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ericlewis0 https://www.dailykos.com/user/ericlewis0/rss/index.xml News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Mon, 14 Jun 2021 06:19:26 +0000 Mon, 14 Jun 2021 06:19:26 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Biden Admin Buying 500 Million Pfizer COVID Vaccine Doses to Donate to the World https://www.dailykos.com/story/2021/6/9/2034448/-Biden-Admin-Buying-500-Million-Pfizer-COVID-Vaccine-Doses-to-Donate-to-the-World <p>From <em>The Washington Post</em>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <div> <p>The Biden administration is buying 500 million doses of Pfizer’s <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/?itid=lk_inline_manual_1" target="_blank">coronavirus</a>vaccine to donate to the world, as the United States dramatically increases its efforts to help vaccinate the global population, according to three people familiar with the plans.</p> </div> </div> <div> <div> <p>President Biden is slated to announce the plan at the Group of Seven meeting in Britain this week amid growing calls for the United States and other rich countries to play a more substantial role in boosting the global supply of coronavirus vaccine. Biden told reporters Wednesday as he boarded Air Force One to Europe that he would be announcing his global vaccine strategy.</p> </div> </div> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-vaccine-donate/2021/06/09/c2744674-c934-11eb-93fa-9053a95eb9f2_story.html" target="_blank">www.washingtonpost.com/</a>… (paywall)</p> <p>This is the America I remember. Hats off to President Biden, who is showing the GQP what a real leader looks like. This massive investment in the well-being of the planet is a win-win-win. It makes the United States look like a force of goodness again in the eyes of the world, it saves millions of lives, and allows the global economy to start chugging along once more. Heck, it even lets Americans fearlessly travel abroad again.</p> <p>Thank you, President Biden.</p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) Covid JoeBiden Pfizer _2034448 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 18:59:47 +0000 FBI Investigating USPS Trump Stooge DeJoy for Likely Illegal Political Fundraising https://www.dailykos.com/story/2021/6/3/2033481/-FBI-Investigating-USPS-Trump-Stooge-DeJoy-for-Likely-Illegal-Political-Fundraising <p>From <em>The Huffington Post</em>: </p> <blockquote> <div> <p>The <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/fbi">FBI</a> is investigating controversial Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over campaign contributions connected to his former business, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/louis-dejoy-fbi-investigation/2021/06/03/4e24e122-c3d3-11eb-93f5-ee9558eecf4b_story.html" target="_blank">his spokesperson confirmed to The Washington Post</a> on Thursday.</p> </div> <div> <p>The Post was the first to report on the probe and spoke to people familiar with the matter, who said FBI agents had recently interviewed current and former employees of DeJoy and his former business, New Breed Logistics.</p> <p><span>“Mr. DeJoy has learned that the Department of Justice is investigating campaign contributions made by employees who worked for him when he was in the private sector,” DeJoy spokesperson Mark Corallo said. “He has always been scrupulous in his adherence to the campaign contribution laws and has never knowingly violated them.”</span></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fbi-investigating-postmaster-dejoy_n_60b90449e4b02df1ad88c8a9?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank">www.huffpost.com/…</a></p> <p>One can assume the key word there is “knowingly”. Good luck with that.<br> This development comes on the heels of a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/louis-dejoy-campaign-contributions/2020/09/06/1187bc2c-e3fe-11ea-8181-606e603bb1c4_story.html" target="_blank">Washington Post report</a> (behind paywall) from this past September, which outlined DeJoy’s almost certainly illegal scheme to get money into Republican campaign coffers. DeJoy was getting his own employees to donate money, which he then reimbursed, thereby circumventing donation caps. What a scumbag — no wonder he got tapped by Trump to hobble the mail.<br> Come on, USPS Board — please, at least fire this shameless saboteur.</p> <p>Update 3:01pm EDT: From <strong>Joan McCarter</strong>’s <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/6/3/2033487/-DeJoy-under-investigation-by-FBI-grand-jury-for-potential-campaign-finance-violations" target="_blank">post on the same story</a>, there is also a Grand Jury investigating DeJoy. They have already sent him a subpoena.</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) DonaldTrump LouisDeJoy Mail Recommended UnitedStatesPostalService _2033481 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 18:25:44 +0000 The Obamas’ Dog, Bo, Has Gone On To The Rainbow Bridge https://www.dailykos.com/story/2021/5/8/2029605/-The-Obama-s-Dog-Bo-Has-Gone-On-To-The-Rainbow-Bridge <p>From <em>NBC News</em>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Former President Barack Obama on Saturday announced that former "<a href="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2009/04/12/meet-bo-first-dog" target="_blank">first dog</a>" Bo had died.</p> <p>Bo, a Portuguese water dog given to the Obama children, Sasha and Malia, by Sen. Ted Kennedy and his wife Victoria in 2009, was roughly 12 years old.</p> <p>"Today our family lost a true friend and loyal companion," Obama tweeted. "For more than a decade, Bo was a constant, gentle presence in our lives—happy to see us on our good days, our bad days, and everyday in between."</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/obama-announces-death-former-first-dog-bo-n1266761" target="_blank">www.nbcnews.com/…</a></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Today our family lost a true friend and loyal companion. For more than a decade, Bo was a constant, gentle presence in our lives—happy to see us on our good days, our bad days, and everyday in between. &lt;a href="https://t.co/qKMNojiu9V"&gt;pic.twitter.com/qKMNojiu9V&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Barack Obama (@BarackObama) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1391106025269440516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;May 8, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Today our family lost a true friend and loyal companion. For more than a decade, Bo was a constant, gentle presence in our lives—happy to see us on our good days, our bad days, and everyday in between. <a href="https://t.co/qKMNojiu9V">pic.twitter.com/qKMNojiu9V</a></p>— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1391106025269440516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;He was exactly what we needed and more than we ever expected. We will miss him dearly. &lt;a href="https://t.co/CHweCxwJ7a"&gt;pic.twitter.com/CHweCxwJ7a&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Barack Obama (@BarackObama) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1391106043900579842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;May 8, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>He was exactly what we needed and more than we ever expected. We will miss him dearly. <a href="https://t.co/CHweCxwJ7a">pic.twitter.com/CHweCxwJ7a</a></p>— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1391106043900579842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> <p>Man, is it dusty in here. I remember when Senator Ted Kennedy gave him Bo the puppy, as a gift, right around when Obama took office. Such a good boy. R.I.P. Bo. <br>  </p> <p>Update 5:58pm EDT — From Michelle Obama’s Twitter account:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;This afternoon was a difficult one for our family. We said goodbye to our best friend—Bo—after a battle with cancer. We are grateful for the love you showed him over the years. Please hug the furry members of your family a little closer tonight—and give them a belly rub from us. &lt;a href="https://t.co/zOk3SPABsT"&gt;pic.twitter.com/zOk3SPABsT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleObama/status/1391120337115525124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;May 8, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>This afternoon was a difficult one for our family. We said goodbye to our best friend—Bo—after a battle with cancer. We are grateful for the love you showed him over the years. Please hug the furry members of your family a little closer tonight—and give them a belly rub from us. <a href="https://t.co/zOk3SPABsT">pic.twitter.com/zOk3SPABsT</a></p>— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleObama/status/1391120337115525124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> <p>Update 6:34pm EDT — Found and shared by <strong>Crimson Quillfeather</strong> in the comments: </p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;My heart is with you &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@MichelleObama&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@BarackObama&lt;/a&gt;, Sasha, Malia, and Sunny. Bo brought smiles to us all. &lt;a href="https://t.co/VnSq6RlxP0"&gt;https://t.co/VnSq6RlxP0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Jill Biden (@FLOTUS) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/FLOTUS/status/1391144105888079873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;May 8, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>My heart is with you <a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MichelleObama</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BarackObama</a>, Sasha, Malia, and Sunny. Bo brought smiles to us all. <a href="https://t.co/VnSq6RlxP0">https://t.co/VnSq6RlxP0</a></p>— Jill Biden (@FLOTUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/FLOTUS/status/1391144105888079873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) BarackObama BO FirstPet Recommended TedKennedy Woozle wozzle _2029605 Sat, 08 May 2021 21:08:54 +0000 Trump DOJ Secretly Obtained WaPo Reporters’ Phone Records and Tried to Get Email Too https://www.dailykos.com/story/2021/5/7/2029487/-Trump-Admin-Secretly-Obtained-WaPo-Reporters-Phone-Records-and-Tried-to-Get-Email-Too <p>From <em>The Washington Post,</em> via <em>The Seattle Times</em>:</p> <blockquote> <p>WASHINGTON — The Trump Justice Department secretly obtained Washington Post journalists’ phone records and tried to obtain their email records over reporting they did in the early months of the Trump administration on Russia’s role in the 2016 election, according to government letters and officials.</p> <p>In three separate letters dated May 3 and addressed to Post reporters Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller, and former Post reporter Adam Entous, the Justice Department wrote they were “hereby notified that pursuant to legal process the United States Department of Justice received toll records associated with the following telephone numbers for the period from April 15, 2017 to July 31, 2017.” The letters listed work, home or cellphone numbers covering that three-and-a-half-month period.</p> <p>Cameron Barr, The Post’s acting executive editor, said: “We are deeply troubled by this use of government power to seek access to the communications of journalists. The Department of Justice should immediately make clear its reasons for this intrusion into the activities of reporters doing their jobs, an activity protected under the First Amendment.”</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/trump-justice-department-secretly-obtained-post-reporters-phone-records/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=article_inset_1.1" target="_blank">www.seattletimes.com/…</a></p> <p>According to the article, the secret acquisition of these normally highly protected records occurred in 2020, when Bill Barr was AG, even though the records sought were from 2016-2017. It also says that seizure of reporters’ records must be approved by the AG, him or herself.<br> The article reports the Justice Department’s response to this story — something like “this was all very normal, legal and justified, blah blah blah”. Maybe I’m wrong, but I haven’t heard of autocratic government overreach like this since, maybe, Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. And that did not end well for the Administration at the time.</p> <p>This stinks to high heaven, like the demon spawn of Fascism and Russian disruption. One can only hope that current AG Merrick Garland gets to the bottom of it.</p> <p>__________________</p> <p><em>(Edit: The original title of this post began with “Trump Admin Secretly...”, and was changed to “Trump DOJ Secretly...”, for accuracy)</em></p> <p>Update — 9:56 AM EDT: A John Dean Tweet found by <strong>Ex Con</strong>, in the comments: </p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Way beyond Nixon at his worst: Trump Justice Department secretly obtained Post reporters’ phone records! &lt;a href="https://t.co/txRXKx9z8T"&gt;https://t.co/txRXKx9z8T&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; John W. Dean (@JohnWDean) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JohnWDean/status/1390789710486724616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;May 7, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Way beyond Nixon at his worst: Trump Justice Department secretly obtained Post reporters’ phone records! <a href="https://t.co/txRXKx9z8T">https://t.co/txRXKx9z8T</a></p>— John W. Dean (@JohnWDean) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnWDean/status/1390789710486724616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 7, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) BillBarr DonaldTrump Espionage Fascism Recommended RussianCollusion Treason WashingtonPost _2029487 Sat, 08 May 2021 02:35:03 +0000 Bogus Kamala Book Story Reporter Quits NY Post, Says Paper Forced Her to Write It https://www.dailykos.com/story/2021/4/27/2027930/-Bogus-Kamala-Book-Story-Reporter-Quits-NY-Post-Says-Paper-Forced-Her-to-Write-It <p>From <em>The Wrap</em>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A New York Post reporter who wrote a since-retracted article about migrant children getting a copy of Vice President Kamala Harris’ book as part of “welcome kits” said she resigned on Tuesday after she was “ordered to write” the story.</p> <p>“Today I handed in my resignation to my editors at the New York Post,” reporter Laura Italiano <a href="https://twitter.com/Italiano_Laura/status/1387160744962179080?s=20">tweeted</a>. “The Kamala Harris story — an incorrect story I was ordered to write and which I failed to push back hard enough against — was my breaking point.”</p> <p>A spokesperson for the Post, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.thewrap.com/new-york-post-laura-italiano-resignation-kamala-harris-book-false-story/" target="_blank">www.thewrap.com/…</a></p> <p>Golf clap for Laura Italiano, trying to save her career in journalism. Pro-tip, Ms. Italiano — don’t work for a Murdoch rag.</p> <p>Nevertheless, one can hope her action will make it plain to the world that no Murdoch-owned news outlet can be trusted.</p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) Desperation KamalaHarris Lies Recommended RupertMurdoch _2027930 Wed, 28 Apr 2021 01:32:22 +0000 Biden to Launch Largest Summer Food Program in U.S. History - Will Feed 30 Million+ Kids https://www.dailykos.com/story/2021/4/26/2027682/-Biden-to-Launch-Largest-Summer-Food-Program-in-U-S-History-Will-Feed-30-Million-Kids <p>From <em>NBC News</em>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Biden administration on Monday will announce the launch of a summer food program to feed more than 30 million low-income children, the Agriculture Department told NBC News.</p> <p>It is the latest <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/food-banks-struggling-feed-hungry-during-covid-look-forward-biden-n1256874" target="_blank">push by the White House to address widespread hunger and food insecurity</a> in the U.S., one the agency said it believes is the largest summer food program in the country's history.</p> <p>"Congress, through <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/what-s-1-9-trillion-covid-bill-biden-just-signed-n1260719" target="_blank">the American Rescue Plan</a>, expanded this program to operate during the summer, which I think was just highly responsive to what we need right now," said Stacy Dean, the deputy under secretary of agriculture for food, nutrition and consumer services. "We know that summer hunger is a problem in normal years, but obviously this year, with heightened food hardship as a result of the pandemic, we're happy to deploy the program this summer."</p> <p>The plan will provide up to 34 million children about $375 each to buy food for the roughly 10 weeks they are out of school in the summer. That's when impoverished children have long struggled with hunger, as free or reduced-price lunch school programs that guarantee meals don't operate then. That's around $7 a weekday.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-administration-launch-largest-summer-food-program-u-s-history-n1265283" target="_blank">www.nbcnews.com/…</a></p> <p>Elections have consequences. This is why we vote. So happy to see President Biden championing great and essential causes like this.</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Biden administration to launch largest summer food program in U.S. history &lt;a href="https://t.co/YLZ0yHolyH"&gt;https://t.co/YLZ0yHolyH&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@nbcnews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Secretary Tom Vilsack (@SecVilsack) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/SecVilsack/status/1386723587923402754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 26, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Biden administration to launch largest summer food program in U.S. history <a href="https://t.co/YLZ0yHolyH">https://t.co/YLZ0yHolyH</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nbcnews</a></p>— Secretary Tom Vilsack (@SecVilsack) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecVilsack/status/1386723587923402754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) FoodInsecurity JoeBiden Recommended SummerFoodPrograms _2027682 Mon, 26 Apr 2021 18:16:43 +0000 Biden’s DHS Chief Mayorkas Fires 32 Trump Holdovers on Advisory Board https://www.dailykos.com/story/2021/3/27/2023245/-Biden-s-DHS-Chief-Mayorkas-Fires-32-Trump-Holdovers-on-Advisory-Board <p>From <em>The Washington Post</em>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <p>Homeland Security Secretary <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/alejandro-mayorkas-dhs-biden-immigration/2021/01/18/8a34b2bc-40b8-11eb-a402-fba110db3b42_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_1">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> fired most members of the department’s independent advisory council on Friday, a purge that included several allies of former president Donald Trump and veteran officials who served under both parties.</p> </div> <div> <p>Former Department of Homeland Security officials and advisory board members who worked under Democratic and Republican administrations said they could not remember so many members being dismissed at once, as the general practice of past administrations was to allow appointees to serve out their terms before replacing them.</p> <p>…</p> <p><span>The removal of more than 30 board members comes as the Biden administration tries to rid the department of Trump-era policies and practices, especially on immigration, and as it has struggled to shelter and care for an </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-border-surge/2021/03/20/21824e94-8818-11eb-8a8b-5cf82c3dffe4_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_7">unprecedented number of migrant children and teenagers</a><span> who have arrived at the southwest border without their parents.</span></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/homeland-security-advisory-council-fired/2021/03/26/bbbf6a28-8e3f-11eb-9423-04079921c915_story.html" target="_blank">www.washingtonpost.com/…</a></p> <p>According to other news sources, among those fired was long-time Trump stooge, Ken Cuccinelli.<br> Chad Wolf, the illegally-serving ex-head of DHS, blasted the move, so you know it was the right thing to do.</p> <p>3 big cheers for Secretary Mayorkas. This should be a model for every other cabinet level department — sweep out the trash, before they can sabotage the place.</p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) AlejandroMayorkas DepartmentofHomelandSecurity HomelandSecurity Immigration JoeBiden Recommended _2023245 Sun, 28 Mar 2021 05:45:37 +0000 Community Quilt for Sara R https://www.dailykos.com/story/2021/3/27/2022883/-Community-Quilt-for-Sara-R <p><span>As some of you may have heard, <strong>Sara R </strong>needs your words of love and hope. </span></p> <p>The bad news? The original quilting sister of Daily Kos has cancer.</p> <p>The good news? Sara R’s doctors are pretty sure the squamous cell oral carcinoma has not yet spread beyond her mouth. So, her prognosis is very good.</p> <p>Nevertheless, the Betsy Ross of Daily Kos is about to undergo MAJOR surgeries to remove the tumor. Several teeth, as well as part of her lower jaw, will be removed. Skin grafts from elsewhere on her body will be used to reconstruct part of the inside of her mouth. She is staring down at least several months of grueling recovery.</p> <p>And so, just as Sara R and her sister <strong>winglion</strong> usually do for others, we are going to make <em>for her</em> a special quilt of love and healing. Our very own <strong>BeadLady</strong> is doing the quilting for this project, and I will be transcribing Kosacks’ personal messages onto the quilt in archival ink. Our beloved <strong>Angela Marx</strong> has been organizing this entire endeavor. <br> UPDATE — BeadLady has sent us an image of the quilt we are sending to Sara R:</p> <div class="align-center"> <figure class="image-captioned"><img alt="E3452820-976E-4C05-9A57-002025BD6070.jpeg" src="https://images.dailykos.com/images/931604/large/E3452820-976E-4C05-9A57-002025BD6070.jpeg?1616871862" title="E3452820-976E-4C05-9A57-002025BD6070.jpeg"> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure> </div> <p><span>Because the surgery will be putting Sara R out of commission for a spell, we are also raising money for her (while she waits for her Disability application to process). If you leave a quilt message for her in the comments below, we suggest a donation of $20, if you can swing it. (Matching fund offers will also gladly be accepted.)</span></p> <blockquote> <p>The official quilt enterprise PayPal donation link is:</p> <p><a href="https://www.paypal.com/webapps/shoppingcart?flowlogging_id=dfba4c1e6a982&mfid=1616870677503_dfba4c1e6a982#/checkout/openButton" target="_blank">www.paypal.com/...</a><br> Or if you prefer, the link to Sara R’s personal PayPal is: </p> <p><a href="https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/SaraRCatnipManor?locale.x=en_US" target="_blank">www.paypal.com/...</a>  </p> <p>Sara R’s actual PayPal email address is:</p> <p><strong>rainwoman*at symbol*mac.com. </strong></p> </blockquote> <p>_______________</p> <p>In case you weren’t aware of Sara R’s profound impact on the overall vibe of this unusual website, here is a diary that <strong>Meteor Blades</strong> wrote about her in 2010: <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2010/6/12/875383/-" target="_blank">www.dailykos.com/…</a></p> <div class="align-center"> <figure class="image-captioned"><img alt="8109DAEC-DA25-440D-A6DE-52CA4B44F1AB.png" src="https://images.dailykos.com/images/930841/large/8109DAEC-DA25-440D-A6DE-52CA4B44F1AB.png?1616767249" title="8109DAEC-DA25-440D-A6DE-52CA4B44F1AB.png"> <figcaption>More than any other individual, Sara R is responsible for making Daily Kos a loving community.</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>A bit more history: the quilt<span> recipients: the </span><a href="https://communityquiltproject.com/community-quilt-recipients-list" target="_blank">165 Community Quilts</a><span> Sara R and her sister, <strong>winglion</strong>, have sewn, stuffed, added messages to and delivered to the recipients since the first one, </span><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2009/9/10/780267/-" target="_blank">which went to Othniel in September of 2009</a><span>. Lastly, a virtual tour of the Daily Kos Quilt Community, penned by Sara R herself: </span><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2011/11/5/1033607/-" target="_blank">www.dailykos.com/…</a></p> <p>Let’s show Sara R how much we love her and help provide her a financially stress-free recovery. Please leave your quilt message for Sara R in the comments section below, and I will copy it by hand onto the quilt we are giving her. Thank you so much, everybody! </p> <div class="align-center"> <figure class="image-captioned"><img alt="81B522AA-8A24-4CBD-924F-9B37E72D731A.jpeg" src="https://images.dailykos.com/images/930846/large/81B522AA-8A24-4CBD-924F-9B37E72D731A.jpeg?1616768659" title="81B522AA-8A24-4CBD-924F-9B37E72D731A.jpeg"> <figcaption>Sara R with the very first Daily Kos Community Quilt.</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>UPDATE 2:54pm EDT: We have an anonymous matching fund of $500 offered, starting right...NOW!</p> <p>and a $100 matching fund from Angela Marx, that was met at 3:28pm EDT. Thanks, all.</p> <p>UPDATE 5:38pm EDT: The $500 anonymous matching fund has been met! 🍕😊🐿</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) Cancer catnipmanor Community CommunityQuilts Love LoveCatchers Quilts Recommended SaraR winglion _2022883 Sat, 27 Mar 2021 17:03:23 +0000 BRING BACK THE DIARIES PAGE, PLEASE https://www.dailykos.com/story/2021/3/20/2022058/-BRING-BACK-THE-DIARIES-PAGE-PLEASE <p>I don’t even remember how long ago the diaries page disappeared. Two weeks ago? Whatever — it feels like a life time.</p> <p>There was almost no other page I visited on this wonderful site. What are the Kosacks writing right now? — Well, there it is on the left-hand side. An entire hundred of the most recent. And what are they recommending? Well, there it is on the right. I needed nothing else in this bleak universe, with the possible exception of Twitter.</p> <p>Markos, I love you, and am forever indebted to you for creating this miraculous Democratic website. But now that the diaries page is gone, I am here less than half the amount of time I used to be. And I know I am not alone. Several prominent Kosacks have recced my comment entreaties to revive the diaries page. So PLEASE bring it back.</p> <p>To all the other Kosacks who read this post, please, if you are so inclined, leave a comment about why or how you, too, miss the diaries page. It will help bring back what so many of us miss. Thank you.</p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) DiariesPage Meta Recommended wahhhhh _2022058 Sat, 20 Mar 2021 23:27:43 +0000 The Biden COVID Stimulus Just Saved 13,000 Jobs at American Airlines, Says Company https://www.dailykos.com/story/2021/3/10/2020494/-The-Biden-COVID-Stimulus-Just-Saved-13-000-Jobs-at-American-Airlines-Says-Company <p>Wow — just learning this from Rachel Maddow on <em>MSNBC</em>, and here it is from <em>Yahoo Sports</em>:</p> <blockquote> <ul> <li> <p>American Airlines said Wednesday the new $1.9 stimulus package is saving 13,000 jobs.</p> </li> <li> <p>The company had been planning to furlough the workers on April 1.</p> </li> <li> <p>Those furloughs "are happily canceled," the airline said in a message.</p> <p>American Airlines said Wednesday the $1.9 trillion stimulus package, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-pelosi-is-the-finest-and-most-capable-speaker-in-us-history-2021-3?utm_source=yahoo.com&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank">passed on a party line vote</a> by Democrats this week, will save the company from needing to furlough some 13,000 workers.</p> <p>In a message to employees, first reported by CNN, executives at <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/flying-american-airlines-and-delta-air-lines-during-pandemic-2021-2?utm_source=yahoo.com&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank">the company</a> said those furloughs "are happily cancelled."</p> </li> </ul> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/stimulus-package-saves-13-000-212655176.html" target="_blank">sports.yahoo.com/…</a></p> <p>Just think of the tens of thousands of other jobs this monumental legislation likely saved at other companies as well. This is a big freaking deal. Cheers.</p> <p>Update 9:39pm EDT- From <strong>ontheleftcoast</strong> in the comments: </p> <blockquote> <p><span>Damn. Biden saves the airline industry? After Obama saved the car industry 12 years earlier. What is it with these Democrats saving jobs? Don’t they know the free market is supposed to do that? (note: yesterday was the 245th anniversary of the release of </span><em>An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations </em><span>and it actually says government has a role to play in markets and industry)</span></p> </blockquote> <p>Update 10:38pm EDT — From <strong>PoliticallyNonEuclidean</strong> in the comments:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>They’re based in Dallas… wonder if it would be a good idea to remind Texas voters of this every day for the next few years.</span></p> </blockquote> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) AmericanAirlines Economy Jobs JoeBiden Recommended _2020494 Thu, 11 Mar 2021 02:22:16 +0000 Piers Morgan Just Cancelled Himself - Storms Off Set, Quits ‘Good Morning, Britain’ https://www.dailykos.com/story/2021/3/9/2020235/-Piers-Morgan-Just-Cancelled-Himself-Storms-Off-Set-Quits-Good-Morning-Britain <p>Earlier this morning, from <em>The Huffington Post</em>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/topic/piers-morgan" target="_blank">Piers Morgan, </a>who on Monday <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/piers-morgan-shola-mos-shogbamimu-meghan-racism_n_6045f7acc5b6020855601361" target="_blank">dismissed </a><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entertainment/topic/meghan-markle">Meghan Markle</a>’s allegations of racist treatment by the British royal family, stormed off the set of his own show, “Good Morning Britain,” on Tuesday after being called out by co-presenter Alex Beresford for his relentless criticism of the Duchess of Sussex.</p> </div> <div> <p>“OK. I’m done with this. Sorry. No. Sorry. You can trash me mate, but not on my own show,” Morgan told Beresford as he walked away.</p> </div> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/piers-morgan-walks-off-meghan-markle_n_604722f6c5b6a973f9545ebc?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067" target="_blank">www.huffpost.com/…</a></p> <p>Then, more recently, from the Twitter feed of the UK Chairman of the <em>Broadcasting Press Guild </em>and a <em>Deadline.com</em> reporter, Jake Kanter:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;BREAK: Piers Morgan is leaving Good Morning Britain.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Jake Kanter (@Jake_Kanter) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Jake_Kanter/status/1369351821530107907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 9, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>BREAK: Piers Morgan is leaving Good Morning Britain.</p>— Jake Kanter (@Jake_Kanter) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jake_Kanter/status/1369351821530107907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> <p>Couldn’t have happened to a nicer twit.</p> <p>Piers seems so mad that he isn’t allowed to be as big of a bigoted arse as Trump was for five solid years. In a tantrum, the racist snowflake cancelled himself, it appears. Buh-bye. Ta.</p> <p>TMZ confirms that he did, in fact, resign: <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2021/03/09/piers-morgan-storm-off-set-walkout-good-morning-britain-meghan/" target="_blank">www.tmz.com/...</a></p> <p>Three cheers for Alex Beresford, who bravely called out Morgan’s repellent views on live TV.</p> <p>Watch the snit fit here: </p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Piers Morgan having a normal one, storms off the set of his own show &lt;a href="https://t.co/gsk4hPSdWu"&gt;pic.twitter.com/gsk4hPSdWu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Gavin Coote (@GavinCoote) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/GavinCoote/status/1369196387720568833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 9, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Piers Morgan having a normal one, storms off the set of his own show <a href="https://t.co/gsk4hPSdWu">pic.twitter.com/gsk4hPSdWu</a></p>— Gavin Coote (@GavinCoote) <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinCoote/status/1369196387720568833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> <p>Update 4:01pm ET — From <strong>ninkasi23</strong> in the comments: </p> <p>A tweet I saw earlier made a great analogy:</p> <p>“and has nothing further to add” is Britspeak for “bless his heart”. </p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;BREAKING: Piers Morgan to leave Good Morning Britain ITV has announced ⬇️ &lt;a href="https://t.co/BHc1SbKP37"&gt;pic.twitter.com/BHc1SbKP37&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; David Farrell (@DavidJ_Farrell) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/DavidJ_Farrell/status/1369352625955741699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 9, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>BREAKING: Piers Morgan to leave Good Morning Britain ITV has announced ⬇️ <a href="https://t.co/BHc1SbKP37">pic.twitter.com/BHc1SbKP37</a></p>— David Farrell (@DavidJ_Farrell) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidJ_Farrell/status/1369352625955741699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) PiersMorgan Racist Recommended _2020235 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 18:51:24 +0000 Fox News Cancels Lou Dobbs Show https://www.dailykos.com/story/2021/2/5/2014289/-Fox-News-Cancels-Lou-Dobbs-Show <p>From<em> Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire</em>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Fox News has canceled “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” the program hosted by television’s staunchest supporter of Donald Trump and of his assertions of voter fraud in the 2020 election, the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-02-05/fox-news-cancels-lou-dobbs-tonight">Los Angeles Times</a> reports.</p> <p>The cancellation comes a day after voting software company Smartmatic filed a $2.7 billion defamation suit against Fox News and three of its hosts — Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://politicalwire.com/" target="_blank">politicalwire.com</a></p> <p>And there was much rejoicing. Fox Noise must really be feeling the heat from the impending 2020 Election lawsuits; Dobbs was one of the bigger amplifiers of the “Stop the Steal” garbage propaganda operation.</p> <p>Too little, too late, Rupe — that lying horse has already left the barn. And we have the video. </p> <p>Update 7:22pm ET: In the comments, <strong>AlyoshaKaramazov</strong> excerpts an interesting CNN article about Dobbs’ departure:</p> <blockquote> <div> <div> <p><strong>Fox Business suddenly cancels 'Lou Dobbs Tonight,' its highest-rated show</strong><br> By <a href="https://www.cnn.com/profiles/brian-stelter-profile">Brian Stelter</a>, CNN Business</p> <p>Updated 6:35 PM ET, Fri February 5, 2021</p> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <p>New York (CNN Business)Lou Dobbs, by far the highest-rated host on the Fox Business Network, has just been canned by the network.</p> </div> <div>Friday night was his final broadcast, a Fox spokesperson told <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-02-05/fox-news-cancels-lou-dobbs-tonight" target="_blank">The Los Angeles Times</a>.</div> <div>Fox representatives did not immediately respond to CNN Business requests for comment, but a source close to Dobbs confirmed that he has been benched by the network.</div> <div>According to the Los Angeles Times, Dobbs "remains under contract at Fox News but he will in all likelihood not appear on the company's networks again."</div> </div> </div> </blockquote> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) buhbye FoxNews Insurrection LouDobbs Propaganda Recommended Sedition _2014289 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 23:42:29 +0000 Anti-School Shooting Activist David Hogg Launching Pillow Company to Compete with You Know Who https://www.dailykos.com/story/2021/2/4/2014058/-Anti-School-Shooting-Activist-David-Hogg-Launching-Pillow-Company-to-Compete-with-You-Know-Who <p>Wow — it doesn’t get much better than this:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;.&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/williamlegate?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@williamlegate&lt;/a&gt; and I are going to prove that progressives can make a better pillow, run a better business and help make the world a better place while doing it.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; David Hogg (@davidhogg111) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1357318752992387080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;February 4, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>.<a href="https://twitter.com/williamlegate?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@williamlegate</a> and I are going to prove that progressives can make a better pillow, run a better business and help make the world a better place while doing it.</p>— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1357318752992387080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 4, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> <p>From <em>Axios</em>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>March for Our Lives co-founder David Hogg </span><a href="https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1357318752992387080?s=20" target="_blank">tweeted</a><span> on Thursday that he and software developer William LeGate are launching a pillow company to compete against MyPillow, which is led by Trump supporter CEO Mike Lindell.</span></p> <p><span>...</span></p> <p><span>Details...</span> Hogg <a href="https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1357317165016317954?s=20" target="_blank">wrote</a> that he and LeGate hope to "sell $1 million of product within our first year" and to launch in about six months.</p> <ul> <li>"[W]e would like to do it sooner but we have strict guidelines on sustainability and [U.S.] based Union producers," Hogg <a href="https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1357312123550846982?s=20" target="_blank">added</a>.</li> <li>"Mike isn't going to know what hit him—this pillow fight is just getting started."</li> </ul> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.axios.com/david-hogg-pillow-mike-lindell-mypillow-legate-6d23b1a7-50b1-4f31-9391-53e69e36ca58.html" target="_blank">www.axios.com/…</a></p> <p>David Hogg was already one of my heroes, but he has just taken it to a whole new level. <br> One final note: it won’t even be very hard to make a better pillow than Lindell’s . If you’ve ever squeezed a “My Pillow” at the pharmacy or wherever, it feels like a laundry bag stuffed with crushed styrofoam coffee cups.</p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) Crack DavidHogg DonaldTrump MyPillowGuy Recommended _2014058 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 21:42:46 +0000 Democrats to Force Marjorie Greene off Committees, Consequences be Damned https://www.dailykos.com/story/2021/2/1/2013309/-Democrats-to-Force-Marjorie-Greene-off-Committees-Consequences-be-Damned <p>From<em> Raw Story</em>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>House Democrats this week are going to oust </span><a href="http://rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-meth/" target="_blank">QAnon-loving Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene</a><span> (R-GA) off key committees in response to her past endorsements of violence against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).</span></p> <p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/01/democrats-marjorie-taylor-greene-ultimatum-464382" target="_blank">Politico reports</a> that Democratic leadership will deliver <a href="http://rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-2650230245/" target="_blank">House minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)</a> an ultimatum to either remove Greene from committees or else watch her removed via a vote on the House floor.</p> <p>"The precise path that Democrats would take to remove Greene from those committees is not yet determined, but party leaders have several options," Politico reports. "On a leadership call on Sunday, top Democrats discussed a straightforward motion that would go through the House Rules Committee."</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-2650236315/" target="_blank">www.rawstory.com/…</a></p> <p>This is certainly most welcome news. There is no place for a pro-assassination nut bag on the floor of the House. Not sure how they’ll do it, but their resolve apppears to be to make it happen, then worry about the legal ramifications later. Force the R seditionists to defend her on record, then see how it shakes out from there.</p> <p>Big props to House Dems on this.</p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) Assassination House HouseOfRepresentatives Insurrection MarjorieTaylorGreene QAnon Recommended Sedition Treason _2013309 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 18:48:27 +0000 China Blocks Pompeo, Azar, Navarro, Bolton, Bannon & Others from Entry or Business in Country https://www.dailykos.com/story/2021/1/20/2010652/-China-Blocks-Pompeo-Azar-Navarro-Bolton-Bannon-amp-Others-from-Entry-or-Business-in-Country <p>From the website of <em>China’s Foreign Ministry</em>:</p> <div style="text-align:justify"> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <blockquote> <p>Over the past few years, some anti-China politicians in the United States, out of their selfish political interests and prejudice and hatred against China and showing no regard for the interests of the Chinese and American people, have planned, promoted and executed a series of crazy moves which have gravely interfered in China's internal affairs, undermined China's interests, offended the Chinese people, and seriously disrupted China-U.S. relations. The Chinese government is firmly resolved to defend China's national sovereignty, security and development interests. China has decided to sanction 28 persons who have seriously violated China's sovereignty and who have been mainly responsible for such U.S. moves on China-related issues. They include Michael R. Pompeo, Peter K. Navarro, Robert C. O'Brien, David R. Stilwell, Matthew Pottinger, Alex M. Azar II, Keith J. Krach, and Kelly D. K. Craft of the Trump administration as well as John R. Bolton and Stephen K. Bannon. These individuals and their immediate family members are prohibited from entering the mainland, Hong Kong and Macao of China. They and companies and institutions associated with them are also restricted from doing business with China.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1847554.shtml" target="_blank">www.fmprc.gov.cn/...</a></p> </div> <div>That’s what you get for constantly calling COVID-19 the “China Virus”, not to mention incessant, pathetic attempts to blame China for crimes being perpetrated by Russia. <br> <br> May other countries soon follow suit.</div> <div></div> <div>This story is confirmed by <em>Bloomberg</em>, according to whom this edict bans the 28 former Trumpers AND their families from ever entering China or doing business with Chinese companies: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-20/china-sanctions-trump-administration-figures-including-pompeo-kk5ozdw4" target="_blank">www.bloomberg.com/…</a></div> <div></div> <p>Update 2:14pm ET: <strong>koNko</strong> leaves a brilliant comment here below, only the end of which I will share (it’s a longish comment):</p> <blockquote> <p>The Chinese expression 翻转桌子 (literally “flip the table”) sums-up the purpose and tone on the official statement.</p> <p>We can now expect diplomats to do their thing.</p> </blockquote> <p>I pasted koNko’s Chinese phrase above into an online Chinese phoneticization website, and it gave me this: <span><strong>fan chuan zhuō tzu</strong>.</span></p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) China International PersonaNonGrata Recommended _2010652 Wed, 20 Jan 2021 17:49:33 +0000 Biden Will Shut Down Keystone Pipeline on First Day in Office https://www.dailykos.com/story/2021/1/17/2009978/-Biden-Will-Shut-Down-Keystone-Pipeline-on-First-Day-in-Office <p>From <em>CBC/Radio Canada</em>:</p> <blockquote> <p>U.S. president-elect Joe Biden has indicated plans to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit via executive action on his first day in office, sources confirmed to CBC News on Sunday.</p> <p>The purported briefing note from the Biden transition team was widely circulated over the weekend after being shared by the incoming president's team with U.S. stakeholders.</p> <p>The words "Rescind Keystone XL pipeline permit" appear on a list of executive actions supposedly scheduled for Day 1 of Biden's presidency.</p> </blockquote> <div> <div><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/biden-keystone-xl-1.5877038" target="_blank">www.cbc.ca/…</a></div> <div></div> <div><span>This is wonderful news. Trump attempted, via executive order, to get the pipeline building going again, but <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/09/10/native-american-tribes-sue-trump-over-unlawful-keystone-xl-approval" target="_blank">faced lawsuits</a> from various environmental and Native American groups. It’s only fitting that Biden shut this travesty down immediately.</span></div> <div><span>Elections have consequences.</span></div> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) Environment JoeBiden Keystonepipeline KeystoneXL Recommended _2009978 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 00:42:59 +0000 Pompeo Cancels Final Europe Trip after Luxembourg, Belgium & NATO Refuse to Meet with Him https://www.dailykos.com/story/2021/1/12/2008636/-Pompeo-Cancels-Final-Europe-Trip-after-Luxembourg-Belgium-amp-NATO-Refuse-to-Meet-with-Him <p>From <em>Reuters</em>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled his Europe trip at the last minute on Tuesday after Luxembourg’s foreign minister and top European Union officials declined to meet him, European diplomats and other people familiar with the matter said.</span></p> <p>The Europeans snubbed Washington’s top envoy days after the storming of the U.S. Capitol by thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump, an unprecedented attack on American democracy that stunned many world leaders and U.S. allies.</p> <p>Pompeo, a close ally of Trump, had sought to meet Jean Asselborn in Luxembourg, a small but wealthy NATO ally, before meeting EU leaders and the bloc’s top diplomat in Brussels, three people close to the planning told Reuters.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pompeo-europe-exclusive/exclusive-luxembourg-eu-snub-pompeo-in-final-europe-trip-diplomats-say-idUSKBN29H2MM" target="_blank">www.reuters.com/…</a></p> <p>Pompeo was also supposed to meet with Belgium Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmes, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, but according to <em>The Guardian</em>, they no longer seemed too keen:</p> <blockquote> <p>Pompeo was also due to meet the Belgian deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Sophie Wilmes, who tweeted while the assault in Washington was underway, “These images are shocking, also because they hurt our democratic ideals.”</p> <p>“They show the extent of President-elect Biden’s task, which will be to unite American society around a common project. We trust him to do that.”</p> <p>Jens Stoltenberg, the Nato secretary general, who was due to have a dinner with Pompeo had described the scenes in Washington as “shocking” and said: “The outcome of this democratic election must be respected.” A Nato spokesperson confirmed that Pompeo had cancelled on Tuesday, giving as a reason the need to focus on the transition.</p> </blockquote> <div><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/12/mike-pompeo-cancels-trip-european-condemnation-capitol-attack" target="_blank">www.theguardian.com/...</a></div> <div></div> <p>Poor Mikey. I guess those are the breaks when you help the worst President ever foment insurrection and sedition in the country that had previously been a role model for the rest of the world.</p> <p>Good luck with your run for President, though, traitor.</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) Belgium Insurrection Luxembourg MikePompeo NATO Recommended Sedition _2008636 Tue, 12 Jan 2021 21:37:44 +0000 Leader of Proud Boys Arrested https://www.dailykos.com/story/2021/1/4/2005925/-Leader-of-Proud-Boys-Arrested <p>From<em> The New York Times</em>:</p> <blockquote> <p>WASHINGTON — The leader of the Proud Boys, the far-right group that has vocally supported President Trump’s efforts to overturn the election results, was arrested on Monday on charges of destruction of property after he arrived in Washington to protest the congressional certification of the election later this week, according to a person familiar with the matter.</p> <p>Enrique Tarrio, the chairman of the Proud Boys, was arrested by Metropolitan Police on suspicion of burning a Black Lives Matter banner torn from a historic Black church in Washington during <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/12/us/4-stabbed-and-one-shot-as-trump-supporters-and-opponents-clash.html">protests last month</a> that led to several violent clashes, including stabbings, around the city.</p> <p>A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police Department confirmed that Mr. Tarrio, 36, had been arrested on charges of destruction of property, stemming from a mid-December incident in downtown Washington. Upon his arrest he was found to be in possession of two high-capacity firearm magazines and charged accordingly with possession.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/04/us/joe-biden-trump#the-leader-of-the-far-right-proud-boys-was-arrested-in-washington" target="_blank">www.nytimes.com/…</a></p> <p>Poor guy won’t get to take part in Trump’s super-tremendous violence festival tomorrow. Maybe he should have thought twice before doing crimes a month ago in the exact same city.</p> <p>Glad to see the Metro Police taking some measures to limit the staged mayhem of the coming days. Lock him up.</p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) DonaldTrump EnriqueTarrio Nazi ProudBoys Racism Recommended WhiteSupremacist _2005925 Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:17:07 +0000 Steve Schmidt Literally Joins the Democratic Party https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/12/15/2002219/-Steve-Schmidt-Literally-Joins-the-Democratic-Party <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Steve breaks some big news about his party affiliation. And the legendary &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/carlbernstein?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@carlbernstein&lt;/a&gt; breaks down today&amp;#39;s news and puts it in historical context. It may not be the episode you want to hear, but need to hear. &lt;a href="https://t.co/buZYaKs2Sc"&gt;https://t.co/buZYaKs2Sc&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/0n59vgjv92"&gt;pic.twitter.com/0n59vgjv92&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; David Plouffe (@davidplouffe) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/davidplouffe/status/1338909677128622080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;December 15, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Steve breaks some big news about his party affiliation. And the legendary <a href="https://twitter.com/carlbernstein?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@carlbernstein</a> breaks down today's news and puts it in historical context. It may not be the episode you want to hear, but need to hear. <a href="https://t.co/buZYaKs2Sc">https://t.co/buZYaKs2Sc</a> <a href="https://t.co/0n59vgjv92">pic.twitter.com/0n59vgjv92</a></p>— David Plouffe (@davidplouffe) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidplouffe/status/1338909677128622080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>If you can’t see tweets, here is the image/text that David Plouffe posted above:</p> <div class="align-center"> <figure class="image-captioned width-xl"><img alt="EB49DBAD-60D3-4AC6-8184-166E4E499CDD.png" class="width-xl" src="https://images.dailykos.com/images/894562/large/EB49DBAD-60D3-4AC6-8184-166E4E499CDD.png?1608067677" title="EB49DBAD-60D3-4AC6-8184-166E4E499CDD.png"> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>This is most welcome news. I have liked Steve Schmidt ever since I watched Woody Harrelson portray him in the movie <em>Game Change</em>, at the end of which he excoriates Sarah Palin for thinking she can also give a concession speech.</p> <p>More recently, of course, I have come to adore Steve Schmidt. Nobody conveys the atrocity that is President Trump better than he. Whenever he speaks, usually on MSNBC, I shush anybody watching TV with me.</p> <p>He will be a righteous Democratic ally during the Biden Presidency and beyond. Heh — maybe Biden can appoint him to something.</p> <p>Anyway, welcome, Steve Schmidt! I think I speak for many when I say I am thrilled to officially have you on our team.</p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) Democracy Patriot Recommended righteous SteveSchmidt _2002219 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 21:39:18 +0000 Trump Turned Down Pfizer’s Late-Summer Offer to Sell the U.S. More Vaccine Doses https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/12/7/2000509/-Trump-Turned-Down-Pfizer-s-Late-Summer-Offer-to-Sell-the-U-S-More-Vaccine-Doses <p>From <em>The New York Times</em>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Trump administration officials passed when Pfizer offered in late summer to sell the U.S. government additional doses of its Covid-19 vaccine, according to people familiar with the matter. Now Pfizer may not be able provide more of its vaccine to the United States until next June because of its commitments to other countries, they said.</p> <p>As the administration scrambles to try to purchase more doses of the vaccine, President Trump plans on Tuesday to sign an executive order “to ensure that United States government prioritizes getting the vaccine to American citizens before sending it to other nations,” according to a draft statement and a White House official, though it was not immediately clear what force the president’s executive order would carry.</p> <p>…</p> <p><span>Asked if the Trump administration had missed a crucial chance over the summer to snap up more doses for Americans, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services said, “We are confident that we will have 100 million doses of Pfizer’s vaccine as agreed to in our contract, and beyond that, we have five other vaccine candidates.”</span></p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/12/07/world/covid-19-coronavirus" target="_blank">www.nytimes.com/…</a></p> <p>This is a perfect example of why government fails when it is run like a business, no less a corrupt one. Team Trump (likely Kushner) decided it would be smarter to dangle these billions of dollars among several Big Pharma companies, and get them to fight amongst themselves to give the U.S. the lowest bid, or the bid with the best secret kickbacks to the Trump crime family.</p> <p>At any rate, it’s a bit late for Trump to now try to demand the U.S. get Pfizer vaccines before other countries do. The market has already spoken, and Trump missed his shot. Unforgivable.</p> <p>Update 5:23pm ET — From <strong>Dartagnan</strong> in the comments:</p> <p>This should be noted as well:</p> <blockquote> <p>On Nov. 11 — two days after Pfizer first announced early results indicating that its vaccine was more than 90 percent effective — the European Union announced that it had finalized a supply deal with Pfizer and BioNTech for 200 million doses, a deal they began negotiating in months earlier. Shipments could begin by the end of the year, and the contract includes an option for 100 million more doses.</p> </blockquote> <p>Just to be clear, an American-made vaccine by an American pharmaceutical corporation (Pfizer is an American corporation, partnered with the German BionNTech) will be going to Europeans before Americans, because the Trump administration failed to properly negotiate for its distribution in the U.S. (<em>-Dartagnan</em>)</p> <p>Update 5:59pm ET — <strong>FishOutofWater</strong>’s response to Dartagnan in the comments:</p> <blockquote> <p>Excellent update but this vaccine was developed and produced in Europe. Pfizer does have vaccine manufacturing capabilities in North Carolina and has research labs here as well, but this vaccine was designed by Turkish immigrants to Germany based on previous research they did on Ebola vaccines.</p> <p>Yes. Pfizer is an America company and this is a deadly disaster for many Americans. It’s pretty clear now that Trump & Kushner will try to make regular Americans get an inferior cheaper vaccine.</p> </blockquote> <p>Update 6:11pm ET — From <strong>gchaucer2</strong> in the comments: </p> <blockquote> <p><span>The psychoperv is having a “Vaccine Summit” tomorrow.  The CEOs of Pfizer and Moderna declined to come to the event.  Good choice.  </span></p> </blockquote> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) Covid DonaldTrump Pfizer Recommended _2000509 Mon, 07 Dec 2020 22:09:13 +0000 Jared Kushner Off to Saudi Arabia to Meet with MBS https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/11/29/1998914/-Jared-Kushner-Off-to-Saudi-Arabia-to-Meet-with-MBS <p>From <em>Reuters</em>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his team are headed to Saudi Arabia and Qatar this week for talks in a region simmering with tension after the killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist.</span></p> <p>A senior administration official said on Sunday that Kushner is to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Saudi city of Neom, and the emir of Qatar in that country in the coming days. Kushner will be joined by Middle East envoys Avi Berkowitz and Brian Hook and Adam Boehler, chief executive of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation.</p> <p>…</p> <p>Kushner’s trip comes after the killing on Friday of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in Tehran by unidentified assailants. Western and Israeli governments believe Fakhrizadeh was the architect of a secret Iranian nuclear weapons program.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-usa-kushner/trump-senior-aide-kushner-and-team-heading-to-saudi-arabia-qatar-idUSKBN2890VJ" target="_blank">www.reuters.com/…</a></p> <p>Oh, that savvy Jared — thanks to historically low interest rates, there’s never been a better time to refinance your shakedown.</p> <p>Who the heck knows what this meeting is about, but riyals to donuts, it is far from wholesome. If I had to guess, I’d say they are plotting a way to sabotage future Middle East diplomacy for the Biden Administration.<br> May Jared enjoy this last semblance of power before he is unemployed and headed to prison.</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) DonaldTrump JaredKushner Recommended SaudiArabia Treason _1998914 Sun, 29 Nov 2020 23:34:10 +0000 World Leaders Joyously Congratulate Biden and Harris https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/11/7/1993967/-World-Leaders-Joyously-Congratulate-Biden-and-Harris <p>From Germany:</p> <div class="align-center"> <figure class="image-captioned width-xl"><img alt="F4CC5C99-4C9C-44C3-9015-50D45EE7FCB0.jpeg" class="width-xl" src="https://images.dailykos.com/images/880543/large/F4CC5C99-4C9C-44C3-9015-50D45EE7FCB0.jpeg?1604804684" title="F4CC5C99-4C9C-44C3-9015-50D45EE7FCB0.jpeg"> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>From the U.K.:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Congratulations &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@JoeBiden&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@KamalaHarris&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/xrpE99W4c4"&gt;pic.twitter.com/xrpE99W4c4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1325133262075940864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;November 7, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Congratulations <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KamalaHarris</a> <a href="https://t.co/xrpE99W4c4">pic.twitter.com/xrpE99W4c4</a></p>— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1325133262075940864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p> From France:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;The Americans have chosen their President. Congratulations &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@JoeBiden&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@KamalaHarris&lt;/a&gt;! We have a lot to do to overcome today’s challenges. Let&amp;#39;s work together!&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1325136167084363779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;November 7, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The Americans have chosen their President. Congratulations <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KamalaHarris</a>! We have a lot to do to overcome today’s challenges. Let's work together!</p>— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) <a href="https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1325136167084363779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>From Italy:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Congratulations to the American people and institutions for an outstanding turnout of democratic vitality. We are ready to work with the President-elect &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@JoeBiden&lt;/a&gt; to make the transatlantic relationship stronger. The US can count on Italy as a solid Ally and a strategic partner&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Giuseppe Conte (@GiuseppeConteIT) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/GiuseppeConteIT/status/1325139348220600320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;November 7, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Congratulations to the American people and institutions for an outstanding turnout of democratic vitality. We are ready to work with the President-elect <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a> to make the transatlantic relationship stronger. The US can count on Italy as a solid Ally and a strategic partner</p>— Giuseppe Conte (@GiuseppeConteIT) <a href="https://twitter.com/GiuseppeConteIT/status/1325139348220600320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p> From Pakistan:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Prime Minister &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@ImranKhanPTI&lt;/a&gt; has congratulated &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@JoeBiden&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@KamalaHarris&lt;/a&gt; on a successful &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USElection2020?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#USElection2020&lt;/a&gt; campaign.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Prime Minister said he looks forward to working together to curb illicit financial flows, in addition to furthering peace in Afghanistan, as well as the region. &lt;a href="https://t.co/6kk6GegopF"&gt;pic.twitter.com/6kk6GegopF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Prime Minister&amp;#39;s Office, Pakistan (@PakPMO) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/PakPMO/status/1325162834217431041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;November 7, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Prime Minister <a href="https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ImranKhanPTI</a> has congratulated <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KamalaHarris</a> on a successful <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USElection2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USElection2020</a> campaign.<br><br>The Prime Minister said he looks forward to working together to curb illicit financial flows, in addition to furthering peace in Afghanistan, as well as the region. <a href="https://t.co/6kk6GegopF">pic.twitter.com/6kk6GegopF</a></p>— Prime Minister's Office, Pakistan (@PakPMO) <a href="https://twitter.com/PakPMO/status/1325162834217431041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>From Canada:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Please read my full statement on the result of the US presidential election: &lt;a href="https://t.co/ouQ2U1vnnc"&gt;https://t.co/ouQ2U1vnnc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/1325132805047644162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;November 7, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Please read my full statement on the result of the US presidential election: <a href="https://t.co/ouQ2U1vnnc">https://t.co/ouQ2U1vnnc</a></p>— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) <a href="https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/1325132805047644162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>From India:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Congratulations &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@JoeBiden&lt;/a&gt; on your spectacular victory! As the VP, your contribution to strengthening Indo-US relations was critical and invaluable. I look forward to working closely together once again to take India-US relations to greater heights. &lt;a href="https://t.co/yAOCEcs9bN"&gt;pic.twitter.com/yAOCEcs9bN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1325145433828593664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;November 7, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Congratulations <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a> on your spectacular victory! As the VP, your contribution to strengthening Indo-US relations was critical and invaluable. I look forward to working closely together once again to take India-US relations to greater heights. <a href="https://t.co/yAOCEcs9bN">pic.twitter.com/yAOCEcs9bN</a></p>— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1325145433828593664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Heartiest congratulations &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@KamalaHarris&lt;/a&gt;! Your success is pathbreaking, and a matter of immense pride not just for your chittis, but also for all Indian-Americans. I am confident that the vibrant India-US ties will get even stronger with your support and leadership.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1325145671742054400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;November 7, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Heartiest congratulations <a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KamalaHarris</a>! Your success is pathbreaking, and a matter of immense pride not just for your chittis, but also for all Indian-Americans. I am confident that the vibrant India-US ties will get even stronger with your support and leadership.</p>— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1325145671742054400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p> This is but a tiny sampling of the dozens of countries around the world which have sent congratulations to President-Elect Joe Biden and V.P.-Elect Kamala Harris. I don’t think I could sum up the importance of these messages better than Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT):</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;The flood of congratulatory statements from our allies is testament to both how disastrous the last four year have been for global security, but also how our friends believe that Joe Biden is singularly positioned to repair and reclaim American global leadership.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1325178413649285120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;November 7, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The flood of congratulatory statements from our allies is testament to both how disastrous the last four year have been for global security, but also how our friends believe that Joe Biden is singularly positioned to repair and reclaim American global leadership.</p>— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1325178413649285120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) JoeBiden KamalaHarris Recommended World _1993967 Sun, 08 Nov 2020 03:22:51 +0000 Business Insider Calls It for Biden, after Decision Desk HQ Does Same NEW Times of London & Vox https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/11/6/1993447/-Business-Insider-Calls-It-for-Biden-after-Decision-Desk-HQ-Does-Same <p>From<em> Business Insider, </em>in an articled titled, <em>“</em><strong>LIVE RESULTS: Biden's triumph in Pennsylvania delivers him the 2020 presidential election</strong>“:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Democratic nominee Joe Biden was projected to win the 2020 presidential election as of early Friday, after voters rejected President Donald Trump's chaotic and deeply polarizing first term.</p> <p>Biden's running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, made history by becoming the nation's first female, Black, and Indian American vice president.</p> <p>Biden surpassed the 270 electoral votes required to win the White House by flipping the battleground states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, according to projections by Decision Desk HQ. Georgia, North Carolina, and Nevada are continuing to count ballots in their tight races.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-wins-general-election-against-donald-trump-2020-11" target="_blank">www.businessinsider.com/…</a></p> <p>Here is the complete Decision Desk HQ results map:</p> <div class="align-center"> <figure class="image-captioned"><img alt="C1BAE3C4-28F8-44F1-AFD1-DD85FD50BB90.jpeg" src="https://images.dailykos.com/images/879556/large/C1BAE3C4-28F8-44F1-AFD1-DD85FD50BB90.jpeg?1604693002" title="C1BAE3C4-28F8-44F1-AFD1-DD85FD50BB90.jpeg"> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure> </div> <p><a href="https://results.decisiondeskhq.com/" target="_blank">results.decisiondeskhq.com</a></p> <p>Apparently the data at Decision Desk HQ determined for them earlier today that Biden won PA. And for those who might not know, Business Insider is extremely reputable.<br> Champagne all around — Biden won!</p> <p>Update 5:20pm EDT:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;These races should be called by News Organizations. TRUMP HAS LOST &lt;a href="https://t.co/fgaW7qEFsq"&gt;https://t.co/fgaW7qEFsq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/SteveSchmidtSES/status/1324832325620912128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;November 6, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>These races should be called by News Organizations. TRUMP HAS LOST <a href="https://t.co/fgaW7qEFsq">https://t.co/fgaW7qEFsq</a></p>— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveSchmidtSES/status/1324832325620912128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>Update 6:36pm EDT:</p> <p>I just found the front page of tomorrow’s The Times of London:</p> <div class="align-center"> <figure class="image-captioned"><img alt="C473631C-51A6-47C3-8320-7B4D3AE9AE6F.png" src="https://images.dailykos.com/images/879678/large/C473631C-51A6-47C3-8320-7B4D3AE9AE6F.png?1604705815" title="C473631C-51A6-47C3-8320-7B4D3AE9AE6F.png"> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>_______________________</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="und" dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://t.co/LABNwFphpi"&gt;pic.twitter.com/LABNwFphpi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; George Conway (@gtconway3d) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1324873567205470209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;November 7, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://t.co/LABNwFphpi">pic.twitter.com/LABNwFphpi</a></p>— George Conway (@gtconway3d) <a href="https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1324873567205470209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p> Update 8:20pm EDT:</p> <p>Vox might have called this much earlier today, but here is a recent tweet of theirs:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Joe Biden is projected to win the 2020 Election. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Decision Desk called the state of Pennsylvania for Joe Biden early on Friday, giving him giving him 273 electoral votes — enough to clinch the presidency. &lt;a href="https://t.co/xTByN8Ie0n"&gt;https://t.co/xTByN8Ie0n&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/sG8BGKd2nE"&gt;pic.twitter.com/sG8BGKd2nE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Vox (@voxdotcom) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/voxdotcom/status/1324875583445233672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;November 7, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Joe Biden is projected to win the 2020 Election. <br><br>Decision Desk called the state of Pennsylvania for Joe Biden early on Friday, giving him giving him 273 electoral votes — enough to clinch the presidency. <a href="https://t.co/xTByN8Ie0n">https://t.co/xTByN8Ie0n</a> <a href="https://t.co/sG8BGKd2nE">pic.twitter.com/sG8BGKd2nE</a></p>— Vox (@voxdotcom) <a href="https://twitter.com/voxdotcom/status/1324875583445233672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>(Vox was co-founded by Markos Moulitsas I believe. Super-reputable)</p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) Election2020 JoeBiden KamalaHarris Recommended _1993447 Fri, 06 Nov 2020 21:29:05 +0000 Biden Sets up Loudspeakers & Giant Video Screens at Wilmington Victory Stage - Maybe for Tonight https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/11/5/1993185/-Biden-Sets-up-Loudspeakers-amp-Giant-Video-Screens-at-Wilmington-Victory-Stage-Maybe-for-Tonight <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;As the sun sets in Wilmington, the Biden stage is coming to life. New bunting, illuminated stars, neon signs aglow. After more than a year of being in control, the Biden campaign is waiting. They don’t know when or if, but are getting ready if this stage is needed tonight. &lt;a href="https://t.co/fYOFaz3bAk"&gt;pic.twitter.com/fYOFaz3bAk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/jeffzeleny/status/1324477079602274305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;November 5, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>As the sun sets in Wilmington, the Biden stage is coming to life. New bunting, illuminated stars, neon signs aglow. After more than a year of being in control, the Biden campaign is waiting. They don’t know when or if, but are getting ready if this stage is needed tonight. <a href="https://t.co/fYOFaz3bAk">pic.twitter.com/fYOFaz3bAk</a></p>— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffzeleny/status/1324477079602274305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>Here is another photo from tonight:</p> <div class="align-center"> <figure class="image-captioned"><img alt="2339CB9E-E778-4C64-A69E-D76404A14D6A.jpeg" src="https://images.dailykos.com/images/879174/large/2339CB9E-E778-4C64-A69E-D76404A14D6A.jpeg?1604631396" title="2339CB9E-E778-4C64-A69E-D76404A14D6A.jpeg"> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>And one more, also earlier this evening:</p> <div class="align-center"> <figure class="image-captioned"><img alt="BCCAA1BB-C198-4D54-B39E-5247E691DB86.jpeg" src="https://images.dailykos.com/images/879186/large/BCCAA1BB-C198-4D54-B39E-5247E691DB86.jpeg?1604632258" title="BCCAA1BB-C198-4D54-B39E-5247E691DB86.jpeg"> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>Rumor has it that Pennsylvania is going to be called at some point tonight for Biden, at which point he will be able to give his victory speech. Someone on Twitter mused how cool it would be if the numbers were released at 5am and Biden gave his victory speech at dawn.<br> Caveat: Some have also said that this is not definite — that results might only become conclusive tomorrow, or the day after.</p> <p>Update 11:05pm ET:</p> <p>Steve Kornacki just explained how Biden is on course to soon overtake Trump’s lead in PA: “There’s no reason to think that’s not what we’re going to see.”</p> <p>Update 12:42am EDT:</p> <p>Nate Silver very recently posted this on his site:</p> <div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <blockquote> <p>So … where do we stand here? Well, we’re playing the waiting game. Look, FiveThirtyEight doesn’t “call” elections, and even if we did, we’d probably be exceptionally conservative. But we’re expecting that at some point, Biden will surpass Trump in the vote count in both Georgia and Pennsylvania. When? We don’t know. Possibly in the wee hours of the morning here, but also possibly not. Not so helpful, I know. But we know from our years of covering elections that sometimes important things happen at 3 in the morning … and sometimes they don’t because some key player in the system has literally gone to sleep.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/2020-election-results-coverage/" target="_blank">fivethirtyeight.com/...</a></p> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) 2020 JoeBiden Recommended Victory _1993185 Fri, 06 Nov 2020 03:47:58 +0000 Nate Silver Thinks Biden Has enough votes to Win Nevada, and thus, the Presidency https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/11/5/1993009/-Nate-Silver-Thinks-Biden-Has-enough-votes-to-Win-Nevada-and-thus-the-Presidency <p>From Nate Silver at 12:22pm ET:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>I’m not a decision desk, but I suppose I think Nevada is on the verge of being callable at this point. Two-thirds of the state’s population is in Clark County and Biden is gaining big in Clark County! Not sure I see the route for a Trump comeback.</span></p> </blockquote> <p>Moments earlier, another 538 staffer, Nathaniel Rakich, posted this:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>The new batch of Nevada results looks like it contained 9,101 new Biden votes and 4,706 Trump votes, or a ratio of 66-34 in Biden’s favor. That means it actually widened Biden’s statewide lead to 12,042 votes, or 49.5 percent to 48.5 percent. If the rest of Nevada’s mail ballots are this blue, it’s hard to see Trump carrying Nevada.</span></p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/2020-election-results-coverage/" target="_blank">fivethirtyeight.com/…</a></p> <p>Not to put the cart before the horse, but if NPR is right (and they based their conclusion on AP reporting), and Biden already has 264 Electoral College votes:</p> <blockquote> <p>Joe Biden has won the state of Michigan, according to The Associated Press. With the call, the Democratic nominee adds 16 electoral votes to his column and makes his second inroad at rebuilding the "blue wall" around the Great Lakes. Wisconsin was called for Biden earlier Wednesday.</p> <p>The win gives Biden<a href="https://apps.npr.org/elections20-interactive/#/president"> 264 electoral votes</a>. If the AP calls any remaining state for Biden, he would reach 270 electoral votes, and by the AP's count, he would be president-elect.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/11/04/931398045/biden-wins-michigan-per-the-ap-putting-him-6-electoral-votes-from-presidency" target="_blank">www.npr.org/...</a></p> <p>...then Adding Nevada means Joe Biden has won the presidency with exactly 270 votes. Cheers all around.</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) 2020 DonaldTrump Election2020 JoeBiden NateSilver Nevada Recommended _1993009 Thu, 05 Nov 2020 17:55:17 +0000 Pelosi Declares Victory for Biden as He Launches Transition Team Website https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/11/4/1992842/-Pelosi-Declares-Victory-for-Biden-as-He-Launches-Transition-Team-Website <p>These are both recent updates from <em>The New York Times</em>:</p> <div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Speaker Nancy Pelosi of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-california.html">California</a> on Wednesday declared victory for former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and celebrated retaining the House majority</strong>, even as she acknowledged in a letter to House Democrats that it has been “a challenging election.”</p> <p>While House Democrats had hoped to expand their majority and prevent a number of their most vulnerable members from losing, the caucus instead saw their majority shrink with a half dozen losses. But Ms. Pelosi, in the letter sent Wednesday night, encouraged the caucus to “remain patient as votes are tallied and races are called.”</p> <p>...</p> <p>She highlighted the record number of votes Mr. Biden and Senator Kamala Harris of California, his pick for vice president, have already secured and vowed to continue pushing the agenda House Democrats have pursued since winning the majority in 2018. But with Republicans likely to maintain control of the Senate, it is unclear how much of their ambitious legislation will become law.</p> </blockquote> <p>And regarding Biden’s transition team website: </p> <blockquote> <div><span>Biden’s campaign, in another move to assert that he’s headed toward victory, has launched a transition team website. It borrows a theme from his campaign: BuildBackBetter.com.</span></div> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/04/us/election-results?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage#pelosi-claims-a-biden-victory-and-celebrates-a-house-majority-but-acknowledges-a-challenging-election" target="_blank">www.nytimes.com/...</a><br> Here is a screen grab of the homepage:</p> <div class="align-center"> <figure class="image-captioned width-xl"><img alt="F030571E-0799-4B50-9C24-A7A21E223894.jpeg" class="width-xl" src="https://images.dailykos.com/images/878794/large/F030571E-0799-4B50-9C24-A7A21E223894.jpeg?1604543656" title="F030571E-0799-4B50-9C24-A7A21E223894.jpeg"> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>These are all the right moves to be making — we won this thing and should be shouting it from the rooftops in every way possible, while the most Trump can do is try to sue various states. It’s good that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made the call, and not Biden himself, so she can take the heat for it.</p> </div> <div> <p>We won. We won. We won.</p> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) BidenHarris2020 JoeBiden Recommended Victory _1992842 Thu, 05 Nov 2020 02:36:39 +0000 You Won’t Regret Downloading the Official Biden App, “Vote Joe”. It is Pure GOTV Fire. https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/11/2/1992028/-You-Won-t-Regret-Downloading-the-Official-Biden-App-Vote-Joe-It-is-Pure-GOTV-Fire <p>I use an iPad, and the official Joe Biden campaign app, called <strong>Vote Joe, </strong>was the first result when I searched for “vote Joe” in the App Store. You can also download directly from the Biden campaign here: <a href="https://go.joebiden.com/page/s/vote-joe-app" target="_blank">go.joebiden.com/…</a></p> <p>It gives you a variety of ways to volunteer, in ways that can still make a difference. For example, it found all the contacts I have who live in battleground states. Then it gave me the option to text them with a personal message, plus a reminder to vote, if they haven’t already.</p> <p class="AlignCenter">It can also let you know who among your contacts haven’t returned their early ballot yet. Then it lets you noodge them if you want.  It feels very futuristic, yet intuitive and benevolent. <br>  </p> <div class="align-center"> <figure class="image-captioned width-xl"><img alt="16FE13F8-C6B8-4775-AAC2-97456C2F3EF9.jpeg" class="width-xl" src="https://images.dailykos.com/images/877871/large/16FE13F8-C6B8-4775-AAC2-97456C2F3EF9.jpeg?1604368010" title="16FE13F8-C6B8-4775-AAC2-97456C2F3EF9.jpeg"> <figcaption>Screen grab from the official Joe Biden app “Vote Joe”</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>It can also get you started phonebanking into battleground States, which many say is the most effective action of all. However, election eve is when you start getting immediate hang-ups because people are being deluged with so much right now.<br> After I texted a couple of acquaintances of mine I barely remembered (one in Texas, the other in Florida), the “Vote Joe” app already had me feeling like a happy warrior. And feeling proud that I had officially enlisted. Seriously, Vote Joe makes you feel like you’ve been accepted into the Star Trek version of the Peace Corps.</p> <p>This is no time to let up. Please download <strong>Vote Joe</strong>, and VOTE.</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) JoeBiden KamalaHarris VoteJoe _1992028 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 02:53:53 +0000 Eminem Endorses Biden - Opportunity Comes Once in a Lifetime https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/11/2/1991898/-Eminem-Endorses-Biden-Opportunity-Comes-Once-in-a-Lifetime <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;We have one shot. One opportunity. One moment.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Don’t miss the chance — vote. &lt;a href="https://t.co/6khzdLyIjL"&gt;pic.twitter.com/6khzdLyIjL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1323320216038776832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;November 2, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>We have one shot. One opportunity. One moment.<br><br>Don’t miss the chance — vote. <a href="https://t.co/6khzdLyIjL">pic.twitter.com/6khzdLyIjL</a></p>— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1323320216038776832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p><span>and from Eminem’s </span><em>Twitter</em><span> feed:</span></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;One opportunity... &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vote?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#Vote&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/sCUhq4dvAN"&gt;https://t.co/sCUhq4dvAN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Marshall Mathers (@Eminem) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Eminem/status/1323304002285654016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;November 2, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>One opportunity... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vote?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Vote</a> <a href="https://t.co/sCUhq4dvAN">https://t.co/sCUhq4dvAN</a></p>— Marshall Mathers (@Eminem) <a href="https://twitter.com/Eminem/status/1323304002285654016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>Mad props to Eminem for being on the right side of history. Let’s hope his 22 million followers on Twitter take his advice.<br> As Eminem says, we only have “One opportunity” — let’s not miss our chance. VOTE!</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) Eminem JoeBiden _1991898 Mon, 02 Nov 2020 19:08:29 +0000 Boy with Stutter who Spoke at DNC Releases Biden Campaign Ad: “Never Underestimate an American” https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/10/31/1991440/-Boy-with-Stutter-who-Spoke-at-DNC-Releases-Biden-Campaign-Ad-Never-Underestimate-an-American <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;The Biden campaign had Brayden Harrington, the boy who bonded with Joe over stuttering, record a closing campaign ad and now I am crying &lt;a href="https://t.co/MOmlXvg5tj"&gt;pic.twitter.com/MOmlXvg5tj&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Tim Hogan (@timjhogan) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/timjhogan/status/1322679189313593345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;October 31, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The Biden campaign had Brayden Harrington, the boy who bonded with Joe over stuttering, record a closing campaign ad and now I am crying <a href="https://t.co/MOmlXvg5tj">pic.twitter.com/MOmlXvg5tj</a></p>— Tim Hogan (@timjhogan) <a href="https://twitter.com/timjhogan/status/1322679189313593345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>“Just know — Joe’s in your corner. He’s in mine, too.”<br>                                                                              -Brayden Harrington</p> <p>This may well be the best political ad I’ve ever seen. Bravo, Brayden. Thank you for your bravery and for your patriotism.</p> <p>Okay, everybody, it’s go time. Let’s work as hard as we can to GOTV in these final 72 hours.</p> <p>VOTE!</p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) BraydenHarrington firedup JoeBiden readytogo Recommended _1991440 Sun, 01 Nov 2020 00:50:42 +0000 Sarah Cooper & Helen Mirren Re-Enact the Access Hollywood Tape. Political Satire for the Ages https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/10/29/1990809/-Sarah-Cooper-amp-Helen-Mirren-Re-Enact-the-Access-Hollywood-Tape-Political-Satire-for-the-Ages <p>From Sarah Cooper’s Twitter feed:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;How to billy bush &lt;a href="https://t.co/TDacBB2FAG"&gt;pic.twitter.com/TDacBB2FAG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/sarahcpr/status/1321919554621231105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;October 29, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>How to billy bush <a href="https://t.co/TDacBB2FAG">pic.twitter.com/TDacBB2FAG</a></p>— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahcpr/status/1321919554621231105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>Trump is going to be so enraged when he sees the Access Hollywood Tape going viral AGAIN! And with his part being played by a woman, no less. May his misogynist rage-tweet response lose him even more votes.</p> <p>This is some serious dunking on Trump. Please share it, and VOTE.</p> <p>Update 7:30pm ET —</p> <p>Sarah’s tweet alone, which was posted 2 and a half hours ago, already has almost a million views.</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) AccessHollywood DonaldTrump HelenMirren Recommended sarahcooper _1990809 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 22:38:05 +0000 Luke Skywalker/Twitter Star Mark Hamill Endorses Biden in Glorious Ad https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/10/28/1990418/-Luke-Skywalker-Twitter-Star-Mark-Hamill-Endorses-Biden-in-Glorious-Ad <p>From Joe Biden’s <em>Twitter</em> feed:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Thank you for your support, &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/HamillHimself?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@HamillHimself&lt;/a&gt;. May the force be with us this election season. &lt;a href="https://t.co/GlgnKz8q96"&gt;pic.twitter.com/GlgnKz8q96&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1321512059029213185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;October 28, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Thank you for your support, <a href="https://twitter.com/HamillHimself?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HamillHimself</a>. May the force be with us this election season. <a href="https://t.co/GlgnKz8q96">pic.twitter.com/GlgnKz8q96</a></p>— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1321512059029213185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 28, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>We’ve known Mark Hamill was anti-Trump for a while now, but this official Biden video makes it, well, official.<br> The scrolling yellow text, like from the original Star Wars movies is a nice touch. It kinda hits home the point that this election really is the ultimate battle between good and evil.<br> Thank you, Mark Hamill for being a hero both on-screen and off. Let’s hope your 4 million Twitter followers will listen.</p> <p>VOTE!</p> <p>Update 5:03pm ET —</p> <p>From <strong>belinda ridgewood</strong> in the comments:</p> <blockquote> <p>I feel this needs to be here:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content"><a class="new_iframe_placeholder" href="#">x</a></div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=SLS2D_UREQE" data-frameborder="0" data-height="281" data-src="//www.youtube.com/embed/SLS2D_UREQE" data-width="500">YouTube Video</a></div> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> </blockquote> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) 2020 JoeBiden MarkHamill Recommended Vote _1990418 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:44:53 +0000 RWNJ Jacob Wohl Indicted on Felony Charges for Robocall Scheme in Ohio https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/10/27/1990034/-RWNJ-Jacob-Wohl-Indicted-on-Felony-Charges-for-Robocall-Scheme-in-Ohio <p>From <em>Cleveland.com</em>:</p> <blockquote> <p>CLEVELAND, Ohio – A grand jury in Cleveland on Tuesday indicted right-wing political hoaxers Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman with felony charges connected to a multi-state robocall campaign that prosecutors say was meant to scare voters in urban areas with large minority populations out of voting by mail in the Nov. 3 presidential election.</p> <p>Wohl, 22, of Riverside, California, and Burman, 54, of Arlington, Virginia, are indicted on eight counts of telecommunications fraud and seven counts of bribery in connection with more than 8,000 calls that were placed to residents of Cleveland and East Cleveland.</p> <p>…</p> <p><span>The charges stem from a group called Project 1599, which Wohl and Burkman founded. The caller told potential voters that police and debt-collection companies could use personal information that voters put on their mail-in ballots to track down people who have outstanding warrants and credit-card debt. The claim is not true.</span></p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2020/10/right-wing-hoaxers-jacob-wohl-and-jack-burkman-hit-with-felony-charges-in-cleveland-tied-to-multi-state-voter-robocall-campaign.html" target="_blank">www.cleveland.com/…</a></p> <p>This dim cock-nozzle faces similar charges in Michigan, and a civil suit in New York for the same scheme. <br> That’s a lot of charges — 8 fraud counts and 7 bribery counts. Lock him up.</p> <p>Update 2:11pm ET:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Previously indicted in Michigan. Now indicted in Ohio as well.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This is the case involving those racist intimidation robocalls from pro-Trump activists, targeting African-American voters, telling them not to vote by mail:&lt;a href="https://t.co/jOMFokMwho"&gt;https://t.co/jOMFokMwho&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/maddow/status/1321150368164814848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;October 27, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Previously indicted in Michigan. Now indicted in Ohio as well.<br><br>This is the case involving those racist intimidation robocalls from pro-Trump activists, targeting African-American voters, telling them not to vote by mail:<a href="https://t.co/jOMFokMwho">https://t.co/jOMFokMwho</a></p>— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) <a href="https://twitter.com/maddow/status/1321150368164814848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) DonaldTrump Felony Indictment JackBurkman JacobWohl Recommended Robocalls Treason _1990034 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 17:25:02 +0000 Boom! Ad Launch by Trump Admin Officials for Biden https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/10/26/1989793/-Boom-Ad-Launch-by-Trump-Admin-Officials-for-Biden <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;NEW AD: Trump Administration Officials for Biden.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Never before have high-ranking staffers of an incumbent president opposed his reelection and endorsed his opponent.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Heed their warning. &lt;a href="https://t.co/5bYIl3Sj7W"&gt;pic.twitter.com/5bYIl3Sj7W&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Republican Voters Against Trump (@RVAT2020) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/RVAT2020/status/1320828657414348800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;October 26, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>NEW AD: Trump Administration Officials for Biden.<br><br>Never before have high-ranking staffers of an incumbent president opposed his reelection and endorsed his opponent.<br><br>Heed their warning. <a href="https://t.co/5bYIl3Sj7W">pic.twitter.com/5bYIl3Sj7W</a></p>— Republican Voters Against Trump (@RVAT2020) <a href="https://twitter.com/RVAT2020/status/1320828657414348800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>Well, this is good news. The first thing I thought a few weeks ago, when former George W. Bush Admin. Officials released an anti-Trump ad was, “Cool — now former Trump Officials need to make an ad, too.”</p> <p>We can’t let up, brothers and sisters — VOTE!</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) 2020 230000Dead DonaldTrump Recommended Treason _1989793 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:58:51 +0000 My Brilliant Uncle Just Posted his Last Diary of the Election - It’s so Good! https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/10/25/1989446/-My-Brilliant-Uncle-Just-Posted-his-Last-Diary-of-the-Election-It-s-so-Good <p>Brothers and Sisters, please go have a look at the diary my Uncle Gerry (a.k.a. Gerlew) just posted. It is a fairly optimistic take on where we are before the election: <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/10/25/1989435/-Off-the-Rails" target="_blank">www.dailykos.com/...</a></p> <p>I have described my uncle’s style to Neeta as like a “British Dan Rather” — whip smart, funny, and, especially in these troubled times, anxiety-reducing.</p> <p>Not that we shouldn’t be a little anxious! Leave it all on the road, please. And vote. Because otherwise, the United States is finished.</p> <p>Hope you enjoy my uncle’s post.</p> <p><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/10/25/1989435/-Off-the-Rails" target="_blank">www.dailykos.com/...</a></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) Gerlew Offtherails _1989446 Sun, 25 Oct 2020 15:57:00 +0000 Watch the Brad Pitt-Narrated Biden Ad Airing during Tonight’s World Series https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/10/24/1989346/-Watch-the-Brad-Pitt-Narrated-Biden-Ad-Airing-during-Tonight-s-World-Series <div></div> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;NEW: Brad Pitt narrates a new ad Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is airing during tonight’s World Series. &lt;a href="https://t.co/Tgfm1Z2OIe"&gt;pic.twitter.com/Tgfm1Z2OIe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Sarah Mucha (@sarahmucha) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/sarahmucha/status/1320142456617390080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;October 24, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>NEW: Brad Pitt narrates a new ad Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is airing during tonight’s World Series. <a href="https://t.co/Tgfm1Z2OIe">pic.twitter.com/Tgfm1Z2OIe</a></p>— Sarah Mucha (@sarahmucha) <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahmucha/status/1320142456617390080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>Yet another excellent ad. The Biden-Harris Campaign is firing on all cylinders. No time to let up now! Let’s work as hard as we can to help Joe, Kamala and all down-ballot Dems across the finish line.</p> <p>Update — Sarah Mucha has now turned her tweet into a CNN article. Here is an excerpt: </p> <blockquote> <div>The 60-second spot during Major League Baseball's highly watched annual championship series, first viewed by CNN, makes the case for the Democratic nominee's character, painting him as a candidate who would bring the country together and work as hard for those who voted for him as those who did not.</div> <div> "America is a place for everyone," Pitt's voice can be heard saying as pre-pandemic footage plays of Biden hugging, high-fiving and shaking hands with voters. "Those who chose this country, those who fought for it, some Republicans, some Democrats, and most just somewhere in between."</div> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/24/politics/brad-pitt-narrator-joe-biden-ad-world-series/index.html" target="_blank">www.cnn.com/...</a></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) BradPitt JoeBiden Recommended WorldSeries _1989346 Sun, 25 Oct 2020 01:05:15 +0000 Biden Today: 3 New Twitter Video Ads, 1 YouTube Mini-Doc, Jill Livestream from PA https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/10/19/1987849/-Biden-Just-Today-3-New-Twitter-Video-Ads-1-YouTube-Mini-Doc-Jill-Livestream-from-PA <p>It began here at 11:12am ET:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;We the people have the power: &lt;a href="https://t.co/MykJL0X5gt"&gt;https://t.co/MykJL0X5gt&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://t.co/5kzLNoHoBO"&gt;pic.twitter.com/5kzLNoHoBO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1318208336517615620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;October 19, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>We the people have the power: <a href="https://t.co/MykJL0X5gt">https://t.co/MykJL0X5gt</a>. <a href="https://t.co/5kzLNoHoBO">pic.twitter.com/5kzLNoHoBO</a></p>— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1318208336517615620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>That gets me pretty fired up. Here is a still from it:</p> <div class="align-center"> <figure class="image-captioned"><img alt="6C6BC317-C9FE-42BD-8D4F-171440C8C293.jpeg" src="https://images.dailykos.com/images/871558/large/6C6BC317-C9FE-42BD-8D4F-171440C8C293.jpeg?1603149304" title="6C6BC317-C9FE-42BD-8D4F-171440C8C293.jpeg"> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>The next one, just a half hour later, was made by Michelle Obama’s team, but released by Biden himself:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Together, we can put an end to the last four years of darkness, division, and chaos.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We can unite, mend our wounds, and begin to heal.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It starts at the ballot box: &lt;a href="https://t.co/eoxT07uII9"&gt;https://t.co/eoxT07uII9&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/bmpMpedpdQ"&gt;pic.twitter.com/bmpMpedpdQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1318216587212582913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;October 19, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Together, we can put an end to the last four years of darkness, division, and chaos.<br><br>We can unite, mend our wounds, and begin to heal.<br><br>It starts at the ballot box: <a href="https://t.co/eoxT07uII9">https://t.co/eoxT07uII9</a> <a href="https://t.co/bmpMpedpdQ">pic.twitter.com/bmpMpedpdQ</a></p>— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1318216587212582913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>-492 thousand views and counting…</p> <p>And a third mini-video on Twitter, at 1:07pm ET:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;It’s long past time we build an economy that rewards work — not wealth. &lt;a href="https://t.co/rm9AK6rBxW"&gt;pic.twitter.com/rm9AK6rBxW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1318237222764642304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;October 19, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>It’s long past time we build an economy that rewards work — not wealth. <a href="https://t.co/rm9AK6rBxW">pic.twitter.com/rm9AK6rBxW</a></p>— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1318237222764642304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>-Almost 300 thousand views and counting.</p> <p>There was also this official Biden Campaign <em>YouTube</em> release from earlier today:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content"><a class="new_iframe_placeholder" href="#">x</a></div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=Kf6FY7avuv4" data-frameborder="0" data-height="281" data-src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Kf6FY7avuv4" data-width="500">YouTube Video</a></div> </div> <p>I suppose <em>YouTube</em> is better for longer form content — the above documentary ad is just over four minutes. 35k views and counting...</p> <p>As you may have seen, Biden released three new ads all in one day over the weekend as well. Among them, the “Biden Cats” one is pure gold.<br>  </p> <p>...and the hits just keep on coming: Here’s something from while I was writing this post:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Florida, it’s great to be back! &lt;a href="https://t.co/eRNlu6RlFz"&gt;pic.twitter.com/eRNlu6RlFz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1318304041550663681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;October 19, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Florida, it’s great to be back! <a href="https://t.co/eRNlu6RlFz">pic.twitter.com/eRNlu6RlFz</a></p>— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1318304041550663681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>...already with 300K views.</p> <p>wow Update 7:12pm ET - literally seconds ago, Jill Biden wrapped up a speech from Scranton, PA that was live streamed. Pretty sure her speech can be watched here:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content"><a class="new_iframe_placeholder" href="#">x</a></div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=L9crEUACaOI" data-frameborder="0" data-height="281" data-src="//www.youtube.com/embed/L9crEUACaOI" data-width="500">YouTube Video</a></div> </div> <p>VOTE 😊❤️🇺🇸<br>  </p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) JoeBiden _1987849 Mon, 19 Oct 2020 23:34:12 +0000 Community Live Bloggers: Biden Addresses Healthcare in Michigan. Watch GREAT Speech https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/10/16/1987104/-Biden-Speaks-about-Healthcare-in-Michigan-LIVE-BLOG-CLB <p>Southfield, MI (Detroit suburb) (h/t <strong>Olds88</strong>)<br> Update 4:25pm ET. Biden has wrapped up his righteously good speech about defending the Affordable Care Act. The whole speech can be watched right here:</p> <p>(from Joe Biden’s YouTube account)</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content"><a class="new_iframe_placeholder" href="#">x</a></div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=5M6ZFq-ZID8" data-frameborder="0" data-height="281" data-src="//www.youtube.com/embed/5M6ZFq-ZID8" data-width="500">YouTube Video</a></div> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <blockquote> <p><span>Tune in as Joe Biden speaks about healthcare in Michigan.  Here’s the deal: health care is a right. Every American should have the peace of mind that comes from access to affordable health care. We should protect and build upon the Affordable Care Act and the progress </span></p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> </blockquote> <p><em>It can also be seen on CNN.</em></p> <p><em>Brought to you by Kos Group Community Live Bloggers — KosMail me if you’d like to join! -ericlewis0</em></p> <p>Update 3:42pm</p> <p><span>Biden is being introduced by Sen. Gary Peters (D) of Michigan. He is giving a great defense of the ACA. “It is on the ballot now.”</span></p> <p><span>”We need Joe Biden as the next President of the United States...there are people behind all of these stories...peoples’ lives literally hang in the balance” -Sen. Gary Peters (D) He just introduced somebody else who will be speaking before Biden...</span></p> <p>Alexia Mansour, a stay-at-home mom who co-owns a small business with her husband. She is telling her story...</p> <p>“When I see what the Trump Administration is trying to do, I am infuriated. They are playing games with our childrens’ lives.” -Alexia Mansour. <br> Update 3:52 — whoa, while editing, Governor Gretchen Whitmer started speaking! I had no idea she would be here.</p> <p>Update 4:00pm ET Biden has started: “and now I would like to introduce my friend, and our next President, Joe Biden...” -Gov. Whitmer.</p> <p>Missed the beginning but he was thanking Sen. Peters, etc. Here now is partial Biden transcript:</p> <p>(Re Charlottesvillle) ”...and when a young woman was killed protesting and when Trump was asked about it he said something that had never been said before, “there were fine people on both sides” ...”like (the more recent) stand back and stand by. Stand back and stand by...We’re in a battle for the soul of our nation...hate never goes away. It only hides. And if you give it oxygen, it comes out from under the rocks and grows. There is no place for hate in America. It will not be tolerated. None!” (there is audible audience cheering this line)</p> <p>wow Biden is crushing it — I have to take a tiny break…</p> <p>4:14 Update</p> <p>”The President knew….they laid out in detail how devastating this could be. He says he wasn’t aware, he didn’t read the reports. But then he thought he could impress a famous journalist...Bob Woodward...taped an interview where Trump said he knew the virus was deadly. It was worse than the flu...Trump said he didn’t want the American people  to panic. Americans don’t Panic. Donald Trump panicked...He’s still determined to take away your healthcare...(projected deaths) ...more deaths than in World War II , but he’s still determined to destroy the Affordable Care Act.”</p> <p>“100 million people will lose their coverage because of a pre-existing condition, 4 million of them right here in Michigan...(son Beau) “Loser” (as Trump would call him)...diagnosed with a glioblastoma...he made it almost 16 months, I consciously thought to myself, what would I do if they walked in and said, Mr. Biden, you’ve reached the limit of your insurance coverage. Because that’s how it was...getting rid of Obamacare...in its Entirety(is what Trump wants to do)...Michigan deserves so much better...”</p> <p>“If I have the honor of being elected your next President, we’ll keep the Affordable Care Act (and make it even better)...”<br> Ugh CNN cut away. (I think they knew it was about to end)</p> <p>Anyway, I thought it was an amazing, fired up speech by Biden. Thanks everybody — VOTE!</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) BuildBackBetter Democracy JoeBiden KamalaHarris _1987104 Fri, 16 Oct 2020 19:36:55 +0000 JLo and ARod Endorse Biden https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/10/16/1987028/-JLo-and-ARod-Endorse-Biden <p>From Joe Biden’s <em>Twitter</em> feed:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;.&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JLo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@JLo&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/AROD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@AROD&lt;/a&gt; –– Jill and I are deeply grateful to have your support.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thank you for stepping up and speaking out. As Jennifer said: The Latino community has the power to determine the outcome of this election. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Vote: &lt;a href="https://t.co/eoxT07d7QB"&gt;https://t.co/eoxT07d7QB&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/Nf08ln8XVj"&gt;pic.twitter.com/Nf08ln8XVj&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1317118107882803203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;October 16, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>.<a href="https://twitter.com/JLo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JLo</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/AROD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AROD</a> –– Jill and I are deeply grateful to have your support.<br><br>Thank you for stepping up and speaking out. As Jennifer said: The Latino community has the power to determine the outcome of this election. <br><br>Vote: <a href="https://t.co/eoxT07d7QB">https://t.co/eoxT07d7QB</a> <a href="https://t.co/Nf08ln8XVj">pic.twitter.com/Nf08ln8XVj</a></p>— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1317118107882803203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>I believe Biden will get helped across the finish line by endorsements from superstars like actress/musician Jennifer Lopez and baseball star (and SO of JLo) Alex Rodriguez. This will be a big motivator for not just the LatinX community, but all lovers of humanity.</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content"><a class="new_iframe_placeholder" href="#">x</a></div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=t4H_Zoh7G5A" data-frameborder="0" data-height="281" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t4H_Zoh7G5A" data-width="500">YouTube Video</a></div> </div> <p> The above JLo video has 1.6 billion views. Not too shabby.</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content"><a class="new_iframe_placeholder" href="#">x</a></div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=yLkPa2zlGbY" data-frameborder="0" data-height="281" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yLkPa2zlGbY" data-width="500">YouTube Video</a></div> </div> <p> <span>From <em>Wikipedia</em>:</span></p> <p><span>Rodriguez began his professional career as one of the sport's most highly touted prospects, and is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time.</span><sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><span> Rodriguez amassed a .295 </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)">batting average</a><span>, over 600 </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_runs">home runs</a><span> (696), over 2,000 </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runs_batted_in">runs batted in</a><span> (RBI), over 2,000 runs scored, over 3,000 </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_(baseball)">hits</a><span>, and over 300 stolen bases, the only player in MLB history to achieve all of those feats. He was also a 14-time </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game">All-Star</a><span>, winning three </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_League">American League</a><span> (AL) </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award">Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards</a><span>, 10 </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Slugger_Award">Silver Slugger Awards</a><span>, and two </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawlings_Gold_Glove_Award">Gold Glove Awards</a><span>. Rodríguez is also the career record holder for </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_slam_(baseball)">grand slams</a><span> with 25.</span></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/…</a></p> <p>Go, Joe, go! VOTE!</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) AlexRodriguez JenniferLopez JoeBiden _1987028 Fri, 16 Oct 2020 16:21:13 +0000 Trump BFF & Former RNC Finance Chair Broidy to Plead Guilty to Illegal Foreign Lobbying Scheme https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/10/15/1986859/-Trump-BFF-amp-Former-RNC-Finance-Chair-Broidy-to-Plead-Guilty-to-Illegal-Foreign-Lobbying-Scheme <p>From <em>Bloomberg</em>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Elliott Broidy, a former top political fundraiser for President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, plans to plead guilty to participating in an illegal foreign lobbying<span> scheme and</span> cooperate with investigators in the matter, according to a person familiar with the situation.</p> <p>Broidy was charged on Oct. 8 with illegally lobbying the Trump administration to stop investigating the embezzlement scandal at the <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/0206021D:MK">1MDB</a> Malaysian state investment fund. Jho Low, a Malaysian fugitive who was charged as the mastermind of the 1MDB fraud, initially paid Broidy $6 million to lobby the U.S. Justice Department to stop its investigation and <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-04/elliott-broidy-and-the-gop-s-bad-hacking-karma" target="_blank">promised</a> an additional $75 million if the lobbying succeeded, prosecutors said.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-15/ex-trump-fundraiser-broidy-to-plead-guilty-cooperate-with-u-s?sref=pF46Z7bM&campaign=277BD70E-0F21-11EB-AC87-C2ED4F017A06&utm_medium=lawdesk&utm_source=twitter" target="_blank">www.bloomberg.com/…</a></p> <p>This creepo was the Finance Chairman of the RNC for three years — from 2005 to 2008.<br> He is also considered so close to Trump that he once likely took the <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/05/more-evidence-that-broidy-was-covering-for-trump-in-affair.html" target="_blank">fall for a pregnancy caused by Trump.</a> He’s in the orbit of the National Enquirer owner, David Pecker, among other deplorables. He knows where lots of the bodies are buried, so to speak. I would be highly surprised if Broidy didn’t have intimate knowledge of Trump’s financial entanglements with Russia.</p> <p>Trump and Barr will probably pardon him at some point.<br> <span>But in case you weren’t totally yet convinced that the Republican Party is one giant criminal enterprise, let this event settle it. </span></p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) DonaldTrump ElliottBroidy IllegalForeignLobbying Treason _1986859 Thu, 15 Oct 2020 23:24:27 +0000 Biden Releases Best Ad Ever https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/10/14/1986582/-Biden-Releases-Best-Ad-Ever <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="pt" dir="ltr"&gt;Vote for America.&lt;a href="https://t.co/eoxT07uII9"&gt;https://t.co/eoxT07uII9&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/sBd51fgmln"&gt;pic.twitter.com/sBd51fgmln&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1316513615373987840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;October 14, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Vote for America.<a href="https://t.co/eoxT07uII9">https://t.co/eoxT07uII9</a> <a href="https://t.co/sBd51fgmln">pic.twitter.com/sBd51fgmln</a></p>— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1316513615373987840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>No dialogue — just the words on the screen “VOTE for”, followed by terms like “the future”, “equality”, “truth”, “choice”, “love”, “the planet” and several more, against a montage of scenes of American life. Interspersed with footage of Biden at various important moments. Pretty powerful stuff.<br> Great that its main message is,“VOTE!” Because voting is literally everything right now.</p> <p>Update — There is, in fact some dialogue towards the end — Biden clearly speaking at live events, says, “Let’s get back up. We’re decent, we’re brave, we’re resilient people. We can believe again.” (h/t <strong>Sulis247</strong> for properly hearing that last sentence!)<br> Then, of course, “I’m Joe Biden and I approve this message.”</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;This is one of the best ads I&amp;#39;ve ever seen. It&amp;#39;s about all of us, and beautifully conveys that what&amp;#39;s at stake in this election is the idea of America itself. Vote. &lt;a href="https://t.co/YVMOMX9syh"&gt;https://t.co/YVMOMX9syh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/brhodes/status/1316519478084030464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;October 14, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>This is one of the best ads I've ever seen. It's about all of us, and beautifully conveys that what's at stake in this election is the idea of America itself. Vote. <a href="https://t.co/YVMOMX9syh">https://t.co/YVMOMX9syh</a></p>— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) <a href="https://twitter.com/brhodes/status/1316519478084030464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) BidenHarris2020 JoeBiden KamalaHarris Recommended _1986582 Wed, 14 Oct 2020 23:45:29 +0000 Barr’s ‘Unmasking’ Probe Concludes without Charges or even a Report https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/10/13/1986277/-Barr-s-Unmasking-Probe-Concludes-without-Charges-or-even-a-Report <p>From <em>The Washington Post</em>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <p>The federal prosecutor appointed by Attorney General William P. Barr to review whether Obama-era officials improperly requested the identities of individuals whose names were redacted in intelligence documents has completed his work without finding any substantive wrongdoing, according to people familiar with the matter.</p> </div> <div> <p>The revelation that U.S. Attorney John Bash, who left the department last week, had concluded his review without criminal charges or any public report will rankle President Trump at a moment when he is particularly upset at the Justice Department. The department has so far declined to release the results of Bash’s work, though people familiar with his findings say they would likely disappoint conservatives who have tried to paint the “unmasking” of names — a common practice in government to help understand classified documents — as a political conspiracy.</p> </div> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/barr-unmasking-review-no-charges/2020/10/13/0f63fd2e-0d67-11eb-8074-0e943a91bf08_story.html" target="_blank">www.washingtonpost.com/…</a></p> <p>Barr commissioned this dud, but surely on Trump’s orders. It is Trump who constantly brings up this “unmasking scandal” that’s soooo huge. He brings it up every time he is asked about Russia. I think it’s also what he’s referring to when he says “...and they got caught!” Um, yeah — caught following the law.</p> <p>Kudos to U.S. Attorney John Bash, who rightly decided to not even dignify this nonsense with a report.</p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) BobBarr DonaldTrump Russia unmasking _1986277 Tue, 13 Oct 2020 23:23:16 +0000 Community Live Bloggers: Biden Speaking in Gettysburg, PA - Watch Entire Historic Speech https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/10/6/1984150/-Biden-Speaking-in-Gettysburg-PA-Live-Blog-CLB <p><span>Update: Biden finished his address at around 4:56pm ET. Watch the entire speech here:</span></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content"><a class="new_iframe_placeholder" href="#">x</a></div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=NdIsv-SNJzQ" data-frameborder="0" data-height="281" data-src="//www.youtube.com/embed/NdIsv-SNJzQ" data-width="500">YouTube Video</a></div> </div> <p>_________________<br> The speech, which has already begun, can be watched right here:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;We are engaged once again in a battle for the soul of the nation. It’s a battle we’ve been in before and we can win again. Tune in as I deliver remarks from Gettysburg. &lt;a href="https://t.co/I9KItf8Fjn"&gt;https://t.co/I9KItf8Fjn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1313577195684556800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;October 6, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>We are engaged once again in a battle for the soul of the nation. It’s a battle we’ve been in before and we can win again. Tune in as I deliver remarks from Gettysburg. <a href="https://t.co/I9KItf8Fjn">https://t.co/I9KItf8Fjn</a></p>— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1313577195684556800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>Almost complete transcript:</p> <blockquote> <p>“On July 4th, 1863, America woke to the remains of perhaps the most consequential battle on American soil. It took place here on this ground in Gettysburg. Three days of violence. Three days of carnage. 50,000 casualties, wounded captured wounded, dead,..when the sun rose on that Independence Day, Lee would retreat. <span>The war would go on for nearly two more years, but the back of the Confederacy had been broken. The Union would be saved. Slavery would be abolished, government of by and for the people would not perish from the earth, and freedom would be born anew in our land.</span></p> <p><span>There’s no more fitting place than here today in Gettysburg, to talk about the cost of division. About how much it has cost America in the past, about how much it is costing us now, and about why I believe in this moment, we must come together as a nation. For President Lincoln, the Civil War was about the greatest of causes. The end of slavery, widening equality, pursuit of justice, the creation of opportunity, and the sanctity of freedom.</span></p> <p><span>His words would live ever after. We hear them in our heads. We know them in our hearts. We draw on them when we seek hope in hours of darkness; “Four score, and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” Here on this sacred ground, Abraham Lincoln, re-imagined America itself. Here, a president of the United States spoke of the price of division, and the meaning of sacrifice.</span></p> <p>He believed in the rescue, redemption, and rededication of the union. All this in a time, not just of ferocious division, but of widespread death, structural inequity, and fear of the future. And he taught us this, a house divided could not stand. That is a great and timeless truth. Today, once again, we are a house divided, but that my friends can no longer be. We’re facing too many crises. We have too much work to do. We have to bright a future to have it shipwrecked on the Shoals of anger and hate, and division.<br> <br> As we stand here today, a century and a half later after Gettysburg, we should consider again, what can happen when equal justice is denied, when anger and violence and division are left unchecked. As I look across America today, I’m concerned. The country is in a dangerous place. Our trust in each other is ebbing. Hope seems elusive. Too many Americans see our public life, not as an arena for mediation of our differences, but rather they see it as an occasion for total, unrelenting, partisan warfare.</p> <p>Instead of treating each other’s party as the opposition, we treat them as the enemy. This must end. We need to revive the spirit of bipartisanship in this country. A spirit of being able to work with one another. When I say that, and I’ve been saying it for two years now, I’m accused of being naive. I’m told, “Maybe that’s the way things used to work, Joe, but they can’t work that way anymore.” Well, I’m here to tell you they can, and they must if we’re going to get anything done.<br> <br> I’m running as a proud Democrat, but I will govern as an American president. I’ll work with Democrats and Republicans. I’ll work as hard for those who don’t support me, as those who do. That’s the job of a president; the duty to care for everyone. It was a lot of Democrats and Republicans to cooperate with one another is not due to some mysterious force beyond our control. It’s a decision. It’s a choice we make.</p> <p>And if we can decide not to cooperate, we can decide to cooperate as well. That’s the choice I’ll make as president. But there’s something bigger going on in this nation than just our broken politics. Something darker, something more dangerous. I’m not talking about ordinary differences of opinion, competing viewpoints give life and vibrancy to our democracy. No, I’m talking about something different, something deeper. Too many Americans seek not to overcome our divisions, but to deepen them, we must seek not to build walls, but bridges. We must seek not to have our fist clenched, but our arms open. We have to seek not to tear each other apart, we seek to come together. You don’t have to agree with me on everything, or even on most things, to see that we’re experiencing today is neither good nor normal.</p> <p>I made the decision to run for president after Charlottesville. Close your eyes, and remember what you saw. Neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and the KKK coming out of the fields with torches light, veins bulging, chanting the same anti-Semitic bile herd across Europe in the ’30s. It was hate on the march, in the open, in America. Hate never goes away, it only hides. And when it’s given oxygen, when it’s given an opportunity to spread, when it’s treated as normal and acceptable behavior, we’ve opened a door in this country that we must move quickly to close. As president, that’s just what I will do. I will send a clear unequivocal message to the entire nation, there is no place for hate in America.</p> <p>It will be given no license. It will be given no oxygen. It’ll be given no safe harbor. In recent weeks and months, the country has been riled by instances of excessive police force, heart-wrenching cases of racial injustice and lives needlessly and senselessly lost, by peaceful protesters, given voice to the calls for justice, by examples of violence and looting and burning that can not be tolerated. I believe in law and order, I’ve never supported defunding the police.</p> <p>But I also believe injustice is real. It’s a product of a history that goes back 400 years, the moment when black men, women, and children first were brought here in chains. I do not believe we have to choose between law and order, and racial justice in America. We can’t have both. This is the nation strong enough to both honestly face systemic racism and strong enough to provide safe streets for our families and small businesses. The two often bear the brunt of this looting and burning.</p> <p>We have no need for armed militias roaming America’s streets, and we should have no tolerance for extremist white supremacy groups, menacing our communities. If you say, “We should trust America’s law enforcement authorities to do the job,” as I do, then let them do their job without extremist groups acting as vigilantes. If you say, “We have no need to face racial injustice in the country,” you haven’t opened your eyes to the truth in America.</p> <p>There’ve been powerful voices for justice in recent weeks and months, George Floyd’s, six year old daughter, who I met with, who looked at me and said in her small child’s voice, “Daddy changed the world.” Also, Jacob Blake’s mother was another. When she said, “Violence didn’t reflect her son and this nation needed healing.” And Doc Rivers, the basketball coach, choking back tears when he said, “We’re the ones getting killed. We’re the ones getting shot. We’ve been hung. It’s amazing (..?..) we keep loving this country and this country does not love us back.”</p> <p>I think about that. I think about what it takes for a black person to love America. That is a deep love for this country. That has for far too long, never been recognized. What we need in America’s leadership that seeks to deescalate tensions, to open lines of communications, to bring us together, to heal, to hope. As president, that’s precisely what I will do. We paid a high price for allowing the deep divisions in this country to impact on how we deal with the Coronavirus. 210,000 Americans dead, and the number’s climbing. It’s estimated that nearly another 210,000 Americans could lose their lives by the end of the year; enough, no more. Let’s just set partisanship aside, let’s end the politics and follow the science.</p> <p>Wearing a mask is not a political statement. It’s a scientific recommendation. Social distancing isn’t a political statement. It’s a scientific recommendation. Testing, tracing, the development and all approval and distribution of a vaccine, isn’t a political statement. It is a science-based decision. We can’t undo what has been done. We can’t go back. We can do so much better. We can do better starting today. We can have a national strategy that puts politics aside and saves lives.</p> <p>We can have a national strategy that will make it possible for our schools and business to open safely. We can have a national strategy that reflects the true values of this nation. This pandemic is not a red state or blue state issue. This virus doesn’t care whether you live, or where you live, what political party you belong to, it affects us all. It will take anyone’s life. It’s a virus. It’s not a political weapon.<br> <br> There’s another enduring division in America that we must end, the division in our economic life. That gives opportunity only to the privileged few. America has to be about mobility. It has to be the kind of country where an Abraham Lincoln, a child of the distant frontier, can rise to the highest office in the land. America has to be about possibilities.<br> <br> The possibility of prosperity, not just for the privileged few, but for the many, for all of us. Working people on their kids deserve an opportunity. Lincoln knew this. He said that the country had to give people, and I quote, “An open field and a fair chance. An open field and a fair chance.” That’s what we’re going to do in America. We’re going to build together. We fought a civil war that would secure a union that would seek to fulfill the promise of equality for all.</p> <p>And by fits and starts, our better angels had prevailed again, just enough, just enough against our worst impulses to make a new and better nation. And those better angels can prevail again, now. They must prevail again, now. 100 years after Lincoln spoke at Gettysburg, the vice president, Lyndon B Johnson also came here, and here’s what he said.</p> <p>He said, “Our nation founded soul and honor in these fields of Gettysburg, we must not lose that soul in dishonor, now, on the fields of hate.” Today, we’re engaged, once again, in the battle for the soul of the nation, the forces of darkness, the forces of division, the forces of yesterday are pulling us apart, holding us down and holding us back. We must free ourselves of all of them. As president, I will embrace hope, not fear. Peace, not violence. Generosity, not greed. And light, not darkness. I’ll be a president who appeals to the best in us, not the worst.</p> <p><span>I’ll be a president who pushes toward the future, not who clings to the past...we can not allow white supremacists to overturn the America of Abraham Lincoln and Harriet Tubman...We can not and will not be stuck in the partisan politics that lets this virus thrive...Duty and history call presidents to provide for the common good. And I will...The 2nd inaugural Lincoln said...”with malice towards none...let us bind up our wounds...”</span></p> <p>Whether we’ll allow the sacrifices made here (Gettysburg) were in vain or...we have the power in our hands, to vote….once America votes America will be heard. Lincoln once said “the nation is worth fighting for.” So it was, and so it is...let’s conduct ourselves as Americans and love each other...if we stand together, the divisions of our time will give way to a brighter future...We can end the fear...God bless you all and God bless the United States of America. We can do this. Thank you.”</p> </blockquote> <p>4:58pm — ends</p> <p>wow — that was an amazing speech.</p> <p>Updates from CLB’s own <strong>annieli </strong>in the comments:</p> <p>1. good citation of the Lincoln Second Inaugural</p> <blockquote> <p>Biden’s press secretary said his remarks will “remind voters we are in a battle for the soul of the nation – a battle we have won throughout American history – and how we can and will come together to win again.”</p> </blockquote> <p>2.</p> <p>the speech seems to be done from one of the observation towers Warfield Ridge? (with the round tops in the background)</p> <p>Trumpists are demonstrating in the center of town with their usual truck caravan</p> <p>3. </p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Biden’s speech was so good Trump couldn’t contain his jealousy and tweeted about fake polls in Pennsylvania. &lt;br&gt;HAHAHAHA 😂😂😂😂&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Mystery Solvent (@MysterySolvent) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/MysterySolvent/status/1313589371573096456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;October 6, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Biden’s speech was so good Trump couldn’t contain his jealousy and tweeted about fake polls in Pennsylvania. <br>HAHAHAHA 😂😂😂😂</p>— Mystery Solvent (@MysterySolvent) <a href="https://twitter.com/MysterySolvent/status/1313589371573096456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>_________<br> -Thanks, annieli!</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) Gettysburg JoeBiden _1984150 Tue, 06 Oct 2020 20:47:31 +0000 Biden Releases Perfect Ad - He Puts on a Mask While Trump Removes His https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/10/6/1983994/-Biden-Releases-Perfect-Ad-He-Puts-on-a-Mask-While-Trump-Removes-His <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Wear a mask. &lt;a href="https://t.co/TSuLuzAXEB"&gt;pic.twitter.com/TSuLuzAXEB&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1313304721092997125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;October 6, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Wear a mask. <a href="https://t.co/TSuLuzAXEB">pic.twitter.com/TSuLuzAXEB</a></p>— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1313304721092997125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>On the left, we see Trump removing his mask as he arrived back at the White House last night. On the right, in what looks like footage shot expressly for this ad, we see Biden proudly putting ON a mask. The single American Flag behind Biden is a nice touch.</p> <p>The ad posted to Twitter last night a little before 10:30pm ET, and has since gotten more than 4.5 million hits:</p> <div class="align-center"> <figure class="image-captioned"><img alt="E67B5825-70E4-417C-B735-C6172BA514B3.jpeg" src="https://images.dailykos.com/images/865385/large/E67B5825-70E4-417C-B735-C6172BA514B3.jpeg?1601995576" title="E67B5825-70E4-417C-B735-C6172BA514B3.jpeg"> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>Biden’s mask is on, but the gloves are off.</p> <p>______________________<br> Update 12:30pm ET:</p> <p>From <strong>petulans</strong> in the comments:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>“...</span><em>gotten more than 4.5 million hits</em><span>” — a figure which is seemingly rising even more rapidly than the numbers testing positive at the White House as it’s up to 5.8 million views at the time of commenting.</span></p> </blockquote> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) 2020 DonaldTrump JoeBiden Recommended _1983994 Tue, 06 Oct 2020 15:11:24 +0000 Community Live Bloggers: Joe Biden Town Hall - Please go to annieli’s live blog instead! https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/10/5/1983848/-Community-Live-Bloggers-Joe-Biden-Town-Hall-with-Lester-Holt-on-MSNBC <p>I made a total mess of my attempt at live blogging this event, but luckily, annieli, soon after, posted MUCH better live coverage here: <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/10/5/1979800/-LiveBlog-CLB-Joe-Biden-Town-Hall-NBC-in-Miami" target="_blank">www.dailykos.com/...</a> </p> <p>_________________</p> <p>It started about 10 minutes ago.</p> <p>Sorry we were late! Will update with partial transcript as it comes in.</p> <p>Tune to MSNBC to watch live. </p> <p>Partial transcripting:</p> <p>The first question was what would Biden’s federal COVID plan be? And then I missed most of his reply, except this:</p> <p>”The science matters. Listen to the scientists.”</p> <p>Second question also about COVID</p> <p>”If we all wear masks, we could save 100,000 lives. What is it with this macho “I don’t need a mask” talk? (Paraphrased)... Politics can be so ugly. We have to talk to each other like we respect each other.”</p> <p>3rd question from an airline worker laid off because of COVID. I missed the question LoL sorry. Biden says it needs to be absolutely mandatory that people traveling by air wear a mask. He continues:</p> <p>J.B.: “The president - and he should - got great medical care. But everybody who contracts the virus should have their health care bills PAID. (But meanwhile the administration is trying to take away healthcare from millions — paraphrased)</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) JoeBiden lesterholt _1983848 Tue, 06 Oct 2020 00:14:59 +0000 Biden Speaks in Alliance,Ohio - 2nd Stop on Train Tour: Watch Full Video Here https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/9/30/1982095/-Biden-Speaking-Live-in-Ohio-First-Stop-on-Train-Tour-Live-Blog <p>Update 4:39pm ET:</p> <p>Biden tweeted this a little over half an hour ago</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Listening to folks and discussing how we can make their lives better. It’s what our Build Back Better Express Tour is all about — and it’s what I’ll do every day as your president. &lt;a href="https://t.co/y6m8F2UnQy"&gt;pic.twitter.com/y6m8F2UnQy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1311395138506240001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 30, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Listening to folks and discussing how we can make their lives better. It’s what our Build Back Better Express Tour is all about — and it’s what I’ll do every day as your president. <a href="https://t.co/y6m8F2UnQy">pic.twitter.com/y6m8F2UnQy</a></p>— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1311395138506240001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>Update 1:13pm ET - This started as a live blog, but recently ended. The entire video is right here:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content"><a class="new_iframe_placeholder" href="#">x</a></div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=x0IXcvQdlmY" data-frameborder="0" data-height="281" data-src="//www.youtube.com/embed/x0IXcvQdlmY" data-width="500">YouTube Video</a></div> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;We&amp;#39;re in Alliance, Ohio, for stop two of the Build Back Better Express Tour. Tune in now to watch. &lt;a href="https://t.co/N6K38Z0ANO"&gt;https://t.co/N6K38Z0ANO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1311341062430945280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 30, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>We're in Alliance, Ohio, for stop two of the Build Back Better Express Tour. Tune in now to watch. <a href="https://t.co/N6K38Z0ANO">https://t.co/N6K38Z0ANO</a></p>— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1311341062430945280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>partial transcript: he thanks several Ohioans who it sounds were on the train with him.</p> <p>”These people don’t want a hand out, they just want a fair shot. They remind me of my dad...We had to move, my dad he used to say in Wilmington Delaware, “remember, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It’s about dignity...”</p> <p>”Last night, Trump didn’t speak to your concerns or those of the American people...The measure of the success of the nation is not how the Stock Market is doing...”</p> <p>“Do we allow corporate America to pay no tax at all while they take away your health care? ...or do we invest in our schools? The President, instead of being in the sand trap on the golf course, should be in the White House (working with others to solve these problems)...”</p> <p>”Not withstanding where we are right now, I am very optimistic...we can only do it if we do it together...I’m going to be there for you whether you’re for me or against me.”</p> <p>Now responding to questions from reporters.</p> <p>On the debate:</p> <p>”Trump’s constant disregard and inability to talk about COVID...he said if he lost, it wouldn’t be a legitimate election — no president has ever done that before.”</p> <p>”The POTUS conducted himself the way he did — I think it was a national embarrassment.”</p> <p>one quote: “my message to the Proud Boys is, “cease and desist.”</p> <p>More partial transcript:</p> <p>Joe Biden: “I have one of the most progressive records, and I’m proud of it….”</p> <p>Regarding COVID-19: “Americans have lost confidence in Trump….many, many people don’t trust him, even small businesses...”</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) JoeBiden _1982095 Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:47:45 +0000 Biden Launches Twitter Account @truth to Counter Trump’s Debate Lies in Real Time https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/9/29/1981788/-Biden-Launches-Twitter-Account-truth-to-Counter-Trump-s-Debate-Lies-in-Real-Time <p>Brilliant. If you look carefully at the <strong>@truth</strong> Twitter masthead, pictured above, you can see their signature line is simply the famous Biden quote, <strong>“With all due respect, that’s a bunch of malarkey.”</strong> 😂😂😂</p> <p>Here is their first and only tweet so far, which went up earlier today:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Truth — and we can’t stress this enough, folks — over lies &lt;a href="https://t.co/sc8oWw1tzH"&gt;pic.twitter.com/sc8oWw1tzH&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Truth (@truth) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1310990044837097474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 29, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Truth — and we can’t stress this enough, folks — over lies <a href="https://t.co/sc8oWw1tzH">pic.twitter.com/sc8oWw1tzH</a></p>— Truth (@truth) <a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1310990044837097474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>It sounds like the perfect countermeasure to Trump’s constant lying. It’s a joint project of the Biden Campaign (@JoeBiden) and the DNC War Room (@DNCwarroom).<br> The Biden Campaign has already been using Twitter extremely effectively to broadcast video ads, and sometimes even to live-stream events. They are getting literally millions of views through Twitter.</p> <p>It’s also impressive that they were able to snag the Twitter handle, @truth!</p> <p>I will surely be checking their feed throughout the debate. You can, too, even without an account, right here: <a href="https://twitter.com/truth" target="_blank">twitter.com/...</a></p> <div class="align-center"> <figure class="image-captioned"><img alt="4370B45B-5CD7-4568-8A55-4004F910A946.jpeg" src="https://images.dailykos.com/images/862409/large/4370B45B-5CD7-4568-8A55-4004F910A946.jpeg?1601413461" title="4370B45B-5CD7-4568-8A55-4004F910A946.jpeg"> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>Update 1: In the comments, <strong>Mark Lippmann</strong> says something very important:</p> <blockquote> <p>If you’re on Twitter, go to the link and click “Follow” to get the fact-checking tweets in real time.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/truth" target="_blank">twitter.com/...</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Not only is it accurate — that’s the best, if not the only way to know the moment they tweet a fact-check, but...the higher the number of followers that @truth amasses between now and debate hour, the more terrified you know who will get. It already has more than 111,000 followers, and has only been in existence for about four hours!</p> <p>Update 2 6:12pm ET @truth has posted a second tweet:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;This is true.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;They wouldn’t even verify us 😔&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GiveTruthACheckMark?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#GiveTruthACheckMark&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/4VzBHMK98u"&gt;https://t.co/4VzBHMK98u&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Truth (@truth) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311060196458926084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 29, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>This is true.<br><br>They wouldn’t even verify us 😔<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GiveTruthACheckMark?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GiveTruthACheckMark</a> <a href="https://t.co/4VzBHMK98u">https://t.co/4VzBHMK98u</a></p>— Truth (@truth) <a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311060196458926084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>I think it can take a while to get a check mark from Twitter, especially if your handle is simply “@truth”. This is not a big deal and I am still confident this is a real Biden/DNC operation, as I’d swear I saw articles about it in trustworthy places popping up as I was putting together this post. And the graphic design is too good for it not to be real! I mean, come on — upside-down White House is subtle “nation in distress” sign (upside-down U.S. flag) — and that short but sweet video clip — this is real...I am 99% certain.</p> <p>Update 3: YES THIS IS REAL 😊😊😊🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 From <em>The Hill:</em></p> <blockquote> <p><span>A Biden campaign aide confirmed to The Hill Tuesday afternoon that it is partnering with the Democratic National Committee's War Room by using the Twitter handle “@Truth” to identify false statements made by Trump during the debate, which is scheduled for 9 p.m. EDT. </span></p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/518795-biden-campaign-to-fact-check-trump-on-twitter-during-debate" target="_blank">thehill.com/...</a></p> <p>Update 4: 8:57pm ET:</p> <p>The debate is about to begin, and the Twitter account @truth has 220.5 thousand followers and counting...</p> <p>Update 5: 9:20pm ET a new tweet from @truth:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Trump says there aren&amp;#39;t 100 million Americans with pre-existing conditions.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There are 133 million.&lt;a href="https://t.co/hCWk3DwY87"&gt;https://t.co/hCWk3DwY87&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Truth (@truth) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311112652702257152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 30, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Trump says there aren't 100 million Americans with pre-existing conditions.<br><br>There are 133 million.<a href="https://t.co/hCWk3DwY87">https://t.co/hCWk3DwY87</a></p>— Truth (@truth) <a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311112652702257152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>Update 6: 9:24pm - Trump has been such an obnoxious, interrupting jerk, that Biden finally said, “Oh will you just shut up, man.” It was a nice slam.</p> <p>Update 7: 9:29pm — new @truth Tweet:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Trump: Roe is not on the ballot; “there’s nothing happening there.”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Receipts: &lt;a href="https://t.co/JJyCM7l0FI"&gt;pic.twitter.com/JJyCM7l0FI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Truth (@truth) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311115327422574592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 30, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Trump: Roe is not on the ballot; “there’s nothing happening there.”<br><br>Receipts: <a href="https://t.co/JJyCM7l0FI">pic.twitter.com/JJyCM7l0FI</a></p>— Truth (@truth) <a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311115327422574592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Lie: Trump said he closed travel from China &amp;quot;early.&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It was too late.&lt;a href="https://t.co/wJYoViD1va"&gt;https://t.co/wJYoViD1va&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Truth (@truth) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311116533058482178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 30, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Lie: Trump said he closed travel from China "early."<br><br>It was too late.<a href="https://t.co/wJYoViD1va">https://t.co/wJYoViD1va</a></p>— Truth (@truth) <a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311116533058482178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;More lies: &amp;quot;We got the gowns. We got the masks.&amp;quot;&lt;a href="https://t.co/oB4NExT295"&gt;https://t.co/oB4NExT295&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Truth (@truth) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311116579392892928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 30, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>More lies: "We got the gowns. We got the masks."<a href="https://t.co/oB4NExT295">https://t.co/oB4NExT295</a></p>— Truth (@truth) <a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311116579392892928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;truth.&lt;a href="https://t.co/qLQNQDnRTv"&gt;https://t.co/qLQNQDnRTv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Truth (@truth) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311119791185424391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 30, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>truth.<a href="https://t.co/qLQNQDnRTv">https://t.co/qLQNQDnRTv</a></p>— Truth (@truth) <a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311119791185424391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Nope, not a &amp;quot;record economy.&amp;quot; Even before COVID. &lt;a href="https://t.co/Vdj4jsMxIz"&gt;https://t.co/Vdj4jsMxIz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Truth (@truth) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311119920080605185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 30, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Nope, not a "record economy." Even before COVID. <a href="https://t.co/Vdj4jsMxIz">https://t.co/Vdj4jsMxIz</a></p>— Truth (@truth) <a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311119920080605185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;&amp;quot;Worst President America&amp;#39;s ever had.&amp;quot; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ain&amp;#39;t that the TRUTH.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Truth (@truth) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311120570373865474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 30, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>"Worst President America's ever had." <br><br>Ain't that the TRUTH.</p>— Truth (@truth) <a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311120570373865474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Trump: &amp;quot;Can I be honest?&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Apparently not.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Truth (@truth) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311122705136091139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 30, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Trump: "Can I be honest?"<br><br>Apparently not.</p>— Truth (@truth) <a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311122705136091139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;The actual truth ⤵️ &lt;a href="https://t.co/fx714QYaD3"&gt;https://t.co/fx714QYaD3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Truth (@truth) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311125920367996929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 30, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The actual truth ⤵️ <a href="https://t.co/fx714QYaD3">https://t.co/fx714QYaD3</a></p>— Truth (@truth) <a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311125920367996929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Truth: &amp;quot;She said it.&amp;quot;&lt;a href="https://t.co/i1mdf4cMAE"&gt;https://t.co/i1mdf4cMAE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Truth (@truth) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311129023318294528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 30, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Truth: "She said it."<a href="https://t.co/i1mdf4cMAE">https://t.co/i1mdf4cMAE</a></p>— Truth (@truth) <a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311129023318294528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;truth: President Trump is a repeat vote-by-mail-er&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Truth (@truth) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311132554255310848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 30, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>truth: President Trump is a repeat vote-by-mail-er</p>— Truth (@truth) <a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311132554255310848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p>Update 8: 10:42pm ET The debate ended just a few minutes ago, almost precisely as the followers number hit a quarter-million! Trump seemed like a crazed crank, while Biden looked Presidential throughout, IMO.</p> <p>Update 9: 2:23am ET @truth has tweeted a couple more times since I last checked:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;The simple truth: if you vote, we can make Donald Trump a one-term president.&lt;a href="https://t.co/1DcuSUss8O"&gt;https://t.co/1DcuSUss8O&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Truth (@truth) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311136416185933824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 30, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The simple truth: if you vote, we can make Donald Trump a one-term president.<a href="https://t.co/1DcuSUss8O">https://t.co/1DcuSUss8O</a></p>— Truth (@truth) <a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311136416185933824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed center-block" data-twitter-content="&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;We wish this one wasn&amp;#39;t true: the President refused to condemn white supremacy tonight. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We&amp;#39;re going to take a break and get ready to do this again next week.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Truth (@truth) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311144532797513729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 30, 2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; "><div class="remove-embed-content">x</div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>We wish this one wasn't true: the President refused to condemn white supremacy tonight. <br><br>We're going to take a break and get ready to do this again next week.</p>— Truth (@truth) <a href="https://twitter.com/truth/status/1311144532797513729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2020</a></blockquote> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <figure class="image-captioned"><img alt="" height="140.33333333333334" src="blob:https://www.dailykos.com/9c46a2a8-134f-4a0f-a22a-7d928c272f75" width="140.33333333333334"> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) 2020 Debates DonaldTrump JoeBiden Recommended Truth _1981788 Tue, 29 Sep 2020 20:26:26 +0000 MSNBC: Kamala Harris Talks to Lawrence O’Donnell - LIVE BLOG https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/9/28/1981571/-MSNBC-Kamala-Harris-Talks-to-Lawrence-O-Donnell-LIVE-BLOG <p>At the beginning of <em>The Rachel Maddow Show</em>, Rachel told us that not only would Lawrence, tonight, interview our next Vice President, Kamala Harris, but that this happens to be his 10th Anniversary show.</p> <p>Ahh, Lawrence announced all this on Friday, which you can watch here: <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/last-word-making-history-headlines-on-monday-92508229984" target="_blank">www.msnbc.com/...</a> </p> <p>Lawrence and Kamala will surely discuss Trump’s $750 a year in taxes. It should be delicious.<br> <br> Enjoy. And <strong>VOTE!</strong></p> <p>Lawrence introduces her by talking about the latest polls — WaPo shows Biden and Kamala beating Trump by 10, NYT shows them winning by 8 points. And that Trump thinks the Supreme Court nomination will save him.</p> <p>Okay she’s on:</p> <p>Lawrence’s first question is about the tax scandal. Kamala says her first reaction to the news was, “Did you say seven hundred and fifty, point zero, zero dollars?!” LoL</p> <p>Lawrence plays the clip of Trump’s 2016 debate during which Hillary says it’s widely suspected that Trump pays zero income tax, and Trump responds, “It’s called being smart.” Lawrence asks Kamala how Joe Biden should respond if Trump tries that tomorrow night in their first debate. Kamala answers:</p> <p>“The American people are smarter. I’ll take the intelligence of the American people over Donald Trump any day.”</p> <p>Nice. Commercial break.</p> <p>Lawrence plays clip of Trump saying they need 9 Supreme Court Justices to fight “millions of bogus votes.” Presumably, he talks that way publicly,  doesn’t he probably talk that way privately to Judge Barrett?</p> <p>Kamala responds:</p> <p>”Regardless of what conversations he’s having, public or private, I do strongly believe in and have faith in the American people, that they and we will fight for the integrity of our democracy. And it includes fighting for free and fair and open elections. Fighting for access to the polls for all people. Fighting to make sure everyone’s vote counts. And I believe through that process, it will be very clear that the American people want and know they can do better than Donald Trump as President of the United States.”</p> <p>Boom! — she’s realllly good.</p> <p>L.O.: Will you be participating in the confirmation hearing?</p> <p>K.H. I will be. I’m a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, And I as I think all members do, take that responsibility very seriously. So yes I’ll be participating.”</p> <p>…</p> <p>L.O. “...Do Democrats have an army of lawyers, ready to go to fight this?” </p> <p>K.H.: ”We have a lot of support in terms of whatever might be necessary in terms of any legal process, but more importantly, we’ve got volunteers, we’ve got people who are active in making sure everyone in their family and in their community is registered to vote, to make sure that people are voting early. That’s our push right now, because we know that when everyone votes, especially on the issues that are most important to them, such as health care, we do believe that there’s going to be no question that Joe Biden wins this election.” </p> <p>More K.H.: “We’re in the midst of a pandemic, over 200,000 people have died from it, and Trump is trying to take away (healthcare)...it’s outrageous...”</p> <p>Update 11:27pm ET:</p> <p>The interview ended exactly an hour ago, half way through Lawrence’s show. The video might not be available until after it airs on the West Coast, but here is a teaser with excerpts that MSNBC has released: <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/kamala-harris-to-trump-who-do-you-owe-the-money-to-92743749520" target="_blank">www.msnbc.com/...</a></p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) 2020 KamalaHarris LawrenceODonnell MSNBC TheLastWord VicePresidentHarris _1981571 Tue, 29 Sep 2020 01:56:15 +0000 Biden Speech in Delaware, Condemns Trump for “Trying to Throw Out” Healthcare for Millions https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/9/27/1981199/-Biden-Speech-in-Delaware-Condemns-Trump-for-Trying-to-Throw-Out-Healthcare-for-Millions <p>Earlier today, Biden gave a live speech in Wilmington, Delaware. Here is the complete 14-minute video. Well worth the watch:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content"><a class="new_iframe_placeholder" href="#">x</a></div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=PSZJT7S_-4U" data-frameborder="0" data-height="281" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PSZJT7S_-4U" data-width="500">YouTube Video</a></div> </div> <p> <em>Partial transcript:</em></p> <blockquote> <p>On Friday, my wife Jill and I had the honor of paying respects to Justice Ginsburg and her family. The first woman in history of our nation to Lie in State in the U.S. Capitol. And though it should not have taken nearly this long to bestow that honor on a woman, it nevertheless speaks to the unique and powerful impact Justice Ginsburg has made on our society, and her enduring legacy of equal rights and equal justice under the law.</p> <p>Shortly before Justice Ginsburg passed, she told her granddaughter, and I quote, “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new President is installed.” End of quote.</p> <p>It wasn’t a personal request. It wasn’t a favor being asked for. It was the last act of a long, unflinching career of standing up for American Democracy.</p> <p><strong>Never before in our nation’s history has a Supreme Court Justice been nominated and installed while a presidential election is already underway. It defies every precedent, every expectation of a nation where the people, the people are sovereign and the rule of law reigns.</strong></p> <p>But yesterday, before Justice Ginsburg could be laid to rest, and after hundreds of thousands of Americans had already cast their ballots, the President nominated a successor to her seat.</p> <p>It’s no mystery about what’s happening here. <strong>President Trump is trying to throw out the Affordable Care Act. He’s been trying to do it for the last four years. The Republican Party has been trying to eliminate it for a decade. Twice already, the Supreme Court has upheld that law, the Affordable Care Act. And the Congress, expressing the popular the will of the American people, has rejected President Trump’s efforts as well.</strong></p> <p>Now, all of a sudden, this administration believes they’ve found a loophole...</p> <p>...</p> </blockquote> <p>Wow — so good, and that transcript is only the first couple of minutes. Biden goes on to explain how unbelievably crazy it is to try to “steal away” healthcare for millions during the worst pandemic in over a hundred years.</p> <p>He also says:</p> <blockquote> <p>I urge the American people to keep voting.</p> </blockquote> <p>After his remarks, Biden also handled a couple of questions from reporters brilliantly, like a real President. Like a great one.</p> <p>___________</p> <p>I will try to find a link to the rest of the transcript. Thanks, and <strong>VOTE!</strong></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) JoeBiden KamalaHarris Obamacare RuthBaderGinsburg SCOTUS _1981199 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 20:40:34 +0000 A Federal Judge just Removed Trump’s Corrupt U.S. Bureau of Land Management Head from Job https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/9/26/1980856/-A-Federal-Judge-just-Removed-Trump-s-Corrupt-U-S-Bureau-of-Land-Management-Head-from-Job <p>From the<em> A.P</em>.:</p> <blockquote> <p>BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s leading steward of public lands has been serving unlawfully, blocking him from continuing in the position in the latest pushback against the administration’s practice of filling key positions without U.S. Senate approval.</p> <p>U.S. Interior Department Bureau of Land Management acting director William Perry Pendley served unlawfully for 424 days without being confirmed to the post by the Senate as required under the Constitution, U.S. District Judge Brian Morris determined.</p> <p>The ruling came after Montana’s Democratic governor in July sued to remove Pendley, saying the former oil industry attorney was illegally overseeing an agency that manages almost a quarter-billion acres of land, primarily in the U.S. West.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/billings-montana-archive-only-on-ap-472201d09bc69de32fbf3e110c094fa6?utm_medium=AP&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter" target="_blank">apnews.com/…</a></p> <p>According to the article, Pendley has been removed from his position at least until after an appeal. Check out how sketchy this Pendley guy sounds:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Pendley’s actions included approval of two sweeping land resource management plans in Montana that would open 95% of federal land in the state to oil and gas development, attorneys for Bullock contended in court filings.</span></p> </blockquote> <p>Pendley also tried to skirt his own time limit on unconfirmed Department heads by saying he was now “Deputy Head” of the Bureau, that the Head job would remain unfilled, and that all the duties of the Head we’re now those of the deputy. The judge wasn’t buying it.<br> <br> Three enormous cheers for the Democratic Governor of Montana, Steve Bullock, who brought the original lawsuit, as well as to the Federal U.S. District Judge, Brian Morris, who made a wise decision.</p> <p>_________________</p> <p>Update from <strong>Besame</strong> in the comments:</p> <blockquote> <p>(Pendley) <a href="https://www.coloradoindependent.com/2020/03/10/blm-headquarters-move-colorado-gao-report/" target="_blank">MOVED the BLM main office</a><span> from DC to Colorado into a building that also houses Chevron, which meant many employees left because the shift was onerous.</span></p> </blockquote> <p>Update from <strong>brakejob</strong> in the comments: </p> <blockquote> <p><span>If </span><a href="https://stevebullock.com/" target="_blank">Steve Bullock</a><span> can do this as governor, imagine what good he could do in the U.S. Senate. It’s a close race. Help us get him over the top by donating </span><a href="https://stevebullock.com/" target="_blank">here.</a></p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> </blockquote> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) BrianMorris BureauOfLandManagement Corruption Recommended SteveBullock USBLM WilliamPerryPendley _1980856 Sat, 26 Sep 2020 16:56:00 +0000 Biden Completely Crushed it in Philly - LiveBlog - Full Speech Video Here https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/9/20/1979077/-Biden-Crushing-it-in-Philly-as-we-speak-LiveBlog <p><span>Here’s the live stream:</span></p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content"><a class="new_iframe_placeholder" href="#">x</a></div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=ml5-xY3P8L4" data-frameborder="0" data-height="281" data-src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ml5-xY3P8L4" data-width="500">YouTube Video</a></div> </div> <p>Will post video of complete speech when it’s available.</p> <p>So far, he is hitting it out of the park. Confronting other Senators is obviously deep in his wheelhouse.</p> <p>Update: (partial excerpts)</p> <blockquote> <p>”The infection this President has unleashed on the country can be fatal.”</p> <p>”Famously, Justice Ginsburg got along with some of the most conservative members of the court. And she did it without compromising her principles.,.If she can do that, so can we…”</p> <p>”If I win the election, Trump’s selection should be withdrawn, and I should choose the next Supreme Court Justice” (slightly paraphrased)</p> <p>“Donald Trump seems to want to divide the country into red states and blue state...I do not. I can not.”</p> <p>”May god bless the United States of America, may god bless our troops, and may god bless Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> </blockquote> <p>__________<br>  </p> <p>Update 2:55pm ET - The speech ended about five minutes ago. I think it can be watched in its entirety here:</p> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content">x</div> <div class="dk-editor-embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 center-block"> <div class="remove-embed-content"><a class="new_iframe_placeholder" href="#">x</a></div> <a class="iframe_placeholder youtube dk-embed" href="//youtube.com/watch?v=ml5-xY3P8L4" data-frameborder="0" data-height="281" data-src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ml5-xY3P8L4" data-width="500">YouTube Video</a></div> </div> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>If you have any trouble playing the above clip, our own <strong>DocLT</strong> found the official CSPAN link to the entire video of the speech: <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?476046-1/joe-biden-speaks-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-replacement" target="_blank">www.c-span.org/...</a></p> <p>Biden’s entire demeanor and bearing, or general vibe/aura was just so rock solid Presidential and brimming with pure competence and decency. I was just as struck by that as by his powerful words.</p> <p>Vote! 😊❤️🐿🇺🇸</p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (ericlewis0) 2020 JoeBiden Recommended _1979077 Sun, 20 Sep 2020 18:42:47 +0000