A highly regarded reporter (@TexasTribAbby) from the highly regarded @TexasTribune reached out to the Texas Republican Party for a comment on yesterday’s bus incident along I-35.
Eighteen Trump campaign rallies "ultimately resulted" in more than 30,000 incremental confirmed COVID-19 cases and "likely led to more than 700 deaths," researchers at Stanford University concluded in a study published yesterday. https://t.co/AnL3GB18LE
Biden Team Cancels Texas Event After Highway ‘Ambush’ by MAGA Cavalry
“These Trump supporters, many of whom were armed, surrounded the bus on the interstate and attempted to drive it off the road. They outnumbered police 50-1…”
You know he went home and bragged to Michelle and the girls and they were like, umm hmm, and went on about their business or either asked him if he needed Ben Gay. He probably made sure all of his “boys” knew about this shot. Our guy is such a guy! Love it.
I hope someone shows it to that fat orange fool. He will choke on his bile as steam comes out of his ears. PBO just took up the rest of the room in his head.
Our guy has such swagger.
"Did anybody see the picture of that crazy bus driving down the highway, they're surrounded by like, hundreds of cars? They're all Trump flags all over the place." — Trump glorifies an incident in Texas where his supporters tried to drive a Biden/Harris bus off the road pic.twitter.com/ZBSdEcvWHE
Peaceful protest today in Graham, North Carolina in Alamance. George Floyd & Christian Briggs family present. Children, grandparents, students pepper sprayed. Kids thrown to the ground arrested. Disgusting. Despicable. Unacceptable. pic.twitter.com/L421G6NSEQ
Moody Blues: Nights in White Satin
(heh – always thought it was Knights in White Satin!)
Friends, have searched all the lands for something creepy and funny to play – and landed on this.
…we will bring the light….
Un número récord de latinos son elegibles para votar en esta elección, así que ve a votar para lograr que tu voz se escuche. No dejes que los demás decidan por ti.https://t.co/eeAbclJjDYpic.twitter.com/vOsq6xw2eX
A late-campaign addition to Trump's rally speeches is that he or someone else could easily push Biden to the ground, like Biden would fall over quickly if they tried.
"A slight slap. You don't have to close…your fist," he just said in Pennsylvania.
Lawbreaking is the norm for Trump’s staff, from top to bottom: Mark Meadows apparently used taxpayer funds to help wife's friend raise campaign cash | https://t.co/ivLVFA0olfhttps://t.co/IW5lX96Y1V
Ha! Just seeing this – sorry! Yes, I have been a decades-long fan – think I’ve mentioned I used to live in NJ and we considered Joe Biden our “third Senator” back then! I just love his kindness. Loved how he supported President Obama EVERY DAY! Still hoping the best for him, and WE shall handle things until he’s elected tomorrow and then – hopefully – either take a long nap or have a party. Our choice! 🙂
If trump wasn't already blocking me I'd be reporting him to Twitter for encouraging violence by posting a tweet praising footage of those racists stalking a Biden/Harris bus in Texas.
Does @realdonaldtrump have to order his cult to start KILLING AMERICANS before you FINALLY BLOCK his account for doing stuff if @JoeBiden did you'd cancel his account forever. https://t.co/JhKCZMxTTU
20 years ago today was the last time all humans were on earth at the same time! A remarkable achievement! Congrats @NASA and happy anniversary #ISS20. pic.twitter.com/cmXZzTWgEn
Tonight there is a Blue Moon- meaning a full moon twice within the same calendar month. The last time this happened on Halloween visible across the whole world was during WWII. Here's a shot of it I took in 60 megapixels. #Astrophotography#space#opteampic.twitter.com/a69ly07eMG
Good Sunday Very, very Cold Morning from Minnesota🙏💪💙💜💙💪🙏
🥶🥶🥶
Two…Count them…2 wholes Days & Victory… to, of, & for Sanity will prevail.
The sun is shining brightly now too.🌅☀🌞
— Jennifer 'Do it for RBG' Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) October 31, 2020
The Biden campaign had Brayden Harrington, the boy who bonded with Joe over stuttering, record a closing campaign ad and now I am crying pic.twitter.com/MOmlXvg5tj
If it was made available by the state/local Elections Board, those who made use of this option should not have their votes thrown out ….AFTER THE FACT!!!
Texas Republicans ripped as ‘wholly un-American’ for trying to invalidate 127,000 ballots from drive-thru voting #HarrisCounty https://t.co/bwlHxDck3s
What Beto has accomplished in building up the Democratic GOTV machine in Texas has been nothing short of extraordinary. Republicans are panicking and are on their knees begging Republican judges to nullify the vote count. The GOP ivory tower is finished.
New York Attorney General Letitia James says her office is preparing a substantial list of legal actions for a potential Biden administration to begin quickly reversing Trump administration initiatives. https://t.co/Os7GQ47nJu
“We’re preparing a list. And the list is long,” she said Thursday. “We’ll have a team of individuals, again, working on reversing all of the bad regulations and laws that have been put forth … We will work with the Biden administration to ask them to file stays in a number of cases that are pending in the courts all across this country.”
James, a leading Democratic state attorney general, said she and her colleagues are also reviewing “legal options to determine what action, if any” state attorneys general will take should the election results be contested.
Thread. Vote loud and proud!! We can have this feeling again!!
At Prez Obama’s Inaugural Concert I stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial listening his speech when suddenly I noticed David Axelrod standing next to me. I thanked him for his part in ‘making all this happen’ he put his hands on my shoulders and said turn around..
“There’s no art in this White House. There’s no literature, no poetry, no music. There are no pets in this White House. No loyal man’s best friend, no Socks the family cat. There are no images of the first family enjoying themselves together in a moment of relaxation: no Obamas on the beach in Hawaii moments, or the Bushes fishing in Kennebunkport, no Reagans on horseback, no Kennedys playing touch football on the Cape.
“Where’d that country go? Where did all the fun, the joy and the expression of love and happiness go? We used to have a president who calmed and soothed a nation, instead of dividing it. We are now rudderless and joyless.
“We have lost the cultural aspects of society that have always made America great. We have lost our mojo, our fun, our happiness, our cheering on of others— the shared experience of humanity that makes it all worth it. We need to reclaim that country once again.”
I always wonder why republicans are always so joyless even when they win. They have been mad and vicious and violent these 4 years when they have been in power everywhere, still kicking us down, yet they are all so joyless.
Just like the bully occupying the WH…as long as they feel secure and protected by their entitlement as white males, they have no qualms about harming others — find joy even. But once the protective barriers come down, the cowardice comes out and the sniveling commences.
I expect the same with the Orange Oval Office Occupier once the protection and cover he currently enjoys by virtue of his stolen title is stripped away on November 3rd.
From 279 days playing golf to more than 20,000 false statements, here’s President Trump’s first term in office by the numbers pic.twitter.com/TEhTrTNDxY
Given the turnout, in the 5 big urban TX counties (Houston Dallas Austin San Antonio Fort Worth) Biden could win by well over 1 million votes. TX! Not CO or CA. That would be 2x HRC 16 margin. Rural might still save Trump in TX but that urban surge reflects the national dynamic. https://t.co/ReKMyJgSE9
VP JOE BIDEN
Flint, Michigan:
“Imagine where we’d be if we had a president of wore a mask instead of mocking it.
I can tell you this. We wouldn’t have 9 million confirmed cases of COVID in this nation, over 230,000 deaths. We wouldn’t be seeing a new record of cases we’re seeing right now. 90,000 cases yesterday. 90,000 new cases. By the way, 500,000 in just the past week. This guy tells us it’s going away. [inaudible 00:39:30] if he goes away. Folks, we wouldn’t be facing another 200,000 deaths in the next few months. This president knew in January the virus was deadly, and trying to improve his image. He tried to talk to Bob Woodward. He thought he could change his mind, but what he did, he let it be known all the way back in January, he knew how dangerous this pandemic was. And he hid it from the American people.”
“He knew it was worse than the flu, but he lied to the American people.
He knew it wasn’t going to disappear, but he kept telling us a miracle is coming. And yesterday, he had the gall to suggest that American doctors, people who are putting their lives on the line, on the front lines to save other lives, along with nurses and so many others, he suggested falsely that they’re inflating the number of COVID deaths to make more money. What in the hell is wrong with this man? Excuse my language, but think about it. It’s perverted.”
“He may believe it because he doesn’t do anything other than for money.
People of this nation have suffered and sacrificed for nine months, none moreso than the doctors in the front lines and healthcare workers. And this president is questioning their character, their integrity, their commitment to their fellow Americans. It’s more than offensive. It’s a disgrace, especially coming from a president who was waved the white flag of surrender to this virus. Our frontline health workers, they’ve given their all to beat the virus. We have a president who’s just given up. I will never raise the white flag of surrender. We’re going to beat this virus, and we’re going to get it under control. And the first step to doing that is beating Donald Trump.”
Full: (https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/joe-biden-barack-obama-campaign-event-speech-transcript-flint-mi-october-31)
"Felony convictions have cost one in 13 African American men the right to vote. Be their voice. Vote Biden Harris for them." – @ministterpic.twitter.com/QUxyWYvd4o
"Felony convictions have cost one in 13 African American men the right to vote. Be their voice. Vote Biden Harris for them." – @ministterpic.twitter.com/QUxyWYvd4o
Joe Biden can understand how it feels to have a loved one deployed to a war zone. He will lead America with honor, and he will defend democracy & our troops.
To those (like me) who haven’t voted (because I live in a state that only allows early voting by absentee): ignore the polls, ignore the early voting counts, prepare for long lines, bring water and snacks, and vote like you’re the first one to cast a vote in this election. #Vote
PRESIDENT OBAMA
Flint, Michigan:
“Canada identified its first case the same week that the U.S. did, just few miles up. It’s not close. I may not be pointing north though. But Canada’s pretty close by. Our mortality rate in the United States is two and a half times higher than Canada. Think about that. If we had the same percentage of folks dying in Canada as we do here, nearly 90,000 Americans would have died instead of 230,000 Americans. If we had handled this pandemic like Canada did, 140,000 of our fellow Americans might still be alive today.”
“Joe Biden has concrete plans and policies that will turn our vision of a better, fairer, stronger country into reality. Joe’s not going to screw up testing. Joe’s not going to call scientists idiots. He’s not going to host superspreader events around the country. What Joe will do is get this pandemic under control with a plan to make testing free and widely available, to get a vaccine, every American, cost free, and make sure our frontline heroes never have to ask other countries for the equipment that they need. That’s what Joe Biden will do.”
“Let’s talk about healthcare for a second. Let’s talk about healthcare for a second.
Republicans love to say right before an election that they’ll protect your preexisting conditions. That’s what they say. Well, you know what? Joe and I actually protected them 10 years ago with the Affordable Care Act, and since we did so with no help from Republicans, no votes from Republicans, Republicans have tried to repeal or undermine the ACA more than 60 times. 60 times they’ve tried to take people’s healthcare away.”
Full: (https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/joe-biden-barack-obama-campaign-event-speech-transcript-flint-mi-october-31)
Junior said:
“It’d be great if you guys would all get together, head down to McAllen and give
Kamala Harris a nice Trump Train welcome.”
NOT OK.
= Trump punk ilnvestigation NOW pls.
Dicktraitor knows EXACTLY what he is doing with his 25 to 30 super-spreader events.
As do Murdoch and Fox News.
Intentional manslaughter of thousands?
—-We WILL have their heads on a platter.
Every time @realDonaldTrump speaks, he reveals what a fragile guy he is. He tries to come off as strong and tough, but in reality, Trump is a mental midget and he’s an emotional midget, and he needs a ton of therapy.
Never thought in my life we’d be 48 hours away from an election and an American President would be encouraging terrorism and calling it “hot.” #TrumpTerrorism
“Federal judge orders USPS to take ‘extraordinary measures’ to deliver mail-in ballots on time”
A federal judge in Washington State has ordered the US Postal Service to take “extraordinary measures”
to deliver mail-in ballots to Wisconsin and around Detroit in time to be counted for Election Day — even if that means using a priority mail service.”
“Chief U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian ruled that starting Sunday through Nov. 10,
each facility in the Detroit area and a district covering most of Wisconsin must report daily to him
about their sweeps for election mail. If any ballots are uncovered, every effort must be made to get the ballot delivered by 8 p.m. local time on Election Day, including First Class, Priority Mail or any other “extraordinary measures,” he said.”
“In one USPS’ Detroit district, the delivery of ballots has dipped as low as 57% over the past week, he said.”
“Every vote must be counted,” Ferguson said. “Our democracy depends on it.”
“Washington was among 14 states that sued the Trump administration and the Postal Service to challenge the “leave behind” policy, where trucks have been leaving postal facilities on time regardless of whether there is more mail to load on them.” (NY Post)
Undecided Asian American voters are sharing this video of a Korean grandmother explaining her vote for @JoeBiden, why she doesn't trust #Trump, & how to make kimchi. 25K views on FB.
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
Happy Halloween our most wonderful Nerdy!!!
VOTE.
Seems to be a common occurrence. He doesn’t give a shit about anyone.
VOTE. VOTE. VOTE. VOTE. VOTE.
Yes We Can
You know he’s gonna be insufferable at home over the next few weeks!
You know he went home and bragged to Michelle and the girls and they were like, umm hmm, and went on about their business or either asked him if he needed Ben Gay. He probably made sure all of his “boys” knew about this shot. Our guy is such a guy! Love it.
Quintessential guy-ness! 😆
I hope someone shows it to that fat orange fool. He will choke on his bile as steam comes out of his ears. PBO just took up the rest of the room in his head.
Our guy has such swagger.
The Emperor of Swag! 😆
Moody Blues: Nights in White Satin
(heh – always thought it was Knights in White Satin!)
Friends, have searched all the lands for something creepy and funny to play – and landed on this.
…we will bring the light….
Rotten to the core
I’m just absolutely loving seeing President Obama and VP Biden together again!
Okay, admit it. You and Jacquelyn are two of VP Biden’s “longest-serving” members of VP Biden’s fan club.
How are you handling things now with the day coming upon us?
Ha! Just seeing this – sorry! Yes, I have been a decades-long fan – think I’ve mentioned I used to live in NJ and we considered Joe Biden our “third Senator” back then! I just love his kindness. Loved how he supported President Obama EVERY DAY! Still hoping the best for him, and WE shall handle things until he’s elected tomorrow and then – hopefully – either take a long nap or have a party. Our choice! 🙂
Goodnight TOD.
Morning everyone
Chills!!!
Good morning everyone!
Have a great day.
2 more days!
Thanks for posting this; love everything about it.
thank you, lights up on such important issues, how great to see men with such respect for each other.
😀True dat!!!!
Happy Space Station Anniversary! 🚀🛰🌎🌍🌏✨
Good Sunday Very, very Cold Morning from Minnesota🙏💪💙💜💙💪🙏
🥶🥶🥶
Two…Count them…2 wholes Days & Victory… to, of, & for Sanity will prevail.
The sun is shining brightly now too.🌅☀🌞
Dumb headline, interesting story.
Good leadership…and and good citizenship – people who care about their country and can set aside their attitudes of entitlement.
US has a lot of ground to make up.
Why Miss Lindsey, I do declare! Bless yo’ heart!
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told women over the weekend that they can “follow traditional family structure” if they want to be welcome in America.
😂😂😂😂
The Biden ad team has been OUTSTANDING! 👏🏾
If it was made available by the state/local Elections Board, those who made use of this option should not have their votes thrown out ….AFTER THE FACT!!!
“We’re preparing a list. And the list is long,” she said Thursday. “We’ll have a team of individuals, again, working on reversing all of the bad regulations and laws that have been put forth … We will work with the Biden administration to ask them to file stays in a number of cases that are pending in the courts all across this country.”
James, a leading Democratic state attorney general, said she and her colleagues are also reviewing “legal options to determine what action, if any” state attorneys general will take should the election results be contested.
Yes, make it so, please God.
Thread. Vote loud and proud!! We can have this feeling again!!
Good morning, Nerdy! Good morning, Obama people! Good morning, Biden-Harris people!
Here’s a little from “The Boss” … so meaningful:
“There’s no art in this White House. There’s no literature, no poetry, no music. There are no pets in this White House. No loyal man’s best friend, no Socks the family cat. There are no images of the first family enjoying themselves together in a moment of relaxation: no Obamas on the beach in Hawaii moments, or the Bushes fishing in Kennebunkport, no Reagans on horseback, no Kennedys playing touch football on the Cape.
“Where’d that country go? Where did all the fun, the joy and the expression of love and happiness go? We used to have a president who calmed and soothed a nation, instead of dividing it. We are now rudderless and joyless.
“We have lost the cultural aspects of society that have always made America great. We have lost our mojo, our fun, our happiness, our cheering on of others— the shared experience of humanity that makes it all worth it. We need to reclaim that country once again.”
-Bruce Springsteen
(10/30/2020, SiriusXM)
I always wonder why republicans are always so joyless even when they win. They have been mad and vicious and violent these 4 years when they have been in power everywhere, still kicking us down, yet they are all so joyless.
I don’t want to hang with joyless people – that’s for sure! Good luck to all of us tomorrow!
People are seeing scenes like this all over the US. My spouse, a trucker, told me about some of the ones he saw while in FL on yesterday.
Just like the bully occupying the WH…as long as they feel secure and protected by their entitlement as white males, they have no qualms about harming others — find joy even. But once the protective barriers come down, the cowardice comes out and the sniveling commences.
I expect the same with the Orange Oval Office Occupier once the protection and cover he currently enjoys by virtue of his stolen title is stripped away on November 3rd.
A little Halloween fun from your national parks
Please be real
How bout spot checks wherever gop is playing games?
VP JOE BIDEN
Flint, Michigan:
“Imagine where we’d be if we had a president of wore a mask instead of mocking it.
I can tell you this. We wouldn’t have 9 million confirmed cases of COVID in this nation, over 230,000 deaths. We wouldn’t be seeing a new record of cases we’re seeing right now. 90,000 cases yesterday. 90,000 new cases. By the way, 500,000 in just the past week. This guy tells us it’s going away. [inaudible 00:39:30] if he goes away. Folks, we wouldn’t be facing another 200,000 deaths in the next few months. This president knew in January the virus was deadly, and trying to improve his image. He tried to talk to Bob Woodward. He thought he could change his mind, but what he did, he let it be known all the way back in January, he knew how dangerous this pandemic was. And he hid it from the American people.”
“He knew it was worse than the flu, but he lied to the American people.
He knew it wasn’t going to disappear, but he kept telling us a miracle is coming. And yesterday, he had the gall to suggest that American doctors, people who are putting their lives on the line, on the front lines to save other lives, along with nurses and so many others, he suggested falsely that they’re inflating the number of COVID deaths to make more money. What in the hell is wrong with this man? Excuse my language, but think about it. It’s perverted.”
“He may believe it because he doesn’t do anything other than for money.
People of this nation have suffered and sacrificed for nine months, none moreso than the doctors in the front lines and healthcare workers. And this president is questioning their character, their integrity, their commitment to their fellow Americans. It’s more than offensive. It’s a disgrace, especially coming from a president who was waved the white flag of surrender to this virus. Our frontline health workers, they’ve given their all to beat the virus. We have a president who’s just given up. I will never raise the white flag of surrender. We’re going to beat this virus, and we’re going to get it under control. And the first step to doing that is beating Donald Trump.”
Full: (https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/joe-biden-barack-obama-campaign-event-speech-transcript-flint-mi-october-31)
It’s #SoulsToThePolls Sunday!
Be their voice!
Let’s have a President who’s not a traitor!
PRESIDENT OBAMA
Flint, Michigan:
“Canada identified its first case the same week that the U.S. did, just few miles up. It’s not close. I may not be pointing north though. But Canada’s pretty close by. Our mortality rate in the United States is two and a half times higher than Canada. Think about that. If we had the same percentage of folks dying in Canada as we do here, nearly 90,000 Americans would have died instead of 230,000 Americans. If we had handled this pandemic like Canada did, 140,000 of our fellow Americans might still be alive today.”
“Joe Biden has concrete plans and policies that will turn our vision of a better, fairer, stronger country into reality. Joe’s not going to screw up testing. Joe’s not going to call scientists idiots. He’s not going to host superspreader events around the country. What Joe will do is get this pandemic under control with a plan to make testing free and widely available, to get a vaccine, every American, cost free, and make sure our frontline heroes never have to ask other countries for the equipment that they need. That’s what Joe Biden will do.”
“Let’s talk about healthcare for a second. Let’s talk about healthcare for a second.
Republicans love to say right before an election that they’ll protect your preexisting conditions. That’s what they say. Well, you know what? Joe and I actually protected them 10 years ago with the Affordable Care Act, and since we did so with no help from Republicans, no votes from Republicans, Republicans have tried to repeal or undermine the ACA more than 60 times. 60 times they’ve tried to take people’s healthcare away.”
Full: (https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/joe-biden-barack-obama-campaign-event-speech-transcript-flint-mi-october-31)
Junior said:
“It’d be great if you guys would all get together, head down to McAllen and give
Kamala Harris a nice Trump Train welcome.”
NOT OK.
= Trump punk ilnvestigation NOW pls.
🎵🎵🎵
This is the plan, They better NOT have these SOB’S on TV spewing this shit!! Do NOT give their damn lies a platform!
from the guy that drugged a woman with an abortion pill.
Dicktraitor knows EXACTLY what he is doing with his 25 to 30 super-spreader events.
As do Murdoch and Fox News.
Intentional manslaughter of thousands?
—-We WILL have their heads on a platter.
I HOPE SO!
“Federal judge orders USPS to take ‘extraordinary measures’ to deliver mail-in ballots on time”
A federal judge in Washington State has ordered the US Postal Service to take “extraordinary measures”
to deliver mail-in ballots to Wisconsin and around Detroit in time to be counted for Election Day — even if that means using a priority mail service.”
“Chief U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian ruled that starting Sunday through Nov. 10,
each facility in the Detroit area and a district covering most of Wisconsin must report daily to him
about their sweeps for election mail. If any ballots are uncovered, every effort must be made to get the ballot delivered by 8 p.m. local time on Election Day, including First Class, Priority Mail or any other “extraordinary measures,” he said.”
“In one USPS’ Detroit district, the delivery of ballots has dipped as low as 57% over the past week, he said.”
“Every vote must be counted,” Ferguson said. “Our democracy depends on it.”
“Washington was among 14 states that sued the Trump administration and the Postal Service to challenge the “leave behind” policy, where trucks have been leaving postal facilities on time regardless of whether there is more mail to load on them.” (NY Post)
KIONNE McGHEE.
FL State Representative, speaks with O’Donnell:
“raises concerns about new video that shows mail going undelivered in a post office in Southern Florida that includes mail-in ballots.”
Listen: (https://www.iheart.com/podcast/552-the-last-word-with-lawrenc-28687031/)
South Korean woman, so sweet things, saying Joe is a gentleman.
Chanseong!
For John Lewis
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2020/11/01/actually-vote/