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OpEd: If Jackoff Jack Dorsey won't kick Eric Trump off Twitter for this lie then Jackoff Jack and Twitter need to go. In the meantime let's use our karma to destroy the Trump Klan.
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Ice Cube has responded to a clearly edited photo shared by Eric Trump showing himself and 50 Cent wearing Trump hats, despite such a headwear moment never having actually occurred.
Cube quoted the tweet in question on Tuesday, adding only "N**** please..." as commentary. Shortly after Cube's response, the tweet—which was flagged by Twitter with a "manipulated media" warning—was removed.
Notably, the spread of this fake photo arrives after Cube received criticism for working with the Trump team on the Contract With Black America (CWBA). Last week, Cube responded to the criticism, stating that "both parties" had contacted him. Later, T.I. came to Cube's defense.
"I think people are being presumptuous," T.I., who recently deemed his 2018 debate track with MAGA-era Kanye West a "perfect record," told Power 106 in a recent interview.
Race traitor and Uncle Tom 50 Cent, meanwhile, is fresh off telling his fans to "vote for Trump" due solely to his apparent disagreement with Biden's tax plan for those making $400,000 or more annually. Predictably, 50's comments were quickly amplified by a number of traitorous MAGA followers.
And for those keeping tabs on the Trump family's history of receiving "manipulated media" flags on Twitter, another recent example saw the POTUS getting slapped with one after sharing a tweet in which he claimed he was now "immune" to COVID-19. At the time, a Twitter rep told Reuters that the tweet marked an example of "misleading health claims" regarding the coronavirus pandemic.
The White House has been aware for more than a month that coronavirus cases have been surging nationwide as President Donald Trump has publicly downplayed the virus and held crowded events, according to private documents obtained and released Tuesday by a key House committee.
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), chair of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, released six weekly White House coronavirus task force reports showing that the White House has known since just after Labor Day that COVID-19 cases are skyrocketing and that there is a serious need for more testing and mask mandates.
But the White House chose to hide these reports, according to Clyburn, as Trump publicly claimed in September the coronavirus “affects virtually nobody” and hosted potential superspreader events in states the task force warned had spikes in cases, including Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Carolina.
Until now, the task force reports were shared privately with state governments but were not disclosed to the public.
President Donald Trump holds a rally at Tucson International Airport on Oct. 19. He was not wearing a mask and neither were many of his rally attendees. (Photo: MANDEL NGAN via Getty Images)
The reports show that White House officials watched as the number of states in the “red zone” ― a region with newly diagnosed COVID-19 case rates above 100 per 100,000 people over the previous week, and lab test positivity results above 10% ― jumped from 18 to 31 between Sept. 13 and Oct. 18.
The reports also show a dangerous disconnect between the task force’s findings and Trump’s actions. In its Sept. 20 report, the task force warned the number of states in the “red zone” had ticked up to 18. Wisconsin was seeing a particularly high increase in positive cases, at 145%. Yet, on Oct. 1, Trump held two more rallies in the state.
By Oct. 18, the task force reported that 31 states were in the “red zone.” A day later, Trump told campaign staffers on a call, “People are tired of COVID. ... People are saying, ‘Whatever. Just leave us alone.’ They’re tired of it. People are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots,” referring to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci.
The task force calls for more testing in all 50 states, contradicting Trump’s claim that he has “done too good a job” on testing. It also urges “red zone” states to put mask mandates in place, as governors in some of those states ignore the recommendations and embrace Trump’s falseclaims that “there’s a lot of problems with masks” and “85% of the people that wear masks catch it.”
“The White House reports released today show that President Trump’s contempt for science and refusal to lead during this crisis have allowed the coronavirus to surge,” Clyburn said in a statement. “Contrary to his empty claims that the country is ‘rounding the turn,’ more states are now in the ‘red zone’ than ever before. ... It is long past time that the Administration implement a national plan to contain this crisis, which is still killing hundreds of Americans each day and could get even worse in the months ahead.”
You can read the six task force reports, dated Aug. 16 through Sept. 20, at the links below:
White House spokesperson Judd Deere accused Clyburn of misrepresenting Trump’s response to the coronavirus crisis.
“In the midst of an ongoing pandemic, some members of Congress have chosen to irresponsibly issue a partisan statements [sic] completely for the purpose of falsely distorting the President’s record to protect the health and safety of the American people and save millions of lives,” Deere said in a statement. “The Coronavirus Task Force has been providing tailored recommendations to individual states for months encouraging Governors and local health officials to act immediately while at the same time President Trump and the entire administration has reminded Americans to follow CDC recommendations and best practices to slow the spread as we work to reopen.”
A spokeswoman for Vice President Mike Pence, who leads the White House coronavirus task force, did not respond to a request for comment.
But a White House aide who would only speak without being named said Pence has told state leaders to “feel free to share [the reports] as widely as you want to.”
Renowned infectious disease expert Michael Osterholm said Sunday that “the next six to 12 weeks are going to be the darkest of the entire pandemic” and raised concerns about the lack of leadership on the issue.
“When I was on this show last on Sept. 13, we had 33,000 cases reported that day,” Osterholm said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “Friday, we had 70,000 cases, matching the largest number we had seen back during the really serious peak in July. That number, we’re going to blow right through that.”
“This is more than just science,” he added. “This is bringing people together to understand, why are we doing this? This is an FDR fireside chat approach. And we’re just not doing that.”
This story has been updated to include a comment from the White House.
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“I know nothingabout QAnon,” Trump insisted — except that “they are very strongly against pedophilia and I agree with that.”
For the most part, Trump’s supporters respond the same way. Even when asked for their “opinion of QAnon,” very few of them — just 16 percent of those who say they’ve heard of the movement — are willing to call it an extremist conspiracy theory with no basis in fact. Larger numbers, meanwhile, say “it goes too far but I believe some of what I’ve heard” (22 percent) or that they’re “not sure” what to believe (47 percent). A striking 15 percent openly say “I think it’s true.”
In fact, many registered voters, including those who don’t support Trump, are unsure about QAnon or even accept it to some degree, with 7 percent of those who’ve heard of it saying it’s true, 11 percent saying “it goes too far but I believe some of what I’ve heard,” and 23 percent saying they aren’t sure.
Yet when you remove “QAnon” from the question and ask solely about the conspiracy theory’s underlying myth — that President Trump is secretly fighting elite child sex trafficking rings run by leading Democratic politicians — far more people say they buy into it.
Here, a staggering 50 percent of Trump supporters say they believe top Democrats are involved in elite child sex trafficking rings. Roughly the same number (52 percent) say they believe Trump is working to dismantle such rings. Another third of Trump supporters (33 percent) say they’re not sure whether these rings exist — which means that just 17 percent of Trump supporters reject the imaginary claims.
Among all registered voters, a quarter (25 percent) believe top Democrats are involved in elite child sex trafficking rings; another quarter (24 percent) aren’t sure. The vast majority of Joe Biden’s supporters — 82 percent — correctly identify the notion as preposterous.
A man wearing a QAnon vest attends a "No Mandatory Flu Shot Massachusetts" demonstration against Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker's order for mandatory influenza vaccinations for all students under the age of 30, outside the State House in Boston, Mass., on Aug. 30. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)
Nina Jankowicz, who studies the intersection of democracy and technology as a disinformation fellow at the nonpartisan Wilson Center, said it’s “really crazy” that “such a high number” of Trump supporters believe QAnon’s core conspiracy theory.
“It seems increasingly like we’re dealing with two different sets of facts in this country, sometimes more,” Jankowicz told Yahoo News. “The fact is that QAnon is a movement, a conspiracy that has been cited by the FBI as potentially inciting terrorist and other violent extremist acts in this country. It shouldn’t be something that we’re this split [on] along partisan lines.”
Jankowicz was one of the disinformation experts who testified last week at a virtual hearing of the House Intelligence Committee about thedangers of QAnon and other sources of misinformationonline, which none of the committee’s Republican members attended, citing security concerns.
OpEd: As dumb as they are, I don't think Trumpers actually believe this Q-Anon crap but because they are depraved and even more evil than Trump they lie and say they believe it especially when responding to a poll. This proves Hillary was right when she said, 50% of Trump supporters were deplorable. I think Hillary was being kind. It's clear to me that more than 50% of them are depraved and belong in cages. The upside is most of the people dying of COVID-19 are Trump supporters.
The leaders of Q-Anon need to be treated like the dangerous enemies of America that they are and the same goes for Trump supporters. The rules of war need to be applied and it should be open season of Q-Anon and Trump supporters.
The rule that combatants engaged in espionage have no right to prisoner-of-war status and may be tried is a long-standing rule of customary international law already recognized in the Lieber Code, the BrusselsDeclaration and the Hague Regulations. [1] It is also set forth in Additional Protocol I. [2]
The Q-Anon MAGAts are involved in espionage. There's no arguing that but while they still have the right to a trial under international law, they can still be "shot while trying to escape". This would be an effective way of neutralizing the MAGAt problem. The ones who surrender should be executed after they are convicted.
In a bizarre rally speech on Sunday, President Trump launched into a lengthy monologue on the subject of water pressure.
The president said that 'people have to flush their toilet 15 times' because of water restrictions.
'I won't talk about the fact that people have to flush their toilet 15 times. I will not talk about it. I'll only talk about showers ... When you wash your hands it takes five times longer ... you get soapy, you can't get it off,' he said.
The president added: 'You ever get under a shower and no water comes out? And me, I want that hair to be so beautiful.'
The Trump administration last year announced proposals to increase the maximum water-flow through shower-heads by rolling back water and energy conservation standards.
President Trump launched into a lengthy monologue on the subject of water pressure on Sunday, insisting that Americans "have to flush their toilet 15 times" because of environmental water restrictions.
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The president was speaking at a campaign rally in Nevada on Sunday as he tries to regain momentum in the polls from Joe Biden, his Democratic presidential challenger.
During the speech, Trump turned his attention to the subject of bathroom water pressure.
"I hate to say the three things. It's the shower, it's the sink, and you know the third element in the bathroom. But I don't say it, because every time I say it, they only talk about that one," he said, pointing towards a group of reporters.
"Because it's sort of gross to talk about, right? So I won't talk about the fact that people have to flush their toilet 15 times. I will not talk about it. I'll only talk about showers. But there is three things ... This way they can't report it."
"So what happens, I called my people, environmental people: 'Why are we doing this?' Because when you wash your hands it takes five times longer ... you get soapy, you can't get it off. I said, 'Open it up.' They said 'What do you mean?' I said, 'Take the restrictors off.'"
He added: "You ever get under a shower and no water comes out? And me, I want that hair to be so beautiful."
Watch Trump's speech on toilet flow restrictions
Trump has repeatedly complained that US bathroom fixtures do not pump out enough water for his liking, having previously claimed in December 2019 that Americans were forced to flush their toilets "10 times, 15 times, as opposed to once."
In August last year, he announced proposals to increase maximum water-flow by rolling back water and energy conservation standards.
Under the proposals, the Trump Administration would loosen regulations introduced in 1992 which prevent more than 2.5 gallons of water flowing through a shower-head per minute.
"If adopted, this rule would undo the action of the previous Administration and return to Congressional intent, allowing Americans — not Washington bureaucrats — to choose what kind of showerheads they have in their homes," Department of Energy (DOE) spokesperson Shaylyn Hynes told The Hill in August.
Consumer groups criticised the proposals at the time, saying that the existing rules helped to save consumers money by reducing energy and water consumption.
"There is absolutely no need to change current showerhead standards," said David Friedman, a former DOE official under the Obama administration, in a statement issued in August.
"Thanks to the standards, consumers have access to showerheads that not only score well on CR tests and achieve high levels of customer satisfaction, but also save consumers money by reducing energy and water consumption," he said.
Former President Ronald Reagan’s youngest son believes Donald Trump’s family is using his presidency as a “grift” and that his late father would be “horrified” by the state of the Republican party today.
In an interview with CNN’s Ana Cabrera on “Newsroom” Sunday, Ron Reagan was asked about the way Trump’s children have been involved in his administration and reelection campaign.
“They’re certainly entitled to campaign for their dad,” Reagan said, saying that his siblings did the same for theirs.
“When you cross the line is ― I hate to say it here, I don’t mean to be blunt, but we’ve got a bunch of grifters in the White House. They’re treating this as a grift,” he added.
He said the Trumps were mixing business with pleasure and with statecraft.
“They’re using the hotels and the golf clubs to profit off the presidency,” he said.
He slammed Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner, both of whom he said were awarded high-level White House positions despite having “no qualifications whatsoever” for those roles.
“They’re using it to make money, basically,” he said.
Trump and his inner circle have been accused of using his presidency for profit throughout his time in office. He has used his platform to promote his businesses, awarded government and campaign positions to friends and family, and pushed for government business to be conducted at his own venues.
Reagan, a liberal commentator, has been an outspoken critic of Trump in the past. In an interview published by The Daily Beast earlier this year, he said his father would have been embarrassed and ashamed to see a man as “incompetent and traitorous” as Trump in the Oval Office. Despite his views being at odds with those of his conservative father, Reagan said his dad led with dignity and class.
Reagan said Sunday that Trump had done tremendous damage to the GOP.
“When I think of my father, I think of words like integrity, decency, dignity, honor, and patriotism — not nationalism but patriotism — all of those qualities are in very short supply in this White House,” he said.
“And, frankly, the Republican party has been complicit in degrading those values.”
He said his father would be horrified by the Republican party’s “spinelessness in the face of this pathological entity in the White House.”
Herman Cain was an asshole and I'm glad he's dead. I am especially glad that that Trump's hoax virus killed him but more that that, I'm thrilled that the MAGAts are still believing Trump and dropping like flies. Flies are the final stage of the MAGAt.
There is no point in trying to reason with Trump's supporters. I would argue that convincing them that they are 100% right to believe Trump's lies and spread those lies as well as the coronavirus. The more Trump lies, the more MAGAts will die. They aren't worth the effort. Don't waste your breath.
Trump mocks Biden for trusting scientists while Biden slams Trump for Covid-19 'lie'
President Donald Trump mocked Joe Biden on Sunday for trusting scientists about Covid-19 shortly after Biden lambasted the president for continuing to "lie" about the state of the pandemic.
Speaking at a rally in Carson City, Nevada, Trump imitated the former vice president, saying he would "listen to the scientists."
"If I listened totally to the scientists, we would right now have a country that would be in a massive depression," Trump said. "We're like a rocket ship."
He then attacked the Democratic governors of several states who have put in place measures to stop a likely second wave of Covid-19.
"Get the places open, let's go," he said.
A spokesman for Biden's campaign, Andrew Bates, swiftly responded to Trump in a tweet.
"This is tellingly out of touch and the polar opposite of reality," Bates said. "Trump crashed the strong economy he inherited from the Obama-Biden Administration by lying about and attacking the science, and layoffs are rising. Meanwhile, Joe Biden would create millions more jobs than Trump."
At a campaign stop earlier Sunday in Durham, North Carolina, Biden highlighted rising Covid-19 case counts, which reached their highest single-day total since late July on Friday, before pointing to recent remarks Trump has made downplaying the virus.
"Yet, the other night, Trump said in one of his rallies, 'we've turned the corner,'" Biden said. "As my grandfather would say, this guy's gone around the bend if he thinks we've turned the corner. Turn the corner? Things are getting worse. He continues to lie to us about the circumstances."
Referring to Trump's remarks telling the journalist Bob Woodward that he had downplayed the severity of the virus so people would not panic, Biden said, "The American people do not panic — Trump panicked."
The drive-in rally featured attendees chanting and honking from their cars. A rallygoer shouted: "Send him home, Joe."
Trump has in recent days said repeatedly that the country is "rounding the corner" when it comes to the pandemic.
"We are rounding the corner and we have — unbelievable," Trump said Saturday at a rally in Janesville, Wisconsin. "The vaccines are unbelievable. Except for a little politics. We have unbelievable vaccines coming out real soon. And the therapeutics are unbelievable."
The president has talked up the available therapeutics for Covid-19 after he contracted the virus and was treated this month with an antibody cocktail, remdesivir, and a heavy steroid typically associated with more severe cases.
