- Editor’s note: As the Republican National Convention gets underway, the “spin” that is afoot this week cannot change the lead story that is President Trump’s legacy:
- Trump’s CDC reports 175,651 deaths from coronavirus, more than the war deaths combined from America’s 3rd and 4th most deadly wars (WWI, Viet Nam).
- BREAKING NEWS: “Kellyanne Conway announces she’s leaving the White House and George Conway is stepping away from Lincoln Project“
- “Claudia Conway is so furious that her mother, Kellyanne, is to speak at the RNC that she’s ‘officially pushing for emancipation’ from her family“
- There has been much news in the last 3 days, however skimming the headlines below gives a sense that this country has entered uncharted territory:
“Trump didn’t drain the swamp. He IS the swamp.”
+ Former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade: Steve Bannon’s indictment and arrest should worry Trump and his associates
+ Trump’s D.C. Hotel Jacked Up Its Prices as Trump Began Plotting a D.C.-Based Convention
+ Why Trump’s RNC plan is raising ethical questions [use of public property]
+ Trump Ordered to Pay $44,100 to Stormy Daniels for Attorney Fees
+ In recordings, Trump’s sister says he ‘has no principles’
+ Judge denies Trump’s bid for a stay of subpoena in Manhattan DA’s tax records case
+ MSNBC’s co-investigator Jacob Soboroff: Trump’s family separation policy is ‘government-sanctioned child abuse’
+ Trump campaign fails to show evidence of vote-by-mail fraud, filing reveals [in Pennsylvania after a federal judge ordered the campaign to show evidence]
+ Hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops usually cast ballots by mail. This year could be more complicated, Pentagon office says.
+ GOP Is Waging a War on Voting. Here Are 8 Ways You Can Protect Election 2020.
+ “At a White House signing ceremony this month, President Trump lamented the “deep-swamp things happening” in the nation’s “deep state.” Speaking to workers at a Whirlpool plant in Ohio a few days later, he promised to “drain the Washington swamp once and for all.” There’s just one niggling complication: More than 3 1 / 2 years into his presidency, Trump is the straw-haired avatar of the swamp,” by Ashley Parker, Washington Post. Read more
** TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY **
“The permanent outsider – President Trump has no idea how to run for reelection as an incumbent”
Washington Post Op-Ed: A second Trump term might injure the democratic experiment beyond recovery
Trump’s RNC will make ‘American carnage’ look like ‘morning in America’
President Trump: “President Obama, they say he was a great president — but you can’t be a president when much of what he’s done we’ve undone.” [Ed. note: History will be the judge, not Trump.]
Trump Administration Erases LGBTQ People From Major Foreign Aid Policy
Inside Trump’s Desperate Attempt to Outshine Biden’s Slick Convention
Trump delivered on some big 2016 promises, but others unmet
If Trump Had Followed Vietnam’s Lead on COVID, U.S. Would Have Fewer Than 100 Dead
Trump Boasts About Economy But New Unemployment Claims Surpassed a Million
** QAnon and Trump **
Trump campaign National Press Secretary Hogan Gidley: Trump campaign ‘absolutely’ disavows QAnon [Ed. note: Is this guy now going to be fired for going against Trump?]
Mark Meadows dodges questions about Trump’s QAnon embrace: ‘We don’t even know what it is‘
Fox News’ Chris Wallace Sends Mark Meadows Into Frenzy Asking About ‘Hate Group’ QAnon (Video)
Trump’s QAnon embrace draws GOP backlash
QAnon looms behind nationwide rallies and viral #SavetheChildren hashtags
New Rule: Think Like a True QAnon | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
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