Georgia! Tuesday, January 5th, is the last day to vote in the U.S. Senate runoffs, and your vote could make all the difference in this election. Go to https://t.co/b3dvKpHjqu to get the information you need to request your ballot, vote early in-person, or vote on Election Day. pic.twitter.com/HMo9mKxkra
People who stood by Donald Trump for the last four years are now claiming to be offended that a Democratic campaign manager used a curse word? I don't think so.
As 2020 comes to a close, I wanted to share my annual lists of favorites. I’ll start by sharing my favorite books this year, deliberately omitting what I think is a pretty good book – A Promised Land – by a certain 44th president. I hope you enjoy reading these as much as I did. pic.twitter.com/UHk4RA9dow
A brief statement did not say what symptoms Macron experienced. It said he would isolate himself for seven days. “He will continue to work and take care of his activities at a distance,” it added. https://t.co/g7i2sXnwGm
“Like a Hand Grasping’: Trump Appointees Describe the Crushing of the C.D.C.”
“Kyle McGowan, a former chief of staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and his deputy, Amanda Campbell, go public on the Trump administration’s manipulation of the agency.”
“But what they witnessed during the coronavirus pandemic this year in the C.D.C.’s leadership suite on the
12-floor headquarters here shook them: Washington’s dismissal of science, the White House’s slow suffocation of the agency’s voice, the meddling in its messages and the siphoning of its budget.
In a series of interviews, the pair has decided to go public with their disillusionment: what went wrong, and what they believe needs to be done as the agency girds for what could be a yearslong project of rebuilding its credibility externally while easing ill feelings and self-doubt internally.”
(https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/us/politics/cdc-trump.html)
As a Black teenager growing up in Waycross, GA in the 1950s, my mom used to pick somebody else's cotton. Today, those 82 year old hands picked her son to be a United States Senator from Georgia. God bless her, and God bless America. pic.twitter.com/8nb9Jn2qqS
.@JoeBiden: "I want to be clear: my administration will make cybersecurity a top priority at every level of government — and we will make dealing with this breach a top priority from the moment we take office." pic.twitter.com/6hMYcKcDaS
Fmr. New Hampshire GOP Chair: The Texas lawsuit was the last straw. I'm leaving the Republican Party.
"The GOP has ransacked our Constitution and attempted a coup. The Republican Party of Lincoln is no more. I'm switching my registration to independent."https://t.co/XqhadRSAlf
A federal grand jury has indicted six men in the alleged conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Adam Fox, Ty Garbin, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta, and Barry Croft each face up to life in prison if convicted. https://t.co/Mfeh85CYFj
IKR??? Each day as the walls keep closing in on tRump and his hand-picked servants are “betraying” him, I wonder how many pardons will actually be issued. Out of spite, he may pout and keep his pardons [take his ball and go ].
THE WHITE HOUSE WONT TELL PFIZER WHERE TO SHIP THE VACCINES. SO MILLIONS OF DOSES ARE PILING UP IN ITS WAREHOUSES. PEOPLE WILL DIE BECAUSE THEY ARE SPENDING ALL THEIR TIME WHINING THAT TRUMP DOESNT GET TO KEEP A JOB HE CANT DO.https://t.co/ROafaEe9SWpic.twitter.com/17ZC5U8Hwu
— Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 17, 2020
Be it Tea, Patriot, Confederate or whatever, the entire world knows that, largely thanks to President @BarackObama, they are all transparent memes for Racist Seditionists.
Thanks to @jomalleydillon for the most appropriate meme – Fuckers!
Overall, more than 1 million Georgians have already cast ballots in the Senate runoffs, according to @gtryan analysis, including 24,000 who didn’t vote in the November general. #gapol#gasenpic.twitter.com/0H8y1G6qrx
Another one bites the dust: A federal judge just dismissed a Republican Party request to change the rules for absentee ballots in Georgia in the midst of the Jan. 5 runoff elections. #gapol#gasenhttps://t.co/cGOcHKQO46
The only reason for this nonsense is only because trump said it was rigged if he didn’t win. There was never any evidence; just talk. Stop trying to appease these people while spending my hard earned taxpayer $$$, HE LOST!!!
317,000 are dead from COVID-19, the federal government has been hacked by a foreign rival, and the president is AWOL. Unparalleled abdication of responsibility during a transition. https://t.co/umwtS1EOFk
Americans shouldn't settle for less than our peers in the developed world—we should lead the way on infrastructure. And we will. pic.twitter.com/cToC7y5lBC
For too long, Native people have not been adequately represented in Washington.@RepDebHaaland is a leader and trailblazer who will protect our lands and resources and ensure Indigenous people have a seat at the table. https://t.co/vHbmGbpm8v
ohhh double triple fantastico…
Finally….and thinking Bureau of Indian Affairs is within the Department of Interior!
Congrats to Congresswoman Haaland!!
Biden picks Deb Haaland to lead the Interior Department, putting her in line to become the first American Indian cabinet secretary in U.S. history https://t.co/1jf6xHZkWi
=>Grants help pay for new systems, cyber attack protection
->Move comes amid Trump’s unfounded claims of voter fraud
That development comes as President Donald Trump and his allies continue to promote unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud in the Nov. 3 election, even though their allegations have been rejected by courts and state election officials.
Quigley, who also serves on the House Intelligence Committee and is an enthusiastic proponent of the grants, called the move short-sighted and the timing “inexplicable,” especially given the threat of cyber attacks and other vulnerabilities faced by voting systems.
The money, distributed under a formula, can be used by states to replace outdated voting systems and paperless equipment and strengthen voter registration data bases, some of which have been the targets of foreign interference. Other grant money has gone toward the training of elections officials to prepare for and protect against cyber intrusions.
This article reports “constant pressure and jockeying and bullying of folks running the cdc…to override best scientific evidence and practice.” (Hayes points out.)
The politicization of science.
Dr. Richard Besser, fmr Acting Director of CDC:
“You know this is a story that has been reported throughout the pandemic.
And that’s the politicization of science.The lack of CDC being allowed to step out in front and lead. A change that occurred very early in the pandemic when CDC sounded the alarm about how dangerous this could be. You and I have talked about this before. I think one of the critical factors in why the U.S. has done so poorly in this pandemic, is that we have seen such disparate political messages from our politics leaders and our public health leaders. Without our politicians sounding the same messages that come from public health, we see the disconnect where half of the population, those who support those in office are feeling that we are doing way too much. And those who support a public health approach recognize that we are doing far less than we need to do as a country
if we truly want to save as many lives as possible.”
Hayes: “For people that don’t know much about CDC and are now viewing it through the lens
of Redfield and its response to this pandemic, what would you say about it as an institution prior to this Administration in terms of its reputation and its capacity and its competence?”
Dr. Besser:
“CDC is recognized round the world as the world’s leading public health institution.
Countries all over the globe reach out to CDC for assistance in handling their own crises. That’s not to say CDC doesn’t make mistakes, but it is truly a brain trust when it comes to public health. The thing I’m really thankful for is that we have not seen a major exodus of talent from CDC. And so it will come to the next Administration to work to rebuild the trust that is absolutely critical. Because not only has CDC taken a hit here in terms of the public and its reputation, but across the country public health leaders have taken a hit.”
Dr Besser:
“There’s a recent report out from the AP and Kaiser Health News that one in 8 people in America now,
live in a county in which their public health leader was either fired, retired, or resigned. And a lot of that was because of the threats, because of political influence in their work, and because of the message coming from the top not to listen to public health. It has been absolutely disastrous during this pandemic.”
Hayes: “Yes there was an item yesterday about the Mayor in Dodge City Kansas if I am not mistaken,
who supported a mask mandate, who has now essentially resigned (her) position out of fear of violent recrimination and threat over that. And what I’m hearing from you which is an important point,
which is that that flows from the top down. That what happened to CDC then becomes a model in every county in every state, for how to deal with public health experts who don’t say what you want them to say.”
Dr. Besser:
“Exactly. When you’re allowed to inject politics into public health at the federal level,
that gives permission for that to happen all the way across the board. And it gives permission for those who disagree with public health, who support this approach of not trying to control this pandemic, to question why states and cities and localities mandate masks, mandate social distancing, and do everything
they can to reduce transmission.”
Dr. Besser:
“You know we are faced right now with the possibility of this pandemic ending with vaccination.
And to think that we would have allowed this virus to spread when the end is clearly in sight. We can follow public health recommendations and social distance, wear masks. Then next year when we gather for the holidays, our relatives who we love so much will still be here. But if we abandon that public health approach we will lose hundreds of thousands of more people before this comes to an end.”
After opposing another round of stimulus checks for months in the face of deteriorating economic conditions and widespread suffering, Republican congressional leaders have finally agreed to include direct payments in a coronavirus relief package that could be approved by the end of the week.
During a private GOP conference call Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) provided a straightforward and revealing reason for the sudden change of heart: “Kelly and David are getting hammered.”
Breaking Politico: The Energy Department and National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, have evidence that hackers accessed their networks, officials directly familiar with the matter said.https://t.co/AjsqVPMf9L
Breaking Politico: The Energy Department and National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, have evidence that hackers accessed their networks, officials directly familiar with the matter said.https://t.co/AjsqVPMf9L
Never thought of her than a piece of (blank), ever since she joined in that birther crap! And was done when repubs tried to pretend the whole world hadn’t seen her tatas & wawas in adult magazines! Oh, please! So, yup, birds of a feather flock together.
His one fucking job is to keep us safe. He’s killing us and allowing Russia to hack into our sensitive infrastructure. Have you heard him blast Russia for this hack?? No. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
The SolarWinds hack is a monumental moment. The Russians (probably) have stolen information related to our financial system, our nuclear weapons, our energy systems, our military, our domestic threats. We are going to need to completely regroup in order to protect ourselves.
Just a month after publication, Former President Obama’s “A Promised Land” is well on its way to becoming the best-selling presidential memoir in modern times. https://t.co/VJ7sxOKTIt
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES @NRSC, @Perduesenate and @KLoeffler lawsuit seeking to disenfranchise Georgia voters casting absentee ballots in the Senate runoff election.
Breaking: For the second time in one day, a federal judge in Georgia rejected a Republican-led challenge against absentee voting for the runoffs. This failed challenge came in part from the Perdue and Loeffler campaigns. https://t.co/VDDQKABhCo
I have yet to understand how anyone would think they could/should change the rules in the middle of the game. People are already voting…absentee/mail-in and early voting…based on rules that GOP legislators put in place.
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES @NRSC, @Perduesenate and @KLoeffler lawsuit seeking to disenfranchise Georgia voters casting absentee ballots in the Senate runoff election.
Kemp says he struck a deal with legislative leaders to spend about $70M thru March to help nursing homes and hospitals administer the vaccine, boost staff and handle the surge of coronavirus cases. #gapolpic.twitter.com/1MjC3mZwQT
Let us not forget this is the same Betty Price who accompanied her husband on numerous illegal, unethical, and wasteful taxpayer-funded private jet flights, leading directly to Tom’s resignation as HHS Secretary.
Who can pay rent and put food on the table with one $600 check?? U.S. billionaires’ wealth has increased by nearly $2 trillion during the pandemic. Why don’t we tax them & provide $2k a month until pandemic is over? Easy fix!
Call Congress & tell them: DO YOUR JOB: 202-224-3121
Trump employs "political incitement that provokes random acts of extremist violence, in which the instigator uses rhetoric ambiguous enough to give himself and his allies plausible deniability for any resulting bloodshed."@markfollman talks to experts:https://t.co/YmvIjc3lwa
I can’t overstate how radical this is: Senate Republicans are threatening to blow up an agreement to provide basic relief to Americans now if they can't cripple the ability of Biden Administration and the Fed to offer more help next year. https://t.co/x5nQWXpbO8
There's something galling about Trump lying that he's been cheated out of another term as 3,000+ die each day from coronavirus, the economy is in tatters, the government is ravaged by cyberattacks, etc. A normal politician with a sense of shame would actually consider resigning.
Just one day after the doctors and nurses started inoculating Americans with the desperately-awaited coronavirus vaccine, reports started coming in that many vials, which hold five injections, had enough extra for one or two more. Two more injections from a five-injection vial is literally an extra 40%, which means up to an extra 40% of Americans could be protected from the deadly disease earlier than first expected.
A hand recount in a small Michigan County that had been a hotbed of unfounded claims of voter fraud left the results essentially unchanged from what election officials found when the vote was certified last month. https://t.co/PDcnSMxE5b
"[E]pidemiologists and genomicists had traced covid-19 infections at a Boston biotech conference in late February and estimated that, by October, the conference had led to between some two and three hundred thousand cases, across twenty-nine states and multiple countries."
🏛️BREAKING: Supreme Court rejects a Christian school’s bid for a religious carve-out from Kentucky’s coronavirus restrictions, which includes a temporary shut down of in-person instruction at both religious and secular schools. Alito and Gorsuch dissent.https://t.co/9axUb4eyTY
"Regarding standing on behalf of Senators Loeffler and Purdue, the alleged potential future injury to the candidates is far too speculative to substantiate an injury in fact."
NEW: Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.), a top adviser to President-elect Joe Biden, has tested positive for COVID-19. Richmond’s interactions with Biden happened in open air, were masked and totaled less than 15 consecutive minutes pic.twitter.com/vQnNL9cR0t
So, let me get this right. The criticism of Dr. Jill Biden is that she’s not a “medical doctor?” Says a bunch of people who have been ignoring medical doctors about a pandemic that has killed over 300,000 Americans? Can someone invent a hypocrisy mute button?
If you want to know how insidious twitter is, the “relevant people” they promoted in Marc Elias twitter feed are fucking nrsc and fucking perdue, not stacey abrams, not warnock, not ossoff. It’s all fucking rethugs.
Ron Watkins suggests President Trump should follow the example of Roman statesman Julius Caesar – who launched a four-year-long civil war to end the Roman Republic – and use a 2018 executive order as well as the "fierce loyalty of the military" in order to "restore the Republic". pic.twitter.com/IWli0UIQGC
Long winded, but totally worth it. Stick with me here. #AOC was given committee assignments where she could have made a difference yet she complained about them. Lauren Underwood took her committee assignments that weren’t as high profile and made them work.
One that lowers the cost of insulin and another that secured funding for an interoperable electronic health record (EHR) for use across the Department of Homeland Security.
What has AOC done? AOC introduced 0 bills in 2019 or 2020 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Of the 350 bills that Ocasio-Cortez cosponsored, 5% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat.
Rep. Lauren Underwood is adored and respected by her constituents, most of them white. Saw a heart-warming video awhile back of them giving her an appreciation car parade . Smiles, compliments, balloons etc. while she stood and exchanged greetings with each. She is getting shit done because she knows that it is about the people she serves and not herself. She is not all over Twitter nor does she grab the microphone every time you look around. She has my admiration, not AOC and her little squad who lies up behind her like groupies instead of grown ass women who have been elected to do a job.
From Willie Mays to Mamie Johnson, the players and teams in the Negro Leagues changed the game of baseball and paved the way for so many today. Glad to see the @MLB officially recognize them as major leaguers. https://t.co/oDd4AOtnlz
On March 2, 2019, I snapped this photo of @RepDebHaaland (center) at the @FaithandPolitic Civil Rights Pilgrimage. Today, she is the Interior Secretary-designate. The first Native American nominated to the post and to serve in the Cabinet. pic.twitter.com/JCPEfGOHAV
Officials in multiple states were alerted that their second shipments of Pfizer's vaccine had been drastically cut for next week, sparking widespread confusion and concern about whether the Trump admin could distribute enough doses to meet targets.https://t.co/XYpfyPBLZz
Denouncing Trump's "stall tactics," @EJeanCarroll's lawyers ask a judge to show "judicial proceedings can afford justice—rather than years of procedural quagmire—to victims of sexual assault who seek redress against even powerful wrongdoers."
🚨NEW: Fresh off their defeat in court today, @NRSC, @Perduesenate and @KLoeffler have filed ANOTHER meritless lawsuit to disenfranchise Georgia voters in the Senate runoff election.
At this point, I blame the judges for entertaining this shit. Sanction the mofos for wasting court’s time and most importantly, for derailing democracy.
Isn’t it funny how when @SenRonJohnson claims to not receive Russian disinformation the person who gave it to him, Telizhenko, is retweeting and showing his support for the Senator. Something just doesn’t add up here… 🤥 pic.twitter.com/nj93k0U0DC
What if Joe Biden owned a private international business called the Biden Organization, didn’t divest, and had his children run it while he was in office, while a third child was a WH employee at the same time she was securing patents and other valuable concessions in China… https://t.co/7SVO3XDrrD
Here's Michael Flynn on Newsmax saying that Trump could order "military capabilities" to swing states and "rerun an election in each of those states."
"People out there talk about martial law like it's something that we've never done. Martial law has been instituted 64 times." pic.twitter.com/KNmiAGGiPF
Helsinki and crossing the DMZ to give North Korea legitimacy are tied for a close second.
On a related note, his speech in front of the Memorial Wall at CIA (day 2) is when I unequivocally knew this Presidency would be an irredeemable shitshow. https://t.co/9JEphSoC1j
I hope he’s heading for Florence, CO. And “rooms” there for the two imbecile sons and Princess Grifty. All the dozens of filthy henchmen can go to various grubby penitentiaries hither and yon.
.@GovKemp is fed up with the unrelenting attacks from conspiracy theorists calling on him to overturn President-elect Biden’s victory in Georgia. But he’s even more enraged that some of those peddlers are targeting his wife and three daughters. #gapolhttps://t.co/I9V747gXeT
He has no interest in actually doing the job to which he now falsely claims continued entitlement, or any ability to do it. And he never has. https://t.co/5e4r7QAjuE
“They always claim they just had no earthly idea they were chilling with white nationalists. What they should ask is why white nationalists want so badly to chill with them.” @JoyAnnReidhttps://t.co/7fUNjc97RG
Kelly Loeffler Keeps Posing For Photos With White Supremacists And Other Extremists
The senator recently disavowed a photo of her with a former KKK leader, but she’s repeatedly aligned herself with racists and far-right supporters. https://t.co/sCHFVotRhO
There was no acceptable explanation for Kelly Loeffler to meet with a white supremacist once — and absolutely no excuse for it happening again and again.https://t.co/NnlBktbxKu
So honored to have Grammy award-winning singer @pattiaustin join MediasTouch to release her new song ‘Georgia Ur Votin 4ME2’ promoting a record voter turnout in Georgia 🎶 🎶 pic.twitter.com/iaQ1yXBRjR
Swear words aren’t obscene. Economic injustice, racism, homophobia, tearing innocent children from their mothers, lack of access to healthcare, treating the planet with contempt, undermining democracy, and 3000 unfuckingnecessary deaths a day is obscene.
Incredibly serious and totally no surprise since before July 2016 …
The best confirmation that Putin is responsible for this hacking attack on the United States is that Trump hasn’t said anything. https://t.co/6ghTXs9Z6F
🚨BREAKING: Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) calls Moscow's alleged hack of U.S. government agencies—including the Pentagon, DHS and Treasury—"virtually a declaration of war by Russia on the United States." Adds that the Trump administration is "completely compromised." pic.twitter.com/ea8V9FlKq4
The deepest irony of this whole “I’m a Republican so I only respect doctors who are medical doctors,” thing is that 300,000 Americans are dead because Republicans didn’t respect medical doctors.
Pfizer puts out statement in response to numerous states saying they’ve been told their allotments of #covid19 vaccine have been reduced, & as FL cited Pfizer production issues as reason – noting no issues and millions of doses in warehouse they haven’t received instructions for. pic.twitter.com/YiRDBHqmCD
I guess if they were willing to call it the “tRump Vaccine” he’d be willing to distribute it far and wide no problem… just like he’s working so hard to spread the “tRump Virus”.
"All in all, it’s the worst thing he’s done in his presidency and the worst exit of a defeated president in U.S. history, an effort that is not less infamous for being incompetent and risible." —@RichLowry & @RameshPonnuru in the latest issue of NR.https://t.co/HUNRqIcLLj
Reminder: #Nixon aides went to prison & #Watergate didnt kill 300K+, sicken 17M, push 8M into poverty, cost $Trillions, millions of jobs & Nixon, who resigned rather than be impeached (unlike #Trump) had to be pardoned. #Trump & his thugs must be held accountable, prosecuted
Six men involved in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were indicted on a federal kidnapping conspiracy charge https://t.co/ZN8yM4K6gG
Good Morning TOD Family!
Listen to this song from the amazing Patti Austin! 🪕🎺🥁
Wow. This song @pattiaustin released with us to inspire Georgia voters to go to the polls is truly incredible. Watch. Retweet. Repeat. pic.twitter.com/2xu0GDzCdy
What a wake up call! I wanna hear this blasting from every window and rooftop between now Jan 5th! Thank you for blessing us with this gem, Miss Patti!
Joe Biden’s transition team says incoming WH Senior Advisor and Director of the Office of Public Engagement Cedric Richmond — currently a congressman — has tested positive for COVID-19. Richmond has not been in close contact with Biden, @KBeds says. Biden tested negative today.
Fifty members of Congress have now tested positive for COVID-19. 39 in the House; 11 in the Senate. Cedric Richmond is the fifth House member this week.
Last week, a new TV spot touting both candidates joined the countless others already filling up your living room. This one was different. It attacked no one, but focused on the symbiotic relationship between the two Democrats.
“You’ve got a young Jewish man and an African American pastor running together with shared values, shared commitment,” Warnock says in the 30-second video…
In the ad, the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church points to the heady days of the civil rights movement, and the support that his church’s favorite son, Martin Luther King Jr., received from Atlanta’s Jewish community.
Warnock also invokes the names of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner — “two Jews and an African American who died fighting for voting rights” in 1964 Mississippi.
If these churchgoers are counting on their faith to keep them safe, I submit to them the scripture that says “Faith without works is dead [James 2:17].” In this case, works would be COMMON SENSE. You can have faith that you will remain safe IF you are doing what you should be doing rather than acting recklessly.
What's it like to get the Covid-19 vaccine? @VinGuptaMD walks us through it, and explains the differences between the Pfizer vaccine and the likely soon-to-be-approved Moderna version.
Happy 1 year anniversary to the time Trump got impeached for trying to cheat in the election that he’s now baselessly accusing his opponent of cheating in
HuffPost: Trump cites Georgia to raise cash for his slush fund, but has spent nothing on those races.
"While more than 100 other groups have spent money on the Senate runoffs, Trump's Save America PAC has not, despite having likely raised $150 million." https://t.co/LGiIKsZjBg
House Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler intends to reissue a subpoena for former White House Counsel Don McGahn's testimony next year.https://t.co/1gg16396nQ
Like everyone else, we were stuck inside a lot this year, and with streaming further blurring the lines between theatrical movies and television features, I’ve expanded the list to include visual storytelling that I’ve enjoyed this year, regardless of format. pic.twitter.com/a8BS8jDkSs
Breaking Axios: Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller ordered a Pentagon-wide halt to cooperation with the transition of President-elect Biden, shocking officials across the Defense Department, senior administration officials tell Axios. https://t.co/TcuGqExMGL
The Obama Diary 
Ummmm
“Like a Hand Grasping’: Trump Appointees Describe the Crushing of the C.D.C.”
“Kyle McGowan, a former chief of staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and his deputy, Amanda Campbell, go public on the Trump administration’s manipulation of the agency.”
“But what they witnessed during the coronavirus pandemic this year in the C.D.C.’s leadership suite on the
12-floor headquarters here shook them: Washington’s dismissal of science, the White House’s slow suffocation of the agency’s voice, the meddling in its messages and the siphoning of its budget.
In a series of interviews, the pair has decided to go public with their disillusionment: what went wrong, and what they believe needs to be done as the agency girds for what could be a yearslong project of rebuilding its credibility externally while easing ill feelings and self-doubt internally.”
(https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/us/politics/cdc-trump.html)
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my heart is so full of Joy at the promise of what we can be!!…
And the rest of the country will see the power of the vote and an engaged citizenry
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perhaps Trump will pardon them…these are his very fine people….his people that were standing by
IKR??? Each day as the walls keep closing in on tRump and his hand-picked servants are “betraying” him, I wonder how many pardons will actually be issued. Out of spite, he may pout and keep his pardons [take his ball and go ].
Oh Wow….
Wooot!
ohhh double triple fantastico…
Finally….and thinking Bureau of Indian Affairs is within the Department of Interior!
Congrats to Congresswoman Haaland!!
=>Grants help pay for new systems, cyber attack protection
->Move comes amid Trump’s unfounded claims of voter fraud
That development comes as President Donald Trump and his allies continue to promote unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud in the Nov. 3 election, even though their allegations have been rejected by courts and state election officials.
Quigley, who also serves on the House Intelligence Committee and is an enthusiastic proponent of the grants, called the move short-sighted and the timing “inexplicable,” especially given the threat of cyber attacks and other vulnerabilities faced by voting systems.
The money, distributed under a formula, can be used by states to replace outdated voting systems and paperless equipment and strengthen voter registration data bases, some of which have been the targets of foreign interference. Other grant money has gone toward the training of elections officials to prepare for and protect against cyber intrusions.
“Like a Hand Grasping’: Trump Appointees Describe the Crushing of the C.D.C.”
(https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/us/politics/cdc-trump.html)
This article reports “constant pressure and jockeying and bullying of folks running the cdc…to override best scientific evidence and practice.” (Hayes points out.)
The politicization of science.
Dr. Richard Besser, fmr Acting Director of CDC:
“You know this is a story that has been reported throughout the pandemic.
And that’s the politicization of science.The lack of CDC being allowed to step out in front and lead. A change that occurred very early in the pandemic when CDC sounded the alarm about how dangerous this could be. You and I have talked about this before. I think one of the critical factors in why the U.S. has done so poorly in this pandemic, is that we have seen such disparate political messages from our politics leaders and our public health leaders. Without our politicians sounding the same messages that come from public health, we see the disconnect where half of the population, those who support those in office are feeling that we are doing way too much. And those who support a public health approach recognize that we are doing far less than we need to do as a country
if we truly want to save as many lives as possible.”
Hayes: “For people that don’t know much about CDC and are now viewing it through the lens
of Redfield and its response to this pandemic, what would you say about it as an institution prior to this Administration in terms of its reputation and its capacity and its competence?”
Dr. Besser:
“CDC is recognized round the world as the world’s leading public health institution.
Countries all over the globe reach out to CDC for assistance in handling their own crises. That’s not to say CDC doesn’t make mistakes, but it is truly a brain trust when it comes to public health. The thing I’m really thankful for is that we have not seen a major exodus of talent from CDC. And so it will come to the next Administration to work to rebuild the trust that is absolutely critical. Because not only has CDC taken a hit here in terms of the public and its reputation, but across the country public health leaders have taken a hit.”
Dr Besser:
“There’s a recent report out from the AP and Kaiser Health News that one in 8 people in America now,
live in a county in which their public health leader was either fired, retired, or resigned. And a lot of that was because of the threats, because of political influence in their work, and because of the message coming from the top not to listen to public health. It has been absolutely disastrous during this pandemic.”
Hayes: “Yes there was an item yesterday about the Mayor in Dodge City Kansas if I am not mistaken,
who supported a mask mandate, who has now essentially resigned (her) position out of fear of violent recrimination and threat over that. And what I’m hearing from you which is an important point,
which is that that flows from the top down. That what happened to CDC then becomes a model in every county in every state, for how to deal with public health experts who don’t say what you want them to say.”
Dr. Besser:
“Exactly. When you’re allowed to inject politics into public health at the federal level,
that gives permission for that to happen all the way across the board. And it gives permission for those who disagree with public health, who support this approach of not trying to control this pandemic, to question why states and cities and localities mandate masks, mandate social distancing, and do everything
they can to reduce transmission.”
Dr. Besser:
“You know we are faced right now with the possibility of this pandemic ending with vaccination.
And to think that we would have allowed this virus to spread when the end is clearly in sight. We can follow public health recommendations and social distance, wear masks. Then next year when we gather for the holidays, our relatives who we love so much will still be here. But if we abandon that public health approach we will lose hundreds of thousands of more people before this comes to an end.”
After opposing another round of stimulus checks for months in the face of deteriorating economic conditions and widespread suffering, Republican congressional leaders have finally agreed to include direct payments in a coronavirus relief package that could be approved by the end of the week.
During a private GOP conference call Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) provided a straightforward and revealing reason for the sudden change of heart: “Kelly and David are getting hammered.”
HE WAS INSTALLED FOR A REASON!’ We are not safe!!
HE WAS INSTALLED FOR A REASON!’ We are not safe!!
WOW….to coin a phrase…”We Are Sitting Ducks”
I guess this is fine
She’s just like him. They’re perfect for each other. Don’t let me ever hear anyone say they feel badly for her. She’s a POS, too.
Never thought of her than a piece of (blank), ever since she joined in that birther crap! And was done when repubs tried to pretend the whole world hadn’t seen her tatas & wawas in adult magazines! Oh, please! So, yup, birds of a feather flock together.
His one fucking job is to keep us safe. He’s killing us and allowing Russia to hack into our sensitive infrastructure. Have you heard him blast Russia for this hack?? No. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Exactly
OUTSTANDING
Yessssss
I have yet to understand how anyone would think they could/should change the rules in the middle of the game. People are already voting…absentee/mail-in and early voting…based on rules that GOP legislators put in place.
That’s as bad as voting in someone who knows nothing and doesn’t even try to learn; right?
But we know that “low information voter” in their opinion refers to POC, especially those who vote Democrat.
The ratioing of this corrupt ‘fucker’ is huge. Literally 100 to 1.
Hope Biden’s team and the SS will be prepared for this.
Frat boys in big trouble’
Why?
“Inventory monitoring.”
Just one day after the doctors and nurses started inoculating Americans with the desperately-awaited coronavirus vaccine, reports started coming in that many vials, which hold five injections, had enough extra for one or two more. Two more injections from a five-injection vial is literally an extra 40%, which means up to an extra 40% of Americans could be protected from the deadly disease earlier than first expected.
Dear god
Judge : So? Who gives a shit who you are?
If you want to know how insidious twitter is, the “relevant people” they promoted in Marc Elias twitter feed are fucking nrsc and fucking perdue, not stacey abrams, not warnock, not ossoff. It’s all fucking rethugs.
LOL. The original tweet.
Rep. Lauren Underwood is adored and respected by her constituents, most of them white. Saw a heart-warming video awhile back of them giving her an appreciation car parade . Smiles, compliments, balloons etc. while she stood and exchanged greetings with each. She is getting shit done because she knows that it is about the people she serves and not herself. She is not all over Twitter nor does she grab the microphone every time you look around. She has my admiration, not AOC and her little squad who lies up behind her like groupies instead of grown ass women who have been elected to do a job.
Go gramps. The pig deserved it.
Fuck’em.
At this point, I blame the judges for entertaining this shit. Sanction the mofos for wasting court’s time and most importantly, for derailing democracy.
This corrupt fucker was doing a photo op when the first vaccine was administered.
And the smirking corrupt russian stooge is maskless. What an asshole.
This is why Biden has to go on offensive. Regardless of rw and media whines.
You can fill volumes and volumes.
Every day is a scandal/corruption/collusion day.
I hope he’s heading for Florence, CO. And “rooms” there for the two imbecile sons and Princess Grifty. All the dozens of filthy henchmen can go to various grubby penitentiaries hither and yon.
Athletes bring fight for equality into sporting arena in 2020
https://www.rediff.com/sports/report/athletes-bring-fight-for-equality-in-sports-in-2020-blm/20201215.htm
The only bright spot of 2020.
May be the traitorous treasonous thug wants a quid pro quo for this also.
Didn’t he proudly claim his loyalty and fealty to the mob thug? Feed the snake, eat the poison.
Incredibly serious and totally no surprise since before July 2016 …
Typical incompetence of the thug’s admin.
I guess if they were willing to call it the “tRump Vaccine” he’d be willing to distribute it far and wide no problem… just like he’s working so hard to spread the “tRump Virus”.
The thug and wise do not belong in the same sentence.
Good Morning TOD Family!
Listen to this song from the amazing Patti Austin! 🪕🎺🥁
LOL.
Lauren Underwood rocks! 👏🏾
😳Hope he’s okay
How come the covid denying assholes like corrupt pence are getting the vaccination shot while none of the incoming admin is getting it?
Last week, a new TV spot touting both candidates joined the countless others already filling up your living room. This one was different. It attacked no one, but focused on the symbiotic relationship between the two Democrats.
“You’ve got a young Jewish man and an African American pastor running together with shared values, shared commitment,” Warnock says in the 30-second video…
In the ad, the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church points to the heady days of the civil rights movement, and the support that his church’s favorite son, Martin Luther King Jr., received from Atlanta’s Jewish community.
Warnock also invokes the names of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner — “two Jews and an African American who died fighting for voting rights” in 1964 Mississippi.
If these churchgoers are counting on their faith to keep them safe, I submit to them the scripture that says “Faith without works is dead [James 2:17].” In this case, works would be COMMON SENSE. You can have faith that you will remain safe IF you are doing what you should be doing rather than acting recklessly.
Excellent idea. Morning everyone
He knows very well his magats are easy marks. I will give him that.
As he should
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2020/12/18/voice-of-influence-award/
Joe still thinking of working across the aisle?