palmerreport--2020-05-04--Donald Trump’s milli vanilli moment

Donald Trump’s milli vanilli moment

A generation ago , a record producer cobbled together a rap album by hiring various session musicians to handle the vocals .
Then he hired a pair of male models to go out and pretend to be the rappers on the album , complete with lip synced concerts .
The ruse lasted long enough for Milli Vanilli to win the Grammy award for best new artist , at which point the resulting spotlight caused the entire thing to unravel .
So what does this have to do with Donald Trump ?
As a kid , I distinctly remember Milli Vanilli @ @ @ @ @ @ @ models were walking to the stage , one of them looked like he ’ d just seen a ghost .
Later , he admitted in an interview that he knew in that moment that it was all over , because the attention was going to bring down the entire house of cards .
Interestingly , at the time Milli Vanilli imploded , its second album was about to be released .
You can find the aborted lead single on YouTube .
It ’ s a dud .
The second album would have tanked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ away quietly , perhaps without anyone having ever figured out that it was all a fraud .
That brings us to Donald Trump .
Trump ran for President in what was surely a promotional stunt or cash grab .
He couldn ’ t have expected to win .
He was narcissistic enough to eagerly accept help from the Kremlin , but perhaps only because he was afraid of losing by such a large margin that his ego wouldn ’ t have been able to take it .
Instead he ended up with a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tried to mail it in for three years , until this pandemic came along and exposed just how inept , stupid , and fraudulent of an idiot he is .
He ’ s on track to lose the 2020 election , and if he does , he and multiple members of his family will likely end up in prison – even as his name is removed from every last one of his buildings .
But imagine where Trump would be right now if he hadn ’ t accidentally become President .
He ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , perhaps as a right wing cable news pundit , even as he carried out his lifelong shell game of shifting money around to try to cover up just how inept he is at real estate .
His crimes , and his kids ’ crimes , might never have been uncovered or prosecuted .
He ’ d have been remembered by history as the grouch from the Apprentice .
Instead he ’ ll be remembered as the monster who murdered an untold number of Americans and then died penniless in solitary confinement .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a one-album wonder , if it hadn ’ t accidentally won a Grammy and seen its con game get exposed in the process .
Instead it ’ s remembered as one of the ugliest debacles in the history of the music industry .
Donald Trump could have faded away as well , if only he ’ d stayed in his lane instead of running for a public office he didn ’ t want to hold to begin with .
Trump did it to himself .

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A generation ago, a record producer cobbled together a rap album by hiring various session musicians to handle the vocals. Then he hired a pair of male models to go out and pretend to be the rappers on the album, complete with lip synced concerts. The ruse lasted long enough for Milli Vanilli to win the Grammy award for best new artist, at which point the resulting spotlight caused the entire thing to unravel. So what does this have to do with Donald Trump?
As a kid, I distinctly remember Milli Vanilli winning that Grammy. When the two models were walking to the stage, one of them looked like he’d just seen a ghost. Later, he admitted in an interview that he knew in that moment that it was all over, because the attention was going to bring down the entire house of cards. Interestingly, at the time Milli Vanilli imploded, its second album was about to be released. You can find the aborted lead single on YouTube. It’s a dud. The second album would have tanked, and the group would have faded away quietly, perhaps without anyone having ever figured out that it was all a fraud. That brings us to Donald Trump.
Trump ran for President in what was surely a promotional stunt or cash grab. He couldn’t have expected to win. He was narcissistic enough to eagerly accept help from the Kremlin, but perhaps only because he was afraid of losing by such a large margin that his ego wouldn’t have been able to take it. Instead he ended up with a job he clearly hates doing. He tried to mail it in for three years, until this pandemic came along and exposed just how inept, stupid, and fraudulent of an idiot he is. He’s on track to lose the 2020 election, and if he does, he and multiple members of his family will likely end up in prison – even as his name is removed from every last one of his buildings.
But imagine where Trump would be right now if he hadn’t accidentally become President. He’d be running some con right now, perhaps as a right wing cable news pundit, even as he carried out his lifelong shell game of shifting money around to try to cover up just how inept he is at real estate. His crimes, and his kids’ crimes, might never have been uncovered or prosecuted. He’d have been remembered by history as the grouch from the Apprentice. Instead he’ll be remembered as the monster who murdered an untold number of Americans and then died penniless in solitary confinement.
Milli Vanilli could have been remembered as a one-album wonder, if it hadn’t accidentally won a Grammy and seen its con game get exposed in the process. Instead it’s remembered as one of the ugliest debacles in the history of the music industry. Donald Trump could have faded away as well, if only he’d stayed in his lane instead of running for a public office he didn’t want to hold to begin with. Trump did it to himself.
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palmerreport--2020-05-04--This is devastating for Donald Trump

This is devastating for Donald Trump

Donald Trump ’ s negligent and dishonest handling of the coronavirus crisis has directly resulted in more sixty thousand Americans @ @ @ @ @ of the U.S. economy .
Trump is continuing to scramble to try to find way @ @ @ @ @ his favor , but it ’ s not working for him .
The Lincoln Project @ @ @ @ @ Republicans , has released a devastating new TV ad called “ Mourning in America ” @ @ @ @ @ Ronald Reagan ’ s “ Morning in America ” campaign :

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Donald Trump’s negligent and dishonest handling of the coronavirus crisis has directly resulted in more sixty thousand Americans dying, and the implosion of the U.S. economy. Trump is continuing to scramble to try to find way to spin the debacle in his favor, but it’s not working for him.
The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump group of Republicans, has released a devastating new TV ad called “Mourning in America” – a dark adaptation of Ronald Reagan’s “Morning in America” campaign:
📺 NEW VIDEO @realdonaldtrump’s failed presidency has left the nation weaker, sicker, and teetering on the verge of a new Great Depression. There’s mourning in America. pic.twitter.com/QoEWJVNEXc — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) May 4, 2020
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MASK PENCE

Mike Pence is every bit as much of a corrupt , extremist , unbalanced sociopath as Donald Trump – he ’ s just lot more mild mannered about it .
That fools some people into believing he ’ s more reasonable than Trump .
It also lulls some people into concluding that Pence is the kind of savvy political operative who knows what he ’ s doing .
Really ?
All you need to do is look at Mike Pence ’ s mask-gate .
We all know why he didn ’ t wear a mask to the Mayo Clinic .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ people get sick or die , and he was more worried about Donald Trump having a negative reaction , because then there might be pressure for Trump to start wearing a mask as well .
So Mike Pence took the hit , because that ’ s what lapdogs do .
But once it immediately became the kind of scandal that he was going to have to address if he wanted any chance of it going away , he decided to show us just how savvy he is .
In the process he accused @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his wife out there to accuse the Mayo Clinic of lying , and even threatened a reporter .
Last night , with the mask scandal still brewing so strong that he was on the verge of having to change his name to Mask Pence , we finally saw Mike Pence simply admit that he should have worn a mask .
It was always going to come to this , and he should have known it .
If he made the calculation that he needed to take the hit for Trump by not wearing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that he also needed to quietly admit he was wrong that same day , so it wouldn ’ t become an endless scandal .
Keep that in mind the next time someone suggests that Pence is the savvy one in this regime .
He ’ s as much of a bumbler as the rest .

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Mike Pence is every bit as much of a corrupt, extremist, unbalanced sociopath as Donald Trump – he’s just lot more mild mannered about it. That fools some people into believing he’s more reasonable than Trump. It also lulls some people into concluding that Pence is the kind of savvy political operative who knows what he’s doing.
Really? All you need to do is look at Mike Pence’s mask-gate. We all know why he didn’t wear a mask to the Mayo Clinic. He doesn’t care if other people get sick or die, and he was more worried about Donald Trump having a negative reaction, because then there might be pressure for Trump to start wearing a mask as well.
So Mike Pence took the hit, because that’s what lapdogs do. But once it immediately became the kind of scandal that he was going to have to address if he wanted any chance of it going away, he decided to show us just how savvy he is. In the process he accused the Mayo Clinic of lying, sent his wife out there to accuse the Mayo Clinic of lying, and even threatened a reporter.
Last night, with the mask scandal still brewing so strong that he was on the verge of having to change his name to Mask Pence, we finally saw Mike Pence simply admit that he should have worn a mask. It was always going to come to this, and he should have known it. If he made the calculation that he needed to take the hit for Trump by not wearing one, then he should have understood that he also needed to quietly admit he was wrong that same day, so it wouldn’t become an endless scandal. Keep that in mind the next time someone suggests that Pence is the savvy one in this regime. He’s as much of a bumbler as the rest.
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palmerreport--2020-05-04--Joe Biden just landed a big win

Joe Biden just landed a big win

The news cycle hasn ’ t given it much attention , so you might not realize that Joe Biden scored another big win on Saturday night , after the state of Kansas held its first vote by mail primary .
This isn ’ t a big surprise , of course , and it ’ s not likely that he ’ ll even be able to flip Kansas in the general election , which is usually a reliably red state and doesn ’ t award a whole lot of electoral votes anyway , but some important things stand out .
First @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just win – he took 77 % of the popular vote and 29 delegates in the contest – meaning he did even better than when he won in Ohio earlier last week , suggesting that the phony scandals being drummed up by Twitter aren ’ t making much of a dent in his popularity – and they ’ re also not making people much more enthusiastic to cast their votes for Bernie Sanders instead , who already endorsed Biden but gave his remaining supporters permission to vote for him in the primaries ahead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up until April 24 , they also allowed for in-person voting on Saturday , May 2 .
This is also a state where Sanders won overwhelmingly in 2016 against Hillary Clinton – 68 % of the vote back when Kansas still had its caucus format .
Now that it switched to a vote by mail primary format , the voter turnout actually tripled in size – 143,183 people cast a ballot in the primary , which could be a good sign for Kansas Democrats in the general election , as the state will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ally Kris Kobach is likely to be the Republican nominee .
No wonder Republicans are so against voting by mail .

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The news cycle hasn’t given it much attention, so you might not realize that Joe Biden scored another big win on Saturday night, after the state of Kansas held its first vote by mail primary. This isn’t a big surprise, of course, and it’s not likely that he’ll even be able to flip Kansas in the general election, which is usually a reliably red state and doesn’t award a whole lot of electoral votes anyway, but some important things stand out.
First of all, he didn’t just win – he took 77% of the popular vote and 29 delegates in the contest – meaning he did even better than when he won in Ohio earlier last week, suggesting that the phony scandals being drummed up by Twitter aren’t making much of a dent in his popularity – and they’re also not making people much more enthusiastic to cast their votes for Bernie Sanders instead, who already endorsed Biden but gave his remaining supporters permission to vote for him in the primaries ahead. Although the state collected mail-in ballots up until April 24, they also allowed for in-person voting on Saturday, May 2.
This is also a state where Sanders won overwhelmingly in 2016 against Hillary Clinton – 68% of the vote back when Kansas still had its caucus format. Now that it switched to a vote by mail primary format, the voter turnout actually tripled in size – 143,183 people cast a ballot in the primary, which could be a good sign for Kansas Democrats in the general election, as the state will be holding a Senate race where Trump ally Kris Kobach is likely to be the Republican nominee. No wonder Republicans are so against voting by mail.
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palmerreport--2020-05-04--There is no letter!

There is no letter!

Last night Donald Trump announced on live national television that Joe Biden recently wrote him a letter of apology over the way the coronavirus crisis has been handled .
Because Trump was talking to a pair of Fox News nitwits , they didn ’ t bother to challenge him on this seemingly blatant lie .
Fortunately , Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler has confirmed what we pretty much instinctively already knew : there is no such letter .
Donald Trump is making it up .
That ’ s right , the sitting President of the United States just falsely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has sent him a written letter of apology .
In any other time , this would be a major scandal .
But because the bar is set so low for Trump and he has so many other scandals going on , there probably won ’ t even be a widespread call for Trump to turn over this supposed letter or admit he ’ s lying .
But there should be .
This week we saw multiple major media outlets make the ludicrous assertion that Joe Biden should turn over the entire contents of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Delaware in the name of “ transparency , ” simply because a false allegation was made against him , even though there is zero expectation that the archive will contain anything relevant to the false allegation .
It ’ s a fishing expedition and nothing more .
The media is hoping to poke around in Biden ’ s archives , find some random thing that it can mischaracterize into a scandal , and drum it up for ratings .
Since Donald Trump can ’ t produce this supposed letter that he claims he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to turn over the full contents of his archives , along with his bank account , tax returns , and personal vault for good measure , or else he ’ s not being transparent , is he .
If we ’ re going to invent ludicrous standards of transparency , we should at least apply them to the candidate who ’ s lying about everything and whose entire life has been one big long scandal .

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Last night Donald Trump announced on live national television that Joe Biden recently wrote him a letter of apology over the way the coronavirus crisis has been handled. Because Trump was talking to a pair of Fox News nitwits, they didn’t bother to challenge him on this seemingly blatant lie.
Fortunately, Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler has confirmed what we pretty much instinctively already knew: there is no such letter. Donald Trump is making it up. That’s right, the sitting President of the United States just falsely claimed that his current general election opponent has sent him a written letter of apology. In any other time, this would be a major scandal. But because the bar is set so low for Trump and he has so many other scandals going on, there probably won’t even be a widespread call for Trump to turn over this supposed letter or admit he’s lying.
But there should be. This week we saw multiple major media outlets make the ludicrous assertion that Joe Biden should turn over the entire contents of his Senate archive at the University of Delaware in the name of “transparency,” simply because a false allegation was made against him, even though there is zero expectation that the archive will contain anything relevant to the false allegation. It’s a fishing expedition and nothing more. The media is hoping to poke around in Biden’s archives, find some random thing that it can mischaracterize into a scandal, and drum it up for ratings.
Since Donald Trump can’t produce this supposed letter that he claims he received, we think he should have to turn over the full contents of his archives, along with his bank account, tax returns, and personal vault for good measure, or else he’s not being transparent, is he. If we’re going to invent ludicrous standards of transparency, we should at least apply them to the candidate who’s lying about everything and whose entire life has been one big long scandal.
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palmerreport--2020-05-04--Donald Trump’s Fox News town hall disaster just opened up a whole new can of worms for him

What a lot of people don ’ t understand is that Fox News is a for-profit corporation like any other major news outlet .
The only difference is that Fox has a business centered around feeding convenient lies to conservatives in order to rile them up and keep them tuned in .
But even Fox has to maintain relative credibility with its gullible audience , or it risks losing them .
When Donald Trump agreed to do a coronavirus town hall on Fox News last night , he and his handlers must have been expecting a series of softball questions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are the people who like him .
Perhaps he thought he ’ d get asked questions about how successful he is , or what an amazing job he ’ s done with the coronavirus crisis .
Instead , the audience questions were are all fairly reasonable and topical .
Fox could have cherry picked questions that were about how great Trump is – surely a few were submitted – but that ’ s clearly not where Fox ’ s audience is .
Even these gullible conservatives are worried about treatments and vaccines , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of what ’ s going on right now .
Donald Trump must not have expected these questions , because he had no idea how to answer almost any of them .
At one point Donald Trump was telling a bizarre and inaccurate story about World War I.
He ’ d been asked about nursing homes .
At another point Trump began rambling about airline bailouts .
He ’ d been asked about how to save an individually-run business with no employees .
His answers didn ’ t even match the questions .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made himself look really inept in the eyes of an unusually sober Fox News audience .
The real problem for Trump is that even a lot of Fox viewers seem to be looking for serious solutions and governmental competence right now – and Trump has absolutely no idea how to deliver that or even address it .
Serious moments require serious leaders , and Trump is more of a failing carnival barker than ever .

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What a lot of people don’t understand is that Fox News is a for-profit corporation like any other major news outlet. The only difference is that Fox has a business centered around feeding convenient lies to conservatives in order to rile them up and keep them tuned in. But even Fox has to maintain relative credibility with its gullible audience, or it risks losing them.
When Donald Trump agreed to do a coronavirus town hall on Fox News last night, he and his handlers must have been expecting a series of softball questions. After all, Fox News viewers are the people who like him. Perhaps he thought he’d get asked questions about how successful he is, or what an amazing job he’s done with the coronavirus crisis. Instead, the audience questions were are all fairly reasonable and topical.
Fox could have cherry picked questions that were about how great Trump is – surely a few were submitted – but that’s clearly not where Fox’s audience is. Even these gullible conservatives are worried about treatments and vaccines, food and income, and the importance of what’s going on right now. Donald Trump must not have expected these questions, because he had no idea how to answer almost any of them.
At one point Donald Trump was telling a bizarre and inaccurate story about World War I. He’d been asked about nursing homes. At another point Trump began rambling about airline bailouts. He’d been asked about how to save an individually-run business with no employees. His answers didn’t even match the questions.
It’s not just that Donald Trump made himself look really inept in the eyes of an unusually sober Fox News audience. The real problem for Trump is that even a lot of Fox viewers seem to be looking for serious solutions and governmental competence right now – and Trump has absolutely no idea how to deliver that or even address it. Serious moments require serious leaders, and Trump is more of a failing carnival barker than ever.
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TRUMP GONE WILD

The President of the United States spent the weekend at Camp David “ working , ” or as what the rest of us refer to as tweeting and eating badly .
He returned on Sunday , and by Monday morning he was back with his rantings of a madman , tweeting : “ Concast ” should open up a long overdue Florida Cold Case against Pscycho Joe Scarborough .
I know him and Crazy Mika well , used them beautifully in the last Election , dumped them nicely , and will state on the record that he is “ nuts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ # OPENJOECOLDCASE ” Trump apparently is referring the accidental death of a Joe Scarborough staffer back when Scarborough was in Congress .
One would think Trump has better things to do than lash out at Joe and Mika , but alas , a little like the cashew calling the pecan “ nuts , ” Trump is in his full glory and likely prepping for his rallies .
One might think he would be focused on the upcoming Supreme Court cases involving release of his records , or responding and providing DNA in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to address that the Epstein records be unsealed .
Or maybe Trump should be focused on the carnage that is COVID-19 , with the numbers continuing to escalate and Trump ’ s own internal numbers showing deaths in the coming weeks escalating daily , with the number of COVID-related deaths growing to perhaps 100,000 by sometime midyear .
But instead , he is tweeting about who is nuts , and about truckers supporting him .

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The President of the United States spent the weekend at Camp David “working,” or as what the rest of us refer to as tweeting and eating badly. He returned on Sunday, and by Monday morning he was back with his rantings of a madman, tweeting:
“Concast” should open up a long overdue Florida Cold Case against Pscycho Joe Scarborough. I know him and Crazy Mika well, used them beautifully in the last Election, dumped them nicely, and will state on the record that he is “nuts”. Besides, bad ratings! #OPENJOECOLDCASE”
Trump apparently is referring the accidental death of a Joe Scarborough staffer back when Scarborough was in Congress. One would think Trump has better things to do than lash out at Joe and Mika, but alas, a little like the cashew calling the pecan “nuts,” Trump is in his full glory and likely prepping for his rallies. One might think he would be focused on the upcoming Supreme Court cases involving release of his records, or responding and providing DNA in the E. Jean Carroll matter, or trying to address that the Epstein records be unsealed.
Or maybe Trump should be focused on the carnage that is COVID-19, with the numbers continuing to escalate and Trump’s own internal numbers showing deaths in the coming weeks escalating daily, with the number of COVID-related deaths growing to perhaps 100,000 by sometime midyear. But instead, he is tweeting about who is nuts, and about truckers supporting him.
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palmerreport--2020-05-05--Donald Trump has unhinged meltdown about Kellyanne Conway, Rick Wilson, and Egg McMuffins

On Monday , the anti-Trump republican group The Lincoln Project released a highly effective TV ad which spun Ronald Reagan ’ s “ Morning in America ” into a darker narrative about “ Mourning in America.
” The ad quickly went viral online , and Trump must have eventually gotten wind of it , because at nearly 1:00 in the morning he went completely bonkers about it .
Completely bonkers : A group of RINO Republicans who failed badly 12 years ago , then again 8 years ago , and then got BADLY beaten by me , a political first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ copied ( no imagination ) the concept of an ad from Ronald Reagan , “ Morning in America ” , doing everything possible to because they don ’ t know how to win , and their so-called Lincoln Project is a disgrace to Honest Abe .
I don ’ t know what Kellyanne did to her deranged loser of a husband , Moonface , but it must have been really bad .
John Weaver lost big for Kasich ( to me ) .
Crazed Rick Wilson lost for Evan “ McMuffin ” McMullin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ & Reed Galvin lost for John McCain , Romney ’ s campaign manager ( ? )
lost big to “ O ” , & Jennifer Horn got thrown out of the New Hampshire Republican Party .
They ’ re all LOSERS , but Abe Lincoln , Republican , is all smiles !
Wait , what ?
We ’ re not even sure where to start with this .
Donald Trump has managed to include Kellyanne Conway , the great Rick Wilson , and ( we think ) Egg McMuffins into the same unhinged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cute how Trump just gave up and put a question after “ Romney ’ s campaign manager , ” seemingly admitting that even he has no idea if any of this stuff he ’ s ranting about is really true .
Of course all Trump has really done here is give even more attention to the attack ad against him .

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On Monday, the anti-Trump republican group The Lincoln Project released a highly effective TV ad which spun Ronald Reagan’s “Morning in America” into a darker narrative about “Mourning in America.” The ad quickly went viral online, and Trump must have eventually gotten wind of it, because at nearly 1:00 in the morning he went completely bonkers about it. Completely bonkers:
A group of RINO Republicans who failed badly 12 years ago, then again 8 years ago, and then got BADLY beaten by me, a political first timer, 4 years ago, have copied (no imagination) the concept of an ad from Ronald Reagan, “Morning in America”, doing everything possible to because they don’t know how to win, and their so-called Lincoln Project is a disgrace to Honest Abe. I don’t know what Kellyanne did to her deranged loser of a husband, Moonface, but it must have been really bad. John Weaver lost big for Kasich (to me). Crazed Rick Wilson lost for Evan “McMuffin” McMullin (to me). Steve Schmidt & Reed Galvin lost for John McCain, Romney’s campaign manager (?) lost big to “O”, & Jennifer Horn got thrown out of the New Hampshire Republican Party. They’re all LOSERS, but Abe Lincoln, Republican, is all smiles!
Wait, what? We’re not even sure where to start with this. Donald Trump has managed to include Kellyanne Conway, the great Rick Wilson, and (we think) Egg McMuffins into the same unhinged meltdown. Also, it’s cute how Trump just gave up and put a question after “Romney’s campaign manager,” seemingly admitting that even he has no idea if any of this stuff he’s ranting about is really true. Of course all Trump has really done here is give even more attention to the attack ad against him.
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palmerreport--2020-05-05--Sean Hannity hits the panic button

Sean Hannity hits the panic button

Even the worst cable news host , with the most gullible audience , has to worry about maintaining relative credibility with that audience .
Sean Hannity is the worst cable news host , and he surely has the most gullible audience .
But even he knows that certain developments on his side of the political fence make his side look tremendously bad – and could end up costing his hero Donald Trump the election .
There are few things more jarring than the sight of armed “ protesters ” storming into capitol buildings and public places , waving around assault @ @ @ @ @ @ @ change the law .
Most people – even most gun owners – see this as a form of terrorism , as anyone waving a gun and demanding to get their way is doing it wrong .
Yet these kinds of “ protests ” are playing out across the country , and everyone can see that the idiots waving the guns are all on the side of Donald Trump .
This is so potentially damaging to Trump , even Sean Hannity is sounding the alarm , and essentially begging these goons to stop their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seems to have no understanding that he needs to distance himself from these armed idiots who are trying to take democracy hostage .
After Trump tweeted “ LIBERATE MICHIGAN ” awhile back , he recently tweeted that these armed insurgents were “ good people.
” Trump is still focused on his extremist base , even if he alienates everyone else in the process , even though poll numbers make it painfully clear that he can ’ t win in 2020 with his base alone .

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Even the worst cable news host, with the most gullible audience, has to worry about maintaining relative credibility with that audience. Sean Hannity is the worst cable news host, and he surely has the most gullible audience. But even he knows that certain developments on his side of the political fence make his side look tremendously bad – and could end up costing his hero Donald Trump the election.
There are few things more jarring than the sight of armed “protesters” storming into capitol buildings and public places, waving around assault rifles, and demanding that the government change the law. Most people – even most gun owners – see this as a form of terrorism, as anyone waving a gun and demanding to get their way is doing it wrong.
Yet these kinds of “protests” are playing out across the country, and everyone can see that the idiots waving the guns are all on the side of Donald Trump. This is so potentially damaging to Trump, even Sean Hannity is sounding the alarm, and essentially begging these goons to stop their armed antics:
Hannity comes out against armed protests: This with the militia look here and these long guns uhhh no. Show of force is dangerous. That puts our police at risk… No one should be attempting to intimidate officials with a show of force pic.twitter.com/glWU0uaEio — Acyn (@Acyn) May 5, 2020
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Meanwhile, Donald Trump seems to have no understanding that he needs to distance himself from these armed idiots who are trying to take democracy hostage. After Trump tweeted “LIBERATE MICHIGAN” awhile back, he recently tweeted that these armed insurgents were “good people.” Trump is still focused on his extremist base, even if he alienates everyone else in the process, even though poll numbers make it painfully clear that he can’t win in 2020 with his base alone.
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palmerreport--2020-05-05--Trump would sure like to have this tweet back

Now that everything is falling apart for Donald Trump , he has no idea what 2020 campaign strategy to even try at this point .
He ’ s trying to not only blame the coronavirus crisis on China , but also somehow blame the Democrats and the media for having conspired with China or something ?
Trump tweeted this on Monday evening : “ MSDNC and FAKE NEWS CNN are going wild trying to protect China !
” That ’ s right , he ’ s so far gone , he now thinks MSNBC and the DNC have morphed into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is that sewage for brains Trump is trying to say here , it ’ s undermined by one of his own prior tweets .
That ’ s right , Donald Trump told us back then that he was working with China on the coronavirus crisis , and listening to what Chinese President Xi had to tell him about it .
Now he ’ s trying to claim that he was tough on China all along , and that everyone else is somehow in bed with China .
Nice try , Donald .

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Now that everything is falling apart for Donald Trump, he has no idea what 2020 campaign strategy to even try at this point. He’s trying to not only blame the coronavirus crisis on China, but also somehow blame the Democrats and the media for having conspired with China or something?
Trump tweeted this on Monday evening: “MSDNC and FAKE NEWS CNN are going wild trying to protect China!” That’s right, he’s so far gone, he now thinks MSNBC and the DNC have morphed into one new entity called MSDNC. Whatever it is that sewage for brains Trump is trying to say here, it’s undermined by one of his own prior tweets.
Back in late March, Donald Trump tweeted this:
Just finished a very good conversation with President Xi of China. Discussed in great detail the CoronaVirus that is ravaging large parts of our Planet. China has been through much & has developed a strong understanding of the Virus. We are working closely together. Much respect! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 27, 2020
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That’s right, Donald Trump told us back then that he was working with China on the coronavirus crisis, and listening to what Chinese President Xi had to tell him about it. Now he’s trying to claim that he was tough on China all along, and that everyone else is somehow in bed with China. Nice try, Donald.
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palmerreport--2020-05-05--Katie Porter comes out swinging

Katie Porter comes out swinging

Even as Donald Trump continues to try to spin the coronavirus crisis as somehow improving , leaked White House internal @ @ @ @ @ even the Trump regime expects the daily death toll to be twice as bad by @ @ @ @ @ .
Trump could have put a big dent in this mess if he ’ d @ @ @ @ @ across the board early on , but Trump loudly refused to do so .
Now @ @ @ @ @ going directly at Donald Trump over this :

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Even as Donald Trump continues to try to spin the coronavirus crisis as somehow improving, leaked White House internal numbers on Monday revealed that even the Trump regime expects the daily death toll to be twice as bad by June as it is now. Trump could have put a big dent in this mess if he’d invoked the Defense Production Act across the board early on, but Trump loudly refused to do so.
Now Democratic Congresswoman Katie Porter is going directly at Donald Trump over this:
President Trump didn’t use the Defense Production Act to get ahead of the pandemic and secure PPE and tests. He did, however, jump to use the DPA when special interests asked. https://t.co/Z51EypT115 — Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) May 5, 2020
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palmerreport--2020-05-05--The real story behind Joe Biden’s running mate saga

If you pay attention to political Twitter , you ’ ll see that Kamala Harris is the overwhelming favorite to be Joe Biden ’ s running mate .
But if you look at any of the national polls that have been published lately , you ’ ll see that Elizabeth Warren is the clear favorite .
So what ’ s the real story here ?
It ’ s easy to figure out why there ’ s such a divergence .
When you poll Twitter , you ’ re talking to solely to people who are politically enthusiastic enough to want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re also , for the most part , hearing from Democrats and not Republicans .
After all , even the most ardent of Trump supporters aren ’ t spending all that much time focusing on Biden ’ s running mate pick .
In contrast , the national polls are talking to everyone .
There are always reasons to question the accuracy of polls .
But let ’ s say these polls are accurate , and the overall voting populace is currently favoring Elizabeth Warren over Kamala Harris .
Part of that could simply @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Americans are plenty familiar with both Senators , the reality is that the average voter pays far less attention .
Harris dropped out long before the primary race heated up , while Warren remained in the race through Super Tuesday , meaning Warren got far more exposure from it .
So some people being polled could simply be picking Warren because she ’ s the name they ’ re most familiar with .
The real story is that Joe Biden isn ’ t going to pick his running mate based on a poll @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his pick on whom he thinks is qualified for the job , whom he thinks is compatible for him , and how his pick might impact election math .
One thing to keep in mind : with this many highly qualified options , some people won ’ t initially like the pick no matter who it ends up being .
But once Biden ’ s running mate gains the additional exposure of being picked , you can expect that person ’ s poll numbers to climb .

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If you pay attention to political Twitter, you’ll see that Kamala Harris is the overwhelming favorite to be Joe Biden’s running mate. But if you look at any of the national polls that have been published lately, you’ll see that Elizabeth Warren is the clear favorite. So what’s the real story here?
It’s easy to figure out why there’s such a divergence. When you poll Twitter, you’re talking to solely to people who are politically enthusiastic enough to want a stake in this. You’re also, for the most part, hearing from Democrats and not Republicans. After all, even the most ardent of Trump supporters aren’t spending all that much time focusing on Biden’s running mate pick. In contrast, the national polls are talking to everyone.
There are always reasons to question the accuracy of polls. But let’s say these polls are accurate, and the overall voting populace is currently favoring Elizabeth Warren over Kamala Harris. Part of that could simply be name recognition. While politically savvy Americans are plenty familiar with both Senators, the reality is that the average voter pays far less attention. Harris dropped out long before the primary race heated up, while Warren remained in the race through Super Tuesday, meaning Warren got far more exposure from it. So some people being polled could simply be picking Warren because she’s the name they’re most familiar with.
The real story is that Joe Biden isn’t going to pick his running mate based on a poll. He’s going to base his pick on whom he thinks is qualified for the job, whom he thinks is compatible for him, and how his pick might impact election math. One thing to keep in mind: with this many highly qualified options, some people won’t initially like the pick no matter who it ends up being. But once Biden’s running mate gains the additional exposure of being picked, you can expect that person’s poll numbers to climb.
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palmerreport--2020-05-05--Donald Trump Jr is having a pretty bad day

Donald Trump Jr is the kind of guy who seems to think I can ’ t see his tweets anymore , and that I ’ ll therefore stop writing about him , just because he blocked me on Twitter .
He ’ s also the kind of guy who thinks that if he keeps tweeting about how other people ’ s golf courses should be allowed to reopen during lockdowns , no one will realize that he ’ s really lobbying for his own Trump golf courses to reopen .
But the real trouble for Donald Trump Jr is when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weight .
It ’ s one thing for him to tweet his own silly gibberish while his father ’ s idiot fans lavish him with praise for it .
It ’ s another thing to go after someone like Dan Rather .
Last night Donald Trump insisted that he ’ s been treated even worse than Abraham Lincoln , while pointing to a statue of Abraham Lincoln .
Dan Rather responded by tweeting “ One rule of American politics : don ’ t compare yourself to Abraham Lincoln.
” Donald Trump Jr decided @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But instead of taking on Rather directly , he sought out some troll account called “ cat turd ” that had attacked Rather , and retweeted that instead .
That ’ s right , Trump Junior is trying to take on Dan Rather by retweeting someone named cat turd .
Tells you all you need to know .

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Donald Trump Jr is the kind of guy who seems to think I can’t see his tweets anymore, and that I’ll therefore stop writing about him, just because he blocked me on Twitter. He’s also the kind of guy who thinks that if he keeps tweeting about how other people’s golf courses should be allowed to reopen during lockdowns, no one will realize that he’s really lobbying for his own Trump golf courses to reopen.
But the real trouble for Donald Trump Jr is when he starts trying to punch above his weight. It’s one thing for him to tweet his own silly gibberish while his father’s idiot fans lavish him with praise for it. It’s another thing to go after someone like Dan Rather.
Last night Donald Trump insisted that he’s been treated even worse than Abraham Lincoln, while pointing to a statue of Abraham Lincoln. Dan Rather responded by tweeting “One rule of American politics: don’t compare yourself to Abraham Lincoln.”
Donald Trump Jr decided to attack Dan Rather over this. But instead of taking on Rather directly, he sought out some troll account called “cat turd” that had attacked Rather, and retweeted that instead. That’s right, Trump Junior is trying to take on Dan Rather by retweeting someone named cat turd. Tells you all you need to know.
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palmerreport--2020-05-05--Chris Christie just laid an egg

Chris Christie just laid an egg

With all the idiotic things that Donald Trump has said in the past twenty-four hours alone , you ’ d think that others in his orbit would have a hard time trying to top him .
But Trump ’ s sometimes-stooge Chris Christie is apparently intent on trying to out-stupid Trump right now .
Chris Christie was interviewed by CNN for a podcast today , because apparently Chris Christie has now fallen so far that even major news outlets are only willing to feature him on a podcast .
If they were hoping he ’ d say something stupid , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that we should start reopening the economy because “ there are going to be deaths no matter what.
” Wait , what ?
Is Chris Christie trying to make the straight faced argument that there ’ s no difference between , say , maintaining proper lockdowns and having a death toll of a hundred thousand people , or throwing caution to the wind and having a death toll of two hundred thousand ?
Does he not realize how idiotic and frankly murderous he sounds when he says this ?
Even if “ kill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , these guys aren ’ t supposed to say the quiet part out loud .
Then again , Chris Christie says everything loudly .

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With all the idiotic things that Donald Trump has said in the past twenty-four hours alone, you’d think that others in his orbit would have a hard time trying to top him. But Trump’s sometimes-stooge Chris Christie is apparently intent on trying to out-stupid Trump right now.
Chris Christie was interviewed by CNN for a podcast today, because apparently Chris Christie has now fallen so far that even major news outlets are only willing to feature him on a podcast. If they were hoping he’d say something stupid, they got their wish. Christie insisted that we should start reopening the economy because “there are going to be deaths no matter what.” Wait, what?
Is Chris Christie trying to make the straight faced argument that there’s no difference between, say, maintaining proper lockdowns and having a death toll of a hundred thousand people, or throwing caution to the wind and having a death toll of two hundred thousand? Does he not realize how idiotic and frankly murderous he sounds when he says this? Even if “kill everyone” is the Trump-era Republican position, these guys aren’t supposed to say the quiet part out loud. Then again, Chris Christie says everything loudly.
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palmerreport--2020-05-05--Mitch McConnell has a whole new problem

Mitch McConnell has a whole new problem

With Donald Trump ’ s chances of reelection shrinking , Mitch McConnell knows he ’ s facing the very real possibility that his streak of confirming corrupt extremist right wing judges will soon end .
President Joe Biden certainly isn ’ t going to nominate the kinds of judges McConnell wants .
For that matter , McConnell is in some danger of losing the Senate majority entirely .
So it ’ s not surprising to see that , even in the midst of a pandemic , Mitch McConnell is now going into overdrive to finish the job of confirming as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all , it ’ s what his wealthy conservative donors are paying him to do .
The thing is , while McConnell usually has a sense just how much or little corruption he can get away with in any given moment and still survive , he may have just stepped in it .
The chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals is now attempting to launch a formal investigation into whether Mitch McConnell forced a sitting judge to retire early , just so he could confirm the massively unfit Justin Walker in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the New York Times .
So what does this mean for McConnell ?
That ’ s tough to say , because there ’ s so little precedent for something like this .
But realistically , McConnell now has to decide whether to push forward with the Walker nomination and risk whatever consequences might come of this judicial investigation , or scuttle the Walker nomination in the hope of making it all go away .
Mitch McConnell has a history of usually pulling back whenever one of his dastardly schemes is at risk of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ keeping his powder dry so he can use it on the corrupt schemes he really wants to accomplish .
But with McConnell potentially running out of time thanks to the Trump implosion , we ’ ll see if he pushes forward with this stunt , and where the judicial investigation might go .

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With Donald Trump’s chances of reelection shrinking, Mitch McConnell knows he’s facing the very real possibility that his streak of confirming corrupt extremist right wing judges will soon end. President Joe Biden certainly isn’t going to nominate the kinds of judges McConnell wants. For that matter, McConnell is in some danger of losing the Senate majority entirely.
So it’s not surprising to see that, even in the midst of a pandemic, Mitch McConnell is now going into overdrive to finish the job of confirming as many unfit judges as possible. After all, it’s what his wealthy conservative donors are paying him to do. The thing is, while McConnell usually has a sense just how much or little corruption he can get away with in any given moment and still survive, he may have just stepped in it.
The chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals is now attempting to launch a formal investigation into whether Mitch McConnell forced a sitting judge to retire early, just so he could confirm the massively unfit Justin Walker in his place. This is according to the New York Times. So what does this mean for McConnell? That’s tough to say, because there’s so little precedent for something like this. But realistically, McConnell now has to decide whether to push forward with the Walker nomination and risk whatever consequences might come of this judicial investigation, or scuttle the Walker nomination in the hope of making it all go away.
Mitch McConnell has a history of usually pulling back whenever one of his dastardly schemes is at risk of blowing up in his face, instead keeping his powder dry so he can use it on the corrupt schemes he really wants to accomplish. But with McConnell potentially running out of time thanks to the Trump implosion, we’ll see if he pushes forward with this stunt, and where the judicial investigation might go.
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palmerreport--2020-05-05--Donald Trump now appears to be focused on what he’ll do if he loses the election

Here in the real world , we all know that the odds are strong that Donald Trump will lose the 2020 election .
The question has been whether the ever-delusional Trump was going to figure out that there ’ s a very real chance he ’ ll lose .
After all , the coronavirus crisis should be a loud wakeup call about his sinking prospects , even for his tin ear .
Now a lengthy new expose from Vanity Fair appears to be giving us the answer .
We ’ ve all seen from Donald Trump ’ s tweets that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ News for not giving him the consistently favorable coverage that it used to , and he ’ s grown fond of far right conspiracy theory cable news network OANN instead .
Now Vanity Fair is reporting that Donald Trump Jr is buying a big stake in OANN , and someone involved with the situation says that Donald Trump is looking at taking over OANN if he loses the election .
This would allow him to bloviate on-air to his fawning cult members whenever he likes , and ensure that the rest of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it currently is .
Of course back in the real world , it ’ s clear that if Donald Trump loses the election , New York State and the Feds will be fighting over who gets to arrest him first .
It ’ s difficult to imagine New York won ’ t arrest Donald Trump Jr as well .
But they ’ re each far too delusional to soberly embrace that scenario , so they ’ re fantasizing about running a cable news network if Trump loses .
But the real story here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on what he ’ ll do if he loses the election .
This suggests he really is worried about losing .

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Here in the real world, we all know that the odds are strong that Donald Trump will lose the 2020 election. The question has been whether the ever-delusional Trump was going to figure out that there’s a very real chance he’ll lose. After all, the coronavirus crisis should be a loud wakeup call about his sinking prospects, even for his tin ear.
Now a lengthy new expose from Vanity Fair appears to be giving us the answer. We’ve all seen from Donald Trump’s tweets that he’s grown angry at Fox News for not giving him the consistently favorable coverage that it used to, and he’s grown fond of far right conspiracy theory cable news network OANN instead.
Now Vanity Fair is reporting that Donald Trump Jr is buying a big stake in OANN, and someone involved with the situation says that Donald Trump is looking at taking over OANN if he loses the election. This would allow him to bloviate on-air to his fawning cult members whenever he likes, and ensure that the rest of the network remains the Trump propaganda outlet that it currently is.
Of course back in the real world, it’s clear that if Donald Trump loses the election, New York State and the Feds will be fighting over who gets to arrest him first. It’s difficult to imagine New York won’t arrest Donald Trump Jr as well. But they’re each far too delusional to soberly embrace that scenario, so they’re fantasizing about running a cable news network if Trump loses. But the real story here is that Trump appears to be focusing on what he’ll do if he loses the election. This suggests he really is worried about losing.
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palmerreport--2020-05-06--Donald Trump can’t handle a taste of his own medicine

There have already been a number of effective TV ads aimed at Donald Trump during this still-unfolding election cycle .
Some of them have come from the Joe Biden campaign .
Some of them have come from liberal groups .
But the most effective TV ads against Trump seem to keep coming from anti-Trump republican groups .
Yesterday ’ s new “ Mourning in America ” TV ad from the Lincoln Project has been so effective right out of the gate , Donald Trump has already thrown two tirades about it , thirteen hours apart .
He ’ s clearly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against him , because in a presidential election , any amount of party crossover spells doom ( ask the democrats about 1984 ) .
But there ’ s another reason why these republican anti-Trump ads are working so well .
Republican political operatives are never afraid to punch below the belt .
These operatives are accustomed to working for weak , corrupt , worthless republican candidates who can only win by going after the superior democratic candidate in ugly fashion .
Now some of these republican operatives are taking ugly shots at Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the democrats for once .
They ’ re not being dishonest in how they ’ re going after Trump – they ’ re just being brutally ugly about it , like he deserves .
It ’ s not that democratic political operatives don ’ t have it in them to fight ugly .
It ’ s that everyone inherently knows the liberals are the good guys .
Accordingly , the left , the center , the right , and the media have always held the left to a much higher standard .
Liberals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nitpicking their own side to death , making democratic operatives afraid of hitting the other side too hard , lest liberal observers end up deciding that the democratic operatives are somehow the bad guys .
But after three years of Donald Trump burning America to the ground , this is an entirely different era .
Joe Biden launched an ad this week depicting Donald Trump as a pathetic crybaby , complete with a “ cry me a river ” soundtrack .
We ’ ll see more of those kinds of ads coming from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s the anti-Trump republicans who are most at ease making these kinds of ugly ads .
No wonder Trump is so worried about some of the GOP ’ s most effective operatives now playing for the other team .

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There have already been a number of effective TV ads aimed at Donald Trump during this still-unfolding election cycle. Some of them have come from the Joe Biden campaign. Some of them have come from liberal groups. But the most effective TV ads against Trump seem to keep coming from anti-Trump republican groups.
Yesterday’s new “Mourning in America” TV ad from the Lincoln Project has been so effective right out of the gate, Donald Trump has already thrown two tirades about it, thirteen hours apart. He’s clearly worried about the prospect of republicans voting against him, because in a presidential election, any amount of party crossover spells doom (ask the democrats about 1984). But there’s another reason why these republican anti-Trump ads are working so well.
Republican political operatives are never afraid to punch below the belt. These operatives are accustomed to working for weak, corrupt, worthless republican candidates who can only win by going after the superior democratic candidate in ugly fashion. Now some of these republican operatives are taking ugly shots at Donald Trump, in an effort at helping the democrats for once. They’re not being dishonest in how they’re going after Trump – they’re just being brutally ugly about it, like he deserves.
It’s not that democratic political operatives don’t have it in them to fight ugly. It’s that everyone inherently knows the liberals are the good guys. Accordingly, the left, the center, the right, and the media have always held the left to a much higher standard. Liberals in particular have been traditionally known for nitpicking their own side to death, making democratic operatives afraid of hitting the other side too hard, lest liberal observers end up deciding that the democratic operatives are somehow the bad guys.
But after three years of Donald Trump burning America to the ground, this is an entirely different era. Joe Biden launched an ad this week depicting Donald Trump as a pathetic crybaby, complete with a “cry me a river” soundtrack. We’ll see more of those kinds of ads coming from the left. But for now, it’s the anti-Trump republicans who are most at ease making these kinds of ugly ads. No wonder Trump is so worried about some of the GOP’s most effective operatives now playing for the other team.
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palmerreport--2020-05-05--Donald Trump has bizarre “Live and Let Die” moment in Honeywell warehouse

When Mike Pence refused to wear a mask at the Mayo Clinic , it set off a week long negative @ @ @ @ @ before he finally had to admit during a town hall that he should have worn @ @ @ @ @ clearly learned nothing from this , as he toured a Honeywell factory today in Arizona @ @ @ @ @ googles but no mask .
It gets even worse .
Watch this Washington Post video @ @ @ @ @ today , and be sure to turn the sound up : That ’ s right @ @ @ @ @ blasting the Paul McCartney song “ Live and Let Die ” during Donald Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ s not at all clear if this was a mere coincidence and was part of @ @ @ @ @ warehouse , or if the workers were trying to send some kind of message to @ @ @ @ @ this is beyond surreal .
In addition , CNN ’ s Jim Acosta tweeted this @ @ @ @ @ “ required ” in the factory that Donald Trump was touring :

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When Mike Pence refused to wear a mask at the Mayo Clinic, it set off a week long negative news cycle for him, before he finally had to admit during a town hall that he should have worn one. Donald Trump has clearly learned nothing from this, as he toured a Honeywell factory today in Arizona, and he wore safety googles but no mask. It gets even worse.
Watch this Washington Post video of Trump touring the factory today, and be sure to turn the sound up:
They are also, somewhat inappropriately, blasting 'Live and let die' over the factory sound system pic.twitter.com/A11qkUla2F — Zach Purser Brown (@zachjourno) May 5, 2020
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That’s right, the warehouse is clearly blasting the Paul McCartney song “Live and Let Die” during Donald Trump’s visit. It’s not at all clear if this was a mere coincidence and was part of a regular soundtrack for the warehouse, or if the workers were trying to send some kind of message to Trump. Either way, this is beyond surreal.
In addition, CNN’s Jim Acosta tweeted this image confirming that facemarks were “required” in the factory that Donald Trump was touring:
Trump not wearing mask but goggles at Honeywell facility. Other aides not wearing masks at all. Sign in facility says “face mask required in this area.” pic.twitter.com/Uq7Fr2ioeS — Jim Acosta (@Acosta) May 5, 2020
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palmerreport--2020-05-05--Donald Trump crashes and burns during David Muir interview

If Donald Trump thought he was going to get a bunch of glowing softball questions when he did a virtual town hall with Fox News viewers over the weekend , he instead got hit with a number of serious and tough questions about the coronavirus crisis – and he wasn ’ t remotely prepared to answer them .
Now Trump has decided to sit down with David Muir of ABC News , and it ’ s going even more poorly for him .
David Muir did little to challenge Donald Trump on his lies and non-answers .
But Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be self inflicting .
When Muir asked Trump to say something to the families of those who have died in the crisis , Trump mostly babbled about the economy .
He also suggested that he ’ s the biggest victim in this crisis .
When Trump was asked why he didn ’ t restock the nation ’ s medical supplies during his first three years in office , he blamed impeachment .
Donald Trump ’ s answers in this interview were almost stunningly tone-deaf , to the point of suggesting two things .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ he ’ s unable to even figure out how to pretend to be showing empathy .
Second , Trump has become senile enough that even though his handlers have clearly loaded him up with a number of stock answers , he can ’ t even figure out which questions those answers are supposed to match up with .

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If Donald Trump thought he was going to get a bunch of glowing softball questions when he did a virtual town hall with Fox News viewers over the weekend, he instead got hit with a number of serious and tough questions about the coronavirus crisis – and he wasn’t remotely prepared to answer them. Now Trump has decided to sit down with David Muir of ABC News, and it’s going even more poorly for him.
David Muir did little to challenge Donald Trump on his lies and non-answers. But Trump’s answers alone were bad enough to be self inflicting. When Muir asked Trump to say something to the families of those who have died in the crisis, Trump mostly babbled about the economy. He also suggested that he’s the biggest victim in this crisis. When Trump was asked why he didn’t restock the nation’s medical supplies during his first three years in office, he blamed impeachment.
Donald Trump’s answers in this interview were almost stunningly tone-deaf, to the point of suggesting two things. First, Trump is so sociopathic, he’s unable to even figure out how to pretend to be showing empathy. Second, Trump has become senile enough that even though his handlers have clearly loaded him up with a number of stock answers, he can’t even figure out which questions those answers are supposed to match up with.
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palmerreport--2020-05-05--Donald Trump is having his “Mission accomplished” moment – and it’s a disaster for him

Donald Trump has traveled to Arizona to tour a corporate manufacturing plant today , in some kind of weird attempt at convincing us that the coronavirus is now magically over and the economy is now magically going to be okay .
To give you an idea of how inept and tone-deaf this plan is , Trump wore safety goggles during his tour , but no mask .
The Trump regime also let it be known today that the coronavirus task force is now “ winding down , ” in a further attempt at painting a picture of this crisis being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world , the Trump regime ’ s own recently leaked documents reveal that it expects the daily death toll to be twice as bad a month from now as it is right now .
Donald Trump is clearly trying to pull a “ Mission Accomplished ” gambit here .
That ’ s cute .
Some people might even believe it , for now , until they see where the death toll heads in the coming weeks .
Trump has spent a lot of time ranting about George W. Bush over the past few @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how his “ Mission Accomplished ” moment went for him .

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Donald Trump has traveled to Arizona to tour a corporate manufacturing plant today, in some kind of weird attempt at convincing us that the coronavirus is now magically over and the economy is now magically going to be okay. To give you an idea of how inept and tone-deaf this plan is, Trump wore safety goggles during his tour, but no mask.
The Trump regime also let it be known today that the coronavirus task force is now “winding down,” in a further attempt at painting a picture of this crisis being over. Meanwhile back in the real world, the Trump regime’s own recently leaked documents reveal that it expects the daily death toll to be twice as bad a month from now as it is right now.
Donald Trump is clearly trying to pull a “Mission Accomplished” gambit here. That’s cute. Some people might even believe it, for now, until they see where the death toll heads in the coming weeks. Trump has spent a lot of time ranting about George W. Bush over the past few days. Perhaps Trump should ask Bush how his “Mission Accomplished” moment went for him.
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palmerreport--2020-05-05--Get your popcorn: whistleblower Dr. Rick Bright is testifying against Donald Trump

Last week the news surfaced Dr. Rick Bright was filing a whistleblower complaint against the Trump regime , because he was removed from his position after he privately sounded the alarm about Donald Trump ’ s favorite phony miracle cure hydroxychloroquine .
Now it ’ s official – and Bright is set to testify during an upcoming congressional hearing .
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Bright is now set to testify before a House subcommittee next Thursday May 14th , according to a CNN report .
Shortly after this news surfaced , Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared on Ari Melber ’ s MSNBC show @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be testifying next week – and she said it will be “ very damaging ” testimony .
This testimony is not yet on the official schedule on the House website , so we don ’ t have confirmation as to whether it will take place in public or private .
But for the most part , House testimony only takes place in private if it involves national security secrets , or if multiple witnesses are being privately screened to see if their testimony matches up .
In this case , Dr .
Bright @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we ’ re expecting he ’ ll likely testify in public .
The Trump regime may or may not make moves to try to block Dr .
Bright from testifying , but they don ’ t appear to have any method of blocking Bright that would actually work .
In general , whenever the Trump regime has tried to block people from testifying before Congress , it ’ s only succeeded when those people didn ’ t want to testify to begin with .
In this instance , Bright clearly wants to testify @

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Last week the news surfaced Dr. Rick Bright was filing a whistleblower complaint against the Trump regime, because he was removed from his position after he privately sounded the alarm about Donald Trump’s favorite phony miracle cure hydroxychloroquine. Now it’s official – and Bright is set to testify during an upcoming congressional hearing.
Dr. Bright is now set to testify before a House subcommittee next Thursday May 14th, according to a CNN report. Shortly after this news surfaced, Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared on Ari Melber’s MSNBC show and confirmed that Bright will in fact be testifying next week – and she said it will be “very damaging” testimony.
This testimony is not yet on the official schedule on the House website, so we don’t have confirmation as to whether it will take place in public or private. But for the most part, House testimony only takes place in private if it involves national security secrets, or if multiple witnesses are being privately screened to see if their testimony matches up. In this case, Dr. Bright is a credible expert witness, and we’re expecting he’ll likely testify in public.
The Trump regime may or may not make moves to try to block Dr. Bright from testifying, but they don’t appear to have any method of blocking Bright that would actually work. In general, whenever the Trump regime has tried to block people from testifying before Congress, it’s only succeeded when those people didn’t want to testify to begin with. In this instance, Bright clearly wants to testify.
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palmerreport--2020-05-05--Donald Trump goes berserk about Jimmy Kimmel, ends up getting dunked on

Donald Trump decided to take a brief pause from attacking the Republicans who don ’ t like him , and @ @ @ @ @ attacking the late night hosts who don ’ t like him .
Trump took at @ @ @ @ @ of the “ big three ” late night hosts : Wow !
Congratulations to Greg @ @ @ @ @ Trump Hater who has come all the way home .
His Ratings easily beat no @ @ @ @ @ guy Jimmy Fallon , and wacko “ last placer ” Jimmy Kimmel .
Greg built @ @ @ @ @ and did a great job in doing so .
@ FoxNews Jimmy Kimmel was quick @ @ @ @ @ back at Donald Trump accordingly : Happy Cinco de Mayo Mr. President !
Thanks for @ @ @ @ @ back to work royally fucking everything up !
https : //t.co/aa3VKeePJv

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Donald Trump decided to take a brief pause from attacking the Republicans who don’t like him, and he decided to instead begin attacking the late night hosts who don’t like him. Trump took at weird shot at all three of the “big three” late night hosts:
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Wow! Congratulations to Greg Gutfeld, a one time Trump Hater who has come all the way home. His Ratings easily beat no talent Stephen Colbert, nice guy Jimmy Fallon, and wacko “last placer” Jimmy Kimmel. Greg built his show from scratch, and did a great job in doing so. @FoxNews — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2020
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Jimmy Kimmel was quick on the draw, firing back at Donald Trump accordingly:
Happy Cinco de Mayo Mr. President! Thanks for the shout-out – now get back to work royally fucking everything up! https://t.co/aa3VKeePJv — Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) May 5, 2020
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palmerreport--2020-05-05--Donald Trump may have just given away his Sudafed habit

Four years ago , on Cinco de Mayo , Donald Trump tweeted a photo of himself pretending to eat out of a taco bowl .
The photo was idiotic , clearly staged , and widely derided .
Today Trump decided to tweet the photo again – and let ’ s just say that some people noticed something curious in the background .
Take a look at what ’ s in the drawer on in Trump ’ s desk : One of those boxes clearly says “ Sudafed ” on it , and there appear to be three additional Sudafed boxes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its own , that wouldn ’ t mean anything .
Most people use Sudafed in a proper manner each day to deal with sinus congestion .
But there are also some people who abuse it for an amphetamine high .
Donald Trump has an infamous history of compulsively sniffing , while displaying the frantic behavior of an amphetamine addict , during certain public appearances .
So now we know that Donald Trump keeps an entire drawer full of Sudafed handy , and he displays several signs of being a Sudafed addict .
Of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plain sight for years .
Thanks to Trump for putting it front and center again today , so everyone could spot the Sudafed this time around .

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Four years ago, on Cinco de Mayo, Donald Trump tweeted a photo of himself pretending to eat out of a taco bowl. The photo was idiotic, clearly staged, and widely derided. Today Trump decided to tweet the photo again – and let’s just say that some people noticed something curious in the background.
Take a look at what’s in the drawer on in Trump’s desk:
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One of those boxes clearly says “Sudafed” on it, and there appear to be three additional Sudafed boxes in the drawer as well. On its own, that wouldn’t mean anything. Most people use Sudafed in a proper manner each day to deal with sinus congestion. But there are also some people who abuse it for an amphetamine high. Donald Trump has an infamous history of compulsively sniffing, while displaying the frantic behavior of an amphetamine addict, during certain public appearances.
So now we know that Donald Trump keeps an entire drawer full of Sudafed handy, and he displays several signs of being a Sudafed addict. Of course this photographic evidence has been in plain sight for years. Thanks to Trump for putting it front and center again today, so everyone could spot the Sudafed this time around.
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palmerreport--2020-05-05--Donald Trump just can’t let it go, digs himself an even deeper hole

Yesterday the Lincoln Project , an anti-Trump republican group , released a TV ad that quickly went viral .
Donald Trump was apparently the last to find out about it , and it definitely got under his skin , because at one in the morning he began ranting about it with a level of derangement that was over the top even by his standards .
Now , he still can ’ t let it go .
Last night Donald Trump went on a bender that saw him referring to George Conway as “ Moonface ” and referring to Evan McMullin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Obama to John McCain to Mitt Romney made an appearance in Trump ’ s bizarre meltdown .
Trump ’ s rant has gone over quite poorly , particularly his “ Moonface ” remark , which may have been a slur aimed at Conway ’ s Asian ethnicity .
In any case , Trump never met a hole he didn ’ t want to dig deeper , so just now he posted this : That ’ s right , Donald Trump has now been ranting about the Lincoln Project for thirteen hours .
By @ @ @ @ @ @ @ group , all he ’ s doing is giving it even more free publicity .
Trump is clearly worried about the prospect of some republicans voting against him in November , and he ’ s only making it worse for himself by not being able to let go of it .

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Yesterday the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump republican group, released a TV ad that quickly went viral. Donald Trump was apparently the last to find out about it, and it definitely got under his skin, because at one in the morning he began ranting about it with a level of derangement that was over the top even by his standards. Now, he still can’t let it go.
Last night Donald Trump went on a bender that saw him referring to George Conway as “Moonface” and referring to Evan McMullin as “McMuffin.” Everyone from Barack Obama to John McCain to Mitt Romney made an appearance in Trump’s bizarre meltdown. Trump’s rant has gone over quite poorly, particularly his “Moonface” remark, which may have been a slur aimed at Conway’s Asian ethnicity. In any case, Trump never met a hole he didn’t want to dig deeper, so just now he posted this:
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Most of the money raised by the RINO losers of the so-called “Lincoln Project”, goes into their own pockets. With what I’ve done on Judges, Taxes, Regulations, Healthcare, the Military, Vets (Choice!) & protecting our great 2A, they should love Trump. Problem is, I BEAT THEM ALL! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2020
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That’s right, Donald Trump has now been ranting about the Lincoln Project for thirteen hours. By hurling insults and baseless accusations at the group, all he’s doing is giving it even more free publicity. Trump is clearly worried about the prospect of some republicans voting against him in November, and he’s only making it worse for himself by not being able to let go of it.
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palmerreport--2020-05-05--Crazy like a Fox News host

Crazy like a Fox News host

Well , it takes a village to raise a village idiot .
While Donald Trump is making his usual hate-spewing , divisive , xenophobic rounds , his rabid , spear-carrying and Trump-genuflecting sycophants , like Tucker Carlson and Congressman Matt Gaetz , are helping him spread scare-mongering , anti-China conspiracy theories .
Turns out , according to this Carlson/Gaetz brain trust , that the Chinese have infiltrated local law enforcement agencies by selling them drones equipped with “ Trojan Horse backdoors.
” These drones are ostensibly used by law enforcement to monitor local interactions of Americans in parks and on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they are observing appropriate social distancing protocols .
But these particular Chinese drones , according to Gaetz , could be “ transmitting data back to China ” so that the Chinese may in turn sell the data to terrorists .
The terrorists can use the information — real-time photos of Americans walking through the streets of Boca Raton or Des Moines or Hackensack , say , — in some way or another .
I ’ m not exactly sure what the terrorists could do with this information but , well , they ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ must have a ) lots of money to spend on nonsense and must be particularly b ) paralysingly stupid .
I learned this latest bit of crapola real time from Donald Trump , Jr. , who tweeted it to me .
That ’ s right , I finally joined the beginning of the middling half of the twenty-first century and got active on my Twitter account this weekend .
You can follow me at @ RAHarrington .
I took a deep breath and put a metaphorical clothespin on my nose and am now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president and his abominable son .
I get hate-flashed notifications of their current idiocies across the top of my iPad .
I no longer have to learn of them later from the New York Times or the Washington Post .
It ’ s Fascism delivered to my computer screen in real-time .
This Trump distraction machine promotes anti-China propaganda with the help of Fox News for one reason alone .
Trump has made such a colossal mess of the federal response to coronavirus that it has now become necessary to manufacture hate on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with the help of Tucker Carlson and other useful idiots at Fox News , promulgating this industrial-strength disinformation to the American people so the American people can have something other than Trump to blame for Trump ’ s screwups .
It ’ s fascism 101 .
This is again why we must , as a people , resist conspiracy theories .
Conspiracy theories are the servants of lies and hysteria .
There are more than enough bad things going on in the world without any need for us to cultivate more .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ they come to us as scintillating explanations , entirely without evidence , and are used to explain real world problems , mysteries and tragedies .
The promoters of these theories provide coincidental circumstances in support of these theories and carefully avoid mentioning known flaws and holes in the theories .
They guess — almost always correctly — that their listeners won ’ t bother to think about what they are being told , nor will they google alternative explanations .
They will , instead , snap their heads back lizard-like and swallow whole @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and they will dutifully retweet or share it .
Especially if it comes from ostensibly “ trusted sources ” like Tucker Carlson .
We are in the early days of this new China syndrome , whereby China will be more and more promoted as the bad guy by the radical right .
The trouble is , China has in fact been at fault in many ways .
So we must negotiate what we learn about China with diligence and careful discernment .
Like all tyrannical regimes , the Chinese go to great @ @ @ @ @ @ @ truth makes them look bad .
In that way they are no different from Trump and his pirate ship full of criminals and bottom feeders infesting the West Wing .
But the unjust hatred against China being promoted through conspiracy theories will soon turn ugly and xenophobic .
It will be fed by the twin demons of falsehood and provocation .
Many Americans will buy into it and repeat it , and much of the blame will consequently fail to fall where it deserves to fall , squarely on the shoulders of Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people of Asian ancestry will needlessly suffer in Trump ’ s place , and that is just fine with the child-raping , murdering Racist-in-Chief .
Do not be distracted by these lies .
We have a real battle to fight and we must not allow ourselves to become confused or preoccupied by irrelevancies .
We must defeat Donald Trump in November .
And , as ever , ladies and gentlemen , brothers and sisters , comrades and friends , stay safe .

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Well, it takes a village to raise a village idiot. While Donald Trump is making his usual hate-spewing, divisive, xenophobic rounds, his rabid, spear-carrying and Trump-genuflecting sycophants, like Tucker Carlson and Congressman Matt Gaetz, are helping him spread scare-mongering, anti-China conspiracy theories.
Turns out, according to this Carlson/Gaetz brain trust, that the Chinese have infiltrated local law enforcement agencies by selling them drones equipped with “Trojan Horse backdoors.” These drones are ostensibly used by law enforcement to monitor local interactions of Americans in parks and on streets to keep them safe by ensuring they are observing appropriate social distancing protocols.
But these particular Chinese drones, according to Gaetz, could be “transmitting data back to China” so that the Chinese may in turn sell the data to terrorists. The terrorists can use the information — real-time photos of Americans walking through the streets of Boca Raton or Des Moines or Hackensack, say, — in some way or another. I’m not exactly sure what the terrorists could do with this information but, well, they’re terrorists after all, so they must have a) lots of money to spend on nonsense and must be particularly b) paralysingly stupid.
I learned this latest bit of crapola real time from Donald Trump, Jr., who tweeted it to me. That’s right, I finally joined the beginning of the middling half of the twenty-first century and got active on my Twitter account this weekend. You can follow me at @RAHarrington. I took a deep breath and put a metaphorical clothespin on my nose and am now following such loathsome creatures as the despicable president and his abominable son. I get hate-flashed notifications of their current idiocies across the top of my iPad. I no longer have to learn of them later from the New York Times or the Washington Post. It’s Fascism delivered to my computer screen in real-time.
This Trump distraction machine promotes anti-China propaganda with the help of Fox News for one reason alone. Trump has made such a colossal mess of the federal response to coronavirus that it has now become necessary to manufacture hate on a national scale. They are busy, with the help of Tucker Carlson and other useful idiots at Fox News, promulgating this industrial-strength disinformation to the American people so the American people can have something other than Trump to blame for Trump’s screwups. It’s fascism 101.
This is again why we must, as a people, resist conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories are the servants of lies and hysteria. There are more than enough bad things going on in the world without any need for us to cultivate more.
Conspiracy theories are easy to spot, they come to us as scintillating explanations, entirely without evidence, and are used to explain real world problems, mysteries and tragedies. The promoters of these theories provide coincidental circumstances in support of these theories and carefully avoid mentioning known flaws and holes in the theories. They guess — almost always correctly — that their listeners won’t bother to think about what they are being told, nor will they google alternative explanations. They will, instead, snap their heads back lizard-like and swallow whole and untasted everything they’re told, and they will dutifully retweet or share it. Especially if it comes from ostensibly “trusted sources” like Tucker Carlson.
We are in the early days of this new China syndrome, whereby China will be more and more promoted as the bad guy by the radical right. The trouble is, China has in fact been at fault in many ways. So we must negotiate what we learn about China with diligence and careful discernment.
Like all tyrannical regimes, the Chinese go to great lengths to hide the truth when the truth makes them look bad. In that way they are no different from Trump and his pirate ship full of criminals and bottom feeders infesting the West Wing. But the unjust hatred against China being promoted through conspiracy theories will soon turn ugly and xenophobic. It will be fed by the twin demons of falsehood and provocation. Many Americans will buy into it and repeat it, and much of the blame will consequently fail to fall where it deserves to fall, squarely on the shoulders of Donald Trump. Innocent Chinese Americans and other people of Asian ancestry will needlessly suffer in Trump’s place, and that is just fine with the child-raping, murdering Racist-in-Chief.
Do not be distracted by these lies. We have a real battle to fight and we must not allow ourselves to become confused or preoccupied by irrelevancies. We must defeat Donald Trump in November. And, as ever, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, comrades and friends, stay safe.
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palmerreport--2020-05-05--Ted Lieu rips the Trump MAGA crowd to pieces

Election polls and approval rating poll continue to suggest that Donald Trump is incrementally losing the support of some people @ @ @ @ @ voted for him last time but were never thrilled with him , and didn ’ @ @ @ @ @ the ghost until they saw how disastrously he handled this pandemic .
But Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ group idiots who worship him – is more out of control than ever .
Trump @ @ @ @ @ now apparently decided that the entire coronavirus thing is a mere hoax aimed at taking @ @ @ @ @ sixty-something thousand very real Americans have died in this “ hoax.
” Fortunately , Democratic @ @ @ @ @ for the takedown : This is what a cult looks like .
They view everything @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s good or bad for @ realDonaldTrump , instead of whether it ’ @ @ @ @ @ a bad idea , or just plain insane .
They reject facts & believe # @ @ @ @ @ And they are likely spreading the virus .
https : //t.co/wvJaaJ1oJ5

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Election polls and approval rating poll continue to suggest that Donald Trump is incrementally losing the support of some people outside his base, who voted for him last time but were never thrilled with him, and didn’t decide to give up the ghost until they saw how disastrously he handled this pandemic. But Trump’s true base – the group idiots who worship him – is more out of control than ever.
Trump’s goon squad has now apparently decided that the entire coronavirus thing is a mere hoax aimed at taking him down, even though sixty-something thousand very real Americans have died in this “hoax.” Fortunately, Democratic Congressman Ted Lieu is here for the takedown:
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This is what a cult looks like. They view everything through the lens of whether it’s good or bad for @realDonaldTrump, instead of whether it’s a good idea, a bad idea, or just plain insane. They reject facts & believe #COVID19 is a hoax. And they are likely spreading the virus. https://t.co/wvJaaJ1oJ5 — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) May 5, 2020
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palmerreport--2020-05-05--Joe Biden just took a big swing

Joe Biden just took a big swing

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage on and shine a lot on both income inequality and racial inequality in the United States – two very complex issues that Donald Trump isn ’ t even attempting to look at because he can ’ t even answer the most basic town hall questions about the virus , Joe Biden ’ s campaign decided to release a new set of proposals to address racial inequality in America , promising to “ Lift Every Voice.
” “ This mission is more important now than ever before , as the health and economic impacts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — and cruelly exacerbated — the disparities long faced by African Americans , ” Biden ’ s campaign announced in a press release .
Lift Every Voice offers reforms across the board for racial disparity – in the economy , education , healthcare , criminal justice , as well as voting rights and environmental justice .
Under a Biden administration , his Justice Department would prioritize cracking down on the hate crimes that have become so prevalent under the Trump administration , while setting aside $ 900 million in federal spending for cities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1 billion per year on juvenile justice reform .
It would also make sure that the Small Business Administration gives better support to small businesses that are African-American owned .
The plan also calls for tripling Title I funding and creating a new tax credit of up to $ 15,000 for families buying a house for the first time – reforms that enjoy high support across the board for Biden ’ s coalition of voters .
Finally , Biden promises “ a government that looks like America , ” ensuring that the presidential @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the federal workforce , represent the country ’ s diverse demographics .
In his victory night speeches , Biden would often say to voters , even his opponents : “ I hear you.
” This proposal is proof that he ’ s been paying attention all along .

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage on and shine a lot on both income inequality and racial inequality in the United States – two very complex issues that Donald Trump isn’t even attempting to look at because he can’t even answer the most basic town hall questions about the virus, Joe Biden’s campaign decided to release a new set of proposals to address racial inequality in America, promising to “Lift Every Voice.”
“This mission is more important now than ever before, as the health and economic impacts of COVID-19 have shined a light on — and cruelly exacerbated — the disparities long faced by African Americans,” Biden’s campaign announced in a press release.
Lift Every Voice offers reforms across the board for racial disparity – in the economy, education, healthcare, criminal justice, as well as voting rights and environmental justice. Under a Biden administration, his Justice Department would prioritize cracking down on the hate crimes that have become so prevalent under the Trump administration, while setting aside $900 million in federal spending for cities affected by gun violence and spending $1 billion per year on juvenile justice reform.
It would also make sure that the Small Business Administration gives better support to small businesses that are African-American owned. The plan also calls for tripling Title I funding and creating a new tax credit of up to $15,000 for families buying a house for the first time – reforms that enjoy high support across the board for Biden’s coalition of voters. Finally, Biden promises “a government that looks like America,” ensuring that the presidential cabinet and political appointees, as well as the federal workforce, represent the country’s diverse demographics. In his victory night speeches, Biden would often say to voters, even his opponents: “I hear you.” This proposal is proof that he’s been paying attention all along.
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