occupydemocrats--2020-07-11--Revealed! Trump wanted to “sell” Puerto Rico, according to former DHS head

Remember that time when Donald Trump announced that he wanted to buy Greenland , even though he didn ’ t even seem to know what nation the large arctic territory actually belonged to ?
The president faced an incredible amount of humiliation and ridicule for that brainstorm , but it turns out that that particular idea wasn ’ t the most outrageous of his island fantasies .
According to a new interview in The New York Times with former Acting Secretary of Homeland Security , Elaine Duke — a life-long Republican loyalist who has grown increasingly disenchanted with the president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ idea about how to deal with Puerto Rico when the island was facing its darkest hours in the aftermath of Hurrican Maria when over 3,000 people were killed and the nation was facing an expensive rebuilding and relief effort .
The president ’ s out of the box — and into the garbage can — idea was worthy of a rapacious bankruptcy-prone real estate developer looking to cut his costs without any thought for the consequences it would have on the people who would be affected by his defective thinking or for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beings should be afforded .
The notion of Puerto Rico as an asset to be exploited or sold rather than an integral territory of the United States filled with actual U.S. citizens betrays Trump ’ s essential racism towards the Hispanic citizens of our nation , as well as his complete disregard for the opinions of the people who would be most affected by any attempts to sell or barter the island full of U.S. citizens .
For our transactional president , for whom the only values that exist are pecuniary estimations of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ comes as naturally as passing wind — and is totally redolent of a similar noxious aroma .
One can only hope that the memory of Trump ’ s presidency when he is finally banished from office will be as passing as that stench in the middle of a hurricane .
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Remember that time when Donald Trump announced that he wanted to buy Greenland, even though he didn’t even seem to know what nation the large arctic territory actually belonged to?
The president faced an incredible amount of humiliation and ridicule for that brainstorm, but it turns out that that particular idea wasn’t the most outrageous of his island fantasies.
According to a new interview in The New York Times with former Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Elaine Duke — a life-long Republican loyalist who has grown increasingly disenchanted with the president — Trump had an even more ludicrous idea about how to deal with Puerto Rico when the island was facing its darkest hours in the aftermath of Hurrican Maria when over 3,000 people were killed and the nation was facing an expensive rebuilding and relief effort.
The president’s out of the box — and into the garbage can — idea was worthy of a rapacious bankruptcy-prone real estate developer looking to cut his costs without any thought for the consequences it would have on the people who would be affected by his defective thinking or for the basic principles of self-determination that all human beings should be afforded.
“The president’s initial ideas were more of as a businessman, you know,” she told the New York Times of one meeting concerning the island commonwealth amid disater discussions. “Can we outsource the electricity? Can we can we sell the island? You know, or divest of that asset?”
The notion of Puerto Rico as an asset to be exploited or sold rather than an integral territory of the United States filled with actual U.S. citizens betrays Trump’s essential racism towards the Hispanic citizens of our nation, as well as his complete disregard for the opinions of the people who would be most affected by any attempts to sell or barter the island full of U.S. citizens.
For our transactional president, for whom the only values that exist are pecuniary estimations of financial benefit, such an unthinkable concept comes as naturally as passing wind — and is totally redolent of a similar noxious aroma.
One can only hope that the memory of Trump’s presidency when he is finally banished from office will be as passing as that stench in the middle of a hurricane.
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occupydemocrats--2020-07-11--Don Jr.’s ill-informed voter fraud tweet gets a social media clap back

The Republican antipathy towards democracy and clean elections has been well documented , but with Donald Trump ’ s poll numbers in the toilet , the impossibility of his re-election in a free and fair contest is becoming increasingly obvious .
Trump ’ s horror at the electoral disaster of his own making is such that he ’ s resorted to a persistent propaganda campaign against mail-in ballots at a time when COVID-19 fears make in-person voting particularly dangerous for its citizens across the country .
Claiming against all available evidence that absentee voting is rife with fraud , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ level have been doing everything they can to suppress votes rather than make it easier for people to exercise their rights to weigh in on their chosen candidates , knowing that the more people who get to vote , the larger their margin of defeat will be .
The president ’ s eldest son , Donald Trump Jr. , has been amplifying his father ’ s social media war against simplified procedures for qualifying for an absentee ballot with his own tweets , and he blundered into a virtual bloodbath in the comments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the worst possible example to try to prove his point about the inherent dangers of voting by mail .
Junior ’ s post was meant to be a response to those who downplay the risks of postal pilfering and illegal interference inherent in paper ballots conveyed by the U.S .
Postal Service .
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Unfortunately for the presidential scion , the example he chose involved a case of electoral interference that benefited the Republican Party @ @ @ @ @ @ @ despicable disenfranchisement could occur .
The denizens of Twitter pounced on his misleading post like hungry wolverines .
There ’ s no better target for social media ridicule than the president ’ s eldest son — except for Donald Trump himself .
Hopefully , their time as public figures hogging the attention of the media will soon be over except for the inevitable coverage of their criminal trials .
That time can ’ t come soon enough .
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The Republican antipathy towards democracy and clean elections has been well documented, but with Donald Trump’s poll numbers in the toilet, the impossibility of his re-election in a free and fair contest is becoming increasingly obvious.
Trump’s horror at the electoral disaster of his own making is such that he’s resorted to a persistent propaganda campaign against mail-in ballots at a time when COVID-19 fears make in-person voting particularly dangerous for its citizens across the country.
Claiming against all available evidence that absentee voting is rife with fraud, the president and his proxies at the state level have been doing everything they can to suppress votes rather than make it easier for people to exercise their rights to weigh in on their chosen candidates, knowing that the more people who get to vote, the larger their margin of defeat will be.
The president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has been amplifying his father’s social media war against simplified procedures for qualifying for an absentee ballot with his own tweets, and he blundered into a virtual bloodbath in the comments section of his latest post after choosing the worst possible example to try to prove his point about the inherent dangers of voting by mail.
Junior’s post was meant to be a response to those who downplay the risks of postal pilfering and illegal interference inherent in paper ballots conveyed by the U.S. Postal Service.
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Unfortunately for the presidential scion, the example he chose involved a case of electoral interference that benefited the Republican Party and was detected and deflected before a despicable disenfranchisement could occur.
The denizens of Twitter pounced on his misleading post like hungry wolverines.
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Only a republican would something like that anyway. — What now (@KellyAy34241143) July 11, 2020
last time in fl, was a lady, also, chg to rep. anybody hear anyone chg to dems?? anywhere?? — juju (@jjsmokkieBOY57) July 11, 2020
The solution to that is HEAVY jail terms for being caught committing voter fraud. — Patrick OKennedy (@Tigerdog_1) July 11, 2020
His whole presidency has been about swatting away all the lawsuits/legal cases his own conspiracy to defraud the election caused him! Nothing more. He’s devoid of:
Patriotism
Honesty
Empathy
Compassion
Decency
Morals
Honor
Loyalty
Affection
Competence
Maturity
Responsibility — OnEaglesWings (@anrimaca100) July 11, 2020
There’s no better target for social media ridicule than the president’s eldest son — except for Donald Trump himself.
Hopefully, their time as public figures hogging the attention of the media will soon be over except for the inevitable coverage of their criminal trials. That time can’t come soon enough.
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occupydemocrats--2020-07-11--He doubted the power of masks, now his daughter is asking people not to doubt the power of prayer

How much stupidity must we excuse when we are asked to feel sympathy for someone whose decisions have made the world less safe and who has fallen prey to the very virus whose power they downplayed ?
It ’ s just damn difficult to muster much empathy for the Commissioner of St. Johns County , Florida , Paul Waldron .
Waldron was one of the three county commissioners who voted in the majority against a mandatory mask ordinance last week for the employees of the county that includes St. Augustine and is adjacent to the site of Donald Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
What Waldron didn ’ t know when he cast his vote was that he himself had been infected with COVID-19 and that , even if he had voted to institute the policy designed to protect the workers employed by the county , it was too late to prevent his own illness .
Just two days ago , Waldron ’ s daughter posted a now-deleted Facebook post that announced that the county commissioner had gone “ into septic shock and has many organs struggling ” after becoming symptomatic from the disease .
One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that accompanied the account of his misfortune in local news outlets shows that he was obviously in a high-risk category if he contracted the coronavirus due to his obesity .
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While the power of prayer may or may not lead to Waldron ’ s survival of his infection with COVID-19 , a mandatory mask regulation for county employees such as himself could have prevented the need for any supplications to a higher power if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ place back in March when the first inklings of the seriousness of the threat posed by the pandemic became patently obvious .
While we can lament the fact that Waldron caught the coronavirus and that his body has been so adversely affected by his disease , his culpability in failing to prevent the proliferation of COVID-19 activates the judgemental portion of our psyches and prevents us from fully empathizing with his plight .
Unlike the poverty-stricken who are often blamed by those on the right for their own situation — caused by many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and lack of ambition — Waldron has no one to blame for his foolish decision making but himself .
Let ’ s hope that if he does recover , his ordeal will give him the renewed insight necessary to zealously change course and become an ardent advocate of public health measures henceforth .
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How much stupidity must we excuse when we are asked to feel sympathy for someone whose decisions have made the world less safe and who has fallen prey to the very virus whose power they downplayed?
It’s just damn difficult to muster much empathy for the Commissioner of St. Johns County, Florida, Paul Waldron.
Waldron was one of the three county commissioners who voted in the majority against a mandatory mask ordinance last week for the employees of the county that includes St. Augustine and is adjacent to the site of Donald Trump’s bifurcated Republican National Convention in Jacksonville.
What Waldron didn’t know when he cast his vote was that he himself had been infected with COVID-19 and that, even if he had voted to institute the policy designed to protect the workers employed by the county, it was too late to prevent his own illness.
Just two days ago, Waldron’s daughter posted a now-deleted Facebook post that announced that the county commissioner had gone “into septic shock and has many organs struggling” after becoming symptomatic from the disease.
“He is currently in the most critical of conditions,” she wrote. “I ask you not to doubt the power of prayer.”
One look at the photo of Paul Waldron that accompanied the account of his misfortune in local news outlets shows that he was obviously in a high-risk category if he contracted the coronavirus due to his obesity.
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While the power of prayer may or may not lead to Waldron’s survival of his infection with COVID-19, a mandatory mask regulation for county employees such as himself could have prevented the need for any supplications to a higher power if it had been implemented and kept in place back in March when the first inklings of the seriousness of the threat posed by the pandemic became patently obvious.
While we can lament the fact that Waldron caught the coronavirus and that his body has been so adversely affected by his disease, his culpability in failing to prevent the proliferation of COVID-19 activates the judgemental portion of our psyches and prevents us from fully empathizing with his plight.
Unlike the poverty-stricken who are often blamed by those on the right for their own situation — caused by many external factors, but attributed to laziness and lack of ambition — Waldron has no one to blame for his foolish decision making but himself.
Let’s hope that if he does recover, his ordeal will give him the renewed insight necessary to zealously change course and become an ardent advocate of public health measures henceforth.
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occupydemocrats--2020-07-11--“We don’t cover our faces in America”: North Carolina woman’s fast food freakout goes viral

Viral video after viral video of mask-holes proudly defending their rights to infect anyone they chose to come close to — as they place their individual freedoms above their responsibilities to society as a whole — can make one lose faith in the essential beneficence of human nature .
A bleak vision of the world as a place of cutthroat savagery devoid of the civilized advancements of cooperative civic behavior emerges as more and more of our fellow citizens are literally unmasked as selfish misanthropes , more concerned about their personal comfort than about preventing the demise of both our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deferring their own convenience until the virus transmission rate drops to manageable levels as it has in countries with higher compliance with lockdown and mask-wearing regulations .
Today ’ s dose of depressing behavior emanates from North Carolina , where a woman picking up a takeout food order went on an ugly rant that encapsulates the perplexing politicization of protective face coverings , a public health issue that somehow got wrapped up in the Trump campaign ’ s re-election bid and , inadvertently , became an instant low-cost test for both morality and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an investigation into Trump letting Putin pay Taliban fighters to kill US troops !
While it would be easy to write off this woman as a byproduct of the failure of the underfunded American educational system , her interpretation of the freedoms that are guaranteed by the Constitution as unbounded by any responsibilities to others , shows the pernicious influence of the parallel system of information and opinion delivery in this country — the alternative universe of right-wing media that feeds its followers with a doctrine of dumbed-down extremist libertarian rhetoric 24 hours @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can take after watching this fine example of the deterioration of the intellect of a certain sector of the American public is to realize that at least a portion of these people will actually be infected by COVID-19 and may have to reckon with their stupidity and stubborn self-centeredness when they realize just how reckless they have been .
That eventuality was made clear by the news that a 30-year-old San Antonio man attended a “ COVID party ” had converted to a believer in the coronavirus ’ seriousness on his deathbed , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ succumbed to the virus : Perhaps such an end can be chalked up to karma , but it would be infinitely preferable if , rather than the Darwinian culling of that portion of the populace too ignorant to practice behaviors that protects both their own health as well as that of others , the government , the media , and social pressure convinced the stubborn individualists among us to do what ’ s in everyone ’ s best interest for the good of society as a whole .
In Trump ’ s America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pipe dream so unlikely to be fulfilled in any way as to send one right back to the depression over the state of our nation that the dystopian vision of the future initially inspired .
Our only hope is to fight on and continue to apply the social pressure on those who refuse to sacrifice their own comfort for the good of everyone else by condemning and mocking them at every available opportunity until they get the message that it ’ s time to change their behavior .
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Viral video after viral video of mask-holes proudly defending their rights to infect anyone they chose to come close to — as they place their individual freedoms above their responsibilities to society as a whole — can make one lose faith in the essential beneficence of human nature.
A bleak vision of the world as a place of cutthroat savagery devoid of the civilized advancements of cooperative civic behavior emerges as more and more of our fellow citizens are literally unmasked as selfish misanthropes, more concerned about their personal comfort than about preventing the demise of both our economy and our normal daily lifestyle by deferring their own convenience until the virus transmission rate drops to manageable levels as it has in countries with higher compliance with lockdown and mask-wearing regulations.
Today’s dose of depressing behavior emanates from North Carolina, where a woman picking up a takeout food order went on an ugly rant that encapsulates the perplexing politicization of protective face coverings, a public health issue that somehow got wrapped up in the Trump campaign’s re-election bid and, inadvertently, became an instant low-cost test for both morality and IQ.
https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1281764496751693827?s=20
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While it would be easy to write off this woman as a byproduct of the failure of the underfunded American educational system, her interpretation of the freedoms that are guaranteed by the Constitution as unbounded by any responsibilities to others, shows the pernicious influence of the parallel system of information and opinion delivery in this country — the alternative universe of right-wing media that feeds its followers with a doctrine of dumbed-down extremist libertarian rhetoric 24 hours a day.
The only solace one can take after watching this fine example of the deterioration of the intellect of a certain sector of the American public is to realize that at least a portion of these people will actually be infected by COVID-19 and may have to reckon with their stupidity and stubborn self-centeredness when they realize just how reckless they have been.
That eventuality was made clear by the news that a 30-year-old San Antonio man attended a “COVID party” had converted to a believer in the coronavirus’ seriousness on his deathbed, saying to a nurse right before he succumbed to the virus:
‘I think I made a mistake. I thought it was a hoax but it’s not.”
Perhaps such an end can be chalked up to karma, but it would be infinitely preferable if, rather than the Darwinian culling of that portion of the populace too ignorant to practice behaviors that protects both their own health as well as that of others, the government, the media, and social pressure convinced the stubborn individualists among us to do what’s in everyone’s best interest for the good of society as a whole.
In Trump’s America, unfortunately, that hope is a pipe dream so unlikely to be fulfilled in any way as to send one right back to the depression over the state of our nation that the dystopian vision of the future initially inspired.
Our only hope is to fight on and continue to apply the social pressure on those who refuse to sacrifice their own comfort for the good of everyone else by condemning and mocking them at every available opportunity until they get the message that it’s time to change their behavior.
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occupydemocrats--2020-07-12--Oregon Senator blasts Trump over Portland protestor shot in head by federal DHS troops

If anyone doubts that militarized Homeland Security forces under the jurisdiction of Donald Trump won ’ t refuse to follow orders to injure or even kill their fellow American citizens while the nation is exploding with civil unrest , that wishful thinking was shattered like the skull of Donavan LaBella , a 26-year-old protestor who was shot directly in the head with an impact munition and severely injured by federal law enforcement last night in front of the federal courthouse in Portland , Oregon , according to Oregon Public Broadcasting .
“ In a video of the incident sent to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ canister of smoke or tear gas away from his feet across the street from the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse .
Moments later , LaBella returns to holding a speaker over his head with both hands .
Shots of impact munitions can be heard , and LaBella collapses to the ground , dropping the speaker , ” Oregon Public Broadcasting reported .
“ Desiree LaBella , Donavan ’ s mother , said he suffered facial and skull fractures .
He came out of surgery early Sunday morning and was responding to doctors.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tear-gassing of protestors are themselves profoundly disturbing .
Senator Ron Wyden ( D-OR ) told local newspaper Willamette Week that he laid the blame for the violence directly at the ramp-challenged feet of Donald Trump .
“ The consequences of Donald Trump unilaterally dispatching federal law enforcement into U.S. cities played out in Portland with a peaceful protester shot in the head , ” Wyden told the newspaper .
“ Trump and Homeland Security must now answer why federal officers are acting like an occupying army , ” he said .
Oregon ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ critical of the president for the unnecessarily violent incident .
“ The events of last night at the federal courthouse were the tragic and avoidable result of President Donald Trump , for weeks , continuing to push for force and violence in response to protests , ” Brown said in a prepared statement .
“ The cycle of violence must end .
President Trump deploying armed federal officers to Portland only serves to escalate tensions and , as we saw yesterday , will inevitably lead to unnecessary violence and confrontation.
” Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Forces clearly goes against the intent of federal laws prohibiting the use of government troops against U.S. citizens and transparently violates the wishes of local elected officials .
As if any additional evidence was needed to insist upon the immediate removal of Donald Trump from the office of the presidency for the health , safety , and security of the nation ’ s citizens , this latest incident merely adds to the mountain of offenses that we are all already way too familiar with at this point .
At the risk of sounding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump himself , one can only ask : How much more of this can we take ?
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If anyone doubts that militarized Homeland Security forces under the jurisdiction of Donald Trump won’t refuse to follow orders to injure or even kill their fellow American citizens while the nation is exploding with civil unrest, that wishful thinking was shattered like the skull of Donavan LaBella, a 26-year-old protestor who was shot directly in the head with an impact munition and severely injured by federal law enforcement last night in front of the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting.
“In a video of the incident sent to OPB, LaBella is seen pushing a canister of smoke or tear gas away from his feet across the street from the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse. Moments later, LaBella returns to holding a speaker over his head with both hands. Shots of impact munitions can be heard, and LaBella collapses to the ground, dropping the speaker,” Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. “Desiree LaBella, Donavan’s mother, said he suffered facial and skull fractures. He came out of surgery early Sunday morning and was responding to doctors.”
The videos of the shooting and the tear-gassing of protestors are themselves profoundly disturbing.
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Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) told local newspaper Willamette Week that he laid the blame for the violence directly at the ramp-challenged feet of Donald Trump.
“The consequences of Donald Trump unilaterally dispatching federal law enforcement into U.S. cities played out in Portland with a peaceful protester shot in the head,” Wyden told the newspaper. “Trump and Homeland Security must now answer why federal officers are acting like an occupying army,” he said.
Oregon’s Democratic Governor Kate Brown was equally critical of the president for the unnecessarily violent incident.
“The events of last night at the federal courthouse were the tragic and avoidable result of President Donald Trump, for weeks, continuing to push for force and violence in response to protests,” Brown said in a prepared statement. “The cycle of violence must end. President Trump deploying armed federal officers to Portland only serves to escalate tensions and, as we saw yesterday, will inevitably lead to unnecessary violence and confrontation.”
Trump’s deployment of heavily armed Homeland Security Forces clearly goes against the intent of federal laws prohibiting the use of government troops against U.S. citizens and transparently violates the wishes of local elected officials.
As if any additional evidence was needed to insist upon the immediate removal of Donald Trump from the office of the presidency for the health, safety, and security of the nation’s citizens, this latest incident merely adds to the mountain of offenses that we are all already way too familiar with at this point.
At the risk of sounding as much of a whiny complainer as Trump himself, one can only ask: How much more of this can we take?
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occupydemocrats--2020-07-12--Lindsey Graham makes a surprise move suggesting that he’s easing away from his support of Trump

Even Donald Trump ’ s most sycophantic supporters are beginning to slowly inch away from the president as his popularity plummets from its already historically low levels and threatens to engulf their own electoral prospects in a drain-circling whirlpool to oblivion .
The latest hint of this encouraging trend comes from Senator Lindsey Graham ( R-SC ) , a man who went from calling Trump a “ race-baiting , xenophobic ” bigot and “ jackass ” back in 2016 to becoming one of the president ’ s regular golf buddies and most strident defenders after he took office .
Senator @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump today as he responded to former Special Counsel Robert Mueller ’ s Saturday Washington Post op-ed reaffirming the findings that convicted Trump associate Roger Stone of seven separate charges , felonies that resulted in a 40-month prison sentence .
After the president brazenly commuted Stone ’ s jail term on Friday , calls for a congressional investigation into the Department of Justice ’ s handling of the case inevitably grew even stronger than when Attorney General William Barr interfered in the sentencing recommendations , guidelines that the DOJ revised at the last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ penalties for the president ’ s literal partner in crime .
Graham ’ s astonishing tweets this morning signaled an unusual departure from his typical sniveling behavior when it comes to Trump .
In a concession to the Senate ’ s Democratic opposition , he suddenly announced that he would grant their request to have Mueller testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee to defend the legitimacy of his investigation .
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While many observers on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as an example of rats fleeing the sinking ship of Trump ’ s re-election bid , others questioned whether it was actually a stealth move to introduce the administration ’ s supposed evidence of prosecutorial and FBI misconduct in the investigation of the president ’ s 2016 campaign .
Whatever Graham ’ s long-game may be , the vehemence with which Mueller defended the results of his team ’ s inquiries in his op-ed suggests that he will have little patience for accusations that his behavior was anything less than fully-ethical and proper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump administration and its senatorial proxies will likely hurl his way .
At least , if Senator Graham is true to his word , we ’ ll have something to look forward to watching on TV in the weeks ahead as many of us continue to stay locked in place as COVID-19 rages out of control .
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Even Donald Trump’s most sycophantic supporters are beginning to slowly inch away from the president as his popularity plummets from its already historically low levels and threatens to engulf their own electoral prospects in a drain-circling whirlpool to oblivion.
The latest hint of this encouraging trend comes from Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), a man who went from calling Trump a “race-baiting, xenophobic” bigot and “jackass” back in 2016 to becoming one of the president’s regular golf buddies and most strident defenders after he took office.
Senator Graham took a surprising turn away from Trump today as he responded to former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Saturday Washington Post op-ed reaffirming the findings that convicted Trump associate Roger Stone of seven separate charges, felonies that resulted in a 40-month prison sentence.
After the president brazenly commuted Stone’s jail term on Friday, calls for a congressional investigation into the Department of Justice’s handling of the case inevitably grew even stronger than when Attorney General William Barr interfered in the sentencing recommendations, guidelines that the DOJ revised at the last minute in an attempt to lessen the penalties for the president’s literal partner in crime.
Graham’s astonishing tweets this morning signaled an unusual departure from his typical sniveling behavior when it comes to Trump. In a concession to the Senate’s Democratic opposition, he suddenly announced that he would grant their request to have Mueller testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee to defend the legitimacy of his investigation.
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have previously requested Mr. Mueller appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify about his investigation. That request will be granted. — Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) July 12, 2020
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While many observers on Twitter characterized Graham’s sudden shift as an example of rats fleeing the sinking ship of Trump’s re-election bid, others questioned whether it was actually a stealth move to introduce the administration’s supposed evidence of prosecutorial and FBI misconduct in the investigation of the president’s 2016 campaign.
Whatever Graham’s long-game may be, the vehemence with which Mueller defended the results of his team’s inquiries in his op-ed suggests that he will have little patience for accusations that his behavior was anything less than fully-ethical and proper and for the gaslighting accusations that the Trump administration and its senatorial proxies will likely hurl his way.
At least, if Senator Graham is true to his word, we’ll have something to look forward to watching on TV in the weeks ahead as many of us continue to stay locked in place as COVID-19 rages out of control.
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occupydemocrats--2020-07-12--Trump tweets defensive excuses for his most expensive and time-consuming addiction

Donald Trump is nothing , if not predictable .
While many would respond by saying , “ you mean predictably deplorable !
” , the president has certain behavior patterns that can be counted on as reliably as the turning of the seasons .
Traveling to play on the weekends at considerable taxpayer expense at one of the several pricey golf resorts he owns is one of those things that can be as expected as the return of the swallows to Capistrano or the molting of the trees in the autumn .
Waking up in the morning and watching how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — and then exploding into a rage on Twitter over any negative portrayals — is another recurring pattern in his limited behavioral repertoire .
This morning those two nasty habits commingled when Trump tweeted out a defensive justification of his golfing addiction , referring to riding along in a golf cart — surrounded by Secret Service agents in similar vehicles rented at government expense at an exorbitant price with the money going directly back into the president ’ s personal pocket — as his “ exercise.
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At least he had the modicum of self-awareness to put “ exercise ” in quotes .
Trump points out that CEOs and other politicians who spend time at the gym don ’ t get harassed for their physical fitness regimes while failing to note that those people ’ s routines don ’ t involve pricey security retinues , travel costs , or financial self-enrichment .
Also , those people are not the president of the United States , a job that requires 24-hour-a-day , 7-day-a-week vigilance , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s lame defensive note that he mostly avoids golfing during the week .
Trump lapses into another one of his more predictable patterns by reflexively lying about comparisons to the length and frequency of the rounds played by his predecessor Barack Obama .
Remarkably , it is one of the few times you ’ ll ever find Trump unfavorably comparing his own length and stamina to Obama ’ s .
When you get to the second tweet in the president ’ s thread , however , you realize that what he is actually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that cable news networks — networks that he regularly characterizes as “ FAKE NEWS ” — try to obtain video shots of the reality of his playing golf , as if by showing what Trump is actually doing they are somehow misleading the American people .
This is a full Orwellian appeal “ to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.
” Trump tries to soften the cognitive dissonance of the obvious conflict between his words and objective reality by claiming to be a speed golfer who is pondering important matters of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hole while exerting himself about as much as his girth would suggest .
Only someone who has something to be ashamed of would issue such a hollow defense of his irresponsible shirking of his duties in favor of recreation — rather than the more productive use of his time in the middle of the largest crisis this nation has seen in decades .
One look at his offspring indicates that recreation is not something that Donald Trump should have ever contemplated .
Please spare us his musings and excuses on the topic .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the gates of his golf resort this morning by a protestor dressed as the grim reaper and carrying a sign emblazoned with the number of Americans dead from COVID-19 .
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Donald Trump is nothing, if not predictable.
While many would respond by saying, “you mean predictably deplorable!”, the president has certain behavior patterns that can be counted on as reliably as the turning of the seasons.
Traveling to play on the weekends at considerable taxpayer expense at one of the several pricey golf resorts he owns is one of those things that can be as expected as the return of the swallows to Capistrano or the molting of the trees in the autumn.
Waking up in the morning and watching how the cable news networks are portraying him — and then exploding into a rage on Twitter over any negative portrayals — is another recurring pattern in his limited behavioral repertoire.
This morning those two nasty habits commingled when Trump tweeted out a defensive justification of his golfing addiction, referring to riding along in a golf cart — surrounded by Secret Service agents in similar vehicles rented at government expense at an exorbitant price with the money going directly back into the president’s personal pocket — as his “exercise.”
…rounds, no problem. When I play, Fake News CNN, and others, park themselves anywhere they can to get a picture, then scream “President Trump is playing golf.” Actually, I play VERY fast, get a lot of work done on the golf course, and also get a “tiny” bit of exercise. Not bad! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 12, 2020
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At least he had the modicum of self-awareness to put “exercise” in quotes.
Trump points out that CEOs and other politicians who spend time at the gym don’t get harassed for their physical fitness regimes while failing to note that those people’s routines don’t involve pricey security retinues, travel costs, or financial self-enrichment.
Also, those people are not the president of the United States, a job that requires 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week vigilance, and a fact that undercuts Trump’s lame defensive note that he mostly avoids golfing during the week.
Trump lapses into another one of his more predictable patterns by reflexively lying about comparisons to the length and frequency of the rounds played by his predecessor Barack Obama. Remarkably, it is one of the few times you’ll ever find Trump unfavorably comparing his own length and stamina to Obama’s.
When you get to the second tweet in the president’s thread, however, you realize that what he is actually tweeting a complaint about is the fact that cable news networks — networks that he regularly characterizes as “FAKE NEWS” — try to obtain video shots of the reality of his playing golf, as if by showing what Trump is actually doing they are somehow misleading the American people.
This is a full Orwellian appeal “to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.”
Trump tries to soften the cognitive dissonance of the obvious conflict between his words and objective reality by claiming to be a speed golfer who is pondering important matters of state while being driven from hole to hole while exerting himself about as much as his girth would suggest.
Yes bad!
Only someone who has something to be ashamed of would issue such a hollow defense of his irresponsible shirking of his duties in favor of recreation — rather than the more productive use of his time in the middle of the largest crisis this nation has seen in decades.
One look at his offspring indicates that recreation is not something that Donald Trump should have ever contemplated.
Please spare us his musings and excuses on the topic.
Update!: Trump was greeted at the gates of his golf resort this morning by a protestor dressed as the grim reaper and carrying a sign emblazoned with the number of Americans dead from COVID-19.
https://twitter.com/Brooklynsweet2/status/1282353619141046273?s=20
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occupydemocrats--2020-07-14--Adam Schiff gives Betsy DeVos a brutal “Pop quiz” — She’ll get at least one question right

First , they said we ’ d have to sacrifice our grandparents and anyone over 65 .
Then they decided that the lives of the people working in industries essential to their comfort could be easily sacrificed .
Those people are mostly poor and include many people with skin darker than theirs and of foreign origin .
Now they are asking us to sacrifice the nation ’ s children on the altar of productivity and economic rebound .
Anything to ensure the re-election of Donald Trump is not impeded by a mere pandemic !
Open those schools !
Get the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the parents can go back to work for sub-par wages !
In an effort to ensure that this dastardly agenda moves forward unimpeded by common sense or public outrage , Trump is sending his worst and dimmest cabinet member — a subjective judgment that ’ s difficult to make definitively , given the wealth of candidates in that KKK Klown Kar — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on a media tour to justify forcing schools to open despite the fact that doing so would only exacerbate the deadly COVID-19 pandemic .
After Secretary DeVos @ @ @ @ @ @ @ qualifications for the position she holds during an interview with Dana Bash on CNN ‘ s State of The Union yesterday , House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff decided that the woman in charge of the nation ’ s educational policy need to take a “ pop quiz ” about the rationality of attempting to reopen schools while the coronavirus is still steadily multiplying , with deaths subtracting from our population , the nation dividing , and anxiety added everywhere .
Given that there is no real wrong answer to the second question @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , DeVos is guaranteed a grade of at least 50 % — which is considerably better than her standing average when it comes to being correct .
At least Representative Schiff can still retain a wry sense of humor during these trying times .
That ’ s more than can be said for DeVos , Donald Trump , and the rest of his administration , whose policies would be completely laughable jokes if they weren ’ t so deadly and serious .
With the only response to the Trump administration ’ s plans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a resounding “ You first !
” , hopefully , the majority of the American public will be smart enough to simply ignore the desperate entreaties to salvage Trump ’ s re-election prospects with his latest gambit and keep their children safe at home .
Anything else that could be said about this insane situation was perhaps better expressed by The Fun Boy Three in the video below .
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First, they said we’d have to sacrifice our grandparents and anyone over 65.
Then they decided that the lives of the people working in industries essential to their comfort could be easily sacrificed. Those people are mostly poor and include many people with skin darker than theirs and of foreign origin.
Now they are asking us to sacrifice the nation’s children on the altar of productivity and economic rebound.
Anything to ensure the re-election of Donald Trump is not impeded by a mere pandemic!
Open those schools! Get the kids out of the house so that the parents can go back to work for sub-par wages!
In an effort to ensure that this dastardly agenda moves forward unimpeded by common sense or public outrage, Trump is sending his worst and dimmest cabinet member — a subjective judgment that’s difficult to make definitively, given the wealth of candidates in that KKK Klown Kar — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on a media tour to justify forcing schools to open despite the fact that doing so would only exacerbate the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
After Secretary DeVos displayed her total and complete lack of qualifications for the position she holds during an interview with Dana Bash on CNN‘s State of The Union yesterday, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff decided that the woman in charge of the nation’s educational policy need to take a “pop quiz” about the rationality of attempting to reopen schools while the coronavirus is still steadily multiplying, with deaths subtracting from our population, the nation dividing, and anxiety added everywhere.
Pop quiz for Betsy DeVos! Kids can safely return to school if you apply:
a. Magical thinking
b. Threats to withhold federal aid
c. A comprehensive, scientifically-based reopening plan Incompetence is:
a. Deadly
b. Endemic to the Trump Administration
c. Both a and b https://t.co/w9pTFoBrQT — Adam Schiff (@AdamSchiff) July 13, 2020
Given that there is no real wrong answer to the second question of the California congressman’s test, DeVos is guaranteed a grade of at least 50% — which is considerably better than her standing average when it comes to being correct.
At least Representative Schiff can still retain a wry sense of humor during these trying times.
That’s more than can be said for DeVos, Donald Trump, and the rest of his administration, whose policies would be completely laughable jokes if they weren’t so deadly and serious.
With the only response to the Trump administration’s plans to reopen schools in the fall being a resounding “You first!”, hopefully, the majority of the American public will be smart enough to simply ignore the desperate entreaties to salvage Trump’s re-election prospects with his latest gambit and keep their children safe at home.
Anything else that could be said about this insane situation was perhaps better expressed by The Fun Boy Three in the video below.
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occupydemocrats--2020-07-13--Trump rambles incoherently, appears to blame Obama for COVID testing troubles at event

America finds itself in the midst of a historic crisis with the COVID-19 pandemic ripping through the population but rather than a historic leader to guide us through it we are stuck with a babbling ignoramus who is far more concerned with his own political interests than public health .
Rather than making difficult and perhaps unpopular but ultimately wise decisions ( like forcibly advocating for masks ) , Trump wants to pretend like everything is all right in the United States , perhaps in the hopes that the illusion of normalcy will help his reelection bid .
His dangerous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fall is just the latest proof that he cares little for the lives of Americans and will continue to make things worse for all of us .
Children are going to die because of this president .
As he drives us deeper into this collective disaster , Trump insists on gaslighting us all by claiming that he ’ s doing a great job of fighting COVID-19 .
His daily rhetoric is completely removed from reality and it ’ s clear he will never take responsibility for his colossal mistakes .
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Today , he engaged in more of his patented misinformation during a conversation with reporters .
Presumably because he thinks all of us are too stupid to remember when the coronavirus pandemic began , he seemed to be trying to blame President Obama and Vice President Biden for the current crisis by saying they “ stopped their testing.
” He rambled on in such a way that it wasn ’ t totally clear if he meant coronavirus testing or some other kind and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Trump ’ s predecessors didn ’ t do any coronavirus testing because the 19 in “ COVID-19 ” stands for 2019 .
Trump was sworn into office in 2016 .
The virus didn ’ t exist during the Obama years .
Later in the press conference , Trump devolved into unintelligible comments about the Chinese buying American products , saying that “ whether they buy or not , that ’ s up to them , ” but also that “ they ’ re buying.
” He seemed to have no idea what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this really crystallize why it ’ s so important that we vote Trump out in November .
He ’ s either lying about the situation facing this country , or he ’ s talking in such a confused muddled fashion that it ’ s impossible to understand him .
In any case , he is inarguably unfit to lead .
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America finds itself in the midst of a historic crisis with the COVID-19 pandemic ripping through the population but rather than a historic leader to guide us through it we are stuck with a babbling ignoramus who is far more concerned with his own political interests than public health.
Rather than making difficult and perhaps unpopular but ultimately wise decisions (like forcibly advocating for masks), Trump wants to pretend like everything is all right in the United States, perhaps in the hopes that the illusion of normalcy will help his reelection bid. His dangerous push to fully reopen schools in the fall is just the latest proof that he cares little for the lives of Americans and will continue to make things worse for all of us. Children are going to die because of this president.
As he drives us deeper into this collective disaster, Trump insists on gaslighting us all by claiming that he’s doing a great job of fighting COVID-19. His daily rhetoric is completely removed from reality and it’s clear he will never take responsibility for his colossal mistakes.
Add your name to demand an investigation into Trump letting Putin pay Taliban fighters to kill US troops!
Today, he engaged in more of his patented misinformation during a conversation with reporters. Presumably because he thinks all of us are too stupid to remember when the coronavirus pandemic began, he seemed to be trying to blame President Obama and Vice President Biden for the current crisis by saying they “stopped their testing.” He rambled on in such a way that it wasn’t totally clear if he meant coronavirus testing or some other kind and the ambiguity appeared to be intentional.
Obviously, Trump’s predecessors didn’t do any coronavirus testing because the 19 in “COVID-19” stands for 2019. Trump was sworn into office in 2016. The virus didn’t exist during the Obama years.
“Biden & Obama stopped their testing … I’m sure you don’t want to report it” – Trump absurdly tries to blame Obama for problems w/ testing for Covid-19, which didn’t exist until nearly 3 years after he left office. He then falsely suggests the 1918 flu pandemic started in 1917. pic.twitter.com/uXu4NT3sxt — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 13, 2020
Later in the press conference, Trump devolved into unintelligible comments about the Chinese buying American products, saying that “whether they buy or not, that’s up to them,” but also that “they’re buying.” He seemed to have no idea what he was saying.
Bizarre moments like this really crystallize why it’s so important that we vote Trump out in November. He’s either lying about the situation facing this country, or he’s talking in such a confused muddled fashion that it’s impossible to understand him. In any case, he is inarguably unfit to lead.
Trump on his message to parents worried about the safety of their kids in public schools amid a pandemic: "Yeah, the schools should be opened. Schools should be opened. Kids want to go to schools. You're losing a lot of lives by keeping things closed." pic.twitter.com/RqxRgREqfo — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 13, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-07-13--The GOP’s rapid response director tries and fails to own Biden by posting adorable picture of his so

The GOP’s rapid response director tries and fails to own Biden by posting adorable picture of his son

It ’ s a sign of how pathetic and desperate that Trump ’ s defenders are that even most innocent and apolitical of actions are breathlessly weaponized to try and prove liberal hypocrisy in the stupidest of culture war battles .
The Republican Party ’ s rapid response coordinator caused a stir on social media this afternoon when he tried to get one over on Joe Biden…by posting an adorable picture of him holding one of his sons , who was wearing a Washington Redskins hat .
UPDATE : The tweet has since been deleted , but here ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Washington football team finally bowed to pressure from their corporate sponsors and announced they would be changing the name of the team away from the racial slur that previously served as the team ’ s name .
It is unclear how posting this photograph from at least 40 years ago is any kind of “ own ” or exposes any kind of hypocrisy on the part of Biden .
In fact , it reflects extremely poorly on President Donald Trump , who brags about how little time he spent with his kids and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had in their lives .
“ There are certain things you do and certain things you don ’ t…It ’ s just not for me ” he said when asked if he ever changed diapers .
“ He wasn ’ t really interested in the children until he could talk business with them…when they turned 21 , I handed them over to him and said , ‘ Here ’ s the finished product .
You can take them from here ” said his first wife and one of his alleged sexual assault victims @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very refreshing for America to have a president who actually enjoys spending time with his children and took fatherhood as seriously as he will take the stewardship of this nation .
Social media immediately erupted in derision and mockery at Steve ’ s tweet — especially since it ’ s unclear if the baby in the photo is Beau Biden , who tragically lost a battle with brain cancer a few years ago :

It’s a sign of how pathetic and desperate that Trump’s defenders are that even most innocent and apolitical of actions are breathlessly weaponized to try and prove liberal hypocrisy in the stupidest of culture war battles.
The Republican Party’s rapid response coordinator caused a stir on social media this afternoon when he tried to get one over on Joe Biden…by posting an adorable picture of him holding one of his sons, who was wearing a Washington Redskins hat.
UPDATE: The tweet has since been deleted, but here’s a screenshot:
On Monday, the Washington football team finally bowed to pressure from their corporate sponsors and announced they would be changing the name of the team away from the racial slur that previously served as the team’s name.
It is unclear how posting this photograph from at least 40 years ago is any kind of “own” or exposes any kind of hypocrisy on the part of Biden.
In fact, it reflects extremely poorly on President Donald Trump, who brags about how little time he spent with his kids and how little interest he’s ever had in their lives.
“There are certain things you do and certain things you don’t…It’s just not for me” he said when asked if he ever changed diapers. “He wasn’t really interested in the children until he could talk business with them…when they turned 21, I handed them over to him and said, ‘Here’s the finished product. You can take them from here” said his first wife and one of his alleged sexual assault victims, Ivana Trump.
It will be very refreshing for America to have a president who actually enjoys spending time with his children and took fatherhood as seriously as he will take the stewardship of this nation.
Social media immediately erupted in derision and mockery at Steve’s tweet — especially since it’s unclear if the baby in the photo is Beau Biden, who tragically lost a battle with brain cancer a few years ago:
you are one seriously sick fuck steve — Zeddy (@Zeddary) July 13, 2020
What incredibly boring and vapid planet do you guys live on where this is a savage own of anyone but yourself — Jordan B. Peterson Commando Rescue Leader 🦞⚔👍 (@ConnorSouthard) July 13, 2020
Sort of seems like you, as the Rapid Response Director, should be absolutely *certain* the person you're attacking (in a photo where they're a literal child) isn't actually their dead veteran brother before you decide to tweet it out. I dunno, just a suggestion! — Kendall Brown (@kendallybrown) July 13, 2020
What a mega asshole you are. Good job sharing a photo of Joe Biden being a loving father to his sons, one of whom is now dead. — Jennifer Hayden (@Scout_Finch) July 13, 2020
This picture, honestly, reminds me what a strong man we’ve nominated. Widowed, in his work clothes, hugging his surviving children. Watching a football game from the cheap seats, like the American working class save up to do. But you don’t look at this and see that, do you? — Brian Santa Maria (@briansantamaria) July 13, 2020
was this taken right before or right after his sons were involved in a car accident that killed his wife and infant daughter? either way, really great work, stove. — marisa kabas (@MarisaKabas) July 13, 2020
Hey Donald Trump, still wanna date your daughter? pic.twitter.com/dUG8wFPwya — Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) July 13, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-07-13--CNN’s Jim Acosta confronts Trump’s press secretary over smears of Dr. Fauci

The frustrations of being a White House correspondent in the Donald Trump era are such that they seem to more than offset any glamour associated with the job .
CNN ’ s Jim Acosta gave a perfect example of the type of exasperation that these journalists — trying to get their stories in the daily grind of covering a dysfunctional and chaotic White House — are forced to face , during the press briefing offered today by Trump ’ s Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany .
Acosta asked what was a perfectly reasonable question after a weekend in which anonymous Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political opposition research on Dr. Anthony Fauci , the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the top epidemiologist in the federal government .
The disturbing behind the scenes attacks on the man who has been brave enough to counter Donald Trump ’ s constant dissemination of misinformation and overly-optimistic pipe dreams about the COVID-19 pandemic with actual scientific facts come after it was learned that the administration had been attempting to sideline Dr. Fauci whose favorability and trustworthiness ratings far exceed that of the president himself during this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wondered why the White House — which has been trying to crack down on the continuous flow of embarrassing leaks from anonymous insiders since the beginning of Trump ’ s administration and has recently been revealed to be setting traps to catch them — would use that same deplored tactic to attack the credibility of the one man in the administration who actually has any when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic .
The Press Secretary ’ s answer to Acosta ’ s motivational probing left the primary question unanswered but told us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in McEnany ’ s eyes consists of the delusion that Trump has done a bang-up job of handling the COVID-19 pandemic despite the 137 thousand fatalities in this country .
You can watch the exchange below , but note that the post description in the tweet misquotes McEnany .
What she actually says in the video is that Trump noted that Dr. Fauci had made mistakes , not an unprecedented admission of fallibility on the president ’ s part .
Add your name to demand an investigation into Trump letting Putin pay Taliban @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s amazing that after the completely unsatisfactory response to his first question , Acosta keeps on trying to squeeze some truth from the fact-free lips of the press secretary , pressing her on whether Trump will ever get around to telling the Kremlin that they shouldn ’ t go around paying the Taliban exorbitant sums to kill American armed forces .
McEnany ’ s response — essentially that “ all countries matter ” and that the United States regularly informs every diplomatic contact in every nation that they shouldn ’ t be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ denies the veracity of the intelligence information and lets Russia off the hook so that Donnie and Vladdy can keep playing together in harmony .
One has to pity Acosta and every other White House correspondent .
Their job seeking the truth from this particular White House is akin to trying to find the exit in a hall of mirrors .
The entire design of the hall is constructed to lead you to smash your face into a mere illusion of reality no matter which way you turn and make it feel like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out .
Luckily , American voters can smash the mirrors and extricate our journalistic proxies from their current dilemma in November .
Let ’ s hope that they do so .
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The frustrations of being a White House correspondent in the Donald Trump era are such that they seem to more than offset any glamour associated with the job.
CNN’s Jim Acosta gave a perfect example of the type of exasperation that these journalists — trying to get their stories in the daily grind of covering a dysfunctional and chaotic White House — are forced to face, during the press briefing offered today by Trump’s Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany.
Acosta asked what was a perfectly reasonable question after a weekend in which anonymous Trump administration officials began circulating what amounted to political opposition research on Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the top epidemiologist in the federal government.
The disturbing behind the scenes attacks on the man who has been brave enough to counter Donald Trump’s constant dissemination of misinformation and overly-optimistic pipe dreams about the COVID-19 pandemic with actual scientific facts come after it was learned that the administration had been attempting to sideline Dr. Fauci whose favorability and trustworthiness ratings far exceed that of the president himself during this national health crisis.
The CNN correspondent wondered why the White House — which has been trying to crack down on the continuous flow of embarrassing leaks from anonymous insiders since the beginning of Trump’s administration and has recently been revealed to be setting traps to catch them — would use that same deplored tactic to attack the credibility of the one man in the administration who actually has any when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Press Secretary’s answer to Acosta’s motivational probing left the primary question unanswered but told us everything we have to know — which in McEnany’s eyes consists of the delusion that Trump has done a bang-up job of handling the COVID-19 pandemic despite the 137 thousand fatalities in this country.
You can watch the exchange below, but note that the post description in the tweet misquotes McEnany. What she actually says in the video is that Trump noted that Dr. Fauci had made mistakes, not an unprecedented admission of fallibility on the president’s part.
Asked about Russian bounties, McEnany bends over backward to avoid directly rebuking the Kremlin pic.twitter.com/sIqqycCfEN — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 13, 2020
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It’s amazing that after the completely unsatisfactory response to his first question, Acosta keeps on trying to squeeze some truth from the fact-free lips of the press secretary, pressing her on whether Trump will ever get around to telling the Kremlin that they shouldn’t go around paying the Taliban exorbitant sums to kill American armed forces.
McEnany’s response — essentially that “all countries matter” and that the United States regularly informs every diplomatic contact in every nation that they shouldn’t be paying to kill our soldiers — conveniently denies the veracity of the intelligence information and lets Russia off the hook so that Donnie and Vladdy can keep playing together in harmony.
One has to pity Acosta and every other White House correspondent. Their job seeking the truth from this particular White House is akin to trying to find the exit in a hall of mirrors.
The entire design of the hall is constructed to lead you to smash your face into a mere illusion of reality no matter which way you turn and make it feel like you’ll never find your way out.
Luckily, American voters can smash the mirrors and extricate our journalistic proxies from their current dilemma in November. Let’s hope that they do so.
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occupydemocrats--2020-07-13--The Daily Wire posts bizarre article seemingly blaming Rep. Ocasio-Cortez for baby’s shooting

Americans across the country are struggling to come to grips with the recent outbreaks of deadly gun violence in major cities as summer begins — but the right-wing ghouls over at Ben Shapiro ’ s website the Daily Wire know exactly who is to blame : In a stunning and revealing indulgence of the right-wing male ’ s pathological obsession with the outspoken Democratic Congresswoman , the Daily Wire posted a story to their Twitter today that appeared to insinuate that it was Ocasio-Cortez was somehow involved in the tragic slaying of an infant by putting her picture on what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through this story , the Daily Wire ’ s Amanda Prestigiacomo decides that it ’ s AOC who is the real villain here .
Attempting to paint her as ignorant and incompetent , Prestigiacomo took AOC ’ s explanation for the rise in New York ’ s burglaries and shoplifting out of context .
“ The gut-wrenching shooting of the innocent child happened on the same day Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ( D-NY ) rationalized the massive surge of crime in New York City as a byproduct of pandemic-related poverty .
On Sunday , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crime on financial struggles sparked by the coronavirus response , claiming that folks are ‘ scared to pay their rent.
’ She also claimed the police cutbacks in NYC are ‘ not real ” sneered Prestigiacomo after lazily failing to write any kind of transition into her AOC-bashing section .
“ The congresswoman ’ s remarks come on the heels of NYPD cutbacks and incessant calls by far-left activists to ‘ defund the police , ’ which were echoed by AOC herself.
” It certainly follows that the rise in petty property crimes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tens of millions of people are out of a job thanks to the coronavirus crisis and have been completely abandoned by their Republican-led government , but right-wing feelings certainly get in the way of facts when it comes to anything Ocasio-Cortez says .
Prestigiacomo did not mention that law enforcement officials have discovered the uptick in shootings is tied to gang violence as drug dealers fight over territory , nor did she mention that the right-wing ’ s rabid opposition to any kind of commonsense gun reform is the leading enabler of America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But it really just goes to show how deeply obsessed Ben Shapiro and his writers are with Ocasio-Cortez — and how low they ’ ll go in their efforts to smear her .

Americans across the country are struggling to come to grips with the recent outbreaks of deadly gun violence in major cities as summer begins — but the right-wing ghouls over at Ben Shapiro’s website the Daily Wire know exactly who is to blame:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
In a stunning and revealing indulgence of the right-wing male’s pathological obsession with the outspoken Democratic Congresswoman, the Daily Wire posted a story to their Twitter today that appeared to insinuate that it was Ocasio-Cortez was somehow involved in the tragic slaying of an infant by putting her picture on what is obviously an unrelated story.
Halfway through this story, the Daily Wire’s Amanda Prestigiacomo decides that it’s AOC who is the real villain here. Attempting to paint her as ignorant and incompetent, Prestigiacomo took AOC’s explanation for the rise in New York’s burglaries and shoplifting out of context.
“The gut-wrenching shooting of the innocent child happened on the same day Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) rationalized the massive surge of crime in New York City as a byproduct of pandemic-related poverty. On Sunday, Ocasio-Cortez seemingly blamed the surge in NYC crime on financial struggles sparked by the coronavirus response, claiming that folks are ‘scared to pay their rent.’ She also claimed the police cutbacks in NYC are ‘not real” sneered Prestigiacomo after lazily failing to write any kind of transition into her AOC-bashing section. “The congresswoman’s remarks come on the heels of NYPD cutbacks and incessant calls by far-left activists to ‘defund the police,’ which were echoed by AOC herself.”
It certainly follows that the rise in petty property crimes would be motivated by the fact that tens of millions of people are out of a job thanks to the coronavirus crisis and have been completely abandoned by their Republican-led government, but right-wing feelings certainly get in the way of facts when it comes to anything Ocasio-Cortez says.
Prestigiacomo did not mention that law enforcement officials have discovered the uptick in shootings is tied to gang violence as drug dealers fight over territory, nor did she mention that the right-wing’s rabid opposition to any kind of commonsense gun reform is the leading enabler of America’s incessant epidemic of gun violence.
But it really just goes to show how deeply obsessed Ben Shapiro and his writers are with Ocasio-Cortez — and how low they’ll go in their efforts to smear her.
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occupydemocrats--2020-07-13--Video shows NYPD cops viciously tackling and tazing peaceful protester

The power dynamic in any encounter with a member of the police is never in your favor .
They have the badge , the gun , the truncheon , an increasing number of militarized weapons surplus to the needs of the federal armed forces , and powerful electronic devices like tasers .
Unless you are an armed militia member yourself , you likely have a mobile phone , some gym clothes , and a book or two in your backpack .
Still , the emotions that rise up during the wrenching protests against the racially-charged brutality of the very people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ serving all of a municipality ’ s citizens often lead people to ignore the inherent imbalance in power between themselves and the police and nonetheless get right up in their faces to express their displeasure with their performance of their duties .
The consequences of doing so are not always very pleasant , to say the least .
One man in Bay Ridge , Brooklyn learned that the hard way this weekend when he began shouting at a New York City police officer about the arrest of another protestor as he was marching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officer felt that the man was getting too close to him for his liking despite the fact that the protestor was merely arguing with him angrily without touching him .
After telling the man to step back , the officer barely waits a second before shoving the protestor , after which he is then tackled by a second officer , who — having been unable to bring the man to the ground — proceeds to take out a taser and fire it at the man .
As the protestor falls to the ground @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : “ Oh , he ’ s going to lose his job !
” As police try to strain and handcuff the innocent man exercising his rights to free speech , he cried out in shock and anger : As the officers pulled the man ’ s arms behind his back to arrest him , he complains that they are going to break his arm by using excessive force .
He was then taken into custody after the video clip ends .
As it turns out , the bystander who warned the police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unwarranted actions could produce was somewhat prescient .
After the video of the incident began circulating on social media , New York Attorney General Letitia James saw it and requested that witnesses report the incident and forward the video to her office for investigation .
There may be some justice gained against unwarranted assaults and arrests by New York City police yet .
You can watch the video and see Attorney General James ’ tweet responding to it below .
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The power dynamic in any encounter with a member of the police is never in your favor.
They have the badge, the gun, the truncheon, an increasing number of militarized weapons surplus to the needs of the federal armed forces, and powerful electronic devices like tasers.
Unless you are an armed militia member yourself, you likely have a mobile phone, some gym clothes, and a book or two in your backpack.
Still, the emotions that rise up during the wrenching protests against the racially-charged brutality of the very people who are meant to be protecting and serving all of a municipality’s citizens often lead people to ignore the inherent imbalance in power between themselves and the police and nonetheless get right up in their faces to express their displeasure with their performance of their duties.
The consequences of doing so are not always very pleasant, to say the least.
One man in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn learned that the hard way this weekend when he began shouting at a New York City police officer about the arrest of another protestor as he was marching in a BLM demonstration.
Apparently the officer felt that the man was getting too close to him for his liking despite the fact that the protestor was merely arguing with him angrily without touching him.
After telling the man to step back, the officer barely waits a second before shoving the protestor, after which he is then tackled by a second officer, who — having been unable to bring the man to the ground — proceeds to take out a taser and fire it at the man.
As the protestor falls to the ground, a bystander videoing the proceedings exclaims: “Oh, he’s going to lose his job!”
As police try to strain and handcuff the innocent man exercising his rights to free speech, he cried out in shock and anger:
“You Tased me! I didn’t do nothing!”
As the officers pulled the man’s arms behind his back to arrest him, he complains that they are going to break his arm by using excessive force. He was then taken into custody after the video clip ends.
As it turns out, the bystander who warned the police about the risks to their livelihoods such unwarranted actions could produce was somewhat prescient.
After the video of the incident began circulating on social media, New York Attorney General Letitia James saw it and requested that witnesses report the incident and forward the video to her office for investigation.
There may be some justice gained against unwarranted assaults and arrests by New York City police yet.
You can watch the video and see Attorney General James’ tweet responding to it below.
Please report this and send this video to my office:https://t.co/KBxAufIC4I — NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) July 13, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-07-13--Rep. Ayanna Pressley publicly blasts Betsy DeVos over disastrous school reopening plans

As part of a desperate and ill-fated bid to convince the American people that all is well ahead of the 2020 election , the Trump administration is pushing to recklessly reopen schools in the fall despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic .
The president has been tweeting about it regularly and all of his little minions have been mimicking his dangerous rhetoric , clearly far more interested in keeping their jobs than in protecting the lives of children .
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos , always a loyal soldier for this disastrous president , went on TV this weekend to parrot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reopenings .
Like Trump , she disgraced herself by dismissing the CDC reopening guidelines as “ flexible.
” DeVos completely failed to articulate how she and her boss intend to keep students safe , presumably because they have few if any plans to do so .
For them , all that matters is that the schools open .
What happens after that appears to be of no interest to them .
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Thankfully , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in place .
Rep. Ayana Pressley ( D-MA ) retweeted a clip of DeVos ’ s shameful CNN appearance and slammed her for not having a plan for safely reopening .
Pressley correctly stated that teachers , parents , and their children are afraid they could die .
“ I wouldn ’ t trust you to care for a house plant let alone my child , ” Pressley concluded , brutally summarizing the feelings of countless American parents who are watching with horror as this administration marches towards reopenings .
Right now there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ criticizing this administration , the lives of children are at stake here and all sane adults have to stand up and advocate for our students .
DeVos and Trump are prioritizing their own political interests over the health and welfare of this country and in doing so have made it abundantly clear that removing them from office this November is a life or death issue for the American citizenry .
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As part of a desperate and ill-fated bid to convince the American people that all is well ahead of the 2020 election, the Trump administration is pushing to recklessly reopen schools in the fall despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The president has been tweeting about it regularly and all of his little minions have been mimicking his dangerous rhetoric, clearly far more interested in keeping their jobs than in protecting the lives of children.
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, always a loyal soldier for this disastrous president, went on TV this weekend to parrot the president’s calls for school reopenings. Like Trump, she disgraced herself by dismissing the CDC reopening guidelines as “flexible.”
DeVos completely failed to articulate how she and her boss intend to keep students safe, presumably because they have few if any plans to do so. For them, all that matters is that the schools open. What happens after that appears to be of no interest to them.
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Thankfully, the country still has some competent political leadership in place. Rep. Ayana Pressley (D-MA) retweeted a clip of DeVos’s shameful CNN appearance and slammed her for not having a plan for safely reopening. Pressley correctly stated that teachers, parents, and their children are afraid they could die.
“I wouldn’t trust you to care for a house plant let alone my child,” Pressley concluded, brutally summarizing the feelings of countless American parents who are watching with horror as this administration marches towards reopenings.
Right now there is no reason to mince words when criticizing this administration, the lives of children are at stake here and all sane adults have to stand up and advocate for our students. DeVos and Trump are prioritizing their own political interests over the health and welfare of this country and in doing so have made it abundantly clear that removing them from office this November is a life or death issue for the American citizenry.
.@BetsyDeVosED you have no plan. Teachers, kids and parents are fearing for their lives. You point to a private sector that has put profits over people and claimed the lives of thousands of essential workers. I wouldn’t trust you to care for a house plant let alone my child. https://t.co/Qs0Z7gCnMo — Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) July 12, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-07-13--Trump complains about how hard it is to watch FOX News and trashes their contributors

Right on cue , the coronavirus crisis is once again exploding across the United States after Republican-run states failed to take the proper precautions and re-opened before it was safe , in complete defiance of health experts .
Multiple states are recording thousands of new cases every day and the state of Florida set a record this weekend with a staggering 15,000 new cases in just one day .
With this crisis barreling back at full force , one would think the president would be preoccupied with deciding his next course of action to take in order to save American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is clearly sticking to his regular schedule of getting furiously mad at the television for not being nice enough to him .
It is unclear what segment made him angry .
Strangely , he had previously posted a tweet appearing to praise the network earlier .
His actual complaints are meaningless and almost certainly false ; the important thing is his fixation with not being showered with praise at every single opportunity .
As his polls slide into the tank with the economy and the coronavirus death toll , he has become increasingly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
When he doesn ’ t get it , he lashes out in a rage .
But by all means , Mr. President .
Keep watching television .
You ’ ll soon be able to watch all the television in the world after we kick you out of office this November .

Right on cue, the coronavirus crisis is once again exploding across the United States after Republican-run states failed to take the proper precautions and re-opened before it was safe, in complete defiance of health experts. Multiple states are recording thousands of new cases every day and the state of Florida set a record this weekend with a staggering 15,000 new cases in just one day.
With this crisis barreling back at full force, one would think the president would be preoccupied with deciding his next course of action to take in order to save American lives.
Not Donald Trump, who is clearly sticking to his regular schedule of getting furiously mad at the television for not being nice enough to him.
It is unclear what segment made him angry.
So hard to watch @FoxNews anymore. They are working so hard against the people (viewers) that got them there. Their contributors are a disaster, and all over the place. The Radical Left has scared Fox into submission, just like they have so many others. Sad, but we will WIN! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2020
Strangely, he had previously posted a tweet appearing to praise the network earlier.
“Republican voter registration is way up, Democrat numbers are down.” @foxandfriends — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2020
His actual complaints are meaningless and almost certainly false; the important thing is his fixation with not being showered with praise at every single opportunity. As his polls slide into the tank with the economy and the coronavirus death toll, he has become increasingly obsessed with seeking affirmation everywhere he can. When he doesn’t get it, he lashes out in a rage.
But by all means, Mr. President. Keep watching television. You’ll soon be able to watch all the television in the world after we kick you out of office this November.
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occupydemocrats--2020-07-13--Trump shares crazed tweet from washed-up game show host that “everyone is lying” about COVID-19

Donald Trump sank to a new low with his social media behavior this morning , a development that hardly seemed possible given his long , sordid history with the website .
The president decided it would be politically wise to wake up and retweet a message from washed-up game show host turned far-right kook Chuck Woolery whining about the “ outrageous lies ” surrounding COVID-19 .
According to the CDC and thanks in large part to our president ’ s staggering incompetence , over 134,000 Americans have now died from the coronavirus pandemic .
Rather than confront this grim reality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ insane ramblings of men like Woolery who claims that “ everyone is lying.
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“ Everyone ” in this case means “ the CDC , Media , Democrats , our Doctors.
” Woolery , like a good little MAGA maniac , even came up with a paranoid delusion to justify his conspiracy theorizing .
He claimed that the COVID-19 outbreak is actually “ all about the election ” and that the puppeteers orchestrating all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ damage the economy to hurt Trump ’ s reelection prospects .
“ I ’ m sick of it , ” Woolery ended the tweet , an obliviously ironic choice of wording given that Americans are dying from sickness in droves right now .
Even by Trumpian standards , this is retweet is deeply irresponsible .
The president is making it clear that he ’ s willing to spread misinformation that could lead to more deaths if it allows him to paint himself as a victim ahead of the 2020 election .
At every @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has made it abundantly clear that he could not possibly care any less about the welfare of the people he swore to serve .
People have died and will continue to die because of him and this country will not be safe until he ’ s voted out of office .
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Donald Trump sank to a new low with his social media behavior this morning, a development that hardly seemed possible given his long, sordid history with the website. The president decided it would be politically wise to wake up and retweet a message from washed-up game show host turned far-right kook Chuck Woolery whining about the “outrageous lies” surrounding COVID-19.
According to the CDC and thanks in large part to our president’s staggering incompetence, over 134,000 Americans have now died from the coronavirus pandemic. Rather than confront this grim reality though, President Trump is boosting the insane ramblings of men like Woolery who claims that “everyone is lying.”
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“Everyone” in this case means “the CDC, Media, Democrats, our Doctors.” Woolery, like a good little MAGA maniac, even came up with a paranoid delusion to justify his conspiracy theorizing. He claimed that the COVID-19 outbreak is actually “all about the election” and that the puppeteers orchestrating all of this are actually just trying to damage the economy to hurt Trump’s reelection prospects.
“I’m sick of it,” Woolery ended the tweet, an obliviously ironic choice of wording given that Americans are dying from sickness in droves right now.
Even by Trumpian standards, this is retweet is deeply irresponsible. The president is making it clear that he’s willing to spread misinformation that could lead to more deaths if it allows him to paint himself as a victim ahead of the 2020 election. At every step of his presidency, this man has made it abundantly clear that he could not possibly care any less about the welfare of the people he swore to serve. People have died and will continue to die because of him and this country will not be safe until he’s voted out of office.
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