November 3

More gems: presidential "debate" #1

I'm sure we could all give them some suggestions.

Proud Boys, stand by.

Of course you did, baby.  But who's "we"?  Is this Trump's use of the royal "we" again?

He also said, without a shred of truth, that Joe Biden doesn't want to debate him again.  He "heard that."

And, he said the debate had great ratings.

And whhat are you prepared to do about it? Nothing? That's what I thought. 

A whole hell of a lot about the orange monster is unacceptable. And about McConnell, too. But it goes on. And on.

Wishes are useless. ANY sensitivity by Trump would cause the world to implode from the shock.

Comey's sworn claim to the Senate Judiciary Committee is significant because Trump and Flynn have in recent months asserted that Biden raised Logan Act prosecution of Flynn during a Jan. 5 2017 Oval Office meeting that included President Barack Obama, Comey and other senior national security officials.

A set of FBI notes produced in June by the Justice Department to Flynn's defense team indicated that Biden referenced the Logan Act during that meeting but provides no context about how the topic arose or what Biden said.

[...]

The Logan Act, a largely obsolete 18th century statute, prohibits private citizens from attempting to carry out official U.S. foreign policy. Trump and his allies have alleged that the FBI raised the Logan Act as a pretext to interview Flynn and ultimately prosecute him for making false statements about his calls with the Russian ambassador.

[...]

A day before the 2017 Oval Office meeting, the FBI had begun exploring whether to bring a Logan Act case against Flynn for his December 2016 conversations with Russia's U.S. ambassador. In those conversations, Flynn urged the Kremlin not to engage in an escalating tit-for-tat with the outgoing Obama administration, which had just issued sanctions against Russia for interfering in the 2016 election.

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Under questioning from Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), Comey said neither Obama nor Biden ever suggested prosecuting Flynn under the Logan Act.

"I would remember it because it would be highly inappropriate," Comey said. "It did not happen."

  Politico

Joe needs to hit that sore spot hard in the next two debates.

Trump's chorus of sycophants attacked moderator Chris Wallace.

“Chris had a tough night. Two on one was not surprising, but fun,” Trump tweeted Wednesday morning.

“I think that moment for me underscored just how poor Chris Wallace did as a debate moderator,” added White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on MSNBC. “Chris Wallace functioned essentially as Joe Biden’s cut man and also as a second debater on the president.”

[...]

“Hard to believe how biased & corrupt Chris Wallace was last night. Subtle but perfect partner for Biden. Every time @realDonaldTrump had Biden on ropes & about to self-destruct, Wallace either rudely interrupted Trump, or demanded topic be changed. Disgraceful. Moderator fixed it,” tweeted conservative radio host Wayne Allyn Root.

“Chris Wallace interrupted Donald Trump 76 times last night. He only interrupted Joe Biden 15 times. Trump shouldn’t have to debate two opponents at once, but he did—and he STILL won,” added Charlie Kirk, a prominent Trump supporter and founder of Turning Point USA.

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Still, several figures came to Wallace’s defense, noting there was little any moderator could do to control a debate in which the agreed-upon rules were so openly flouted.

“First, let me defend Chris Wallace. I mean, my God. The guy signed up to moderate a debate and he ended up trying to referee a knife fight,” said Fox News’s Geraldo Rivera.

  The Hill

Hysterical. Even Fox & Friends has absorbed the fact that he needs charts and pictures.

But Trump is feeling the heat this afternoon:

In the debate he asked for a specific group when Wallace mentioned white supremacists. Joe suggested the Proud Boys. "Proud Boys," Trump repeated, and then said they need to stand back and stand by. He knows exactly who they are.

It's like he said about QAnon: "They like me very much. Which I appreciate."

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

The best people

Get 'im, Katie

I'm guessing Congresswoman Porter is an attorney.

Mark J. Alles, who testified today at a U.S. House of Representatives hearing about drug prices, is the CEO of Celgene, and he made $13 million in one year (2017) by raising the price on Revlimid, a chemotherapy drug to reach his company’s yearly revenue target (which earned him a $2.1 million bonus). And he’s currently at a net worth of over $28 million.

  MSN

Portland police sending a post-debate message

Portland Police have arrested a far-right protester and member of the Proud Boys who pointed a gun at antifascist protesters on Aug. 22 in downtown Portland.

Alan James Swinney, 50, is being held in the Multnomah County Jail on multiple assault charges, pointing a firearm at another, unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful use of tear gas, stun gun or mace.

Photographs and video from the Aug. 22 rally outside the Multnomah County Justice Center depict Swinney pointing a revolver at a crowd of counterprotesters. Many far-right protesters at the event used weapons such as paintball guns and baseball bats to assault opposing protesters, though there was no police intervention that day due to staffing shortages, police have said.

  OPB

That's going to bring a lot of comfort when the Proud Boys get the order they can stop "standing by".

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

I'm sensing a pattern

Should his current campaign manager be concerned?  Or better, should investigators start taking a close look at his current campaign manager?  I don't even know who it is.  And I don't even want to look it up.  I'll just wait until the news stories come out.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Uh-oh

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to publish information redacted from the Mueller report that had been designated as privileged.

District Judge Reggie Walton said the Trump administration had failed to justify certain redactions from the report on the special counsel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

The specific redactions he took issue with cover the decisionmaking process within former special counsel Robert Mueller's team over whether to charge certain people with crimes during the probe.

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Walton on Wednesday ruled that the DOJ could continue to withhold material it had redacted under FOIA exemptions allowing agencies to conceal information that would compromise law enforcement investigations or compromise the privacy of witnesses.

Matt Topic, who was lead attorney for plaintiffs, told The Hill: "After a very thorough review, the Court found that the Justice Department violated federal law with regard to a number of the redactions to the Mueller Report. We look forward to the release of this additional information by November 2."

  The Hill

Presidential debate #1: Precious moments

Yes!  There are two more of these shitshows!

We should be so lucky.

Guess who was watching...

What a shitshow

Did you watch that "debate"?  

UPDATE:

And they should not be permitted to attend any more debates.