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September 21, 2020
So he was an agent provocateur all along?
Or a RW political operative or both?
A Notorious COVID Troll Actually Works for Dr. Faucis Agency (Daily Beast)
The managing editor of the prominent conservative website RedState has spent months trashing U.S. officials tasked with combating COVID-19, dubbing White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Anthony Fauci a mask nazi, and intimating that government officials responsible for the pandemic response should be executed.
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September 21, 2020
An especially aesthetic tribute to RBG.
https://twitter.com/KirstyBain65/status/1307835234323296256
September 18, 2020
DeVos to withhold millions in federal funds to Connecticut schools over transgenders on girls teams
DeVos to withhold millions in federal funds to Connecticut schools over transgenders on girls teamsEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos says she'll withhold millions of federal dollars from Connecticut schools that won't withdraw from an athletic conference that allows transgender students to enter competitions based on their chosen gender.
Students and parents have argued the some transgender students, particularly boys who identify as girls, have dominated sports like track and field, limiting playing time and opportunities for college scholarships.
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September 18, 2020
Notably, the USSR refrained from any territorial claims.
Russia's space agency chief declares Venus a "Russian planet"
Russia's space agency chief declares Venus a "Russian planet"Moscow If there is life on Venus, it might want to start learning Russian. The boss of Russia's government space agency has claimed it as a "Russian planet."
The bold territorial claim comes on the heels of scientific research suggesting life could exist on Earth's celestial neighbor, the second planet from the sun.
Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin, who's known for espousing unconventional scientific views and for frequently sarcastic anti-Western rhetoric said this week that Russia wants to send its own mission to Venus, in addition to an already-proposed joint venture with the United States called "Venera-D."
"We think that Venus is a Russian planet, so we shouldn't lag behind," Rogozin, a former deputy prime minister, told reporters on Tuesday. He noted that the Soviet Union was "the first and the only one" to land a spacecraft on Venus.
"The spacecraft gathered information about the planet it is like hell over there," he said in remarks quoted by the Tass news agency.
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Notably, the USSR refrained from any territorial claims.
September 14, 2020
Donald Trump-appointed HHS spokesman goes totally off the deep end
Maybe I'm misinterpreting this, but I provisionally do not believe he was ordered to say this.
Donald Trump-appointed HHS spokesman says 'buy ammunition' as he claims Democrats are planning armed insurrection after election - and accuses CDC of 'sedition' against president in Facebook live rant (Daily Mail UK)
* Michael Caputo was installed as top communications official at HHS
* He warned on Facebook that 'they're going to have to kill me, and unfortunately, I think that's where this is going'
* Said that 'when Donald Trump refuses to stand down at the inauguration, the shooting will begin'
* Followed report Friday in Politico that Caputo pushed the Centers for Disease Control to modify weekly reports on the coronavirus
The top communications official at the Health and Human Services Department warned in a bizarre Facebook Live session that political opponents 'are going to have to kill me' and claimed Democrats are plotting an armed insurrection.
Michael Caputo, a former Trump campaing official, issued the warnings after publication of a Politico story Friday that indicated Caputo and other political appointees were pressuring Centers for Disease Control officials to alter weekly coronavirus reports.
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September 12, 2020
Some good news for a change (census)
https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1304173536232308743
September 11, 2020
It's official. Fascism the day after Election Day.
Donald Trump says he will put down 'INSURRECTION' if he is declared winner and there are riots on election nightPresident Donald Trump is vowing to crush any 'riots' that occur among opposition should he be declared the winner on Election night saying he would 'put it down within minutes.'
Trump was asked about the hypothetical scenario by Fox News host Jeanine Pirro who mentioned 'threats' of riots without providing specifics.
'Let's say there are threats. They say that they are going to threaten riots if they lose on election night, assuming we get a winner on election night. What are you going to do?' the host asked him.
'We'll put them down very quickly if they do that. We have the right to do that. We have the power to do that if we want,' said Trump, sitting for an interview at the White House during a week when his team was rocked by bombshell recordings by author and journalist Bob Woodward.
Rather than downplay the possibility, Trump took the hypothetical, continuing: 'Look, it's called insurrection. We just send in, and we do it very easy. I mean, it's very easy. I'd rather not do that because there's no reason for it, but if we had to, we'd do that and put it down within minutes. Within minutes,' Trump said, in a clip posted by Politico.
Trump has repeatedly gone after 'rioters' and 'looters' who he said are rival Joe Biden supporters.
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September 11, 2020
The good old days when the Oscars were non political.
OK I made yo click, but that's not really my reaction.
My reaction is more like "it's all so tiresome".
Full disclosure: I'm old and never watched the Oscars or any other big awards show.
I do remember the good old days when folks who didn't like Hollywood didn't whine loud enough for me to hear it.
September 9, 2020
I'm speechless.
Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize following Israel-UAE accord
Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize following Israel-UAE accordPresident Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for helping broker a peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, according to a report.
Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament and chairman of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, submitted the nomination, Fox News reported.
For his merit, I think he has done more trying to create peace between nations than most other Peace Prize nominees, Tybring-Gjedde told Fox News.
In his letter to the Nobel Committee, Tybring-Gjedde wrote that the Trump administration has played a key role in the establishment of relations between the two nations.
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I'm speechless.
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