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Democrats Attack, Facebook Cancels Conspiracy

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Good Cop, Bad Cop: Kamala Harris graciously accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president last night with an edge of attack on President Trump. “We’re at an inflection point,” the 55-year-old Harris said. “The constant chaos leaves us adrift. The incompetence makes …

Republicans Endorse Biden, Only If It’s Rigged

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Elephants in the House: In an unusual event in a highly unusual election year, four notable Republicans endorsed Joe Biden for president during the online Democratic National Convention.    Among the Republicans were former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, former Hewlett-Packard CEO …

Trump Questions Harris Citizenship, Blocking the Ballot

Friday, August 14, 2020

Going Postal: Take a couple of days off and what happens? Joe Biden announces that Sen. Kamala Harris is his running mate, only the third female vice presidential candidate and the first who is not white.   President Trump is already questioning …

Russia says it Has Vaccine, Chicago Unrest

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Viral News: Russian president Vladimir Putin announced that his country has developed an effective coronavirus vaccine even though clinical trials have not been completed.   “It works effectively enough, forms a stable immunity and I repeat, it has gone through all necessary …

Executing Executive Orders, Children Infected

Monday, August 10, 2020

Spin City: The Trump administration is struggling to explain how the government will pay a $400 weekly unemployment benefit President Trump might not have the power to order that would be partially paid with money most states don’t have.   Trump also …

Trump Threatens Action, Wishful Thinking

Saturday, August 8, 2020

A Different Way: With Congress unable to reach an agreement on a second pandemic stimulus bill, President Trump is noodling the idea of taking executive action. Whether he can do that is questionable; Congress has sole power to appropriate money.   In …

Shock and Anger in Beirut, Virtual Politics

Thursday, August 6, 2020

Shock and Anger: The initial shock after the enormous explosion in Beirut Tuesday is turning into national anger over the decision by port authorities to store thousands of pounds of highly explosive ammonium nitrate fertilizer in a place where it could …

Beirut Port Explosion, Mailing it In

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Beirut: A massive explosion that levelled the port area in Beirut appears to have been caused by 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer stored in a warehouse. At least 100 people were killed and 4,000 injured.   Video of the event shows …

Bailout Stalemate, What the President Said

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Viral News: Republican and Democratic leaders in Washington are still trying to hash out a second coronavirus bailout bill, even as Americans are starting to go hungry and face eviction from their homes.   The Democrats propose a $3 trillion bill that …

Virus Surging, Space to Splashdown

Monday, August 3, 2020

Viral News: On the theory that what you can’t see doesn’t exist, President Trump continues to push the fiction that the US has more cases of the coronavirus than any other country because we test more. He tweeted, “If we tested …