hogan , he has not announced support for Biden .
In this case , Hogan ’ s own state will likely go for Biden in the final election results .
In a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nominee led by about 30 percent , suggesting that Maryland is definitely not in play — although the bare realities of polling data and electoral history haven ’ t stopped the Trump campaign from making dubious election chance proclamations in the past .
The president has , for instance , suggested that he could win New York — which seems to be about on par with suggesting that Biden could win West Virginia by 30 percent .
Neither scenario is remotely likely to happen .
During the Coronavirus crisis , one of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clashed with the president was testing .
At one point amidst an early lack of appropriate testing support from the federal government , the state of Maryland even purchased hundreds of thousands of tests from South Korea .
Meanwhile , Hogan has also advocated for direct financial assistance to state governments in order to help alleviate the fallout of the pandemic , but negotiations over a potential new comprehensive economic relief package have been stalled out for months .

According to a new report in The Washington Post, Maryland’s Republican Governor Larry Hogan decided not to vote for President Donald Trump in this year’s election. He didn’t vote for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden either, though — instead, he wrote in the late Ronald Reagan. Hogan actually didn’t vote for Trump in 2016 either. In that year’s election, Hogan wrote in his father, Larry Hogan Sr. Hogan’s opposition to Trump isn’t much of a secret at this point. Throughout the early stages of the Coronavirus pandemic, Hogan, who was then the president of the National Governors Association, ended up repeatedly at odds with the White House on the issue of getting resources to states.
In this case, Hogan said the following, discussing his 2020 vote:
‘I know it’s simply symbolic. It’s not going to change the outcome in my state. But I thought it was important to just cast a vote that showed the kind of person I’d like to see in office… I’m a lifelong conservative Republican. Reagan was the guy. I marched around as a college kid on the floor of the convention with a Reagan hat and a Reagan sign.’
Hogan actually isn’t the first Republican governor to oppose Trump in this year’s election — Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has done the same, although like Hogan, he has not announced support for Biden.
In this case, Hogan’s own state will likely go for Biden in the final election results. In a recent survey in Maryland, the Democratic nominee led by about 30 percent, suggesting that Maryland is definitely not in play — although the bare realities of polling data and electoral history haven’t stopped the Trump campaign from making dubious election chance proclamations in the past. The president has, for instance, suggested that he could win New York — which seems to be about on par with suggesting that Biden could win West Virginia by 30 percent. Neither scenario is remotely likely to happen.
During the Coronavirus crisis, one of the topics on which Hogan’s team clashed with the president was testing. At one point amidst an early lack of appropriate testing support from the federal government, the state of Maryland even purchased hundreds of thousands of tests from South Korea. Meanwhile, Hogan has also advocated for direct financial assistance to state governments in order to help alleviate the fallout of the pandemic, but negotiations over a potential new comprehensive economic relief package have been stalled out for months.


bipartisanreport--2020-10-16--Texas Early Voting Totals Stun Trump, GOP, & All Of America

Early in-person voting opened in Texas this past Tuesday — and over two million Texans have already voted early in-person .
( Texas limits mail-in voting , and not every voter is eligible to use the practice in the state . )
In multiple Texas counties , early in-person voting levels easily surpassed previous records .
In Collin County , which is just north of Dallas , more than 39,000 people cast their ballots in-person on Tuesday , which is about 8,000 more than the first-day early voting total in 2016 .
Over in Travis County , which includes the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their ballots in-person on the first day of early voting — and on Wednesday , the total reached even higher , hitting 38,119 .
Travis County ’ s Wednesday level was about 4,500 votes higher than their 2016 level for the second day of early voting .
The Tuesday level of early voting in Travis County , Texas , was the then-highest single-day early in-person vote total that had ever been recorded in the county — and then the county surpassed that level on Wednesday and then surpassed it again on Thursday , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , on the first day of early voting in Harris County — which includes the city of Houston — more than 128,000 voters cast their ballots , and on Wednesday , more than 100,000 more ballots had been cast by about 5 P.M. local time .
Dallas County had almost 60,000 early in-person voters on Tuesday , which is just above their own 2016 level for early voting ’ s opening day .
Texas is perhaps surprisingly close in the polls — as of early Friday , Trump leads by an average of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FiveThirtyEight .
Texas does not make party affiliation data available for the early votes that have been cast , but among the early votes elsewhere in the country for which party affiliation data is available , Democrats are decidedly in the lead .
Democrats have cast 55.7 percent of the over 9.2 million nationwide early votes for which party affiliation data was available as of early Friday , while Republicans have cast 23.6 percent of that total , with most of the rest taken up by unaffiliated voters .
One factor weighing down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s own unfounded rants against mail-in voting , which he falsely claims is full of opportunities for fraud .
These baseless claims about supposed election fraud could , in theory , be used as the basis for punitive court cases over the election results if , after Election Day , Trump decides to refuses to accept the election results .

Early in-person voting opened in Texas this past Tuesday — and over two million Texans have already voted early in-person. (Texas limits mail-in voting, and not every voter is eligible to use the practice in the state.) In multiple Texas counties, early in-person voting levels easily surpassed previous records. In Collin County, which is just north of Dallas, more than 39,000 people cast their ballots in-person on Tuesday, which is about 8,000 more than the first-day early voting total in 2016. Over in Travis County, which includes the city of Austin, 35,873 voters cast their ballots in-person on the first day of early voting — and on Wednesday, the total reached even higher, hitting 38,119. Travis County’s Wednesday level was about 4,500 votes higher than their 2016 level for the second day of early voting.
The Tuesday level of early voting in Travis County, Texas, was the then-highest single-day early in-person vote total that had ever been recorded in the county — and then the county surpassed that level on Wednesday and then surpassed it again on Thursday, when they hit 39,227 votes. Meanwhile, on the first day of early voting in Harris County — which includes the city of Houston — more than 128,000 voters cast their ballots, and on Wednesday, more than 100,000 more ballots had been cast by about 5 P.M. local time. Dallas County had almost 60,000 early in-person voters on Tuesday, which is just above their own 2016 level for early voting’s opening day.
Texas is perhaps surprisingly close in the polls — as of early Friday, Trump leads by an average of a mere 1.4 percent, according to FiveThirtyEight. Texas does not make party affiliation data available for the early votes that have been cast, but among the early votes elsewhere in the country for which party affiliation data is available, Democrats are decidedly in the lead. Democrats have cast 55.7 percent of the over 9.2 million nationwide early votes for which party affiliation data was available as of early Friday, while Republicans have cast 23.6 percent of that total, with most of the rest taken up by unaffiliated voters.
One factor weighing down early Republican turnout might be the president’s own unfounded rants against mail-in voting, which he falsely claims is full of opportunities for fraud. These baseless claims about supposed election fraud could, in theory, be used as the basis for punitive court cases over the election results if, after Election Day, Trump decides to refuses to accept the election results.


bipartisanreport--2020-10-16--U.S. Veterans Group Annihilates Trump With Closing Statement To America

There is a lot at stake in this year ’ s presidential election .
With four more years in office as president , Donald Trump could wreak even more havoc across the United States and world .
One of his first-term targets was ret .
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman , who served on the National Security Council until an unceremonious reassignment following his testimony against Trump during the impeachment proceedings against him .
Vindman gave a firsthand account of the effort by the president and his team to pressure Ukraine into punitively investigating the Bidens .
Now , the Vindman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a new video ad co-released by VoteVets and The Lincoln Project .
Trump and Republicans targeted Vindman with nationally visible antagonism following his testimony , and behind the scenes , officials mobilized against him — he was reassigned away from the National Security Council , and this past summer , he decided to resign from the military altogether in the face of what his lawyer called a “ campaign of bullying , intimidation , and retaliation ” led by the president himself .
In the new VoteVets/ Lincoln Project ad , Alexander ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her experience .
She explains : ‘ The first time I felt threatened was just after Alex ’ s testimony .
The most powerful man in the world came after our family , but what happened to us can happen to anyone .
We received thousands of letters of support .
America is so much better than Donald Trump , but he can cost this nation so much more with four more years.
’ With four more years in office , Trump would no doubt continue to push people like Vindman out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most feverish political agenda to carry out the functions of the government .
That development could be disastrous .
Check out the new VoteVets/ Lincoln Project ad in full below : Following Vindman ’ s testimony , and the testimony of other then-current administration officials , Trump was impeached , but the Republican-led Senate chose , unsurprisingly , to acquit him of both of the charges against him .
By and large , most of those Congressional Republicans have enabled Trump ’ s destructive belligerence at just about every step of the way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political futures may be in jeopardy .
Democrats are doing well in a slew of U.S. Senate races across the country .
Check out Twitter ’ s supportive response to the new ad featuring the Vindmans below :

There is a lot at stake in this year’s presidential election. With four more years in office as president, Donald Trump could wreak even more havoc across the United States and world. One of his first-term targets was ret. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who served on the National Security Council until an unceremonious reassignment following his testimony against Trump during the impeachment proceedings against him. Vindman gave a firsthand account of the effort by the president and his team to pressure Ukraine into punitively investigating the Bidens. Now, the Vindman family has spoken out as part of a new video ad co-released by VoteVets and The Lincoln Project.
Trump and Republicans targeted Vindman with nationally visible antagonism following his testimony, and behind the scenes, officials mobilized against him — he was reassigned away from the National Security Council, and this past summer, he decided to resign from the military altogether in the face of what his lawyer called a “campaign of bullying, intimidation, and retaliation” led by the president himself.
In the new VoteVets/ Lincoln Project ad, Alexander’s wife, Rachel Vindman, shares her experience. She explains:
‘The first time I felt threatened was just after Alex’s testimony. The most powerful man in the world came after our family, but what happened to us can happen to anyone. We received thousands of letters of support. America is so much better than Donald Trump, but he can cost this nation so much more with four more years.’
With four more years in office, Trump would no doubt continue to push people like Vindman out of government service, leaving allies of his most feverish political agenda to carry out the functions of the government. That development could be disastrous. Check out the new VoteVets/ Lincoln Project ad in full below:
Trump actively disparages the selfless heroism of our military. @AVindman not only felt the brunt of Trump’s disgusting attacks, but so did his family. In a new ad, in partnership with @ProjectLincoln, the Vindmans tell their story. pic.twitter.com/F7jhrMAmmo — VoteVets (Text VOTEVETS to 88424) (@votevets) October 16, 2020
Following Vindman’s testimony, and the testimony of other then-current administration officials, Trump was impeached, but the Republican-led Senate chose, unsurprisingly, to acquit him of both of the charges against him. By and large, most of those Congressional Republicans have enabled Trump’s destructive belligerence at just about every step of the way — and now, some of their political futures may be in jeopardy. Democrats are doing well in a slew of U.S. Senate races across the country.
Check out Twitter’s supportive response to the new ad featuring the Vindmans below:


bipartisanreport--2020-10-16--Ratings From Trump & Biden Town Halls Have GOP Running Scared

It was dueling town halls .
After Donald Trump dropped out of the second scheduled debate , his Democratic contender Joe Biden accepted a town hall meeting on ABC .
Then , POTUS decided to do an NBC town hall at the same time .
It was not pretty .
The president will hate the ratings , because he is all about ratings .
The final numbers have not yet been announced , but it appears the former vice president left him in the dust .
MSNBC ’ s Rachel Maddow called the town halls “ a strange replacement ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with that is we are in a voting season with close to 20 million Americans who have already voted early to avoid the longest lines .
That means November 3 is no longer the end game .
The Newsweek reported how many viewers were onboard at the end of the respective town halls : Trump has been a ratings fanatic since his days starring in his own reality television show The Apprentice .
As was his style , Trump bragged about his numbers and went after Arnold Schwarzenegger who replaced him for lower @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Oval Office was livid when photos of his inauguration crowd was compared to that of President Barack Obama .
He immediately sent his White House secretary out to deny what people could see with their own eyes .
The idea that his arch-enemy , a Black man , could best him drove his a little bit crazy .
To make matters worse , women held a march right after with huge numbers .
Trump even bragged about his daily coronavirus briefings ratings never mentioning the people who were dying in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grinding halt when he suggested people drink bleach to cure themselves of COVID-19 .
Then , the TV numbers came in with the Democratic National Convention ( DNC ) bringing in more viewers than the Republican National Convention ( RNC ) .
POTUS could not bear it , and he declared the numbers wrong .
Trump tried a blow to Biden ’ s presidency , saying that his opponent ’ s win would mean “ low ratings for media outlets : ” Trump even ridiculed NBC for having the town hall .
During @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he told his fans NBC was “ the worst : ” Twitter world went a little crazy too .
Take a look at how America reacted : 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 .

It was dueling town halls. After Donald Trump dropped out of the second scheduled debate, his Democratic contender Joe Biden accepted a town hall meeting on ABC. Then, POTUS decided to do an NBC town hall at the same time. It was not pretty.
The president will hate the ratings, because he is all about ratings. The final numbers have not yet been announced, but it appears the former vice president left him in the dust.
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow called the town halls “a strange replacement” for the second debate:
‘Let me remind you that what you just saw was a production of NBC News. We are MSNBC. We did not produce that event.’
One problem with that is we are in a voting season with close to 20 million Americans who have already voted early to avoid the longest lines. That means November 3 is no longer the end game. The Newsweek reported how many viewers were onboard at the end of the respective town halls:
‘At the end of Trump’s town hall, the NBC News YouTube channel showed 153,660 viewers were watching. ABC News’s YouTube channel showed 507,445 viewers at the end of Biden’s town hall.’
Trump has been a ratings fanatic since his days starring in his own reality television show The Apprentice. As was his style, Trump bragged about his numbers and went after Arnold Schwarzenegger who replaced him for lower numbers.
The man who occasionally sits in the Oval Office was livid when photos of his inauguration crowd was compared to that of President Barack Obama. He immediately sent his White House secretary out to deny what people could see with their own eyes.
The idea that his arch-enemy, a Black man, could best him drove his a little bit crazy. To make matters worse, women held a march right after with huge numbers.
Trump even bragged about his daily coronavirus briefings ratings never mentioning the people who were dying in the thousands. That all came to a grinding halt when he suggested people drink bleach to cure themselves of COVID-19.
Then, the TV numbers came in with the Democratic National Convention (DNC) bringing in more viewers than the Republican National Convention (RNC). POTUS could not bear it, and he declared the numbers wrong.
The president tweeted:
‘Wow! Despite the Democrats (sic) views across TV and online lie (Con!), we had 147.9 million, the Republican National Convention blew the Democrat National Convention AWAY,” Trump tweeted. “Not even close! Just like their lies on Russia, Football (PLAY!) and everything else! NOVEMBER 3rd.’
However, the ever-reputable Nielsen ratings hurt:
‘According to Nielsen ratings, the Democratic National Convention averaged 21.6 million viewers over four nights while the Republican National Convention average 19.4 million viewers over four nights.’
Trump tried a blow to Biden’s presidency, saying that his opponent’s win would mean “low ratings for media outlets:”
‘With no ratings, media will go down along with our great USA!’
Trump even ridiculed NBC for having the town hall. During a Greenville, North Carolina campaign rally, he told his fans NBC was “the worst:”
‘I figured, what the hell, we get a free hour on television.’
Twitter world went a little crazy too. Take a look at how America reacted:
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--2020-10-17--Trump Calls For Governor To Be Thrown In Jail During Saturday Rally Meltdown

Recently , the FBI thwarted a militia ’ s plan to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer , a Democrat who has faced lots of antagonism from far-right political agitators over the measures that she has imposed to try and control the spread of the Coronavirus in her state .
The revelation of the plan to violently attack this duly elected governor of a U.S. state has not put a dent in President Donald Trump ’ s consistently belligerent rhetoric targeting Whitmer .
At a rally in Michigan on Saturday , Trump expressed support for a chant of “ Lock her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ among his fans .
To be clear : there is zero legitimate reason whatsoever that Whitmer would face criminal prosecution .
Trump — and many of his allies and followers — are simply hoping for the punitive criminal prosecution of their political opponents , as if the president imagines himself to be some kind of dictator-in-training .
The repetitive nature of these kinds of outbursts from the Trump team does not erase the fact that the rhetoric constitutes an appalling affront against the rule of law in the United States .
The Trump-led @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hoping for the establishment of some kind of Trump-led autocracy in the United States .
In Michigan on Saturday , Trump bellowed to the crowd : Subsequently , Trump ’ s rally attendees began chanting “ lock her up !
” while the president looked on approvingly .
As the chant went on , he approvingly commented to “ lock them all up.
” The “ lock her up ” chant targeting Whitmer erupted a second time during the same rally .
Watch the initial incident below : This unhinged rhetoric is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dictatorship and authoritarianism in the United States .
Trump and his allies seem ready and willing to trample the rule of law in the name of their political movement .
Whitmer is , of course , far from the first individual who the president and his allies have targeted with these demands for some kind of punitive prosecution , as if Trump wishes that he were able to apprehend political prisoners at will .
Past targets for this kind of rhetoric include Hillary Clinton , Joe Biden , and Barack Obama .

Recently, the FBI thwarted a militia’s plan to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat who has faced lots of antagonism from far-right political agitators over the measures that she has imposed to try and control the spread of the Coronavirus in her state. The revelation of the plan to violently attack this duly elected governor of a U.S. state has not put a dent in President Donald Trump’s consistently belligerent rhetoric targeting Whitmer. At a rally in Michigan on Saturday, Trump expressed support for a chant of “Lock her up!” targeting Whitmer that erupted among his fans.
To be clear: there is zero legitimate reason whatsoever that Whitmer would face criminal prosecution. Trump — and many of his allies and followers — are simply hoping for the punitive criminal prosecution of their political opponents, as if the president imagines himself to be some kind of dictator-in-training. The repetitive nature of these kinds of outbursts from the Trump team does not erase the fact that the rhetoric constitutes an appalling affront against the rule of law in the United States. The Trump-led far-right seems to be at least partially hoping for the establishment of some kind of Trump-led autocracy in the United States.
In Michigan on Saturday, Trump bellowed to the crowd:
‘You gotta get your governor to open up your state, okay? And get your schools open — get your schools open. The schools have to be open, right?’
Subsequently, Trump’s rally attendees began chanting “lock her up!” while the president looked on approvingly. As the chant went on, he approvingly commented to “lock them all up.” The “lock her up” chant targeting Whitmer erupted a second time during the same rally. Watch the initial incident below:
Trump says "lock them all up" as his fans direct "lock her up!" chants toward Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who was the victim of a kidnapping/assassination plot recently hatched by Trump supporters pic.twitter.com/8a41Ca07FX — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 17, 2020
This unhinged rhetoric is a bright red indicator of a push for dictatorship and authoritarianism in the United States. Trump and his allies seem ready and willing to trample the rule of law in the name of their political movement. Whitmer is, of course, far from the first individual who the president and his allies have targeted with these demands for some kind of punitive prosecution, as if Trump wishes that he were able to apprehend political prisoners at will. Past targets for this kind of rhetoric include Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Barack Obama.
"If I were a Democrat instead of a Republican, I think everybody would've been in jail a long time ago, & I'm talking with 50-year sentences…people should be going to jail for this stuff…this was all Obama. This was all Biden": Trump suggests Obama & Biden should be in prison pic.twitter.com/MOwPvpYRu4 — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 14, 2020


bipartisanreport--2020-10-17--‘The Lincoln Project’ Delivers Saturday Blow To Trump With Viral New Video

Throughout the Coronavirus crisis , President Donald Trump has tried to downplay the severity of the situation .
He has suggested , over and over again , that the virus might essentially disappear on its own , and he has also promoted a stream of supposedly magnificently effective treatments for the virus that have yet to pan out .
He has also insisted that a vaccine is coming very soon , but the head of the CDC says that a Coronavirus vaccine might not be widely available until early next year .
It ’ s clear — Trump pretty much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s talking about , and a new video from The Lincoln Project contrasts Trump ’ s Coronavirus-related nonsense with the levelheaded approach from Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden .
The new Lincoln Project video features clips from dueling town hall events that Trump and Biden held in recent days in place of a second debate .
At Biden ’ s town hall , the Democratic presidential nominee walked through some of the president ’ s lies and missteps on the virus .
Meanwhile , at Trump ’ s town hall , the president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He tried , for instance , to cast an antibody treatment from Regeneron as some kind of de facto miracle cure , but — although he ’ s specifically used the “ cure ” term for the treatment at one point recently — it ’ s not a cure .
Check out the video below : Trump himself went through a bout with the Coronavirus recently , and his discussion of his experience has sometimes been bizarre .
At a recent Florida rally that he held after returning to the campaign trail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump quipped that he ’ d “ kiss everyone ” in the crowd .
Watch those particular comments below : At another recent Florida event , Trump quipped that he felt like getting into a physical fight with someone after going through the treatments that he received for his Coronavirus infection .
Again — the president sounds unhinged .
Who walks around “ joking ” about feeling like getting into fights with people ?
Check out Twitter ’ s response to the new Lincoln Project ad below :

Throughout the Coronavirus crisis, President Donald Trump has tried to downplay the severity of the situation. He has suggested, over and over again, that the virus might essentially disappear on its own, and he has also promoted a stream of supposedly magnificently effective treatments for the virus that have yet to pan out. He has also insisted that a vaccine is coming very soon, but the head of the CDC says that a Coronavirus vaccine might not be widely available until early next year. It’s clear — Trump pretty much doesn’t know what he’s talking about, and a new video from The Lincoln Project contrasts Trump’s Coronavirus-related nonsense with the levelheaded approach from Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
The new Lincoln Project video features clips from dueling town hall events that Trump and Biden held in recent days in place of a second debate. At Biden’s town hall, the Democratic presidential nominee walked through some of the president’s lies and missteps on the virus. Meanwhile, at Trump’s town hall, the president reiterated some of that very same nonsense. He tried, for instance, to cast an antibody treatment from Regeneron as some kind of de facto miracle cure, but — although he’s specifically used the “cure” term for the treatment at one point recently — it’s not a cure.
Check out the video below:
The candidates on COVID. pic.twitter.com/9piJ78mqsl — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) October 17, 2020
Trump himself went through a bout with the Coronavirus recently, and his discussion of his experience has sometimes been bizarre. At a recent Florida rally that he held after returning to the campaign trail following a stint in the hospital, Trump quipped that he’d “kiss everyone” in the crowd.
Trump sounded unhinged. He said:
‘I went through it, and now they say I’m immune. I feel so powerful — I’ll walk into that audience. I’ll walk in there. I’ll kiss everyone in that audience. I’ll kiss the guys and the beautiful women and the — everybody. I’ll just give ya a big fat kiss.’
Watch those particular comments below:
At another recent Florida event, Trump quipped that he felt like getting into a physical fight with someone after going through the treatments that he received for his Coronavirus infection. Again — the president sounds unhinged. Who walks around “joking” about feeling like getting into fights with people?
Trump touts Regeneron. "I wasn't feeling great and the next day I wake up and I'm saying, like, 'Who can I fight today?' " Announces plan to get vaccine to nursing home residents at no cost. pic.twitter.com/rfEOrajt1N — Alex Leary (@learyreports) October 16, 2020
Check out Twitter’s response to the new Lincoln Project ad below:


bipartisanreport--2020-10-17--Tech CEO Gave $250,000 To Lindsey Graham PAC Before Major Deal Went Through

Larry Ellison — the founder and CEO of the tech company Oracle — gave $ 250,000 to a super PAC supporting Lindsey Graham amidst the shaky but successful negotiations for a deal for Oracle to provide U.S.-based cloud computing services for the social media app TikTok .
The Trump administration had demanded action over TikTok ’ s Chinese ties , which come through its original parent company ByteDance , which is based in Beijing .
Graham has insisted that he personally advocated to President Trump to allow the sale of TikTok to a U.S. firm rather than shut down the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unclear if Graham intervened in negotiations at the point when specific proposals including Oracle ’ s were under consideration .
The recipient of Ellison ’ s major donation was the Security is Strength PAC , which has supported Graham through his current re-election campaign and even through his ultimately unsuccessful campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination .
According to federal campaign finance records , Ellison made his donation on September 14 , and the donation was recorded hours after Oracle had been publicly announced as the U.S. technology partner for TikTok .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to receive a significant contract from the embattled app , ” The Verge reports .
Did Ellison ’ s huge donation to Graham have something to do with the success of the business partnership between Oracle and TikTok ?
Was it a “ thank you ” message to Graham for potentially supporting his company during negotiations ?
The Verge notes that Graham “ was reportedly pivotal in arranging the deal , although it ’ s unclear if he had any influence over the specific companies involved ” in the process to bring TikTok @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Graham has said that he told Trump to “ put [ TikTok ] in American hands and allow the platform to survive and thrive because so many people enjoy it , ” and the Senator has also insisted that “ if TikTok is saved , you can thank me.
” The Trump administration has alleged that allowing TikTok ’ s Chinese ties to stand would have made American data vulnerable to potential influence from Chinese authorities over the app ’ s parent company , but there is no apparent tangible evidence for this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it seems .
The Trump administration has consistently sought to antagonize China on frequently racially-tinged grounds through means like blaming the country ’ s government for the Coronavirus pandemic , which the president ’ s team has even occasionally sought to characterize as some kind of attack against the U.S .

Larry Ellison — the founder and CEO of the tech company Oracle — gave $250,000 to a super PAC supporting Lindsey Graham amidst the shaky but successful negotiations for a deal for Oracle to provide U.S.-based cloud computing services for the social media app TikTok. The Trump administration had demanded action over TikTok’s Chinese ties, which come through its original parent company ByteDance, which is based in Beijing. Graham has insisted that he personally advocated to President Trump to allow the sale of TikTok to a U.S. firm rather than shut down the app entirely — although it’s unclear if Graham intervened in negotiations at the point when specific proposals including Oracle’s were under consideration.
The recipient of Ellison’s major donation was the Security is Strength PAC, which has supported Graham through his current re-election campaign and even through his ultimately unsuccessful campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. According to federal campaign finance records, Ellison made his donation on September 14, and the donation was recorded hours after Oracle had been publicly announced as the U.S. technology partner for TikTok. Oracle was, unsurprisingly, “set to receive a significant contract from the embattled app,” The Verge reports.
Did Ellison’s huge donation to Graham have something to do with the success of the business partnership between Oracle and TikTok? Was it a “thank you” message to Graham for potentially supporting his company during negotiations? The Verge notes that Graham “was reportedly pivotal in arranging the deal, although it’s unclear if he had any influence over the specific companies involved” in the process to bring TikTok under the purview of U.S.-based operations. Graham has said that he told Trump to “put [TikTok] in American hands and allow the platform to survive and thrive because so many people enjoy it,” and the Senator has also insisted that “if TikTok is saved, you can thank me.”
The Trump administration has alleged that allowing TikTok’s Chinese ties to stand would have made American data vulnerable to potential influence from Chinese authorities over the app’s parent company, but there is no apparent tangible evidence for this claim — it’s just conjecture, it seems. The Trump administration has consistently sought to antagonize China on frequently racially-tinged grounds through means like blaming the country’s government for the Coronavirus pandemic, which the president’s team has even occasionally sought to characterize as some kind of attack against the U.S.


bipartisanreport--2020-10-17--Top Kentucky Newspaper Snubs Mitch McConnell & Endorses McGrath

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ( R-Ky. ) is one of the almost two dozen Senate Republicans who are up for re-election this year , and now , the Lexington Herald-Leader — which is one of the largest newspapers in McConnell ’ s home state of Kentucky — has endorsed McConnell ’ s Democratic challenger , Amy McGrath .
The paper characterizes McConnell as a power-hungry failure for the people of Kentucky , who McConnell has left behind to struggle while he pursues his political power agenda in D.C. Case in point : Senate Republicans are rushing the confirmation of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , while failing to secure any further systematic Coronavirus-connected economic relief .
‘ During his 36 years in office , McConnell has made it perfectly clear that his only passion is the pursuit of power , his own and that of the Republican Party .
For that reason alone , we would endorse his opponent .
Luckily for voters , McGrath , a former fighter pilot and public servant , would make an excellent senator who would actually put the needs and interests of Kentuckians above her own.
’ Examples of McGrath ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kentucky residents include her commitment to securing healthcare and education improvements .
She also supports measures like paid family leave , in order to provide struggling workers with the opportunity to effectively care for their families .
Lower-income workers have frequently borne the brunt of the economic chaos associated with the Coronavirus pandemic .
In a recent Pew survey , a full 46 percent of lower-income respondents said that they have had “ trouble paying bills ” during the pandemic .
Among middle- and upper-income respondents , only 19 and 5 percent , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mitch McConnell has had 36 years to make life better for his fellow Kentuckians , and instead , we are still among the sickest , the hungriest and the least educated .
We can do better , and all it will take is a vote for Amy McGrath .
We all deserve better , and so does our fragile democracy.
’ McConnell tends to lead McGrath in polling — in a recent Morning Consult survey , he led by 15 percent .
Some of his Republican colleagues aren ’ t so lucky .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Political Report estimates that nine currently GOP-held seats are either toss-ups or leaning towards the Democrats .

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is one of the almost two dozen Senate Republicans who are up for re-election this year, and now, the Lexington Herald-Leader — which is one of the largest newspapers in McConnell’s home state of Kentucky — has endorsed McConnell’s Democratic challenger, Amy McGrath. The paper characterizes McConnell as a power-hungry failure for the people of Kentucky, who McConnell has left behind to struggle while he pursues his political power agenda in D.C. Case in point: Senate Republicans are rushing the confirmation of Trump Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett, while failing to secure any further systematic Coronavirus-connected economic relief.
The Herald-Leader wrote:
‘During his 36 years in office, McConnell has made it perfectly clear that his only passion is the pursuit of power, his own and that of the Republican Party. For that reason alone, we would endorse his opponent. Luckily for voters, McGrath, a former fighter pilot and public servant, would make an excellent senator who would actually put the needs and interests of Kentuckians above her own.’
Examples of McGrath’s support for the true interests of Kentucky residents include her commitment to securing healthcare and education improvements. She also supports measures like paid family leave, in order to provide struggling workers with the opportunity to effectively care for their families. Lower-income workers have frequently borne the brunt of the economic chaos associated with the Coronavirus pandemic. In a recent Pew survey, a full 46 percent of lower-income respondents said that they have had “trouble paying bills” during the pandemic. Among middle- and upper-income respondents, only 19 and 5 percent, respectively, said the same.
The Lexington paper insisted:
‘Mitch McConnell has had 36 years to make life better for his fellow Kentuckians, and instead, we are still among the sickest, the hungriest and the least educated. We can do better, and all it will take is a vote for Amy McGrath. We all deserve better, and so does our fragile democracy.’
McConnell tends to lead McGrath in polling — in a recent Morning Consult survey, he led by 15 percent. Some of his Republican colleagues aren’t so lucky. As of Saturday afternoon, the Cook Political Report estimates that nine currently GOP-held seats are either toss-ups or leaning towards the Democrats.