Monthly Archives: September 2020

CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Billboard Magazine reports: With Folklore’s sixth week at No. 1, Taylor Swift’s cumulative weeks at No. 1, across all of her seven chart-topping albums, now rises to 46. That ties Whitney Houston for the most weeks atop the chart by a woman in history. Houston landed four No. 1 albums: her self-titled debut (14 weeks at No. 1 in 1986), …

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Trump Took Art From US Ambassador’s Residence

Bloomberg News reports: After Donald Trump’s planned trip to a French cemetery for fallen Marines was canceled in November 2018, the U.S. leader had some extra time on his hands in a mansion filled with artwork. The next day, he went art shopping — or the presidential equivalent. Trump fancied several of the pieces in the U.S. ambassador’s historic residence …

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Harris: “I’m A Realist” On Election Interference

The Associated Press reports: Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris says foreign interference, doubt cast about the election by President Donald Trump and voter suppression could potentially cost her and Joe Biden the White House in November. “We have classic voter suppression, we have what happened in 2016, which is foreign interference. We have a president who is trying to …

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Fox News: Steve Mnuchin Heard “Losers” Comments

Mediaite reports: Fox News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin doubled down on her previous reporting which claimed President Donald Trump disrespected veterans and war dead, adding that Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin was in the room with the president when he disparaged four-star generals. Griffin reported Mnuchin was at the Tank meeting in the Pentagon on July 20, 2017, when …

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Johnson Plans To Tear Up Brexit Withdrawal Deal

Business Insider reports: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to overwrite key parts of the Brexit withdrawal deal he agreed with the EU last year as he insists that leaving all existing trade arrangements without a fresh deal at the end of the year would be a “good outcome” for Britain. The prime minister intends to “eliminate the legal force …

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Biden: Empower Workers And Support Labor Unions

From Joe Biden and AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka: When he isn’t calling to boycott Goodyear and its thousands of union workers for petty personal reasons, Donald Trump is actively fighting against working people. That’s because, like so many CEOs and Wall Street robber-barons, he knows that if he can diminish union power, he can run the table on every American …

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Reporter Won’t Remove Mask After Trump Complains

The Washington Examiner reports: “You’re going to have to take that off, please. You can take it off. How many feet are you away?” Trump asked in response to a question he said was muffled. “I’ll speak a lot louder,” the reporter said. “Well, if you don’t take it off — you’re very muffled. So, if you would take it …

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NYT: Trump Is New Messiah For German Neo-Nazis

The New York Times reports: Just before hundreds of far-right activists recently tried to storm the German Parliament, one of their leaders revved up the crowd by conjuring President Trump. “Trump is in Berlin!” the woman shouted from a small stage, as if to dedicate the imminent charge to him. She was so convincing that several groups of far-right activists …

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Trump: I’m Getting “VERY High Marks” On Pandemic

The Metro reports: Donald Trump boasted that he is now getting ‘VERY high marks’ for his handling of ‘the China Virus’ as the US coronavirus death toll neared 190,000. Trump spoke despite the US having far more confirmed Covid-19 cases – 6.2million – than anywhere else in the world. India is currently in a distant second place, with 4.2million cases. …

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Axios: Trump Campaign In “Surprising Cash Crunch”

Axios reports: Money concerns are very real for President Trump’s campaign — an unusual predicament for a sitting president, and one that worries veteran Republican operatives, with Trump so far behind in swing states as the race climaxes. The campaign’s view is that Trump will get his message out, and he depends less on paid media than normal politicians. But …

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Duterte Pardons US Marine Who Killed Trans Woman

NBC News reports: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday pardoned a United States Marine convicted of killing a transgender woman in the country nearly six years ago, sparking condemnation from activists who described the move as a “mockery of justice.” Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton was jailed in 2015 for killing Jennifer Laude near a former U.S. navy base. A …

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Covidiots Claim Racism After Arrest On NYC Ferry: This Wouldn’t Happen “If We Were Fucking Black” [VIDEO]

The New York Post reports: A Brooklyn couple was cuffed and hauled off a city ferry Saturday night after refusing to wear face masks — as other riders cheered their arrest, according to cops and video. “This has been going on since March, and my husband is fucking pissed off,” the woman said. “Every time I have to commute to …

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US Bishop-Elect Resigns Over Molestation Allegations

Reuters reports: An American bishop-elect has resigned just weeks before he was due to start the job, following an allegation that he had sexually abused a minor, Catholic Church officials said on Monday. Father Michel Mulloy, 66, was appointed by Pope Francis on June 19 to be bishop of Duluth, Minnesota and was due to be formally installed in a …

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North Carolina AG To Probe DeJoy’s Donor Scheme

Law & Crime reports: Louis DeJoy, the Postmaster General, reportedly engaged in what is known as a straw-donor scheme back when he was chief executive of the company of New Breed Logistics. That news is on the radar of the attorney general of North Carolina, where DeJoy was based. AG Josh Stein, a Democrat, declined to speak directly to the …

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NY State COVID Infection Rate Under 1% For 30 Days

ABC New York reports: Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday that the state’s COVID-19 infection rate has been less than 1% for 30 days — or an entire month. The governor said that 0.85% of Saturday’s tests were positive. Cuomo also announced that the state’s COVID-19 hospitalizations have dropped to 410, which is a new low since March 16. There were …

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POLL: More Pick Trump To Win Presidential Debates

USA Today reports: Could the debates do for President Donald Trump what the conventions didn’t? A USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll indicates many voters think that’s possible. A greater share – 47% – predicted Trump will win the debates than the 41% who said Democratic candidate Joe Biden will. Independents picked Trump over Biden as the likely winner of the debates …

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McCarthy Warned Trump Against Mail Voting Attacks

Axios reports: House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is privately encouraging voting by mail and warned President Trump the party could be “screwed” by his fight against mail-in voting. “We could lose based on that,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) told me at a diner in Salt Lake City last week, during a campaign swing that began in the Pacific Northwest. McCarthy said the …

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Schiff: Barr Is Lying About Election Threat From China

CNN reports: House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff on Sunday accused Attorney General William Barr of lying about intelligence related to foreign interference in the upcoming presidential election. In an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union,” Schiff was asked about Barr’s claim from last week’s interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that China is interfering with the election …

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Assange’s Extradition Battle Resumes In London Court

Reuters reports: Julian Assange resumed his battle in a London court on Monday to avoid extradition to the United States to face criminal charges over the activities of his WikiLeaks website, after months of delay due to the coronavirus lockdown. The U.S. authorities accuse Australian-born Assange, 49, of conspiring to hack government computers and of violating an espionage law in …

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Gender Reveal Party Blamed For California Wildfire

The BBC reports: Officials have blamed a gender reveal party for one of several wildfires raging in the US state of California. A “smoke-generating pyrotechnic device” at the event sparked the El Dorado fire, which has now spread over 7,000 acres. It is one of more than two dozen blazes across the state. California is currently experiencing a record heatwave, …

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