Political Calendar: Week of August 23, 2020
August 23, 2020
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Martha Mcsally To Donors “Please Sir, I Want Some More Donations; Please Fast”
August 22, 2020
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Martha McSally’s campaign said this is a nonstory. Her supporters said she was joking. No one is laughing except maybe members of the Mark Kelly Senate campaign who love this gaffe heard around the country. With many Arizonans on reduced unemployment and suffering, because McSally’s Duce, Donald Trump, has horribly mishandled the response to the … Read more
Donald Trump promises Fox Nation there will be GOP voter intimidation at the polls
August 22, 2020
Update to The entire Republican Party apparatus is gearing up to suppress the vote in 2020 (excerpt): In 1982, the Republican Party agreed to a consent decree after Democrats sued it for activities at polling places that they said were aimed at suppressing the minority vote. The consent decree barred the organization from using voter challengers, … Read more
Second Circuit denies stay, sets September 1 hearing for Trump financial records
August 22, 2020
Update to Judge rejects Trump’s attempt to obstruct production of financial records to Cyrus Vance. I suggested that “given the fact that Trump’s lawyers basically reargued the same set of facts previously litigated all the way up to the Supreme Court, it is possible that the court of appeals will take the position “we’ve already … Read more
The Lincoln Project presents Joe Biden as “Ready”
August 21, 2020
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In a well-produced and powerful endorsing ad called “Ready,” the Lincoln Project presents 2020 Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden as a proven leader who only sees “Americans” not “Republicans and Democrats.” Describing Joe Biden as a person who “has a record of service and a bipartisan leader who puts good ideas ahead of party politics,” … Read more
Republican national security advisers warn that Trump is ‘unfit to lead’
August 21, 2020
Donald Trump has held a number of private telephone conservations with his Russian handler Vladimir Putin for which national security experts have raised concerns that the normal national security personnel assigned to listen into such calls have been cut out and there is no “read out” of the call prepared by national security analysts. All … Read more
Check out the Lincoln Projects “Goodyear” and the latest from Priorities USA
August 21, 2020
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The Lincoln Project and Priorities USA has released three new ads following the very successful Democratic National Convention that formally nominated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States. The first ad from the Lincoln Project called “Goodyear” discusses how Mr. Trump is making life worse for people … Read more
Joe Biden promises to lead the forces of light over the forces of darkness
August 21, 2020
There was an unmistakable theme in the Democratic National Convention this week in speeches by President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, Bernie Sanders, and by Joe Biden last night, a theme I have posted about previously. America’s descent into the darkness of ‘Trumpism,’ the new American fascism; (Update) America’s descent into the darkness of ‘Trumpism,’ … Read more
