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

[Tendrin]

This has to be a bit.

It has to be.

https://twitter.com/KwCongressional/...69972735459342

[PaulBullion]

Caught this one on the local AM news radio on the way to Woodman's. While there's no telling just how long FNC has known about it, good on them for just dropping the hammer. Didn't really waffle in the statement.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/11/b...lake-neff.html

Today is the day Tucker Carlson became frontrunner for the 2024 GOP primaries.

The top writer for Fox News host Tucker Carlson has for years been using a pseudonym to post bigoted remarks on an online forum that is a hotbed for racist, sexist, and other offensive content, CNN Business learned this week.
Just this week, the writer, Blake Neff, responded to a thread started by another user in 2018 with the subject line, "Would u let a JET BLACK congo n****er do lasik eye surgery on u for 50% off?" Neff wrote, "I wouldn't get LASIK from an Asian for free, so no." (The subject line was not censored on the forum.) On June 5, Neff wrote, "Black doods staying inside playing Call of Duty is probably one of the biggest factors keeping crime down." On June 24, Neff commented, "Honestly given how tired black people always claim to be, maybe the real crisis is their lack of sleep." On June 26, Neff wrote that the only people who care about changing the name of the NFL's Washington Redskins are "white libs and their university-'educated' pets."

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/10/m..._medium=social

[The no face guy]

This has to be a bit.

It has to be.

https://twitter.com/KwCongressional/...69972735459342

LMAO! Thank you for that.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

So Trump wore a mask today and the press was all like "hOw prESiDenTIal". Then more images came out.



Presidential indeed.

I'll bet a month's pay Trump waited until he was away from prying eyes to remove his mask so no one would see the orange **** he uses had rubbed off his face.

Commissioner who Voted Against Masks in Critical Condition with COVID-19

Cautionary tales like these are all over the place, and yet people still refuse to wear masks. The stupidity is mindblowing.

[Tendrin]

This began as a story about a Christian Right leader who joined in calling for a Member of Congress and others to be hanged for treason. And then it got interesting.

In a recent Facebook post (since taken down) Rev. Dale Witherington, the State Director of the Minnesota action arm of the Christian Right state legislative campaign, Project Blitz, agreed with a commenter (and Facebook friend) that U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) “needs to be Hung.” He added, “I can think of other treasonous persons who can join that parade.”

The political blog Bluestem Prairie which broke the story, posted a screenshot of the inflammatory comments. The comments were scrubbed the next day, soon after they were tweeted by religion scholar André Gagné of Concordia University in Montreal. A few hours later, the entire post was taken down along with all of the 47 other comments.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/202...paign=trending

Right-wingers continuing to have a normal one.

Be sure to follow the link and find out what 'project Blitz' actually is.

Religious freedom has been much in the news as the Trump administration has rolled out policies providing an earthly answer to the prayers of the Christian Right. It‘s a central issue in the Masterpiece Cakeshop vs Colorado Civil Rights Commission currently before the Supreme Court, and it’s no secret that the Christian Right has been busy taking their religious freedom agenda to the states.

Many of the bills on their agenda are making news; some have passed key legislative committees or whole state legislative chambers, and some have already been signed into law. But what reporters, activists, and most legislators don’t realize is that many of these bills draw from an unusual package of 20 model bills included in a report assembled by a coalition of Christian Right groups for an initiative they call “Project Blitz.”

The bills are seemingly unrelated and range widely in content—from requiring public schools to display the national motto, “In God We Trust” (IGWT); to legalizing discrimination against LGBTQ people; to religious exemptions regarding women’s reproductive health. The model bills, the legislative strategy and the talking points reflect the theocratic vision that’s animated a meaningful portion of the Christian Right for some time. In the context of Project Blitz’s 116-page playbook, however, they also reveal a sophisticated level of coordination and strategizing that echoes the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which infamously networks probusiness state legislators, drafts sample legislation, and shares legislative ideas and strategies.

https://religiondispatches.org/proje...-big-business/

[KNIGHT OF THE LAKE]

So Trump wore a mask today and the press was all like "hOw prESiDenTIal". Then more images came out.



Presidential indeed.

Shhhhh as much as I want to **** on him, we actually do need his gaggle of supporters to follow along on this for the sake of the country and if it means coddling him so he keeps doing it, so be it. He’ll be gone in 4 months

[WestPhillyPunisher]

This has to be a bit.

It has to be.

https://twitter.com/KwCongressional/...69972735459342

Oh vey! To quote one of the posters in that thread, wait until he finds out about the Marine Corps. The idiocy is strong in that clown.

[PaulBullion]

Red States news:

At least 26 members of Mississippi's legislature have tested positive for the coronavirus after weeks of working at the state Capitol — often absent face masks and social distancing.

Both Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann and House Speaker Philip Gunn are among those who have tested positive.

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronav...ce=twitter.com

[PaulBullion]

Purple State News:

The average of the last 5 polls done for Texas shows Trump and Biden tied there now.

[Iron Maiden]

It's about as ironic as a fly in your chardonnay. Nothing to do with karma, either.

People who don't take the virus seriously are at a higher risk of catching it. qed.

Obviously it is the response that the author of the article was looking for....irony. The impact would be different on the reader had he voted for it knowing he had caught the virus and wanted to prevent the same thing happening to others. Excuuuussssse me for commenting on it.

[Tami]

Don’t let this feel normal.

It’s nuclear grade bananas to have White House staff sending reporters opposition research on their own top infectious disease doctor in the middle of a worsening pandemic that has already killed 130,000.

Twitter Link

Fauci is sidelined by the White House as he steps up blunt talk on pandemic

In recent days, the 79-year-old scientist and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has found himself directly in the president’s crosshairs. During a Fox News interview Thursday with Sean Hannity, Trump said Fauci “is a nice man, but he’s made a lot of mistakes.” And when Greta Van Susteren asked him last week about Fauci’s assessment that the country was not in a good place, Trump said flatly: “I disagree with him.”

For some administration officials, such developments have been an early sign their job was on the line. But Trump cannot directly fire Fauci, a career civil servant with more than 50 years in government service who enjoys strong bipartisan support in Congress. In any case, the president has no plans to get rid of him, said the official.

As for Fauci himself, although he is frustrated by the turmoil and the state of the outbreak, friends say he has no plans to abandon his post, which includes a critical role in the development of a coronavirus vaccine and treatments.

Fauci has found other ways to get his message out, from online Facebook chats to podcasts and print media interviews. And in recent days, with coronavirus cases slamming hospitals in the South and West, he has been frankly critical of the U.S. response — and implicitly, of the president.

The White House Made a List of All the Times Fauci ‘Has Been Wrong’ on the Coronavirus

The White House has undertaken behind-the-scenes efforts in recent months to undercut and sideline Dr. Anthony Fauci—even going so far as to compile a list of all the times he “has been wrong on things,” according to The Washington Post.

After canceling some of his planned TV appearances and keeping him away from the Oval Office, White House officials and President Trump have taken to publicly expressing a loss of confidence in the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and face of the administration's coronavirus task force. The apparent attempts to undermine Fauci come as he continues to counter the president's overly optimistic narrative on the state of the pandemic.

[Tami]

French bus driver beaten to death after asking passengers to wear face masks

BAYONNE, France — The wife of a French bus driver who was beaten to death after he asked four passengers to wear face masks aboard his vehicle called Saturday for “exemplary punishment” for his killers.

The assault on Philippe Monguillot has scandalized France. President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday dispatched the interior minister to meet the driver’s widow after his death was announced Friday. He had been hospitalized in critical condition after the July 5 attack.

The Bayonne prosecutor said Monguillot was assaulted after he asked four passengers on his No. 810 bus to wear face coverings, which are required aboard French public transport because of the coronavirus pandemic. The driver was insulted, pushed off the bus and violently beaten and kicked in the head, the prosecutor said.

Four people are in custody.

[Tami]

Is it possible that Trump is a Savant Idiot? That he has one real talent, and that talent is in being completely stupid.

[Malvolio]

So Trump wore a mask today and the press was all like "hOw prESiDenTIal". Then more images came out.



Presidential indeed.

He's not even wearing the mask right! If you cover your mouth, but not your nose, the mask won't do any good!

[JackDaw]

He's not even wearing the mask right! If you cover your mouth, but not your nose, the mask won't do any good!

Normally I’d agree.

But in the Donald’s case it might spare the rest of us from hearing whatever guff he’s spouting.

Remember the mask is there to help others rather than the wearer.