Last Season- Trump Reality Show: 2020 The White House

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Last Season- Trump Reality Show: 2020 The White House

Trump's Alternate Universe Collides with Reality

Trump, a president obsessed with winning, spends the day refusing to admit
his loss to Biden

- Ashley Parker
- Josh Dawsey

November 7, 2020

On Saturday-
the outside world seemed determined to force a man not known for his introspection
to grapple with the magnitude of his loss.

A CNN chyron blared: “Cities erupt in celebration after Biden beats Trump.”

“We’ve got a long way to go,” (Trump) said-seeming to refer to the 2020 election results,
while offering a thumbs-up and fist pump, according to a club member who snapped a
photo of him as he zipped by in his cart.

The excursion marked Trump’s 209th day golfing since becoming president, according to
CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller — 104 more than Barack Obama.

Both Trump’s home city of New York and his temporary one of Washington —
where 92.6 percent of voters chose Biden — were awash in euphoria

Biden supporters thronged to the White House almost immediately, prompting officials to
use snowplows to help move the crowd to make way for Trump’s motorcade when he
returned from golf, clad in a crisp white “Make America Great Again” hat.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...b627ce-2123-11eb-b532-05c751cd5dc2_story.html

 

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OH NO - VOTER FRAUD PROVEN BY WHITE HOUSE!!!

November 8, 2020

- triumph110
Daily Kos

So the White House just released a report from The Heritage Foundation PROVING (?)
voter fraud.

First off —
yes there are always idiots that will try to vote twice, sometimes even on purpose.
The Heritage Foundation found over 1000 cases of election fraud, and again
they will hype it as over 1000 when it is barely over at 1071 cases.

Second —
if you look at the report the cases are not from 2020 or even 2016 but go as far back
as the 1990’s (I did not go through every case — for all I know they could go back
even further) So we have OVER 1000 CASES (whoopie) from the past 30 years.
In fact, just in Presidential Elections since 1992 — 960,000,000 votes have been cast.
Off year elections probably add another 600,000,000 votes. What is the percentage
of fraud cases the White house is reporting vs the votes cast? At 1.5 billion votes
and 1078 cases the percentage is .0000714%.

Third —
This report of over 1000 cases were not all Presidential elections, even in the report
it states that a lot of the fraud was from local elections.


Fourth —
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY — The Heritage Foundation conveniently omitted
one very important fact. Which party did these fraudsters vote for?
No where in the “report” does it list the party affiliation of the fraudster
OR who they voted for. My guess? Because a majority of the cheaters,
as always, were Republicans voting for Republicans.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/11/8/1994159/-OH-NO-VOTER-FRAUD-PROVEN-BY-WHITE-HOUSE

"According to a database maintained by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative
think tank, there have been only a handful of voter fraud cases over the past
few years."

 

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Since when does the Lamestream Media call who our next president will be?
We have all learned a lot in the last two weeks!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 8, 2020


4 hours ago


The American people deserve fair elections.
Every legal – not illegal – vote should be counted.
We must protect our democracy with complete transparency.

— Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) November 8, 2020


4 hours ago

https://www.mediaite.com/election-2...en-melania-tweets-support-for-election-fight/

 

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Crawling out from under a rock, to speak the Trump election fraud slogans on FOXTV

Newt Gingrich on FOX TV, spewing nonsense about voter fraud, Deep State, George Soros

"Fox News has never been transparent about Gingrich’s true conflict of interest in supporting
the Trump administration on TV (and spreading false information to their viewers.)
Trump named his wife, Callista Gingrich as the United States Ambassador to the
Holy See."

(Someone had to make nice to the Vatican, after Mike Pompeo's rages.)

Crooks and Liars and Mediaite

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/jededia...-soros-claims-i-havent-seen-evidence-of-that/

Trump's Voter Hotline For Election Fraud Turns Into A Nightmare (trolled by Democrats)

Crooks and Liars

Where is slippery Evangelical weasel, Ralph Reed ?

“There’s no question that we did our job,” Ralph Reed, the veteran GOP activist
who founded the Faith and Freedom Coalition nonprofit, said of his fellow
conservative Christians.

"Should President Trump come up short … if that’s what ends up happening —
other than that, it was a very impressive cycle for voters of faith and for social
conservatives in the Republican Party,” Reed said.

Nov. 6, 2020

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2020/nov/07/evangelicals-stick-with-trump-see-upside-even-if-h/

Ralph Reed Said Many More White Evangelicals Would Back Trump; He Was Wrong.

November 8, 2020

President Donald Trump won support from about 8 in 10 white evangelical Christian
voters in his race for reelection, but Catholic voters split almost evenly between him
and Democratic opponent Joe Biden, according to AP VoteCast.

“About 8 in 10.” It’s actually 82%. The New York Times, using Edison Research,
put the number around 76%.

Ultimately, though, Ralph Reed was wrong. Trump did not make major inroads with
white evangelicals. He had his base. He did nothing to grow his base.
And it’s becoming apparent that his base is slowly eroding.

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com...e-evangelicals-would-back-trump-he-was-wrong/

Some of Trump’s Favorite Evangelical Leaders Refuse to Accept That He Lost

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com...elical-leaders-refuse-to-accept-that-he-lost/

 

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Trump is not putting money down-
where he has been mouthing off about the recount of votes-

(Is it another scam ?)

Trump stumps for Wisconsin recount funds; money could be used to pay down campaign debt

President Donald Trump is raising money for an “election defense fund,” but at least half
could go toward paying down his campaign debts.

Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune

The Trump campaign will have to pre-pay the estimated cost of a recount before
that process can begin, says Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe.

And she added that payment must be received within a day of the last of the state’s
72 counties turning over its canvass to the state. Wolfe said the Elections Commission
is currently preparing a cost estimate but said it was too early to speculate on what
that figure would be.

On top of usual recount expenses like tables, pens, voting equipment and staff wages,
Wolfe said some jurisdictions may seek to rent a bigger space to comply with social
distancing protocols. State law on recounts has also changed since 2016, and the state
can also charge for estimated expenses.

Wolfe said those expenses will largely factor in WEC staff time dedicated to the recount.

https://www.wispolitics.com/2020/el...-campaign-would-have-to-prepay-recount-costs/

"The Trump campaign has continued to ask donors to pay for recounts..."

Washington Post


"...solicitations to supporters asking for money to fund its legal battles."

NY Times

Fact check: Wisconsin did not have more votes than registered voters

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Fact check: Wisconsin did not 'find' 100K ballots around 4 a.m. the morning
after the election, or take break from counting votes

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is using the Legislature's power to subpoena witnesses.

Speaker Robin Vos to investigate election after Trump alleges fraud without evidence

Robin Vos directs Assembly committee with subpoena power to review election administration

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

https://www.jsonline.com

Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien urged supporters to be ready to attend protests
or rallies that the campaign is “propping up around the country” in a call Saturday with
allies and surrogates, according to audio obtained by The Washington Post.

“Stay at the ready,” Stepien said. “At a moment’s instance, we may need your help
at protests in your states, to make sure the president is represented and our side of
the argument is shown. Support rallies or other things that we are propping up
around the country.”

“Rallies to show support for the president are also things we are encouraging around
the country,” he added.

“Just be at the ready at a moment’s notice. We may need your help and support on the
ground, waving the flag and yelling the president’s name in support,” Stepien said.

He encouraged donors to contribute to the legal defense fund for the president and
to distribute a campaign hotline for potential fraud cases so they could have evidence
in various states.

Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/11/07/trump-biden-election-live-updates/


Speaker Vos Directs Assembly Committee to Utilize its Powers to Review Statewide Election

November 6, 2020

https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrel...lize-its-powers-to-review-statewide-election/

 

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If law enforcement is thorough, there might be many more arrests for voting interference...

ICYMI: If you have any evidence of voting irregularities in Michigan's elections, please
contact us immediately at SAVEVOTE @migop.org or Call 87-SAVEVOTE.

If you have ridiculous conspiracy theories unsupported by facts or reality, by all means
contact the...

@dananessel

12 hours ago

emptywheel@emptywheelRT @dananessel: If you have actual evidence of voter fraud,
you should contact law enforcement, as it’s a crime which is taken very serious…

08 November 2020

https://www.emptywheel.net/

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel ✓
Twitter › MIAttyGen

Michigan Court of Claims Judge Cynthia Stephens issued her opinion today in Trump v
Benson, the lawsuit filed by the Trump campaign against Michigan Secretary of State
Jocelyn Benson. Press Secretary Ryan Jarvi issued the following statement:

(graphic. containing text- official seal featured on statement)

2 days ago

Judge issues written ruling in Michigan Trump vote counting lawsuit

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's Press Secretary Ryan Jarvi released
the following statement Friday:

"The Trump campaign's lawsuit demonstrates either a failed attempt by plaintiffs to cobble together a legitimate claim, or their clear lack of understanding of Michigan's election laws. The Court correctly described the campaign's claims as nothing more than hearsay, and our office will ask the Court to dismiss this meritless lawsuit. The will of voters is what matters in this election, and their ballots in Michigan have been counted in a transparent, fair and accurate manner.”

https://wincountry.com/2020/11/06/j...ling-in-michigan-trump-vote-counting-lawsuit/

https://www.michigandaily.com

Michigan Department of State ✓
Twitter › MichSoS

Fact check: Isolated user error in Antrim County did not affect election results,
has no impact on other counties or states. More at Michigan.gov/SOSFactCheck

1 day ago

@freep

Antrim County figures prominently in election conspiracy theory

Detroit Free Press

(the BBC noticed!)

"An independent, student-run newspaper serving the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor"

The Michigan Daily (@michigandaily)

 

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Look at him trying to plan all those rallies, grabbing money from his dumb, racist, morbidly obese, peanut-brained supporters. He needs all the $$$ he can get to help with his legal funds.

Fat ass grifting conman.

 

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Bush phoned Biden

Congratulations on the win.

I doubt any fraud occurred.

 

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The GOP’s Future Leaders Are Endorsing Trump’s Election Fraud Lie

New York Magazine

Fraud claims aimed in part at keeping Trump base loyal

Trump and his campaign have leveled accusations of large-scale voter fraud
in Pennsylvania and other states that broke for Biden, so far without proof.

But senior officials, campaign aides and allies told The Associated Press
that overwhelming evidence of fraud isn’t really the point.

The strategy to wage a legal fight against the votes tallied for Biden in Pennsylvania
and other places is more to provide Trump with an off-ramp for a loss he can’t quite
grasp and less about changing the election’s outcome, the officials said.

They spoke to AP on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal strategy.

Trump aides and allies also acknowledged privately the legal fights would — at best —
forestall the inevitable, and some had deep reservations about the president's attempts to
undermine faith in the vote. But they said Trump and a core group of loyalists were aiming
to keep his base of supporters on his side even in defeat.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/article247057632.html

Florida Man and Alabama Woman, and the Nice People That Cried When Trump Won 2016

"I’m surprised they aren’t blowing up frogs with firecrackers."

We’ve read endless features about Americans like this, but reporters are too polite to state
the obvious. These people are oblivious. The fish is smarter than they are, and it’s dead.

How did this happen? Thank you, states’ rights. Thank you, Secretary of Education Betsy
DeVos. A “just folks” nation that neglects its education system ends up like this, with
citizens who could have had a shot at a good, responsible life instead of flinging dead
fish at each other and calling it entertainment.

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/sta...-fish-story-for-an-unbelievable-election.html

Road to Recovery

A beach bar on the Florida-Alabama border reclaims its Mullet Toss — masks optional

November 3, 2020

Flora-Bama’s Interstate Mullet Toss has been a springtime tradition for nearly 35 years:
People wait in line for hours to test how far they can throw a dead fish across the state line.

The Mullet Toss usually happens the last weekend of April (coronavirus pandemic interrupt)

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) allowed bars to reopen, the Mullet Toss was rescheduled
for Oct. 23-25.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/road-to-recovery/2020/11/03/florabama-fish-toss-pandemic/?arc404=true

There are local contests in other nations.

But the cheese-rolling contest in Gloucestershire, England was cancelled
this year because of the virus, as was La Tomatina, Spain’s huge tomato
fight in Buñol.

 

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The North Lawn has been stripped bare, down to naked dirt, today.

Does this have something to do with Four Seasons Landscaping- (plenty of free advertising.)

https://www.mediaite.com/news/total...ring-why-trump-white-house-dug-up-north-lawn/

Wisconsin recount- Republicans look for issues, but haven't found any.

Trump's Save America PAC

Will Trump be using the PAC's money to fund his own (Post- Presidential?) political activity?

Mother Jones ✓
Twitter › MotherJones

Republicans are laying the groundwork to make it harder to vote

18 minutes ago

 

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'Naked political ploy':

Outrage after Barr memo aims to bolster baseless Trump fraud allegations

- AlterNet

Bill Barr's memo (BBC)

Bill Barr's memorandum authorising federal election fraud investigations is yet
another example of the attorney general's skill at pleasing his boss, the president,
while dancing on the edge of propriety within the justice department he runs.

The document gives Donald Trump what he wants - proof that the government is
looking into unproven claims of widespread electoral illegalities in several states
he lost by tens of thousands of votes.

The attorney general, however, couches the memo with conditions and cautions
that prosecutors only focus on specific "irregularities" and avoid pursuing
"specious, speculative, fanciful or far-fetched claims"

Despite all the caveats, Mr Barr's memo will provide fodder to Trump and his supporters
who insist that the election was stolen from them (never mind that other Republican
candidates had fairly successful results).

As the protest resignation of the head of the justice department's election crimes department
indicates, this is the equivalent of pulling the pin from a political hand grenade. It may not
go off immediately, but the device is one step closer to exploding - thrown on purpose or
accidentally dropped.

There are safeguards in place to prevent political meddling in criminal investigations,
particularly around elections. Some of those safeguards have now been removed.

https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54882647

DoJ officials condemn Barr's approval of voter fraud inquiries without evidence

The Guardian

Richard Pilger, head of the Justice Department’s Election Crimes Branch, quit.

 

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Mike Pence cancels Florida vacation

November 10,2020

Pence is instead staying back in Washington as the president seeks to overturn results
in a number of states with unproven allegations of widespread voter fraud, officials say.

Pence argued to senators Tuesday they should stick with the president and gave a
presentation on legal actions the team planned to file in many states. But Pence has
been largely out of the limelight and did not attend a news conference that he was
invited to attend in Philadelphia last week to allege fraud.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/11/10/joe-biden-trump-election-live-updates/

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is offering a reward to anyone who can provide evidence
of voter fraud that leads to an arrest and conviction.

One million dollars.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/po...Gov-Dan-Patrick-offers-1-million-15716973.php

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/11/10/texas-dan-patrick/

A former chief Texas ethics regulator said paying out reward money, which would come
from Patrick's political campaign, could run afoul of federal campaign finance laws.
A Patrick spokeswoman pushed back on that suggestion.

Jim Clancy, former chairman of the Texas Ethics Commission, said handing out large sums
of reward money may be improper if it's being used to help prove Trump's baseless claims
of voter fraud.

Dan Patrick says anyone who provides information that leads to an arrest and final
conviction of voter fraud will be paid a minimum of $25000.

BuzzFeed News ✓
Twitter › BuzzFeedNews

The Trump campaign was confronted on a call with media about reports that one
of its witnesses who had alleged ballot tampering had recanted his story.
Seconds of silence followed.

(link)

29 minutes ago

November 10, 2020

A Pennsylvania postal worker whose claims have been cited by top Republicans as potential
evidence of widespread voting irregularities admitted to U.S. Postal Service investigators
that he fabricated the allegations, according to three officials briefed on the investigation
and a statement from a House congressional committee.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/inve...269a7c-2364-11eb-8599-406466ad1b8e_story.html

 

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emptywheel@emptywheelRT @bradheath:

Trump's campaign says in a new lawsuit that Democrats engaged in "egregious misconduct"
by complying with a state Supreme Court order


PA House Democrats ✓
Twitter › PaHouseDems

The GOP wrote the rules. They lost using the rules they wrote. They cry they were cheated
but have no proof. They want to change the rules after the game so the loser gets the trophy.
If it wasn’t so dangerous and anti-American it would just be sad and pitiful.

11 hours ago

Joe Biden’s lead over President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania had increased
to nearly 47,000 votes as of late-afternoon Tuesday.

November 10, 2020

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled mail-in ballots delivered during that 3-day
window should be counted if they are postmarked by Election Day.

However, the Trump campaign is challenging the 3-day window in court. As a result,
Pennsylvania is keeping them separate. Bloomberg News reported that, as of Monday,
the state knew of about 7,800 mail-ins arriving during the window, although about 4
of the 67 counties hadn’t provided a number. In Philadelphia, about 1,000 mail-in
ballots arrived during that window, according to Tribune News Service.

https://www.pennlive.com/elections/...r-trump-grows-as-counting-drags-on-in-pa.html

 

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ah! there it is -

PA House Democrats (@PaHouseDems) | Twitter
twitter.com › pahousedems

Trump's campaign says in a new lawsuit that Democrats engaged in "egregious misconduct"
by complying with a state Supreme Court order that set a deadline for when they must arrive.

 

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Presiderp Trum- Trup has been very busy making international calls.

What other countries have a leader, that is nothing but a Potemkin front ?

Presiderp has a seat in the Oval office, lives in the White House, takes trips on Air Force One
and the Marine One helicopter, rides in "The Beast,"a Presidential SUV, and has a motorcade
surrounding his vehicle.

That is where the resemblance to a President ends.

As his last act as Presiderp, Trum-Trup has followed the last traditional acts of war.

He is buring down the nation, and salting the earth of America.

Putin has told Trum-Trup the story of Napoleon's failed campaign to deafeat Russia.

Russians burned their own crops, burned Moscow, burned everything needed for survival.

Everyone had left- there was no one to conquer. An empty prize.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/archaeology/napoleon_army_01.shtml

 

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How could I forget ?

Trum-Trup is poisoning the wells, and dumping dead bodies in them, to rot.

Unfortunately, some of the bodies are un-dead. They will rot, but there is a chance
that they might climb out.

 

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Wonkette
Twitter › Wonkette

How Much Will (Presiderp) Cry Baby F**k Up Joe Biden’s Inauguration?
by @SER1897

3 hours ago

"...the last thing you want is a MAGA rally on the Mall when Joe Biden is sworn in as
president…. I think [Trump] would want to make it as much of a shitshow as possible.”

Wonkette

Here's What We Know About The MAGA Rallies Planned In DC This Weekend

DCist

DCist ✓
Twitter › DCist

Here's what we know about those MAGA rallies planned in D.C. this weekend.
(No, there probably will not be 1 million attendees.)

(link to DCist)

3 hours ago

Notably, organizers have not filed for permits, according to a spokesperson for the D.C.
Metropolitan Police.

"This permit has not yet been approved by NPS." (US National Park Service)

November 11, 2020

However, no permits have been issued for the Million MAGA March, despite the event
being widely advertised on right-wing sites. The Washingtonian reports:

At least three pro-Trump rallies are planned for Freedom Park in DC this Saturday.
There’s just one possible hitch: None of them appear to have filed the paperwork
for a permit.

No groups with the name “Million MAGA March,” “Stop the Steal,” or “March for Trump”
have applied to host a rally at Freedom Park this weekend, says NPS spokesperson Mike
Litterst.

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/progr...boys-neo-nazis-plan-march-on-dc-this-weekend/

 

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Presiderp Trum-Trup's pretend paramilitary civilian gremlins are seeking to troll-

Truckers for Trump plan to drive Trump flag-bearing vehicles through the city,
and the MAGA caravan organization

Drag the Interstate has planned a “Nice Saturday Drive” to an address near Freedom Plaza
on Saturday.

Some groups have run afoul of the digital platforms being used to organize.

Eventbrite, for instance, shuttered the March for Trump’s event page for promoting
“potentially harmful disinformation.” According to Kremer, Facebook and
Mailchimp deplatformed them, as well.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/11/maga-rally-washington-dc-435958

President Donald Trump’s supporters are expected to rally Saturday in support of the
president’s effort to challenge the results of the 2020 election’s outcome in several states.

https://www.mediaite.com/news/eventbrite-bans-pro-trump-group-from-organizing-washington-march/

The last time MAGA enthusiasts invaded DC,the police treated them like a school bus full
of students, and babied them, protected them, guided them out of danger, and out of town.
Maga hogged all of the resources, used up the DC budget, and clogged up the system.

 

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Cashing in (on free publicity from Trump favorite clown/lawyer, Rudy Giulian)

From Obscure To Sold Out:

The Story Of Four Seasons Total Landscaping In Just 4 Days

November 11, 2020

- Miles Bryan

Four Seasons Total Landscaping wants to "Make America Rake Again."

Just a day after the Philadelphia family business became the unlikely backdrop
for a belligerent Trump campaign press conference, its owners cashed in on the
viral fame — and even crossed party lines.

On Sunday night, the company rolled out a line of T-shirts, hoodies and stickers
featuring the slogans "Lawn and Order" and its riff on MAGA.

On Monday, it started offering face masks as well.

By Tuesday, everything had sold out.

The company posted on its Facebook page that it was temporarily suspending sales
of most of its items due to lack of stock.

Aficionados of the landscaping business now have another event to look forward to:
On Nov. 29, runners can take part in an 11-mile charity run-
from Four Seasons Total Landscaping to the Four Seasons hotel
inside the Comcast Center.

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/11/9336...of-four-seasons-total-landscaping-in-just-4-d

 

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(Trump loyalists! At last, someone is saying it.)

It does not do justice to the president’s recklessness to call these replacements “loyalists.”
- Jennifer Rubin

As Foreign Policy magazine points out, “Anthony Tata, a Trump loyalist, conspiracy
theorist, and former Fox News contributor was appointed to serve in an interim role
as the No. 2 official in the Pentagon’s powerful policy shop after his nomination
to the undersecretary role was withdrawn over conspiratorial and Islamophobic
comments.”

Similarly, Kash Patel, former aide to Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), has been installed
to serve as chief of staff to the acting defense secretary. Patel is widely credited with
putting together the Nunes memo that mischaracterized charges concerning the FISA
warrant for former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. During Trump’s impeachment,
former National Security Council officials Fiona Hill and retired Lt. Col. Alexander
Vindman accused Patel of puffing up his role to feed Trump fodder on Ukraine.
Ezra Cohen-Watnick, assigned to fill the role of undersecretary of defense for intelligence,
was also ensnared for funneling information to Nunes meant to prove the baseless
conspiracy about President Barack Obama “wiretapping” the Trump campaign.

As Benjamin Wittes from the Lawfare blog put it:
It’s not just that Defense Secretary Mark Esper is out. It’s also a trio of senior officials
replaced by staffers who have long made news as conspiracy theorists and bomb throwers.
It’s the installation of a former staffer for Rep. Devin Nunes as general counsel at the
National Security Agency over the objection of the agency head. It’s the perhaps-related
threatened declassification of material related to Russia’s interference in the 2016 election
over the objections of the CIA director and the attorney general.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...-need-clarification/?itid=lk_inline_manual_20

POLITICO ✓
Twitter › politico

The U.S. government's top cybersecurity official has told people that he expects
the White House to fire him as the Trump administration continues a purge of
officials deemed disloyal to the president

(link to Politico)

34 minutes ago

The role of Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the country’s
top officer, and other military leaders takes on new significance in the wake of (Presiderp)
Trump’s ouster this week of Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper and the installation of White
House loyalists in powerful Pentagon roles.

Trump named Christopher Miller, a counterterrorism official who only months ago
was assigned to a mid-level Defense Department job, as acting Pentagon chief, and
elevated others from the White House orbit to key policy and intelligence roles.

Adding to speculation about an exit from Afghanistan was news Wednesday that Miller
had appointed Douglas Macgregor, a retired Army colonel and Trump ally, as a senior
adviser.

Macgregor, whose nomination to be the U.S. ambassador to Germany was derailed
under scrutiny for his past comments about Muslims and Mexicans, has said in
television interviews that Trump should disregard the advice of the Pentagon and
withdraw remaining troops from Afghanistan, calling efforts to maintain stability
there “futile.”

Missy Ryan
Dan Lamothe
Greg Jaffe
Josh Dawsey

November 11, 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...23009e-2444-11eb-8599-406466ad1b8e_story.html

 

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“The outgoing president must leave the leadership of CISA — and other
national security departments and agencies — intact for the next 69 days
to ensure the security and continuity of government operations for President-
elect Biden,” said Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House
Homeland Security Committee.

“And I call on my Republican colleagues to stand up for national security
and use whatever influence they have to prevail upon the president not to
eviscerate our national security infrastructure in the remaining two months
of his term.”

November 12, 2020

-Nick Miroff

-Ellen Nakashima


The White House has forced out two top Department of Homeland Security
officials as part of a widening purge of anyone suspected of lacking complete
loyalty to President Trump, three people familiar with the removals said Thursday.

Valerie Boyd, the top official for international affairs at DHS, was asked for her
resignation, as well as Bryan Ware, a senior policy aide at the Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency.

The White House pushed out three top Pentagon officials this week.

DHS’s top cybersecurity official, Christopher Krebs, told colleagues
he, too, expected to be fired by the White House at any moment.
His agency joined state and local election officials in releasing a
statement Thursday refuting claims by the president and his supporters
that voting systems and equipment were compromised during the election.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...fdf224-2554-11eb-8599-406466ad1b8e_story.html

Has Creepy Chad Wolf promised that he will support Presiderp post-election fuckery ?

“Trump administration renews push to confirm Wolf amid concerns over legitimacy
and agency purge,” by CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez and Geneva Sands:

“In the past week, Homeland Security officials spoke to Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell's office about bringing the nomination to a floor vote in the
coming weeks -- a move seemingly acknowledging both a forthcoming change
in administrations and criticism that Wolf’s appointment was invalid. …

“In recent months, Wolf’s appointment has been cast as invalid by the Government
Accountability Office and in federal court, raising concerns that his actions could
come under increased scrutiny under the incoming administration.”

CNN

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2020/11/13/all-hands-on-deck-490896

There's a renewed push to get Chad Wolf confirmed as Homeland Security secretary --
a position in which he's been serving in an acting capacity for a year --
before Inauguration Day, according to two sources familiar with the
discussion.

Over the course of Donald Trump's presidency, DHS -- the third-largest federal
department -- has had five secretaries, only two of whom have been confirmed
by the Senate, and has run into a flurry of questions over the legitimacy and
authority of those leading in acting capacities.

In recent months, Wolf's appointment has been cast as invalid by the Government
Accountability Office and in federal court, raising concerns that his actions could
come under increased scrutiny under the incoming administration.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/13/politics/donald-trump-chad-wolf-dhs/index.html

 

[bodysong]

Shocker!

Much of Trump’s ‘Election Defense Fund’ Goes Right Into His Pocket

Those who donated $8,000 or less to Trump’s “official election defense fund”
and didn’t read the fine print may be surprised to learn that none of that money
went to challenging the election and much of it added lining to Trump’s pockets.

The fine print makes clear most of the money will go to other priorities.

A large portion of the money goes to “Save America,” a Trump leadership PAC,
or political action committee, set up on Monday, and the Republican National
Committee (RNC). Under Federal Election Commission rules, both groups
have broad leeway in how they can use the funds.

(Crooks and Liars used Reuters as a source)

Crooks and Liars

 

[bodysong]

DCist ✓
Twitter › DCist

D.C. officials say they are aware and prepared for the planned MAGA rally
and counter protests on Saturday. Here's what we know about the events
happening in D.C. this weekend.

(link to DCist)

3 hours ago

November 12, 2020

Neither D.C. police nor the National Park Service have issued permits for the
demonstrations, although the Park Service is processing a permit application
from Women for America First, a pro-Trump group that has advertised
“Stop the Steal” rallies on its social media pages. It estimated in a permit
application that about 50 people would attend its event.

The Park Service regularly works with groups that do not obtain permits
before an event to register for one on-site and, if necessary, to move to a
safer location. It was not clear whether the Park Police or Park Service
had plans to approach demonstrators Saturday.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...7a16fc-2455-11eb-8672-c281c7a2c96e_story.html

Right Wing Watch ✓
Twitter › RightWingWatch

As Pence speaks to the Council for National Policy today, pro-Trump, far-right
activists are making their way to Washington, D.C., for a rally organized and
supported by some of the very right-wing leaders likely sitting in that room.

(link to Right Wing Watch)

2 hours ago

 

[bodysong]

The oblivious people have fucked it up for everyone.

The states that have citizens that followed Covid-19 rules faithfully,
have been undermined.

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump pulled their children out of the Milton Gottesman
Jewish Day School and moved them to Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy in
Rockville, Maryland.

Their children had only been at their new school for two weeks- the parents of the
other children voiced their concerns, and Javanka's kids were pulled, once, again.

Quote:

News broke that they had to pull their kids (aka, were asked to stop sending them)
out of their new school, the Melvin Berman Hebrew Academy in recent days.
They had JUST transferred to that school a few weeks prior, reportedly on
October 19th.

Numerous parents report that the withdrawal came after parents "raised concerns”
about exposure and risk to other kids at the school. The school itself follows CDC
guidelines and expects parents to follow the same guidelines off campus.

The school actually put out a document explaining the policy

Crooks and Liars

The withdrawal came after parents raised concerns that Kushner, US President Trump’s
son-in-law and top aide, and Ivanka Trump, his daughter and also a top aide, were seen
at events not complying with the coronavirus protocols that Milton demanded of its parents.

Why should the parents be concerned about their children having contact with Jared
and Ivanka, or their children ? They do not wear masks, do not observe social distancing,

More than 130 Secret Service officers are said to be infected with coronavirus.
Ivanka and Jared use the SecretService as personal body guards.

The long list of Trump White House aides, operatives, supporters, allies, and favorites
that have all tested positive for coronavirus, that Ivanka and Jared see frequently.
The huge gatherings the Trump couple attended, that observed no safety measures.

 

[bodysong]

Night of November 14, 2020

At last, we see the reason for the mutilation of North side of White House lawn.
The installation of a steel fence. White House could see the shitshow coming.

Biden is to be sworn in, and he is taking his seat in the Oval Office.
Trump has been dropping hints that he knows it is over.

Twitter puts new disclaimer on Trump’s tweets after he lies about winning-

Twitter will not allow Trump to lie about the election without a disclaimer.
Trump's denials may be presidential, but they are not official-
"Official sources called this election differently"

The word went out to Trump's violent civilian pretend para-military arseholes,
to cheer Trump up, by taking revenge on Washington DC, and "Own the Libs."

Barely 5,000 Trump trolls showed up to the Million MAGA March in DC.
Last chance to shout a useless, tired old slogan, before the ice and snow arrive.

The truth is that Trump and his supporters tried to steal the 2020 election with
every weapon and dirty trick they had, and they failed. The truth won.

Trump's civilian full grown goons have been beating women, busting the heads
of young students, breaking bones of protesters, and killing Americans before
anonymous Antifa formed. The DC police allowed Trump's favorite arseholes
to beat, kick, stab, and mutilate the people that live in Washington. The police
arrested people that protested against the destruction of Black Lives Matter
memorials. The police are protecting Trump's armed goons.

Axios ✓
Twitter › axios

PHOTOS: Clashes have broken out between supporters of President Trump
and counter-protesters in Washington, D.C., as Trump supporters rallied into
the night, per WashPost

3 hours ago

Black Lives Matter DC ✓
Twitter › DMVBlackLives

“We have received reports that trump supporters have stabbed counter-protestors,
everyone is safe thanks to DC street medics.” #MillionMoronMarch

5 hours ago

After thousands of Trump supporters rally in D.C., violence erupts when night falls

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/11/14/million-maga-march-dc-protests/

The New York Times ✓
Twitter › nytimes

Trump supporters rallied in Washington, earning a brief drive-by visit from
the president. The orderly crowds devolved into violence as the night wore
on and demonstrators clashed with counterprotesters.

2 hours ago