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October 4, 2020
Joe Biden campaign ad: "Dog Lovers for Joe"
https://twitter.com/JonahDispatch/status/1311803869689716745
October 4, 2020
Since Donald Trump began his bid for the White House in 2015 with an appalling speech in which he warned of Mexican rapists and drug dealers preying on the United States, he has been a one-man assault on norms of decency and democracy. For more than five years now, our nation has been subjected to his almost daily displays of incivility, dishonesty and hostility to large categories of Americans. But it’s not just the president’s behavior that has been awful. Many of his policies on vital issues have been both mistaken and dangerous.
That he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus and are showing symptoms of COVID-19 after months of the president minimizing mask wearing and mocking mask wearers changes none of that — although the Trumps, like all infected Americans, deserve everyone’s wishes for good health.
An unprecedented series of events in American history have led us to this moment.
The question today isn’t Trump’s health. It’s his fitness for office. On the single issue that is the biggest existential threat to humanity — climate change — Trump has denied science and pulled the United States out of a global accord with the potential to seriously address the perils of greenhouse gases warming the planet.
Endorsement: Why Joe Biden deserves to be president of the United States
San Diego Union TribuneSince Donald Trump began his bid for the White House in 2015 with an appalling speech in which he warned of Mexican rapists and drug dealers preying on the United States, he has been a one-man assault on norms of decency and democracy. For more than five years now, our nation has been subjected to his almost daily displays of incivility, dishonesty and hostility to large categories of Americans. But it’s not just the president’s behavior that has been awful. Many of his policies on vital issues have been both mistaken and dangerous.
That he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus and are showing symptoms of COVID-19 after months of the president minimizing mask wearing and mocking mask wearers changes none of that — although the Trumps, like all infected Americans, deserve everyone’s wishes for good health.
An unprecedented series of events in American history have led us to this moment.
The question today isn’t Trump’s health. It’s his fitness for office. On the single issue that is the biggest existential threat to humanity — climate change — Trump has denied science and pulled the United States out of a global accord with the potential to seriously address the perils of greenhouse gases warming the planet.
October 4, 2020
Bring America together again: The United States needs an experienced, compassionate president. That's Joe Biden.
Editorial: Our divided nation needs an experienced, compassionate, respectful president. Joe Biden has proven he can be that leader. Trump has proven he cannot.
Joe Biden should be the next president of the United States. He is the right person at the right time to restore decency in public life. He will take seriously the challenges facing this country.
"The United States needs an experienced, compassionate president. That's Joe Biden"
Des Moines RegisterBring America together again: The United States needs an experienced, compassionate president. That's Joe Biden.
Editorial: Our divided nation needs an experienced, compassionate, respectful president. Joe Biden has proven he can be that leader. Trump has proven he cannot.
Joe Biden should be the next president of the United States. He is the right person at the right time to restore decency in public life. He will take seriously the challenges facing this country.
October 3, 2020
Trump campaign launches 'Operation MAGA' while president recovers from COVID-19
Source: The Hill
The reelection campaign for President Trump on Saturday announced it was launching “Operation MAGA,” a series of in-person and virtual campaign events to be held throughout the final month before Election Day.
The announcement comes as Trump remains at Walter Reed Medical Center following the news early Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump had contracted COVID-19.
In a press release, the campaign described “Operation MAGA,” as “a full marshaling of top-level surrogates, campaign coalitions, and Trump supporters to rally behind the President and carry the campaign forward until the President returns to the trail.”
“Operation MAGA will fire up the entire MAGA universe to keep President Trump’s campaign at full speed until our Commander-in-Chief returns to the campaign trail,” Trump 2020 campaign manager Bill Stepien, who also tested positive for the virus on Friday, said in the press release.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/519496-trump-campaign-launches-operation-maga-while-president-recovers-from-covid
October 3, 2020
What is the actual state of President Trump's health — now and over the past 24 hours?
Why it matters: It’s one of the most high-stakes questions in the world, and I cannot answer it, despite having spent since 5 a.m. on Friday on my phone with sources inside and close to the White House.
On Friday night, we chose not to publish information we'd learned from well-placed sources who told us the president had experienced a fever and was worse than the White House was letting on.
We chose not to publish because we weren’t certain enough it was correct, and it was no time to lower our editorial standards.
Covering a cover-up in real time
AxiosWhat is the actual state of President Trump's health — now and over the past 24 hours?
Why it matters: It’s one of the most high-stakes questions in the world, and I cannot answer it, despite having spent since 5 a.m. on Friday on my phone with sources inside and close to the White House.
On Friday night, we chose not to publish information we'd learned from well-placed sources who told us the president had experienced a fever and was worse than the White House was letting on.
We chose not to publish because we weren’t certain enough it was correct, and it was no time to lower our editorial standards.
October 3, 2020
Bloomberg: Biden turned down some endorsements
https://twitter.com/tylerpager/status/1312495482715815936
October 3, 2020
In 2016, Trump won MO by 19 points.
Missouri Presidential Poll (Remington Research) Biden -5
https://twitter.com/KCMikeMahoney/status/1312389221047513090In 2016, Trump won MO by 19 points.
October 3, 2020
'God-tier genetics': A stunned MAGA world offers blame, adulation after Trump's diagnosis
PoliticoDonald Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis has stunned MAGA world, but it hasn’t changed how it reacts to bad news: blame others, accuse the left of craven behavior and cling tighter to the president.
As updates around Trump’s health fluctuated throughout the day — before the medical staff decided to move Trump to Walter Reed hospital Friday night — Trump’s hardcore base seemed unable to deviate from its traditional impulses.
The president’s backers furiously descended upon commentators who pointed out Trump’s comorbidities, such as his borderline obesity and age, which raise the risk of serious infection. Conservatives accused journalists and liberals of celebrating or even questioning Trump’s diagnosis, compiling lists of who they claimed were the most prominent offenders. On Capitol Hill, Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) tweeted that China “gave this virus” to the president and first lady, and demanded: “WE MUST HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.”
Out on the MAGA world fringes, people were divided. Some swiftly predicted rosy outcomes — the president was already healthy, he could take hydroxychloroquine, a much-hyped drug Trump has touted as a Covid-19 treatment with no conclusive evidence. Others concocted theories that the Democrats were, somehow, trying to steal the election once again.
As updates around Trump’s health fluctuated throughout the day — before the medical staff decided to move Trump to Walter Reed hospital Friday night — Trump’s hardcore base seemed unable to deviate from its traditional impulses.
The president’s backers furiously descended upon commentators who pointed out Trump’s comorbidities, such as his borderline obesity and age, which raise the risk of serious infection. Conservatives accused journalists and liberals of celebrating or even questioning Trump’s diagnosis, compiling lists of who they claimed were the most prominent offenders. On Capitol Hill, Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) tweeted that China “gave this virus” to the president and first lady, and demanded: “WE MUST HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.”
Out on the MAGA world fringes, people were divided. Some swiftly predicted rosy outcomes — the president was already healthy, he could take hydroxychloroquine, a much-hyped drug Trump has touted as a Covid-19 treatment with no conclusive evidence. Others concocted theories that the Democrats were, somehow, trying to steal the election once again.
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