lemonlime

Not that many. The state has worked overtime to stop them from voting. By such measures as insisting that all fines be paid before voting rights can be restored, but not having an accurate, easily accessible record of the amount of the fine. For example, https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/elections/2020/10/07/florida-ruled-felons-must-pay-to-vote-now-it-doesnt-know-how-many-can/

So you don't vote. And you don't know what's going on in your own country, including what your government is doing in your name to young children. And you're a white, Christian, straight man, lucky enough to have a job in which you can drive around in a camper with no roof all year. But despite your avoidance of any knowledge or responsibility for what's going on in your own country, you're going to criticize others as "bed wetters." Must be nice to be so secure in your views, with so little actual awareness.

Both sides. Except only one side has nominated Cheeto Mussolini. Your "side" is full of sycophants, divorced from all reality, and who have forgotten about basic decency. You don't get a pass for your "side's" absolute moral bankruptcy by assuming that people on the other "side" would do the same, when they haven't actually done so.

A million times this. Look at the lines of voters in the Atlanta suburbs, where they're waiting in line for over five hours on the first day of early voting in Georgia. Or the voters who waited in line for hours in Milwaukee at the height of Covid to vote. So good side-- people on the left are motivated to vote. Bad side--both these examples and many more demonstrate just how far the GOP will go to make it difficult to vote. And I have zero faith in how the trump SCOTUS will rule on any election cases. Trump isn't winning. The only question is whether he will be able to steal the election.

Georgia

This Columbus Day proclamation is batshit. More than 500 years ago, Christopher Columbus’s intrepid voyage to the New World ushered in a new era of exploration and discovery. His travels led to European contact with the Americas and, a century later, the first settlements on the shores of the modern day United States. Today, we celebrate Columbus Day to commemorate the great Italian who opened a new chapter in world history and to appreciate his enduring significance to the Western Hemisphere. When Christopher Columbus and his crew sailed across the Atlantic Ocean on the Niña, Pinta, and Santa María it marked the beginning of a new era in human history. For Italian Americans, Christopher Columbus represents one of the first of many immeasurable contributions of Italy to American history. As a native of Genoa, Columbus inspired early immigrants to carry forth their rich Italian heritage to the New World. Today, the United States benefits from the warmth and generosity of nearly 17 million Italian Americans, whose love of family and country strengthen the fabric of our Nation. For our beautiful Italian American communities — and Americans of every background –Columbus remains a legendary figure. Sadly, in recent years, radical activists have sought to undermine Christopher Columbus’s legacy. These extremists seek to replace discussion of his vast contributions with talk of failings, his discoveries with atrocities, and his achievements with transgressions. Rather than learn from our history, this radical ideology and its adherents seek to revise it, deprive it of any splendor, and mark it as inherently sinister. They seek to squash any dissent from their orthodoxy. We must not give in to these tactics or consent to such a bleak view of our history. We must teach future generations about our storied heritage, starting with the protection of monuments to our intrepid heroes like Columbus. This June, I signed an Executive Order to ensure that any person or group destroying or vandalizing a Federal monument, memorial, or statue is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I have also taken steps to ensure that we preserve our Nation’s history and promote patriotic education. In July, I signed another Executive Order to build and rebuild monuments to iconic American figures in a National Garden of American Heroes. In September, I announced the creation of the 1776 Commission, which will encourage our educators to teach our children about the miracle of American history and honor our founding. In addition, last month I signed an Executive Order to root out the teaching of racially divisive concepts from the Federal workplace, many of which are grounded in the same type of revisionist history that is trying to erase Christopher Columbus from our national heritage. Together, we must safeguard our history and stop this new wave of iconoclasm by standing against those who spread hate and division. On this Columbus Day, we embrace the same optimism that led Christopher Columbus to discover the New World. We inherit that optimism, along with the legacy of American heroes who blazed the trails, settled a continent, tamed the wilderness, and built the single-greatest nation the world has ever seen. In commemoration of Christopher Columbus’s historic voyage, the Congress, by joint resolution of April 30, 1934, modified in 1968 (36 U.S.C. 107), has requested the President proclaim the second Monday of October of each year as “Columbus Day.” NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 12, 2020, as Columbus Day. I call upon the people of the United States to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. I also direct that the flag of the United States be displayed on all public buildings on the appointed day in honor of our diverse history and all who have contributed to shaping this Nation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth. DONALD J. TRUMP

Oh, it gets better.

They're paying black people to attend. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/candace-owens-blexit-group-pays-attendees-travel-trumps/story?id=73531036 I tried to think of something pithy to say about this, but I'm out.

Those aren't 3 "bits of news." Those are 3 lies.

This is the right call.

Religion of peace. Can you imagine if the people arrested were Muslim? They sure as shit wouldn't be referred to as "militia."

Not a chance trump wrote that. No way he knows Pennsylvania is a commonwealth.

White House staffers are relying on twitter and news reports to find out if they have been exposed. And at least 34 of them have already been diagnosed with Covid, as a result of the super spreader in chief. Why the hell would anyone voluntarily expose themselves to these people?

This. Even if trump is in the clear by next Wednesday (spoiler: he won't be), his team who we know were exposed to Covid at the time of the last debate refused to wear a mask, and Mother couldn't be bothered to wear a mask last night, and we know Pence, and thus her, have been exposed.

Yeah, I get that. It's why it doesn't make sense. The matter is confidential pursuant to HIPAA regardless. But an NDA entered into with the federal government in which the government tells you not to disclose information of public interest would probably violate the First/be a prior restraint. And any agreement between trump personally and a government employee performing a governmental function would be invalid because there's no consideration/no contract between trump and the physician (and pointless anyway because of HIPAA). I want to know if we're paying DOJ employees to draft this nonsense. And if this story is true, I want to see the NDA, because this makes zero sense.

I don't understand this story. His health care providers can't release information he hasn't authorized due to HIPAA. And how can an NDA with a government employee about that employment possibly be valid? That would violate the First Amendment. And who is the NDA even between, the physician and Trump? But Trump isn't paying him. The physician and the US government? How could the US government require its employees not to comment on matters of public interest?

Secretary of Veterans Affairs

I think it's a combination of these two. I think Hayden's timeline of when he contracted Covid and started spreading it to people is correct. But he didn't get tested until shortly before his hospitalization, instead becoming symptomatic and realizing around the time of the debate he likely had Covid due to symptoms.

Shot Chaser:

Related to the press conference Chris Wray announced for tomorrow at 11 am on a "matter of national security"? Along with US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Barr seemingly not involved.

The debate commission should refuse to do the debate. We know Pence should be quarantining. Good on Harris for getting the plexiglass. But what about the safety of the moderator, the camera crew, etc.?