In our universe it's covered in the "D block".

GAO finds Chad Wolf, Ken Cuccinelli are ineligible to serve in their top DHS roles
GAO has referred the matter to the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security for further review and potential action.

The Trump Pandemic
A blow-by-blow account of how the president killed thousands of Americans.

New York Times: "In June and July, Fox News was the highest-rated television channel in the prime-time hours of 8 to 11 p.m. Not just on cable. Not just among news networks. All of television. The average live Fox News viewership in those hours outstripped cable rivals like CNN, MSNBC and ESPN, as well as the broadcast networks ABC, CBS and NBC."

"That three-hour slot is a narrow but significant slice of TV real estate, and it is exceedingly rare for a basic-cable channel to outrank the Big Three broadcasters, which are available in more households and offer a wider variety of programming."

The tapes show in minute detail how Floyd begs 'Mr. Officer, please don't shoot me. Please man,' before the struggle that ended with his death. It also shows how Floyd resisted as the cops tried to force him into the back of the car, telling them he suffers from claustrophobia and anxiety. The video begins with Lane knocking on Floyd's car window with a flashlight and once Floyd opens the door, Lane pulls out his gun and points it at Floyd's head.

A few thoughts...

• I'm still not sure why a gun was pointed at Floyd right away.
  
• Floyd appears to have physical and/or emotional problems, telling the officer's he can't breathe before he's on the ground.
  
• The comments on this video are much different than the comments from the early videos.

"The Trump administration's nominee to assume a critical ambassadorship in Germany is `dead on arrival,' according to three senior Republican congressional aides who pointed to Douglas Macgregor's insinuation that a cadre of American Jews are manipulating U.S. foreign policy," the Washington Free Beacon reports.

"In many ways, the pandemic has proven to the country that politics really matters and who gets elected really matters in ways that few other events of our lifetimes have done."

-- GOP pollster Whit Ayres, quoted by the Washington Post.

Jamelle Bouie: "If Trump is leading on election night, in other words, there's a good chance he'll try to disrupt and delegitimize the counting process. That way, if Joe Biden pulls ahead in the days (or weeks) after voting ends -- if we experience a `blue shift' like the one in 2018, in which the Democratic majority in the House grew as votes came in -- the president will have given himself grounds to reject the outcome as `fake news.'"

"The only way to prevent this scenario, or at least, rob it of the oxygen it needs to burn, is to deliver an election night lead to Biden. This means voting in person. No, not everyone will be able to do that. But if you plan to vote against Trump and can take appropriate precautions, then some kind of hand delivery -- going to the polls or bringing your mail-in ballot to a "drop box" -- will be the best way to protect your vote from the president's concerted attempt to undermine the election for his benefit."

The New York Times found a ballroom in Wilmington, Delaware at the Hotel du Pont being prepped for a big event -- presumably for Joe Biden's announcement of his running mate.

"It is worth noting that the Hotel du Pont was where he announced his 1972 Senate candidacy. It is also where he has made major political appearances in the decades since -- including, in March, the last in-person event he held before the coronavirus shuttered the campaign trail for months."

According to reporting in the NYTimes, the ban on US citizens and foreigners who have already established legal residence is being proposed citing the risks of the spreading the coronavirus if the authorities have reason to believe the person may be infected. The draft does not state how long a citizen or legal resident would be required to remain outside of the US.  

The Homeland Security spokesperson declined to comment and the CDC spokesperson said they would seek to gather more information about the proposal.

A top immigration lawyer for The ACLU said quarantining citizens or lawful permanent residents for appropriate durations  is not per se unconstitutional, but any attempt to bar them for extended periods beyond that necessary for public health raises profound constitutional issues and will trigger a legal challenge.

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Great new book by former Director of Oval Office Operations, Madeleine Westerhout, entitled "Off the Record". When I look at all of the Fake Books and garbage written about me, it's really nice to see a very smart and already wise young woman write an honest depiction of what....

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....went on at the White House during some extremely interesting and important times. So many good stories by someone who, unlike most other so called writers, was actually there, and a part of the action - of which there was plenty. Go buy this book, a job well done!

In the book..

Westerhout writes that she couldn't bring herself to vote for Trump, "a man whose values didn't seem to align with my own," but never said so because she "didn't want to risk upsetting" him or his inner circle who "see everything as black and white, which... is misguided and can be dangerous."

It is such a time capsule.  It's really well done for the time.  The acting, the writing.  But such a time capsule.  It is the days Trump wants to return to.

I'm watching today's episode  The Big Seventeen.  About the evils of marijuana.  While smoking my home delivered medical marijuana.  

Jared Kushner Met with Kanye West

August 12, 2020 at 12:18 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 98 Comments

Jared Kushner met privately last weekend with Kanye West, the rapper who has filed petitions to get on the November ballots for president in several states, the New York Times reports.

Howard will step down with a mixed record. While his handling of the trial of NFL player Ray Lewis and two others charged with murder after a Super Bowl party in 2000 was deemed a failure (Lewis pleaded guilty to obstruction; the other men were acquitted), his successes were many.
His controversial decision to prosecute teachers and administrators in the Atlanta Public School cheating scandal ended with 11 defendants convicted on racketeering and other charges. Howard has also proudly promoted his Project Level Up program, aimed at curbing recidivism, and his Conviction Integrity Unit. As part of that effort, his office took another look at the Atlanta child murders of 1979-1981. It also freed an inmate serving a life sentence on a drug offense.

but the Brooks case charges were criticized by many...

Howard's critics decried the decision as hasty, saying it leap-frogged a state investigation and appeared aimed at scoring political points amid a heated re-election campaign. The Georgia Sheriffs' Association called the charges a "grandstanding vote-seeking tactic." Howard denied the accusations, lauding his record of charging dozens of police officers since taking office in 1997.

"In the day after the ex-veep and presumptive Democratic nominee announced his running mate, Fox News hosts pushed a number of unsupported theories largely centered around two themes: Harris forced her way onto the ticket and intends to usurp or overtaken Biden; and/or Biden is not mentally capable of selecting his own running mate, and so Harris was installed by a shadowy, unseen puppeteer."

I honestly don't know.  I just know I am not  paying for it.  I cancelled and replaced the only card they can, in this case, charge.

I have been waiting for my gravy train to end so I can just get HBO MAX as an add on to HULU.  so far no need.

Is this legal?

President Trump told Fox News that he hopes U.S. Attorney John Durham, who is investigating the origins of the Russia probe, is "not going to be politically correct" and warned that Attorney General William Barr could go down as "the greatest attorney general" or just "an average guy" -- depending on what comes out of the monthslong probe.

Said Trump: "They spied on my campaign, which is treason. They spied, both before and after I won, using the intelligence apparatus of the United States to take down a president, a legally elected president, a duly elected president of the United States. It is the single biggest political crime in the history of our country."

He added: "Bill Barr can go down as the greatest attorney general in the history of our country, or he can go down as an average guy. We'll see what happens."

It's that he doesn't understand how important the PO is to regular people.  Russel Honore was just on MSNBC raving and ranting.  Explaining his prescriptions are not coming and while he can go the Walgreens some can not.

New York Times: "The lawyer, Kevin Clinesmith, 38, who was assigned to the Russia investigation, plans to admit that he altered an email from the CIA that investigators relied on to seek renewed court permission in 2017 for a secret wiretap on the former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, who had at times provided information to the spy agency."

"Mr. Clinesmith had written texts expressing opposition to President Trump, who is sure to tout the plea agreement as evidence that the Russia investigation was illegitimate and politically motivated."

Trump Will Be Featured Every Night of Convention

August 14, 2020 at 1:15 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

"President Trump will be featured each day of the Republican National Convention, say officials involved in planning it, a departure from previous nominating events when candidates were showcased on the final night," the Wall Street Journal reports.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) said that "efforts by the U.S. Postal Service to cut costs could backfire amid reported mail delays in Maine and across the country and reiterated support to increase funding to the embattled agency," the Bangor Daily News reports.