thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-11--Trump Signs 2 Laws Addressing Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women

President Donald Trump signed two bills into law Saturday night that will finally do something about a terrifying and largely invisible crisis in America : Hundreds of Indigenous women are simply disappearing or being murdered .
The first bill , Savanna ’ s Act , will help law enforcement better respond to a devastating situation in which nobody can say what , exactly , is going on .
At least 506 Native women and girls have gone missing or been murdered in 71 U.S. cities , including more than 330 since 2010 , according to a November 2018 report by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s likely a gross undercount given the limited or complete lack of data being collected by law enforcement agencies .
Ninety-five percent of these cases were never covered by the national media , and the circumstances surrounding many of these deaths and disappearances are still unknown .
Savanna ’ s Act , authored by Sen. Lisa Murkowski ( R-Alaska ) , is as much an attempt to put attention on the issue as it is to understand the severity of it .
The new law will boost coordination and data collection between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law enforcement in cases involving missing and murdered Native women .
It will require federal agencies to get recommendations from tribes on how to enhance the safety of Native women , and require new guidelines for responding to these cases , in consultation with tribes .
Lots of these disappearances and murders stem from domestic violence , sexual assault and sex trafficking .
Eighty-four percent of Indigenous women experience violence in their lifetime , and in some tribal communities , Native women are murdered at rates that are 10 times the national average @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind , a 22-year-old Indigenous woman who was abducted and killed in North Dakota in 2017 .
She was eight months pregnant and her baby was cut from her womb .

Ninety-five percent of these cases were never covered by the national media, and the circumstances surrounding many of these deaths and disappearances are still unknown.
Savanna’s Act, authored by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), is as much an attempt to put attention on the issue as it is to understand the severity of it. The new law will boost coordination and data collection between tribal, local, state and federal law enforcement in cases involving missing and murdered Native women. It will require federal agencies to get recommendations from tribes on how to enhance the safety of Native women, and require new guidelines for responding to these cases, in consultation with tribes.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-11--Los Angeles Lakers Win NBA Championship

Los Angeles Lakers Win NBA Championship

The Western Conference champions beat the Miami Heat 106 - 93 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals in Orlando @ @ @ @ @ , securing their first championship win since 2010 .
The Lakers clinched the title after @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Game 5 , when the Heat staved off elimination in a last-minute win @ @ @ @ @ tumultuous 74th NBA season that started almost a year ago .
The league was brought @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 pandemic in March , but restarted in late July in an isolated bubble at @ @ @ @ @ World .

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The Los Angeles Lakers have won their 17th NBA championship.
The Western Conference champions beat the Miami Heat 106-93 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday, securing their first championship win since 2010.
The Lakers clinched the title after a down-to-the-wire battle at Friday’s Game 5, when the Heat staved off elimination in a last-minute win. It comes after a tumultuous 74th NBA season that started almost a year ago. The league was brought to a standstill by the COVID-19 pandemic in March, but restarted in late July in an isolated bubble at Orlando’s Walt Disney World.
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“This historic 2020 NBA championship belongs to the Los Angeles Lakers!” pic.twitter.com/LVmDZ3BB6s — Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) October 12, 2020
LeBron James won his 4th Finals MVP award, making him the first player in NBA history to do so with three different teams.
This season, for James and the Lakers, had it all. And it ended in the only fashion that they deemed would be acceptable, with them back atop the basketball world.
It’s the Lakers first time as NBA champions since Kobe Bryant’s fifth and final title a decade ago. James had 28 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists.
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Anthony Davis had 19 points and 15 rebounds for the Lakers, who dealt with the enormous anguish that followed the death of the iconic Bryant in January and all the challenges that came with leaving home for three months to play at Walt Disney World.
With that, the league’s bubble chapter, put together after a 4 1/2-month suspension of play that started March 11 because of the coronavirus pandemic, is over. So, too, is a season that saw the league and China get into political sparring, the death on Jan. 1 of commissioner emeritus David Stern — the man who did so much to make the league what it is — and then the shock on Jan. 26 that came with the news that Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others died in a helicopter crash.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-11--Man Fatally Shot During Dueling Protests In Denver

A shooting during dueling rallies in Colorado on Saturday has left one man dead and another man , identified as a private security guard , in custody , police said .
Authorities were already at the scene of the “ Patriot Rally ” and “ BLM-Antifa Soup Drive ” in downtown Denver when they said a verbal altercation in a nearby courtyard led to a gun being fired around 3:30 p.m .
Photos taken by a Denver Post photographer showed a man , who was reportedly supporting the “ Patriot Rally , ” appearing to punch and mace a man @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Seconds later , the man with the mace was fatally shot .
A man who was reportedly supporting a `` Patriot Rally '' in Denver on Saturday sprays mace at another man who 's seen firing a gun .
The man with the mace was fatally shot .
The gunman has been identified by local news station 9News as a security guard the station had contracted to provide security to its staff during such events .
“ It has been the practice of 9News for a number of months to hire private security @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the station reported .
Authorities said the suspect has no affiliation with far-left anti-fascist activists known as antifa .
Two guns , as well as a can of mace , were recovered at the scene .
A second man who was initially detained nearby was later determined to not be involved in the shooting , police said .
A man is seen being taken into custody after another man was fatally shot in Denver .
No charges have been announced in the incident as of Sunday morning .
Denver Police Investigations Division Chief @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Saturday , said it will be up to the district attorney to determine whether the use of deadly force was warranted in this case .
The incident came amid ongoing protests and demonstrations across the country amid racial unrest and the upcoming presidential election .
In Wisconsin on Saturday , 28 people were arrested during a third-straight night of protests and vandalism after prosecutors declined to file charges against a Milwaukee area police officer who fatally shot a Black teen .
“ There was a large presence because we had two groups @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that can always get very tense and there ’ s always a potential for violence , we understand that , ” he said .

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A shooting during dueling rallies in Colorado on Saturday has left one man dead and another man, identified as a private security guard, in custody, police said.
Authorities were already at the scene of the “Patriot Rally” and “BLM-Antifa Soup Drive” in downtown Denver when they said a verbal altercation in a nearby courtyard led to a gun being fired around 3:30 p.m.
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Photos taken by a Denver Post photographer showed a man, who was reportedly supporting the “Patriot Rally,” appearing to punch and mace a man who was armed with a gun. Seconds later, the man with the mace was fatally shot.
A man who was reportedly supporting a "Patriot Rally" in Denver on Saturday sprays mace at another man who's seen firing a gun. The man with the mace was fatally shot. Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images via Getty Images
The gunman has been identified by local news station 9News as a security guard the station had contracted to provide security to its staff during such events.
“It has been the practice of 9News for a number of months to hire private security to protect staff at protests,” the station reported.
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Authorities said the suspect has no affiliation with far-left anti-fascist activists known as antifa.
Two guns, as well as a can of mace, were recovered at the scene. A second man who was initially detained nearby was later determined to not be involved in the shooting, police said.
A man is seen being taken into custody after another man was fatally shot in Denver. Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images via Getty Images
No charges have been announced in the incident as of Sunday morning. Denver Police Investigations Division Chief Joe Montoya, at a press conference on Saturday, said it will be up to the district attorney to determine whether the use of deadly force was warranted in this case.
The incident came amid ongoing protests and demonstrations across the country amid racial unrest and the upcoming presidential election. In Wisconsin on Saturday, 28 people were arrested during a third-straight night of protests and vandalism after prosecutors declined to file charges against a Milwaukee area police officer who fatally shot a Black teen.
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Montoya said the Denver Police Department anticipated potential violence ahead of Saturday’s rallies, prompting the large police presence.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-12--Workers Tried To Blow The Whistle On COVID Hazards. Then People Died.

As soon as the coronavirus pandemic began , workers across the country flooded federal and state offices with complaints that their employers weren ’ t protecting them from the health threat .
The concerns have continued to pour into workplace safety agencies for seven months , totaling nearly 40,000 as of Thursday .
It turns out the allegations have been a flashing warning sign all along , according to a new working paper published by the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies .
The analysis of data from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration shows that a rise in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rise in deaths throughout the pandemic .
Experts looked at complaints filed with OSHA and corresponding state agencies from February to late August , and set the data against fatalities likely caused by the novel coronavirus .
What they found was that the curve of the complaints roughly matches the curve of pandemic deaths , with the latter trailing the former by 17 days .
Nancy Krieger , a professor of social epidemiology at Harvard University , said the lag in the time when the deaths occur is a key finding .
Workers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them , felt they weren ’ t protected on the job and tried to blow the whistle .
Then , within a couple of weeks , the number of deaths was increasing .
Those trends hold true for the U.S. at large , as well as the four individual regions the researchers looked at , all of which had spikes in deaths at different times .
The researchers cautioned that it ’ s impossible to say how much of a rise in worker complaints could be attributed to growing awareness of the virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the job .
But in either case , the increases in worker complaints should have served as an alarm .
Instead , the paper concludes , they ended up a “ missed opportunity to intervene ” by the government .
“ People were aware of [ the virus ] .
They were complaining because they didn ’ t feel protected , ” said Bill Hanage , an associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard .
“ Then the cases that were making them concerned led to the fatalities.
” The agency has opened @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 9,300 coronavirus-related complaints from workers .
OSHA suffers from chronic understaffing , but workplace safety experts say that under the Trump administration it has failed to use basic tools at its disposal , like setting new emergency standards or issuing hefty fines for violations .
( Twenty-one states and Puerto Rico have their own workplace safety agencies that handle complaints , and their aggressiveness varies . )
As of last week , OSHA had issued $ 484,000 in fines against employers for coronavirus-related hazards .
All told , just 37 employers have received @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to major outbreaks and lost multiple workers to COVID-19 , like Smithfield and JBS meatpacking plants in South Dakota and Colorado , respectively , were hit with fines only in the low five-digits .
OSHA has defended its performance during the crisis , recently telling HuffPost in a statement that it was working around the clock to protect workers : “ OSHA inspectors will not close a case if they have identified any potential citations .
... OSHA will continue to enforce the law and offer guidance to employers and employees to keep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Peg Seminario , a workplace safety expert who helped researchers unpack the OSHA data , said the employee complaints should have prompted more action and could have saved lives with an aggressive response .
Workers have grumbled about how difficult it is to get an on-the-ground inspection from OSHA , with the agency often just dealing with employers by phone and fax .
“ Workers obviously knew something was going on in their workplaces , raising these concerns , ” said Seminario , who led the workplace safety program at the AFL-CIO labor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2019 .
“ Yet we had almost no response .
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As soon as the coronavirus pandemic began, workers across the country flooded federal and state offices with complaints that their employers weren’t protecting them from the health threat. The concerns have continued to pour into workplace safety agencies for seven months, totaling nearly 40,000 as of Thursday.
It turns out the allegations have been a flashing warning sign all along, according to a new working paper published by the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. The analysis of data from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration shows that a rise in workers’ safety complaints has preceded a rise in deaths throughout the pandemic.
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Experts looked at complaints filed with OSHA and corresponding state agencies from February to late August, and set the data against fatalities likely caused by the novel coronavirus. What they found was that the curve of the complaints roughly matches the curve of pandemic deaths, with the latter trailing the former by 17 days.
Nancy Krieger, a professor of social epidemiology at Harvard University, said the lag in the time when the deaths occur is a key finding. Workers likely became aware of infections happening around them, felt they weren’t protected on the job and tried to blow the whistle. Then, within a couple of weeks, the number of deaths was increasing.
“It’s not that there were deaths and then people started complaining,” Krieger said. “There were [safety] complaints ― and then the deaths happened.”
A rise in worker complaints (the colored bars) has preceded a rise in deaths from COVID-19 (the black line) throughout the pandemic. Harvard's Chan School of Public Health
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Those trends hold true for the U.S. at large, as well as the four individual regions the researchers looked at, all of which had spikes in deaths at different times. The researchers cautioned that it’s impossible to say how much of a rise in worker complaints could be attributed to growing awareness of the virus, and how much to actual hazards on the job.
But in either case, the increases in worker complaints should have served as an alarm. Instead, the paper concludes, they ended up a “missed opportunity to intervene” by the government.
“People were aware of [the virus]. They were complaining because they didn’t feel protected,” said Bill Hanage, an associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard. “Then the cases that were making them concerned led to the fatalities.”
A closer look at how worker complaints in the South have preceded a rise in deaths there. Harvard's Chan School of Public Health
OSHA has been widely panned for its coronavirus response.
The agency has opened only 206 inspections out of more than 9,300 coronavirus-related complaints from workers. OSHA suffers from chronic understaffing, but workplace safety experts say that under the Trump administration it has failed to use basic tools at its disposal, like setting new emergency standards or issuing hefty fines for violations. (Twenty-one states and Puerto Rico have their own workplace safety agencies that handle complaints, and their aggressiveness varies.)
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As of last week, OSHA had issued $484,000 in fines against employers for coronavirus-related hazards. All told, just 37 employers have received citations. Even worksites that were home to major outbreaks and lost multiple workers to COVID-19, like Smithfield and JBS meatpacking plants in South Dakota and Colorado, respectively, were hit with fines only in the low five-digits.
“It’s not that there were deaths and then people started complaining. There were [safety] complaints ― and then the deaths happened.” - Nancy Krieger, Harvard
OSHA has defended its performance during the crisis, recently telling HuffPost in a statement that it was working around the clock to protect workers: “OSHA inspectors will not close a case if they have identified any potential citations. ... OSHA will continue to enforce the law and offer guidance to employers and employees to keep America’s workplaces safe.”
But Peg Seminario, a workplace safety expert who helped researchers unpack the OSHA data, said the employee complaints should have prompted more action and could have saved lives with an aggressive response. Workers have grumbled about how difficult it is to get an on-the-ground inspection from OSHA, with the agency often just dealing with employers by phone and fax.
“Workers obviously knew something was going on in their workplaces, raising these concerns,” said Seminario, who led the workplace safety program at the AFL-CIO labor federation for nearly 30 years before retiring in 2019. “Yet we had almost no response.”


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-12--Congress Could Easily Make the Obamacare Supreme Court Case Disappear. Republicans Don't Want To.

Republicans are outraged ― outraged !
― that anyone would believe they don ’ t support protecting people with preexisting conditions from health insurance discrimination .
They feel so strongly about this that they are doing absolutely nothing about it .
Tears are flowing heavily on Capitol Hill and the campaign trail as Republicans try to distance themselves from a pending Supreme Court lawsuit that would kill the Affordable Care Act and its guarantee that health insurance companies provide coverage to anyone regardless of medical history , and without extra charges for preexisting conditions .
That would be good news @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump have been threatening those protections since “ Obamacare ” became law in 2010 , and have yet to present an alternate plan to provide the same guarantee .
And Senate Republicans begin hearings Monday on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court , where she would be in a position to kill the ACA .
The legal argument against the ACA stems from Trump and the GOP-led Congress doing away with the fines people used to face under the law ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ According to the Republican state officials who schemed up this legal challenge , the entire ACA became unconstitutional when the fines disappeared because the mandate itself didn ’ t .
The entire basis for this lawsuit would vanish if Congress simply repealed the language in the ACA about the mandate .
That ’ s it .
No one will miss the mandate , which is toothless without the fines anyway .
Plus , people hated it and , despite a broad consensus in 2010 , it turned out not to be very effective @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if by asking them about it , though .
Then , you get blatant , easily debunked lies — from a party that has spent nearly 10 years trying to repeal the law that solved the preexisting conditions problem and never proposed a new way of achieving the same outcome .
It was Trump who began allowing some insurers to discriminate against people with preexisting conditions .
It ’ s Trump backing a Supreme Court case that would invalidate the entire ACA .
It ’ s Trump who still hollers about Obamacare repeal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he ’ d do if he gets it .
The GOP ’ s latest gambit is this lawsuit , brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ( R ) and other state officials and supported by the Trump administration .
The plaintiffs seek to eliminate every word of the ACA .
Because the federal government unusually decided not to defend a federal law , California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and other Democratic state attorneys general are acting in defense .
This is the third time a GOP lawsuit to kill Obamacare has reached @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Sometimes , Republican lawmakers will brush off questions about the Supreme Court case by observing the lawsuit is likely to fail .
“ I actually don ’ t think the courts are eventually ever going to strike it down , ” Sen. Lamar Alexander ( R-Tenn. ) said last year when the case was working its way through the judiciary .
They may be right , but that doesn ’ t excuse their empty rhetoric and inaction .
Last week , he signed a meaningless executive order declaring it to be the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to ensure that Americans with pre-existing conditions can obtain the insurance of their choice , ” which is curious because the ACA is the policy of the United States on this matter already .

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Republicans are outraged ― outraged! ― that anyone would believe they don’t support protecting people with preexisting conditions from health insurance discrimination. They feel so strongly about this that they are doing absolutely nothing about it.
Tears are flowing heavily on Capitol Hill and the campaign trail as Republicans try to distance themselves from a pending Supreme Court lawsuit that would kill the Affordable Care Act and its guarantee that health insurance companies provide coverage to anyone regardless of medical history, and without extra charges for preexisting conditions.
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“Every Republican agrees we’re going to protect preexisting conditions,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said on CNBC last month. “One hundred out of 100 senators agree we’re going to protect preexisting conditions regardless of what happens with Obamacare.”
That would be good news if it were remotely tethered to reality. But congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump have been threatening those protections since “Obamacare” became law in 2010, and have yet to present an alternate plan to provide the same guarantee. And Senate Republicans begin hearings Monday on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, where she would be in a position to kill the ACA.
If they really care so deeply about this issue, they could make the threat to preexisting conditions disappear in a snap.
The legal argument against the ACA stems from Trump and the GOP-led Congress doing away with the fines people used to face under the law’s “individual mandate” in 2017. According to the Republican state officials who schemed up this legal challenge, the entire ACA became unconstitutional when the fines disappeared because the mandate itself didn’t.
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Does it seem like that doesn’t make any sense? That’s because it doesn’t.
The entire basis for this lawsuit would vanish if Congress simply repealed the language in the ACA about the mandate. That’s it. No one will miss the mandate, which is toothless without the fines anyway. Plus, people hated it and, despite a broad consensus in 2010, it turned out not to be very effective anyway.
GOP lawmakers could do that in minutes if they wanted to.
But they don’t, and they won’t, because they support the lawsuit. They support repealing the ACA. And they support fewer protections for people with preexisting conditions.
GOP Lawsuit Threatens Obamacare
You wouldn’t know if by asking them about it, though. Then, you get blatant, easily debunked lies — from a party that has spent nearly 10 years trying to repeal the law that solved the preexisting conditions problem and never proposed a new way of achieving the same outcome.
“We will always protect patients with preexisting conditions,” Trump said last week. This from the man who has spent his presidency undermining the ACA and its provisions for people with preexisting conditions.
It was Trump who began allowing some insurers to discriminate against people with preexisting conditions. It’s Trump backing a Supreme Court case that would invalidate the entire ACA. It’s Trump who still hollers about Obamacare repeal and has no plan whatsoever about what he’d do if he gets it.
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The GOP’s latest gambit is this lawsuit, brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and other state officials and supported by the Trump administration. The plaintiffs seek to eliminate every word of the ACA. Because the federal government unusually decided not to defend a federal law, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and other Democratic state attorneys general are acting in defense. This is the third time a GOP lawsuit to kill Obamacare has reached the Supreme Court; the others failed.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in the case next month, a week after Election Day. The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Barrett’s nomination to be her replacement seemingly puts the ACA in greater jeopardy.
A ruling against the ACA would have far-reaching consequences, starting with an estimated 20 million people losing their health coverage. Medicaid expansion and health insurance subsidies would disappear, as would extra help for Medicare beneficiaries’ drug costs and a slew of other things.
And it would completely erase the law’s protections for people with preexisting conditions, subjecting them once again to an insurance market that doesn’t want them.
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Sometimes, Republican lawmakers will brush off questions about the Supreme Court case by observing the lawsuit is likely to fail. “I actually don’t think the courts are eventually ever going to strike it down,” Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said last year when the case was working its way through the judiciary. They may be right, but that doesn’t excuse their empty rhetoric and inaction.
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Trump has attempted to support his incessant lying about his position on preexisting conditions with phony actions.
Last week, he signed a meaningless executive order declaring it to be the “policy of the United States ... to ensure that Americans with pre-existing conditions can obtain the insurance of their choice,” which is curious because the ACA is the policy of the United States on this matter already.
All this deception is understandable from a political standpoint. The Republican position that the ACA is all bad and that people with preexisting conditions should have fewer protections from insurance companies is unpopular. Also, the lies work on a lot of people.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-12--Lincoln Project Co-founders Reveal The Secret To Pissing Off Trump

The Lincoln Project ’ s co-founders told “ 60 Minutes ” on Sunday night that they love it when President Donald Trump sees their ads and lashes out in response .
“ Every time Donald Trump loses his mind and throws things at the wall because a Lincoln Project ad is up , that takes the whole campaign off track , ” co-founder Rick Wilson told the CBS News show .
“ There ’ s one thing you never get back in a campaign .
That ’ s a lost day.
” The never-Trump Republicans said they know just how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , too .
“ We have a standing buy on Fox News in Washington , D.C. with ‘ Fox and Friends , ’ Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity every night , ” said co-founder Reed Galen , referring to the purchase of constant ad time .
” [ W ] e know he ’ s in the residence with his super TiVo watching.
” Trump is known for watching Fox News in general and those three shows specifically , often calling into them , giving shout-outs to the hosts at his rallies and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ air at any given time .
His own campaign has also invested money in ads in the D.C. market , reportedly to get his attention .
D.C. isn ’ t part of a swing district , but The Daily Beast reported over the summer that the purchases were meant to make Trump feel good when he tunes in .
Along with Galen and Wilson , the Lincoln Project ’ s other co-founders include attorney George Conway , husband of former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway , along with Republican strategists Steve Schmidt , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s one of several conservative-led groups running attack ads against Trump .
“ 60 Minutes ” correspondent Lesley Stahl asked Wilson if the negative tone of the ads would turn off voters .
“ There ’ s always a reflexive sort of do-gooder instinct to say , ‘ Oh , I hate negative ads , ’ ” Wilson said .
“ People do hate negative ads , but negative ads work.
” We want to know what you ’ re hearing on the ground from the candidates .
If you get any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mailers , robocalls or hear anything else you think we should know about , email us at scoops @ huffpost.com

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The Lincoln Project’s co-founders told “60 Minutes” on Sunday night that they love it when President Donald Trump sees their ads and lashes out in response.
“Every time Donald Trump loses his mind and throws things at the wall because a Lincoln Project ad is up, that takes the whole campaign off track,” co-founder Rick Wilson told the CBS News show. “There’s one thing you never get back in a campaign. That’s a lost day.”
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The never-Trump Republicans said they know just how to get the president’s attention, too.
“We have a standing buy on Fox News in Washington, D.C. with ‘Fox and Friends,’ Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity every night,” said co-founder Reed Galen, referring to the purchase of constant ad time. ”[W]e know he’s in the residence with his super TiVo watching.”
Trump is known for watching Fox News in general and those three shows specifically, often calling into them, giving shout-outs to the hosts at his rallies and tweeting about what’s on the air at any given time.
His own campaign has also invested money in ads in the D.C. market, reportedly to get his attention. D.C. isn’t part of a swing district, but The Daily Beast reported over the summer that the purchases were meant to make Trump feel good when he tunes in.
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“60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl asked Wilson if the negative tone of the ads would turn off voters.
“There’s always a reflexive sort of do-gooder instinct to say, ‘Oh, I hate negative ads,’” Wilson said. “People do hate negative ads, but negative ads work.”
See the full segment below:
We want to know what you’re hearing on the ground from the candidates. If you get any interesting ― or suspicious! ― campaign mailers, robocalls or hear anything else you think we should know about, email us at scoops@huffpost.com


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-11--Jake Tapper Shoots Down Larry Kudlow For Claiming U.S. Is 'Safely' Living With COVID-19

CNN ’ s Jake Tapper scoffed at a claim by White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow Sunday that America is learning to deal with the coronavirus in a “ targeted , safe , preventive way.
” Tapper told Kudlow to stick to what he knows — money .
“ We ’ re not learning to live with the virus , Larry , ” an incredulous Tapper said on “ State of the Union.
” “ We just had four days in a row of more than 50,000 infections , ” he continued .
“ The death rate is the highest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Let ’ s focus on the economic aspects .
That ’ s your area of expertise.
” Kudlow claimed that as far as “ living with the virus , as long as we protect the most vulnerable , as long as we preserve the key guidelines , yes , we can get through this.
” “ I had you on to talk about the economy , not health matters , ” Tapper said .
“ As far as obeying the key guidelines ” — apparently regarding health precautions such as wearing masks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ might want to tell the guy in the building behind you , ” he added , referring to President Donald Trump .
Kudlow has an abysmal record of pronouncements about the pandemic .
He declared March 6 that the coronavirus was “ contained ” and that Americans should “ stay at work .
We stopped it , ” he declared .
COVID-19 has since killed nearly 215,000 Americans .
Check out the Kudlow-Tapper face off over the White House adviser ’ s latest sunny COVID-19 assessment in the video clip up top .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1:50 .

CNN’s Jake Tapper scoffed at a claim by White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow Sunday that America is learning to deal with the coronavirus in a “targeted, safe, preventive way.”
Tapper told Kudlow to stick to what he knows — money.
“We’re not learning to live with the virus, Larry,” an incredulous Tapper said on “State of the Union.”
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“We just had four days in a row of more than 50,000 infections,” he continued. “The death rate is the highest in the world.”
He added: “Let’s focus on the economic aspects. That’s your area of expertise.”
Kudlow claimed that as far as “living with the virus, as long as we protect the most vulnerable, as long as we preserve the key guidelines, yes, we can get through this.”
“I had you on to talk about the economy, not health matters,” Tapper said. “As far as obeying the key guidelines” — apparently regarding health precautions such as wearing masks and maintaining social distancing — “you might want to tell the guy in the building behind you,” he added, referring to President Donald Trump.
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Check out the Kudlow-Tapper face off over the White House adviser’s latest sunny COVID-19 assessment in the video clip up top. Tapper calls him on the coronavirus at 1:50.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-12--Farmer Cultivates A Following After Carving  Biden-Harris Message Into His Soybean Field

North Dakota cattle rancher and grain farmer Peter Larson took the bull by the horns last week and carved the names “ Biden ” and “ Harris ” into his harvested soybean field .
Larson then took photos of his campaign field art promoting Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and running mate Sen. Kamala Harris during a flyover of his land in Sheyenne .
He sent the pictures to his daughters , Joanna and Sandra , who posted the photos on Twitter , KFYR-TV reported .
To be fair , my dad , Peter , did it !
He does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how he shows support .
— Sandra Larson ( @ sandra_larson7 ) October 8 , 2020 Larson also carved the names “ Lenz ” and “ Vig ” on another field for Democrats Dr. Shelley Lenz , who ’ s running for governor in his state , and Ben Vig , who ’ s in a race for lieutenant governor .
The lifelong Democrat told KFYR-TV that the messages were the first time he had used his fields to share his political views .
He said he wanted to encourage everyone to get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of names were placed in adjacent fields and are right under the flight path of a regional route to Denver .
Although recent polls show President Donald Trump leading Biden by an average of 14 points in North Dakota , the state is now suffering from a spike in COVID-19 cases , which could impact voter sentiment .
We want to know what you ’ re hearing on the ground from the candidates .
If you get any interesting ― or suspicious !
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North Dakota cattle rancher and grain farmer Peter Larson took the bull by the horns last week and carved the names “Biden” and “Harris” into his harvested soybean field.
Larson then took photos of his campaign field art promoting Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and running mate Sen. Kamala Harris during a flyover of his land in Sheyenne. He sent the pictures to his daughters, Joanna and Sandra, who posted the photos on Twitter, KFYR-TV reported.
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Sandra compared her dad’s message to a kind of tweet.
To be fair, my dad, Peter, did it! He doesn't have Twitter, so this is how he shows support. — Sandra Larson (@sandra_larson7) October 8, 2020
Larson also carved the names “Lenz” and “Vig” on another field for Democrats Dr. Shelley Lenz, who’s running for governor in his state, and Ben Vig, who’s in a race for lieutenant governor.
The lifelong Democrat told KFYR-TV that the messages were the first time he had used his fields to share his political views. He said he wanted to encourage everyone to get out and vote.
The two pairs of names were placed in adjacent fields and are right under the flight path of a regional route to Denver.
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Although recent polls show President Donald Trump leading Biden by an average of 14 points in North Dakota, the state is now suffering from a spike in COVID-19 cases, which could impact voter sentiment.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-12--Democrats Prepare Last-Ditch Effort To Derail Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee

It ’ s an admittedly weak hand .
They ’ re just outnumbered .
But if they can come up with ways to delay a vote until after the election on Nov. 3 , when Joe Biden may win the presidential election , Republicans will face tremendous pressure to let him fill the seat in 2021 .
They ’ ll also hammer the point that it is unprecedented to confirm a Supreme Court nominee weeks before a presidential election and that what ’ s driving the urgency is that President Donald Trump wants Barrett on the court before Nov. 3 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ close , and the Supreme Court has to declare the winner .
Some progressive groups and activists are furious that Democrats are participating in the hearing at all , accusing them of legitimizing a process that is anything but legitimate .
It didn ’ t help that nearly all Democrats on the committee took courtesy calls with Barrett last week ― a far cry from Republicans ’ treatment of President Barack Obama ’ s Supreme Court nominee , Merrick Garland , in 2016 , with whom they refused to meet and for whom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a vote .
“ It ’ s becoming increasingly clear that Democrats are not doing enough to show that this is an illegitimate process with an illegitimate nominee , ” said Chris Kang of Demand Justice , a progressive judicial advocacy group .
“ It starts at the top with [ ranking Democratic Sen. ] Dianne Feinstein , who doesn ’ t seem to be fighting as hard as we would have hoped .
When she and others take phone calls with the nominee , it feels like business as usual over there.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re in a really tough position , and the odds are long , but the stakes are so high , ” Teachout said .
“ They should be in an absolute war-room fighting position , actively staffed around the clock , both on procedures and messaging .
...
Instead , you have senators legitimizing this process by meeting with Barrett .
It ’ s [ Senate Democratic leader ] Chuck Schumer ’ s job to keep the caucus together and insist this process is totally illegitimate.
” “ I have refused to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told reporters last week .
“ It ’ s a sham and an illegitimate process .
...
I ’ m going to fight like hell .
But , I think , ultimately , we need to present our case to the American people so they can stand up to our Republican colleagues.
” Adam Jentleson , a former top aide to former Sen. Harry Reid ( D-Nev. ) , recently published a piece outlining all the ways Democrats could lean on Senate procedures to delay the confirmation process .
He said they should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this isn ’ t a normal process .
Short of that , they shouldn ’ t have taken calls with Barrett .
“ Courtesy meetings provide an upside only to the nominee and Republicans , ” Jentleson said .
“ It legitimizes the process , and it doesn ’ t matter how many angry tweets you send if your actions show that you consider them to be qualified and the process to be legitimate .
It was a mistake.
” “ Senators are going to make crystal clear that this isn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s at stake and why the process is being abused by Republicans ( health care , individual rights , etc . )
, ” Mentzer said .
“ But simply put , there are no tools that aren ’ t already being used to slow or block this process .
The only way to win these fights is by winning in November.
” Democrats will almost certainly highlight in the hearing that Barrett ’ s confirmation is directly tied to the fate of the Affordable Care Act .
The Supreme Court is set @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the health care law on Nov. 10 ― one week after the election .
Nearly all legal experts view the case as frivolous , but it ’ s still coming before the court just as Barrett would potentially get her seat .
In a Sunday news conference in New York City , Schumer called on Barrett to recuse herself from cases regarding Obamacare ’ s constitutionality and any possible election-related litigation .
Republicans have said openly that Barrett needs to be confirmed so she can rule on cases related to the outcome @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she will help Trump stay in power .
The judge declined to commit to recusal from election cases in her Senate questionnaire last month .

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Senate Democrats are heading into Monday’s confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett knowing they can’t do much to stop her nomination from moving forward.
So they’re pinning their hopes on using the hearing to persuade the public ― and just enough Republican senators ― that she is the wrong nominee at the wrong time.
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It’s an admittedly weak hand. They’re just outnumbered. But if they can come up with ways to delay a vote until after the election on Nov. 3, when Joe Biden may win the presidential election, Republicans will face tremendous pressure to let him fill the seat in 2021.
Democrats see public pressure as key to their strategy for derailing the process. They plan to grill Barrett, who is currently a conservative U.S. appeals court judge, on her record of opposition to the Affordable Care Act, Roe v. Wade, gun restrictions, environmental regulations and worker rights.
They’ll also hammer the point that it is unprecedented to confirm a Supreme Court nominee weeks before a presidential election and that what’s driving the urgency is that President Donald Trump wants Barrett on the court before Nov. 3 in the event the election results are close, and the Supreme Court has to declare the winner.
“You can expect ... the Affordable Care, the rush to fill this nomination and the protection which the president believes he’s buying with this nominee is a starting point for virtually every Democratic senator on the committee,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), a member of the Judiciary Committee, told reporters Friday.
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“The most important thing we can do is build a case that Barrett is a radical who will end the Affordable Care Act,” added Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), pointing to Democrats’ pressure campaign in 2017 that helped stop Republicans’ effort to repeal the health care law.
Of course, Democrats made similar arguments against Trump’s prior two Supreme Court picks, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, and they went on to get confirmed.
Some progressive groups and activists are furious that Democrats are participating in the hearing at all, accusing them of legitimizing a process that is anything but legitimate. It didn’t help that nearly all Democrats on the committee took courtesy calls with Barrett last week ― a far cry from Republicans’ treatment of President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, in 2016, with whom they refused to meet and for whom they declined to hold a hearing or a vote.
“It’s becoming increasingly clear that Democrats are not doing enough to show that this is an illegitimate process with an illegitimate nominee,” said Chris Kang of Demand Justice, a progressive judicial advocacy group. “It starts at the top with [ranking Democratic Sen.] Dianne Feinstein, who doesn’t seem to be fighting as hard as we would have hoped. When she and others take phone calls with the nominee, it feels like business as usual over there.”
He added, “It’s incredibly demoralizing to see these senators refuse to fight.”
Zephyr Teachout, an associate law professor at Fordham Law School and a former Democratic candidate for Congress and for governor of New York, agreed that Democrats haven’t done enough to try to jam the process.
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“It is true that they’re in a really tough position, and the odds are long, but the stakes are so high,” Teachout said. “They should be in an absolute war-room fighting position, actively staffed around the clock, both on procedures and messaging. ... Instead, you have senators legitimizing this process by meeting with Barrett. It’s [Senate Democratic leader] Chuck Schumer’s job to keep the caucus together and insist this process is totally illegitimate.”
Democrats on the committee who took calls with Barrett were Feinstein, Durbin and Sens. Patrick Leahy (Vt.), Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.), Chris Coons (Del.) and Cory Booker (N.J.). Sens. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) did not.
“I have refused to meet with Amy Barrett,” Blumenthal told reporters last week. “It’s a sham and an illegitimate process. ... I’m going to fight like hell. But, I think, ultimately, we need to present our case to the American people so they can stand up to our Republican colleagues.”
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who is a member of the committee and currently running for vice president, did not take a call with Barrett either.
“It’s becoming increasingly clear that Democrats are not doing enough to show that this is an illegitimate process with an illegitimate nominee.” - Chris Kang of Demand Justice
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Adam Jentleson, a former top aide to former Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), recently published a piece outlining all the ways Democrats could lean on Senate procedures to delay the confirmation process. He said they should have boycotted the hearing altogether to show this isn’t a normal process. Short of that, they shouldn’t have taken calls with Barrett.
“Courtesy meetings provide an upside only to the nominee and Republicans,” Jentleson said. “It legitimizes the process, and it doesn’t matter how many angry tweets you send if your actions show that you consider them to be qualified and the process to be legitimate. It was a mistake.”
Feinstein spokesman Tom Mentzer pushed back on the idea that Democrats aren’t doing enough to fight and said it’s to their advantage to participate in the hearing.
“Senators are going to make crystal clear that this isn’t business as usual and show what’s at stake and why the process is being abused by Republicans (health care, individual rights, etc.),” Mentzer said. “But simply put, there are no tools that aren’t already being used to slow or block this process. The only way to win these fights is by winning in November.”
Another Senate Democratic aide, who requested anonymity to speak freely, said it would be counterproductive for Democrats to boycott the hearing because “there’s nothing to stop Republicans from not even holding a hearing and voting three weeks earlier.”
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Democrats will almost certainly highlight in the hearing that Barrett’s confirmation is directly tied to the fate of the Affordable Care Act. The Supreme Court is set to hear a lawsuit on the constitutionality of the health care law on Nov. 10 ― one week after the election. Nearly all legal experts view the case as frivolous, but it’s still coming before the court just as Barrett would potentially get her seat.
In a Sunday news conference in New York City, Schumer called on Barrett to recuse herself from cases regarding Obamacare’s constitutionality and any possible election-related litigation. Republicans have said openly that Barrett needs to be confirmed so she can rule on cases related to the outcome of the election, worrying Democrats that she will help Trump stay in power. The judge declined to commit to recusal from election cases in her Senate questionnaire last month.
Democrats planned to deny Republicans a quorum when Barrett’s nomination is voted on in the Judiciary Committee, Schumer said, and on the Senate floor as part of a procedural last-ditch effort to slow her confirmation. Republicans can simply change the rules and advance the nomination ― as they are expected to ― but Democrats say such a move would only highlight the unprecedented nature of her appointment.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-12--Flood of Democratic Mail-In Votes Swamp Republicans In Key State Early Balloting

A flood of mail-in ballots from Democratic voters are pouring into the mail and ballot collection boxes , overwhelming the number of GOP mail votes .
As of Sunday , registered Democrats returned 2.1 million mail ballots , more than double the 931,000 ballots that registered Republicans have cast , according to tracking by Michael McDonald , a University of Florida political science professor who analyzes early voting .
McDonald said this presidential election is the first in which Democrats are returning pre-Election Day ballots at a faster rate than Republicans .
The “ massive Democratic head start ” makes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump campaign to play catch up , .
” Louisiana pollster John Couvillon , who tracks voter statistics , told The Hill .
The Democratic Party is armed with information to target areas with lower mail-in turnout , he noted .
Republican voters may have taken to heart President Donald Trump ’ s repeated dire and unfounded warnings about faulty mail ballots , while Democrats ignored them .
Bad weather , fears of catching COVID-19 and long , slow lines could further discourage GOP voters who wait for Election Day to head to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more than 9 million ballots had been received by election officials in the 30 states that make the data available .
( Some two-thirds of the early voters are either independent or their party affiliations aren ’ t tracked . )
In five states — including battleground Wisconsin and Minnesota — the number of ballots returned is more than 20 % of the entire 2016 vote , according to McDonald ’ s tracking .
In Wisconsin , about 146,000 people voted by mail in 2016 .
So far this year , about 647,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Democratic strongholds A full 36 % of the total number of all votes in 2016 in Wisconsin ’ s overwhelmingly Democratic Dane County , which includes Madison , have already been cast by absentee ballot , the Times reports .
But voters in Republican-leaning regions in Wisconsin are generally voting early by mail no more than the previous average , according to the newspaper .
The pattern is being repeated in Pittsburgh , North Carolina ’ s Chapel Hill , Houston , and in Tampa , Florida , according to the Times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Florida have come from registered Democrats , while Republicans accounted for just 28 % , according to the tracking figures .
In battleground Pennsylvania , registered Democrats have cast more than three-quarters of all ballots returned so far .
Republicans accounted for just 15 % of ballots .
“ We ’ re looking at multipliers of five , six , seven times more infrequent voters , ” Bonier told The Hill .
“ We ’ ve been reading the tea leaves for months now .
Now the votes are actually coming in @ @

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A flood of mail-in ballots from Democratic voters are pouring into the mail and ballot collection boxes, overwhelming the number of GOP mail votes.
As of Sunday, registered Democrats returned 2.1 million mail ballots, more than double the 931,000 ballots that registered Republicans have cast, according to tracking by Michael McDonald, a University of Florida political science professor who analyzes early voting.
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McDonald said this presidential election is the first in which Democrats are returning pre-Election Day ballots at a faster rate than Republicans.
“Democrats are highly engaged, and they’re turning out,” Tom Bonier, CEO of Democratic vote-tracking firm TargetSmart, told The New York Times. “Republicans can’t say the same.”
The “massive Democratic head start” makes it “much more difficult for the Trump campaign to play catch up,.” Louisiana pollster John Couvillon, who tracks voter statistics, told The Hill. The Democratic Party is armed with information to target areas with lower mail-in turnout, he noted.
Republican voters may have taken to heart President Donald Trump’s repeated dire and unfounded warnings about faulty mail ballots, while Democrats ignored them. Bad weather, fears of catching COVID-19 and long, slow lines could further discourage GOP voters who wait for Election Day to head to the polls.
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As of Sunday, more than 9 million ballots had been received by election officials in the 30 states that make the data available. (Some two-thirds of the early voters are either independent or their party affiliations aren’t tracked.)
In five states — including battleground Wisconsin and Minnesota — the number of ballots returned is more than 20% of the entire 2016 vote, according to McDonald’s tracking.
In Wisconsin, about 146,000 people voted by mail in 2016. So far this year, about 647,000 people have voted by mail, many in Democratic strongholds
A full 36% of the total number of all votes in 2016 in Wisconsin’s overwhelmingly Democratic Dane County, which includes Madison, have already been cast by absentee ballot, the Times reports. But voters in Republican-leaning regions in Wisconsin are generally voting early by mail no more than the previous average, according to the newspaper.
The pattern is being repeated in Pittsburgh, North Carolina’s Chapel Hill, Houston, and in Tampa, Florida, according to the Times.
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Almost 53% of votes cast in Florida have come from registered Democrats, while Republicans accounted for just 28%, according to the tracking figures. In battleground Pennsylvania, registered Democrats have cast more than three-quarters of all ballots returned so far. Republicans accounted for just 15% of ballots.
Voting behavior supports earlier predictions that Americans — including first time and infrequent voters expected to lean Democratic — are enthusiastic about participating in this election.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-12--Senate Judiciary Dems Press For More Amy Coney Barrett Docs After ‘Omissions’

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee called on the Justice Department to address more “ omissions ” from the questionnaire Judge Amy Coney Barrett submitted to lawmakers before her upcoming confirmation hearings to join the Supreme Court .
In a letter on Sunday , the 10 Democratic members of the committee said they were concerned after Barrett submitted additional documents last week just hours after CNN reported she had initially failed to disclose talks she gave in 2013 on Roe .
v. Wade hosted by anti-abortion groups .
The lawmakers pointed to a supplemental questionnaire Barrett filed on Friday night @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well as an ad she signed as a member of Notre Dame University ’ s Faculty fo Life that condemned the landmark Supreme Court case which , the ad claimed , “ killed 55 million unborn children.
” “ Late Friday night , the Committee received a supplemental SJQ from Judge Barrett – just three days before her confirmation hearing is scheduled to begin , ” the letter reads .
“ Unfortunately , Judge Barrett ’ s supplemental [ questionnaire ] raises more questions than it answers.
” Sen. Dianne Feinstein , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Twitter that she was concerned other materials linked to the 2006 ad and Barrett ’ s work as an attorney on a hospital bankruptcy case in Pennsylvania were “ still missing.
” “ These new omissions raise more questions about the reliability of Judge Barrett ’ s questionnaire and her candor before the committee , ” Feinstein wrote on Twitter .
“ They also raise serious concerns about this rushed confirmation process and the hasty process of collecting materials.
” We 're calling on the Department of Justice to immediately provide an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and provide any other materials that have not been disclosed by Judge Barrett .
— Senator Dianne Feinstein ( @ SenFeinstein ) October 11 , 2020 The group of lawmakers called on the Justice Department to “ immediately provide an explanation for the commission of these materials and please provide any other responsive materials that have not been disclosed.
” Lawmakers sent another letter to the DOJ last week addressing similar concerns with how forthcoming Barrett had been , although they noted they have not received a reply .
Democrats have widely condemned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’ s seat , and have begun referring to President Donald Trump ’ s efforts to do so in the midst of an election as “ court packing.
” Both the White House and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have vowed to hold her confirmation hearings as quickly as possible , resisting demands by Democratic leaders and former Vice President Joe Biden that the seat be left vacant until after the November election .
“ Instead of passing a COVID relief package that will help millions of Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ infected , whose businesses or employers have closed , we ’ re focusing on jamming through Justice Barrett , ” Sen. Chris Coons ( D-Del . )
said Sunday on Fox News .

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Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee called on the Justice Department to address more “omissions” from the questionnaire Judge Amy Coney Barrett submitted to lawmakers before her upcoming confirmation hearings to join the Supreme Court.
In a letter on Sunday, the 10 Democratic members of the committee said they were concerned after Barrett submitted additional documents last week just hours after CNN reported she had initially failed to disclose talks she gave in 2013 on Roe. v. Wade hosted by anti-abortion groups.
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The lawmakers pointed to a supplemental questionnaire Barrett filed on Friday night amid concerns over the events, as well as an ad she signed as a member of Notre Dame University’s Faculty fo Life that condemned the landmark Supreme Court case which, the ad claimed, “killed 55 million unborn children.”
“Late Friday night, the Committee received a supplemental SJQ from Judge Barrett – just three days before her confirmation hearing is scheduled to begin,” the letter reads. “Unfortunately, Judge Barrett’s supplemental [questionnaire] raises more questions than it answers.”
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the committee, added on Twitter that she was concerned other materials linked to the 2006 ad and Barrett’s work as an attorney on a hospital bankruptcy case in Pennsylvania were “still missing.”
“These new omissions raise more questions about the reliability of Judge Barrett’s questionnaire and her candor before the committee,” Feinstein wrote on Twitter. “They also raise serious concerns about this rushed confirmation process and the hasty process of collecting materials.”
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We're calling on the Department of Justice to immediately provide an explanation for the omission of these materials and provide any other materials that have not been disclosed by Judge Barrett. — Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) October 11, 2020
The group of lawmakers called on the Justice Department to “immediately provide an explanation for the commission of these materials and please provide any other responsive materials that have not been disclosed.”
Lawmakers sent another letter to the DOJ last week addressing similar concerns with how forthcoming Barrett had been, although they noted they have not received a reply.
Democrats have widely condemned Barrett’s nomination to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat, and have begun referring to President Donald Trump’s efforts to do so in the midst of an election as “court packing.” Both the White House and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have vowed to hold her confirmation hearings as quickly as possible, resisting demands by Democratic leaders and former Vice President Joe Biden that the seat be left vacant until after the November election.
“Instead of passing a COVID relief package that will help millions of Americans who are unemployed, who have been infected, whose businesses or employers have closed, we’re focusing on jamming through Justice Barrett,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said Sunday on Fox News.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-12--Harry Reid Confirms Federal Government Covered Up UFOs For Years

Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ( D-Nev. ) said the U.S. government has been hiding key details about UFOs for years .
“ Why the federal government all these years has covered up , put brake pads on everything , stopped it , I think it ’ s very , very bad for our country , ” Reid said in the new documentary “ The Phenomenon ” from director James Fox .
“ Are you saying that there ’ s some evidence that still hasn ’ t seen the light of day ?
” asked Fox .
“ I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t seen the light of day , ” Reid replied .
The film examines the history of UFO sightings in the United States and abroad , including new details about the military-confirmed encounters off the coast involving U.S. Navy pilots .
It also details a 1967 report in which an object appeared over a U.S. missile base at the same time 10 of the missiles became inoperative .
“ If they had been called upon by the president to launch , they couldn ’ t have done it , ” Reid said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was among the lawmakers behind a classified but since-closed U.S. government UFO program , has become increasingly outspoken about the phenomena since leaving office .
However , he stopped short of confirming evidence of other-worldly activity , writing in August on Twitter that he wants the issue studied and that “ we must stick to science , not fairy tales about little green men.
” “ Nobody has to agree why it ’ s there .
But should we at least be spending some money to study all these phenomenon ?
” he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yes.
’ ” UFO expert Lee Speigel , a former HuffPost reporter , served as a co-writer and co-producer on the film , which he said took seven years to come to fruition .
“ Whether you ’ re a UFO ‘ believer ’ or debunker , those in-between or still undecided , it ’ s important to present accurate information that potentially affects the national security of all nations and the safety of all citizens of our planet , ” Spiegel said .

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Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the U.S. government has been hiding key details about UFOs for years.
“Why the federal government all these years has covered up, put brake pads on everything, stopped it, I think it’s very, very bad for our country,” Reid said in the new documentary “The Phenomenon” from director James Fox.
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“Are you saying that there’s some evidence that still hasn’t seen the light of day?” asked Fox.
“I’m saying most of it hasn’t seen the light of day,” Reid replied.
The film examines the history of UFO sightings in the United States and abroad, including new details about the military-confirmed encounters off the coast involving U.S. Navy pilots. It also details a 1967 report in which an object appeared over a U.S. missile base at the same time 10 of the missiles became inoperative.
“If they had been called upon by the president to launch, they couldn’t have done it,” Reid said in the film.
Reid, who was among the lawmakers behind a classified but since-closed U.S. government UFO program, has become increasingly outspoken about the phenomena since leaving office. However, he stopped short of confirming evidence of other-worldly activity, writing in August on Twitter that he wants the issue studied and that “we must stick to science, not fairy tales about little green men.”
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He repeated that point of view in the new film.
“Nobody has to agree why it’s there. But should we at least be spending some money to study all these phenomenon?” he asked. “The answer is ‘yes.’”
UFO expert Lee Speigel, a former HuffPost reporter, served as a co-writer and co-producer on the film, which he said took seven years to come to fruition.
“Whether you’re a UFO ‘believer’ or debunker, those in-between or still undecided, it’s important to present accurate information that potentially affects the national security of all nations and the safety of all citizens of our planet,” Spiegel said.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-12--Jennifer Aniston Introduces Her New Rescue Puppy, Lord Chesterfield

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thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-12--Disdainful Mark Meadows Refuses Reporter Request To Put On His Face Mask

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows refused to wear his face mask while speaking to reporters Monday outside the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett .
Meadows has spent several days in close proximity to President Donald Trump , who is reportedly also refusing to wear a mask in the White House even though he was diagnosed with COVID-19 just over 10 days ago .
Meadows ’ exposure to Trump since the president was discharged from Walter Reed hospital could make him a strong candidate for contracting COVID-19 and possibly being infectious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus a week ago , NBC News reported .
Before speaking to journalists in the hallway during a break in the hearing , Meadows pulled a microphone stand away from them — and removed his face mask .
When CNN reporter Kristin Wilson objected , Meadows replied : “ I ’ m more than 10 feet away , ” Then he immediately left in a huff back to the hearing room , announcing : “ I ’ m not going to talk through a mask.
” Video of Capitol Hill reporters insisting WH @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mask while talking with them and Meadows deciding he won ’ t talk to reporters if he has to wear a mask .
pic.twitter.com/kDX10BLDnk — Yamiche Alcindor ( @ Yamiche ) October 12 , 2020 Meadows apparently missed the alert last week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that the coronavirus can be spread through aerosols , which “ can linger in the air for minutes to hours ” and travel farther than six feet , especially indoors .
Three White House reporters have tested positive for COVID-19 since the White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Sept. 26 when Trump announced Barrett ’ s nomination to the Supreme Court .
Almost none of the 200-some guests there wore masks or maintained social distancing .
Days later , the president , first lady Melania Trump and more than 35 other people linked to the event or to people attending tested positive for the coronavirus .
Meadows hosted his daughter ’ s large wedding in Georgia with some 70 guests at an indoor reception in May .
Few guests wore masks , and the event flouted state regulations limiting crowds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Twitter bashed Meadows ’ dangerous behavior .
Physicians noted that the Trump White House just doesn ’ t “ get ” aerosol transmission of COVID — or else , refuses to acknowledge it .
“ I refuse to give information to the American people about what ’ s going on in their government unless I can also infect reporters at the same time.
” — Adam Stein ( @ adamstein ) October 12 , 2020 White House chief of staff , Mark Meadows , makes a big dramatic show of refusing to 'talk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all hills to die on .. Mark Meadows just has to pick this one ?
How bizarre and rude and obnoxious and ignorant and belligerent !
# TrumpVirusDeathToll215K — Sabrina McDaniel ( @ Sabrina_McDa ) October 12 , 2020 We are a military family with so many who stood on the frontlines of war to keep others safe and here is an employee of the government too fragile to talk with a thin piece of fabric on his face .
Such weakness .
— Christina Harbridge ( @ charbridge ) October 12 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ MarkMeadows doesn ’ t get ) is : # Coronavirus is airborne— “ aerosols.
” Not the heavier droplets , that fall to the ground within 6 feet .
So the reporters are right .
He could still get them sick , not wearing a mask .
https : //t.co/qRIxVKdcjL — Joe Hunt ( @ joexhunt ) October 12 , 2020 In refusing journalist 's request for an interview with # MarkMeadows to be masked , Meadows expressing in real time the lack of concern for the health of the American people and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been an earmark of this administration from the beginning .
— Anne Slifkin ( @ ASNC20 ) October 12 , 2020

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White House chief of staff Mark Meadows refused to wear his face mask while speaking to reporters Monday outside the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett.
Meadows has spent several days in close proximity to President Donald Trump, who is reportedly also refusing to wear a mask in the White House even though he was diagnosed with COVID-19 just over 10 days ago.
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Meadows’ exposure to Trump since the president was discharged from Walter Reed hospital could make him a strong candidate for contracting COVID-19 and possibly being infectious. Meadows last tested negative for the coronavirus a week ago, NBC News reported.
Before speaking to journalists in the hallway during a break in the hearing, Meadows pulled a microphone stand away from them — and removed his face mask. When CNN reporter Kristin Wilson objected, Meadows replied: “I’m more than 10 feet away,”
Then he immediately left in a huff back to the hearing room, announcing: “I’m not going to talk through a mask.”
Video of Capitol Hill reporters insisting WH Chief of Staff Mark Meadows wear a mask while talking with them and Meadows deciding he won’t talk to reporters if he has to wear a mask. pic.twitter.com/kDX10BLDnk — Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) October 12, 2020
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At the hearing, Meadows and White House counsel Pat Cipplone sat in the front row — wearing masks.
Meadows apparently missed the alert last week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that the coronavirus can be spread through aerosols, which “can linger in the air for minutes to hours” and travel farther than six feet, especially indoors.
The record on coronavirus prevention at the White House is abysmal.
Three White House reporters have tested positive for COVID-19 since the White House superspreader event at the Rose Garden on Sept. 26 when Trump announced Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Almost none of the 200-some guests there wore masks or maintained social distancing. Days later, the president, first lady Melania Trump and more than 35 other people linked to the event or to people attending tested positive for the coronavirus.
Meadows hosted his daughter’s large wedding in Georgia with some 70 guests at an indoor reception in May. Few guests wore masks, and the event flouted state regulations limiting crowds and requiring social distancing.
Critics on Twitter bashed Meadows’ dangerous behavior. Physicians noted that the Trump White House just doesn’t “get” aerosol transmission of COVID — or else refuses to acknowledge it.
“I refuse to give information to the American people about what’s going on in their government unless I can also infect reporters at the same time.” — Adam Stein (@adamstein) October 12, 2020
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White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, makes a big dramatic show of refusing to 'talk through a mask' to reporters
Of all hills to die on .. Mark Meadows just has to pick this one?
How bizarre and rude and obnoxious and ignorant and belligerent!#TrumpVirusDeathToll215K — Sabrina McDaniel (@Sabrina_McDa) October 12, 2020
We are a military family with so many who stood on the frontlines of war to keep others safe and here is an employee of the government too fragile to talk with a thin piece of fabric on his face. Such weakness. — Christina Harbridge (@charbridge) October 12, 2020
The main issue here (#MarkMeadows doesn’t get) is: #Coronavirus is airborne—“aerosols.”
Not the heavier droplets, that fall to the ground within 6 feet.
So the reporters are right. He could still get them sick, not wearing a mask. https://t.co/qRIxVKdcjL — Joe Hunt (@joexhunt) October 12, 2020
In refusing journalist's request for an interview with #MarkMeadows to be masked, Meadows expressing in real time the lack of concern for the health of the American people and absence of even decent manners that has been an earmark of this administration from the beginning. — Anne Slifkin (@ASNC20) October 12, 2020
.@MarkMeadows is:
• Passive-Aggressive AF
• Putting others at risk
• Unethical
• Displaying a Child-like emotional response
• Evading Press/his responsibility
• Manipulative
• Is figuring out which lifeboat he's going to crawl on
• Displaying his lack of Impulse Control https://t.co/AJIkD8pIbO — Dr. Jack Brown (@DrGJackBrown) October 12, 2020
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thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-12--Dr. Fauci Calls On Trump Campaign To Take Down Misleading Ad

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday that President Donald Trump ’ s campaign should take down a political ad featuring his comments because he did not consent to it and the remarks were taken out of context .
The nation ’ s leading infectious disease expert spoke to CNN ’ s Jake Tapper about the 30-second campaign ad , which appears to show the doctor endorsing Trump ’ s abysmal handling of the coronavirus pandemic in a misleading clip not approved by Fauci before it aired .
Tapper asked if the Trump campaign should take down the ad , to which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I think so.
” “ I think it ’ s really unfortunate and really disappointing that they did that .
It ’ s so clear that I ’ m not a political person , and I have never ― either directly or indirectly ― endorsed a political candidate , ” Fauci told Tapper .
“ And to take a completely out-of-context statement and put in what is obviously a political campaign ad , I thought was really very disappointing.
” Asked how he would feel if the Trump campaign was preparing to release @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said it would be “ terrible.
” “ I mean , that would be outrageous if they do that .
In fact , that might actually come back to backfire on them .
I hope they don ’ t do that , ’ cause that would be kind of playing a game that we don ’ t want to play , ” he said .
“ So I hope they reconsider that , if , in fact , they are indeed considering that.
” Asked what he meant by “ backfire , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump campaign is “ in effect harassing me ” by putting him in ads against his will .
“ Since campaign ads are about getting votes , their harassment of me might have the opposite effect of turning some voters off , ” he told the publication .
Fauci assured that the “ backfire ” comment was in no way a threat that he would leave his post if featured in another ad .
“ I can ’ t imagine that … anybody could be doing more , ” Fauci is heard saying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ praises Trump ’ s response to the pandemic , stating : “ President Trump tackled the virus head-on , as leaders should.
” “ I ’ m connected by phone throughout the day and into the night and I ’ m talking , 12 , one , two in the morning , ” Fauci said in the uncut clip .
“ I ’ m not the only one .
There ’ s a whole group of us that are doing that , it ’ s every single day .
So I can ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anybody could be doing more.
” “ In my nearly five decades of public service , I have never publicly endorsed any political candidate , ” the doctor said in the statement .
“ The comments attributed to me without my permission in the GOP campaign ad were taken out of context from a broad statement I made months ago about the efforts of federal public health officials.
” “ These are Dr. Fauci ’ s own words .
The video is from a nationally broadcast television interview in which Dr. Fauci was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Murtaugh said in a statement .
“ The words spoken are accurate , and directly from Dr. Fauci ’ s mouth.
” Trump has publicly undermined Fauci , who is a member of the White House coronavirus task force , on safety protocols and potential treatments for COVID-19 throughout the pandemic .
The president tweeted on Sunday in defense of the ad , saying : “ They are indeed Dr. Fauci ’ s own words .
We have done a ‘ phenomenal ’ job , according to certain governors .
Many @ @ @ @

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Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday that President Donald Trump’s campaign should take down a political ad featuring his comments because he did not consent to it and the remarks were taken out of context.
The nation’s leading infectious disease expert spoke to CNN’s Jake Tapper about the 30-second campaign ad, which appears to show the doctor endorsing Trump’s abysmal handling of the coronavirus pandemic in a misleading clip not approved by Fauci before it aired. Tapper asked if the Trump campaign should take down the ad, to which Fauci said, “You know, I think so.”
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“I think it’s really unfortunate and really disappointing that they did that. It’s so clear that I’m not a political person, and I have never ― either directly or indirectly ― endorsed a political candidate,” Fauci told Tapper. “And to take a completely out-of-context statement and put in what is obviously a political campaign ad, I thought was really very disappointing.”
Dr. Anthony Fauci says “it’s really unfortunate and really disappointing” that the Trump campaign featured him in an ad touting the President’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
He tells @jaketapper that he thinks the ad should be taken down. https://t.co/PKSUBJ30KA pic.twitter.com/6pTqwWNGdI — CNN (@CNN) October 12, 2020
Asked how he would feel if the Trump campaign was preparing to release another ad featuring the doctor, Fauci said it would be “terrible.”
“I mean, that would be outrageous if they do that. In fact, that might actually come back to backfire on them. I hope they don’t do that, ’cause that would be kind of playing a game that we don’t want to play,” he said. “So I hope they reconsider that, if, in fact, they are indeed considering that.”
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Asked what he meant by “backfire,” Fauci told The Daily Beast that the Trump campaign is “in effect harassing me” by putting him in ads against his will.
“Since campaign ads are about getting votes, their harassment of me might have the opposite effect of turning some voters off,” he told the publication. Fauci assured that the “backfire” comment was in no way a threat that he would leave his post if featured in another ad.
The ad first began airing in Michigan and features a video clip of an interview Fauci gave on Fox News in March, when the pandemic was spreading throughout the country.
“I can’t imagine that … anybody could be doing more,” Fauci is heard saying right after the video’s narrator praises Trump’s response to the pandemic, stating: “President Trump tackled the virus head-on, as leaders should.”
Fauci was actually referring to the efforts of himself and his entire team of scientists, as shown in a video of the uncut interview clip.
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“I’m connected by phone throughout the day and into the night and I’m talking, 12, one, two in the morning,” Fauci said in the uncut clip. “I’m not the only one. There’s a whole group of us that are doing that, it’s every single day. So I can’t imagine that under any circumstances that anybody could be doing more.”
Upon seeing the Trump campaign’s political ad, Fauci released a statement Sunday condemning it.
“In my nearly five decades of public service, I have never publicly endorsed any political candidate,” the doctor said in the statement. “The comments attributed to me without my permission in the GOP campaign ad were taken out of context from a broad statement I made months ago about the efforts of federal public health officials.”
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, and Labor and Pensions Committee on Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington, D.C. Graeme Jennings-Pool/Getty Images
Trump campaign spokesperson Tim Murtaugh defended the ad.
“These are Dr. Fauci’s own words. The video is from a nationally broadcast television interview in which Dr. Fauci was praising the work of the Trump Administration,” Murtaugh said in a statement. “The words spoken are accurate, and directly from Dr. Fauci’s mouth.”
Trump has publicly undermined Fauci, who is a member of the White House coronavirus task force, on safety protocols and potential treatments for COVID-19 throughout the pandemic. The president tweeted on Sunday in defense of the ad, saying: “They are indeed Dr. Fauci’s own words. We have done a ‘phenomenal’ job, according to certain governors. Many people agree.”
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thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-12--Woman Goes Into Labor While Taking Bar Exam, Gives Birth And Finishes Test

An Illinois woman spent months laboring in preparation for her upcoming bar exam ― only to go into labor during the test .
Loyola University Chicago law school graduate Brianna Hill originally planned on taking the bar in July , but amid COVID-19 concerns , the exam was delayed to October .
Hill knew that meant she ’ d be very pregnant while taking the final test toward becoming a lawyer , and she was OK with that .
She started her exam on Oct. 5 at home ( technological measures were taken to keep her and all the other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ I didn ’ t think about it because I was in the test , ” she said .
“ I started taking the [ Multistate Performance Test ] , but since we were remote I couldn ’ t leave view of the camera .
As soon as I stood up when I finished , I knew my water had broken , ” Hill told Above the Law .
“ So I took my break , got myself cleaned up , called my husband , midwife , and mom , cried because I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down to take the [ Multistate Essay Examination ] .
” “ Going into labor really put the bar exam into perspective and made my nerves go away really quickly , ” she said .
Despite the impending birth , Hill managed to finish all of her essays before heading to the hospital around 5:30 p.m. A little less than five hours later , at 10:10 p.m. , Hill gave birth to Cassius Phillip Andrew .
But there was still the second day of bar exams for Hill to complete .
Luckily , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an empty room with a “ Do Not Disturb ” sign on the door .
“ I ’ m so thankful for the support system I had around me .
The midwives and nurses were so invested in helping me not only become a mom but also a lawyer , ” Hill told CNN .

An Illinois woman spent months laboring in preparation for her upcoming bar exam ― only to go into labor during the test.
Loyola University Chicago law school graduate Brianna Hill originally planned on taking the bar in July, but amid COVID-19 concerns, the exam was delayed to October.
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Hill knew that meant she’d be very pregnant while taking the final test toward becoming a lawyer, and she was OK with that.
“I was ready to go ― confident,” she told NBC Chicago.
She started her exam on Oct. 5 at home (technological measures were taken to keep her and all the other remote test takers from cheating).
But within minutes, Hill went into labor.
“I didn’t think about it because I was in the test,” she said.
“I started taking the [Multistate Performance Test], but since we were remote I couldn’t leave view of the camera. As soon as I stood up when I finished, I knew my water had broken,” Hill told Above the Law. “So I took my break, got myself cleaned up, called my husband, midwife, and mom, cried because I was a little panicked, then sat down to take the [Multistate Essay Examination].”
Surprisingly, Hill said going into labor helped her with the test.
“Going into labor really put the bar exam into perspective and made my nerves go away really quickly,” she said.
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Despite the impending birth, Hill managed to finish all of her essays before heading to the hospital around 5:30 p.m.
A little less than five hours later, at 10:10 p.m., Hill gave birth to Cassius Phillip Andrew.
But there was still the second day of bar exams for Hill to complete. Luckily, hospital staff let her take them in an empty room with a “Do Not Disturb” sign on the door.
During breaks, she nursed her newborn.
“I’m so thankful for the support system I had around me. The midwives and nurses were so invested in helping me not only become a mom but also a lawyer,” Hill told CNN.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-12--Trump Accuses Joe Biden Of 'Playing Fingers' With His Mask In Bizarre Tweet

President Donald Trump really can ’ t mask his antipathy for how Joe Biden is treating the coronavirus .
Case in point : On Monday , the president posted a bizarre tweet suggesting the “ lamestream media ” is covering up Biden ’ s mask habits .
So Biden is coughing and hacking and playing “ fingers ” with his mask , all over the place , and the Fake News doesn ’ t want to even think about discussing it .
“ Journalism ” has reached the all time low in history .
Sadly , Lamestream knows this and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Donald J. Trump ( @ realDonaldTrump ) October 12 , 2020 The tweet apparently was inspired by a viral video taken Friday that shows the Democratic presidential nominee lowering his mask and coughing into his hand at a Las Vegas campaign stop .
That clearly wasn ’ t the most hygienic thing Biden could have done , but Trump ’ s complaint seems just a tad disingenuous , considering the president is notoriously mask-averse , has organized events that have turned into super-spreader events .
and contracted COVID-19 himself .
Biden , meanwhile @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to help stem the pandemic , and his campaign has been much more scrupulous about following virus-related health protocols than the Trump team .
The president who refused to wear a mask for most of pandemic wants press to fault Biden for touching his ?
https : //t.co/KnuZwHxtx5 — Greg Miller ( @ gregpmiller ) October 12 , 2020 Trump wants to make the health of a candidate for POTUS a center-piece of the final 3 weeks .
I welcome him sharing his lab tests , his CT scans , and his other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ does n't share his infection with us , any more than he already has .
https : //t.co/WGYZrtH8h3 — ( ( ( Howard Forman ) ) ) ( @ thehowie ) October 12 , 2020 Some people were skeptical about Trump ’ s claim , for obvious reasons .
if biden helped cause a massive outbreak in his inner cirlce and his campaign , i think it would be front page news , https : //t.co/E0RNz16gDk — Asawin Suebsaeng ( @ swin24 ) October 12 , 2020 FWIW .
Biden has put out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump ’ s are hidden from public view , if he ’ s taken them at all .
https : //t.co/mJr8lM7Ms6 — Sam Stein ( @ samstein ) October 12 , 2020 One person feared Trump ’ s tweet would inspire his followers to continue to forgo their masks .
Each time Trump mocks a responsible mask-wearer , like @ JoeBiden , I think to myself , `` Well that 's probably another six months of living like this . ''
Because the mixed messaging is a big reason this virus is still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ignorant .
https : //t.co/05MtiJlnEy — Mike Collier ( @ CollierForTexas ) October 12 , 2020 trying to focus on something unrelated but have accidentally typed `` playing fingers '' into google twice now https : //t.co/yzZidJWOb8 — Ashley Feinberg ( @ ashleyfeinberg ) October 12 , 2020 HuffPost reached out to the Trump campaign for clarity on what “ playing fingers ” means , but no immediate response was provided .
Writer E. Jean Carroll , who is suing Trump for defamation in a case stemming from a sexual assault allegation she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as good as any .
Sir , you had your `` fingers '' and hands all over women for the last 40 years .
YOU are `` the all time low in history . ''
https : //t.co/EyiduIBiUA — E. Jean Carroll ( @ ejeancarroll ) October 12 , 2020

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President Donald Trump really can’t mask his antipathy for how Joe Biden is treating the coronavirus.
Case in point: On Monday, the president posted a bizarre tweet suggesting the “lamestream media” is covering up Biden’s mask habits.
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So Biden is coughing and hacking and playing “fingers” with his mask, all over the place, and the Fake News doesn’t want to even think about discussing it. “Journalism” has reached the all time low in history. Sadly, Lamestream knows this and doesn’t even care! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 12, 2020
The tweet apparently was inspired by a viral video taken Friday that shows the Democratic presidential nominee lowering his mask and coughing into his hand at a Las Vegas campaign stop.
That clearly wasn’t the most hygienic thing Biden could have done, but Trump’s complaint seems just a tad disingenuous, considering the president is notoriously mask-averse, has organized events that have turned into super-spreader events. and contracted COVID-19 himself.
Biden, meanwhile, has stressed the importance of mask-wearing to help stem the pandemic, and his campaign has been much more scrupulous about following virus-related health protocols than the Trump team.
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No wonder many Twitter users quickly mocked Trump’s tweet.
Are you suggesting that you infected him at the debate? https://t.co/VALvXUkB8w — Michael Mechanic (@MichaelMechanic) October 12, 2020
The president who refused to wear a mask for most of pandemic wants press to fault Biden for touching his? https://t.co/KnuZwHxtx5 — Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) October 12, 2020
Dude still has Covid, has already killled 215,000 Americans, and he’s mocking Biden for coughing. https://t.co/6gekDpd4wN — John Aravosis 🇺🇸🇬🇷🏳🌈 (@aravosis) October 12, 2020
Trump wants to make the health of a candidate for POTUS a center-piece of the final 3 weeks. I welcome him sharing his lab tests, his CT scans, and his other medical records. I REALLY hope he doesn't share his infection with us, any more than he already has. https://t.co/WGYZrtH8h3 — (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) October 12, 2020
Some people were skeptical about Trump’s claim, for obvious reasons.
if biden helped cause a massive outbreak in his inner cirlce and his campaign, i think it would be front page news, https://t.co/E0RNz16gDk — Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) October 12, 2020
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Biden tested negative today. His campaign reports every Covid test https://t.co/BSlXozrMNx — Rick Newman (@rickjnewman) October 12, 2020
FWIW. Biden has put out daily results of his COVID tests. Trump’s are hidden from public view, if he’s taken them at all. https://t.co/mJr8lM7Ms6 — Sam Stein (@samstein) October 12, 2020
One person feared Trump’s tweet would inspire his followers to continue to forgo their masks.
Each time Trump mocks a responsible mask-wearer, like @JoeBiden, I think to myself, "Well that's probably another six months of living like this." Because the mixed messaging is a big reason this virus is still hammering usour economy. It's truly ignorant. https://t.co/05MtiJlnEy — Mike Collier (@CollierForTexas) October 12, 2020
Some people were left wondering what “playing fingers” means.
trying to focus on something unrelated but have accidentally typed "playing fingers" into google twice now https://t.co/yzZidJWOb8 — Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) October 12, 2020
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I'm ESL, so can someone explain what "playing 'fingers'" means? https://t.co/hGniNaU4yQ — Markos Moulitsas (@markos) October 12, 2020
HuffPost reached out to the Trump campaign for clarity on what “playing fingers” means, but no immediate response was provided.
Writer E. Jean Carroll, who is suing Trump for defamation in a case stemming from a sexual assault allegation she lodged against him, had a theory as good as any.
Sir, you had your "fingers" and hands all over women for the last 40 years.
YOU are "the all time low in history." https://t.co/EyiduIBiUA — E. Jean Carroll (@ejeancarroll) October 12, 2020


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-12--Wife Of Pennsylvania's Lieutenant Governor Films Woman Berating Her With Racist Slur

Pennsylvania ’ s second lady said she was left shaking and in tears after being berated by a racist customer at a supermarket this weekend .
Gisele Barreto Fetterman , who is the wife of Lt. Gov .
John Fetterman ( D ) , was waiting in the checkout line of an Aldi ’ s near Braddock , Pennsylvania , on Sunday evening when she says a woman confronted her and began hurling bigoted epithets in her direction .
“ She said , ‘ There ’ s that N-word that Fetterman married .
You don ’ t belong here , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in an interview published Monday .
“ I was just kind of frozen in that moment .
I was shaking .
I was so nervous.
” A Brazilian native and former undocumented immigrant who became a U.S. citizen 11 years ago , Fetterman said the verbal assault continued after she exited the store and returned to her car .
Using her cellphone , she managed to capture a short video showing the woman calling her by the racial slur , which she then posted to Twitter .
*TRIGGER WARNING* I love love love @ @ @ @ @ @ @ divided .
I ran to the local grocery store and was met by and verbally assaulted by this woman who repeatedly told me I do not belong here .
The confrontation continued into the parking lot where I was able to pic.twitter.com/kzSoxCVJ2x — Gisele Barreto Fetterman ( @ giselefetterman ) October 11 , 2020 “ This behavior and this hatred is taught , ” Fetterman wrote in a second tweet .
“ If you know her , if she is your neighbor or relative , please , please teach her love instead.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ condemned the incident as “ shameful and unacceptable , ” adding , “ No one should ever be made to feel unwelcome in our commonwealth because of their race or ethnicity.
” “ Gisele Fetterman spends much of her time making our state and world a better place and she — and every Pennsylvanian — deserves our respect , not the hatred too often displayed by people who seek only to further divide this country at a time when unity is so desperately needed , ” he wrote on Twitter .
Sen. Bob @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , noting , “ It ’ s on us to teach our children kindness , acceptance and inclusion , and condemn hate whenever and wherever we see it.
” Shortly before Fetterman turned 8 years old , her mother brought her brother and her from Rio de Janeiro to New York in 1990 .
She became a legal U.S. resident in 2000 and a citizen in 2009 , one year after marrying her husband .
A mother of three , Fetterman said that while she ’ s no stranger to online racism , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ d been verbally attacked in person .
She told The Philadelphia Inquirer she believes those with bigoted views may be feeling energized because of President Donald Trump , who has been known to engage in racist and sexist verbal attacks against his opponents .
“ We see folks in high positions acting a certain way , then maybe that emboldens , ” she said .
“ I don ’ t know if there ’ s more of this now or it ’ s just more public now .
The fact that people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s different is scary .
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Pennsylvania’s second lady said she was left shaking and in tears after being berated by a racist customer at a supermarket this weekend.
Gisele Barreto Fetterman, who is the wife of Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D), was waiting in the checkout line of an Aldi’s near Braddock, Pennsylvania, on Sunday evening when she says a woman confronted her and began hurling bigoted epithets in her direction.
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“She said, ‘There’s that N-word that Fetterman married. You don’t belong here,’” Fetterman told The Washington Post in an interview published Monday. “I was just kind of frozen in that moment. I was shaking. I was so nervous.”
A Brazilian native and former undocumented immigrant who became a U.S. citizen 11 years ago, Fetterman said the verbal assault continued after she exited the store and returned to her car. Using her cellphone, she managed to capture a short video showing the woman calling her by the racial slur, which she then posted to Twitter.
As of Monday afternoon, the clip had been viewed more than 245,000 times.
*TRIGGER WARNING* I love love love this country but we are so deeply divided. I ran to the local grocery store and was met by and verbally assaulted by this woman who repeatedly told me I do not belong here. The confrontation continued into the parking lot where I was able to pic.twitter.com/kzSoxCVJ2x — Gisele Barreto Fetterman (@giselefetterman) October 11, 2020
“This behavior and this hatred is taught,” Fetterman wrote in a second tweet. “If you know her, if she is your neighbor or relative, please, please teach her love instead.”
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday condemned the incident as “shameful and unacceptable,” adding, “No one should ever be made to feel unwelcome in our commonwealth because of their race or ethnicity.”
“Gisele Fetterman spends much of her time making our state and world a better place and she — and every Pennsylvanian — deserves our respect, not the hatred too often displayed by people who seek only to further divide this country at a time when unity is so desperately needed,” he wrote on Twitter.
Sen. Bob Casey (D) echoed those sentiments, noting, “It’s on us to teach our children kindness, acceptance and inclusion, and condemn hate whenever and wherever we see it.”
Shortly before Fetterman turned 8 years old, her mother brought her brother and her from Rio de Janeiro to New York in 1990. She became a legal U.S. resident in 2000 and a citizen in 2009, one year after marrying her husband.
A mother of three, Fetterman said that while she’s no stranger to online racism, the incident was the first time she’d been verbally attacked in person.
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She told The Philadelphia Inquirer she believes those with bigoted views may be feeling energized because of President Donald Trump, who has been known to engage in racist and sexist verbal attacks against his opponents.