palmerreport--2020-11-08--Jared Kushner just admitted it’s over for Donald Trump

For all of Donald Trump ’ s threats and theatrics about refusing to concede and refusing to leave peacefully , Palmer Report keeps pointing out that Trump is eventually going to conclude that his softest landing for his inevitable criminal trials will be to indeed go quietly .
In fact his current threats are probably just an attempt at carving out a negotiating position for his exit .
The thing is , Trump has little or no leverage when it comes to his exit .
It ’ s over , and the country will move on with or without his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ air tonight that Jared Kushner has begun trying to convince Trump to go ahead and concede .
To be clear , story was obviously leaked by Kushner himself .
This means that Kushner wants the public to know that he ’ s trying to negotiate a conciliatory end to this .
Why ?
Based on his various antics , it ’ s entirely possible that Kushner will end up being criminally prosecuted once Trump is out of office .
Perhaps Kushner is trying to soften the public ’ s opinion of him ahead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kushner knows that he ’ s about to get a pardon , and he ’ s hoping the public will feel like he ’ s earned it or something .
In any case , Kushner keeps proving that he ’ s as much of a tone deaf idiot as Trump .
But it ’ s notable that even Kushner now fully understands that it ’ s over , and he apparently wants credit for ending it .
Kushner knows full well that he ’ s further eroding Trump ’ s crumbling position by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ publicly admitting that it ’ s over for Trump .
But when the walls are caving in , it ’ s every creep for himself .

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For all of Donald Trump’s threats and theatrics about refusing to concede and refusing to leave peacefully, Palmer Report keeps pointing out that Trump is eventually going to conclude that his softest landing for his inevitable criminal trials will be to indeed go quietly. In fact his current threats are probably just an attempt at carving out a negotiating position for his exit.
The thing is, Trump has little or no leverage when it comes to his exit. It’s over, and the country will move on with or without his blessing. Now CNN is reporting on air tonight that Jared Kushner has begun trying to convince Trump to go ahead and concede. To be clear, story was obviously leaked by Kushner himself.
This means that Kushner wants the public to know that he’s trying to negotiate a conciliatory end to this. Why? Based on his various antics, it’s entirely possible that Kushner will end up being criminally prosecuted once Trump is out of office. Perhaps Kushner is trying to soften the public’s opinion of him ahead of any such charges. Or maybe Kushner knows that he’s about to get a pardon, and he’s hoping the public will feel like he’s earned it or something.
In any case, Kushner keeps proving that he’s as much of a tone deaf idiot as Trump. But it’s notable that even Kushner now fully understands that it’s over, and he apparently wants credit for ending it.
Kushner knows full well that he’s further eroding Trump’s crumbling position by leaking something like this. Kushner is publicly admitting that it’s over for Trump. But when the walls are caving in, it’s every creep for himself.
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palmerreport--2020-11-08--Fox News reportedly suspends or cancels Judge Jeanine Pirro after Donald Trump loses

For months , Palmer Report has been predicting that if Donald Trump lost the election , Fox News would make some noise in his defense , but would then end up moving to distance itself from Trump and try to move on .
After all , Fox is a business , not a fan club , and it has to remain viable with its audience as Trump fades from the stage .
Now the far right site Newsmax is reporting that Fox News has either suspended or canceled Judge Jeanine Pirro ’ s television show after she launched into particularly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s election loss .
Newsmax is the kind of propaganda site that ’ s making a point of refusing to admit that Trump lost , so we don ’ t trust them in general , but there would be no reason for them to make up a story about Jeanine Pirro getting the boot .
So take it for whatever it ’ s worth until it ’ s independently confirmed , but it looks like Fox News may indeed already be laying the groundwork for moving beyond the Donald Trump era now that @ @ @ @ @

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For months, Palmer Report has been predicting that if Donald Trump lost the election, Fox News would make some noise in his defense, but would then end up moving to distance itself from Trump and try to move on. After all, Fox is a business, not a fan club, and it has to remain viable with its audience as Trump fades from the stage.
Now the far right site Newsmax is reporting that Fox News has either suspended or canceled Judge Jeanine Pirro’s television show after she launched into particularly deranged conspiracy theories about Donald Trump’s election loss. Newsmax is the kind of propaganda site that’s making a point of refusing to admit that Trump lost, so we don’t trust them in general, but there would be no reason for them to make up a story about Jeanine Pirro getting the boot.
So take it for whatever it’s worth until it’s independently confirmed, but it looks like Fox News may indeed already be laying the groundwork for moving beyond the Donald Trump era now that it’s over.
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palmerreport--2020-11-08--Twitter hits Donald Trump’s false tweets with warning label that confirms Joe Biden won

Over the past five days of vote counting , Twitter has ended up slapping warning labels on half or more of Donald Trump ’ s tweets .
Whenever he ’ s falsely declared victory or spewed ballot conspiracies , Twitter has taken action .
Now that Trump has officially lost , Twitter has taken it to a whole new level .
Just before Donald Trump was declared the loser , he tweeted “ I WON THIS ELECTION , BY A LOT !
” This tweet has now received nearly a million negative replies .
Twitter quickly put a warning label @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Official sources may not have called the race when this was Tweeted.
” Now that Joe Biden has been declared the winner , various observers have pointed out that this warning label is clickable and now leads to a page which says “ Joe Biden is the projected winner of the 2020 presidential election.
” Donald Trump would have been kicked off Twitter for rules violations a long time ago if he weren ’ t President .
Soon he won ’ t be President , and he ’ ll probably indeed end up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it too , so at this point it ’ s just punking him in a manner he so richly deserves .

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Over the past five days of vote counting, Twitter has ended up slapping warning labels on half or more of Donald Trump’s tweets. Whenever he’s falsely declared victory or spewed ballot conspiracies, Twitter has taken action. Now that Trump has officially lost, Twitter has taken it to a whole new level.
Just before Donald Trump was declared the loser, he tweeted “I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!” This tweet has now received nearly a million negative replies. Twitter quickly put a warning label under his tweet, which reads “Official sources may not have called the race when this was Tweeted.” Now that Joe Biden has been declared the winner, various observers have pointed out that this warning label is clickable and now leads to a page which says “Joe Biden is the projected winner of the 2020 presidential election.”
Donald Trump would have been kicked off Twitter for rules violations a long time ago if he weren’t President. Soon he won’t be President, and he’ll probably indeed end up getting himself kicked off. Twitter knows it too, so at this point it’s just punking him in a manner he so richly deserves.
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palmerreport--2020-11-08--How to survive the next 74 days

How to survive the next 74 days

– If you really want to make it through the next 74 days , just mute your television whenever they @ @ @ @ @ to concede or refusing to leave office .
Nothing will come of any of it @ @ @ @ @ He ’ ll do plenty more corrupt and negligent things on his way out the @ @ @ @ @ , he doesn ’ t have a magic wand when it comes to somehow magically @ @ @ @ @ .
Stay vigilant , but tune out the ratings-driven doomsday nonsense .
– Joe Biden @ @ @ @ @ Oh wait , he is the President .
– We ’ ve had more Presidential @ @ @ @ @ hours than we ’ ve had in the past four years .
– Tweet of @ @ @ @ @ alleged Trump-Giuliani henchman and current anti-Trump crusader Lev Parnas : “ Like I aways said @ @ @ @ @ RudyGiuliani were always scared of @ JoeBiden .
I look forward to January 20 , @ @

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– If you really want to make it through the next 74 days, just mute your television whenever they start talking about Trump refusing to concede or refusing to leave office. Nothing will come of any of it. Trump is done. He’ll do plenty more corrupt and negligent things on his way out the door, but as always, he doesn’t have a magic wand when it comes to somehow magically getting his way on everything. Stay vigilant, but tune out the ratings-driven doomsday nonsense.
– Joe Biden sounds like the President. Oh wait, he is the President.
– We’ve had more Presidential behavior in the past four hours than we’ve had in the past four years.
– Tweet of the day, from former alleged Trump-Giuliani henchman and current anti-Trump crusader Lev Parnas: “Like I aways said, @realDonaldTrump and @RudyGiuliani were always scared of @JoeBiden. I look forward to January 20, 2021”
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palmerreport--2020-11-09--Donald Trump is out of gas

Donald Trump is out of gas

Once Donald Trump realized yesterday that Joe Biden was about to be declared the winner of the election , Trump decided to go golfing instead of trying to mount any sort of PR effort .
Then he sat back and let Rudy Giuliani hold a press conference in front of a landscaping store .
Today has been Trump ’ s first full day of being the election loser , meaning he had all last night to figure out what his gameplan was for today .
All he ended up doing was posting a series of whiny and false tweets which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being false .
This is the best he could come up with ?
One of Trump ’ s tweets appeared to tease that he could be calling in to the Mark Levin show on Fox News .
But after a number of people tuned in just to see what wacky things Trump might say , it turned out he wasn ’ t even on the show .
What is Trump even doing ?
The answer appears to be “ nothing.
” CNN just reported that there ’ s nothing even on his official @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out , Trump ’ s focus during the transition period will ultimately end up being entirely about trying to give himself a softer landing with regard to the criminal charges and financial troubles he ’ s about to face once he leaves office .
But for now he appears to be too dejected to even focus on that .
He ’ s sitting there , pouting , like the loser that he is .

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Once Donald Trump realized yesterday that Joe Biden was about to be declared the winner of the election, Trump decided to go golfing instead of trying to mount any sort of PR effort. Then he sat back and let Rudy Giuliani hold a press conference in front of a landscaping store.
Today has been Trump’s first full day of being the election loser, meaning he had all last night to figure out what his gameplan was for today. All he ended up doing was posting a series of whiny and false tweets which quickly got slapped with warning labels about being false. This is the best he could come up with?
One of Trump’s tweets appeared to tease that he could be calling in to the Mark Levin show on Fox News. But after a number of people tuned in just to see what wacky things Trump might say, it turned out he wasn’t even on the show.
What is Trump even doing? The answer appears to be “nothing.” CNN just reported that there’s nothing even on his official schedule tomorrow. As we keep pointing out, Trump’s focus during the transition period will ultimately end up being entirely about trying to give himself a softer landing with regard to the criminal charges and financial troubles he’s about to face once he leaves office. But for now he appears to be too dejected to even focus on that. He’s sitting there, pouting, like the loser that he is.
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palmerreport--2020-11-09--Give me a break

Give me a break

The media is now breathlessly hyping the notion that Trump could run again in 2024 , even though they know damn well that he ’ ll be in prison by then ( if his failing health doesn ’ t get him first ) .
These fictional ratings-driven narratives from the media are just embarrassing .
No , it won ’ t Donald Trump Jr or Ivanka in 2024 either .
Give me a break .
Don Junior is earmarked for prison in too many ways to count , and that ’ s before getting to his unraveling public behavior and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her own Trump Organization liability .
But even the Trump family ’ s legal troubles aren ’ t the only reason they won ’ t be on the political stage by 2024 .
Consider that Donald Trump just lost in a multimillion vote blowout .
The Republicans in the House and Senate knew he was going to lose this badly ; they just didn ’ t have the guts to oust him beforehand , for fear of retaliation .
Now that Trump and his family will be on the defensive in the criminal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they won ’ t be the kings of the GOP , or even the kingmakers .
What we ’ ll see by 2024 is a lot of Republican politicians trying to figure out how to position themselves as being anti-Trump while also being pro-Trumpism .
It won ’ t work , for a lot of reasons .
But the point is that by 2024 , the GOP will be trying to figure out how to dance around Donald Trump ’ s failure and pariah status in the same way that the GOP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to figure out how to dance around George W. Bush .
The media surely knows this .
But right now networks like MSNBC and CNN are tasked with trying to figure out how to keep their anti-Trump viewers tuned in , now that Trump is gone .
One way to do that is to push the notion that Trump and his family are somehow going to remain as relevant to politics as ever once he ’ s humiliatingly removed from office .
That ’ s a canard .
Once the media has played @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be the 2024 Republican nominee ” narrative , it ’ ll move on to the real story here : Trump and his family are about to face an endless series of criminal charges , legal action , asset seizures , and so on .
The notion that this family somehow has a political future is laugh out loud hilarious .
We saw this in 2008 after John McCain lost in a historically ugly blowout , largely because he picked the broadly unpopular Sarah Palin .
Shortly after the loss , pundits on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Palin would either be the 2012 nominee or the “ Republican kingmaker ” going forward .
Of course by 2012 the GOP was doing everything it could to run away from her .
Trump will be even more of a pariah by then .
But hey , the media always has to fill the transition period with some kind of hype .

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The media is now breathlessly hyping the notion that Trump could run again in 2024, even though they know damn well that he’ll be in prison by then (if his failing health doesn’t get him first). These fictional ratings-driven narratives from the media are just embarrassing.
No, it won’t Donald Trump Jr or Ivanka in 2024 either. Give me a break. Don Junior is earmarked for prison in too many ways to count, and that’s before getting to his unraveling public behavior and obviously worsening personal problems. Ivanka has her own Trump Organization liability.
But even the Trump family’s legal troubles aren’t the only reason they won’t be on the political stage by 2024. Consider that Donald Trump just lost in a multimillion vote blowout. The Republicans in the House and Senate knew he was going to lose this badly; they just didn’t have the guts to oust him beforehand, for fear of retaliation. Now that Trump and his family will be on the defensive in the criminal justice system for the next several years, they won’t be the kings of the GOP, or even the kingmakers.
What we’ll see by 2024 is a lot of Republican politicians trying to figure out how to position themselves as being anti-Trump while also being pro-Trumpism. It won’t work, for a lot of reasons. But the point is that by 2024, the GOP will be trying to figure out how to dance around Donald Trump’s failure and pariah status in the same way that the GOP has spent the past several years trying to figure out how to dance around George W. Bush.
The media surely knows this. But right now networks like MSNBC and CNN are tasked with trying to figure out how to keep their anti-Trump viewers tuned in, now that Trump is gone. One way to do that is to push the notion that Trump and his family are somehow going to remain as relevant to politics as ever once he’s humiliatingly removed from office. That’s a canard.
Once the media has played out the “Someone named Trump will be the 2024 Republican nominee” narrative, it’ll move on to the real story here: Trump and his family are about to face an endless series of criminal charges, legal action, asset seizures, and so on. The notion that this family somehow has a political future is laugh out loud hilarious.
We saw this in 2008 after John McCain lost in a historically ugly blowout, largely because he picked the broadly unpopular Sarah Palin. Shortly after the loss, pundits on the left and right alike all insisted that Palin would either be the 2012 nominee or the “Republican kingmaker” going forward. Of course by 2012 the GOP was doing everything it could to run away from her. Trump will be even more of a pariah by then. But hey, the media always has to fill the transition period with some kind of hype.
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palmerreport--2020-11-09--The end of Bill Barr

The end of Bill Barr

It ’ s not difficult to figure out why Bill Barr disappeared during the final stretch of the election .
After trying and failing to do Trump ’ s bidding in the unmasking scandal , the Flynn case , the U.S. intel probe , and other stunts , Barr clearly saw that he wasn ’ t going to be able to save Trump – and that he didn ’ t want to go down with him .
Now that Trump has in fact lost , Barr is still lying low .
Again , this isn ’ t surprising .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and the popular discussion will soon shift to which of its members should be criminally charged .
Of course the public doesn ’ t make those decisions ; the next iteration of the Department of Justice will .
Joe Biden publicly stated several times during the election that when it comes to Trump regime crimes , he ’ ll simply appoint a solid Attorney General and then let the Department of Justice handle it , without meddling .
In other words , some of the career DOJ people who suffered under Barr @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same people who have to decide whether to criminally prosecute Barr for his many instances of felony obstruction of justice .
Right now Bill Barr is surely looking at going down one of two paths .
Option A is to try to help Donald Trump with his overall pardon strategy , in the hope that Trump will also blanket pardon Barr on his way out the door .
Option B is to simply lie low from here on out , and hope that by the time the DOJ is free to prosecute him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that there are bigger fish to fry .
Neither of these paths is a particularly good option for Bill Barr .
But as Palmer Report has been pointing out for a few years now , once the Trump regime fell , its people were only going to be facing bad options .
Barr ’ s best option is a pardon that forever makes him a pariah and will likely be challenged in court anyway .
Barr ’ s other option is to look over his shoulder for the rest of his life in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being arrested .
Barr doesn ’ t have a magic wand up his sleeve for giving himself a happy ending .
If he had that kind of prowess , he ’ d have used it to make sure Trump won .
This is the end of Bill Barr .
As with a lot of other people in the Trump regime right now , Barr simply has to decide how he wants to lose .

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It’s not difficult to figure out why Bill Barr disappeared during the final stretch of the election. After trying and failing to do Trump’s bidding in the unmasking scandal, the Flynn case, the U.S. intel probe, and other stunts, Barr clearly saw that he wasn’t going to be able to save Trump – and that he didn’t want to go down with him.
Now that Trump has in fact lost, Barr is still lying low. Again, this isn’t surprising. The buzzards are now circling the Trump regime, and the popular discussion will soon shift to which of its members should be criminally charged. Of course the public doesn’t make those decisions; the next iteration of the Department of Justice will.
Joe Biden publicly stated several times during the election that when it comes to Trump regime crimes, he’ll simply appoint a solid Attorney General and then let the Department of Justice handle it, without meddling. In other words, some of the career DOJ people who suffered under Barr’s corrupt abuses will be the same people who have to decide whether to criminally prosecute Barr for his many instances of felony obstruction of justice.
Right now Bill Barr is surely looking at going down one of two paths. Option A is to try to help Donald Trump with his overall pardon strategy, in the hope that Trump will also blanket pardon Barr on his way out the door. Option B is to simply lie low from here on out, and hope that by the time the DOJ is free to prosecute him in January, it will simply conclude that there are bigger fish to fry.
Neither of these paths is a particularly good option for Bill Barr. But as Palmer Report has been pointing out for a few years now, once the Trump regime fell, its people were only going to be facing bad options. Barr’s best option is a pardon that forever makes him a pariah and will likely be challenged in court anyway. Barr’s other option is to look over his shoulder for the rest of his life in the fear that he’s finally being arrested.
Barr doesn’t have a magic wand up his sleeve for giving himself a happy ending. If he had that kind of prowess, he’d have used it to make sure Trump won. This is the end of Bill Barr. As with a lot of other people in the Trump regime right now, Barr simply has to decide how he wants to lose.
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palmerreport--2020-11-08--Joe Biden and Kamala Harris begin transition

Even though they don ’ t take office for another 73 days , President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala @ @ @ @ @ getting tings underway .
Last night they revealed that they ’ ll launch their coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ Now they ’ ve launched their transition .
Biden-Harris Presidential Transition Team has launched a @ @ @ @ @ and they ’ re introducing it this way : “ We are preparing to lead @ @ @ @ @ the Biden-Harris administration is able to take on the most urgent challenges we face : @ @ @ @ @ ’ s health , renewing our opportunity to succeed , advancing racial equity , and @ @ @ @ @ More : “ The task ahead of the Biden-Harris administration is unlike any other in @ @ @ @ @ , our transition will be led by experts , by science , and with character—ensuring @ @ @ @ @ to lead on Day One.
” Here ’ s the website .

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Even though they don’t take office for another 73 days, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are wasting no time getting tings underway. Last night they revealed that they’ll launch their coronavirus task force on Monday. Now they’ve launched their transition.
Biden-Harris Presidential Transition Team has launched a Twitter account called @Transition46 and they’re introducing it this way: “We are preparing to lead on Day One, ensuring the Biden-Harris administration is able to take on the most urgent challenges we face: protecting and preserving our nation’s health, renewing our opportunity to succeed, advancing racial equity, and fighting the climate crisis.”
More: “The task ahead of the Biden-Harris administration is unlike any other in our history. In preparation, our transition will be led by experts, by science, and with character—ensuring that we will be ready to lead on Day One.” Here’s the website.
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LOCK HIM UP!

Did anybody else notice that the pearl-clutching , counterfeit Republican outrage over the Hunter Biden laptop “ scandal ” went away after November third , just like a miracle ?
Did anybody else notice that the pearl-clutching counterfeit Republican outrage over the Obama-spied-on-my-campaign “ biggest crime in American history ” so-called “ Obamagate scandal ” went away after November third , just like a miracle ?
Did anybody else notice , on the other hand , that coronavirus is still with us , that it ’ s still killing a thousand Americans a day ?
Did anybody else notice that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Did anybody else notice that global warming is still a thing and America shamefully remains the only nation on earth not signatory to the Paris Climate Accord ?
Did anybody else notice that black lives still matter ?
Welcome to the difference between the make-believe , sideshow , distracting , fake outrages of the Republican Party and the real life concerns of We the People .
As I write this , 74 million Americans — the most in presidential election history — have said No !
to lies , No !
to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump .
With approximately 8 million more votes left to count , that number will probably climb as high as 80 million .
Donald Trump has just received the largest repudiation in American history — and climbing .
We the People don ’ t want him .
We the People have spoken .
We the People are tired of a do-nothing braggart who spends his days playing golf , watching TV and rage-tweeting .
We the People are tired of this self-dealing , self-congratulating , blame-shifting , credit-stealing coward usurping the sacred President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to death of his constant hatefulness , his divisiveness , his pettiness , his littleness .
We are tired of the lives he endangers with his insulting , disgusting tweets .
We are sick and tired of the endless stream of lies and bullshit emanating 24 hours a day seven days a week from White House lickspittles and sycophants playing to an audience of one .
We the People don ’ t want Jabba the Hutt for president .
We voted for Han Solo .
And we got him !
We the People @ @ @ @ @ @ @ newspaper every day or logging on to our computers or turning on our televisions and , with a sense of inevitable dread , wondering what the hell the moron has done now .
We are tired of waking up that way and going to sleep at night in a world measurably less safe because an evil villain is in charge .
We the People are tired of watching this orange cretin , this vain idiot , this uber-creep , this serial assaulter and raper of dozens of women , this murderer , this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , this loser , this sucker , this mocker of disabled reporters and Gold Star Families , this racist , this admirer of the Hitlers and the Mussolinis and the Putins of the world , treated to honor and applause and pomp and ceremony with his infuriating look of smug , self-indulgent presumption endlessly signalling that he ’ s somehow earned it .
We the People endured these outrages because we knew one day there would be a reckoning .
We knew that the highest does not stand without the lowest , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being lifted to vertiginous heights , it was to ensure that his fall would be further , swifter and every inch as damaging as his crimes .
We the People have shoved him from that precipice , and Donald Trump is about to fall further and faster and harder than anyone else in the history of the world .
We the People demand that Donald Trump goes to prison .
For crimes against humanity , for crimes against every citizen of America and every citizen of the world , Donald Trump belongs in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Let ’ s put him there .
And , as ever , ladies and gentlemen , brothers and sisters , comrades and friends , stay safe .

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Did anybody else notice that the pearl-clutching, counterfeit Republican outrage over the Hunter Biden laptop “scandal” went away after November third, just like a miracle? Did anybody else notice that the pearl-clutching counterfeit Republican outrage over the Obama-spied-on-my-campaign “biggest crime in American history” so-called “Obamagate scandal” went away after November third, just like a miracle?
Did anybody else notice, on the other hand, that coronavirus is still with us, that it’s still killing a thousand Americans a day? Did anybody else notice that children are still locked away in cages? Did anybody else notice that global warming is still a thing and America shamefully remains the only nation on earth not signatory to the Paris Climate Accord? Did anybody else notice that black lives still matter?
Welcome to the difference between the make-believe, sideshow, distracting, fake outrages of the Republican Party and the real life concerns of We the People. As I write this, 74 million Americans — the most in presidential election history — have said No! to lies, No! to fake scandals and No! to Donald Trump. With approximately 8 million more votes left to count, that number will probably climb as high as 80 million. Donald Trump has just received the largest repudiation in American history — and climbing. We the People don’t want him. We the People have spoken.
We the People are tired of a do-nothing braggart who spends his days playing golf, watching TV and rage-tweeting. We the People are tired of this self-dealing, self-congratulating, blame-shifting, credit-stealing coward usurping the sacred President’s House. We are sick to death of his constant hatefulness, his divisiveness, his pettiness, his littleness. We are tired of the lives he endangers with his insulting, disgusting tweets. We are sick and tired of the endless stream of lies and bullshit emanating 24 hours a day seven days a week from White House lickspittles and sycophants playing to an audience of one. We the People don’t want Jabba the Hutt for president. We voted for Han Solo. And we got him!
We the People have had it with picking up the newspaper every day or logging on to our computers or turning on our televisions and, with a sense of inevitable dread, wondering what the hell the moron has done now. We are tired of waking up that way and going to sleep at night in a world measurably less safe because an evil villain is in charge.
We the People are tired of watching this orange cretin, this vain idiot, this uber-creep, this serial assaulter and raper of dozens of women, this murderer, this destroyer of family businesses, this traitor, this loser, this sucker, this mocker of disabled reporters and Gold Star Families, this racist, this admirer of the Hitlers and the Mussolinis and the Putins of the world, treated to honor and applause and pomp and ceremony with his infuriating look of smug, self-indulgent presumption endlessly signalling that he’s somehow earned it. We the People endured these outrages because we knew one day there would be a reckoning. We knew that the highest does not stand without the lowest, and if we had to endure Donald Trump being lifted to vertiginous heights, it was to ensure that his fall would be further, swifter and every inch as damaging as his crimes. We the People have shoved him from that precipice, and Donald Trump is about to fall further and faster and harder than anyone else in the history of the world.
We the People demand that Donald Trump goes to prison. For crimes against humanity, for crimes against every citizen of America and every citizen of the world, Donald Trump belongs in prison for the rest of his life. Let’s put him there. And, as ever, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, comrades and friends, stay safe.
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palmerreport--2020-11-08--This is just another Donald Trump con game

Follow the money : Trump can ’ t possibly think his election legal challenges will go anywhere – especially with @ @ @ @ @ ’ s approaching it .
But as long as he ’ s still fundraising off @ @ @ @ @ has to create the appearance that he ’ s still contesting things .
That ’ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t care that his legal challenges consist of Rudy in a manure store parking @ @ @ @ @ not about winning ; he can ’ t win anyway .
It ’ s about @ @ @ @ @ thinking he ’ ll win , so they ’ ll keep lining his pockets .
@ @ @ @ @ where most of his own supporters figure out he ’ s not magically going to @ @ @ @ @ to his election legal fund start to dry up , I ’ d imagine that @ @ @ @ @ ll start looking at the possibility of agreeing to go quietly in the hope of @ @ @ @ @

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Follow the money: Trump can’t possibly think his election legal challenges will go anywhere – especially with the low rent way he’s approaching it. But as long as he’s still fundraising off his legal challenges, he has to create the appearance that he’s still contesting things.
That’s why Trump probably doesn’t care that his legal challenges consist of Rudy in a manure store parking lot. It’s not about winning; he can’t win anyway. It’s about conning his sucker donors into thinking he’ll win, so they’ll keep lining his pockets.
Once Trump reaches a point where most of his own supporters figure out he’s not magically going to win, and the donations to his election legal fund start to dry up, I’d imagine that’s when he’ll start looking at the possibility of agreeing to go quietly in the hope of softening his criminal exposure.
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palmerreport--2020-11-08--Donald Trump is 0-for-5 today

Donald Trump is 0-for-5 today

There was a time when Donald Trump could use his Twitter account to effectively spread lies about his adversaries , @ @ @ @ @ being loyal enough , and control the narrative .
But now that his reign is @ @ @ @ @ turned on him .
Trump has posted five tweets today , all of them conspiratorial @ @ @ @ @ slapped warning labels on all five of them .
Three of them now say “ @ @ @ @ @ is disputed ” while two of them say “ Learn how voting by mail is @ @ @ @ @ other words , Donald Trump is 0-for-5 today in terms of trying to post tweets @ @ @ @ @ one taking his tweets seriously anymore to begin with , now he can ’ t @ @ @ @ @ door without getting hit with warning labels left and right .
It ’ s what @ @ @ @ @ Trump a long time ago – but at least they ’ ve been doing it @ @ @ @ @

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There was a time when Donald Trump could use his Twitter account to effectively spread lies about his adversaries, punish his allies for not being loyal enough, and control the narrative. But now that his reign is collapsing, even Twitter has turned on him.
Trump has posted five tweets today, all of them conspiratorial in nature. Twitter has slapped warning labels on all five of them. Three of them now say “This claim about election fraud is disputed” while two of them say “Learn how voting by mail is safe and secure.”
In other words, Donald Trump is 0-for-5 today in terms of trying to post tweets. Not only is no one taking his tweets seriously anymore to begin with, now he can’t even get them out the door without getting hit with warning labels left and right. It’s what Twitter should have done to Trump a long time ago – but at least they’ve been doing it for the past week.
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palmerreport--2020-11-08--The real reason Melania Trump is telling Donald Trump to concede

Last night the news surfaced that Jared Kushner of all people had told Donald Trump it was time to concede .
As we explained , this kind of thing doesn ’ t leak to the media unless Kushner is the one who leaked it .
In other words , he ’ s kneecapping Trump by letting the whole world know that he knows it ’ s over for Trump .
It turns out he ’ s not the only one .
Melania Trump is now also telling Donald Trump that it ’ s time for him to “ accept the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of CNN .
Again , the only way something like this leaks to the media is if Melania leaks it .
So at this point Melania is also kneecapping Donald Trump by telling the entire world that it ’ s over .
But why ?
Our guess is that anyone leaking something like this is trying to take credit in the eyes of the public for helping to finish Donald Trump off .
Kushner could end up facing criminal charges after his various antics , and he may be trying to soften his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Melania could simply be trying to get this over with so she can dump him .
We ’ ll see .
These kinds of people tend to only have selfish motivations , even when they occasionally do something that looks like the right thing .
But it ’ s notable that with Trump now inevitably going down , the people closest to Trump suddenly seem to be in a race to see who can finish him off first .
When things get dicey in the end , it ’ s every creep @ @ @

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Last night the news surfaced that Jared Kushner of all people had told Donald Trump it was time to concede. As we explained, this kind of thing doesn’t leak to the media unless Kushner is the one who leaked it. In other words, he’s kneecapping Trump by letting the whole world know that he knows it’s over for Trump. It turns out he’s not the only one.
Melania Trump is now also telling Donald Trump that it’s time for him to “accept the loss,” according to Shimon Prokupecz of CNN. Again, the only way something like this leaks to the media is if Melania leaks it. So at this point Melania is also kneecapping Donald Trump by telling the entire world that it’s over. But why?
Our guess is that anyone leaking something like this is trying to take credit in the eyes of the public for helping to finish Donald Trump off. Kushner could end up facing criminal charges after his various antics, and he may be trying to soften his public image ahead of any such proceedings. Melania could simply be trying to get this over with so she can dump him.
We’ll see. These kinds of people tend to only have selfish motivations, even when they occasionally do something that looks like the right thing. But it’s notable that with Trump now inevitably going down, the people closest to Trump suddenly seem to be in a race to see who can finish him off first. When things get dicey in the end, it’s every creep for himself.
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palmerreport--2020-11-08--Andrew Yang goes all in to flip the Senate for the Democrats in Georgia

Now that Georgia has turned blue for Joe Biden , it ’ s fitting that the two runoff elections in the state will now determine control of the Senate .
Stacey Abrams has been leading the way in Georgia , but she ’ ll need as many reinforcements as possible to counter the money that Mitch McConnell will pour into the state .
Now it turns out Andrew Yang is going all in .
He just tweeted this : “ Great news # yanggang – Evelyn and I are moving to Georgia to help Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock win @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clear Mitch out of the way and help Joe and Kamala get things done in the next 4 years .
More details to come but let ’ s go !
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” That ’ s right , Andrew Yang is moving to Georgia to help facilitate the Senate runoff effort .
This is amazing .
Of course the rest of you don ’ t have to do anything quite so life altering in order to help .
Instead you can donate to the Ossoff and Warnock campaigns .
Or if you don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , you can sign up to phone bank for both campaigns , no matter what state you live in .
Get involved , the Senate is for all the marbles !

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Now that Georgia has turned blue for Joe Biden, it’s fitting that the two runoff elections in the state will now determine control of the Senate. Stacey Abrams has been leading the way in Georgia, but she’ll need as many reinforcements as possible to counter the money that Mitch McConnell will pour into the state.
Now it turns out Andrew Yang is going all in. He just tweeted this: “Great news #yanggang – Evelyn and I are moving to Georgia to help Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock win! This is our only chance to clear Mitch out of the way and help Joe and Kamala get things done in the next 4 years. More details to come but let’s go!!!”
That’s right, Andrew Yang is moving to Georgia to help facilitate the Senate runoff effort. This is amazing. Of course the rest of you don’t have to do anything quite so life altering in order to help. Instead you can donate to the Ossoff and Warnock campaigns. Or if you don’t have any money to donate, you can sign up to phone bank for both campaigns, no matter what state you live in. Get involved, the Senate is for all the marbles!
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palmerreport--2020-11-08--The thing everyone is missing about Donald Trump’s exit strategy

Right now Donald Trump is making overtures about refusing to concede the election , fighting it in court until the bitter end , refusing to leave office peacefully , and basically taking a blow torch to the presidency on his way out the door .
Here ’ s the thing .
Trump will do awful things on his way out the door .
Try to pardon himself , or have Pence do it ?
Sure .
Pilfer even more taxpayer money for himself ?
Absolutely .
Carry out petty grievances ?
Of course .
It ’ s who he is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , most pundits still haven ’ t figured out that when Donald Trump says or hints that he ’ s going to do some awful thing , he almost never does it .
It should be obvious ; Trump lies all the time , so why wouldn ’ t he be lying when he makes threats ?
Yet the media still largely takes Trump at face value whenever he makes threats that are designed to scare people .
What the media doesn ’ t get is that Trump ’ s most awful threats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ distract everyone from the other awful things he ’ s actually quietly carrying out in the background .
Trump is a sociopath and his mind is failing , but he ’ s still at least a vaguely rational villain .
Trump knows that he ’ s earmarked for bankruptcy and prison , and that the only leverage he has left is his brief remaining time as president .
Once he realizes he has zero chance of magically remaining in office , he ’ s going to spend his final days in office trying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for himself in his inevitable criminal trials .
If he starts threatening to nuke Philadelphia or something , it ’ ll merely be his way of trying to distract us from the pardons , the embezzling , his other corrupt but low key antics on his way out the door .
I urge everyone not to fall for it .
Don ’ t let Donald Trump trick you into thinking that he ’ s seriously planning to go down in some weird blaze of glory and blow us all up .
Keep in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , so why wouldn ’ t he be lying when he starts telling us how he ’ s going to handle his exit ?
It ’ ll be ugly , but in a white collar corruption kind of way , and not in the histrionic doomsday way that he might try to scare us into believing that he ’ s pursuing .

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Right now Donald Trump is making overtures about refusing to concede the election, fighting it in court until the bitter end, refusing to leave office peacefully, and basically taking a blow torch to the presidency on his way out the door. Here’s the thing.
Trump will do awful things on his way out the door. Try to pardon himself, or have Pence do it? Sure. Pilfer even more taxpayer money for himself? Absolutely. Carry out petty grievances? Of course. It’s who he is.
But even after all these years, most pundits still haven’t figured out that when Donald Trump says or hints that he’s going to do some awful thing, he almost never does it. It should be obvious; Trump lies all the time, so why wouldn’t he be lying when he makes threats? Yet the media still largely takes Trump at face value whenever he makes threats that are designed to scare people.
What the media doesn’t get is that Trump’s most awful threats are usually just theater, designed to distract everyone from the other awful things he’s actually quietly carrying out in the background. Trump is a sociopath and his mind is failing, but he’s still at least a vaguely rational villain.
Trump knows that he’s earmarked for bankruptcy and prison, and that the only leverage he has left is his brief remaining time as president. Once he realizes he has zero chance of magically remaining in office, he’s going to spend his final days in office trying to set up the softest landing possible for himself in his inevitable criminal trials. If he starts threatening to nuke Philadelphia or something, it’ll merely be his way of trying to distract us from the pardons, the embezzling, his other corrupt but low key antics on his way out the door.
I urge everyone not to fall for it. Don’t let Donald Trump trick you into thinking that he’s seriously planning to go down in some weird blaze of glory and blow us all up. Keep in mind that he’s always lying, so why wouldn’t he be lying when he starts telling us how he’s going to handle his exit? It’ll be ugly, but in a white collar corruption kind of way, and not in the histrionic doomsday way that he might try to scare us into believing that he’s pursuing.
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palmerreport--2020-11-07--Bye Bye Bill Barr

Bye Bye Bill Barr

In the end , Attorney General Bill Barr turned out to be as much of a paper tiger as Palmer Report had come to suspect he was .
After he tried and failed to meddle in the Flynn , Stone , Cohen , Lev , Igor , and Bannon cases , he spent the final several weeks of the election cycle simply hiding .
Even as we waited to see what Bill Barr might have been up to during the long and contentious stretch when the votes were being counted , in the end the answer ended up being “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now come and gone in which Barr could have helped Trump try to somehow rig the election , and it simply didn ’ t happen .
This means , along with everyone else in this wretched administration , Bill Barr is now out of a job , as of January .
The question now is whether Donald Trump fires him immediately out of frustration , or if Trump reluctantly keeps Barr around to try to help him with endgame pardon antics and such .
But either way , Barr is a goner along @ @ @ @ @ @

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In the end, Attorney General Bill Barr turned out to be as much of a paper tiger as Palmer Report had come to suspect he was. After he tried and failed to meddle in the Flynn, Stone, Cohen, Lev, Igor, and Bannon cases, he spent the final several weeks of the election cycle simply hiding.
Even as we waited to see what Bill Barr might have been up to during the long and contentious stretch when the votes were being counted, in the end the answer ended up being “nothing.” The window of time has now come and gone in which Barr could have helped Trump try to somehow rig the election, and it simply didn’t happen.
This means, along with everyone else in this wretched administration, Bill Barr is now out of a job, as of January. The question now is whether Donald Trump fires him immediately out of frustration, or if Trump reluctantly keeps Barr around to try to help him with endgame pardon antics and such. But either way, Barr is a goner along with Trump before much longer.
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palmerreport--2020-11-09--Today would be a good day for New York to indict Donald Trump

We have no specific reason to expect this will happen , but today ( or tomorrow or any day soon ) would be a good day for that New York grand jury to go ahead and indict Donald Trump on state charges , even if they can ’ t arrest him quite yet .
The more Trump is forced to play defense during the transition , the less he can play offense .
If you ’ re new here and you ’ re asking “ what grand jury , ” recall that the Trump tax return court battle was the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ subpoenaing his taxes .
They ’ re clearly in the process of criminally indicting him .
Whether the grand jury has his taxes yet or not , it already reportedly has evidence from Michael Cohen and other sources .
New York could easily indict Trump now , then hit him with a superseding indictment on the other stuff later .
The question isn ’ t whether New York will indict Trump , it ’ s when – and that part is anyone ’ s guess .
It ’ s up to the prosecutors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are mostly secret , so no real clues have emerged .
To be clear , Bill Barr and the DOJ have nothing to do with any state level criminal charges that New York will bring , and therefore Barr has literally no ability to interfere .
It ’ s just not a thing .
Nor could Trump pardon himself on any state charges .
Trump has no magic wand for getting out of state charges .
The only person who could pardon him : Governor Andrew Cuomo , which obviously isn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York is just going to swoop in and indict Trump during the transition period and save the day .
We have to keep fighting Trump each day , beating back his petty antics .
But now that he ’ s lost , we suspect that a number of buzzards will begin circling very soon .

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We have no specific reason to expect this will happen, but today (or tomorrow or any day soon) would be a good day for that New York grand jury to go ahead and indict Donald Trump on state charges, even if they can’t arrest him quite yet. The more Trump is forced to play defense during the transition, the less he can play offense.
If you’re new here and you’re asking “what grand jury,” recall that the Trump tax return court battle was the result of a New York grand jury subpoenaing his taxes. They’re clearly in the process of criminally indicting him.
Whether the grand jury has his taxes yet or not, it already reportedly has evidence from Michael Cohen and other sources. New York could easily indict Trump now, then hit him with a superseding indictment on the other stuff later.
The question isn’t whether New York will indict Trump, it’s when – and that part is anyone’s guess. It’s up to the prosecutors overseeing the case. Grand jury proceedings are mostly secret, so no real clues have emerged.
To be clear, Bill Barr and the DOJ have nothing to do with any state level criminal charges that New York will bring, and therefore Barr has literally no ability to interfere. It’s just not a thing. Nor could Trump pardon himself on any state charges. Trump has no magic wand for getting out of state charges. The only person who could pardon him: Governor Andrew Cuomo, which obviously isn’t happening.
We can’t assume New York is just going to swoop in and indict Trump during the transition period and save the day. We have to keep fighting Trump each day, beating back his petty antics. But now that he’s lost, we suspect that a number of buzzards will begin circling very soon.
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palmerreport--2020-11-09--Joe Biden hits the ground running

Joe Biden hits the ground running

Even before he was the projected winner of the 2020 presidential election , Joe Biden began working to put together a COVID task force , letting us know exactly what sort of leadership we can expect when his new administration is officially sworn in on January 20 .
He proposed his plan during the later stages of the primary , and is now immediately delivering on his promise to be a president for all Americans .
Among those on his panel are former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy who served in President Obama ’ s administration , former Food and Drug @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Presidents George H.W .
Bush and Clinton , and Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith from Yale University who was one of the first to report statistics of how the worst effects of COVID-19 disproportionately impact minorities .
Almost immediately , we ’ re seeing how much dramatically better a Biden administration is for the country , as he intends to take the pandemic seriously with some of the most reliable experts in the medical field , while also working to depoliticize the science .
The full task force will be revealed on Monday – but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ already that could make a considerable difference very soon – with an expanded number of drive-in testing sites , unlike Donald Trump who ’ s pressuring governors to close them down so the numbers make him look better .
He ’ s also looking to fully reinstate the Defense Production Act to produce and distribute millions of tests and establish a public health jobs corps that will cooperate with local communities and determine which ones are the most at risk .
Let ’ s help him further along with these lofty goals by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for senatorial candidates Rev .
Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff to help them win and Biden will have the Senate ’ s support when he ’ s sworn in as our next president .

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Even before he was the projected winner of the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden began working to put together a COVID task force, letting us know exactly what sort of leadership we can expect when his new administration is officially sworn in on January 20. He proposed his plan during the later stages of the primary, and is now immediately delivering on his promise to be a president for all Americans.
Among those on his panel are former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy who served in President Obama’s administration, former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David Kessler who served under Presidents George H.W. Bush and Clinton, and Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith from Yale University who was one of the first to report statistics of how the worst effects of COVID-19 disproportionately impact minorities. Almost immediately, we’re seeing how much dramatically better a Biden administration is for the country, as he intends to take the pandemic seriously with some of the most reliable experts in the medical field, while also working to depoliticize the science.
The full task force will be revealed on Monday – but Biden’s revealed some important specifics already that could make a considerable difference very soon – with an expanded number of drive-in testing sites, unlike Donald Trump who’s pressuring governors to close them down so the numbers make him look better. He’s also looking to fully reinstate the Defense Production Act to produce and distribute millions of tests and establish a public health jobs corps that will cooperate with local communities and determine which ones are the most at risk. Let’s help him further along with these lofty goals by doing everything we can to increase turnout for senatorial candidates Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff to help them win and Biden will have the Senate’s support when he’s sworn in as our next president.
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palmerreport--2020-11-09--Joe Biden has lawyers too, you know

Joe Biden has lawyers too, you know

There ’ s a reason the Democrats won every court ruling during election week .
When a case is something nuanced that could be argued either way , judges may go with their own bias .
But when you have literally no legal case , like Donald Trump this past week , you just get laughed out of court .
It ’ s not about having faith in the integrity of judges .
It ’ s about the fact that no judge is willing to destroy his or her own career viability by ruling in favor of someone who has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s about to cease being President .
The same will be true for the transition period .
If President-elect Biden has to keep going to court to get the access or documents he needs from the Trump regime , he ’ ll do it .
And he ’ ll win every time .
Because Trump has literally no case , and that ’ s an automatic loss .
There is no magic wand scenario where you go into court with literally no case , and the judge sides with you anyway just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That ’ s not the real world .
Biden has lawyers too , you know .
In fact they ’ re a lot better than Trump ’ s lawyers .
It ’ s just a matter of how much Trump wants to humiliate himself on his way out .

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There’s a reason the Democrats won every court ruling during election week. When a case is something nuanced that could be argued either way, judges may go with their own bias. But when you have literally no legal case, like Donald Trump this past week, you just get laughed out of court.
It’s not about having faith in the integrity of judges. It’s about the fact that no judge is willing to destroy his or her own career viability by ruling in favor of someone who has literally no case – especially someone who’s about to cease being President.
The same will be true for the transition period. If President-elect Biden has to keep going to court to get the access or documents he needs from the Trump regime, he’ll do it. And he’ll win every time. Because Trump has literally no case, and that’s an automatic loss.
There is no magic wand scenario where you go into court with literally no case, and the judge sides with you anyway just because the judge likes you better. That’s not the real world. Biden has lawyers too, you know. In fact they’re a lot better than Trump’s lawyers. It’s just a matter of how much Trump wants to humiliate himself on his way out.
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palmerreport--2020-11-09--Here’s the thing about the Trump transition antics

Spoiler alert : there ’ s not one person in the Trump administration who ’ s willing to go to prison just to make the transition period harder for President Biden .
Not one .
Some of them , such as the GSA administrator today , will bluff about it a bit .
But they ’ ll all end up caving .
What these dumb dumbs are hoping is that you ’ ll be naive enough to believe they can somehow magically get away with just not signing off on the transition .
If they ’ ve got you scared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can use it as leverage to get concessions in return for caving on it .
The first rule in defeating Trump and his henchmen has always been to not fall for the things they threaten to do that are literally impossible .
Being vigilant isn ’ t the same as being gullible .
When you fall for impossible threats , you hand the bad guys leverage .
Of course there a number of doomsday pundits who always insist that Trump and his henchmen will in fact definitely do the literally impossible things that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because they ’ re trying to scare you into paying attention to them and their platforms .
So it ’ s understandable why you ’ re tempted to fall for it .
But it ’ s not a smart way to play poker .
Will the transition be smooth or successful ?
Of course not .
Trump has already hollowed out the executive branch .
On some level there is no government to transition .
It ’ ll be a total mess .
But no one in the Trump regime has a magic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kind of doomsday evil during the transition .
They just don ’ t .
The kid who has been evicted from the playground has lost all his leverage .
He doesn ’ t suddenly gain leverage because he threatens to throw the ball over the fence ; doing so would only ensure the worst possible outcome for him .
We still get to have the playground , and if necessary we can get a new ball .
Don ’ t give these defeated stooges leverage by cowering to their threat to take their @ @ @ @ @

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Spoiler alert: there’s not one person in the Trump administration who’s willing to go to prison just to make the transition period harder for President Biden. Not one. Some of them, such as the GSA administrator today, will bluff about it a bit. But they’ll all end up caving.
What these dumb dumbs are hoping is that you’ll be naive enough to believe they can somehow magically get away with just not signing off on the transition. If they’ve got you scared of an imaginary threat, then they can use it as leverage to get concessions in return for caving on it.
The first rule in defeating Trump and his henchmen has always been to not fall for the things they threaten to do that are literally impossible. Being vigilant isn’t the same as being gullible. When you fall for impossible threats, you hand the bad guys leverage.
Of course there a number of doomsday pundits who always insist that Trump and his henchmen will in fact definitely do the literally impossible things that they’re threatening to do, because they’re trying to scare you into paying attention to them and their platforms. So it’s understandable why you’re tempted to fall for it. But it’s not a smart way to play poker.
Will the transition be smooth or successful? Of course not. Trump has already hollowed out the executive branch. On some level there is no government to transition. It’ll be a total mess. But no one in the Trump regime has a magic wand when it comes to doing some kind of doomsday evil during the transition. They just don’t.
The kid who has been evicted from the playground has lost all his leverage. He doesn’t suddenly gain leverage because he threatens to throw the ball over the fence; doing so would only ensure the worst possible outcome for him. We still get to have the playground, and if necessary we can get a new ball. Don’t give these defeated stooges leverage by cowering to their threat to take their ball and go home.
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palmerreport--2020-11-09--Time to pull the plug

Time to pull the plug

– Twitter has been forced to take punitive action against eight out of Donald Trump ’ s last eleven tweets @ @ @ @ @ for them to pull the plug on his account for good .
– Trump has @ @ @ @ @ of being “ illegal ” people , so it ’ s not surprising that in @ @ @ @ @ accusing votes cast by nonwhite people of being “ illegal ” votes .
– The @ @ @ @ @ talking about the fact that Trump is now earmarked for prison and bankruptcy .
That @ @ @ @ @ for the transition period are going to be useless for now , because they ’ @ @ @ @ @ for Trump ’ s behavior and choices .
Trump is going to spend this time @ @ @ @ @ give himself a soft landing with regard to his criminal charges .
Anything else said @ @ @ @ @ by the media about him , will just be a distraction .

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– Twitter has been forced to take punitive action against eight out of Donald Trump’s last eleven tweets. It’s time for them to pull the plug on his account for good.
– Trump has spent years accusing nonwhite people of being “illegal” people, so it’s not surprising that in the end he’s accusing votes cast by nonwhite people of being “illegal” votes.
– The media is mostly not even talking about the fact that Trump is now earmarked for prison and bankruptcy. That means their analysis and predictions for the transition period are going to be useless for now, because they’re ignoring the primary motivations for Trump’s behavior and choices. Trump is going to spend this time trying to pilfer money and give himself a soft landing with regard to his criminal charges. Anything else said by him, or said by the media about him, will just be a distraction.
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palmerreport--2020-11-09--Nice try Donald Trump

Nice try Donald Trump

– Donald Trump is now reportedly willing to negotiate a concession speech under certain circumstances .
Sorry Donald , but @ @ @ @ @ negotiate with terrorists .
– Andrew Yang is MOVING TO GEORGIA to help facilitate the @ @ @ @ @ Senate runoff races there .
The least you can do is throw in five bucks @ @ @ @ @ for Ossoff and Warnock .
– Tweet of the day , from Congressman Eric Swalwell @ @ @ @ @ happy for our country .
Last night my three-year-old son banged pots and pans with @ @ @ @ @ to God he remembers this .
America is worth believing in and fighting for .
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– Donald Trump is now reportedly willing to negotiate a concession speech under certain circumstances. Sorry Donald, but the United States does not negotiate with terrorists.
– Andrew Yang is MOVING TO GEORGIA to help facilitate the Democratic Party effort in the Senate runoff races there. The least you can do is throw in five bucks or do some phone banking for Ossoff and Warnock.
– Tweet of the day, from Congressman Eric Swalwell: “ I am so happy for our country. Last night my three-year-old son banged pots and pans with our neighbors. I hope to God he remembers this. America is worth believing in and fighting for.”
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palmerreport--2020-11-10--The countdown to Donald Trump’s arrest begins

When a New York grand jury subpoenaed Donald Trump ’ s tax returns about a year ago , and Trump challenged the subpoena in court , it tipped off that New York was in the process of criminally indicting him on state charges .
After all , it ’ s why grand juries exist , and they wouldn ’ t be going after his taxes unless they were targeting him for indictment on financial crimes .
The DOJ has a ( flimsy ) policy about not indicting a sitting President , but that doesn ’ t apply to state charges @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump at any time over the past year .
But it might have had a hard time trying to actually arrest him while he was still in the White House .
We also don ’ t know how far along the criminal case is .
The grand jury has evidence from Michael Cohen and could choose to indict based on that alone , but obviously it ’ s also seeking its tax returns .
Now that Trump has lost the election , and has a specific date for no longer being President , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ State plans to play this .
It could indict him now , with plans to arrest him in January , as a way of trying to reel in whatever corrupt antics he might be tempted to try during the transition period .
But this could also backfire and push Trump to brinksmanship on his way out the door .
New York could also simply be waiting to indict him until he ’ s out of office .
In any case , state charges can ’ t be pardoned by the president , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This is all before we get to whatever charges the DOJ might bring against Donald Trump after he ’ s no longer President .
Joe Biden stated multiple times during the election that he would simply let the DOJ decide how to prosecute Trump and he would stay out of it .
The Feds at the SDNY have already designated Trump as “ Individual 1 ” and made clear that he ’ s an indictment target .
Trump can try pardoning himself on federal charges , but that pardon would likely be challenged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at this point it ’ s all just a countdown to when Donald Trump gets indicted and arrested .
We don ’ t have any way of knowing the precise timeframe .
All we know is that it ’ ll end up happening .

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When a New York grand jury subpoenaed Donald Trump’s tax returns about a year ago, and Trump challenged the subpoena in court, it tipped off that New York was in the process of criminally indicting him on state charges. After all, it’s why grand juries exist, and they wouldn’t be going after his taxes unless they were targeting him for indictment on financial crimes.
The DOJ has a (flimsy) policy about not indicting a sitting President, but that doesn’t apply to state charges. New York could theoretically have indicted Trump at any time over the past year. But it might have had a hard time trying to actually arrest him while he was still in the White House. We also don’t know how far along the criminal case is. The grand jury has evidence from Michael Cohen and could choose to indict based on that alone, but obviously it’s also seeking its tax returns.
Now that Trump has lost the election, and has a specific date for no longer being President, we’ll see how New York State plans to play this. It could indict him now, with plans to arrest him in January, as a way of trying to reel in whatever corrupt antics he might be tempted to try during the transition period. But this could also backfire and push Trump to brinksmanship on his way out the door. New York could also simply be waiting to indict him until he’s out of office. In any case, state charges can’t be pardoned by the president, and Trump can’t dodge this.
This is all before we get to whatever charges the DOJ might bring against Donald Trump after he’s no longer President. Joe Biden stated multiple times during the election that he would simply let the DOJ decide how to prosecute Trump and he would stay out of it. The Feds at the SDNY have already designated Trump as “Individual 1” and made clear that he’s an indictment target. Trump can try pardoning himself on federal charges, but that pardon would likely be challenged in court.
In any case, at this point it’s all just a countdown to when Donald Trump gets indicted and arrested. We don’t have any way of knowing the precise timeframe. All we know is that it’ll end up happening.
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palmerreport--2020-11-10--Donald Trump’s election law firm Jones Day begins revolting against him

Even as many of Donald Trump ’ s allies are still loudly giving him lip service , the reality is many of his other allies are quietly backing away from him now that he ’ s lost .
His pals at Fox News are cutting off his press conferences .
His ally Netanyahu is busy congratulating President-elect Joe Biden .
Now Trump ’ s own law firm is revolting against him .
Jones Day has never been afraid to represent wealthy terrible people in court , without worrying about its reputation .
But the thing is , those wealthy terrible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to stand on , even if they deserved to lose .
Now six lawyers from Jones Day are telling the New York Times that they don ’ t think their firm should be representing Trump in his phony “ election rigging ” lawsuits , because there ’ s literally no case , and that could be enough to hurt the law firm ’ s reputation as being a serious law firm .
Since Donald Trump was declared the loser of the election , Palmer Report has been predicting that many of his allies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
After all , he ’ s about to no longer be of any use to his allies , and they ’ re all going to have to figure out how to survive once he ’ s gone .
A big part of that will be trying to keep Trump ’ s stink off them .
We ’ ll see a lot more of this in the coming weeks .

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Even as many of Donald Trump’s allies are still loudly giving him lip service, the reality is many of his other allies are quietly backing away from him now that he’s lost. His pals at Fox News are cutting off his press conferences. His ally Netanyahu is busy congratulating President-elect Joe Biden. Now Trump’s own law firm is revolting against him.
Jones Day has never been afraid to represent wealthy terrible people in court, without worrying about its reputation. But the thing is, those wealthy terrible people had at least some legal leg to stand on, even if they deserved to lose. Now six lawyers from Jones Day are telling the New York Times that they don’t think their firm should be representing Trump in his phony “election rigging” lawsuits, because there’s literally no case, and that could be enough to hurt the law firm’s reputation as being a serious law firm.
Since Donald Trump was declared the loser of the election, Palmer Report has been predicting that many of his allies and enablers would begin cutting him off. After all, he’s about to no longer be of any use to his allies, and they’re all going to have to figure out how to survive once he’s gone. A big part of that will be trying to keep Trump’s stink off them. We’ll see a lot more of this in the coming weeks.
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palmerreport--2020-11-10--Donald Trump has completely whacked out meltdown about coronavirus vaccine

Now that Donald Trump has lost the election , we think it ’ s important to ignore the hallucinatory fantasies that he ’ s been tweeting about somehow magically overturning the election result .
This is , laughably , not going to happen .
Even Twitter has begun burying Trump ’ s tweets on the topic .
But now Trump is ranting about the new coronavirus vaccine , and that may be worth paying attention to .
Trump just posted a Twitter tirade accusing Pfizer of having purposely waited until after the election to announce a coronavirus vaccine today .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ accusing Pfizer of having purposely let a bunch of people die , and of having passed up a huge profit opportunity , just so it could delay an announcement that probably wouldn ’ t have had any impact on the election anyway .
Trump is also accusing the FDA of criminally conspiring with the Democratic Party for incoherent reasons .
So why does this matter ?
If Pfizer remains on track , the initial doses of the vaccine could go out to high risk people while Donald Trump is still in office .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccine companies are conspiring against him , he could end up also claiming that the entire vaccine is a hoax .
So we have to be prepared for the possibility that , even as a legitimate Fauci-approved , Bright-approved , scientist-approved coronavirus vaccine goes out the door , Trump might try to muddy the waters .
It ’ ll be more important than ever that we make sure everyone around us knows to listen to the scientists , and not to their idiot Trump-supporting cousin , when it comes to the vaccine .

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Now that Donald Trump has lost the election, we think it’s important to ignore the hallucinatory fantasies that he’s been tweeting about somehow magically overturning the election result. This is, laughably, not going to happen. Even Twitter has begun burying Trump’s tweets on the topic. But now Trump is ranting about the new coronavirus vaccine, and that may be worth paying attention to.
Trump just posted a Twitter tirade accusing Pfizer of having purposely waited until after the election to announce a coronavirus vaccine today. This is absurd. He’s accusing Pfizer of having purposely let a bunch of people die, and of having passed up a huge profit opportunity, just so it could delay an announcement that probably wouldn’t have had any impact on the election anyway. Trump is also accusing the FDA of criminally conspiring with the Democratic Party for incoherent reasons.
So why does this matter? If Pfizer remains on track, the initial doses of the vaccine could go out to high risk people while Donald Trump is still in office. If Trump is already insisting that the vaccine companies are conspiring against him, he could end up also claiming that the entire vaccine is a hoax.
So we have to be prepared for the possibility that, even as a legitimate Fauci-approved, Bright-approved, scientist-approved coronavirus vaccine goes out the door, Trump might try to muddy the waters. It’ll be more important than ever that we make sure everyone around us knows to listen to the scientists, and not to their idiot Trump-supporting cousin, when it comes to the vaccine.
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palmerreport--2020-11-10--No, Bill Barr isn’t doing anything. Stop falling for it.

Now that Donald Trump has lost the election and there ’ s literally zero chance he can somehow magically overturn the results , Attorney General Bill Barr has belatedly put out a press release announcing a “ probe ” into alleged election irregularities .
People are going nuts about it .
Here ’ s the thing .
It ’ s laugh-out-loud obvious that this isn ’ t going anywhere , and Bill Barr knows that .
The question is why everyone else doesn ’ t know that by now .
Bill Barr is the king of taking empty action aimed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s helping him , only for it to turn out to be nothing at all .
Barr tried and failed to meddle in the Flynn , Stone , Cohen , Lev , Igor , and Bannon cases .
Barr tried and failed to install his own guy in the SDNY .
Barr tried and failed to get U.S. Attorney John Durham to indict Trump ’ s political adversaries .
Barr tried and failed to get the “ unmasking ” probe to go anywhere .
Because Barr initially took down Mueller , Barr has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evil wizard with supervillain powers .
But since then he ’ s proven again and again to be a laughably inept henchman – subsequent details have suggested that it was actually Rod Rosenstein who took down Mueller , not Barr .
In such case Barr hasn ’ t notched a single victory for Trump since becoming Attorney General .
It couldn ’ t be any more plain-as-day obvious that Bill Barr ’ s new “ probe ” into the election results isn ’ t going anywhere .
There is literally a 0.0 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Given the timing of Trump ’ s firing of the Secretary of Defense today , it seems pretty obvious that Barr is only even announcing this imaginary “ probe ” in order to stave off being fired himself .
But it ’ s so obviously not going anywhere .

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Now that Donald Trump has lost the election and there’s literally zero chance he can somehow magically overturn the results, Attorney General Bill Barr has belatedly put out a press release announcing a “probe” into alleged election irregularities. People are going nuts about it. Here’s the thing.
It’s laugh-out-loud obvious that this isn’t going anywhere, and Bill Barr knows that. The question is why everyone else doesn’t know that by now. Bill Barr is the king of taking empty action aimed at getting Trump to think he’s helping him, only for it to turn out to be nothing at all.
Barr tried and failed to meddle in the Flynn, Stone, Cohen, Lev, Igor, and Bannon cases. Barr tried and failed to install his own guy in the SDNY. Barr tried and failed to get U.S. Attorney John Durham to indict Trump’s political adversaries. Barr tried and failed to get the “unmasking” probe to go anywhere.
Because Barr initially took down Mueller, Barr has a reputation for being some kind of evil wizard with supervillain powers. But since then he’s proven again and again to be a laughably inept henchman – subsequent details have suggested that it was actually Rod Rosenstein who took down Mueller, not Barr. In such case Barr hasn’t notched a single victory for Trump since becoming Attorney General.
It couldn’t be any more plain-as-day obvious that Bill Barr’s new “probe” into the election results isn’t going anywhere. There is literally a 0.0% chance that this will go anywhere. Given the timing of Trump’s firing of the Secretary of Defense today, it seems pretty obvious that Barr is only even announcing this imaginary “probe” in order to stave off being fired himself. But it’s so obviously not going anywhere.
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palmerreport--2020-11-10--Donald Trump sells off his private helicopter after losing the election

When Donald Trump ’ s tax returns surfaced in September , they proved what Palmer Report had long suspected : @ @ @ @ @ deeply in debt for years , and has merely been doing his best to juggle @ @ @ @ @ appear wealthy .
Now that Trump has lost the election , he ’ s just @ @ @ @ @ longer being able to pilfer money from the federal government , and he ’ s @ @ @ @ @ lot of money for his legal defense in the criminal cases he ’ s about @ @ @ @ @ like he ’ s already decided to start trying to raise cash – even while @ @ @ @ @ s lost .
As it turns out , just six hours after Donald Trump was @ @ @ @ @ election , TMZ says that he put one of his private helicopters up for sale @ @ @ @ @ just that Trump needs the money ; once he ’ s no longer president he @ @ @ @ @ to use his helipad at Mar-a-Lago anyway .

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When Donald Trump’s tax returns surfaced in September, they proved what Palmer Report had long suspected: Trump has been broke and deeply in debt for years, and has merely been doing his best to juggle money around and make himself appear wealthy.
Now that Trump has lost the election, he’s just 73 days away from no longer being able to pilfer money from the federal government, and he’s about to need a whole lot of money for his legal defense in the criminal cases he’s about to face. It looks like he’s already decided to start trying to raise cash – even while tacitly acknowledging that he’s lost.
As it turns out, just six hours after Donald Trump was declared the loser of the election, TMZ says that he put one of his private helicopters up for sale. It’s not just that Trump needs the money; once he’s no longer president he won’t be allowed to use his helipad at Mar-a-Lago anyway.
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palmerreport--2020-11-09--Turns out the election was a blowout

Turns out the election was a blowout

– Joe Biden is now ahead of Trump by 4.5 million votes and counting .
The margin of victory will @ @ @ @ @ to 7 million votes , once slow-counting California gets all its votes counted .
In @ @ @ @ @ not a close election .
It was a blowout .
If the votes had been @ @ @ @ @ , it would have been obvious all along .
Biden has now been named the @ @ @ @ @ ’ s close in Arizona but Biden will likely hang on .
Biden appears to @ @ @ @ @ in Georgia .
This isn ’ t going to end up being particularly close in @ @ @ @ @ If you ’ re wondering about whether the Democrats have a chance in the Senate @ @ @ @ @ consider this : Joe Biden just won Georgia .
Of course the Senate races are @ @ @ @ @ Get to know Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock .

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– Joe Biden is now ahead of Trump by 4.5 million votes and counting. The margin of victory will likely end up being closer to 7 million votes, once slow-counting California gets all its votes counted. In historical context, this was not a close election. It was a blowout. If the votes had been counted in a normal order, it would have been obvious all along.
Biden has now been named the winner of Nevada. It’s close in Arizona but Biden will likely hang on. Biden appears to be on track to win in Georgia. This isn’t going to end up being particularly close in the Electoral College either.
If you’re wondering about whether the Democrats have a chance in the Senate runoff races in Georgia, consider this: Joe Biden just won Georgia. Of course the Senate races are winnable for the Democrats. Get to know Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.
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palmerreport--2020-11-09--There is no plan

There is no plan

Stop assuming Trump has a plan for what comes next .
He doesn ’ t .
If he did , @ @ @ @ @ in rigging the election .
He sure as heck doesn ’ t have a plan @ @ @ @ @ lost .
What we ’ re seeing is a series of petty tantrums from a @ @ @ @ @ s only half interested in continuing to fight .
Even in the wacky Trump era @ @ @ @ @ situation is still determined by who has leverage .
Trump , facing eviction and prison @ @ @ @ @ .
When people are cornered , they go down .
Being cornered doesn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ powerful .
It gives him fewer options , not more .
Let ’ s not @ @ @ @ @ us into believing that this is all heading to some doomsday climax .
This isn @ @ @ @ @ Instead let ’ s spend our time working to win the Senate runoff races in @ @

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Stop assuming Trump has a plan for what comes next. He doesn’t. If he did, he’d have succeeded in rigging the election. He sure as heck doesn’t have a plan now that he’s lost. What we’re seeing is a series of petty tantrums from a lazy defeated guy who’s only half interested in continuing to fight.
Even in the wacky Trump era, the outcome of every situation is still determined by who has leverage. Trump, facing eviction and prison, has very little leverage. When people are cornered, they go down.
Being cornered doesn’t suddenly make Donald Trump more powerful. It gives him fewer options, not more. Let’s not allow certain pundits to scare us into believing that this is all heading to some doomsday climax. This isn’t the movies. Instead let’s spend our time working to win the Senate runoff races in Georgia.
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palmerreport--2020-11-09--Fox News cuts off Kayleigh McEnany’s press conference, acknowledges on air that she’s full of crap

For awhile now , Palmer Report has been predicting that once Donald Trump was finally on his way down , even Fox News would eventually end up making the selfish decision to throw him overboard .
After all , Fox is a for-profit business that has to focus on retaining relative credibility with its audience , and not merely some pro-Trump cheerleading apparatus ( except when that ’ s also profitable ) .
Sure enough , when Trump White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany was holding a press conference today , she began making bizarre false claims about “ illegal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ off , and the anchor said “ I can ’ t in good countenance continue to show you this.
” We award Fox News zero points for this , because it ’ s still allowing its more unhinged hosts like Sean Hannity to freely rant about imaginary election conspiracy theories .
But it ’ s a big deal that even Fox is now trying to figure out how to insulate itself from the damage that Trump is doing to himself by pushing this “ I secretly won the election ” narrative .
What @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way is that his transactional allies like Fox News were never actually his friends .

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For awhile now, Palmer Report has been predicting that once Donald Trump was finally on his way down, even Fox News would eventually end up making the selfish decision to throw him overboard. After all, Fox is a for-profit business that has to focus on retaining relative credibility with its audience, and not merely some pro-Trump cheerleading apparatus (except when that’s also profitable).
Sure enough, when Trump White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany was holding a press conference today, she began making bizarre false claims about “illegal voting,” Fox News cut her off, and the anchor said “I can’t in good countenance continue to show you this.”
We award Fox News zero points for this, because it’s still allowing its more unhinged hosts like Sean Hannity to freely rant about imaginary election conspiracy theories. But it’s a big deal that even Fox is now trying to figure out how to insulate itself from the damage that Trump is doing to himself by pushing this “I secretly won the election” narrative. What Trump is about to learn the hard way is that his transactional allies like Fox News were never actually his friends.
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