palmerreport--2020-06-16--Blithering idiot Donald Trump goes completely off the rails

Today we saw a series of reminders that the coronavirus isn ’ t on its way out ; in some @ @ @ @ @ .
Congressman Tom Rice announced that he and his family members tested positive for coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ that multiple NFL football and MLB baseball players have recently tested positive .
So what @ @ @ @ @ say about this ?
Trump has decided that – in his words – “ If @ @ @ @ @ , we ’ d have very few cases , if any.
” That ’ s @ @ @ @ @ think that if we would just stop testing people , the coronavirus wouldn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ Ted Lieu took Trump to task for it : Dear @ realDonaldTrump : You are @ @ @ @ @ stop testing , there would be even more cases of people who go to the @ @ @ @ @ for air .
And even more thousands of Americans per week will die because they @ @ @ @ @ a result of # Covid_19 .
Get it ?
https : //t.co/JirvNXQDMK

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Today we saw a series of reminders that the coronavirus isn’t on its way out; in some states its spread is accelerating. Congressman Tom Rice announced that he and his family members tested positive for coronavirus. The sports world revealed that multiple NFL football and MLB baseball players have recently tested positive. So what does Donald Trump have to say about this?
Trump has decided that – in his words – “If we stop testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any.” That’s right, he seems to think that if we would just stop testing people, the coronavirus wouldn’t exist. Fortunately, Congressman Ted Lieu took Trump to task for it:
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Dear @realDonaldTrump: You are really stupid. If we stop testing, there would be even more cases of people who go to the hospital because they are gasping for air. And even more thousands of Americans per week will die because they can’t breathe as a result of #Covid_19. Get it? https://t.co/JirvNXQDMK — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) June 15, 2020
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palmerreport--2020-06-16--This guy is a complete mess

This guy is a complete mess

Gaslighting is a covert form of psychological manipulation , cynically employed to destroy a person ’ s confidence in their memory , judgement or perception of reality by sowing seeds of doubt .
One of the most devastating results of gaslighting is it often creates in the victim the unconscious tendency to slowly give in to the gaslighter , that is , to at first “ meet them halfway ” through a series of small concessions in order to make larger points .
But the larger points progressively become smaller points , until one day the victim has been transformed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most enthusiastuc advocates .
When a government engages in gaslighting it ’ s called tyranny .
From Nazi Germany ’ s deification of Adolf Hitler to North Korea ’ s apotheosis of their “ Dear Leader ” Kim Jong Un , tyrannies employ these gaslighting methods because they work .
We should have seen it coming when by 2016 all you had to do was to activate a Trump supporter and they would shout “ Benghazi ” or “ But , her emails !
” Gaslighting creates a primitive , Pavlovian reaction .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s behind the complaint so often made about the Left .
We don ’ t have the quick and clever three or four word slogans they have , all we ’ ve got are the closely-argued paragraphs of sweet reason .
It ’ s not because we don ’ t know how to do it , it ’ s because we refuse to engage in it .
Gaslighting is the stuff of monsters , and we are not monsters .
We should stop complaining and start bragging : we don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sue us .
And so they do .
When CNN published a poll Donald Trump didn ’ t like he sued them .
In other words , Trump has so gaslighted his own people that when reality stops flattering him he gets them to take reality to court .
As absurd as that might sound it is the final slippery slope of the “ gaslit.
” The ramp Trump so ineptly tried to walk down at West Point is a metaphor for what has happened to us : by the time you get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the rest of the way .
By the way , if you think here I ’ m exclusively describing Trump supporters and their role of gullible complicity in all this , I ’ m not .
I ’ m also describing us , you and me , the rational ones who sit on the sidelines and “ see through ” everything Trump is doing to us .
How far we have fallen , and we have fallen as far as we have because of gaslighting .
I ’ m old enough to remember @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vice President merely because he didn ’ t know how to spell the word “ potato.
” Now misspelling words is the least of Trump ’ s problems .
These days we let the president of the United States get away with child rape and murder .
Gaslighting has made it possible for many fellow travellers on the left to continue to support the ridiculous notion that “ Biden is just as bad as Trump.
” I don ’ t believe such people could have existed thirty years ago .
Now they are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and if they have their way Donald Trump will get four more years as president .
It ’ s partly the media ’ s fault .
They promote Donald Trump ’ s disgusting policies and overlook his ineptitude by advertising the former and ignoring the latter , at least in part .
Their mistake is that they treat him with quasi-legitimacy .
Many of them still misidentify Donald Trump as a brilliant strategist .
I hear it almost every day .
For example , Michael Moore recently spoke about Trump as if he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and his interviewer let him get away with it .
I , for one , have an intact memory , judgement and perception of reality .
I remember this “ master manipulator ” and what an inarticulate , incoherent , incompetent mess he is without his autocue .
Trump is in fact a fool , and so is Moore for thinking otherwise .
You don ’ t need to be a genius — stable or otherwise — to be a gaslighter .
We must respond to Trump and his people by not just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ acceptable conduct but by raising our own .
We must never forget that Donald Trump is a blithering idiot , a child rapist , a murderer , a thief and a liar .
Our pet ideologies will have to wait .
We must get rid of him in November if we are to survive .
There isn ’ t a single progressive platform or policy that stands a chance of being enacted with Trump in the White House .
Getting rid of the Trump malignancy is our first step to restoring sanity .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ you , vote him out of office .
No one is as bad as Donald J. Trump .
And , as ever , ladies and gentlemen , brothers and sisters , comrades and friends , stay safe .

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Gaslighting is a covert form of psychological manipulation, cynically employed to destroy a person’s confidence in their memory, judgement or perception of reality by sowing seeds of doubt. One of the most devastating results of gaslighting is it often creates in the victim the unconscious tendency to slowly give in to the gaslighter, that is, to at first “meet them halfway” through a series of small concessions in order to make larger points. But the larger points progressively become smaller points, until one day the victim has been transformed into one of the gaslighter’s most enthusiastuc advocates.
When a government engages in gaslighting it’s called tyranny. From Nazi Germany’s deification of Adolf Hitler to North Korea’s apotheosis of their “Dear Leader” Kim Jong Un, tyrannies employ these gaslighting methods because they work. We should have seen it coming when by 2016 all you had to do was to activate a Trump supporter and they would shout “Benghazi” or “But, her emails!” Gaslighting creates a primitive, Pavlovian reaction. And it’s so effective it’s behind the complaint so often made about the Left. We don’t have the quick and clever three or four word slogans they have, all we’ve got are the closely-argued paragraphs of sweet reason. It’s not because we don’t know how to do it, it’s because we refuse to engage in it. Gaslighting is the stuff of monsters, and we are not monsters. We should stop complaining and start bragging: we don’t employ the methods of monsters. So sue us.
And so they do. When CNN published a poll Donald Trump didn’t like he sued them. In other words, Trump has so gaslighted his own people that when reality stops flattering him he gets them to take reality to court. As absurd as that might sound it is the final slippery slope of the “gaslit.” The ramp Trump so ineptly tried to walk down at West Point is a metaphor for what has happened to us: by the time you get to the bottom, momentum carries you the rest of the way.
By the way, if you think here I’m exclusively describing Trump supporters and their role of gullible complicity in all this, I’m not. I’m also describing us, you and me, the rational ones who sit on the sidelines and “see through” everything Trump is doing to us. How far we have fallen, and we have fallen as far as we have because of gaslighting. I’m old enough to remember disqualifying Dan Quayle for the job of Vice President merely because he didn’t know how to spell the word “potato.” Now misspelling words is the least of Trump’s problems. These days we let the president of the United States get away with child rape and murder.
Gaslighting has made it possible for many fellow travellers on the left to continue to support the ridiculous notion that “Biden is just as bad as Trump.” I don’t believe such people could have existed thirty years ago. Now they are all around us and in abundance, and if they have their way Donald Trump will get four more years as president.
It’s partly the media’s fault. They promote Donald Trump’s disgusting policies and overlook his ineptitude by advertising the former and ignoring the latter, at least in part. Their mistake is that they treat him with quasi-legitimacy. Many of them still misidentify Donald Trump as a brilliant strategist. I hear it almost every day. For example, Michael Moore recently spoke about Trump as if he’s some kind of master manipulator and his interviewer let him get away with it. I, for one, have an intact memory, judgement and perception of reality. I remember this “master manipulator” and what an inarticulate, incoherent, incompetent mess he is without his autocue. Trump is in fact a fool, and so is Moore for thinking otherwise. You don’t need to be a genius — stable or otherwise — to be a gaslighter.
We must respond to Trump and his people by not just forbidding them from lowering the standards of acceptable conduct but by raising our own. We must never forget that Donald Trump is a blithering idiot, a child rapist, a murderer, a thief and a liar. Our pet ideologies will have to wait. We must get rid of him in November if we are to survive. There isn’t a single progressive platform or policy that stands a chance of being enacted with Trump in the White House. Getting rid of the Trump malignancy is our first step to restoring sanity. Don’t let the Gaslighter-in-Chief gaslight you, vote him out of office. No one is as bad as Donald J. Trump. And, as ever, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, comrades and friends, stay safe.
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palmerreport--2020-06-17--Donald Trump just blew it

Donald Trump just blew it

After the manner in which John Bolton alienated the anti-Trump crowd by refusing to testify during impeachment proceedings , all Donald Trump had to do this week was ignore Bolton ’ s new book and let it quietly flop .
But Trump couldn ’ t do that , because he cares more about punishing Bolton than he does about the consequences that might blow back on him .
Trump and his handlers have spent the past few days getting progressively louder with their objections to John Bolton ’ s book .
Today Trump had the DOJ file suit against Bolton @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
At this late date it seems unlikely that Trump can find a judge willing to issue an emergency injunction to stop the book from being shipped to retailers and customers , so this suit seems aimed at simply screwing with Bolton .
Instead it ’ s having a different effect .
John Bolton ’ s book , the one that everyone swore they would never buy , is now the # 1 bestseller on Amazon .
Considering how little interest there was going to be in Bolton ’ s book , this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ partly attributable to Donald Trump ’ s obsessive insistence on waging war against the book .
Trump just blew it again – and it ’ s becoming more clear than ever that he just can ’ t help himself .
We can ’ t wait to see how Donald unwittingly boosts the sales of his niece Mary Trump ’ s upcoming tell-all book .

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After the manner in which John Bolton alienated the anti-Trump crowd by refusing to testify during impeachment proceedings, all Donald Trump had to do this week was ignore Bolton’s new book and let it quietly flop. But Trump couldn’t do that, because he cares more about punishing Bolton than he does about the consequences that might blow back on him.
Trump and his handlers have spent the past few days getting progressively louder with their objections to John Bolton’s book. Today Trump had the DOJ file suit against Bolton, with the intention of halting publication. At this late date it seems unlikely that Trump can find a judge willing to issue an emergency injunction to stop the book from being shipped to retailers and customers, so this suit seems aimed at simply screwing with Bolton. Instead it’s having a different effect.
John Bolton’s book, the one that everyone swore they would never buy, is now the #1 bestseller on Amazon. Considering how little interest there was going to be in Bolton’s book, this has to be largely or at least partly attributable to Donald Trump’s obsessive insistence on waging war against the book. Trump just blew it again – and it’s becoming more clear than ever that he just can’t help himself. We can’t wait to see how Donald unwittingly boosts the sales of his niece Mary Trump’s upcoming tell-all book.
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palmerreport--2020-06-17--Things just got even uglier for Tucker Carlson

Tucker Carlson ’ s prime time spot hasn ’ t exactly been going the way he hoped it would back when he replaced Bill O ’ Reilly back in 2017 .
While he ’ s an even louder and angrier bigot than his predecessor was , he ’ s already bleeding away sponsors at a far more rapid rate , at a time when advertisers are showing their support for the Black Lives Matter movement .
We thought it was bad enough he accused Sesame Street of indoctrinating children , but now he went and did something even dumber , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Like most right-wing pundits , Carlson has painted all people protesting against police brutality with the same brush : as violent , out-of-control rioters .
The trouble is , he decided to take things a step further , claiming that dozens of rioters were arrested in Fort Worth , Texas for looting and vandalism , but that Police Chief Ed Kraus dropped all charges against them .
By naming a specific place and person , he made his lies that much easier to refute .
Because his story showed such blatant disregard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Police Department actually came out against Carlson , calling his comments “ absolutely inaccurate , ” while saying that the only charges dropped were minor misdemeanors that did not involve property .
If Carlson is going to claim to be on the side of the police , it ’ s probably not a good idea to lie about them on his own show .
This leaves him in the no-win position of having to either apologize on the air , putting off his target audience , or face condemnation from the network when @ @ @ @ @ @

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Tucker Carlson’s prime time spot hasn’t exactly been going the way he hoped it would back when he replaced Bill O’Reilly back in 2017. While he’s an even louder and angrier bigot than his predecessor was, he’s already bleeding away sponsors at a far more rapid rate, at a time when advertisers are showing their support for the Black Lives Matter movement. We thought it was bad enough he accused Sesame Street of indoctrinating children, but now he went and did something even dumber, at the worst possible time for him.
Like most right-wing pundits, Carlson has painted all people protesting against police brutality with the same brush: as violent, out-of-control rioters. The trouble is, he decided to take things a step further, claiming that dozens of rioters were arrested in Fort Worth, Texas for looting and vandalism, but that Police Chief Ed Kraus dropped all charges against them. By naming a specific place and person, he made his lies that much easier to refute.
Because his story showed such blatant disregard for the truth, the Fort Worth Police Department actually came out against Carlson, calling his comments “absolutely inaccurate,” while saying that the only charges dropped were minor misdemeanors that did not involve property.
If Carlson is going to claim to be on the side of the police, it’s probably not a good idea to lie about them on his own show. This leaves him in the no-win position of having to either apologize on the air, putting off his target audience, or face condemnation from the network when it tries to save face.
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palmerreport--2020-06-16--Mike Pence just got caught in a huge lie

Last night we brought you the story of how Mike Pence was lying to the American public about the testing rates in Oklahoma , in an effort to make Donald Trump ’ s Tulsa rally sound safer than it is .
He claimed that the curve had been flattened , when in reality the state is suffering from a record number of cases .
Now Pence has been caught in a much more comprehensive lie .
When Mike Pence held a conference call with the governors yesterday , he tried to convince them to sell the public on the lie @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only going up because testing has increased , and that the record setting numbers of new cases in various states are some kind of myth .
This is according to a surreal report from the New York Times today .
We ’ re not surprised that Mike Pence tried to get the governors to lie about the coronavirus .
Pence has proven himself to be every bit as consistently dishonest as Donald Trump .
It is somewhat surprising that Pence was brazen enough to do this on a conference call .
He should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wouldn ’ t go along with it and would instead tell the media about it – which is precisely what appears to have ended up happening .

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Last night we brought you the story of how Mike Pence was lying to the American public about the testing rates in Oklahoma, in an effort to make Donald Trump’s Tulsa rally sound safer than it is. He claimed that the curve had been flattened, when in reality the state is suffering from a record number of cases. Now Pence has been caught in a much more comprehensive lie.
When Mike Pence held a conference call with the governors yesterday, he tried to convince them to sell the public on the lie that the number of coronavirus cases is only going up because testing has increased, and that the record setting numbers of new cases in various states are some kind of myth. This is according to a surreal report from the New York Times today.
We’re not surprised that Mike Pence tried to get the governors to lie about the coronavirus. Pence has proven himself to be every bit as consistently dishonest as Donald Trump. It is somewhat surprising that Pence was brazen enough to do this on a conference call. He should have known that some of these governors wouldn’t go along with it and would instead tell the media about it – which is precisely what appears to have ended up happening.
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palmerreport--2020-06-16--Governor Greg Abbott just gave away how truly bad the coronavirus crisis is in Texas

It seems like barely a week ago when a number of Republican Governors were still telling us that the coronavirus was on its way out , and that everyone should rush out and partake in local business establishments in public .
But the virus was never under control , and now all this “ reopening ” made things even more out of control .
With the number of new coronavirus cases now spiking in the states that “ reopened ” the most recklessly , people like Texas Governor Greg Abbott can no longer hide how bad things are .
So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gone away , Abbott is now pretending that it ’ s all the fault of young people .
No , really .
Governor Abbott announced today that the spike in coronavirus cases in Texas is a result of people ages twenty to twenty-nine going out and behaving irresponsibly .
While it may be true that younger people in his state are going out too much , Abbott is the one who told people that it was safe to go out .
In any case , the real story here is that the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Texas and some other red states , Republicans like Abbott have all but abandoned the narrative that the crisis is somehow magically over .
It ’ s gotten so bad , they can ’ t even pretend things are good .
Now they ’ re just trying to figure out how to scapegoat a demographic who tends not to vote Republican anyway .
Now more then ever , it ’ s important to keep yourself safe .

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It seems like barely a week ago when a number of Republican Governors were still telling us that the coronavirus was on its way out, and that everyone should rush out and partake in local business establishments in public. But the virus was never under control, and now all this “reopening” made things even more out of control.
With the number of new coronavirus cases now spiking in the states that “reopened” the most recklessly, people like Texas Governor Greg Abbott can no longer hide how bad things are. So instead of pretending that the crisis has gone away, Abbott is now pretending that it’s all the fault of young people. No, really.
Governor Abbott announced today that the spike in coronavirus cases in Texas is a result of people ages twenty to twenty-nine going out and behaving irresponsibly. While it may be true that younger people in his state are going out too much, Abbott is the one who told people that it was safe to go out.
In any case, the real story here is that the coronavirus crisis is now getting so bad in Texas and some other red states, Republicans like Abbott have all but abandoned the narrative that the crisis is somehow magically over. It’s gotten so bad, they can’t even pretend things are good. Now they’re just trying to figure out how to scapegoat a demographic who tends not to vote Republican anyway. Now more then ever, it’s important to keep yourself safe.
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palmerreport--2020-06-16--Now Donald Trump has something else to worry about

While COVID-19 cases are on the rise , particularly in the states that Donald Trump needs the most , and we continue to hear about cases of police brutality while his administration refuses to even acknowledge the existence of systemic racism , you may wonder why Trump is more concerned about his polls than anything else .
After all , it ’ s the only thing his campaign has really taken any action on , while everything else is just something for him to rant about on Twitter .
The simplest and most obvious answer is that he ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when he has no control over how he looks – even if he could make decisions that could change his favorability rating .
His supporters may argue that it doesn ’ t matter what he does , the media will still find reasons not to like him , which is a poor argument to get anyone who ’ s on the fence to support Donald Trump .
Historically , however , there ’ s good reason for Donald Trump to be anxious about his poll numbers .
Gallup currently has him at 39 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been at their highest levels since last year ’ s government shutdown .
This is only one poll of course , but it ’ s consistent with his average approval ratings and even the more conservative polls have numbers that aren ’ t much better .
The other problem is that the Gallup poll ratings in June tend to be fairly reflective of the election ’ s outcome .
In every election since 1940 , after modern polling began , the average president has seen their approval rating shift by just 3 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A lot can happen between now and November , of course , but following this pattern puts Donald Trump where he was in the polls just before the 2018 midterms when Republicans lost the House .
Trump would need 10 points just to reach a positive net approval rating , something that puts him in a weaker position than any modern president seeking re-election .
So he is right to be anxious , but this can only happen if we vote and vote in record numbers to take back the White House and @ @ @ @ @

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While COVID-19 cases are on the rise, particularly in the states that Donald Trump needs the most, and we continue to hear about cases of police brutality while his administration refuses to even acknowledge the existence of systemic racism, you may wonder why Trump is more concerned about his polls than anything else. After all, it’s the only thing his campaign has really taken any action on, while everything else is just something for him to rant about on Twitter.
The simplest and most obvious answer is that he’s a narcissist who can’t stand when he has no control over how he looks – even if he could make decisions that could change his favorability rating. His supporters may argue that it doesn’t matter what he does, the media will still find reasons not to like him, which is a poor argument to get anyone who’s on the fence to support Donald Trump.
Historically, however, there’s good reason for Donald Trump to be anxious about his poll numbers. Gallup currently has him at 39% approval, while his disapproval ratings have been at their highest levels since last year’s government shutdown. This is only one poll of course, but it’s consistent with his average approval ratings and even the more conservative polls have numbers that aren’t much better.
The other problem is that the Gallup poll ratings in June tend to be fairly reflective of the election’s outcome. In every election since 1940, after modern polling began, the average president has seen their approval rating shift by just 3 points between June and Election Day. A lot can happen between now and November, of course, but following this pattern puts Donald Trump where he was in the polls just before the 2018 midterms when Republicans lost the House.
Trump would need 10 points just to reach a positive net approval rating, something that puts him in a weaker position than any modern president seeking re-election. So he is right to be anxious, but this can only happen if we vote and vote in record numbers to take back the White House and Congress on November 3.
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palmerreport--2020-06-16--Donald Trump’s big ceremony today was a disaster for him

You can always count on Donald Trump to do the bare minimum , do it disingenuously , and fail to impress anyone outside his shrinking base .
We saw that on display again today when Trump held a public event focused on “ police reform , ” which his people insisted was going to be a big deal , and it ended up being… well , nothing .
All that Donald Trump did today was to stumble through a campaign rally speech , sign a largely toothless executive order , wave it around while standing next to someone wearing a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any questions .
Talk about mailing it in .
With Trump ’ s poll numbers now falling by the day , he needs to be making big steps to try to turn his failing presidency around .
We ’ re not sure what he could have done today that would have helped his numbers , considering how thoroughly he ’ s on the unpopular side of these kinds of issues .
But this wasn ’ t it .
Of course the bar is so low for Donald Trump , we ’ re not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anymore .
After he inexplicably said today that there is an AIDS vaccine , are we supposed to give him points for then sorta kinda correcting himself ?
Do we hand out extra credit because he didn ’ t have any incidents with a glass of water or a ramp ?
Trump is running out of time to figure out how to hold an event that ’ s not a disaster .

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You can always count on Donald Trump to do the bare minimum, do it disingenuously, and fail to impress anyone outside his shrinking base. We saw that on display again today when Trump held a public event focused on “police reform,” which his people insisted was going to be a big deal, and it ended up being… well, nothing.
All that Donald Trump did today was to stumble through a campaign rally speech, sign a largely toothless executive order, wave it around while standing next to someone wearing a cowboy hat, and leave without taking any questions. Talk about mailing it in.
With Trump’s poll numbers now falling by the day, he needs to be making big steps to try to turn his failing presidency around. We’re not sure what he could have done today that would have helped his numbers, considering how thoroughly he’s on the unpopular side of these kinds of issues. But this wasn’t it.
Of course the bar is so low for Donald Trump, we’re not even sure how to grade these events anymore. After he inexplicably said today that there is an AIDS vaccine, are we supposed to give him points for then sorta kinda correcting himself? Do we hand out extra credit because he didn’t have any incidents with a glass of water or a ramp? Trump is running out of time to figure out how to hold an event that’s not a disaster.
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palmerreport--2020-06-16--Donald Trump’s new “solution”

Donald Trump’s new “solution”

The last time I had to endure the indignity of sharing this sceptred isle with Donald Trump , in August of 2019 , he reminded us of his inability to learn .
He apparently was still confused about the difference between the names the United Kingdom , Great Britain and England .
He told a crowd in Pennsylvania just the year before , “ I have great respect for the U.K. , United Kingdom .
Great respect .
People call it Britain .
They call it Great Britain .
They used to call it England , different parts.
” One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ understand that they ’ re three different names for three different things .
The United Kingdom is composed of England , Wales , Scotland , Northern Ireland and some minor islands in the vicinity .
Great Britain , or Britain for short , is all that less Northern Ireland and the minor islands .
England is just England , tucked away on the island of Great Britain , made historically important because it was the seat of government for Britain and the U.K. and most of the kings and queens familiar to Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ didn ’ t know that already you just learned in thirty seconds something that the “ stable genius , ” Donald Trump , president of the United States , has been unable to learn in three and a half years .
So we shouldn ’ t be surprised that for Trump , “ coronavirus , ” “ COVID-19 ” and “ SARS-CoV-2 ” are examples of how the bug that caused our current pandemic has “ a lot of names.
” While it ’ s true they are often used interchangeably — I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pages of Palmer Report — they are not the same .
Coronavirus constitutes a family of viruses that includes COVID-19 , which is a portmanteau for COronaVIrus Disease 2019 .
SARS-CoV-2 is the strain that causes COVID-19 .
Again , if you didn ’ t know that already then you just learned in thirty seconds something that the “ stable genius , ” Donald Trump , president of the United States , has been unable to learn in six months .
So we have a man who had unprotected sex with a porn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the name of the organism responsible for the greatest pandemic in modern human history , in charge of keeping Americans safe during that pandemic .
What could go wrong ?
It doesn ’ t help that Trump ’ s “ solution ” to the whole coronavirus thing is to stop testing .
You heard that right .
Just in case you thought at first that Trump was merely saying that because America has such “ great testing , ” America therefore also appears to have more of the disease — which , though @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reasonable thing to say — it turns out that he ’ s actually blaming the act of testing on the existence of COVID-19 in the United States .
Trump ’ s solution ?
Stop testing .
This existential form of shooting the messenger is how the “ stable genius ” is going to solve America ’ s coronavirus pandemic .
It literally is an instance of what you don ’ t know can ’ t hurt you — Trump style .
This is all part of Trump ’ s rationale for going ahead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Oklahoma .
We know it ’ s safe to hold a mass meeting of 19,000 human beings in one place because Mike Pence , head of one of the confusing arrays of White House coronavirus “ task forces , ” says so .
By the way , Trump , who can not resist lying , even when there ’ s no reason for it , says the venue , the BOK Center in Tulsa , holds 22,000 people .
That ’ s simply wrong , as usual .
It holds 19,000 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Petri dish where cases and deaths are rising at an alarming rate .
But Oklahoma ’ s cretin governor , the same idiot who took selfies including his family out at a restaurant in the middle of the pandemic , gave the go-ahead for the state to reopen .
So , to put it in Trump terms , there ’ s gon na be a lot of deaths , a lot of deaths .
And it will all be thanks to Donald Trump .
But the narrative that Joe Biden is “ just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , despite the fact that Trump has , effectively , finally done what he said he was going to do .
Trump has shot a man on Fifth Avenue and not lost a single member of his base as a result .
Of course , the man he shot wasn ’ t on Fifth Avenue , but in Oklahoma .
And it ’ s not just one man but hundreds , possibly thousands of human beings .
People alive today will be dead within six months as a direct result of this evil @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one more victim .
He wants to shoot the messenger called testing .
Testing for coronavirus is what makes it possible for Americans to identify who has it and who needs to be quarantined .
If he has his way he will , in his twisted and sick view , “ look better , ” because the statistics will no longer reflect an increase in the number of cases .
If Trump could also find a way to suppress the number of deaths then he would do that too , at least until @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he won ’ t care .
But , as I write this , 118,283 precious human beings are dead thanks to the negligence and idiocy and laziness and evil of Donald Trump .
He needs to go and we need to defeat him in November .
We owe it to the memory of those 118,283 people .
And , as ever , ladies and gentlemen , brothers and sisters , comrades and friends , stay safe .

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The last time I had to endure the indignity of sharing this sceptred isle with Donald Trump, in August of 2019, he reminded us of his inability to learn. He apparently was still confused about the difference between the names the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England. He told a crowd in Pennsylvania just the year before, “I have great respect for the U.K., United Kingdom. Great respect. People call it Britain. They call it Great Britain. They used to call it England, different parts.”
One year later he still didn’t understand that they’re three different names for three different things. The United Kingdom is composed of England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and some minor islands in the vicinity. Great Britain, or Britain for short, is all that less Northern Ireland and the minor islands. England is just England, tucked away on the island of Great Britain, made historically important because it was the seat of government for Britain and the U.K. and most of the kings and queens familiar to Americans. There you are, if you didn’t know that already you just learned in thirty seconds something that the “stable genius,” Donald Trump, president of the United States, has been unable to learn in three and a half years.
So we shouldn’t be surprised that for Trump, “coronavirus,” “COVID-19” and “SARS-CoV-2” are examples of how the bug that caused our current pandemic has “a lot of names.” While it’s true they are often used interchangeably — I frequently do it myself in these hallowed pages of Palmer Report — they are not the same. Coronavirus constitutes a family of viruses that includes COVID-19, which is a portmanteau for COronaVIrus Disease 2019. SARS-CoV-2 is the strain that causes COVID-19. Again, if you didn’t know that already then you just learned in thirty seconds something that the “stable genius,” Donald Trump, president of the United States, has been unable to learn in six months.
So we have a man who had unprotected sex with a porn star, who doesn’t understand the name of the organism responsible for the greatest pandemic in modern human history, in charge of keeping Americans safe during that pandemic. What could go wrong?
It doesn’t help that Trump’s “solution” to the whole coronavirus thing is to stop testing. You heard that right. Just in case you thought at first that Trump was merely saying that because America has such “great testing,” America therefore also appears to have more of the disease — which, though wrong, might at least be a reasonable thing to say — it turns out that he’s actually blaming the act of testing on the existence of COVID-19 in the United States. Trump’s solution? Stop testing. This existential form of shooting the messenger is how the “stable genius” is going to solve America’s coronavirus pandemic. It literally is an instance of what you don’t know can’t hurt you — Trump style.
This is all part of Trump’s rationale for going ahead on Sunday with his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We know it’s safe to hold a mass meeting of 19,000 human beings in one place because Mike Pence, head of one of the confusing arrays of White House coronavirus “task forces,” says so. By the way, Trump, who cannot resist lying, even when there’s no reason for it, says the venue, the BOK Center in Tulsa, holds 22,000 people. That’s simply wrong, as usual. It holds 19,000.
Oklahoma is a disaster, a COVID-19 Petri dish where cases and deaths are rising at an alarming rate. But Oklahoma’s cretin governor, the same idiot who took selfies including his family out at a restaurant in the middle of the pandemic, gave the go-ahead for the state to reopen. So, to put it in Trump terms, there’s gonna be a lot of deaths, a lot of deaths. And it will all be thanks to Donald Trump.
But the narrative that Joe Biden is “just as bad as Donald Trump” persists, despite the fact that Trump has, effectively, finally done what he said he was going to do. Trump has shot a man on Fifth Avenue and not lost a single member of his base as a result. Of course, the man he shot wasn’t on Fifth Avenue, but in Oklahoma. And it’s not just one man but hundreds, possibly thousands of human beings. People alive today will be dead within six months as a direct result of this evil man.
Meanwhile Trump wants to shoot one more victim. He wants to shoot the messenger called testing. Testing for coronavirus is what makes it possible for Americans to identify who has it and who needs to be quarantined. If he has his way he will, in his twisted and sick view, “look better,” because the statistics will no longer reflect an increase in the number of cases. If Trump could also find a way to suppress the number of deaths then he would do that too, at least until after the election in November, then he won’t care.
But, as I write this, 118,283 precious human beings are dead thanks to the negligence and idiocy and laziness and evil of Donald Trump. He needs to go and we need to defeat him in November. We owe it to the memory of those 118,283 people. And, as ever, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, comrades and friends, stay safe.
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palmerreport--2020-06-16--Donald Trump takes another loss

Donald Trump takes another loss

The failures just keep coming for “ president ” Donald Trump .
In what is likely one of the biggest shockers in the court ’ s history , the Supreme Court ruled to extend workplace civil rights to gay , lesbian , and transgender people .
Many conservatives are shocked and angered , but they need to face the fact that gay , lesbian , and transgender people deserve to be protected from prejudice that prevents them from thriving in our society .
They are human beings who deserve to be treated as such .
Many are surprised that Neil @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a Trump appointee .
They are likely the same people who were shocked when John Roberts ruled in favor of Obamacare .
Roberts has always leaned toward decisions grounded in law and — at least in this case — Gorusch decided based on the law .
The 1964 Civil Rights Act protects all from discrimination , not just people of color .
Anyone who falls outside of whatever is perceived “ society ’ s norm ” is and should be protected by this law .
He specifically said that “ the limits @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reason to ignore the law ’ s demands.
” Yes , it is the law , and they were right to uphold it .
Trump is pretending that he is not be bothered by the decision , telling reporters “ I ’ ve read the decision , ” according to Politico .
That claim is doubtful at best .
Trump likely can barely get through Dick and Jane , let alone a complex legal document .
The employers in this case were backed by the Trump administration and tried to argue that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intended ” to protect gay and transgender people from discrimination .
Why ?
Gay and transgender people are entitled to civil rights .
However , there are those who believe simply because a justice is appointed by a president , he should go against what is right to appease that president and his followers .
Sorry , but you are not the only people living in this world .
Erick Erickson , another loud-mouthed conservative radio host , proclaimed : “ All those evangelicals who sided with Trump in 2016 to protect them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ excuse to stay home in 2020.
” Good .
Hopefully , they all stay home .
Carrie Severino , president of a right-wing outfit called Judicial Crisis Network , tweeted “ Justice Scalia would be disappointed that his successor has bungled textualism so badly today.
” Woman , please .
The Court today held up the rights of yet another disenfranchised group to fully exist in the world in which they live .
Conservatives and evangelicals merely want to tell us how to live when they are far from perfect themselves .
Any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and his racist , homophobic , and xenophobic policies is no Christian .
They have not read the very Bible that they want to beat the rest of us over the head with .
Take the advice of a heathen and turn to Matthew 7:1-2 : “ Judge not , that ye be not judged .
For with what judgment ye judge , ye shall be judged and with what measure ye mete , it shall be measured to you again.
” Conservative evangelicals can put that in their pipe and smoke it @

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The failures just keep coming for “president” Donald Trump. In what is likely one of the biggest shockers in the court’s history, the Supreme Court ruled to extend workplace civil rights to gay, lesbian, and transgender people. Many conservatives are shocked and angered, but they need to face the fact that gay, lesbian, and transgender people deserve to be protected from prejudice that prevents them from thriving in our society. They are human beings who deserve to be treated as such.
Many are surprised that Neil Gorusch wrote the majority opinion because he is a Trump appointee. They are likely the same people who were shocked when John Roberts ruled in favor of Obamacare. Roberts has always leaned toward decisions grounded in law and — at least in this case — Gorusch decided based on the law. The 1964 Civil Rights Act protects all from discrimination, not just people of color. Anyone who falls outside of whatever is perceived “society’s norm” is and should be protected by this law. He specifically said that “the limits of the drafters’ imagination supply no reason to ignore the law’s demands.” Yes, it is the law, and they were right to uphold it.
Trump is pretending that he is not be bothered by the decision, telling reporters “I’ve read the decision,” according to Politico. That claim is doubtful at best. Trump likely can barely get through Dick and Jane, let alone a complex legal document. The employers in this case were backed by the Trump administration and tried to argue that the 1964 Civil Rights Act “was not intended” to protect gay and transgender people from discrimination. Why? Gay and transgender people are entitled to civil rights.
However, there are those who believe simply because a justice is appointed by a president, he should go against what is right to appease that president and his followers. Sorry, but you are not the only people living in this world. Erick Erickson, another loud-mouthed conservative radio host, proclaimed: “All those evangelicals who sided with Trump in 2016 to protect them from the cultural currents just found their excuse to stay home in 2020.” Good. Hopefully, they all stay home. Carrie Severino, president of a right-wing outfit called Judicial Crisis Network, tweeted “Justice Scalia would be disappointed that his successor has bungled textualism so badly today.” Woman, please.
The Court today held up the rights of yet another disenfranchised group to fully exist in the world in which they live. Conservatives and evangelicals merely want to tell us how to live when they are far from perfect themselves. Any “Christian” who supports Donald Trump and his racist, homophobic, and xenophobic policies is no Christian. They have not read the very Bible that they want to beat the rest of us over the head with. Take the advice of a heathen and turn to Matthew 7:1-2: “Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.” Conservative evangelicals can put that in their pipe and smoke it.
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palmerreport--2020-06-16--How backwards is this?

How backwards is this?

Monday ’ s Supreme Court ruling , extending full Civil Rights Act protections to LGBT people , was a great moment for humanity .
It ’ s a reminder of how years and decades of hard fought activism can finally result in sudden and unexpected progress .
It ’ s also a reminder that progress , even when it comes , rarely happens in a straight line .
Take Pete Buttigieg as an example .
Four months ago , he narrowly won the Iowa caucus .
His candidacy faded after that , but for a minute there , he was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United States .
But not until yesterday did Pete Buttigieg have a full set of civil rights .
If he had hypothetically taken a job waiting tables after he dropped out of the race , he could have then been fired from that job prior to today , simply for being gay – even after he had won the Iowa caucus .
And yet even with this Supreme Court ruling , the Trump regime has made moves over the past few days to try to take away basic LGBT medical patient rights – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s a reminder that while the cycle of progress always moves forward in the long term , it always plays out in uneven , frustrating , too-slow , and sometimes backwards fashion .
All we can do is to simply keep pushing forward .

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Monday’s Supreme Court ruling, extending full Civil Rights Act protections to LGBT people, was a great moment for humanity. It’s a reminder of how years and decades of hard fought activism can finally result in sudden and unexpected progress. It’s also a reminder that progress, even when it comes, rarely happens in a straight line.
Take Pete Buttigieg as an example. Four months ago, he narrowly won the Iowa caucus. His candidacy faded after that, but for a minute there, he was a contender to become President of the United States. But not until yesterday did Pete Buttigieg have a full set of civil rights. If he had hypothetically taken a job waiting tables after he dropped out of the race, he could have then been fired from that job prior to today, simply for being gay – even after he had won the Iowa caucus.
And yet even with this Supreme Court ruling, the Trump regime has made moves over the past few days to try to take away basic LGBT medical patient rights – during a pandemic no less. It’s a reminder that while the cycle of progress always moves forward in the long term, it always plays out in uneven, frustrating, too-slow, and sometimes backwards fashion. All we can do is to simply keep pushing forward.
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palmerreport--2020-06-17--What does Mike Pence think he’s doing?

What does Mike Pence think he’s doing?

On Monday we all learned that Mike Pence used a conference call with the governors to try to convince them to lie about the nature of the new explosion in coronavirus cases .
At the time , Palmer Report noted that Pence was awfully flagrant about it , and that he should have known some of the governors would go running to the media .
Now we know why he didn ’ t care : he ’ s going full conspiracy theorist about it .
On Tuesday , Mike Pence published a lengthy and bizarre op-ed on the official White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus crisis is indeed supposedly over .
Nevermind that several states are now setting records for the number of new coronavirus cases per day .
It ’ s all a trick , Pence says .
It ’ s not really happening .
If we would just stop doing so darned much testing , it would all go away .
That sounds familiar , doesn ’ t it ?
As we ’ ve often noted , Mike Pence is every bit as dishonest , extreme , and deranged as Donald Trump – he ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ soft spoken about it .
But now Pence is outright marrying himself to the notion that the pandemic is somehow magically over , and that everyone should just ignore all the people getting sick around them .
Pence is arguably taking this deadly lie even further , and certainly doing so with greater specificity , than Trump is .
So what gives ?
Perhaps Mike Pence has concluded that if he and Trump can ’ t sell America on the idea that the worsening pandemic doesn ’ t exist , the economy won @ @ @ @ @ @ @ faint hope of reelection will disappear entirely .
Maybe Trump is blackmailing Pence into doing it .
There are various plausible explanations .
But whatever the reason , Pence is now all but asking to be personally blamed for any coronavirus deaths going forward .
Something is weird about this .
Keep an eye on Pence ’ s behavior going forward .

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On Monday we all learned that Mike Pence used a conference call with the governors to try to convince them to lie about the nature of the new explosion in coronavirus cases. At the time, Palmer Report noted that Pence was awfully flagrant about it, and that he should have known some of the governors would go running to the media. Now we know why he didn’t care: he’s going full conspiracy theorist about it.
On Tuesday, Mike Pence published a lengthy and bizarre op-ed on the official White House website, spelling out why the coronavirus crisis is indeed supposedly over. Nevermind that several states are now setting records for the number of new coronavirus cases per day. It’s all a trick, Pence says. It’s not really happening. If we would just stop doing so darned much testing, it would all go away.
That sounds familiar, doesn’t it? As we’ve often noted, Mike Pence is every bit as dishonest, extreme, and deranged as Donald Trump – he’s just a lot more subtle and soft spoken about it. But now Pence is outright marrying himself to the notion that the pandemic is somehow magically over, and that everyone should just ignore all the people getting sick around them. Pence is arguably taking this deadly lie even further, and certainly doing so with greater specificity, than Trump is.
So what gives? Perhaps Mike Pence has concluded that if he and Trump can’t sell America on the idea that the worsening pandemic doesn’t exist, the economy won’t bounce back, and their faint hope of reelection will disappear entirely. Maybe Trump is blackmailing Pence into doing it. There are various plausible explanations. But whatever the reason, Pence is now all but asking to be personally blamed for any coronavirus deaths going forward. Something is weird about this. Keep an eye on Pence’s behavior going forward.
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palmerreport--2020-06-17--Susan Collins is in even more trouble

Susan Collins is in even more trouble

Susan Collins tends to be concerned quite often , usually over whatever reckless or stupid stunt Donald Trump just pulled , but never enough to actually do anything about it .
It ’ s a tiresome act of trying to pass as a moderate in a fairly moderate state while also avoiding the wrath of Donald Trump and his base , even if it ran out of gas some time in 2018 .
She used some harsher words this time around when the Trump administration talked about ending protections for transgender patients , vowing that she would work to overturn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a bit stronger than any commitment she made in the past against Donald Trump , but the problem is that she ’ s actually worked to help make these policies possible in the first place .
In light of yesterday ’ s Supreme Court ruling , it ’ s not going to be easy for her to sweep under the rug either .
She was the pivotal deciding vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court , who not only supported the right of employers to discriminate against LGBT employees , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ruling , calling it an obscure interpretation of the law .
Collins has lost a number of crucial endorsements that give her credentials as a moderate in Maine – with gun control advocates and environmental advocates deciding to endorse her opponent , Sara Gideon , instead .
There was the possibility that Kavanaugh ’ s appointment to the Supreme Court would largely be pushed to the backburner by the time the 2020 elections were in full swing , but her comments on the matter just brought Kavanaugh back to the forefront and ensured @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a campaign liability for her this year when it comes to debates and campaign commercials .

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Susan Collins tends to be concerned quite often, usually over whatever reckless or stupid stunt Donald Trump just pulled, but never enough to actually do anything about it. It’s a tiresome act of trying to pass as a moderate in a fairly moderate state while also avoiding the wrath of Donald Trump and his base, even if it ran out of gas some time in 2018. She used some harsher words this time around when the Trump administration talked about ending protections for transgender patients, vowing that she would work to overturn the new policy.
It’s a bit stronger than any commitment she made in the past against Donald Trump, but the problem is that she’s actually worked to help make these policies possible in the first place. In light of yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling, it’s not going to be easy for her to sweep under the rug either. She was the pivotal deciding vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, who not only supported the right of employers to discriminate against LGBT employees, but wrote his own dissent against the 6-3 ruling, calling it an obscure interpretation of the law.
Collins has lost a number of crucial endorsements that give her credentials as a moderate in Maine – with gun control advocates and environmental advocates deciding to endorse her opponent, Sara Gideon, instead. There was the possibility that Kavanaugh’s appointment to the Supreme Court would largely be pushed to the backburner by the time the 2020 elections were in full swing, but her comments on the matter just brought Kavanaugh back to the forefront and ensured that he’ll almost certainly be a campaign liability for her this year when it comes to debates and campaign commercials.
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palmerreport--2020-06-17--Donald Trump’s health scandal just got even uglier for him

In the past six months since he was mysteriously taken to Walter Reed Medical Center , we ’ ve seen a marked decline in Donald Trump ’ s physical health and cognitive abilities .
Yet Trump and his White House have gone to great lengths to cover up whatever is wrong with him – even going so far as to blame a ramp after Trump couldn ’ t walk down it .
If Trump would simply be honest about his health problems , it could turn out to be something that ’ s not even disqualifying .
But his ongoing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about his serious health issues is 100 % disqualifying .
Trump keeps trying to make the scandal go away by obsessively talking about it , which never works .
Now it ’ s gotten even uglier for him .
The Lincoln Project , an anti-Trump republican group famous for being a thorn in Donald Trump ’ s side , just released this devastating new ad about Trump ’ s health scandal ( if the video below doesn ’ t load on your device , go here instead ) : Again , the real @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump has a health issue .
If he ’ s merely become physically disabled in some way , who cares ?
He can still do the job just fine .
But whatever is wrong with him , he ’ s lying about it .
That becomes even more problematic when you consider that his physical health problems appear to be accompanied by cognitive health problems – which could be disqualifying .
Americans deserve answers , and if we keep up the pressure , Trump is going to have to deliver answers , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @

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In the past six months since he was mysteriously taken to Walter Reed Medical Center, we’ve seen a marked decline in Donald Trump’s physical health and cognitive abilities. Yet Trump and his White House have gone to great lengths to cover up whatever is wrong with him – even going so far as to blame a ramp after Trump couldn’t walk down it.
If Trump would simply be honest about his health problems, it could turn out to be something that’s not even disqualifying. But his ongoing insistence on lying to the American people about his serious health issues is 100% disqualifying. Trump keeps trying to make the scandal go away by obsessively talking about it, which never works. Now it’s gotten even uglier for him.
The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump republican group famous for being a thorn in Donald Trump’s side, just released this devastating new ad about Trump’s health scandal (if the video below doesn’t load on your device, go here instead):
Why did Trump have a secretive, midnight run to Walter Reed Medical Center? It’s time we talk about it. #TrumpIsNotWell pic.twitter.com/c8g97n61s5 — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 16, 2020
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Again, the real story here isn’t that Donald Trump has a health issue. If he’s merely become physically disabled in some way, who cares? He can still do the job just fine. But whatever is wrong with him, he’s lying about it. That becomes even more problematic when you consider that his physical health problems appear to be accompanied by cognitive health problems – which could be disqualifying. Americans deserve answers, and if we keep up the pressure, Trump is going to have to deliver answers, or resign to avoid providing those answers.
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palmerreport--2020-06-17--Here comes Bill Barr’s turn in the hot seat

Attorney General Bill Barr has found himself in a fair amount of hot water over the past two weeks over his order to have government personnel assault peaceful protesters outside the White House .
But Donald Trump keeps creating new scandals for himself that have taken some of the heat off Barr .
Now that may be about to change .
We all saw Bill Barr corruptly interfere with the Department of Justice criminal case against Roger Stone , in an attempt at getting Stone ’ s prison sentence reduced .
That resulted in multiple DOJ personnel involved with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ turns out two of them are apparently about to publicly testify about what Barr did .
The House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed Aaron Zelinsky and John Elias to testify next Wednesday .
The New York Times says they ’ re both looking to testify and will honor the subpoenas .
This is important , because while the Trump regime will try to block them from testifying , just as it ’ s done with everyone else who ’ s been called to testify , Trump has only really succeeded in blocking the testimony @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to testify to begin with .
Zelinsky and Elias say they want to testify , which means they probably will .
This means it ’ s finally Bill Barr ’ s turn in the hot seat .
He refused to show up and testify himself last week , but now two of his own former top people are going to publicly testify against him instead .
Donald Trump hates it when one of his underlings becomes scandalized to the point of being a distraction for him .
We ’ ll see if the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scandals to the point that Trump grows annoyed with having Barr around .
There ’ s some sense that Trump needs Barr , but Trump has gotten rid of other people he ’ s needed , out of pure frustration .

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Attorney General Bill Barr has found himself in a fair amount of hot water over the past two weeks over his order to have government personnel assault peaceful protesters outside the White House. But Donald Trump keeps creating new scandals for himself that have taken some of the heat off Barr. Now that may be about to change.
We all saw Bill Barr corruptly interfere with the Department of Justice criminal case against Roger Stone, in an attempt at getting Stone’s prison sentence reduced. That resulted in multiple DOJ personnel involved with the case resigning in protest. Now it turns out two of them are apparently about to publicly testify about what Barr did.
The House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed Aaron Zelinsky and John Elias to testify next Wednesday. The New York Times says they’re both looking to testify and will honor the subpoenas. This is important, because while the Trump regime will try to block them from testifying, just as it’s done with everyone else who’s been called to testify, Trump has only really succeeded in blocking the testimony of people who didn’t want to testify to begin with. Zelinsky and Elias say they want to testify, which means they probably will.
This means it’s finally Bill Barr’s turn in the hot seat. He refused to show up and testify himself last week, but now two of his own former top people are going to publicly testify against him instead. Donald Trump hates it when one of his underlings becomes scandalized to the point of being a distraction for him. We’ll see if the House can play up Barr’s scandals to the point that Trump grows annoyed with having Barr around. There’s some sense that Trump needs Barr, but Trump has gotten rid of other people he’s needed, out of pure frustration.
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palmerreport--2020-06-18--Donald Trump’s “TOTAL FAILURE” meltdown isn’t exactly going over well

Donald Trump went twenty hours without tweeting anything , even as new revelations about his criminal scandals surfaced one after @ @ @ @ @ full of silence , you ’ d think he ’ d really have something to @ @ @ @ @ it turns out , not so much .
It apparently took Donald Trump twenty hours @ @ @ @ @ gem of a tweet : That ’ s right , all Trump can muster at @ @ @ @ @ Joe Biden , who has a double digit lead over him in some polls , @ @ @ @ @ failure.
” Yeah , that ’ s not how that works .
The words “ @ @ @ @ @ trending on Twitter , as everyone made fun of him for it .
Now Trump @ @ @ @ @ on the Sean Hannity show tonight , so we ’ ll see how much of @ @ @ @ @ him .

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Donald Trump went twenty hours without tweeting anything, even as new revelations about his criminal scandals surfaced one after another. After nearly a full of silence, you’d think he’d really have something to say, right? As it turns out, not so much.
It apparently took Donald Trump twenty hours to come up with this gem of a tweet:
Joe Biden was a TOTAL FAILURE in Government. He “bungled” everything that he touched! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2020
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That’s right, all Trump can muster at this point is to accuse Joe Biden, who has a double digit lead over him in some polls, of being a “total failure.” Yeah, that’s not how that works. The words “TOTAL FAILURE” promptly began trending on Twitter, as everyone made fun of him for it. Now Trump says he’ll be on the Sean Hannity show tonight, so we’ll see how much of a disaster that is for him.
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palmerreport--2020-06-18--Donald Trump says he wants American journalists executed

In public , Donald Trump has treated American journalists in antagonistic , dishonest , threatening , and often deranged fashion .
He ’ s even gone so far as to repeatedly and falsely accuse one prominent cable news host of murdering a woman .
Perhaps not surprisingly , it turns out Trump ’ s private behavior with regard to the media has been even more psychotic .
During a meeting in New Jersey last summer , Donald Trump told his associates that journalists who don ’ t reveal their sources should be “ executed ” because they ’ re “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bolton ’ s new book , obtained by the Washington Post .
Bolton is a scumbag in his own right for refusing to share any of these ugly details during Trump ’ s impeachment , so he could cash in with a book instead .
But the story here isn ’ t Bolton , it ’ s Trump .
Trump may try to argue that he was merely venting when he called for journalists to be “ executed ” and that he didn ’ t literally mean he wanted them to be put @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guy who is in charge of the Department of Justice .
He can manufacture criminal charges against anyone he wants .
In fact he ’ s got the DOJ trying to retaliate against Bolton for daring to publish the book .
For the President of the United States to talk about having American journalists “ executed ” is automatically disqualifying .
Trump should just resign now – but we all know we won ’ t .
We ’ ll just have to beat him in November by an overwhelming margin .

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In public, Donald Trump has treated American journalists in antagonistic, dishonest, threatening, and often deranged fashion. He’s even gone so far as to repeatedly and falsely accuse one prominent cable news host of murdering a woman. Perhaps not surprisingly, it turns out Trump’s private behavior with regard to the media has been even more psychotic.
During a meeting in New Jersey last summer, Donald Trump told his associates that journalists who don’t reveal their sources should be “executed” because they’re “scumbags.” This is according to John Bolton’s new book, obtained by the Washington Post. Bolton is a scumbag in his own right for refusing to share any of these ugly details during Trump’s impeachment, so he could cash in with a book instead. But the story here isn’t Bolton, it’s Trump.
Trump may try to argue that he was merely venting when he called for journalists to be “executed” and that he didn’t literally mean he wanted them to be put to death. But this is the guy who is in charge of the Department of Justice. He can manufacture criminal charges against anyone he wants. In fact he’s got the DOJ trying to retaliate against Bolton for daring to publish the book. For the President of the United States to talk about having American journalists “executed” is automatically disqualifying. Trump should just resign now – but we all know we won’t. We’ll just have to beat him in November by an overwhelming margin.
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palmerreport--2020-06-17--John Bolton for prison

John Bolton for prison

In the normal world , if you witness your associate commit a felony , and you ’ re asked to testify about it in front of a jury , and you refuse to do so , you end up getting arrested yourself .
If your associate then goes on to commit additional felonies , you can potentially be held liable for them .
So why does John Bolton get off the hook ?
Bolton revealed some details today from his upcoming book , which document various crimes committed by Donald Trump , some of which we already knew about , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Bolton seems to think that revealing this information makes him some kind of a hero , and we should all be thankful and run out and buy his book .
But all Bolton has done today is confess to what we already had good reason to suspect : he was a material witness to multiple serious felonies , and when the House asked him to testify , he refused to do so .
He didn ’ t even refuse because he was afraid of retribution .
He refused because he knew that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Trump could get ousted for it , and then no one would be interested in buying Bolton ’ s book by the time it was ready for publication .
Not only did John Bolton sell us out for personal profit , his refusal to testify allowed Donald Trump to remain in power , which in turn allowed Trump to murder 115,000 Americans in the process .
If Trump is guilty of negligent homicide – and he is – how is Bolton not guilty for aiding and abetting ?
Imagine if you witnessed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during the trial , and then after the murderer was acquitted and committed several more crimes , you cashed in with a book about the murder you witnessed .
Someone else will have to sort out the particulars of the law , but in a moral sense , what John Bolton has done isn ’ t much different .
Here ’ s hoping Bolton ’ s belated confession – and at this late date it ’ s not testimony , it ’ s a confession – ends up helping to take Donald Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ belongs in a prison cell right alongside Trump .
They ’ re both guilty as sin .

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In the normal world, if you witness your associate commit a felony, and you’re asked to testify about it in front of a jury, and you refuse to do so, you end up getting arrested yourself. If your associate then goes on to commit additional felonies, you can potentially be held liable for them. So why does John Bolton get off the hook?
Bolton revealed some details today from his upcoming book, which document various crimes committed by Donald Trump, some of which we already knew about, some of which we didn’t. Bolton seems to think that revealing this information makes him some kind of a hero, and we should all be thankful and run out and buy his book.
But all Bolton has done today is confess to what we already had good reason to suspect: he was a material witness to multiple serious felonies, and when the House asked him to testify, he refused to do so. He didn’t even refuse because he was afraid of retribution. He refused because he knew that if he testified about all of this, Trump could get ousted for it, and then no one would be interested in buying Bolton’s book by the time it was ready for publication.
Not only did John Bolton sell us out for personal profit, his refusal to testify allowed Donald Trump to remain in power, which in turn allowed Trump to murder 115,000 Americans in the process. If Trump is guilty of negligent homicide – and he is – how is Bolton not guilty for aiding and abetting?
Imagine if you witnessed a murder, but refused to testify during the trial, and then after the murderer was acquitted and committed several more crimes, you cashed in with a book about the murder you witnessed. Someone else will have to sort out the particulars of the law, but in a moral sense, what John Bolton has done isn’t much different.
Here’s hoping Bolton’s belated confession – and at this late date it’s not testimony, it’s a confession – ends up helping to take Donald Trump down. But at this point Bolton belongs in a prison cell right alongside Trump. They’re both guilty as sin.
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palmerreport--2020-06-17--No wonder Donald Trump has been stunned into silence

Motormouth Donald Trump somehow hasn ’ t tweeted anything at all today – a very rare occurrence .
If you ’ ve been wondering why , now we appear to be getting our answer : he ’ s been stunned into silence by a series of devastating revelations which , while arriving way later than they should have , are nonetheless going to be devastating to him .
New details from John Bolton ’ s upcoming book have surfaced in the media today , and they reveal a whole new slate of scandals and crimes on the part of Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Bolton is even more of a traitor for having refused to testify during Trump ’ s impeachment hearing , because the information Bolton was sitting on might have been enough to get Trump ousted .
But Bolton ’ s villainy aside , these revelations about Trump are off the charts .
Bolton is revealing that Donald Trump did explicitly ask Chinese President Xi Jinping to help him alter the outcome of the 2020 election .
This part was already well known ; Trump publicly confessed to it on the White House lawn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ far more detail , including the part where Trump encouraged Xi to build concentration camps for religious prisoners .
Bolton also reveals that Donald Trump thought Finland was part of Russia , that Trump didn ’ t know the United Kingdom had nuclear weapons , and that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Trump was “ full of shit.
” Of course these are just the teaser details , suggesting that there ’ s even uglier dirt in the book .
Bolton really , really screwed us by sitting on all of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ knock another several points off Trump ’ s collapsing approval rating , so now it ’ s Trump who ’ s screwed .

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Motormouth Donald Trump somehow hasn’t tweeted anything at all today – a very rare occurrence. If you’ve been wondering why, now we appear to be getting our answer: he’s been stunned into silence by a series of devastating revelations which, while arriving way later than they should have, are nonetheless going to be devastating to him.
New details from John Bolton’s upcoming book have surfaced in the media today, and they reveal a whole new slate of scandals and crimes on the part of Donald Trump. If anything, it means that Bolton is even more of a traitor for having refused to testify during Trump’s impeachment hearing, because the information Bolton was sitting on might have been enough to get Trump ousted. But Bolton’s villainy aside, these revelations about Trump are off the charts.
Bolton is revealing that Donald Trump did explicitly ask Chinese President Xi Jinping to help him alter the outcome of the 2020 election. This part was already well known; Trump publicly confessed to it on the White House lawn months ago. But Bolton goes into far more detail, including the part where Trump encouraged Xi to build concentration camps for religious prisoners.
Bolton also reveals that Donald Trump thought Finland was part of Russia, that Trump didn’t know the United Kingdom had nuclear weapons, and that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Trump was “full of shit.” Of course these are just the teaser details, suggesting that there’s even uglier dirt in the book. Bolton really, really screwed us by sitting on all of this evidence. But these revelations could knock another several points off Trump’s collapsing approval rating, so now it’s Trump who’s screwed.
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Where’s Fauci?

So who remembers Dr. Anthony Fauci ?
He of the retinue of the failed Trump nightly mini-rallies ?
Donald Trump ’ s reluctant side kick ?
The president ’ s “ maybe ” man ?
Well guess what ?
Hey now , hey now , our Fauci ’ s back !
Dr. Anthony Fauci just said he won ’ t go to Donald Trump ’ s Nuremberg-style rally in Tulsa , Oklahoma on Saturday .
In fact he said “ of course ” he won ’ t go .
Hell no , he won ’ t go .
He replied @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Well , if it ’ s not a stupid question , it certainly ought to be .
Fauci , the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , issued a call for all states , including Arizona , Texas and Florida , to move aggressively to prevent recent increases in COVID-19 cases from turning into “ a real surge.
” He did this in response to Vice President Mike Pence , head of the coronavirus task force , who played down the possibility of a “ second wave ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a Wall Street Journal column that “ such panic is overblown.
” Fauci begs to differ .
Though Fauci says he hasn ’ t spoken to Donald Trump in two weeks , he admits that testing and tracing has improved somewhat in the last month or two , suggesting that he still feels the need to appease Trump , even in absentia .
Recall it was Fauci who said in April that he was concerned that COVID-19 deaths could be as high as 60,000 by the end of August .
The death @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , at 119,204 , and rising alarmingly , and the end of August is still two and a half months away .
While this perpetual Fauci soft-pedaling of the truth may have been necessary for him to survive at Trump ’ s White House , what has it really gained him at the end of the day ?
Fauci is a source of cautionary bromides , patronizingly believing he needs to let us down easy .
I was hoping he ’ d notice we are big boys and big girls , and we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fine .
In any case , Fauci likes to play his music on the Easy Listening channel , and it keeps him in the demilitarized zone with Trump .
A man smart enough to be a leading doctor ought to have noticed that substandard zeal is not enough for Trump .
Anyone who isn ’ t one hundred percent on board in Trumpland is in danger of being labelled fake news or a RINO ( Republican In Name Only . )
These days being perceived as less than rabidly pro-Trump can even garner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ acid claque of drones and cretins .
At least Fauci concedes that there is still a coronavirus problem in the United States , and it ’ s not something that can easily be fixed .
“ All you need to do is look at the data… , ” Fauci says , “ to see that the pandemic is not over by any means .
The numbers speak for themselves.
” They also speak louder than Trump , or anyone else in denial : not only is the pandemic still ongoing , it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is in big trouble .
This is why Trump absolutely must go in November .
So , as ever , ladies and gentlemen , brothers and sisters , comrades and friends , stay safe .

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So who remembers Dr. Anthony Fauci? He of the retinue of the failed Trump nightly mini-rallies? Donald Trump’s reluctant side kick? The president’s “maybe” man? Well guess what? Hey now, hey now, our Fauci’s back!
Dr. Anthony Fauci just said he won’t go to Donald Trump’s Nuremberg-style rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday. In fact he said “of course” he won’t go. Hell no, he won’t go. He replied as if it was a stupid question. Well, if it’s not a stupid question, it certainly ought to be.
Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, issued a call for all states, including Arizona, Texas and Florida, to move aggressively to prevent recent increases in COVID-19 cases from turning into “a real surge.” He did this in response to Vice President Mike Pence, head of the coronavirus task force, who played down the possibility of a “second wave” of Covid-19 cases, saying without evidence in a Wall Street Journal column that “such panic is overblown.” Fauci begs to differ.
Though Fauci says he hasn’t spoken to Donald Trump in two weeks, he admits that testing and tracing has improved somewhat in the last month or two, suggesting that he still feels the need to appease Trump, even in absentia. Recall it was Fauci who said in April that he was concerned that COVID-19 deaths could be as high as 60,000 by the end of August. The death toll is at nearly twice that now, at 119,204, and rising alarmingly, and the end of August is still two and a half months away.
While this perpetual Fauci soft-pedaling of the truth may have been necessary for him to survive at Trump’s White House, what has it really gained him at the end of the day? Fauci is a source of cautionary bromides, patronizingly believing he needs to let us down easy. I was hoping he’d notice we are big boys and big girls, and we can take our medicine straight and just fine. In any case, Fauci likes to play his music on the Easy Listening channel, and it keeps him in the demilitarized zone with Trump.
A man smart enough to be a leading doctor ought to have noticed that substandard zeal is not enough for Trump. Anyone who isn’t one hundred percent on board in Trumpland is in danger of being labelled fake news or a RINO (Republican In Name Only.) These days being perceived as less than rabidly pro-Trump can even garner you death threats from Trump’s acid claque of drones and cretins.
At least Fauci concedes that there is still a coronavirus problem in the United States, and it’s not something that can easily be fixed. “All you need to do is look at the data…,” Fauci says, “to see that the pandemic is not over by any means. The numbers speak for themselves.” They also speak louder than Trump, or anyone else in denial: not only is the pandemic still ongoing, it’s just barely begun, and America is in big trouble. This is why Trump absolutely must go in November. So, as ever, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, comrades and friends, stay safe.
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palmerreport--2020-06-17--Black people are being found hanging from trees across the nation – something is very, very wrong he

Black people are being found hanging from trees across the nation – something is very, very wrong here

Over the past few weeks America has seen landmark protests in support of Black Lives Matter , and against the racist murders of black people .
Even as this storyline has been loudly playing out , a parallel storyline has been getting surprisingly little attention .
In multiple U.S. cities , black people have been found hanging from trees – and if you have any understanding of American history , there ’ s something very , very wrong here .
In recent weeks we ’ ve seen this play out in California , in Portland , in the Shady Acres @ @ @ @ @ @ @ York City .
In each instance , it ’ s been ruled a suicide .
But white supremacists in America have historically used the hanging of black people from trees – lynching – as one of the most widely known , violent , cruel , disgusting symbols of racial oppression .
And now this is all happening within the context of Black Lives Matter marches , which are specifically in protest of white people murdering black people .
Suicide isn ’ t meant to make sense .
But even if we ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ person might hang himself from a tree as part of a misunderstood statement about racism , how are we supposed to blindly accept that all of these hangings are suicides ?
Such a thing is possible , but given the circumstances , it seems highly unlikely .
It ’ s not at all difficult to imagine a scenario in which white supremacists around the nation have begun doing this in coordinated fashion , each time trying to make it superficially look like a suicide , while still sending a clear KKK-style message .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ know what ’ s going on here .
But it ’ s blatantly suspicious , to the point that common sense says a federal investigation is warranted .
Given how the local authorities keep classifying these hangings as suicides , they need to be removed from the process of determining what ’ s really going on here .
This week the FBI announced that it ’ s taking up the matter .
Good .
Now we just have to hope that the division of the FBI responsible for investigating hate crimes hasn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Attorney General Bill Barr , who has already succeeded in corrupting so many other aspects of the Department of Justice .

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Over the past few weeks America has seen landmark protests in support of Black Lives Matter, and against the racist murders of black people. Even as this storyline has been loudly playing out, a parallel storyline has been getting surprisingly little attention. In multiple U.S. cities, black people have been found hanging from trees – and if you have any understanding of American history, there’s something very, very wrong here.
In recent weeks we’ve seen this play out in California, in Portland, in the Shady Acres area in Houston, and in New York City. In each instance, it’s been ruled a suicide. But white supremacists in America have historically used the hanging of black people from trees – lynching – as one of the most widely known, violent, cruel, disgusting symbols of racial oppression. And now this is all happening within the context of Black Lives Matter marches, which are specifically in protest of white people murdering black people.
Suicide isn’t meant to make sense. But even if we’re to accept the possibility that one black person might hang himself from a tree as part of a misunderstood statement about racism, how are we supposed to blindly accept that all of these hangings are suicides? Such a thing is possible, but given the circumstances, it seems highly unlikely. It’s not at all difficult to imagine a scenario in which white supremacists around the nation have begun doing this in coordinated fashion, each time trying to make it superficially look like a suicide, while still sending a clear KKK-style message.
In truth, we don’t know what’s going on here. But it’s blatantly suspicious, to the point that common sense says a federal investigation is warranted. Given how the local authorities keep classifying these hangings as suicides, they need to be removed from the process of determining what’s really going on here. This week the FBI announced that it’s taking up the matter. Good. Now we just have to hope that the division of the FBI responsible for investigating hate crimes hasn’t been corrupted by Donald Trump’s Attorney General Bill Barr, who has already succeeded in corrupting so many other aspects of the Department of Justice.
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palmerreport--2020-06-17--Nancy Pelosi throws down the gauntlet at House Republicans

Wearing a mask in public during the pandemic should simply be a matter of common sense , self preservation , and basic decency .
But it ’ s instead somehow become yet another partisan issue , with Republican leaders creepily flaunting their unwillingness to wear masks , and conservative regions of the country foolishly going along with it .
But now Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is throwing down the gauntlet when it comes to masks – at least within her own house .
She ’ s announced that no member of the House of Representatives will be allowed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re wearing a mask .
The Washington Post says that she ’ ll have the House Sergeant-at-Arms actively enforce the rule .
To answer the obvious question , yes , Pelosi has the legal standing to do this .
The question now is whether certain House Republicans will go through the stunt of showing up without a mask and making sure they get thrown out , just so they can pander to the most ignorant members of their own base .
Either way , at this point everyone should be wearing a mask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccine finally arrives .
There ’ s a reason coronavirus cases are plummeting in New York even as they ’ re skyrocketing in numerous red states : nearly all New Yorkers are wearing masks .

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Wearing a mask in public during the pandemic should simply be a matter of common sense, self preservation, and basic decency. But it’s instead somehow become yet another partisan issue, with Republican leaders creepily flaunting their unwillingness to wear masks, and conservative regions of the country foolishly going along with it.
But now Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is throwing down the gauntlet when it comes to masks – at least within her own house. She’s announced that no member of the House of Representatives will be allowed entry into any hearing unless they’re wearing a mask. The Washington Post says that she’ll have the House Sergeant-at-Arms actively enforce the rule.
To answer the obvious question, yes, Pelosi has the legal standing to do this. The question now is whether certain House Republicans will go through the stunt of showing up without a mask and making sure they get thrown out, just so they can pander to the most ignorant members of their own base.
Either way, at this point everyone should be wearing a mask while out in public until the coronavirus vaccine finally arrives. There’s a reason coronavirus cases are plummeting in New York even as they’re skyrocketing in numerous red states: nearly all New Yorkers are wearing masks.
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