They 100% are going to try and sweep the last 4 years under the rug and and go back to business as usual
I’ve given him the benefit of the doubt till now, but Mr. President your debate performance was unbecoming, sir.
Fall in disposable income because of the extra unemployment money running out. Will only get worse. That was the glue keeping this very sketchy economy together. I think the next few months without more stimulus or added unemployment benefits will get a good bit worse and that doesn’t even include any covid related flair ups
On top of that, I expect they'll bemoan any attempts to prosecute or bring to light corruption from the Trump administration under the guise of "let's just put it behind us."
No. That can’t/won’t happen. It is likely that there is considerable corruption that isn’t publicly known yet. The behavior of Trump & his enablers have caused considerable anger. We have yet to reach the peak of trump’s desperation. He will get crazier.
Don’t really know where else to put this, but it’s fucking awesome and kudos to Ireland. Should have been the US team that dropped out to make room: Spoiler October 1, 20205:05 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition When invitations went out to men's lacrosse teams to compete in the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Ala., there was a big omission. The No. 3 Iroquois Nationals, a team that represents the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, wasn't on the list. Organizers said the Nationals could not compete because it is not from a sovereign nation — even though players have their own passports. "It was a disappointment and sort of boiled my blood," says Lyle Thompson, an Iroquois Nationals player. The Haudenosaunee are actually the originators of lacrosse, what they call the "medicine game." "All my life lessons really come from the game of lacrosse. Playing in those medicine games, those traditional medicine games and using a traditional wooden stick," Thompson tells NPR's Morning Edition. A petition calling for the Nationals inclusiongot more than 50,000 signatures. The Games' organizers recognized their mistake, but the roster of eight teams was full. Enter: Ireland. Its team was set to play in 2022. "None of us would be going to Birmingham, Ala., in the first place if it wasn't for the Iroquois and giving us the gift of their medicine game," Sonny Campbell, a player for Ireland Lacrosse, tells Morning Edition. He says the Irish team wanted to do more than make a statement. So earlier this month, it dropped out of the tournament, allowing the Nationals to take its spot. "We support them, and if it means we'll give up our spot, then so be it. But the Iroquois, they need to be there," Campbell says. Thompson says the move was unexpected. "A sense of me felt bad because they're sort of sacrificing and giving up their opportunity. But a part of me felt like this is the right move, and I do truly believe that," he says. Thompson says Ireland's sacrifice won't be in vain. "The Iroquois Nationals are going to put together the best team the world has ever seen, and representing not just the Iroquois Nationals, but Ireland lacrosse also," Thompson says. The eight teams competing in Alabama will be Australia, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, the Iroquois Nationals, Israel, Japan and the U.S.
There are only three teams worth a damn in international lacrosse: the US, Canada, and the Iroquois. This also isn’t the first time that the Iroquois team has had passport issues. It keeps happening.
Then don’t agree. Let biden go on the campaign trail and say that Trump is afraid of him. I would love that.
I have seen some commentary on this and I was also thinking about it. Allowing Trump to continue to behave like an idiot is a positive even if it is uncomfortable to watch. It benefits Joe.
This is an actual position from some in my shop. Several guys have expressed how much they now hate the guy after Tuesday, they’re still going to vote for him because R, but at least these guys have enough sense to recognize the guy is awful. they also love to both sides it.
Trump not showing up to the second debate and letting Biden have a prime time town hall all to himself would be amazing.
Biden should just say that having another debate is detrimental to American democracy. It just provides a mass platform for Trump to communicate to white supremist groups and provide unjustified lies about polling to motivate voter intimidation.
I’m sure the ppl in focus groups who voted for him in 2016 and then criticized him Tuesday night have totally changed their mind now.
from Daily Beast and cross posted on Yahoo! Right-Wing Trumpist News Site Busted as Putin Troll Farm Operation Jamie Ross Thu, October 1, 2020, 8:27 AM CDT·3 mins read NAEBC At first glance—with headlines such as “Sleepy Joe Set Politics Back 180 Years,” “BLM Body Count,” and “Trump Paid Zero Taxes? Good for Him”—it doesn’t look much different from hundreds of other Trumpist news sites that rage against Democrats and the elitist mainstream media. Spoiler But the clunkily titled “Newsroom for American and European Based Citizens,” or NAEBC, was on Thursday exposed as a Russian front reportedly linked to the Internet Research Agency—the Kremlin-backed troll farm behind much of the interference in the 2016 U.S. election. There were some warning signs: NAEBC appears to be a pun on a Russian word meaning to “screw over,” and its slogan tells readers: “Don’t get yourself fooled.” The veil was lifted on NAEBC by the Reuters news agency, which reported the FBI has been investigating the pretend pro-Trump media outlet. It’s only been a month since the FBI exposed the fake left-wing news organization, Peacedata, as another project run by Putin’s internet troll army. The two sites are the latest evidence that the Kremlin isn’t just backing one horse in the U.S. election—it’s pushing for as much chaos as possible. Putin’s Troll Farm Busted Running Sprawling Network of Facebook Pages Unlike Peacedata, which mainly targeted overseas readers, NAEBC focuses almost entirely on U.S. politics and current events with a clear slant toward President Donald Trump and Republicans. According to Reuters, the fake outlet was set up in June and pays real U.S. freelancers to write about politically charged issues, and then a network of fake accounts pushes that content to online spaces used by right-wing Trump supporters. For example, take the site’s latest lead article on the Tuesday night’s presidential debate. While even Trump’s most starry-eyed supporters found themselves let down by his performance, NAEBC ran the audacious headline: “The Five Strategic Goals Trump Masterfully Achieved in the First Presidential Debate.” The badly written article, apparently reproduced from a separate blog, reads: “President Trump had a war strategy, and he achieved all of his strategic goals.” Another recent article praises the ingenuity of Trump for managing to pay pitiful amounts of income taxes over the past decade, as was reported last Sunday by The New York Times. Again, the NAEBC article seems to be lifted from a different blog, and it reads: “Even if the account is true, the only appropriate response is: good for him, on several counts.” Aside from deifying Trump, the site is fond of denigrating the Black Lives Matter movement, referring to civil-rights protesters as “rioters” and falsely claiming that demonstrations have led to a “record number of mass shootings” in America. An August headline from the site asks and answers the question: “Was the Cop’s Knee on George Floyd’s Neck ‘Racism’? No!” Leaked Documents Show Russian Trolls Tried to Infiltrate Left-Wing Media Reuters’ Jack Stubbs reports that, while the site had a presence on Twitter and LinkedIn—where fake accounts tried to whip up support and outrage for the articles—NAEBC failed to attract much attention on the most popular social media sites. However, on Gab and Parler—two platforms enjoyed by right-wing users—the site gained more traction. Following the Reuters report, the fake site has been locked out of the top social networks—LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook—but Parler said the company didn’t know what NAEBC was, and Gab hasn’t commented. The website itself is still accessible as of Thursday morning. An unnamed U.S. security official told Reuters that NAEBC is the latest example of “unwitting Americans” being recruited to help the Kremlin sow its chaos before Election Day. Ben Nimmo, head of investigations at social-media analytics firm Graphika, which reviewed the site for Reuters, said it’s the latest piece of evidence that Russian interference in U.S. elections has evolved to become even more insidious than it was in 2016. However, Nimmo explained: “The overall strategy looks unchanged: Energize Trump supporters, depress support for Biden, and target both sides with divisive and polarizing messages.”
The White House vs Fox News always brings a smile to my face. It’s like when your team is winning by multiple scores and the other team starts fighting each other instead of trying to get back in the game.
if we get rid of the filibuster, how hard would it be to enforce Section 2 of the 14th Amendment with regard to Texas?
If true and no reason to doubt it’s true imo this is worse. We hate him we realize he sucks but we are going to vote for him anyway. That’s beyond stupid.
I just assume everything voter and fed-state related is going to tied up in court battles for the foreseeable future until there is a major shook to the system. I can’t remember where I heard it (maybe 5-4) but the judicial branch is now the legislative branch and the legislative is now essentially reality tv.
probably doesn’t impact the amount of votes he gets at all then. Any vote for that guy is a protest vote anyway.