rawstory--2020-10-06--Biden bets big on Texas as Trump drags down Republicans in the Lone Star State: report

Democrats may have written off the state of Texas to Republicans during an election year for decades , but the tone is changing with a new ad buy reverberating through the southern part of the U.S. Democratic candidate Joe Biden is investing $ 5.8 million in the Lone Star State this election cycle .
The advertising blitz is scheduled to run the duration of the next 29 days until Election Day 2020 .
While Biden has yet to pay a visit during his presidential campaign , his investment is “ a hell of a lot more than anybody else ever @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” said Texas Democratic Party chairman Gilberto Hinojosa .
“ This is a very good sign.
” U.S .
Senator Kamala Harris ’ ( D-CA ) husband Doug Emhoff visited San Antonio and Edinburg recently perhaps in an effort to close the representation gap .
Harris is Biden ’ s vice presidential running mate so it could make sense that they sent Emhoff in lieu of embarking on the trek themselves , but no matter .
At this point in the campaign , Biden is tied in Texas with incumbent president Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden might pull the state into his favor even though Trump won the state by nine points four years ago .
Trump loyalists are painting a different picture with State GOP chairman Allen West saying , “ If you were serious about making Texas into play , you ’ d be here .
They ’ re dumping a lot of money in here to run ads , but I ’ m not seeing them out on the streets block walking , or massive turnout for rallies.
” “ What Biden needs to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is come make a case , ” said Tory Gavito , president and co-founder of Way to Win and the former executive director of the Texas Future Project .
“ 18 million Americans are unemployed .
7 million Americans are sick .
210,000 dead .
But we can change our future .
Democrats will build our country back better , ” said one spot from the Texas Democrats that echoes the slogan for Biden ’ s economic recovery plan , “ build back better.
” To be clear , there is virtually no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if he loses Texas with its 38 electoral votes .

Democrats may have written off the state of Texas to Republicans during an election year for decades, but the tone is changing with a new ad buy reverberating through the southern part of the U.S. Democratic candidate Joe Biden is investing $5.8 million in the Lone Star State this election cycle. The advertising blitz is scheduled to run the duration of the next 29 days until Election Day 2020.
While Biden has yet to pay a visit during his presidential campaign, his investment is "a hell of a lot more than anybody else ever spent, that’s for sure,” said Texas Democratic Party chairman Gilberto Hinojosa. “This is a very good sign.”
U.S. Senator Kamala Harris' (D-CA) husband Doug Emhoff visited San Antonio and Edinburg recently perhaps in an effort to close the representation gap. Harris is Biden's vice presidential running mate so it could make sense that they sent Emhoff in lieu of embarking on the trek themselves, but no matter. At this point in the campaign, Biden is tied in Texas with incumbent president Donald J. Trump. Activists remain hopeful that Biden might pull the state into his favor even though Trump won the state by nine points four years ago.
Trump loyalists are painting a different picture with State GOP chairman Allen West saying, “If you were serious about making Texas into play, you’d be here. They’re dumping a lot of money in here to run ads, but I’m not seeing them out on the streets block walking, or massive turnout for rallies.”
“What Biden needs to do if he’s serious about Texas is come make a case,” said Tory Gavito, president and co-founder of Way to Win and the former executive director of the Texas Future Project.
“18 million Americans are unemployed. 7 million Americans are sick. 210,000 dead. But we can change our future. Democrats will build our country back better,” said one spot from the Texas Democrats that echoes the slogan for Biden’s economic recovery plan, “build back better.”
To be clear, there is virtually no path to the White House for Trump if he loses Texas with its 38 electoral votes.


rawstory--2020-10-05--White House decides against contact tracing for event announcing Barrett nomination

On Monday , The New York Times reported that White House officials have declined to pursue contact tracing for President Donald Trump ’ s announcement of Judge Amy Coney Barrett ’ s nomination to the Supreme Court , even though the gathering is increasingly suspected to have been a “ superspreader ” event .
“ The White House has decided not to trace the contacts of guests and staff members at the Sept. 26 Rose Garden celebration for Judge Amy Coney Barrett , where at least eight people , including the president , may have become infected , according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plans , ” reported Apoorva Mandavilli and Tracey Tully .
“ Instead , it has limited its efforts to notifying people who came in close contact with Mr. Trump in the two days before his Covid diagnosis Thursday evening , and it has cut the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , which has the government ’ s most extensive knowledge and resources for contact tracing , out of the process.
” Experts are aghast that the White House is not pursuing the matter .
“ This is a total abdication of responsibility @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Boston University health expert Dr. Joshua Barocas .
“ The idea that we ’ re not involving the C.D.C .
to do contact tracing at this point seems like a massive public health threat.
” Epidemiologist Dr. Yvette Maldondo agreed , saying “ You can not argue against the fact that five or six people who attended that event all got infected , unless you argue that that was all random chance .
There were a lot of people working at that event , and so they need to be contact tracing that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , several White House officials have tested positive since the event , as have three Republican senators — two of whom sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee .

Maui County officials updated that toll to 106 on Tuesday, with Green saying earlier that just over a quarter of the disaster zone had been searched by dogs trained to sniff for bodies.
Refrigerated containers were being pressed into use as makeshift morgues at the Maui police department's forensic facility, an AFP journalist observed, as the largely rural island struggled to cope with the sheer number of dead.
Biden and First Lady Jill Biden on Monday will "meet with first responders, survivors, as well as federal, state, and local officials" on Maui, the White House said in a statement.
The president then tweeted: "I remain committed to delivering everything the people of Hawaii need as they recover from this disaster."
Biden had quickly declared a "major disaster" in Hawaii after last week's inferno, allowing the deployment of emergency assistance from the federal government, and has talked several times with Green.
But he has been criticized by the Republican opposition for what they characterized as a timid response to the fires.
Though he has addressed the disaster in speeches, he did not speak publicly when the death toll soared over the weekend.
The White House said Biden had been in close contact with leaders in the Pacific archipelago and federal emergency officials, who had advised that "search and recovery efforts are expected to be at a stage early next week to allow for a presidential visit."
The announcement came as the difficult process of identifying the dead inched forwards, with officials saying Tuesday that they had collected DNA samples from 41 people whose relatives were missing.
Only five of the dead have been identified so far.
The island's police chief has said that many of the bodies are so badly charred that they are unrecognizable.
- 'Shocking to see' -
Stories of horrifying escapes continued to emerge, as did more testimony about the lack of official warning of the fast-moving blaze.
Annelise Cochran told AFP she had been reassured when officials said a small blaze in the hills had been contained last Tuesday morning.
But then it suddenly, and dramatically, flared.
"It was very, very fast; shocking to see," the 30-year-old said, adding no evacuation order had been issued.
After trying to flee by car only to find her way blocked by vehicles abandoned by their terrified drivers, some of which had begun exploding in the heat, she realized the ocean was her only escape option.
It was hours before she was plucked from the water.
- Toxic chemicals -
Green has warned against any attempt at a land grab in the devastated remains of Lahaina, as locals fret that deep-pocketed developers might take advantage of people's desperation and try to buy up plots that can be turned into luxury housing or more lucrative short-term rentals.
"Our goal is to have a local commitment -- forever -- to this community, as we rebuild," he said.
"So we will be making sure that we do all that we can to prevent that land from falling into the hands of people from the outside."
Meanwhile, residents desperate to get back to check on the homes they fled have expressed frustration at bans that have prevented people from getting into Lahaina.
Officials warned of the dangers of unstable buildings and potential airborne toxic chemicals in the area.
Questions are being asked about authorities' preparedness and response to the catastrophe.
Some fire hydrants ran dry in the early stages of the wildfire, and multiple warning systems either failed or were not activated.
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Hawaiian Electric, the state's biggest power firm, claiming the company should have shut off its power lines to lower the risk of fire.


rawstory--2020-10-05--The Russian agent who handed Ron Johnson fake ‘dirt’ on Biden just had his passport revoked

Politico reporter Natasha Bertrand just tweeted that Ukrainian fixer Andrii Telizhenko , who has been determined to be an active Russian agent by the Department of the Treasury is now having his visa revoked as well , the Washington Post reported .
Telizhenko was Sen. Ron Johnson ’ s ( R-WI ) source for “ dirt ” on former Vice President Joe Biden , drawing criticism from the intelligence community who had determined Telizhenko to be a Russian apologist .
This was prior to Telizhenko being named as a Russian agent by the Treasury Department , however .
He was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s lawyer Rudy Giuliani “ The revocation of Ukrainian fixer Andrii Telizhenko ’ s visa comes as U.S. officials crack down on Russian efforts to influence the November vote , ” said the Post .
“ The revocation , which hasn ’ t previously been reported , came shortly before the Treasury Department sanctioned a different Ukrainian who was cooperating with Giuliani — lawmaker Andriy Derkach — and dubbed Derkach an ‘ active Russian agent for over a decade ’ and said he was trying to interfere in the election , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to board a flight from Ukrainian International Airlines in Kyiv to New York on Sept. 9 , a person familiar with his schedule told a Ukrainian official .

He has already teased the idea of having his own contrasting event.
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"Donald Trump can waive his first court appearance, but he cannot waive the surrender," Bluestein said on MSNBC Wednesday. "He is going to have to show up at the Fulton County jail between now and next Friday at noon. My hunch is he's not going to go under the cover of night.
"And I know you mentioned at the top of the show there's a chance he could do it on debate day next Wednesday, and that's what the political minds here in Georgia are all talking about — the possibility that he could do counter-programming to the debate."
He went on to say that the conditions at the Fulton County jail are horrific and that they've been cited with civil rights complaints. Trump isn't likely to spend any time in a cell.
"It's not a place you'd wish upon even one of your worst enemies," Bluestein continued. "There's been a legal settlement involving someone who recently died there involving a bedbug infestation. It is not a place where we expect Donald Trump to spend much time."
He explained that it's overcrowded, so they would have to empty things out to ensure that he had his own secure area if he were to be in a cell.
For the last three arraignments, cable news media has gone so far as to follow the former president's plane as it took off and landed, then his motorcade as it winded around the streets. Supplemental panels of political and legal experts, and reporters on the ground, round out hours-long programming focusing on the arraignment's most minute details. Since in Georgia the court proceedings are likely to be televised, it will probably garner even more attention.
"We know there are deliberations that were continuing overnight into exactly when he will come down here to Georgia," said NBC News reporter Vaughn Hillyard. "We know that he will be going to a fundraiser in Nashville tomorrow, so potentially Thursday or Friday are still possibilities. Though we have seen in the past, obviously, a great amount of protocol and preparation made ahead of his actual movements for his arraignments.
"And I think what's an important point here is that in Georgia, he will not only have to surrender here at the Fulton County jail, but he will also have to take part in an arraignment, and those events could happen at two different times and the arraignment could potentially be waived. It could potentially happen virtually."
The Secret Service has already been in touch with the sheriff's office to organize the surrender, according to reports.
See the full details in the video below or at the link here.


rawstory--2020-10-06--Joe Biden warns ‘forces of darkness’ dividing US — and urges unity

White House hopeful Joe Biden warned on Tuesday that “ the forces of darkness ” are dividing Americans , stressing that as president he would strive to “ end the hate and fear ” consuming the nation .
In a speech at the site of the famous Civil War battle of Gettysburg , the Democratic challenger to President Donald Trump in November ’ s election condemned the rise of white nationalism and said the country needed to unite .
“ The forces of darkness , the forces of division , the forces of yesterday are pulling us apart , holding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Biden said in a speech near where president Abraham Lincoln delivered his inspirational second inaugural address in 1865 .
“ We can not and will not allow extremists and white supremacists to overturn the America of Lincoln and ( abolitionists ) Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass , to overturn the America that has been a haven and a home for everyone no matter their background , ” Biden added .
The 77-year-old , who leads in polling four weeks from election day , made no mention of Trump ’ s name , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ came one week after the president failed to directly condemn white nationalism during their contentious debate in Cleveland .
Biden ’ s speech was intended to serve as a call for unity after months of bitter divisions , but he also said he was “ concerned ” about what he sees today in America .
“ The country is in a dangerous place , our trust in each other is ebbing , hope seems elusive , ” and politics is no longer a forum for mediating differences but a battleground for “ total @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
“ Instead of treating each other ’ s party as the opposition , we treat them as the enemy .
This must end , ” Biden added .

White House hopeful Joe Biden warned on Tuesday that "the forces of darkness" are dividing Americans, stressing that as president he would strive to "end the hate and fear" consuming the nation.
In a speech at the site of the famous Civil War battle of Gettysburg, the Democratic challenger to President Donald Trump in November's election condemned the rise of white nationalism and said the country needed to unite.
"The forces of darkness, the forces of division, the forces of yesterday are pulling us apart, holding us down and holding us back," Biden said in a speech near where president Abraham Lincoln delivered his inspirational second inaugural address in 1865.
"We cannot and will not allow extremists and white supremacists to overturn the America of Lincoln and (abolitionists) Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, to overturn the America that has been a haven and a home for everyone no matter their background," Biden added.
The 77-year-old, who leads in polling four weeks from election day, made no mention of Trump's name, but the Democrat's remarks notably came one week after the president failed to directly condemn white nationalism during their contentious debate in Cleveland.
Biden's speech was intended to serve as a call for unity after months of bitter divisions, but he also said he was "concerned" about what he sees today in America.
"The country is in a dangerous place, our trust in each other is ebbing, hope seems elusive," and politics is no longer a forum for mediating differences but a battleground for "total, unrelenting partisan warfare," he said.
"Instead of treating each other's party as the opposition, we treat them as the enemy. This must end," Biden added.


rawstory--2020-10-06--BUSTED: Trump’s Surgeon General caught violating coronavirus restrictions in Hawaii

On Tuesday , The Daily Beast reported that Surgeon General Jerome Adams — one of the public faces of the national effort to contain the coronavirus pandemic — received a citation from Honolulu police after illegally entering a park that was shut down as part of the state ’ s pandemic restrictions .
“ Adams had flown to Hawaii to help Gov .
David Ige with coronavirus efforts and had been taking photos in Kualoa Regional Park , Axios reports , ” wrote Patricia Kelly Yeo .
“ The Aug. 23 citation says that Adams ‘ did not know the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there.
’ Honolulu ’ s coronavirus citations are punishable by up to a year in jail and a $ 5,000 fine if a person is found guilty , although hundreds of cases have been dismissed .
Relative to other Trump administration officials ’ defiance of coronavirus.
” Several members of Trump ’ s administration have flouted their own agencies ’ guidelines , with many going maskless at public gatherings .
A new outbreak at the White House that infected Trump , several staffers , and three Republican senators is believed to have initiated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president ’ s Supreme Court nomination .

"You can quote me to say, 'They're f------ thrilled,'" Richman said, adding that he's spoken to some of his clients on the matter.
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"All of them are almost unified in their position of hating f------ Rudy," he said, adding that he thought Giuliani was a "horribly dishonest prosecutor and the wheel of karma is about to crush him."
Making their joy even sweeter, criminal counts against Giuliani include a racketeering charge that he used to bring down the NYC gangsters.
Defense lawyer Jeffrey Lichtman, who represented the son of Gambino crime family boss John Gotti, said, "All of my clients who had the misfortune of being prosecuted by him are laughing now. As am I."
“I’m thrilled that Rudy will now experience what it feels like to be on the wrong end of a RICO prosecution — with a mandatory five years in prison facing him," Lichtman said.
Giuliani used the federal RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) statute to prosecute the Mafia Commission case, which led to 100-year sentences for three mob bosses and four of their associates. The Commission was essentially a kind of underworld "board of directors" helmed by the heads of the five crime families in New York that handed down decisions and conducted mediations involving the inner politics and workings of the mob.
On Tuesday, Giuliani called the case against him "a ridiculous application of the [RICO] statute." He was indicted alongside former President Trump and 17 others on Monday.
Read more at The Messenger.


rawstory--2020-10-06--White House coronavirus outbreak may have spread to North Carolina due to Ivanka event: report

A new COVID-19 outbreak chain might have just spread to North Carolina following a campaign stop last week featuring Ivanka @ @ @ @ @ positive for COVID-19 this past Friday while on assignment at the White House the weekend @ @ @ @ @ nominee announcement in the Rose Garden , ” photojournalist Al Drago tweeted .
“ I @ @ @ @ @ in DC and am beginning to feel better , and of course staying positive !
@ @ @ @ @ Bruno , who describes himself as “ good friends ” with Drago , noted that @ @ @ @ @ Trump event in the Charlotte area .
Bruno spoke to the assistant health director in @ @ @ @ @ they are conducting contact tracing .
The news broke as as a fourth White House @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 .

In new allegations revealed Wednesday, Texas House investigators accused suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton of engaging in a complex cover-up to hide his relationship with real estate investor Nate Paul as senior aides grew increasingly concerned about Paxton’s willingness to use his office to benefit Paul.
The subterfuge allegedly included Paxton and Paul creating an Uber account under an alias so they could meet each other and so the attorney general could visit the woman with whom he was having an extramarital affair.
And once Paxton learned several high-ranking officials in his office reported his behavior to the FBI, the House impeachment managers alleged, he took immediate steps to cover up his relationship with Paul, including wiring a $122,000 payment to a Paul-affiliated company in an effort to hide home renovations that Paul had provided for free.
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The allegations, outlined in a series of filings with the Texas Senate’s court of impeachment, shed new light on the relationship between Paul and Paxton that is at the core of his impeachment proceedings.
Among the new claims: Top deputies in the attorney general’s office persistently warned Paxton that Paul was a “crook” and that there was no merit to his claims that he had been unfairly treated by law enforcement, and that the two met at least 20 times in spring and summer 2020, sometimes discussing the FBI investigation into Paul’s faltering real estate empire.
Paxton “blindly accepted Paul’s conspiracy,” impeachment managers alleged. “Senior Staff urged Paxton to stay away. But when it came to Paul, Paxton was immune to reason.”
Paul was arrested in June on federal felony charges of lying to financial institutions to secure business loans.
Responding to Paxton’s pretrial motions that seek to dismiss all 20 articles of impeachment, including four that will not be included in the Sept. 5 impeachment trial, House managers also detailed multiple actions in which Paxton allegedly sought to use his office to benefit Paul.
They alleged that Paxton conducted a “sham criminal investigation” into Paul’s “adversaries,” routinely overriding concerns from agency staff who told him that Paul was a “criminal” and that Paxton needed to “get away.”
Instead, House managers alleged, Paxton became increasingly “entangled in Paul’s web of deceit” and “went to great lengths” to hide his relationship with Paul — using a burner phone and secret email accounts, ditching his security detail and using the fake Uber name to be “ferried to his lover’s or Paul’s properties more than a dozen times.”
In response to Paul’s favors — including allegedly employing the woman and paying to remodel Paxton’s home — Paxton “continually abused the power of his office to advance Paul’s aims,” House managers alleged.
In one instance, Paxton allegedly told agency staff that he did not want the office to assist law enforcement “in any way” with an investigation into Paul, who Paxton claimed was being “railroaded” and needed “unprecedented” access to sensitive information about his case.
After meeting with “alarmed” senior staff, Paxton allegedly demanded files about Paul’s criminal case that included an unredacted FBI letter that identified individuals involved in a 2019 raid on Paul’s home and businesses.
“Paxton held onto the file for more than a week,” House managers wrote. “Ultimately, OAG did not disclose the information to Paul. But Paxton did.”
In another instance, Paxton was accused of issuing a legal opinion that staved off a pending foreclosure sale of Paul’s businesses at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. House investigators cited two agency employees who said they were forced to work through the night to produce the opinion while Paxton frequently called them.
Paxton “sounded like someone was holding him hostage,” one of the staffers told investigators.
The opinion, which Paxton allegedly edited himself, was published at 1 a.m. Aug. 2, 2020, and said foreclosure proceedings posed a public health threat — despite the state’s “open for business” mantra throughout the pandemic, managers said.
The next day, managers alleged, Paul cited the opinion to successfully delay the foreclosures.
“It is hard to imagine a more blatant abuse of Paxton’s office,” House managers wrote.
Paxton’s legal team had filed more than a dozen motions to dismiss all articles of impeachment, often arguing that the underlying allegations were baseless or fell under the legitimate duties of the attorney general’s office.
His attorneys also accused the Texas House of trying to “overturn the will of voters” who reelected Paxton to a third term last year despite various public scandals dating to 2015. One argument stressed that Paxton cannot be impeached for alleged misconduct that predated his most recent election under the so-called “prior-term doctrine.” And they downplayed some of the allegations he faces, saying that, even if true, they are not severe enough to warrant his removal from office.
Paxton’s lawyers also attacked two bribery-related impeachment articles, saying there was no evidence of a “quid pro quo” and that Paxton’s ties to Paul were nothing more than “a personal relationship with a constituent and that the constituent found something the Attorney General did to be agreeable in some way.”
Under rules adopted by the Senate, any pretrial motion to dismiss or quash an article of impeachment must be voted on by senators. A majority — 16 senators — can approve dismissal of an article, placing an early test on the determination of the chamber’s 19 Republicans to allow a trial on the allegations. Those votes are set to be taken shortly after the trial begins in September.
In a written response, filed with the Senate on Tuesday and made public Wednesday, the impeachment team challenged other pretrial assertions from Paxton’s lawyers, who claimed the articles of impeachment were deficient because they failed to list specific laws that Paxton allegedly broke.
“Impeachable offenses need not be indictable crimes,” the House team argued. “Impeachment in Texas seeks to protect against conduct that undermines the integrity of the office, disregards constitutional duties and oaths of office, abuses government process and power, and adversely impacts the system of government.”
What’s more, the team argued, many of the articles listed particular crimes, and several detailed “how Paxton abused his office for his own personal benefit or that of Nate Paul and business entities controlled by Paul.”
More broadly, the managers emphasized that the impeachment trial is not a criminal or civil proceeding, as Paxton’s side has implied. In one new filing, the managers wrote that an impeachment trial is “a unique, if not mostly Political, with a capital ‘P’, proceeding — i.e., an action by the representatives of the people challenging official actions that are contrary to the public interest.”
That view aligns with the view that Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who leads the Senate and is acting as judge in the impeachment trial, offered in a TV interview Tuesday.
“It’s not a criminal trial. It’s not a civil trial. It’s a political trial,” Patrick told the Fox affiliate in Houston.
The House managers also asked the Senate to dismiss Paxton’s motion to quash the articles or return them to the House to add more detail to the allegations. The managers said the demand shows a “fundamental misunderstanding” of how impeachment works, arguing that the Texas Constitution does not require the level of detail common in a civil or criminal proceeding.
“A person can be impeached without an indictment, therefore Paxton does not have any right to demand more details,” the managers said.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.


rawstory--2020-10-07--White House finally admits Trump isn’t really tested daily for COVID-19 — as he previously stated

The White House was not being truthful with America when it claimed President Donald Trump was being tested daily for COVID-19 , CNN reported Wednesday .
“ We ’ re following breaking news this hour .
President Trump ’ s reckless return to the Oval Office , ” CNN ’ s Wolf Blitzer reported .
“ Jim , the president once again showing complete disregard for the basic coronavirus guidelines put forward by the CDC as this outbreak inside the White House has continued , ” Blitzer noted .
“ That ’ s right , Wolf , ” Acosta replied @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the office — Oval Office — with a couple of top aides including chief of staff Mark Meadows.
” “ The White House continued to cloak the president ’ s health in secrecy today .
The president ’ s doctor released a statement saying Mr. Trump feels great and is symptom-free , but top White House officials are giving conflicting answers on whether the president entered the Oval Office yesterday and CNN has learned the president was not being tested daily for the virus prior to his positive results last week , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will only say he is tested regularly .
”

Trained in political science and the law, he has no formal education in disaster preparedness or response. And prior to his current role, he never held a full-time job dedicated to emergency management.
Instead, his main qualification was being chief of staff to then-mayor Alan Arakawa. But in that role, he told Civil Beat Tuesday, he assisted during emergency operations. And he said he participated in online FEMA trainings and workshops throughout the years.
In 2017, Andaya beat out 40 other applicants for the job, Maui Now reported at the time.
As the mayor’s administration was coming to a close, a panel of government officials – which said it was independent of the mayor – chose Andaya for the civil service role.
Civil Beat reviewed Andaya’s experience after historic Lahaina was swallowed by an inferno last week, killing scores of residents and visitors who never saw it coming.
The Maui Emergency Management Agency had the authority to issue siren warnings that might have alerted people. After Andaya’s agency decided not to sound them, many survivors reported they only became aware of the fire when they saw and smelled smoke.
Andaya said sounding the sirens wasn’t an option officials considered because they’re “mainly used for tsunamis.” That’s why they’re mostly located on the coast, he said.
But the state’s own website says the sirens are useful for many kinds of emergencies.
“The all-hazard siren system can be used for a variety of both natural and human-caused events; including tsunamis, hurricanes, dam breaches, flooding, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, terrorist threats, hazardous material incidents, and more,” the site states.
Andaya wasn’t on the island when the fires started, and he hasn’t made any appearances at press conferences since the disaster occurred.
Asked about Andaya’s resume, David Hafner, a retired telecommunications planner for the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, questioned whether his relative inexperience affected his agency’s performance in a crisis.
“It’s a good ol’ boy network,” Hafner said. “This time it cost lives.”
Hafner said it’s “absolutely essential” for emergency management leaders to have experience in the field so they make the right decisions both before and after disasters strike.
Not having it, he said, “can lead to grave mistakes in judgment.”
Andaya’s hiring came at a time when Hawaii’s counties had just taken on increased responsibility for disaster response, according to Hafner. State emergency management officials used to be the designated authority to respond to emergencies, he said, but an update to the law in 2014 put the counties in the driver’s seat.
Asked about Andaya’s LinkedIn resume, Colin Moore, a political scientist at the University of Hawaii, said he was shocked by the emergency administrator’s lack of relevant experience. He said the public is owed an explanation.
“It’s a legitimate question to ask why the person leading the county emergency services agency has no clear background in fire, police, public health, the usual emergency services backgrounds,” he said.
“Having that on-the-ground experience, you develop the instincts and the connections to be able to perform a job like this. And if you just have general government experience, there is just no opportunity to have that kind of on-the-ground knowledge that often is really useful in a crisis.”
Andaya said as a former member of the mayor’s cabinet, he was qualified for the job.
“Whenever there was an activation in the emergency operations center, we were involved,” he said. “To say that I have no experience or no background in emergency management is not correct.”
‘Political Influence’ A Concern
Andaya, 52, is from Maui and graduated from HP Baldwin High School.
He has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science from the University of Hawaii Manoa. He also has a law degree from the UH Richardson School of Law, although he never became a licensed attorney, according to the Hawaii State Bar Association’s online database.
He began his career clerking for Maui Judge Artemio Baxa. He then worked for the law office of Lynn Araki-Regan, an attorney who is the wife of Arakawa’s managing director, Keith Regan.
When Andaya vacated his position as chief of staff, it was filled by Araki-Regan, who was by then the county budget director. Regan said he had no involvement in Andaya’s hiring.
From the early 2000s onward, Andaya has held leadership positions in Maui’s Department of Housing and Human Concerns and worked as the assistant to the chancellor of UH’s Maui College, according to his LinkedIn resume. He is married to Rowena Dagdag-Andaya, a former elementary school teacher who served as Maui’s public works director and now works in Maui’s Office on Aging.
Andaya was Arakawa’s chief of staff from 2011 through 2017. That year, the mayor appointed him acting administrator of MEMA, and he became permanent by the end of that year.
In contrast, Honolulu’s emergency management director, Hiro Toiya, has technical training in emergency response, worked for years as a preparedness planner for the Hawaii health department and rose up the ranks of Honolulu’s Department of Emergency Management. He worked there for more than seven years before becoming the director.
Asked how he stood out among a pool of 40 job candidates, Andaya said Maui doesn’t have a lot of emergency management professionals to begin with. He noted that he had to take an exam and based on his score was determined to be a finalist.
“You would have to question the civil service process if you can believe that politics was involved,” he said. “This is something that my predecessors have to go through as well.”
Before Andaya was hired, there were concerns in Maui’s political scene that the county was considering someone who wasn’t qualified.
“In the past, this position has sometimes been filled by individuals without the proper emergency response background.”
Former Maui County Council Chairman Mike White
In July 2017, the chair of the Maui County Council at the time, Mike White, took the unusual step of writing a Maui News column warning that the job of emergency management was too important to be “subject to political influence.”
“In the past, this position has sometimes been filled by individuals without the proper emergency response background,” White wrote.
“The administration must search for well-qualified candidates who can make a seamless transition in leading our Emergency Management Agency. The stakes are too high and our community has grown to a point where emergency coordination has become quite sophisticated in its implementation.”
In his column, White praised the outgoing emergency management chief, Anna Foust, who had previously worked for years leading the Maui branch of the Red Cross. White emphasized her expertise.
“During her tenure, she used her emergency response experience and training to help guide the county to keep citizens safe during hurricane warnings and watches, flooding events and tsunami warnings,” White wrote.
Civil Beat wasn’t able to reach White for comment.
Panel Of Specialists Chose Andaya
On Tuesday, Arakawa’s former managing director, Keith Regan, said that politics was not a factor in Andaya’s hiring. Asked why Andaya was the best candidate, Regan said he didn’t know because he wasn’t on the hiring committee. But he was adamant there was “zero” political influence in the process.
“This was a straightforward civil service process,” said Regan, who is now the state comptroller.
When Regan ran for Maui County Council in 2015, Andaya was his campaign manager. This year, Andaya wrote a letter of support of Regan’s nomination to state comptroller.
Regan noted that the hiring panel included numerous experts in the field. Maui Now identified them at the time as then-Maui Police Chief Tivoli Faaumu; then-Maui Fire Chief Jeff Murray; Elton Ushio, administrator of the Kauai Emergency Management Agency; and Vern Miyagi, then-administrator of the Hawaii State Emergency Management Agency.
At the time, Ushio was quoted by Maui Now as saying Andaya’s “proven leadership abilities, executive level experience, and impressive knowledge of emergency management” made him a great fit for the job. Murray cited Andaya’s familiarity with government processes, his “institutional knowledge of the various emergency incidents” in recent years, and his then-recent work as acting leader of the department.
“These are not people that, you know, are just political people,” Regan said. “They’re people who understand emergency management and are going to make the right choice for the community.”
In a statement, former HI-EMA director Miyagi said the public’s focus should be on working together on response and recovery.
“Herman Andaya and his staff at MEMA are really good people,” he said. “They carried Maui successfully through numerous hurricanes, floods, and other disasters.”
He said the public should wait for the attorney general’s investigation before drawing conclusions.
Civil Beat left messages with the other hiring committee members on Tuesday, but they were not returned. Former mayor Arakawa also did not respond to a request for comment.
“Herman is a very skilled, experienced, knowledgeable, professional individual,” Regan said. “I trust that is making the right decisions … There is no question in my mind that he cares about that community, and he’s going to do everything he can to keep that community safe.”


rawstory--2020-10-07--Emergency room doc deflates Trump’s claim: ‘Healthy one day, dead a week or two later’

In an opinion piece for The New York Times Wednesday titled , “ My patients can ’ t take Trump ’ s advice , ” emergency room doctor “ My patients are genuinely afraid , ” wrote Davidson .
“ That fear didn ’ t come from CNN or ‘ fake news.
’ Nor did it come from Dr. Anthony Fauci .
My patients ’ fears come from the fact that they can ’ t breathe.
” Davidson continued , “ The people who come to my hospital seeking care are largely underserved with underlying conditions .
As they struggled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of their own mortality in the context of the more than 211,000 lives cut short — too many in their prime , healthy one day , dead a week or two later.
” Davidson has worked in his small community in rural west Michigan for nearly 20 years .
Following his story , Davidson posted the video below on Twitter , writing , “ After a long ER shift where nearly half my patients had alarming # COVID19 signs and symptoms ( chest pain , shortness of breath , vomiting , high fevers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ feels to see the president triumphantly declare the virus to be no big deal .
”

“So why would they break with him, or condemn him,” Wallace said, noting Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he’d vote for Trump even after the former president smeared his wife, Elaine Chao.
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“How do you create this circuit breaker in what is increasingly an extremist movement?” asked Wallace.
“Millions of Americans still think violence may be the way to go to ... restore Trump to office, so what is the off-ramp? ... All the studies show us that the most successful deradicalization is offering that off-ramp, whether you're studying the white hate movement and getting people out of out of neo-Nazi groups, etcetera, or you're over on the international terrorism side and trying to get people out of literally martyring themselves for their cause."
He added:
“They're unlikely to listen…to me or (former National Homeland Security official) Miles (Taylor), they're far more likely to eventually give an ear to people like themselves, who have left that movement and are making sense to them, and it has to be constant to keep hearing it so that when they're ready to receive it, that message is still there.”
But Figliuzzi acknowledged the dearth of those who have lived to tell about life on the other side of the MAGA cult, which figures to make the process of deprograming Trump extremists challenging.
“Where are those people?” Figliuzzi said. “Few and far between. Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger have been ostracized from their party. I've lost count of the number of GOP members of Congress who years ago decided ‘I'm not running again.’ That's the toll that that's paid."
He continued:
“But yeah, the magic switch to flip? I don't see it right now. And I am certain that law enforcement is not the solution.”
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rawstory--2020-10-08--Trump boasts that he could have beat COVID without drugs — despite four-day hospitalization

President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed that he didn ’ t really need an unprecedented cocktail of drugs to recover @ @ @ @ @ While calling into Fox Business , the president acknowledged taking a wide variety of drugs @ @ @ @ @ but insisted that none of them were necessary .
“ I think I would ’ @ @ @ @ @ drugs , ” the president said .
“ You don ’ t really need drugs.
@ @ @ @ @ s boasts , doctors gave him a wide array of drugs to treat him during @ @ @ @ @ Reed Memorial Hospital , including dexamethasone , remdesivir , and monoclonal antibodies .

"I just want to go back to Giuliani for a second, since you know these characters all so well," said anchor Joy Reid. "I want to read you what The New York Times — there was an opinion piece by one of his biographers, Andrew Kirtzman and David Holly what they wrote about Rudy has become. They wrote this. 'Faced with the political irrelevance and collapsing client base that would accompany Mr. Trump's defeat, in 2020, he seemingly made a Faustian bargain, working to undermine democracy in order to save his career.' I feel like it was a few years before that. What do you make of the fact that the RICO guy is now the RICO defendant?"
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"Well, it's Shakespearean in its dimensions, because Rudy was an evangelist about the rule of law in a very draconian way," said O'Brien. "And he used RICO, I think, to great effect, as we all know to go after the mob. The argument being that you could never touch the people at the head of the mob families, because they were very good at insulating their own actions from their minions who went out there, soldiers out on the street, who did the crimes. Rudy said, it was very important to attach what lower-level people did to the people orchestrating the schemes. Shades of Donald Trump much later. Everybody who has been pulled up in the January 6th investigation has complained that they came there because Trump asked them to come here. They thought they were doing what they had been told to do, and yet Trump wasn't being held accountable."
"The argument against RICO being used by Fani Willis to go after Trump is then that it's overreach," continued O'Brien. "That it should only go after organized crime. But the statute is meant to go against organized criminal conspiracies, not necessarily just conspiracies that Italian mobsters were targeted for. And in that context, one of Giuliani's biggest cases in addition to the commission case targeting the mobsters was Wall Street. He brought down Drexel Burnham. He targeted Michael Milken, he cited the person in the financial web involving insider trading and financial fraud. He himself recognized that RICO wasn't a statute that should only be used against people we traditionally call organized criminals. Fani Willis, as you noted in your opening, has also adapted it to target other people, including drug dealers. And so, I think that the idea that this thing that he created has now come around and snapped him up is both ironic but overdue because he sold himself out and he sold himself out to Trump."
"It's a reminder how easily Trump corrupts people in his orbit, but he can only corrupt them if they're corruptible," O'Brien added. "And Rudy, for all of his finger-wagging over the years at people of color for being street criminals, mobsters and many others for not following the rule of law, has now shown he's just as base and just as craven as any number of the people he once prosecuted."
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rawstory--2020-10-09--Judge wants White House to say if Trump tweeted declassified the full Mueller report

On CNN Thursday , former Trump White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci tore into the president for his Fox News interview remarks claiming that Joe Biden will not `` last '' as president because Sen. Kamala Harris ( D-CA ) a `` monster '' who wants `` murderers '' and `` rapists '' to `` just pour into the country . ''
`` Is this behavior and these statements any different than what you 've seen in the past ? ''
asked anchor Erin Burnett .
`` Well , you do n't need to be a doctor , though , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If you and I are watching a football game and somebody 's leg is in the opposite direction than it should , we both know the leg is broken .
You do n't have to be an orthopedic for that .
So he 's obviously unwell .
So the question is who 's telling him , who 's intervening , and the answer is no one .
So , I mean , maybe his next job is going to be , you know , playing the king , George III in Hamilton , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ robe on singing .
I do n't know what they 're going to do with the guy at this point . ''

"Trump and Giuliani had a handshake agreement that Giuliani and his team would get paid by the Trump political operation for their post-election work, according to Timothy Parlatore, an attorney for longtime Giuliani ally Bernard Kerik," Schwartz says. "But the Trump campaign and their affiliated committees ultimately did not honor that pledge, according to campaign finance records. The failure to pay Giuliani and his team came up last week in a private interview between prosecutors on special counsel Jack Smith's team and Bernard Kerik, a member of Giuliani's team in late 2020, according to Parlatore."
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Schwartz recalls that "Federal Election Commission records and testimony from the House January 6th Select Committee hearings reveal that none of the private sector lawyers identified -- but not indicted -- in that case got paid for their post-election work: Not Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro or John Eastman."
Trump reneging on his gentleman's contract with Giuliani, Schartz observes, "is all the more striking" given that Giuliani was charged along with Trump by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for trying to steal the election in Georgia under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) of 1970 — upon which Giuliani built his career as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York.
Trump's fundraising push after he lost to President Joe Biden is also under scrutiny by Smith, whom Politico's Betsy Woodruff Swan and Kyle Cheney explained on August 8th is investigating if Trump's Save America Political Action Committee "violated federal laws by raising money off claims of voter fraud they knew were false."
Those efforts, predicated on Trump's insistence that the election was stolen from him, raked in $250 million, according to the final report released by the House January 6th Select Committee.
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"The money came in response to countless fundraising appeals that claimed it was needed to fund Trump's election challenges in court," Schwartz continues. "Yet instead of paying the lawyers who tried unsuccessfully to overturn his loss, the money went into Trump’s leadership PAC."
In fact, "Trump's entire political network, including his joint fundraising committees, spent over $47 million combined from the start of 2020 through the end of 2021 on legal fees, according to a report by OpenSecrets," Schwartz adds. "Today, that money is instead helping Trump pay his own legal bills. The PAC spent over $20 million in the first half of the year alone on legal fees as the president faced the first two of his four indictments."
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Schwartz's report is available at this link.


rawstory--2020-10-09--Republicans are nervous of letting voters know Amy Coney Barrett’s views: Washington Post

President Donald Trump is taking a far different approach than he did in the 2016 campaign after nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg .
“ Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett heads into her confirmation hearings next week with a detailed record that has led many liberals and conservatives to believe she would support restricting , if not outright overturning , the landmark decision that guarantees a woman ’ s right to an abortion , ” Seung Min Kim wrote in a new Washington Post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fight unfurls in an increasingly heated election season , top Republicans — from President Trump to individual senators — appear to be playing down the impact Barrett ’ s confirmation would have on the fate of abortion rights in the United States , ” the newspaper noted .
“ In a pair of general-election debates , both Trump and Vice President Pence danced around the question of the law and abortion access — a stark contrast to then-candidate Trump ’ s explicit promise four years ago to nominate only justices who would overturn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legalizing the procedure .
And in the Senate , an upstart conservative Republican ’ s push to confirm justices who view Roe as wrongly decided is causing visible discomfort among his GOP colleagues who believe Supreme Court nominees should face no such litmus test in their confirmation process.
” “ Recent polling suggests that Americans oppose overturning the nearly 50-year-old decision by a wide margin , although by how much depends on the poll , ” the newspaper reported .
“ A Fox News poll released this week found that 61 percent of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ let the ruling stand , while 28 percent said it should be overturned , roughly 2-to-1 opposition .
A September national survey by the Marquette University Law School found that 56 percent of Americans opposed the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade while 32 percent supported it .
”

President Donald Trump is taking a far different approach than he did in the 2016 campaign after nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
"Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett heads into her confirmation hearings next week with a detailed record that has led many liberals and conservatives to believe she would support restricting, if not outright overturning, the landmark decision that guarantees a woman’s right to an abortion," Seung Min Kim wrote in a new Washington Postanalysis.
"But as her nomination fight unfurls in an increasingly heated election season, top Republicans — from President Trump to individual senators — appear to be playing down the impact Barrett’s confirmation would have on the fate of abortion rights in the United States," the newspaper noted. "In a pair of general-election debates, both Trump and Vice President Pence danced around the question of the law and abortion access — a stark contrast to then-candidate Trump’s explicit promise four years ago to nominate only justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision legalizing the procedure. And in the Senate, an upstart conservative Republican’s push to confirm justices who view Roe as wrongly decided is causing visible discomfort among his GOP colleagues who believe Supreme Court nominees should face no such litmus test in their confirmation process."
Barrett's nomination could impact the 2020 elections.
"Recent polling suggests that Americans oppose overturning the nearly 50-year-old decision by a wide margin, although by how much depends on the poll," the newspaper reported. "A Fox News poll released this week found that 61 percent of registered voters said the Supreme Court should let the ruling stand, while 28 percent said it should be overturned, roughly 2-to-1 opposition. A September national survey by the Marquette University Law School found that 56 percent of Americans opposed the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade while 32 percent supported it."
Read the full report.


rawstory--2020-10-08--Priest caught desecrating altar while filming threesome inside Louisiana church: report

NOLA.com is reporting a lurid tale that resulted in the arrest of a local priest .
“ The lights inside Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Pearl River were on later than usual on Sept. 30 , so a passerby stopped to take a closer look , ” NOLA reported .
“ Peering inside , the onlooker allegedly saw the pastor of the small parish half-naked , having sex with two women on the altar , according to court documents .
The women were dressed in corsets and high-heeled boots .
There were sex toys and stage lighting .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a tripod , recording it all.
” The witness reportedly began shooting their own video of the scene and called police .
“ Officers then booked the Rev .
Travis Clark , who has been pastor of Saints Peter and Paul since 2019 , on obscenity charges , ” NOLA reported .
“ New details , however , have emerged in court filings that paint a lurid picture of a priest purportedly taping himself engaged in sexual role play while desecrating a sacred place within the church.
” “ Public records additionally show @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 41-year-old Mindy Dixon , is an adult film actress who also works for hire as a dominatrix , ” NOLA reported .
“ A social media account associated with her published a post on Sept. 29 saying she was on her way to the New Orleans area to meet another dominatrix ‘ and defile a house of God . '
”

“It is relentless,” wrote one attorney about Cross’ allegedly abusive behavior.
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One complaint submitted by an attorney in the office accused Cross of pitting employees against each other to sow mistrust, which the complaint says caused "numerous" workers to resign or retire, and another complaint accused Maddox of gender discrimination, "sabotage" and “threatening/intimidating/humiliating behavior.”
Cross was accused of "bullying" employees in his division and using personal information about them to criticize workers in front of their colleagues.
“He has made several people, including myself, cry hysterically and seek mental health assistance to deal with the toxic and hostile work environment,” one complaint alleged. “It was so bad that my direct supervisor, who was attending the meeting, checked on me afterward and told me it was brutal and he almost cried with me. I am not the only person who has been subjected to such behavior. Several people have quit. Several are struggling mentally and emotionally, including myself.”
Cameron's predecessor, former Kentucky attorney general Greg Stumbo, said his office never received complaints of that type, and he said swift action would be taken to ensure workers felt safe and treated fairly on the job.
“Those kinds of complaints — harassment, intimidating behavior — they have to raise concerns,” Stumbo. “If you don’t manage it appropriately, that stuff spreads like wildfire. I’ve seen it in my private capacity. It’s a cancer that has to be dealt with as soon as you see it, no matter who it is, be that my closest adviser or confidant. I wouldn’t put up with it.”
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The complaint that led to a lawsuit last year accused the director of the office's cybercrimes unit of capturing "zoomed-in" photos of a detective's breast and other "immoral behavior," which caused the woman to fear for her safety in the workplace.
“The conduct that he has been engaging in has been slowly escalating to the point that I am fearful of physical violence,” the detective wrote in her complaint, saying her supervisor’s actions “mimic those of an abuser in a domestic violence situation.”
Cameron's office did not take action on the detective's allegations, finding only that the supervisor “should be reprimanded” for public intoxication and reminded him of the attorney general's expectations, but it's not clear whether that happened, and Cameron's office defended the response and said the claims "lacked merit."
“The Attorney General’s office has the utmost respect for its employees and takes all complaints seriously," said a spokesman for Cameron, who is the Republican nominee challenging Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear in November's election. "When a complaint is filed, the office investigates the matter and takes action when warranted. Every employee is also aware of the process for filing complaints with the Personnel Cabinet. We take these matters seriously and address them appropriately."
“Here, the office investigated the complaints and found that the first three complaints mentioned lacked merit," the spokesperson added.


rawstory--2020-10-08--Mary Trump is ‘astonished’ nobody is doing anything to stop her uncle

President Donald Trump ’ s niece said she is “ astonished ” nobody is doing anything to reign in her uncle .
“ We haven ’ t gotten the real story from this White House or the doctors at Walter Reed since the beginning of this , ” she said .
“ As far as I understand it , we still don ’ t know when he last tested negative or his last test before the positive test , which is crucial information if you care about the well being of other human beings.
” “ You know , Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on this no matter what , so i don ’ t know when we ’ ll actually know how he ’ s feeling or what the course of this illness has been , but the fact that he ’ s talking about holding rallies is just another endless stream of selfish acts that — you know , selfish isn ’ t even a good enough word .
It ’ s unspeakable at this point the lack of concern for the people around him and I ’ m not entirely sure , ” she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ astonished nobody is trying to put a stop to this , ” she noted .

"I know you were animated and motivated by this desire to warn of the natural endgame for Trump and his supporters," said anchor Nicolle Wallace. "And that has been something you've been warning about the loudest. Maybe the longest ... talk about what you see in this moment."
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"This book, 'Blowback,' I didn't want to write it," said Taylor. "As I've said to you many times, I don't want to be talking about politics anymore. We're stuck in this environment where political violence is one of the biggest threats to our country. The reason I talked extensively about it is because we now have a political party that is mainstreaming that violence as an acceptable tactic. The studies show the GOP base is embracing it. This was very foreseeable."
"There's someone I want to quote," said Taylor. "One of Donald Trump's Republican opponents for the GOP nomination very prophetically spelled this out. He warned that Trump had a history of inciting violence, that his henchmen did, if he took the White House, he would be like Michael Corleone from 'The Godfather' and this would be a dangerous environment. He would run that administration like a Mafia and he would act like a mobster. That person who made that warning was Ted Cruz. The same representative who defended Donald Trump against the charges in Georgia."
That, Taylor continued, signifies "how powerful this radicalization has been that the same people who were warning this guy would incite mass violence has now been brainwashed to go out and defend him for some of the past acts that led to violence."
"I think it is a big worry," added Taylor. "Donald Trump continues to blow that dog whistle. He did it to me when I came out against him. It is why many times I've joined your show from different places. One of the apartments I used to join your show, we had to leave there because of the menacing packages that were arriving with regularity. We couldn't stay there anymore. It is one of many, many examples around the country and now we're seeing with it the jurors in this case. It is wrong, and law enforcement should pay further attention to whether there are further violations of the law."
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rawstory--2020-10-08--Ex-Obama adviser blasts Trump as a ‘spray-tanned, drugged-up, pitchman for Regeneron’

Former senior adviser to President Barack Obama , David Plouffe couldn ’ t help but knock President Donald Trump ’ s bizarre behavior over the past several months , but especially as he ’ s been facing off against the coronavirus .
Trump tested positive on Thursday of last week , but by Monday declared himself cured , something that is unheard of by doctors who are actually helping those infected with the virus .
While it may sound like propaganda out of North Korea , Plouffe said that it is the kind of thing that will kill people .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , make risky decisions and then cause a loss of life .
“ I don ’ t think it is helpful for Donald Trump as people are voting and this close to Election Day , this is a discussion of the 25th Amendment and whether he ’ s mentally fit to say in office , ” said Plouffe to MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace .
“ But the number that matters here is 270 .
The number of electoral votes .
So back to debates , because it ’ s important when you talk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to explain that after a disastrous first debate , Trump needs another one to try and improve his image .
“ So , all three of us have been part of terrible first debates for incumbent presidents , ” Plouffe continued .
“ So when you bomb your first debate , as George W. Bush did in ’ 04 and we did in 2012 , you want to have another debate to cover your footing and so Donald Trump has to debate .
If he doesn ’ t , he ’ s waving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ needs to do in this race , I don ’ t think he could do .
Win all the undecided , pull all the soft voters away from Biden and win the turnout war .
He ’ s not going to do it by doing videos on the South Lawn where he ’ s a spray-tan , drugged up , pitchman for Regeneron or through Twitter .
He has got to do debates to reach people .
And of course , he has to change his routine because he brings that to Zoom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is going to be a disaster.
” See the video below :


rawstory--2020-10-08--Dr. Bright was ‘horrified’ that the White House would call and demand he develop way to inject disin

Dr. Bright was ‘horrified’ that the White House would call and demand he develop way to inject disinfectant

In his first interview since leaving the government , Dr. Rick Bright told CNN ’ s Jake Tapper that government scientists are very seriously concerned that President Donald Trump will “ rewrite science ” or “ come up with fake science ” to justify their politics .
Dr .
Bright initially was reassigned to the NIH while he was working on developing a coronavirus vaccine and therapeutics for the COVID-19 outbreak .
He suspected it was politically motivated because he refused to push Hydroxychloroquine , a drug that Trump falsely decided would cure the coronavirus .
The president has since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ miracle ” or a “ cure-all.
” He went on to say that he was “ horrified ” that he would get a call from the White House saying that they needed to find a way to inject disinfectant into people .
“ That wasn ’ t a joke , ” Dr .
Bright told Tapper , dispelling the claim from Trump that his comment was a joke .
“ There are so many career scientists in our government health care system , ” Dr .
Bright continued .
“ These are the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would put the expertise and experience and the judgment , the scientists we have , the CDC , the FDA , NIH and BARTA , all throughout our government up next to or against anyone in the planet , and our scientists are going to shine .
They are concerned about this White House and this administration overruling the best scientific judgment .
They are concerned about the political pressure that has been put on them to change a course of behavior , a course of action , or to rewrite science , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and then put it forward as the truth .
So , they ’ re very frustrated.
” He went on to say that he hears from his colleagues that the scientists are “ frustrated ” “ They ’ re concerned that the truth isn ’ t getting out , ” he explained .
“ They ’ re concerned that the best guidance and practices aren ’ t being heard , and they ’ re concerned about the lack of leadership , leading by example , encouraging people to follow those guidelines .
So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this information , by holding back their best evidence , and their best guidance , then it ’ s leading to more infections .
It ’ s leading to more hospitalizations .
We have 30,000 people in our country right now in the hospital from COVID-19 .
More people are going to die because scientists are being pushed back .
Scientists are not being heard .
And I am trying to speak up and encourage others like me , in our medical field and our scientific field to speak up because Americans need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ needs to know the truth .
If we continue to hide the truth , then we ’ re going to see many more deaths that don ’ t need to occur.
” He also noted that in early January he started working on the vaccine and preparing for the pandemic but at every step of the way , the White House tried to block him .
He said he wanted to buy PPE , swabs , and other things that were all ignored when they attempted to push back against him .
Finally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demoted him .
See the interview below :


rawstory--2020-10-08--Senate Republicans are ‘furious’ and ‘worried’ about ongoing ‘cover-up’ of Trump’s mental and physic

Senate Republicans are ‘furious’ and ‘worried’ about ongoing ‘cover-up’ of Trump’s mental and physical condition: Carl Bernstein

Speaking on CNN this Thursday , veteran journalist Carl Bernstein addressed recent comments from Nancy Pelosi where she expressed her @ @ @ @ @ in an “ altered state ” in the wake of his steroid treatment for coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ the White House is in the “ midst of a coverup of Donald Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ , and his doctors are part of the coverup under his orders .
That much @ @ @ @ @ on to say that he ’ s talked to some Republicans in the Senate who @ @ @ @ @ , worried about the President ’ s mental health , physical health , and they @ @ @ @ @ the real facts are here .
”


rawstory--2020-10-09--‘Frantic’ Trump freaking out because polls show Biden will win with a landslide: WaPo columnist

During an appearance on MSNBC ’ s “ Morning Joe , ” longtime Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson said the “ floor has fallen out from under ” Donald Trump as his re-election hopes grow increasingly distant and a Joe Biden landslide appears imminent .
With “ Morning Joe ” co-panelist Jonathan Lemire noting that the president has not done any on-camera appearances all week , choosing to do in call-ins to Fox News instead , Robinson said the president is not in good shape both healthwise and politically .
With MSNBC host Joe Scarborough quoting from a Robinson column @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is only going to get worse , ” Robinson conceded everyone should be nervous about what the president will will do next .
“ I don ’ t just fear it , ” Robinson began .
“ I mean , you can see it and , you know , at the moment you don ’ t know if this is , in fact , being boosted by the steroid Dexamethasone that gives people the energy and this euphoria and frankly makes them a little crazy a lot of the time.
” “ It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continued .
“ He looks at the polls , he sees that he ’ s not just losing , he ’ s losing badly and it looks as if the floor has fallen out from under him .
I mean , the numbers we were — we have seen over the past week — have been landslide numbers for Joe Biden and , you know , maybe they will regress to the mean at some point and the race will go back to where it was but where it was is , you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Biden and Trump — he ’ s frantic about this.
” “ So , you know , calling yesterday morning for his predecessor and his opponent and his previous opponent to be arrested by his — and lambasting his attorney general for not getting that done , ” he continued .
“ Lambasting his secretary of state for not properly persecuting Hillary Clinton , and you know , expressing the disappointment in the head of the FBI that he installed , for not getting this job done.
” “ This is not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ least , we were living in and that we thought was our country and this just has to end ” he added .
“ But it ’ s going to get worse .
It ’ s going to get more frantic and it will be a test of all of these next four weeks .
”

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," longtime Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson said the "floor has fallen out from under" Donald Trump as his re-election hopes grow increasingly distant and a Joe Biden landslide appears imminent.
With "Morning Joe" co-panelist Jonathan Lemire noting that the president has not done any on-camera appearances all week, choosing to do call-ins to Fox News instead, Robinson said the president is not in good shape both healthwise and politically.
With MSNBC host Joe Scarborough quoting from a Robinson column saying "president's unmoored behavior is only going to get worse," Robinson conceded everyone should be nervous about what the president will do next.
"I don't just fear it," Robinson began. "I mean, you can see it and, you know, at the moment you don't know if this is, in fact, being boosted by the steroid Dexamethasone that gives people the energy and this euphoria and frankly makes them a little crazy a lot of the time."
"It's ramping up," he continued. "He looks at the polls, he sees that he's not just losing, he's losing badly and it looks as if the floor has fallen out from under him. I mean, the numbers we were -- we have seen over the past week -- have been landslide numbers for Joe Biden and, you know, maybe they will regress to the mean at some point and the race will go back to where it was but where it was is, you know, a seven or eight-point lead for Biden and Trump -- he's frantic about this."
"So, you know, calling yesterday morning for his predecessor and his opponent and his previous opponent to be arrested by his -- and lambasting his attorney general for not getting that done," he continued. "Lambasting his secretary of state for not properly persecuting Hillary Clinton, and you know, expressing the disappointment in the head of the FBI that he installed, for not getting this job done."
"This is not the America that we thought, at least, we were living in and that we thought was our country and this just has to end" he added. "But it's going to get worse. It's going to get more frantic and it will be a test of all of these next four weeks."
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rawstory--2020-10-09--Trump attempting to raid Medicare trust fund in ‘shameless stunt’ to pay for drug discount cards wit

Trump attempting to raid Medicare trust fund in ‘shameless stunt’ to pay for drug discount cards with his name on them: report

Less than a month away from the November election , Trump administration officials are reportedly rushing to implement the president ’ s recent proposal to send $ 200 prescription drug discount cards to nearly 40 million Medicare recipients—an $ 8 billion plan that would be financed by dipping into the Medicare trust fund .
Politico reported Thursday that the administration is “ seeking to finalize the plan as soon as Friday and send letters to 39 million Medicare beneficiaries next week , informing seniors of Trump ’ s new effort to lower their drug costs , although many seniors would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the election.
” While the design of the cards has yet to be finalized , officials are reportedly discussing ways to put Trump ’ s name on them .
“ It ’ s a shameless stunt that steals billions from Medicare in order to fund a legally dubious scheme that ’ s clearly intended to benefit President Trump ’ s campaign right before Election Day.
” —Rep .
Frank Pallone Jr .
The plan would cost $ 7.9 billion , according to Politico , with $ 19 million going toward letters touting the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawmakers are denouncing as an obvious and potentially unlawful campaign ploy that would provide little relief for the millions impacted by obscenely high drug prices .
“ There it is : Trump wants to steal billions from Medicare to pay for an illegal voter bribery scheme weeks before the election , ” tweeted Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. ( D-N.J. ) .
Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. ( D-N.J. ) , chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee , echoed Pascrell in a statement to Politico .
“ It ’ s a shameless stunt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to fund a legally dubious scheme that ’ s clearly intended to benefit President Trump ’ s campaign right before Election Day , ” said Pallone .
In a speech on healthcare in Charlotte , North Carolina late last month , Trump proclaimed that his administration would “ in the coming weeks ” be mailing out $ 200 medicine discount cards to tens of millions of Medicare recipients , an announcement that reportedly caught some officials at the Department of Health and Human Services off guard .
“ We don ’ t need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the reality that President Trump has done more to help the drug corporations with big tax breaks than he has to help seniors struggling to afford medicine.
” —Margarida Jorge , Lower Drug Prices Now “ Nobody ’ s seen this before , these cards are incredible , ” said the president , who is badly trailing Democratic nominee Joe Biden among senior voters in recent polls .
“ Biden won ’ t be doing this.
” Politico reported that Seema Verma , administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plan ready to go before Election Day , heightening internal concerns that the discount cards are little more than an attempt to assist Trump ’ s reelection campaign with taxpayer dollars .
“ This is a solution in search of a problem and a bald play for votes in the form of money in pockets , ” one unnamed HHS official told Politico .
Margarida Jorge , campaign director for Lower Drug Prices Now , said in a statement that “ sending $ 200 gift cards to seniors before the election is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corporations jack up their medicine prices afterwards.
” “ Yet again , President Trump is trying to bribe his way to re-election , ” said Jorge .
“ Americans need serious reforms that check Pharma ’ s power to charge whatever they want and to increase prices any time .
We don ’ t need more PR stunts designed to distract us from the reality that President Trump has done more to help the drug corporations with big tax breaks than he has to help seniors struggling to afford medicine .
”

Less than a month away from the November election, Trump administration officials are reportedly rushing to implement the president's recent proposal to send $200 prescription drug discount cards to nearly 40 million Medicare recipients—an $8 billion plan that would be financed by dipping into the Medicare trust fund.
Politico reported Thursday that the administration is "seeking to finalize the plan as soon as Friday and send letters to 39 million Medicare beneficiaries next week, informing seniors of Trump's new effort to lower their drug costs, although many seniors would not receive the actual cards until after the election." While the design of the cards has yet to be finalized, officials are reportedly discussing ways to put Trump's name on them.
"It's a shameless stunt that steals billions from Medicare in order to fund a legally dubious scheme that's clearly intended to benefit President Trump's campaign right before Election Day."
—Rep. Frank Pallone Jr.
The plan would cost $7.9 billion, according to Politico, with $19 million going toward letters touting the initiative, which advocacy groups and Democratic lawmakers are denouncing as an obvious and potentially unlawful campaign ploy that would provide little relief for the millions impacted by obscenely high drug prices.
"There it is: Trump wants to steal billions from Medicare to pay for an illegal voter bribery scheme weeks before the election," tweeted Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.).
Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, echoed Pascrell in a statement to Politico. "It's a shameless stunt that steals billions from Medicare in order to fund a legally dubious scheme that's clearly intended to benefit President Trump's campaign right before Election Day," said Pallone.
In a speech on healthcare in Charlotte, North Carolina late last month, Trump proclaimed that his administration would "in the coming weeks" be mailing out $200 medicine discount cards to tens of millions of Medicare recipients, an announcement that reportedly caught some officials at the Department of Health and Human Services off guard.
"We don't need more PR stunts designed to distract us from the reality that President Trump has done more to help the drug corporations with big tax breaks than he has to help seniors struggling to afford medicine."
—Margarida Jorge, Lower Drug Prices Now
"Nobody's seen this before, these cards are incredible," said the president, who is badly trailing Democratic nominee Joe Biden among senior voters in recent polls. "Biden won't be doing this."
Politico reported that Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is pressuring officials to have the plan ready to go before Election Day, heightening internal concerns that the discount cards are little more than an attempt to assist Trump's reelection campaign with taxpayer dollars.
"This is a solution in search of a problem and a bald play for votes in the form of money in pockets," one unnamed HHS official told Politico.
Margarida Jorge, campaign director for Lower Drug Prices Now, said in a statement that "sending $200 gift cards to seniors before the election is a poor substitute for continuing to let drug corporations jack up their medicine prices afterwards."
"Yet again, President Trump is trying to bribe his way to re-election," said Jorge. "Americans need serious reforms that check Pharma's power to charge whatever they want and to increase prices any time. We don't need more PR stunts designed to distract us from the reality that President Trump has done more to help the drug corporations with big tax breaks than he has to help seniors struggling to afford medicine."


rawstory--2020-10-09--‘He’ll look weak’: CNN doctor predicts Trump’s proposed weekend rally will blow up in his face

CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner had a stark warning for President Donald Trump on Friday about trying to hold @ @ @ @ @ as Saturday .
During an interview with hosts John Berman and Alisyn Camerota , Reiner @ @ @ @ @ unlikely that Trump will have recovered enough from his novel coronavirus infection to hold up @ @ @ @ @ “ The president has had a respiratory infection , probably a relatively severe respiratory infection @ @ @ @ @ “ He will the not be able to speak for his usual 90 minutes , @ @ @ @ @ He ’ ll have trouble standing at the podium for an hour and he ’ @ @ @ @ @ then urged the president ’ s advisers to tell him that doing rallies right now @ @ @ @ @ politically .
“ If I were his adviser , I would use just that word @ @ @ @ @ “ I would say , sir , you ’ re just recovering now .
If @ @ @ @ @ typical speech , you will look weak .
”

CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner had a stark warning for President Donald Trump on Friday about trying to hold a campaign rally as soon as Saturday.
During an interview with hosts John Berman and Alisyn Camerota, Reiner said that it was highly unlikely that Trump will have recovered enough from his novel coronavirus infection to hold up for an entire rally.
"The president has had a respiratory infection, probably a relatively severe respiratory infection," Reiner explained. "He will not be able to speak for his usual 90 minutes, he will start coughing. He'll have trouble standing at the podium for an hour and he'll look weak."
Reiner then urged the president's advisers to tell him that doing rallies right now has the potential to backfire politically.
"If I were his adviser, I would use just that word," he said. "I would say, sir, you're just recovering now. If you try and give your typical speech, you will look weak."
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rawstory--2020-10-09--Florida Trump supporters wary of getting close to Pence during upcoming visit: report

President Donald Trump ’ s infection with the novel coronavirus has shocked some of his supporters in Florida ’ s largest retirement community into taking the disease seriously .
The Daily Beast reports that the president ’ s infection has sent shockwaves through the Villages , a pro-Trump stronghold where Vice President Mike Pence is planning to visit this weekend .
John Calandro , who recently served as president of the Sumter County Republican Executive Committee , tells The Daily Beast that many Trump supporters in The Villages are going to be much more cautious about the vice president ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just weeks ago , especially since so many White House staffers have come down with the disease .
“ I know things will be fairly socially distant , ” he said of Pence ’ s upcoming visit .
“ I certainly don ’ t think any of us will get real close to him.
” Chris Stanley , president of The Villages Democratic Club , said he was surprised to see that a recent pro-Trump prayer vigil organized in his neighborhood told attendees that they must wear face masks .
“ The virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it , ” he said .
“ They now seem to be accepting this is not a Democrat hoax at all .
”

I’m a macroeconomistwho’s interested in understanding how these space-related innovations and the growing role of private industry have affected the economy. Recently, the U.S. government started tracking the space economy’s size. These data can tell us the size of the space-related industry, whether its outputs come mainly from government or private enterprise, and how they have been growing relative to the economy at large.
Companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galacticmade up over 80% of the U.S. space economy in 2021. The government held a 19% share of space spending, up from 16% in 2012 – mostly thanks to an increase in military spending.
Ways to measure the space economy
There are many ways to measure economic success in space.
One way is the economic impact. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, which tracks the nation’s gross domestic product and other indicators, recently began to monitor the space economy and published figures from 2012 to 2021. The Bureau of Economic Analysis calculated the impact of space using both broad and narrow definitions.
The broad definition comprises four parts: things used in space, like rocket ships; items supporting space travel, like launch pads; things getting direct input from space, like cell phone GPS chips; and space education, like planetariums and college astrophysics departments.
In 2021, the broad definition showed that total space-related sales, or what the government calls gross output, was over US$210 billion, before adjusting for inflation. That number represents about 0.5% of the whole U.S. economy’s total gross output.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis also has a narrow definition that excludes satellite television, satellite radio and space education. The difference in definitions is important because back in 2012 these three categories represented one-quarter of all space spending. However, by 2021, they only represented one-eighth of spending because many people had switched from watching satellite TV to streaming movies and shows over the internet.
Space’s share of the economy
A closer look at the data shows that space’s share of the U.S. economy is shrinking.
Using the broad definition and adjusting for inflation, the relative size of the space economy fell by about one-fifth from 2012 to 2021. This is because sales of space-related items – everything from rockets to satellite TV – have barely changed since 2015.
Using the narrow definition also shows the space economy is getting relatively smaller. From 2012 to 2021, the space sector’s inflation-adjusted gross output grew on average 3% a year, compared with 5% for the overall economy. This suggests space is not growing as fast as other economic sectors.
Space jobs
The number of jobs created by the space economy has also declined. In 2021, 360,000 people worked full- or part-time space-related jobs in the private sector, down from 372,000 about a decade earlier, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis could not track all space-related government jobs since spy agencies and parts of the military don’t provide much information. Nevertheless, it has tracked some since 2018. The military’s Space Force, which is the smallest branch, adds about 9,000 workers. NASA has about 18,000 employees, which is half of its 1960s peak.
Combining these government workers plus all private workers results in just under 400,000 people. To give some perspective, Amazon’s U.S. workforce is over twice as big and Walmart’s is four times bigger than reported U.S. space-related employment.
On July 14, 2023, India launched a rocket as part of its Chandrayaan-3 mission to put a lander and rover on the south pole of the Moon.
Growing competition in space
The U.S. has long dominated the space economy, especially in terms of government spending.
The U.S. government spent a little more than $40 billion in 2017, compared with about $3.5 billion spent by Japan and less than $2 billion by Russia.
Moreover, most of the top private space companies are based in the U.S., led by Boeing, SpaceX and Raytheon, which gives the U.S. a leg up in continuing to play a leading role with the rockets, satellites and other stuff needed to operate in space.
The U.S. also published more than twice the amount of space research in 2017 as its next nearest rival – China.
But China is catching up and has narrowed the gap in recent years as top Chinese officials decided success in space is a national priority. Their goal is reportedly to surpass the U.S. as the dominant space power by 2045. China recently put a large space station called the Tiangong into orbit and aims to put people on the Moon.
China’s not the only one joining the 21st century space race. India is expanding its space economy rapidly, with 140 space-tech startups. India launched a rocket on July 14, 2023, designed to put a lander and rover on the Moon. And the European Space Agency’s Euclid spacecraft plans to map parts of the universe to study dark matter. The ESA released the craft’s first test images at the end of July 2023.
The U.S. has a strong foothold in space. But whether it can maintain its lead – as the space race moves into a new frontier of space mining and missions to Mars – remains to be seen.
Jay L. Zagorsky, Clinical Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University


rawstory--2020-10-09--Lindsey Graham sparks unflattering speculation after refusing to take COVID test ahead of debate

On Thursday , the Democratic challenger to Sen. Lindsey Graham ( R-SC ) , Jaime Harrison , threatened to withdraw @ @ @ @ @ unless Graham takes a COVID-19 test — as Harrison and the debate moderators have already @ @ @ @ @ has refused , responding , “ I will continue to follow the guidance of my @ @ @ @ @ opponent.
” Graham ’ s refusal triggered instant speculation that he may have an ulterior @ @ @ @ @ — as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee , a positive test could further complicate @ @ @ @ @ Donald Trump ’ s Supreme Court nominee , Amy Coney Barrett .

"Joyce, these direct messages, doesn't it seem out of character for Donald Trump?" the host asked. "He is very well known, he does not use email, he does not text, he does not like to sign his name. Very well known for no paper trail. Did Donald Trump fall into the trap that the rest of us do? Which is sloppy texting?"
POLL: Should Trump be allowed to run for office?
Vance responded, "It is intriguing, because trump notoriously doesn't text. He knows not believe a paper trail. Trump and his employees have articulated that he does not do that. Likely, what happened here, it did not occur to him that there might come a time where the Justice Department would be able to access his account here, and see what was going on behind the scenes on his Twitter account."
She added that "this is something prosecutors do for instance when they access email accounts. You can look at drafts, interactions between people, in this case with Trump, you can see if it was actually Trump who logged in, or someone else. You can determine that from geolocation. So a lot of really fascinating evidence, information that the former president left behind, and is likely simply because he failed to realize the government could ultimately access it."
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