occupydemocrats--2020-09-01--Video emerges of Trump going on bizarre rant about antifa using “big bags of soup” as a weapon

President Trump is infamous for constantly going off on extremely weird and nonsensical tangents about different issues facing America .
It ’ s as if his brain has trouble putting sentences together with ideas , but he ’ s too arrogant and delusionally self-confident to admit it — so he just continues talking , blabbing out whatever nonsense his brain offers up without bothering to consider whether or not its something a president should be saying .
Some of his best bits include that time he referred to farmers as “ local milk people , ” the cabinet meeting speech @ @ @ @ @ @ @ movie stars and liberals don ’ t want to cast them in movies , the many times he ’ s claimed that the F-35 is literally invisible , the incident where he argued with a group of Vietnam veterans after describing a scene from the movie Apocalypse Now as if it was real , the dinner at which he said that windmills cause cancer , the speech in which he ranted about how he has to flush toilets ten-plus times , and the recent speech in which he complained that the showerheads don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ It ’ s called RAIN , folks !
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To that distinguished collection , we can now add the “ use of soup as a deadly protest weapon , ” which Trump went on about at length during a meeting with the National Association of Police Organizations Leadership .
It would almost be hard to believe this is real if it wasn ’ t posted on the White House ’ s website itself .
Sign the petition to tell Congress to stop Trump ’ s sabotage of the post office @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protesters are hurling cans of soup at the police is unknown , but it ’ s probably an imaginary right-wing trope like the “ cement milkshakes ” that white supremacists and their police allies claimed antifa protesters were throwing at them in Portland .
At this point we don ’ t need to tell you how important it is that we get this guy out of office as quickly as possible , but this video is yet another stunning reminder of just how unfit Donald Trump is to be in charge of anything @ @ @ @ @

President Trump is infamous for constantly going off on extremely weird and nonsensical tangents about different issues facing America. It’s as if his brain has trouble putting sentences together with ideas, but he’s too arrogant and delusionally self-confident to admit it — so he just continues talking, blabbing out whatever nonsense his brain offers up without bothering to consider whether or not its something a president should be saying.
Some of his best bits include that time he referred to farmers as “local milk people,” the cabinet meeting speech about how his generals are handsome like movie stars and liberals don’t want to cast them in movies, the many times he’s claimed that the F-35 is literally invisible, the incident where he argued with a group of Vietnam veterans after describing a scene from the movie Apocalypse Now as if it was real, the dinner at which he said that windmills cause cancer, the speech in which he ranted about how he has to flush toilets ten-plus times, and the recent speech in which he complained that the showerheads don’t produce enough water anymore (“It’s called RAIN, folks!”).
To that distinguished collection, we can now add the “use of soup as a deadly protest weapon,” which Trump went on about at length during a meeting with the National Association of Police Organizations Leadership.
https://twitter.com/Politidope/status/1300913578254446593?s=20
It would almost be hard to believe this is real if it wasn’t posted on the White House’s website itself.
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I somehow missed the President's extended monologue last month on the use of soup as a deadly protest weapon. "Big bags of soup." https://t.co/f5Tpsk7D9u pic.twitter.com/sCjGDzbWzv — Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) September 1, 2020
Where he got the idea that protesters are hurling cans of soup at the police is unknown, but it’s probably an imaginary right-wing trope like the “cement milkshakes” that white supremacists and their police allies claimed antifa protesters were throwing at them in Portland.
At this point we don’t need to tell you how important it is that we get this guy out of office as quickly as possible, but this video is yet another stunning reminder of just how unfit Donald Trump is to be in charge of anything in every possible way.
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occupydemocrats--2020-09-01--Trump’s Kenosha visit goes off the rails as he says cops just “choke” and fails to endorse body cams

Donald Trump visited Kenosha , Wisconsin today but not for any responsible , presidential reason like trying to soothe the racial divisions exacerbated by the recent police shooting of a Black man named Jacob Blake .
Blake was hit seven times in the back and is now paralyzed from the waist down .
No , it wasn ’ t this inexcusable exercise of violence by the so-called enforcers of the law that the president is fixated on .
Instead , Trump tweeted that he wanted to visit Kenosha to “ thank ” law enforcement , an incredibly insensitive sentiment to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protesting against rampant police brutality .
Given his ill-advised reason for visiting the city , it should come as little surprise that Trump ’ s Kenosha roundtable proved to be an unmitigated disaster .
He started off his remarks by once again demonstrating why he is uniquely unfit to be president during a deadly pandemic by telling the attendees that they should feel free to remove their masks .
One would think that after his Tulsa , Oklahoma rally turned out to be a hotbed for spreading COVID-19 the president would exercise a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ man who never learns from mistakes and who has shown himself to be incapable of feeling empathy for others .
Simply put , he doesn ’ t seem to care if other people catch the virus .
The president also decided to repeat the sentiments from his horrifying interview with Laura Ingraham last night during which he implied that police shootings are a natural occurrence because sometimes cops just “ choke.
” While speaking to the far-right Fox host , he went so far as to say that such shootings are like missing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ petition to tell Congress to stop Trump ’ s sabotage of the post office !
Today he at least avoided comparing state murder to a benign mistake made while playing a recreational sport but again used the word “ choke.
” The idea that police killings of Black Americans are simply mistakes made due to the high-pressure nature of law enforcement is a deeply insulting lie that ignores the colossally powerful forces of systemic racism and the deeply problematic authoritarian streak running through many of our police departments .
Trump displayed a similar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officers should wear body cams .
The obvious answer is “ yes ” because there are absolutely no downsides to the proliferation of such technology .
All these cameras do is ensure that the public gets a clear picture of what happened after any given police incident .
Trump declined to say whether they should or shouldn ’ t be worn and instead kicked the question to his obsequious Attorney General Bill Barr .
Clearly , this president is afraid of alienating the Blue Lives Matter crowd that supports him so vociferously .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ police accountability and demand that their president support the same .
The rest of the roundtable was no better and served only to reinforce just how imperative it is that we vote this monster out in November .
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Donald Trump visited Kenosha, Wisconsin today but not for any responsible, presidential reason like trying to soothe the racial divisions exacerbated by the recent police shooting of a Black man named Jacob Blake. Blake was hit seven times in the back and is now paralyzed from the waist down.
No, it wasn’t this inexcusable exercise of violence by the so-called enforcers of the law that the president is fixated on. Instead, Trump tweeted that he wanted to visit Kenosha to “thank” law enforcement, an incredibly insensitive sentiment to share at a time when Americans are protesting against rampant police brutality.
It never ends! Now they are trying to say that your favorite President, me, went to Walter Reed Medical Center, having suffered a series of mini-strokes. Never happened to THIS candidate – FAKE NEWS. Perhaps they are referring to another candidate from another Party! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 1, 2020
Given his ill-advised reason for visiting the city, it should come as little surprise that Trump’s Kenosha roundtable proved to be an unmitigated disaster.
He started off his remarks by once again demonstrating why he is uniquely unfit to be president during a deadly pandemic by telling the attendees that they should feel free to remove their masks. One would think that after his Tulsa, Oklahoma rally turned out to be a hotbed for spreading COVID-19 the president would exercise a little more caution but this is a man who never learns from mistakes and who has shown himself to be incapable of feeling empathy for others. Simply put, he doesn’t seem to care if other people catch the virus.
Trump begins his roundtable event in Kenosha by suggesting attendees should take their masks off pic.twitter.com/6cPSHjVO7b — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 1, 2020
The president also decided to repeat the sentiments from his horrifying interview with Laura Ingraham last night during which he implied that police shootings are a natural occurrence because sometimes cops just “choke.” While speaking to the far-right Fox host, he went so far as to say that such shootings are like missing a putt in golf.
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Today he at least avoided comparing state murder to a benign mistake made while playing a recreational sport but again used the word “choke.” The idea that police killings of Black Americans are simply mistakes made due to the high-pressure nature of law enforcement is a deeply insulting lie that ignores the colossally powerful forces of systemic racism and the deeply problematic authoritarian streak running through many of our police departments.
“They choke sometimes” — you’d think Trump could come up with a better metaphor than “choke” to talk about police violence, but no pic.twitter.com/G6nhbPb1iz — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 1, 2020
Trump displayed a similar moral cowardice when asked if all police officers should wear body cams. The obvious answer is “yes” because there are absolutely no downsides to the proliferation of such technology. All these cameras do is ensure that the public gets a clear picture of what happened after any given police incident.
Trump declined to say whether they should or shouldn’t be worn and instead kicked the question to his obsequious Attorney General Bill Barr. Clearly, this president is afraid of alienating the Blue Lives Matter crowd that supports him so vociferously. These people want less, not more police accountability and demand that their president support the same.
The rest of the roundtable was no better and served only to reinforce just how imperative it is that we vote this monster out in November. Vote blue and make sure everyone you know does as well. Lives quite literally depend upon it.
"They call it choking. It happens" — Trump says he doesn't view police violence as a systemic issue pic.twitter.com/Jl4YO2vdmY — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 1, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-09-01--Racist bully beats Black child senseless for saying “Black is beautiful”

That the sins of the parents are passed along to their children is an unfortunate fact in the dissemination of racist attitudes in the United States .
The latest example of this phenomenon comes from Kansas where 11-year-old Nevaeh Thomas was playing with her friends near her school at a local apartment complex ’ s pool in Shawnee when an older boy began harassing her with taunting racial slurs .
Ms. Thomas was apparently well-raised by her parents to be able to handle racially-motivated insults like those that her 12-year-old antagonist was aiming her way .
She reportedly told him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the boy allegedly proceeded to hit her with a pole , knocking her unconscious , breaking her tooth , and giving her a concussion in the process , an act that required multiple stitches on both the inside and outside of Thomas ’ cheek .
Blair Murphy , a neighbor who runs a daycare center near the apartment complex , reflected the anger of local residents when she said : According to Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe , the young assailant would be charged with felonious aggravated battery for the attack and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the juvenile court system .
You can watch a local news report on the incident from the local Kansas City Fox affiliate below .
The entire incident leads one to wonder about the type of environment the unnamed minor who perpetrated this violence is growing up within .
One can only imagine that he picked up his racist vocabulary and attitudes , as well as his propensity for violence , from his family and friends , but ultimately it is the rise of Donald Trump and the subsequent destigmatization of blatant racism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has enabled this type of increasingly overt bigotry .
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That the sins of the parents are passed along to their children is an unfortunate fact in the dissemination of racist attitudes in the United States.
The latest example of this phenomenon comes from Kansas where 11-year-old Nevaeh Thomas was playing with her friends near her school at a local apartment complex’s pool in Shawnee when an older boy began harassing her with taunting racial slurs.
Ms. Thomas was apparently well-raised by her parents to be able to handle racially-motivated insults like those that her 12-year-old antagonist was aiming her way.
She reportedly told him “my Black is beautiful” before the boy allegedly proceeded to hit her with a pole, knocking her unconscious, breaking her tooth, and giving her a concussion in the process, an act that required multiple stitches on both the inside and outside of Thomas’ cheek.
Blair Murphy, a neighbor who runs a daycare center near the apartment complex, reflected the anger of local residents when she said:
“That poor little girl didn’t do anything and now she’s been hospitalized and beaten and for what? Because she’s Black?”
According to Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe, the young assailant would be charged with felonious aggravated battery for the attack and may be subject to hate crime charges in the juvenile court system.
You can watch a local news report on the incident from the local Kansas City Fox affiliate below.
The entire incident leads one to wonder about the type of environment the unnamed minor who perpetrated this violence is growing up within.
One can only imagine that he picked up his racist vocabulary and attitudes, as well as his propensity for violence, from his family and friends, but ultimately it is the rise of Donald Trump and the subsequent destigmatization of blatant racism under his own white supremacist reign that has enabled this type of increasingly overt bigotry.
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occupydemocrats--2020-09-01--LAPD cops stop Black man on his bike and end up shooting him dead

Another Black man has been killed under questionable circumstances , this time in Los Angeles .
29-year-old Dijon Kizzee was bicycling in south Los Angeles when sheriff ’ s deputies patrolling the area decided to confront him over an undisclosed “ vehicle code violation , ” according to Lt. Brandon Dean of the LA County Sheriff ’ s Department .
Upon being pulled over , according to the Lieutenant ’ s account , Kizzee dropped his bike and ran off .
The deputies were soon in hot pursuit and caught up with Kizzee who is then alleged to have begun @ @ @ @ @ @ @ land a punch in the face of one of the law enforcement agents .
Lt. Dean goes on to explain that Kizzee had been carrying a bundle of clothing in his hands when the deputies reached him which he proceeded to drop on the ground as the struggle began .
Here is where the questionable part of the encounter begins .
What masterful use of the passive voice !
As if the trigger pulled itself .
In the end , Dijon Kizzee was shot “ several ” times and died at the scene @ @ @ @ @ @ @ able to ascertain the true chronology of the events , the account seems to indicate that Kizzee may have had a gun on his person at one time , but was actually unarmed at the time he was shot .
Investigators cited in local media reports of the killing say that they will have to conduct interviews with the deputies to clarify the incident and that it was not immediately clear whether Kizzee had been reaching for the gun when he was shot .
Given the spate of police killings of unarmed Black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is body camera footage of an incident , the only witnesses to verify the accounts of the events that took place were the deputies themselves and their now-deceased victim .
The law enforcement officers are highly unlikely to implicate themselves as having reacted hastily in cases like these , and , since Los Angeles County sheriff ’ s deputies are not currently equipped with body cameras , there is no evidence to dispute their accounts of the killing and the true measure of risk that they faced from the suspect that they stopped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been removed from field duty during the standard investigations by the District Attorney ’ s Office , the coroner ’ s office , and the sheriff ’ s own Internal Affairs Bureau and inspector general .
In the meantime , the Los Angeles County Sheriff ’ s Department will be deploying body cameras to be used by all deputies starting sometime later this fall .
Let ’ s hope that they turn them on when they are supposed to and actually use them .
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Another Black man has been killed under questionable circumstances, this time in Los Angeles.
29-year-old Dijon Kizzee was bicycling in south Los Angeles when sheriff’s deputies patrolling the area decided to confront him over an undisclosed “vehicle code violation,” according to Lt. Brandon Dean of the LA County Sheriff’s Department.
Upon being pulled over, according to the Lieutenant’s account, Kizzee dropped his bike and ran off.
The deputies were soon in hot pursuit and caught up with Kizzee who is then alleged to have begun struggling with the officers and managed to land a punch in the face of one of the law enforcement agents.
Lt. Dean goes on to explain that Kizzee had been carrying a bundle of clothing in his hands when the deputies reached him which he proceeded to drop on the ground as the struggle began.
Here is where the questionable part of the encounter begins.
According to Lt. Dean:
“Our suspect was holding some items of clothing in his hands, punched one of the officers in the face and then dropped the items in his hands,” Dean said. “The deputies noticed that inside the clothing items he dropped was a black semiautomatic handgun. At which time a deputy-involved shooting occurred.”
What masterful use of the passive voice!
“A shooting occurred.”
As if the trigger pulled itself.
In the end, Dijon Kizzee was shot “several” times and died at the scene.
Although only an eyewitness could be able to ascertain the true chronology of the events, the account seems to indicate that Kizzee may have had a gun on his person at one time, but was actually unarmed at the time he was shot.
Investigators cited in local media reports of the killing say that they will have to conduct interviews with the deputies to clarify the incident and that it was not immediately clear whether Kizzee had been reaching for the gun when he was shot.
Given the spate of police killings of unarmed Black men in recent years, unless there is body camera footage of an incident, the only witnesses to verify the accounts of the events that took place were the deputies themselves and their now-deceased victim.
The law enforcement officers are highly unlikely to implicate themselves as having reacted hastily in cases like these, and, since Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies are not currently equipped with body cameras, there is no evidence to dispute their accounts of the killing and the true measure of risk that they faced from the suspect that they stopped for a bicycle violation.
The deputies have been removed from field duty during the standard investigations by the District Attorney’s Office, the coroner’s office, and the sheriff’s own Internal Affairs Bureau and inspector general.
In the meantime, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will be deploying body cameras to be used by all deputies starting sometime later this fall.
Let’s hope that they turn them on when they are supposed to and actually use them.
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Original reporting by Amy Powell, Marc Cota-Robles, and ABC7.com staff.
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occupydemocrats--2020-09-01--Reporters are left stunned by Trump’s “people in dark shadows” comments: “It’s almost too stupid to

Reporters are left stunned by Trump’s “people in dark shadows” comments: “It’s almost too stupid to fact-check”

Last night , President Trump pushed conspiracy theories so mind-bogglingly crazy that the fact-checkers have been left stunned by his audacity .
During an interview with white supremacist FOX host Laura Ingraham last night , Trump dove into the realm of preposterous conspiracy theory and claimed that “ we had somebody get on a plane from a certain city this weekend , and in the plane it was almost completely loaded with thugs , wearing these dark uniforms , black uniforms , with gear and this and that.
” When Ingraham asked him for any kind of details about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with “ I ’ ll tell you sometime.
” Later on in the interview , he claimed that “ people that are in the dark shadows ” and “ people you haven ’ t heard of ” are “ pulling the strings ” for Joe Biden , obviously blowing a dog-whistle to the fanatical followers of the QAnon conspiracy , who believe that George Soros and the rest of the “ deep state ” are part of a pedophilic child trafficking cult and conspiring to steal the presidency from Donald Trump , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them .
It goes without saying that Daniel Dale , the tireless reporter who has spent four long years live-tweeting Trump events and fact-checking them , is no stranger to the president ’ s dabbling with insanity .
But even he was taken aback by the breathtaking nonsense the president was spewing on national television last night .
“ It ’ s almost too stupid to fact-check !
” exclaimed Daniel Dale in while appearing on CNN with Jake Tapper .
“ When you have FOX ’ s Laura Ingraham telling you that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s probably a conspiracy theory !
” Indeed , it is almost too stupid to fact check .
But the issue remains that the president is continuing to repeat these insane conspiracy theories deliberately targeted at his fanatical QAnon followers , who have lost all conception of truth and fiction and decided to interpret the events of the world in their own way , no matter how divorced from reality that might be — and as the president continues to promote these ideas , more and more people will be lost @ @ @ @

Last night, President Trump pushed conspiracy theories so mind-bogglingly crazy that the fact-checkers have been left stunned by his audacity.
During an interview with white supremacist FOX host Laura Ingraham last night, Trump dove into the realm of preposterous conspiracy theory and claimed that “we had somebody get on a plane from a certain city this weekend, and in the plane it was almost completely loaded with thugs, wearing these dark uniforms, black uniforms, with gear and this and that.”
When Ingraham asked him for any kind of details about the obviously fictitious flight, he merely replied with “I’ll tell you sometime.”
The President claims people in the dark shadows who control the streets are really controlling Biden. He goes on to talk about a plane full of people wearing black uniforms but then says he can’t reveal anymore because it’s under investigation pic.twitter.com/AAk5GX0eWu — Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) September 1, 2020
Later on in the interview, he claimed that “people that are in the dark shadows” and “people you haven’t heard of” are “pulling the strings” for Joe Biden, obviously blowing a dog-whistle to the fanatical followers of the QAnon conspiracy, who believe that George Soros and the rest of the “deep state” are part of a pedophilic child trafficking cult and conspiring to steal the presidency from Donald Trump, the only man with the courage to confront them.
It goes without saying that Daniel Dale, the tireless reporter who has spent four long years live-tweeting Trump events and fact-checking them, is no stranger to the president’s dabbling with insanity. But even he was taken aback by the breathtaking nonsense the president was spewing on national television last night.
“It’s almost too stupid to fact-check!” exclaimed Daniel Dale in while appearing on CNN with Jake Tapper. “When you have FOX’s Laura Ingraham telling you that it’s a conspiracy theory, it’s probably a conspiracy theory!”
Watch the discussion here:
“It’s almost too stupid to fact-check,” CNN’s @ddale8 says about President Trump’s remarks that Joe Biden is being controlled by “people that are in the dark shadows.” “This President is a conspiracy theorist,” Dale tells @jimsciutto. https://t.co/2JN657N81h pic.twitter.com/G14FdPUSew — CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) September 1, 2020
Indeed, it is almost too stupid to fact check. But the issue remains that the president is continuing to repeat these insane conspiracy theories deliberately targeted at his fanatical QAnon followers, who have lost all conception of truth and fiction and decided to interpret the events of the world in their own way, no matter how divorced from reality that might be — and as the president continues to promote these ideas, more and more people will be lost in his lies.
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occupydemocrats--2020-09-01--Jacob Blake’s uncle unleashes fiery remarks on the “orange man” as Trump descends on Kenosha

Yesterday we learned that the father of Jacob Blake , the Black man who was paralyzed from the waist down after being shot several times in the back by police in Kenosha , Wisconsin said that it ’ s “ too late ” for President Trump to reach out to his family .
Blake ’ s father added that he has already “ talked to President Biden , ” implying he has no intention of voting for the incumbent president , a man who continues to spur on police brutality and who refuses to stand up against the killing of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enforcement officers .
Trump visited Kenosha today , not to try to mend some of the painful racial divisions in the city , but to “ thank ” law enforcement .
Judging by the clips emerging of the local citizens though , the president is far from welcome in the community .
WISN 12 News ’ s Chernéy Amhara shared a clip on Twitter of Justin Blake , uncle of Jacob Blake , trashing Donald Trump .
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We need a president that ’ s gon na unite our country and take us in a different direction , ” said Blake .
Someone in the crowd then asked Blake if he believes that Trump “ should have come ” to Kenosha .
“ It ’ s a free country .
We can go anywhere we want .
We want the same rights he got and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our children home safely because they should be able to go anywhere in this nation and come back home safe and not get shot seven times , ” answered Blake .
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Yesterday we learned that the father of Jacob Blake, the Black man who was paralyzed from the waist down after being shot several times in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin said that it’s “too late” for President Trump to reach out to his family. Blake’s father added that he has already “talked to President Biden,” implying he has no intention of voting for the incumbent president, a man who continues to spur on police brutality and who refuses to stand up against the killing of innocent people at the hands of law enforcement officers.
Trump visited Kenosha today, not to try to mend some of the painful racial divisions in the city, but to “thank” law enforcement. Judging by the clips emerging of the local citizens though, the president is far from welcome in the community. WISN 12 News’s Chernéy Amhara shared a clip on Twitter of Justin Blake, uncle of Jacob Blake, trashing Donald Trump.
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“We don’t have any words for the orange man, all I ask is that he keep his disrespect, his foul language far away from our family. We need a president that’s gonna unite our country and take us in a different direction,” said Blake.
Someone in the crowd then asked Blake if he believes that Trump “should have come” to Kenosha.
“It’s a free country. We can go anywhere we want. We want the same rights he got and we want to be able to get our children home safely because they should be able to go anywhere in this nation and come back home safe and not get shot seven times,” answered Blake.
Listen to his powerful words below.
“We don’t have any words for the Orange man, all I ask is he keep his disrespect, his foul language far away from our family. We need a President that’s gonna unite our country…” – Justin Blake, Uncle of Jacob Blake when asked about @realDonaldTrump, who is visiting #Kenosha. pic.twitter.com/AkxSkbvb9l — Chernéy Amhara (@CherneyAmharaTV) September 1, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-09-01--Trump bizarrely denies suffering a “series of mini-strokes” that no reporter has alleged he suffered

Last night , CNN reported that an advance copy of New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt ’ s upcoming book alleges that during Trump ’ s much-speculated-upon mysterious and sudden trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in November 2019 , Vice President Mike Pence was placed on “ standby ” in case he was needed to “ take over the powers of the presidency temporarily.
” The emergency measure was prepared for in the eventuality that Trump had to be anesthetized for some kind of procedure .
While such a drastic eventuality did not ultimately come to pass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seems to indicate that there is much about Trump ’ s health that we do not know .
What ’ s more , hospital staff were not given their customary advance warning about the presidential visit , indicating it was likely a sudden emergency .
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The bizarre saga took a turn for the even weirder this morning when the president himself through fuel on the fires of speculation .
He took to Twitter to claim that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that their “ favorite President ” went to Walter Reed for treatment for “ a series of mini-strokes.
” The president insisted that such allegations are “ FAKE NEWS ” and that it never happened to “ THIS candidate ” but might have happened to “ another candidate from another Party !
” which is presumably an entirely baseless allegation against the 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton or former Vice President Joe Biden .
Bizarrely , as The New York Times ’ s Maggie Haberman pointed out on Twitter , Trump is denying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no actual reporter has claimed he suffered from .
The tweet has the distinct air of the Shakespearan observation that “ the lady doth protest too much.
” Why is Trump thinking about some kind of mini-strokes that , until he tweeted about them , weren ’ t even in the news ?
If he really is sick and did suffer from some kind of stroke incident , the American people obviously have a right to know .
These new suspicions also draw renewed attention to the supremely odd , seemingly unhealthy manner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ simple ramp at a West Point event in June .
It ’ s long been clear from his rhetoric and behavior that this president is unwell in the head , but now it seems increasingly likely that he is also physically unwell .
We didn ’ t really need any more reasons to vote Trump out at this point , but we can safely add this uncertainty to the ever-growing pile .
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Last night, CNN reported that an advance copy of New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt’s upcoming book alleges that during Trump’s much-speculated-upon mysterious and sudden trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in November 2019, Vice President Mike Pence was placed on “standby” in case he was needed to “take over the powers of the presidency temporarily.”
The emergency measure was prepared for in the eventuality that Trump had to be anesthetized for some kind of procedure. While such a drastic eventuality did not ultimately come to pass, the revelation that it was considered seems to indicate that there is much about Trump’s health that we do not know. What’s more, hospital staff were not given their customary advance warning about the presidential visit, indicating it was likely a sudden emergency.
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The bizarre saga took a turn for the even weirder this morning when the president himself through fuel on the fires of speculation. He took to Twitter to claim that people are trying to convince his followers that their “favorite President” went to Walter Reed for treatment for “a series of mini-strokes.” The president insisted that such allegations are “FAKE NEWS” and that it never happened to “THIS candidate” but might have happened to “another candidate from another Party!” which is presumably an entirely baseless allegation against the 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton or former Vice President Joe Biden.
It never ends! Now they are trying to say that your favorite President, me, went to Walter Reed Medical Center, having suffered a series of mini-strokes. Never happened to THIS candidate – FAKE NEWS. Perhaps they are referring to another candidate from another Party! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 1, 2020
Bizarrely, as The New York Times’s Maggie Haberman pointed out on Twitter, Trump is denying “a series of mini-strokes” that no actual reporter has claimed he suffered from. The tweet has the distinct air of the Shakespearan observation that “the lady doth protest too much.” Why is Trump thinking about some kind of mini-strokes that, until he tweeted about them, weren’t even in the news?
If he really is sick and did suffer from some kind of stroke incident, the American people obviously have a right to know. These new suspicions also draw renewed attention to the supremely odd, seemingly unhealthy manner in which Trump struggled to descend a simple ramp at a West Point event in June. It’s long been clear from his rhetoric and behavior that this president is unwell in the head, but now it seems increasingly likely that he is also physically unwell.
We didn’t really need any more reasons to vote Trump out at this point, but we can safely add this uncertainty to the ever-growing pile.
At least, no actual reporter has reported. — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 1, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-09-01--Trump compares the police officer shooting Jacob Blake 7 times to golfers missing a putt

Last night , the president of the United States gave an absolutely insane interview to FOX ’ s white supremacist host Laura Ingraham that began with him falsely claiming that “ Portland has been burning for decades ” and then going straight downhill from there on out .
In between promoting anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about “ planes full of thugs ” and “ shadow people , ” Trump insinuated that Sen. Cory Booker , who is Black , is going to flood the suburbs with “ low income people , ” a wildly racist dog-whistle to white suburban people who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have to live near Black Americans or witness the destructive effects of centuries of systematic oppression and economic disenfranchisement on urban Black communities .
But the worst clip of all shows the President comparing the police officers who put 7 bullets into the back of Jacob Blake , nearly killing him , to golfers who missed their putts .
While Ingraham failed to challenge anything the president said , even she recognized just how offensive the comparison was and quickly cut him off .
“ The police are under siege , because of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ acts , and one bad apple OR !
a choker , a choker , they choke , shooting a guy in the back many times , couldn ’ t you have done something different ?
couldn ’ t yew aav wrrrrestled ‘ im ?
in the mean time they might have been going for a weapon , there was a whole big thing there , but they choke !
just like , in a golf tournament , they miss a three foot ” slurs the President — at which point Ingraham interrupts and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ comparing it to golf , because the media would criticize him for it .
It is so telling that the only metaphor the president can come up with is related to golf , which is the thing he ’ s spent most of his presidency doing while the country goes to hell in a handbasket behind him .
But the most meaningful tidbit he had to offer America during this interview was his plans for Black Americans during his second term : More racist dog-whistling .
More demonization of any Black public figure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bigoted dismissal of “ shithole countries ” and the people that live in them .
More fanatical support for the police forces that have killed over 750 Americans in just 235 days this year .
More gutting of the social safety net that millions of Americans rely on to get by as tax cuts funnel the nation ’ s wealth up to the very richest .
That ’ s what we all have to look forward to over the next four years if Trump wins again .

Last night, the president of the United States gave an absolutely insane interview to FOX’s white supremacist host Laura Ingraham that began with him falsely claiming that “Portland has been burning for decades” and then going straight downhill from there on out.
In between promoting anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about “planes full of thugs” and “shadow people,” Trump insinuated that Sen. Cory Booker, who is Black, is going to flood the suburbs with “low income people,” a wildly racist dog-whistle to white suburban people who fled the cities in order to not have to live near Black Americans or witness the destructive effects of centuries of systematic oppression and economic disenfranchisement on urban Black communities.
“You know who’s going to be in charge of it? Cory Booker. That’s going to be nice” — Trump is barely trying to conceal his racism pic.twitter.com/y1sqIcxOIU — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 1, 2020
But the worst clip of all shows the President comparing the police officers who put 7 bullets into the back of Jacob Blake, nearly killing him, to golfers who missed their putts. While Ingraham failed to challenge anything the president said, even she recognized just how offensive the comparison was and quickly cut him off.
“The police are under siege, because of things, they can do 10,000 great acts, and one bad apple OR! a choker, a choker, they choke, shooting a guy in the back many times, couldn’t you have done something different? couldn’t yew aav wrrrrestled ‘im? in the mean time they might have been going for a weapon, there was a whole big thing there, but they choke! just like, in a golf tournament, they miss a three foot” slurs the President — at which point Ingraham interrupts and tells him that he’s not comparing it to golf, because the media would criticize him for it.
Trump starts comparing police shootings to golfers missing putts, but Laura Ingraham cuts him off because she realizes how bad it sounds pic.twitter.com/7oDnfUIaRf — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 1, 2020
It is so telling that the only metaphor the president can come up with is related to golf, which is the thing he’s spent most of his presidency doing while the country goes to hell in a handbasket behind him.
But the most meaningful tidbit he had to offer America during this interview was his plans for Black Americans during his second term:
Trump asked about second term agenda for Black Americans: "More of the same." — Will Steakin (@wsteaks) September 1, 2020
More racist dog-whistling. More demonization of any Black public figure who dares to criticize him. More bigoted dismissal of “shithole countries” and the people that live in them. More fanatical support for the police forces that have killed over 750 Americans in just 235 days this year. More gutting of the social safety net that millions of Americans rely on to get by as tax cuts funnel the nation’s wealth up to the very richest.
That’s what we all have to look forward to over the next four years if Trump wins again.
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occupydemocrats--2020-09-01--Trump pushes wild, baseless conspiracy theory that “planes of thugs” are flying to cities to cause c

Trump pushes wild, baseless conspiracy theory that “planes of thugs” are flying to cities to cause chaos

For weeks now , the president has been relentlessly fearmongering about the Black Lives Matter protesters and wringing his hands incessantly over the property damage that has followed in the wake of incessant police shootings of Black Americans .
Using the violence as an excuse to blame the Democratic politicians who control the city councils and mayor ’ s offices of major cities ( who , it must be said , have completely failed to rein in their outrageously violent police forces ) , he somehow is trying to make the argument that if he doesn ’ t get elected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ already having been elected and not lifting a finger to address the root causes of the riots .
Last night , the President took his propagandizing a step further during an interview with white nationalist FOX host Laura Ingraham .
Trump dove into the realm of preposterous conspiracy theory , claiming that “ we had somebody get on a plane from a certain city this weekend , and in the plane it was almost completely loaded with thugs , wearing these dark uniforms , black uniforms , with gear and this and that.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ kind of details about the obviously fictitious flight , he merely replied with “ I ’ ll tell you sometime.
” Later on in the interview , he claimed that “ people that are in the dark shadows ” and “ people you haven ’ t heard of ” are “ pulling the strings ” for Joe Biden , obviously blowing a dog-whistle to the fanatical followers of the QAnon conspiracy , who believe that George Soros and the rest of the “ deep state ” are part of a pedophilic child trafficking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from Donald Trump , the only man with the courage to confront them .
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Unsurprisingly , reporters were able to trace the “ plane loaded with thugs ” idea to a months-old Facebook conspiracy theory by some random boomer from Idaho that went viral after being picked up by militia Facebook pages .
It goes without saying that it is both terrifying and appalling to see the President of the United States pushing these kinds of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his fans , many of whom are so far beyond the realm of reason that reality and facts are utterly meaningless for them .
By continuing to fuel the narrative that “ Democratic ” antifa groups and anarchists are threatening American communities out of sheer spite , he is encouraging retaliatory violence against them — as we saw yesterday when he refused to condemn the Kyle Rittenhouse , the militiaman who killed two protesters and wounded a third in Kenosha , Wisconsin .
The biggest threat to stability in the United States is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he can to ensure that the wedge between left and right in the United States is driven so deeply that it is irreparable just to preserve his own selfish ambitions and protect himself from the shame of being a loser .

For weeks now, the president has been relentlessly fearmongering about the Black Lives Matter protesters and wringing his hands incessantly over the property damage that has followed in the wake of incessant police shootings of Black Americans. Using the violence as an excuse to blame the Democratic politicians who control the city councils and mayor’s offices of major cities (who, it must be said, have completely failed to rein in their outrageously violent police forces), he somehow is trying to make the argument that if he doesn’t get elected, the chaos will continue despite him already having been elected and not lifting a finger to address the root causes of the riots.
Last night, the President took his propagandizing a step further during an interview with white nationalist FOX host Laura Ingraham. Trump dove into the realm of preposterous conspiracy theory, claiming that “we had somebody get on a plane from a certain city this weekend, and in the plane it was almost completely loaded with thugs, wearing these dark uniforms, black uniforms, with gear and this and that.”
When Ingraham asked him for any kind of details about the obviously fictitious flight, he merely replied with “I’ll tell you sometime.”
The President claims people in the dark shadows who control the streets are really controlling Biden. He goes on to talk about a plane full of people wearing black uniforms but then says he can’t reveal anymore because it’s under investigation pic.twitter.com/AAk5GX0eWu — Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) September 1, 2020
Later on in the interview, he claimed that “people that are in the dark shadows” and “people you haven’t heard of” are “pulling the strings” for Joe Biden, obviously blowing a dog-whistle to the fanatical followers of the QAnon conspiracy, who believe that George Soros and the rest of the “deep state” are part of a pedophilic child trafficking cult and conspiring to steal the presidency from Donald Trump, the only man with the courage to confront them.
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Donald Trump says "people that are in the dark shadows" and "people you haven't heard of" are 'pulling the strings' for Joe Biden pic.twitter.com/tjLpVMSRCO — Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) September 1, 2020
Unsurprisingly, reporters were able to trace the “plane loaded with thugs” idea to a months-old Facebook conspiracy theory by some random boomer from Idaho that went viral after being picked up by militia Facebook pages.
President Trump tonight: "We had somebody get on a plane… it was almost completely loaded with thugs, wearing these dark uniforms, black uniforms." Viral Facebook rumor from June: "At least a dozen males got off the plane in Boise from Seattle, dressed head to toe in black." pic.twitter.com/xn5YrM1R2k — Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) September 1, 2020
It goes without saying that it is both terrifying and appalling to see the President of the United States pushing these kinds of dangerous and frankly anti-Semitic conspiracy theories to his fans, many of whom are so far beyond the realm of reason that reality and facts are utterly meaningless for them.
By continuing to fuel the narrative that “Democratic” antifa groups and anarchists are threatening American communities out of sheer spite, he is encouraging retaliatory violence against them — as we saw yesterday when he refused to condemn the Kyle Rittenhouse, the militiaman who killed two protesters and wounded a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
The biggest threat to stability in the United States is Donald Trump, who is doing everything he can to ensure that the wedge between left and right in the United States is driven so deeply that it is irreparable just to preserve his own selfish ambitions and protect himself from the shame of being a loser.
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occupydemocrats--2020-09-02--Wolf Blitzer gets under Bill Barr’s skin when he asks for actual evidence of voter fraud claims

It ’ s fun to watch Trump administration officials squirm when they are publicly called out on their lies on live TV .
When the squirmer is Attorney General William Barr — who seems to think his main client is Donald Trump rather than the people of the United States whom he ’ s supposed to serve — being asked to provide evidence that the Republican claims of mail-in ballots being subject to massive fraud are the least bit rooted in actual , you know , evidence , rather than being carefully yanked out of their own self-interested rear-ends , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you just might encounter .
CNN ’ s Wolf Blitzer got William Barr hot under the collar today when the venerable news anchor decided to fact check some of the ludicrous voter fraud conspiracies that the attorney general was touting on Trump ’ s behalf .
Blitzer asked Barr why Trump was encouraging his supporters to commit voter fraud — explaining that the president ’ s interview in which he urged his followers to vote by mail and then verify that “ the system works ” by visiting their polling place on election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vote had been counted and casting a second ballot if it had not — in a proposal that is patently illegal under every states ’ voting regulations .
Blitzer may not be a lawyer , but he knew for certain that what Trump and Barr were advising wouldn ’ t pass legal muster in any U.S. court of law .
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Barr responded in a way that one would not expect from a man who is in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and head of the federal Justice Department .
Blitzer had a quick rejoinder to further corner the prevaricating Trump administration official .
That was enough to set the attorney general off on an angry tirade .
Blitzer tried to interject with another fact check , but Barr wouldn ’ t let his host get a word in edgewise .
“ Let me talk !
” he yelled .
“ Please .
And since that time , there have been in the newspapers , in networks , academic studies saying it is open to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the narrative changed is after this administration came in .
But elections that have been held with mail have found substantial fraud and coercion .
For example , we indicted someone in Texas , 1,700 ballots collected from people who could vote .
He made them out and voted for the person replaced the same address with several generations of occupants .
Do you think that ’ s a way to run a vote ?
” The CNN host tried to point to the lack of any concrete evidence of electoral malfeasance in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mail-in ballots regularly for years .
Blitzer also challenged Barr ’ s assertion that mail-in voting could be hacked by a foreign country counterfeiting thousands of fake ballots and somehow getting them sent with an American postmark and perverting the results of the election , asking the attorney general “ What are you basing that on ?
” In the bizarre world of the Trump administration , no evidence is needed for that which they want you to blindly accept .
Barr , like his boss the president , seem to believe that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when it comes to their desperately self-interested claims of rampant voter fraud in elections with a significant number of mail-in ballots .
With electronic touchscreen voting systems subject to hacking , mysterious disappearances of large blocks of ballots from African American neighborhoods , and reprogrammed touch screens that somehow change your selection on their own , hand-marked paper ballots , like those used for mail-in voting , are the most secure and verifiable method of conducting a free and fair election according to most voting technology experts like Jennifer Cohn , whose Twitter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re not already .
Pay no attention to what partisan Republican officials are saying about mail-in voting .
It ’ s the method that Trump himself uses to cast his ballot , and GOP officials across the country are frantically trying to convince their party faithful that it ’ s only Democrats who shouldn ’ t be using mail-in ballots for fear that Republican seniors won ’ t vote at all over fears of catching the coronavirus in crowded polling places .
Vote by mail and vote for Joe Biden…and every other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ watch some of the exchange between Wolf Blitzer and Attorney General William Barr in the video excerpt below We want to hear what YOU have to say .
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It’s fun to watch Trump administration officials squirm when they are publicly called out on their lies on live TV.
When the squirmer is Attorney General William Barr — who seems to think his main client is Donald Trump rather than the people of the United States whom he’s supposed to serve — being asked to provide evidence that the Republican claims of mail-in ballots being subject to massive fraud are the least bit rooted in actual, you know, evidence, rather than being carefully yanked out of their own self-interested rear-ends, be careful of the unbridled rage that you just might encounter.
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer got William Barr hot under the collar today when the venerable news anchor decided to fact check some of the ludicrous voter fraud conspiracies that the attorney general was touting on Trump’s behalf.
Blitzer asked Barr why Trump was encouraging his supporters to commit voter fraud — explaining that the president’s interview in which he urged his followers to vote by mail and then verify that “the system works” by visiting their polling place on election day to check to see if their vote had been counted and casting a second ballot if it had not — in a proposal that is patently illegal under every states’ voting regulations.
“What he’s saying is he’s trying to make the point that the ability to monitor this system is not good and if it was so good if you tried to vote a second time, you would be caught if you voted in-person,” Barr tried to explain away the profoundly awful legal advice.
Blitzer may not be a lawyer, but he knew for certain that what Trump and Barr were advising wouldn’t pass legal muster in any U.S. court of law.
“That would be illegal if somebody mailed in a ballot and then actually showed up to vote in person,” said Blitzer. “That would be illegal.”
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Barr responded in a way that one would not expect from a man who is in his second appointment as U.S. Attorney General and head of the federal Justice Department.
“I don’t know what the law in the particular state says,” said Barr, in a highly evasive reply.
Blitzer had a quick rejoinder to further corner the prevaricating Trump administration official.
“Is there any state that says you can vote twice?” Blitzer rapidly followed up. “There are some that maybe you can change your vote up to a particular term,” Barr responded. “Why are you asking me what he’s saying?” “He doesn’t believe in the mail-in voting and you’re the attorney general of the United States,” Blitzer archly replied.
That was enough to set the attorney general off on an angry tirade.
“Wolf, this is sort of cheap talk to get around the fundamental problem, which is the bipartisan commission chaired by Jimmy Carter and James Baker set back in 2009 that mail-in voting is fraught with the risk of fraud and coercion,” Barr indignantly shot back.
Blitzer tried to interject with another fact check, but Barr wouldn’t let his host get a word in edgewise.
“Let me talk!” he yelled. “Please. And since that time, there have been in the newspapers, in networks, academic studies saying it is open to fraud and coercion. The only time the narrative changed is after this administration came in. But elections that have been held with mail have found substantial fraud and coercion. For example, we indicted someone in Texas, 1,700 ballots collected from people who could vote. He made them out and voted for the person replaced the same address with several generations of occupants. Do you think that’s a way to run a vote?”
The CNN host tried to point to the lack of any concrete evidence of electoral malfeasance in the many states that have been employing mail-in ballots regularly for years.
“The only thing I’m saying is that so far we haven’t seen widespread fraud,” said Blitzer. “So far we haven’t tried it,” Barr replied with perhaps a Freudian slip of enormous proportions.
Blitzer also challenged Barr’s assertion that mail-in voting could be hacked by a foreign country counterfeiting thousands of fake ballots and somehow getting them sent with an American postmark and perverting the results of the election, asking the attorney general “What are you basing that on?”
“As I’ve said repeatedly, I’m basing that on logic,” Barr answered, eschewing a legal argument. “Pardon?,” Blitzer replied increduously. “Logic,” Barr repeated. “But have you seen any evidence?,” the CNN anchor probed. “No,” was the only answer that the attorney general could give.
In the bizarre world of the Trump administration, no evidence is needed for that which they want you to blindly accept.
Barr, like his boss the president, seem to believe that bluster and volume substitute for the truth when it comes to their desperately self-interested claims of rampant voter fraud in elections with a significant number of mail-in ballots.
With electronic touchscreen voting systems subject to hacking, mysterious disappearances of large blocks of ballots from African American neighborhoods, and reprogrammed touch screens that somehow change your selection on their own, hand-marked paper ballots, like those used for mail-in voting, are the most secure and verifiable method of conducting a free and fair election according to most voting technology experts like Jennifer Cohn, whose Twitter feed you should be following if you’re not already.
Pay no attention to what partisan Republican officials are saying about mail-in voting.
It’s the method that Trump himself uses to cast his ballot, and GOP officials across the country are frantically trying to convince their party faithful that it’s only Democrats who shouldn’t be using mail-in ballots for fear that Republican seniors won’t vote at all over fears of catching the coronavirus in crowded polling places.
Vote by mail and vote for Joe Biden…and every other Democrat on the ticket.
You can watch some of the exchange between Wolf Blitzer and Attorney General William Barr in the video excerpt below
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Original reporting by Sarah K. Burris at RawStory.
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occupydemocrats--2020-09-02--Hilariously out-of-touch Don Jr. dogpiled for implying 82% of Americans make over $400,000

Donald Trump Jr. has become one of his father ’ s most vociferous social media surrogates during the 2020 presidential campaign by emulating his dad ’ s commitment to the enormous and easily fact-checked lie as his weapon of choice , at least when he ’ s not out hunting endangered species for sport .
Don Jr. was at it again today with a whopper of a false accusation against Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden that stretched the boundaries of truth — and mathematics — beyond any expectations of being taken seriously by any human with an iota of intelligence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one must remember that Donald Trump Sr. and his GOP cronies slashed taxes for the richest Americans in the recent Republican tax cut after Trump took office , setting up a massive federal deficit that they are now likely to use as an excuse to cut so-called entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare , part of the Republican party ’ s long-cherished goal of returning America to the excesses of inequality found in the oligarch-driven 19th-century gilded age .
While no one likes to pay taxes , the fact that they fund @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to education to protective services like national defense , fire fighting , and public order seems to escape those who seek to use antipathy towards taxation as an attractive bauble to dangle in front of voters .
It ’ s easy , therefore , for Trump Jr. to fear-monger by claiming that a Biden victory would lead to a tax increase on 82 % of Americans .
The only obstacle is that Junior ’ s claims are completely and utterly false .
The Biden tax plan calls for rescinding the irresponsible Republican tax @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over $ 400,000 per year .
If Don Jr. thinks that 82 % of American households earn more than $ 400,000 per year , then he is even more disconnected from the lives of everyday Americans than his own gilded lifestyle indicates .
Only about 1 % of American households command that lofty income level , according to a recent Bloomberg analysis .
Naturally , Trump Jr. is expecting that the unquestioning members of the president ’ s base that he is targeting with his lies won ’ t — or can ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ denizens , however , were much more diligent with their fact-checking .
Looks like Republicans will have to cut public education budgets by a lot more before enough people are stupid enough to buy their lies to ensure a Donald Trump victory .
Vote Trump and his enablers out of office before they take that next step .
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Donald Trump Jr. has become one of his father’s most vociferous social media surrogates during the 2020 presidential campaign by emulating his dad’s commitment to the enormous and easily fact-checked lie as his weapon of choice, at least when he’s not out hunting endangered species for sport.
Don Jr. was at it again today with a whopper of a false accusation against Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden that stretched the boundaries of truth — and mathematics — beyond any expectations of being taken seriously by any human with an iota of intelligence.
Joe Biden wants to raise taxes on 82% of all Americans. — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 2, 2020
To properly vet this tweet, one must remember that Donald Trump Sr. and his GOP cronies slashed taxes for the richest Americans in the recent Republican tax cut after Trump took office, setting up a massive federal deficit that they are now likely to use as an excuse to cut so-called entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare, part of the Republican party’s long-cherished goal of returning America to the excesses of inequality found in the oligarch-driven 19th-century gilded age.
While no one likes to pay taxes, the fact that they fund a range of government services from infrastructure to education to protective services like national defense, fire fighting, and public order seems to escape those who seek to use antipathy towards taxation as an attractive bauble to dangle in front of voters.
It’s easy, therefore, for Trump Jr. to fear-monger by claiming that a Biden victory would lead to a tax increase on 82% of Americans.
The only obstacle is that Junior’s claims are completely and utterly false.
The Biden tax plan calls for rescinding the irresponsible Republican tax legislation and raising taxes on households making over $400,000 per year.
If Don Jr. thinks that 82% of American households earn more than $400,000 per year, then he is even more disconnected from the lives of everyday Americans than his own gilded lifestyle indicates.
Only about 1% of American households command that lofty income level, according to a recent Bloomberg analysis.
Naturally, Trump Jr. is expecting that the unquestioning members of the president’s base that he is targeting with his lies won’t — or can’t — check his math.
Twitter denizens, however, were much more diligent with their fact-checking.
Yes….yes! THIS is the real question here, but also #TrumpHasNoPlan !! — Kristyn May #BlackLivesMatter (@platinum_eko) September 2, 2020
Beat me to it. Thanks @johnpavlovitz — Aubree Lane ✍ (@AubreeLane3) September 2, 2020
I feel that number is low. — Mithras Angel (place blue checkmark here) (@mithrasangel) September 2, 2020
Looks like Republicans will have to cut public education budgets by a lot more before enough people are stupid enough to buy their lies to ensure a Donald Trump victory.
Vote Trump and his enablers out of office before they take that next step.
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occupydemocrats--2020-09-02--Trump claims Biden will “obliterate” life, religion, jobs and the economy in unhinged response to Ke

Trump claims Biden will “obliterate” life, religion, jobs and the economy in unhinged response to Kennedy loss

Senator Ed Markey ( D-MA ) won a highly watched Democratic primary yesterday for his Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat against the latest member of the Kennedy clan with ambitions for higher office , Representative Joseph Kennedy III ( D-MA ) , with progressive support largely credited as helping him fend off the high profile primary challenge .
As co-sponsor of the Green New Deal program with Congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez ( D-NY ) , Senator Markey attributed his win to the votes of millennials who will be forced to face the effects of climate change for a much longer period than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Markey ’ s victory over Kennedy — a candidate who enjoyed the support of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ( D-CA ) — Donald Trump took to Twitter to offer his own version of political analysis of the primary results , spinning the news to fit his own electoral agenda .
Trump ’ s comments fit his campaign strategy of falsely painting Democrats as socialist radicals who will destroy all that America once was — as if his own tenure hasn ’ t accomplished significant strides towards that goal , as recent history @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new nickname for his Democratic presidential opponent , however .
Gone from this particular tweet is his old reliable sobriquet for Biden , Sleepy Joe .
In its place , Trump tries out “ Joe Hiden ’ , ” an apparent reference to his opponent ’ s dearth of coronavirus super-spreader events on the campaign trail compared to the president ’ s own Typhoid Mary tour of battleground swing states .
Trump seems to abandon his accusation that Biden personally holds views that are part of a vast socialist conspiracy to redistribute the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ultra-wealthy in their last tax bill in favor of arguing that he is too weak to hold back the overwhelming progressive forces in the Democratic party .
The list of aspects of American life that Trump claims will be destroyed under a Democratic administration includes several items that have already been significantly obliterated by his own administration and its incompetent bungling of the COVID-19 pandemic , including the lives of over 184,866 people who died from the disease , the jobs of 31 million people currently receiving unemployment benefits , and an economy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last quarter .
Trump ’ s characterization of Democratic calls for sensible gun regulations as an attack on 2nd Amendment rights puts him out of step with the 66 % of Americans who support stricter gun laws , while his attack on Democratic positions on environmental regulations in the midst of a life-altering climate crisis already causing wildfires , massive hurricanes , and rising sea levels go against the 67 % of Americans who support reducing the effects of climate change .
None of Trump ’ s scare tactics in this tweet can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prediction — that life itself will be “ totally obliterated ” if he is not re-elected .
Perhaps psychologists could trace Trump ’ s psychological pathologies to a lack of maternal affection in his childhood .
It ’ s clearly apparent that this president ’ s mother never read him the fairy tale of the boy who cried wolf , or if she did , that the moral of the story was never properly explained to him .
Ignore Trump ’ s lies and elect Joe Biden as our next president .
Unlike @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 2nd A , Energy , Religion , Jobs , and the Economy , would be totally liberated…or at least unshackled from Trump ’ s incompetence and malfeasance .
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Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) won a highly watched Democratic primary yesterday for his Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat against the latest member of the Kennedy clan with ambitions for higher office, Representative Joseph Kennedy III (D-MA), with progressive support largely credited as helping him fend off the high profile primary challenge.
As co-sponsor of the Green New Deal program with Congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Senator Markey attributed his win to the votes of millennials who will be forced to face the effects of climate change for a much longer period than his older constituents will.
“Tonight’s victory is a tribute to those young people,” Senator Markey said, promising that “the age of incrementalism is over.”
After news of Markey’s victory over Kennedy — a candidate who enjoyed the support of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) — Donald Trump took to Twitter to offer his own version of political analysis of the primary results, spinning the news to fit his own electoral agenda.
When a Kennedy loses a Democrat Primary in Massachusetts, by a lot, it just shows how far LEFT that party has gone. Joe Hiden’ will never be able to hold them back. Life, 2nd A, Energy, Religion, Jobs and the Economy, would be totally obliterated! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 2, 2020
Trump’s comments fit his campaign strategy of falsely painting Democrats as socialist radicals who will destroy all that America once was — as if his own tenure hasn’t accomplished significant strides towards that goal, as recent history amply proves.
Trump did debut a new nickname for his Democratic presidential opponent, however.
Gone from this particular tweet is his old reliable sobriquet for Biden, Sleepy Joe.
In its place, Trump tries out “Joe Hiden’,” an apparent reference to his opponent’s dearth of coronavirus super-spreader events on the campaign trail compared to the president’s own Typhoid Mary tour of battleground swing states.
Trump seems to abandon his accusation that Biden personally holds views that are part of a vast socialist conspiracy to redistribute the wealth that the GOP handed to the ultra-wealthy in their last tax bill in favor of arguing that he is too weak to hold back the overwhelming progressive forces in the Democratic party.
The list of aspects of American life that Trump claims will be destroyed under a Democratic administration includes several items that have already been significantly obliterated by his own administration and its incompetent bungling of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the lives of over 184,866 people who died from the disease, the jobs of 31 million people currently receiving unemployment benefits, and an economy that slipped over 30% in the last quarter.
Trump’s characterization of Democratic calls for sensible gun regulations as an attack on 2nd Amendment rights puts him out of step with the 66% of Americans who support stricter gun laws, while his attack on Democratic positions on environmental regulations in the midst of a life-altering climate crisis already causing wildfires, massive hurricanes, and rising sea levels go against the 67% of Americans who support reducing the effects of climate change.
None of Trump’s scare tactics in this tweet can match his most ludicrously and exaggeratedly false prediction — that life itself will be “totally obliterated” if he is not re-elected.
Perhaps psychologists could trace Trump’s psychological pathologies to a lack of maternal affection in his childhood.
It’s clearly apparent that this president’s mother never read him the fairy tale of the boy who cried wolf, or if she did, that the moral of the story was never properly explained to him.
Ignore Trump’s lies and elect Joe Biden as our next president. Unlike what the current president says, Life, 2nd A, Energy, Religion, Jobs, and the Economy, would be totally liberated…or at least unshackled from Trump’s incompetence and malfeasance.
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occupydemocrats--2020-09-02--Trump campaign crashes and burns defending Kenosha killer and Trump’s plane “loaded with thugs”

On one hand , working for a man like Donald Trump must be truly exhausting work .
Constantly finding new ways to defend the remarks of a man who oscillates between flagrant racism and indecipherable incoherence can be no easy task .
On the other hand , anyone who chooses willingly to serve a man as gleefully cruel and detrimental to democracy as this president means you deserve every ounce of inconvenience , disdain , and embarrassment the gets heaped on top of you .
Hogan Gidley , former White House Deputy Press Secretary and current Press Secretary for Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CNN today to do damage control for some of the president ’ s recent , deeply unhinged remarks and in doing so created more video evidence of his own active enabling of the worst president in American history .
Future generations will judge him accordingly .
Gidley started off by defending Kyle Rittenhouse , the Trump-supporting 17-year-old who shot and killed two protestors in Kenosha , Washington .
He claimed that Rittenhouse ’ s actions stemmed logically from some-imagined Democratic effort to prevent police from “ doing their jobs ” and maintaining order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is that Democrats do want police to do their jobs , we just want them to stop killing innocent Black people while doing those jobs .
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Gidley ’ s handwaving of Rittenhouse ’ s actions dovetails with the broader conservative talking point that Rittenhouse was acting in self-defense , an argument that conveniently ignores the fact that the boy illegally traveled over state lines with an AR-15 to act out tough-guy vigilante fantasies .
Republicans are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they consider him one of their own .
This administration should be saying that Rittenhouse should have never been at the protests and that children shouldn ’ t have access to such weapons but since the MAGA crowd and Blue Lives Matter supporters are rallying around Rittenhouse the White House is doing the same .
Somehow , the Rittenhouse segment wasn ’ t even the worst stretch of the interview .
Gidley was asked by Jim Sciutto about Trump ’ s embrace of baseless conspiracy theories , specifically the president ’ s QAnon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ confused ” and feigned ignorance as to what theories he was being asked about .
Sciutto pointed to Trump ’ s deeply bizarre and wildly irresponsible claim that there was some mysterious , unspecified , and obviously fictitious airplane “ loaded with thugs wearing these dark uniforms , black uniforms , with gear and this and that.
” While the president refused to provide further details about this imagined plane to Laura Ingraham , who was interviewing him , it ’ s clear that Trump was simply trying to spread fear .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that there are planes full of ruthless Antifa thugs circling the skies , prepped to descend on their cities and destroy them .
Sciutto asked Gidley if Trump really believes such a plane exists .
Gidley said that the information received inside the White House is “ obviously much different ” than that accessible to members of the public , implying that there could be truth to Trump ’ s plane fantasy .
“ When I worked in the White House I was privy obviously to a lot more complete and total information @ @ @ @ @ @ @ information he ’ s talking about but it does raise a pretty good question , in that how do all these people get into these communities .
Who pays for their flights ?
Who pays for their travel ?
Who pays for their hotel rooms ?
It ’ s a very coordinated effort and I think the question should be raised , ” said Gidley , echoing the recurrent Republican claim that Democrats are actively funding unrest backed by the money of men like George Soros ( an anti-semitic dog whistle ) .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of protestors do live in these communities and their outrage against police brutality is genuine and justified .
Ironically , it ’ s right-wing militias and provocateurs who live in other areas who are driving and even carpooling to these cities , communities to which they do not belong , to counterprotest .
Kyle Rittenhouse is a perfect example of just that .
Unsatisfied with Gidley ’ s answer , Sciutto asked why Trump simply doesn ’ t simply deploy the vast powers of the Department of Justice to locate this sinister airplane @ @ @ @ @ @ @ situation .
“ Or is the president just sharing something he heard online ?
” asked Sciutto .
Gidley evaded , claimed not to know the details , but repeated his implication that it could be true .
Gidley went on to smear Joe Biden ’ s health by bringing up times he has misspoken .
Sciutto pushed back by pointing out the Trump campaign ’ s hypocrisy and reminding the audience that Trump regularly mispronounces words .
Gidley hemmed and hawed , sticking to his talking points before claiming that nobody has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ insisted his work ethic is superior to Biden ’ s .
Sciutto promptly pointed out how much time Trump spends on the golf course , bringing the interview to a humiliating close for Gidley .
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On one hand, working for a man like Donald Trump must be truly exhausting work. Constantly finding new ways to defend the remarks of a man who oscillates between flagrant racism and indecipherable incoherence can be no easy task. On the other hand, anyone who chooses willingly to serve a man as gleefully cruel and detrimental to democracy as this president means you deserve every ounce of inconvenience, disdain, and embarrassment the gets heaped on top of you.
Hogan Gidley, former White House Deputy Press Secretary and current Press Secretary for Trump’s reelection campaign, went on CNN today to do damage control for some of the president’s recent, deeply unhinged remarks and in doing so created more video evidence of his own active enabling of the worst president in American history. Future generations will judge him accordingly.
Gidley started off by defending Kyle Rittenhouse, the Trump-supporting 17-year-old who shot and killed two protestors in Kenosha, Washington. He claimed that Rittenhouse’s actions stemmed logically from some-imagined Democratic effort to prevent police from “doing their jobs” and maintaining order. The reality, of course, is that Democrats do want police to do their jobs, we just want them to stop killing innocent Black people while doing those jobs.
Sign the petition to tell Congress to stop Trump’s sabotage of the post office!
Gidley’s handwaving of Rittenhouse’s actions dovetails with the broader conservative talking point that Rittenhouse was acting in self-defense, an argument that conveniently ignores the fact that the boy illegally traveled over state lines with an AR-15 to act out tough-guy vigilante fantasies. Republicans are rushing to Rittenhouse’s defense because they consider him one of their own.
This administration should be saying that Rittenhouse should have never been at the protests and that children shouldn’t have access to such weapons but since the MAGA crowd and Blue Lives Matter supporters are rallying around Rittenhouse the White House is doing the same.
"If you don't allow police to do their job, then the American people have to defend themselves some way" — Trump campaign spox Hogan Gidley defends the vigilantism of Kyle Rittenhouse, who has been charged with first-degree murder pic.twitter.com/iLmkbNZuI5 — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 2, 2020
Somehow, the Rittenhouse segment wasn’t even the worst stretch of the interview. Gidley was asked by Jim Sciutto about Trump’s embrace of baseless conspiracy theories, specifically the president’s QAnon followers. Gidley responded that he was “confused” and feigned ignorance as to what theories he was being asked about.
Sciutto pointed to Trump’s deeply bizarre and wildly irresponsible claim that there was some mysterious, unspecified, and obviously fictitious airplane “loaded with thugs wearing these dark uniforms, black uniforms, with gear and this and that.”
While the president refused to provide further details about this imagined plane to Laura Ingraham, who was interviewing him, it’s clear that Trump was simply trying to spread fear. He wants his paranoid supporters to think that there are planes full of ruthless Antifa thugs circling the skies, prepped to descend on their cities and destroy them. Sciutto asked Gidley if Trump really believes such a plane exists.
Gidley said that the information received inside the White House is “obviously much different” than that accessible to members of the public, implying that there could be truth to Trump’s plane fantasy.
“When I worked in the White House I was privy obviously to a lot more complete and total information. I haven’t seen the information he’s talking about but it does raise a pretty good question, in that how do all these people get into these communities. Who pays for their flights? Who pays for their travel? Who pays for their hotel rooms? It’s a very coordinated effort and I think the question should be raised,” said Gidley, echoing the recurrent Republican claim that Democrats are actively funding unrest backed by the money of men like George Soros (an anti-semitic dog whistle).
The simple reality is that a lot of protestors do live in these communities and their outrage against police brutality is genuine and justified. Ironically, it’s right-wing militias and provocateurs who live in other areas who are driving and even carpooling to these cities, communities to which they do not belong, to counterprotest. Kyle Rittenhouse is a perfect example of just that.
Unsatisfied with Gidley’s answer, Sciutto asked why Trump simply doesn’t simply deploy the vast powers of the Department of Justice to locate this sinister airplane, make arrests, and investigate the situation.
“Or is the president just sharing something he heard online?” asked Sciutto.
Gidley evaded, claimed not to know the details, but repeated his implication that it could be true.
“It does raise a pretty good question, in that, how do all these people get into these communities? Who pays for their flights? … it’s a very coordinated effort” — Hogan Gidley defends Trump’s lunatic comments about caravans of antifa boarding planes and flying to protests pic.twitter.com/4xj2oSSRJS — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 2, 2020
Gidley went on to smear Joe Biden’s health by bringing up times he has misspoken. Sciutto pushed back by pointing out the Trump campaign’s hypocrisy and reminding the audience that Trump regularly mispronounces words.
Gidley hemmed and hawed, sticking to his talking points before claiming that nobody has “more strength” than Trump and insisted his work ethic is superior to Biden’s. Sciutto promptly pointed out how much time Trump spends on the golf course, bringing the interview to a humiliating close for Gidley.
“Does mispronouncing words qualify? I know Yosemite is not “yo-semite.” You can count instances where the president has mispronounced words. Is that your standard for assigning mental acuity” — @jimsciutto to Hogan Gidley pic.twitter.com/BNicNBK5aZ — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 2, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-09-02--Sarah Huckabee Sanders claims Trump made crude sex joke about her and Kim Jong-un

While President Trump spent the morning throwing a laughably insincere fit about a leaked video of Chris Cuomo that the right-wing falsely claimed showed him admitting to sexual harassment , a shocking — well , actually , not really shocking but still disgraceful — new allegation of sexual harassment against the president has emerged .
The president ’ s own former White House Press Secretary , Sarah Huckabee Sanders , recounted a deeply inappropriate joke by the president in her upcoming book .
After North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appeared to “ wink ” at Sarah Huckabee Sanders during their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incident to Trump — whose pervert mind immediately went to the gutter .
“ Kim winked at you ?
Are you telling me Kim Jong-un hit on you !
?
!
?
” asked Trump in delight .
“ He did !
He fucking hit on you !
” While Huckabee claims she didn ’ t mean it like that , Trump wouldn ’ t let up .
“ Well , Sarah , that settles it .
You ’ re going to North Korea and taking one for the team !
Your husband @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you ’ ll be a hero to your country !
” The phrase “ taking one for the team ” in this context , from a man as obsessed with sex as Donald Trump is , almost certainly insinuates a sexual act .
While she may shrug it off as a joke , it is just further evidence that Donald Trump is a lecherous pig at his very core , only capable of seeing women as sexual objects that exist for the pleasure of men and undeserving of any agency over their own @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the New York Times .

While President Trump spent the morning throwing a laughably insincere fit about a leaked video of Chris Cuomo that the right-wing falsely claimed showed him admitting to sexual harassment, a shocking — well, actually, not really shocking but still disgraceful — new allegation of sexual harassment against the president has emerged.
The president’s own former White House Press Secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, recounted a deeply inappropriate joke by the president in her upcoming book. After North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appeared to “wink” at Sarah Huckabee Sanders during their summit in Singapore, she recounted the incident to Trump — whose pervert mind immediately went to the gutter.
“Kim winked at you? Are you telling me Kim Jong-un hit on you!?!?” asked Trump in delight. “He did! He fucking hit on you!”
While Huckabee claims she didn’t mean it like that, Trump wouldn’t let up. “Well, Sarah, that settles it. You’re going to North Korea and taking one for the team! Your husband and kids will miss you, but you’ll be a hero to your country!”
The phrase “taking one for the team” in this context, from a man as obsessed with sex as Donald Trump is, almost certainly insinuates a sexual act.
While she may shrug it off as a joke, it is just further evidence that Donald Trump is a lecherous pig at his very core, only capable of seeing women as sexual objects that exist for the pleasure of men and undeserving of any agency over their own bodies.
Original reporting by Maggie Haberman at the New York Times.
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