thehuffingtonpost--2020-11-03--Tired Of Trump, Deutsche Bank Reportedly Wants Out But Sees No Good Options

NEW YORK/FRANKFURT ( Reuters ) — Deutsche Bank AG is looking for ways to end its relationship with President Donald Trump after the U.S. elections , as it tires of the negative publicity stemming from the ties , according to three senior bank officials with direct knowledge of the matter .
Deutsche Bank has about $ 340 million ( 262.9 million pounds ) in loans outstanding to the Trump Organization , the president ’ s umbrella group that is currently overseen by his two sons , according to filings made by Trump to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bank .
The three loans , which are against Trump properties and start coming due in two years , are current on payments and personally guaranteed by the president , according to two bank officials .
In meetings in recent months , a Deutsche Bank management committee that oversees reputational and other risks for the lender in the Americas region has discussed ways in which it could rid the bank of these last vestiges of the relationship , two of the three bank officials said .
The bank has over the years lent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one of the officials said .
One idea that has come up in the meetings : sell the loans in the secondary market , two of the bank officials said .
But one of the officials said that idea has not gained traction , in part because it is not clear who would want to buy the loans and the attendant problems that come with it .
While it was known that Deutsche Bank has been closely examining its relationship with Trump , including by setting up a working group in 2016 to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him , its recent eagerness to end all ties and the contours of discussions in light of the election have not been previously reported .
The probes and the bad press , seen by one senior executive as “ serious collateral damage ” from the relationship , are an unwelcome distraction for the bank , the three officials said .
It comes at a time when Chief Executive Christian Sewing is trying to turn Deutsche Bank around after its decades-long run at becoming a major Wall Street bank left it nursing huge losses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Senate banking committee , has previously called for an investigation into Deutsche Bank over its money laundering controls and has demanded answers from the lender about its relationship with Trump and his family .
She told Reuters that she intended to keep pushing for a probe in the next administration .
In this scenario , however , Deutsche Bank executives believe they will also have more freedom to deal with the loans and end their relationship with Trump , the officials said .
They hope doing so might help reduce some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The loans , which are against Trump ’ s golf course in Miami , and hotels in Washington and Chicago , are such that the Trump Organization has only had to pay interest on them so far , and the entire principal is outstanding , two of the three bank officials said .
They come due in 2023 and 2024 , the filings show .
The businesses backing the loans face challenges .
The coronavirus-driven economic slowdown has hit the travel industry , including hotels .
Moreover , last month Reuters reported that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by developing houses and hotels on his golf courses , including the one involving the Deutsche Bank loan , had not panned out so far .
If Trump is not in office , Deutsche Bank executives feel that it would be easier for them to demand repayment , foreclose if he is not able to pay it off or refinance , or try to sell the loans , according to two of the three bank officials .
If Trump wins a second term , Deutsche Bank executives feel their options would be fewer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The bank wouldn ’ t want the negative publicity inherent with seizing assets from a sitting president and would likely extend the loans until he is out of office , two of the bank officials said .

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NEW YORK/FRANKFURT (Reuters) — Deutsche Bank AG is looking for ways to end its relationship with President Donald Trump after the U.S. elections, as it tires of the negative publicity stemming from the ties, according to three senior bank officials with direct knowledge of the matter.
Deutsche Bank has about $340 million (262.9 million pounds) in loans outstanding to the Trump Organization, the president’s umbrella group that is currently overseen by his two sons, according to filings made by Trump to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics in July and a senior source within the bank. The three loans, which are against Trump properties and start coming due in two years, are current on payments and personally guaranteed by the president, according to two bank officials.
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In meetings in recent months, a Deutsche Bank management committee that oversees reputational and other risks for the lender in the Americas region has discussed ways in which it could rid the bank of these last vestiges of the relationship, two of the three bank officials said. The bank has over the years lent Trump more than $2 billion, one of the officials said.
One idea that has come up in the meetings: sell the loans in the secondary market, two of the bank officials said. But one of the officials said that idea has not gained traction, in part because it is not clear who would want to buy the loans and the attendant problems that come with it.
While it was known that Deutsche Bank has been closely examining its relationship with Trump, including by setting up a working group in 2016 to review the bank’s relationship with him, its recent eagerness to end all ties and the contours of discussions in light of the election have not been previously reported.
Deutsche Bank declined to comment. The Trump Organization did not respond to requests for comment. The White House declined to comment.
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The German bank, which first started lending to Trump in the late 1990s, has been dragged into congressional and other investigations into the real estate mogul-turned-politician’s finances and alleged Russia connections.
The probes and the bad press, seen by one senior executive as “serious collateral damage” from the relationship, are an unwelcome distraction for the bank, the three officials said. It comes at a time when Chief Executive Christian Sewing is trying to turn Deutsche Bank around after its decades-long run at becoming a major Wall Street bank left it nursing huge losses.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell during hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Feb. 26, 2019 in Washington. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat member of the Senate banking committee, has previously called for an investigation into Deutsche Bank over its money laundering controls and has demanded answers from the lender about its relationship with Trump and his family. She told Reuters that she intended to keep pushing for a probe in the next administration.
“You bet I’m going to continue to fight for accountability and strong enforcement of our banking laws, especially for giant institutions like Deutsche Bank,” she said.
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What happens next for the bank rests on the outcome of Tuesday’s elections, according to the three bank officials.
If the Republican president loses, and Democrats take control of the White House and Congress, senior Deutsche Bank executives believe congressional investigations that have stalled amid a court battle over access to Trump’s financial records could be rejuvenated, the three bank officials said.
In this scenario, however, Deutsche Bank executives believe they will also have more freedom to deal with the loans and end their relationship with Trump, the officials said. They hope doing so might help reduce some of the scrutiny, they said.
DIFFERENT SCENARIOS
The loans, which are against Trump’s golf course in Miami, and hotels in Washington and Chicago, are such that the Trump Organization has only had to pay interest on them so far, and the entire principal is outstanding, two of the three bank officials said. They come due in 2023 and 2024, the filings show.
The businesses backing the loans face challenges. The coronavirus-driven economic slowdown has hit the travel industry, including hotels. Moreover, last month Reuters reported that Trump’s plan to make money by developing houses and hotels on his golf courses, including the one involving the Deutsche Bank loan, had not panned out so far.
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The Deutsche Bank executives are not unduly concerned about Trump’s ability to repay the loans, given the president’s personal guarantees and the time left before they come due, the three bank officials said.
The front entrance to the Trump National Doral, photgraphed on June 1, 2016. Joe Raedle via Getty Images
If Trump is not in office, Deutsche Bank executives feel that it would be easier for them to demand repayment, foreclose if he is not able to pay it off or refinance, or try to sell the loans, according to two of the three bank officials.
Since Trump has personally guaranteed all the loans, Deutsche Bank could also seize the president’s assets if he is unable to repay, two of the three bank officials said.
If Trump wins a second term, Deutsche Bank executives feel their options would be fewer, the three bank officials said. The bank wouldn’t want the negative publicity inherent with seizing assets from a sitting president and would likely extend the loans until he is out of office, two of the bank officials said.
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The bottom line, the three bank officials said, is that the matter won’t be resolved until well after the election.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-11-03--Texan Who Appears To Boast Of Being 'Trump Train' Basher Also Drove Through BLM Protest

A Texas man who appeared to claim on social media accounts to be the “ Trump train ” driver who rammed a vehicle last week in a Joe Biden campaign caravan also had been videotaped driving through Black Lives Matter protesters in Texas this summer .
Scores of pickups bristling with “ Make America great again ” signs and flags swarmed the Biden bus caravan on a busy Texas interstate Friday .
One of the trucks was videotaped colliding with a vehicle in the caravan to force it out of its lane .
The campaign subsequently canceled events because of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the campaign bus .
Credit for the collision was posted on Eliazar Cisnernos ’ s Facebook page ( which has since been deleted ) : “ That was me slamming that fucker ... hell yea.
” Later comments on Cisneros ’ s page said that he “ reacted ” to the other vehicle in the Trump train confrontation , and included a laughing emoji response to a commenter ’ s suggestion he get an “ All Lives Splatter ” sign showing a truck plowing through pedestrians .
The posts on Cisneros ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ welcome to the campaign caravan after the collision on Twitter , offering “ sausage , leg quarters ... and 35 in [ ch ] tires.
” The black Ford F-150 pickup that collided with the Biden campaign car appears to be the same one Cisneros drove through a group of Black Lives Matter protesters in San Antonio in June .
He told KENS5-TV then that he was driving around town “ waving my flags and showing support for my president , ” and wanted the protesters to “ get off the street , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slowly , and no one was injured .
Demonstrators yelled at him and accused him of putting their lives at risk .
Cisneros could not be reached for comment .
The FBI did not respond to a HuffPost request for comment on Cisneros .
Cisneros was also featured in a local TV report in June patrolling the streets of San Antonio with an automatic weapon , saying he was trying to protect the city from protesters .
It is clear this man wants to be a cop , but ca n't .
So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He uses his truck as a weapon to intimidate and scare anyone he deems unfit .
He is a terrorist that needs to be taken off our streets .
https : //t.co/mtPlOjkAXY — Joel Montfort 🌊 ( @ jmontforttx ) November 2 , 2020 Asked then when he would use his firearm , he told San Antonio ’ s WOAI-TV that he and his partner would “ push ” vandals off , but “ once bricks start flying or being threatened with our lives , yeah.
” 🎥 : Newly discovered video shows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and waiting in ambush on the side of Interatate 35 in Texas .
Eliazar laughs maniacally during the video as the Biden/Harris bus passes by and then says , “ Welcome to Texas ” before jumping in his truck .
pic.twitter.com/0gI51N2lHq — Resist Programming 🛰 ( @ RzstProgramming ) November 1 , 2020

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A Texas man who appeared to claim on social media accounts to be the “Trump train” driver who rammed a vehicle last week in a Joe Biden campaign caravan also had been videotaped driving through Black Lives Matter protesters in Texas this summer.
Scores of pickups bristling with “Make America great again” signs and flags swarmed the Biden bus caravan on a busy Texas interstate Friday. One of the trucks was videotaped colliding with a vehicle in the caravan to force it out of its lane. The campaign subsequently canceled events because of safety fears. Biden had not been on the campaign bus.
Credit for the collision was posted on Eliazar Cisnernos’s Facebook page (which has since been deleted): “That was me slamming that fucker ... hell yea.”
Screen Shot/Facebook/Eliazar Cisneros
President Donald Trump has hailed the harassing drivers as “patriots.” Cisneros retweeted Trump’s message “I love Texas” over a video of the highway confrontation.
The FBI has launched an investigation into the freeway intimidation.
Later comments on Cisneros’s page said that he “reacted” to the other vehicle in the Trump train confrontation, and included a laughing emoji response to a commenter’s suggestion he get an “All Lives Splatter” sign showing a truck plowing through pedestrians.
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Screen Shot/Twitter/Eliazar Cisneros
The posts on Cisneros’s Twitter account also included a sarcastic welcome to the campaign caravan after the collision on Twitter, offering “sausage, leg quarters ... and 35 in[ch] tires.”
Eliazar Cisneros offers wheels to the Biden campaign Screen Shot/Twitter/Eliazar Cisneros
Last year, Cisneros posted a photo of an automatic rifle, calling it an “Antifa Meat Tenderizer.”
Screen Shot/Social Media/Eliazar Cisneros
The black Ford F-150 pickup that collided with the Biden campaign car appears to be the same one Cisneros drove through a group of Black Lives Matter protesters in San Antonio in June.
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He told KENS5-TV then that he was driving around town “waving my flags and showing support for my president,” and wanted the protesters to “get off the street, get on the sidewalk.”
He drove slowly, and no one was injured. Demonstrators yelled at him and accused him of putting their lives at risk.
Cisneros could not be reached for comment. The FBI did not respond to a HuffPost request for comment on Cisneros.
Cisneros was also featured in a local TV report in June patrolling the streets of San Antonio with an automatic weapon, saying he was trying to protect the city from protesters.
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It is clear this man wants to be a cop, but can't. So he has resorted to vigilante-style justice. He uses his truck as a weapon to intimidate and scare anyone he deems unfit. He is a terrorist that needs to be taken off our streets. https://t.co/mtPlOjkAXY — Joel Montfort 🌊 (@jmontforttx) November 2, 2020
Asked then when he would use his firearm, he told San Antonio’s WOAI-TV that he and his partner would “push” vandals off, but “once bricks start flying or being threatened with our lives, yeah.”


thehuffingtonpost--2020-11-03--Texas’ Harris County Will Close 9 Of 10 Drive-Thru Polling Sites On Election Day

HOUSTON ( Reuters ) — A federal judge in Texas on Monday denied a bid by Republicans to throw out about 127,000 votes already cast in the U.S. presidential election at drive-through voting sites in Houston , a Democratic-leaning area .
The plaintiffs had accused Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins , a Democrat , of acting illegally when he allowed drive-through voting as an alternative during the coronavirus pandemic .
In a written order , U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen said the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring the case and waited too long to sue .
“ To disenfranchise over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day before the scheduled election does not serve the public interest , ” the judge wrote , adding that drive-through early voting was permissible under Texas law .
In a narrow setback for Harris County officials , Hanen said drive-through voting on Election Day likely violated Texas law .
But he did not halt it because of the plaintiffs ’ lack of standing .
Based on that part of the ruling , Hollins said on Twitter on Monday night that nine out of 10 of the drive-through polling sites would be closed on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ counted .
Hollins said the decision was made because Hanen said the tents used for most of the sites would not qualify as “ buildings , ” which are required for Election Day polling places .
“ I can not in good faith encourage voters to cast their votes in tents if that puts their votes at risk , ” Hollins said .
Today was a huge win for democracy .
127,000 drive-thru votes cast in Harris County will be counted !
Since the hearing this afternoon , I have consulted with my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who have reiterated the legality of drive-thru voting .
1/ — Chris Hollins ( @ CGHollins ) November 3 , 2020 In order to allow for drive-thru voting on Election Day while ensuring that all votes will be counted , the only drive-thru voting center on Election Day will be at Toyota Center .
4/ — Chris Hollins ( @ CGHollins ) November 3 , 2020 The plaintiffs appealed to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals , seeking to halt Election Day drive-through voting , but that motion was denied .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state court on Sunday to the U.S. Supreme Court , their lawyer , Jared Woodfill , told reporters .
Harris County , home to about 4.7 million , is the third-most populous county in the United States and has more than 800 voting places .
Texas , the second-largest U.S. state , is traditionally a Republican stronghold but polls show a tight race this year between President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden , with more than 9 million ballots already cast , eclipsing its total turnout in the 2016 presidential election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Court rejected a nearly identical bid by the same plaintiffs , who include conservative activist Steve Hotze and judicial candidate Sharon Hemphill , to halt drive-through voting in Harris County .
The lawsuits said the county did not have the authority to decide election procedures and drive-through voting violated the U.S. Constitution ’ s equal protection clause , as voters in other counties do not have the chance to participate in drive-through voting .

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HOUSTON (Reuters) — A federal judge in Texas on Monday denied a bid by Republicans to throw out about 127,000 votes already cast in the U.S. presidential election at drive-through voting sites in Houston, a Democratic-leaning area.
The plaintiffs had accused Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins, a Democrat, of acting illegally when he allowed drive-through voting as an alternative during the coronavirus pandemic.
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In a written order, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen said the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring the case and waited too long to sue.
“To disenfranchise over 120,000 voters who voted as instructed the day before the scheduled election does not serve the public interest,” the judge wrote, adding that drive-through early voting was permissible under Texas law.
In a narrow setback for Harris County officials, Hanen said drive-through voting on Election Day likely violated Texas law. But he did not halt it because of the plaintiffs’ lack of standing.
Based on that part of the ruling, Hollins said on Twitter on Monday night that nine out of 10 of the drive-through polling sites would be closed on Election Day to ensure that votes are counted.
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Hollins said the decision was made because Hanen said the tents used for most of the sites would not qualify as “buildings,” which are required for Election Day polling places.
“I cannot in good faith encourage voters to cast their votes in tents if that puts their votes at risk,” Hollins said.
Today was a huge win for democracy. 127,000 drive-thru votes cast in Harris County will be counted! Since the hearing this afternoon, I have consulted with my legal team and multiple election law experts who have reiterated the legality of drive-thru voting. 1/ — Chris Hollins (@CGHollins) November 3, 2020
In order to allow for drive-thru voting on Election Day while ensuring that all votes will be counted, the only drive-thru voting center on Election Day will be at Toyota Center. 4/ — Chris Hollins (@CGHollins) November 3, 2020
The Toyota Center DTV site fits the Judge's definition of a "building": it is "a structure with walls and a roof" and "a permanent structure." It is thus unquestionably a suitable location for Election Day voting. 5/ — Chris Hollins (@CGHollins) November 3, 2020
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The plaintiffs appealed to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, seeking to halt Election Day drive-through voting, but that motion was denied. They will also appeal a similar loss in state court on Sunday to the U.S. Supreme Court, their lawyer, Jared Woodfill, told reporters.
Harris County, home to about 4.7 million, is the third-most populous county in the United States and has more than 800 voting places.
Texas, the second-largest U.S. state, is traditionally a Republican stronghold but polls show a tight race this year between President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden, with more than 9 million ballots already cast, eclipsing its total turnout in the 2016 presidential election.
On Sunday, the Texas Supreme Court rejected a nearly identical bid by the same plaintiffs, who include conservative activist Steve Hotze and judicial candidate Sharon Hemphill, to halt drive-through voting in Harris County.
The same court also previously denied similar challenges by the Texas Republican Party and the Harris County Republican Party.
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The lawsuits said the county did not have the authority to decide election procedures and drive-through voting violated the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection clause, as voters in other counties do not have the chance to participate in drive-through voting.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-11-03--Barack Obama, Joe Biden Use A Key Page From Their Pandemic Playbook To Bash Donald Trump

Former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden used a key page from their old pandemic playbook to call out President Donald Trump ’ s catastrophic mishandling of the coronavirus crisis in a new campaign video .
In the clip , Obama and Democratic presidential nominee Biden recalled leaving a manual for the incoming Trump administration on how to respond quickly to “ high consequence emerging infectious disease threats and biological incidents.
” But the Obama administration ’ s advice apparently went “ neglected and ignored ” by the Trump White House .
And “ we ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” said the former president .
Biden focused on one particular page that laid out community mitigation measures — from voluntary isolation of the vulnerable , the dismissal of students from schools , the cancelation of large public gatherings and the promotion of working from home .
“ Laid out .
Still haven ’ t done it , ” said Biden .
“ Had we implemented them quickly and effectively , as people like Anthony Fauci recommended , and scientists and epidemiologists recommended , we ’ d still be dealing with a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lives , ” added Obama .
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Former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden used a key page from their old pandemic playbook to call out President Donald Trump’s catastrophic mishandling of the coronavirus crisis in a new campaign video.
In the clip, Obama and Democratic presidential nominee Biden recalled leaving a manual for the incoming Trump administration on how to respond quickly to “high consequence emerging infectious disease threats and biological incidents.”
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But the Obama administration’s advice apparently went “neglected and ignored” by the Trump White House. And “we’ve now seen 225,000 people lose their lives,” said the former president.
Biden focused on one particular page that laid out community mitigation measures — from voluntary isolation of the vulnerable, the dismissal of students from schools, the cancelation of large public gatherings and the promotion of working from home.
“Laid out. Still haven’t done it,” said Biden.
“Had we implemented them quickly and effectively, as people like Anthony Fauci recommended, and scientists and epidemiologists recommended, we’d still be dealing with a pandemic, but we would have saved lives,” added Obama.
Check out the video here:


thehuffingtonpost--2020-11-03--Stunning Supercut Exposes Donald Trump Campaign's Whitewashing On LGBTQ Issues

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thehuffingtonpost--2020-11-03--MeidasTouch Delivers Powerful Closing Message Urging Republicans To Reject Trump

The progressive PAC MeidasTouch is urging Republicans to “ put country over party , ” reject President Donald Trump and elect Democratic candidate Joe Biden .
And it makes the case with an appeal to family .
“ Before you cast your ballot , take a look at your sons .
Is this the kind of man you want for a role model ?
” the narrator asks over clips of Trump ’ s crass and boorish moments .
“ Before you cast your ballot , take a look at your daughters .
Is this how you want them to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The video also asks Republicans to look in the mirror before voting .
“ Is this a movement you want to be a part of ?
” the narrator asks over clips of white supremacists and QAnon believers .
“ The party of Trump has shown you who they are over and over and over .
It ’ s time for you to show us who you are.
” “ In history class , we often wondered how dictatorships arose from seemingly healthy democratic nations , ” MeidasTouch said in a news release @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and wreak havoc for personal power ?
We never thought this was possible in America .
We were wrong .
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The progressive PAC MeidasTouch is urging Republicans to “put country over party,” reject President Donald Trump and elect Democratic candidate Joe Biden. And it makes the case with an appeal to family.
“Before you cast your ballot, take a look at your sons. Is this the kind of man you want for a role model?” the narrator asks over clips of Trump’s crass and boorish moments. “Before you cast your ballot, take a look at your daughters. Is this how you want them to think women should be treated?”
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The video also asks Republicans to look in the mirror before voting.
“Is this a movement you want to be a part of?” the narrator asks over clips of white supremacists and QAnon believers. “The party of Trump has shown you who they are over and over and over. It’s time for you to show us who you are.”


thehuffingtonpost--2020-11-03--Harrison Ford Defends Anthony Fauci From Trump's Ugly New Election Threat

Fauci “ has served the American people tirelessly , honorably and selflessly ” under presidents from both parties , Ford @ @ @ @ @ of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases .
But then the ad from @ @ @ @ @ the “ fire Fauci ” chants heard at Trump rallies as well as Trump saying @ @ @ @ @ .

Fauci “has served the American people tirelessly, honorably and selflessly” under presidents from both parties, Ford said of the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. But then the ad from the never-Trump conservative group highlights the “fire Fauci” chants heard at Trump rallies as well as Trump saying he might do just that.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-11-03--Ivanka Trump Says Her Dad Hasn't Changed. Boy, Do People Agree.

Ivanka Trump drew criticism on Twitter Monday after she bragged that her father , President Donald Trump , had not been changed by his time in Washington .
“ Let me just tell you , Washington has not changed Donald Trump .
Donald Trump has changed Washington , ” the president ’ s daughter boasted to supporters at a rally in Wisconsin .
“ And there ’ s more to come , ” she promised .
The Republican National Committee shared a clip of the comments on Twitter : They were not received well .
Critics agreed that the president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ office .
Many suggested he had dragged down Washington and the country : That 's for sure .
From an alleged swamp to a real one .
— Mark C. Walton ( @ ChileboyNJ ) November 3 , 2020 The WH has become the biggest swamp in DC now — Fire the Liar ( @ JayashreeNara14 ) November 3 , 2020 Change in this case is def not good .
Have you seen the Whitehouse lately ?
Looks a bit banana republic to me .
— Jacob , Internet Guy™ ( @ jaykass6502 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the worst .
Irreparably .
The world has turned .
Enemies now are now Trumps friends and vice versa .
He has weakened democracy , world standing , and shown to be the worst disaster in American history ... — I Sawya ( @ BobbyScarlatti9 ) November 3 , 2020 Things have changed for the worse under Trump .
— Ray Loewe - ByeDon 2020 ( @ rloewe65 ) November 3 , 2020 For once your right .
But the changes were not good ones .
Broke the whole nation .
— @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 2020

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Ivanka Trump drew criticism on Twitter Monday after she bragged that her father, President Donald Trump, had not been changed by his time in Washington.
“Let me just tell you, Washington has not changed Donald Trump. Donald Trump has changed Washington,” the president’s daughter boasted to supporters at a rally in Wisconsin.
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“It’s true,” added Ivanka Trump, a senior White House adviser.
“And there’s more to come,” she promised.
The Republican National Committee shared a clip of the comments on Twitter:
They were not received well.
Critics agreed that the president, sadly, not changed since taking office. Many suggested he had dragged down Washington and the country:
In a really bad way. — CharmSchoolDropout (@DropoutCharm) November 3, 2020
For the worse. — Anna Gorman (@anotherAKGorman) November 3, 2020
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That's for sure.
From an alleged swamp to a real one. — Mark C. Walton (@ChileboyNJ) November 3, 2020
The WH has become the biggest swamp in DC now — Fire the Liar (@JayashreeNara14) November 3, 2020
Change in this case is def not good. Have you seen the Whitehouse lately? Looks a bit banana republic to me. — Jacob, Internet Guy™ (@jaykass6502) November 3, 2020
It was only ankle deep 3.5 years ago pic.twitter.com/gUtodHL0mO — losthope4you (@losthope4you) November 3, 2020
Yes, for the worst. Irreparably. The world has turned. Enemies now are now Trumps friends and vice versa. He has weakened democracy, world standing, and shown to be the worst disaster in American history... — I Sawya (@BobbyScarlatti9) November 3, 2020
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Things have changed for the worse under Trump. — Ray Loewe - ByeDon 2020 (@rloewe65) November 3, 2020


thehuffingtonpost--2020-11-03--New York Daily News Sums Up The National Nervousness With Election Day Cover

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The New York Daily News summed up the nervousness of the nation with its front page on Tuesday, describing the USA on its cover as the “United States of Anxiety.”
Next to photos of President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden, the tabloid noted the country is “on edge” for the “most divisive Election Day in history.”
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United States of Anxiety
Nation on edge, cities boarded up for most divisive Election Day in historyhttps://t.co/jrLoIzfshShttps://t.co/K7fnNsNbp8 pic.twitter.com/iNlCVI1ZD3 — New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) November 3, 2020
The Daily News has become known for Trump-bashing covers, many of which go viral on social media.
On Election Day 2016, the newspaper urged voters to “Stop The Don Con” and send “steady” Democrat Hillary Clinton to the White House with this front page:
Today's front: STOP THE DON CON https://t.co/gt6DDqM57m
NEWS TO VOTERS: Send an unqualified liar home & steady Clinton to the White House pic.twitter.com/empXYveNtY — New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) November 8, 2016


thehuffingtonpost--2020-11-02--Whoopi Goldberg Compares 'Trump Train' To Black Voter Threats In 'Mississippi Burning'

“ The View ” co-host Whoopi Goldberg on Monday compared the “ Trump train ” of pickups that recklessly swarmed a Joe Biden campaign bus caravan in Texas last week to the murderous Black voter intimidation portrayed in the 1988 movie “ Mississippi Burning.
” Her co-hosts joined in with their own expressions of horror over the hateful tactics in the days before the presidential election .
CNN ’ s Ana Navarro , a guest host on “ The View , ” called out Sen. Marco Rubio ( R-Fla. ) , calling him a “ shallow little hypocrite ” for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ highway ambush .
“ We love what they did !
” he ’ d gushed at a Donald Trump rally in the Miami area on Sunday .
Scores of pickups swarmed the Biden campaign bus and accompanying cars on busy Interstate 35 outside of Austin on Friday .
One sideswiped a Biden campaign vehicle , which sent it skidding into another lane .
While the FBI launched an investigation into the incident , Trump praised the threatening truckers as “ patriots.
” Goldberg called the highway intimidation “ one of the most dangerous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the lives of the drivers involved and those nearby .
“ You could have caused all kinds of havoc , ” she said in a message to “ Trump train ” members .
“ You could have gotten yourselves killed .
...
Thank God this [ bus driver ] ... slowed in order to let you do what you did.
” Goldberg said it “ looked a lot like a scene out of ‘ Mississippi Burning , ’ ” which was “ really freaky to see.
” That film portrayed the real-life FBI @ @ @ @ @ @ @ civil rights activists who were working to register Black voters in 1964 .
Scenes of the threats they faced included chilling pursuits by armed white supremacists ( including police ) in cars and pickup trucks .
Navarro blasted Rubio for praising the truckers at the Trump campaign rally at an airport in Miami-Dade County .
“ It endangered people ’ s lives !
People could have been hurt .
It is an aggression against democracy , against people ’ s rights to vote , ” Navarro said .
“ It is suppression , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is absolutely wrong.
” “ Marco Rubio , you who talk about socialism and who talk about dictatorships , to be making fun of this ... you shallow little hypocrite !
I am so embarrassed I ever , ever supported you , ” said Navarro , a longtime Republican strategist and commentator who has become a vocal opponent of Trump .
Co-host Sunny Hostin wondered how Trump , who she said “ has emboldened bigots and racists to come out from under their rocks , ” would have reacted to the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whom he has characterized as “ terrorists .
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“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg on Monday compared the “Trump train” of pickups that recklessly swarmed a Joe Biden campaign bus caravan in Texas last week to the murderous Black voter intimidation portrayed in the 1988 movie “Mississippi Burning.”
Her co-hosts joined in with their own expressions of horror over the hateful tactics in the days before the presidential election.
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CNN’s Ana Navarro, a guest host on “The View,” called out Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), calling him a “shallow little hypocrite” for praising the reckless drivers in the Texas highway ambush. “We love what they did!” he’d gushed at a Donald Trump rally in the Miami area on Sunday.
Scores of pickups swarmed the Biden campaign bus and accompanying cars on busy Interstate 35 outside of Austin on Friday. One sideswiped a Biden campaign vehicle, which sent it skidding into another lane. While the FBI launched an investigation into the incident, Trump praised the threatening truckers as “patriots.”
Goldberg called the highway intimidation “one of the most dangerous things you could do,” risking the lives of the drivers involved and those nearby.
“You could have caused all kinds of havoc,” she said in a message to “Trump train” members. “You could have gotten yourselves killed. ... Thank God this [bus driver] ... slowed in order to let you do what you did.”
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Goldberg said it “looked a lot like a scene out of ‘Mississippi Burning,’” which was “really freaky to see.”
That film portrayed the real-life FBI investigation into the murders of three young civil rights activists who were working to register Black voters in 1964. Scenes of the threats they faced included chilling pursuits by armed white supremacists (including police) in cars and pickup trucks.
Navarro blasted Rubio for praising the truckers at the Trump campaign rally at an airport in Miami-Dade County.
“It endangered people’s lives! People could have been hurt. It is an aggression against democracy, against people’s rights to vote,” Navarro said. “It is suppression, it is instilling fear in people, it is absolutely wrong.”
“Marco Rubio, you who talk about socialism and who talk about dictatorships, to be making fun of this ... you shallow little hypocrite! I am so embarrassed I ever, ever supported you,” said Navarro, a longtime Republican strategist and commentator who has become a vocal opponent of Trump.
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Co-host Sunny Hostin wondered how Trump, who she said “has emboldened bigots and racists to come out from under their rocks,” would have reacted to the same action by Black Lives Matter protesters, whom he has characterized as “terrorists.”


thehuffingtonpost--2020-11-02--Donald Trump’s Closing Pitch In Pennsylvania: Be Very Afraid Of Joe Biden

Although Biden has been a moderate throughout his decades-long career in politics and defeated 23 , mostly more progressive Democratic rivals during the party ’ s primary race , Trump once again lied and distorted the facts about his rival to scare voters into giving him another four years in the White House .
Pennsylvania , with its 20 electoral votes , looms as the most likely tipping-point state for the presidency in a close race .
Underscoring that status , Trump , Biden , Vice President Mike Pence and the Democratic vice presidential nominee , Sen. Kamala Harris of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Most nonpartisan public polls give Biden a clear but not insurmountable lead over Trump .
Speaking to thousands of supporters at the Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport , Trump went through an almost entirely fabricated litany of horrors that a Biden presidency will visit on the country .
The former vice president will “ shut down your economy , close down manufacturing , send your jobs overseas , [ and ] destroy our suburbs.
” He will “ dissolve your borders , terminate religious liberty , outlaw private health care , ” as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Second Amendment in big trouble ― and indoctrinate your children with anti-American lies , ” Trump declared .
Casey said he believed that in the populous Philadelphia suburbs , which comprise roughly a quarter of the state ’ s electorate , Biden could perform at least 10 percentage points better than Hillary Clinton did in losing Pennsylvania to Trump in 2016 .
Clinton won that suburban vote by 55 % to 42 % ; Casey won it by 62 % to 36 % in his 2018 reelection .
Trump ’ s campaign stop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his core supporters , who tend to be rural , white and lack a college degree ― and most analysts believe the president needs unprecedented turnout from these voters to win on Tuesday .
But Casey said he believes Biden has cut into Trump ’ s margins in those rural areas .
And by the way , just so you understand , Joe has no clue .
Joe ’ s not there .
He ’ s not calling the shots .
And I guarantee he won ’ t be for very long .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Harris ’ first name as “ kuh-MAH-luh , ” amplified baseless rumors brewing in right-wing circles that Democrats plan to set Biden aside ― possibly by using the Constitution ’ s 25th Amendment to declare him unfit ― and put Harris in charge .
As if to prove his point , Trump played for the crowd a three-minute video of clips ― some of them misleadingly edited ― that show Biden becoming tongue-tied or saying something incoherent .
“ And by the way , just so you understand , Joe has no clue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s not there .
He ’ s not calling the shots .
And I guarantee he won ’ t be for very long.
” No evidence has emerged that Biden and Harris will have anything other than a conventional relationship between a president and vice president , in which Harris weighs in on internal debates but ultimately takes her cues from Biden .
Harris is also far from a left-wing ideologue .
She began her career in politics in 2003 by unseating a more progressive district attorney in San Francisco .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a prosecutor ― after serving as San Francisco ’ s DA through 2010 , she was elected California attorney general ― made her the target of vicious criticism from the left during her brief presidential bid in this cycle ’ s primary .
She pivoted to the left just ahead of her presidential bid by embracing policies like “ Medicare for All , ” but then moved away from that idea just as quickly .
As she sought the presidential nomination , she introduced her own plan that would preserve a much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sanders and other progressives are comfortable with .
Mark Fair , a retired forklift operator from Dickson City who voted for former President Barack Obama twice before catching the Trump bug , worries that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ( D-Calif. ) will invoke the 25th amendment to remove Biden .
The amendment , which liberals sometimes discussed as a potential way to neutralize Trump , allows the vice president to do the president ’ s job if the president becomes sick or otherwise unable to perform their duties .

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AVOCA, Pa. ― In his final in-person pitch to Pennsylvania voters before Election Day, President Donald Trump cast challenger Joe Biden as a puppet of left-wing radicals bent on turning the U.S. into an economically depressed, lawless dystopia.
Although Biden has been a moderate throughout his decades-long career in politics and defeated 23, mostly more progressive Democratic rivals during the party’s primary race, Trump once again lied and distorted the facts about his rival to scare voters into giving him another four years in the White House.
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Pennsylvania, with its 20 electoral votes, looms as the most likely tipping-point state for the presidency in a close race. Underscoring that status, Trump, Biden, Vice President Mike Pence and the Democratic vice presidential nominee, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, all campaigned there on Monday. Most nonpartisan public polls give Biden a clear but not insurmountable lead over Trump.
In President Donald Trump's final speech in Pennsylvania before Election Day, he painted a largely fabricated image of Joe Biden as a tool of left-wing radicals. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI via Getty Images
Speaking to thousands of supporters at the Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport, Trump went through an almost entirely fabricated litany of horrors that a Biden presidency will visit on the country. The former vice president will “shut down your economy, close down manufacturing, send your jobs overseas, [and] destroy our suburbs.” He will “dissolve your borders, terminate religious liberty, outlaw private health care,” as well as “confiscate your guns ― Second Amendment in big trouble ― and indoctrinate your children with anti-American lies,” Trump declared.
“The anti-American radicals defaming our noble history, heritage and heroes, they support Joe Biden,” the president added. “Antifa and the rioters and looters and Marxists and left-wing extremists ― they all support Sleepy Joe Biden ― Sleepy Joe.”
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Regardless of how violent demonstrators plan to vote, Biden has repeatedly condemned looting and rioting.
Trump alleged that Biden has a plan to “abolish, extinguish and eradicate American oil, all fracking and natural gas.”
While Biden’s climate plan calls for getting the United States to run entirely on renewable energy by 2050, he has explicitly ruled out a federal fracking ban, to the dismay of many progressive activists.
Signifying Pennsylvania's importance in the presidential race, Biden spent part of his last full day on the campaign trail in Pittsburgh, accompanied by Lady Gaga. Drew Angerer via Getty Images
Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey (D), a close Biden ally, predicted Trump’s attacks would have little impact.
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“In terms of getting the people that have traditionally decided statewide elections, especially suburban Philadelphia voters, it’s not very persuasive,” Casey said in a phone interview. He termed the themes Trump harped on “a terrible misreading of suburban voters.”
Casey said he believed that in the populous Philadelphia suburbs, which comprise roughly a quarter of the state’s electorate, Biden could perform at least 10 percentage points better than Hillary Clinton did in losing Pennsylvania to Trump in 2016. Clinton won that suburban vote by 55% to 42%; Casey won it by 62% to 36% in his 2018 reelection.
Trump’s campaign stop in Scranton was intended to fire up his core supporters, who tend to be rural, white and lack a college degree ― and most analysts believe the president needs unprecedented turnout from these voters to win on Tuesday. But Casey said he believes Biden has cut into Trump’s margins in those rural areas.
Trump, perhaps realizing that his caricature of Biden as a fire-breathing radical strains credulity, in his speech sought to paint him as a hapless and senile old man being manipulated by more progressive figures like Harris.
The president said that Harris, who received far louder boos from his crowd than Biden, “is the radical left.”
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) “is, I guess you could say, a conservative, by comparison,” he said. “She’s the most far left.”
“And by the way, just so you understand, Joe has no clue. Joe’s not there. He’s not calling the shots. And I guarantee he won’t be for very long.” - President Donald Trump
Trump, who seemed to relish mispronouncing Harris’ first name as “kuh-MAH-luh,” amplified baseless rumors brewing in right-wing circles that Democrats plan to set Biden aside ― possibly by using the Constitution’s 25th Amendment to declare him unfit ― and put Harris in charge. As if to prove his point, Trump played for the crowd a three-minute video of clips ― some of them misleadingly edited ― that show Biden becoming tongue-tied or saying something incoherent.
“And by the way, just so you understand, Joe has no clue,” Trump said. “Joe’s not there. He’s not calling the shots. And I guarantee he won’t be for very long.”
No evidence has emerged that Biden and Harris will have anything other than a conventional relationship between a president and vice president, in which Harris weighs in on internal debates but ultimately takes her cues from Biden.
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Harris is also far from a left-wing ideologue. She began her career in politics in 2003 by unseating a more progressive district attorney in San Francisco. The tough-on-crime tactics Harris employed in her years as a prosecutor ― after serving as San Francisco’s DA through 2010, she was elected California attorney general ― made her the target of vicious criticism from the left during her brief presidential bid in this cycle’s primary.
She pivoted to the left just ahead of her presidential bid by embracing policies like “Medicare for All,” but then moved away from that idea just as quickly. As she sought the presidential nomination, she introduced her own plan that would preserve a much larger role for private health insurance than Sanders and other progressives are comfortable with.
Still, by focusing on Harris, who already faces the kind of racist and sexist attacks that women of color endure frequently in national politics, Trump seemed to hit a raw nerve with the crowd.
Several attendees told HuffPost afterward they are more frightened by the prospect of Harris being in charge than Biden.
Mark Fair, a retired forklift operator from Dickson City who voted for former President Barack Obama twice before catching the Trump bug, worries that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will invoke the 25th amendment to remove Biden. The amendment, which liberals sometimes discussed as a potential way to neutralize Trump, allows the vice president to do the president’s job if the president becomes sick or otherwise unable to perform their duties.
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thehuffingtonpost--2020-11-02--Biden: 'First Step To Beating The Virus Is Beating Trump'

PITTSBURGH ( AP ) — In the final day of a campaign unlike any other , President Donald Trump charged across the nation Monday , delivering without evidence his incendiary allegation that the election is rigged , while Democratic challenger Joe Biden pushed into states once seen as safely Republican , looking to secure his path to the White House .
“ We ’ re done with the chaos , we ’ re done with the tweets , the anger , the hate , the failure , the irresponsibility , ” said Biden , whose campaign has focused on increasing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prove the difference in several battleground states .
Trump spent the final full campaign day sprinting through five rallies , from North Carolina to Pennsylvania to Wisconsin .
Biden devoted most of his time to Pennsylvania , where a win would leave Trump with an exceedingly narrow path .
He also dipped into Ohio , a show of confidence in a state that Trump won by 8 percentage points four years ago .
The two men delivered their final messages , with Biden emphasizing the pandemic .
He declared that “ the first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Donald Trump , ” and he promised he would retain the nation ’ s leading infectious disease expert , Dr. Anthony Fauci , whom the president has talked of firing .
Trump , meanwhile , made only passing mention of what his aides believe are his signature accomplishments — the nation ’ s economic rebound , the recent installation of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett — in favor of a torrent of grievance and combativeness .
He angrily decried the media ’ s coverage of the campaign while complaining that he also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no particular order , China , the Electoral College system and rock singer Jon Bon Jovi .
“ I have been under siege illegally for three-and-a-half years .
I wonder what it would be like if we didn ’ t have all of this horrible stuff .
We ’ d have a very , very calm situation , ” said Trump at an evening rally in Michigan .
“ People see that we fight and I ’ m fighting for you .
I ’ m fighting to survive .
You have to survive.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign on Election Day , saying he would head to Philadelphia and his native Scranton on Tuesday as part of a get-out-the-vote effort .
His running mate , Sen. Kamala Harris , will visit Detroit , a heavily Black city in battleground Michigan , and both of their spouses will hit the road too .
Trump , at least for now , was not scheduled to travel on Tuesday .
More than 93 million votes have already been cast , through early voting or mail-in ballots , which could lead to delays in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ without evidence that the votes would be ripe for fraud and refusing to guarantee that he would honor the election result .
Trump also rallied in Scranton on Monday , underscoring the importance of the state ’ s vote-rich northeast counties , and zeroed in on the state ’ s process to count votes .
He has used stark terms to threaten litigation to stop the tabulation of ballots arriving after Election Day — counting that is allowed with earlier postmarks in some states .
He has said that “ we ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ soon as the polls close in Pennsylvania and on Monday spoke ominously about the Supreme Court decision to grant an extension to count the votes after Tuesday .
“ They made a very dangerous situation , and I mean dangerous , physically dangerous , and they made it a very , very bad , they did a very bad thing for this state , ” Trump declared .
He said of Pennsylvania ’ s Democratic Gov .
Tom Wolf , “ Please don ’ t cheat because we ’ re all watching .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Governor.
” The state ’ s top court ordered the extension , and the Supreme Court refused to block it , though conservative justices expressed interest in taking up the propriety of the three added days after the election .
Those ballots are being kept separate in case the litigation goes forward .
The issue could assume enormous importance if the late-arriving ballots could tip the outcome .
“ It ’ s very telling that President Trump is focused not on his voters but on his lawyers , and his lawyers are not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Bauer said .
“ We are fully prepared for any legal hijinks of one kind or another .
We ’ re not worried about it.
” “ I didn ’ t originally plan to come to Georgia .
I told Michelle , I ’ m sorry , Baby , I got to go to Georgia .
This is a big deal , ” said Obama , noting Democrats ’ hopes that they could deliver a knockout blow to Trump in the former GOP stronghold .
“ Georgia could be the state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ”

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — In the final day of a campaign unlike any other, President Donald Trump charged across the nation Monday, delivering without evidence his incendiary allegation that the election is rigged, while Democratic challenger Joe Biden pushed into states once seen as safely Republican, looking to secure his path to the White House.
America stood at a crossroads. Never before in modern history have voters faced a choice between candidates offering such opposite visions as the nation confronts a once-in-a-century pandemic, the starkest economic contraction since the Great Depression and a citizenry divided on cultural and racial issues.
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The two men also broke sharply Monday on the voting process itself while campaigning in the most fiercely contested battleground, Pennsylvania.
The president threatened legal action to stop counting beyond Election Day. If Pennsylvania ballot counting takes several days, as is allowed, Trump charged that “cheating can happen like you have never seen. ”
Biden, in Pittsburgh, pushed a voting rights message to a mostly Black audience, declaring that Trump believes “only wealthy folks should vote” and describing COVID-19 as a “mass casualty event for Black Americans.”
“We’re done with the chaos, we’re done with the tweets, the anger, the hate, the failure, the irresponsibility,” said Biden, whose campaign has focused on increasing turnout for Black voters, who could prove the difference in several battleground states.
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Both campaigns insist they have a pathway to victory, though Biden’s options for winning the required 270 Electoral College votes are more plentiful. Trump is banking on a surge of enthusiasm from his most loyal supporters in addition to potential legal maneuvers.
Trump spent the final full campaign day sprinting through five rallies, from North Carolina to Pennsylvania to Wisconsin. Biden devoted most of his time to Pennsylvania, where a win would leave Trump with an exceedingly narrow path. He also dipped into Ohio, a show of confidence in a state that Trump won by 8 percentage points four years ago.
The two men delivered their final messages, with Biden emphasizing the pandemic. He declared that “the first step to beating the virus is beating Donald Trump,” and he promised he would retain the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, whom the president has talked of firing.
Trump, meanwhile, made only passing mention of what his aides believe are his signature accomplishments — the nation’s economic rebound, the recent installation of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett — in favor of a torrent of grievance and combativeness. He angrily decried the media’s coverage of the campaign while complaining that he also was being treated unfairly by, in no particular order, China, the Electoral College system and rock singer Jon Bon Jovi.
“I have been under siege illegally for three-and-a-half years. I wonder what it would be like if we didn’t have all of this horrible stuff. We’d have a very, very calm situation,” said Trump at an evening rally in Michigan. “People see that we fight and I’m fighting for you. I’m fighting to survive. You have to survive.”
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Biden announced an unusual move to campaign on Election Day, saying he would head to Philadelphia and his native Scranton on Tuesday as part of a get-out-the-vote effort. His running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, will visit Detroit, a heavily Black city in battleground Michigan, and both of their spouses will hit the road too. Trump, at least for now, was not scheduled to travel on Tuesday.
More than 93 million votes have already been cast, through early voting or mail-in ballots, which could lead to delays in tabulation. Trump has spent months claiming without evidence that the votes would be ripe for fraud and refusing to guarantee that he would honor the election result.
Trump also rallied in Scranton on Monday, underscoring the importance of the state’s vote-rich northeast counties, and zeroed in on the state’s process to count votes. He has used stark terms to threaten litigation to stop the tabulation of ballots arriving after Election Day — counting that is allowed with earlier postmarks in some states.
He has said that “we’re going in with our lawyers” as soon as the polls close in Pennsylvania and on Monday spoke ominously about the Supreme Court decision to grant an extension to count the votes after Tuesday.
“They made a very dangerous situation, and I mean dangerous, physically dangerous, and they made it a very, very bad, they did a very bad thing for this state,” Trump declared. He said of Pennsylvania’s Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, “Please don’t cheat because we’re all watching. We’re all watching you, Governor.”
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There is already an appeal pending at the Supreme Court over the counting of absentee ballots in Pennsylvania that are received in the mail in the three days after the election.
The state’s top court ordered the extension, and the Supreme Court refused to block it, though conservative justices expressed interest in taking up the propriety of the three added days after the election. Those ballots are being kept separate in case the litigation goes forward. The issue could assume enormous importance if the late-arriving ballots could tip the outcome.
One of Biden’s top legal advisers Bob Bauer pushed back at Trump’s promise of mobilizing his lawyers after polls close to challenge certain ballots.
“It’s very telling that President Trump is focused not on his voters but on his lawyers, and his lawyers are not going to win the election for him,” Bauer said. “We are fully prepared for any legal hijinks of one kind or another. We’re not worried about it.”
Democrats also celebrated a decision by a federal judge to reject another last-ditch Republican effort to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes in Houston because the ballots were cast at drive-thru polling centers established during the pandemic.
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Biden’s team pushed into states Trump won handily in 2016, hoping to deliver an Election Night knockout blow that could prevent further Republican challenges.
Biden said he returned to Ohio at the urging of Sen. Sherrod Brown and other Ohio Democrats in Congress, suggesting a final, late visit could win. And the Democrats’ most popular surrogate, former President Barack Obama, made one of his final campaign stops in Georgia.
“I didn’t originally plan to come to Georgia. I told Michelle, I’m sorry, Baby, I got to go to Georgia. This is a big deal,” said Obama, noting Democrats’ hopes that they could deliver a knockout blow to Trump in the former GOP stronghold. “Georgia could be the state, Georgia could be the place.”
But even as Biden enjoyed strong poll numbers, the move to expand the map revived anxiety among Democrats scarred by Trump’s 2016 upset over Hillary Clinton, whose forays into red states may have contributed to losing longtime party strongholds.
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Lemire and Weissert reported from Washington. Miller reported from Traverse City, Mich. Associated Press writer Bill Barrow in Atlanta contributed.
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thehuffingtonpost--2020-11-03--Trump Could 'Put A Bullet Into The Country' If He Loses, Warns Columnist Tom Friedman

President Donald Trump could savage America in vengeful in fury if he ’ s defeated at the polls , New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman warned Monday .
“ If the president does lose , does contest the vote , does create massive discrediting of the outcome , we could have a prolonged period where we don ’ t have a legitimate transfer of power for the first time in our history , ” Friedman told Chris Cuomo on CNN .
“ I believe the stress out of that , the economic dislocation and the violence of that could be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that doesn ’ t happen , but I think that we have to realize that given the extreme nature of this president , given the fact that he has no bottom , it ’ s very clear ” that worst-case scenarios could happen , he warned .
When Democrat Al Gore graciously lost in a very close 2000 election ultimately decided by the Supreme Court , he “ took a bullet for the country , ” said Friedman .
“ But Donald Trump will put a bullet into the country , ” Friedman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t think that ’ s true , then you haven ’ t been paying attention the last four years.
” Friedman added : “ When you break things , when institutions break , when norms break , in a fundamental way , they are very , very hard to put back together.
” Friedman slammed the GOP under Trump as a “ giant political brothel that basically rents itself out by the night to whoever will energize its base — whether it was Sarah Palin or the tea party or Trump .
Unfortunately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ red light has always been on.
” He added : “ We can ’ t count on them now .
The only thing we can count on are the American people.
” Check out the rest of the interview in the video at the top .

President Donald Trump could savage America in vengeful in fury if he’s defeated at the polls, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman warned Monday.
“If the president does lose, does contest the vote, does create massive discrediting of the outcome, we could have a prolonged period where we don’t have a legitimate transfer of power for the first time in our history,” Friedman told Chris Cuomo on CNN.
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“I believe the stress out of that, the economic dislocation and the violence of that could be just terrible. I’m praying that doesn’t happen, but I think that we have to realize that given the extreme nature of this president, given the fact that he has no bottom, it’s very clear” that worst-case scenarios could happen, he warned.
When Democrat Al Gore graciously lost in a very close 2000 election ultimately decided by the Supreme Court, he “took a bullet for the country,” said Friedman.
“But Donald Trump will put a bullet into the country,” Friedman continued. “If you don’t think that’s true, then you haven’t been paying attention the last four years.”
Friedman added: “When you break things, when institutions break, when norms break, in a fundamental way, they are very, very hard to put back together.”
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And the Republican Party won’t help, he said.
Friedman slammed the GOP under Trump as a “giant political brothel that basically rents itself out by the night to whoever will energize its base — whether it was Sarah Palin or the tea party or Trump. Unfortunately, for the last few years the red light has always been on.”
He added: “We can’t count on them now. The only thing we can count on are the American people.”


thehuffingtonpost--2020-11-03--The Battle For The Senate Is About The Future Of American Politics

ASSOCIATED PRESS State Sen. Barbara Bollier , the Democratic Party nominee for U.S. Senate in Kansas , is one of @ @ @ @ @ races in rural states that are traditionally GOP strongholds .
The disproportionate power granted to @ @ @ @ @ far more likely to be old , white and conservative than other voters ― in @ @ @ @ @ key fact of American political life .
It enables Republicans to rule with a coalition @ @ @ @ @ of the population , with little need to appeal to voters of color , and @ @ @ @ @ the federal court system and the Supreme Court .
It makes it near-impossible for national @ @ @ @ @ of their most progressive supporters , who have little presence in many rural states , @ @ @ @ @ their most popular policy ideas into law .
It means the votes of Black people @ @ @ @ @ than the votes of white people .

PARSONS, Kan. ― Barbara Bollier, a onetime GOP state senator who switched parties and is now this state’s Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, had some bad news.
“I’ve got members of my family that I’d love to be able to nudge to support you, but they’re afraid you’re going to kill babies,” a voter had just asked her at a socially distanced, outdoor town hall at a park here. “Can you talk about abortion and your thoughts on abortion?”
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Bollier burst his bubble. She had supported abortion rights even when she was a Republican.
“I’ve always supported the right for women to have a private patient-physician relationship,” she said. “These are heart-wrenching decisions that a politician should not be in the middle of.”
Throughout the United States, Bollier’s position is in the mainstream. It’s not even a dealbreaker in a statewide race in Kansas — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelley won in 2018 as an abortion rights supporter. But it’s not the mainstream in Labette County, the county in southeastern Kansas where Bollier was campaigning and where Hillary Clinton won just 28.3% of the vote in 2016.
The problem facing Democrats as they seek to win control of the Senate is a simple one: They need to win over a lot of voters in places like Labette to win control of Congress’ upper chamber, and even more of them to build a sustainable majority. The average voter in a rural area has 37% more power in determining who controls the Senate than a typical American.
The disproportionate power granted to rural Americans ― who are far more likely to be old, white and conservative than other voters ― in the Senate is arguably the key fact of American political life. It enables Republicans to rule with a coalition reliant on a shrinking minority of the population, with little need to appeal to voters of color, and empowers their iron grip on the federal court system and the Supreme Court. It makes it near-impossible for national Democrats to follow the demands of their most progressive supporters, who have little presence in many rural states, and difficult to pass even their most popular policy ideas into law. It means the votes of Black people and Latinos effectively count less than the votes of white people.
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Democratic state Sen. Barbara Bollier address the crowd during a campaign stop Oct. 28 in Topeka, Kansas. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Rural areas’ disproportionate power is only set to grow in coming years, as more and more of the American population ― especially its most diverse and educated members ― settles in urban areas clustered in the union’s largest states. When combined with the decline of split-ticket voting, it paints a gloomy picture for Democrats’ long-term future in the chamber. The existence of the filibuster only adds to rural states’ power, and to Democrats’ problems.
“Senate elections are becoming more and more nationalized, and that accrues to the detriment of Democrats. There are fewer and fewer senators that are from the opposite party of how their state voted for president,” said Guy Cecil, the chairman of the Democratic super PAC Priorities USA and a former executive director of Senate Democrats’ campaign arm. “And there are more states that vote Republican for president than vote Democrat for president.”
Republicans have a 53-47 majority in the Senate, but Democrats have made strong challenges for 11 GOP-held seats, giving them a multitude of paths to win control of the chamber and making them slight favorites to do so. But the possibility that consecutive Democratic wave elections — ones in which the party has expanded its appeal to rural voters and working-class white voters — could deliver them only a narrow majority drives home the party’s disadvantage.
In recent months, the battle for Senate control has increasingly become about the future of the chamber, and of American politics as a whole.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has issued a series of apocalyptic warnings. Democrats are threatening to “disfigure the Senate,” he said in a speech on the Senate floor. Getting rid of the filibuster, the 60-vote requirement required to move most legislation, would mean moderates get “stampeded by the hard left,” he told reporters. The Kentucky Republican told the hosts of “Fox and Friends” that giving statehood — and two senators — to both Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico would put the country on the road to “full-bore socialism.” Incumbent Republicans running for reelection, including Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner and Arizona Sen. Martha McSally, have echoed those warnings.
McConnell’s rhetoric about socialism is overblown, but he has real reason to worry. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has made clear D.C. and Puerto Rico statehood, and the end of the filibuster, are a real possibility if Democrats win Senate control ― even if it’s unclear if a caucus heavy with moderate members would be willing to pull the trigger. Those moves would weaken the Senate’s tilt toward rural areas and white voters, moving American politics to the left.
But before Democrats can fix the Senate’s bias toward rural voters, they need to overcome it.
Bollier, running in Kansas, did not sign up for partisan warfare. Over the course of a day of pandemic-era, socially-distanced campaigning ― starting in the college town of Pittsburg, making stops in rural areas and ending in the upscale Kansas City suburb of Overland Park ― she strove to project moderation.
A huge portion of her stump speech is dedicated not to taking down President Donald Trump, but to explaining her decision to switch parties and criticizing the right-ward rush of the Kansas GOP under former Gov. Sam Brownback, blasting her former colleagues for slashing education funding and blocking Medicaid expansion. She emphasizes her willingness to vote against parts of Kelley’s agenda after switching parties.
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“We are in a time where our nation needs to heal, not just from the COVID, but from this leadership that encourages divisiveness,” she told the crowd in Parsons. “I am about eliminating this hyperpartisanship and working together.”
Her harshest criticism is reserved for her opponent, GOP Rep. Roger Marshall, for ignoring coronavirus guidelines.
“You can let Roger know: It’s OK to wear a mask,” she said. (Both Marshall and Bollier are medical doctors.)
Kansas hasn’t elected a Democratic senator in over 70 years, but national Republican groups have been forced to spend more than $30 million to prop up Marshall. Bollier is widely considered the underdog, though many polls show a close race, and national Republicans have long been frustrated with Marshall’s relatively paltry fundraising. (Marshall has raised just shy of $6 million, according to FEC reports, while Bollier has raised roughly $24.5 million.)
Marshall’s campaign did not respond to emails.
U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall, the Republican nominee for an open U.S. Senate seat in Kansas, speaks during a stop in a GOP bus tour of the state on Oct. 6 in Topeka. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Bollier is not a rough-and-tumble candidate who can appeal to rural voters on a cultural level, the way Democratic Montana Sen. Jon Tester or West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin relate to their GOP-leaning constituencies. She’s a doctor, married to a Swiss immigrant, and lives in Mission Hills, one of the wealthiest municipalities in the entire country.
But Democrats believe Bollier’s strength comes from her ability to dominate in the Kansas City suburbs, which have both rapidly grown over the past decade. That growth means roughly one-third of Kansans now have a college degree, well above the national average. The suburban growth also means the 3rd Congressional District, which Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids won in 2018, now has 105,000 more registered voters than Marshall’s sprawling, rural 1st District.
“The difference in this race will be Johnson County,” said Kansas Lt. Gov. Lynn Rogers, who introduced Bollier at the event in Parsons, referring to the suburban county that is the state’s most populous. “If she can get three or four votes out of 10 in the rural counties, she can win it.”
Bollier, at times, can seem frustrated with rural voters’ focus on cultural issues. When talking with administrators at Pittsburg College, she lamented that voters in Kansas voted against their own interest.
She elaborated in an interview: “When election time comes, the focus seems to be on partisan hot-button issues rather than on the most important things — a job, health care, safety. It’s disappointing.”
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Republicans have aggressively tried to nationalize the race. “Chuck Schumer’s plan?,” a narrator declares in one ad from Marshall. “Ram Biden’s $4 trillion tax hike through the Senate, using Barbara Bollier to rubber stamp it.” (The ad falsely calls Biden’s plan, which would not hike taxes on people making less than $400,000 a year, “the largest middle-class tax increase in American history.”)
Republicans are running similar ads against other Democrats running in conservative and rural states ― Gov. Steve Bullock in Montana, Jaime Harrison in South Carolina, physician Al Gross in Alaska. While Democrats have made all of these Republican-leaning states competitive, public surveys and internal polling from both parties indicates they’re not favored to win any of them.
Losses across the board would fit with broad trends: Since 2013, there have been 108 elections for U.S. Senate seats. Ninety-seven of them were won by the same party as the presidential candidate who had won that state in the prior election. Considering Trump won 30 states in 2016, it’s easy to see how the problem could get worse. (Of the 11 cross-party wins, eight came from Democrats winning in Trump states during the 2018 election cycle. Without those victories, Republicans would have a lock on the majority for the foreseeable future.)
A Pew Research Center poll found just 11% of voters planned to split their ticket between multiple parties on Election Day, and just 4% planned to split their votes for Senate and president between Democrats and Republicans.
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The advantage can be seen in each party’s behavior. National Republicans rarely extend much energy toward recruiting credible candidates in Democratic-leaning territory ― they’ve allowed supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory to claim GOP nominations in both Oregon and Delaware this cycle.
Schumer and national Democrats, meanwhile, are often obsessive about making GOP-leaning rural states competitive.
“The committee ethos has always been to recruit the very best possible candidate for every possible race, and then see what happens,” said Martha McKenna, a former top official at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
But new breakthroughs have been few and far between. While Tester and Manchin won reelection in 2018, Democrats lost Senate seats in Missouri, Indiana and North Dakota. High-profile recruits in Missouri and Indiana ran far ahead of Clinton in 2016, but still lost.
Former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander was one of those candidates — he lost by three percentage points to GOP Sen. Roy Blunt in 2016, even as he ran nearly 10 points ahead of Clinton.
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In an interview, Kander said Democratic candidates don’t need to run to the center or right to win in rural states, but that the party needs to do a better job of explaining why their policies will benefit rural communities and help voters keep their family members nearby.
“Every single voter is trying to have their family be happy, healthy, safe and nearby,” Kander said. “‘Nearby’ is the part the coastal focus of our party tends to miss. We just want our kids to be able to get our good jobs near where we live, and be able to raise their grandkids there.”
Kander thinks Democrats have done a better job on this front lately — linking Medicaid expansion to keeping rural hospitals open, for instance.
Republicans are even pushing back on that front, however. National GOP groups have run ads and mailers in nearly every competitive Senate race arguing Democrats’ support for a public health insurance option will lead to rural hospital closures – an assertion backed up by analysis from a front group for the pharmaceutical and health insurance industries.
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There are a multitude of ways to describe the problem Democrats face. Of the nation’s 15 largest states, six would be considered safely blue and the other nine are considered at least toss-ups in this year’s presidential election. The largest safely red state is Tennessee, the nation’s 16th largest. (This is why the rural bias of the Senate is significantly worse for Democrats than the rural bias of the Electoral College, which gives larger states more influence.)
Another way to describe it: The six senators representing Texas, California and New York represent the same number of people as the senators representing the 31 smallest states in the union ― which is more than enough senators to maintain a filibuster. A third way: FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver calculates the average Senate seat is 6 to 7 percentage points more Republican than the country as a whole.
The previously mentioned statistic that rural voters have 37% more power to determine control of the Senate comes from Michael Ettlinger, the director of the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire and a former official at the liberal Center for American Progress.
The rural bias of the Senate has existed for a long time, though partisan shifts have meant it only started directly damaging Democrats recently ― the party had senators in both North and South Dakota as recently as 2012. Ettlinger notes it has always given rural states extra policy influence, making gun control legislation more difficult to pass and leading to lavish agricultural subsidies.
But the problem is getting worse: A report from the Roosevelt Institute’s Todd Tucker found the ratio between the largest and smallest states in the union was relatively stable for most of the United States’ early history, before spiking during the late 1800s as sparsely populated western states entered the union ― In 1900, Nevada’s 42,335 residents had as many senators as New York’s 7.3 million residents. The ratio shrank as Americans moved west, before beginning to increase around 1990.
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Today, the population ratio between California, the most populated state, and Wyoming, which is the least populated state, is 67 to 1. But those ratios are projected to steadily increase throughout the rest of the century, potentially reaching a 154:1 ratio. In 2100, according to demographic projections cited by Tucker, states comprising just 16% of the American population will be able to elect a majority of the Senate.
But it’s how the Senate discriminates against racial minorities that may force the hand of a party increasingly focused on racial injustices. The average Black voter has 16% less power in determining who controls the Senate than the average American. For Latinos, who are clustered in the nation’s two largest states, the problem is even worse: The average Latino has 32% less power than the average American in determining who controls the Senate. The average white person? They have 13% more power.
And this tilt against racial minorities will only grow worse in the future: Even as demographers expect the country’s population to become majority people of color around the year 2050, they also expect most states to remain majority-white until at least 2090.
Progressive groups, including the American Federation of Teachers, Indivisible and Demand Justice, are already agitating for reforms. First, if Democrats win control of the Senate, they should eliminate or reform the filibuster, which exacerbates the institution’s bias in favor of rural states and white votes. Then, Congress should vote to admit both the plurality-Black District of Columbia and majority-Latino Puerto Rico as states, which would diminish but not eliminate the Senate’s bias toward rural states and against racial minorities.
Momentum is building against the filibuster within the Democratic Party, with even moderate members becoming radical on process issues following the Senate GOP’s sprint to confirm Amy Coney Barrett. Former President Barack Obama labeled the filibuster, which was historically deployed to block civil rights legislation, a “Jim Crow relic” and called for D.C. and Puerto Rican statehood during a eulogy for former Rep. John Lewis earlier this year.
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Some on the party’s left wing are pushing even further: The Roosevelt Institution report says Democrats should consider giving American territories in both the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean two senators each, and giving Native American tribes two senators of their own. A report from Data For Progress calls the Senate an “irredeemable institution” and suggests a long-term goal of abolishing it altogether.
But it remains unclear if elected Democrats are willing to engage in the partisan warfare it would take to even slightly limit the rural bias of the Senate. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is deeply attached to the Senate’s traditions, and many Senate Democrats won elections promising to work with Republicans rather than battle them. The party’s majority may rest on a single vote, or even on the ability of Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris to cast tie-breaking votes.
For her part, Bollier is dodging questions on the future of the Senate. When a voter in Parsons asks about the filibuster, she says she can’t evaluate it ― Kansas’ state Senate doesn’t have one, so she’ll want to get to Washington, study it, and consult with Kansas GOP Sen. Jerry Moran. (Moran has previously called for the end of the filibuster, but that was when Republicans were in power.)
“What I need to do to get there and ask questions of people who have worked with it, on both sides of the aisle,” she said.
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And in an interview, she punted on statehood. “I don’t have a position. I’m not there,” she said. “But I do know that it’s really important that all people get represented.”
National Republicans have attacked Democratic candidates who support ending the filibuster, accusing them of trying to “change the rules” to pass left-wing policies. It’s unclear if the ads have had much impact.
At the end of the day, Bollier’s campaign rolled into Overland Park, joined by Davids and greeted by a significantly larger crowd than the first three stops of the day. The terrain was friendlier ― these voters were Bollier’s base. There, she delivered her stump speech, attacking Republicans for not providing aid to states and localities to deal with the pandemic.
“Of course we fund the police,” she said. “You know how? By passing a relief bill so local governments can fund the police.”
But when the time for questions came, not everything was friendly. A man stood up, and urged both women “not to be too nice, not to be too eager to cross the aisle, not to be too eager to compromise.”
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“We need to do with the power what they’ve done with the power,” he pleaded.
Bollier let Davids answer the question. But in many ways, she had given her answer a few minutes earlier. As she spoke about the importance of health care, two pickup trucks repeatedly drove by, honking their horns and waving Trump 2020 flags out the window and trying to disrupt the event. Bollier didn’t curse them, or even crack a joke.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-11-03--James Corden Recaps The Donald Trump Era And It’s Quite The Ride

James Corden crammed the scandals and controversies of Donald Trump ’ s presidency into a breathless three-minute lyrical segment on @ @ @ @ @ “ The Late Late Show.
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James Corden crammed the scandals and controversies of Donald Trump’s presidency into a breathless three-minute lyrical segment on Monday’s broadcast of “The Late Late Show.”
Corden reminded viewers of the “very, very, very, long four years” that Trump has been in the White House ― highlighting everything from Trump’s impeachment to his administration’s mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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At one point, Corden asked: “It’s been four years but it’s felt like 10, so is America great again?”
He ended the rhyming recap with a warning:
“Things will get better but it’s not a given, so think about the country that you want to live in. And if looking at polls makes you break out into hives, then vote tomorrow and we can move on with our lives.”


thehuffingtonpost--2020-11-03--John Legend Bestows Mocking New Name On Donald Trump-Supporting Rappers

John Legend on Monday threw shade at rap musicians who have declared their support for President Donald Trump in the 2020 election — even suggesting a name for their supergroup .
The musician , speaking at a drive-in rally in Philadelphia for Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris , told fans that “ some of your former favorite rappers have been taken in ” by Trump ’ s lies .
Lil Wayne and Lil Pump endorsed Trump in recent days .
Rapper 50 Cent , meanwhile , backpedaled on his public support of the president following a backlash .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supergroup , it ’ s called the Sunken Place , ” Legend quipped , apparently referring to the scene of the same name in the Jordan Peele-directed movie “ Get Out.
” “ You can ’ t bank on a word he says , ” the singer said .
“ Ask the students of Trump University .
Ask all of the contractors he stiffed .
Ask the people his charity were supposed to help before it was shut down for being a fraud .
Ask all the Black and brown Americans who are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jobs under his watch.
” “ The president isn ’ t strong .
He ’ s a coward , ” continued Legend .
“ And his career in business and in government has been failure after failure after failure.
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@ JohnLegend : We 'll choose `` a country where The President encourages police brutality and can not bring himself to condemn white supremacists or neo-Nazis , or one where we hold our police accountable and begin to root out the systemic racism in our society . ''
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John Legend on Monday threw shade at rap musicians who have declared their support for President Donald Trump in the 2020 election — even suggesting a name for their supergroup.
The musician, speaking at a drive-in rally in Philadelphia for Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, told fans that “some of your former favorite rappers have been taken in” by Trump’s lies.
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Lil Wayne and Lil Pump endorsed Trump in recent days. Rapper 50 Cent, meanwhile, backpedaled on his public support of the president following a backlash.
“I think they even founded a new supergroup, it’s called the Sunken Place,” Legend quipped, apparently referring to the scene of the same name in the Jordan Peele-directed movie “Get Out.”
Legend warned people not to be suckered by Trump’s promises.
“You can’t bank on a word he says,” the singer said. “Ask the students of Trump University. Ask all of the contractors he stiffed. Ask the people his charity were supposed to help before it was shut down for being a fraud. Ask all the Black and brown Americans who are dying from this virus and losing their jobs under his watch.”
“The president isn’t strong. He’s a coward,” continued Legend. “And his career in business and in government has been failure after failure after failure.”
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Check out Legend’s full comments here:
.@JohnLegend: We'll choose "a country where The President encourages police brutality and cannot bring himself to condemn white supremacists or neo-Nazis, or one where we hold our police accountable and begin to root out the systemic racism in our society." pic.twitter.com/yKfpfSUDCm — The Hill (@thehill) November 3, 2020
Trump, meanwhile, on Monday mistakenly gave a new name to Lil Pump after inviting him up on stage at a rally in Florida. Trump later corrected himself.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-11-03--Jimmy Kimmel Has The Undeniable Proof Trump Didn’t Make America Great Again

“ The fact that people are boarding up their businesses for an election should alarm us .
If anyone needed @ @ @ @ @ didn ’ t make America great again , there ’ s plywood in the windows @ @ @ @ @ Pretzels across the street from us .
Our pretzels are being threatened by this man @ @ @ @ @ need ?
You ’ d think we were preparing for a zombie attack .
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“The fact that people are boarding up their businesses for an election should alarm us. If anyone needed any more proof that he didn’t make America great again, there’s plywood in the windows at the Wetzel’s Pretzels across the street from us. Our pretzels are being threatened by this man. What else do you need? You’d think we were preparing for a zombie attack.”