alternet--2020-10-11--Jaime Harrison obliterates Senate fundraising record — proving just how fed up America is with Linds

Jaime Harrison obliterates Senate fundraising record — proving just how fed up America is with Lindsey Graham

`` If we nominate Donald Trump , we will get destroyed…….and we will deserve it . ''
That 's a tweet Lindsey Graham sent on May 3 , 2016 , as his party was barreling over a cliff , on the verge of making Donald Trump the Republican nominee for president .
Unfortunately for all of us , the nomination was sealed and the reality of the reality show president has been even worse than imagined , something reflected in Civiqs polling .
By a margin of ten points , 48-38 , people think the Trump presidency was worse than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even that gap does n't seem wide enough .
And while a blue wave seems to be on the horizon in just a few weeks , perhaps no race has shocked more than Lindsey Graham 's re-election bid in South Carolina , which is effectively tied at the moment .
Graham still seems likely to win , but his opponent , Jaime Harrison , has made deep in-roads in the Palmetto State .
A year ago nobody gave this race a chance and now , with only three weeks to go , not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Harrison has been flooded with small-dollar donations .
On Sunday his campaign announced an absolutely jaw-dropping total for this final quarter going into the election .
Are you sitting down ?

"If we nominate Donald Trump, we will get destroyed…….and we will deserve it." That's a tweet Lindsey Graham sent on May 3, 2016, as his party was barreling over a cliff, on the verge of making Donald Trump the Republican nominee for president.
Unfortunately for all of us, the nomination was sealed and the reality of the reality show president has been even worse than imagined, something reflected in Civiqs polling. By a margin of ten points, 48-38, people think the Trump presidency was worse than they expected. All things considered, even that gap doesn't seem wide enough.
And while a blue wave seems to be on the horizon in just a few weeks, perhaps no race has shocked more than Lindsey Graham's re-election bid in South Carolina, which is effectively tied at the moment. Graham still seems likely to win, but his opponent, Jaime Harrison, has made deep in-roads in the Palmetto State. A year ago nobody gave this race a chance and now, with only three weeks to go, not only is this race closer than anticipated, Harrison has been flooded with small-dollar donations. On Sunday his campaign announced an absolutely jaw-dropping total for this final quarter going into the election. Are you sitting down?


alternet--2020-10-11--Trump declares he’s ‘immune’ and can’t get COVID ‘for maybe a long time, maybe a short time’

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he is `` immune '' from COVID-19 and that it could last for @ @ @ @ @ `` It seems like I 'm immune so I can go way out of a @ @ @ @ @ Fox News host Maria Bartiromo .
`` Because you have to run a country , @ @ @ @ @ of a basement .
It looks like I 'm immune for , I do n't @ @ @ @ @ time , maybe a short time .
It could be a lifetime .
Nobody really @ @ @ @ @ immune . ''
`` So the president is in very good shape to fight the @ @ @ @ @ .
Watch the video below from Fox News .

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he is "immune" from COVID-19 and that it could last for "a lifetime."
"It seems like I'm immune so I can go way out of a basement," Trump told Fox News host Maria Bartiromo. "Because you have to run a country, you have to get out of a basement. It looks like I'm immune for, I don't know, maybe a long time, maybe a short time. It could be a lifetime. Nobody really knows. But I'm immune."
"So the president is in very good shape to fight the battle," he said.
Watch the video below from Fox News.


alternet--2020-10-11--White House blocks medical experts on Trump’s Coronavirus Task Force from appearing on ABC's 'This W

White House blocks medical experts on Trump’s Coronavirus Task Force from appearing on ABC's 'This Week'

The White House refused to allow expert immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci or another medical expert on President Donald Trump 's Coronavirus Task Force to appear on ABC 's `` This Week , '' Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl said Sunday .
Karl told viewers that while Fauci was `` more than willing to join '' the program to discuss the nation 's faltering response to COVID-19 , as well as the White House 's current status as a coronavirus hot spot , `` the White House would n't allow you to hear from the nation 's leading expert on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they would n't allow any of the medical experts on the president 's own coronavirus task force to appear on this show , '' Karl said .
On Twitter , the correspondent added that `` The White House press office would not allow anyone on the President 's task force to be interviewed . ''
`` Quite remarkable that they would muzzle the health experts in the middle of a pandemic , '' Karl said .
Axios reporter Jonathan Swan likewise said he 's tried to book interviews with top Trump administration health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` the interview requests keep getting rejected or slow-walked . ''
The press blackout comes as the White House struggles to contain an outbreak inside its own walls .
As the Washington Post reports , Trump and at least 34 White House staffers have tested positive for the virus .
Per the Post : '' The CDC began offering help last Friday , after President Trump announced he had tested positive , only to be repeatedly spurned , according to a CDC official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was made for 'some limited CDC involvement , ' the official said . ''

The White House refused to allow expert immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci or another medical expert on President Donald Trump's Coronavirus Task Force to appear on ABC's "This Week," Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl said Sunday.
Karl told viewers that while Fauci was "more than willing to join" the program to discuss the nation's faltering response to COVID-19, as well as the White House's current status as a coronavirus hot spot, "the White House wouldn't allow you to hear from the nation's leading expert on coronavirus."
"In fact, they wouldn't allow any of the medical experts on the president's own coronavirus task force to appear on this show," Karl said.
On Twitter, the correspondent added that "The White House press office would not allow anyone on the President's task force to be interviewed."
"Quite remarkable that they would muzzle the health experts in the middle of a pandemic," Karl said.
Axios reporter Jonathan Swan likewise said he's tried to book interviews with top Trump administration health officials "for months," but "the interview requests keep getting rejected or slow-walked."
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The press blackout comes as the White House struggles to contain an outbreak inside its own walls. As the Washington Post reports, Trump and at least 34 White House staffers have tested positive for the virus. Per the Post :"The CDC began offering help last Friday, after President Trump announced he had tested positive , only to be repeatedly spurned, according to a CDC official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters. On Wednesday, an arrangement was made for 'some limited CDC involvement,' the official said."


alternet--2020-10-11--Chris Wallace fires back at Lara Trump for lies about wearing masks at debate: ‘I’m not making this

Chris Wallace fires back at Lara Trump for lies about wearing masks at debate: ‘I’m not making this up’

Fox News host Chris Wallace questioned Trump campaign surrogate Lara Trump on Sunday about the first family 's decision not to wear masks at the first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden .
Wallace began his interview with the president 's daughter-in-law by asking whether a White House Rose Garden gathering for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett was a `` super-spreader event . ''
`` People were packed in , almost no masks and Dr. Fauci has said that event was a super spreader , '' Wallace explained .
`` Why did it take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ House to take the CDC safety guidelines more seriously , although even yesterday they were still violating some ? ''
Trump argued that `` most if not all '' of the attendees at the Rose Garden event had been previously tested .
`` And you never hear , Chris , on the other side of the coin the fact that we have had in this country since really the height of the COVID days these demonstrations across America , '' Trump opined .
`` But you never hear any concern after these things @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have yet to hear one doctor say anything about them . ''
`` It does n't seem like coronavirus would have a political agenda but oftentimes is feels like it does , '' she added .
`` The White House has always followed guidelines . ''
`` I take your point about the protests , '' Wallace pressed .
`` But that does n't make what happened at the White House — which Tony Fauci says was a super spreader — at least eight people at that event later came down with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first lady . ''
The Fox News host went on to ask the campaign surrogate why the Trump family declined to wear masks at the first presidential debate .
`` You all took them off , '' Wallace recalled .
`` Did you think , Lara , that the rules that applied to everybody else in that hall did n't apply to you ? ''
`` Well , of course we did n't think that ! ''
Trump insisted .
`` I want to be very clear .
Never one time did anyone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any member of our family to put a mask on .
So that is totally false . ''
`` Everybody in that hall had tested negative , '' Wallace said .
`` And the fact is , the rules were everybody except for the president , the vice president and I were supposed to wear masks and it was the pool report — I 'm not just making this up — the pool report says a member of the Cleveland Clinic — in fact , there 's video that exists — coming up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saying would you like masks , and they were waved away . ''
Watch the video below from Fox News .
Chris Wallace grills Lara Trump for refusing to wear mask at debate

Fox News host Chris Wallace questioned Trump campaign surrogate Lara Trump on Sunday about the first family's decision not to wear masks at the first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
Wallace began his interview with the president's daughter-in-law by asking whether a White House Rose Garden gathering for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett was a "super-spreader event."
"People were packed in, almost no masks and Dr. Fauci has said that event was a super spreader," Wallace explained. "Why did it take the president getting COVID for the White House to take the CDC safety guidelines more seriously, although even yesterday they were still violating some?"
Trump argued that "most if not all" of the attendees at the Rose Garden event had been previously tested.
"And you never hear, Chris, on the other side of the coin the fact that we have had in this country since really the height of the COVID days these demonstrations across America," Trump opined. "But you never hear any concern after these things about those being super-spreader events. I have yet to hear one doctor say anything about them."
"It doesn't seem like coronavirus would have a political agenda but oftentimes is feels like it does," she added. "The White House has always followed guidelines."
"I take your point about the protests," Wallace pressed. "But that doesn't make what happened at the White House — which Tony Fauci says was a super spreader — at least eight people at that event later came down with the virus, including the president and the first lady."
The Fox News host went on to ask the campaign surrogate why the Trump family declined to wear masks at the first presidential debate.
"You all took them off," Wallace recalled. "Did you think, Lara, that the rules that applied to everybody else in that hall didn't apply to you?"
"Well, of course we didn't think that!" Trump insisted. "I want to be very clear. Never one time did anyone from Cleveland Clinic come up and ask any member of our family to put a mask on. So that is totally false."
"Everybody in that hall had tested negative," Wallace said. "And the fact is, the rules were everybody except for the president, the vice president and I were supposed to wear masks and it was the pool report — I'm not just making this up — the pool report says a member of the Cleveland Clinic — in fact, there's video that exists — coming up to someone in the presidential party and saying would you like masks, and they were waved away."
Watch the video below from Fox News.


alternet--2020-10-11--Nobel-prize winning CRISPR researchers say the technology could defeat coronavirus

Earlier this week , the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to a pair of scientists who discovered a genetic technology that can alter DNA — and , perhaps , help researchers treat COVID-19 and other future diseases .
The scientists who discovered this technology , known as the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors ( or CRISPR for short — clusters of regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats ) , are Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier from the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens in Berlin , and Dr. Jennifer A. Doudna from the University of California , Berkeley .
In an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ explained that their technology could prove essential in fighting both the novel coronavirus and other dangerous microorganisms .
`` It 's really interesting to think about the ability to program CRISPR to be detecting not only the current coronavirus , but also other viruses , '' Doudna told Tech Crunch in September .
`` I do n't think any of us think that , you know , viral pandemics are going away — I think this current pandemic is a call to arms , and we have to make sure that scientifically , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by a new virus . ''
CRISPR has become a household acronym , famous because of its potential to easily edit any organism 's genome .
CRISPR technology can and has been used to modify crops into genetically modified organisms ( GMOs ) , correct genetic disorders and prevent or treat diseases .
CRISPR works by using a version of the protein Cas9 ( one that has been complexed with a synthetic guide RNA ) as a pair of molecular scissors , capable of `` cutting '' strands of DNA at pre-specified locations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ones or both .
The award of the Nobel Prize to CRISPR researchers symbolizes its tremendous promise to medicine .
Indeed , scientists are already trying to use this technology to treat people with COVID-19 .
Scientists at Stanford University and the Molecular Foundry were working on using CRISPR technology to fight influenza when , in January , they decided to pivot toward trying to fight the novel coronavirus .
Those scientists developed a technique known as PAC-MAN , or Prophylactic Antiviral CRISPR in human cells .
Their next step is to try @ @ @ @ @ @ @ technologies and use that on animals .
If that works , they will then try to test this technology on people , in the hope of more effectively treating those whose novel coronavirus infections developed into the COVID-19 disease .
CRISPR technology was developed after scientists learned how bacteria and archaea ( single-celled organisms that do not have a nucleus ) use CRISPR-derived RNA and a variety of Cas proteins to demolish the DNA of viruses and other foreign invaders .
In 2017 , a team of scientists led by researchers at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in action for the first time .
Yet knowledge of CRISPR was taken one step further when Charpentier was studying a deadly bacteria called Streptococcus pyogenes and discovered tracrRNA , a previously unknown molecule that the bacteria used to slice up DNA .
After publishing her discovery in 2011 , Charpentier began working with Doudna to both recreate this genetic manipulation tool and simplify its molecular structure so that it can be more easily used by human beings .
Finally they figured out how to use the genetic scissors to alter not just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any predetermined site .
Dr. Francis Collins , director of the National Institutes of Health and one of the first people to decode the human genome , expressed great satisfaction at Charpentier 's and Doudna 's recognition .
`` This technology has utterly transformed the way we do research in basic science , '' Collins told The New York Times .
`` I am thrilled to see Crispr-Cas getting the recognition we have all been waiting for , and seeing two women being recognized as Nobel Laureates . ''

Earlier this week, the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to a pair of scientists who discovered a genetic technology that can alter DNA — and, perhaps, help researchers treat COVID-19 and other future diseases.
The scientists who discovered this technology, known as the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors (or CRISPR for short — clusters of regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats), are Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier from the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens in Berlin, and Dr. Jennifer A. Doudna from the University of California, Berkeley. In an interview with TechCrunch last month, Doudna explained that their technology could prove essential in fighting both the novel coronavirus and other dangerous microorganisms.
"It's really interesting to think about the ability to program CRISPR to be detecting not only the current coronavirus, but also other viruses," Doudna told Tech Crunch in September. "I don't think any of us think that, you know, viral pandemics are going away — I think this current pandemic is a call to arms, and we have to make sure that scientifically, we're ready for the next attack by a new virus."
CRISPR has become a household acronym, famous because of its potential to easily edit any organism's genome. CRISPR technology can and has been used to modify crops into genetically modified organisms (GMOs), correct genetic disorders and prevent or treat diseases.
CRISPR works by using a version of the protein Cas9 (one that has been complexed with a synthetic guide RNA) as a pair of molecular scissors, capable of "cutting" strands of DNA at pre-specified locations and adding new genes, removing existing ones or both.
The award of the Nobel Prize to CRISPR researchers symbolizes its tremendous promise to medicine. Indeed, scientists are already trying to use this technology to treat people with COVID-19. Scientists at Stanford University and the Molecular Foundry were working on using CRISPR technology to fight influenza when, in January, they decided to pivot toward trying to fight the novel coronavirus. Those scientists developed a technique known as PAC-MAN, or Prophylactic Antiviral CRISPR in human cells. Their next step is to try to synthesize PAC-MAN with other gene altering technologies and use that on animals. If that works, they will then try to test this technology on people, in the hope of more effectively treating those whose novel coronavirus infections developed into the COVID-19 disease.
CRISPR technology was developed after scientists learned how bacteria and archaea (single-celled organisms that do not have a nucleus) use CRISPR-derived RNA and a variety of Cas proteins to demolish the DNA of viruses and other foreign invaders. In 2017, a team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Tokyo managed to show CRISPR in action for the first time. Yet knowledge of CRISPR was taken one step further when Charpentier was studying a deadly bacteria called Streptococcus pyogenes and discovered tracrRNA, a previously unknown molecule that the bacteria used to slice up DNA.
After publishing her discovery in 2011, Charpentier began working with Doudna to both recreate this genetic manipulation tool and simplify its molecular structure so that it can be more easily used by human beings. Finally they figured out how to use the genetic scissors to alter not just virus DNA, but DNA molecules from any predetermined site.
Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health and one of the first people to decode the human genome, expressed great satisfaction at Charpentier's and Doudna's recognition.
"This technology has utterly transformed the way we do research in basic science," Collins told The New York Times. "I am thrilled to see Crispr-Cas getting the recognition we have all been waiting for, and seeing two women being recognized as Nobel Laureates."


alternet--2020-10-11--Doctor busts White House physician for ‘cherry-picking’ info to get Trump back out on the campaign t

Doctor busts White House physician for ‘cherry-picking’ info to get Trump back out on the campaign trail

Appearing on CNN early Sunday morning , Dr. Abdul El-Sayed stated that White House physician Dr. Sean Conley is not being straightforward with the public about Donald Trump 's health and that he is `` cherry-picking '' the information to be released to help out the president 's faltering re-election campaign .
Speaking with host Victor Blackwell , the epidemiologist said there is way more information missing about the president 's COVID-19 infection than was revealed in a letter clearing the president to travel this week to rallies .
`` They talked about advanced diagnostics , meaning they were looking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because it 's clear it 's coming from the president , '' the doctor explained .
`` In fact , all of the information that we 've gotten about the president 's health has usually just come via the doctor from the president . ''
`` And so that 's number one , '' he continued .
`` Number two , right , there are open questions right now .
One , he would n't have met criteria in terms of just basic CDC protocol and in fact , the CDC recommends for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which the president had — he had to be hospitalized , his oxygen saturation dipped below 94 several times , he needed supplemental oxygen — that those folks require 20 days , 20 days .
He 's not even at ten from today . ''
`` That 's one point , '' El-Sayed added .
`` The second points also the fact that , you know , as much as we understand the president wants to get back there on the campaign trail , ask yourself if you or someone you worked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were someone who worked at the White House after 37-plus people tested positive from one super-spread event , would you want to be on an airplane with the president of the United States based on what is the flimsiest of arguments about his non-contagiousness ?
I do n't think so . ''
`` Am I reading too deeply into this , or am I characterizing this wrong to say that this is cherry-picked happy talk ? ''
host Blackwell asked .
`` Whatever the good news is — remember , we heard from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , you know , he would n't confirm oxygen or no supplemental oxygen , and the next day said , well , I just wanted to give everyone the optimistic view to reflect how upbeat everyone is , '' the doctor explained .
`` If he has n't been febrile for over 24 hours , they 're picking some number that can seem reassuring .
That means that two days ago , right , he probably had a fever .
People do n't pop fevers for no reason ; they have fevers because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And what that indicates is that at least two days ago the president 's body was reacting to a virus that was inside of it by spiking a fever .
That 's one of the things the body does to try and raise the temperature on the virus so the bacteria in your body can try and kill it .
It 's a marker of a much more active immune response . ''

Appearing on CNN early Sunday morning, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed stated that White House physician Dr. Sean Conley is not being straightforward with the public about Donald Trump's health and that he is "cherry-picking" the information to be released to help out the president's faltering re-election campaign.
Speaking with host Victor Blackwell, the epidemiologist said there is way more information missing about the president's COVID-19 infection than was revealed in a letter clearing the president to travel this week to rallies.
"They talked about advanced diagnostics, meaning they were looking for a test to spin this argument because it's clear it's coming from the president," the doctor explained. "In fact, all of the information that we've gotten about the president's health has usually just come via the doctor from the president."
"And so that's number one," he continued. "Number two, right, there are open questions right now. One, he wouldn't have met criteria in terms of just basic CDC protocol and in fact, the CDC recommends for someone who has had a serious case, which the president had — he had to be hospitalized, his oxygen saturation dipped below 94 several times, he needed supplemental oxygen — that those folks require 20 days, 20 days. He's not even at ten from today."
"That's one point," El-Sayed added. "The second points also the fact that, you know, as much as we understand the president wants to get back there on the campaign trail, ask yourself if you or someone you worked on Air Force One, if you were someone who worked at the White House after 37-plus people tested positive from one super-spread event, would you want to be on an airplane with the president of the United States based on what is the flimsiest of arguments about his non-contagiousness? I don't think so."
"Am I reading too deeply into this, or am I characterizing this wrong to say that this is cherry-picked happy talk?" host Blackwell asked.
"Whatever the good news is — remember, we heard from Dr. Conley on the first update that, you know, he wouldn't confirm oxygen or no supplemental oxygen, and the next day said, well, I just wanted to give everyone the optimistic view to reflect how upbeat everyone is," the doctor explained. "If he hasn't been febrile for over 24 hours, they're picking some number that can seem reassuring. That means that two days ago, right, he probably had a fever. People don't pop fevers for no reason; they have fevers because there are viruses in their body. And what that indicates is that at least two days ago the president's body was reacting to a virus that was inside of it by spiking a fever. That's one of the things the body does to try and raise the temperature on the virus so the bacteria in your body can try and kill it. It's a marker of a much more active immune response."
Watch below: