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November 13, 2020
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Obama in new book calls Trump voters racist, dumb, and xenophobic . . . From an excerpt, from his new book, as quoted by CNN. “It was as if my very presence in the White House had triggered a deep-seated panic, a sense that the natural order had been
disrupted,” Obama writes. “Which is exactly what Donald Trump understood when he started peddling assertions that I had not been born in the United States and was thus an illegitimate president. For millions of Americans spooked by a Black man in the White House, he promised an elixir for their racial anxiety.” Obama says the blossoming of Republican racism began with the selection by John McCain of Sarah Palin as his running mate. “Through Palin, it seemed as if the dark spirits that had long
been lurking on the edges of the modern Republican Party — xenophobia, anti-intellectualism, paranoid conspiracy theories, an antipathy toward Black and brown folks — were finding their way to center stage,” Obama writes. White House Dossier
This is a typically shallow analysis from our pseudo intellectual former president, who obviously cannot tolerate that his presidency was rejected by Trump’s election and sees his opponents through a prism of race and crude stereotypes. He has no understanding of what the Trump revolution was about. It had little to do with
hating anyone, and a lot to do with loving this country that the Left is in the process of destroying.
US cases surge above 150,000 . . . The U.S. for the first time reported more than 150,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day, driven by record infection counts in more than a dozen states. More than 153,000 new cases were recorded in the U.S. and the nation’s total topped 10.5 million, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. California became the second state in the country after Texas to surpass one million
total cases. Across the country, daily caseloads surged. Illinois reported a record number of infections for the second day in a row. Ohio and Minnesota each topped 7,000 daily cases for the first time since the pandemic began, while Pennsylvania and Indiana reported more than 6,000 cases in a day, according to Johns Hopkins. Other states recording all-time highs included Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, South Dakota, North Dakota, Oregon, New Hampshire and Vermont. Wall Street Journal
Chicago and Detroit told to hunker down . . . Chicago’s mayor issued a month-long stay-at-home advisory on Thursday, and Detroit’s public schools called a halt to in-person instruction to curb the spread of the coronavirus as more than a dozen U.S. states reported a doubling of new COVID-19 cases in the last two weeks. The two Midwestern cities became the latest in a growing number of states and metropolitan areas - including New York, California
and Iowa - moving this week to re-impose public health restrictions that had been eased in recent months. Reuters
Red State governors reject Biden mask mandate . . . President-elect Joe Biden says he'll personally call red state governors and persuade them to impose mask mandates to slow down the coronavirus pandemic. Their early response: Don’t waste your time. Almost all of the 16 Republican governors who oppose statewide mask mandates are ready to reject Biden’s plea, they told POLITICO or declared in public statements — even as they impose new restrictions
on businesses and limit the size of public gatherings to keep their health systems from getting swamped. Politico
California reopens strip clubs before churches . . . A California judge ordered San Diego to reopen strip clubs even as local officials crack down on churches. San Diego Superior Court judge Joel R. Wohlfeil ordered the state to end any actions that prevent the clubs from "being allowed to provide live adult entertainment," according to the decision. The owners of two strip clubs argued that their business is legally protected speech
guaranteed by the First Amendment—the same argument that churches have been making about their own services. Washington Free Beacon
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DHS cyber agency says election was secure . . . Federal agencies overseeing election security joined with a coalition of officials from each state on Thursday to condemn claims that there is any evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency and the Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council, both within the Department of Homeland Security,
issued a joint statement in which they declared this election 'the most secure in American history'. They added that there was no evidence of votes being changed, deleted or lost, or that the voting system across the country had been in any way compromised. Daily Mail
Trump told advisors he could announce 2024 bid right after Biden is certified . . . President Trump has reportedly told some of his advisers that if President-elect Joe Biden is officially certified as the winner of the 2020 race, he could announce his plan to run for the White House in 2024 shortly after. Wednesday, the president spoke with several advisers, many of whom told the president that his chances of
changing the outcome of the 2020 election through his campaign’s multistate legal battle are extremely low. “He knows it’s over,” one adviser said. The Hill
Election sets GOP up nicely for 2022 and beyond . . . Despite the presidential race being called for Democrat Joe Biden, November’s elections set up Republicans well for 2022 and beyond. President Trump remained competitive enough in the battleground states to help down-ballot Republicans across the finish line. In other cases, Republicans such as Sen. Susan Collins of Maine were able to run well ahead of Trump to defy
pollsters and hold onto their seats. "Republicans might not be happy over the presidential election, but we are poised to take back the House and are likely going to do very well with redistricting,” said GOP strategist Ron Bonjean. “Additionally, the party was able to attract a sizable amount of Hispanic and Latino voters as well." Washington Examiner
Biden to roll back Trump rules on abortion . . . Joe Biden is expected to roll back several of the Trump administration’s changes to sexual and reproductive health programs, undoing a large portion of the president’s executive actions on abortion and women’s health.
Abortion rights and women’s health care advocates anticipate the Biden administration will act swiftly to reverse a myriad of Trump-era rules including ones that allow more employers to opt out of ObamaCare’s contraception mandate and ban the use of federal family planning dollars for domestic and foreign organizations that
provide or promote abortions. The Hill
Biden plans massive reversal of Trump immigration rules . . . The Democratic voter creation and U.S. cultural change project will be swiftly underway. According to CBS News: “After Mr. Biden is sworn-in in January, his administration will move to fully restore an Obama-era program that shields 640,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children from deportation, halting Mr. Trump’s unsuccessful efforts to end
it, people familiar with the plans told CBS News. The incoming administration also intends to rescind Mr. Trump’s travel and immigration restrictions on 13 mostly African or predominantly Muslim countries. White House Dossier
Trump voter hotline is bombarded by cyber attacks and crank calls . . . The voter fraud hotline and website set up by President Trump's campaign is under siege from prank callers and denial of service attacks. Shortly following Election Day, the Trump campaign opened up a sprawling anti-fraud initiative based out of offices in Virginia, including a 1-800 number and an online form for members of the public to report allegations of
voter fraud. But since the initiative's inception, volunteers and employees have been the target of constant harassment, so much so that some who work there say it's impossible to work on the project at all. Washington Examiner
Biden chief of staff lobbied against asbestos payouts, for Fannie Mae . . . President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for his chief of staff lobbied in the 2000s on behalf of a business coalition that sought to limit payouts for asbestos lawsuits, as well as for Fannie Mae, the mortgage loan company that was accused at the time of inflating its earnings and overpaying executives. Ron Klain, the chief of staff pick, has been a longtime
adviser to Biden. He began working for Biden’s U.S. Senate office in 1989 and served as Biden’s chief of staff when he was vice president. Daily Caller
Swamp creature
Republicans seize more state legislatures gaining redistricting advantage . . . The GOP flipped both legislative chambers in New Hampshire and the state House in Alaska while Democrats failed to regain control of a single state legislative body anywhere in the country. That means Republicans could potentially exit the 2020 cycle with majorities in 62 of the country’s 99 state legislative bodies. Republicans previously
flipped 19 state legislative chambers in 2010 and left the midterm controlling 58 of the country’s 99 state legislative bodies. Daily Caller
Kayleigh McEnany: Trump will be the "titular head of our Party for many decades . . . The White House press secretary points to the number of votes Trump got and the enthusiasm for him among the base. Worth noting that “many decades” would bring him to at least the age of 104, or if “three” is not “many,” 114. On the other hand, Trump has so much energy, he could probably run the party after his death. White House Dossier
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Iran blocking nuclear inspection access . . . Iran will reduce the access international nuclear inspectors have to its sites following a new watchdog report indicating Tehran is stockpiling more than 12 times the amount of enriched uranium allowed under the 2015 nuclear agreement. Mojtaba Zonnour, chair of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee, said on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic
will continue to reduce the access granted to inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is tasked with performing oversight on Iran’s contested nuclear sites. The agency will only be permitted to perform supervisory actions, severely limiting the IAEA’s ability to keep tabs on Iran’s nuclear advancements. Washington Free Beacon
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Ethiopian mass killings could be war crimes . . . The UN human rights chief has called for an inquiry into reports that up to hundreds of people had been stabbed and hacked to death in one town. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has accused fighters from the Tigray People's Liberation Front of the massacre. Tigrayan officials have denied involvement in the atrocities. Mr Abiy said that TPLF fighters went on the rampage after federal
troops had "liberated" the western part of Tigray, "brutally" killing innocent civilians in Mai-Kadra, a town in the South West Zone of Tigray. BBC
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Grocers bring back purchase limits with virus surge . . . Grocery stores are reinstating purchase limits on items like paper towels or soap for the first time since the spring, as consumers stock up on staples amid rising Covid-19 cases. With people staying at home more, retailers say there is renewed demand for paper products and frozen foods. Stores also are reporting new shortages in staple cooking ingredients like butter
and spices. Wall Street Journal
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Alito warns of dangers to free speech, religious liberty . . . Religious liberty and free speech are among Americans' personal freedoms potentially imperiled along with government overreach during the coronavirus pandemic, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito warned Thursday. “Tolerance for opposing views is now in short supply,” Alito added in a virtual keynote speech to a
conference of the conservative Federalist Society, in which he referenced the current state of discourse in the nation's law schools and the “broader academic community.” Many recent law school graduates claim they face “harassment” and “retaliation” for any views that depart “from law school orthodoxy,” Alito said. “In certain quarters religious liberty has fast become a disfavored right,” he said. Fox News
We return now, to your unfettered socialist education . . . The contrasts in Trump-era education policy and the incoming Biden administration’s agenda are stark. Ms. DeVos, a lifelong booster of private schools and longtime opponent of the teachers’ unions, set out to reduce the Education Department’s footprint by proposing cuts to public school funding and narrowing the department’s enforcement role of federal education laws and civil rights. The
incoming first lady, Jill Biden, is a community college professor and member of the National Education Association. The Biden administration has promised to drastically increase resources for public schools, expand its civil rights advocacy for marginalized students and reassert the department’s leadership in policymaking. New York Times
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Voter killed by Tucker Carlson . . . A Trump campaign claim that a 'dead' person voted in Georgia has been shot down – by the 94-year old widow who cast the ballot. Agnes Blalock, of Covington, Georgia, tells DailyMail.com that she cast a legitimate ballot in the elections. 'It was a mail ballot,' she said. The Trump campaign had blasted out an online appeal listing the name of her late husband, James
Blalock of Covington, as among hundreds of 'dead' people who had voted, in what the campaign said was evidence of voter fraud. But in the case of the widow Blalock, the confusion occurred when she honored her late husband by writing her name, identifying herself as Mrs. James Blalock – a practice that was common decades ago but is not in keeping with current trends. Daily Mail
Don't worry, I think Tucker is the best. Just a funny headline.
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