Nothing says re-elect the incumbent president like a photo op in front of rubble pic.twitter.com/H0875A7QzN
— Tim Hogan (@timjhogan) September 1, 2020
Check out those heels! — no wonder the vain old man has trouble keeping his balance on ramps & stairs.
In defiance of appeals to stay away, President Trump visited Kenosha, Wisconsin, to highlight his ‘law and order’ re-election campaign message https://t.co/VfqGbpPI6g pic.twitter.com/w1a4l7M7V5
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 2, 2020
Pundits: Trump is going to cannily use this moment to reassure Americans that he’s the law and order candidate.
Trump: Random murder is good. Cops should aim better. Biden is being controlled by black Illuminati.
— Tentin Quarantino (@agraybee) September 1, 2020
"Where is my Reince?" — Trump at his Kenosha roundtable, referring to the former WH chief of staff
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) September 1, 2020
It's kind of funny how Kenosha GOP machine has always been the breeding ground for Wisconsin Republicans, producing people like Paul Ryan and Reince Priebus, and then overnight it became a dogwhistle word for unruly black people.
— Tentin Quarantino (@agraybee) September 1, 2020
It wasn't just the photo-op. Trump had the fake Kenosha store owner at a round-table earlier in the day. The real owner watched this all play out on TV. https://t.co/wJNnguy6Lw pic.twitter.com/KVXPVx2Y3r
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) September 2, 2020
Reupping this video.
A few days before Trump visited Kenosha, The Post toured the neighborhood where Jacob Blake was shot.There, we spoke to Anthony Kennedy, who for many years was the only Black city council member.
This is how he views the district he oversees ––> pic.twitter.com/UetfGuHwvT
— Luis Velarde (@luivelarde) September 1, 2020
Trump campaign: Let’s attack Biden for not doing something which we’ll do, but badly
Biden campaign: Sure, we’ll do that. And better. https://t.co/1E746TCa53
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) September 2, 2020
debbie
He forgot to bring paper towels.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
Re: that fake owner photo-op
His supporters literally do not care that the owner Trump posed with was the former owner. Here’s a Twitter reply:
If Biden or Obama had done this I highly doubt they would’ve shrugged their shoulders like they are with Trump. Their hypocrisy and willful ignorance pisses me off
And “liberal extremists”? Fuck off. Those people are opportunists who want to burn shit down. Literal outside agitators. The BLM protest ended peacefully, but the asshole anarchists rioted
Jeffro
My TCNJ dad’s latest was that “Biden was going to WI to shore up his cratering polls and bringing tag-along Jill with him”. Yes, really. A ‘tag-along’, not a Dr., not someone who’s had her own career for decades (and no I’m not taking about an ahem missing decade, if you know what I mean…)
Also, what cratering poll numbers?
30 years of the Fox Bubble indoctrination and it’s like trying to listen to a North Korean or something.
joel hanes
TCNJ not in the lexicon.
Googling is no help.
Someone take pity on a clueless old man?
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Jeffro:
That cratering polls in WI bit is funny because Clinton was criticized for not visiting states like Wisconsin enough
Barbara
And today on the birthday of my youngest, another 1000+ Americans died from Covid-19. And there is our president, affirmatively wishing violence on us when he isn’t consigning us to death through his own gross negligence. He will never get what he deserves because most of us could not be nearly that cruel.
West of the Rockies
@joel hanes:
Trump Cult Nut Job?
joel hanes
@joel hanes:
I assume that NJ is nutjob.
Trump-crazed nutjob?
Cheryl Rofer
West of the Rockies
Christ, Trump is a clown in his lil’ tippy-top heels.
Gvg
@joel hanes: trump cult nut job
catclub
@joel hanes: trump cult nut job
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
germy
Meet The Beatles album, back cover.
dmsilev
@Cheryl Rofer: Important to note that the Blake family refused to meet with Trump, basically because they rightfully didn’t want to be props in a photo-op.
raven
This time 51 years ago today I was sitting on the runway on Guam waiting for a C-141 to take us back to the world. Why they flew us from Bien Hoa to Guam commercial and then made us “deplane” and wait on a transport was beyond us but we didn’t really care.
Citizen_X
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): The last time “liberal extremist” was not oxymoronic was during the French Revolution.
Baud
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: like
Barbara
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: Not many people actually like chaos. The only question is whether they are willing to overlook it in order to get something else.
dmsilev
Alexandra Petri is a wonder:
Fair Economist
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: With the extremely good polling coming out of AZ and WI, which had been expected to be the tipping point states, the tipping point state is looking to be PA or NC – both of which have Democratic governors and Democratic Supreme Courts.
Mike in NC
Fat Bastard was in NC today and I could smell him from my driveway.
germy
Omnes Omnibus
I think the tweet associating Kenosha with Ryan and Preibus is more than a bit unfair. Priebus went to high school there. It is in Ryan’s old district, but it’s a big district and cities like Kenosha and Janesville who elect Democrats are outweighed by exurban and rural GOPers – that’s how gerrymandering works.
aliasofwestgate
I still loved how Blake’s family held a block party and celebration and pointedly ignored Lord Dampnut on his photo op day here. Wish i could have gone, but there was no way roomie and i were going to mess with local traffic when we were near all the areas blocked off or temporarily blocked off for his visit half the time.
Bumper
Some of you may remember Smiling Mortician, who commented here a few years ago. She had some health problems and haven’t been here recently.
I’ve just learned that she has passed away. She was a smart, interesting commenter and respected in our real life community. I thought Balloon Juice would like to know.
trollhattan
@West of the Rockies:
Evidently getting fashion tips from Li’l Marco.
germy
@Bumper: Covid?
VeniceRiley
Um this seems wild
https://www.centredaily.com/news/coronavirus/article245406245.html
trollhattan
Dunno if everybody caught this in the current newsblizzard, but Vlad Novichoked Navalny.
laura
Pretty mincey scoots for such a badass – and they really highlight the ill fitting suit n tie.
@raven: Welcome home again.
trollhattan
@VeniceRiley:
There’s something about November 1. Wonder who could use some good news that day?
Bumper
@germy: not to my knowledge. She had been suffering from a serious illness. She moved from our area after diagnosis and we learned of her death from an email from her former place of employment (where my spouse also works).
trollhattan
@Bumper:
Aww, sorry to hear that. It has been awhile, hasn’t it?
raven
@laura: tanks
Peale
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: Wow. There was a poll yesterday that had Biden up 7 in Arizona and I thought it was just an outlier. But this is the second poll that gives him a significant lead.
eclare
@Bumper: I am so sorry to hear that.
Yutsano
@Bumper: Oh no. We will keep her family in our thoughts. May her next existence be easy.
germy
@Bumper: From what I understand, she left a toxic boss and moved to Spain?
Baud
@Bumper:
I do remember her. Sorry to hear about her passing. Thanks for letting us know.
Uncle Cosmo
@joel hanes: @West of the Rockies: @Gvg: @catclub:
Trump Cult Nut Job
Jeffro invented it & he’s the only person who uses it. Some people objected awhile back to my objecting to his using his own private language & expecting everyone else to figure it out. Subsequently I suggested putting it in the BJ Lexicon so folks wouldn’t need to keep asking, but WG told me it’s not used often enough to warrant it. So I guess we’ll just wait until the next time he uses it & a bunch of posters ask WTF it means…ay yi yi…
The Moar You Know
@Bumper: thank you for letting us know. Quite a few of our commenters just vanish, usually out of boredom but you just never know, and we never know what happens to them.
RIP, Smiling Mortician.
Bumper
@trollhattan: yes. I’m not sure how much she revealed in her comments here, so I don’t want to give too much away. My husband and son knew her better. I’ve only chatted in person once (very briefly) before I knew she was a juicer. She was respected and admired here and it was a loss for the community when they moved. I hope her nym can be added to the gone but not forgotten roster if we have one.
germy
germy
T H I S I S J U S T A T E S T
Baud
@Bumper:
Email WaterGirl.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Bumper: Sad, I liked her. Thanks for letting us know.
Bumper
@germy: I’m not aware of a toxic boss, but there may have been one. My understanding is that she was diagnosed then decided to retire and move to Spain. The illness was very serious and, honestly, our area is poor, rural, and hours from superior healthcare facilities. I’d move too if that was an option.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
@trollhattan: Hey digya see this:
Now we can see NWSL games on CBS and Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester on NBC
joel hanes
@Uncle Cosmo:
RWNJ already exists, so it seems superfluous to me.
But descriptivists yell at me when I make such complaints, so I just try to keep up.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
Jeffro
@West of the Rockies: correct!
Jeffro
@germy: that’s just nuts! Oh wait, look who we’re talking about…
brantl
Isn’t it fitting that Bill Barr always looks like he’s just realiized that he’s just crapped his pants?
MisterForkbeard
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: Oh NO! Biden’s polls are cratering upwards!
Jeffro
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): well, we are talking about double standards for Ds and Rs after all…
I think he’s cheered by the fact that of MI, WI, and PA, WI’s the only one that’s relatively close. I mean, he’s dumb and ignores reality a lot, but even he knows what’ll happen if/when Biden gets all three of those states back.
And AZ – holy cow – that is amazing. Then again, that state was pretty hard hit by Covid, so yeah.
Sab
@germy: Whoopee. Then after the election they can prosecute every last one of them for voting law violations.
Jeffro
@trollhattan: trumpov’s busy playing 11-dimensional chess again…”NO ‘OCTOBER SURPRISE’ THIS TIME LIBRULS – ‘NOVEMBER SURPRISE’ GIVES YOU NO TIME TO REACT GAME SET MATCH!”
“serious” GOP pundits will be jumping on this, possibly with fewer capital letters, in 3, 2, 1…
sdhays
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Some people are saying that the police themselves are burning stuff down and looting. I’m not saying it, but, you know, it’s out there. Someone should really get to the bottom of it.
Jeffro
Btw I finally have the time to listen to Biden’s Q&A from earlier today and holy cow…he is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.
;)
Ok, more seriously: how deep into the Fox Bubble would one have to be to watch Biden today and think to oneself: “whew – THAT guy is in the grip of full-blown dementia, but that trumpov, man, HE’s got it together!” Whew.
Sab
Yay! I just got a call from Biden phone bank. So there is a ground game in Ohio. She asked if I could volunteer and I said know because I suck at phone banks. I asked if they do postcards and she was surprised and said she’d ask and get back to me.
WaterGirl
@Bumper: oh no. I am so sad to hear that. Fuck. I thought things had been going well, at least for awhile. Damn.
Barbara
@Jeffro: Yeah, it’s funny how old people in particular don’t find the concept of culling the herd of its weakest members to be a sound approach to treating diseases.
Jeffro
A big lead for Biden in a static race, and here’s why: C-O-V-I-D
His answer today about how he’d use the bully pulpit, essentially, to get mask mandates going across the country was excellent.
PPCLI
@Jeffro:
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch:
Well, at least Jeffro’s dad will have a Fox poll to enlighten him when he watches tonight
ETA: The Fox Poll is even more encouraging than it first appears since, if I recall correctly, previous polls had been of Registered Voters while this one is of Likely Voters. I gather that is a pretty standard shift at the beginning of September.
Jeffro
@Barbara: Yup. Everyone who’s pro “herd immunity” seems to think they and their loved ones won’t be the guests of honor at the 2M funerals that would follow.
Jeffro
@Jeffro:
WaterGirl
@Bumper: I have a vivid memory of being on the train and reading that she had received a cancer diagnosis and wondering whether it was worth fighting, and then she she seemed to be in a better space and decided to fight. I think hey moved – somewhere that seemed wonderful to me, but I don’t recall where- and I thought things were going okay for awhile. That’s the last I recall hearing.
Suzanne
@Bumper:
Oh no. I remember her well. She was very intelligent and engaging. I hope for peace and healing for her family and friends.
steppy
@Mike in NC: So what does Fat Bastard smell like? The floor is open for nominations. I got onions, yeast and cheap cologne.
Suzanne
@Jeffro:
It’s the young people turning AZ blue(r). It has a reputation for being full of old people, but it is actually a younger state than the national average…. which is of course led by the growing Latino population. K-12 education in AZ is majority minority.
And Martha McSally sucks.
PPCLI
@trollhattan: It would be delicious if a bunch of governors replied:
Well, November 1 is a Sunday and our state employees don’t work that day, and Nov. 2 is All Saints Day / Dia de Muertos. We don’t want to prevent our Catholic workers from being with their families on that day. Nov. 3 is election day, and we wouldn’t want to keep employees from voting. But we can absolutely get it done by Nov. 4! That’s soon enough, right?
Barbara
@Bumper: I do remember, though not well. Condolences to her family.
trollhattan
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch:
No, I hadn’t. That’s great!
The NWSL fall miniseason begins this weekend–weird combo of CBS and Twich for coverage.
NotMax
@steppy
A mixture of Hai Karate and past its prime deep fryer fat.
TS (the original)
@VeniceRiley:
So lots of people are going to make money from state governments for non existing vaccines to arrive on November 1. trump wants everyone except himself to pay for his wild re-election schemes. A campaign donation by any other name.
Ruckus
@brantl:
Yes.
But it’s really not good that it takes him 2-3 hrs to figure it out that he actually did.
Calouste
@Suzanne: Also Gov Doug Ducey (R) is about 30-50 underwater in what the public thinks of his handling of COVID. He might not be up for re-election this year, but that won’t stop voters from taking it out on his party.
Ruckus
@Jeffro:
It might be that to do that one would have to have a bit of some sort of dementia ones self.
Just One More Canuck
@germy: or Austin Powers
Ruckus
@NotMax:
That real cheap deep fryer fat has no prime.
And you know he’d never spend anything on the expensive stuff. And any chef he hired would very soon figure out that you buy the cheap stuff, tell him it’s the good stuff and pocket the dif.
MisterForkbeard
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: Wow. Those are fantastic polls for Good.
Jeffro
@Suzanne: ah – did not know this! I thought it was “Florida West” with retirees and what not. My bad ?
jnfr
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch:
These polls make me so happy.
TS (the original)
Rachel leading with what I couldn’t believe when I read it – Trump telling people to vote twice. Guess he wants them to get 6 years in prison.
lgerard
ugh
Greatest NY Met of all time succumbs to COVD
RIP Tom Terrific
Barbara
@lgerard: Gosh. I saw Tom Seaver pitch. My dad used to choose games based on who was pitching, home or away. We saw a lot of low scoring home town losses. Seaver not only got the win, but he hit a double that scored the go ahead run.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
Richard
We are beginning to be seriously angry with this monster and all of his little helpers. Because we have good ways, we can’t just kill him. There’s a story about that. Think Hercules & Hydra.
But i am told that we have another 4 months to endure this. I hope i can do it. My heart goes to all people who have survived a siege, and to those who died.
FelonyGovt
@lgerard: Oh no! Lifelong Mets fan here (for my sins) and I watched him pitch at the very first ballgame I ever attended.
TS (the original)
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch:
Begosh – Biden at 50+. Great news for – anyone not called trump.
Morzer
@Jeffro: Well, we do have a North Korean president: Short Fat-Don.
FelonyGovt
@Calouste: My daughter went to Arizona State. They opened for in-person instruction and now have reported 800 cases of COVID.
SFAW
@lgerard:
Tom was one of my heroes when I was a teenager, and long after.
COVID may have contributed, but he had Lewy body dementia, diagnosed early last year. A shitty way to go for anyone.
J R in WV
@Bumper:
Thanks for the update… I do remember her. She will be missed. A shame.
SFAW
@Jeffro:
And NPR seems determined to find all the six-percenters. I listened to “On Point” and one other show — maybe “Here & Now”? — and each had a “panel” of Dem voters. In each panel, the black woman was all-systems-go for Biden. The others talked about how they don’t think Biden will do anything transformational, or he hasn’t laid out in minute detail what 341 specific programs he’s going to implement to make that person feel good enough to vote for him, or the panalist is a member of DSA and thinks Biden something something something.
I came THIS close to trying to reach into the radio to strangle the stupid motherfuckers. And since “On Point” was a repeat from this AM, I couldn’t call up to tell the moron(s) to read “Your Mumia Sweatshirt Won’t Get You into Heaven Anymore.”
J R in WV
@lgerard:
I think we saw him play in the grapefruit league many years ago, when my folks still were alive and had a place south of Sarasota. We would go to ball games with my dad. Great memories of the long ago.
Miss Bianca
@Bumper: I remember her, and remember her saying that was having health problems before she stopped commenting. Thanks for letting us know. RIP, Smiling Mortician! (I always loved that nym.)
Suzanne
@FelonyGovt: I’m an ASU alum. I am hearing that professors are not allowed to tell their students if one of their classmates has COVID. I have no idea how it won’t be all over the campus tomorrow.
russell
American carnage
rikyrah
@Bumper: ????
Bill Arnold
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
A broader point is that 10s of thousands of small businesses [1] have been destroyed by D.J.Trump’s willfully inept SARS-CoV-2 Federal-executive-branch-level pandemic response, particularly the botched Federal early response which left us with community spread and no tools except for lockdowns to prevent millions of deaths (no significant testing for several months, no organized contact tracing). Lock downs we did, and the economy collapsed. Reopens we did, too early, oops, there goes the economy.
When I say magical thinking, I mean it. Trump was steeped in Norman Vincent Peale’s “theology” (The Power of Positive Thinking) by his father when he (DJT) was young and it clearly still sometimes guides his thinking (see also Chaos Magici), but DJT does not (IMO) properly respect or understand probability, and once a pandemic has attained widespread community spread, there’s no (lucky) way out except hard work to reduce the infection rate. (SARS-CoV-2 has a high R0 with no NPIs)
[1] I do not know the real number, but it can be estimated easily with sampling of random towns.
Another Scott
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-facebook-russia/duped-by-russia-freelancers-ensnared-in-disinformation-campaign-by-promise-of-easy-money-idUSKBN25T35E
We (Americans, westerners, everyone really) need to be skeptical of our news sources. There’s a seemingly mostly one-sided war going on…
Speaking of which, I hope Adam is doing well wherever he is these days.
Cheers,
Scott.
Another Scott
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll/no-bounce-in-support-for-trump-as-americans-see-pandemic-not-crime-as-top-issue-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN25T1I3?il=0
Cheers,
Scott.
satby
@Bumper: How sad! Thanks for letting us know, I did enjoy her comments. Condolences to her family and friends.
Another Scott
About that Pelosi hair-stylist thing that the RWNJs are trying to make into this year’s butteremails…
(Includes an image of a letter from the stylist.)
The RWNJs think that the Speaker is someone like a common Trump appointee or something…
Cheers,
Scott.
RedDirtGirl
@Bumper: Thank you for letting us know, Bumper.
rikyrah
@trollhattan:
Didn’t thinking people already know that ??