August 31, 2020

There's a new Emerson poll out that shows Biden ahead by 2 points nationally

https://twitter.com/EmersonPolling/status/1300525358740131841


https://twitter.com/CurtMills/status/1300528672504459275/photo/1


538 which was updated 2 minutes ago had Biden at 50.2%, Trump at 43.1%

So don't panic . Last month Emerson had Biden up 4 points so he's dropped 2 points. No way Trump has 19% Black support.


Michigan Pennsylvania Wisconsin Arizona

+6.3 +4.7 + 5.3 +3.1


Trump's approval rating is at 43.1%

August 31, 2020

During Trump's Nov. 2019 visit to Walter Reed, Pence was told to be on standby

https://twitter.com/adamgoldmanNYT/status/1300498432503754752

Describing Trump’s unexpected November 2019 visit to Walter Reed Medical Center, he reports the White House wanted Mike Pence “on standby to take over the powers of the presidency temporarily if Trump had to undergo a procedure that would have required him to be anesthetized.”

https://twitter.com/adamgoldmanNYT/status/1300498034342744067

Some tidbits from
@nytmike
's new book: McGahn, a staunch libertarian, was frequently in over his head with the lawless president he nicknamed “King Kong,” and he struggled with his highly unusual extended contact with Mueller’s team.

August 29, 2020

More than 10,000 COVID conspiracy theorists gather in London

Huge crowd of anti-vaxxers led by David Icke gather to argue that virus is a lie spread in secret global plot organised by Bill Gates


More than 10,000 Covid-19 conspiracy theorists who believe the virus is a hoax have gathered in London's Trafalgar Square to protest against lockdown restrictions and vaccination programmes.

Demonstrators in the 'Unite for Freedom' rally - which started at noon in the capital - called for an 'end to Government lies' and the restoration of all freedoms as they marched past Downing Street towards the Houses of Parliament.

Pictures from the demonstration show Trafalgar Square almost full of protesters - none of whom are wearing masks - holding signs that brand the pandemic as a 'hoax'. When full, the square holds up to 35,000 people.

Other signs claimed masks reduce immunity and likened the restrictions to 'child torture'. One person held a homemade placard on which he had scrawled 'no to mandatory vaccines.'







David Icke is the notorious conspiracy theorist who often makes headlines for his controversial comments.

The 68-year-old former professional footballer has written more than 20 books and once tried his hand at punditry and sports reporting.

In 1991, he appeared on Sir Terry Wogan's TV chat show where he declared himself as the son of God in a now-infamous clip which he describes as a 'defining moment'. Other bizarre claims he have made include that the royal family are lizards.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8676875/Thousands-anti-maskers-believe-pandemic-HOAX-march-against-lockdown-London.html

August 28, 2020

To qualify for a full pardon, Alice Johnson had to give a speech praising Trump at the RNC

Trump was just on MSNBC signing the pardon.

August 27, 2020

Trump is expected to receive nomination in front of 1500 people

No mask mandate.


https://twitter.com/yamiche/status/1298949819139055619?s=21

Good morning from the White House where President Trump is expected to accept the Republican nomination before a crowd of some 1500 people. As of now, it’s unclear if they will all be covid tested but sources say as of now there will not be a mask mandate for attendees.

August 27, 2020

"I just finished two focus groups. All women"

https://twitter.com/sarahlongwell25/status/1298797930132971521?s=21


I just finished two focus groups. All women. All 2016 Trump voters who think he’s doing a very bad job. One group from NC, one from AZ. The two groups were wildly different. But one thing was consistent across both groups: No one is watching the conventions.

One person. One person out of both groups was watching the conventions. I had a whole series of convention-related questions that I couldn’t ask.

August 26, 2020

Immigrants in Trump-Led Ceremony Didn't Know They Would Appear at RNC

Sudha Narayanan and Neimat Awadelseid looked forward to Tuesday—the day, after a yearslong process, they would become U.S. citizens. They found out only minutes before the ceremony that President Trump would attend, and they didn’t know it would be aired during the Republican convention that night.


https://www.wsj.com/articles/immigrants-in-trump-led-ceremony-didnt-know-they-would-appear-at-rnc-11598481345


I don't have access to any more of the story because of the paywall but does this surprise anybody?

August 26, 2020

Melania getting a lot of praise from reporters. For what?

https://twitter.com/KT_So_It_Goes/status/1298583564750065664


melania’s sole accomplishment as first lady seems to have been convincing a bunch of reporters they work in her pr department


https://twitter.com/KT_So_It_Goes/status/1298603382916218882

@KT_So_It_Goes I personally feel pretty lousy for all the female reporters who seem to have this bizarre i-see-myself-in-you empathy for melania, because that shit is not normal or healthy


@KT_So_Goes I’m sorry for whatever happened to you that you can find some shared experience with her because that shared experience is undoubtedly awful

am I saying their industry is teeming with horrible power-drunk dudes who remind them of donald trump and control their career path and if you don’t play ball that’s it for you we’ll just find another one? maybe. maybe.

August 25, 2020

Why is Vernon Jones a Democrat? He seems to hate our party.

August 24, 2020

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was poisoned, Berlin hospital says

Berlin (CNN)The hospital treating Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny says tests indicate that he was poisoned.

Berlin's Charite Hospital noted that the Kremlin critic was suffering from "intoxication by a substance from the group of cholinesterase inhibitors."
It added that Navalny, who was transferred to the German capital from the Siberian city of Omsk on Saturday morning, is in an artificial coma in an intensive care unit. "His state of health is serious, but there is currently no acute danger to his life," the hospital said in a statement Monday.
The specific substance used to poison Navalny has not yet been identified, according to the hospital.

Cholinesterase inhibitors are widely used as dementia medications. They are also found in pesticides and chemical warfare nerve agents, including sarin and Novichok, which was used in a 2018 attack on ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, England. They can slow the heart rate and are toxic to the brain.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/24/europe/alexey-navalny-germany-poison-grm-intl/index.html