Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden is poised to formally kick off his vice president search this week, with Sen. Tammy Duckworth among those mentioned as a potential contender. https://t.co/Ln1PNbxnpL
#Pompeo's attempt to trigger the JCPOA's snapback provisions AFTER the US abandoned and trashed the agreement is like a husband leaving his wife, getting a divorce, and then saying he gets to decide who she dates. https://t.co/YTwiztD240
British intel official on the American approach to the Middle East:
"Unless you can boil things down to 'They're the good guys and they're the bad guys' in a very simplistic way, [the Americans] really don't want to know the details."https://t.co/Y4zDol64pK
#COVID19 at a glance: Europe and the USA are the most pandemic-hit regions. Roughly 1/3 of total cases are in the USA. The bulk of infections in EU: Italy, Germany, France, Spain, UK Spain has more cases than Italy. Cases in Russia are rising fast.https://t.co/hoGUc7sqkjpic.twitter.com/j0tZ9OTAVp
I wrote about how Trump keeps playing the media like a puppet. Yes, we’ve gotten better — but history will not judge us kindly. https://t.co/pRoz1oLKM4
Good morning, TODville! Nerdy, as always, thank you!
This aging thing is something else! Friday, I felt like making Eggrolls and Moo Goo Gai Pan. This is a task that used to take max of two hours from prep to plate. Started Friday evening, did a little each day, and have finally finished today. Ran out of Eggroll skins. Phone calls to all of the supermarkets netted negative results. I’ll freeze the mixture and pick them up next time I go to the Asian market in Philly…
Aw, sorry mtm. It’s hard to know. Robin Roberts blocked me years ago. I have no clue why. Still stings.
Anyway, Chris was sharing this tweet from Hillary.
A little hint about who the surprise guest will be for @JoeBiden's 3pm ET town hall today:
Beef, chicken and pork could be as scarce as toilet paper soon because so many meat processing plants have been temporarily shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic, industry experts warn. https://t.co/Cb9Vpkcz9B
For what it is worth: I read a long thread early this morning @TheCounter. Explaining in good detail how this is not true, at least shortages on a large scale. The bottom line from what I read was this is the companies—and the media—creating a shortage.
This is why I buy local. I’ll be picking up our 1/2 cow next week, I get chickens and turkeys from the Hutterites, and pork from my friends who have pigs. Fresh eggs every Thursday. Also a farmers market every Saturday, winter and summer. I am very fortunate to live in a place where this is all available. I feel very lucky.
I would love to watch an informal conversation between VP Joe Biden, Senator/Sec of State Hillary Clinton and President Obama. Oh, dear God, what a feast that would be.
“I’ve been not only a colleague of Joe Biden’s, I’ve been a friend and I can tell you that I wish he were president right now.” -Hillary Clinton pic.twitter.com/0izqKFaqwH
When it mattered most—Wittman: •2/27 bought himself Pharma Stock in COVID19 cure •3/4 falsely told us "virus is low risk & not spreading" •3/13 promised tests "soon" •3/23 called our inquiry in his record "despicable" •4/28 still no answers & no testshttps://t.co/ajGc1yiz8lhttps://t.co/tmgNIyZtaO
— Qasim Rashid for Congress (@QasimRashid) April 28, 2020
Trump will order meat plants to stay open, even as many become coronavirus hot spots, source says
The president will use the Defense Production Act to head off growing disruptions in the nation’s food supply chain, a person familiar with the matter said. At least 20 plants nationwide have shuttered after covid-19 outbreaks sickened thousands of workers, forcing steep drops in beef and pork production.
Welp Governor Abbott, of Abbott & Costello is going to open up Teas of Friday. Malls, movie theaters, and restaurants are going to open and promptly become human petri dishes. My family and I won’t be visiting any movie theaters or malls or restaurants any time soon, you ‘d have to be a complete dumbass to do so.
The same people that drank bleach or some other disinfectant, I bet if you take a deep dive into their lives. Drinking bleach is probably not even in the top five of stupid shit they’ve done in their life.
someone compared these folks to the Jones cult members…i shake my head…but this is dangerous…This is who has control of the Executive Branch right now…and who enables this President…and we have thousands of people infected or dead…with more to come..i feel that we cannot sound the alarm loud enough,,,but Don…i do not know what we can do…to stop this steady pace towards the cliff…
I stopped by my local 7-11 to get some provisions, you know, two hotdogs and a big gulp. These two young punks come in the store with no masks on. I was pissed, when I got the counter I told the clerk “these assholes walk in the store without masks on,” I said it loud just so they would hear me, my son was with me. Went we got back in the car, he says to me “dad, everything bothers you, you don’t like nothing.” It finally hit me, I’m one of those dudes that’s always angry. So now when my son gets something to drink in the house he ask me “does it bother you that I’m getting something to drink?” I’m just a fifty-something year old guy to be ridiculed by his sarcastic son.
Yeah, but it’s not everything that bothers you. It’s people who don’t respect the mandate and the courtesy and respect for life to wear a mask, people who don’t care about your heath and safety. That is not some cranky ass whine, that is dire. People who don’t take this seriously are going to die. It’s like THAT. I think it’s our job to make people understand this but that is now just a ridiculous task when you have a clown government who couldn’t care less.
Don,
The name of the game of life is for teenagers to find things to criticize their parents about. Sometimes it is easy to find something. Sometimes they have to work hard to find things. If they don’t find fault they may have no reason to leave the nest when the time comes.
I remember when both my daughters asked me why I had to talk to store clerks? They rolled their eyes like my pleasant short conversations were the most embarrassing thing in the world.
.@VP Mask doesn't cover the eyes. Fine f'ing example you set for the public, jackass. Leadership 101 lesson for you: Don't ask others to do that which you are unwilling to. LEAD BY EXAMPLE ASSHOLE. Plus you flat out disrespected your host. #NovemberIsComing
— The UnRuley Retired Marine (@TheUnruley) April 28, 2020
"There is smoking gun evidence that while Donald Trump was telling Americans coronavirus would miraculously disappear, he was being briefed by his intelligence agencies about the pandemic's lethal spread and the threat it posed to American lives" – @NicolleDWallacepic.twitter.com/yvimqWXkGk
Tonight when the sun does down and the desert starts to cool, get a glass of chardonnay and go out to your infinity edge pool looking the mountains and throw that letter into your fire pit.
You mean I can’t send it back and say Drink bleach you fat fuck? Darn it. You’re a good man, Don. Too hot for a fire pit fire though:) It was 100 today.
Trump says he won't give federal aid to states that are running coronavirus-related deficits – unless changes are made on “sanctuary cities.” Cops will have to cooperate with immigration authorities – or no aid, he says
We’ve been there from the beginning. The Governors that were nice to him (FL) got triple their requested PPE; Governors from Blue states not only received a fraction of their request, PPE ordered and paid for by states was confiscated upon arrival at port…
Greetings TODville’s residents and visitors, and good health to all!
This is old but I don’t remember seeing it here before. I’m sharing it because it always makes me feel ‘lighter’, and might do the same for some others of you.
Dr. Anthony Fauci warns Americans could be in for "a bad fall and a bad winter" if the US isn’t prepared for the return of the coronavirus. Follow live updates: https://t.co/uufSosKdJ4pic.twitter.com/WAgsq0tKEv
Mike Pence said he didn’t wear a mask because he wanted to be able to look healthcare workers in the eye and thank them. And now all I want to know is just exactly how the head of the task force is wearing his mask at other times. Like a blindfold?
So states damaged by hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, wildfire. mass shootings -anything really- could be held hostage to federal aid. Today, sanctuary cities, tomorrow, something else. The job title is "President of the United States – not "President of the States I Like" https://t.co/majexdio2e
I have such a rage inside right now, reading what he said.
But I’ll calm myself down and continue to contribute to Democratic candidates over these next several months – and vote in November. Not to mention doing a lot of praying.
Has #COVIDー19 finally done to Trump what no scandal has been able to, expose him for the incompetent, pathological lying, malignant narcissus, very low IQ person, he is. And it only took 56,000 American deaths & 985,000 sick. #Biden2020#BidenBeatsTrumphttps://t.co/HEgYxXb1Qx
The Impact of COVID-19 on Women Town Hall.
Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton begin their discussion:
VP Biden:
“Millions of women have lost their jobs, have had their hours slashed, and are facing worries about just making ends meet. And millions more women are on the front lines as healthcare workers, doctors, nurses, sanitation workers, childcare workers, grocery store clerks, workers who are more and more carrying on their back the rest of the nation. Domestic violence survivors are at a heightened risk, forced to shelter in place with their abusers. Women’s access to reproductive health care is increasingly in jeopardy.
This virus can hit anyone, anywhere, regardless of race gender, economic status or level of power. It doesn’t impact every community equally. It hits hardest those who are most vulnerable and have the fewest resources,
including women of color and low income women.
This pandemic is pulling back the curtain on so many inequities in our society;
the lack of paid sick leave for workers, the need for livable minimum wage, the need for stronger unemployment insurance. We’re going to dig into all of these issues and more in today’s discussion, and I’m really thrilled to have my friend and former Senator, former Secretary of State,
a woman who should be the President of the United States right now, Hillary Clinton.”
Secretary Clinton:
“…I am thrilled to be part of your campaign, to not only endorse you but to help highlight a lot of the issues that are at stake in this presidential election. As you just so rightly said, this terrible pandemic that we’re all going through hits a lot of Americans much harder than others. We’ve seen it firsthand in hospitalizations and unfortunately, fatalities, but we’ve also seen it when we look at the pictures of those people on the front lines. Do you know 80% of all healthcare workers in America are women, and one out of three jobs are held by women in our country has been classified as essential. So this is an issue that effects all of us, young and old, every kind of background, from every walk of life. But it is having a disproportionate impact on the front lines, on women working, on women caring for others, on women holding down the home as we go through this together.”
“So I want to add my voice to the many who have endorsed you to be our President.
Just think of what a difference it would make right now, if we had a president who not only listened to the science, put facts over fiction, but brought us together, showed the kind of compassion and caring that we need from our President, and which Joe Biden has been exemplifying throughout his entire life. Think of what it would mean if we had a real president, not just somebody who plays one on tv, but somebody who gets up every morning worried about the people he’s responsible for, leading during his crisis. Well I know what a difference it would make because I’ve been there. I’ve seen firsthand what presidents can and should do. And I, like so many Americans, wish that we had that kind of leadership now.
You know Joe Biden has been preparing for this moment his entire life.”
“I’ve been privileged to work with him over the last 25 plus years as First Lady, then for eight years in the Senate where I watched him build coalitions, and work to bring people together to solve problems.
Then during the Obama Administration when I was privileged to be Secretary of State.
I’ve been in the Situation Room with Joe as we debated. And you know, where we didn’t say what we thought people wanted to hear, we said what we believed. And we had a president then with President Obama who encouraged that – think of it – who wanted to hear from each and everyone of us!
I’ve been in the lobby of the Senate, I’ve been in the cloakroom, and I’ve watched Joe bring people together. So for me this is a moment that we need a leader, a President like Joe Biden.”
“I also know a lot about Joe the person. I’ve seen him up close and personal now for many years.
We have a lot of the same values in common, the same work ethic, the same belief in America, the same focus on family…(she tells a fun story about them visiting Joe’s boyhood home)…love of family,
that kind of unconditional support that led Joe to be the extraordinary family member and father that he’s been, through all the tragedies that so many of us have followed from afar, and know how deeply he connects with others who have similarly suffered a tragedy.”
“…So I’ve been not only a colleague of Joe Biden’s, I’ve been a friend.
And I can tell you that I wish you were President right now. But can’t wait until he is. If all of us do our part to support the kind of person that we want back in the White House, to end the kind of disregard, of not only American values, but American institutions, the rule of law, and so much else that is at stake because of the current occupant. So I’m thrilled to be here with Joe from my home and his home, during the very crazy scary times that we find ourselves in, to support his candidacy and to talk about this really significant issue. About women during this time of COVID-19, and how we need to learn from what is happening.
You know this crisis has stripped bare for everybody to see the Inequities in our healthcare system,
in our economic system, and we have to pull together to be prepared to make the changes that will fix what is wrong in America, so that we truly can live up to be the best versions of ourselves.
And I think Joe Biden can lead us there. Thanks Joe.”
I didn’t watch the entire event, but what I saw I very much liked. Was very pleased that Joe had no problem whatsoever saying that this should have been her re-election campaign, since she won the popular vote … very much liked the warm camaraderie between the two of them. Didn’t seem fake and I don’t think it was. She also looked calm and at peace. Better than I’ve seen her look and act in recent years. Hope the mood lasts!
More than 50 people who voted in person or worked the polls during Wisconsin's election earlier this month have tested positive for COVID-19 so far. https://t.co/8wHLKSb2l6
Lawrence O’Donnell – tonight, basically saying a meat plant in Iowa is being forced to stay working despite the Coronavirus being rampant at the facility. The Republican Gov warning the workers if they quit they wont be eligible for unemployment insurance.
These Pro-Lifers take the cake.
Hey Iowa … keep on electing Republicans. You know, Republicans have your back … even if your back is on a hospital gurney.
At some point in time these average Joes and Joans have got to stop voting for these people. The GOP in Iowa does not give one single solitary fuck about a worker at a meat packing plant.
And to top it off, we don’t even get daily press briefings anymore. I know that for the most part they are useless, but still, a leader must show his face to the people in times of fear and suffering.
Just watch the openings, if you go out and get sick in one of those states that are opening up. An insurance provider might try to find a way to deny you coverage for taking the risk of going out in public without a mask, its not like insurance companies are the most ethical of businesses. Trust me, insurance companies have entire divisions whose sole purpose is to find ways not a pain a claim.
Its like we’ve blown pass the “flatten the curve” mantra and are now at the “lets see what happens if we go out in public unmasked” segment of this pandemic.
A third party candidate will benefit Donald Trump…despite #Amash claim that he wants to defeat Trump…This is more about Amash's agenda then defeating Trump.
This is about giving these businesses cover to safeguard them against a lawsuit…Trump does not care about workers dying…we have 60,000 Americans dead and 10s of Thousands infected…never a word of sympathy comes from his mouth…nor has he taken charge #Bogus
we demand Transparency..but the President is corrupt…he was IMPEACHED for Abuse of POWER…and the Senate GOP refused to hold him accountable by removing him from office …and now his corruption moves forward unabated… This is the lens in which we must view this President
Rana Zoe Mungin, a 30yr old teacher, died today of COVID-19.
She called 911 on March 19 and an EMT told her she was just having a "panic attack." She went to the ER herself only to be told her lungs "sounded clear"
The Obama Diary 
Governor Cuomo’s Coronavirus briefing at 11:30AM ET. Watch here:
UPDATE: Governor Cuomo’s press briefing will take place at 12:15PM ET.
Gooooood Morning! 🐦🐦🐦🌞
https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19—27-april-2020
BOOM
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Good morning, TODville! Nerdy, as always, thank you!
This aging thing is something else! Friday, I felt like making Eggrolls and Moo Goo Gai Pan. This is a task that used to take max of two hours from prep to plate. Started Friday evening, did a little each day, and have finally finished today. Ran out of Eggroll skins. Phone calls to all of the supermarkets netted negative results. I’ll freeze the mixture and pick them up next time I go to the Asian market in Philly…
Have a Blessed day, y’all!
“Life 101…” 🤣🤣🤣
BTW, when I started the above, the thread had zero comments; there are now 14! I swear I have adult A.D.D.
😂😂It’s life! 🤪😘🤗
Hmm. Had to sign in to post that comment. Weird. Haven’t had to do that in a long time. 🤔
Dudette, it’s frustrating, I am blocked by Chris Evans. Don’t know why, but I don’t check the tweeter until I try to retweet. Wish I knew what I did.
Aw, sorry mtm. It’s hard to know. Robin Roberts blocked me years ago. I have no clue why. Still stings.
Anyway, Chris was sharing this tweet from Hillary.
Thank you Dudette. I guess there are many things in life we don’t understand.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017579472
GA Gov’s Mansion still closed for tours. Shouldn’t his base be out there demanding it to be open ??
For what it is worth: I read a long thread early this morning @TheCounter. Explaining in good detail how this is not true, at least shortages on a large scale. The bottom line from what I read was this is the companies—and the media—creating a shortage.
This is why I buy local. I’ll be picking up our 1/2 cow next week, I get chickens and turkeys from the Hutterites, and pork from my friends who have pigs. Fresh eggs every Thursday. Also a farmers market every Saturday, winter and summer. I am very fortunate to live in a place where this is all available. I feel very lucky.
Thank you, JER!!
Watching the press continue to normalize Trump..to help him get re-elected…
and By The Way…
the reason folks are eager to rescind the “Stay At Home” order is because the majority of folks who are dying from the virus are blk folks…..#NuffSaid
I ask..a question..Why does Donald Trump and his administration want Americans to die…
and i suppose no one wants to believe that Trump and his people want Americans to die…
The press cannot see that Trump needs division in order to win elections…
Because they don’t care about the American people unless they’re wealthy.
This Biden event is FABULOUS!!
This speaks for itself. ❤
Lawrence O’Donnell is giving Pence **** for not wearing a mask at the Mayo Clinic. Yay!
Good.
Perspective re: Vietnam
Trump will order meat plants to stay open, even as many become coronavirus hot spots, source says
The president will use the Defense Production Act to head off growing disruptions in the nation’s food supply chain, a person familiar with the matter said. At least 20 plants nationwide have shuttered after covid-19 outbreaks sickened thousands of workers, forcing steep drops in beef and pork production.
So he’s going to use the Defense Production Act to make sure that the American public doesn’t run out of bratwurst.
Blessed are those that listen to Trump for they will be with their Lord very soon.
Welp Governor Abbott, of Abbott & Costello is going to open up Teas of Friday. Malls, movie theaters, and restaurants are going to open and promptly become human petri dishes. My family and I won’t be visiting any movie theaters or malls or restaurants any time soon, you ‘d have to be a complete dumbass to do so.
Just like the folks who drank bleach…
The same people that drank bleach or some other disinfectant, I bet if you take a deep dive into their lives. Drinking bleach is probably not even in the top five of stupid shit they’ve done in their life.
someone compared these folks to the Jones cult members…i shake my head…but this is dangerous…This is who has control of the Executive Branch right now…and who enables this President…and we have thousands of people infected or dead…with more to come..i feel that we cannot sound the alarm loud enough,,,but Don…i do not know what we can do…to stop this steady pace towards the cliff…
Cool! He NEEDS an investigation!!
I stopped by my local 7-11 to get some provisions, you know, two hotdogs and a big gulp. These two young punks come in the store with no masks on. I was pissed, when I got the counter I told the clerk “these assholes walk in the store without masks on,” I said it loud just so they would hear me, my son was with me. Went we got back in the car, he says to me “dad, everything bothers you, you don’t like nothing.” It finally hit me, I’m one of those dudes that’s always angry. So now when my son gets something to drink in the house he ask me “does it bother you that I’m getting something to drink?” I’m just a fifty-something year old guy to be ridiculed by his sarcastic son.
Yeah, but it’s not everything that bothers you. It’s people who don’t respect the mandate and the courtesy and respect for life to wear a mask, people who don’t care about your heath and safety. That is not some cranky ass whine, that is dire. People who don’t take this seriously are going to die. It’s like THAT. I think it’s our job to make people understand this but that is now just a ridiculous task when you have a clown government who couldn’t care less.
Carry on, Don.
It pisses me off, put your fucking mask on.
Don,
The name of the game of life is for teenagers to find things to criticize their parents about. Sometimes it is easy to find something. Sometimes they have to work hard to find things. If they don’t find fault they may have no reason to leave the nest when the time comes.
I remember when both my daughters asked me why I had to talk to store clerks? They rolled their eyes like my pleasant short conversations were the most embarrassing thing in the world.
Thank you, I really needed that, it all make sense now.
TOD Poll…. what should I do with the IRS letter that the jackass signed? I want to sent it right back with a nasty note… any other suggestions?
Tonight when the sun does down and the desert starts to cool, get a glass of chardonnay and go out to your infinity edge pool looking the mountains and throw that letter into your fire pit.
*goes
I was going to say send it back with a big fat f off but i like your response better thanks for awaking my better angel Don
You mean I can’t send it back and say Drink bleach you fat fuck? Darn it. You’re a good man, Don. Too hot for a fire pit fire though:) It was 100 today.
I send it back saying the you really appreciate Speaker Pelosi ensuring that you were included in the CoVid legislation.
Good one! I may just do that!!
Perfect.
Hmmmm…Too scratchy to use a toilet paper
So now we’ve entered the “blackmail” phase of government’s response to covid19.
We’ve been there from the beginning. The Governors that were nice to him (FL) got triple their requested PPE; Governors from Blue states not only received a fraction of their request, PPE ordered and paid for by states was confiscated upon arrival at port…
Greetings TODville’s residents and visitors, and good health to all!
This is old but I don’t remember seeing it here before. I’m sharing it because it always makes me feel ‘lighter’, and might do the same for some others of you.
I you like the above, you’ll likely like this one too. Enjoy.
Dude we’re in for a bad everything.
What a stupid SOB
The Trump administration is good at making excuses when they get caught. Pence is a sneaky snake.
I have such a rage inside right now, reading what he said.
But I’ll calm myself down and continue to contribute to Democratic candidates over these next several months – and vote in November. Not to mention doing a lot of praying.
Why are “Justice” Democrats target Black Caucus members
targeting
Talk about a political group not being able to read the room, the Justice Dems are ass-backwards.
I wonder why they chose to attack the CBC…
Hilarious 😂
So funny!
I needed this:) One of my classroom parents sent this to me… I had to share:)
It was the best! Just sent it to a few folks, too!
The Impact of COVID-19 on Women Town Hall.
Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton begin their discussion:
VP Biden:
“Millions of women have lost their jobs, have had their hours slashed, and are facing worries about just making ends meet. And millions more women are on the front lines as healthcare workers, doctors, nurses, sanitation workers, childcare workers, grocery store clerks, workers who are more and more carrying on their back the rest of the nation. Domestic violence survivors are at a heightened risk, forced to shelter in place with their abusers. Women’s access to reproductive health care is increasingly in jeopardy.
This virus can hit anyone, anywhere, regardless of race gender, economic status or level of power. It doesn’t impact every community equally. It hits hardest those who are most vulnerable and have the fewest resources,
including women of color and low income women.
This pandemic is pulling back the curtain on so many inequities in our society;
the lack of paid sick leave for workers, the need for livable minimum wage, the need for stronger unemployment insurance. We’re going to dig into all of these issues and more in today’s discussion, and I’m really thrilled to have my friend and former Senator, former Secretary of State,
a woman who should be the President of the United States right now, Hillary Clinton.”
Secretary Clinton:
“…I am thrilled to be part of your campaign, to not only endorse you but to help highlight a lot of the issues that are at stake in this presidential election. As you just so rightly said, this terrible pandemic that we’re all going through hits a lot of Americans much harder than others. We’ve seen it firsthand in hospitalizations and unfortunately, fatalities, but we’ve also seen it when we look at the pictures of those people on the front lines. Do you know 80% of all healthcare workers in America are women, and one out of three jobs are held by women in our country has been classified as essential. So this is an issue that effects all of us, young and old, every kind of background, from every walk of life. But it is having a disproportionate impact on the front lines, on women working, on women caring for others, on women holding down the home as we go through this together.”
“So I want to add my voice to the many who have endorsed you to be our President.
Just think of what a difference it would make right now, if we had a president who not only listened to the science, put facts over fiction, but brought us together, showed the kind of compassion and caring that we need from our President, and which Joe Biden has been exemplifying throughout his entire life. Think of what it would mean if we had a real president, not just somebody who plays one on tv, but somebody who gets up every morning worried about the people he’s responsible for, leading during his crisis. Well I know what a difference it would make because I’ve been there. I’ve seen firsthand what presidents can and should do. And I, like so many Americans, wish that we had that kind of leadership now.
You know Joe Biden has been preparing for this moment his entire life.”
“I’ve been privileged to work with him over the last 25 plus years as First Lady, then for eight years in the Senate where I watched him build coalitions, and work to bring people together to solve problems.
Then during the Obama Administration when I was privileged to be Secretary of State.
I’ve been in the Situation Room with Joe as we debated. And you know, where we didn’t say what we thought people wanted to hear, we said what we believed. And we had a president then with President Obama who encouraged that – think of it – who wanted to hear from each and everyone of us!
I’ve been in the lobby of the Senate, I’ve been in the cloakroom, and I’ve watched Joe bring people together. So for me this is a moment that we need a leader, a President like Joe Biden.”
“I also know a lot about Joe the person. I’ve seen him up close and personal now for many years.
We have a lot of the same values in common, the same work ethic, the same belief in America, the same focus on family…(she tells a fun story about them visiting Joe’s boyhood home)…love of family,
that kind of unconditional support that led Joe to be the extraordinary family member and father that he’s been, through all the tragedies that so many of us have followed from afar, and know how deeply he connects with others who have similarly suffered a tragedy.”
“…So I’ve been not only a colleague of Joe Biden’s, I’ve been a friend.
And I can tell you that I wish you were President right now. But can’t wait until he is. If all of us do our part to support the kind of person that we want back in the White House, to end the kind of disregard, of not only American values, but American institutions, the rule of law, and so much else that is at stake because of the current occupant. So I’m thrilled to be here with Joe from my home and his home, during the very crazy scary times that we find ourselves in, to support his candidacy and to talk about this really significant issue. About women during this time of COVID-19, and how we need to learn from what is happening.
You know this crisis has stripped bare for everybody to see the Inequities in our healthcare system,
in our economic system, and we have to pull together to be prepared to make the changes that will fix what is wrong in America, so that we truly can live up to be the best versions of ourselves.
And I think Joe Biden can lead us there. Thanks Joe.”
I didn’t watch the entire event, but what I saw I very much liked. Was very pleased that Joe had no problem whatsoever saying that this should have been her re-election campaign, since she won the popular vote … very much liked the warm camaraderie between the two of them. Didn’t seem fake and I don’t think it was. She also looked calm and at peace. Better than I’ve seen her look and act in recent years. Hope the mood lasts!
Lawrence O’Donnell – tonight, basically saying a meat plant in Iowa is being forced to stay working despite the Coronavirus being rampant at the facility. The Republican Gov warning the workers if they quit they wont be eligible for unemployment insurance.
These Pro-Lifers take the cake.
Hey Iowa … keep on electing Republicans. You know, Republicans have your back … even if your back is on a hospital gurney.
This guy is a walking breathing class-action law suit waiting to happen.
At some point in time these average Joes and Joans have got to stop voting for these people. The GOP in Iowa does not give one single solitary fuck about a worker at a meat packing plant.
This shit just pisses me off, the gall to force someone to work in a situation that might lead to their death.
And to top it off, we don’t even get daily press briefings anymore. I know that for the most part they are useless, but still, a leader must show his face to the people in times of fear and suffering.
Just watch the openings, if you go out and get sick in one of those states that are opening up. An insurance provider might try to find a way to deny you coverage for taking the risk of going out in public without a mask, its not like insurance companies are the most ethical of businesses. Trust me, insurance companies have entire divisions whose sole purpose is to find ways not a pain a claim.
Its like we’ve blown pass the “flatten the curve” mantra and are now at the “lets see what happens if we go out in public unmasked” segment of this pandemic.
One million people infected and almost sixty-thousand dead in less than two months. We are out of a pandemic and are now facing an apocalypse.
Goodnight TOD
Thanks for this Bob!
Good Morning TODVille!
Not this time, punks.
Right ON!!
3 points in this article…
She won by a 2 to 1 margin…
Harper was inspired by Sanders…
the postal system may have been overwhelmed and not all ballots got out..(worried about this)
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2020/04/29/racism-everywhere/