All purpose news and politics thread part VI: This Is Not The Time For Posing

[PaulBullion]

Is this satire? I legit can tell anymore in this timeline

It's satire and I worked very hard to create that graphic!!

[Robotman]

His only chance is voter suppression, really. And that chance is enough to keep me up at night.

Yep, same here. The fact that even his beloved Fox News is telling him he could be in trouble in November has made Trump and his GOP cult members focus even more on voter suppression. They’re going to do everything they can to stop people from voting, which means he has the advantage in a close election. Hopefully his handling of the COVID situation has turned off enough senior citizen voters.

It’s exasperating to see how much public support he still has. He’s such a disgusting excuse for a human being. Truly one of the worst people to ever hold public office and 45% of the country still gives him high marks.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Experts Worry Trump’s Hydroxy*********** Claims Could Have Major Consequences

While Trump continues to push the antimalarial medication for coronavirus prevention, doctors fear that Americans will listen. Not just listen, but take the drug and possibly die from same.

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Senate Leaves For Recess Without Passing More Coronavirus Relief

A three-week session ended with no new bills passed to deal with the crisis that has caused nearly 100,000 deaths in the U.S.

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Democrats Propose Federal Jobs Program For Those Unemployed By Coronavirus

The bill would hire and train recently unemployed workers to fight the coronavirus pandemic, including by tracing the spread of the disease.

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Trump Orders Flags To Half-Staff To Honor Coronavirus Victims

Flags on federal buildings and national monuments will be lowered over the Memorial Day weekend to honor nearly 95,00 Americans who have died of COVID-19. About goddamn time Drano Don recognized the victims of the virus, victims HE caused by his fumbling.

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Trump Gets Savage Reminder About ‘Lost Month’ Of Coronavirus Inaction In New Ad

Trump is shown playing golf, holding rallies and attending the Daytona 500 in the new spot released by Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell’s PAC.

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Trump Refuses To Wear Mask For Public Part Of Ford Tour To Spite Reporters

The president claimed he wore a mask privately but took it off before appearing in public because he “didn’t want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it.” What a buffoon. Look, I understand Trump's reluctance to wear a mask because his hideous orange makeup might rub off on one, but, by not doing so, he risks getting contaminated, or contaminating others.

[jetengine]

Yep, same here. The fact that even his beloved Fox News is telling him he could be in trouble in November has made Trump and his GOP cult members focus even more on voter suppression. They’re going to do everything they can to stop people from voting, which means he has the advantage in a close election. Hopefully his handling of the COVID situation has turned off enough senior citizen voters.

It’s exasperating to see how much public support he still has. He’s such a disgusting excuse for a human being. Truly one of the worst people to ever hold public office and 45% of the country still gives him high marks.

The only thing not making him hit 100% in alot of peoples minds is he has yet to start a war (despite his best attempts)

[PaulBullion]

Blue check rose twitter @NathanJRobinson, a Guardian journalist who had previously pushed allegations against Biden, deleted all his Tara Reade tweets.

[PaulBullion]

An airplane with 100 people on board crashed near a residential zone in Pakistan.

I though with so few flights this year, at least we'd be spared news like that.

[Tendrin]

Blue check rose twitter @NathanJRobinson, a Guardian journalist who had previously pushed allegations against Biden, deleted all his Tara Reade tweets.

This was in fact hilariously predicted by some folks on my twitter TL.

[PaulBullion]

This was in fact hilariously predicted by some folks on my twitter TL.

Grim's been caught deleting tweets and retweets about Reade as well. They're realizing their careers as bloggers and columnists might never recover from this.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Yep, same here. The fact that even his beloved Fox News is telling him he could be in trouble in November has made Trump and his GOP cult members focus even more on voter suppression. They’re going to do everything they can to stop people from voting, which means he has the advantage in a close election. Hopefully his handling of the COVID situation has turned off enough senior citizen voters.

It’s exasperating to see how much public support he still has. He’s such a disgusting excuse for a human being. Truly one of the worst people to ever hold public office and 45% of the country still gives him high marks.

I would guess that 40 percent of that total represents hardcore Trumpanzees supporting him come hell or high water and will never abandon him. As for the other five percent, they could be voters unimpressed with Biden or followers of Bernie Sanders rolling with Trump out of spite because their man dropped out.

[Steel Inquisitor]

Blue check rose twitter @NathanJRobinson, a Guardian journalist who had previously pushed allegations against Biden, deleted all his Tara Reade tweets.

Allegedly, he admitted to giving advice to Reade about what she was doing, something like that. We'll see whether this leads to legal action.

[PaulBullion]

Have we talked about Trump publicly raving about known Nazi sympathizer and anti-semite Henry Ford's "good blood"?

[Tendrin]

Allegedly, he admitted to giving advice to Reade about what she was doing, something like that. We'll see whether this leads to legal action.

He coached her brother, one of the corroborating 'witnesses', and tainted his recollection, just like the other 'corroborations' of her rape allegation are tainted.

[The Cool Thatguy]

His only chance is voter suppression, really. And that chance is enough to keep me up at night.

Agreed. I don't care what polls say. Trump ain't out, until he's out.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Blue check rose twitter @NathanJRobinson, a Guardian journalist who had previously pushed allegations against Biden, deleted all his Tara Reade tweets.

Grim's been caught deleting tweets and retweets about Reade as well. They're realizing their careers as bloggers and columnists might never recover from this.

Don't those knuckleheads realize that when it comes to social media, there are ALWAYS receipts, no matter how much purging they do?

Have we talked about Trump publicly raving about known Nazi sympathizer and anti-semite Henry Ford's "good blood"?

Yeah, I heard something about that. Leave it to Trump to zero in on like minded cretins. Pathetic!

[A Small Talent For War]

Yep, same here. The fact that even his beloved Fox News is telling him he could be in trouble in November has made Trump and his GOP cult members focus even more on voter suppression. They’re going to do everything they can to stop people from voting, which means he has the advantage in a close election. Hopefully his handling of the COVID situation has turned off enough senior citizen voters.

It’s exasperating to see how much public support he still has. He’s such a disgusting excuse for a human being. Truly one of the worst people to ever hold public office and 45% of the country still gives him high marks.

George W. Bush was very popular after 9-11. It's natural for a president's popularity to go up during a national crisis, but what's telling is that Trump hasn't really seen much of an improvement which indicates how poorly he's handling the crisis.

I imagine most of his popularity is actually negative in the sense that the working class majority support he gets is a result of democrats not appealing to their interests. That's a bit of a result that the most prominent politicians keep Trump in the headlines with a focus on "we have to beat Trump" rather than "we have to prove to voters that we can help them."