Sunday Reads: Presto!
Posted: October 18, 2020 | Author: Minkoff Minx | Filed under: 2020 Elections, corruption, COVID19, Discrimination against women, Donald Trump, morning reads | 13 Comments
Watch me pull a rabbit out of a hat…
Presto:
View this post on InstagramThe choice is clear, friends. 😌 ⠀ ⠀ (credit: Christopher L Folsom/Facebook)
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If anyone said half the shit tRump has said…they would not have been elected either.
In other news:
View this post on InstagramYou mind if I remix your jawn @fwmj? #DontStandSoCloseToMe #ScienceIsReal.
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View this post on InstagramTrump’s response? Same as always. Silence and lies. #silenceandlies
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View this post on InstagramLet it sink in America… #joebiden2020 #enoughisenough #iwillvote #unitedwestand #sisepuede
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Read through this next one…
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David Perdue pretends he can't pronounce, and then mocks, the name Kamala. I bet he didn't mock the pronunciation of his bosses' names when he was being well paid a few years ago as a senior consultant at Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Ltd. https://t.co/nSkbpjDbhr
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) October 17, 2020
Dear Sen. Perdue: Kamala is the name of Great Americans https://t.co/71j9sZVQyS
— Juan Cole (@jricole) October 18, 2020
I want to vomit:
"I said, first lady, am I the most handsome president ever? 'Yes, absolutely.' I said, who can top me? She said, 'well, JFK was good looking, but nothing like you. Nothing like you, darling.'" — Trump pic.twitter.com/5dWoSQoY8v
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 18, 2020
God. I can’t stand that he lives & breathes. https://t.co/b6JLDdae1c
— ndweiss, Space Force Rehab (@11tulips) October 17, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett reversed a jury award to a pregnant teen raped by a prison guard because raping pregnant teens wasn't part of his job description. https://t.co/TQL9wIi21j
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) October 17, 2020
“An analysis of the Georgia primary found that the average wait time after 7 p.m. across Georgia was 51 minutes in polling places that were 90% or more nonwhite, but only 6 minutes in polling places that were 90% white.” https://t.co/JRG0blyy6H
— Errin Haines 🧼🧴😷🙏🏾 (@emarvelous) October 17, 2020
(This will be an even more depressing thought when we all find them in the pockets of summer clothes again next year.)
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) October 18, 2020
I’m not crazy about the Lincoln Project, probably because of who is behind it…but this is a real good ad:
Vote for change.
Vote for her. pic.twitter.com/2KnPWrT54m
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) October 16, 2020
What do you think?
Have a good Sunday…
Sunday Reads: SuperSPREADER
Posted: October 11, 2020 | Author: Minkoff Minx | Filed under: 2020 Elections, Art, Biden Harris 2020, COVID19, Diplomacy Nightmares, Domestic terrorism, Donald Trump, History, morning reads, open thread, Psychopaths in charge, Real Life Horror | 12 Comments
The president ultimately opted not to go ahead with the Superman stunt. It wasn’t immediately clear why. https://t.co/prt5U7FQas
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) October 11, 2020
No, that is not a link to The Onion:
In a series of phone calls, President Donald Trump floated a bizarre idea last week from his presidential suite at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center — he wanted to rip open his dress shirt after discharge to reveal a Superman symbol beneath, The New York Times reported Saturday.
He “wanted to appear frail at first,” people with knowledge of the conversations told the Times. But underneath his dress shirt, Trump would wear a Superman T-shirt, which he would reveal by ripping open the top layer of his clothing. He ultimately opted not to go ahead with the stunt. It wasn’t immediately clear why.
I think it is obvious, tRump is clearly crazy coo coo.
Trump wanted to pretend to be weak and then bust out a Superman T-shirt. Because despite 210,000 dead Americans this is still all a show to him.
LINK: https://t.co/ao5fFCk8kT pic.twitter.com/1xnipSDJFz
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) October 10, 2020
“Dang, Superman! You really let yourself go!” https://t.co/MX22v1kVu3
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) October 10, 2020
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View this post on InstagramA cartoon by @b_a_bourgeois. #NewYorkerCartoons
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Meanwhile…
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Amazing part about this is Trump's MAGA crowd is literally dressed like the coronavirus pic.twitter.com/mZsGjkkmYj
— Adam Blickstein (@AdamBlickstein) October 10, 2020
View this post on InstagramThis seems like a poor choice of outfit
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Here are a few interesting items, non-political links:
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This is a quick post, we have already seen a tornado warning tonight…also flash flood warnings, as the remaining parts of Delta pass over Northeast Georgia. I hope everyone takes care…this is an open thread.
Sunday Reads: Memes and More
Posted: October 4, 2020 | Author: Minkoff Minx | Filed under: Afternoon Reads, COVID19, Donald Trump, open thread | 38 Comments
The orange turd, receiving his experimental treatment after testing positive for the Covid 19 virus.
Before we get to the comedy relief, here’s some newsy updates that will peak your interest:
Dr. Conley, who was appointed as President Trump’s physician in 2018, is a doctor of osteopathic medicine https://t.co/E222zgIWdd
— Lauren Wolfe (@Wolfe321) October 4, 2020
Keep that in mind…
Dr. Conley: "I didn't want to give any information that might steer the course of illness in another direction and in doing so it came off that we were trying to hide something, which wasn't necessarily true."
My Q: How would providing facts steer the course of Trump's illness?
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) October 4, 2020
When asked why he offered such a rosy assessment of Trump’s status yesterday, Doctor Conley admitted he wanted to convey the “upbeat attitude” of Trump’s medical team.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) October 4, 2020
Asked why he didn’t tell the whole truth about supplemental oxygen yesterday, Dr. Conley said he was trying “to reflect the upbeat attitude of the team.”
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 4, 2020
Why do these Walter Reed doctors give these fawning preambles about Trump like the stooges at his cabinet meetings?
— Frank Rich (@frankrichny) October 4, 2020
BREAKING: Doctor says President Trump was treated with a steroid on Saturday after second 'transient' drop in oxygen levels. https://t.co/LofsIBWHPo
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 4, 2020
The big lede from Sean Conley is that Trump is now on dexamethasone
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) October 4, 2020
Sanjay Gupta says doctors at Walter Reed are throwing "the kitchen sink" at Trump, feeding him 3 different "serious" medications, one of which is experimental in nature. He suggests this is far more serious than what Conley is letting on.
— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) October 4, 2020
Trump will kill him
The guy is talking about his own illness – extreme emotional distress
— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) October 4, 2020
So Trump is pissed at Mark Meadows for revealing a grain of truth.
Soon he will send out a group of actors, dressed up as doctors, to brief the world that he is recovering magnificently and ran 5 miles this morning.
— NEWSNOTES💙 (@ReportsDaNews) October 4, 2020
If I start right now sending good wishes to every American who has had COVID-19, and I spend 30 seconds on each, it will take me 714 years to get to Donald Trump.
— Mark Sumner (@Devilstower) October 4, 2020
Cleveland Ordinance No. 556-2020: “No person in the City of Cleveland shall fail to wear a facial covering at all times…when being in any indoor location that is not a residence”
But sure, keep telling us how you’re the party of law and order. https://t.co/0iiXbOi0i5
— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) October 3, 2020
As the author of Fantasyland, I’m mortified I learned only today that Trump’s White House physician is not an actual MD, but an osteopath.
— Kurt Andersen (@KBAndersen) October 3, 2020
To help Donald Trump get the full COVID-19 experience, let’s make sure he loses his job and is evicted from his home next month.
— Jordan Zakarin (@jordanzakarin) October 2, 2020
This thread here:
The photos released by the WH tonight of the president working at Walter Reed were taken 10 minutes apart at 5:25:59 pm and 5:35:40 pm ET Saturday, according to the EXIF data embedded in both @AP wire postings that were shared by the White House this evening. pic.twitter.com/EzeqIkGdf7
— Jon Ostrower (@jonostrower) October 4, 2020
🦠 Every time Trump said he was tested regularly for #COVID19…or tested every week…or every day…was probably another lie.https://t.co/XzlnbAw3WJ
— Ali Adair #DoTheRightThing 🇺🇸🌎🔥💦🌪️ (@AliAdair22) October 4, 2020
New reporting: “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had a contact tracing team ready to go, according to multiple sources, but had not been asked to mobilize” https://t.co/DGfb9eGLpR
— Fenit Nirappil (@FenitN) October 4, 2020
The White House is supposed to be in charge of tracing contacts at Trump's events in recent days. It appears they've done…virtually nothing. Great reporting by @abbyabrams & @LissandraVilla https://t.co/0fS7eBUPjF
— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) October 4, 2020
Sources: Trump had heart palpitations on Friday, a possible negative side effect of Regeneron antibody treatment. His fever reached 103. And a G7 ally wonders if he’ll appoint Ivanka president instead of Pence. My latest:
https://t.co/ND8zVtyodU— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) October 3, 2020
“Without Jennifer Jacobs, a dogged Bloomberg reporter who broke the story about Hicks’s illness, the world might still be in the dark about the sickness sweeping through the West Wing and the highest levels of our government. “ https://t.co/QcmDu7jfg9
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) October 3, 2020
Countries who have fewer COVID cases in last 24 hours than those diagnosed with the virus who have been around the President:
– Belgium
– New Zealand
– Singapore
– Sweden
– Taiwan
– Thailand
– VietnamThis is Trump's Plague!#RoseGardenMassacre
— Mrs. Krassenstein (@HKrassenstein) October 3, 2020
And still, the idiots persist:
that’s not how masks work though.. https://t.co/Nj8y2dzvpR
— Wes Unruh (@WesUnruh) October 4, 2020
I mean, if republicans want to go full-on super-insecure performative masculinity and stop wearing seat belts or motorcycle helmets and smoking more and licking door handles and stuff so as not to be all girly, I can see the upsides for the country in the long run. https://t.co/6ew9i1a35e
— NotNecessarilyHat (@Popehat) October 4, 2020
Point to be made:
We're paying a lot of attention to Trump's case, but the US just recorded the most daily COVID-19 infections in nearly 2 monthshttps://t.co/8YKUt3M5lM
— Jay Cannon (@JayTCannon) October 3, 2020
There was a debate last night:
Lindsey got DRAGGED! 👏🏽 pic.twitter.com/N7JLn8fSig
— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) October 4, 2020
View this post on Instagram@fortunefeimster, I believe the clinical term for that rhymes with “deckless runt.”
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And I will leave it at that.
Please take care of yourselves…
Wednesday Reads: To Brenda
Posted: September 2, 2020 | Author: Minkoff Minx | Filed under: 2020 Elections, Biden Harris 2020, COVID19, health hazard, morning reads | 24 Comments
Lady of Montserrat, artwork by Julio RobertoGood morning.
I have one thing to share this early September day, it is a reminder of who we are losing during this pandemic.
As you may already know, the Covid-19 numbers continue to rise:
Breaking: US has now surpassed 6,000,000 cases of #COVID19.
Timeline:
1 million cases on April 28
2 million cases on June 10
3 million cases on July 7
4 million cases on July 23
5 million cases on August 8
6 million cases on August 30 pic.twitter.com/t0WB3PpLaH— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) August 30, 2020
2) While the apparent rate of increase at first appears to be slowing a lot, to now 22 days for the 6th million, testing has dropped a lot in recent weeks too. This is just a marker of confirmed cases, not actual cases. Actual infections likely 8-10x higher it is estimated.
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) August 30, 2020
This thread:
COVID Update: August 31, 2020: Each month I give a sense of what to expect the following month.
This ought to be entertaining because I'm not sure anyone can tell you what happened this month. 1/
— Andy Slavitt @ 🏡 (@ASlavitt) September 1, 2020
I know that is a long one, (25 tweets) but take the time to go through it.
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Not wearing a mask is now a religion pic.twitter.com/bt1F65JhEu
— Benjamin Young Savage (ᐱᓐᒋᐱᓐ) (@benjancewicz) August 24, 2020
Over the weekend, the President retweeted misinformation on the coronavirus death toll, claiming it's much lower due to comorbidities. Dr. Anthony Fauci responded this morning on ABC: “The numbers that you’ve been hearing, the 180,000-plus deaths, are real deaths from Covid-19."
— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) September 1, 2020
New covid voice in White House casts himself as 'anti-Fauci', has no background in infectious diseases, and is pushing 'herd immunity' strategy that would mean far higher death toll. @yabutaleb7 @jdawsey1 https://t.co/4ZYN9bOHWK
— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) August 31, 2020
With that in mind, say a prayer or save a thought…to Brenda…such a loss for her family.
Remembering Brenda Samaniego pic.twitter.com/2jYyJFKZWM
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) September 1, 2020
The pain for this family must be shattering…like so many other needless deaths shared by numerous people across our country.
It is a legacy that must not be forgotten, and it must be laid squarely at tRump’s feet. Things could have been different. They must be different.
Wednesday Reads: Licking Rats
Posted: August 12, 2020 | Author: Minkoff Minx | Filed under: 2020 Elections, Biden Harris 2020, corruption, COVID19, Donald Trump, morning reads, Wednesday Hump Day Cartoons | 9 Comments
Oh wow…I am thrilled!
Kamala Harris is Biden’s choice for VP…
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Omg you guys UNCLE JOE & AUNTIE KAMALA 🇺🇸
— Meena Harris (@meenaharris) August 11, 2020
this is more like it pic.twitter.com/slDfwEhGmD
— Matt Wuerker (@wuerker) August 12, 2020
G’night, mom and dad. See you in the morning. ♥️ pic.twitter.com/2E5boDld2w
— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) August 12, 2020
Tomorrow’s @nytimes front page:#KamalaHarris #BidenHarris2020 pic.twitter.com/O4IxsV7laE
— Leah McElrath 🏳️🌈 (@leahmcelrath) August 12, 2020
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I’ve known Senator @KamalaHarris 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 need a fair shake. This is a good day for our country. Now let’s go win this thing. pic.twitter.com/duJhFhWp6g
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 11, 2020
— mike luckovich (@mluckovichajc) August 11, 2020
Excited that the slate is now set for the Vice Presidential Debate to be held at Kingsbury Hall on October 7! #UofUvpDebate 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/9KEzsGmKin
— University of Utah (@UUtah) August 11, 2020
“Harris didn't use Trump's donation. Rather, in 2015 — a year after she had already been reelected and was working toward a Senate run — she gave the $6,000 to a nonprofit that works to secure civil rights for Central Americans.”https://t.co/dbWQiSApI7
— Wanda The Avenger 💪🗽 (@lovebuddy64) August 11, 2020
“We will NOT retreat when being attacked. We will stand up and we will FIGHT!”
~Kamala HarrisAnd she will have an army to fight beside and behind her! #BidenHarris2020 #BidenHarris pic.twitter.com/r8CjoBIoso
— GayleinKC (@gayleasher1) August 12, 2020
View this post on InstagramRumor has it . . .
A cartoon by @b_a_bourgeois.
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This was actually a Cartoon for @chronicleherald
#TrumpIsUnwell #Trump #TrumpFailedAmerica #TrumpVirusCatastrophe pic.twitter.com/tGrAfZFqiI— Michael de Adder (@deAdder) August 11, 2020
Worth checking out this @Patbagley cartoon from @sltrib https://t.co/w30NHRp5qZ
h/t reader PCB
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) August 10, 2020
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View this post on InstagramFelt like a good day to spray my alternate #Uhura
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I think y’all can guess which nickname I fancy the most…
I wanted to end this on a powerful note:
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