thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-24--Europe Braces For Lengthy Battle With COVID-19 As Daily Infections Double In 10 Days

PARIS/MADRID , Oct 23 ( Reuters ) - Europe faces a lengthy battle against the coronavirus at least until mid-2021 , France warned on Friday , as anxious governments introduced ever more restrictions to curb the disease once again accelerating through the continent .
Europe ’ s daily infections have more than doubled in the last 10 days , reaching a total of 7.8 million cases and about 247,000 deaths , as a second wave right before winter has crushed economic revival hopes .
“ When I listen to scientists I see that projections are for at best until next @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said during a visit to a hospital near Paris .
France , which passed 1 million cases on Friday with a new record daily total of more than 42,000 , has been one of the hardest-hit nations and has imposed curfews .
COVID-19 patients already occupy nearly half of France ’ s 5,000 intensive care beds and one of the government ’ s advisers warned the virus was spreading more quickly than in spring .
Further curbs are underway by governments desperate to avoid a repeat of blanket lockdowns that brought some control @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ We are all afraid , ” said Maria , a 73-year old pensioner in the Slovakian town of Dolny Kubin , where officials were piloting a testing scheme .
“ I see what ’ s happening and it is terrifying.
” Belgium , another of the worst-hit countries , whose foreign minister went into intensive care this week , further limited social contact and banned fans from sports matches .
In the Czech Republic , with Europe ’ s highest per capita infections , Prime Minister Andrej Babis moved to sack @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on masks after a meeting in a restaurant that should have been closed .
Official data show Spain already has the highest number of cases in Europe but the real picture may be even worse according to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez , who said a nationwide antibody study suggested the total may be over 3 million .
“ If we don ’ t follow precautions , we are putting the lives of those we love most at risk , ” he said .
How long governments will be able to resist lockdowns is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the southern Italian region around Naples which has already imposed a curfew and shutschools , called for a total lockdown , saying “ half measures ” were not working .
“ It is necessary to close everything , except for those businesses that produce and transport essential goods , ” Vincenzo De Luca said .
While health services have not so far been overwhelmed to the extent they were in the first wave , authorities have warned of a likely surge in demand for intensive care beds as colder weather forces more people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s top public health body said the situation was approaching critical levels in many regions and said complete tracing of contact chains had become impossible .
With its own hospitals under increasing strain , the Netherlands began transferring patients to Germany again , after dozens were treated in its larger neighbor during the earlier phase of the crisis .
But public support seen at the start of the crisis has steadily eroded amid a welter of often contradictory public information on the latest restrictions and growing fears about the economic costs .

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PARIS/MADRID, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Europe faces a lengthy battle against the coronavirus at least until mid-2021, France warned on Friday, as anxious governments introduced ever more restrictions to curb the disease once again accelerating through the continent.
Europe’s daily infections have more than doubled in the last 10 days, reaching a total of 7.8 million cases and about 247,000 deaths, as a second wave right before winter has crushed economic revival hopes.
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“When I listen to scientists I see that projections are for at best until next summer,” French President Emmanuel Macron said during a visit to a hospital near Paris.
France, which passed 1 million cases on Friday with a new record daily total of more than 42,000, has been one of the hardest-hit nations and has imposed curfews.
COVID-19 patients already occupy nearly half of France’s 5,000 intensive care beds and one of the government’s advisers warned the virus was spreading more quickly than in spring.
Further curbs are underway by governments desperate to avoid a repeat of blanket lockdowns that brought some control in March and April but strangled economies.
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“We are all afraid,” said Maria, a 73-year old pensioner in the Slovakian town of Dolny Kubin, where officials were piloting a testing scheme. “I see what’s happening and it is terrifying.”
Belgium, another of the worst-hit countries, whose foreign minister went into intensive care this week, further limited social contact and banned fans from sports matches.
In the Czech Republic, with Europe’s highest per capita infections, Prime Minister Andrej Babis moved to sack his health minister for apparently flouting rules on masks after a meeting in a restaurant that should have been closed.
In Spain, which passed the 1 million case milestone earlier this week, two regions, Castilla and Leon and Valencia, urged the central government to impose night-time curfews.
Official data show Spain already has the highest number of cases in Europe but the real picture may be even worse according to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who said a nationwide antibody study suggested the total may be over 3 million.
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“If we don’t follow precautions, we are putting the lives of those we love most at risk,” he said.
How long governments will be able to resist lockdowns is uncertain. The governor of Campania, the southern Italian region around Naples which has already imposed a curfew and shutschools, called for a total lockdown, saying “half measures” were not working.
“It is necessary to close everything, except for those businesses that produce and transport essential goods,” Vincenzo De Luca said.
While health services have not so far been overwhelmed to the extent they were in the first wave, authorities have warned of a likely surge in demand for intensive care beds as colder weather forces more people indoors and infections spread.
Italy’s top public health body said the situation was approaching critical levels in many regions and said complete tracing of contact chains had become impossible.
With its own hospitals under increasing strain, the Netherlands began transferring patients to Germany again, after dozens were treated in its larger neighbor during the earlier phase of the crisis.
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But public support seen at the start of the crisis has steadily eroded amid a welter of often contradictory public information on the latest restrictions and growing fears about the economic costs.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-23--America's Daily COVID-19 Case Count Hits All-Time High

COVID-19 infections in the U.S. hit more than 82,000 daily cases on Friday , the highest daily tally in the nation since the pandemic began .
The grim news followed President Donald Trump ’ s declaration Thursday at the debate with Democratic rival Joe Biden that America is “ learning to live ” with COVID-19 and that it ’ s “ going away.
” The troubling surge threatens to bring the worst suffering from the disease to date .
COVID-19 has claimed nearly 224,000 lives in the U.S. so far .
Almost 8.5 million Americans so far have been infected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was on July 17 , when 76,553 cases were reported .
Those cases occurred in a relatively few hot spots .
Just four states then ( New York , California , Texas and Arizona ) accounted for more than 40,000 of the total .
Now the spread of the coronavirus is bad across the country , as positivity rates and hospitalizations surge and deaths climb .
Some hospitals in the West and Midwest are already overwhelmed while they grapple with new cases .
One key way we got through previous waves was by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s just not possible when the virus is surging everywhere .
In the past two weeks , 24 states have broken their single-day case records , The Washington Post reported .
COVID-19 hospitalizations increased in 38 states over the past week .
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 had already risen 40 % in the past month .
Deaths have regularly surpassed 1,000 in recent days , and it ’ s expected the daily toll will climb higher .
“ One key way we got through previous waves was by moving health-care @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not possible when the virus is surging everywhere , ” Eleanor J. Murray , an epidemiologist at Boston University , told the Post .
In addition , “ we are starting this wave much higher than either of the previous waves .
And it will simply keep going up until people and officials decide to do something about it.
” The surge is occurring as the nation heads into colder months , with more people staying indoors , especially during the holidays .
The approaching flu season will exacerbate the health crisis .

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COVID-19 infections in the U.S. hit more than 83,000 daily cases on Friday, the highest daily tally in the nation since the pandemic began.
The grim news followed President Donald Trump’s declaration Thursday at the debate with Democratic rival Joe Biden that America is “learning to live” with COVID-19 and that it’s “going away.”
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The troubling surge threatens to bring the worst suffering from the disease to date. COVID-19 has claimed nearly 224,000 lives in the U.S. so far. Almost 8.5 million Americans so far have been infected.
The previous record of daily cases was on July 17, when 76,553 cases were reported. Those cases occurred in a relatively few hot spots. Just four states then (New York, California, Texas, and Arizona) accounted for more than 40,000 of the total.
Now the spread of the coronavirus is bad across the country, as positivity rates and hospitalizations surge and deaths climb. Some hospitals in the West and Midwest are already overwhelmed while they grapple with new cases.
“One key way we got through previous waves was by moving health-care workers around. That’s just not possible when the virus is surging everywhere.” - Eleanor J. Murray, epidemiologist at Boston University
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In the past two weeks, 24 states have broken their single-day case records, The Washington Post reported. COVID-19 hospitalizations increased in 38 states over the past week. The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 had already risen 40% in the past month. Deaths have regularly surpassed 1,000 in recent days, and it’s expected the daily toll will climb higher.
The geographic sweep of the surge threatens catastrophic shortages of supplies, medical staff and hospital beds.
“One key way we got through previous waves was by moving health-care workers around. That’s just not possible when the virus is surging everywhere,” Eleanor J. Murray, an epidemiologist at Boston University, told the Post.
In addition, “we are starting this wave much higher than either of the previous waves. And it will simply keep going up until people and officials decide to do something about it.”
The surge is occurring as the nation heads into colder months, with more people staying indoors, especially during the holidays. The approaching flu season will exacerbate the health crisis.
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thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-24--Joe Biden Trolls Donald Trump With Spoof COVID-19 Plan Website

Joe Biden has “ finally found ” President Donald Trump ’ s plan to beat the coronavirus pandemic , a tweet from the Democratic nominee declared on Friday .
But the website linked in the post — www.TrumpCovidPlan.com — just forwards to what appears to be an error message .
Then comes the zing : “ The Trump plan to defeat the Coronavirus and reopen safely does not exist.
” The page also contains — via a click on the “ Learn More ” button — a series of damning quotes that Trump has made throughout the pandemic downplaying the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than 220,000 people nationwide .
“ Donald Trump has had eight months to use science , public health , and the power of the Presidency to reopen safely and save American lives , ” it reads .
“ But we are barely better equipped to manage the COVID-19 threat today than we were eight months ago.
” Trump has repeatedly ignored advice from public health experts with his push to reopen schools and businesses without proper safety measures in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus .
The president has also held @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even after contracting the virus and being hospitalized for three days ― where many of his supporters have been standing side by side and not wearing masks .
Biden , meanwhile , has vowed to listen to scientists about the coronavirus .

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Joe Biden has “finally found” President Donald Trump’s plan to beat the coronavirus pandemic, a tweet from the Democratic nominee declared on Friday.
After eight months of this pandemic, we finally found President Trump's plan to beat COVID-19. https://t.co/KO4g328Uvr — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 23, 2020
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But the website linked in the post — www.TrumpCovidPlan.com — just forwards to what appears to be an error message.
“Not Found,” it reads.
Then comes the zing: “The Trump plan to defeat the Coronavirus and reopen safely does not exist.”
The page also contains — via a click on the “Learn More” button — a series of damning quotes that Trump has made throughout the pandemic downplaying the virus, which has now killed more than 220,000 people nationwide.
“Donald Trump has had eight months to use science, public health, and the power of the Presidency to reopen safely and save American lives,” it reads. “But we are barely better equipped to manage the COVID-19 threat today than we were eight months ago.”
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Trump has repeatedly ignored advice from public health experts with his push to reopen schools and businesses without proper safety measures in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
The president has also held multiple campaign rallies in recent weeks — even after contracting the virus and being hospitalized for three days ― where many of his supporters have been standing side by side and not wearing masks.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-24--Washington Post Editorial Board Hits Undecided Voters With A Stark Choice

The Washington Post editorial board laid out exactly what ’ s on the line in the 2020 election .
In a message to undecided voters , the newspaper ’ s board on Friday warned that a vote for a second term of President Donald Trump “ is a vote for an America in decline and an American democracy in danger.
” “ At best , the demise would be gradual — a descent into diminished prosperity , constricted opportunity for your children and grandchildren , waning influence overseas and continued erosion of democratic norms at home , ” it wrote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of conjecture ; it is a judgment based on President Trump ’ s record and promises.
” The board ― which last month endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for president ― acknowledged that undecided voters may still be unsure about the former vice president .
“ Maybe you disagree with some of the policies he espouses — that ’ s fine , ” it said .
“ We would simply ask you to weigh your concerns about the unknowns of a Biden presidency against the certain dangers of a second Trump term.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a tax , a minimum wage , an energy policy you might not like ; on the other , the demise of U.S. democracy , prosperity and global leadership , ” it concluded .
“ It shouldn ’ t be a hard call .
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The Washington Post editorial board laid out exactly what’s on the line in the 2020 election.
In a message to undecided voters, the newspaper’s board on Friday warned that a vote for a second term of President Donald Trump “is a vote for an America in decline and an American democracy in danger.”
“At best, the demise would be gradual — a descent into diminished prosperity, constricted opportunity for your children and grandchildren, waning influence overseas and continued erosion of democratic norms at home,” it wrote. “This is not a matter of conjecture; it is a judgment based on President Trump’s record and promises.”
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The board ― which last month endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for president ― acknowledged that undecided voters may still be unsure about the former vice president.
“Maybe you disagree with some of the policies he espouses — that’s fine,” it said. “We would simply ask you to weigh your concerns about the unknowns of a Biden presidency against the certain dangers of a second Trump term.”
“On the one hand, a tax, a minimum wage, an energy policy you might not like; on the other, the demise of U.S. democracy, prosperity and global leadership,” it concluded. “It shouldn’t be a hard call.”


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-24--Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Threaten To Sue Lincoln Project Over Times Square Billboards

Noam Galai via Getty Images A new billboard in Times Square by The Lincoln Project depicts Ivanka Trump presenting the number of New Yorkers and Americans who have died of COVID-19 and Jared Kushner next to a Vanity Fair quote .
First daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband , Jared Kushner , have threatened to sue The Lincoln Project over two Times Square billboard ads that attack the two senior White House advisers .
The anti-Donald Trump Republican group snapped back with a statement that it plans to make its response ― a “ civics lesson ” on First Amendment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Attorney Marc Kasowitz blasted the ads in a letter Friday to The Lincoln Project as “ false , malicious and defamatory ” — as well as “ outrageous and shameful libel.
” The letter notes that the ads show “ Ms .
Trump smiling and gesturing toward a death count of Americans ” and “ attribute to Mr. Kushner the statement ” that New Yorkers are going to “ suffer and that ’ s their problem.
” “ If these billboard ads are not immediately removed , we will sue you for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ punitive damages , ” Kasowitz concluded .
Ivanka Trump ’ s gesture appears to be taken from a photo she posted in July on Twitter holding a can of Goya beans after the company ’ s CEO praised her dad .
She appears to be wearing the same white dress in the ad .
The can has been edited out of the Times Square image .
Vanity Fair , citing an unidentified source , reported in September that Kushner had complained New York Gov .
Andrew Cuomo ( D ) didn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to get coronavirus protective gear for his state .
“ His people are going to suffer and that ’ s their problem , ” Kushner is quoted as saying .
It quickly slammed back with a statement that the “ level of indignant outrage Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have shown towards The Lincoln Project for exposing their indifference for the more than 223,000 people who have lost their lives ... is comical.
” It added that “ their empty threats will not be taken any more seriously than we take Ivanka and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ administration that has never had any regard or understanding of our Constitution would try to trample on our First Amendment rights , but we fully intend on making this civics lesson as painful as possible.
” The billboards “ will stay up , ” the statement declared .
“ We consider it important that in Times Square , the crossroads of the world , people are continuously reminded of the cruelty , audacity and staggering lack of empathy the Trumps and Kushners have displayed toward the American people.
” Jared and Ivanka have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have never given the slightest indication they have any regard for the American people .
We plan on showing them the same level of respect .
Our full statement : pic.twitter.com/M3K5nOE5qd — The Lincoln Project ( @ ProjectLincoln ) October 24 , 2020

A new billboard in Times Square by The Lincoln Project depicts Ivanka Trump presenting the number of New Yorkers and Americans who have died of COVID-19 and Jared Kushner next to a Vanity Fair quote. Noam Galai via Getty Images
First daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, have threatened to sue The Lincoln Project over two Times Square billboard ads that attack the two senior White House advisers.
The anti-Donald Trump Republican group snapped back with a statement that it plans to make its response ― a “civics lesson” on First Amendment rights ― as “painful as possible.”
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The Lincoln Project’s giant ads feature Trump’s daughter and son-in-law smiling next to a tally of U.S. deaths from COVID-19.
Attorney Marc Kasowitz blasted the ads in a letter Friday to The Lincoln Project as “false, malicious and defamatory” — as well as “outrageous and shameful libel.”
The letter notes that the ads show “Ms. Trump smiling and gesturing toward a death count of Americans” and “attribute to Mr. Kushner the statement” that New Yorkers are going to “suffer and that’s their problem.”
Kasowitz added: “Of course, Mr. Kushner never made any such statement, Ms. Trump never made any such gesture.”
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“If these billboard ads are not immediately removed, we will sue you for what will doubtless be enormous compensatory and punitive damages,” Kasowitz concluded.
Ivanka Trump’s gesture appears to be taken from a photo she posted in July on Twitter holding a can of Goya beans after the company’s CEO praised her dad. She appears to be wearing the same white dress in the ad. The can has been edited out of the Times Square image.
Vanity Fair, citing an unidentified source, reported in September that Kushner had complained New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) didn’t plead hard enough with the White House to get coronavirus protective gear for his state. “His people are going to suffer and that’s their problem,” Kushner is quoted as saying.
Neither Trump nor Kushner could immediately be reached for comment.
The Lincoln Project posted a copy of Kasowitz’s letter Friday evening with the comment: “Nuts!”
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It quickly slammed back with a statement that the “level of indignant outrage Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have shown towards The Lincoln Project for exposing their indifference for the more than 223,000 people who have lost their lives ... is comical.”
It added that “their empty threats will not be taken any more seriously than we take Ivanka and Jared. It is unsurprising that an administration that has never had any regard or understanding of our Constitution would try to trample on our First Amendment rights, but we fully intend on making this civics lesson as painful as possible.”
The billboards “will stay up,” the statement declared. “We consider it important that in Times Square, the crossroads of the world, people are continuously reminded of the cruelty, audacity and staggering lack of empathy the Trumps and Kushners have displayed toward the American people.”
Jared and Ivanka have always been entitled, out-of-touch bullies who have never given the slightest indication they have any regard for the American people.
We plan on showing them the same level of respect.
Our full statement: pic.twitter.com/M3K5nOE5qd — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) October 24, 2020


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-24--People Can’t Believe This RNC Tweet About Donald Trump’s Priorities Isn’t A Parody

For the Nov 3 election : States are making it easier for citizens to vote absentee by mail this year @ @ @ @ @ Each state has its own rules for mail-in absentee voting .
Visit your state election @ @ @ @ @ if you can vote by mail .

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Twitter users did a double-take Friday at a thread from the Republican National Committee which laid out some of President Donald Trump’s priorities for a second term.
Critics rounded on the RNC over one of its posts which declared the importance to the president of establishing a “permanent manned presence on the moon” and sending the first “manned mission to Mars.”
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Pres. Trump is fighting for YOU! Here are some of his priorities for a 2nd term:
*Establish Permanent Manned Presence on The Moon
*Send the 1st Manned Mission to Mars
*Build World’s Greatest Infrastructure System
*Establish National High-Speed Wireless Internet Network — GOP (@GOP) October 23, 2020
Some detractors mockingly translated or reimagined the priorities.
Others recalled Trump’s past broken promises and his catastrophic mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic.
“So completely and totally out of touch,” responded the activist and actor Alyssa Milano.
Added “Star Trek” legend George Takei: “OMG this isn’t a parody.”
“American Pickle” star Seth Rogen, meanwhile, was rather less diplomatic with his reply: “Who in the fuck gives a flying fuck about putting motherfuckers on The Moon and Mars?”
So completely and totally out of touch. — Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) October 23, 2020
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This all makes a lot of sense when you realize COVID-19 isn’t a problem outside of Earth. Oh, and “Waiting for Infrustructure Week” gets renewed. Yay. https://t.co/dWu0WSxD9j — Dan Rather (@DanRather) October 23, 2020
This...
is not
satire https://t.co/QhdFVvKmAY — Natania Barron 🌺 (@NataniaBarron) October 23, 2020
I would first like to establish permanent presence on the EARTH. https://t.co/Mw6p1nVWAC — Stephanie Wittels Wachs (@wittelstephanie) October 23, 2020
OMG this isn't a parody. https://t.co/ouE5IRc8CQ — George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) October 23, 2020
Who in the fuck gives a flying fuck about putting motherfuckers on The Moon and Mars? — Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) October 23, 2020
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Is this a joke? https://t.co/LwMsUOUnq0 — Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) October 23, 2020
Are you insane? — Padma "Did You Vote Yet?" Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) October 23, 2020
OCT 2020: Here's Trump's plan for getting us to the moon
JUNE 2022: Ok so here's how we ended up at the bottom of the ocean https://t.co/G23lbSztcL — The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) October 23, 2020
People are dying daily from COVID and these m*f*'s talking about a "permanent manned presence on the moon." https://t.co/Bq7ohu9qqH — A.J. Delgado (@AJDelgado13) October 23, 2020
Two of the second term priorities for a Trump administration are a permanent human presence on the moon and a manned mission to Mars. Well, didn't see that coming. https://t.co/ZV0F7zAtEN — Mercedes Stephenson (@MercedesGlobal) October 23, 2020
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1 & 2) CREWED. Also how does this help me?
3) How? Use specifics.
4) Again, how? Fiber? DSL? Fairies? — Jess Phoenix 🌋 (@jessphoenix2018) October 23, 2020
*Build an Underwater City Made Entirely of Gold
*Reduce Newt Gingrich to On-Thousandth of his Original Size and Inject him into Ice Cube
*Create the World's Greatest Team of Bikini Scientists
*Defeat Argor, God of the Underground, Before he Devours Us All — Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) October 23, 2020
2nd Term Translated:
*permanent undocumented Americans on the moon (US doesn't own it)
*Send people to Mars yet can't find the parents of over 500 kids they separated
*Make highways that have roller coaster loops
*More people will die from covid so less people will be online! https://t.co/Gw3sa0VA8e — Cristela Alonzo (@cristela9) October 23, 2020
Send your crap party to live on the moon.
At least
223,000
people have died from coronavirus in the U.S.
At least 8,433,000 cases have been reported.#GOPSuperSpreaders — Greg "Wear Your Mask" Proops (@GregProops) October 23, 2020
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He has been unable to give any indication of what his platform actually is besides empty slogans and flat out lies and THIS what they came up with. HAHAHAHAHAHA https://t.co/O8IxMOkEHA — Colin Hanks (@ColinHanks) October 23, 2020
Sweetie, if you're saying Trump's priority for a second term is permanently moving to the Moon, you have my attention. https://t.co/RrBzhaa95I — Charlotte Clymer 🏳🌈 (@cmclymer) October 23, 2020
Colonizing the moon literally does nothing for everyday Americans — Dustin Ginsberg (@DustinGinsberg) October 23, 2020
*Defeat The Sea-God Neptune And Deplete His Fabled Hoard of Seashells
*Gather The DNA Of History’s Greatest Leaders And Combine Them To Create the Cobra Emperor, Serpentor
*Organize Lavish Monkey Knife-Fights — Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) October 23, 2020
What in the ever-loving sentient box of hair fuck is this insanity? No, seriously. What is this? https://t.co/s1O8lv5GJB — Danielle Campoamor (@DCampoamor) October 23, 2020
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Nothing says “fighting for you” like plans to colonize the moon during a raging, deadly pandemic on earth. — Craig Newman (@craignewman) October 23, 2020
I'm a single issue voter, and that issue is: moon https://t.co/kdr5AuVJnm — Gabrielle Moss (@Gaby_Moss) October 23, 2020
And if we were to ask him to describe these policies I’m sure he would be as articulate, clear and penetrating as always. Stop pretending he knows or cares about policy. He only cares about attacking perceived enemies and claiming credit for stuff he doesn’t understand. — John Sipher (@john_sipher) October 23, 2020
POUTS repeatedly promises and reneges. Examples:
- Releasing his tax returns
- Forcing Mexico to pay for the wall
- A cheap replacement plan for the ACA w/ protect'ns
- An infrastructure plan
- A middle-class tax cut
Where I come from, that's called "bait-and-switch". pic.twitter.com/BnTA1bWJ0M — Monty 🇺🇸Hamilton's Battery🇺🇸 Boa (@MontyBoa99) October 23, 2020
is this, like, in order of priority, or....? https://t.co/Wp6FKdiYfv — Denise Chow (@denisechow) October 23, 2020
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thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-24--Fox News Legal Analyst Links His Downed Wi-Fi To Biden, Gets Mercilessly Mocked

I find it odd , if not curious , that the moment I hit “ send ” on my column @ @ @ @ @ of Joe Biden my Wi-Fi service disconnected .
Inexplicably , it will be out all @ @ @ @ @ .
Probably just a coincidence .
I drove to the local store and sent the @ @

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Twitter users went to town on Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett on Friday after he appeared to suggest there was some nefarious link between his imminent filing of a column criticizing Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his Wi-Fi failing.
Jarrett — whose tweets and articles President Donald Trump has shared on dozens of occasions — said he found it “odd, if not curious, that the moment I hit ‘send’ on my column [...] my Wi-Fi service disconnected.”
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“Never happened before. Probably just a coincidence,” he added:
I find it odd, if not curious, that the moment I hit “send” on my column that’s highly critical of Joe Biden my Wi-Fi service disconnected. Inexplicably, it will be out all day. Never happened before. Probably just a coincidence. I drove to the local store and sent the column . — Gregg Jarrett (@GreggJarrett) October 23, 2020
“I’m sure it’s just a communications failure. Or not,” Jarrett conspiratorially wrote in later posts:
BTW... I had to leave the house to send this tweet. — Gregg Jarrett (@GreggJarrett) October 23, 2020
I’m standing in the middle of the street, but will return home now. Don’t want to get run over! So, I won’t be getting communications. Sorry. I’m sure it’s just a communications failure. Or not. — Gregg Jarrett (@GreggJarrett) October 23, 2020
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Jarrett’s tweets went viral for all the wrong reasons as politicians, journalists and others responded in various mocking ways:
I caused this outage due to my magical powers.
Aww, I don’t have magical powers.
But I am a recovering computer science major and Wi-Fi problems are not the result of someone monitoring your keystrokes for bad words about Biden & then shutting it off at just the right moment. https://t.co/2vKnDHNfGd — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) October 23, 2020
I find it odd, if not curious, that the moment I hit "send" on my column praising extra toasty Cheez-Its my Wi-Fi service disconnected. Inexplicably, it will be out all day. Probably just a coincidence. But could be Pepperidge Farm, the maker of Goldfish, interfering. Drove to https://t.co/FavZhHiF6X — Kathryn Watson (@kathrynw5) October 23, 2020
Well this is a level of crazy that breaks through the noise of an already crazy year. https://t.co/m8SyqSsHFN — Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) October 23, 2020
I find it odd that the moment you hit "send" on this tweet, the entire internet didn't laugh itself into a coma — Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) October 23, 2020
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People like this at Fox News are just insane. This is the one of the people that the president of the United States spends his days watching and listening to as he makes decisions. https://t.co/pxrlWN2KCg — Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) October 23, 2020
I find it odd, if not curious, that the moment I pressed "flush" on my toilet, my toilet clogged. Inexplicably, it will be clogged all day. Never happened before. Probably just a coincidence. I drove to the local gas station and finished my dump there. — Trumpy Trumpy (parody) (@outofcontroljb) October 23, 2020
Narrator: “What’s so fascinating about this species is their wholly unearned sense of self-importance. Here we see one who’s venom is harmless to its larger prey, yet it believes its bite is noticed by all.” — Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) October 23, 2020
[SOMEWHERE IN THE DEEP STATE] alert alert jarrett is about to be critical of biden dispatch a black-bag operative to switch off his router asap and thereby to foil him permanently https://t.co/E2REsU497N — Philip Bump (@pbump) October 23, 2020
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love 2 go to my local internet store https://t.co/1tXOjBj8Uf — bryson (@Bryson_M) October 23, 2020
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thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-24--Rachel Maddow Delivers Stinging Rebuke Of Donald Trump's 'Ego-Feeding' Pandemic Rallies

MSNBC ’ s Rachel Maddow on Friday tore into President Donald Trump ’ s ongoing mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic and his insistence on flouting safety guidelines to hold rallies across the country .
The host of “ The Rachel Maddow Show ” described the president ― who was earlier this month hospitalized for three days after contracting COVID-19 ― as an “ epidemiological menace.
” She referenced reports that case counts of the virus rise in areas following Trump ’ s recent campaign events , where the vast majority of his supporters stand maskless side-by-side .
Maddow said it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump for his botched response to the crisis that ’ s now killed more than 220,000 Americans and is predicted to claim the lives of hundreds of thousands more by February .
“ But it is another thing to come to the realization that he really is Johnny Appleseed-ing this thing all over the country , ” she added .
“ I mean , he ’ s like a universal donor for this thing.
” Maddow said Trump ’ s “ personal ego-feeding desire to do large in-person unmasked events ” was not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ one of the things driving this epidemic into the stratosphere right now.
” “ He is an epidemiological menace , ” she added .
“ In office , sure , but in person is what I mean .
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MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Friday tore into President Donald Trump’s ongoing mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic and his insistence on flouting safety guidelines to hold rallies across the country.
The host of “The Rachel Maddow Show” described the president ― who was earlier this month hospitalized for three days after contracting COVID-19 ― as an “epidemiological menace.” She referenced reports that case counts of the virus rise in areas following Trump’s recent campaign events, where the vast majority of his supporters stand maskless side-by-side.
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Maddow said it was one thing to be angry with Trump for his botched response to the crisis that’s now killed more than 220,000 Americans and is predicted to claim the lives of hundreds of thousands more by February.
“But it is another thing to come to the realization that he really is Johnny Appleseed-ing this thing all over the country,” she added. “I mean, he’s like a universal donor for this thing.”
Maddow said Trump’s “personal ego-feeding desire to do large in-person unmasked events” was not just “callous or tone-deaf” but “one of the things driving this epidemic into the stratosphere right now.”
“He is an epidemiological menace,” she added. “In office, sure, but in person is what I mean.”
Check out Maddow’s full monologue above.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-23--Exclusive: Trump Interior Hire Cited White Supremacist, Called Black Lives Matter ‘Racist'

The Trump administration tapped Jeremy Carl , a 47-year-old former senior fellow at the right-wing Claremont Institute in California , to serve as Interior ’ s deputy assistant secretary of fish , wildlife and parks earlier this month , HuffPost has learned .
In that role , Carl will guide policy decisions at both the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service .
Reached by phone on Friday , Carl confirmed his new post but said he wasn ’ t “ authorized ” to talk about it .
HuffPost independently verified that he had been given a government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ respond to multiple requests for comment on his job status .
“ First of all , everything I say to you is off the record , ” Carl said .
( HuffPost never agreed to go off the record . )
Asked about his qualifications and past writing topics , Carl said , “ I think you ’ re confusing some popular writing I ’ ve done with my actual professional work , which has been almost ― I don ’ t want to say exclusively , but largely ― in the energy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two decades.
” A graduate of Yale University and Harvard University ’ s Kennedy School of Government , Carl worked for 10 years as a fellow at the Hoover Institute , a conservative think tank at Stanford University , where he focused on energy and environmental policy .
More recently , he was a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute , another conservative think tank .
“ The non-violent protesters actually are far more damaging to the long-term fabric of our civil society than the rioters , ” he argued .
“ Though @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intentions , they are dangerous because their protests — often using ritual humiliation of their adversaries — are based fundamentally on lies and slander about white people , about police , and about America.
” Ryan Schleeter , a spokesman for environmental group Greenpeace , told HuffPost that while he had not previously heard of Carl , his writings suggest he will “ fit right in ” at an Interior Department where other high-ranking officials have histories of racist comments and who are pushing industry-friendly energy policies that disproportionately impact communities of color @ @ @ @ @ @ @ official at Interior ’ s Bureau of Land Management , has compared immigrants to a “ cancer ” and argued that the Black Lives Matter movement is built on a “ terrible lie — a lie the mainstream media perpetrated , that cowardly politicians , fearful of saying ‘ all lives matter , ’ emboldened.
” And a former top Interior Department spokeswoman , Faith Vander Voort , spouted Islamophobia in a 2017 podcast , voicing support for more surveillance of Muslim communities and arguing that attacks by radical self-proclaimed Muslim groups posed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate change .
In a 2018 Fox News op-ed titled “ Will Starbucks become America ’ s largest chain of homeless shelters ?
” , Carl slammed the Seattle-based coffee retailer for its new policy allowing non-paying guests to be in stores and use restrooms , a change that came after the chain faced accusations of discrimination following an incident in which two Black men were arrested after asking to use the restroom at an outlet in Philadelphia .

A new high-ranking Interior Department official is a prolific politics writer who has called the Black Lives Matter movement “racist,” defended accused killer Kyle Rittenhouse, dismissed white liberals as a “cult of ethnic sado-narcissism,” and uncritically cited a white supremacist in a 2018 Fox News op-ed.
The Trump administration tapped Jeremy Carl, a 47-year-old former senior fellow at the right-wing Claremont Institute in California, to serve as Interior’s deputy assistant secretary of fish, wildlife and parks earlier this month, HuffPost has learned. In that role, Carl will guide policy decisions at both the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service.
Reached by phone on Friday, Carl confirmed his new post but said he wasn’t “authorized” to talk about it. HuffPost independently verified that he had been given a government email address; the agency did not respond to multiple requests for comment on his job status.
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“First of all, everything I say to you is off the record,” Carl said. (HuffPost never agreed to go off the record.) Asked about his qualifications and past writing topics, Carl said, “I think you’re confusing some popular writing I’ve done with my actual professional work, which has been almost ― I don’t want to say exclusively, but largely ― in the energy and environment field for the last almost two decades.”
A graduate of Yale University and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, Carl worked for 10 years as a fellow at the Hoover Institute, a conservative think tank at Stanford University, where he focused on energy and environmental policy. More recently, he was a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute, another conservative think tank.
Carl has written extensively on energy policy, immigration and nationalism. He has also spouted bigoted views about the nationwide protests against police violence and institutional racism, attempting to cast the Black Lives Matter movement and protesters as the real racists.
The Trump administration has hired Jeremy Carl, a senior fellow at California's right-wing Claremont Institute, for a deputy post at the federal Interior Department. The Claremont Institute
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In June, as demonstrations against racism and police brutality swept the nation following the May 25 killing of George Floyd, a Black man, by a Minneapolis officer, Carl penned an opinion piece on the conservative website American Greatness arguing that peaceful protesters are “more destructive than the looters and rioters.”
“The non-violent protesters actually are far more damaging to the long-term fabric of our civil society than the rioters,” he argued. “Though many of the protesters have entirely sincere intentions, they are dangerous because their protests — often using ritual humiliation of their adversaries — are based fundamentally on lies and slander about white people, about police, and about America.”
“Just as important,” he added, “the protesters have bullied a who’s who of American companies into supporting their movement…”
In July, Carl wrote a piece dismissing Black Lives Matter as a “racist” movement.
“Marxism doesn’t define the Black Lives Matter movement — anti-white racism does,” he wrote. “Black Lives Matter seeks to create the false impression there is a racist police war against African Americans and to further extend that analysis to a racial slander of white people, assigning them collective guilt they do not deserve.”
A demonstrator in Washington this summer. Probal Rashid via Getty Images
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Ryan Schleeter, a spokesman for environmental group Greenpeace, told HuffPost that while he had not previously heard of Carl, his writings suggest he will “fit right in” at an Interior Department where other high-ranking officials have histories of racist comments and who are pushing industry-friendly energy policies that disproportionately impact communities of color.
“It seems everything he’s written plays directly into the Trump administration’s environmental playbook,” he said. Carl “stokes fear among the white working class by casting immigrants as a threat, undermines climate science in order to weaken regulations, and paves the way for corporate takeover of natural resources.”
William Perry Pendley, the highest-ranking official at Interior’s Bureau of Land Management, has compared immigrants to a “cancer” and argued that the Black Lives Matter movement is built on a “terrible lie — a lie the mainstream media perpetrated, that cowardly politicians, fearful of saying ‘all lives matter,’ emboldened.” And a former top Interior Department spokeswoman, Faith Vander Voort, spouted Islamophobia in a 2017 podcast, voicing support for more surveillance of Muslim communities and arguing that attacks by radical self-proclaimed Muslim groups posed a far bigger threat to society than climate change.
Under President Donald Trump, Schleeter said, the department has moved the U.S. farther away from achieving justice for communities suffering from the impacts of fossil fuel and industrial pollution.
In a 2018 Fox News op-ed titled “Will Starbucks become America’s largest chain of homeless shelters?”, Carl slammed the Seattle-based coffee retailer for its new policy allowing non-paying guests to be in stores and use restrooms, a change that came after the chain faced accusations of discrimination following an incident in which two Black men were arrested after asking to use the restroom at an outlet in Philadelphia.
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With its new policy, Starbucks “decided to bow to political correctness,” Carl argued.
Carl also blasted Starbucks for tapping former Attorney General Eric Holder as an adviser on diversity issues. Carl argued that Holder “has a long history of making accusations of racial discrimination.” Carl linked to a 2015 opinion piece in American Renaissance in which white supremacist Jared Taylor described Holder as “a devious, power-hungry, racial zealot.”
Media Matters for America first revealed Carl’s citation of Taylor’s piece. The Southern Poverty Law Center has called American Renaissance “one of the vilest white nationalist publications, often promoting eugenics and blatant anti-black and anti-Latino racists.”
Carl told Media Matters then that “obviously I would not have intentionally cited American Renaissance in any article I wrote — I wrote this article on a very fast same-day deadline at Fox News’ request and simply missed the sourcing.”
The citation was removed after Media Matters reached out to Fox News.
U.S. writer and white supremacist Jared Taylor, author of the book "White Identity" speaks during the International Russian Conservative Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia in 2015. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Carl has also celebrated far-right media activist and troll Andy Ngo as “an outstanding reporter.” That assessment came in a 2019 screed about self-hatred among white liberals.
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“Call it ethnic sado-narcissism, a demonstration of self-love that perversely manifests itself as a desire to denigrate and punish the broader ethnic group to which one belongs,” he wrote.
“If self-hatred is the explanation, it would explain why so many white liberals celebrate the prospect of their ethnic group ceasing to be a majority by the middle of this century.”
Ngo is a far-right grifter who gained notoriety and fame in conservative circles after he was hit with a milkshake at a protest in Portland, Oregon. Ngo’s work, often featured in far-right publications, is regularly distorted to prop up extremist movements, and has been repeatedly debunked.
In Twitter postings, Carl has mocked the #MeToo movement, amplified Pizzagate conspiracy theorist Mike Cernovich, and defended Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old facing homicide charges in the August shooting deaths of two men during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin. A controversial police shooting of a Black man in the city sparked the demonstrations; Rittenhouse traveled there from a nearby community as a counterprotester.
Carl has made his Twitter account private. HuffPost was able to access his archived tweets, however, including a 2018 example in which he defended Trump’s move to exclude transgender people from civil rights protections.
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“In other words, the Trump admin. Insists on using actual science while the ‘party of science’ insists on defining men and women (and vice-versa) while surgically mutilating people (including children) suffering from a psychiatric disorder in the name of ‘compassion’,” Carl wrote.
Carl told HuffPost there was nothing “scandalous” about his tweets.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-23--GOP Lawmaker's Wife Has 'Prophetic' Dream Of Feds Seizing Couple's Guns And Knives

Rep. Clay Higgins ( R-La . )
decided to alert the public Friday that his wife “ has the gift of premonition ” and she recently awoke crying from a nightmare of an apocalyptic future where federal officials seize their guns , knives and other items .
Now Higgins ’ Democratic opponent in this year ’ s election is using the strange tale to raise campaign funds .
“ This is what we ’ re up against , ” tweeted rival Rob Anderson .
Higgins had posted on Twitter that his wife , Becca , “ dreamed that Federal squads @ @ @ @ @ @ @ knives , ‘ unauthorized foods ’ and stored water.
” Becca “ awoke crying , ” he added .
“ ‘ What happened to our freedom ?
’ she asked.
” My wife has the gift of premonition .
Last night she dreamed that Federal squads were in our home seizing guns , knives , “ unauthorized foods ” and stored water .
They said we had been “ reported ” .
Becca awoke crying .
What happened to our freedom ?
She asked .
What indeed .
— Rep. Clay Higgins ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This is what we are up against .
Help us out .
We are in the middle of filming three tv ads as we speak , to push in the final days .
Donate here➡ https : //t.co/PyBeoUg1Fb pic.twitter.com/Pqm1TNRkhB — ⚜ ” Rob ” Anderson for Louisiana ( @ RobAnderson2018 ) October 23 , 2020 Reactions to Higgins ’ tweet included theNew Orleans-based Gambit Weekly wondered if Higgins had just accused his wife of witchcraft .
Walter Shaub , former director of the federal Office of Government Ethics , said the “ level @ @ @ @ @ @ @ managed to break through an exceptionally crazy year .
And author Kurt Eichenwald suggested anti-psychotics .
Many found it especially creepy that someone with the alleged gift of foresight would primarily be worried about losing her guns , especially amid the coronavirus pandemic that , President Donald Trump ’ s insistence notwithstanding , shows no signs of ebbing .
Several reminded Higgins that Breonna Taylor lost her life when Kentucky police officers broke into her home in March in a botched raid in which she was not a suspect .
Higgins spurred controversy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scheduled Black Lives Matter protest in Louisiana , he threatened to use one of his guns to “ drop ... any 10 ” who might be armed .
“ One way ticket , fellas , ” he said on a Facebook post illustrated with a photo of Black men .
The social media outlet eventually deleted the post .
Well this is a level of crazy that breaks through the noise of an already crazy year .
https : //t.co/m8SyqSsHFN — Walter Shaub ( @ waltshaub ) October 23 , 2020 Imagine your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ door without knocking and shooting you in your bed .
That 's the reality for many people already .
# JusticeForBreonnaTaylor https : //t.co/UqcHJuEAFw — Zack Ford ( @ ZackFord ) October 23 , 2020 I ’ m a popular medium/psychic .
I saw Trump going into a cave to hide from all the Americans he defrauded .
Screaming for mercy .
While the republicans scrambled like rats .
— Linda G ( @ HopeSprings10 ) October 23 , 2020 I keep having a nightmare that a quarter million of my fellow Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I wake up & it 's actually happened .
— Eryn ( @ Leighbra ) October 23 , 2020 This is why I keep donating to @ RobAnderson2018 .
Clay Higgins is a candidate for the loony bin .
Might want to tell the missus that it ’ s your healthcare and Social Security the GOP is coming for , not her snacks .
pic.twitter.com/qqjsp8TDgp — Alan Dershowitz ’ s Briefs ( @ HKursed ) October 23 , 2020

Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) decided to alert the public Friday that his wife “has the gift of premonition” and she recently awoke crying from a nightmare of an apocalyptic future where federal officials seize their guns, knives and other items.
Now Higgins’ Democratic opponent in this year’s election is using the strange tale to raise campaign funds. “This is what we’re up against,” tweeted rival Rob Anderson.
Higgins had posted on Twitter that his wife, Becca, “dreamed that Federal squads were in our home seizing guns, knives, ‘unauthorized foods’ and stored water.” Becca “awoke crying,” he added. “‘What happened to our freedom?’ she asked.”
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Higgins, first elected to his seat in 2016, concluded ominously: “What indeed.”
My wife has the gift of premonition.
Last night she dreamed that Federal squads were in our home seizing guns, knives, “unauthorized foods” and stored water. They said we had been “reported”.
Becca awoke crying.
What happened to our freedom? She asked.
What indeed. — Rep. Clay Higgins (@RepClayHiggins) October 23, 2020
Anderson shot back an hour later with his fundraising appeal.
This is what we are up against.
Help us out. We are in the middle of filming three tv ads as we speak, to push in the final days.
Donate here➡ https://t.co/PyBeoUg1Fb pic.twitter.com/Pqm1TNRkhB — ⚜”Rob” Anderson for Louisiana (@RobAnderson2018) October 23, 2020
Reactions to Higgins’ tweet included theNew Orleans-based Gambit Weekly wondered if Higgins had just accused his wife of witchcraft.
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Others wondered why the feds would seize “stored water.”
Many found it especially creepy that someone with the alleged gift of foresight would primarily be worried about losing her guns, especially amid the coronavirus pandemic that, President Donald Trump’s insistence notwithstanding, shows no signs of ebbing.
Several reminded Higgins that Breonna Taylor lost her life when Kentucky police officers broke into her home in March in a botched raid in which she was not a suspect.
Higgins spurred controversy last month when, ahead of a scheduled Black Lives Matter protest in Louisiana, he threatened to use one of his guns to “drop ... any 10” who might be armed. “One way ticket, fellas,” he said on a Facebook post illustrated with a photo of Black men. The social media outlet eventually deleted the post.
Well this is a level of crazy that breaks through the noise of an already crazy year. https://t.co/m8SyqSsHFN — Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) October 23, 2020
Imagine your local police officers just busting down your door without knocking and shooting you in your bed. That's the reality for many people already. #JusticeForBreonnaTaylor https://t.co/UqcHJuEAFw — Zack Ford (@ZackFord) October 23, 2020
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I’m a popular medium/psychic. I saw Trump going into a cave to hide from all the Americans he defrauded. Screaming for mercy. While the republicans scrambled like rats. — Linda G (@HopeSprings10) October 23, 2020
I keep having a nightmare that a quarter million of my fellow Americans have died in 7 months. Then I wake up & it's actually happened. — Eryn (@Leighbra) October 23, 2020
This is why I keep donating to @RobAnderson2018 . Clay Higgins is a candidate for the loony bin. Might want to tell the missus that it’s your healthcare and Social Security the GOP is coming for, not her snacks. pic.twitter.com/qqjsp8TDgp — Alan Dershowitz’s Briefs (@HKursed) October 23, 2020
Meanwhile what's happening here in Actual Reality https://t.co/xbqorYnZvR — Melissa Florer-Bixler (@MelissaFloBix) October 23, 2020


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-24--The White Supremacist And Extremist Donors To Trump’s 2020 Campaign

Facebook James Allsup uploaded a photo to Facebook in which he holds a tiki torch like the ones used during the “ Unite the Right ” rally .
The Trump campaign , which did not respond to HuffPost ’ s request for comment on this story , has been aware of at least some of the white supremacists ’ donations , past media reports show .
But it has declined to reject or return their money ― even though it is common practice for political campaigns to voluntarily forfeit donations from extremists .
In 2015 , for example , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Paul and Ted Cruz returned thousands of dollars in contributions from the leader of a white supremacist group .
News of the scope of these contributions comes less than two weeks before Election Day , and after four years of a presidency during which Trump himself has repeatedly promoted or condoned far-right extremists , while his administration has pursued horrifying white nationalist policies , like the forced separation of immigrant children from their parents .
“ [ The West ] has not yet understood that whites , in a world become too small @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minority , ” the quoted passage states , “ and that the proliferation of other races dooms our race , my race , irretrievably to extinction in the century to come , if we hold fast to our present moral principles.
” “ When [ our sons and daughters ] choose to not repopulate and allow our wonderful country to be backfilled with rubbish from the desperate and criminal populations of the third world I find that to be disgusting and I find those persons to make these decisions to be repulsive and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me , ” he wrote in one email .
McAlpin was an executive director of U.S. Inc. , which operates Social Contract Press , a white nationalist publishing house so extreme that one of its books was banned by Canadian border authorities for being hate literature .
He is a close associate of John Tanton , the publishing house ’ s founder and a eugenicist considered to be the father of the modern anti-immigration movement in America .

James Allsup uploaded a photo to Facebook in which he holds a tiki torch like the ones used during the “Unite the Right” rally. Facebook
President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign has repeatedly accepted donations from well-known white supremacists, extremists and bigots, Federal Election Commission records show.
Among the far-right figures who have given money to Trump’s reelection bid are a neo-Nazi pastor in Louisiana, a wealthy Florida businessman who called former President Barack Obama the N-word, and a neo-fascist activist recently arrested for opening fire on Black Lives Matter demonstrators in Portland, Oregon.
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The Trump campaign, which did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment on this story, has been aware of at least some of the white supremacists’ donations, past media reports show. But it has declined to reject or return their money ― even though it is common practice for political campaigns to voluntarily forfeit donations from extremists. In 2015, for example, the Republican presidential campaigns of Sens. Rand Paul and Ted Cruz returned thousands of dollars in contributions from the leader of a white supremacist group.
The extremists’ donations to Trump’s campaign can be seen in official FEC filings. The contributions were spotted and compiled into a dossier by American Bridge 21st Century, a Democratic super PAC that conducts opposition research to boost the campaign of Trump’s opponent, Joe Biden. HuffPost independently verified the records of the contributions.
American Bridge 21st Century found 30 extremist donors giving money directly to the Trump reelection campaign or to one of its closely affiliated political action committees, including the Trump Make America Great Again Committee and Trump Victory. Overall, the extremists’ donations added up to more than $120,000 dating back to 2015, including about $50,000 given to Trump’s 2020 bid.
News of the scope of these contributions comes less than two weeks before Election Day, and after four years of a presidency during which Trump himself has repeatedly promoted or condoned far-right extremists, while his administration has pursued horrifying white nationalist policies, like the forced separation of immigrant children from their parents.
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Just this week, yet another White House official, this time deputy communications director Julia Hahn, was exposed as having deep ties to white supremacists.
“Any white supremacist would be proud of the way Donald Trump has run his White House and campaign,” Kyle Morse, a spokesperson for American Bridge 21st Century, told HuffPost. “That’s why they are forking over cash hand over fist to reelect the most openly racist president in modern history.”
Here are some of the more egregious examples of extremists giving money to the president’s reelection campaign.
Morris Gulett
Gulett is a well-known neo-Nazi leader in Louisiana who was affiliated with the violent white supremacist group Aryan Nations. He practices Christian Identity — a virulently racist and anti-Semitic religion — and delivers sermons online that he ends by throwing up a Nazi salute.
Gulett once stated that he would celebrate Black History Month “when every negro becomes just that — history.” He has donated nearly $2,000 to the Trump campaign since 2017, including nearly $700 in 2020, most recently giving money in August.
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The Forward first reported about Gulett’s contributions in 2018. The Trump campaign did not reply to the Forward’s request for comment at that time.
This past August, when the news site Popular Information wrote about Gulett’s continued donations, the campaign also did not respond to a request for comment.
Michael Masters
Masters used to be the leader of a Virginia chapter of the Council of Conservative Citizens, a well-known white supremacist group. He has also written for multiple explicitly white supremacist publications, including American Renaissance, VDARE and The Social Contract.
In an article published on American Renaissance, he wrote that immigration of non-white people into the U.S. could ultimately mean that “those whose ancestry derives from Nordic and Alpine subraces of Europe will have ceased to exist as a cohesive identity.”
As a prologue to that same article, Masters quoted a passage from the neo-fascist novel “Camp of the Saints” that expresses an even cruder version of the same racist sentiment.
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A stunningly racist French novel that is a favorite of neo-fascists in Europe and America. HuffPost
“[The West] has not yet understood that whites, in a world become too small for its inhabitants, are now a minority,” the quoted passage states, “and that the proliferation of other races dooms our race, my race, irretrievably to extinction in the century to come, if we hold fast to our present moral principles.”
Masters has donated nearly $1,000 to the Trump reelection campaign since 2016, $750 of which was donated in 2020.
James Allsup
Allsup is a white nationalist who spoke at an alt-right rally organized by fascist figurehead Richard Spencer in Washington, D.C., in June 2017 and later that summer participated in the deadly “Unite the Right” white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
“If you really want diversity, just move to South Africa and you’ll get all the diversity that you want,” video footage shows Allsup saying at the Charlottesville rally. “You’ll also get raped and beaten and murdered with a power drill, but hey, it’s diverse!”
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Allsup went on to join the white nationalist group Identity Evropa. He donated $48.33 to Trump’s campaign in 2017.
Laura Loomer
Laura Loomer (center) stands across from the Women's March in New York City on Jan. 19, 2019. John Lamparski via Getty Images
Loomer, an anti-Muslim extremist, has called Muslims “savages” and Islam a “cancer.” She cheered on the drowning deaths of Muslim refugees in the Mediterranean and said she did “not care” about the massacre of 51 Muslims last year by a white nationalist in New Zealand.
Earlier this year, Loomer won a GOP congressional primary in Florida and was congratulated by the president. She is expected to lose in the upcoming general election.
She donated $133.51 to Trump’s campaign this year.
Steven Alembik
Steven Alembik and Dawn Silver attend President Trump's one-year anniversary celebration with over 800 guests at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on Jan. 18, 2018. Patrick McMullan via Getty Images
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In 2018, Alembik, a Florida-based businessman and GOP activist, tweeted that former President Barack Obama was a “fucking Muslim nigger.”
That same year he called Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg a “senile fool who couldn’t die fast enough” and said then-White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman was a “rat bitch.”
Alembik also gave the maximum legal contribution to Loomer’s longshot congressional campaign in Florida.
He has donated over $5,500 to the Trump campaign since 2018, including $100 this year.
Peter Zieve
Zieve is the president of an aerospace company called Electroimpact. As Popular Information noted, his company reached a nearly $500,000 settlement with the state of Washington in 2017 over accusations that it discriminated against minority job applicants and engaged in religious harassment.
The complaint also contains emails that Zieve allegedly sent to employees in which he offered his predominantly white staff a “procreation bonus” to have children in order to prevent the U.S. from being overrun by immigrants and refugees.
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Zieve seems to subscribe to the “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory — the belief that immigration, particularly from Muslim-majority countries, spells the end of European culture and identity.
“When [our sons and daughters] choose to not repopulate and allow our wonderful country to be backfilled with rubbish from the desperate and criminal populations of the third world I find that to be disgusting and I find those persons to make these decisions to be repulsive and I don’t like them around me,” he wrote in one email.
Zieve has contributed about $11,000 to Trump’s campaign since 2015, half of which was donated in 2019 and 2020.
Pamela Geller
Pamela Geller speaks during a far-right rally in New York City in 2017. Lucas Jackson/Reuters
The Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors extremists, calls Geller “probably the best known — and the most unhinged — anti-Muslim ideologue in the United States.”
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Geller co-founded the American Freedom Defense Initiative, which the SPLC defines as a hate group. She once called Islam, one of the world’s largest religions, “the most radical and extreme ideology on the face of the earth.”
She has been a propagandist for multiple bigoted conspiracy theories, including that Obama is secretly a Muslim.
In 2011, after Norwegian white supremacist Anders Breivik killed 77 people to promote his manifesto against the “Islamization of Europe,” it was revealed that Breivik had cited Geller’s writings 12 times in that document.
Geller denied inspiring Breivik’s attack. “If anyone incited him to violence, it was Islamic supremacists,” she said.
Geller has given over $250 to the Trump campaign this year.
Skylor Jernigan
Skylor Jernigan was arrested for firing a gun at Black Lives Matter demonstrators in Portland, Oregon. Multnomah County Sheriff's Office
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Jernigan is a regular attendee of far-right rallies in Portland organized by neo-fascist groups including Patriot Prayer and the Proud Boys.
In August, he fired two gunshots into a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters. He was arrested and charged with two felony counts of unlawful use of a weapon.
Jernigan has threatened leftist activists in the past, stating in a January 2019 video posted to Facebook that anti-fascists would “be getting knives put into your throat. You’re going to be getting bullets put into your head if you don’t stop this shit with us.”
He gave $224 to the Trump campaign this year.
K.C. McAlpin
McAlpin was an executive director of U.S. Inc., which operates Social Contract Press, a white nationalist publishing house so extreme that one of its books was banned by Canadian border authorities for being hate literature. He is a close associate of John Tanton, the publishing house’s founder and a eugenicist considered to be the father of the modern anti-immigration movement in America.
McAlpin once wrote that Islam is a “hostile, intolerant, and totalitarian ideology masquerading as a religion” that “needs to be quarantined in the failed states it has already infected.”
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thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-23--Most Voters Think Social Media Platforms Have A Duty To Thwart Misinformation

Voters say , 62 % to 26 % , that social media outlets have such an obligation .
The poll also shows that 72 % say social media outlets have a duty to prevent users from harassing others on sites , and 66 % say that the outlets have a responsibility to prevent users from posting hate speech or racist content .
Asked about the way social media outlets regulate the content posted to their sites , 47 % say the effort is not strict enough , with 23 % calling it too strict , 10 % saying it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In terms of bias , 41 % think such outlets generally tilt in favor of liberal views , with just 10 % believing they ’ re generally prejudiced toward conservative views .
Another 23 % think they ’ re not biased either way , with about a quarter unsure .
Views on these questions appear largely unchanged since 2018 , when 48 % of voters said in a HuffPost/YouGov poll that social media outlets were not being strict enough , and 38 % that they were biased in favor of liberal views @ @ @ @ @ @ @ role in combating disinformation have recurred throughout the 2020 election cycle .
Facebook and Twitter have drawn ire from across the ideological spectrum , but President Donald Trump and other Republicans have been especially vocal with claims of anti-conservative bias by the outlets .
The nation ’ s overall political polarization was evident in poll responses .
For instance , 81 % of Democratic voters , compared to roughly half of Republican voters , think the platforms have a responsibility to stem the flow of conspiracies or false information .
Two-thirds of Democratic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Republican voters , think the current regulation on such sites is too lax .
Unsurprisingly , perceptions about bias are especially polarized : 72 % of GOP voters think social media outlets have a liberal bias , while the majority of Democratic voters think they ’ re either neutral ( 39 % ) or biased toward conservatives ( 16 % ) .
Other demographic divides emerged .
Two-thirds of female voters , compared to 57 % of male voters , think social media platforms have a responsibility to prevent the spread of conspiracy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voters over age 65 think platforms have that role , compared to only about half of those under 30 .
Social media can be a crucial tool for politicians trying to reach their supporters , as Trump has shown .
In the poll , a third of voters say it ’ s a positive thing for elected officials to be active on social media like Facebook and Twitter , with 29 % saying it ’ s a negative thing and the rest unsure or neutral .
Voters under age 45 say , by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s more positive than negative , while those 45 and older say , by a 7-point margin , that it ’ s a negative thing .
Asked where they ’ d be inclined to go first to learn more about a presidential candidate , 32 % of voters say they ’ d look at news stories written about the person , and 21 % that they ’ d look at the candidate ’ s website , Facebook , or Twitter ; the rest said they ’ d do neither , or weren ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ social media platforms ― and especially of Twitter ― remains limited .
Only about 22 % of Americans are on Twitter , and even fewer are frequent users of the site .
In the poll , 19 % of voters say they follow Trump on social media , with 15 % saying they follow Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden , and 15 % saying they follow their own congressional representative .
Just 11 % of voters say that they tend to learn about something Trump has tweeted by seeing it directly on Twitter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ say they ’ re more likely to instead see or hear a news story discussing the tweets .

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Most voters think social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have a responsibility to prevent users from spreading conspiracies or false information on their sites, a HuffPost/YouGov survey finds.
Voters say, 62% to 26%, that social media outlets have such an obligation. The poll also shows that 72% say social media outlets have a duty to prevent users from harassing others on sites, and 66% say that the outlets have a responsibility to prevent users from posting hate speech or racist content.
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Asked about the way social media outlets regulate the content posted to their sites, 47% say the effort is not strict enough, with 23% calling it too strict, 10% saying it’s about right and the rest unsure. In terms of bias, 41% think such outlets generally tilt in favor of liberal views, with just 10% believing they’re generally prejudiced toward conservative views. Another 23% think they’re not biased either way, with about a quarter unsure.
Views on these questions appear largely unchanged since 2018, when 48% of voters said in a HuffPost/YouGov poll that social media outlets were not being strict enough, and 38% that they were biased in favor of liberal views.
Questions about social media’s role in combating disinformation have recurred throughout the 2020 election cycle. Facebook and Twitter have drawn ire from across the ideological spectrum, but President Donald Trump and other Republicans have been especially vocal with claims of anti-conservative bias by the outlets.
Most recently, Twitter changed its rules relating to hacked content after initially blocking links to a dubiously sourced New York Post article about Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
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The nation’s overall political polarization was evident in poll responses. For instance, 81% of Democratic voters, compared to roughly half of Republican voters, think the platforms have a responsibility to stem the flow of conspiracies or false information. Two-thirds of Democratic voters, compared to roughly one-quarter of Republican voters, think the current regulation on such sites is too lax.
Unsurprisingly, perceptions about bias are especially polarized: 72% of GOP voters think social media outlets have a liberal bias, while the majority of Democratic voters think they’re either neutral (39%) or biased toward conservatives (16%).
Other demographic divides emerged. Two-thirds of female voters, compared to 57% of male voters, think social media platforms have a responsibility to prevent the spread of conspiracy theories or false information. Two-thirds of voters over age 65 think platforms have that role, compared to only about half of those under 30.
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Social media can be a crucial tool for politicians trying to reach their supporters, as Trump has shown. In the poll, a third of voters say it’s a positive thing for elected officials to be active on social media like Facebook and Twitter, with 29% saying it’s a negative thing and the rest unsure or neutral. Voters under age 45 say, by a 22-percentage-point margin, that it’s more positive than negative, while those 45 and older say, by a 7-point margin, that it’s a negative thing.
Asked where they’d be inclined to go first to learn more about a presidential candidate, 32% of voters say they’d look at news stories written about the person, and 21% that they’d look at the candidate’s website, Facebook, or Twitter; the rest said they’d do neither, or weren’t sure.
The direct reach of social media platforms ― and especially of Twitter ― remains limited. Only about 22% of Americans are on Twitter, and even fewer are frequent users of the site. In the poll, 19% of voters say they follow Trump on social media, with 15% saying they follow Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, and 15% saying they follow their own congressional representative.
Just 11% of voters say that they tend to learn about something Trump has tweeted by seeing it directly on Twitter. The majority, 63%, say they’re more likely to instead see or hear a news story discussing the tweets.
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Voters say, 45% to 22%, that Trump’s tweets tend to generally hurt his cause more than help it.
The HuffPost/YouGov poll consisted of 1,000 completed interviews conducted Oct. 15-19 among U.S. registered voters, using a sample selected from YouGov’s opt-in online panel to match the demographics and other characteristics of the population.
HuffPost has teamed up with YouGov to conduct daily opinion polls. You can learn more about this project and take part in YouGov’s nationally representative opinion polling. More details on the polls’ methodology are available here.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-24--Donald Trump Jr.’s ‘Pumped’ Fox News Interview Gets The Jimmy Fallon Treatment

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thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-24--Damning Supercut Exposes One Of Donald Trump's Favorite COVID-19 Lies

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President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed the United States is turning or “rounding the corner” on the coronavirus pandemic.
So, on Friday, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” released a montage of the president making the boast over the last eight months.
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Meanwhile, the United States tallied a record number of new daily cases and researchers warned that the national death toll from the disease could surpass 500,000 by the end of February.
The Comedy Central program titled the montage, “Trump Doesn’t Understand How Corners Work.”
Clearly.
Check out the video here:
And Noah’s latest monologue here:


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-24--Trump Rips 'Fake News' For Focusing On COVID-19 'CASES, CASES, CASES' As Nation Breaks Record

“ If ... everybody pulls together and says , ‘ You know , we ’ re going to mandate it @ @ @ @ @ that would be a great idea , ” he said .
Fauci also revealed to @ @ @ @ @ the Press ” that Trump hasn ’ t bothered to attend a meeting of the @ @ @ @ @ for “ several months.
” Trump does not encourage people to wear masks — or @ @ @ @ @ flouts local regulations requiring such safety measures when he holds rallies with packed crowds of @ @ @ @ @ .
Fauci has warned that the current jump in COVID-19 cases is particularly troubling as @ @ @ @ @ more people indoors , where the virus is more easily spread .
Trump insisted in @ @ @ @ @ “ We ’ re rounding the corner ” on COVID-19 .
“ It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ added .

“If ... everybody pulls together and says, ‘You know, we’re going to mandate it,’ ... I think that would be a great idea,” he said.
Fauci also revealed to NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Trump hasn’t bothered to attend a meeting of the White House coronavirus task force for “several months.”
Trump does not encourage people to wear masks — or socially distance — and routinely flouts local regulations requiring such safety measures when he holds rallies with packed crowds of maskless supporters across the country.
Fauci has warned that the current jump in COVID-19 cases is particularly troubling as colder weather begins to drive more people indoors, where the virus is more easily spread.
Trump insisted in Thursday’s debate, “We’re rounding the corner” on COVID-19. “It’s going away,” he added.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-24--Illinois Public Health Director Breaks Down In Tears Addressing Surging COVID Toll

The physician director of the Illinois Health Department broke down in tears as she addressed the devastating surging COVID toll in her state .
“ Since yesterday we have lost an additional 31 lives , for a total of 9,418 deaths .
These are people who started with us in 2020 and who won ’ t be with us at the Thanksgiving table , ” she said .
Ezike then excused herself to turn away from the lectern for a moment as she cried .
“ Putting our people through this again , it ’ s unfortunate , ” she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ desperate to find the message that will work .
I ’ m looking for someone to tell me what the message is so that we can do what it takes to turn this around.
” The “ virus has caused this , ” Ezike added , “ and instead of pitting one group against another , we need to get that right and fight against the virus.
” Illinois reported its highest ever daily coronavirus case count on Saturday with more than 6,000 positive tests — and an additional 63 dead .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state stood Saturday at nearly 376,000 .
The grim state statistics echo what ’ s happening in most of the nation .
The U.S. had the highest daily total of new cases ever on Friday , with more than 83,000 new infections .
Ezike pleaded with Illinois residents to battle pandemic “ fatigue ” and keep up their vigilance against COVID by wearing masks , avoiding crowds and maintaining social distance .
She compared the battle to a marathon , a particularly “ difficult race when you can ’ t actually see the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it and living it myself , ” Ezike said .
“ I don ’ t get to live in some COVID-free bubble , exempt from the pain and tragedy of the pandemic.
” When Pritzker stepped up the podium he called Ezike “ a superwoman .
Since the very beginning of this coronavirus , she has had the weight of the public health of the people of the state of Illinois on her shoulders , ” he added .
Despite the surging national numbers , Donald Trump insisted at the presidential debate Thursday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corner .
It ’ s going away.
” He tweeted Saturday that the “ fake news ” is reporting the record-breaking numbers to “ create fear ” before the election , presumably to hurt his chance of a victory .

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The physician director of the Illinois Health Department broke down in tears as she addressed the devastating surging COVID-19 toll in her state.
Dr. Ngozi Ezike began to cry as she turned to the death statistics in a press briefing Friday.
“Since yesterday we have lost an additional 31 lives, for a total of 9,418 deaths. These are people who started with us in 2020 and who won’t be with us at the Thanksgiving table,” she said.
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Ezike then excused herself to turn away from the lectern for a moment as she cried.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D), who was standing by, offered “socially distant support,” the local CBS station reported (see the video above).
A staffer delivered a box of tissues as Ezike composed herself and continued.
“Putting our people through this again, it’s unfortunate,” she said. “And I’m desperate to find the message that will work. I’m looking for someone to tell me what the message is so that we can do what it takes to turn this around.”
Ezike reminded people that they’re fighting a virus — not each other.
The “virus has caused this,” Ezike added, “and instead of pitting one group against another, we need to get that right and fight against the virus.”
Illinois reported its highest ever daily coronavirus case count on Saturday with more than 6,000 positive tests — and an additional 63 dead. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the state stood Saturday at nearly 376,000.
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The grim state statistics echo what’s happening in most of the nation. The U.S. had the highest daily total of new cases ever on Friday, with more than 83,000 new infections.
Ezike pleaded with Illinois residents to battle pandemic “fatigue” and keep up their vigilance against COVID-19 by wearing masks, avoiding crowds and maintaining social distance.
She compared the battle to a marathon, a particularly “difficult race when you can’t actually see the endpoint.”
“I’m feeling it and living it myself,” Ezike said. “I don’t get to live in some COVID-free bubble, exempt from the pain and tragedy of the pandemic.”
When Pritzker stepped up the podium he called Ezike “a superwoman. Since the very beginning of this coronavirus, she has had the weight of the public health of the people of the state of Illinois on her shoulders,” he added.
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Despite the surging national numbers, Donald Trump insisted at the presidential debate Thursday that “we’re turning a corner. It’s going away.” He tweeted Saturday that the “fake news” is reporting the record-breaking numbers to “create fear” before the election, presumably to hurt his chance of a victory.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-24--Trump Told Donors That It Will Be 'Very Tough' For Republicans To Hold Senate: Report

“ I think the Senate is tough , actually .
The Senate is very tough , ” Trump reportedly said at the event .
“ There are a couple senators I can ’ t really get involved in .
I just can ’ t do it .
You lose your soul if you do .
I can ’ t help some of them .
I don ’ t want to help some of them.
” Republicans face tough races even in areas that are predominately red .
Sen. Lindsey Graham ( R-S.C. ) is being outspent by his Democratic opponent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ repeatedly complained about it .
Both parties are now spending heavily in states that could go in either direction .
The Associated Press reported on the matter .
Less than two weeks from an Election Day that will determine Senate control , each party is throwing late money at an up-for-grabs Democratic seat in Michigan .
The Senate Majority PAC , a political committee aligned with the chamber ’ s Democratic leaders , has canceled its remaining $ 1.2 million in spending against GOP Sen. Cory Gardner in Colorado , sensing victory .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ yet to protect Sen. Doug Jones , who seems likely to lose his seat in crimson Alabama .

“I think the Senate is tough, actually. The Senate is very tough,” Trump reportedly said at the event. “There are a couple senators I can’t really get involved in. I just can’t do it. You lose your soul if you do. I can’t help some of them. I don’t want to help some of them.”
Republicans face tough races even in areas that are predominately red. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is being outspent by his Democratic opponent, Jaime Harrison, and Graham has repeatedly complained about it.
Both parties are now spending heavily in states that could go in either direction. The Associated Press reported on the matter.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-24--Reid Thinks Biden Should End Senate Filibuster After 3 Weeks

WASHINGTON ( AP ) — Former Senate leader Harry Reid says if Democrats win the presidency and the Senate , Joe Biden should take “ no more than three weeks ” to test bipartisanship before ending the filibuster so Democrats can overcome what they call Republican obstruction and pass bills .
The retired Nevada Democrat told The Associated Press in an interview that he understands Biden wants to work with Republicans , as the former vice president and Delaware senator has in the past .
But Reid said there is just too much that needs to be done in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agreements under the decades-old Senate practice of requiring 60 votes to advance legislation .
“ We should give the Republicans a little bit of time , to see if they ’ re going to work with him , ” he said .
“ But the time ’ s going to come when he ’ s going to have to move in and get rid of the filibuster.
” The 80-year-old Reid , who retired in 2017 , has been among the most high-level political voices in favor of ending the 60-vote threshold for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it has outlived its purpose in the partisan era and only serves to grind business to a halt .
From afar , the onetime majority leader has made his views known before but rarely has he suggested a deadline for action .
It is both a warning sign and road map for senators contemplating a 2021 agenda with a potentially new power dynamic in Washington after the election .
This is well-traveled terrain for the long-serving former senator , who helped sparked today ’ s procedural battles by partially ending the filibuster when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ change that Reid engineered allowed Democrats to confirm President Barack Obama ’ s administrative and most federal judicial nominees despite Republicans roadblocks .
When Republicans took control , McConnell pushed it to the next level with President Donald Trump , eliminating the filibuster for Supreme Court picks — a daring move that stunned Washington .
McConnell ’ s critics say he is breaking the Senate , but Trump has been able to seat two Supreme Court justices on majority-only votes , and the Senate is poised to confirm a third , Amy Coney @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been in place since the early 20th century , but is absent from the Constitution .
Its supporters say it keeps the Senate from becoming just another version of the House , with majority rule .
The higher vote threshold forces the parties to slow down and find bipartisan compromise .
But critics say the filibuster has become a recipe for legislative paralysis , empowering a minority of senators to thwart popular public opinion .
They note it has been used to stall some of the nation ’ s most landmark laws @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has since joined the effort for change .
During the funeral this year for Rep. John Lewis , a civil rights leader , Obama announced his support for ending the filibuster , calling it a Jim Crow-era relic that was used to stall voting advances for Black people .
“ That ’ s true , ” said Reid , who was majority leader during Obama ’ s first term and helped pass the Affordable Care Act and other landmark legislation .
“ Once he did that , of course I let him know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ influence continues to be felt across Democratic political landscape , in ways large and small .
He talks often to Biden and regularly keeps in touch with others , including Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York— and even some Republicans .
“ We want to get something done , ” he said , mentioning climate change and renewable energy investment as an example .
“ There ’ s so much more to do and we can ’ t do it if it takes 60 votes to get it done .
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Senate leader Harry Reid says if Democrats win the presidency and the Senate, Joe Biden should take “no more than three weeks” to test bipartisanship before ending the filibuster so Democrats can overcome what they call Republican obstruction and pass bills.
The retired Nevada Democrat told The Associated Press in an interview that he understands Biden wants to work with Republicans, as the former vice president and Delaware senator has in the past. But Reid said there is just too much that needs to be done in the country to wait around trying to reach agreements under the decades-old Senate practice of requiring 60 votes to advance legislation.
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“Biden — who wants always to get along with people — I understand that,” Reid said by telephone from Nevada.
“We should give the Republicans a little bit of time, to see if they’re going to work with him,” he said. “But the time’s going to come when he’s going to have to move in and get rid of the filibuster.”
Asked how long Biden should wait it out before changing the rules, Reid said: “No more than three weeks.”
The 80-year-old Reid, who retired in 2017, has been among the most high-level political voices in favor of ending the 60-vote threshold for legislation. Critics of the filibuster argue it has outlived its purpose in the partisan era and only serves to grind business to a halt.
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From afar, the onetime majority leader has made his views known before but rarely has he suggested a deadline for action. It is both a warning sign and road map for senators contemplating a 2021 agenda with a potentially new power dynamic in Washington after the election.
The 100-member Senate, where Republicans now hold a 53-47 edge, is expected to remain narrowly divided after the Nov. 3 election, regardless of which party wins control, making the 60-vote tally tough to reach.
Reid said if Biden thinks he can cut bipartisan deals with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the GOP leader, as they did in earlier years, “more power to him.”
But Reid warned that he knows McConnell better than any other Democratic and “Joe ought to be very careful.”
This is well-traveled terrain for the long-serving former senator, who helped sparked today’s procedural battles by partially ending the filibuster when Democrats had the majority. The rules change that Reid engineered allowed Democrats to confirm President Barack Obama’s administrative and most federal judicial nominees despite Republicans roadblocks.
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When Republicans took control, McConnell pushed it to the next level with President Donald Trump, eliminating the filibuster for Supreme Court picks — a daring move that stunned Washington. McConnell’s critics say he is breaking the Senate, but Trump has been able to seat two Supreme Court justices on majority-only votes, and the Senate is poised to confirm a third, Amy Coney Barrett, on Monday.
The filibuster has been in place since the early 20th century, but is absent from the Constitution. Its supporters say it keeps the Senate from becoming just another version of the House, with majority rule. The higher vote threshold forces the parties to slow down and find bipartisan compromise.
But critics say the filibuster has become a recipe for legislative paralysis, empowering a minority of senators to thwart popular public opinion. They note it has been used to stall some of the nation’s most landmark laws, notably civil rights legislation.
Obama has since joined the effort for change. During the funeral this year for Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights leader, Obama announced his support for ending the filibuster, calling it a Jim Crow-era relic that was used to stall voting advances for Black people.
“That’s true,” said Reid, who was majority leader during Obama’s first term and helped pass the Affordable Care Act and other landmark legislation. “Once he did that, of course I let him know I appreciated it.”
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Reid’s influence continues to be felt across Democratic political landscape, in ways large and small. He talks often to Biden and regularly keeps in touch with others, including Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York— and even some Republicans.
Reid suggests that Democrats are unwilling to sit by and allow Republicans to potentially block their agenda.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-10-24--Obama To Floridians: Even 'Florida Man' Wouldn't Behave Like Trump Does

President Barack Obama said that even “ Florida Man ” wouldn ’ t behave in the dangerous , absurd ways that President Donald Trump does .
Speaking to a large crowd in North Miami , Florida , during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Saturday , Obama came out swinging against Trump and reassured voters that a Biden presidency won ’ t be “ so exhausting.
” Obama : `` We will not have a POTUS who threatens people with jail for just criticizing him .
That is not normal behavior , Florida .
You would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 'Florida man ' would n't even do this stuff .
Why are we accepting it from the the president ? ''
pic.twitter.com/VkscnSJaqd — Aaron Rupar ( @ atrupar ) October 24 , 2020 “ It won ’ t be so exhausting , just having a normal president , ” Obama told the crowd .
“ You ’ ll be able to go about your lives knowing that the president is not going to suggest injecting bleach , or retweet conspiracy theories about secret cabals running the world , or retweeting the claim that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bin Laden .
We ’ re not gon na have a president that goes out of his way to insult anybody who he doesn ’ t think is nice enough to him .
We won ’ t have a president who threatens people with jail just for criticizing him .
That ’ s not normal behavior , Florida.
” “ You wouldn ’ t tolerate [ Trump ’ s behavior ] from a coworker , you wouldn ’ t tolerate it from a high school principal , you wouldn ’ t tolerate it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t tolerate it from a family member .
Florida Man wouldn ’ t even do this stuff .
Why are we accepting it from the president of the United States ?
It ’ s not normal behavior.
” Obama also hammered Trump on his poor response to the coronavirus and the president ’ s inability to take responsibility .
“ We literally left them a playbook that showed them how to respond before a virus reached our shores , ” Obama said .
“ It must be lost along with the Republican health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even acknowledge that there ’ s a problem.
” At his own rally in North Carolina on Saturday , Trump complained that the media was too focused on the coronavirus , which has killed more than 220,000 Americans .
“ That ’ s all I hear about now , ” Trump said .
“ Turn on television : ‘ COVID , COVID , COVID , COVID , COVID.
’ A plane goes down , 500 people dead , they don ’ t talk about it .
‘ COVID , COVID , COVID , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ November 4 , you won ’ t hear about it anymore .
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President Barack Obama said that even “Florida Man” wouldn’t behave in the dangerous, absurd ways that President Donald Trump does.
Speaking to a large crowd in North Miami, Florida, during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Saturday, Obama came out swinging against Trump and reassured voters that a Biden presidency won’t be “so exhausting.”
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Obama: "We will not have a POTUS who threatens people with jail for just criticizing him. That is not normal behavior, Florida. You would not tolerate it from a coworker ... 'Florida man' wouldn't even do this stuff. Why are we accepting it from the the president?" pic.twitter.com/VkscnSJaqd — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 24, 2020
“It won’t be so exhausting, just having a normal president,” Obama told the crowd. “You’ll be able to go about your lives knowing that the president is not going to suggest injecting bleach, or retweet conspiracy theories about secret cabals running the world, or retweeting the claim that Navy SEALS didn’t actually kill bin Laden. We’re not gonna have a president that goes out of his way to insult anybody who he doesn’t think is nice enough to him. We won’t have a president who threatens people with jail just for criticizing him. That’s not normal behavior, Florida.”
Obama then invoked “Florida Man,” a long-running joke used to describe weird or dumb news stories involving Florida residents.
“You wouldn’t tolerate [Trump’s behavior] from a coworker, you wouldn’t tolerate it from a high school principal, you wouldn’t tolerate it from a coach, you wouldn’t tolerate it from a family member. Florida Man wouldn’t even do this stuff. Why are we accepting it from the president of the United States? It’s not normal behavior.”
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Obama also hammered Trump on his poor response to the coronavirus and the president’s inability to take responsibility.
“We literally left them a playbook that showed them how to respond before a virus reached our shores,” Obama said. “It must be lost along with the Republican health care plan ... He doesn’t even acknowledge that there’s a problem.”
At his own rally in North Carolina on Saturday, Trump complained that the media was too focused on the coronavirus, which has killed more than 220,000 Americans.