A miserable failure

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By Paul LeBlanc, CNN
Updated 8:29 PM ET, Mon June 1, 2020

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday labeled President Donald Trump "a miserable failure" as nationwide protests have intensified ...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/politics/illinois-governor-trump-protests-cnntv/index.html

[idziak4ever1234]

1. I tend to agree more with Ed Markey who called him "scum"

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2. GOP senators critical

By Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN
Updated 7:09 PM ET, Mon June 1, 2020

... "I think the country is definitely looking for healing and for calm, and I think that's the tone the President needs to project when talking about what is happening around the country," Senate Majority Whip John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, told CNN ...

Sen. John Cornyn, also a member of Senate GOP leadership, told CNN that "I think it's important" for Trump to offer more of a unifying message ...

"Some of his tweets have not been helpful," Sen. Pat Toomey, a Republican from Pennsylvania ...

"We are obviously in a divisive situation right now that is escalating. ... He needs to make more unifying comments," said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican from West Virginia ...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/politics/republican-reaction-floyd-death-congress/index.html

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. Better than nothing, but they are afraid of that 40% who want us all dead.

[paleotn]

9. Translate....

You orange, dumb ass! We're all going to lose our cushy jobs if you don't shut the fuck up!!

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10. +

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3. Charlie Baker calls out lack of 'compassion and leadership'

By Nik DeCosta-Klipa, Boston.com Staff
June 1, 2020 | 6:16 PM

Gov. Charlie Baker often shies away from weighing in on controversies involving President Donald Trump.

On Monday, he did not.

“I heard what the president had to say today about dominating and fighting,” Baker said, unprompted, during his daily COVID-19 press briefing, referring to a conference call earlier in the day during which Trump urged governors to use force against the recent wave of protests — including in Boston — in the wake of George Floyd’s death.

“I know I should be surprised when I hear incendiary words like this from him — but I’m not,” Baker said during his opening remarks Monday afternoon ...

https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2020/06/01/charlie-baker-calls-out-donald-trumps-lack-of-compassion-and-leadership

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4. Newsom sidesteps call for governors to 'dominate' protesters

Alexei Koseff June 1, 2020 Updated: June 1, 2020 6:10 p.m.

... Following a weekend of tense demonstrations, Newsom said Monday that there would be accountability for law enforcement officers who have been accused of using excessive force against protesters, as well as for rioters and looters whom he characterized as “hell-bent on creating violence and drowning out the voices of legitimate protests.”

“We want restraint. We want as much expression of respect with law enforcement and protesters as humanly possible,” the governor said during a news conference at a predominantly African American church in south Sacramento. “But we also need peace. And we need to protect small businesses. And we need to protect people that are scared” ...

https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Gavin-Newsom-sidesteps-Trump-s-call-for-15309249.php

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6. Schiff raises a red flag

By Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman
June 1, 2020 at 5:12 p.m. EDT

As protests against police brutality spread across the country, President Trump looked impotent ...

But Trump has hit on a solution: designate “antifa” a terrorist organization ...

In an interview with us, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) told us that the designation itself, which has no legal basis, appears to be a “characteristically political act."

Schiff, the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, also said that if this particular designation were to translate into meaningful policy actions by the administration, numerous House Democratic committees would scrutinize both the initial designation and the policies flowing from it ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/01/trumps-smearing-protesters-gets-worse-adam-schiff-raises-red-flag/

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7. If you can't be constructive, keep your mouth shut

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/06/01/houston-police-chief-art-acevedo-trump-mouth-shut-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/

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8. Gov. Pritzker calls out rhetoric on protests

During a video teleconference with President Trump and the nation's governors, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he was "extraordinarily concerned" about Trump's rhetoric on the protests over George Floyd's death.

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/06/01/gov-pritzker-governors-call-trump-rhetoric-protests-nr-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

11. K & R

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12. 2020 is indeed becoming an

Annus Horribilis.

Brought to you by Covid 19 and the Anus Horribilis.

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13. Looks like the only good thing about this year will be kicking Trump out of

office and getting a strong grip on Congress. Otherwise, the year has been horrible.