Monthly Archives: September 2020

CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

New from our pal Matt Baume: Did homosexuality kill the dinosaurs? You might think you know the answer, but consider the perspective of the weird early 90s sitcom Dinosaurs, featuring giant Jim Henson puppets that tackled timely topics like war and drugs and racial prejudice — and yes they even had an episode with a thinly veiled metaphor for homosexuality, …

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REPORT: Trump Family Worried “Brad Will Start Talking”

Gabriel Sherman reports at Vanity Fair: One campaign adviser I spoke with was shocked by the amount of force the police used to subdue and cuff Parscale. “If Brad had been Black, there would be riots all over the country,” the source said. (In fact, police have killed unarmed Black men in far less hostile situations.) Parscale’s public meltdown happened …

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Joe Biden +8 Over Trump In New Michigan Poll

ABC News reports: Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) holds a steady lead over President Trump in Michigan, a state that Trump won four years ago, according to a poll released Wednesday. Biden leads Trump by eight percentage points in an ALG Research survey of likely voters with those leaning towards the two candidates are factored in. The former vice …

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Trump Admin Loses Appeals Court Battle On Census

The San Francisco Chronicle reports: A federal appeals refused Wednesday to allow the Trump administration to shut down the 2020 census a month ahead of schedule, saying the speedup would reduce public confidence in an accurate population count that is crucial to congressional representation and federal funding. Over the dissent of a judge appointed by President Trump, the Ninth U.S. …

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Michele Bachmann: COVID Is God’s “Judgement” On The United States For Trump Admin’s Middle East Plan

“Something happened in the earlier part of this year on January 28th. A peace plan was put on the table that came from the United States. “Also Prime Minister Netanyahu was here as well, in the White House, when the plan was revealed. What did the plan call for? It was meant to be a blessing. “But it called ultimately …

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Proud Boys Coat Seen In Trump Campaign Ad [VIDEO]

The Colorado Times Recorder reports: Last night may have been the first time Trump addressed the Proud Boys directly, telling the white nationalist group during the debate to “Stand back and stand by.” But after a rally in Colorado Springs in February, the Trump campaign released a two-minute ad that briefly shows a partial, but unmistakable, image of a Proud …

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NOM Money Beg Uses Same-Sex Wedding Officiated By Kamala Harris: Amy Coney Barrett Can Undo All This

Via email from hate group leader Brian Brown: NOM is all in for the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court. Make no mistake that this battle will be brutal, but it also could be one of the most consequential efforts of our lifetimes. With Amy Barrett on the Supreme Court, we will have a solid …

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Catholic Sect Scrubs Mentions Of Amy Coney Barrett

The Associated Press reports: A tiny religious organization tied to Amy Coney Barrett, Donald Trump’s supreme court nominee, sought to erase all mentions and photos of her from its website before she meets with lawmakers and faces questions at her Senate confirmation hearings. Barrett, a federal appeals judge, has declined to publicly discuss her decades-long affiliation with People of Praise, …

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Nevada AG: I’ll Prosecute So-Called “Poll Watchers”

The Insider reports: Nevada’s attorney general said he would prosecute people who follow President Donald Trump’s advice to go to polling places and monitor votes being counted, accusing the president of encouraging voter intimidation. During his first debate against the Democratic nominee, Joe Biden, on Tuesday, Trump refused to commit to accepting the results of the November election and repeated …

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Politico: $300M HHS Pandemic PR Blitz Is Falling Apart

Politico reports: They made a list of more than 30 celebrities including Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift and Billy Joel to appear in their ad campaign to “inspire hope” about coronavirus, but they ended up with only Dennis Quaid, CeCe Winans and Hasidic singer Shulem Lemmer. The health department’s $300 million-plus, taxpayer-funded vehicle to boost confidence in President Donald Trump’s response …

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Trump Claims He Doesn’t Know Who Proud Boys Are

“I don’t know who the Proud Boys are. You’ll have to give me a definition because I really don’t know who they are. I can only say they have to stand down and let law enforcement do their work.  “As people see how bad this radical liberal Democrat movement is and how weak, the law enforcement is going to come …

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Court Approves Police Petition: Parscale Can’t Get Guns

The South Florida SunSentinel reports: After SWAT officers tackled Brad Parscale in front of his Fort Lauderdale home Sunday, police seized all his guns. Now, city officials have been granted a request to keep his guns away from him for at least two weeks under Florida’s so-called “red flag law,” saying President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager posed a danger …

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Dead Heat: Biden Closes Gap In South Carolina Poll

Just in from Quinnipiac: In this pre-debate poll, President Trump receives 48 percent support among likely voters, while former Vice President Joe Biden receives 47 percent support. This compares to a September 16th poll when Trump had 51 percent to Biden’s 45 percent. Both candidates receive similar favorability ratings as likely voters are roughly divided on both. Forty- nine percent …

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Vatican Denies Pompeo’s Request To Meet With Pope

Reuters reports: The Vatican said on Wednesday it had denied a request from Mike Pompeo for an audience with Pope Francis, and accused the Secretary of State of trying to drag the Catholic Church into the U.S. presidential election by denouncing its relations with China. The extraordinary remarks from the two top diplomatic officials at the Vatican came after Pompeo …

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Limbaugh: Unprepared Trump Undermined Himself

“It was frustrating all the way around. I really thought, folks, after five minutes I thought Trump was gonna blow Biden away. I thought Trump was calm, he was informed, he was tough. “And then it turned into this circus as if Trump didn’t really think or wasn’t aware beforehand what he was up against. I don’t know. It looked …

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Debate Commission Promises Changes After Debacle

The Washington Post reports: After a chaotic and nearly unwatchable first presidential debate that devolved into interruptions and insults, mostly by Trump, the Commission on Presidential Debates said it would look into changing the format of the remaining debates. The televised debates are supposed to be “for the benefit of the American electorate,” the commission said in a statement Wednesday, …

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Trump Campaign Is Scrubbing Parscale From Website

The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump’s campaign still won’t clarify the status of its erstwhile campaign manager Brad Parscale, who was taken into custody by police outside of his Florida home over the weekend. But the campaign is quietly purging its website of Parscale’s visage. Since Tuesday, the campaign has removed a video of Parscale from the homepage of …

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Joe Biden To Proud Boys: “Cease And Desist” [VIDEO]

Reuters reports: U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday said the American people would not stand by if President Donald Trump loses the election and refuses to step down, one day after the Trump again refused to say whether he would accepts the results of the Nov. 3 election. “The president will step down. The American people will not …

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Biden +8 Over Trump In New Rasmussen National Poll

Just in from conservative pollster Rasmussen: Following President Trump’s announcement of a U.S. Supreme Court nominee just weeks before Election Day, Democrat Joe Biden has jumped out to an eight-point lead in Rasmussen Reports’ weekly White House Watch survey. The latest national telephone and online survey finds Biden leading President Trump 51% to 43% among Likely U.S. Voters. Three percent …

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Eric Trump “Clarifies”: I’m Not Gay Or Bisexual [VIDEO]

The New York Post reports: President Trump’s son Eric affirmed he is not “part of” the LGBT community after appearing to come out in a televised interview Tuesday. A friend of the Trump family told The Post that “he misspoke” when appearing to say he was “part of that community.” “To clarify, many of our close friends are part of …

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