Whistleblower: TSA Failed To Protect Staff, Endangered Passengers During Pandemic

Whistleblower: TSA Failed To Protect Staff, Endangered Passengers During Pandemic
The Transportation Security Administration withheld N-95 masks from staff and exhibited "gross mismanagement" in its response to the Coronavirus crisis – leaving employees and travelers vulnerable during the most urgent days of the pandemic, a senior TSA official alleges in a new whistleblower complaint.

The only positive thing about the past 4 years is that Trumpism has unmasked all the traitors. - Publious tweet

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• The Kremlin publicly denied that Putin can 'play Trump like a fiddle' as claimed by John Bolton
• Retired generals pull support for Trump nominee after offensive tweets uncovered by CNN
• CNN Torpedoes Trump: 'Be Better' and Stop 'Tweeting Fake Videos That Exploit Innocent Children'
• State Department official quits over Trump response to racial tensions 
• Leaked CDC document contradicts Pence claim that U.S. coronavirus cases 'have stabilized'
• Florida and Texas governors blame spike in coronavirus cases on increased testing 
• Tulsa imposes curfew ahead of Trump rally
• 'It’s going to be safe.' Oklahoma Gov. Stitt says state is ready for pivotal Tulsa campaign rally
• British Columbia closes cross-border loophole in Canada-U.S. park
• Police officer involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor to be fired, Louisville mayor announces

White House Staff Seething with Envy After Fauci Reveals He Has Not Spoken to Trump in Two Weeks - Andy Borowitz

Spring Break Was Such A Boon To Florida!
Florida added another 3,207 coronavirus cases Thursday, shattering the previous daily record as the state emerges as an alarming hot spot among places grappling with a resurgence of the disease...There have been 85,926 coronavirus cases reported in Florida since the outbreak began and 3,061 deaths. The state reported 43 additional COVID-19 deaths Thursday.

Trump Says He Has No Intention of Having Bolton’s Book Read Aloud to Him - Andy Borowitz

Republican Shenanigans

• President Trump threatens protesters ahead of Tulsa rally
• Twitter labels video tweeted by Trump as 'manipulated media'
• Trump signals he will submit new paperwork on DACA after Supreme Court decision
• Trump mounts campaign for more debates against Biden
• Justice Department defends prosecutors in Flynn case
• Mulvaney: Trump ‘didn’t hire very well,’ doesn’t mesh with ‘military personality’
• Bolton lawyers call DOJ attempt to halt book's publication ‘surreal’ — and too late
• Schwarzenegger: Anyone making coronavirus masks a "political issue is an absolute moron"

Donald Trump has broken the law and violated the Constitution every single day of his Presidency. And the GOP has helped him do it. - Rob Reiner 

We vant to be alone.

Don Jr. Questions Trump About the Roswell UFO Event
President Donald Trump says he’s heard some interesting things about Roswell, but he’s not sharing even with his eldest child.
Trump made the comments Thursday in a Father’s Day-themed interview with his son Don Trump Jr., hosted by the president’s reelection campaign. Don Jr. wound down his interview by jokingly asking his Dad/President if he would ever divulge more information about Roswell, the New Mexico city known for its proximity to arguably most famous UFO event — “and let us know what’s really going on.”

I'm old enough to remember when Republican politicians could denounce Nazis without alienating their base. - Middle Age Riot

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Rock The Voter News

• Dems request watchdog probe use of federal law enforcement in DC during Floyd protests
• California enacts November mail-ballot law — with surprising GOP support
• Pelosi removes paintings of Confederate leaders from Capitol

Sen. Klobuchar Wants A Woman of Color As Vice President
Sen. Klobuchar announces she is withdrawing from consideration to be Joe Biden's vice presidential choice: "I think this is a moment to put a woman of color on that ticket."

Tomorrow during Trumps big klan rally would be a really, really great time for Biden to announce Harris as his VP.  

Just saying.... - lisastark35 tweet

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Business/Tech News

• The Trump Administration paid millions for test tubes — and got unusable mini soda bottles
• Warren wants to know why Pence rejected U.S. goods in COVID fight
• AMC won't require face masks when theaters reopen to avoid 'political controversy'
• Microsoft president swipes at rivals like Apple in urging scrutiny of app stores
• Vatican calls on Catholics to divest from fossil fuels
• Trump scrolls through his phone while small business owners share their pandemic stories

Juneteenth is henceforth considered a US holiday at Tesla & SpaceX. - Elon Musk

Labor Group Expels Seattle Police Union For Racism
The largest labor group in the Seattle area has expelled the city's police union, saying the guild representing officers failed to address racism within its ranks.
The vote Wednesday night by the King County Labor Council to exclude the Seattle Police Officers Guild comes after weeks of protests in the city over police brutality and racism following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

I pray that tomorrow in Tulsa there is no violence. I pray it doesn’t lead to a further spike in illness. But make no mistake. President Trump bears responsibility for whatever happens. He is provoking and inciting a confrontation with glee. - Dan Rather

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Odd News

• Men should cut back on booze, federal panel says
• $11M lottery ticket spent a week in oblivious winner's purse
• Using a giant balloon, startup wants to 'launch' space tourists from Kennedy Space Center
• Giant cherry found on Italian farm unofficially breaks world record
• 'The Bold and the Beautiful' employs blow-up doll for love scenes
• Florida man with machete face tattoo accused of machete attack

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This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope depicts NGC 7027, or the “Jewel Bug” nebula. I don't see a jewel or a bug. But I do see a bird's head on the middle right.

Peace.

Trump asked China's Xi for reelection help and told him to keep building concentration camps

Bolton book bombshells: Trump asked China's Xi for reelection help and told him to keep building concentration camps
Former national security adviser John Bolton has leveled a stunning accusation against his former boss, claiming in his new book that President Donald Trump personally asked his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to help him win the 2020 US presidential election, according to a copy obtained by CNN Wednesday.

 John Bolton swore there were WMDs and still thinks 4485+ dead Americans that weren't his kids were totally worth it and suddenly he's the good guy here. - John Fugelsang

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• Atlanta police call in sick to protest felony murder charge of officer who shot Rayshard Brooks
• Trump Complains to Hannity 'Police Have Not Been Treated Fairly in Our Country' During Protests Over Police Killings
• Al Sharpton Warns Police Will Continue Acting in 'Demonic Fashion' Without Legal Accountability
• Texas man arrested by FBI for allegedly threatening to kill Black Lives Matter protesters
• Half-brother of Robert Fuller killed by police amid hanging death investigation
• Florida bridge at 'risk of an imminent collapse,' Coast Guard says

Trump might not be a good president, but he's turning out to be a great book publicist. - The Lincoln Project

Good Thing Trump Has Crappy Lawyers
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday to block the Trump administration from ending an Obama-era program that shields nearly 700,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation, upending a key feature of President Trump’s immigration agenda.
In a fractured decision, the justices said the administration failed to give an adequate justification for terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, as required by federal law.

Brett Kavanaugh, who sided in favor of deporting DREAMers, remains who we always knew he was. - Brian Fallon

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump Said ‘Scumbag’ Journalists ‘Should Be Executed’: Bolton Book
• Trump Lashes Out About Trailing Biden in Battleground States: 'The Polls Are Fake' — 'In My Polls We're Ahead'
• GOP Sen. Grassley Says He’s Introducing Bill to Protect IGs After Recent Trump Admin Firings
• Robert Mueller Sued for Defamation Over Footnote That Hinted at Infamous Golden Shower Footage
• White House Chaos and ‘Personal Favors to Dictators’: 11 Insane Revelations From Bolton's Book
• The Best People: Here’s a List of Everyone President Trump Hired and Then Destroyed on Twitter
• Pro-Trump activist booted from flight for not wearing mask
• FAA says it won't make masks on planes mandatory

Donald Trump is better than Barack Obama at one thing: killing citizens. - Middle Age Riot

Trump Tries Pandering To African Americans
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick may get a second chance at a professional football career, and even President Donald Trump thinks he deserves a shot.
On Wednesday, Trump was interviewed by Sinclair correspondent Scott Thuman, who asked him about Kaepernick and whether he deserved another chance to play for an NFL team.

Republican Senators Report Sudden Vision Impairment Rendering Them Unable To Read John Bolton’s Book. - Andy Borowitz

Trump’s Confusion About Finland Being Part of Russia Shows Alarming Ignorance, Says Sarah Palin. - Andy Borowitz

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Just a reminder that six months ago today, Donald Trump was impeached. - Roland Scahill

Rock The Voter News

• Biden launches first general election ads targeting states Trump won in 2016
• Top Democrats express outrage at Bolton book allegations
• Pelosi says 4 portraits of former House speakers who served in the Confederacy to be removed Friday

Most Americans Can't Stand Their Kids Any Longer!
A slight majority of U.S. parents said they would prefer their children to return to full-time in-person schooling in the fall, according to a new Gallup poll. 
Fifty-six percent of parents of children who attend a K-12 school said they favor their children returning to school full-time, in-person in the fall, according to the poll released Thursday. 

Jimmy Carter Checks Into Rehab For Debilitating House-Building Addiction - The Onion

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Business/Tech News

• Nike, Target, Twitter and more make Juneteenth a paid company holiday
• Rubio to introduce bill allowing NCAA athletes to make money from name, likeness
• Apple officially starts accepting Mac trade-ins at retail stores
• Twitter will let you tweet with your voice

Hilarious now that anyone thought it was a plot hole that after the events of Jurassic Park that people would dare 

A) Re-open the park  

B) Be eager to visit the re-opened Park
- Chris Calogero

Google Chrome Users Attacked By Spyware
A newly discovered spyware effort attacked users through 32 million downloads of extensions to Google’s market-leading Chrome web browser, researchers at Awake Security told Reuters, highlighting the tech industry’s failure to protect browsers as they are used more for email, payroll and other sensitive functions.

Do anti-science eras normally end well? - Andy Slavitt

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Odd News

• Hey, Siri, I'm getting pulled over. How your iPhone can auto record your police encounter
• Coal-burning in Siberia led to climate change 250 million years ago
• Plan to release genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida gets go-ahead
• Man stacks three eggs for Guinness World Record
• Cows take over beer garden at closed restaurant and hotel
• Police chase escaped racehorses through Australian city

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I would love to snorkel beside that turtle in the Galapagos Islands, just for the peace and quiet.

Peace.

‘Of Course Not’: Dr. Fauci Says He Definitely Wouldn’t Attend Trump’s Tulsa Rally, Warns ‘We Haven’t Gotten Out of Our First Wave’

‘Of Course Not’: Dr. Fauci Says He Definitely Wouldn’t Attend Trump’s Tulsa Rally, Warns ‘We Haven’t Gotten Out of Our First Wave’

The nation’s top infectious diseases expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, warned that the country hasn’t yet finished with its first wave of the Covid-19 outbreak and definitively swore off personally attending a massive indoor rally like the upcoming Trump campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Dr. Fauci Still Years Behind Melania’s Record of Not Speaking To Trump. - Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• Fauci: why the public wasn't told to wear masks when the coronavirus pandemic began
• 'Don't Come': Oklahoma Republican Senator Warns Older Trump Supporters to Stay Away From Tulsa Rally
• Florida, Texas and Arizona set records for daily COVID-19 cases
• Masks no longer required in West Wing, McEnany says
• Judge orders Mnuchin to give Native American tribes full stimulus funding
• US fighter jets intercept Russian aircraft off Alaska coast for 2nd time in week

I wonder if police ever think about why there's no song called "f-ck the fire department" or "f-ck the paramedics." - Travon tweet

Yes, Bring In The U.N. Please!
The brother of George Floyd, an unarmed black man whose death in police custody set off protests worldwide, is calling on the United Nations Human Rights Council to establish an independent commission to study police brutality against black people in the U.S.

If Trump goes ahead with this rally, I’m going to watch.I’m going to imagine all those invisible particulates spewing out of shouting mouths & hovering like a cloud over the crowd.As Trump sniffs his way through his lies & hate, I want to see the exact moment he is infected. - Woman In The Moon tweet

Republican Shenanigans

• McConnell signals he will not negotiate police reform with Democrats before vote
• Trump administration sued over marine monument rollback
• Trump golf club in Florida requests rent relief, citing coronavirus impact
• White House throws support behind GOP police reform bill
• Flynn's lawyers accuse outside counsel of 'flagrant personal and partisan assault'
•  Colbert and Kimmel Mock Trump's 'Pile of Crap' Lawsuit Against John Bolton
• Oklahoma State football coach apologizes for wearing OAN t-shirt
• Fox Anchor Presses Kellyanne Conway on Pence's 'Rosy' Coronavirus Op-Ed: Is That In Line With Health Experts?

Trump Proposes Overruling Supreme Court by Creating Supremer Court. - Andy Borowitz

Senate Covers For Their Inside Trader
The Senate Ethics Committee has dropped its investigation into whether Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) engaged in insider trading before the coronavirus pandemic roiled financial markets.

Trump Grateful That Vast Majority of Supporters Unable To Read Most Words In Bolton’s Book. - Andy Borowitz

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Congress Moving Toward Safer Vote-By-Paper-Airplane Option - The Onion

Rock The Voter News

• Kamala Harris Responds to Activist Who Said She Shouldn't Be VP Because She 'Put Black People in Jail'
• 'People Are Hurting Here': Darby Preparing For Visit From Joe Biden
• Joe Biden and Democrats post record fundraising total in May

This country is being run like one of Donald Trump’s businesses. - John Fugelsang

How Many Republicans Will JUST SAY NO To Mandatory Facemasks?
Nancy Pelosi is tightening the rules. Late Tuesday, she asked committee chairs to require masks at all hearings — and authorized the sergeant at arms to bar anyone who refuses to cover their face, according to a senior aide familiar with the request. 

If Barron Trump wanted to rebel against his parents, all he would have to do is be a decent human being. - Middle Age Riot

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Trump hasn't tweeted anything in fifteen hours. Must be something wrong with the wifi in the underground bunker. - Palmer Report tweet

Business/Tech News

• FCC Commissioner Suggests Opening Google to Liability After it Whacked The Federalist
• Joe Scarborough EXPLODES Over Facebook ‘Promoting’ Extremism: Mark Zuckerberg is ‘LYING’ to You!
• Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is donating $120 million to historically black colleges and universities
• Target permanently raising hourly minimum wage to $15

And Just Like That Aunt Jemima Bites The Dust. Yep, Times They Are A Changin'
The Aunt Jemima brand of syrup and pancake mix will get a new name and image, Quaker Oats announced Wednesday, saying the company recognizes that "Aunt Jemima's origins are based on a racial stereotype."
The 130-year-old brand features a Black woman named Aunt Jemima, who was originally dressed as a minstrel character.

Y’all: you should have been using real maple syrup anyway. - Kimberly Atkins

Overheard: Has Covid-19 forced you to wear a mask and glasses at the same time? You may be entitled to condensation. - George Takei

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Odd News

• A Breathtaking 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse Will Adorn Our Skies This Weekend
• Astronomers detect regular rhythm of radio waves, with origins unknown
• The First Dinosaur Eggs Were Soft-Shelled, And So Was "The Thing" From Antarctic
• Large non-native snapping turtle captured in Virginia
• Package containing 32 bags of marijuana delivered to wrong home

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One thing I miss here in Costa Rica are affordable pistachios. They are available as they are imported from California but they cost around a gazillion dollars a gram.

Peace.