July 28, 2020

Pence cheats on Trump.. caught giving ass-kissing praise to DeSantis

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1287961226698469376

July 28, 2020

Los Angeles County Fair Is Canceled For First Time Since World War II By Pandemic Concerns

https://deadline.com/2020/05/l-a-county-fair-canceled-first-time-since-ww2-pandemic-1202935460/

The fair will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2022. The event started in 1922 and was canceled for World War II from 1942-1947. The fair also closed for one day on Sept. 11, 2001, following that day’s terrorist attacks.

The fair typically attracts more than one million visitors during its 19-day run, and organizers said it has an economic impact of roughly $328 million for the county. The L.A. County Fair is one of the largest county fairs in the US.

July 28, 2020

Dr. Anthony Fauci's baseball card just became one of the best selling in Topps' history

https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1287941600614776832

July 28, 2020

tweet of the very early morning

https://twitter.com/mmpadellan/status/1287889872523591681

The President of the United States, who has insulted everyone you can think of, wants you to know he thinks it's illegal to make fun of him on Twitter.

So let's trend #trumplethinskin.

July 28, 2020

Ivanka rebuked for her latest "cheap media stunt"

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1287953474127265794

Ivanka Trump's appearance in Minnesota — pledging to bring justice for Native American families afflicted by higher rates of violence, homicide and human trafficking — drew a rebuke from lawmakers and protesters, who accused her of a "cheap media stunt."

July 28, 2020

Trump seeks political shot in the arm in vaccine push. WH believe "it to be the ultimate Oct Surpris

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/07/27/watch-president-trump-holds-coronavirus-briefing

President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic put his political fate in grave jeopardy. Now he’s hoping to get credit for his administration’s aggressive push for a vaccine — and crossing his fingers that one gets approved before Election Day.

Trump and Vice President Mike Pence visited vaccine development sites on Monday, marking the beginning of the largest vaccine research trial yet. Their trips to North Carolina and Florida, respectively, come as the White House is grappling with its most prominent virus case since the crisis begin and a nationwide spike in the virus.

"We’re doing well on vaccines, we’re doing well on therapeutics. And now I’m heading to North Carolina to look exactly at that,” Trump said as he departed the White House.

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Privately, many White House officials have pinned their reelection hopes on the potential emergence of a vaccine for the coronavirus, believing it to be the ultimate “October surprise.” Some believe Trump may well be doomed without one, and that even with one, it may be too late to save his fortunes with so many Americans expected to vote before Election Day on Nov. 3.

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The political imperative for Trump has sparked concerns among members of Congress that Trump could try to take shortcuts in the approval process. Administration experts have dismissed those concerns, with Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn telling reporters Monday that the FDA “will not cut corners" to evaluate a vaccine.

Under the federal government’s Operation Warp Speed vaccine program, multiple COVID-19 vaccines are being developed simultaneously with a goal of delivering 300 million safe and effective doses by January 2021.

July 28, 2020

'Embarrassed' St. Bernard Rescued By Team Of 16 From England's Tallest Mountain

‘Embarrassed’ St. Bernard Rescued By Team Of 16 From England’s Tallest Mountain
The 121-pound pooch feels “a bit guilty” for letting down the image of her St. Bernard cousins, her rescuers joked.

Daisy the St. Bernard is apparently feeling a little “embarrassed” after she was the subject of a five-hour rescue mission during her descent from England’s highest peak, according to her rescuers.

The 121-pound pooch comes from a working breed that has, for centuries, been known for its prowess in alpine rescues. But on this occasion, it was Daisy who needed saving, after she collapsed while descending from the summit of Scafell Pike in England’s northwest on Friday during a hike with her owners. She was displaying signs of pain in her rear legs and refusing to move, the Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team said in a Facebook post about the mission.

After Daisy’s owners contacted authorities, a 16-person rescue team was mobilized to help bring her to safety, armed with medical guidance from local veterinarians.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/st-bernard-rescued-mountain_n_5f1e5be7c5b69fd4730e5153

July 27, 2020

NC feeling economic fallout from Trump pulling convention. GOP worried about repercussions for Trump

In N.C., economic fallout for business and political repercussions for Trump
As Republicans scramble after convention cancellation, the original host city of Charlotte feels the pinch.

After years of planning and fundraising for the convention in Charlotte, organizers moved it to Jacksonville, Florida, after North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, couldn't guarantee the president a multiday event without social distancing or mask wearing. After packaging the change in location as a partisan swipe at the state's refusal to allow a full-fledged, in-person event, Trump then altered his explanation last week to say he was canceling the portions in Florida, where the pandemic has surged in recent weeks, out of concern over public safety.

But in Charlotte, the ripple effects continue. The call, at the urging of the president, to uproot rigorous planning and financial investments in the city has left businesses in a crunch and spurred concern among party leaders in a state that is crucial for Trump’s re-election.

A new NBC News/Marist poll released Monday shows Biden with a 7-point lead in the state, which Trump narrowly carried in 2016. The poll showed the president's approval rating at 41 percent, a drop of 11 points in that measure since March.

And 6 in 10 North Carolinians in the poll said they agreed with the statement that “the state was right to prioritize its health protocols for large gatherings over the objections of the president.”

The political bickering over the convention has left North Carolina GOP leaders worried about November, with Biden hoping to reclaim a state Democrats last won when he was on the ticket in 2008 but lost in 2012.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/n-c-economic-fallout-business-political-repercussions-trump-n1234950

“If Joe Biden wins North Carolina, Trump gets his ass kicked all across the country,” one state Republican official told NBC News.

The decision to scrap the major in-person portion of the convention is also costing GOP donors millions of dollars on top of the economic strain being felt by businesses that were holding on amid the pandemic for the kind of boost a national political convention — and all the delegates, media and operatives — can bring to a city.


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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/n-c-economic-fallout-business-political-repercussions-trump-n1234950

“We had businesses that were counting on that as the shot in the arm that they need after a fairly unprecedented economic hardship,” Larken Egleston, another Charlotte City Council member who is a Democrat, said. “I think we would have been very short-sighted if we'd have taken a public health risk just for a quick dollar or two.”

For a convention that was supposed to generate over $150 million for Charlotte, tension between the RNC and the community continues to grow, with a major impact on small businesses already suffering from the pandemic.

Vinay Patel, president of SREE Hotels, said that his company had 12 hotels in the Charlotte region that had more than $2.5 million in bookings with the RNC for the week of the convention. He noted that it could have brought in an additional half a million dollars in food and beverage revenue.

July 27, 2020

Trump reelection campaign is suing a tiny WI TV station for airing ad showing Trump downplaying C19

This year, President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign filed defamation lawsuits against three of the country’s most prominent news outlets: The New York Times, The Washington Post and CNN. Then it filed another suit against a somewhat lower-profile news organization: northern Wisconsin’s WJFW-TV, which serves the 134th-largest market in the country.

The Trump campaign sued the station over what it claims is a false and defamatory ad WJFW aired that showed Trump downplaying the threat of the coronavirus as a line tracking new COVID-19 infections ticks up and up on the screen.

Dozens of stations ran the ad. But the Trump campaign chose to sue just NBC-affiliate WJFW, which is owned by a relatively small company that only has two other local TV stations, both in Bangor, Maine. The campaign did not initially sue the political organization that produced the ad. That group later joined the case as a defendant.

The curious lawsuit is part of a larger, aggressive and exceedingly expensive legal operation by the Trump campaign that’s the focus of our latest “Trump, Inc.” podcast.

The campaign has spent over $16 million on litigation and other legal costs — more than any past presidential campaign and more than 10 times what presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has spent on legal services, according to disclosures.

https://ctmirror.org/2020/07/26/the-trump-campaigns-legal-strategy-includes-suing-a-tiny-tv-station-in-northern-wisconsin/

July 27, 2020

The Real Oct Surprise: Trump to Drop Out -Trump is too emotionally frail to ride out a Nov drubbing

The Real October Surprise: Trump to Drop Out
Mike Pence to run in Trump’s place, following extensive pardon deal granted Trump by Pence and arranged by Bill Barr.

By Stephen D. Wrage, July 26, 2020



Will Mike Pence run in Trump’s place -- following an extensive pardon deal granted to Trump and arranged by Bill Barr?
Trump is too emotionally frail to ride out a November drubbing. He felt compelled to lie about his numbers in the 2016 election -- even though he won it.

Trump will make a deal with Pence -- just as Nixon did with Ford. You get the presidency -- I get protection from prosecution.
Trump’s White House escapades are hurting his brand. When he launched his presidential campaign in June 2015, he didn’t expect to win -- he expected free publicity.

Pence may give Biden a real challenge. He is younger than him, acceptable to moderate Republicans, loved by evangelicals and popular in Midwestern states.

I predict that by November 3rd Donald Trump will be off the ballot, ensconced at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida estate, and busy launching a new stage in his reality TV career.

Trump will walk away from the White House and dedicate the rest of his life to pushing two storylines. The first is that he was the United States’ greatest but most abused president.

The second is that he and his followers — the “real people” — were stabbed in the back by the liberals, the Clintons, the Bidens, the Deep State, Fake News, George Soros, the radical left and Antifa. But why would Trump quit?

Reason #1
Trump is too emotionally frail to ride out a November drubbing. He felt compelled to lie about his numbers in the 2016 U.S. presidential election even when he won that election.

This time, when he might get roundly trounced, there would be no fiction he could turn to for cover. His ratings are everything to him.

Reason #2
Trump is a confidence man — and con men know when a con has run its course.

Investigators are closing in on his taxes, the tell-all books from the staffers he has fired and the relatives he has alienated are getting bigger headlines than he is. Also, his pretenses and postures are getting more extreme and fewer people are buying them.

https://www.theglobalist.com/united-states-donald-trump-mike-pence-pardon-resignation-joe-biden-bill-barr-2020-us-presidential-elections/