Simon & Schuster announced it is moving up the publication date of Mary Trump's book by two weeks, citing "high demand and extraordinary interest."

They also released the back cover, which includes this nugget: "Today, Donald is much as he was at three years old: incapable of growing, learning, or evolving, unable to regulate his emotions, moderate his responses, or take in and synthesize information."

Evidently they now believe that Trump has given them permission to publicly act upon their racist, antisocial and often violent beliefs only to discover that the majority of society strongly disapproves of their behavior. They are finding out that their employers do not want them to become the poster child for their companies and are firing them once advised of their actions.

At a moment when he needs to calm restive Republicans, Trump may antagonize them further by commuting Roger Stone's 40-month sentence. According to sources, Trump has told people he wants to commute Stone's sentence before Stone reports to prison on July 14. Rumors swirled over the weekend that Trump would announce it on Sunday night. Sources say the West Wing is at war over a possible Stone commutation. White House counsel Pat Cipollone is against the move, and even Attorney General Bill Barr is opposed. "Barr has told Trump not to do it, and if he does there will be a mutiny at DOJ,"

Vanity Fair

I debated including any of the email because it's so personal but I don't think my cousin would mind.  It so perfectly captures the horrible decisions people are being forced to make.  They took her out of extended care for safety and she had some issue and had to return.  I will let my cousin tell..

She was in the rehab center getting physical therapy to improve her walking abilities.  She was getting to the point that she could come home.  I scheduled for her to come home Saturday (July 4) but then she said that her bladder infection was getting worse so I postponed the move home until the following week.  On Monday the first case of Covid 19 was found in a worker that didn't have direct contact with the clients.  They told me that she couldn't come home by order of Sonoma County Public Health office.  Then by Wednesday they said she could come home if I kept her in quarantine.  I scheduled her for Friday and that day they had a health care worker test positive and by Monday mom was feeling sick.  Today I was told she has a positive covid 19 test.  She has a lot of medical issues and she is 93.

 ON JULY 20, 1969, AS COMMANDER OF THE APOLLO 11 LUNAR MODULE, NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO SET FOOT ON THE MOON.

 HIS FIRST WORDS AFTER STEPPING ON THE MOON, "THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND," WERE TELEVISED TO EARTH AND HEARD BY MILLIONS.

 BUT, JUST BEFORE HE RE-ENTERED THE LANDER, HE MADE THE ENIGMATIC REMARK "GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY."

 MANY PEOPLE AT NASA THOUGHT IT WAS A CASUAL REMARK CONCERNING SOME RIVAL SOVIET COSMONAUT.

HOWEVER, UPON CHECKING, THERE WAS NO GORSKY IN EITHER THE RUSSIAN OR AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAMS.

 OVER THE YEARS, MANY PEOPLE QUESTIONED ARMSTRONG AS TO WHAT THE 'GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY' STATEMENT MEANT, BUT ARMSTRONG ALWAYS JUST SMILED.

 ON JULY 5, 1995, IN TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA, WHILE ANSWERING QUESTIONS FOLLOWING A SPEECH, A REPORTER BROUGHT UP THE 26-YEAR-OLD QUESTION ABOUT MR. GORSKY AND

 THIS TIME HE FINALLY RESPONDED BECAUSE HIS MR. GORSKY HAD JUST DIED, SO NEIL ARMSTRONG FELT HE COULD NOW ANSWER THE QUESTION.

 HERE IS THE ANSWER TO "WHO WAS MR. GORSKY?":

 IN 1938, WHEN HE WAS A KID IN A SMALL MID-WESTERN TOWN, HE WAS PLAYING BASEBALL WITH A FRIEND IN THE BACKYARD.

 HIS FRIEND HIT THE BALL, WHICH LANDED IN HIS NEIGHBOR'S YARD BY THEIR BEDROOM WINDOW.  HIS NEIGHBORS WERE MR. AND MRS. GORSKY.

 AS HE LEANED DOWN TO PICK UP THE BALL, YOUNG ARMSTRONG HEARD MRS. GORSKY SHOUTING AT
MR. GORSKY,

 "SEX! YOU WANT SEX?! YOU'LL GET SEX WHEN THE KID NEXT DOOR WALKS ON THE MOON!"

 It broke the place up.    

Federal personnel without clear identification have been snatching people off the street in Portland, Oregon.

Oddly I don't have a problem with most of it.

I would even give him a Reagan for, say, a Woody Guthrie.  Or a Patton for a Frank Zappa.

She says:

1. Trump paid somebody to take the SAT for him.
   
2. The family sent her father off to die by himself with nobody coming to the hospital. Donald went to a movie.
   
3. Cheating is a way of life for Trump.

Former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) offers a conspiracy theory in The Hill in which he warns of a "coup" in which "socialist" and "far left" figures in the Democratic party install a running mate for Joe Biden and then use the 25th Amendment to topple Biden.

And she didn't even talk about the ones that are beginning to give Republicans reflux.  Like Cornyn, Mitch and the ones in GA.

She talked about how her models had been looking good for Democrats for months but the pandemic has made it all go off the charts.

On that subject

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The US Supreme Court is to rule on Thursday on whether President Donald Trump must release financial records to prosecutors and Congress, politically sensitive cases with potentially far-reaching implications.

A potential new addition to President Trump's future rallies: statues.

The idea has been discussed by White House and Trump campaign aides, but no final decision has been made, sources familiar with the planning told ABC News. It's also not clear who exactly the statues would resemble, but sources say one idea was for "America's Founding Fathers."

"Former game show host Chuck Woolery announced his son has tested positive for COVID-19, just days after Woolery accused medical professionals and Democrats of lying about the virus in an effort to hurt the economy and President Trump's reelection chances," The Hill reports.

"Woolery has since deleted his Twitter account following the announcement about his son."

I watched the Rachel interview.  It was shocking.   She is very articulate.  She makes a pretty devastating case.

Her book sold almost 1 million copies in one day

Cook Political Report: "President Trump's abysmal polling since the pandemic began is seriously jeopardizing down-ballot GOP fortunes. We may be approaching the point at which dozens of House Republicans will need to decide whether to cut the president loose and run on a `check and balance' message, offering voters insurance against congressional Democrats moving too far left under a potential Biden administration."

"This week, we're shifting our ratings in 20 races, all reflecting movement towards Democrats."

CPR

this is why

The Post's Matt Viser nicely captured the vibe when he observed that Trump's comments had `the stream-of-consciousness feel of the third hour of AM talk radio.'"

Jamaal Bowman has defeated House Foreign Affairs Chair Eliot Engel in New York's 16th congressional district's Democratic primary, which took place on June 23, Axios reports.

The U.S. attorney in Oregon wants an investigation into "constitutionally questionable arrests in Portland" by officers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting.