Amerika du hast es besser

[celsus]

Satire ist tot.

https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/mount-rushmore-donald-trump-will-sich-am-mount-rushmore-verewigen-lassen-a-6db5ef07-1d0a-4678-ab67-ff7dfe430313

[Peiresc]

AG Barr: Democrats are now the "Rousseauian Revolutionary Party that believes in tearing down the system"

"They're not interested in compromise. They're not interested in [a] dialectic exchange of views. They're interested in total victory...It's a substitute for religion."
https://twitter.com/LizRNC/status/1292575407888359430

(mit Videoclip)

Wie direkt von Joseph de Maistre abgeschrieben. Aus den Kommentaren:

Rousseau? True, Rosseau wanted to abolish feudalism, and Barr's fine with feudalism.

und

Does he not know of Rousseau's influence on Thomas Jefferson?

Vielleicht hat er sich nur versprochen, und er meint Robespierre. Kann ja mal passieren.



Das Zitat lässt sich verifizieren, hier:
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/barack-obama-gop-most-powerful-213814

[Peiresc]

Brian Schatz
@brianschatz
The Republican position on Covid 19 is 1) Raid the social security trust fund 2) Defund the Post Office, schools and hospitals 3) Federalism 4) Attack experts and expertise 5) Blame China 6) Fully expensed three martini lunches 7) the F35

Ist dieser Tweet leftist faschism? Trump-hating? Rousseauian revolutionary?

Es ist offenbar ein schlichter, nüchterner Bericht:

Hidden in that bill

[celsus]

Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
Fox News is now running ads for QAnon Trumpy Bears. This is not a parody.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1293183851770966025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9qv8RSreIM

Der Clip ist allerdings von 2017.

[sailor]

Was für eine Schweinerei, ausgerechnet die F-35.... und kein Wort über die A-10! Die GOP verkauft Amerika!



Dass Barr sich über die Verweigerung der Dems so aufregt ist doch klar. 1. wurde es ihm von dem Handpuppenspieler im WH so befohlen. 2. darf es ja nicht sein, dass sich andere das Benehmen der GOP aneignen... und drittens sowieso mimimi

Viel amüsanter: Trump said the 1918 Spanish flu 'probably ended' World War II, which did not begin until 21 years after that pandemic https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/trump-said-the-1918-spanish-flu-probably-ended-wwii-which-did-not-begin-until-21-years-after-the-pandemic/articleshow/77474369.cmsl

[PeterPan]

Viele Maßnahmen vom CARES-Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) sind zu Anfang August ausgelaufen. Darunter sind unter anderem PUA/FPUC (zusätzlich 600$ für Menschen die Arbeitslosenunterstüzung erhalten ist am 25.07. ausgelaufen) und ein Moratorium für Mieten (bis 25.07.) und Hypotheken (einige Hypothekenmaßnahmen sind auch am 25.07. ausgelaufen).

Da immer noch keine Einigung für einen neuen Stimulus zwischen Demokraten und Republikanern ersichtlich ist, hat Trump Executive Orders erlassen, die eher mittelmäßig sind und ein bias zugunsten seiner Wiederwahl haben (hofft/denkt Trump). Es ist noch nicht alles fest geschrieben, aber Chaos ist definitiv vorprogrammiert.

Und im Bezug zur Wirtschaft. Die wirtschaftlichen Kennzahlen (August, September) könnten übel aussehen, da die Einkommen der Menschen weggebrochen sind und sie wahrscheinlich bis zur Wahl ihre Wohnungen und Häuser verlieren. Die Schlangen vor den Foodbanks werden noch länger.

Trump has promised to stop evictions — but the GOP has a powerful incentive not to
https://www.salon.com/2020/08/06/trump-has-promised-to-stop-evictions--but-the-gop-has-a-powerful-incentive-not-to/

The CARES Act protections for renters specifically ended on July 25 and now renters in areas with no local protections are poised to be booted from their homes in the middle of a pandemic and ahead of the largest vote-by-mail effort in U.S. history. Successful voting by mail, after all, depends on voters with known mailing addresses who are registered well in advance of the election.

'Can't possibly be serious': Trump's bid to shore up jobless aid falls short
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/10/trump-jobless-aid-fall-short-393221

Requiring states to implement a new program could take weeks or months as they reprogram their antiquated systems to calculate who will be eligible. States will also have to find a way to separately fund administration of the new aid alongside regular unemployment benefits.

Trump's Latest Executive Orders Are a Political Stunt
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/trumps-latest-executive-orders-are-a-political-stunt?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker&utm_social-type=earned

Far from being a serious effort to prop up the economy, and to help the tens of millions of Americans whose livelihoods the virus has upended, the executive orders are essentially a political ploy. And the Trump campaign is already trying to exploit it. On Sunday, it sent a fund-raising text message to his supporters: "I signed 4 Exec Orders to help the American People. What did the Swamp do? NOTHING. Show them where YOU stand. Act Now for 5X-MATCH."

[PeterPan]

Diese Demokraten und deren liberale Ideen. Warum benötigen Menschen das Wahlrecht oder gar Unterstützung dafür? Was kommt als nächstes Gleichstellung von Mann und Frau oder die Abschaffung von Leibeigenschaft und Sklaverei.

'That's not our game': Kudlow says White House won't accept 'voting rights' provisions in virus aid bill
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/13/coronavirus-stimulus-kudlow-says-trump-wont-accept-voting-rights-plans.html

"So much of the Democratic asks are really liberal, left wish lists — voting rights and aid to aliens and so forth," he told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" when asked about the administration's stalled aid talks with Democratic leaders.

[Peiresc]

Like during an interview on Fox Business with Maria Bartiromo on Thursday morning when Trump flatly admitted the real reason why he is blocking the inclusion of any money for the United States Postal Service in a coronavirus relief bill in Congress.
Here's exactly what he said:

"They want $3.5 billion for something that will turn out to be fraudulent, that's election money basically. They want $3.5 trillion -- billion dollars for the mail-in votes, OK, universal mail-in ballots, $3.5 trillion. They want $25 billion, billion, for the Post Office. Now they need that money in order to have the Post Office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots...
" ... Now, if we don't make a deal, that means they don't get the money. That means they can't have universal mail-in voting, they just can't have it. So, you know, sort of a crazy thing. Very interesting."

Let's be very, very clear about what Trump is saying here.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/13/politics/donald-trump-mail-in-ballots-2020/index.html

Ja, das kann man klar sagen. Trump will die Wahlen manipulieren, d.h. den offenen Übergang in die Diktatur.

Und die Republikaner werden ein Impeachment verhindern. Das sollte die Demokraten nicht daran hindern, es zu fordern.

[Daggi]

jetzt hat Trump was entdeckt: der 2. Weltkrieg wurde 1917 (!) durch die spanische Grippe beendet.

[Peiresc]

Erste Erfolge bei der Zerschlagung der Post zeichnen sich ab:

USPS warns Pennsylvania mail-in ballots may not be delivered in time to be counted
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/511975-usps-warns-pennsylvania-mail-in-ballots-may-not-be-delivered-in-time-to

Aber die Abschaffung der Post pünktlich zu den Wahlen wird natürlich nicht komplett sein. Der Präsident selber schreitet selbstverständlich zur Briefwahl.

CNN
@CNN
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump have requested mail-in ballots for Florida's primary election on Tuesday, according to Palm Beach County records, despite the President's frequent attacks on voting by mail

[Peiresc]

Susan Collins tells Postmaster General she has concerns about delays in mail delivery, saying if changes aren't made it'll "undermine public trust in the USPS and ultimately harm its long-term financial viability." https://collins.senate.gov/sites/default/files/Letter%20to%20PMG%20DeJoy%20Mail%20Delays-page-001%20%282%29-converted.pdf

Rick Wilson:
Concerns! My GOD. I'll bet the Postmonster General learned HIS lesson.

(Hintergrund: Sen. Collins hatte verkündet, dass sie besorgt sei, als sie gegen das Impeachment gestimmt hat, aber dass sie hoffe, Trump habe seine Warnung erhalten).

Aber es gibt auch Positives zu berichten:

NEW: The recession is largely over for the rich. The working class remain in deep pain.

-Stocks r near record highs
-Home values at all-time highs
-Jobs r back for affluent

Meanwhile...
-Jobs less than 1/2 recovered for low-wage workers
-$600 UI expired https://washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/13/recession-is-over-rich-working-class-is-far-recovered/
https://twitter.com/byHeatherLong/status/1294038758724194305?

Dieweil beschäftigt sich das Verteidigungsministerium mit den dringendsten Fragen der Gegenwart.

Pentagon forming task force to investigate military UFO sightings

Franklin Leonard:
Safe to say @mcdonaldobs  has already chosen sides in our coming alien invasion.

And it's not with us.

[Peiresc]

Wenn es einen definierenden Videoclip dieser Präsidentschaft gibt, dann wird es der hier sein.
https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1294034789801046017
21''
Transkript

Reporter: Do you regret all of the lying that you have done to the American people?

President Trump: What?

Reporter: Do you regret all of the lying that you have done to the American people?

*silence*

Then, President Trump doesn't answer and moves on to the next reporter.

[Peiresc]

Barack Obama
@BarackObama

Everyone depends on the USPS. Seniors for their Social Security, veterans for their prescriptions, small businesses trying to keep their doors open. They can't be collateral damage for an administration more concerned with suppressing the vote than suppressing a virus.

4:48 nachm. · 14. Aug. 2020
https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1294284824325300225

[Peiresc]

Die Republikaner im Repräsentantenhaus wollen den Trump-Lakaien Kevin McCarthy los werden (natürlich nur, wenn Trump verliert):

'Livid' Republicans consider ousting House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy for tying their fortunes to Trump: report
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/livid-republicans-consider-ousting-house-gop-leader-kevin-mccarthy-for-tying-their-fortunes-to-trump-report/

Kleines Detail am Rande:

"In May, despite Trump's massive war chest breaking records, McCarthy worked with the Trump campaign on a plan to get House Republicans to donate to the president's reelection. A few weeks later, news broke that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's 42 most vulnerable members had an average 5-to-1 cash advantage over their GOP opponents, while 30 Democratic challengers outraised their Republican opponents in the second quarter of 2020 — putting Democrats in a prime position to grow their majority," the Post reports. "Some GOP members were livid, wondering why they were called on to help fund the well-oiled Trump money machine when some of their own were in trouble."

[celsus]

Xydexx Unicorn
@XydexxUnicorn

A map that overlays the places where mail sorting machines are being removed with places where Clinton had a lead in the 2016 election:

https://twitter.com/XydexxUnicorn/status/1294409854854078465