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Six Billion Texts and Counting—How the Presidential Campaign Is Blowing Up Everyone’s Phone
By Lachlan Markay
“It’s not just you; the entire country is being bombarded with political text messages. The numbers are astronomical, and they show no signs of letting up before voters go to the polls next month.
Anyone who’s found themselves on a political party or campaign’s text-messaging list will attest to the fusillade of fundraising appeals to which they’re subjected. The wave can be measured by the persistent buzz of your phone, or chime alerting you to another message in your inbox. But hard macro data on the scale of America’s political text campaigns has been hard to come by. That’s changing with the release of numbers from RoboKiller, a leading service to combat unwanted robocalls and text-messaging spam.
According to RoboKiller data, Americans received an estimated six billion text messages related to the presidential election alone from June through September. And the volume of texts from political campaigns, parties, and interest groups increased substantially over that time. The 2.7 billion political texts that Americans got in September was nearly six times what they’d received three months earlier.”
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48 minutes ago, Joe Bauer said:
Here Here.
And thank you for allowing this off the JFK topic, unprecedented political and social anxiety times release valve thread for the last few months.
Joe,
I too want to thank Kathy Becket, James Gordon and all or any of the moderators that I don't even know about, for allowing this release valve.
It helps.
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BREAKING NEWS: Nancy Pelosi says Congress will discuss using 25th Amendment powers which could REMOVE Donald Trump amid fears COVID steroid treatment is affecting his mental health
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would lead a discussion on Friday about invoking the 25th amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office
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'Come here tomorrow,' she told reporters on Capitol Hill Thursday. 'We're going to be talking about the 25th Amendment'
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She refused to give any more details - a move that will likely stoke speculation and build suspense over the next 24 hours
Also https://thehill.com/homenews/house/520191-pelosi-were-going-to-be-talking-about-25th-amendment
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Senator Rand Paul commented on last night's Vice-Presidential debate.
Okee Doke.
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Donald Trump said getting the coronavirus was a Blessing from God.
If COVID-19 is a Blessing, I think I'll just stick with the Tibetan Book of the Dead, if it's all the same to you.
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“The second Women’s March of 2020 is being planned for October 17th, 2020 due to the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg on September 18th, 2020. There are 10,000 people planning on attending the march in Washington DC along with over 100 marches across 39 states in 30 cities being planned on that day...”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Women%27s_March
Somehow, I think 10,000 is going to prove to be a vast under-estimate.
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America’s largest police-owned media company proudly announces endorsement of Donald J. Trump for President
Posted by: Kyle S. Reyes |October 5, 2020
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/law-enforcement-today-endorses-president-donald-j-trump/
I’m sorry. Could you repeat that?
America’s largest police-owned media company…
America’s largest police-owned media company...
I thought that’s what that said.
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Trump Surrogates Who Should Be Quarantining Hit Campaign Trail
"People who were in close proximity to the president around the time of his COVID-19 diagnosis are hosting in-person events throughout the country."
“Even as new people linked to the White House test positive for COVID-19 each day, the Trump campaign shows little concern about limiting the spread of the virus. On Thursday, several of Trump’s family members, advisers and surrogates who had been around the president before he tested positive for COVID-19 are scheduled to travel around the country to appear at campaign events.
Vice President Mike Pence, the head of the White House’s coronavirus task force, is planning to travel to Nevada and Arizona on Thursday for back-to-back “Make America Great Again” events at an airplane hangar and a military and police gear manufacturer. Later that day, the president’s son Eric Trump will host two events in North Carolina while his brother Donald Trump Jr. hosts an event in Panama City Beach, Florida, at a Holiday Inn. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and Trump campaign adviser Corey Lewandowski will also be in Florida, hosting an event at a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Naples. That evening, Trump campaign advisers Katrina Pierson, Mercedes Schlapp and Lara Trump, who is Eric Trump’s wife, will appear at a “Women for Trump” bus tour event at the New Englander Banquet Center in New Castle, Pennsylvania.
Each of those events features campaign surrogates who, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, should be in quarantine.
The Trump campaign did not respond to an email asking when the people hosting Thursday’s campaign events last interacted with Trump or anyone else who has tested positive for the coronavirus. The campaign also did not respond to a question about what safety precautions will be in place at the events to protect attendees and staff. The event pages on the campaign’s website do not advise attendees to wear masks or practice social distancing, although they do include a disclosure that by registering for the event, individuals forfeit their right to sue if they contract COVID-19.”
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I voted today.
That felt good.
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‘Smart’ male chastity device vulnerable to locking by hackers: researchers
“We discovered that remote attackers could prevent the Bluetooth lock from being opened, permanently locking the user in the device. There is no physical unlock,” British security firm Pen Test Partners said Tuesday.
“An angle grinder or other suitable heavy tool would be required to cut the wearer free.”
“The firm also found other security flaws in the Cellmate — listed for $189 on Qiui’s website — that could expose sensitive user information such as names, phone numbers, birthdays and location data.”
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In addition to winning the Noble Piece Prize a couple of times, and being given the Michigan Man of the Year Award, in an October 2, 2020 radio interview with WZFG radio station in Fargo, North Dakota, Eric Trump said that his father, "literally saved Christianity."
https://www.am1100theflag.com/show-episodes/22643-10-02-20-whats-your-mind-hour-1
I don'texactly know what Donald Trump was supposed to have saved Christianity from, but I wonder if somebody should call up the Vatican and let them know. That ranks right up there with Theodosius I and Constantine.
Eric gave a deposition under oath to the New York Attorney General's office on Monday. I'll bet that went pretty well.
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Senior Pentagon leadership quarantining after exposure to coronavirus
By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent October 6, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/politics/pentagon-leadership-self-isolating-coronavirus/index.html
"The top US general, Gen. Mark Milley, and several members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are quarantining after a top Coast Guard official tested positive for coronavirus, several US defense officials tell CNN.
The Vice Commandant of the US Coast Guard, Adm. Charles Ray, tested positive on Monday.
"On Monday, the Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard, Admiral Charles Ray, tested positive for COVID-19. He was tested the same day, after feeling mild symptoms over the weekend," the Coast Guard said in a statement Tuesday.
Ray recently attended several meetings at the Pentagon in secure areas with members of the Joint Chiefs. Multiple defense officials tell CNN that senior Pentagon leadership who had been in proximity to Ray have been tested and are awaiting results.
As a precaution, Milley is working from home, a defense official says. Milley has so far tested negative. As President Donald Trump's top military adviser, he maintains a full classified communications suite in his house, the official said.
The Chief of Staff of the US Air Force, Charles Brown, the Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday and the Chief of Space Operations, Gen. John Raymond, also are all working from home, according to several officials."
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NEWS: A military aide who comes in contact with President Trump tested positive over the weekend, a person familiar with the matter tells NBC News, confirming CNN’s reporting.
by Geoff Bennett
https://twitter.com/GeoffRBennett/status/1313488884421079047
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Two more Trump military aides test positive for coronavirus
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/two-more-trump-military-aides-test-positive-for/
Donald Trump, our Spreader-In-Chief
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U.S. goods trade deficit in August hits record high
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/06/goods-trade-deficit-august-record-high-426739
“Trump also has made reducing the trade deficit a defining feature of his trade policy. The monthly trade reports are an important benchmark for measuring the president's success.”
“The monthly U.S. trade deficit in goods hit a record high in August, despite President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign promises to reduce it dramatically by negotiating new trade deals and getting tough on unfair foreign trade practices, a Commerce Department report showed on Tuesday.
The overall trade deficit was $67.1 billion, reflecting a surplus in services trade with the rest of world — the highest since 2006. The deficit for U.S. goods trade by itself was $83.9 billion, the highest ever recorded.”
“U.S. imports from all countries totaled $239.0 billion in August, compared to $231.7 billion in July. Exports also increased to $171.9 billion, from $168.3 billion. But the bigger rise in imports pushed the monthly U.S. trade deficit to a 14-year high.”
No comment.
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Kellyanne Conway talks to her 15 year old daughter about Covid.
"You lied about your own f_ing mother? About Covid? Are you taping me again?
https://twitter.com/outtomykonos/status/1313361834347499520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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11 hours ago, Steve Thomas said:
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“Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!”
Why does this make me think of Hansel and Gretel?
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“Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!”
I know...
Let’s all have Covid parties! We can all get naked and jump in the jacuzzi and drink and play and have a great time! It’ll be fun!
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1 hour ago, Steve Thomas said:
Kayleigh McEnany has now tested positive.
This is just decimating the White House.
I haven't heard anyone talking about deep cleaning the building.
Will our Seat of Government have to relocate?
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Communication at the White House is so bad, people don't even know if they are supposed to show up for work or not.
A West Wing meltdown
Jonathan Swan, Alayna Treene, Mike Allen
Two of McEnany's deputies have also now been tested positive.
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The Rules for Displacing an Ailing Presidential Candidate
Sunday, October 4, 2020,
https://www.lawfareblog.com/rules-displacing-ailing-presidential-candidate
"When presidential candidates die or drop out their parties can replace them up until the day the electoral college votes (this year December 14). In a grim situation where the president-elect dies after the electoral college vote but before the inauguration, the 20th Amendment provides that the vice president-elect swears in on January 20."
"Now imagine the following hypothetical scenario: President Wilcox is running for reelection. About a month before the election, she contracts an infectious disease that makes her seriously ill. She feels horrible and her prognosis is unclear. But for now she is conscious and able to communicate. She refuses to invoke Section 3 of the 25th Amendment to transfer power to the vice president, and she refuses to drop out of the presidential race. “I intend to get better,” she says in a statement she makes from the hospital, “and when I do, I will return home to the White House—even if I’m not better until after January 20, because I’m sure we are going to win.”
At this point in the story, it matters whether President Wilcox is a Democrat or a Republican. Here, it’s party rules—not state or federal law—that provide the relevant process. The Democratic Party’s Rule F states:
In the event of death, resignation or disability of a nominee of the Party for President or Vice President after the adjournment of the National Convention, the National Chairperson of the Democratic National Committee shall confer with the Democratic leadership of the United States Congress and the Democratic Governors Association and shall report to the Democratic National Committee, which is authorized to fill the vacancy or vacancies
The Republicans’ Rule 9(a) is even more vague:
The Republican National Committee is hereby authorized and empowered to fill any and all vacancies which may occur by reason of death, declination, or otherwise of the Republican candidate for President of the United States or the Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States, as nominated by the national convention, or the Republican National Committee may reconvene the national convention for the purpose of filling any such vacancies.
But even more problematic would be state ballot requirements. If the party acted early enough in the process—say, shortly after the convention, well before states printed their ballots—they could replace a candidate. In 1972, Democratic vice-presidential nominee Thomas Eagleton dropped out on August 1, less than three weeks after the Democratic convention. A few days later, the party replaced him on the ticket with Sargent Shriver. Eagleton had been convinced to step down, but even if the party had ousted him against his will, there still would have been plenty of time to get him off and Shriver on ballots. But the closer it is to Election Day, the harder it will be to change the ballots, given the logistical challenge of re-printing and re-distributing ballots. And this year’s pandemic election only increases the difficulty of a late-stage replacement. With early and absentee voting looming larger than ever, it would be likely that the party would have no way to change the name on the ballot. As a result, the party would have no choice but to confuse and upset voters by telling them to vote for Candidate A by marking their ballot for Candidate B."
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"President Trump won't have to recover from COVID.
COVID will have to recover from President Trump. #MAGA"
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) October 5, 2020
It's all just a big joke to these clowns.
The Party of Stupid.
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Kayleigh McEnany has now tested positive.
This is just decimating the White House.
I haven't heard anyone talking about deep cleaning the building.
Will our Seat of Government have to relocate?
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‘Trump was sent from God!’: MAGA country brings the rally to a stricken president
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/05/maga-supporters-walter-reed-trump-covid-426295
“MAGA Country had gathered to celebrate and pray for their leader — an impromptu festival-meets-vigil for its venerated, living saint.
And then suddenly, there he was. After hours of listening to their cheers and acknowledging them via tweet, Trump emerged from his isolation chamber to greet the crowd, creating his own impromptu spectacle. In a brief appearance, Trump rolled past in his motorcade, waving from the window of his massive armored SUV, offering blessings from a hermetically-sealed Popemobile.
On Fox News, Trump’s favorite hosts were vowing to fight for Trump, because “you fought for us,” as Laura Ingraham put it.””
Fox News is touting Trump’s bravery.
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I am you and you are me
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Together we fight the oligarchy
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God is on our side
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I will die for you…
Trumps isn’t fighting for us.
Donald Trump is fighting for his life because he is vain and stupid.
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The inevitable end result of our last 56 years
in Political Discussions
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25th Amendment to the Constitution
Section 4: Declaration by vice president and principal officers
Section 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/08/nancy-pelosi-donald-trump-25th-amendment-removal
Democrats in the US Congress have announced a plan to create a commission to review whether Donald Trump is capable of carrying out his presidential duties or should face removal from office.
The office of the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, announced a Friday press conference about the bill after she expressed concern that Trump, who is under treatment for coronavirus at the White House, is suffering a “disassociation from reality”.
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