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It is just a matter of time until Trump erupts. It will be explained by his lackeys as a reasonable response to all the attacks and unfair treatment he has been getting.

Federal Agents Invade Portland, Citing Trump’s Executive Order Protecting Statues. The Border Patrol says it has authority to “conduct arrests” in Portland. Portland has been invaded by federal agents—including unidentified, camouflage-clad officers who have emerged from unmarked minivans to arrest protesters. These officers have reportedly refused to say what agency they work for. But their supposed authority to police Oregon’s largest city and make arrests appears to rest on a June 26 executive order by President Donald Trump calling for the protection of statues, monuments, and federal property. Black Lives Matter protests in Portland have continued this month, drawing attention from Trump, who falsely described the city as “totally out of control.” Trump also threatened this week to “take over” cities he claims are suffering from crime sprees. Agents from US Marshals Service, Federal Protective Service, Homeland Security Investigations, and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have been in Portland since early this month. But on July 14, protesters began to document instances in which armed agents wearing masks and military-style fatigues emerged from unmarked vehicles, detained protesters with no explanation, and drove away. https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2020/07/federal-agents-portland-border-patrol-chad-wolf-statues/ ( This is stunning. Trump is using border patrol agents as his private militia and the border patrol has already stated that they are not answerable to the courts. They are functioning as secret police apart from the FBI or regular police forces)

Overwhelmed and Terrified’: Las Vegas’ Reopening Backfires Terribly Casinos have been open for weeks—undeterred by 123 visitors who tested positive, a Caesars employee who died and a hospital system reaching breaking point. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to pummel the United States, Las Vegas seems to be operating business as usual. Casinos have been open since June 4—undeterred by the 123 visitors who have tested positive for the highly contagious virus and the 51-year-old Caesars employee who died in late June. But it’s not business as usual for doctors and nurses in Las Vegas’ besieged health-care system, who say they are “overwhelmed and terrified” about the massive influx of new cases in a state officially deemed a “red zone” by the White House. “I would say in the last month we’ve been completely overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients and our hospital is running out of space,” one Las Vegas emergency room doctor, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of professional retaliation, told The Daily Beast on Friday. “Not only are we overwhelmed and terrified, but based on the numbers for the rest of the country, it’s only going to get worse for us.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/las-vegas-casino-reopening-backfires-as-covid-19-surges-in-nevada?ref=home

Kayleigh McEnany lashes out at the press for accurately quoting her saying ‘science should not stand in the way’ of school openings White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany lashed out at the media on Thursday after she garnered criticism for her remarks about science and decisions on school reopenings. Speaking during the afternoon’s press briefing, McEnany stumbled into a gaffe when she urged schools across the country reopen despite the ongoing pandemic and said: “The science should not stand in the way of this.” This sounded as though she thought schools should reopen regardless of what the science says. The slip-up clearly played into one of the consistent criticisms of the Trump administration — and the GOP more broadly — that it refuses to accept scientific conclusions it finds ideologically inconvenient. She seemed to be aware in the moment, though, that she might have put herself in an indefensible position. So she added shortly after: “The science is very clear on this. For instance, you look at the JAMA Pediatrics study of 46 pediatric hospitals in North America that said the risk of critical illness from covid is far less for children than that of seasonal flu. The science is on our side here.” So McEnany bristled when news outlets focused on her first poorly phrased reference to science: https://www.alternet.org/2020/07/kayleigh-mcenany-lashes-out-at-the-press-for-accurately-quoting-her-saying-science-should-not-stand-in-the-way-of-school-openings/

YaaaY! I've been desperately missing fungi capable of suoer warp speed.

Trump's desperation and wounded ego will drive him to greater and greater excesses. I have little doubt that he will be put on meds soon if he hasn't already and the effects of those will be unpredictable but probably even more bizarre.

Its gonna take a boatload of Florient to clean the smell in the White House after Trump gets evicted- in chains, I hope.

Chuck Woolery Changes Stance On COVID-19 'Lies' After Son Tests Positive In a previous post retweeted by President Trump, the former game show host accused the CDC of lying about the coronavirus. Chuck Woolery had a change of heart this week about COVID-19 after his own son tested positive for the coronavirus. On Monday, the former game show host claimed all the news about the coronavirus were “lies” simply meant to keep the economy from recovering before November. The tweet was retweeted more than 36,000 times, including one time by President Donald Trump. CBS reporter Catherine Herridge asked the president why he would promote something that suggested his own medical officials were lying. “I didn’t make a comment,” Trump responded, according to The Hill. “I reposted a tweet that a lot of people feel. But all I am doing is making a comment. I’m just putting somebody’s voice out there. There are many voices. There are many people that think we shouldn’t do this kind of testing, because all we do, it’s a trap.” By Tuesday afternoon, Woolery reversed his opinion about the threat of the virus after his own son tested positive for the disease. Woolery has since deleted his Twitter account and has not provided any medical updates on his son, according to Snopes. https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/chuck-woolery-covid-19-trump_n_5f10a208c5b619afc3ff1ab8?ri18n=true (Karma is a *****, right chuck?)

The Trump campaign is now openly courting QAnon conspiracy theorists A Trump campaign spokesperson went on a QAnon program to recruit volunteers. Although President Donald Trump and members of his reelection campaign have avoided mentioning the far-right QAnon cult by name, that doesn't mean they don't welcome the support of QAnon devotees — and Trump campaign spokesperson Erin Perrine, according to Media Matters' Eric Hananoki, was clearly trolling for QAnon votes when she appeared on the QAnon program "The Common Sense Show." That appearance, Hananoki notes, was "previously unreported." Followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory are extreme even by Trumpian standards and believe that Trump was sent to the White House to combat an international child sex ring — and that a mysterious figure named "Q" is giving them periodic updates about their battle. Media Matters, Hananoki reports, has learned that Perrine went on "The Common Sense Show" — which is part of QAnon's Patriot Soapbox network — on October 24, 2019, and encouraged the audience to "sign up and attend a Trump Victory Leadership Initiative training" and "talk to their local GOP party, their state party." Hananoki notes that Perrine was the Trump campaign's deputy communications director at the time but has since been promoted to director of press communications for the campaign. "Patriots' Soapbox is a QAnon network that appears online and on streaming platforms like Roku," Hananoki notes. "NBC News wrote, in August 2018, that it is 'a round-the-clock livestreamed YouTube channel for QAnon study and discussion. The channel is, in effect, a broadcast of a Discord chatroom with constant audio commentary from a rotating cast of volunteers and moderators." Perrine didn't specifically discuss the QAnon conspiracy theory during that broadcast. Instead, she stuck to promoting Trump's campaign and told co-host Conscience Abe: "The best thing everybody can do is sign up and attend a Trump Victory Leadership Initiative training. Honestly, that is where not only do you get the best information about what the campaign is doing, but you get actively involved in being part of the 2 million volunteers that this campaign is aiming to train, to knock doors, to engage voters, to be there in the grassroots, on the ground every day up to November 3, 2020, to win a second term." https://www.salon.com/2020/07/16/the-trump-campaign-is-now-openly-courting-qanon-conspiracy-theorists-_partner/

Trump's instincts have led him to hire someone as amoral as he. Trump and McEnany are willing to sacrifice both adults and children in an attempt to boost his ego.

Fool me once, shame on you........fool me again and again, and I are stoopid.

There have been literally hundreds of thousands of protestors in hundreds of rallies all over the world, not just in the US and there have been a few dozen instigators of violence, so that does not mean you give a blanket condemnation of all as violent, Antifa means "anti-fascist" and how many killings have been linked to them? By comparison, those on the right wing have resorted to many incidents of attacks and killings and the victims of those attacks have included police. The issue is the unwarranted arrests, harassings, beatings and killings of coloured (non-caucasian) by police who consider themselves above the law, rather than enforcing the law (without fear or favour). The police have long been held in high esteem and the public has been quick to give them the benefit of the doubt in incidents, but the police have the same percentage or higher of racists, rapists, and violent offenders as the public. Down in the States, the numbers are way higher. And you are not the only bunyak here,

At last count, his turnover rate was 85%- the worst in presidential history by far. Good thing he had "the best people, the smartest people", otherwise it would be worse.

Fixed that for you.

Alberta, B.C. And Saskatchewan See COVID-19 Cases Increase Don’t call it a second wave, but COVID-19 cases are starting to creep back up in Western Canada. The increase — particularly cases among young people — is setting off alarm bells for health officials there. Alberta saw 86 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the most cases in a single day in over two months, and 82 new cases Wednesday. And B.C. and Saskatchewan have both seen uncomfortably larger than usual case rates in recent weeks. On Tuesday, Alberta chief medical officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw said she was worried people have grown complacent. “This pandemic has been a long haul. And I worry that Albertans may be starting to tune the messages out. It can seem like old news, and many are tired of hearing this information,” she said. “We are concerned about the recent rise in cases we are seeing, also of concern is the younger age of people infected with the virus.” More than half of all COVID-19 cases confirmed in Alberta in the past two weeks are people under the age of 40, and 30 per cent of the total new cases haven’t been linked to existing cases. Hinshaw said the recent uptick in cases is a reminder that even though the province has been in various reopening phases since mid-May, people must remain vigilant by adhering to social distancing, washing their hands and wearing masks when necessary. “This is a reminder that COVID-19 can spread quickly and cases can rise rapidly if we don’t all do our part,” she said. B.C. also seeing rise. https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/alberta-coronavirus-second-wave-bc_ca_5f0f80e0c5b619afc3fcc217?ncid=other_trending_qeesnbnu0l8&utm_campaign=trending

Donald Trump Is At War With COVID-19 Science The ongoing pandemic shows just how dangerous, and deadly, his continued rejection of science and expertise can be. At a roundtable at Louisiana State University on Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence paused to make what he clearly felt was a vital point. “To be very clear,” he said, “we don’t want CDC guidance to be a reason why people don’t reopen their schools.” In other words, schools and universities, which the Trump administration is pushing to rapidly reopen despite surging coronavirus infections in many states, need not heed the advice of scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the nation’s premier public health agency, as they reopen amid an ongoing pandemic that has killed more than 136,000 people in the U.S. https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/trump-covid-19-science-war_n_5f0f550ec5b65426947a72d4?ri18n=true

The world should pray that this is Trump's career after next election- flogging products on TV.

America Is on Track for a Million Coronavirus Cases a Day, and at Least 800,000 Deaths, by the End of 2020 Until we have effective and safe medications, a proven vaccine and better testing, our best shot at getting control would be to again close many businesses and activities. If someone had suggested five months ago that we would be seeing more than 3 million cases and 135,000 COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. by mid-July, I wouldn’t have believed it. But now it’s distinctly possible that, five months from now, half of all Americans could have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, and more than 800,000 Americans may die in this extraordinary outbreak. That is what many of our most prominent public-health experts now expect. Could their projection models be off base? Maybe. But don’t count on it. As bad as the health consequences, disruptions, restrictions, and fear of the last five months have been, things could get a whole lot worse. People Also Refused to Wear Masks in 1918— https://www.thedailybeast.com/america-is-on-track-for-a-million-coronavirus-cases-a-day-and-at-least-800000-deaths-by-the-end-of-2020?ref=home

When the season restarts in November, Chevy is going to make some very interesting moves. Roslovic and Niku shouldn't sign long term housing leases.

Now, if only we could get one of these to kill the big rodent in the White House.

His lawyers have said they will do that as long as they possibly can.

Trump has all kinds of reasons to refuse to leave the White House: https://www.alternet.org/2020/07/trump-has-a-lot-to-fear-and-he-wont-leave-office-quietly/

Its Hugh Hefner's fault.

Trump-endorsed GOP congressman charged with three counts of felony voter fraud minutes before debate Steve Watkins, an honorary co-chair of Trump's re-election campaign, allegedly used a UPS store address to vote. Rep. Steve Watkins, R-Kansas, was charged with three counts of felony voter fraud and a misdemeanor after an investigation into his vote in a 2019 local election. Watkins, a first-term congressman, was charged with voting without being qualified, interference with law enforcement by providing false information and unlawful advance voting. Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay, a fellow Republican, announced the charges Tuesday about 30 minutes before a televised debate between Watkins and his primary challengers. The congressman was also charged with a misdemeanor charge for failing to notify the DMV that he had changed his address. Watkins, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump and is an honorary co-chair of the Trump re-election campaign, denied the allegations. Watkins, who won his 2018 race by just 0.8 percentage points in a district Trump carried by 19 points, faced the scrutiny of the Federal Election Commission scrutiny in an investigation into whether his father, Steve Watkins Sr., illegally funneled money into his campaign through his daughters, a contractor and the contractor's wife. https://www.salon.com/2020/07/15/trump-endorsed-gop-congressman-charged-with-three-counts-of-felony-voter-fraud-minutes-before-debate/