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September 10, 2020
Woodward Interviews Shallow Throat
The most damaging revelations about this president come not from shadowy bureaucrats but from the people closest to him.
By JOHN F. HARRIS
09/10/2020 04:30 AM EDT
For years, President Donald Trump and his allies have warned about his adversaries in the “Deep State.” The phrase evokes images of anonymous officials with hidden motives buried deep in the government.
Recent days have made it clearer than ever that the real hazard to Trump is actually the Shallow State.
The people saying mean things about Trump aren’t lurking in the shadows. They are well-known names whom Trump recruited to work by his side. Their motives aren’t mysterious. They are obvious: A transactional president encourages transactional behavior in his midst. These sources have shocking stories to tell, but no longer any genuinely surprising ones.
The plot is playing out now in familiar ways. Prominent people typically went to work for Trump thinking he seems like a jerk but, hey, he was elected, after all. So they calculated that maybe he’s not so bad and that the compensations in power and status of an important job were worth the trade. They believed the Republic would be better off with their wise counsel helping curb Trump’s worst instincts. Once there, they discovered that the president is more self-absorbed and less tethered to public interest than they had previously imagined. Having been lured into the inner circle to enhance their reputations, they fear—often with good reason—that they are leaving soiled by Trump’s splatter.
So they write books, like former Trump lawyer-fixer Michael Cohen. Or they talk to magazine journalists, like the senior military officers who told damaging tales to The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg or dispatched surrogates to do so. Above all, they sit with Washington’s legendary confessor priest, Bob Woodward, for his new book, “Rage.”
The entire notion of the Deep State rests on soil tilled by Hollywood, in decades of movies and television shows in the genre of the paranoid thriller. In these conspiracy dramas, the plot tension flows from a slowly building, creepy realization that Things Are Not What They Seem.
Woodward, based on Wednesday’s barrage of publicity for next week’s official release of “Rage,” has once again delivered the goods with plenty of news-driving revelations. But these scoops are like so many in the Trump years: They reveal that things are pretty much Exactly What They Seem.
more...
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/09/10/trump-war-shallow-state-411377
Woodward Interviews Shallow Throat
Woodward Interviews Shallow Throat
The most damaging revelations about this president come not from shadowy bureaucrats but from the people closest to him.
By JOHN F. HARRIS
09/10/2020 04:30 AM EDT
For years, President Donald Trump and his allies have warned about his adversaries in the “Deep State.” The phrase evokes images of anonymous officials with hidden motives buried deep in the government.
Recent days have made it clearer than ever that the real hazard to Trump is actually the Shallow State.
The people saying mean things about Trump aren’t lurking in the shadows. They are well-known names whom Trump recruited to work by his side. Their motives aren’t mysterious. They are obvious: A transactional president encourages transactional behavior in his midst. These sources have shocking stories to tell, but no longer any genuinely surprising ones.
The plot is playing out now in familiar ways. Prominent people typically went to work for Trump thinking he seems like a jerk but, hey, he was elected, after all. So they calculated that maybe he’s not so bad and that the compensations in power and status of an important job were worth the trade. They believed the Republic would be better off with their wise counsel helping curb Trump’s worst instincts. Once there, they discovered that the president is more self-absorbed and less tethered to public interest than they had previously imagined. Having been lured into the inner circle to enhance their reputations, they fear—often with good reason—that they are leaving soiled by Trump’s splatter.
So they write books, like former Trump lawyer-fixer Michael Cohen. Or they talk to magazine journalists, like the senior military officers who told damaging tales to The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg or dispatched surrogates to do so. Above all, they sit with Washington’s legendary confessor priest, Bob Woodward, for his new book, “Rage.”
The entire notion of the Deep State rests on soil tilled by Hollywood, in decades of movies and television shows in the genre of the paranoid thriller. In these conspiracy dramas, the plot tension flows from a slowly building, creepy realization that Things Are Not What They Seem.
Woodward, based on Wednesday’s barrage of publicity for next week’s official release of “Rage,” has once again delivered the goods with plenty of news-driving revelations. But these scoops are like so many in the Trump years: They reveal that things are pretty much Exactly What They Seem.
more...
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/09/10/trump-war-shallow-state-411377
September 10, 2020
https://www.thedailybeast.com/usps-has-dismantled-711-sorting-machines-ahead-of-pandemic-ravaged-election-says-report?ref=home
USPS Has Dismantled 711 Sorting Machines Ahead of Pandemic-Ravaged Election, Says Report
LOST IN TRANSIT
Jamie Ross. Reporter
Published Sep. 10, 2020 5:16AM ET
USPS Has Dismantled 711 Sorting Machines Ahead of Pandemic-Ravaged Election, Says Report
https://www.thedailybeast.com/usps-has-dismantled-711-sorting-machines-ahead-of-pandemic-ravaged-election-says-report?ref=home
USPS Has Dismantled 711 Sorting Machines Ahead of Pandemic-Ravaged Election, Says Report
LOST IN TRANSIT
Jamie Ross. Reporter
Published Sep. 10, 2020 5:16AM ET
The United States Postal Service has removed 711 sorting machines from its facilities ahead of November’s election, even though millions will rely on mailing their ballots to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The figure comes from documents submitted to a federal court in New York that were obtained by CNN. Although the removal of old machines is routine, alarms have been raised at the dramatic acceleration of removals this election year. By comparison, an average of just 388 machines were removed each year from 2015 through 2019. The decision to remove the machines was reportedly made before controversial Postmaster General Louis DeJoy started his post in June, and the removals stopped on Aug. 18 after DeJoy came under fire for changes he made to the postal service that have caused huge delays in service ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
September 10, 2020
How deep into this muck was Pence, the covid czar?
We shouldn't forget him, even as he's probably cowering in a corner as I type. I think this 'credit' should be shared, and there will be nothing plausible about any denials he might come up with.
Trump announces Pence will be 'coronavirus czar'
By Rachael Rettner - Senior Writer February 27, 2020
President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday (Feb. 26) that Vice President Mike Pence will lead the country's response to the new coronavirus.
"I'm going to be putting our Vice President in charge," of the response, Trump said in a news briefing.
Earlier in the week, lawmakers had called for the appointment of a "coronavirus czar" who would be in charge of the country's response, as was done in 2014 during the Ebola outbreak.
"I look forward, Mr. President, to serving in this role...of bringing together all the members of the coronavirus task force you've established," Pence said during the briefing.
more...
https://www.livescience.com/trump-coronavirus-lead-pence.html
September 10, 2020
The new argument comes as the president comes under criticism from Democratic nominee Joe Biden and others for the remarks in the Woodward interviews from February and March for the forthcoming book "Rage."
more...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/515815-trump-blames-woodward-says-he-should-have-released-interviews-earlier
Trump slams Woodward: If remarks were bad, why didn't he 'immediately report them'
FFS. Nothing is ever his fault.
Trump slams Woodward: If remarks were bad, why didn't he 'immediately report them'
By Morgan Chalfant - 09/10/20 09:55 AM EDT
President Trump on Thursday criticized Bob Woodward, writing that if the famed Watergate journalist really thought Trump's comments acknowledging he downplayed the severity of the coronavirus were 'bad and dangerous,” Woodward would have not have held the quotes for months.
“Bob Woodward had my quotes for many months. If he thought they were so bad or dangerous, why didn’t he immediately report them in an effort to save lives?" Trump tweeted. "Didn’t he have an obligation to do so? No, because he knew they were good and proper answers. Calm, no panic!”
The new argument comes as the president comes under criticism from Democratic nominee Joe Biden and others for the remarks in the Woodward interviews from February and March for the forthcoming book "Rage."
more...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/515815-trump-blames-woodward-says-he-should-have-released-interviews-earlier
September 10, 2020
The Rude Pundit
Proudly lowering the level of political discourse
9/09/2020
The President Is Our Mass Murderer
snip//
What does it change that we now have Trump on audio telling reporter Bob Woodward that he knew back in early February that COVID-19 was airborne and dangerous, far worse, in his own words, than a "strenuous flu"? What does it change that we now can hear Trump say that he downplayed the virus to the public on purpose? In some ways, obviously, it changes nothing. It doesn't bring back the dead. It doesn't rebuild the lives shattered by the shutdown economy. It doesn't really make us understand Trump any more than we already did. We know that he is the motherfuckingest motherfucker anyone has ever met. We know that he was deliberately avoiding action on coronavirus until the mounting death toll and hospitalizations forced him to do something.
But what has changed today is that we know without a doubt that Trump wasn't just spitballing and gambling that the virus wouldn't be bad, despite experts outside of the federal government telling us it would be. He knew. He fucking knew. He knew it and could articulate how dangerous the situation was going to get. And he chose to pretend otherwise and lie to the nation, forcing others to lie, too. After telling Woodward it was worse than the flu, he tweeted the exact opposite, mocking the idea that it's worse than the flu. After telling Woodward that "young people" are susceptible to it, he said that children are "almost immune" to the virus. And no matter how many ways Trump and his ass remoras attempt to spin this as nobly trying not to panic people, there's a fucking world of difference between yelling, "Fire" in a crowded theatre and telling everyone to just sit still while the fire burns out. This is not fine.
Every single person who knew should have spoken. They should have given Trump the finger and told us, including Bob fucking Woodward. Because how the fuck do we trust anything now? Most of us didn't trust Trump, but we thought we could look at others, look at the CDC or Anthony Fauci and find the truth. But they all decided to stay silent, out of either blind or craven loyalty to Trump or the misguided hope they could mitigate the damage by staying quiet, the pathetic error that so many tainted public servants have made.
snip//
We knew Trump was busily corrupting every part of the government he could get his shit-stained fingers on. We knew that he was too fucking lazy to really take the action that he needed to take, as simple as that may have been. We knew that we needed to amp up production of masks and gloves and fucking tests. We knew that it was goddamn weird that it didn't happen. We knew that the only thing that matters to Trump is re-election, something that Fauci is quoted as saying in Woodward's book. Fuck, we knew that Trump was actually, actively evil and not just stupidly so. The cockscab wants violence in the streets (which is something that makes his claim of trying to prevent panic utterly laughable).
I'm not really shocked by what we've learned. I'm frankly only shocked that Trump went on the record with it. Which means that he thinks he was right to lie to Americans. He said that today, like he's some fuckin' hero for shutting down the information we needed to save our fucking lives. And by so willingly talking to Woodward, it also means that, even though he should be forced out of office and arrested, Trump believes he will suffer no consequences for his evil. And every single time, that has been proven correct. Even now, when he's killed people in the middle of every avenue, the president as our mass murderer. And that, dear Americans, is something we haven't seen in a long damn time.
Sometimes it feels like the sails on our skiffs are broken, and so we are just drifting on the shit sea, buffeted by the waves, wondering if we'll float to land before we die of exposure.
The Rude Pundit: The President Is Our Mass Murderer
https://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-president-is-our-mass-murderer.htmlThe Rude Pundit
Proudly lowering the level of political discourse
9/09/2020
The President Is Our Mass Murderer
snip//
What does it change that we now have Trump on audio telling reporter Bob Woodward that he knew back in early February that COVID-19 was airborne and dangerous, far worse, in his own words, than a "strenuous flu"? What does it change that we now can hear Trump say that he downplayed the virus to the public on purpose? In some ways, obviously, it changes nothing. It doesn't bring back the dead. It doesn't rebuild the lives shattered by the shutdown economy. It doesn't really make us understand Trump any more than we already did. We know that he is the motherfuckingest motherfucker anyone has ever met. We know that he was deliberately avoiding action on coronavirus until the mounting death toll and hospitalizations forced him to do something.
But what has changed today is that we know without a doubt that Trump wasn't just spitballing and gambling that the virus wouldn't be bad, despite experts outside of the federal government telling us it would be. He knew. He fucking knew. He knew it and could articulate how dangerous the situation was going to get. And he chose to pretend otherwise and lie to the nation, forcing others to lie, too. After telling Woodward it was worse than the flu, he tweeted the exact opposite, mocking the idea that it's worse than the flu. After telling Woodward that "young people" are susceptible to it, he said that children are "almost immune" to the virus. And no matter how many ways Trump and his ass remoras attempt to spin this as nobly trying not to panic people, there's a fucking world of difference between yelling, "Fire" in a crowded theatre and telling everyone to just sit still while the fire burns out. This is not fine.
Every single person who knew should have spoken. They should have given Trump the finger and told us, including Bob fucking Woodward. Because how the fuck do we trust anything now? Most of us didn't trust Trump, but we thought we could look at others, look at the CDC or Anthony Fauci and find the truth. But they all decided to stay silent, out of either blind or craven loyalty to Trump or the misguided hope they could mitigate the damage by staying quiet, the pathetic error that so many tainted public servants have made.
snip//
We knew Trump was busily corrupting every part of the government he could get his shit-stained fingers on. We knew that he was too fucking lazy to really take the action that he needed to take, as simple as that may have been. We knew that we needed to amp up production of masks and gloves and fucking tests. We knew that it was goddamn weird that it didn't happen. We knew that the only thing that matters to Trump is re-election, something that Fauci is quoted as saying in Woodward's book. Fuck, we knew that Trump was actually, actively evil and not just stupidly so. The cockscab wants violence in the streets (which is something that makes his claim of trying to prevent panic utterly laughable).
I'm not really shocked by what we've learned. I'm frankly only shocked that Trump went on the record with it. Which means that he thinks he was right to lie to Americans. He said that today, like he's some fuckin' hero for shutting down the information we needed to save our fucking lives. And by so willingly talking to Woodward, it also means that, even though he should be forced out of office and arrested, Trump believes he will suffer no consequences for his evil. And every single time, that has been proven correct. Even now, when he's killed people in the middle of every avenue, the president as our mass murderer. And that, dear Americans, is something we haven't seen in a long damn time.
Sometimes it feels like the sails on our skiffs are broken, and so we are just drifting on the shit sea, buffeted by the waves, wondering if we'll float to land before we die of exposure.
September 10, 2020
Posted on Wed, Sep 9th, 2020 by Jason Easley
Lou Dobbs Calls It A Great Day For Trump After President Confesses To Possible Negligent Homicide
Lou Dobbs was in full propagandist mode as he ignored Trump confessing to what some say is negligent homicide.
Dobbs said, “President Trump today had a great day. A day that any president could only dream of. President Trump started off the day with a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize. That nomination comes weeks after President Trump brokered an historic peace deal between Israel and United Arab Emirates. It’s an achievement that has eluded every president and every administration since the founding of Israel in 1948, and a member of Norway’s parliament submitted the nomination and praised President for his efforts to resolve conflicts worldwide.”
https://twitter.com/i/status/1303804473400270854
A more accurate portrayal of Trump’s day was offered by journalist Carl Bernstein who said, “And as those quotes you were talking about from Mattis and others, demonstrate his unfitness to the president and more than anything, instead of leveling with the country, he covers up. We listen to him cover up this grave national emergency. This is one of the great presidential felonies of all time, maybe the greatest presidential felony. And we have the smoking gun tape of the president committing the felony.”
On a day when Trump confesses on tape to potentially killing tens of thousands of Americans through negligent homicide, the Fox networks are spewing propaganda and calling this a great day for Trump.
Trump did not broker a peace deal. Israel and the UAE were not at war. This was a terrible day for Trump that may have killed his presidency once and for all, but Lou Dobbs was playing to an audience of one with his smoke blowing and rainbows for Donald Trump.
Lou Dobbs Calls It A Great Day For Trump After President Confesses To Possible Negligent Homicide
https://www.politicususa.com/2020/09/09/lou-dobbs-trump-homicide.htmlPosted on Wed, Sep 9th, 2020 by Jason Easley
Lou Dobbs Calls It A Great Day For Trump After President Confesses To Possible Negligent Homicide
Lou Dobbs was in full propagandist mode as he ignored Trump confessing to what some say is negligent homicide.
Dobbs said, “President Trump today had a great day. A day that any president could only dream of. President Trump started off the day with a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize. That nomination comes weeks after President Trump brokered an historic peace deal between Israel and United Arab Emirates. It’s an achievement that has eluded every president and every administration since the founding of Israel in 1948, and a member of Norway’s parliament submitted the nomination and praised President for his efforts to resolve conflicts worldwide.”
https://twitter.com/i/status/1303804473400270854
A more accurate portrayal of Trump’s day was offered by journalist Carl Bernstein who said, “And as those quotes you were talking about from Mattis and others, demonstrate his unfitness to the president and more than anything, instead of leveling with the country, he covers up. We listen to him cover up this grave national emergency. This is one of the great presidential felonies of all time, maybe the greatest presidential felony. And we have the smoking gun tape of the president committing the felony.”
On a day when Trump confesses on tape to potentially killing tens of thousands of Americans through negligent homicide, the Fox networks are spewing propaganda and calling this a great day for Trump.
Trump did not broker a peace deal. Israel and the UAE were not at war. This was a terrible day for Trump that may have killed his presidency once and for all, but Lou Dobbs was playing to an audience of one with his smoke blowing and rainbows for Donald Trump.
September 9, 2020
Senate Republicans don't want to talk about what Trump knew about COVID-19 and when he knew it
Joan McCarter
Daily Kos Staff
Wednesday September 09, 2020 · 3:37 PM EDT
Donald Trump knew. He knew in February how dangerous, how deadly coronavirus was going to be and he deliberately played the severity of it down. Some of the revelations from the Bob Woodward interviews now surfacing are old news. Everyone watching knew he's been lying through his teeth from January onward about the disease and the crisis surrounding it.
No one knew better than the people closest to Trump, including Republican senators. When they voted to acquit Trump on February 5, they knew. They knew that he had obstructed justice, they knew that he was a liar and a cheat and they knew this epidemic had reached our shores and that Trump was likely the least capable person imaginable to deal with what was coming. They let this happen. And now that it's all out in public, not a one of them wants to talk about it. Especially Mitch McConnell. "I didn't look at the Woodward book," he told MSNBC's Kasie Hunt. "I will later. But I haven't even seen what you're referring to yet."
That must have been the talking point sent out to the conference. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Kennedy and Shelley Capito and Rob Portman—not a one of them would comment. They "haven't seen" it, "haven't read it," practically stopped up their ears when it was read to them. Florida man Sen. Rick Scott is the only one ready to make himself complicit by willfully burying his own head in the sand: "I have not read it. I don't want to read it. I think the president did the right thing by stopping flights from China."
You won't be shocked to find out that the Republicans up for reelection in a matter of weeks haven't been rushing out with statements. Remember what Sen. Susan Collins said in April? She said "the president did a lot that was right in the beginning." That's what she said. In the beginning, when he was telling Bob Woodward that he understood the disease was transmitted through the air, that he knew how deadly it would be, that he was deliberately downplaying its dangers. That he was setting up the deaths of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of Americans. He "did a lot that was right," she said.
Here's what she said last week. Last. Week. "[H]e has also done some things right. […] On January 31st, he ended travel to and from China, where the virus and the pandemic originated. He was roundly criticized for that, but it saved lives." She said that. Just like Rick Scott. We haven't heard from her today, though. We haven't heard from most of them.
All these deaths, they're on Trump's head. But not on Trump's head alone. Every single one of those Republican senators who voted against his impeachment bear responsibility. They could see what was coming. They knew Trump would be just as likely to do precisely what he did—try to figure out a way to profit from it, lie about it, blame everyone else for it, and fail to protect the people who elected them.
Senate Republicans don't want to talk about what Trump knew about COVID-19 and when he knew it
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/9/9/1976193/-The-COVID-19-deaths-of-190-000-Americans-are-on-Senate-Republicans-heads-just-as-much-as-on-Trump-sSenate Republicans don't want to talk about what Trump knew about COVID-19 and when he knew it
Joan McCarter
Daily Kos Staff
Wednesday September 09, 2020 · 3:37 PM EDT
Donald Trump knew. He knew in February how dangerous, how deadly coronavirus was going to be and he deliberately played the severity of it down. Some of the revelations from the Bob Woodward interviews now surfacing are old news. Everyone watching knew he's been lying through his teeth from January onward about the disease and the crisis surrounding it.
No one knew better than the people closest to Trump, including Republican senators. When they voted to acquit Trump on February 5, they knew. They knew that he had obstructed justice, they knew that he was a liar and a cheat and they knew this epidemic had reached our shores and that Trump was likely the least capable person imaginable to deal with what was coming. They let this happen. And now that it's all out in public, not a one of them wants to talk about it. Especially Mitch McConnell. "I didn't look at the Woodward book," he told MSNBC's Kasie Hunt. "I will later. But I haven't even seen what you're referring to yet."
That must have been the talking point sent out to the conference. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Kennedy and Shelley Capito and Rob Portman—not a one of them would comment. They "haven't seen" it, "haven't read it," practically stopped up their ears when it was read to them. Florida man Sen. Rick Scott is the only one ready to make himself complicit by willfully burying his own head in the sand: "I have not read it. I don't want to read it. I think the president did the right thing by stopping flights from China."
You won't be shocked to find out that the Republicans up for reelection in a matter of weeks haven't been rushing out with statements. Remember what Sen. Susan Collins said in April? She said "the president did a lot that was right in the beginning." That's what she said. In the beginning, when he was telling Bob Woodward that he understood the disease was transmitted through the air, that he knew how deadly it would be, that he was deliberately downplaying its dangers. That he was setting up the deaths of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of Americans. He "did a lot that was right," she said.
Here's what she said last week. Last. Week. "[H]e has also done some things right. […] On January 31st, he ended travel to and from China, where the virus and the pandemic originated. He was roundly criticized for that, but it saved lives." She said that. Just like Rick Scott. We haven't heard from her today, though. We haven't heard from most of them.
All these deaths, they're on Trump's head. But not on Trump's head alone. Every single one of those Republican senators who voted against his impeachment bear responsibility. They could see what was coming. They knew Trump would be just as likely to do precisely what he did—try to figure out a way to profit from it, lie about it, blame everyone else for it, and fail to protect the people who elected them.
September 9, 2020
Biden, DNC outraised Trump by over $150 million in August
Trump and the RNC announced raising $210 million last month, while Biden and the DNC previously said they brought in $365 million.
By ELENA SCHNEIDER
09/09/2020 01:49 PM EDT
Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee raised $210 million in August, falling $154 million short of Joe Biden’s haul over the same period.
Biden and the Democratic National Committee previously announced raising a stunning $365 million last month, a record-shattering total that Trump failed to match. Neither campaign has yet released their cash-on-hand totals, but last month’s fundraising disparity increases Biden’s chances of closing Trump’s once-formidable cash advantage.
Trump’s campaign touted that August was its largest online fundraising month, bringing in $76 million over its four-day national convention. But Biden’s eye-popping cash haul coincided with the Democratic National Convention and his selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate. Harris, a prolific fundraiser herself, helped Biden dip into pockets of money that were less enthusiastic about his candidacy. In the two days following her announcement as the vice presidential nominee, the Biden campaign raised $48 million.
more...
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/09/biden-outraised-trump-150-million-410832
Biden, DNC outraised Trump by over $150 million in August
Biden, DNC outraised Trump by over $150 million in August
Trump and the RNC announced raising $210 million last month, while Biden and the DNC previously said they brought in $365 million.
By ELENA SCHNEIDER
09/09/2020 01:49 PM EDT
Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee raised $210 million in August, falling $154 million short of Joe Biden’s haul over the same period.
Biden and the Democratic National Committee previously announced raising a stunning $365 million last month, a record-shattering total that Trump failed to match. Neither campaign has yet released their cash-on-hand totals, but last month’s fundraising disparity increases Biden’s chances of closing Trump’s once-formidable cash advantage.
Trump’s campaign touted that August was its largest online fundraising month, bringing in $76 million over its four-day national convention. But Biden’s eye-popping cash haul coincided with the Democratic National Convention and his selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate. Harris, a prolific fundraiser herself, helped Biden dip into pockets of money that were less enthusiastic about his candidacy. In the two days following her announcement as the vice presidential nominee, the Biden campaign raised $48 million.
more...
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/09/biden-outraised-trump-150-million-410832
September 9, 2020
Trump Orders End to Virus Screenings at Airports
Now why would he do this, why would he care??
https://politicalwire.com/2020/09/09/trump-orders-end-to-virus-screenings-at-airports/
Trump Orders End to Virus Screenings at Airports
September 9, 2020 at 3:36 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard
The U.S. government on Monday will stop conducting enhanced screening of passengers on inbound international flights for COVID-19, Yahoo News reports.
September 9, 2020
What they're saying: Cotton said in a statement that he was "honored" by the selection.
more...
https://www.axios.com/trump-supreme-court-list-90b32844-534d-43e2-9b3a-7cdf8ee65e37.html
Trump adds Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz to list of potential Supreme Court justices
Make it stop!!! 
6 mins ago - Politics & Policy
Trump adds Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz to list of potential Supreme Court justices
Alayna Treene
President Trump unveiled Wednesday his revamped list of potential Supreme Court justices that includes 20 new names, including Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) .
Why it matters: Top aides and advisers to the president urged him months ago to put together a new list of justices ahead of Election Day to pump up his base and remind them why a Republican needs to remain in the White House.
Other notable new additions to the list include Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron.
The idea for the revised list took on increased urgency after the court ruled on two major cases in June — one prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity, and another determining the Trump administration violated federal law in how it tried to end the Obama-era DACA program.
The idea for the revised list took on increased urgency after the court ruled on two major cases in June — one prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity, and another determining the Trump administration violated federal law in how it tried to end the Obama-era DACA program.
What they're saying: Cotton said in a statement that he was "honored" by the selection.
more...
https://www.axios.com/trump-supreme-court-list-90b32844-534d-43e2-9b3a-7cdf8ee65e37.html
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