Donald Trump Thread. "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?",

Who will win the 2020 election ?

  • Trump

    Votes: 80 27.6%
  • Biden

    Votes: 149 51.4%
  • Don't care

    Votes: 50 17.2%
  • Who will win the House and Senate in mid terms ?

    Votes: 6 2.1%
  • Republicans

    Votes: 9 3.1%
  • Democrats

    Votes: 10 3.4%

  • Total voters
    290
On a more serious note than my previous post .


On May 24, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle had thrown out the financial barrier to reenfranchisement, describing the fines as a “pay-to-vote system.” But the 6-4 decision from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals stands to leave at least 774,000 people across Florida subject to a law evocative of Jim Crow–era policy.
Most people affected by Amendment 4 are too poor to pay the fines and a broken court system further muddies the process. Court records are not straightforward, making it difficult for the formerly incarcerated to know if they’ve settled their debts or how much they even owe. The four dissenting judges wrote that the system “ultimately throws up its hands and denies citizens their ability to vote because the State can’t figure out the outstanding balances it is requiring those citizens to pay.” And anyone who inaccurately swears that they have no remaining court debt could face jail time—despite the strong possibility that the claim was a mistake.

The reversal being handed down during a particularly devastating economic period, further complicates how this could play out. Millions nationwide have lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic and in Florida the unemployment rate has remained relatively elevated. At the onset of the pandemic financial strain, twice as many Black Floridians were unemployed.
Click to shrink...
Literally stealing the election...
 
New election podcast, just started today, with two well known strategists ...
David Plouffe and Steve Schmidt are friends, former rivals and two of the top strategic minds in America. They understand American politics better than almost anyone because, when they were running presidential campaigns, they had to make momentous decisions almost every single day. In Battleground, they'll draw on 50+ years of combined experience inside campaigns and in government to break down how the Democrats and Republicans are fighting for votes. They’ll dissect the opposing parties’ game plans to explain exactly what they’re doing, why they’re doing it, and why it is-- or isn't-- working.


Introducing: Battleground with David Plouffe & Steve Schmidt




The Existential Election

In the first episode of Battleground, David Plouffe and Steve Schmidt dissect the upcoming presidential contest – the most important election America has faced since 1864.

The two former foes turned friends discuss Biden's changes in Florida and Pennsylvania, Trump's attempts to turn Minnesota and Nevada into battlegrounds, Biden's appeal to blue collar voters and Trump's ability to expand the electorate.


 
Bob W on last night's 60 Minutes ...








Audio podcast of the whole programme ...
On this week's "60 Minutes," Scott Pelley's interview with two-time Pulitzer-prize-winning reporter Bob Woodward about his latest book about President Trump. Raw sewage is entering Southern California's coast lands and waters from Tijuana, Mexico, just over the border. And Anderson Cooper meets the real man behind the dark and complicated roles Joaquin Phoenix is known for playing.
 
Definitely not climate change.

Dry leaves and bad management.

Who'd have thought it!!
 
Which doesn't contradict my view that they deserve each other.

They've a purely transactional relationship, her public appearances are bought and paid for or she doesn't deliver. Her not moving to the White House at the start of his term was down to her securing a renegotiated prenup, not the bullsh*t about their son's schooling.
Just seen this Newsnight interview from last week ...


In her only UK broadcast interview, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff - Melania Trump’s former friend and aide - joins Newsnight's Kirsty Wark to discuss her relationship with the First Lady and her new tell-all book, Melania and Me.

A former aide to Melania Trump has written a memoir, Melania and Me, about her 15-year friendship with the US first lady.

In 2018, Ms Winston Wolkoff was reportedly forced out of the White House, amid allegations that she had been profiteering from President Trump's inauguration. But the former aide has said she was "thrown under the bus".

She denied claims her company received $26 million (£20 million) in payments to help plan the 2017 ceremony and surrounding events, saying her firm "retained a total of $1.62 million".

The White House has denounced the book as a "bizarre twisting of the truth".


She was also on The View ...







A couple of earlier circuit interviews ...



 
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Yep deffo, so his bullshine doesn't really fly.

He's a loyal orangeman from Apprentice days
- was a frequent guest adviser, after he fired the original two and when no offspring were available
 
Don't worry, I have it on good authority that it's going to get cooler, so tensions due to the heat will subside.
 
Bob Woodward put Trump's willful ignorance and playing down of the virus in January very well:

"What if Franklin D Roosevelt had been told that the Japanese were going to bomb Pearl Harbor in 3 days time but downplayed it because he didn't want to panic anyone?"
 
The difference is that other trackers are going by number of public votes and the FT tracker is going by number of electoral college votes.
Plus they explain their methodology well.
The only wild card is the US Postal Service being crippled to stop the poorer people voting.
 
RIP :(
 
Didn't take Mitch Mc long to be a shithouse.

Could cause some furore this to be honest.
 
Mikey C also guested earlier on Maher ...




As mentioned there, he has this new podcast

Introducing: Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen
Michael Cohen, the former attorney and personal fixer for Donald J. Trump, once vowed to take a bullet for the President. But that was before the country was brought to its knees by the President’s own lies and personal madness. Now, imprisoned in his home, his life, reputation and livelihood destroyed, Cohen is on a mission to right the wrongs he perpetuated on behalf of his boss. Mea Culpa is Michael Cohen, is a raw and unfiltered shining a light into the dark corners of our current American Apocalypse. Tune in weekly for a candid conversation with the self proclaimed “gangster lawyer,” as he sets to dismantle the Trump legacy and finds the truth and nothing but the truth.


Trump Derangement Syndrome
In episode one of Michael Cohen's Mea Culpa podcast, he begins with an overview of the series and diagnoses the virulent and dangerous Trump Derangement Syndrome. His first guest is Rosie O’Donnell, who, for nearly a decade, was the recipient of disgusting attacks and abuse from the President, some of it directed by Cohen himself. After losing his soul and perhaps his mind within the Trump inner circle, Cohen finds himself cast out and arrested by the FBI and eventually sentenced to three years in prison. Feeling abandoned and utterly alone, Cohen hits bottom at FCI Otisville; believing his life is over. Then, to his surprise, six months after reporting to custody he receives a letter from Rosie the day the President is impeached. Find out what happens next on the season premiere of Mea Culpa!


EDIT: Latest ep with guest The Mooch out today ...

The Cult of Donald J. Trump
On this week’s episode of Mea Culpa, Cohen speaks with former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci for an honest and raw conversation about the cult of personality surrounding Donald Trump, wondering how ordinarily decent and ethical people can betray their moral compass so readily under his spell. Plus, questions from his Twitter feed and a warning for those mourning the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Don’t miss it!
 
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