1
‘We’re Desperate’: Transit Cuts Felt Deepest in Low-Income Areas
As the pandemic wreaks havoc on public transit systems across the country,
experts say it is low-income residents, people of color and essential
workers bearing the brunt.
This is not news.
Living without transportation is not easy.
2
Kamala Harris Changes the Race While Trump Tells on Himself
There were surprises this week that weren’t entirely shocking: Ms. Harris
joined Joe Biden’s ticket and President Trump resurrected birtherism.
Here’s what to make of the last week in politics.
Trump has not been accused of competence.
He might be continent.
3
President Trump Visits Younger Brother, Robert, in NY Hospital
Robert S. Trump, the Trump family’s unofficial spokesman and consigliere,
is said to be gravely ill.
It is nice to have a little brother to take the blame.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Entertainment_Resorts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Rock_Hotel_%26_Casino_Atlantic_City#Trump_Taj_Mahal_era:_1990%E2%80%932016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icahn_Enterprises
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Icahn
The story has not made headlines.
4
USPS and Mail-In Ballots: States Warned It May Not Meet Deadlines
The agency suggested allowing at least 15 days to request a ballot, fueling
further criticism that it was making it harder to vote during the pandemic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service#Coronavirus_pandemic_and_voting_by_mail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service#History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Reorganization_Act
Read the whole sad tale:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service
The Republican party wants to take the USPS private.
5
Kamala Harris and Disinformation: Debunking 3 Viral Falsehoods
False and misleading information about Ms. Harris has surged in the days
since she joined the Biden ticket.
Mud slinging is an expected part of American political campaigning.
Only Trump expects a Teflon coating.
6
TeleTracking Technologies, Firm Running Coronavirus Database, Refuses to Answer Senators' Questions
A private technology company managing a new coronavirus database said a
nondisclosure agreement with the Trump administration blocks it from
discussing its $10.2 million contract.
"There is something rotten in Denmark."
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/something_is_rotten_in_the_state_of_Denmark
7
When Trump Calls a Black Woman ‘Angry,’ He Feeds This Racist Trope
President Trump’s use of the word to describe Joe Biden’s vice-presidential
pick, Kamala Harris, plays off a hurtful stereotype with a decades-long
history.
The other side of "Do what works."
8
Postal Service Warns States It May Not Meet Mail-In Ballot Deadlines
The agency suggested allowing at least 15 days to request a ballot, fueling
further criticism that it was making it harder to vote during the pandemic.
From 4:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service#Coronavirus_pandemic_and_voting_by_mail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service#History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Reorganization_Act
Read the whole sad tale:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service
The Republican party wants to take the USPS private.
9
Firm Running Coronavirus Database Refuses to Answer Senators’ Questions
A private technology company managing a new coronavirus database said a
nondisclosure agreement with the Trump administration blocks it from
discussing its $10.2 million contract.
"There is something rotten in Denmark."
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/something_is_rotten_in_the_state_of_Denmark
Repeat as necessary.
10
In Diplomatic Doubleheader, U.S. Seizes Iranian Fuel From Ships Headed to Venezuela
The high-seas handover blocked two diplomatic adversaries from evading
American economic sanctions. Iran denied it was its fuel.
The U.S. usually does not indulge in piracy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy
No state of war exists in this situation.
11
Senators Criticize Guantánamo Prison Coronavirus Plan
After a report from the Pentagon, Democrats questioned whether there was
enough capacity to help either detainees or their guards if an outbreak
occurs.
The prison at Guantánamo is a war crime.
12
President Trump Visits Younger Brother in Hospital in New York
Robert S. Trump, the Trump family’s unofficial spokesman and consigliere,
is said to be gravely ill.
No one deserves grave illness.
Repeating 3:
It is nice to have a little brother to take the blame.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Entertainment_Resorts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Rock_Hotel_%26_Casino_Atlantic_City#Trump_Taj_Mahal_era:_1990%E2%80%932016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icahn_Enterprises
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Icahn
13
Debunking 3 Viral Falsehoods About Kamala Harris
False and misleading information about Ms. Harris has surged in the days
since she joined the Biden ticket.
Hillary Clinton explained it as a "Great right wing conspiracy".
14
U.S. Companies Vie for Funds in Race to Build Rare Earths Industry
The Trump administration is encouraging development of a domestic industry
to produce critical metals now dominated by Chinese companies, but few
players show clear long-term promise.
American rare earth deposits have a thorium content.
Thorium is a radioactive element that makes the Department of Environmental Protection very nervous.
In any other regulatory administration there was and should be no hope of a positive cash flow.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
15
McConnell Appears Set to Quietly Suffocate Long-Debated F.B.I. Surveillance Bill
The Senate majority leader has long been a strong supporter of extending
Patriot Act provisions. This year, he’s letting them remain lapsed.
Mitch McConnell likes his office.
16
Top Homeland Security Officials Are Serving Illegally, G.A.O. Says
The acting secretary of homeland security, Chad F. Wolf, and his deputy,
Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, were appointed to their posts in violation of
federal law, Congress’s watchdog determined.
The G.A.O. does not have the power to fire them.
17
John Durham Probe: Ex-FBI Lawyer Expected to Plead Guilty in Review of Russia Inquiry
Prosecutors did not reveal any evidence of the kind of broad anti-Trump
conspiracy among law enforcement officials that the president has long
alleged.
The F.B.I. does not enjoy "fishing".
18
Trump Is Not Entitled to Details of Tax Returns Inquiry, D.A. Says
Manhattan prosecutors said in new court filings that the president did not
have a right to know why a grand jury demanded his tax records.
Grand Jury secrecy remains intact.
I am glad to see it tested.
19
The Left Wing “Shit Sandwich” Dilemma
Kamala Harris and Joe Biden each have terrible records. There is no reason
to believe they will do much that is good, and every reason to believe they
will do much that is bad. Trump will, at least for Americans, probably be
even worse. (It is less clear he will be foreigners.) The issue is […]
Shit and sausage are not the same thing.
Sometimes they are hard to tell apart.
20
Biden Urges Mandatory Masks, and Trump Pushes Birtherism
And Trump revives a racist conspiracy theory: This is your morning tip
sheet.
Sadly it is not "morning in America".
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