Tuesday, July 28, 2020

AG Barr Calls Black Lives Matter Protests in Portland ‘an Assault’ on U.S. Government

AG Barr Calls Black Lives Matter Protests in Portland ‘an Assault’ on U.S. Government
In his first appearance ever before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Attorney General William Barr declined to say that political concerns weren't animating the Trump


Bill Barr Tests Negative for Integrity. - Andy Borowitz




The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

Living in the US right now is like being in an Aesop fable with incredibly stupid animals. - Andy Borowitz





Portland Protesters Suing Trump Administration
A group of Portland, Oregon, protesters is suing the Trump administration, alleging that the actions of federal agents in the city violated their constitutional rights, went beyond legal authority and were directed by someone not formally confirmed in their role.
The nonprofit Protect Democracy filed the federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C., on behalf of individual protesters and the groups Don't Shoot Portland and Wall of Moms.


‘We Are Upholding The Rule Of Law,’ Bill Barr Tells Congress While Federal Agents Drag Jerry Nadler Into Unmarked Van - The Onion




Do they still play Hail to the Chief when Trump walks into the room or have they changed it to Sad Trombone. - Jeff Tiedrich



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Dr. Fauci Reports That Alcohol May Help People Survive Coronavirus Briefings. - Andy Borowitz





Even The Drug Makers Don't Like Trump
A White House meeting with top pharmaceutical executives that President Donald Trump promised for Tuesday is off, five industry sources familiar with discussions told POLITICO. Three said the drug-pricing discussion was canceled because the major drug lobbies, reeling from Friday’s cluster of executive orders on the topic, refused to send any members.


I mean we all know the government is run by reptiles disguised as humans. - DKnight10000




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John Lewis lies in State while Bill Barr lies to the House. There couldn't be a greater contrast. - Brian Drury tweet


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I'm proud to live in a country  
that shares borders with two other countries  
that have high enough standards to not let us in. - John Fugelsang


Surprise. Surprise. Trump Campaign Is Laundering Money.
An ethics watchdog group has accused President Donald Trump's reelection campaign of obscuring nearly $170 million worth of campaign spending through so-called "pass-through" vendors linked to campaign leadership instead of disclosing the true recipients of the funds.







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Trump Accuses Fauci of Using Fifty Years of Experience as Doctor to Win People’s Trust. - Andy Borowitz






Don Jr. Receives Hand Slap From Twitter
Twitter has banned the US president's eldest son from tweeting for 12 hours.
The punishment followed a post by Donald Trump Jr containing a video discussing the benefits of Hydroxychloroquine.
Some, including President Trump, have suggested the drug works as a preventative measure against coronavirus, despite medical studies that indicate the contrary.




Idea: we hire Jeff Goldblum to calmly talk this virus into chilling out. - Conan O'Brien





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I literally slid down a mountain hanging to branches, bushes, whatever to get to this waterfall, yet my shoes and slacks remain white. Pacific Guanacaste, Costa Rica, 2003.

Peace.


Monday, July 27, 2020

Portland protests again culminate in use of tear gas by federal agents

Portland protests again culminate in use of tear gas by federal agents
A large protest in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday night started peacefully but intensified early Monday, leading to the use of tear gas by federal agents, following a recent pattern. Demonstrators have been raising their voices against police brutality and for racial justice.


President Email Lady wouldn't be teargassing your mom, just saying. - Jeff Tiedrich




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It's almost like the Trump administration wants us to go full French Revolution on their asses. - DKnight10000 tweet





Sen. Tom Cotton, Republican of course, Goes Full Blown Bigot
Controversial Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) called slavery the nation’s “necessary evil” in a new interview published Sunday.
The senator told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that slavery was the evil ”upon which the union was built.”
He made the stunning comment while discussing how slavery should be taught in schools.


Of course Tom Cotton is something of an expert in slavery, having been owned for the past three-plus years by his master, Donald Trump. - Andy Borowitz





Rand Paul Thanks Tom Cotton for Replacing Him as Most Hated Person in Senate. - Andy Borowitz





Republican Shenanigans

The reason Melania is redesigning the Rose Garden is that Jacqueline Kennedy originally reimagined what it is today.

Melania desperately wants to be Jackie, but, instead, comes off as Marie Antoinette. - Nick Jack Pappas






I Wonder Which GOP Senator Sally Yates Will Crucify First?
Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will testify next week as part of a Republican probe into the Russia investigation.
Yates will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on August 5, Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said during an interview with Fox News Radio on Monday...A spokesperson for Graham confirmed that Yates will testify as part of a public hearing. Yates didn't immediately respond to a request for comment about the hearing, which comes as Senate Republicans ramp up their Obama-era investigations.




Marie Antoinette would TOTALLY nod her head to Melania trump's tone-deaf aloofness if she still had a head. - Brooklyn Dad Defiant tweet 





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Departing for North Carolina, President Trump says he will not be visiting Rep John Lewis who is laying in state at the US Capitol. - Jonathan Lemire, AP



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How many Americans have to die of COVID before it equals one but her emails? - OhNoSheTwitnt


Who Knew That Playing Sports Transmits a Virus?
Multiple outlets are reporting that Major League Baseball will hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss the remainder of the already-truncated 2020 season, after more than a dozen members of just one team tested positive for COVID-19.
The Miami Marlins postponed their July 27 home opener (against the Baltimore Orioles) after 14 players and coaches from the team tested positive for the coronavirus, sources tell ESPN. The Marlins had just wrapped a weekend series in Philadelphia against the Phillies, after playing exhibition games in Atlanta.






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Millionaires & Billionaires are bitching about unemployed Americans making $31,200. - Woman In The Moon tweet



Business/Tech News

Nation’s CEOs Sign Pledge To Continue F-cking Over Americans - The Onion





Google Allows Employees To Google From Home Till June 2021
Alphabet Inc's Google said on Monday it would allow employees, who do not need to be in the office, to work from home until the end of June 2021.
Google had said in May it would begin reopening more offices globally as early as June this year, but most Google employees would likely work from home until the end of this year.


Our father, who art in heaven-- what the hell, man? - Conan O'Brien






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Mykonos Island, Greece. I couldn't take my eyes off that sunset. What's wrong with that couple?

Peace.


Friday, July 24, 2020

Trump scraps Republican convention in virus 'flare-up'

Trump scraps Republican convention in virus 'flare-up'
President Donald Trump has cancelled the pre-election Republican party convention in Florida, blaming the coronavirus "flare-up". Part of the convention will go ahead in North Carolina,


Trump Expected To Be Leading Cause of Death in 2020. - Andy Borowitz





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Hearing the absent doctors’ observations revised by Trump at these covid briefings is like watching Shakespeare performed by a hyena. - Andy Borowitz





THE TRUMP EFFECT: Dr. Fauci & Family Received Death Threats
Anthony Fauci revealed a chilling personal consequence of his prominence as the nation’s top infectious disease expert during the coronavirus pandemic.
Fauci said on Thursday that he’s received “serious threats” to himself, his wife and daughters ― requiring them to have extra security ― because of his public role as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and adviser to President Donald Trump on the White House coronavirus task force.


The U.S. has 4.3% of the world’s population and 26.1% of the world’s COVID-19 cases. - Daniel Uhlfelder 





Republican Shenanigans

Never has one president worked so hard to fail to convince us that he doesn't have brain damage. - Jeff Tiedrich



Dear God, Pimping at Mar-a-Lago
An extensive collection of “extremely personal” documents in civil litigation against British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell can be unsealed, a Manhattan federal court judge ruled on Thursday....The decision over these records stems from Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre’s 2015 civil lawsuit against Maxwell. Giuffre has alleged that Maxwell recruited her to work as Epstein’s masseuse at 15 years old, when she worked as a locker-room attendant in Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in south Florida.








Canadian border agents say "No thanks, you diseased ingrate" in the most polite way. - Conan O'Brien





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How does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stay so thin when she regularly eats congressmen for lunch? - Middle Age Riot






Nepotism Gone Bad
Kimberly Guilfoyle under fire for Trump fundraising disarray. Interviews depict an operation beset by departures, staffers with no prior fundraising experience and accusations of irresponsible spending.






If the networks are going to give Trump a free hour every day for his stream of consciousness jams, they should give Biden the same amount of time to make sense. - Kona Lowell




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Not a single Republican in Congress voted to cut our bloated military budget by a measly 10%.
Meanwhile, they want to cut expanded unemployment benefits down to just $100 a WEEK during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
Their priorities are crystal clear. - Robert Reich





Business/Tech News

How moving and validating it must be for Colin Kaepernick to witness the MLB players and coaches take a knee. The nation owes him a debt of gratitude. The NFL owes him his job back. - George Takei




Alaska Is Next On Trump's Hit List
The Trump administration has determined that a proposed mine in Alaska would not impact salmon harvests in the area, reversing an Obama-era determination that it would.
“There would be no measurable change in the number of returning salmon,” said the new assessment of the environmental impacts of the controversial Pebble Mine. 


Motion to make it legal to tase anyone walking around crowded areas without a mask. - Rex Huppke



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Come fly with me to Saturn.

Peace and Stay Safe.