crooksandliars--2020-07-17--Trump Asks 'Where Is Hunter?' In Speech That Gives Reality A Solid Punch In The Face

Once upon a time , in a place called America , there was a lovely spot known as the White House Rose Garden .
And the leaders of this mystical land came to this scenic location when they wanted to deliver particularly important or visionary statements to the people .
And everyone was happy .
Okay , that last sentence may not be strictly true .
However , everyone was a good deal happier than before Donald Trump chose to make the Rose Garden his go-to location for pumping out lies about a devastating pandemic , defending white nationalism , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaigning on federal property .
In all honesty , it ’ s not even clear what Trump came to the Rose Garden to talk about on Tuesday afternoon , because he spent so much time lashing out at Biden that any other theme was lost .
That smell ?
That ’ s not roses .
It ’ s the mingled scents of raw bullshit and pure panic .
If there was a major theme to Trump ’ s appearance on Tuesday it was this : Look how disconnected I am from facts .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ say that Trump ’ s latest Rose Garden address represented a psychotic break with reality .
It was more a … scatological break .
Trump simply could not stop making sh # t up .
Then more .
Then even more .
When , after about 45 minutes , Trump finally stopped with the statement “ We could go on for days , ” it seemed like he already had been going on for days .
Theoretically , in the notes sent out to the White House press pool , this was to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hong Kong , and Trump did linger there for all of the two minutes it took to read a prepared statement .
Then he was off to criticizing Joe Biden ’ s introduction of his plan to build the economy and address climate change .
That , predictably , turned into a trip to Ukraine where Trump repeated the same lies that got him impeached and tossed off a “ Where is Hunter ?
” Because , sure , that ’ s what matters .
But before that deep philosophical question could be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ market ( Trump make good , Democrats make not good ) and somehow came out in what appeared to be claims about the 2009 H1N1 flu epidemic … though it was momentarily difficult to tell since Trump ’ s claims bore no relationship to actual events .
Somewhere in the middle of that , he paused to insult Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders and Nancy Pelosi , all of whom are apparently telling Biden what to do .
Next stop : Maine , where Trump once again claimed to have saved the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thing about the lobster industry .
Somehow that fed into Trump ’ s continued claims that voting by mail will lead to widespread fraud , backed up by a claim that “ a mailman was indicted someplace.
” Then there was something about European criminals .
I genuinely didn ’ t understand that part at all .
Somewhere in all this , Trump explained how Democratic mayors “ wouldn ’ t mind ” if terrorists blow up our cities .
I don ’ t remember how he got there .
While lashing out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democratic nominee would outlaw windows in homes .
“ I ’ m not making this up !
” said Trump .
( Spoiler : he was making this up . )
Biden apparently also wants to “ abolish prisons ” along with the police and the military .
And , to provide the slightest bit of connective tissue to the Hong Kong issue , Trump claimed that , `` Joe Biden 's entire career has been a gift to the Chinese Communist Party '' and that Biden had allowed the Chinese to “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ precious secrets.
” Also , of course , Hunter Biden , something , something .
Overall , in what was supposed to be a statement about China suppressing democracy in Hong Kong , Trump mentioned China about half a dozen times—and at least three of those times were among the 30+ claims he hurled at Biden .
Included was a claim by Trump that , “ Biden personally led the effort to give China permanent most-favored nation status , which is a tremendous advantage for a country to have .
Few countries have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t have it , never did , probably never even asked for it because they didn ’ t know what they were doing.
” If you ’ re scoring that statement , it ’ s a lie about Biden , a lie about what favored nation status is , and a lie about the United States having that status .
The U. S. enjoys most-favored nation status with every nation in the World Trade Organization , with the sole exception of Cuba .
China ’ s most-favored nation status was awarded by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flu front , Trump was mostly focused on the topic he finds the most important part of any subject : the ratings .
“ If you look at the job he did on swine flu , “ said Trump .
“ I looked at a poll , they have polls on everything nowadays , and he … they got very bad marks on the job they did on the swine flu .
H1N1 .
He calls it N1H1 .
H1N1 .
Got very poor marks from Gallup on the job they did on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ early on , testing.
” First off , the Gallup poll scored President Obama at 67 % approval for his handling of the H1N1 outbreak .
Second , not only did the CDC under Obama get test kits out to states within two weeks , it delivered a million tests at a point when there were fewer than 50 known cases .
A high level of testing continued right through the deployment of vaccines , starting just seven months after the first identified case , and continued into the next year .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speech which was accurate .
“ There 's never been a time when two candidates were so different , ” said Trump .
Yes .
One of the candidates exists on this plane of reality .

Once upon a time, in a place called America, there was a lovely spot known as the White House Rose Garden. And the leaders of this mystical land came to this scenic location when they wanted to deliver particularly important or visionary statements to the people. And everyone was happy.
Okay, that last sentence may not be strictly true. However, everyone was a good deal happier than before Donald Trump chose to make the Rose Garden his go-to location for pumping out lies about a devastating pandemic, defending white nationalism, and just crapping all over regulations against campaigning on federal property. In all honesty, it’s not even clear what Trump came to the Rose Garden to talk about on Tuesday afternoon, because he spent so much time lashing out at Biden that any other theme was lost. That smell? That’s not roses. It’s the mingled scents of raw bullshit and pure panic.
If there was a major theme to Trump’s appearance on Tuesday it was this: Look how disconnected I am from facts. It’s not really fair to say that Trump’s latest Rose Garden address represented a psychotic break with reality. It was more a … scatological break. Trump simply could not stop making sh#t up. Then more. Then even more. When, after about 45 minutes, Trump finally stopped with the statement “We could go on for days,” it seemed like he already had been going on for days.
Theoretically, in the notes sent out to the White House press pool, this was to be an address about the situation in Hong Kong, and Trump did linger there for all of the two minutes it took to read a prepared statement. Then he was off to criticizing Joe Biden’s introduction of his plan to build the economy and address climate change. That, predictably, turned into a trip to Ukraine where Trump repeated the same lies that got him impeached and tossed off a “Where is Hunter?” Because, sure, that’s what matters.
But before that deep philosophical question could be addressed, Trump zigzagged into the stock market (Trump make good, Democrats make not good) and somehow came out in what appeared to be claims about the 2009 H1N1 flu epidemic … though it was momentarily difficult to tell since Trump’s claims bore no relationship to actual events. Somewhere in the middle of that, he paused to insult Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders and Nancy Pelosi, all of whom are apparently telling Biden what to do. Next stop: Maine, where Trump once again claimed to have saved the lobster industry despite not doing a damn thing about the lobster industry. Somehow that fed into Trump’s continued claims that voting by mail will lead to widespread fraud, backed up by a claim that “a mailman was indicted someplace.” Then there was something about European criminals. I genuinely didn’t understand that part at all.
Somewhere in all this, Trump explained how Democratic mayors “wouldn’t mind” if terrorists blow up our cities. I don’t remember how he got there.
While lashing out at Biden, Trump claimed that the Democratic nominee would outlaw windows in homes. “I’m not making this up!” said Trump. (Spoiler: he was making this up.) Biden apparently also wants to “abolish prisons” along with the police and the military.
And, to provide the slightest bit of connective tissue to the Hong Kong issue, Trump claimed that, "Joe Biden's entire career has been a gift to the Chinese Communist Party" and that Biden had allowed the Chinese to “pillage” America’s “most precious secrets.” Also, of course, Hunter Biden, something, something.
Overall, in what was supposed to be a statement about China suppressing democracy in Hong Kong, Trump mentioned China about half a dozen times—and at least three of those times were among the 30+ claims he hurled at Biden. Included was a claim by Trump that, “Biden personally led the effort to give China permanent most-favored nation status, which is a tremendous advantage for a country to have. Few countries have it. But the United States doesn’t have it, never did, probably never even asked for it because they didn’t know what they were doing.” If you’re scoring that statement, it’s a lie about Biden, a lie about what favored nation status is, and a lie about the United States having that status. The U. S. enjoys most-favored nation status with every nation in the World Trade Organization, with the sole exception of Cuba. China’s most-favored nation status was awarded by George W. Bush.
On the H1N1 flu front, Trump was mostly focused on the topic he finds the most important part of any subject: the ratings. “If you look at the job he did on swine flu, “ said Trump. “I looked at a poll, they have polls on everything nowadays, and he … they got very bad marks on the job they did on the swine flu. H1N1. He calls it N1H1. H1N1. Got very poor marks from Gallup on the job they did on swine flu. And they stopped very early on, testing.” First off, the Gallup poll scored President Obama at 67% approval for his handling of the H1N1 outbreak. Second, not only did the CDC under Obama get test kits out to states within two weeks, it delivered a million tests at a point when there were fewer than 50 known cases. A high level of testing continued right through the deployment of vaccines, starting just seven months after the first identified case, and continued into the next year.
But there was one thing in the WTF-athon speech which was accurate. “There's never been a time when two candidates were so different,” said Trump. Yes. One of the candidates exists on this plane of reality.
Posted with permission from Daily Kos.


crooksandliars--2020-07-16--Twitter Blames Brad Parscale’s Demotion On Trump Fuming Over His ‘Canoodling’ With Hope Hicks

Twitter users speculated this week that President Donald Trump demoted former campaign manager Brad Parscale because he was caught “ canoodling ” with campaign staffer Hope Hicks .
In an announcement on Wednesday , the Trump campaign said that Bill Stepien will replace Parscale as campaign manager .
Parscale was expected to continue working with the campaign ’ s data operation .
The campaign did not immediately explain why Parscale had been demoted but commenters on Twitter linked the news to rumors that Parscale had been romantically involved with Hicks .
During Trump ’ s 2016 campaign , then-campaign manager @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was said to have dated Hicks .
Some Twitter users accused Trump of being “ jealous ” of Parscale ’ s alleged relationship with Hicks .
Read some of the tweets below .
Wait @ parscale did you get fired for dating Hope Hicks AFTER Corey got fired for dating Hope Hicks ?
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https : //t.co/RqxEE2w4y0 Twitter users speculated this week that President Donald Trump demoted former campaign manager Brad Parscale because he was caught “ canoodling ” with campaign staffer Hope Hicks .
In an announcement on Wednesday , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will replace Parscale as campaign manager .
Parscale was expected to continue working with the campaign ’ s data operation .
The campaign did not immediately explain why Parscale had been demoted but commenters on Twitter linked the news to rumors that Parscale had been romantically involved with Hicks .
During Trump ’ s 2016 campaign , then-campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was also demoted after he was said to have dated Hicks .
Some Twitter users accused Trump of being “ jealous ” of Parscale ’ s alleged relationship with Hicks .
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Twitter users speculated this week that President Donald Trump demoted former campaign manager Brad Parscale because he was caught “canoodling” with campaign staffer Hope Hicks.
In an announcement on Wednesday, the Trump campaign said that Bill Stepien will replace Parscale as campaign manager. Parscale was expected to continue working with the campaign’s data operation.
The campaign did not immediately explain why Parscale had been demoted but commenters on Twitter linked the news to rumors that Parscale had been romantically involved with Hicks. During Trump’s 2016 campaign, then-campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was also demoted after he was said to have dated Hicks.
Some Twitter users accused Trump of being “jealous” of Parscale’s alleged relationship with Hicks.
Read some of the tweets below.


crooksandliars--2020-07-16--Ivanka Sells Goya Beans, Twitter Rejoices

Aww !
Ivanka 's breaking the law again !
So sweet — Daddy must be so proud !
Here she @ @ @ @ @ , which forbids government employees from endorsing products and/or brands .

Aww! Ivanka's breaking the law again! So sweet — Daddy must be so proud!
Here she is violating the Hatch Act, which forbids government employees from endorsing products and/or brands.
If it’s Goya, it has to be good.
Si es Goya, tiene que ser bueno. pic.twitter.com/9tjVrfmo9z — Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) July 15, 2020
Aaaaaaand, they're off!
pic.twitter.com/r7WkDTgzef — This Is Punk Rock Time (@PunkRockTime) July 15, 2020


crooksandliars--2020-07-16--Brianna Keilar: Hogan, We Can't Even Go To Canada!

Trump 's campaign spokesman was trying to sugarcoat the inept handling of the coronavirus pandemic by the Trump administration when @ @ @ @ @ off his bizarre Happy Talk with a cold dose of reality called facts .
Brianna @ @ @ @ @ , we ca n't even go to Canada !
Canada wo n't even let us @ @ @ @ @ look at this coronavirus number ...
When you look at this Q-poll when asked who @ @ @ @ @ to handle a coronavirus response .
Hogan Gidley : I get it .
I 'm @ @ @ @ @ want to go to Canada when we live in the greatest country on the face @ @ @ @ @ that 's Donald Trump 's mentality on it ... Keilar : ... well if you @ @ @ @ @ the coronavirus you might .

Trump's campaign spokesman was trying to sugarcoat the inept handling of the coronavirus pandemic by the Trump administration when the CNN host abruptly cut off his bizarre Happy Talk with a cold dose of reality called facts.
Brianna Keilar: Wait, Hogan, we can't even go to Canada! Canada won't even let us in. I mean, look at this coronavirus number...When you look at this Q-poll when asked who they say is best able to handle a coronavirus response.
Hogan Gidley: I get it. I'm not sure why anyone would want to go to Canada when we live in the greatest country on the face of the planet.... that's Donald Trump's mentality on it...
Keilar: ...well if you want to get away from the coronavirus you might.


crooksandliars--2020-07-17--Cartoon: Trump Administration Reality Game

Brianna Keilar : Hogan , we ca n't even go to Canada !
Hogan Gidley : I don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ to go to Canada , away from the greatest country on earth .
Brianna Keilar @ @ @ @ @ from the coronavirus !

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crooksandliars--2020-07-17--Progressives Welcome Biden's $2 Trillion Green Energy Plan

U.S. environmental and climate activists on Tuesday welcomed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden 's `` Plan to Build a Modern , Sustainable Infrastructure and an Equitable Clean Energy Future '' —a proposal that is notably bolder than what he called for earlier in the primary .
`` Biden will make a $ 2 trillion accelerated investment , with a plan to deploy those resources over his first term , setting us on an irreversible course to meet the ambitious climate progress that science demands , '' his campaign website says , detailing related polices on agriculture , the automobile @ @ @ @ @ @ @ justice , housing , infrastructure , public transportation .
The plan calls for creating a million new jobs in the American auto industry , shifting to a power sector free from carbon pollution by 2035 , and upgrading four million buildings and weatherizing two million homes over four years .
Those building upgrades would create more jobs , as would the construction of 1.5 million sustainable homes and initiatives in `` climate-smart agriculture , resilience , and conservation . ''
The New York Times reported that `` in a call with reporters on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said the proposal was the product of discussions with scientists , climate and environmental justice leaders , union members and leaders , mayors and governors , and representatives from the small-business and manufacturing communities . ''
In response to reporting on the proposal ahead of its official unveiling Tuesday , meteorologist and climate correspondent Eric Holthaus tweeted : `` Wow .
And wow in a good way . ''
Julian Brave NoiseCat , vice president of policy and strategy at Data for Progress , acknowledged the plan 's overlap with the Green New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a former challenger in the Democratic presidential primary race who ran with the climate crisis as his top priority and endorsed Biden in April , praised the proposal in a series of tweets Tuesday , saying that it `` shows that he 's serious about defeating climate change , and has a roadmap to become the climate president that America needs . ''
Evergreen Action , which is led by some former Inslee staffers , also welcomed the plan .
In a Tuesday Medium post , Sam Ricketts , the group 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ calls for major investments in a clean power-led economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic ; includes enforceable , sector-specific benchmarks for a rapid transition to 100 % renewable energy ; and aims to hold polluters accountable for environmental injustice .
In a speech about his proposal Tuesday , Biden drew clear contrasts between himself and President Donald Trump .
Climate reporter Emily Atkin , who tweeted some of his remarks , observed that `` Biden 's strategy here is to frame Trump 's climate denial as costing America tons of money and jobs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plan as an economically exciting , job-heavy solution . ''
Evan Weber , co-founder and political director of the youth-led Sunrise Movement , also noted the contrast that Biden drew between himself and the current president and pointed out the popularity of job-creating climate policies .
As Common Dreams reported Tuesday , new Data for Progress polling shows majorities of U.S. voters support transitioning to a clean energy economy by 2035 and incorporating green infrastructure into the nation 's recovery from the ongoing pandemic .
Varshini Prakash is executive director of the Sunrise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) in the presidential primary race—and served on the Sanders-Biden Unity Task Force , which released its policy recommendations on climate and other key issues last week .
She addressed Biden 's new proposal in a statement Tuesday that noted her group 's efforts to pressure every single candidate in this cycle to put out climate plans that matched the severity of the crisis .
`` It 's no secret that we 've been critical of Vice President Biden 's plans and commitments in the past , '' Prakash said .
`` Today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those criticisms : dramatically increasing the scale and urgency of investments , filling in details on how he 'd achieve environmental justice and create good union jobs , and promising immediate action—on day 1 , in his first 100 days , in his first term , in the next decade—not just some far off goals . ''
`` Our movement made this possible , but there 's more work to do , and the urgency of this crisis demands that we keep pushing , '' she continued .
`` Vice President Biden must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actions an immediate and urgent priority on day 1 .
Our movement , alongside environmental justice communities and frontline workers , has taught Joe Biden to talk the talk .
Now let 's defeat Trump and mobilize in mass after the election to get Biden to walk the walk . ''
Members of The Climate Mobilization also praised elements of Biden 's new plan in a statement Tuesday while urging him to deliver concrete action addressing the planetary emergency and to consider even more ambitious policies in the future .
`` Biden gets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the areas of racial and climate justice and equity for historically marginalized groups and working people ; but he 's still got a lot of room for improvement in increasing the scale , scope , and speed in which he addresses the climate emergency , '' said Matt Renner , the group 's executive director .
`` Support for a Biden presidency from the climate movement should be contingent on his commitment to actually achieving climate safety in a just and equitable way , not simply going beyond what is considered politically possible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ research and policy for The Climate Mobilization , argued that the proposed decarbonization targets do n't go far enough .
`` The last twelve months were the hottest we 've ever experienced—an average of 1.3ºC above pre-industrial temperatures .
Vice President Biden 's plan , while a clear departure from the market-based solutions of the past two decades , ultimately fails to reckon with the massive climate risks we face within the next decade , '' Berry said .
`` Eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector would only cut domestic emissions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be eliminating emissions across the economy as quickly as possible . ''

U.S. environmental and climate activists on Tuesday welcomed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's "Plan to Build a Modern, Sustainable Infrastructure and an Equitable Clean Energy Future"—a proposal that is notably bolder than what he called for earlier in the primary.
"Biden will make a $2 trillion accelerated investment, with a plan to deploy those resources over his first term, setting us on an irreversible course to meet the ambitious climate progress that science demands," his campaign website says, detailing related polices on agriculture, the automobile industry, buildings, electricity, environmental justice, housing, infrastructure, public transportation.
The plan calls for creating a million new jobs in the American auto industry, shifting to a power sector free from carbon pollution by 2035, and upgrading four million buildings and weatherizing two million homes over four years. Those building upgrades would create more jobs, as would the construction of 1.5 million sustainable homes and initiatives in "climate-smart agriculture, resilience, and conservation."
The New York Times reported that "in a call with reporters on Tuesday morning, senior Biden campaign officials said the proposal was the product of discussions with scientists, climate and environmental justice leaders, union members and leaders, mayors and governors, and representatives from the small-business and manufacturing communities."
In response to reporting on the proposal ahead of its official unveiling Tuesday, meteorologist and climate correspondent Eric Holthaus tweeted: "Wow. And wow in a good way." Julian Brave NoiseCat, vice president of policy and strategy at Data for Progress, acknowledged the plan's overlap with the Green New Deal.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a former challenger in the Democratic presidential primary race who ran with the climate crisis as his top priority and endorsed Biden in April, praised the proposal in a series of tweets Tuesday, saying that it "shows that he's serious about defeating climate change, and has a roadmap to become the climate president that America needs."
Evergreen Action, which is led by some former Inslee staffers, also welcomed the plan. In a Tuesday Medium post, Sam Ricketts, the group's co-founder, highlighted that Biden's proposal calls for major investments in a clean power-led economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic; includes enforceable, sector-specific benchmarks for a rapid transition to 100% renewable energy; and aims to hold polluters accountable for environmental injustice.
In a speech about his proposal Tuesday, Biden drew clear contrasts between himself and President Donald Trump. Climate reporter Emily Atkin, who tweeted some of his remarks, observed that "Biden's strategy here is to frame Trump's climate denial as costing America tons of money and jobs. And, to frame his climate plan as an economically exciting, job-heavy solution."
"When Donald Trump thinks of climate change, the only word he can think of is 'hoax,'" @JoeBiden says. "The word I think of is 'jobs.'" — Emily Atkin (@emorwee) July 14, 2020 Investments in clean energy "are a win win win for this country," Biden says. "Creating jobs. Cutting energy costs. Protecting our climate.” "Transforming the American power sector… will be the greatest spurring of job creating and economic competitiveness of the 21st century" — Emily Atkin (@emorwee) July 14, 2020
Evan Weber, co-founder and political director of the youth-led Sunrise Movement, also noted the contrast that Biden drew between himself and the current president and pointed out the popularity of job-creating climate policies. As Common Dreams reported Tuesday, new Data for Progress polling shows majorities of U.S. voters support transitioning to a clean energy economy by 2035 and incorporating green infrastructure into the nation's recovery from the ongoing pandemic.
This was always the major narrative intervention at the heart of @sunrisemvmt's strategy: when people think climate change, they need to think "jobs," & if we achieve that we win. If @JoeBiden runs aggressively on this through Nov 3, we can defeat Trump & maybe save society, too https://t.co/1DWfi9miiA — Evan Weber (@evanlweber) July 14, 2020
Varshini Prakash is executive director of the Sunrise Movement—which endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the presidential primary race—and served on the Sanders-Biden Unity Task Force, which released its policy recommendations on climate and other key issues last week. She addressed Biden's new proposal in a statement Tuesday that noted her group's efforts to pressure every single candidate in this cycle to put out climate plans that matched the severity of the crisis.
"It's no secret that we've been critical of Vice President Biden's plans and commitments in the past," Prakash said. "Today, he's responded to many of those criticisms: dramatically increasing the scale and urgency of investments, filling in details on how he'd achieve environmental justice and create good union jobs, and promising immediate action—on day 1, in his first 100 days, in his first term, in the next decade—not just some far off goals."
"Our movement made this possible, but there's more work to do, and the urgency of this crisis demands that we keep pushing," she continued. "Vice President Biden must build on these commitments and make these actions an immediate and urgent priority on day 1. Our movement, alongside environmental justice communities and frontline workers, has taught Joe Biden to talk the talk. Now let's defeat Trump and mobilize in mass after the election to get Biden to walk the walk."
This plan isn't perfect, & there are still gaps and places to push, but it's a major step forward, & parts are more ambitious than what @BernieSanders ran on in 2016, or @JayInslee championed in 2020. We'll have our work cut out for us in making this action a day 1 priority. — Sunrise Movement (@sunrisemvmt) July 14, 2020
Members of The Climate Mobilization also praised elements of Biden's new plan in a statement Tuesday while urging him to deliver concrete action addressing the planetary emergency and to consider even more ambitious policies in the future.
"Biden gets a lot right, especially around in the areas of racial and climate justice and equity for historically marginalized groups and working people; but he's still got a lot of room for improvement in increasing the scale, scope, and speed in which he addresses the climate emergency," said Matt Renner, the group's executive director. "Support for a Biden presidency from the climate movement should be contingent on his commitment to actually achieving climate safety in a just and equitable way, not simply going beyond what is considered politically possible."
Laura Berry, director of research and policy for The Climate Mobilization, argued that the proposed decarbonization targets don't go far enough.
"The last twelve months were the hottest we've ever experienced—an average of 1.3ºC above pre-industrial temperatures. Vice President Biden's plan, while a clear departure from the market-based solutions of the past two decades, ultimately fails to reckon with the massive climate risks we face within the next decade," Berry said. "Eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector would only cut domestic emissions by 27%—but we need to be eliminating emissions across the economy as quickly as possible."
Republished from Common Dreams (Jessica Corbett, staff writer) under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.


crooksandliars--2020-07-17--How Trump Can Win Reelection, By People Who Don't Have A Clue

In my last post , I probably exaggerated the likely electoral effect of President Trump 's decision to finally wear a mask .
I still think his poll numbers would go up if he wore a mask consistently -- and they might go up significantly if he began to demonstrate concern about the pandemic on a regular basis .
He might wear a mask again , but he 's dug in on rejecting concern about the virus -- his simple-minded notions of salesmanship compel him to say that everything 's really great , even when the public knows that everything @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He ca n't acknowledge the reality of the pandemic because acknowledging any negative reality goes against his two religions : self-praise and the Power of Positive Thinking .
Many Trump supporters are clearly worried that he ca n't turn this election around .
They 're offering advice on how he can do it -- advice that 's all over the map , and not particularly credible .
A top Republican pollster recently suggested that President Donald Trump needs to focus more on former Vice President Joe Biden ’ s numerous flaws if he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Ed Goeas , the president of the Tarrance Group , spoke to a conference hosted by the Ripon Society in which he argued that Trump would need to push Biden ’ s “ negatives ” up to secure he re-election .
“ For them to have any hope of winning this election , they are going to have to drive Joe Biden ’ s negatives up also over 50 % , ” he explained .
The pollster added , “ the Trump base is so strong in support of the president that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ easy for them to do so.
” So Goeas thinks the Trump base constitutes more than 50 % of the public ?
In most polls , Trump has never even briefly reached 50 % approval .
And Goeas thinks Biden is n't already despised by the Trump base ?
But Trump and his supporters are talking about the economy -- how great it was , how great it will be soon -- all the time .
Everyone misreads the polling on this .
If Trump is still getting good marks from poll respondents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he 's losing to Biden badly , that means the economy is not the issue Americans are voting on .
How hard is this to understand ?
And why could n't Trump have popular policies on the pandemic and racial injustice ?
I mean , besides the fact that he 's Donald Trump ?
Let 's turn to Fred Barnes in the Washington Examiner .
What 's his brilliant advice ?
I ’ ve argued that Trump should ( and probably has plans to ) clean up his act for the final three @ @ @ @ @ @ @ By this , I meant that he would , in effect , alter his personality .
He ’ d cool down and no longer spend large amounts of time acting self-centered , obnoxious , and defensive .
He did exactly that in the closing weeks of the 2016 race after the Hollywood Access tape appeared to have ruined his chances of winning .
He became disciplined .
His speeches were mostly prepared , and he read them .
He curbed his habit of ad-libbing constantly .
It worked , but not by magic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ person , or at least a less unlikable one .
Was he faking ?
Sure .
Politicians have been known to do so .
And yes , the new Trump was temporary .
The old Trump returned , all too soon .
That parenthetical phrase `` ( and probably has plans to ) '' is hilarious .
Do you see any evidence that Trump plans to dial down his personality between now and November ?
I do n't believe Trump won in 2016 because he was less Trumpy at the end of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the email non-scandal tipped the race to Trump , with help from the Russians , Wikileaks , Jill Stein , cable channels that broadcast Trump speeches in full , and elite news organizations that hyped every negative story about Democrats .
But hey , believe what you want , Fred .
So if we put these two sets of recommendations together , Trump should be nicer and should be nastier toward Biden , simultaneously .
That sounds easy !
Who else wants to weigh in ?
Newt Gingrich has some thoughts .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ are wrong and we really have no idea who 's winning : I find the notion of `` shy Trump voters '' hilarious .
These are the people who claim to be big and tough and rugged and heavily armed , while we 're just a bunch of soy boys and snowflakes -- and yet they 're afraid of ... pollsters ?
On the phone ?
What do they think is going to happen to them if they tell a pollster that they 're backing Trump in November -- George Soros will have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the evil Soros can find out what they told a pollster , should n't they be more afraid of actually voting ?
Wo n't Soros really have his vengeance if he finds out they pulled the lever for Trump ( as he certainly will , being a supervillain and all ) ?
But Gingrich does believe Trump can improve his odds , with a few simple steps : Oh , is that all ?
Just revive the economy and contain the virus ?
Piece of cake !
Yes , because that 's working @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And why is this a good idea for Trump ?
Gingrich has spent the past 26 years of his life as a famous person and spent much of the previous half-century trying to become a famous person .
He has no idea that most people are never quoted or listened to at all by the general public , and thus have no idea what it 's like to be `` canceled . ''
Most of us spend our lives `` canceled '' because no one cares what we think .
Conservatives love to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but why would anyone else care about a football star or CEO having these experiences ?
So to sum up : Trump should be polite , and should also be obnoxious about Joe Biden and the activist left .
Victory is assured !
Posted with permission from No More Mr. Nice Blog

In my last post, I probably exaggerated the likely electoral effect of President Trump's decision to finally wear a mask. I still think his poll numbers would go up if he wore a mask consistently -- and they might go up significantly if he began to demonstrate concern about the pandemic on a regular basis. He might wear a mask again, but he's dug in on rejecting concern about the virus -- his simple-minded notions of salesmanship compel him to say that everything's really great, even when the public knows that everything is not at at all great. He can't acknowledge the reality of the pandemic because acknowledging any negative reality goes against his two religions: self-praise and the Power of Positive Thinking.
Many Trump supporters are clearly worried that he can't turn this election around. They're offering advice on how he can do it -- advice that's all over the map, and not particularly credible.
RedState's Jeff Charles quotes a GOP pollster:
A top Republican pollster recently suggested that President Donald Trump needs to focus more on former Vice President Joe Biden’s numerous flaws if he wishes to win re-election in November.... Ed Goeas, the president of the Tarrance Group, spoke to a conference hosted by the Ripon Society in which he argued that Trump would need to push Biden’s “negatives” up to secure he re-election. “For them to have any hope of winning this election, they are going to have to drive Joe Biden’s negatives up also over 50%,” he explained. The pollster added, “the Trump base is so strong in support of the president that it’s going to be fairly easy for them to do so.”
So Goeas thinks the Trump base constitutes more than 50% of the public? In most polls, Trump has never even briefly reached 50% approval. And Goeas thinks Biden isn't already despised by the Trump base?
More:
The pollster also indicated that Trump should go back to talking about the issues that Americans actually care about, such as the economy and employment. He said: “I truly believe we are at rock bottom right now in the presidential race for Donald Trump. The advantage he usually has is when he is talking about the issues, particularly talking about the economy or taxes or jobs. His numbers go up because he gets a majority support in the country for those issues. I think, unfortunately, both the combination of the coronavirus months that we have gone through and the social and racial unrest that we have gone through, what people are hearing from him is not his policies, but they’re hearing and seeing his persona. So, it is the worst of all worlds for Trump.”
But Trump and his supporters are talking about the economy -- how great it was, how great it will be soon -- all the time. Everyone misreads the polling on this. If Trump is still getting good marks from poll respondents for his handling of the economy and he's losing to Biden badly, that means the economy is not the issue Americans are voting on. How hard is this to understand?
And why couldn't Trump have popular policies on the pandemic and racial injustice? I mean, besides the fact that he's Donald Trump?
Let's turn to Fred Barnes in the Washington Examiner. What's his brilliant advice?
I’ve argued that Trump should (and probably has plans to) clean up his act for the final three or four months of the campaign. By this, I meant that he would, in effect, alter his personality. He’d cool down and no longer spend large amounts of time acting self-centered, obnoxious, and defensive. He did exactly that in the closing weeks of the 2016 race after the Hollywood Access tape appeared to have ruined his chances of winning. He became disciplined. His speeches were mostly prepared, and he read them. He curbed his habit of ad-libbing constantly. It worked, but not by magic. Trump changed into a more likable person, or at least a less unlikable one. Was he faking? Sure. Politicians have been known to do so. And yes, the new Trump was temporary. The old Trump returned, all too soon.
That parenthetical phrase "(and probably has plans to)" is hilarious. Do you see any evidence that Trump plans to dial down his personality between now and November?
I don't believe Trump won in 2016 because he was less Trumpy at the end of the campaign. I believe the last-minute revival of the email non-scandal tipped the race to Trump, with help from the Russians, Wikileaks, Jill Stein, cable channels that broadcast Trump speeches in full, and elite news organizations that hyped every negative story about Democrats. But hey, believe what you want, Fred.
So if we put these two sets of recommendations together, Trump should be nicer and should be nastier toward Biden, simultaneously. That sounds easy! Who else wants to weigh in?
Newt Gingrich has some thoughts. First, he insists that the polls are wrong and we really have no idea who's winning:
“Nobody has a clue,” he told RealClearPolitics. How can the polls tell anyone anything, he added, when the “elite media has been so unrelentingly hostile to Trump that an amazing percentage of people don’t want to even say his name.” In other words, he believes in a silent majority.
I find the notion of "shy Trump voters" hilarious. These are the people who claim to be big and tough and rugged and heavily armed, while we're just a bunch of soy boys and snowflakes -- and yet they're afraid of ... pollsters? On the phone? What do they think is going to happen to them if they tell a pollster that they're backing Trump in November -- George Soros will have them killed? And if they think the evil Soros can find out what they told a pollster, shouldn't they be more afraid of actually voting? Won't Soros really have his vengeance if he finds out they pulled the lever for Trump (as he certainly will, being a supervillain and all)?
But Gingrich does believe Trump can improve his odds, with a few simple steps:
First, he must put the economy back on track—“people have to have a feeling by September that we are going to come out of this.” (Gingrich suggests a payroll tax cut.) Second, he needs to manage the pandemic—Gingrich says that Italy got the virus under control “and that’ll happen in the States.”
Oh, is that all? Just revive the economy and contain the virus? Piece of cake!
(And I love the fact that Gingrich thinks a payroll tax cut would be the ideal solution in an economy with double-digit unemployment. Can't really benefit from a payroll tax cut if you're not on a payroll anymore, can you, Newt?)
What else?
Third, he ought to double down on the culture war—Gingrich says do it now.
Yes, because that's working so well for Trump right now. And why is this a good idea for Trump?
Even when silent, he says, the majority is watching. They have watched individuals fired for wrong opinions, such as the Boeing executive who was forced to resign after an op-ed he wrote opposing women in the military surfaced -- more than three decades after the fact. They also watch when the powerful are forced to offer public apologies for espousing the “wrong” opinions, such as Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints, who quickly walked back comments about kneeling for the national anthem.
Gingrich has spent the past 26 years of his life as a famous person and spent much of the previous half-century trying to become a famous person. He has no idea that most people are never quoted or listened to at all by the general public, and thus have no idea what it's like to be "canceled." Most of us spend our lives "canceled" because no one cares what we think. Conservatives love to collect grievances, even other people's, but why would anyone else care about a football star or CEO having these experiences?
So to sum up: Trump should be polite, and should also be obnoxious about Joe Biden and the activist left. Victory is assured!
Posted with permission from No More Mr. Nice Blog


crooksandliars--2020-07-17--Mike Pompeo Lies About 1619 Project While Stoking Trump's 'Culture War'

Mike Pompeo , Trump 's Secretary of State , gave a speech at the State Department on Thursday that infuriated anyone who is remotely concerned with racial justice in America .
In particular , it outraged diplomats and officials within that very State Department .
The speech was focused on his `` Unalienable Rights Commission '' — apparently an endeavor that itself is controversial — but true to Trumpian form , Pompeo launched into an attack on The New York Times ' brilliant `` 1619 Project , '' in an attempt to delegitimize the acknowledgement of racism and slavery in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ York Times 1619 Project , so named for the year that the first slaves were transported to America , wants you to believe that our country was founded FOR human bondage .
They want you to believe that America 's institutions continue to reflect the country 's acceptance of slavery at our founding .
They want you to believe that Marxist ideology that America is only the oppressors and the oppressed .
The Chinese Communist Party must be gleeful when they see The New York Times spout this ideology .
Some people have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The rioters , pulling down statues , thus see nothing wrong with desecrating monuments to those who fought for our unalienable rights , from our founding to our present day .
This is a dark vision of America 's birth .
I reject it .
It 's a disturbed reading of our history .
It 's a slander on our great people .
Of course he rejects it .
God forbid anyone in this Hitlerian administration should come to terms with the white supremacy woven into every inch of our national tapestry .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ is comments have sparked fresh debate and criticism among diplomats who continue to raise alarm bells over long-standing issues of systemic racism and diversity challenges in the State Department .
Five officials who spoke to Foreign Policy on condition of anonymity described a reaction of shock and fury .
“ Pompeo made it very clear where he stands and reaffirmed the purpose of the commission by denigrating the movement for equal justice and the call for racial reckoning and healing in America , ” said one State Department official .
“ Everyone that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disgusted by the commission , his press conference , and [ the ] attack on 1619 , ” said the official .
... Pompeo established the Commission on Unalienable Rights a year ago , hoping the commission and newly unveiled draft report would help influence U.S. and international policies on fundamental human rights , at a time when U.S. soft power is wilting around the world .
Some human rights groups and other scholars have been critical of the endeavor , arguing it was surreptitiously trying to narrow down how the U.S. government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ toward excluding LGBTQ and sexual and reproductive rights .
...
The State Department declined repeatedly to say whether Pompeo had read the “ 1619 Project.
” Well , that last issue is n't really up for debate , is it ?
Why would anyone in this administration read a Pulitzer-prize-winning series of essays on the role slavery played in the founding of our republic if there is a chance they might have to reflect on white dudes doing bad things , like solidifying chattel slavery as a way of life ?
Not to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ things going on .
Bad things like forcing kids to go to school during a COVID-19 surge .
Bad things like locking refugee toddlers in cages with concrete floors and tin foil blankets .
Bad things like taking voting rights away from 1.4 million people in Florida .
Bad things like taking health care away from millions of people during a pandemic .
Bad things like ignoring Russian bounties on our troops .
But sure , Mike .
It 's the 1619 Project that is the problem .

Mike Pompeo, Trump's Lap Dog Secretary of State, gave a speech at the State Department on Thursday that infuriated anyone who is remotely concerned with racial justice in America. In particular, it outraged diplomats and officials within that very State Department. The speech was focused on his "Unalienable Rights Commission" — apparently an endeavor that itself is controversial — but true to Trumpian form, Pompeo launched into an attack on The New York Times' brilliant "1619 Project," in an attempt to delegitimize the acknowledgement of racism and slavery in our founding.
POMPEO: The New York Times 1619 Project, so named for the year that the first slaves were transported to America, wants you to believe that our country was founded FOR human bondage. They want you to believe that America's institutions continue to reflect the country's acceptance of slavery at our founding. They want you to believe that Marxist ideology that America is only the oppressors and the oppressed. The Chinese Communist Party must be gleeful when they see The New York Times spout this ideology. Some people have taken these false doctrines to heart. The rioters, pulling down statues, thus see nothing wrong with desecrating monuments to those who fought for our unalienable rights, from our founding to our present day. This is a dark vision of America's birth. I reject it. It's a disturbed reading of our history. It's a slander on our great people.
Of course he rejects it. God forbid anyone in this Hitlerian administration should come to terms with the white supremacy woven into every inch of our national tapestry. Reaction was swift.
According to a Foreign Policy report:
[H]is comments have sparked fresh debate and criticism among diplomats who continue to raise alarm bells over long-standing issues of systemic racism and diversity challenges in the State Department. Five officials who spoke to Foreign Policy on condition of anonymity described a reaction of shock and fury. “Pompeo made it very clear where he stands and reaffirmed the purpose of the commission by denigrating the movement for equal justice and the call for racial reckoning and healing in America,” said one State Department official. “Everyone that I have spoken with is horrified and disgusted by the commission, his press conference, and [the] attack on 1619,” said the official.
...
Pompeo established the Commission on Unalienable Rights a year ago, hoping the commission and newly unveiled draft report would help influence U.S. and international policies on fundamental human rights, at a time when U.S. soft power is wilting around the world. Some human rights groups and other scholars have been critical of the endeavor, arguing it was surreptitiously trying to narrow down how the U.S. government defines fundamental human rights with an eye toward excluding LGBTQ and sexual and reproductive rights.
...
The State Department declined repeatedly to say whether Pompeo had read the “1619 Project.”
Well, that last issue isn't really up for debate, is it? Why would anyone in this administration read a Pulitzer-prize-winning series of essays on the role slavery played in the founding of our republic if there is a chance they might have to reflect on white dudes doing bad things, like solidifying chattel slavery as a way of life?
Not to mention the need to address other bad things going on. Bad things like forcing kids to go to school during a COVID-19 surge. Bad things like locking refugee toddlers in cages with concrete floors and tin foil blankets. Bad things like taking voting rights away from 1.4 million people in Florida. Bad things like taking health care away from millions of people during a pandemic. Bad things like ignoring Russian bounties on our troops.
But sure, Mike. It's the 1619 Project that is the problem.


crooksandliars--2020-07-17--Fox News Host Destroys Trump's Racist Talking Point About Crime And Joe Biden

How generous of Fox News to give Donald Trump a platform on Sunday morning for a nice campaign interview !
At least in this segment , though , Chris Wallace did n't let Trump squirm away from his lies , instead forcing him to confront them in real time .
During a segment on crime , Trump went off on the crime rate in cities run by Democratic mayors .
Think Portland .
Or Atlanta .
Trump leaned in to Chris Wallace and said , “ It ’ s because they want to defund the police — and Biden wants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shot back , `` Sir , he does not . ''
Trump immediately invoked Bernie Sanders ' name by pointing out that a compact was signed with him on certain policy issues .
“ Look , he signed a charter with Bernie Sanders -- ” Trump began .
“ And it says nothing about defunding the police , ” came the retort .
“ Oh really ?
It says abolish .
It says — let ’ s go .
Get me the charter , please , ” Trump called to an aide offstage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ charter .
And from there , what we learn is what Wallace says happened .
He went through the charter page by page , found many things he disagreed with , but could not find any reference in it to defunding the police .
So that there 's a record of facts attached to Trump 's lie , let 's start with the crime rate , which is higher in 2020 than 2019 because of aberrant circumstances , like a pandemic causing record unemployment because Trump does n't give a damn about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well .
Domestic violence , racial unrest , and stress over this godforsaken virus are all factors which may be why crime is rising .
In 2019 , crime rates were dropping .
This is n't a partisan issue .
It 's a societal one .

How generous of Fox News to give Donald Trump a platform on Sunday morning for a nice campaign interview! At least in this segment, though, Chris Wallace didn't let Trump squirm away from his lies, instead forcing him to confront them in real time.
During a segment on crime, Trump went off on the crime rate in cities run by Democratic mayors. Think Portland. Or Atlanta.
Trump leaned in to Chris Wallace and said, “It’s because they want to defund the police — and Biden wants to defund the police."
Wallace shot back, "Sir, he does not."
Trump immediately invoked Bernie Sanders' name by pointing out that a compact was signed with him on certain policy issues. “Look, he signed a charter with Bernie Sanders --” Trump began.
“And it says nothing about defunding the police,” came the retort.
“Oh really? It says abolish. It says — let’s go. Get me the charter, please,” Trump called to an aide offstage to bring him a copy of the charter.
And from there, what we learn is what Wallace says happened. He went through the charter page by page, found many things he disagreed with, but could not find any reference in it to defunding the police.
So that there's a record of facts attached to Trump's lie, let's start with the crime rate, which is higher in 2020 than 2019 because of aberrant circumstances, like a pandemic causing record unemployment because Trump doesn't give a damn about the public health and isn't managing it well. Domestic violence, racial unrest, and stress over this godforsaken virus are all factors which may be why crime is rising.
In 2019, crime rates were dropping. This isn't a partisan issue. It's a societal one.


crooksandliars--2020-07-17--Trump Declares War On America, Invades Portland To Look Strong For Re-Election

It was only a month or so ago that Donald Trump threatened to use the Insurrection Act to call the U.S. military into cities .
Now he 's done the equivalent , declaring war in service of his re-election bid .
Consider Portland and San Diego test cases to see whether or not he 'll get away with it .
Here 's an example of a declaration of war from the White House Press Secretary : Lightfoot 's response was what one might expect : It would not be at all surprising to hear about DHS officers and other unidentified @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Portland in Chicago and other cities .
It 's a win-win for Trump .
He gets to play to the racism of his mostly rural base , he gets to feel like he 's doing something authoritative , he gets to characterize protesters for racial justice as radical insurgents , and he 's hoping that war on United States citizens will serve to get him reelected .
Here 's the criteria for invoking the Insurrection Act : First , if there is a fear of action to overthrow a state , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state legislature asks him to .
Second , the president can do so at the request of the state ’ s governor if the legislature can not convene .
In the third circumstance , if there is a threat of federal law being broken , the president could also deploy the military .
Rambo said this section was used by Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy against Arkansas , Mississippi and twice in Alabama when the states refused to desegregate schools .
The only real pretext for federal officers would be the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Here 's what they 're using as their current excuse in Portland : Yes , let 's repeat the sins for why the Department of Homeland Security invaded -- yes , invaded -- Portland : Graffiti incidents .
So first they invent the mysterious `` Antifa '' to demonize as `` violent anarchists . ''
Then they send in unidentified federal agents to kidnap protesters with absolutely no reason given while they refuse to identify themselves .
So Trump can get re-elected .
Why is this not on the front page of every @ @ @ @ @ @

It was only a month or so ago that Donald Trump threatened to use the Insurrection Act to call the U.S. military into cities. Now he's done the equivalent, declaring war in service of his re-election bid.
Consider Portland and San Diego test cases to see whether or not he'll get away with it.
Here's a high-level overview of the strategy:
I think some people are missing what’s happening:
1. Fox News is convincing THOUSANDS of Americans that cities are currently violently anarchist and need to be controlled
2. Portland is a test case in Trump’s “strong leadership”
3. THIS is the war
4. Wars win presidencies — Hannah Groch-Begley (@grouchybagels) July 17, 2020
Here's an example of a declaration of war from the White House Press Secretary:
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany just called Lori Lightfoot "the derelict mayor of Chicago" and said she should request federal help to secure the city — Brian Bennett (@ByBrianBennett) July 16, 2020
Lightfoot's response was what one might expect:
Hey, Karen. Watch your mouth. pic.twitter.com/zhjRyokKD5 — Mayor Lori Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) July 16, 2020
It would not be at all surprising to hear about DHS officers and other unidentified federal officers doing what they're doing in Portland in Chicago and other cities. It's a win-win for Trump. He gets to play to the racism of his mostly rural base, he gets to feel like he's doing something authoritative, he gets to characterize protesters for racial justice as radical insurgents, and he's hoping that war on United States citizens will serve to get him reelected.
Here's the criteria for invoking the Insurrection Act:
First, if there is a fear of action to overthrow a state, the president can send in troops if a state legislature asks him to. Second, the president can do so at the request of the state’s governor if the legislature cannot convene. In the third circumstance, if there is a threat of federal law being broken, the president could also deploy the military. Rambo said this section was used by Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy against Arkansas, Mississippi and twice in Alabama when the states refused to desegregate schools.
The only real pretext for federal officers would be the third one, if it existed. Here's what they're using as their current excuse in Portland:
Yes, let's repeat the sins for why the Department of Homeland Security invaded -- yes, invaded -- Portland: Graffiti incidents.
Graffiti. Incidents.
So first they invent the mysterious "Antifa" to demonize as "violent anarchists." Then they send in unidentified federal agents to kidnap protesters with absolutely no reason given while they refuse to identify themselves.
So Trump can get re-elected.
Why is this not on the front page of every media outlet in the country?


crooksandliars--2020-07-17--Let's Take A Look At Kayleigh McEnany's Briefing Binder, Shall We?

If ever a picture was worth a thousand words ... or , in this case , tabs ... Stealthy and eagle-eyed photographer Jonathan Ernst caught a glimpse of White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany 's famous briefing binder , and it provides quite the window into Trump 's messaging priorities .
Some of the tabs are perfectly reasonable , and what one would expect from any press secretary .
Nothing wrong with organizing the info on top issues of the day , and topics like `` Health , '' `` Election , '' `` CDC , '' and even `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to the photo , and Mediaite , Also included were notable files on former President Barack “ Obama , ” as well as subjects used to frequently criticize Trump like “ Golf , ” “ Russia , ” “ Hate , ” and a misspelled “ Meuller.
” But many of the tabs spoke to this White House ’ s favorite boogeymen , with categories such as “ Media , ” “ Lies , ” “ China , ” “ BLM , ” “ Privil ” suggesting white privilege , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Statues ” was also included as was “ LGBT.
” Notably , one tab was labeled “ Karl , ” which might be an oppo brief against ABC News White House correspondent Jon Karl , who has frequently clashed with Trump at press conferences .
Oh , dear .
A tab devoted entirely to `` HATE ? ''
What — and I say this with the utmost gravity — the actual f*ck ?
Also note , there is a tab labeled `` HATCH . ''
I will presume that is not devoted to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hatch .
Rather , it 's much more likely that tab contains as many excuses , lies , and counter-arguments the administration can muster for the blatant violations of the Hatch Act committed by the Trump family .

If ever a picture was worth a thousand words...or, in this case, tabs...
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany flips through the topic headings in her binder during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. July 16, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst #Reuters pic.twitter.com/8QFTgBKa06 — Jonathan Ernst (@j_ernst_DC) July 17, 2020
Stealthy and eagle-eyed photographer Jonathan Ernst caught a glimpse of White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany's famous briefing binder, and it provides quite the window into Trump's messaging priorities. Some of the tabs are perfectly reasonable, and what one would expect from any press secretary. Nothing wrong with organizing the info on top issues of the day, and topics like "Health," "Election," "CDC," and even "Reopen" make perfect sense.
However, according to the photo, and Mediaite,
Also included were notable files on former President Barack “Obama,” as well as subjects used to frequently criticize Trump like “Golf,” “Russia,” “Hate,” and a misspelled “Meuller.” But many of the tabs spoke to this White House’s favorite boogeymen, with categories such as “Media,” “Lies,” “China,” “BLM,” “Privil” suggesting white privilege, and one simply labeled “Absurd.” “Statues” was also included as was “LGBT.” Notably, one tab was labeled “Karl,” which might be an oppo brief against ABC News White House correspondent Jon Karl, who has frequently clashed with Trump at press conferences.
Oh, dear. A tab devoted entirely to "HATE?" What — and I say this with the utmost gravity — the actual f*ck?
Also note, there is a tab labeled "HATCH." I will presume that is not devoted to information about retired U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch. Rather, it's much more likely that tab contains as many excuses, lies, and counter-arguments the administration can muster for the blatant violations of the Hatch Act committed by the Trump family.


crooksandliars--2020-07-17--The QAnon Cult Threatens To Consume What's Left Of The GOP

The bizarre and otherworldly QAnon cult—the conspiracist Donald Trump fanatics who believe that liberal Democrats and their allies have been secretly operating a global pedophilia ring that is going to end in mass arrests called “ The Storm ” —has not only been spreading farther and deeper into mainstream conservative politics , but the entire Republican Party appears on the verge of being completely consumed by it .
Trump himself retweets QAnoners ’ authoritarian paeans to his presidency and its attacks on his critics .
His former national security adviser posted video of himself and a group of friends taking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s son Eric tweets out open support of the “ Q ” conspiracy theories .
Trump ’ s favorite cable-news channel features reporters who openly embrace the theories .
Dozens of Republican candidates openly spout QAnon claims and rhetoric , and GOP organizations have used their Facebook accounts to promote QAnon theories .
The fantastic aspects of this conspiracism—particularly the obdurate insistence by the growing hordes of True Believers that “ Q has always been right ” in the face of the mounting reality that not one of the theories ’ predictions or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in many ways to take it seriously .
In an ordinary world , it would be dismissed as a joke .
But the up-is-down belief system inherent in conspiracist worldviews like QAnon has spread so far that it not only has infected democratic discourse with garbage disinformation , but its underlying nature is profoundly violent—which presents the very real threat ( one we ’ ve already seen playing out ) of unhinged QAnon believers acting out and wreaking potentially significant levels of harm .
After all , there is a reason the FBI @ @ @ @ @ @ @ likely vector for fueling domestic terrorism : “ The FBI assesses these conspiracy theories very likely will emerge , spread , and evolve in the modern information marketplace , occasionally driving both groups and individual extremists to carry out criminal or violent acts.
” Yet it continues to seep into mainstream Republican politics with almost nary a raised eyebrow .
Oregon ’ s QAnon-loving GOP Senate nominee , Jo Rae Perkins , can even call for the imposition of martial law in her home state ( to battle “ antifa ” ) without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has resolutely—and silently—refused to withdraw its support for a single one of the 64 GOP candidates with QAnon connections .
• Thirteen candidates have secured a spot on the ballot in November by competing in primary elections .
• Of those 13 candidates , five are from California , two are from Illinois , and there is one each from Colorado , New Jersey , Oregon , Georgia , Ohio , and Texas .
• One candidate in Florida is running as an independent , who is also on the ballot in November @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , is heading to an upcoming primary runoff .
• One candidate in New York is running as a Republican write-in .
• In total , 59 of the candidates are Republicans , two are Democrats , one is a Libertarian , and two are independents .
“ They 've done absolutely nothing to discourage QAnon followers from believing as they do , ” QAnon researcher Travis View told Politico , adding that this only stokes the community ’ s fervor .
“ I mean , QAnon is premised on the idea that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the world , so they take the silence more as part of that secrecy.
” The White House and its allies have offered disingenuous retorts that verge on ballsy dishonesty when asked about the friendliness of Trump and his allies .
When Flynn posted his 53-second clip to Twitter on the Fourth of July , he was participating in a ritual already being shared widely that week as video posts by the QAnon community ( Perkins among them ) under the hashtag # TakeTheOath ( which in fact is the same loyalty oath @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The trend was in fact inspired by a person using the Q identity on the message board 8kun to “ symbolically take the oath on social media platforms.
” At the video ’ s end , Flynn recited the QAnon slogan : “ Where we go one , we go all !
” Flynn lawyer Sidney Powell told the Washington Examiner that there was no intent on Flynn ’ s part to embrace QAnon conspiracy theories—rather , she claimed , Flynn only “ wanted to encourage people to think about being a citizen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Where we go one , we go all '' was first engraved on a bell on one of President John F. Kennedy 's sailboats—which in fact is a falsehood first propagated by the Q persona in a message-board post .
Powell also told CNN that “ implying anything wrong with words long ago inscribed on a bell to encourage the unity of the human race is malevolent and just plain wrong .
There is nothing more to the story . ''
Experts laughed at Flynn ’ s denial .
“ This is absolutely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CNN .
Moreover , Flynn ’ s public embrace was a major validation for the cult ’ s True Believers , he explained .
`` The Q community is really excited by all of this .
Flynn is a hugely important figure to them , seen as a warrior who infiltrated the deep state by pretending to plead guilty , '' Rothschild said .
`` The video of Flynn actually taking the oath is , to them , total validation that they were right , that Flynn is a warrior who fights for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ digital soldiers on his level . ''
This underlying vision—of being a heroic warrior for truth battling against the vilest of evils—is what attracts so many followers to QAnon , and simultaneously creates permission in their minds for committing the most atrocious acts of violence one can imagine .
We ’ ve already seen this playing out in domestic-terrorism incidents that , fortunately , did not reach fruition : • A QAnon fanatic armed with an AR-15 and an armored truck blocked traffic on the Hoover Dam and demanded the inspector general ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hillary Clinton ’ s email practices in June 2018 .
• A California man arrested in December 2018 with bomb-making materials in his car told investigators he intended to use them to `` blow up a satanic temple monument '' in the Springfield , Illinois Capitol rotunda .
His larger intentions , he said , were `` make Americans aware of Pizzagate and the New World Order , who were dismantling society . ''
• An Illinois woman who became a fanatical QAnon devotee livestreamed herself on a cross-country trip , armed with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York City , where she hoped to “ take out ” Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden .
NYPD officers arrested her there .
• The young man who murdered Gambino mob boss Frank Cali , who gorged himself on QAnon theories online , told investigators he committed the crime because he believed that Cali was part of the “ Deep State ” operation to sabotage Trump ’ s presidency .
• The Los Angeles locomotive engineer , also a QAnon fan , who drove his engine at high speed off the tracks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ship Mercy was stationed as part of the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic—it halted about 800 yards away from the ship—told arresting officers he was hoping to ram the ship because he believed the claims ( primarily from QAnon theorists ) that the patients were going to be secretly carted off to Guantanamo : “ You only get this chance once .
The whole world is watching .
… I had to .
People don ’ t know what ’ s going on here .
Now they will.
” The QAnon cult @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heroism at its dark heart , even among the once-respectable Republicans who have been consumed by it .
One of the most prominent of these is Michael Scheuer , the former CIA analyst , college lecturer , and onetime Fox News regular whose career as a pundit metastasized from virulent Islamophobia to unapologetic anti-Obama “ Birtherism.
” Nowadays , Scheuer can be found penning lengthy defenses of QAnon and its nonsense , claiming that dire consequences lay just around the corner for the usual laundry list of Trump critics and journalists who dared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the following , gallows-headed traitors will write a Q on their palm and claim innocence by insanity ?
” he mused last December after Trump ’ s impeachment .
The supposed “ Storm ” arrests are only the beginnings of Scheuer ’ s fantasies , however .
Another essay , penned a year before the QAnon screed , laid out his vision of a citizens ’ uprising—replete with lynchings and domestic terrorism—in response to the “ treason ” of attacking Donald Trump : American patriots have so far , praise God , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tyranny and violence with violence .
For now they must remain so , armed but steady .
But the time for such patience is fast slipping away ; indeed , that patience is quickly becoming an obviously rank and self-destructive foolishness .
If Trump does not act soon to erase the above noted tyranny and tyrants , the armed citizenry must step in and eliminate them.It is , of course , far better if Trump does so , and I pray and believe he will .
That said , the sheer , nay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ derived from beholding great piles of dead U.S.-citizen tyrants is not one that will be missed if Trump does not soon do the necessary to save the republic .
The QAnoners ’ fantasies , like everything dreamed up on the far right , are certain to remain unrealized .
But the likelihood that many , many people are going to be hurt in their looming attempt to make them manifest is also just as certain .

The bizarre and otherworldly QAnon cult—the conspiracist Donald Trump fanatics who believe that liberal Democrats and their allies have been secretly operating a global pedophilia ring that is going to end in mass arrests called “The Storm”—has not only been spreading farther and deeper into mainstream conservative politics, but the entire Republican Party appears on the verge of being completely consumed by it.
Trump himself retweets QAnoners’ authoritarian paeans to his presidency and its attacks on his critics. His former national security adviser posted video of himself and a group of friends taking the “QAnon Oath.” Trump’s son Eric tweets out open support of the “Q” conspiracy theories. Trump’s favorite cable-news channel features reporters who openly embrace the theories. Dozens of Republican candidates openly spout QAnon claims and rhetoric, and GOP organizations have used their Facebook accounts to promote QAnon theories.
The fantastic aspects of this conspiracism—particularly the obdurate insistence by the growing hordes of True Believers that “Q has always been right” in the face of the mounting reality that not one of the theories’ predictions or claims has yet proven accurate—make it difficult in many ways to take it seriously. In an ordinary world, it would be dismissed as a joke.
But the up-is-down belief system inherent in conspiracist worldviews like QAnon has spread so far that it not only has infected democratic discourse with garbage disinformation, but its underlying nature is profoundly violent—which presents the very real threat (one we’ve already seen playing out) of unhinged QAnon believers acting out and wreaking potentially significant levels of harm.
After all, there is a reason the FBI warned last year that QAnon was a likely vector for fueling domestic terrorism: “The FBI assesses these conspiracy theories very likely will emerge, spread, and evolve in the modern information marketplace, occasionally driving both groups and individual extremists to carry out criminal or violent acts.”
Yet it continues to seep into mainstream Republican politics with almost nary a raised eyebrow. Oregon’s QAnon-loving GOP Senate nominee, Jo Rae Perkins, can even call for the imposition of martial law in her home state (to battle “antifa”) without any notable pushback. The Republican Party has resolutely—and silently—refused to withdraw its support for a single one of the 64 GOP candidates with QAnon connections.
Media Matters’ Alex Kaplan compiled a complete list of QAnon candidates:
Thirteen candidates have secured a spot on the ballot in November by competing in primary elections.
Of those 13 candidates, five are from California, two are from Illinois, and there is one each from Colorado, New Jersey, Oregon, Georgia, Ohio, and Texas.
One candidate in Florida is running as an independent, who is also on the ballot in November.
One candidate, in Georgia, is heading to an upcoming primary runoff.
One candidate in New York is running as a Republican write-in.
In total, 59 of the candidates are Republicans, two are Democrats, one is a Libertarian, and two are independents.
“They've done absolutely nothing to discourage QAnon followers from believing as they do,” QAnon researcher Travis View told Politico, adding that this only stokes the community’s fervor. “I mean, QAnon is premised on the idea that there is a secret plan to save the world, so they take the silence more as part of that secrecy.”
The White House and its allies have offered disingenuous retorts that verge on ballsy dishonesty when asked about the friendliness of Trump and his allies. When Flynn posted his 53-second clip to Twitter on the Fourth of July, he was participating in a ritual already being shared widely that week as video posts by the QAnon community (Perkins among them) under the hashtag #TakeTheOath (which in fact is the same loyalty oath taken by members of Congress). The trend was in fact inspired by a person using the Q identity on the message board 8kun to “symbolically take the oath on social media platforms.” At the video’s end, Flynn recited the QAnon slogan: “Where we go one, we go all!”
Flynn lawyer Sidney Powell told the Washington Examiner that there was no intent on Flynn’s part to embrace QAnon conspiracy theories—rather, she claimed, Flynn only “wanted to encourage people to think about being a citizen." She claimed the phrase "Where we go one, we go all" was first engraved on a bell on one of President John F. Kennedy's sailboats—which in fact is a falsehood first propagated by the Q persona in a message-board post. Powell also told CNN that “implying anything wrong with words long ago inscribed on a bell to encourage the unity of the human race is malevolent and just plain wrong. There is nothing more to the story."
Experts laughed at Flynn’s denial. “This is absolutely pro-QAnon," researcher/author Mike Rothschild told CNN. Moreover, Flynn’s public embrace was a major validation for the cult’s True Believers, he explained.
"The Q community is really excited by all of this. Flynn is a hugely important figure to them, seen as a warrior who infiltrated the deep state by pretending to plead guilty," Rothschild said. "The video of Flynn actually taking the oath is, to them, total validation that they were right, that Flynn is a warrior who fights for them, and that they can be digital soldiers on his level."
This underlying vision—of being a heroic warrior for truth battling against the vilest of evils—is what attracts so many followers to QAnon, and simultaneously creates permission in their minds for committing the most atrocious acts of violence one can imagine. We’ve already seen this playing out in domestic-terrorism incidents that, fortunately, did not reach fruition:
A QAnon fanatic armed with an AR-15 and an armored truck blocked traffic on the Hoover Dam and demanded the inspector general’s report on the government investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email practices in June 2018.
A California man arrested in December 2018 with bomb-making materials in his car told investigators he intended to use them to "blow up a satanic temple monument" in the Springfield, Illinois Capitol rotunda. His larger intentions, he said, were "make Americans aware of Pizzagate and the New World Order, who were dismantling society."
An Illinois woman who became a fanatical QAnon devotee livestreamed herself on a cross-country trip, armed with a collection of illegal knives, to New York City, where she hoped to “take out” Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. NYPD officers arrested her there.
The young man who murdered Gambino mob boss Frank Cali, who gorged himself on QAnon theories online, told investigators he committed the crime because he believed that Cali was part of the “Deep State” operation to sabotage Trump’s presidency.
The Los Angeles locomotive engineer, also a QAnon fan, who drove his engine at high speed off the tracks near the docks where the US Naval Ship Mercy was stationed as part of the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic—it halted about 800 yards away from the ship—told arresting officers he was hoping to ram the ship because he believed the claims (primarily from QAnon theorists) that the patients were going to be secretly carted off to Guantanamo: “You only get this chance once. The whole world is watching. … I had to. People don’t know what’s going on here. Now they will.”
The QAnon cult has always had this violent idea of heroism at its dark heart, even among the once-respectable Republicans who have been consumed by it. One of the most prominent of these is Michael Scheuer, the former CIA analyst, college lecturer, and onetime Fox News regular whose career as a pundit metastasized from virulent Islamophobia to unapologetic anti-Obama “Birtherism.”
Nowadays, Scheuer can be found penning lengthy defenses of QAnon and its nonsense, claiming that dire consequences lay just around the corner for the usual laundry list of Trump critics and journalists who dared question the regime: “Maybe all of the following, gallows-headed traitors will write a Q on their palm and claim innocence by insanity?” he mused last December after Trump’s impeachment.
The supposed “Storm” arrests are only the beginnings of Scheuer’s fantasies, however. Another essay, penned a year before the QAnon screed, laid out his vision of a citizens’ uprising—replete with lynchings and domestic terrorism—in response to the “treason” of attacking Donald Trump:
American patriots have so far, praise God, been remarkably disciplined in not responding to tyranny and violence with violence. For now they must remain so, armed but steady. But the time for such patience is fast slipping away; indeed, that patience is quickly becoming an obviously rank and self-destructive foolishness. If Trump does not act soon to erase the above noted tyranny and tyrants, the armed citizenry must step in and eliminate them.It is, of course, far better if Trump does so, and I pray and believe he will. That said, the sheer, nay, utter joy and satisfaction to be derived from beholding great piles of dead U.S.-citizen tyrants is not one that will be missed if Trump does not soon do the necessary to save the republic.
The QAnoners’ fantasies, like everything dreamed up on the far right, are certain to remain unrealized. But the likelihood that many, many people are going to be hurt in their looming attempt to make them manifest is also just as certain.


crooksandliars--2020-07-17--CNN Host Plays Whack-a-Mole With Trump Campaign Official Before 'Losing The Feed'

CNN 's Poppy Harlow did a valiant job trying to hold Trump campaign official Mercedes Schlapp 's feet to the fire for 15 or so minutes Friday morning while Schlapp lied and lied and lied about the coronavirus ravaging this nation .
For the life of me , I have no idea why CNN 's producers think these interviews are at all productive .
Harlow worked hard to hold Schlapp to the facts , but there was so much crosstalk , filibustering and outright lying that the public was not at all served by being subjected to that .
No @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a 15-minute opportunity to bullshit viewers .
Really , CNN .
Just cut off their mic when they lie the way Schlapp did .
End it .
In the clip above , Harlow had to correct Schlapp on the polling .
After Schlapp said Quinnipiac was skewed , Harlow produced statements from Trump praising the pollster .
Schlapp dragged out the old `` states have to decide for themselves '' how to deal with COVID-19 , as if the federal government played no role in fighting the pandemc .
At the end of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ explain why , in the middle of this pandemic , Donald Trump felt that it was ok to sit behind a line of Goya products on the Resolute desk .
Unspoken was her indictment that it was yet another defiling of the office , but his presence in the White House defiles the office daily .
The answer was an argle-bargle of bullshit , and a shining example of why CNN and other cable news outlets must not reward these people with more air time .
`` This is about telling the craziness @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the left that they would want to boycott Goya , '' Schlapp snapped .
`` Goya , that this man who has fed millions of Latinos , not only here in the United States but in Latin America , that they go after him because he said one nice thing about this president . ''
`` This president who has worked with both the Obama administration and the Trump administration yet the left are so intolerant , '' she continued .
`` That is anti-American . ''
And she was n't finished YET @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had n't actually answered the question or addressed the seriousness of `` this crisis moment in the country , '' Schlapp was ready with another stream .
Sadly , the video stream got dropped at that very moment .
It should have been dropped 14 minutes before .
Donald Trump has no right to airtime on cable channels .
He is not entitled to a platform to lie and if he really needed one , he 's got plenty of right-wing outlets ready to kiss his feet and put him on the air @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same as the infamous `` taco salad '' tweet : Then , he was just a washed up reality show star .
Now he 's the so-called President of the United States , and there are different standards .
Cable outlets should stop coddling him and start calling for his resignation instead .

CNN's Poppy Harlow did a valiant job trying to hold Trump campaign official Mercedes Schlapp's feet to the fire for 15 or so minutes Friday morning while Schlapp lied and lied and lied about the coronavirus ravaging this nation.
For the life of me, I have no idea why CNN's producers think these interviews are at all productive. Harlow worked hard to hold Schlapp to the facts, but there was so much crosstalk, filibustering and outright lying that the public was not at all served by being subjected to that. No news was made; it was just a 15-minute opportunity to bullshit viewers.
Really, CNN. Just cut off their mic when they lie the way Schlapp did. End it.
In the clip above, Harlow had to correct Schlapp on the polling. After Schlapp said Quinnipiac was skewed, Harlow produced statements from Trump praising the pollster.
Schlapp dragged out the old "states have to decide for themselves" how to deal with COVID-19, as if the federal government played no role in fighting the pandemc.
At the end of the interview, Harlow asked Schlapp to explain why, in the middle of this pandemic, Donald Trump felt that it was ok to sit behind a line of Goya products on the Resolute desk. Unspoken was her indictment that it was yet another defiling of the office, but his presence in the White House defiles the office daily.
The answer was an argle-bargle of bullshit, and a shining example of why CNN and other cable news outlets must not reward these people with more air time.
"This is about telling the craziness of the left, the intolerance of the left that they would want to boycott Goya," Schlapp snapped. "Goya, that this man who has fed millions of Latinos, not only here in the United States but in Latin America, that they go after him because he said one nice thing about this president."
"This president who has worked with both the Obama administration and the Trump administration yet the left are so intolerant," she continued. "That is anti-American."
And she wasn't finished YET. When Harlow pointed out that she hadn't actually answered the question or addressed the seriousness of "this crisis moment in the country," Schlapp was ready with another stream.
Sadly, the video stream got dropped at that very moment. It should have been dropped 14 minutes before.
Donald Trump has no right to airtime on cable channels. He is not entitled to a platform to lie and if he really needed one, he's got plenty of right-wing outlets ready to kiss his feet and put him on the air there. This moment is not the same as the infamous "taco salad" tweet:
Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics! https://t.co/ufoTeQd8yA pic.twitter.com/k01Mc6CuDI — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2016
Then, he was just a washed up reality show star. Now he's the so-called President of the United States, and there are different standards. Cable outlets should stop coddling him and start calling for his resignation instead.


crooksandliars--2020-07-17--Mary Trump Confirms What We All Know — Trump Uses The N-Word

In the least surprising revelation ever , Mary Trump told Rachel Maddow last night that she has heard Donald Trump use the `` N '' word , and anti-Semitic slurs to refer to Black and Jewish people , respectively .
It took a little bit of prodding , and her answers were short and monosyllabic in response to Maddow 's teasing them out of her , but there they were .
She looked a little terrified , frankly , to be saying the thing on TV .
MADDOW : Let me ask you , Mary , about something that you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Post this week , you talked with Ashley Parker at The Washington Post and you said , she quoted you saying there was knee-jerk anti-Semitism and knee-jerk racism in your family .
The Post quotes you as saying , `` Growing up it was sort of normal to hear them using the n-word or use anti-Semitic expressions . ''
I just wanted you to expand on that .
Do you mean just generally in the family , that was an accepted thing ?
Or specifically you heard your Uncle Donald use that kind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ generally , with the older generations , as if it were perfectly common place and ordinary to say such things .
I had the benefit of living in Jamaica , not Jamaica Estates and going to school in Forest Hills , and so , I did not share their ideas about race and Judaism at all .
But , you know , when you grow up with that , being perfectly normal then , you do n't really think twice about it .
MADDOW : I have to press you on it a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the president , if your uncle was an exception to that in your family , or if he — if you ever heard him express , either use anti-Semitic slurs or the n-word or other racist slurs , or other sentiments like that , was it an ambient thing in your family , but you ca n't say that you ever heard it from him , or did you hear it from him too ?
TRUMP : Yeah , yeah , of course I did .
I do n't think that should surprise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ today .
MADDOW : Um , have you heard , have you hard the president use the n-word ?
Mary Trump is absolutely right in that this is not at all surprising , but it is , I suppose , newsworthy in that no one has ever gone on the record to confirm that they have heard Donald Trump use such language .
Au contraire .
His minions fall all over themselves to declare they 've never , ever heard him say such things .

In the least surprising revelation ever, Mary Trump told Rachel Maddow last night that she has heard Donald Trump use the "N" word, and anti-Semitic slurs to refer to Black and Jewish people, respectively.
It took a little bit of prodding, and her answers were short and monosyllabic in response to Maddow's teasing them out of her, but there they were. She looked a little terrified, frankly, to be saying the thing on TV.
MADDOW: Let me ask you, Mary, about something that you said in an interview with The Washington Post this week, you talked with Ashley Parker at The Washington Post and you said, she quoted you saying there was knee-jerk anti-Semitism and knee-jerk racism in your family. The Post quotes you as saying, "Growing up it was sort of normal to hear them using the n-word or use anti-Semitic expressions." I just wanted you to expand on that. Do you mean just generally in the family, that was an accepted thing? Or specifically you heard your Uncle Donald use that kind of language? M. TRUMP: Just generally, with the older generations, as if it were perfectly common place and ordinary to say such things. I had the benefit of living in Jamaica, not Jamaica Estates and going to school in Forest Hills, and so, I did not share their ideas about race and Judaism at all. But, you know, when you grow up with that, being perfectly normal then, you don't really think twice about it. MADDOW: I have to press you on it a little bit. Just to ask if the president, if your uncle was an exception to that in your family, or if he — if you ever heard him express, either use anti-Semitic slurs or the n-word or other racist slurs, or other sentiments like that, was it an ambient thing in your family, but you can't say that you ever heard it from him, or did you hear it from him too? TRUMP: Yeah, yeah, of course I did. I don't think that should surprise anybody given how virulently racist he is today. MADDOW: Um, have you heard, have you hard the president use the n-word? TRUMP: Yeah. MADDOW: And anti-semitic slurs specifically? TRUMP: Yes.
Mary Trump is absolutely right in that this is not at all surprising, but it is, I suppose, newsworthy in that no one has ever gone on the record to confirm that they have heard Donald Trump use such language. Au contraire. His minions fall all over themselves to declare they've never, ever heard him say such things.


crooksandliars--2020-07-17--Trump Forces All Kids Back Into School, But Kellyanne Conway Says Barron Has A Choice

During a press gaggle Friday morning , presidential advisor and former Trump campaign chairmen Kellyanne Conway said Barron Trump 's decision on going back to school is a personal choice .
However , NO other child and family gets to make their own personal decisions for their families , since Trump is threatening to punish schools that refuse his commands .
Betty DeVos has been humiliated going on television trying to defend Trump 's plan to force students back into classrooms during the coronavirus .
When asked if Trump and the First Lady will send their son Barron to school @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Oh , that 's a personal decision . ''
For Trump 's son , the decision to go back to school is highly personal and contingent on several factors , including what the school system might do .
But for those very school districts , Trump is threatening to withhold federal funds if they do n't comply with his orders to open up entirely .
Conway went on to say she did n't know what Barron 's school district was going to do , ( which was n't the question asked . )
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ giving any school districts the option on how to best handle pandemic that is raging through America still .
Conway said , `` I certainly do not know what the First Couple has decided in respect to their teenage son , who I believe is entering high school this year ... '' She then veered off to talk about her own kids ' private schools , etc .
The megalomaniacal crime boss protects his son , but then tries to force American citizens to do his bidding regardless of the safety of our @ @

During a press gaggle Friday morning, presidential advisor and former Trump campaign chairmen Kellyanne Conway said Barron Trump's decision on going back to school is a personal choice.
However, NO other child and family gets to make their own personal decisions for their families, since Trump is threatening to punish schools that refuse his commands.
In Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and many other countries, SCHOOLS ARE OPEN WITH NO PROBLEMS. The Dems think it would be bad for them politically if U.S. schools open before the November Election, but is important for the children & families. May cut off funding if not open! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 8, 2020
I disagree with @CDCgov on their very tough & expensive guidelines for opening schools. While they want them open, they are asking schools to do very impractical things. I will be meeting with them!!! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 8, 2020
Betty DeVos has been humiliated going on television trying to defend Trump's plan to force students back into classrooms during the coronavirus.
When asked if Trump and the First Lady will send their son Barron to school as well, Conway replied," Oh, that's a personal decision."
For Trump's son, the decision to go back to school is highly personal and contingent on several factors, including what the school system might do. But for those very school districts, Trump is threatening to withhold federal funds if they don't comply with his orders to open up entirely.
Conway went on to say she didn't know what Barron's school district was going to do, (which wasn't the question asked.) Maybe that's because Trump isn't giving any school districts the option on how to best handle pandemic that is raging through America still.
Conway said, "I certainly do not know what the First Couple has decided in respect to their teenage son, who I believe is entering high school this year..." She then veered off to talk about her own kids' private schools, etc.
The megalomaniacal crime boss protects his son, but then tries to force American citizens to do his bidding regardless of the safety of our kids.