palmerreport--2020-11-19--Nothing is going Donald Trump’s way

Nothing is going Donald Trump’s way

Another day , another kick in the pants for Donald Trump .
Republicans have grudgingly agreed to certify the race in Michigan , accepting President-elect Joe Biden as the winner .
The Guardian reported that people loudly protested the actions of Republicans Monica Palmer and William Hartmann in holding up the vote certification .
Reverend Wendell Anthony , pastor and head of the Detroit NAACP , called it as he saw it ( and as it was ) : “ You have extracted a Black city out of a county and said the only ones that are at fault is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % of the people who reside here are African Americans .
Shame on you !
” What will it take for white Republicans to realize that Black people no longer cower to them or take their abuse ?
Just like Trump , Michigan Republicans are nothing more than bullies .
They act tough until you call them on their behavior .
Their “ about face ” was timely , given that the Michigan Court of Appeals was not having any of the Trump campaign ’ s allegations regarding voting in Michigan .
According @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against the Trump campaign , specifically saying that they failed “ to persuade the Court of the existence of manifest error requiring reversal.
” In other words , they have nothing .
A court of law depends on evidence , not someone ’ s hurt feelings .
No one is surprised by that turn of events .
Pennsylvania was not much more accommodating to Trump ’ s attorneys .
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the Philadelphia elections officials did not impede poll watchers from observing the counting of mail-in ballots .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not argue too hard .
The Guardian reported that one of the campaign ’ s newly appointed attorneys had already spoken out on his conservative talk show that the campaign did not have a snowball ’ s chance in hell of winning this case .
Marc Scaringi , who was hired after Porter Wright Morris & Arthur withdrew , said on his show “ there really are no bombshells that could overturn the results ” prior to being hired by the campaign .
It just goes to show that some lawyers really are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make a fast buck , even one they knew going in they would lose .
Nothing is going Trump ’ s way , so he has resorted to vindictiveness .
Christopher Krebs , head of Trump ’ s cybersecurity intelligence , predicted his own firing after he declared the 2020 election the most secure we have had , and Trump made that prediction true .
Further , Trump , along with Republican Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue have been attacking Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger over the results in Georgia .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Republican-leaning counties whose votes were not accurately counted , Joe Biden still leads by “ just under 13,000 ” according to Fox ’ s Atlanta affiliate .
There is nothing left for Trump to do but concede this election and transition in Biden so that he can begin work on the virus Trump has ignored .
Over 250,000 Americans have died , and Trump couldn ’ t care less .

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Another day, another kick in the pants for Donald Trump. Republicans have grudgingly agreed to certify the race in Michigan, accepting President-elect Joe Biden as the winner. The Guardian reported that people loudly protested the actions of Republicans Monica Palmer and William Hartmann in holding up the vote certification. Reverend Wendell Anthony, pastor and head of the Detroit NAACP, called it as he saw it (and as it was): “You have extracted a Black city out of a county and said the only ones that are at fault is the city of Detroit, where 80% of the people who reside here are African Americans. Shame on you!”
What will it take for white Republicans to realize that Black people no longer cower to them or take their abuse? Just like Trump, Michigan Republicans are nothing more than bullies. They act tough until you call them on their behavior.
Their “about face” was timely, given that the Michigan Court of Appeals was not having any of the Trump campaign’s allegations regarding voting in Michigan. According to Bipartisan Report, the Court ruled against the Trump campaign, specifically saying that they failed “to persuade the Court of the existence of manifest error requiring reversal.” In other words, they have nothing. A court of law depends on evidence, not someone’s hurt feelings. No one is surprised by that turn of events. Pennsylvania was not much more accommodating to Trump’s attorneys.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the Philadelphia elections officials did not impede poll watchers from observing the counting of mail-in ballots. The attorneys the Trump campaign hired likely did not argue too hard. The Guardian reported that one of the campaign’s newly appointed attorneys had already spoken out on his conservative talk show that the campaign did not have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning this case. Marc Scaringi, who was hired after Porter Wright Morris & Arthur withdrew, said on his show “there really are no bombshells that could overturn the results” prior to being hired by the campaign. It just goes to show that some lawyers really are sharks who will take any case to make a fast buck, even one they knew going in they would lose.
Nothing is going Trump’s way, so he has resorted to vindictiveness. Christopher Krebs, head of Trump’s cybersecurity intelligence, predicted his own firing after he declared the 2020 election the most secure we have had, and Trump made that prediction true. Further, Trump, along with Republican Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue have been attacking Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger over the results in Georgia. While the recount in Georgia found two Republican-leaning counties whose votes were not accurately counted, Joe Biden still leads by “just under 13,000” according to Fox’s Atlanta affiliate. There is nothing left for Trump to do but concede this election and transition in Biden so that he can begin work on the virus Trump has ignored. Over 250,000 Americans have died, and Trump couldn’t care less.
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palmerreport--2020-11-19--These numbers aren’t right

These numbers aren’t right

There are a ton of headlines today surrounding a new Reuters poll which shows that roughly half of all Republicans think the election was rigged .
That sounds alarming , until you consider that recent Gallup polling shows that only 31 % of Americans identity as Republicans .
So “ half of all Republicans ” really means “ half of 31 % of Americans ” or about 16 % .
In other words , about 16 % of all Americans think the election was rigged against Trump .
That in turn tells us 84 % of Americans don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s a disappointing number , but it ’ s not exactly alarming .
Consider that last week ’ s Reuters poll that said 79 % of Americans agreed that Joe Biden won .
If anything , the percentage of Americans accepting that Biden has legitimately won appears to be slightly increasing , as you would expect .
The longer these things drag on , the more people accept reality .
So these are just more scary headlines aimed at scaring us into staying glued to our television sets .
The media loves to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mixing and matching numbers to sound like they ’ re something different than they are .
Parsing it sometimes requires not only common sense , but also a calculator .

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There are a ton of headlines today surrounding a new Reuters poll which shows that roughly half of all Republicans think the election was rigged. That sounds alarming, until you consider that recent Gallup polling shows that only 31% of Americans identity as Republicans. So “half of all Republicans” really means “half of 31% of Americans” or about 16%.
In other words, about 16% of all Americans think the election was rigged against Trump. That in turn tells us 84% of Americans don’t think it was rigged. That’s a disappointing number, but it’s not exactly alarming. Consider that last week’s Reuters poll that said 79% of Americans agreed that Joe Biden won. If anything, the percentage of Americans accepting that Biden has legitimately won appears to be slightly increasing, as you would expect.
The longer these things drag on, the more people accept reality. So these are just more scary headlines aimed at scaring us into staying glued to our television sets. The media loves to build narratives out of thin air by mixing and matching numbers to sound like they’re something different than they are. Parsing it sometimes requires not only common sense, but also a calculator.
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palmerreport--2020-11-19--Did Joe Biden just pull a fast one?

Did Joe Biden just pull a fast one?

Earlier this week the media reported that Joe Biden was privately lamenting about not wanting to have to criminally prosecute Donald Trump , even while making clear that he would let the DOJ handle it and not interfere in any way .
It ’ s a non-story , both because Biden won ’ t be involved in the DOJ ’ s decisions about federal charges , and because Trump is likely to get hit with state charges in New York first anyway .
But it nonetheless set off a firestorm .
At first I thought Biden was simply leaking this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ himself as being above the fray , and therefore make sure that the DOJ ’ s inevitable prosecution of Trump doesn ’ t look partisan .
But today it finally hit me .
For the past ten days since Biden was declared the winner , Palmer Report has been pointing out that the real story with Trump is that he ’ s now facing prison and bankruptcy .
It ’ s been really irksome that the mainstream media is still hung up on fantasies about Trump launching a media venture or running in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ll be in prison by then .
I ’ ve been wondering how many weeks or months it would take for the media to finally shift gears and acknowledge that Trump is done for .
But now that Biden has leaked his lament about wishing he didn ’ t have to prosecute Trump , the mainstream media is suddenly spending portions of every day talking about the criminal liability that Trump faces .
It ’ s finally prompted the media to shift gears and start acknowledging that Trump is looking at federal prison @ @ @ @ @ @ @ name it .
It ’ s taking Trump ’ s legs out from under him , because once the public is aware that Trump has no leverage when it comes to where he goes next , it shatters Trump ’ s narrative that he ’ s somehow in the driver ’ s seat .
Did Joe Biden just pull a fast one ?
As a result of his leak about not wanting to prosecute Trump , suddenly the national conversation is about Trump being prosecuted , instead of Trump leaving on a magic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he did want to prosecute Trump , that wouldn ’ t have worked , because the media would have just criticized him for being too brazen about it .
But as it ’ s playing out , Biden ’ s leak has resulted in the media finally acknowledging that Trump is backed into a corner on criminal charges .
Keep in mind that Joe Biden has been on the political stage for nearly fifty years .
He knows how the media works .
He knows how narratives work .
Did Biden just get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this in order to goad the media into turning toward the real narrative ?
Biden is a lot savvier than some people give him credit for .

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Earlier this week the media reported that Joe Biden was privately lamenting about not wanting to have to criminally prosecute Donald Trump, even while making clear that he would let the DOJ handle it and not interfere in any way. It’s a non-story, both because Biden won’t be involved in the DOJ’s decisions about federal charges, and because Trump is likely to get hit with state charges in New York first anyway. But it nonetheless set off a firestorm.
At first I thought Biden was simply leaking this particular lament because he wanted to position himself as being above the fray, and therefore make sure that the DOJ’s inevitable prosecution of Trump doesn’t look partisan. But today it finally hit me.
For the past ten days since Biden was declared the winner, Palmer Report has been pointing out that the real story with Trump is that he’s now facing prison and bankruptcy. It’s been really irksome that the mainstream media is still hung up on fantasies about Trump launching a media venture or running in 2024, when in reality he’ll be in prison by then. I’ve been wondering how many weeks or months it would take for the media to finally shift gears and acknowledge that Trump is done for.
But now that Biden has leaked his lament about wishing he didn’t have to prosecute Trump, the mainstream media is suddenly spending portions of every day talking about the criminal liability that Trump faces. It’s finally prompted the media to shift gears and start acknowledging that Trump is looking at federal prison, state prison, litigation, you name it. It’s taking Trump’s legs out from under him, because once the public is aware that Trump has no leverage when it comes to where he goes next, it shatters Trump’s narrative that he’s somehow in the driver’s seat.
Did Joe Biden just pull a fast one? As a result of his leak about not wanting to prosecute Trump, suddenly the national conversation is about Trump being prosecuted, instead of Trump leaving on a magic carpet. If Biden had leaked that he did want to prosecute Trump, that wouldn’t have worked, because the media would have just criticized him for being too brazen about it. But as it’s playing out, Biden’s leak has resulted in the media finally acknowledging that Trump is backed into a corner on criminal charges.
Keep in mind that Joe Biden has been on the political stage for nearly fifty years. He knows how the media works. He knows how narratives work. Did Biden just get lucky, or did he purposely leak this in order to goad the media into turning toward the real narrative? Biden is a lot savvier than some people give him credit for.
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palmerreport--2020-11-21--Donald Trump’s failed Michigan legislator stunt just got even uglier for him

Michigan ’ s Republican legislators are confirming that Trump gave them no reason to even consider giving him the state ’ s electoral votes during their meeting today .
On top of that , they ’ re confirming that they used their meeting with Trump today to try to convince him to provide additional coronavirus relief to Michigan .
In other words , they didn ’ t want to take the meeting with Trump , and they only did so because they were afraid to say “ no ” to meeting with the President , but they clearly never had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over it .
To be clear , this whole thing was never going anywhere ; legislators can ’ t reassign electoral votes , and even if they tried , the courts would overrule it .
But now this meeting has turned out to be an even bigger disaster for Trump than we thought .
He thought these Michigan Republicans were going to help him in some way , and instead they ’ re now trolling him over his failed coronavirus response .
They still had no business taking the meeting , which was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ several election propaganda tweets in a row .
He still hasn ’ t addressed the fact that his son Donald Trump Jr. has coronavirus , or wished him well .
This guy ’ s priorities are a mess .
The crazy part is that Trump could score easy points with the public just by pretending to care about his son ’ s wellbeing , yet he still hasn ’ t done it .
Trump ’ s psychopathy often doesn ’ t work in his favor .

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Michigan’s Republican legislators are confirming that Trump gave them no reason to even consider giving him the state’s electoral votes during their meeting today. On top of that, they’re confirming that they used their meeting with Trump today to try to convince him to provide additional coronavirus relief to Michigan. In other words, they didn’t want to take the meeting with Trump, and they only did so because they were afraid to say “no” to meeting with the President, but they clearly never had any intention of giving Trump any credence over it.
To be clear, this whole thing was never going anywhere; legislators can’t reassign electoral votes, and even if they tried, the courts would overrule it. But now this meeting has turned out to be an even bigger disaster for Trump than we thought. He thought these Michigan Republicans were going to help him in some way, and instead they’re now trolling him over his failed coronavirus response. They still had no business taking the meeting, which was illegal.
– Donald Trump has posted several election propaganda tweets in a row. He still hasn’t addressed the fact that his son Donald Trump Jr. has coronavirus, or wished him well. This guy’s priorities are a mess. The crazy part is that Trump could score easy points with the public just by pretending to care about his son’s wellbeing, yet he still hasn’t done it. Trump’s psychopathy often doesn’t work in his favor.
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palmerreport--2020-11-21--Twitter confirms it’s going to take @POTUS account from Donald Trump and give it to Joe Biden

Here ’ s a funny thing about how Twitter works when it comes to presidential politics .
Donald Trump has his infamous @ realdonaldtrump account , and Joe Biden has his rapidly growing in popularity @ joebiden account .
But there is also an official @ POTUS account , which belongs to whoever is President at the time .
For instance , @ POTUS first belonged to Barack Obama , but was then transferred to Donald Trump , with all of Obama ’ s tweets offloaded to an archive account .
Twitter is now confirming tonight that the @ POTUS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Inauguration Day .
This means Trump loses access to the @ POTUS account whether he ever concedes or not .
@ VP will transfer to Kamala Harris , @ FLOTUS will transfer to Dr. Jill Biden , and so on .
It ’ s the latest reminder that everyone is moving on from Donald Trump , whether he ever gets on board with the fact that he lost or not .
After Inauguration Day , Trump will still have his @ realdonaldtrump account .
But Twitter has previously confirmed that Trump will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of service , so continuing to break the rules will get him suspended and/or banned .

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Here’s a funny thing about how Twitter works when it comes to presidential politics. Donald Trump has his infamous @realdonaldtrump account, and Joe Biden has his rapidly growing in popularity @joebiden account. But there is also an official @POTUS account, which belongs to whoever is President at the time.
For instance, @POTUS first belonged to Barack Obama, but was then transferred to Donald Trump, with all of Obama’s tweets offloaded to an archive account. Twitter is now confirming tonight that the @POTUS account will be transferred to Joe Biden on Inauguration Day. This means Trump loses access to the @POTUS account whether he ever concedes or not. @VP will transfer to Kamala Harris, @FLOTUS will transfer to Dr. Jill Biden, and so on.
It’s the latest reminder that everyone is moving on from Donald Trump, whether he ever gets on board with the fact that he lost or not. After Inauguration Day, Trump will still have his @realdonaldtrump account. But Twitter has previously confirmed that Trump will lose his immunity from the Twitter terms of service, so continuing to break the rules will get him suspended and/or banned.
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palmerreport--2020-11-21--Arizona’s Maricopa County unanimously certifies its election results, defying Donald Trump

– Good news out of Arizona : the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has unanimously certified its election results .
It ’ s another nail in the coffin of Donald Trump ’ s fantasy about overturning the election .
As Adam Klasfeld points out , four out of the five people on that board are Republicans .
– Joe Biden has now pulled 6 million votes ahead of Donald Trump .
This election was always a blowout .
– Donald Trump ’ s brand new Acting Secretary of Defense has now been exposed to coronavirus , according to the New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time when it comes to sabotaging themselves .
– Trump stooge Ric Grenell says it ’ s a HIPAA violation that Donald Trump Jr. ’ s coronavirus has become public .
That ’ s incorrect , unless the information was leaked to the public by a medical professional , which is unlikely .
Grenell shouldn ’ t be trying to quote HIPAA when he has the IQ of a hippo .
No offense to hippos .
– Georgia ’ s Republican Governor Brian Kemp confirms he ’ s signing off on the statewide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden won Georgia .
Donald Trump is currently throwing a fit about it .
Loser .
Sad !
– Mike Pence ’ s limo took a wrong turn today and got stuck in massive rush hour traffic as a result .
These things just write themselves .

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– Good news out of Arizona: the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has unanimously certified its election results. It’s another nail in the coffin of Donald Trump’s fantasy about overturning the election. As Adam Klasfeld points out, four out of the five people on that board are Republicans.
– Joe Biden has now pulled 6 million votes ahead of Donald Trump. This election was always a blowout.
– Donald Trump’s brand new Acting Secretary of Defense has now been exposed to coronavirus, according to the New York Times. These idiots waste no time when it comes to sabotaging themselves.
– Trump stooge Ric Grenell says it’s a HIPAA violation that Donald Trump Jr.’s coronavirus has become public. That’s incorrect, unless the information was leaked to the public by a medical professional, which is unlikely. Grenell shouldn’t be trying to quote HIPAA when he has the IQ of a hippo. No offense to hippos.
– Georgia’s Republican Governor Brian Kemp confirms he’s signing off on the statewide certification, once again confirming that Joe Biden won Georgia. Donald Trump is currently throwing a fit about it. Loser. Sad!
– Mike Pence’s limo took a wrong turn today and got stuck in massive rush hour traffic as a result. These things just write themselves.
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palmerreport--2020-11-21--“Only the best people”

“Only the best people”

When I made the observation a few articles ago that bad spellers are over-represented among Trump supporters , I was pilloried by commenters insisting that I had somehow implied all bad-spellers are stupid .
That ’ s getting the cart before the horse .
Saying that two leading causes of bad spelling are poor education or low brain wattage doesn ’ t mean you can logically turn it around and say all bad spellers are poorly educated fools .
It just means some of them are .
If you ’ re among those bad spellers who are well-educated ( or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the point shouldn ’ t be a problem for you .
Donald Trump , who is a notoriously bad speller , is a bad speller because he ’ s stupid .
Your reason may be dyslexia , a condition from which I too suffer , together with an undiagnosed case of ADHD when I was a child .
The reason can be any number of things .
What I actually wanted to say was , when it comes to spelling , I ’ m no ________ myself .
But I couldn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of good spelling , which ought to tell you how deservedly unvalued such a minor virtue properly is .
So relax .
We ’ re on the same page here .
But , it ought to tell you a lot that the multi-state legal filings made by Donald Trump ’ s lawyers attempting to destabilize and subvert the 2020 presidential election are full of spelling errors and factual mistakes .
This ought to give you , in fact , two clues .
The first clue is that the lawyers doing the filing are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ second clue is that the lawyers probably know in their heart of hearts that they have no case .
A bad script , after all , makes for poor acting .
Turns out both clues are correct .
One of the lawyers of record is Rudy Giuliani , a notoriously marginal lawyer , who has deliberately staked out a ramshackle , Ted Kaczynski-sized hovel on the lunatic fringe in favor of Donald Trump .
Rudy got the judge ’ s name wrong , the opposition ’ s lawyer ’ s name wrong , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pole watcher ” and didn ’ t know the meaning of the word “ opacity.
” And he was just getting warmed up .
Equally marginal was Sidney Powell .
She ’ s the one who ’ s appeared on various news outlets explaining that she ’ s got a “ fire hose of evidence ” favoring the crack-brained notion that millions of votes were financed by “ Communist money , ” fraudulently cast for Joe Biden , or thrown out if they were votes cast for Donald Trump , or both .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , all the Trump lawyers and all the Trump men know better than to tell the same lies to judges about Humpty Trumpty that they ’ re telling to the media .
In court , they ’ re under oath and subject to the rules of contempt .
Suddenly , when their freedoms and licenses to practice law are on the line , that “ firehose of evidence ” turns into a poorly functioning squirt gun .
They cry “ fraud ” in front of the camera and let slip the dogs of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the press , but to the judges they say not a single word about actual criminal wrongdoing .
One almost suspects that if they could make due exclusively with only the public innuendo and skip the court appearances they would .
( You may recall way back last year that Trump didn ’ t want Volodymyr Zelensky to actually investigate the Bidens , he just wanted him to announce that he would .
In the end , appearance and innuendo , not substance and court-sanctioned fact , is the sine qua non @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so the circus remains in town , held over for a fourth and final year .
Step right up , grab your popcorn and take a seat .
It will all be over very soon .
And , as ever , ladies and gentlemen , brothers and sisters , comrades and friends , stay safe .

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When I made the observation a few articles ago that bad spellers are over-represented among Trump supporters, I was pilloried by commenters insisting that I had somehow implied all bad-spellers are stupid. That’s getting the cart before the horse. Saying that two leading causes of bad spelling are poor education or low brain wattage doesn’t mean you can logically turn it around and say all bad spellers are poorly educated fools. It just means some of them are. If you’re among those bad spellers who are well-educated (or not) and/or intelligent then the logic of the point shouldn’t be a problem for you.
Donald Trump, who is a notoriously bad speller, is a bad speller because he’s stupid. Your reason may be dyslexia, a condition from which I too suffer, together with an undiagnosed case of ADHD when I was a child. The reason can be any number of things. What I actually wanted to say was, when it comes to spelling, I’m no ________ myself. But I couldn’t think of a single famous paragon of good spelling, which ought to tell you how deservedly unvalued such a minor virtue properly is. So relax. We’re on the same page here.
But, it ought to tell you a lot that the multi-state legal filings made by Donald Trump’s lawyers attempting to destabilize and subvert the 2020 presidential election are full of spelling errors and factual mistakes. This ought to give you, in fact, two clues. The first clue is that the lawyers doing the filing are probably low-powered and marginally talented. The second clue is that the lawyers probably know in their heart of hearts that they have no case. A bad script, after all, makes for poor acting.
Turns out both clues are correct. One of the lawyers of record is Rudy Giuliani, a notoriously marginal lawyer, who has deliberately staked out a ramshackle, Ted Kaczynski-sized hovel on the lunatic fringe in favor of Donald Trump. Rudy got the judge’s name wrong, the opposition’s lawyer’s name wrong, misspelled “poll watcher” as “pole watcher” and didn’t know the meaning of the word “opacity.” And he was just getting warmed up.
Equally marginal was Sidney Powell. She’s the one who’s appeared on various news outlets explaining that she’s got a “fire hose of evidence” favoring the crack-brained notion that millions of votes were financed by “Communist money,” fraudulently cast for Joe Biden, or thrown out if they were votes cast for Donald Trump, or both.
In any case, once in court, all the Trump lawyers and all the Trump men know better than to tell the same lies to judges about Humpty Trumpty that they’re telling to the media. In court, they’re under oath and subject to the rules of contempt. Suddenly, when their freedoms and licenses to practice law are on the line, that “firehose of evidence” turns into a poorly functioning squirt gun. They cry “fraud” in front of the camera and let slip the dogs of innuendo about foreign collusion and foreign money to the press, but to the judges they say not a single word about actual criminal wrongdoing.
One almost suspects that if they could make do exclusively with only the public innuendo and skip the court appearances they would. (You may recall way back last year that Trump didn’t want Volodymyr Zelensky to actually investigate the Bidens, he just wanted him to announce that he would. In the end, appearance and innuendo, not substance and court-sanctioned fact, is the sine qua non of all Republican sleaze-politik.)
And so the circus remains in town, held over for a fourth and final year. Step right up, grab your popcorn and take a seat. It will all be over very soon. And, as ever, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, comrades and friends, stay safe.
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palmerreport--2020-11-21--Donald Trump slipped up during today’s press conference and admitted he lost

– During his press conference today , Donald Trump announced a prescription drug price initiative and then said “ I just hope they keep this , I hope they have the courage to keep it.
” He may not realize it , but “ they ” is the Biden-Harris administration , and he just let slip that he knows he lost .
If Trump were expecting to somehow magically remain in office for another four years , he wouldn ’ t be worried about whether “ they ” will keep his policies in place .
– Andrew Cuomo is being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ televised press conferences to help educate the public about the pandemic ( no really , this is real ) .
Donald Trump is going to go completely bonkers over this perceived slight .
Of course Trump should be awarded a prison sentence for his use of televised press conferences to lie to the public about the pandemic .
– Congressman Bill Pascrell Jr. is seeking to get Rudy Giuliani disbarred .
Good .
– After the earlier hiccup , it ’ s now officially official : Georgia has certified its results and confirmed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
– Tweet of the day , from First Lady and school teacher Dr. Jill Biden : “ Educators stepped up during this pandemic .
You adapted lessons and counseled students who were filled with anxiety .
Because of you , I have never been more proud to be an educator .
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– During his press conference today, Donald Trump announced a prescription drug price initiative and then said “I just hope they keep this, I hope they have the courage to keep it.” He may not realize it, but “they” is the Biden-Harris administration, and he just let slip that he knows he lost. If Trump were expecting to somehow magically remain in office for another four years, he wouldn’t be worried about whether “they” will keep his policies in place.
– Andrew Cuomo is being awarded an Emmy for his use of televised press conferences to help educate the public about the pandemic (no really, this is real). Donald Trump is going to go completely bonkers over this perceived slight. Of course Trump should be awarded a prison sentence for his use of televised press conferences to lie to the public about the pandemic.
– Congressman Bill Pascrell Jr. is seeking to get Rudy Giuliani disbarred. Good.
– After the earlier hiccup, it’s now officially official: Georgia has certified its results and confirmed that Joe Biden has won the state.
– Tweet of the day, from First Lady and school teacher Dr. Jill Biden: “Educators stepped up during this pandemic. You adapted lessons and counseled students who were filled with anxiety. Because of you, I have never been more proud to be an educator.”
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palmerreport--2020-11-20--Michigan’s Republican legislators publicly reject Donald Trump’s conspiracies after meeting with him

Remember when Palmer Report told you that Donald Trump ’ s meeting with Michigan ’ s Republican legislators wasn ’ t going to add up to anything ?
Sure enough , the Michigan Republicans just issued this statement , per CNN : “ We have not yet been made aware of any information that would change the outcome of the election in Michigan and as leg leaders , we will follow the law and follow the normal process regarding Michigan ’ s electors.
” In other words , it was a whole lot of nothing .
They took the meeting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they ’ re not stupid enough to risk getting themselves criminally charged by illegally giving Biden ’ s electoral votes to Trump – particularly considering the courts would immediately strike such nonsense anyway .
Now they ’ re announcing that the “ evidence ” Trump showed them today wasn ’ t anything .
Today ’ s meeting never should have happened .
Donald Trump certainly committed felony election tampering by pushing for the meeting , and we think Michigan ’ s Republican legislators should be criminally investigated by the Michigan Attorney General for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ felony is still a felony , even if you don ’ t go through with the felony .
But this was never going to be a real thing .
There is zero chance of Trump somehow magically stealing Michigan .

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Remember when Palmer Report told you that Donald Trump’s meeting with Michigan’s Republican legislators wasn’t going to add up to anything? Sure enough, the Michigan Republicans just issued this statement, per CNN:
“We have not yet been made aware of any information that would change the outcome of the election in Michigan and as leg leaders, we will follow the law and follow the normal process regarding Michigan’s electors.”
In other words, it was a whole lot of nothing. They took the meeting because Trump asked them to, but they’re not stupid enough to risk getting themselves criminally charged by illegally giving Biden’s electoral votes to Trump – particularly considering the courts would immediately strike such nonsense anyway. Now they’re announcing that the “evidence” Trump showed them today wasn’t anything.
Today’s meeting never should have happened. Donald Trump certainly committed felony election tampering by pushing for the meeting, and we think Michigan’s Republican legislators should be criminally investigated by the Michigan Attorney General for good measure; conspiring to commit a felony is still a felony, even if you don’t go through with the felony. But this was never going to be a real thing. There is zero chance of Trump somehow magically stealing Michigan.
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palmerreport--2020-11-20--Donald Trump Jr. tests positive for coronavirus as Donald Trump’s world falls apart

A few minutes ago the news broke that Donald Trump Jr. has tested positive for coronavirus .
Now that the @ @ @ @ @ ’ s spokesman is confirming that he actually tested positive at the beginning of the @ @ @ @ @ the Trump camp had been planning to cover the whole thing up , until someone @ @ @ @ @ on the same day that Rudy Giuliani ’ s son Andrew Giuliani tested positive for @ @ @ @ @ Andrew participated in a press conference with Rudy and the rest of Donald Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ Close Trump ally Rick Scott , Senator from Florida , also tested positive today .
@ @ @ @ @ control , yet not at all surprising .
Donald Trump and most of the people @ @ @ @ @ the pandemic is already magically over , and that masks and social distancing are not @ @ @ @ @ Trump ’ s failed presidency is spiraling into the gutter , his family and allies @ @ @ @ @ the pandemic that he negligently made worse .

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A few minutes ago the news broke that Donald Trump Jr. has tested positive for coronavirus. Now that the news has broken, Junior’s spokesman is confirming that he actually tested positive at the beginning of the week. This suggests that the Trump camp had been planning to cover the whole thing up, until someone leaked it.
This comes on the same day that Rudy Giuliani’s son Andrew Giuliani tested positive for coronavirus, one day after Andrew participated in a press conference with Rudy and the rest of Donald Trump’s election legal team. Close Trump ally Rick Scott, Senator from Florida, also tested positive today.
This is simply out of control, yet not at all surprising. Donald Trump and most of the people around him have insisted that the pandemic is already magically over, and that masks and social distancing are not important. So even as Trump’s failed presidency is spiraling into the gutter, his family and allies are now getting sick from the pandemic that he negligently made worse.
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palmerreport--2020-11-20--Donald Trump mistakenly thanks his sister for defending him, when it’s really a Betty Trump parody a

Donald Trump mistakenly thanks his sister for defending him, when it’s really a Betty Trump parody account

– If you want a sign of just how far off the rails Donald Trump has gone , consider this @ @ @ @ @ an article which quoted praise for Donald Trump from his sister Betty Trump .
Then @ @ @ @ @ , adding “ Thank you Elizabeth , LOVE !
” Then it turned out the @ @ @ @ @ Trump parody account .
That ’ s right , Donald Trump just thanked a parody @ @ @ @ @ his own sister .
– Trump is now attacking the Republican Governor of Georgia , @ @ @ @ @ State of Georgia , for refusing to help him cheat in Georgia .
That ’ @ @ @ @ @ s become , as the doors keep slamming in his face .
– Kayleigh McEnany @ @ @ @ @ embarrassing press conferences of all time today , taking only a couple questions from Trump @ @ @ @ @ CNN ’ s Kaitlan Collins tried asking a question , Kayleigh said “ I don @ @ @ @ @ ” What is this , Kindergarten ?
Kayleigh is losing it .

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– If you want a sign of just how far off the rails Donald Trump has gone, consider this: a Trump stooge wrote an article which quoted praise for Donald Trump from his sister Betty Trump. Then Donald Trump retweeted the article, adding “Thank you Elizabeth, LOVE!” Then it turned out the article was quoting a Betty Trump parody account. That’s right, Donald Trump just thanked a parody account that he thought was his own sister.
– Trump is now attacking the Republican Governor of Georgia, and the Republican Secretary of State of Georgia, for refusing to help him cheat in Georgia. That’s how desperate he’s become, as the doors keep slamming in his face.
– Kayleigh McEnany held one of the more embarrassing press conferences of all time today, taking only a couple questions from Trump sycophants before leaving. When CNN’s Kaitlan Collins tried asking a question, Kayleigh said “I don’t call on activists.” What is this, Kindergarten? Kayleigh is losing it.
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palmerreport--2020-11-20--Kayleigh McEnany has to go to prison for this

– Kayleigh McEnany is criminally conspiring against the United States at this point .
Once Trump is gone , I sure hope the DOJ can find a felony they can charge her with .
Sedition isn ’ t particularly easy to prove to a jury , but she ’ s trying awfully hard to make it easier .
– Today , Donald Trump said “ I ’ ve been loyal to the special interests.
” Yesterday , Steve Mnuchin said “ We ’ re working on mass distribution of the virus.
” These Freudian slips keep getting better and better @ @ @ @ @ @ @ surprised that Trump ’ s lawyers mixed up a number of cities in Minnesota and Michigan in a court filing .
It ’ s not as if they ’ re trying to win these cases .
It ’ s all just for the sake of dragging out the illusion that Trump is still contesting the election , so he can keep fundraising on it .
– In fact , Trump has just changed the fine print so that he can now pocket 75 % of the donations to his election legal fund , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He ’ s sticking his hand even further into the till while he still can , which is always a sign that he knows he ’ s near the end of the grift .

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– Kayleigh McEnany is criminally conspiring against the United States at this point. Once Trump is gone, I sure hope the DOJ can find a felony they can charge her with. Sedition isn’t particularly easy to prove to a jury, but she’s trying awfully hard to make it easier.
– Today, Donald Trump said “I’ve been loyal to the special interests.” Yesterday, Steve Mnuchin said “We’re working on mass distribution of the virus.” These Freudian slips keep getting better and better.
– We shouldn’t be surprised that Trump’s lawyers mixed up a number of cities in Minnesota and Michigan in a court filing. It’s not as if they’re trying to win these cases. It’s all just for the sake of dragging out the illusion that Trump is still contesting the election, so he can keep fundraising on it.
– In fact, Trump has just changed the fine print so that he can now pocket 75% of the donations to his election legal fund, instead of the previous 60%. He’s sticking his hand even further into the till while he still can, which is always a sign that he knows he’s near the end of the grift.
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palmerreport--2020-11-20--Yep, Donald Trump is going down like Al Capone

– “ Al Capone ” is now trending on Twitter .
Wait , people are just now figuring out that Trump is going down for tax fraud like Capone ?
What did they think that New York grand jury has been doing for the past year ?
The subpoenas of Trump ’ s financial records weren ’ t just for kicks .
They ’ re in the process of criminally indicting Trump on state charges for financial crimes – which he can ’ t pardon .
Trump was always going to prison in New York if he lost .
At @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now .
– Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly called Donald Trump a “ psychopathic nut ” on a conference call last night .
This isn ’ t surprising .
When I spoke with Pelosi on the record a few weeks ago , she kept calling Trump a “ thug.
” Spot on .
I love Nancy Pelosi .
– Now that the recount is complete and Georgia is certifying Joe Biden as the official winner today , Trump and his people are making rumblings about demanding a recount of the recount .
That ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lose Georgia for a third time .
– Tweet of the day , from actor and activist Edward Norton , which echoes what Palmer Report has been saying for the past year : “ I ’ m no political pundit but I grew up w a dad who was a federal prosecutor & he taught me a lot & I ’ ve also sat a fair amount of poker w serious players & l ’ ll say this : I do not think Trump is trying to ‘ make his base happy ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ own network ’ … ” Read his entire lengthy but worthwhile thread here .

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– “Al Capone” is now trending on Twitter. Wait, people are just now figuring out that Trump is going down for tax fraud like Capone? What did they think that New York grand jury has been doing for the past year? The subpoenas of Trump’s financial records weren’t just for kicks. They’re in the process of criminally indicting Trump on state charges for financial crimes – which he can’t pardon. Trump was always going to prison in New York if he lost. At least more people are figuring it out now.
– Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly called Donald Trump a “psychopathic nut” on a conference call last night. This isn’t surprising. When I spoke with Pelosi on the record a few weeks ago, she kept calling Trump a “thug.” Spot on. I love Nancy Pelosi.
– Now that the recount is complete and Georgia is certifying Joe Biden as the official winner today, Trump and his people are making rumblings about demanding a recount of the recount. That’s right, Trump now wants to lose Georgia for a third time.
– Tweet of the day, from actor and activist Edward Norton, which echoes what Palmer Report has been saying for the past year: “I’m no political pundit but I grew up w a dad who was a federal prosecutor & he taught me a lot & I’ve also sat a fair amount of poker w serious players & l’ll say this: I do not think Trump is trying to ‘make his base happy’ or ‘laying the groundwork for his own network’…” Read his entire lengthy but worthwhile thread here.
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palmerreport--2020-11-20--Donald Trump melts down during ridiculous press conference

To give you an idea of how irrelevant Donald Trump has become since he lost , most of you don ’ t even know that he held a press conference this afternoon , as CNN and MSNBC didn ’ t bother to air it .
But Fox News did , and let ’ s just say that Trump would have been better off if no one were watching .
Trump was supposed to stick to the script today and announce his ( imaginary ) reform of prescription drug prices .
The whole thing was supposed to give the appearance that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president , and in fighting for the presidency .
Instead Trump veered off script and made up a conspiracy theory about Pfizer withholding the coronavirus vaccine until after the election , in order to punish him for his imaginary prescription drug price cuts .
Donald Trump has very rarely spoken in public since he lost the election .
When he has occasionally spoken , he ’ s appeared tepid , weak , sad , defeated , and largely incoherent .
Today was no different .
Regardless of the noise that he and his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the results of the election , it couldn ’ t be much more clear that he knows he lost .

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To give you an idea of how irrelevant Donald Trump has become since he lost, most of you don’t even know that he held a press conference this afternoon, as CNN and MSNBC didn’t bother to air it. But Fox News did, and let’s just say that Trump would have been better off if no one were watching.
Trump was supposed to stick to the script today and announce his (imaginary) reform of prescription drug prices. The whole thing was supposed to give the appearance that he’s still interested in being president, and in fighting for the presidency. Instead Trump veered off script and made up a conspiracy theory about Pfizer withholding the coronavirus vaccine until after the election, in order to punish him for his imaginary prescription drug price cuts.
Donald Trump has very rarely spoken in public since he lost the election. When he has occasionally spoken, he’s appeared tepid, weak, sad, defeated, and largely incoherent. Today was no different. Regardless of the noise that he and his co-conspirators are making about somehow magically overturning the results of the election, it couldn’t be much more clear that he knows he lost.
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palmerreport--2020-11-20--Insiders confirm Donald Trump’s Michigan stunt is all for show and has zero chance of working

Donald Trump ’ s meeting today with Michigan state legislators is shameful and illegal , but as Palmer Report has explained , it ’ s not something that can actually go anywhere .
It would be illegal for legislators to give Biden ’ s electoral votes to Trump , meaning the courts would simply overturn it anyway .
It ’ s a complete non-starter .
But if you don ’ t want to take our word for it , check out this tweet from Politico ’ s Tim Alberta , who is confirming from people on the inside of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s not a real thing : “ Just FYI , after 48 hours of high-level conversations with Michigan Rs & Ds , it ’ s clear the results will stand .
Joe Biden will receive the state ’ s 16 electoral votes .
There is no alternative under MI statute .
This Trump/Michigan GOP meeting is a sideshow on par w/ Rudy ’ s presser.
” In other words , this is all for show , and nothing more .
Whatever anger or outrage you ’ re feeling over Trump doing this stunt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But there ’ s no need to feel fear that it ’ s somehow magically going to work .
It was never a real thing .

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Donald Trump’s meeting today with Michigan state legislators is shameful and illegal, but as Palmer Report has explained, it’s not something that can actually go anywhere. It would be illegal for legislators to give Biden’s electoral votes to Trump, meaning the courts would simply overturn it anyway. It’s a complete non-starter.
But if you don’t want to take our word for it, check out this tweet from Politico’s Tim Alberta, who is confirming from people on the inside of this mess that they all know it’s not a real thing: “Just FYI, after 48 hours of high-level conversations with Michigan Rs & Ds, it’s clear the results will stand. Joe Biden will receive the state’s 16 electoral votes. There is no alternative under MI statute. This Trump/Michigan GOP meeting is a sideshow on par w/ Rudy’s presser.”
In other words, this is all for show, and nothing more. Whatever anger or outrage you’re feeling over Trump doing this stunt, it’s more than justified. But there’s no need to feel fear that it’s somehow magically going to work. It was never a real thing.
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palmerreport--2020-11-20--Everyone at Rudy Giuliani’s press conference yesterday was exposed to coronavirus by Andrew Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani ’ s son Andrew Giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus , after having attended Rudy ’ s press conference yesterday .
I wouldn ’ t wish this awful virus on anyone .
But this is at least the third time that Rudy has been exposed to coronavirus in the past three weeks , which makes it hard to explain why Rudy doesn ’ t have it .
Two possibilities comes to mind .
One is that Rudy Giuliani had coronavirus awhile back , didn ’ t have symptoms , didn ’ t know he had it , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protecting him .
The other possibility is that Rudy is the super spreader , and when these people around him are testing positive , they ’ re not exposing him to it , they caught it from him .
In any case this means that everyone at Rudy ’ s press conference yesterday – Jenna Ellis , Sydney Powell , and all the other buffoons – have now been directly exposed to coronavirus by Andrew Giuliani .
That press conference wasn ’ t just a health hazard for democracy , it was a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ distance it ’ s difficult to tell if Rudy Giuliani might be sick or not , because he ’ s in such terrible shape to begin with .
The flop sweat , the shakiness , and so on , all point to a guy who ’ s suffering from poor health .
So if he had a mild case of coronavirus on top of it , we might not be able to spot it .
In any case , this just keeps getting uglier for Rudy .

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Rudy Giuliani’s son Andrew Giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus, after having attended Rudy’s press conference yesterday. I wouldn’t wish this awful virus on anyone. But this is at least the third time that Rudy has been exposed to coronavirus in the past three weeks, which makes it hard to explain why Rudy doesn’t have it.
Two possibilities comes to mind. One is that Rudy Giuliani had coronavirus awhile back, didn’t have symptoms, didn’t know he had it, and therefore has some degree of temporary immunity protecting him. The other possibility is that Rudy is the super spreader, and when these people around him are testing positive, they’re not exposing him to it, they caught it from him.
In any case this means that everyone at Rudy’s press conference yesterday – Jenna Ellis, Sydney Powell, and all the other buffoons – have now been directly exposed to coronavirus by Andrew Giuliani. That press conference wasn’t just a health hazard for democracy, it was a health hazard, period.
From a distance it’s difficult to tell if Rudy Giuliani might be sick or not, because he’s in such terrible shape to begin with. The flop sweat, the shakiness, and so on, all point to a guy who’s suffering from poor health. So if he had a mild case of coronavirus on top of it, we might not be able to spot it. In any case, this just keeps getting uglier for Rudy.
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palmerreport--2020-11-20--Michigan Attorney General hints state legislators could face criminal punishment for Trump meeting

With Georgia certifying its results today and confirming Joe Biden as the winner , another door has slammed in Donald Trump ’ s face .
He ’ s holding a bizarre and shameful meeting with Michigan ’ s Republican state legislators today , as he tries to create the illusion that he can get them to magically hand him the state ’ s electoral votes .
That ’ s not a real thing , but everyone involved could be in real trouble .
When Michigan ’ s Attorney General was asked about the meeting , she said “ We don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In other words , this means there is a criminal investigation into the meeting .
This isn ’ t surprising .
It would be illegal for the legislators to give their state ’ s electoral votes to the wrong person , so it ’ s not difficult to make the legal argument that by merely meeting with Trump about it , they ’ re conspiring to commit that crime , even though it ’ ll go nowhere .
Once again , this is all a charade .
Even if Michigan ’ s state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ votes to Trump , which they won ’ t , it would be quickly reversed in court .
As we keep seeing with all these recent court cases that Trump keeps losing , when one side has no case , the courts tend to move decisively – and the particular biases of the judges involved don ’ t really matter .

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With Georgia certifying its results today and confirming Joe Biden as the winner, another door has slammed in Donald Trump’s face. He’s holding a bizarre and shameful meeting with Michigan’s Republican state legislators today, as he tries to create the illusion that he can get them to magically hand him the state’s electoral votes. That’s not a real thing, but everyone involved could be in real trouble.
When Michigan’s Attorney General was asked about the meeting, she said “We don’t comment on pending investigations.” In other words, this means there is a criminal investigation into the meeting. This isn’t surprising. It would be illegal for the legislators to give their state’s electoral votes to the wrong person, so it’s not difficult to make the legal argument that by merely meeting with Trump about it, they’re conspiring to commit that crime, even though it’ll go nowhere.
Once again, this is all a charade. Even if Michigan’s state legislators did give Biden’s electoral votes to Trump, which they won’t, it would be quickly reversed in court. As we keep seeing with all these recent court cases that Trump keeps losing, when one side has no case, the courts tend to move decisively – and the particular biases of the judges involved don’t really matter.
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palmerreport--2020-11-20--Vladimir Putin is in real trouble

Vladimir Putin is in real trouble

It ’ s gotten almost no coverage here in America , but Vladimir Putin is reportedly preparing to retire , and he ’ s trying to negotiate a non-prosecution deal on his way out the door .
This story is being covered pretty heavily everywhere but America .
We ’ re kind of in a bubble here , as we fixate on Trump ’ s final days .
But it seems Trump ’ s downfall has put the early stages of Putin ’ s downfall in motion .
Keep in mind that President Biden is about to hit Russia with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and 2020 elections , and it ’ ll hit the oligarchs in the wallet .
If they were to push Putin off the stage , they could use that as an argument for why the sanctions shouldn ’ t be so severe .
Putin supposedly has Parkinson ’ s .
He also had a curiously timed coughing fit this week .
He seems to be trying to take himself off the stage for “ health reasons ” before the Russian oligarchs sour on his failed Trump experiment and decide to take him out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t able to successfully rig the 2020 election for Trump is a sign that Putin doesn ’ t have the political muscle he did four years ago .
So it ’ s not necessarily surprising that he may indeed be at or near his end .
Putin is a lot smarter and savvier than Trump , so he ’ ll likely last longer than Trump – but at this rate , perhaps not all that much longer .

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It’s gotten almost no coverage here in America, but Vladimir Putin is reportedly preparing to retire, and he’s trying to negotiate a non-prosecution deal on his way out the door. This story is being covered pretty heavily everywhere but America. We’re kind of in a bubble here, as we fixate on Trump’s final days. But it seems Trump’s downfall has put the early stages of Putin’s downfall in motion.
Keep in mind that President Biden is about to hit Russia with huge sanctions for meddling in the 2016 and 2020 elections, and it’ll hit the oligarchs in the wallet. If they were to push Putin off the stage, they could use that as an argument for why the sanctions shouldn’t be so severe.
Putin supposedly has Parkinson’s. He also had a curiously timed coughing fit this week. He seems to be trying to take himself off the stage for “health reasons” before the Russian oligarchs sour on his failed Trump experiment and decide to take him out.
The mere fact that Putin wasn’t able to successfully rig the 2020 election for Trump is a sign that Putin doesn’t have the political muscle he did four years ago. So it’s not necessarily surprising that he may indeed be at or near his end. Putin is a lot smarter and savvier than Trump, so he’ll likely last longer than Trump – but at this rate, perhaps not all that much longer.
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palmerreport--2020-11-20--Donald Trump must go to prison

Donald Trump must go to prison

In the last 24 hours ( as I write this ) 2,079 Americans have died of coronavirus .
The prior 24 hours saw 1,999 Americans die of coronavirus .
That ’ s 4,078 Americans in two days , a staggering figure with no end ( until the 20th of January ) in sight .
But what strikes me about that figure is it ’ s more than a thousand Benghazis .
To revisit , Republicans created a connecting line from four American deaths from a 2012 terrorist attack against two United States government facilities in Benghazi , Libya , to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her ( and other members of the Obama administration ) for Benghazi no less than six times .
Since no investigation turned up anything inculpatory against Secretary Clinton , they settled for converting “ Benghazi !
” into a one-word excoriation , a battle cry as damning to her as Gallipoli was to Churchill .
All this past counterfeit outrage and pearl-clutching on the part of Republicans over Benghazi is thrown into recent sharp relief by the crickets chirping in the Republican camp at the prospect of thousands of Americans dying every day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Republican policy .
The ultimate consequence of Republican bigoted intolerance and religious hypocrisy is death .
And it ’ s going to get worse if it ’ s not thoroughly prosecuted .
America failed to prosecute McCarthy .
From McCarthy onward the chain of non-prosecutions left behind the certain knowledge that subsequent criminals could always get away with it .
And McCarthy begat Nixon who begat Reagan who begat Bush pere who begat Bush fils who begat Trump .
The unbroken chain of Republican criminality has now brought us to where it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ genocide .
One impotent catch-phrase that emerged from the impeachment of Donald Trump was , “ no one , not even a president , is above the law.
” But indeed they are , and we can thank ( and blame ) a single Department of Justice memo from Nixon-era 1973 for saying as much .
Well it ’ s time for it to stop .
People need to go to prison , and not just minor spear carriers but some of the top people , including the president .
Donald Trump must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for his financial crimes such as tax evasion and money laundering , but for his complicity in the deaths of a quarter million Americans .
Because if Trump isn ’ t sent to prison specifically for that crime and similar political crimes the chain of madness will never stop .
Republicans will take away from it the lesson that the worst that could happen to them is early retirement .
For Trump , being a one-term loser is going to be more humiliation than he can endure .
But he can endure it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lies and denial , and he will go on insisting until the day he dies that he won the election and his victory was stolen from him by Democrats .
But prison is impossible to deny .
What ’ s more , it will be impossible for other Republicans to deny .
Donald Trump in prison for his political crimes , for his crimes against humanity , will make future Republican criminals think twice about their own criminal activity once it starts to carry the threat of a prison sentence .
Either America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law or it ’ s not .
Either no one in America is above the law or some are .
You can ’ t have it both ways .
If Trump goes to prison then Americans can at least rationally believe that the ideal of equal justice is achievable .
But nothing short of that will make even the possibility of fair justice equally applied a rational goal .
Trump must go to prison , because between now and January 20 , 2021 , as many as 120,000 more Americans will die because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ladies and gentlemen , brothers and sisters , comrades and friends , stay safe .

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In the last 24 hours (as I write this) 2,079 Americans have died of coronavirus. The prior 24 hours saw 1,999 Americans die of coronavirus. That’s 4,078 Americans in two days, a staggering figure with no end (until the 20th of January) in sight.
But what strikes me about that figure is it’s more than a thousand Benghazis. To revisit, Republicans created a connecting line from four American deaths from a 2012 terrorist attack against two United States government facilities in Benghazi, Libya, to Hillary Clinton. Republican-controlled House committees investigated her (and other members of the Obama administration) for Benghazi no less than six times. Since no investigation turned up anything inculpatory against Secretary Clinton, they settled for converting “Benghazi!” into a one-word excoriation, a battle cry as damning to her as Gallipoli was to Churchill.
All this past counterfeit outrage and pearl-clutching on the part of Republicans over Benghazi is thrown into recent sharp relief by the crickets chirping in the Republican camp at the prospect of thousands of Americans dying every day from coronavirus. This is the legacy of Republican policy. The ultimate consequence of Republican bigoted intolerance and religious hypocrisy is death. And it’s going to get worse if it’s not thoroughly prosecuted.
America failed to prosecute McCarthy. From McCarthy onward the chain of non-prosecutions left behind the certain knowledge that subsequent criminals could always get away with it. And McCarthy begat Nixon who begat Reagan who begat Bush pere who begat Bush fils who begat Trump. The unbroken chain of Republican criminality has now brought us to where it always was going to bring us: genocide.
One impotent catch-phrase that emerged from the impeachment of Donald Trump was, “no one, not even a president, is above the law.” But indeed they are, and we can thank (and blame) a single Department of Justice memo from Nixon-era 1973 for saying as much.
Well it’s time for it to stop. People need to go to prison, and not just minor spear carriers but some of the top people, including the president. Donald Trump must be sent to prison, not only for his financial crimes such as tax evasion and money laundering, but for his complicity in the deaths of a quarter million Americans. Because if Trump isn’t sent to prison specifically for that crime and similar political crimes the chain of madness will never stop. Republicans will take away from it the lesson that the worst that could happen to them is early retirement.
For Trump, being a one-term loser is going to be more humiliation than he can endure. But he can endure it because he lives in an ocean of lies and denial, and he will go on insisting until the day he dies that he won the election and his victory was stolen from him by Democrats. But prison is impossible to deny. What’s more, it will be impossible for other Republicans to deny. Donald Trump in prison for his political crimes, for his crimes against humanity, will make future Republican criminals think twice about their own criminal activity once it starts to carry the threat of a prison sentence.
Either America is a nation of justice under the law or it’s not. Either no one in America is above the law or some are. You can’t have it both ways. If Trump goes to prison then Americans can at least rationally believe that the ideal of equal justice is achievable. But nothing short of that will make even the possibility of fair justice equally applied a rational goal. Trump must go to prison, because between now and January 20, 2021, as many as 120,000 more Americans will die because of Trump. And, as ever, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, comrades and friends, stay safe.
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palmerreport--2020-11-20--What’s really going on here

What’s really going on here

– Real things you should be focused on : Trying to win Georgia Senate runoffs .
The worsening pandemic .
Whatever Trump is doing behind the scenes to try to pardon himself and pilfer money .
Imaginary things you should not be focused on : Trump somehow magically overturning the election .
– Just 12 % of Americans think Trump shouldn ’ t concede .
And only a small fraction of those 12 % would care enough to actually get involved .
That ’ s not enough for Trump to somehow magically start a civil war .
This is just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more .
– Far too many politically enthusiastic people think there ’ s a magic wand in politics , and that on any given day one side or the other has it , and they ’ re either angry that their own side won ’ t wave it , or worried that the other side is about to wave it .
NOTHING WORKS THAT WAY .
– All American progress has been a result of the left and middle coming together to outnumber the far right .
This is what got Biden elected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tragedy has been a result of the right and middle coming together to outnumber the left .
We can ’ t ever let it happen again .
The way to do that is to keep the left and the middle united , which is going to require some compromise .
Winning coalitions always do .

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– Real things you should be focused on: Trying to win Georgia Senate runoffs. The worsening pandemic. Whatever Trump is doing behind the scenes to try to pardon himself and pilfer money. Imaginary things you should not be focused on: Trump somehow magically overturning the election.
– Just 12% of Americans think Trump shouldn’t concede. And only a small fraction of those 12% would care enough to actually get involved. That’s not enough for Trump to somehow magically start a civil war. This is just one last cash grab, and nothing more.
– Far too many politically enthusiastic people think there’s a magic wand in politics, and that on any given day one side or the other has it, and they’re either angry that their own side won’t wave it, or worried that the other side is about to wave it. NOTHING WORKS THAT WAY.
– All American progress has been a result of the left and middle coming together to outnumber the far right. This is what got Biden elected. Keep it up. All American tragedy has been a result of the right and middle coming together to outnumber the left. We can’t ever let it happen again. The way to do that is to keep the left and the middle united, which is going to require some compromise. Winning coalitions always do.
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palmerreport--2020-11-21--President-elect Joe Biden has chosen his Secretary of State

On Thursday , President-elect Joe Biden let it be known that he ’ d chosen his Secretary of the Treasury , without revealing that person ’ s identity .
Now Biden is letting it be known that he ’ s selected his Secretary of State , again without revealing the person ’ s identity .
Axios thinks it won ’ t be Susan Rice .
This is interesting , because Secretary of State is a position that requires a unique combination of skillset and experience that not many people have .
That potentially leaves someone like Senator Chris Coons , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Delaware and would be reliably replaced by a Democrat , thus not impacting the Democrats ’ shot at control of the Senate .
If we had to guess , Rice will end up being Biden ’ s National Security Adviser .
But at this point everyone is just guessing .
– Tweet of the day , from ethics watchdog Walter Shaub : “ I see a lot of people grumbling at [ Joe Biden ’ s ] request for private funding of the transition .
All transitions use private funding .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ withholding the public funding .
A legal challenge would take time .
Lives are at stake now .
Private funding is needed.
” – Donald Trump Jr. just “ liked ” six tweets that confirmed he has coronavirus .
I don ’ t think he understands how any of this works .

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On Thursday, President-elect Joe Biden let it be known that he’d chosen his Secretary of the Treasury, without revealing that person’s identity. Now Biden is letting it be known that he’s selected his Secretary of State, again without revealing the person’s identity.
Axios thinks it won’t be Susan Rice. This is interesting, because Secretary of State is a position that requires a unique combination of skillset and experience that not many people have. That potentially leaves someone like Senator Chris Coons, who comes from the very blue state of Delaware and would be reliably replaced by a Democrat, thus not impacting the Democrats’ shot at control of the Senate. If we had to guess, Rice will end up being Biden’s National Security Adviser. But at this point everyone is just guessing.
– Tweet of the day, from ethics watchdog Walter Shaub: “I see a lot of people grumbling at [Joe Biden’s] request for private funding of the transition. All transitions use private funding. They also use public funding. GSA is withholding the public funding. A legal challenge would take time. Lives are at stake now. Private funding is needed.”
– Donald Trump Jr. just “liked” six tweets that confirmed he has coronavirus. I don’t think he understands how any of this works.
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palmerreport--2020-11-21--Donald Trump and his family are crashing and burning tonight

– Donald Trump , Ivanka Trump , and Eric Trump all have something in common right now : none of them has offered well wishes to Donald Trump Jr on his coronavirus .
This isn ’ t surprising .
Junior has reportedly had coronavirus all week , and was apparently planning to keep it from the public , until it leaked on Friday .
The Trump clan really is still trying to pretend that coronavirus simply doesn ’ t exist .
The entire Trump family is crashing and burning tonight .
– After the news broke that New York State @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Trump Organization to include payments made to Ivanka Trump , she angrily lashed out at New York officials on Twitter .
Her tweet ended up getting more than 60,000 mostly negative replies – a sign that most of the public is rooting for New York on this one .
– It ’ s over for Trump in Arizona .
Maricopa County went ahead and certified its results tonight , and now a judge has thrown out Trump ’ s final lawsuit , stating that she was doing so “ for many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even the judges have had enough .

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– Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump all have something in common right now: none of them has offered well wishes to Donald Trump Jr on his coronavirus. This isn’t surprising. Junior has reportedly had coronavirus all week, and was apparently planning to keep it from the public, until it leaked on Friday. The Trump clan really is still trying to pretend that coronavirus simply doesn’t exist. The entire Trump family is crashing and burning tonight.
– After the news broke that New York State was expanding its civil and criminal probes of the Trump Organization to include payments made to Ivanka Trump, she angrily lashed out at New York officials on Twitter. Her tweet ended up getting more than 60,000 mostly negative replies – a sign that most of the public is rooting for New York on this one.
– It’s over for Trump in Arizona. Maricopa County went ahead and certified its results tonight, and now a judge has thrown out Trump’s final lawsuit, stating that she was doing so “for many reasons.” That’s right, even the judges have had enough.
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palmerreport--2020-11-21--Suck it up, Donald!

Suck it up, Donald!

There is no chance that Donald Trump ’ s refusal to honor the results of the 2020 election is going to somehow result in him magically staying in the White House past Inauguration Day , as Joe Biden ’ s legal advisor Bob Bauer pointed out during a Friday morning press conference at great length .
Already , Trump is being rebuked by Michigan legislators who have no interest in taking part in his coup – and could face state charges if they were to go along with it .
There is , however , a significant degree of danger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not only because a sitting president is openly showing his contempt for democracy , and getting a few stains on his side in the process , but because national security threats are going unchecked the longer that Trump ’ s employees try to placate him .
Even though it ’ s been two weeks since the election , Trump has barely been seen in public and hasn ’ t even had events on his schedule , but the pandemic has gotten worse than ever and he ’ s not even trying to show @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The bipartisan National Council on Election Integrity has clearly had enough of Trump ’ s failure to lead , so they recently launched a $ 2 million ad calling on him to finally concede the election .
The ad was made with the participation of over 40 former public officials , including former Cabinet secretaries and civic leaders who urged Trump to suck it up and participate with the Biden-Harris transition team .
It ’ s a reminder that the longer Donald Trump waits , the worse things are going to get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doing a poorer job of pretending to be president from here on out .

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There is no chance that Donald Trump’s refusal to honor the results of the 2020 election is going to somehow result in him magically staying in the White House past Inauguration Day, as Joe Biden’s legal advisor Bob Bauer pointed out during a Friday morning press conference at great length. Already, Trump is being rebuked by Michigan legislators who have no interest in taking part in his coup – and could face state charges if they were to go along with it.
There is, however, a significant degree of danger in Trump’s delaying tactics – not only because a sitting president is openly showing his contempt for democracy, and getting a few stains on his side in the process, but because national security threats are going unchecked the longer that Trump’s employees try to placate him. Even though it’s been two weeks since the election, Trump has barely been seen in public and hasn’t even had events on his schedule, but the pandemic has gotten worse than ever and he’s not even trying to show leadership when it comes to COVID anymore.
The bipartisan National Council on Election Integrity has clearly had enough of Trump’s failure to lead, so they recently launched a $2 million ad calling on him to finally concede the election. The ad was made with the participation of over 40 former public officials, including former Cabinet secretaries and civic leaders who urged Trump to suck it up and participate with the Biden-Harris transition team. It’s a reminder that the longer Donald Trump waits, the worse things are going to get for him. He’s only doing a poorer job of pretending to be president from here on out.
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palmerreport--2020-11-21--Donald Trump’s Michigan legislature head fake

Here ’ s another reason why you should have known Donald Trump ’ s meeting with Michigan ’ s Republican legislators wasn ’ t going anywhere : he did it in plain sight .
If you ’ ve watched Trump closely over the years , his pattern is very consistent : when he makes a lot of noise about something , he ’ s never actually trying to make it happen .
When he ’ s trying to make something happen , he always tries to do it very quietly .
In other words , if Trump really did have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Michigan legislators to overthrow the election , he would have met with them in secret , in the hope of getting the jump before anyone caught on .
The fact that Trump loudly telegraphed this meeting was all the proof we needed that he was merely trying to create the appearance that he ’ s still “ contesting ” the election .
In other words , this was all about keeping up the ruse so he can keep fundraising on it .
Again , this was never a real thing .
State legislatures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their state ’ s electoral votes .
If they tried it , they ’ d be committing a prosecutable state crime .
And then the courts would overturn the results anyway .
They ’ d be sending themselves to prison for no gain .
It was never something they were even going to try .
Trump knew that , which is why he merely promoted it as a stunt , instead of seriously pursuing it in secret .
Donald Trump is now reportedly preparing to meet with Pennsylvania ’ s Republican legislators as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be nothing more than an attempt at misdirection .
If you ’ re still falling for the notion that any of this is going anywhere , it ’ s only because you ’ re not paying attention to the obvious .

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Here’s another reason why you should have known Donald Trump’s meeting with Michigan’s Republican legislators wasn’t going anywhere: he did it in plain sight. If you’ve watched Trump closely over the years, his pattern is very consistent: when he makes a lot of noise about something, he’s never actually trying to make it happen. When he’s trying to make something happen, he always tries to do it very quietly.
In other words, if Trump really did have any expectation that he could have convinced Michigan legislators to overthrow the election, he would have met with them in secret, in the hope of getting the jump before anyone caught on. The fact that Trump loudly telegraphed this meeting was all the proof we needed that he was merely trying to create the appearance that he’s still “contesting” the election. In other words, this was all about keeping up the ruse so he can keep fundraising on it.
Again, this was never a real thing. State legislatures don’t legally get to allocate their state’s electoral votes. If they tried it, they’d be committing a prosecutable state crime. And then the courts would overturn the results anyway. They’d be sending themselves to prison for no gain. It was never something they were even going to try. Trump knew that, which is why he merely promoted it as a stunt, instead of seriously pursuing it in secret.
Donald Trump is now reportedly preparing to meet with Pennsylvania’s Republican legislators as well. Once again, this will be nothing more than an attempt at misdirection. If you’re still falling for the notion that any of this is going anywhere, it’s only because you’re not paying attention to the obvious.
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palmerreport--2020-11-21--GSA Administrator Emily Murphy circles the drain

Yeah , this isn ’ t going to fly .
GSA Administrator Emily Murphy is still refusing to sign the papers to start the transition to Biden , and now Lawrence O ’ Donnell is reporting that Murphy is letting it be known through her friends that she ’ s only ‘ following orders.
’ Wait , a minute , whose orders ?
Donald Trump certainly doesn ’ t get to give such an order .
Meanwhile , two House committees are now demanding that Emily Murphy show up on Monday and explain herself .
Failing that , she ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ll end up being dragged through an expensive-lawyer-heavy court battle for quite some time .
With Georgia having certified its results today confirming that Biden won , and Michigan and Pennsylvania set to certify their results on Monday , Murphy ’ s gambit is circling the drain .
– I wouldn ’ t wish this awful virus on anyone , but there ’ s something fitting about Donald Trump ’ s son and Rudy Giuliani ’ s son now both having coronavirus .
If these two clowns weren ’ t holding up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus patients might become more widely available sooner .
Trump and Rudy now are now literally playing with their kids ’ lives .
It ’ s further confirmation that they ’ re both deranged monsters .

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Yeah, this isn’t going to fly. GSA Administrator Emily Murphy is still refusing to sign the papers to start the transition to Biden, and now Lawrence O’Donnell is reporting that Murphy is letting it be known through her friends that she’s only ‘following orders.’ Wait, a minute, whose orders? Donald Trump certainly doesn’t get to give such an order.
Meanwhile, two House committees are now demanding that Emily Murphy show up on Monday and explain herself. Failing that, she’ll surely be subpoenaed, and she’ll end up being dragged through an expensive-lawyer-heavy court battle for quite some time. With Georgia having certified its results today confirming that Biden won, and Michigan and Pennsylvania set to certify their results on Monday, Murphy’s gambit is circling the drain.
– I wouldn’t wish this awful virus on anyone, but there’s something fitting about Donald Trump’s son and Rudy Giuliani’s son now both having coronavirus. If these two clowns weren’t holding up the transition, the resources to help coronavirus patients might become more widely available sooner. Trump and Rudy now are now literally playing with their kids’ lives. It’s further confirmation that they’re both deranged monsters.
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palmerreport--2020-11-21--Donald Trump’s financial partner hangs him out to dry after election loss

Now that Donald Trump has lost the election , Deutsche Bank has been making rumblings about selling off Donald Trump ’ s loans and/or calling them in , which would lead to asset forfeitures .
Now another of Trump ’ s financial partner is hanging him out to dry .
Vornado had been planning to sell off its share in a couple Trump-branded buildings , which could have netted Donald Trump as much as $ 1.5 billion in cash .
But now the Wall Street Journal says that sale is suddenly off .
Vornado says it ’ s because it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wanted .
But the timing here can ’ t be ignored .
Trump loses , and suddenly his real estate partner is no longer interested in getting him the cash he needs to survive the squeeze that entities like Deutsche Bank are about to put on him .
Now that Trump has lost , he ’ s of no use to anyone in the financial world , and no one is afraid of him .
– In a presidential election , the winner really does win it over and over again .
First @ @ @ @ @ @ @ final count , audit , certification , etc .
By then , no one is paying attention .
But by dragging this out , Trump is ensuring everyone knows he lost over and over again .

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Now that Donald Trump has lost the election, Deutsche Bank has been making rumblings about selling off Donald Trump’s loans and/or calling them in, which would lead to asset forfeitures. Now another of Trump’s financial partner is hanging him out to dry.
Vornado had been planning to sell off its share in a couple Trump-branded buildings, which could have netted Donald Trump as much as $1.5 billion in cash. But now the Wall Street Journal says that sale is suddenly off. Vornado says it’s because it couldn’t get the price it wanted. But the timing here can’t be ignored. Trump loses, and suddenly his real estate partner is no longer interested in getting him the cash he needs to survive the squeeze that entities like Deutsche Bank are about to put on him. Now that Trump has lost, he’s of no use to anyone in the financial world, and no one is afraid of him.
– In a presidential election, the winner really does win it over and over again. First the networks call it, then the final count, audit, certification, etc. By then, no one is paying attention. But by dragging this out, Trump is ensuring everyone knows he lost over and over again.
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palmerreport--2020-11-22--Donald Trump’s financial world is already collapsing after his election loss

– All of this has happened in the past few days : 1 ) Vornado cancels a property sale that would have benefited Trump .
2 ) Deutsche Bank moves to offload Trump loans to more serious creditors who will call them in .
3 ) Trump International Hotel sale falls apart .
Now that Trump has lost , his financial world is already collapsing .
– Even Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney , that soulless monster , is publicly calling for Trump to get off the pot .
It was never about Republicans “ growing a spine ” or “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t exist in the Republican world .
It was always going to come down to how their evil agendas were being negatively impacted by Trump ’ s insistence on dragging this out .
The longer this goes on , Trump will have even less leverage , not more leverage .
– The panickers spent the election insisting that Biden make this or that panic move , or else Trump would win .
But Biden is savvier than that , which is why he won .
Now the panickers are still insisting that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they going to figure out how stuff really works ?
– Democratic politicians in general are savvy and good at fighting for us .
We just don ’ t notice , because we ’ re too busy asking why Democratic politicians aren ’ t fighting for us .
Hate to say it , but they ’ re not the problem , we are .
If we actually followed their leadership consistently , we ’ d win more often .
Democratic leaders are begging us to get involved in the Georgia Senate runoffs , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about Trump magically winning .
When will we start listening to them ?

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– All of this has happened in the past few days: 1) Vornado cancels a property sale that would have benefited Trump. 2) Deutsche Bank moves to offload Trump loans to more serious creditors who will call them in. 3) Trump International Hotel sale falls apart. Now that Trump has lost, his financial world is already collapsing.
– Even Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney, that soulless monster, is publicly calling for Trump to get off the pot. It was never about Republicans “growing a spine” or “finding their conscience.” Those concepts don’t exist in the Republican world. It was always going to come down to how their evil agendas were being negatively impacted by Trump’s insistence on dragging this out. The longer this goes on, Trump will have even less leverage, not more leverage.
– The panickers spent the election insisting that Biden make this or that panic move, or else Trump would win. But Biden is savvier than that, which is why he won. Now the panickers are still insisting that Biden make panic moves. When are they going to figure out how stuff really works?
– Democratic politicians in general are savvy and good at fighting for us. We just don’t notice, because we’re too busy asking why Democratic politicians aren’t fighting for us. Hate to say it, but they’re not the problem, we are. If we actually followed their leadership consistently, we’d win more often. Democratic leaders are begging us to get involved in the Georgia Senate runoffs, instead of fretting over imaginary doomsday scenarios about Trump magically winning. When will we start listening to them?
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