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Thursday, July 9, 2020

Grab Him By The Tax Returns

Dow and S&P tumble after Supreme Court ruling on Trump tax returns

The Dow and the broader US stock market tumbled on Thursday after the Supreme Court dealt a blow to the Trump administration.

Stocks were mixed ahead of the ruling, but dropped firmly into negative territory after its release in the late morning.

Today’s rulings are like saying a baseball player will have to tell you if they were on steroids but not until after the World Series. - The Hoarse Whisperer tweet

The World Is A Safer Place Without ~~Saddam~~ Trump

Dr. Fauci to the WSJ: “I think any state that is having a serious problem, that state should seriously look at shutting down. It’s not for me to say, because each state is different.” Major outbreaks right now in CA, TX, FL, AZ

Jesus. Pence Wants Health Care Workers To Reuse Their Masks.
Former George W. Bush White House medical advisor Dr. Jonathan Reiner called out Vice President Mike Pence for once again advising health care professionals to reuse personal protective equipment (PPE) four months into the nation’s coronavirus outbreak.

Republican Shenanigans

Four years of Betsy DeVos is more than enough. We need a Secretary of Education who is actually a public school educator. - Joe Biden

CIA Gets Sandbagged By Putin

Not long after the Russia-Taliban bounty scandal first started unfolding in public view, a bombshell new report from Just Security claims that President Donald Trump directed the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to provide the Russian government with U.S. intelligence information concerning terrorist groups in the Middle East—whom Vladimir Putin was likely supplying with weapons—without getting anything in return.

The Donald Trump Presidential Library will be a book cart he pushes around prison with unread copies of the Art of the Deal. - Middle Age Riot

Borat Pranks Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani called the NYPD when “Borat” star Sacha Baron Cohen — wearing a spangly pink bikini — tried to prank him into a spoof interview.

The former mayor and personal attorney to President Trump went to the Mark Hotel on Tuesday for what he thought was a serious interview about the administration’s response to COVID-19.

Trump is more terrified of Cy Vance (NY) getting his taxes than Congress getting them because the State of New York can indict both Donald Trump and his entire family for state crimes and pardons can't protect them. - Red tweet

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Rock The Voter News

Americans Overwhelmingly Favor Sending Trump Back to School in Fall. - Andy Borowitz

Oh, here’s that genetically superior master race

Melania Statue Set On Fire In Slovenia
A wooden sculpture of U.S. first lady Melania Trump was torched near her hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia, on the night of July Fourth, as Americans celebrated U.S. Independence Day, said the artist who commissioned the sculpture.

People Who Attended Trump’s Tulsa Rally Say It Was Worth Getting Covid To See Trump Drink Water. - Andy Borowitz

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Business/Tech News

Man Can’t Shake Feeling That Someone Other Than Government, Employer, Advertisers Watching Him . - The Onion

UK SUPERMARKETS: Hey Hey USA, Keep Your Chlorinated Chicken!
A series of leading UK supermarkets have told Business Insider that they will never sell chlorinated chicken or hormone-injected beef from the US, in a blow to those pushing for UK food standards to be dropped in order to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with Trump.

I was in Manhattan today. Did not see a single person without a mask. Not one. - Mia Farrow

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Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Trump admin urged CIA to share intelligence with the Kremlin — and took no action against Russia arming the Taliban: report

Trump admin urged CIA to share intelligence with the Kremlin — and took no action against Russia arming the Taliban: report
U.S. intel officials have been alleging that according to their sources, the Russian government offered a bounty to Taliban extremists if they would kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Just Security discussed these allegations with some former Trump Administration officials, trying to get some insights on what President Donald Trump and his officials knew about Russian government activity in Afghanistan.

Clutching their pearls must be getting super slippery what with all the blood on republicans’ hands. - Scott Linnen

The World Is A Safer Place Without ~~Saddam~~ Trump

Does Tucker Carlson want to walk a mile in my legs and then tell me whether or not I love America? - Sen. Tammy Duckworth

US Supreme Court: Right Wing Christians Have The Right To Discriminate
The U.S. Supreme Court, siding with Catholic schools in a legal dispute with teachers who said they were unlawfully dismissed, ruled on Wednesday that religious institutions like churches and schools are shielded from employment discrimination lawsuits.

Mary Trump’s book depicts how Donald Trump never belonged anywhere near the levers of power. It’s highly valuable to understand what went so badly wrong with this broken human. Then we need a book explaining the mass hypnosis & malignancy that attracts millions to this sickness. - Steven Beschloss

Republican Shenanigans

To all the “don’t tell me I have to wear a mask“ motherf-ckers out there, I got a couple a “my body, my choice” signs I’m not using right now. Come on by and grab ‘em on your way to the ICU. - Ron Perlman tweet

Rosaries Will Soon Be Inserted In Ovaries
US Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump admin. to give the nation's employers more leeway in refusing to provide free birth control for their workers.

Good god. I’m Canadian and if my employer had any say in my birth control I’d lose my whole damn mind. - ghost dog tweet

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Ban Viagra. God made you impotent for a reason. - Marie Connor tweet

Not a single Republican has condemned Putin for putting bounties on American soldier’s heads. Not one.

It’s pretty damn clear that Republicans do not support the troops. - Hamish Mitchell tweet

Rock The Voter News

Just wanted to remind everyone that Betsy DeVos, who thinks all schools should fully reopen -- no matter what -- is the same person who thought guns should be allowed in schools because grizzly bears. - Brooklyn Dad Defiant tweet

Republican WNBA Owner Dissed By Her Players
The WNBA is no stranger to issues of social justice.
Tuesday, the organization distanced itself from Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R_GA), a co-owner of the Atlanta Dream, following her objection to the WNBA's plans to honor the Black Lives Matter movement.
"The WNBA is based on the principle of equal and fair treatment of all people and we, along with the teams and players, will continue to use our platforms to vigorously advocate for social justice," the league said in a statement.

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Business/Tech News

Withdrawing from the WHO in the middle of a pandemic is like... not having a punchline for one of the saddest “jokes” in human history. - Dan Rather

I Hope This Is A Good Thing And Not Another Rip-off
The U.S. government is investing $42 million to help Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) ramp up its production of syringes and needles ahead of the future coronavirus vaccination push.
The U.S.’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), committed to providing $42 million for a $70 million project to expand BD’s manufacturing operations in Nebraska, according to a press release.

We used to stand up for human rights, but now we lock kids in cages.

We launched the Civil Rights Movement, but now we put 1 in 3 Black men in jail.

We had the world’s best epidemic response program, but now we are the banned disease-carrying ones.

We need a new America. - George Takei

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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Kanye West? The Girl Scouts? Hedge funds? All got PPP loans

Kanye West? The Girl Scouts? Hedge funds? All got PPP loans
The government's small business lending program has benefited millions of companies, with the goal of minimizing the number of layoffs Americans have suffered in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Yet the recipients include many you probably wouldn't have expected.

It seems everyone but small businesses received PPP loans. I wouldn't be surprised to learn Putin received a PPP loan. - Christopher Blouzy tweet

The World Is A Safer Place Without ~~Saddam~~ Trump

God is punishing Bolsonaro with covid because even Brazil has a giant statue of white Jesus. - DKnight10000 tweet

It's all good!

Meanwhile, Facebook's Advertisers Flee Their Hate Filled Platform
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer, on Tuesday promised in a blog post that the social media giant will get “get better and faster” at rooting out hate speech on its platforms.

I can’t believe the president is letting the people die and the confederate statues live. - Molly Jong-Fast

Republican Shenanigans

Tammy Duckworth lost her legs after fighting for this country. Tucker Carlson lost his bow tie after fighting with Jon Stewart. - Jeremy Newberger tweet

Jesus Said This to the Money Changers He Threw Out of the Temple: My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
A Dallas megachurch whose pastor has been a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump was approved for a forgivable loan worth $2 million to $5 million, according to long-awaited government data released on Monday.
Vice President Mike Pence spoke at a rally last month at the First Baptist Church of Dallas, whose pastor, Robert Jeffress, has been on Trump's evangelical advisory board.

Trump Freaks Out After Giant Statue of Obama Suddenly Appears on White House Lawn. - Andy Borowitz

Raise your hand 🤚🏻 if you didn’t have to pay someone to take the SATs for you. - David Cicilline tweet

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Trump Blames Increased Number of Coronavirus Cases on Math. - Andy Borowitz

Rock The Voter News

Excellent Idea Having Police Take Out Personal Insurance. It Sure Would Separate The Wheat From The Chaff
A New York state lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require officers to obtain personal liability insurance as an incentive to crack down on police misconduct.
The legislation, introduced by state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi (D-Bronx), would require all officers possess personal liability insurance to cover any lawsuits filed against them about excessive force, abuse, or other misconduct claims against them, according to a press release.

I will never forgive my grudge against the members of my profession who treated Hillary's Emails as if they were the most important issue facing voters in 2016. On my deathbed, I will still carry resentment for what they did to my country. - Ian Millhiser, Vox

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I'd love to know why Deutsche Bank gave trump an unsecured $2B loan when nobody else would touch him. - BrooklynDad_Defiant tweet

Business/Tech News

An oldie but a goodie

I would like to congratulate my colleagues at universities around the world. You will now get to teach a lot of wonderful non-US students who would have otherwise come to school here in the US. Your leaders may not be perfect, but they are not as inept and malicious as ours. - Stephen Walt tweet, Harvard

So How's That Trade Deal With China Going...
The United States is "looking at" banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday.
Pompeo suggested the possible move during an interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham, adding that "we're taking this very seriously."

If I die after I pay my rent, sit me on the couch till da 30th. - Cxlby_ tweet

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