The White House inadvertently reveals the fact Trump doesn't give a shit about national security

Shouldn't the President of the United States be meeting with his National Security Adviser almost every fucking day?

Trump's national security adviser tests positive for Covid-19

Source: CNN

President Donald Trump's national security adviser, Robert O'Brien, has tested positive for Covid-19, according to an official familiar with what happened.

O'Brien's diagnosis marks the highest-ranking Trump administration official known to have tested positive. It's unclear when O'Brien last met with Trump. Their last public appearance together was over two weeks ago during a visit to US Southern Command in Miami on July 10.

O'Brien, one of Trump's top aides, recently returned from Europe, where he and his top deputy met with officials from the UK, France, Germany and Italy.

A senior administration official told CNN that O'Brien has been working from home since last week.


Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/27/politics/robert-obrien-tests-positive-covid/index.html

Trump's law and order re-election campaign strategy doesn't make much sense

"Vote to re-elect me and I will end the chaos currently gripping our nation. Don't vote for the guy who was Vice President 4 years ago when the country was much more stable and peaceful prior to me taking office."

Another Impeachable Offense: Trump Admin Used COVID-19 Loan Program to Bully Planned Parenthood

House Democrats are investigating whether a small business loan program was abused by the Trump administration to bully and lie to Planned Parenthood while rewarding supporters of the White House and Republican Party.

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The inquiry is styled as a demand for documents which, the two New York City-based Democrats contend, suggest the Small Business Administration (SBA) attempted “to target local Planned Parenthood organizations” over their participation in the $659 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

According to Maloney and Velázquez, several local Planned Parenthood affiliates were told they need not apply—apparently in contradiction of the law.

“In May, SBA sent letters to numerous local Planned Parenthood organizations inaccurately informing them that they were ineligible for loans under the program due to their association with Planned Parenthood Federation of America,” said a letter released Thursday which detailed the document demands.


https://lawandcrime.com/covid-19-pandemic/trump-admin-allegedly-used-covid-19-small-business-loan-program-to-bully-and-lie-to-planned-parenthood/

Regis Philbin dies and Trump makes it about himself

Photo from Portland

How can Trump possibly think he's winning?


Photo credit: Nathan Howard/Getty

Trump's Use of Unidentified Federal Officers to Suppress Protests Is Backfiring

Washington, DC — Voters in three key battleground states are closely following and by a significant majority oppose Donald Trump’s recent use of unidentified federal agents to suppress protests, according to new polling conducted by Public Policy Polling and released today by MoveOn Political Action.

The polls, fielded among registered voters in Arizona (816), Maine (561), and North Carolina (939) between July 21 and 23, show majorities in each state oppose the Trump administration’s actions.

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“These results show that Trump’s plan to use unidentified federal agents to suppress local protests is backfiring with the public. Voters oppose it, and they want their senators to act,” said Rahna Epting, MoveOn Political Action’s executive director. “Continued enabling of Trump by Senators McSally, Collins, and Tillis is likely to hurt them at the ballot box. In this case, their political interests are aligned with the public interest, and they should do the right thing and join efforts in Congress to limit these abuses. When are they going to stand up to Trump’s continued abuses of power? Voters have had enough.”

more:
https://front.moveon.org/new-polls-unidentified-federal-police/

'Wall of Veterans' Arrives in Portland to Protect BLM Protesters from Trump's DHS Troops

A group of military veterans joined Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland as part of an effort to protect them from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) forces on Friday night.

Masked and goggled. Some wearing black hoodies emblazoned with “Black Lives Matter.” Some with attire designating their service branch. Many with their hands held tight behind their backs. Others with signs expressing opposition to recent attacks on demonstrators.

“I am an American patriot,” one such placard read. “Federal troops defend property, but this does give them the right to take away my constitutional freedom.”

The veterans say they were inspired to join the protests after U.S. Navy veteran Chris David was repeatedly beaten with a baton by one DHS agent before being directly pepper-sprayed in the face by another.

Read more:
https://lawandcrime.com/george-floyd-death/wall-of-veterans-arrives-in-portland-to-protect-black-lives-matter-protesters-from-trumps-dhs-troops/

Almost 80,000 new cases today

77,991 to be exact. This is a record.

We also have 1,134 reported deaths today.

To put things into perspective, South Korea reported 41 new cases today and 1 new death.

South Korea and the US reported their first coronavirus case on the same day.

The United States of America is a failed nation.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Sick Bastards: RNC Hid Face Mask Purchases by Labeling Them "Building Maintenance"

“The Republican National Committee in a new federal filing this week said it spent $14,000 on ‘building maintenance.’ In reality, it was disguising a purchase of face masks,” Business Insider reports.

“Some conservatives chafe at wearing masks, but the spending reveals GOP party leaders were taking the coronavirus more seriously than they were publicly letting on.”

https://politicalwire.com/2020/07/24/rnc-hid-face-mask-purchases/