palmerreport--2020-04-28--Here comes the truly ugly part

Here comes the truly ugly part

Because the 2016 election swung the other way at the last minute due to the Comey letter , something that neither candidate had any hand in , we ’ ve unfortunately learned all the wrong lessons from that election .
We keep trying to identify what Trump did to win , or what his opponent did to lose .
The answer to both questions is “ nothing.
” But that doesn ’ t sound right to our increasingly paranoid minds , so we just keep telling ourselves that Trump must have done something right during the 2016 campaign .
Really @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He went to the wrong states .
He chose narratives that failed to expand upon his too-small base .
Even his eighteen month long election conspiracy with the Kremlin wasn ’ t enough to put him over the top ; he ’ d have lost if not for the Comey letter .
This brings us to the 2020 election , and the part where it ’ s going to get particularly ugly .
New national polls yesterday have Joe Biden ahead of Donald Trump by six , ten , and fourteen points @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a ten point lead nationally .
But presidential elections are won in swing states , you say .
Okay , Biden has a lead in every swing state , plus the red state of Arizona .
And this is all in spite of the media ’ s insistence on giving Trump free airtime every day , while ignoring Biden whenever he holds a press briefing or town hall .
But this isn ’ t about Biden right now .
Howard Stern said it best yesterday when he endorsed Biden over Trump , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for literally anyone or anything over Trump .
The reality is that Trump is in the worst possible position for a presidential incumbent .
This is so bad for Trump that , if he didn ’ t have the control over the RNC that he has , this would be the part where the Republican Party would be forcing him not to run for reelection , so the party could have a chance with some other candidate .
Of course that won ’ t happen .
Donald Trump , unless he sinks so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no longer knows his own name , is going to stay in this race no matter how ugly his numbers might get .
If this were the movies , Trump would just pull out a magic wand and wave himself back into contention .
But this isn ’ t a movie .
As surreal as things have become , the laws of physics and math still apply .
The further behind Trump falls , the lower his odds of winning become .
He doesn ’ t hit some super-low poll number where he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The lesson we should have learned in 2016 is that even when the frontrunner is running a solid campaign and is well ahead , and the opponent is an inept bumbler like Donald Trump , a last minute fluke can indeed shift the race .
We don ’ t know how many more James Comeys are out there looking to pull some reverse-Boy Scout nonsense this time around , but we do know that if such a fluke happens , it won ’ t come from Trump himself .
He ’ s got @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump is as much of a narcissist as ever .
So he ’ ll keep trying to pull a rabbit out of his hat .
He ’ ll keep trying increasingly bizarre schemes aimed at turning things around for himself , even as his cognitive decline gets worse .
We don ’ t know what he ’ ll try next , but it ’ s whatever comes after telling people to drink bleach .
He ’ s like a half senile jewel thief who can no longer remember what a jewel is , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re going to keep watching Donald Trump doing increasingly idiotic and self defeating things , even as his poll numbers continue to lag , the economy continues to falter , and Americans continue to die in heart wrenching numbers .
Meanwhile we ’ ll have to keep working hard on things like voter registration and voter turnout , because even in you ’ re winning big and your opponent is a hapless idiot , you need a big lead in case another fluke happens .
Meanwhile , Trump ’ s dwindling mind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in something that ’ s particularly difficult to watch .

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Because the 2016 election swung the other way at the last minute due to the Comey letter, something that neither candidate had any hand in, we’ve unfortunately learned all the wrong lessons from that election. We keep trying to identify what Trump did to win, or what his opponent did to lose. The answer to both questions is “nothing.”
But that doesn’t sound right to our increasingly paranoid minds, so we just keep telling ourselves that Trump must have done something right during the 2016 campaign. Really, truly, he didn’t. He went to the wrong states. He chose narratives that failed to expand upon his too-small base. Even his eighteen month long election conspiracy with the Kremlin wasn’t enough to put him over the top; he’d have lost if not for the Comey letter. This brings us to the 2020 election, and the part where it’s going to get particularly ugly.
New national polls yesterday have Joe Biden ahead of Donald Trump by six, ten, and fourteen points. Average them together and Biden has a ten point lead nationally. But presidential elections are won in swing states, you say. Okay, Biden has a lead in every swing state, plus the red state of Arizona. And this is all in spite of the media’s insistence on giving Trump free airtime every day, while ignoring Biden whenever he holds a press briefing or town hall.
But this isn’t about Biden right now. Howard Stern said it best yesterday when he endorsed Biden over Trump, and then added that he’d vote for literally anyone or anything over Trump. The reality is that Trump is in the worst possible position for a presidential incumbent. This is so bad for Trump that, if he didn’t have the control over the RNC that he has, this would be the part where the Republican Party would be forcing him not to run for reelection, so the party could have a chance with some other candidate.
Of course that won’t happen. Donald Trump, unless he sinks so much further into cognitive decline that he no longer knows his own name, is going to stay in this race no matter how ugly his numbers might get. If this were the movies, Trump would just pull out a magic wand and wave himself back into contention. But this isn’t a movie. As surreal as things have become, the laws of physics and math still apply. The further behind Trump falls, the lower his odds of winning become. He doesn’t hit some super-low poll number where he’s magically back in it.
The lesson we should have learned in 2016 is that even when the frontrunner is running a solid campaign and is well ahead, and the opponent is an inept bumbler like Donald Trump, a last minute fluke can indeed shift the race. We don’t know how many more James Comeys are out there looking to pull some reverse-Boy Scout nonsense this time around, but we do know that if such a fluke happens, it won’t come from Trump himself. He’s got nothing up his sleeve.
Yet Donald Trump is as much of a narcissist as ever. So he’ll keep trying to pull a rabbit out of his hat. He’ll keep trying increasingly bizarre schemes aimed at turning things around for himself, even as his cognitive decline gets worse. We don’t know what he’ll try next, but it’s whatever comes after telling people to drink bleach. He’s like a half senile jewel thief who can no longer remember what a jewel is, or what thieves do.
So we’re going to keep watching Donald Trump doing increasingly idiotic and self defeating things, even as his poll numbers continue to lag, the economy continues to falter, and Americans continue to die in heart wrenching numbers. Meanwhile we’ll have to keep working hard on things like voter registration and voter turnout, because even in you’re winning big and your opponent is a hapless idiot, you need a big lead in case another fluke happens. Meanwhile, Trump’s dwindling mind and dwindling prospects are going to result in something that’s particularly difficult to watch.
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palmerreport--2020-04-29--For Donald Trump, the Lysol drinking has begun

Donald Trump has said and done even stupider and more dangerous things than telling people to ingest disinfectants to fight coronavirus .
But this one is resonating in the form of an endless news cycle and endless social media discussion , because it ’ s just too fitting : of course Donald Trump would tell people to go out and drink Lysol .
Over the weekend , the New York Daily News reported that there had been a spike in the number of emergency calls involving disinfectants .
Given the timing , it was pretty clear that this was a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ words , but there weren ’ t enough details to know precisely what was going on .
Now that ’ s changed .
The Georgia Poison Center is now telling the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that two people did indeed ingest liquid disinfectants in the hope of protecting themselves from coronavirus .
The newspaper notes that these were both mentally disturbed individuals to begin with – but that ’ s why you can ’ t have a President who says things like that .
The most vulnerable people out there are going to believe it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pine Sol ” was trending across social media on Tuesday .
This isn ’ t going away .
Donald Trump finally stepped in it , in front of the TV cameras , in a way that precisely encapsulates everything that his detractors have been saying about him all along : he ’ s a dangerously deranged idiot .
This disinfectant thing is going to continue resonating with undecided voters as the election cycle moves forward .

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Donald Trump has said and done even stupider and more dangerous things than telling people to ingest disinfectants to fight coronavirus. But this one is resonating in the form of an endless news cycle and endless social media discussion, because it’s just too fitting: of course Donald Trump would tell people to go out and drink Lysol.
Over the weekend, the New York Daily News reported that there had been a spike in the number of emergency calls involving disinfectants. Given the timing, it was pretty clear that this was a direct result of Donald Trump’s words, but there weren’t enough details to know precisely what was going on. Now that’s changed.
The Georgia Poison Center is now telling the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that two people did indeed ingest liquid disinfectants in the hope of protecting themselves from coronavirus. The newspaper notes that these were both mentally disturbed individuals to begin with – but that’s why you can’t have a President who says things like that. The most vulnerable people out there are going to believe it.
This comes even as “President Pine Sol” was trending across social media on Tuesday. This isn’t going away. Donald Trump finally stepped in it, in front of the TV cameras, in a way that precisely encapsulates everything that his detractors have been saying about him all along: he’s a dangerously deranged idiot. This disinfectant thing is going to continue resonating with undecided voters as the election cycle moves forward.
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palmerreport--2020-04-29--Mike Pence just made it even worse for himself

Mike Pence visited the Mayo Clinic hospital today , interacting with medical staff and patients – and he refused to wear a mask .
Pence was roundly slammed for the arrogant , tone deaf , and potentially deadly move .
When he was confronted about it by reporters , he claimed it was because he ’ s regularly tested for coronavirus , ignoring the fact that he could test negative if he has the virus but is asymptomatic .
Now Mike Pence has managed to make it even worse for himself .
He ’ s claiming that he didn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be able to look people at the hospital in the eye .
That ’ s cute , except you don ’ t wear the mask over your eyes .
It ’ s not a blindfold .
Pence is getting ripped to pieces for it .
On CNN , Don Lemon put on a mask and then sarcastically asked the audience if they could still see his eyes .
On MSNBC , Brian Williams said that if Pence has his mask over his eyes , he ’ s doing it wrong .
Mike @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was already going to play horribly for him , and make it even worse .
Mike Pence has always been every bit as arrogant and sociopathic as Donald Trump , he ’ s just quieter about it .
But Pence really stepped in it today .
Refusing to wear a mask may or may not be the worst thing he ’ s ever done ( he ’ s done a lot of truly awful things ) , but it could end up being the one thing that voters most closely associate him with @

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Mike Pence visited the Mayo Clinic hospital today, interacting with medical staff and patients – and he refused to wear a mask. Pence was roundly slammed for the arrogant, tone deaf, and potentially deadly move. When he was confronted about it by reporters, he claimed it was because he’s regularly tested for coronavirus, ignoring the fact that he could test negative if he has the virus but is asymptomatic.
Now Mike Pence has managed to make it even worse for himself. He’s claiming that he didn’t wear a mask because he wanted to be able to look people at the hospital in the eye. That’s cute, except you don’t wear the mask over your eyes. It’s not a blindfold. Pence is getting ripped to pieces for it.
On CNN, Don Lemon put on a mask and then sarcastically asked the audience if they could still see his eyes. On MSNBC, Brian Williams said that if Pence has his mask over his eyes, he’s doing it wrong. Mike Pence has managed to take something that was already going to play horribly for him, and make it even worse.
Mike Pence has always been every bit as arrogant and sociopathic as Donald Trump, he’s just quieter about it. But Pence really stepped in it today. Refusing to wear a mask may or may not be the worst thing he’s ever done (he’s done a lot of truly awful things), but it could end up being the one thing that voters most closely associate him with.
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palmerreport--2020-04-29--Justin Amash gets destroyed by all sides after announcing potential presidential campaign

Congressman Justin Amash has announced an exploratory committee for the Libertarian Party 2020 nomination for President .
In short this means that he ’ s going to run unless he gets hit with overwhelming negative feedback .
Unfortunately for him , he ’ s getting hit with overwhelming negative feedback .
We learned in 2016 that a third party presidential candidate can cause problems for the frontrunner , regardless of where that third party candidate is on the political spectrum ; Gary Johnson appeared to take more votes away from Hillary Clinton than he did from Donald Trump .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the right than Trump , but the reality is he ’ s giving anti-Trump conservatives an excuse to not have to vote for Biden .
Amash is getting destroyed for this by all sides .
On the conservative side , George Conway called it a “ terrible idea ” on Twitter .
Rick Wilson implied that that ’ ll work to keep Amash off the ballot in swing states .
Bill Kristol slammed the idea of Amash running .
And on the liberal side , Amash has quickly lost every bit of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he voted to impeach Trump .

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Congressman Justin Amash has announced an exploratory committee for the Libertarian Party 2020 nomination for President. In short this means that he’s going to run unless he gets hit with overwhelming negative feedback. Unfortunately for him, he’s getting hit with overwhelming negative feedback.
We learned in 2016 that a third party presidential candidate can cause problems for the frontrunner, regardless of where that third party candidate is on the political spectrum; Gary Johnson appeared to take more votes away from Hillary Clinton than he did from Donald Trump. In 2020, Justin Amash is even further to the right than Trump, but the reality is he’s giving anti-Trump conservatives an excuse to not have to vote for Biden. Amash is getting destroyed for this by all sides.
On the conservative side, George Conway called it a “terrible idea” on Twitter. Rick Wilson implied that that’ll work to keep Amash off the ballot in swing states. Bill Kristol slammed the idea of Amash running. And on the liberal side, Amash has quickly lost every bit of goodwill he might have built up when he voted to impeach Trump.
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palmerreport--2020-04-29--The real reason Donald Trump is invoking the Defense Production Act for meat processing plants

Donald Trump has spent months refusing to invoke the Defense Production Act when it comes to masks , ventilators , testing kits , and other crucial coronavirus supplies .
Why ?
He and his goons have been running a series of schemes where they confiscate equipment from the states and then sell it back to them , and that scheme only works when there ’ s a scarcity of product to begin with .
Now , today , Donald Trump is suddenly invoking the Defense Production Act in order to force meat processing plants to remain open , even as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ workers .
Everyone is asking why .
But in situations like this , there are only ever two explanations .
The first is that one of Trump ’ s cronies or donors runs a meat processing plant and asked Trump to do this , so the plant would have an excuse to remain open and keep making money .
The second is that Trump eats hamburgers constantly ( according to a recent New York Times article ) , and he ’ s afraid that he ’ ll no longer be able to get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sounds absurd to you , consider just how absurd of a person Donald Trump is overall .
He spent the weekend ranting about “ Noble Prizes ” and – yes – hamburgers .
He thinks you can drink Lysol and inject yourself with sunlight .
So yeah , he ’ s the kind of idiot who would invoke the Defense Production Act for meat processing plants just so he can keep getting his hamburgers .
But the odds are there ’ s a personal profit motive in place as well .
With this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ usually is .

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Donald Trump has spent months refusing to invoke the Defense Production Act when it comes to masks, ventilators, testing kits, and other crucial coronavirus supplies. Why? He and his goons have been running a series of schemes where they confiscate equipment from the states and then sell it back to them, and that scheme only works when there’s a scarcity of product to begin with.
Now, today, Donald Trump is suddenly invoking the Defense Production Act in order to force meat processing plants to remain open, even as the coronavirus continues to spread among plant workers. Everyone is asking why. But in situations like this, there are only ever two explanations.
The first is that one of Trump’s cronies or donors runs a meat processing plant and asked Trump to do this, so the plant would have an excuse to remain open and keep making money. The second is that Trump eats hamburgers constantly (according to a recent New York Times article), and he’s afraid that he’ll no longer be able to get his hands on hamburgers.
If this sounds absurd to you, consider just how absurd of a person Donald Trump is overall. He spent the weekend ranting about “Noble Prizes” and – yes – hamburgers. He thinks you can drink Lysol and inject yourself with sunlight. So yeah, he’s the kind of idiot who would invoke the Defense Production Act for meat processing plants just so he can keep getting his hamburgers. But the odds are there’s a personal profit motive in place as well. With this guy and his corrupt cronies, there usually is.
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palmerreport--2020-04-29--Joe Biden just won big

Joe Biden just won big

It ’ s anticlimactic news , considering the 2020 Democratic primary race is already over , and we already know who the Democratic nominee is , and his most popular former opponents have all endorsed him .
But it ’ s nonetheless notable that Joe Biden won the Ohio Democratic primary contest today – and he won it in a massive blowout .
Initial numbers suggest that Joe Biden may have won Ohio by as much as fifty points .
But wait , you say , didn ’ t everyone else already drop out ?
Yes , but several of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ names on the ballot in Ohio , even if they dropped out a long time ago , because primary rules are arcane .
What matters is that in an electorally meaningless contest in Ohio that was only about showing how much you care about your candidate , far more people turned out to vote for Joe Biden than turned out to vote for people like Bernie Sanders .
This suggests that the momentum behind Biden is continuing to grow .
This isn ’ t surprising .
All that Joe Biden had to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ oddball states , two of which were completely out of whack with the nation on a racial basis , and two of which were using the insane caucus format , and he was always going to dominate .
Also , Biden ’ s former opponents like Bernie Sanders , Elizabeth Warren , Kamala Harris , Pete Buttigieg , and Amy Klobuchar have all enthusiastically endorsed him .

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It’s anticlimactic news, considering the 2020 Democratic primary race is already over, and we already know who the Democratic nominee is, and his most popular former opponents have all endorsed him. But it’s nonetheless notable that Joe Biden won the Ohio Democratic primary contest today – and he won it in a massive blowout.
Initial numbers suggest that Joe Biden may have won Ohio by as much as fifty points. But wait, you say, didn’t everyone else already drop out? Yes, but several of the popular former candidates still had their names on the ballot in Ohio, even if they dropped out a long time ago, because primary rules are arcane.
What matters is that in an electorally meaningless contest in Ohio that was only about showing how much you care about your candidate, far more people turned out to vote for Joe Biden than turned out to vote for people like Bernie Sanders. This suggests that the momentum behind Biden is continuing to grow.
This isn’t surprising. All that Joe Biden had to do was to get past the first three oddball states, two of which were completely out of whack with the nation on a racial basis, and two of which were using the insane caucus format, and he was always going to dominate. Also, Biden’s former opponents like Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, and Amy Klobuchar have all enthusiastically endorsed him.
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palmerreport--2020-04-30--The silence is eerie

The silence is eerie

We ’ re in the midst of a deadly pandemic that ’ s uprooted the nation in ways that none of us have ever seen in our lifetimes .
The economy is in the middle of collapse .
And the President of the United States is a mentally unstable criminal who ’ s in the process of going senile .
There ’ s no lack of news going on .
And yet today has had an odd feel to it .
Perhaps it ’ s because for the second day in a row , Donald Trump ( mercifully ) didn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He held some propaganda meeting in the White House earlier today , but nothing came of it .
So we didn ’ t have a news cycle today about the deranged things he said yesterday , and we didn ’ t have a new briefing today to chew on either .
This is a good thing .
The story shouldn ’ t be about him and his awful mouth and diseased mind right now .
But it ’ s nonetheless set up today as having a kind of eerie silence .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ devastation continues to get more devastating for people who were already struggling .
It ’ s all so horrifying , there ’ s a temptation to look away from it .
It ’ s easier to focus on the murderous clown in the Oval Office , and how much we want him gone .
Maybe we all needed a “ slow news day ” in order to recuperate from the ongoing punishing news cycle .
But going forward we really shouldn ’ t look away from what ’ s going on across the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ end we ’ re all in this together , while the villain Trump is still in office , and after we vote him out .

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We’re in the midst of a deadly pandemic that’s uprooted the nation in ways that none of us have ever seen in our lifetimes. The economy is in the middle of collapse. And the President of the United States is a mentally unstable criminal who’s in the process of going senile. There’s no lack of news going on.
And yet today has had an odd feel to it. Perhaps it’s because for the second day in a row, Donald Trump (mercifully) didn’t hold an evening press briefing. He held some propaganda meeting in the White House earlier today, but nothing came of it. So we didn’t have a news cycle today about the deranged things he said yesterday, and we didn’t have a new briefing today to chew on either. This is a good thing. The story shouldn’t be about him and his awful mouth and diseased mind right now.
But it’s nonetheless set up today as having a kind of eerie silence. The death toll keeps climbing. The economic devastation continues to get more devastating for people who were already struggling. It’s all so horrifying, there’s a temptation to look away from it. It’s easier to focus on the murderous clown in the Oval Office, and how much we want him gone.
Maybe we all needed a “slow news day” in order to recuperate from the ongoing punishing news cycle. But going forward we really shouldn’t look away from what’s going on across the nation for too long. In the end we’re all in this together, while the villain Trump is still in office, and after we vote him out.
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palmerreport--2020-04-29--Sorry Donald Trump, that’s not how anything works

Donald Trump still thinks that the way to win in politics is to tell convenient lies to your gullible base @ @ @ @ @ s enough .
The trouble is , this has always been a flawed strategy .
@ @ @ @ @ isn ’ t anywhere near large enough to swing an election .
Trump was put @ @ @ @ @ by people outside Trump ’ s base who didn ’ t like him much but @ @ @ @ @ .
Even with Trump ’ s poll numbers now sinking to the point that he @ @ @ @ @ and threatening to sue his own campaign manager , he ’ s still hung up @ @ @ @ @ lies are going to somehow magically salvage things .
Fortunately , more people are seeing @ @ @ @ @ by the day .
Congressman Ted Lieu helpfully ripped apart Trump ’ s latest lie @

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Donald Trump still thinks that the way to win in politics is to tell convenient lies to your gullible base, and hope it’s enough. The trouble is, this has always been a flawed strategy. Trump’s base alone isn’t anywhere near large enough to swing an election. Trump was put over the top last time by people outside Trump’s base who didn’t like him much but gave him a shot anyway.
Even with Trump’s poll numbers now sinking to the point that he’s screaming at people and threatening to sue his own campaign manager, he’s still hung up on the idea that absurd lies are going to somehow magically salvage things.
Fortunately, more people are seeing through Trump’s lies by the day. Congressman Ted Lieu helpfully ripped apart Trump’s latest lie:
Dear @realDonaldTrump: You lie. We’ve tested less than 1.8% of our population. In terms of testing per capita, which is the relevant statistic, we are behind: Spain, Italy, Germany, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal, Ireland, Israel, Austria, Singapore, Qatar, Denmark … https://t.co/jRUwZux0iX — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) April 29, 2020
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palmerreport--2020-04-29--Justin Amash is deranged

Justin Amash is deranged

Now that Justin Amash has tentatively thrown his hat in the ring as a third party 2020 presidential candidate , there are a lot of theories about why he ’ s doing it , whom he ’ s trying to help , and who might be pulling his strings .
But none of that really matters .
The thing you have to keep in mind is that Amash is deranged .
To be clear , I ’ m not saying Justin Amash corrupt .
I ’ m saying he ’ s deranged .
Mitch McConnell is corrupt .
He ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ advances his own career interests .
He ’ s only in politics to see how much power he can amass , and how much money he can steal for himself .
Amash is something different .
Amash is the kind of unbalanced freak who has his own bizarrely incoherent moral code that makes no sense to anyone but him .
His religion is , in a nutshell , anti-government .
He thinks government is hell , and the two party system is Satan .
He voted in favor of impeachment because Trump crossed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , when he would have been better off career wise by voting against impeachment .
But Amash voted against an anti-lynching bill because he thinks “ limiting the government ” is more important than stopping racist hate crimes .
That makes him a racist by default , but he ’ s too deranged to see himself that way .
Justin Amash is the kind of deranged extremist who ’ s so lost in his own dogma , and so unable to process reality , he thinks the most immediate threat to Americans right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as opposed to the most immediate threat to Americans being the guy who ’ s murdering tens of thousands of Americans .
Amash is hard wired not to care who wins the election , because in his broken mind , both major party candidates are the devil anyway .
So yeah , Justin Amash has some really shady financial connections to some really terrible wealthy conservative groups , because these “ anti government ” politicians never do seem to have a problem with using their government position to rake in the money .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Third party presidential candidacies end up being an unpredictable wildcard that could end up hurting either candidate .
The notion that he ’ s somehow being bribed to run by pro-Trump forces just doesn ’ t add up .
Amash could end up handing Michigan to Trump .
But he could just as easily end up handing Michigan to Biden when it otherwise would have gone to Trump .
Of course the real reason any failed politician runs for president as a third party candidate is that it ’ s an incredibly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use the campaign to boost your name recognition and build yourself a niche of fringe supporters .
Then afterward , you write a book that makes you millions of dollars , and you get bookings on the lecture circuit .
Sure , the other 99 % of the country will forever despise you , but you can just wipe your tears with your money .
So yeah , there doesn ’ t need to be a conspiracy theory involved to explain why Justin Amash is leaning toward running for president as a third @ @ @ @ @ @ @ easy way to establish a lucrative career path for the rest of your life , if you don ’ t mind everyone hating you .
And if you ’ re deranged as he is , it ’ s easy to justify not caring about the unpredictable impact it might have on the outcome .
The only question is whether there ’ s just enough sanity in his broken mind to allow him to hear the overwhelming tidal wave of negative feedback he ’ s receiving right now , from Americans on both sides @ @ @ @ @ @ @ explain to him that he ’ s his own worst enemy .

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Now that Justin Amash has tentatively thrown his hat in the ring as a third party 2020 presidential candidate, there are a lot of theories about why he’s doing it, whom he’s trying to help, and who might be pulling his strings. But none of that really matters. The thing you have to keep in mind is that Amash is deranged.
To be clear, I’m not saying Justin Amash corrupt. I’m saying he’s deranged. Mitch McConnell is corrupt. He’ll vote in whichever way he thinks advances his own career interests. He’s only in politics to see how much power he can amass, and how much money he can steal for himself. Amash is something different.
Amash is the kind of unbalanced freak who has his own bizarrely incoherent moral code that makes no sense to anyone but him. His religion is, in a nutshell, anti-government. He thinks government is hell, and the two party system is Satan. He voted in favor of impeachment because Trump crossed some line he couldn’t tolerate, when he would have been better off career wise by voting against impeachment. But Amash voted against an anti-lynching bill because he thinks “limiting the government” is more important than stopping racist hate crimes. That makes him a racist by default, but he’s too deranged to see himself that way.
Justin Amash is the kind of deranged extremist who’s so lost in his own dogma, and so unable to process reality, he thinks the most immediate threat to Americans right now is the two party system, as opposed to the most immediate threat to Americans being the guy who’s murdering tens of thousands of Americans. Amash is hard wired not to care who wins the election, because in his broken mind, both major party candidates are the devil anyway.
So yeah, Justin Amash has some really shady financial connections to some really terrible wealthy conservative groups, because these “anti government” politicians never do seem to have a problem with using their government position to rake in the money. But let’s be real here. Third party presidential candidacies end up being an unpredictable wildcard that could end up hurting either candidate. The notion that he’s somehow being bribed to run by pro-Trump forces just doesn’t add up. Amash could end up handing Michigan to Trump. But he could just as easily end up handing Michigan to Biden when it otherwise would have gone to Trump.
Of course the real reason any failed politician runs for president as a third party candidate is that it’s an incredibly easy way to get ahead. You use the campaign to boost your name recognition and build yourself a niche of fringe supporters. Then afterward, you write a book that makes you millions of dollars, and you get bookings on the lecture circuit. Sure, the other 99% of the country will forever despise you, but you can just wipe your tears with your money.
So yeah, there doesn’t need to be a conspiracy theory involved to explain why Justin Amash is leaning toward running for president as a third party candidate. It’s an easy way to establish a lucrative career path for the rest of your life, if you don’t mind everyone hating you. And if you’re deranged as he is, it’s easy to justify not caring about the unpredictable impact it might have on the outcome. The only question is whether there’s just enough sanity in his broken mind to allow him to hear the overwhelming tidal wave of negative feedback he’s receiving right now, from Americans on both sides of the aisle who are trying to explain to him that he’s his own worst enemy.
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palmerreport--2020-04-29--Donald Trump angrily lashes out as his poll numbers collapse

Donald Trump is delusional by nature , unable to admit that he ’ s ever made a mistake or that he can ’ t pull off the things he tries to pull off .
He also appears to be quite sheltered by his handlers , as it often takes him days to finally get wind of a story that everyone else has been talking about the entire time .
But it appears we ’ ve reached the point where Trump has finally figured out he ’ s losing .
Trump has been behind Joe Biden in the polls for every @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as his dishonest and negligent mishandling of the coronavirus gets even uglier , and his press briefings continue to be more self defeating , his poll numbers have dropped even further .
Trump is now aware of this , and he ’ s blaming his 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale for the bad numbers .
CNN says that Trump angrily lashed out at Parscale , “ shouting ” at him on the phone , blaming him for how the disinfectant debacle has hurt his election prospects .
Trump even threatened to “ sue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That ’ s right , Trump is so far gone , he ’ s now threatening to sue his own campaign manager because he ’ s falling in the polls .

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Donald Trump is delusional by nature, unable to admit that he’s ever made a mistake or that he can’t pull off the things he tries to pull off. He also appears to be quite sheltered by his handlers, as it often takes him days to finally get wind of a story that everyone else has been talking about the entire time. But it appears we’ve reached the point where Trump has finally figured out he’s losing.
Trump has been behind Joe Biden in the polls for every minute of this election cycle. But as his dishonest and negligent mishandling of the coronavirus gets even uglier, and his press briefings continue to be more self defeating, his poll numbers have dropped even further.
Trump is now aware of this, and he’s blaming his 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale for the bad numbers. CNN says that Trump angrily lashed out at Parscale, “shouting” at him on the phone, blaming him for how the disinfectant debacle has hurt his election prospects. Trump even threatened to “sue” Parscale for some unspecified reason. That’s right, Trump is so far gone, he’s now threatening to sue his own campaign manager because he’s falling in the polls.
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palmerreport--2020-04-29--Donald Trump is getting more desperate by the hour

Like the narcissist that he is , Donald Trump is clinically addicted to the attention that he gets from doing his press briefings .
And really , considering how far behind he is in the 2020 election , he needs to be doing regular public appearances to try to turn things around .
But because he ’ s Donald Trump , his appearances keep making things even worse for him .
The overwhelming negative reaction to Trump ’ s disinfectant meltdown appears to have prompted him to reluctantly admit that his briefings are hurting him .
Again , Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s doing briefings ; the problem is that he ’ s him and he ’ s doing briefings .
But he can ’ t admit that he ’ s the problem , so instead he ’ s trying to find ways to dress up his briefings as something else .
On Monday we saw Trump hold a press briefing in the Rose Garden , complete with brief propaganda statements from various CEOs .
That wasn ’ t the answer , so yesterday Trump tried holding some kind of weird press event with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get him anywhere either .
Now Trump has announced that he ’ s doing a virtual town hall on Fox News , “ live from the Lincoln Memorial.
” That ’ s right , he thinks that sitting in front of Abraham Lincoln is going to be the missing ingredient in making his public appearances less of a self-defeating farce .
This guy is getting more desperate by the hour .

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Like the narcissist that he is, Donald Trump is clinically addicted to the attention that he gets from doing his press briefings. And really, considering how far behind he is in the 2020 election, he needs to be doing regular public appearances to try to turn things around. But because he’s Donald Trump, his appearances keep making things even worse for him.
The overwhelming negative reaction to Trump’s disinfectant meltdown appears to have prompted him to reluctantly admit that his briefings are hurting him. Again, Trump’s problem isn’t that he’s doing briefings; the problem is that he’s him and he’s doing briefings. But he can’t admit that he’s the problem, so instead he’s trying to find ways to dress up his briefings as something else.
On Monday we saw Trump hold a press briefing in the Rose Garden, complete with brief propaganda statements from various CEOs. That wasn’t the answer, so yesterday Trump tried holding some kind of weird press event with his daughter. That didn’t get him anywhere either.
Now Trump has announced that he’s doing a virtual town hall on Fox News, “live from the Lincoln Memorial.” That’s right, he thinks that sitting in front of Abraham Lincoln is going to be the missing ingredient in making his public appearances less of a self-defeating farce. This guy is getting more desperate by the hour.
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palmerreport--2020-04-29--Jared Kushner is playing with fire

Jared Kushner is playing with fire

Yesterday there were major media reports that Jared Kushner had all but disappeared from the Trump regime ’ s coronavirus response .
This apparently didn ’ t work for him , so he made a point of appearing on Fox News , where he bragged about how great the Trump regime ’ s response is going .
Why ?
We ’ ve seen ongoing reports for months that there are two separate coronavirus response teams fighting for power within the Trump regime : the official team and Kushner ’ s shadow team .
Recent reports suggest that Kushner and his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public appearance today was presumably some kind of an attempt at regaining some leverage for his team .
It makes sense , from a power-hungry villain perspective .
The thing is , though , the Trump regime ’ s response is going to end up being seen as a failure – a dishonestly negligent one – by most of the public .
If Trump loses the election , we ’ ll likely see him criminally prosecuted for negligent homicide , along with all the other various crimes he ’ s committed .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ underlings should be wanting to do right now is to establish themselves as one of the faces of Trump ’ s negligent response .
Then again , if you ’ re Kushner , perhaps you feel you have nothing to lose .
If Trump loses the election , it ’ s all over for Kushner anyway .
Maybe he ’ s trying to milk things as much as he can , while he still can .
Still , the only thing dumber than remaining on a sinking ship is publicly establishing yourself as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that sinking ship ; there ’ ll be hell to pay once it goes under .

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Yesterday there were major media reports that Jared Kushner had all but disappeared from the Trump regime’s coronavirus response. This apparently didn’t work for him, so he made a point of appearing on Fox News, where he bragged about how great the Trump regime’s response is going. Why?
We’ve seen ongoing reports for months that there are two separate coronavirus response teams fighting for power within the Trump regime: the official team and Kushner’s shadow team. Recent reports suggest that Kushner and his team have been shoved aside. His public appearance today was presumably some kind of an attempt at regaining some leverage for his team. It makes sense, from a power-hungry villain perspective.
The thing is, though, the Trump regime’s response is going to end up being seen as a failure – a dishonestly negligent one – by most of the public. If Trump loses the election, we’ll likely see him criminally prosecuted for negligent homicide, along with all the other various crimes he’s committed. The last thing any of Trump’s underlings should be wanting to do right now is to establish themselves as one of the faces of Trump’s negligent response.
Then again, if you’re Kushner, perhaps you feel you have nothing to lose. If Trump loses the election, it’s all over for Kushner anyway. Maybe he’s trying to milk things as much as he can, while he still can. Still, the only thing dumber than remaining on a sinking ship is publicly establishing yourself as one of the top decision makers on that sinking ship; there’ll be hell to pay once it goes under.
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palmerreport--2020-04-29--Donald Trump has bizarre reaction to Justin Amash’s third party candidacy

Justin Amash announced last night that he ’ s launching an exploratory committee for running as the libertarian candidate in the 2020 presidential election .
The response has been overwhelmingly negative ; almost no one is in the mood for these kinds of antics right now .
But Donald Trump ’ s response was nothing short of surreal : It ’ s important to understand that no one has any way of knowing for sure how any given third party candidate might impact the election .
Amash , a far right conservative , could pull votes away from Trump .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ from anti-Trump conservatives who would otherwise have voted for Joe Biden .
People like Amash run because it ’ s an easy way to raise their profile and set themselves up for profitable book sales and speaking gigs afterward .
Amash is an anti-government loon who thinks both parties are the devil , so he doesn ’ t care who wins , which means he thinks he ’ s not doing any harm by manipulating the election for his own personal financial gain .
Because Donald Trump is so far behind to begin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lose anyway , he probably figures there ’ s no harm in a wildcard like Justin Amash .
It ’ s like when a football team is down by ten points in the fourth quarter and starts throwing risky passes that have a good chance of making things even worse , because what ’ s the difference , they ’ re on track to lose anyway .
As with all developments in this election cycle , this comes down entirely to what you choose to do with it .
If you use Amash @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just sit there and come up with reasons why your side is going to lose , then you ’ re hurting your side .
If you use Amash ’ s candidacy as motivation to get out there and drive voter registration and voter turnout for your side , then you ’ re in good shape .

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Justin Amash announced last night that he’s launching an exploratory committee for running as the libertarian candidate in the 2020 presidential election. The response has been overwhelmingly negative; almost no one is in the mood for these kinds of antics right now. But Donald Trump’s response was nothing short of surreal:
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No, I think Amash would make a wonderful candidate, especially since he is way behind in his district and has no chance of maintaining his Congressional seat. He almost always votes for the Do Nothing Dems anyway. I like him even more than Jill Stein! https://t.co/V8kutnfvIj — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 29, 2020
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It’s important to understand that no one has any way of knowing for sure how any given third party candidate might impact the election. Amash, a far right conservative, could pull votes away from Trump. But he could also pull votes away from anti-Trump conservatives who would otherwise have voted for Joe Biden.
People like Amash run because it’s an easy way to raise their profile and set themselves up for profitable book sales and speaking gigs afterward. Amash is an anti-government loon who thinks both parties are the devil, so he doesn’t care who wins, which means he thinks he’s not doing any harm by manipulating the election for his own personal financial gain.
Because Donald Trump is so far behind to begin with, and so very likely to lose anyway, he probably figures there’s no harm in a wildcard like Justin Amash. It’s like when a football team is down by ten points in the fourth quarter and starts throwing risky passes that have a good chance of making things even worse, because what’s the difference, they’re on track to lose anyway.
As with all developments in this election cycle, this comes down entirely to what you choose to do with it. If you use Amash’s candidacy as an excuse to just sit there and come up with reasons why your side is going to lose, then you’re hurting your side. If you use Amash’s candidacy as motivation to get out there and drive voter registration and voter turnout for your side, then you’re in good shape.
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palmerreport--2020-04-29--Andrew Cuomo slam dunks Mitch McConnell

Andrew Cuomo slam dunks Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell and his partisan brigade are dividing our country .
Their not-so-subtle message is : The states with more @ @ @ @ @ help from the states with fewer cases b/c they are Democrats .
This is ugly @ @ @ @ @ also wrong on the facts .

Mitch McConnell and his partisan brigade are dividing our country.
Their not-so-subtle message is: The states with more COVID cases don't deserve help from the states with fewer cases b/c they are Democrats.
This is ugly and reprehensible — it's also wrong on the facts.
— Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) April 29, 2020


palmerreport--2020-04-29--The better angels of our nature

The better angels of our nature

Like the rest of you , and like any other housebound world citizen , I have mostly the statistical and the anecdotal reported in the news for a guide .
But sometimes life and circumstance hands you direct experience , even for the perpetually housebound .
On Tuesday I was doing the shopping for two households when the manager of the store came to the front and announced that all movement and talking must cease .
It was precisely 11 a.m. , British Summer Time .
One minute ’ s silence was to be observed .
This silent vigil was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ workers who died due to coronavirus .
Such displays are not unheard of in Britain .
On occasion over the years I ’ ve been in a public place , typically a store , when the minute of silence protocol is announced precisely at 11 a.m. on eleven November , in commemoration of the fallen of World War I .
It is accompanied by an uncomfortable and somewhat embarrassed shifting of feet .
To be sure it is done in due and undoubtedly heartfelt respect .
But it ’ s a respect that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ relevance in twenty first century Britain .
But not this time .
This time was different .
At the conclusion of this minute ’ s vigil there wasn ’ t , as they say , a dry eye in the house .
Every Thursday night at eight o ’ clock everyone in my neighbourhood comes out of their houses and treats the National Health Service to a one minute long standing ovation .
On paper it sounds a little silly to applaud a group of courageous souls who aren ’ t even there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the participants , it is anything but silly .
And it holds great power and meaning to the men and women in the front line of our national battle against this pestilence .
These small and ostensibly meaningless examples of dignity and decorum are brought to you by the spirit of the human race .
It is neither British nor American , white nor black , neither is it differentiated by boundaries nor languages nor customs nor governments .
It is a spirit that lives everywhere , and all the powermad , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can ’ t change it .
It ’ s the spirit that has seen us through countless tragedies and disasters , and it will see us through this one .
And , as ever , ladies and gentlemen , brothers and sisters , comrades and friends , stay safe .

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Like the rest of you, and like any other housebound world citizen, I have mostly the statistical and the anecdotal reported in the news for a guide. But sometimes life and circumstance hands you direct experience, even for the perpetually housebound. On Tuesday I was doing the shopping for two households when the manager of the store came to the front and announced that all movement and talking must cease. It was precisely 11 a.m., British Summer Time. One minute’s silence was to be observed. This silent vigil was held across Britain to commemorate the key workers who died due to coronavirus.
Such displays are not unheard of in Britain. On occasion over the years I’ve been in a public place, typically a store, when the minute of silence protocol is announced precisely at 11 a.m. on eleven November, in commemoration of the fallen of World War I. It is accompanied by an uncomfortable and somewhat embarrassed shifting of feet. To be sure it is done in due and undoubtedly heartfelt respect. But it’s a respect that is dusty and distant and losing its relevance in twenty first century Britain. But not this time. This time was different. At the conclusion of this minute’s vigil there wasn’t, as they say, a dry eye in the house.
Every Thursday night at eight o’clock everyone in my neighbourhood comes out of their houses and treats the National Health Service to a one minute long standing ovation. On paper it sounds a little silly to applaud a group of courageous souls who aren’t even there, but I can assure you, to the participants, it is anything but silly. And it holds great power and meaning to the men and women in the front line of our national battle against this pestilence.
These small and ostensibly meaningless examples of dignity and decorum are brought to you by the spirit of the human race. It is neither British nor American, white nor black, neither is it differentiated by boundaries nor languages nor customs nor governments. It is a spirit that lives everywhere, and all the powermad, cynical, manipulating politicians in the world can’t change it. It’s the spirit that has seen us through countless tragedies and disasters, and it will see us through this one. And, as ever, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, comrades and friends, stay safe.
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palmerreport--2020-04-29--The Roger Stone WikiLeaks conspiracy just took a remarkably ugly turn involving Donald Trump

Roger Stone is scheduled to report to prison in just a few days , unless Donald Trump is stupid enough to pardon him first , which would hand the Democrats a compelling talking point in the 2020 election about how Trump is a criminal .
Even as we wait to see what Trump does , the whole thing just got a lot more complicated .
It was always fairly clear that Robert Mueller was only able to charge Roger Stone for a fraction of his crimes , before Bill Barr managed to shut Mueller down .
Accordingly , multiple major @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the search warrants in the Stone case , and today they succeeded .
Sure enough , there was a whole lot more going on with Stone than what he was charged with .
The search warrants reveal that Roger Stone and Julian Assange were communicating in 2017 , after the election .
Stone assured Assange that if he was pursued by Donald Trump ’ s Department of Justice , Stone would “ bring down the entire house of cards ” by taking it to the “ highest level of government.
” Stone is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump ; the only question is whether Stone really was communicating with Trump about this , or if Stone was bluffing .
Either way , these warrants reveal that Roger Stone isn ’ t just some guy who lied under oath and then tried to intimidate the witnesses against him .
He ’ s a guy who was conspiring with an international cyberterrorist against the United States .
This makes it a lot harder for Donald Trump to sell the notion of pardoning Stone , because the blowback would be tremendous .
On @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has dirt tying Donald Trump to Julian Assange , then Trump has to worry about Stone leaking it if Trump doesn ’ t pardon him .
Trump is now in a rather complicated no-win situation , with just days to decide whether to pardon Stone or let him report to prison .
These search warrants also make clear that Attorney General Bill Barr committed felony obstruction of justice when he forced Mueller off the job before Stone could be charged with the rest of his crimes .
Barr is going to end up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or he ’ ll end up in prison as well .

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Roger Stone is scheduled to report to prison in just a few days, unless Donald Trump is stupid enough to pardon him first, which would hand the Democrats a compelling talking point in the 2020 election about how Trump is a criminal. Even as we wait to see what Trump does, the whole thing just got a lot more complicated.
It was always fairly clear that Robert Mueller was only able to charge Roger Stone for a fraction of his crimes, before Bill Barr managed to shut Mueller down. Accordingly, multiple major news outlets went to court to obtain the search warrants in the Stone case, and today they succeeded. Sure enough, there was a whole lot more going on with Stone than what he was charged with.
The search warrants reveal that Roger Stone and Julian Assange were communicating in 2017, after the election. Stone assured Assange that if he was pursued by Donald Trump’s Department of Justice, Stone would “bring down the entire house of cards” by taking it to the “highest level of government.” Stone is clearly referring to his closest friend Donald Trump; the only question is whether Stone really was communicating with Trump about this, or if Stone was bluffing.
Either way, these warrants reveal that Roger Stone isn’t just some guy who lied under oath and then tried to intimidate the witnesses against him. He’s a guy who was conspiring with an international cyberterrorist against the United States. This makes it a lot harder for Donald Trump to sell the notion of pardoning Stone, because the blowback would be tremendous.
On the other hand, if Roger Stone has dirt tying Donald Trump to Julian Assange, then Trump has to worry about Stone leaking it if Trump doesn’t pardon him. Trump is now in a rather complicated no-win situation, with just days to decide whether to pardon Stone or let him report to prison. These search warrants also make clear that Attorney General Bill Barr committed felony obstruction of justice when he forced Mueller off the job before Stone could be charged with the rest of his crimes. Barr is going to end up needing a pardon of his own, or he’ll end up in prison as well.
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palmerreport--2020-04-30--Donald Trump is having a really bad night

This evening the news broke that Donald Trump ’ s own internal poll numbers are so bad , he screamed @ @ @ @ @ his own current campaign manager Brad Parscale .
As the night has gone on , @ @ @ @ @ story by showing us that he ’ s more unhinged than ever .
Donald Trump @ @ @ @ @ convicted henchman Michael Flynn for hours , but that ’ s just the half of @ @ @ @ @ pretty much everyone on television .
He just tweeted that MSNBC host Brian Williams “ @ @ @ @ @ truth if it was nailed to his wooden forehead.
” Then he added this deranged @ @ @ @ @ , the President of the United States .
What a whack job .
This guy @ @ @ @ @ hour .
It ’ s not even clear where we go from here , because @ @ @ @ @ too mentally unstable for something not to give .

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This evening the news broke that Donald Trump’s own internal poll numbers are so bad, he screamed at and threatened to sue his own current campaign manager Brad Parscale. As the night has gone on, Trump has essentially confirmed this story by showing us that he’s more unhinged than ever.
Donald Trump has been rambling about his convicted henchman Michael Flynn for hours, but that’s just the half of it. Trump is attacking pretty much everyone on television. He just tweeted that MSNBC host Brian Williams “wouldn’t know the truth if it was nailed to his wooden forehead.” Then he added this deranged nonsense:
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I must admit that Lyin’ Brian Williams is, while dumber than hell, quite a bit smarter than Fake News @CNN “anchorman” Don Lemon, the “dumbest man on television”. Then you have Psycho Joe “What Ever Happened To Your Girlfriend?” Scarborough, another of the low I.Q. individuals! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 30, 2020
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Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States. What a whack job. This guy is falling apart by the hour. It’s not even clear where we go from here, because Donald Trump is rapidly becoming too mentally unstable for something not to give.
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palmerreport--2020-04-30--Donald Trump goes completely berserk about Brian Williams of all people

Donald Trump is having a really agitated night tonight , to say the least .
Roger Stone is set to report to prison tomorrow , and Trump has to make the no-win decision of pardoning Stone and handing the Democrats an easy talking point for the election , or not pardoning Stone and running the risk that Stone finally unearths all that dirt he ’ s been collecting on Trump .
We ’ ve already seen Donald Trump post numerous increasingly bizarre right wing conspiracy theory articles about how traitor and confessed felon Michael Flynn is somehow an innocent victim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to questions about whether Trump might be planning to pardon Michael Flynn and Roger Stone both tonight .
In any case , Trump is now ranting about Brian Williams of all people .
Trump just tweeted “ Lyin ’ Brian Williams of MSDNC , a Concast Scam Company , wouldn ’ t know the truth if it was nailed to his wooden forehead.
” Yeah , we ’ re not even sure to start with that .
The “ Concast ” joke never will be clever no matter how many times Trump uses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like Trump got confused while trying to order a McDLT .
Trump isn ’ t exactly having a fun night .

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Donald Trump is having a really agitated night tonight, to say the least. Roger Stone is set to report to prison tomorrow, and Trump has to make the no-win decision of pardoning Stone and handing the Democrats an easy talking point for the election, or not pardoning Stone and running the risk that Stone finally unearths all that dirt he’s been collecting on Trump.
We’ve already seen Donald Trump post numerous increasingly bizarre right wing conspiracy theory articles about how traitor and confessed felon Michael Flynn is somehow an innocent victim in all this. This has led to questions about whether Trump might be planning to pardon Michael Flynn and Roger Stone both tonight. In any case, Trump is now ranting about Brian Williams of all people.
Trump just tweeted “Lyin’ Brian Williams of MSDNC, a Concast Scam Company, wouldn’t know the truth if it was nailed to his wooden forehead.” Yeah, we’re not even sure to start with that. The “Concast” joke never will be clever no matter how many times Trump uses it, and “MSDNC” sounds like Trump got confused while trying to order a McDLT. Trump isn’t exactly having a fun night.
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palmerreport--2020-04-30--Donald Trump has completely deranged late night meltdown over Michael Flynn

Donald Trump has always been a sociopathic criminal .
Over the past couple years he ’ s clearly begun descending into some kind of mid-stage dementia or senility , which combined with his existing sociopathy , has often resulted in sinister yet incoherent schemes .
Take , for instance , whatever it is that Trump thinks he ’ s doing with Michael Flynn tonight .
Roger Stone is scheduled to report to prison tomorrow .
That means if Donald Trump is going to keep Stone out of prison by pardoning him , it has to happen tonight or tomorrow .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ considering newly unsealed search warrants revealed yesterday that Stone was communicating with Julian Assange in 2017 about having Trump sabotage the DOJ case into Assange .
So what is Trump doing about it ?
Well , he ’ s focused on Michael Flynn instead .
Trump has tweeted numerous right-wing articles tonight , one after another , which all ( falsely and ludicrously ) claim that Michael Flynn was somehow set up by the FBI .
Nevermind that Flynn lied to the FBI and then pleaded guilty once he got caught .
Nevermind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ far more serious criminal charges if he hadn ’ t cut a cooperative plea deal .
Trump is desperate tonight to make the case that Flynn , who sold out his country to Russia , is an innocent victim .
So what ’ s the play here ?
Is Donald Trump trying to gin up support for Michael Flynn tonight so he can pardon Flynn and Roger Stone in one fell swoop ?
It ’ s possible .
Trump has to seriously consider pardoning Stone , considering how much dirt Stone has on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Stone , it ’ ll hand the Democrats an easy and effective talking point about Trump being a criminal , which will be used against Trump every day of the 2020 election cycle .
Whatever Trump is trying to say by tweeting these articles , it ’ s as muddled and incoherent as ever .

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Donald Trump has always been a sociopathic criminal. Over the past couple years he’s clearly begun descending into some kind of mid-stage dementia or senility, which combined with his existing sociopathy, has often resulted in sinister yet incoherent schemes. Take, for instance, whatever it is that Trump thinks he’s doing with Michael Flynn tonight.
Roger Stone is scheduled to report to prison tomorrow. That means if Donald Trump is going to keep Stone out of prison by pardoning him, it has to happen tonight or tomorrow. The Stone situation is particularly ugly, considering newly unsealed search warrants revealed yesterday that Stone was communicating with Julian Assange in 2017 about having Trump sabotage the DOJ case into Assange. So what is Trump doing about it? Well, he’s focused on Michael Flynn instead.
Trump has tweeted numerous right-wing articles tonight, one after another, which all (falsely and ludicrously) claim that Michael Flynn was somehow set up by the FBI. Nevermind that Flynn lied to the FBI and then pleaded guilty once he got caught. Nevermind that Flynn would have been hit with far more serious criminal charges if he hadn’t cut a cooperative plea deal. Trump is desperate tonight to make the case that Flynn, who sold out his country to Russia, is an innocent victim.
So what’s the play here? Is Donald Trump trying to gin up support for Michael Flynn tonight so he can pardon Flynn and Roger Stone in one fell swoop? It’s possible. Trump has to seriously consider pardoning Stone, considering how much dirt Stone has on Trump. But if Trump does pardon Stone, it’ll hand the Democrats an easy and effective talking point about Trump being a criminal, which will be used against Trump every day of the 2020 election cycle. Whatever Trump is trying to say by tweeting these articles, it’s as muddled and incoherent as ever.
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palmerreport--2020-04-30--Chris Hayes gets destroyed for running dishonest story about Joe Biden

For weeks , pockets of social media have been kicking around an allegation that ’ s been so plainly non-credible on its face , the mainstream media hasn ’ t wanted to touch it .
A woman claims Joe Biden sexually assaulted her , but she keeps changing her story in fundamentally self-contradictory ways .
She keeps claiming that she told various people about it at the time , but most of them say she ’ s lying .
She ’ s regularly professed her love for Vladimir Putin .
If the MeToo movement has taught us anything , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ women , even when they ’ re making accusations against men we like , and men we think we trust .
The point of listening is to see if her story is credible , and to give her the full benefit of the doubt unless her story is clearly non-credible .
This is the rare instance where a woman ’ s story is clearly non-credible .
To give you an idea of how uniquely non-credible this accusation is , Senator Kirsten Gillibrand – who has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taking down Al Franken – says she believes Joe Biden and doesn ’ t believe his accuser .
That tells me all I need to know .
The New York Times spent weeks digging into the woman ’ s claims and couldn ’ t find anything credible about them .
In fact when she recently filed a police complaint , she left Biden ’ s name out of it – and the Times made a point of emphasizing that if she was lying and she ’ d included Biden ’ s name , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crime .
There ’ s a reason this story didn ’ t get picked up by cable news networks .
Not even Fox News wanted to touch it .
This is the kind of clearly non-credible ( and rapidly unraveling ) allegation that will end up blowing up in the face of any news outlet that tries to give it credibility .
For that reason , I ’ ve urged everyone to simply not take the bait from the internet trolls who have spent weeks trying to goad people into elevating the story @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cable news wasn ’ t going to touch this phony scandal unless there was enough social media noise that it felt it had to cover it – and the trolls couldn ’ t create sufficient noise without unwitting help .
Yes , various cable news hosts have briefly touched on the story here and there over the past week .
But they all painted it for what it was : the allegation itself is non-credible , and the only question was how Joe Biden should handle it .
Then , tonight , Chris @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has spent years using his show to give a platform to anti-Democrat liberals like Susan Sarandon and Michael Moore .
Hayes played up the phony Hillary Clinton email scandal more than any other host on his network during the 2016 election .
Hayes spent the 2020 Democratic primary doing everything he could to smear every candidate not named “ Sanders.
” Hayes has built his audience around anti-Democrat liberals , and based on the angles he takes , it ’ s fairly clear that his first priority is keeping this niche happy .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that on Wednesday night , Chris Hayes used the final few minutes of his show to not only play up the accusation against Joe Biden , but to falsely characterize it as credible and corroborated .
It was the kind of dishonestly constructed segment you ’ d have expected to find on Fox News – and it set off a firestorm of backlash online .
The name “ Chris Hayes ” ended up trending on Twitter after the segment aired .
Ninety percent or more of the mentions were not in Hayes ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chris Hayes : “ We believe Joe Biden because the story is not credible .
I am a smart woman , and I don ’ t need you to lecture me on my critical thinking skills.
” Hundreds of tweets stated that they ’ ll never watch Hayes again .
Numerous tweets urged the boycott of Hayes ’ advertisers in an attempt to force him off the air .
If Hayes were pursuing an uncomfortable but important and credible story , one could applaud him for being willing to anger and alienate his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But this is the opposite of that .
Hayes clearly put this non-credible story on the air , and incorrectly characterized it as credible , because he felt he needed to retain credibility with his core audience of anti-Democrat liberals .
And because that ’ s a niche of people who often don ’ t want the truth , Hayes was lulled into thinking he could get away with misrepresenting the Biden story .
Remarkably , Hayes appears intent on finding some way to take down Joe Biden , so that Bernie Sanders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Yet even Sanders clearly thinks this notion is ludicrous , considering he dropped out and endorsed Biden , and he ’ s since shown absolutely no interest in the allegations against Biden .
Notably , Hayes has tweeted footage of multiple segments from his show tonight on his @ allinwithchris account .
Yet two hours after his show finished airing , he still hasn ’ t posted the Joe Biden story .
Is he afraid of the negative feedback he ’ ll receive ?
Does he know he screwed up ?
Can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
He seemed to think he could set Biden on fire tonight for the amusement of his core audience of extremists .
Instead Hayes ended up setting himself on fire , because he forgot that serious people watch his show too .
Well , some of them won ’ t be watching anymore .

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For weeks, pockets of social media have been kicking around an allegation that’s been so plainly non-credible on its face, the mainstream media hasn’t wanted to touch it. A woman claims Joe Biden sexually assaulted her, but she keeps changing her story in fundamentally self-contradictory ways. She keeps claiming that she told various people about it at the time, but most of them say she’s lying. She’s regularly professed her love for Vladimir Putin.
If the MeToo movement has taught us anything, it’s that we should listen to women, even when they’re making accusations against men we like, and men we think we trust. The point of listening is to see if her story is credible, and to give her the full benefit of the doubt unless her story is clearly non-credible. This is the rare instance where a woman’s story is clearly non-credible. To give you an idea of how uniquely non-credible this accusation is, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand – who has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to sexual misconduct and led the charge in taking down Al Franken – says she believes Joe Biden and doesn’t believe his accuser. That tells me all I need to know.
The New York Times spent weeks digging into the woman’s claims and couldn’t find anything credible about them. In fact when she recently filed a police complaint, she left Biden’s name out of it – and the Times made a point of emphasizing that if she was lying and she’d included Biden’s name, she’d have been committing a crime.
There’s a reason this story didn’t get picked up by cable news networks. Not even Fox News wanted to touch it. This is the kind of clearly non-credible (and rapidly unraveling) allegation that will end up blowing up in the face of any news outlet that tries to give it credibility. For that reason, I’ve urged everyone to simply not take the bait from the internet trolls who have spent weeks trying to goad people into elevating the story by debating it. After all, cable news wasn’t going to touch this phony scandal unless there was enough social media noise that it felt it had to cover it – and the trolls couldn’t create sufficient noise without unwitting help.
Yes, various cable news hosts have briefly touched on the story here and there over the past week. But they all painted it for what it was: the allegation itself is non-credible, and the only question was how Joe Biden should handle it. Then, tonight, Chris Hayes happened.
MSNBC host Chris Hayes has spent years using his show to give a platform to anti-Democrat liberals like Susan Sarandon and Michael Moore. Hayes played up the phony Hillary Clinton email scandal more than any other host on his network during the 2016 election. Hayes spent the 2020 Democratic primary doing everything he could to smear every candidate not named “Sanders.” Hayes has built his audience around anti-Democrat liberals, and based on the angles he takes, it’s fairly clear that his first priority is keeping this niche happy.
So it perhaps wasn’t surprising that on Wednesday night, Chris Hayes used the final few minutes of his show to not only play up the accusation against Joe Biden, but to falsely characterize it as credible and corroborated. It was the kind of dishonestly constructed segment you’d have expected to find on Fox News – and it set off a firestorm of backlash online.
The name “Chris Hayes” ended up trending on Twitter after the segment aired. Ninety percent or more of the mentions were not in Hayes’ favor. Lisa Glass said this of Chris Hayes: “We believe Joe Biden because the story is not credible. I am a smart woman, and I don’t need you to lecture me on my critical thinking skills.” Hundreds of tweets stated that they’ll never watch Hayes again. Numerous tweets urged the boycott of Hayes’ advertisers in an attempt to force him off the air.
If Hayes were pursuing an uncomfortable but important and credible story, one could applaud him for being willing to anger and alienate his audience in the name of truth. But this is the opposite of that. Hayes clearly put this non-credible story on the air, and incorrectly characterized it as credible, because he felt he needed to retain credibility with his core audience of anti-Democrat liberals. And because that’s a niche of people who often don’t want the truth, Hayes was lulled into thinking he could get away with misrepresenting the Biden story.
Remarkably, Hayes appears intent on finding some way to take down Joe Biden, so that Bernie Sanders can somehow become the 2020 nominee instead. Yet even Sanders clearly thinks this notion is ludicrous, considering he dropped out and endorsed Biden, and he’s since shown absolutely no interest in the allegations against Biden.
Notably, Hayes has tweeted footage of multiple segments from his show tonight on his @allinwithchris account. Yet two hours after his show finished airing, he still hasn’t posted the Joe Biden story. Is he afraid of the negative feedback he’ll receive? Does he know he screwed up? Can we potentially hope for a retraction tomorrow? He seemed to think he could set Biden on fire tonight for the amusement of his core audience of extremists. Instead Hayes ended up setting himself on fire, because he forgot that serious people watch his show too. Well, some of them won’t be watching anymore.
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palmerreport--2020-05-01--Mike Pence resorts to making threats at his mask scandal explodes

Mike Pence ’ s refusal to wear a mask while visiting patients and medical professionals at the Mayo Clinic , @ @ @ @ @ ’ s own rules , has turned into a large and lasting scandal .
It @ @ @ @ @ Pence went on Fox News today and falsely claimed that Mike Pence was never told @ @ @ @ @ But that merely resulted in Voice of America reporter Steve Herman tweeting this : Now @ @ @ @ @ are insisting that Herman is somehow the one in the wrong , because Pence being @ @ @ @ @ was supposedly “ off the record.
” The Washington Post says that Pence is threatening @ @ @ @ @ punishment ” against Herman and his news outlet .
That ’ s how out of @ @ @ @ @ for Pence .
Also , by accusing Steve Herman of having revealed something that was @ @ @ @ @ record , Mike Pence essentially admitted that Herman ’ s story was true .
In @ @ @ @ @ admitted that his wife is lying .

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Mike Pence’s refusal to wear a mask while visiting patients and medical professionals at the Mayo Clinic, in violation of the hospital’s own rules, has turned into a large and lasting scandal. It got bad enough that Karen Pence went on Fox News today and falsely claimed that Mike Pence was never told to wear a mask.
But that merely resulted in Voice of America reporter Steve Herman tweeting this:
All of us who traveled with him were notified by the office of @VP the day before the trip that wearing of masks was required by the @MayoClinic and to prepare accordingly. https://t.co/LFqh27LusD — Steve Herman (@W7VOA) April 30, 2020
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Now Mike Pence and his team are insisting that Herman is somehow the one in the wrong, because Pence being warned to wear a mask was supposedly “off the record.” The Washington Post says that Pence is threatening some kind of unspecified “punishment” against Herman and his news outlet. That’s how out of control this whole thing is for Pence.
Also, by accusing Steve Herman of having revealed something that was supposed to be off the record, Mike Pence essentially admitted that Herman’s story was true. In so doing, Pence just admitted that his wife is lying.
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palmerreport--2020-04-30--Turns out Donald Trump was lying about Kim Jong Un’s health

Last week various major media outlets around the world began reporting that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was either severely ill , braindead , or dead .
The alarming and conflicting reports – none of them ever fully confirmed – created a mess of confusion .
This resulted in Donald Trump being asked about it during a press briefing several days ago .
At the time , Trump claimed that he definitely knew what was going on with Kim Jong Un behind the scenes , and that it would come out soon .
Since that time , nothing has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ asked about Kim again today .
His answer : “ I just can ’ t talk about Kim Jong-un right now .
I just hope everything is going to be fine .
I do understand the situation very well.
” In other words , Trump has no idea what ’ s going on with Kim Jong Un .
He didn ’ t last week , and he doesn ’ t now .
It ’ s fine that he doesn ’ t know ; if the U.S. doesn ’ t have the intel then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ easily have just said last week that he wasn ’ t going to answer the question .
Instead he had to make up a story about how he secretly knew what was going on .
Now that story is falling apart .
We have no idea what ’ s going on with Kim Jong Un , beyond the logical reality that when a world leader is being widely accused of being dead , that world leader generally tries to jump in front of the cameras as soon as possible .
Kim ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wrong : he ’ s seriously physically ill , or he ’ s completely snapped , or he ’ s been ousted .
We ’ ll all find out eventually .
But Trump ’ s claim that he knew what was going on has turned out to be yet another pointless lie .

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Last week various major media outlets around the world began reporting that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was either severely ill, braindead, or dead. The alarming and conflicting reports – none of them ever fully confirmed – created a mess of confusion. This resulted in Donald Trump being asked about it during a press briefing several days ago.
At the time, Trump claimed that he definitely knew what was going on with Kim Jong Un behind the scenes, and that it would come out soon. Since that time, nothing has come of it. So Trump was asked about Kim again today. His answer: “I just can’t talk about Kim Jong-un right now. I just hope everything is going to be fine. I do understand the situation very well.”
In other words, Trump has no idea what’s going on with Kim Jong Un. He didn’t last week, and he doesn’t now. It’s fine that he doesn’t know; if the U.S. doesn’t have the intel then so be it. But Trump could easily have just said last week that he wasn’t going to answer the question. Instead he had to make up a story about how he secretly knew what was going on. Now that story is falling apart.
We have no idea what’s going on with Kim Jong Un, beyond the logical reality that when a world leader is being widely accused of being dead, that world leader generally tries to jump in front of the cameras as soon as possible. Kim’s ongoing absence suggests that something is very wrong: he’s seriously physically ill, or he’s completely snapped, or he’s been ousted. We’ll all find out eventually. But Trump’s claim that he knew what was going on has turned out to be yet another pointless lie.
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palmerreport--2020-04-30--Donald Trump just held one of his most bizarre press events yet

Donald Trump has finally figured out that his daily press briefings have been hurting his already-bad poll numbers , though he can ’ t admit he ’ s the problem , so he ’ s publicly blaming the media and privately blaming his campaign manager .
So instead Trump has been holding weird niche press events that are each supposed to have a specific purpose .
Today Trump met with a group of senior citizens at the White House .
It looks like he ’ s finally learned what we ’ ve all known for weeks , which is that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – which directly puts seniors at high risk of dying from coronavirus – has caused his poll numbers with senior citizens to plummet .
Nothing really came of the event , as a seemingly defeated and uninterested Donald Trump largely just sat there and mumbled platitudes that had been written down for him to say .
But the notion of Trump meeting with seniors , to try to win their votes back just a few weeks after he basically called for them all to die , is beyond bizarre .
We ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s event to tell them to inject themselves with Lysol .

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Donald Trump has finally figured out that his daily press briefings have been hurting his already-bad poll numbers, though he can’t admit he’s the problem, so he’s publicly blaming the media and privately blaming his campaign manager. So instead Trump has been holding weird niche press events that are each supposed to have a specific purpose.
Today Trump met with a group of senior citizens at the White House. It looks like he’s finally learned what we’ve all known for weeks, which is that his plan to prematurely reopen the economy – which directly puts seniors at high risk of dying from coronavirus – has caused his poll numbers with senior citizens to plummet.
Nothing really came of the event, as a seemingly defeated and uninterested Donald Trump largely just sat there and mumbled platitudes that had been written down for him to say. But the notion of Trump meeting with seniors, to try to win their votes back just a few weeks after he basically called for them all to die, is beyond bizarre. We’re surprised he didn’t use today’s event to tell them to inject themselves with Lysol.
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palmerreport--2020-04-30--Donald Trump hits the panic button as it all goes wrong for him

Yesterday the news broke that Donald Trump had finally seen his own internal poll numbers about the 2020 campaign , meaning he finally learned just how badly he ’ s on track to lose .
Anything can happen , but Trump is in historically terrible shape right now when it comes to reelection .
Trump reportedly went so far as to threaten legal action against his own current campaign manager because of his low polls .
So what ’ s Trump doing about it ?
He ’ s making up a cheap excuse to take a trip to Arizona and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It ’ s not difficult to figure out what he ’ s doing .
Of all the presidential swing states , Ohio is the one where Trump did the best in 2016 , but now the polls say he ’ s slightly losing there .
And while Arizona is considered a red state in presidential elections , the polls say Trump is losing there too .
Under normal circumstances it would actually make sense for Donald Trump to go campaign in the states where he ’ s bleeding the worst .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rallies because of the pandemic .
So he ’ s predictably making up fake excuses to visit these states anyway , even though the trips won ’ t do anything to gain him any additional votes .
Donald Trump is presumably hoping to find a way to convince himself that he ’ s somehow not actually losing these states , because he ’ s not about trying to win , he ’ s about trying to delusionally convince himself he ’ s not losing .
What a loser .

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Yesterday the news broke that Donald Trump had finally seen his own internal poll numbers about the 2020 campaign, meaning he finally learned just how badly he’s on track to lose. Anything can happen, but Trump is in historically terrible shape right now when it comes to reelection. Trump reportedly went so far as to threaten legal action against his own current campaign manager because of his low polls.
So what’s Trump doing about it? He’s making up a cheap excuse to take a trip to Arizona and Ohio next week, according to Marketwatch. It’s not difficult to figure out what he’s doing. Of all the presidential swing states, Ohio is the one where Trump did the best in 2016, but now the polls say he’s slightly losing there. And while Arizona is considered a red state in presidential elections, the polls say Trump is losing there too.
Under normal circumstances it would actually make sense for Donald Trump to go campaign in the states where he’s bleeding the worst. But he can’t do any campaign rallies because of the pandemic. So he’s predictably making up fake excuses to visit these states anyway, even though the trips won’t do anything to gain him any additional votes.
Donald Trump is presumably hoping to find a way to convince himself that he’s somehow not actually losing these states, because he’s not about trying to win, he’s about trying to delusionally convince himself he’s not losing. What a loser.
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palmerreport--2020-04-30--Legal experts confirm that the allegations against Joe Biden aren’t remotely credible

For weeks , the media has largely been ignoring an overwhelmingly non-credible allegation against Joe Biden .
The allegation has been changed repeatedly and fundamentally .
Various supposed corroborators have shot it down .
There ’ s even a bizarre connection to the Kremlin .
But last night MSNBC host Chris Hayes opened a can of worms when he went on air and falsely characterized the allegation as “ credible ” and “ corroborated.
” Chris Hayes will be lucky if he gets to keep his show after telling that particular lie ; his name has been trending nonstop for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legal experts are stepping forward to factually explain why the allegation against Joe Biden is so uniquely non-credible .
Former federal prosecutor Michael J. Stern has laid out a devastating timeline which makes painfully clear why Biden ’ s accuser can ’ t be telling anything close to the truth .
Legal expert Laurence Tribe has looked at the evidence and says he doesn ’ t believe the allegation .
Former Watergate prosecutor and current MSNBC contributor Jill Wine-Banks has looked at the facts and determined that the allegation is “ not credible.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ falsely characterizing the nature of this allegation .
Regardless of whether he ’ s fired for his on-air lies or not , he ’ s created the kind of mess that honest people will now have to fight back against .
Fortunately , legal experts are making it overwhelmingly clear why this allegation is uniquely non-credible .

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For weeks, the media has largely been ignoring an overwhelmingly non-credible allegation against Joe Biden. The allegation has been changed repeatedly and fundamentally. Various supposed corroborators have shot it down. There’s even a bizarre connection to the Kremlin. But last night MSNBC host Chris Hayes opened a can of worms when he went on air and falsely characterized the allegation as “credible” and “corroborated.”
Chris Hayes will be lucky if he gets to keep his show after telling that particular lie; his name has been trending nonstop for eighteen hours straight. Meanwhile, various legal experts are stepping forward to factually explain why the allegation against Joe Biden is so uniquely non-credible.
Former federal prosecutor Michael J. Stern has laid out a devastating timeline which makes painfully clear why Biden’s accuser can’t be telling anything close to the truth. Legal expert Laurence Tribe has looked at the evidence and says he doesn’t believe the allegation. Former Watergate prosecutor and current MSNBC contributor Jill Wine-Banks has looked at the facts and determined that the allegation is “not credible.”
Chris Hayes committed journalistic malpractice by falsely characterizing the nature of this allegation. Regardless of whether he’s fired for his on-air lies or not, he’s created the kind of mess that honest people will now have to fight back against. Fortunately, legal experts are making it overwhelmingly clear why this allegation is uniquely non-credible.
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