It’s a relatively comfortable day, here in the CatBox with two days in the 70°s, before the next heat wave builds to a 100°+ weekend. WWWendy and WWKristin returned safely and happy, albeit sunburned. They return your greetings and kind wishes. Tomorrow I may have no more than as Personal Update or an Open Thread. It’s a WWWendy day, but I won’t know when she’s coming until after she gets her work schedule later today. It’s also a grocery delivery day. Happy Hump Day to all!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:04 (average 5:15). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Trump* Virus Update:
US Cases: 5,309,622
US Deaths: 167,789
Short Takes:
From The New Yorker: In a rare instance of praising one of his White House predecessors, Donald J. Trump on Tuesday hailed Woodrow Wilson for opposing efforts to institute online learning during the 1918 pandemic.
“There were a lot of crybabies in 1918 saying, ‘The schools aren’t safe—let the kids learn on their computers,’ ” Trump told reporters at the White House. “Woody wouldn’t hear of it.”
Instead, Trump said, “Kids went to school and the influenza just kind of disappeared eventually. Woody did a fantastic job.”
Dang, Andy! Are you sure he didn’t praise Wilson because of his overt racism and KKK support? RESIST!!
From Alternet: Remember when political reporters crowed about what a masterful play Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had made when he lined up his caucus to acquit Donald Trump without hearing from a single witness? Yeah, that acquittal came on February 6 when U.S. senators were already getting briefed on the seriousness of the coronavirus’ spread abroad.
But Senate Republicans, led by McConnell, fell all over themselves to make sure Trump was at the helm when the pandemic hit U.S. shores. Now, what once looked like a promising cycle for Senate Republicans has turned entirely treacherous precisely because the caucus is saddled with Trump as their standard bearer.
Politico reports the party is directing nearly its entire $100 million war chest at saving the seats of eight incumbent senators while the few GOP candidates aiming to defeat a Democrat have been left almost entirely to their own devices. With the exception of funneling a little money into the effort to defeat Democratic Sen. Doug Jones in Alabama, they simply don’t have the resources to play offense.
The seat of Democratic Sen. Gary Peters from Michigan, for instance, once seemed like a flippable seat. But as Trump has tanked in the state and Joe Biden is presently positioned very well there, Senate Republicans have left Republican candidate John James to fend for himself.
Instead, GOP groups, including the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the McConnell-aligned Senate Leadership Fund have been trying to bolster their defenses in Georgia, Iowa, and Montana—three states that weren’t even on the radar as potential Democratic pick ups when the cycle started.
I wonder how much of that money is going to help Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch. This shows how desperate the Republican Reich has become. May all their efforts fail! RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast of protest): Noodle Muffin’s “Morning in America” Music Video
Under Trump*, we are mourning in America! Kudos to left-wing protestors! RESIST!!
Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!
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I’m getting my groceries today. I’ll be happy if I can just get the perishables put away today.
Ads: Feast or Famine – today it’s a feast.
Biden ad tweet
First Democratic ad with Kamala
Two from the Lincoln Project
This came so fast, they must have had it (and probably others) ready to go
Really American
Sound and Fury messaging
Well, this is interesting (from Mother Jones)
TC, I know you consider Truthout too far to the left, but this article from them is not an article of opinion, or at least not their opinion. It is an article of fact regarding the judicial opinion of Judge Carlton Reeves in Jamison v. McClendon. It is in regard to “qualified immunity.” This, though a judicial opinion, is jam packed with fact, historical and legal. The minimal commentary is pretty well confined to an overview of what legislation is currently pending. So I’m sharing it here.
Cartoon – 47 bullet holes – aren’t there more Republican Senators than that? Some must have missed.
Map – With covidiots like the “Arizona baby-man” around, it’s not going away any time soon. Sigh.
Andy – LOL! So many reasons for Trump* to admire Wilson.
AlterNet – Won’t happen if we don’t all VOTE!
Protest – Yes, kudos to all left wing protesters and especially to those in Portland who are now being false flagged with pipe bombs.
(The arrow signifies “top to bottom”)
Great videos. Appreciate them. Especially the ones of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. I’m so happy that Joe picked Kamala.
Thanks Joanne
Did you forget to include the video of the “Arizona Baby-Man” throwing his temper tantrum so bad his sons had to pick him up & carry him out of the store.
(In the comments, it was mentioned a couple of times that when he got picked up he apparently got squeezed too tight, because he let one rip. Obviously I can’t confirm that – but they said it happens around the 0:35 mark.)
I didn’t forget – I just had so many I had to stop. Yes, that was amazing. (And I didn’t even hear the you-know-what. But it makes sense. He’s so much bigger than his son, the kid would have had to squeeze pretty hard. LOL!)
Dang that’s a lot of great videos. If they had been pro-Trump*, they would be a pants load!
Isn’t that the truth. I even held back some. Nameless added one below, and I sneaked in Reich and a song today that I did’t want missed entirely.
You sure do a fantastic job with them!
Cartoon: Oops!
TVU: We’ve not changed any…thank the Lord.
NYer: I’m sure that dt admires anyone who’s evil & racist. ugh!
AN: GOP -I hope that they slither back into the slime pool whence they came from.
YT: Passing this on … thx!
Glad that WWWendy and WWWKristen got home safely, good news. Hope that you have a relaxing and good rest of your day, and get in a nap/ or rest too. Take good care, and Thanks, Tom.
This just in: “What part of Donald Trump reminds you of Jesus Christ to evangelical voters? ~ Ken Burns ~
2. “Kamala Harris made Brett Kavanaugh cry. Imagine what she’ll do to Mike Pence during the VP debate.”
~M.R.~
3. “I’ve known Senator Kamala Harris for a long time. She is more than prepared for the job. She’s spent her career defending our Constitution and fighting for folks who needed a fair share. This is a good day for our Country. Now let’s go win this thing.” ~ Barack Obama ~
4. “Just thinking of the contrast of Kamala Harris’ full, joyful laugh compared to angry bunkerboi. Notice he never laughs? ~ Ramesh Y. ~
5. re: dt – “It seems like he has been in the White House fourscore and seven years. ~ Miranda Y. ~
Joanne, Thanks for the videos!!
YVW
TJI #6 (late breaking) Every member of “The Squad” faced a primary. Now, we know that all of them win those primaries. (HuffPo made the connection.)
Cartoon: Oh my Goodness.
TVU: Had around 250 new cases today. 6 more deaths.
NY: tRump and the ones he chooses to praise?
AN: Pure evil villains. I can’t wait till November comes, and a lot of these rotten R’s will be voted out of office…starting at the top with tRump.
YT: Great video. We applaud all of these brave protesters. Too bad that tRump has to stick his nose where it’s not wanted.
Glad Wendy made it back safely.
Hope you had a good rest of your day.
Take care. Thanks TomCat
I hope you have many, many more of these relatively comfortable days, TomCat.
2:55 Neo-classic, not my taste.
Cartoon: Republicans are so brazen now they won’t even claim it is a suicide these days.
Update: Is it getting less or is that a question of semantics?
TNY: Woody probably didn’t want to disturb Trump’s psychosis too much by telling him that the flu went away all on its own after killing between 50-100 million people. But even if he had, Trump couldn’t care less.
Alternet: If I was a praying person I’d pray on my bare knees that Mitch McConnell loses his seat and joins the unemployed lines together with his wife. It would be terribly nice if my efforts would stress to some other Republican seats too, of course.
BOP: That song and video were much better than the name of the band suggested.
Thanks and Hugs to all!