Preliminary estimates show that viewership for the first night of the Democrats’ virtual convention was down compared with the opening of Hillary Clinton’s nominating party four years ago.
An estimated 18.7 million people watched coverage between 10 and 11 p.m. on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC, the Nielsen company said. Four years ago, opening night drew just under 26 million viewers.
Let's not forget that 18.7 million viewers had no other network options to watch. This all all the networks combined. Most Americans were probably streaming Netflix, watching a movie on HBO, or checking out the Impractical Jokers on TruTV. But for comparison purposes, the first season of Donald Trump's "The Apprentice" averaged just over 22 million viewers while competing against the other networks.
The only questions is whether or not Trump and the RNC will do any better?
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President Donald Trump reached out to Russian President Vladimir Putin several times in the years prior to running for election, according to new documents released by the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Although The messages do not reveal collusion between Trump and Putin over the 2016 election. The links between his campaign and Moscow were detailed elsewhere in the report. But they do show Trump repeatedly flattering Putin, including one letter congratulating the strongman on being named Time’s “Person of the Year” in 2007. Trump told Putin: “You definitely deserve it.” He added: “I am a big fan of yours!”
And you worry about television ratings.
A virtual campaign is the first time ever.
It was necessary because the President mishandled the coronavirus pandemic in January when he said that it would just disappear.
Go drink your bleach
“If you want a president who defines the job as spending hours a day watching TV and zapping people on social media, he’s your man.”
Bill Clinton
When the payroll tax cuts end in January, you and your employer will have to pay the back taxe cuts . It will cut your tax returns.
USA TODAY
I never expected the Democratic convention to inspire me:
former Republican state chair
Jennifer Horn, Opinion contributor 1 hr ago
I am an original anti-Trump Republican. I first articulated my opposition to Donald Trump's destructive and narcissistic nature in 2011, when he was considering a run for president in the 2012 cycle. I decided then that I would never vote for him and I declared my support for Joe Biden months ago. Even so, I was unprepared to be as moved by the nature of the Democratic convention as I have been.
With the parameters dictated by COVID restrictions that prevent any large-scale gatherings like party rallies, even political insiders were anticipating that the convention would be, at best, uninteresting.
Instead, it has turned out to be some of the most inspirational programming I’ve seen in a very long time.And as a lifelong Republican who has spent much of the past 12 years advancing conservative principles and working to elect Republicans, that’s saying something.
Democrats aren't leading with anger
We are living through one of the most divided, uncertain moments in our nation’s history. America’s heart aches from the loss of over 170,000 lives in a pandemic in just five and a half months, racial unrest that has swept across the land, and economic despair, with as many as 30 million Americans unemployed.
Under the circumstances, it would have been easy for the Democrats to spend four nights trashing the president with abandon and every Republican in Washington right along with him. It would have been easy for them to give in to the urge to lead with anger and further divide our nation. Instead, they spent the first two nights trying to mend our divide, bringing together the most inclusive, bipartisan coalition of Americans in support of Joe Biden that we have ever seen.
From the National Anthem on opening night, sung by a diverse choir of singers from every state to last night’s nomination roll call that reflected the true colors of our country, to the broad collection of speakers from every race, gender and both major parties, this convention has lifted our spirits and allowed us to hope that maybe —just maybe — we could have a president who would put the unity and well-being of our nation above himself.
In a moment when Trump is trying to silence dissent and suppress the vote, the Democratic convention gives a voice to America’s diversity. The speakers list includes, among others, several Republican leaders, Latinos, African-Americans, black LGBTQ elected legislators, and dozens of strong women leaders. And 115 Native Americans from 37 different states will participate.
It is this diversity of ethnicity, culture and thought that distinguishes this convention, not just from past Democratic events, but from the upcoming Republican convention as well. As the Democrats are expanding their reach and broadening their inclusion, Republicans are doing exactly the opposite. Under Trump, the Republican Party has shrunk and fewer and fewer Americans feel welcome in their ranks, especially minorities and women.
By contrast, women from both sides of the aisle are playing a key role in this convention. On Monday night, Christie Todd Whitman, a former Republican who was New Jersey governor and head of the Environmental Protection Agency in the George W. Bush administration, gave voice to GOP women across the country who want a president who will lead with dignity and empathy. Former First Lady Michelle Obama spoke with elegance and hope about what is possible if America chooses Joe Biden.
On Tuesday night, Cindy McCain, widow of Sen. John McCain, shared the story of the special friendship between her husband and Biden. She reminded us, just when we needed it most, that in fact there is still at least one man left in Washington willing to cross the aisle and embrace his friends on the other side.
Historic for women, minorities, USA
And Wednesday, in a momentous occasion, Sen. Kamala Harris, the daughter of Black and Indian immigrants, will become the first woman of color to win the vice presidential nomination of a major party. It is a historic moment for women, for minorities, for our country, and it lights the path for generations of young American women to follow.
Donald Trump marked it by calling her “nasty.”
In an election where women will make the difference to the outcome, and in a world where women are finally rising to the equal status they long ago earned, Democrats are embracing their leadership, respecting their experience and listening to their voices.
Donald Trump is calling them housewives and trying to scare them with rhetoric about “low income housing” coming to their suburban neighborhoods.
I am still a Republican, and I am sure I will continue to advocate for conservative governance in the years ahead. But as I watch the Democratic convention programming, filled with strong accomplished women, I feel drawn to each one of them.
When I look at the Democratic production as a whole — an amazing fabric stitched with threads of every color and design — I can’t help but wonder what next week’s Republican convention will look and sound like.
How will Donald Trump’s circus of hate and exclusion compare? The truth is, it can’t.
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Jennifer Horn, former chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party, is a co-founder of The Lincoln Project. Follow her on Twitter: @NHJennifer
Being the star of "The Apprentice" qualified him for the Presidency in your mind.
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Anti-Semite Linda Sarsour, who supports the Israel-hating BDS movement which boycotts Jewish-owned businesses, says the Democrat Party “is absolutely our party.”
Her extreme bigotry is welcomed by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
VIDEO: https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1295852609195081728
Donald Trump Jr.
@DonaldJTrumpJr
This is not your grandparents Democrat Party anymore folks.
Support Iran, join the dems.
Quite a few rational thinking Republicans have become Republicans, not cultist.
Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, you should be concerned about the President. He refuses to read his daily intelligence briefings and instead watches Fox News morning show and writes angry tweets and Facebook rants
The Republican are using the social media to spread lies to ignorant people like you
Lisa Boothe
@LisaMarieBoothe
The #DNCConvention is an absolute parody. Cuomo on COVID. Bill Clinton on chaos in the Oval Office. Elizabeth Warren on Native American issues. Are we being punked?
No the Dems rely on ignorant people like roger.
From four years ago.
These are my comments in response to the op/ed in the Washington Post by the former CEO of General Motors.
I am grounded in the Midwestern Values I learned from my parents. They got married in 1937, in the middle of the Great Depression, brought upon this country by a Republican President. My father was a hard working man. He took me and my younger brother fishing, hunting and spent thousands of hours with us, and taught us the trade that carried both of us through the years.
My parents made us look at the CBS news, with Walter Cronkite during the civil rights efforts and Dr Martin Luther King J. to get rid of discrimination of all kinds in our society. Donald Trump is doing his best to separate us into groups that despise each other. He has implied that people should take "second amendment" solutions if he does not win the election, because it's rigged. His allegations against those of Hispanic descent and many others, are contrary to the beliefs of Dr. King and the majority of Americans. The list of lies, distortions and hateful comments would fill a book.
I have voted in every general election since 1962. I have been watching politicians, reading history books, and paid attention to what affects each party had on the country. For the most part, although I have disagreed with and would not vote for the Republican candidate since 1980. In every one of those years, I didn't fear the opponent of the other party. If they won, it was the choice of the people. But this year is different, and sorry, it's not because I have been a victim of propaganda and told how to see this election.
I have come to a clear and rational decision that Donald J. Trump poses a threat to our great country and the world, if he is elected President of the United States, and becomes the chief executive and commander in chief of the greatest fighting force in he history of the world. Like Mr Akinson said about Hillary Clinton, she has made mistakes, but she has the capacity to learn from those mistakes. Donald J. Trump is never, ever, going to admit he made any mistakes and he will act as he and he alone, can and will make decisions that can endanger freedom, our republic and democracy that our founders gave us all those years ago. He does not have he character of judgment to sit in the Oval Office as President. He changed his story last night. I don't believe a word he said.
Roger on your Trump -Abortion post, can you answer :
What is the woman's name?
Did she have the child?
Jennifer Horn asked:
How will Donald Trump’s circus of hate and exclusion compare? The truth is, it can’t.
example: post 10:29am above
What happened to Joe?
15 minutes ago the first Facebook tirade
Don’t buy GOODYEAR TIRES - They announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS. Get better tires for far less! (This is what the Radical Left Democrats do. Two can play the same game, and we have to start playing it now!).
We are losing 2,000 American lives per day and he lashed out in panic mode
“If you want a president who defines the job as spending hours a day watching TV and zapping people on social media, he’s your man.”
Bill Clinton
Mayor de Blasio's wife is branded 'a disgrace' for having staff of 14 - including a $70k videographer who filmed her BAKING COOKIES - while crime soars after $1bn NYPD cuts and trash piles up on streets as 22,000 city job face the chop
Chirlane McCray enjoys a core team of eight full-time staff who cost the city a combined $1.1 million in annual salaries, according to her office
Sources told The City she also has at least another six staff who do not feature on the official roster, taking her workforce to 14 with a $2 million price tag
(((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio
@jasonrantz
While some Seattle activists -- and even a former Senator -- claim @realDonaldTrump was locking mailboxes in Seattle to stop people from voting, I found out the truth: the mailboxes were temp. disabled because Progressive activists kept vandalizing them.
https://mynorthwest.com/2099344/rantz-seattle-activists-not-trump-missing-mailboxes/
probably roger's buddies have been spray painting and vandalizing them, not using them for mail.
And hey NANCY, while you're back from VACATION how about doing something about COVID-19 RELIEF ???
Yon know the thing millions of Americans are waiting for.
Or do you have to immediately fly back on your private jet for some gourmet ice-cream ?
The polls show that he could suffer a defeat of epic proportions, and he's so scared, that he's lashing out incoherently.
Sanders in his own words about Slow Joe.
“the most progressive platform of any Democratic nominee in the modern history of the party.”
It is another example of how the President and his pathological supporters, manipulative people who are not well informed.
Roger on your Trump -Abortion post, can you answer :
What is the woman's name?
Did she have the child?
Caliphate4vr said...
Mayor de Blasio's wife is branded 'a disgrace' for having staff of 14 - including a $70k videographer who filmed her BAKING COOKIES - while crime soars after $1bn NYPD cuts and trash piles up on streets as 22,000 city job face the chop
Chirlane McCray enjoys a core team of eight full-time staff who cost the city a combined $1.1 million in annual salaries, according to her office
Sources told The City she also has at least another six staff who do not feature on the official roster, taking her workforce to 14 with a $2 million price tag
Nancy will tell you gourmet ice cream goes well with cookies.
Maybe they can make a video together
Sanders is not the nominee
When the payroll tax cuts end in January, you and your employer will have to pay the back taxe cuts .
Enjoy when you file your tax returns and have to pay thousands.
2020 Democrats
"I hereby second the nomination of Senator Bernard Sanders of Vermont for president of the United States of America.” AOC
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@Rockprincess818
Bernie Sanders
Bill Clinton
John Kerry
Colin Powell
Joe Biden (who ran for president 32 years ago)
I’ve seen younger faces on cash.
Dems are trying to appeal to the old men who remember the summer of love crowd.
And not the one in Seattle.
fools like roger.
Wrong
"Enjoy when you file your tax returns and have to pay thousands."
Elizabeth Harrington
@LizRNC
"Where am I? What's going on?"
VIDEO: https://twitter.com/LizRNC/status/1295909216625057792
๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ช
@Rockprincess818
Is Joe Biden in a Blockbuster Video store???
ROFLMFAO !!! it does look like one for those old enough to remember !
Sanders in his own words about Slow Joe.
“the most progressive platform of any Democratic nominee in the modern history of the party.”
Voter suppression
(Reuters) - The re-election campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump has sued New Jersey, following a decision on Friday by its Democratic governor to mail a ballot to every voter in the state for November’s elections, as well as hold in-person voting amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Make America Great Again is a pledge to restore the Jim Crow era
Roger, you bring issues near and dear to your poor broke heart then run away.
Blogger Roger Amick said...
“If you want a president who defines the job as spending hours a day watching TV and zapping people on social media, he’s your man.”
Bill Clinton Impeached
FIFY
Roger debate class held debates on a "Stage" ๐
James Woods
@RealJamesWoods
I did admire Eva Longoria’s heroic attack on “income inequality” though. Not a lot of women with a net worth of $80,000,000 will share their pain so openly like that. #Brave
And Jeff Bezos with his 200 billion net worth does run the Washington Post.
And his company Amazon did put up a black lives manner banner.
people like roger are good with that, Their hearts are in the right place. right ?
ROFLMFAO !!!
Trump Says GOP Mishandling Postal Service Hearings
August 19, 2020 at 11:56 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
President Trump is angry with how Republicans are handling upcoming House and Senate hearings featuring Postmaster General Louis DeJoy:
“Why are Republicans allowing the Democrats to have ridiculous Post Office hearings on Saturday & Monday, just before and during our Convention. Let them hold them NOW (during their Convention) or after our Convention is over. Always playing right into their hands!”
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Poor Trumpie. Angry all the time. And it will only get worse.
Roger Amick said...
“If you want a president who defines the job as spending hours a day watching TV and zapping people on social media, he’s your man.”
“If you want a president who defines the job as spending hours a day watching underage girls on Pedo Island Bill's your man.”
Good choice for speaker last night Joe, or whoever really chose them.
run roger run
You are being deceived to believe that Anti-fa represents the Democratic party. We are not Marxists or socialists. We believe in a well regulated capitalist government that will share the wealth and not limit to the Super rich.
Bill Clinton Impeached
Donald Trump Impeached
FIFY
Donald Trump impeached President
Richard Nixon impeached
AOC... can I get a second ?
ROFLMFAO !!!
I do think the democrat convention outdrew the Comedy Network.
probably was their main competition.
embarrassingly low ratings... wait till next week though !!!
scares the shit out of dems, just look here
AOC
"millions of people in the United States are looking for deep systemic solutions to our crises of mass evictions""
Where is her data to support this claim.
Bernie, Bernie , Bernie
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Democrats spent weeks denying their unhinged party wants to abolish the police.
"We're talking about abolishing the police, we're talking about abolishing ICE, and we're talking about abolishing prisons."
thebradfordfile™
@thebradfordfile
LMAO. The only clip anyone will remember from the DNC will be AOC endorsing Bernie Sanders.
who was this convention supposed to be about ?
"We're talking about abolishing the police, we're talking about abolishing ICE, and we're talking about abolishing prisons."
You're right. The rest of America will remember the dems for this
This is from a television network in Rapid City South Dakota! A very conservative area.
President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday urging others not to buy Goodyear Tires due to a ban on his Make America Great Again apparel inside their factories.
He's increasingly incoherent.
Blogger Roger Amick said...
President Donald Trump reached out to Russian President Vladimir Putin several times in the years prior to running for election
so this is a problem, while the iranian mullah's balls nestled snugly and softly on 0linsky's chin is not.
i see.
slow Joe and The Hoe, don't know this anti-Semitism was going to take center stage and highlighted .
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign said it has nothing to do with former Women's March leader Linda Sarsour, after she was seen participating in the Democratic National Convention."
Biden is not in favor of defunding the police.
Privately owned jails are a disaster. The inmates are abused and tortured by the guards and fellow inmates.
This could be fun, IF Roger would "debate" this with us.
"๐๐คกwill share the wealth and not limit to the Super rich.๐คฃ๐คฃ"
Roger you are able to earn money, right?
And as always Alky only has a portion of the story
DISCRIMINATION ALERT:
@goodyear
has incorporated clear & visible discrimination in its diversity training. The wearing of the political slogan & attire for #BLM is ok but supporting @realDonaldTrump or the police is not. The list of products I'm boycotting grows longer.
https://twitter.com/Steven_Woolfe/status/1296047688673374209?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
Ignore Ignorant Kans. Dem.
He thinks he's clever but he's not.
Justices Push Obamacare Arguments to After Election
August 19, 2020 at 12:11 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on overturning the Affordable Care Act on November 10, a week after the election, Bloomberg reports.
We. Along with our allies, negotiated a nuclear weapons ban Iran.
Your President withdrew from the agreement, because President Obama negotiated the agreement.
He's insanely obsessed about Barack Obama. He's a racist, like you
Great news thanks Reverend
Blogger Roger Amick said...
Biden is not in favor of defunding the police.
he most certainly is. he's just a coward who felt compelled to use cowardly words like "re-direct" instead of "defund."
hw only fooled the "useful idiots" like you alky.
Meaning of redirect in English
redirect
verb [ T ]
US /หriห.daษชหrekt/ /หriห.dษชหrekt/ UK /หriห.daษชหrekt/ /หriห.dษชหrekt/
to change the direction of something, especially to send a letter to a new address:
Resources must be redirected into the many under-funded areas of education.
Please redirect any mail that arrives for me to my address in Ottawa.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/redirect
Slow Joe is a coward.
Unable to support a claim in a debate means you lost.
Roger and James lost.
And as always Alky only has a portion of the story
DISCRIMINATION ALERT:
@goodyear
has incorporated clear & visible discrimination in its diversity training. The wearing of the political slogan & attire for #BLM is ok but supporting @realDonaldTrump or the police is not. The list of products I'm boycotting grows longer.
a good friend of mine is the store manager of a large goodyear dealer up here. i can imagine the damage control he'll be doing in the coming days.
get woke, go broke.
"will share the wealth and not limit to the Super rich."
First , wealth is created by work, that labor creates it, so the wealth is owned by the one creating it and solely has control of it and whom it is shared with.
2ndly , Thier is no limit on how wealth one can become, other then your own abilities.
Blogger Roger Amick said...
We. Along with our allies, negotiated a nuclear weapons ban Iran.
no, 0linsky had Lurch and his failed romance novelist Rhodes take it in the ass from Iran.
and paid the mullahs handsomely for the privilege.
a fucking fools errand that Trump rightly and swiftly SHITCANNED.
How exactly is Wealth "limit(ed) to the Super rich."?
This is sadly a given! These terroristic groups have always existed! Decent politicians have just always kept them in check! I have confidence that our military and law enforcement will support the Constitution and the law when push comes to shove!
The racist rodent bastard is a coward
The former head of the National Counterterrorism Center said he would not be surprised if right-wing domestic terrorist groups stage attacks in the United States around this November’s presidential election.
“It certainly wouldn’t surprise me, particularly if the administration loses,” said Russ Travers, who was the center’s acting director when he was fired by President Trump’s hand-picked acting director of national intelligence.
Trump, who is behind in all national polls, has repeatedly claimed that the expected widespread use of mail-in ballots during a national pandemic will lead to “massive fraud and abuse” and an election result that is “rigged” against him. “The political rhetoric is such that you could very easily see some backlash” from white supremacist or other right-wing terror groups, Travers said.
Travers is not alone in his assessment. An Aug. 17 Department of Homeland Security analysis also warns of possible election-related attacks. “We assess ideologically-motivated violent extremists and other violent actors could quickly mobilize to threaten or engage in violence against election or campaign-related targets in response to perceived partisan and policy-based grievances,” says the document, which was obtained by Yahoo News.
While the DHS document appears to indicate that such attacks might come from across the political spectrum, white supremacists are the only group it cites specifically. “We continue to assess lone offender white supremacist extremists and other lone offender domestic terrorist actors with personalized ideologies, including those based on grievances against a target’s perceived or actual political affiliation, policies or worldview, pose the greatest threat of lethal violence,” says the document, which was prepared by DHS’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis in coordination with several other offices, as well as with the National Counterterrorism Center.
https://news.yahoo.com/former-counterterror-chief-trump-defeat-may-prompt-rightwing-terror-attacks-190913288.html
liberal "logic" on the part of goodyear:
A friend commented:
So Goodyear is aligning itself with urban, and largely poor, guerrilla terrorists who do not own cars, and is taking a position against the suburban and rural voters who own all the cars?
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/389695.php
it looks like goodyear has gone "alky stupid."
Our allies are very appreciative about this President.
He's ignoring of history has lead him to an isolationist position.
After the Second World war, Presidents of both parties united and formed NATO.
It saved the world from the Soviet Union and communism.
Trump loves Vladimir Putin
If he wins reelection, Vladimir Putin will rebuild the Soviet Union and capture eastern Europe again
This is not 1968. The racialism is not going to work this time.
Roger , you could stop hiding from your writings.
How exactly is Wealth "limit(ed) to the Super rich."?
This is sadly a given! These terroristic groups have always existed!
Wow Alky usually you wait until immediately after an attack before blaming righties, your claim the Boston Marathon bombing was tax protesters was 15 minutes after the bombing.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is an American tire manufacturing company founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling and based in Akron, Ohio. The attached tweet popped up on my feed today. When did it become acceptable for an American President to call for a boycott of an American company?
If every qualified voter is allowed to vote, either in person or by mail, he will lose the election by a tsunami.
Goodyear banned it's employees from wearing political hats.
That's completely legal.
Your ignorance is completely fatal
GregGutfeld
@greggutfeld
bill clinton looks relaxed. probably a pre-speech massage.
any time away from Hillary is a good time.
A complete lie.
I can sue you in civil court for false allegations
Made my point.
Roger can't debate.
Roger , you could stop hiding from your writings.
How exactly is Wealth "limit(ed) to the Super rich."?
Did Obama give Fox news the OK yet?
Why is BLM ok but Blue lives not?
I see Goodyear is already backtracking and disclaiming.
Russian President Vladimir Putin directly ordered the hacking of the Democratic Party’s servers with the goal of leaking damaging information that would hurt then-candidate Hillary Clinton and provide a boost to President Trump’s campaign, the final report from the Senate Intelligence Committee’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election released Tuesday found, among other damaging findings.
I wish you would provide the 30 thousand email
https://youtu.be/mQb2S4DIcNc
If it wasn't just 86 days until the election, he would be impeached and convicted and removed from office in handcuffs
You deleted it to avoid a Court order
Goodyear Bans ‘Blue Lives Matter’ and MAGA Slogans, Allows Black Lives Matter"
Why does Goodyear Corperate Leaders hate Cops.
Woke up doing the happy dance! Today is THE DAY @KamalaHarris will be accepting the historic VP nomination. Happy #KamalaDay!
https://twitter.com/higherheights/status/1295916872253218820?s=21
“Democrats call it voter suppression; we can all agree to call it disturbing. For Republicans trying to stave off a Democratic takeover of the Senate and the White House, owning this outrage is mind-bogglingly dumb.” — A.B. Stoddard, RealClearPolitics
when you're financially broke you look to have government make other share wealth that you could never figure out to earn.
"We believe in a well regulated capitalist government that will share the wealth and not limit to the Super rich."
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/08/14/gop_should_reject_trumps_war_on_the_post_office__143964.html
He broke the law again kput'z.
(a)Whoever, being a covered government person, with the intent to influence, solely on the basis of partisan political affiliation, an employment decision or employment practice of any private entity—
(1)takes or withholds, or offers or threatens to take or withhold, an official act, or
(2)influences, or offers or threatens to influence, the official act of another,
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 15 years, or both, and may be disqualified from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.
(b)In this section, the term “covered government person” means—
(1)a Senator or Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;
(2)an employee of either House of Congress; or
(3)the President, Vice President, an employee of the United States Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory Commission, or any other executive branch employee (as such term is defined under section 2105 of title 5, United States Code).
(Added Pub. L. 110–81, title I, § 102(a), Sept. 14, 2007, 121 Stat. 739; amended Pub. L. 112–105, § 18(a), Apr. 4, 2012, 126 Stat. 304.)
Trump Calls for Boycott of Goodyear Tires
August 19, 2020 at 1:29 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard
President Trump called for a boycott of Goodyear after they announced a ban on employees wearing clothing with political slogans, such as “Make America Great Again” hats.
Said Trump: “Get better tires for far less!”
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) fired back: “It is despicable when a President of the United States thinks it is appropriate to call for a boycott of a US company where there are thousands and thousands of American workers employed.”
The company employs 60,000 people in Ohio, a battleground state.
HAS TRUMP GONE COMPLETELY OUT OF HIS FLIPPING MIND?
Yawn.
The Hate by James.
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"Biden/Harris ticket has a nickname "Joe and the Ho"
Rush Limbaugh. Recipient the Medal of Freedom
Blue Dress wearing Bill Clinton talked about morals.
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James. He has committed high crime and misdemeanors
(a)Whoever, being a covered government person, with the intent to influence, solely on the basis of partisan political affiliation, an employment decision or employment practice of any private entity—
(1)takes or withholds, or offers or threatens to take or withhold, an official act, or
(2)influences, or offers or threatens to influence, the official act of another,
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 15 years, or both, and may be disqualified from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.
(b)In this section, the term “covered government person” means—
(1)a Senator or Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;
(2)an employee of either House of Congress; or
(3)the President, Vice President, an employee of the United States Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory Commission, or any other executive branch employee (as such term is defined under section 2105 of title 5, United States Code).
(Added Pub. L. 110–81, title I, § 102(a), Sept. 14, 2007, 121 Stat. 739; amended Pub. L. 112–105, § 18(a), Apr. 4, 2012, 126 Stat. 304.)
The Most Progressive Socialist stated his view of the US.
"“As a nation, we’re facing multiple crises at once. A public health crisis, an economic crisis, a racial crisis, and a climate crisis. " Slow Joe and The Hoe
He's a Republican who worked for John McCain Vietnam war hero.
The latest from Steve Schmidt:
Senator, I don’t hate anyone. I do have a seething contempt for you and your colleagues who have been silent enablers of the profound damage Trump has done to this country. You have been faithless to your oaths as Trump has desecrated the Presidency and sundered the American People. You have failed to stand up as peaceful protestors were attacked outside the White House. You were silent when Trump’s imbecility and stupidity made America the epicenter of Covid-19 death and suffering. You were silent as a Trump attacked the Rule of Law and our election process. You were silent when Trump rewarded Putin after the Russians paid blood money for dead Americans. You were silent about Trump’s staggering corruption and his ceaseless racial animus. You were silent as Trump destroyed the Conservative movement by fusing t with White Nationalist extremists. Now you are silent as the Q conspiracy spreads deeper into the Republican Party. Whatever it is you call yourself, Conservative doesn’t fit. You are a foot soldier and a principless factotum in a cult of personality. [@ProjectLincoln](https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln)
What is a :
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"....well regulated capitalist government that will share the wealth and not limit to the Super rich."
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) fired back: “It is despicable when a President of the United States thinks it is appropriate to call for a boycott of a US company where there are thousands and thousands of American workers employed.”
well sonny, many of us think it's despicable when a US company where there are thousands and thousands of American workers employed decides to endorse domestic terrorists.
if you're going to choose a side and the side you choose supports burning, looting and murder, and totally rejects the rule of law, oh well.
as they say - get woke, go broke.
when the CEO of Red Bull discovered that his SJW senior execs wanted to side with the terrorists, he fucking fired them all.
THAT'S how it's done.
Russian President Vladimir Putin directly ordered the hacking of the Democratic Party’s servers
dumbass...
the DNC servers were never HACKED. they were PHISHED.
learn the difference. dumb fuck Podesta fell for an phishing e-mail. a matter SO serious, law enforcement was prohibited from engaging.
the dumb fucks hired crowdstrike instead.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Sources are reporting that Trump has dealt a killer blow in his ongoing war against his sworn enemy, the U.S. Post Office. In a move of sheer, mind-blowing brilliance, Trump directed the Post Office to put his face on every single stamp, forcing the Democrats to reverse course and abolish the institution once and for all.
The new stamp, dubbed "The Trump-Stamp," to be used on all pieces of mail features a smiling Donald Trump, with the caption "GREATEST PRESIDENT EVER."
Don Lemon broke the news in a tearful address to the nation last night. "Our democracy is over," he said. "It doesn't exist anymore. I will never send another piece of mail ever again, and neither should you or else you're a racist."
Antifa and BLM responded by marching on local post offices and burning them down. Enthusiastic Trump supporters quickly bought up all the stamps. They are now selling for $3,000 apiece online.
https://babylonbee.com/news/brilliant-trump-puts-himself-on-all-postage-stamps-forcing-democrats-to-abolish-the-usps/
Roger has been unable to debate his topic once again.
What is a :
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"....well regulated capitalist government that will share the wealth and not limit to the Super rich" Alky
Ignore Ignorant Kans Dem.
He thinks he is so clever, but he's not.
The reason nobody "debates" him is simple:
He's neither interested in nor capable of
real debate, real discussion.
Melania Trump should give her speech to the RNC in one of the empty rooms in the Trump University!
The reason nobody "debates" him is simple:
He's neither interested in nor capable of
real debate, real discussion.
says the asshole who copy/pastes goddard all day every day, and is a master at semantics and moving the goal posts when getting his ass thoroughly handed to him in a debate.
fuck off pederast.
He committed a high crime or misdemeanor
(a)Whoever, being a covered government person, with the intent to influence, solely on the basis of partisan political affiliation, an employment decision or employment practice of any private entity—
(1)takes or withholds, or offers or threatens to take or withhold, an official act, or
(2)influences, or offers or threatens to influence, the official act of another,
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 15 years, or both, and may be disqualified from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.
(b)In this section, the term “covered government person” means—
(1)a Senator or Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;
(2)an employee of either House of Congress; or
(3)the President, Vice President, an employee of the United States Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory Commission, or any other executive branch employee (as such term is defined under section 2105 of title 5, United States Code).
(Added Pub. L. 110–81, title I, § 102(a), Sept. 14, 2007, 121 Stat. 739; amended Pub. L. 112–105, § 18(a), Apr. 4, 2012, 126 Stat. 304.)
Both the following from Taegan Goddard
White House Can’t Say Trump Will Accept Election Results
From the White House press briefing with press secretary Kayleigh McEnany:
REPORTER: Is the President saying if he doesn’t win this election that he will not accept the results unless he wins?
MCENANY: The President has always said he’ll see what happens and make a determination in the aftermath.
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Trump Wanted to Swap Puerto Rico for Greenland
Former Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor confirmed to MSNBC that President Trump inquired about “selling” Puerto Rico.
Said Taylor: “One time before we went down he told us, not only did he want to purchase Greenland, he actually said he wanted to see if we could sell Puerto Rico, could we swap Puerto Rico for Greenland, because, in his words, Puerto Rico was dirty and the people were poor.”
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Doesn't sound like the sort of thing Biden would say, does it?
Or Jesus either.
well, she's right. when your entire DNC platform can be summed up in 3 words - "orange man bad," you might be a little light on policy initiatives.
Kirstie Alley
@kirstiealley
DNC, any of you gonna speak out about your SOLUTIONS for the PRESENT DAY crime,violence, looting, destruction, murder, poverty, homelessness, bankruptcy & sanctuary cities in your OWN DEMOCRATIC run cities? Or just gonna yap about who did what down memory lane?
Bueller?
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LOL.
This is especially for rat:
Biden Maintains Double-Digit Lead
August 19, 2020 at 2:05 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard
A new Economist/YouGov poll finds Joe Biden leading Donald Trump by ten points nationally in the presidential race, 50% to 40%.
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You're welcome!
Biden Maintains Double-Digit Lead
excellent. democrats are lazy enough as it is, if you assholes can convince enough of them to stay home on election day...
hey, i know, let's make up some phony polls and overstate them all to hell.
brilliant!
LOL.
You bring nothing pederast
for Rattypoop and Calipoop:
Trump threatening Dem voting via the postal service is getting a lot of them fired up,
thank you.
So is their INSPIRING convention.
Sorry you won't be having one (Not really!).
Blue America Is Only Growing
August 19, 2020 at 2:50 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard
Ron Brownstein:
“Trump has committed the GOP to a strategy of squeezing bigger margins from a shrinking share of the electorate, while systematically alienating the growing groups that Democrats are highlighting this week.
"He may still be able to squeeze out another Electoral College victory even if he almost certainly loses the popular vote. But even that pathway is not realistic, strategists on both sides acknowledge, unless he can significantly cut his current popular-vote deficit.”
NOT LIKELY, LOL.
Donald "nobody likes me;
must be my personality" Trump
Trump threatening Dem voting via the postal service is getting a lot of them fired up,
thank you.
if only it were true.
the left has proven time and again that they are stupid enough to fall for any hoax. the more outlandish the better.
one asshat even chained himself to a usps mailbox.
Democratic Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio appeared determined to take a stand against the U.S. Postal Services' recent cuts on Tuesday, sharing a video on Twitter of the lawmaker chained to a mailbox and declaring: "They're not getting this one!"
https://www.newsweek.com/democratic-rep-chains-himself-mailbox-theyre-not-getting-this-one-1526187
LOL.
Caliphate4vrAugust 19, 2020 at 1:43 PM
You bring nothing pederast."
Exactly.
James, I debate your topics.
Roger has been unable to debate his topic once again.
What is a :
"
"....well regulated capitalist government that will share the wealth and not limit to the Super rich" Alky
IF he had the financial and economic mental firepower to debate his topic he would, but he drank and medicated it away.
๐คฃ"six figure income for life" Alky
There must be requirements for a lack of melanin, and also a lack of a functioning frontal cortex, to qualify for membership.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/13/opinions/coronavirus-neuroscience-brain-decisions-sapolsky/index.html
BREAKING: Facebook bans about 900 pages and groups and 1,500 ads tied to QAnon, part of a sweeping action that also restricted the reach of 10,000+ Instagram pages and almost 2,000 Facebook groups pushing the baseless conspiracy theory.
Trump supporters will go crazy
QAnon is an elaborate, unfounded conspiracy theory alleging that President Donald Trump is secretly saving the world from a group of prominent Satanic cannibals that run the world. The group has been linked to several violent, criminal incidents, including a train hijacking, kidnappings, a police chase and a murder.
The new policy states that “Pages, Groups and Instagram accounts associated with these movements and organizations will be removed when they discuss potential violence."
QAnon, militia movements and violent movements tied to protests will now no longer be allowed to purchase ads on Facebook. QAnon ads, which often pushed merchandise, were allowed on the platform before Wednesday’s announcement.
Kellyanne Conway: “I didn’t hear Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, John Kerry, anybody, talk about this virus in a meaningful, solutions-based way! If they’ve got a good idea, they shouldn’t be sitting on it until November 4th!”
Sandra Smith: “He’s got a plan,”
KC: “Oh yeah, where is it?”
SS: “It’s on his campaign website,”
KC: “Yeah, sure,”
SS: “You can read through it,”
KC: “Yeah I’ve read through it. It’s not much of a plan.”
REALITY CHECK: Biden's plan to combat coronavirus is too long to copy/paste, so here's the link:
https://joebiden.com/covid19/
Spanish: https://joebiden.com/es/el-plan-de-biden-para-combatir-el-coronavirus-covid-19-y-prepararnos-para-futuras-amenazas-para-la-salud-mundial/
Browners
This is on topic
This will be great comedy. I can't wait. Such important leaders. ๐๐๐
DRUM ROLL announcing the RNC 2020 Speaker Lineup.
Kid Rock.
Ted Nugent.
Scott Baio.
Nick Sandmann (MAGA hat kid from Covington Catholic)
The Demon Sperm Doctor
MyPillow Guy
Goya Beans CEO
The St. Louis couple who pointed their guns at protestors
Jon Voight
Diamond and Silk
James Woods.
The Blacks for Trump guy.
Only moronic trump slurpers think 2.% gdp is a win for trump....I recall how those numbers were completely unacceptable a few short years ago when Obama was in charge!!!! I wonder what the actual trump record is now with 2 quarters of negative growth and a potential third in the wings!!!!! Gee wouldn't it be a surprise if the last 3 years are less than Obama's!!!! I for one will LMFAO at idiots like rat who can't stop sucking on trumps fat old white ass!!!!!!
TOPLINE Charlie Dent, a former Republican Congressman from Pennsylvania, is the latest Republican to publicly announce his support for Democratic nominee Biden following a string of more than half-a-dozen Republican speakers in the first two nights of the Democratic Convention.
of President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has reached a new high, according to a recent CNN poll.
Fifty-eight percent of Americans disapprove of Trump’s COVID-19 response and 55 percent say they think the worst is yet to come in the pandemic. People who know someone who’s contracted the virus had increased from 40 percent from a CNN poll in June to 67 percent.
Trump’s disapproval rate was in the CNN poll from early June.
The new poll was conducted from Aug. 12-15 with a sample size of 1,108 respondents and a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.
About 8 in 10 Americans say they are angry with how the country is going and 68 percent say they are embarrassed by the way the U.S. has responded to the pandemic, according to the poll.
Donald Trump rise to the White House can be traced to President Reagan’s economic policies that “hollowed out the middle class.”
That’s according to an economic historian who laid out a slew of sobering data on income, taxes, Chinese imports, debt and more that he connected to across-the-board tax cuts that began in 1980.
“(Reaganomics) paved the way for Trumpism,” John Komlos, a former Duke economics professor and professor emeritus of economics and economic history at the University of Munich, said last week during a talk at the John Hope Franklin Center. “That to me is where our problems started, because it created a great amount of inequality.”
Komlos cited “economic dislocations” in three Rustbelt states as one of the main reasons Trump won over voters who had gone for Barak Obama in 2008 and 2012.
This dislocation includes low and stagnating wages, increasing indebtedness, downward social mobility, declining relative incomes “and the hopelessness accompanying them while at the other end of the income distribution the economy was simply booming.”
“People without a high school diploma, they are really hurting,” Komlos said. “They are the ones that Donald Trump loves. Some people are doing marvelously, and other people are really behind the eight ball. And Trump would not have won otherwise.”
Komlos said he’s met people who support Trump simply for “vengeful reasons.”
“I can understand that; the system didn’t treat them well.”
He cited a three-decade process that started with Reaganomics and its tax cuts, which he says favored the rich by increasing their wealth and political clout. In tax year 1985, for example, he said the top 1 percent gained a $350,000 windfall while the typical household received $3,500, and the poor received a couple of hundred dollars (all in today’s dollars).
Reaganomics also hurt the middle class by crushing unions, he says.
Komlos blamed Democrats, too. Financial deregulation and hyper-globalization under President Clinton accelerated the process of hurting the middle class, according to the economist.
“George Bush Jr. continued to pamper the superrich with his tax policies,” Komlos says. “The process culminated with Barack Obama’s bailing out the super-rich and his disregard of Main Street. This is fermentation for people in despair.”
Komlos said the United States blew an opportunity to drastically restructure its economy and make it fairer when the bottom fell out in 2008-2009.
“The rich and powerful were on their knees, they were bankrupt,” he said. “That’s the only time when you could have really put the economy on a bigger path.”
He added that the taxpayer bailout “was the biggest transfer of wealth from bottom to the top in history of mankind.”
And Komlos said Obama’s choice of Timothy Geithner, a former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to be his first secretary of the treasury was the “worst decision Obama made in his life.”
“(Geithner) didn’t care about Main Street, he cared about banking,” Komlos said. “Obama is not blameless by any means.”
He noted that Citibank and Bank of America had a combined market value of $24 billion in March 2009. Today they are worth $400 billion.
“The taxpayer didn’t get a cent of the capital gains,” Komlos said.
“We’re in bad shape folks, we’re in much worse shape than we think … because all these problems are not even recognized.”
He added: “Do not blame Hillary’s ‘basket of deplorables’ for heaven’s sake. They are the victims. They did not create the system and they do not understand the system and they are being manipulated in a big way.
“My argument is it’s the economic policies that led to the deplorables, and vengeance on us.”
The John Hope Franklin Center and Duke University Center for International and Global Studies
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2016/08/16/business/dealbook/the-risks-of-unfettered-capitalism.amp.html
Rest can be found here
https://www.yahoo.com/news/did-stock-market-hit-record-040103453.html
“I want to retire as quickly as possible. Financial freedom will give me the flexibility to do that,” says Schill, 38, who had her salary restored after ten weeks. By that point, she found a new daycare for her children that was 20% cheaper. That put more money back into her pocket to invest, a plus since stocks were at bargain prices, she says.
“I’m going to keep plowing toward my retirement goals,” says Schill. “You can’t time the market. You have to remove the emotion regardless of the wild ride.”
After stocks sold off in the spring, some Americans, like Schill, are happy with their retirement balances again following the market rebound.
On Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose 0.2% to 3,389.78, eclipsing its previous Feb. 19 high to finish at the highest closing level on record. That means this year’s bear market, or a drop of more than 20% from a peak, from the February high to the lows on March 23 was the shortest in history, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices.
While retirement accounts saw sharp swings in the second quarter due to the uncertainty surrounding the outbreak, investors boosted their IRA contributions, driving record-breaking flows to retail retirement accounts while contributions to 401(k) plans remained steady, according to Fidelity Investments.
Bouncing back: Retirement savers cash in after shrugging off stock market woes in the spring
'Insulin or groceries': How reduced unemployment affects struggling Americans from California to Mississippi
So why is the stock market at records while the U.S. economy is in one of the sharpest economic downturns since the Great Depression? Here’s what the experts say:
Why a record in a recession?
Although stocks are back at highs, millions of out-of-work Americans are still suffering after a mind-boggling 56.2 million Americans sought unemployment aid in just 21 weeks.
But there have been signs of improvement in the labor market recently, which has helped rejuvenate investor optimism for the recovery.
“It’s not so much about good versus bad news. The market cares about whether things are getting better versus worse,” says Ryan Detrick, senior market strategist at LPL Financial. “The economy is still nowhere near its output prior to the pandemic. But things are getting better.”
A few new polls for those who think trump is winning.......BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
Results Spread
General Election: Trump vs. Biden Rasmussen Reports Biden 48, Trump 44 Biden +4
General Election: Trump vs. Biden Economist/YouGov Biden 50, Trump 40 Biden +10
General Election: Trump vs. Biden The Hill/HarrisX Biden 45, Trump 39 Biden +6
President Trump Job Approval Rasmussen Reports Approve 47, Disapprove 51 Disapprove +4
President Trump Job Approval Politico/Morning Consult Approve 39, Disapprove 59 Disapprove +20
President Trump Job Approval Economist/YouGov Approve 43, Disapprove 54 Disapprove +11
2020 Generic Congressional Vote Economist/YouGov Democrats 49, Republicans 38 Democrats +11
QUESTION - What Do You Think Putin
Has On Trump ? Especially with the news of the past few days?
All from Taegen Goddard's politicalwire.com:
Obama Will Say ‘Our Democracy Is at Stake’
---Former president Barack Obama will deliver his Democratic convention speech tonight from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, a location intended to underscore “our very democracy is at stake” in this election, CNN reports.
Excerpt from Obama’s Speech
“I never expected that my successor would embrace my vision or continue my policies. I did hope, for the sake of our country, that Donald Trump might show some interest in taking the job seriously; that he might come to feel the weight of the office and discover some reverence for the democracy that had been placed in his care. But he never did.”
Charlie Dent Endorses Biden
Former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) crossed party lines and endorsed Joe Biden for president.
--Said Dent in a piece written for CNN:
“Biden is fundamentally a decent and honorable man who
respects the American tradition,
supports the rule of law,
embraces America’s friends and allies,
and will restore some semblance of normalcy to the functioning of government.
That’s all I want — and not too much to ask of a President.
Biden will perform these duties respectfully and with dignity.”
Facebook Removes 790 QAnon Groups
“Facebook said on Wednesday that it had removed 790 QAnon groups from its site and was restricting another 1,950 groups, 440 pages and more than 10,000 Instagram accounts related to the right-wing conspiracy theory, in the social network’s most sweeping action against the fast-growing movement,” the New York Times reports.
“Facebook’s takedown followed record growth of QAnon groups on the site, much of it since the coronavirus pandemic began in March.”
President Obama speaks at the DNC, tonight. Trump will be tweeting crap, almost immediately. Aren’t we tired of Trump’s insistence that Obama failed as President. Trump has no standing or credibility to judge him for us.
I will check out his Twitter tirade about Obama
Looks like my prediction that Tucker would outdraw the DNC turned out to be true.
Outside of the sycophantic spinners for the DNC, the consensus is that to watch it is akin to root canal.
August 19, 2020 at 5:00 PM Delete
President Obama speaks at the DNC, tonight. Trump will be tweeting crap, almost immediately. Aren’t we tired of Trump’s insistence that Obama failed as President. Trump has no standing or credibility to judge him for us.
Alky, Obunghole’s only chance of ever having a legacy is him buying a Subaru
Roger has been unable to debate his topic once again.
What is a :
"
"....well regulated capitalist government that will share the wealth and not limit to the Super rich" Alky
IF he had the financial and economic mental firepower to debate his topic he would, but he drank and medicated it away.
Trump slams GOP senators for calling hearing with postmaster general https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-slams-senate-republicans-hearing-postmaster-general-louis-dejoy/
Dementia squared
He didn't know when the meetings in the Senate and house of Representatives this week
๐Alky, Obunghole’s only chance of ever having a legacy is him buying a Subaru๐คฃ
He cited a three-decade process that started with Reaganomics and its tax cuts, which he says favored the rich by increasing their wealth and political clout. In tax year 1985, for example, he said the top 1 percent gained a $350,000 windfall while the typical household received $3,500, and the poor received a couple of hundred dollars (all in today’s dollars).
That didn’t didn’t take Goodyear long LMAO
Goodyear distances itself from viral image that drew Trump's ire
Get woke, go broke
So according to Goodyear "Blue lives matter" political. "Black lives matters" not political.
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