huh?

Bucky wrote:huh?

Dream ticket, amirite?

Bucky wrote:huh?

Sorry. SWPA was decently split. There were a lot of Obama voters there are one point but now it is deep, deep red.

slugsrbad wrote:

CFP wrote:

slugsrbad wrote:
Senator Burr was a good chairman for the IC, much better than that clown Nunes in the House. I find it hard to believe there are many tears in the West Wing that he had to step down.

Yeah he was great, I liked the part where he used intelligence to sell all of his stocks illegally.

I liked the part where he let the IC investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election and stated that conclusion publicly.

OK, whatever, he did something good and he participated in criminal activities based on information gleaned form his position to gain advantage. That makes you a criminal.

Just got my email that my ballot was received. That was easy, and I want to vote like that forever.

I know there's no point in letting Trump visiting an Allentown mask factory today maskless and joking about social distancing get to me, but {sigh}.

US taxpayers have now paid properties owned by President Donald Trump's company the equivalent of over four years worth of room rentals, totaling nearly $1 million since he took office in January 2017, according to federal records.

News week

Werthless wrote:https://www.gq.com/story/kushner-too-much-testing

This may have been obvious to others for quite awhile but I am now convinced that the Trump Administration actively suppressed — and continues to suppress — testing to keep infection numbers as low as possible.

JFLNYC wrote:

Werthless wrote:https://www.gq.com/story/kushner-too-much-testing

This may have been obvious to others for quite awhile but I am now convinced that the Trump Administration actively suppressed — and continues to suppress — testing to keep infection numbers as low as possible.

Absolutely. This was never a problem they wanted and handled it that way.

joe table wrote:
Based on the above I think the most realistic political move for Trump is pivot to full saber rattling on China (or as he calls it GYNA) for ruining his beautiful economy. The rhetoric has already been ramping up but look for even more escalations as well as potentially a restart to the trade war garbage

This is why I'm looking for another job. I can see him arresting chinese people or some other stupid move to excite his base and then I'll be hung out to dry.

The B1G Piece wrote:

JFLNYC wrote:

Werthless wrote:https://www.gq.com/story/kushner-too-much-testing

This may have been obvious to others for quite awhile but I am now convinced that the Trump Administration actively suppressed — and continues to suppress — testing to keep infection numbers as low as possible.

Absolutely. This was never a problem they wanted and handled it that way.

yeah, he flat out admitted it when he wanted that cruise ship to stay out at sea.

Werthless wrote:https://www.gq.com/story/kushner-too-much-testing

I've been saying for years the "man" is evil if there is such a thing. Kushner probably stuck pins in puppies, wet the bed, and started fires as a kid.

Dr. Jackson's transformation is complete:

Dr. Ronny Jackson, the former White House physician who is running for Congress as a Republican in Texas, is embracing the right-wing conspiracy, promoted by President Donald Trump without offering proof, that then-President Barack Obama spied on Trump's campaign -- angering some of the Obama aides who served alongside him in the White House.

The turn has left some officials from the last administration a little perplexed because Jackson was considered even-minded, apolitical -- and friendly with Obama, who he is now accusing of grave crimes.
"President Obama weaponized the highest levels of our government to spy on President Trump. Every Deep State traitor deserves to be brought to justice for their heinous actions," Jackson wrote Tuesday on Twitter, without offering any proof.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/14/politics ... index.html

Augustus wrote:This is the most despair I've personally felt about the country (born '85). Conservatives are arguing that black people can be killed for running down the street, that all of us should be willing to die for economic growth, and that anything the previous (black) president did is illegal while the current one is above the law. Dark shit. Meanwhile they think the biggest threat to the future of America is the 1619 Project.

I'm in about the same place about my country. I'm absolutely disgusted at times. I used to observe the things that bothered me and hold optimism for improvement. Now I see those things and feel hopeless.

Bucky wrote:

The B1G Piece wrote:

JFLNYC wrote:

Werthless wrote:https://www.gq.com/story/kushner-too-much-testing

This may have been obvious to others for quite awhile but I am now convinced that the Trump Administration actively suppressed — and continues to suppress — testing to keep infection numbers as low as possible.

Absolutely. This was never a problem they wanted and handled it that way.

yeah, he flat out admitted it when he wanted that cruise ship to stay out at sea.

It was obvious then and it never changed.

Is anyone else becoming flooded with Trump TV ads? The early strategy appears corovavirus is all China's fault and Biden is buddy-buddy with China. Figure they'll work Hunter in soon.

Actually, looking at the spam text from last night they already are doing so.

Why is Sleepy Joe so weak on China? Maybe because his family is getting rich there. Learn the full story: [redacted url]

I think this is all pretty simple.

The shutdown from corona is going to precipitate a significant economic crisis.

Ordinarily, the incumbent is held responsible for such things.

However, in 2 of the 3 states Trump needs to win, Democratic governors are in control of the shutdown process.

Hang the economic crisis around their necks. He is not in danger of losing support anywhere else.

Win.

It's "Give 'Em Hell Harry" 2020 style, running not against the challenger, but the perceived enemy, and setting yourself up as the necessary counterbalance.

GWB tried it, among many other things, in 1992. His team didn't stay on message, because nothing was sticking, and he lost.

But Trump has something Bush does not: a religiously fanatical base.

In reading this article about Dick Allen, I was struck by the following passage:

William C. Kashatus wrote:To address the pressing need for crime control, Tate appointed Frank Rizzo as police commissioner. Unfortunately, Rizzo’s streetwise, shoot-from-the-hip, tough cop style became synonymous with the public’s image of Philadelphia and it wasn’t a good one. He antagonized the black community with his outspoken comments on race, voicing sentiments previously unspeakable among responsible public officials, couched in rhetoric of physical intimidation. The size of Rizzo’s charisma and personality inspired unreasoned loyalty among whites and fear as well as violent opposition among blacks. During his tenure as police commissioner “crime control” became a euphemism for “anti-black movements.”

This might as well be about Donald Trump. He is the angry white person's Obama. And he is going to win, because there are simply too many of them in PA and MI and WI.

Another protest at the Capitol Complex today; estimate is around 500.

Some wild signs. Some were trying to move past the barricades police set up until Russ Diamond asked them not to.

All of them are close to one another.

One of trump’s more ridiculous PCs today. Non-stop babble pumping of these vaccine candidates. Trucker horns (?) blasting the whole time in background. Fauci literally muzzled (masked) in background. Doesn’t look like market fell for it