Of course, he is telling a lie about it. He always does.

[bodysong]

Trump said he is taking unproven malaria drug hydroxychloroquine.

What are the chances that Trump is telling a lie about this, and is only
interested about his stock shares in hydroxychloroquine ?

Perhaps the staff are humoring Trump, and are supplying a placebo ?

Has anyone noted a change in Trump's diet ?

President Donald Trump said Monday that he is taking a malaria drug to lessen
symptoms should he get the new coronavirus

May 18, 2020

Trump told reporters he has been taking the drug, hydroxychloroquine, and a zinc
supplement daily “for about a week and a half now.” Trump spent weeks pushing
the drug as a potential cure for COVID-19 against the cautionary advice of many
of his administration's top medical professionals. The drug has the potential to
cause significant side effects in some patients and has not been shown to combat
the new coronavirus.

Hydroxychloroquine

The other study from China was a stricter test: 150 adults hospitalized with mild
or moderate illness were randomly assigned to get hydroxychloroquine or usual
care. The drug made no difference in rates of clearing the virus or time to relief
of symptoms, and they brought more side effects.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05...ken-unproven-malaria-drug-hydroxychloroquine/

 

[bodysong]

Trump got rid of Dr. Rick Bright

May 14, 2020

Bright told lawmakers he was pushing “urgently” to increase US supply of remdesivir.
He said his warnings about a lack of the drug went unheeded and there was no action
taken to come up with a plan to acquire or produce more doses. He said that in response,
he was cut out of key meetings.

“I was told that my urgings were causing a commotion and I was removed
from those meetings,” Bright told lawmakers.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05...-rick-brights-testimony-coronavirus-response/

 

[KeithD]

What are the chances that Trump is telling a lie about this,

What are the chances that Trump lies about everything?

Why does the media even bother to cover his claims there will be a covid-19 vaccine by the end of the year?

 

[phrodeau]

What are the chances that Trump lies about everything?

Why does the media even bother to cover his claims there will be a covid-19 vaccine by the end of the year?

Trump said that the end of the year is January.

 

[bodysong]

Would Trump's personal doctor lie to the American public, just because he could make
millions from the profiteering off of hydroxychloroquine ?

Zinc tablets are selling like hotcakes! Any serious side effects, when Florida fools overdose on it ?

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

18 May 2020

Trumps' personal physician releases memo regarding president's use of hydroxychloroquine

US President Donald Trump’s personal doctor has released a memorandum stating that:

After numerous discussions [Trump] and I had regarding the evidence for and against
the use of hydroxycholorquine, we concluded the potential benefit from treatment
outweighed the relative risks.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/l...very-unlikely-in-2021-as-us-deaths-pass-90000

 

[bodysong]

Daniel Dale ✓
Twitter › ddale8

Here is a memo from the president’s doctor.

1 hour ago

Here's the FDA safety warning for the use of hydroxychloroquine outside a hospital
or clinical trial. Trump is wrong that we know it won't harm people because it has
been previously used for malaria, arthritis and lupus.

(link to FDA)

5 hours ago

Trump, who just said that his evidence for the preventative value of hydroxychloroquine
is that "I get a lot of positive calls," now says the study showing higher death rates
for hydroxy patients at the VA is "a very unscientific report."

5 hours ago

Navy Cdr. Dr. Sean Conley signature on the memo

White House doctor releases bizarre note on Trump and hydroxychloroquine
that leaves out a key detail

But the letter, from Physician to the President Sean P. Conley, does not actually say Trump is taking the drug.

“As has been previously reported, two weeks ago one of the President’s support staff tested positive for COVID-19. The President is in very good health and remains symptom-free. He receives regular COVID-19 testing, all negative to date,” the letter begins.

“After numerous discussions he and I had regarding the evidence for and against the use of hydroxychloroquine, we concluded the benefit from treatment outweighed the relative risks.”

“In consultation with our inter-agency partners and subject matter experts around the country, I continue to monitor the myriad studies investigating potential COVID-19 therapies, and I anticipate employing the sam shared medical decision making based on the evidence at hand in the future.”

Nowhere does it actually say President Trump is taking hydroxychloroquine:

(copy of memo)

The memo is addressed to Kayleigh McEnany (The Liar)

https://www.alternet.org/2020/05/wh...roxychloroquine-that-leaves-out-a-key-detail/

 

[bodysong]

Aaron Rupar ✓
Twitter › atrupar

Trump is either unnecessarily taking hydroxychloroquine, a drug which can cause
hallucinations and heart failure, or he’s irresponsibly lying about it

(link to Vox)

4 hours ago

 

[bodysong]

Trump went on to falsely claim that evidence suggests hydroxychloroquine
does not have negative side effects.

“What has been determined is it doesn’t harm you,” Trump said.

In reality, the Food and Drug Administration has said hydroxychloroquine
should only be used as a coronavirus treatment in hopsital settings, due to
“reports of serious heart rhythm problems” in virus patients who had
received the drug.

When a reporter mentioned the FDA guidance, Trump said, “That’s not what I was told.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/l...-withdraw-who-biden-obama-latest-news-updates

Daniel Dale ✓
Twitter › ddale8

Trump’s current approach to the bad-to-weak study results on hydroxychloroquine:
act like the study at the VA is the only one with such results (no) and that this study
was rigged to damage him (no).

(link to CNN)

3 hours ago

There’s zero apparent basis for Trump’s claim that a hydroxychloroquine study
at the VA is some sort of political conspiracy to harm him. The study does have
real limitations...but the authors openly discussed a bunch of them in the paper:

(link to CNN)

3 hours ago

A reporter told the president that the FDA has warned against using hydroxychloroquine
outside a hospital or trial. The president: “No.” Reality:

Yes.

(link to CNN)

3 hours ago

bodysong comment-
It is disconcerting to see the FDA soften and alter a clear strong warning,
and say that is a free country, and doctors can do what they like, off label use.
It is disturbing to not have the Surgeon General step forward and protect the public.
Then, again, Health and Human Services is headed by a Trump boot-licker.
Did the Center for Disease Control rush to warn the public that hydroxychloroquine
is not a harmless drug like aspirin and vitamin C, after Trump carelessly sold his
trusting fans on it ? Where the fuck was Dr. Fauci, Dr Birx, and Dr. Redfield ?

Dr. Fauci, Dr Birx, and Dr. Redfield did not attempt to correct Trump's claims
on prophylactic use of hydroxychloroquine ?

They are no longer giving interviews.

Trump says he's taking hydroxychloroquine, and docs aren't happy ...

May 19, 2020

https://www.chicagotribune.com/coro...0200519-wmqr5365ybdqfd676xw6hmpwci-story.html

 

[bodysong]

Trump Changes Story, Now Says He Started Taking Hydroxychloroquine
After White House Exposure

- Reed Richardson

May 19th, 2020

During a Tuesday cabinet meeting, President Donald Trump contradicted his own
comments from just the day before, when he had denied that he started taking
hydroxychloroquine because he had been exposed to the coronavirus.

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-c...ydroxychloroquine-after-white-house-exposure/

 

[bodysong]

Yeah, he lied.

https://www.alternet.org/2020/05/tr...-no-one-to-blame-for-his-failure-but-himself/

 

[bodysong]

Yes, he lied

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52810661

That didn’t take long.

Around 5:30 PM Twitter slapped a label on two of President Donald Trump’s tweets,
inviting social media users to “get the facts about mail-in ballot.”

It’s the first time Twitter has placed what some are calling a “warning label” on any
individual tweet.

Despite the fact that Trump was engaging in voter suppression, he is accusing
Twitter of “interfering in the 2020 Presidential Election.”

https://www.alternet.org/2020/05/tr...ck-but-he-has-no-idea-what-hes-talking-about/

 

[bodysong]

September 27, 2016

"It could be Russia, but it could also be China".
:It could also be lots of other people," he said during the first presidential debate.
"It also could be somebody sitting on their bed, that weighs 400 pounds."

Trump also devoted a portion of his answer about cyberattacks to the precociousness
of his 10-year-old son.

"So we have to get very, very tough on cyber and cyber warfare."
" It is a huge problem. I have a son. He's 10 years old. He has computers."
"He is so good with these computers, it's unbelievable."
"The security aspect of cyber is very, very tough.
"And maybe it's hardly doable," he said.

https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/27/politics/dnc-cyberattack-400-pound-hackers/index.html

 

[bodysong]

Trump damages communications by health authorities, and endangers public health-

Trump damages trust in the vote by promoting conspiracy theories-

The one place that Trump is not allowed to do that without permission,
is on private property.

The media and press dutifully record the speech that issues forth from Trump's mouth-
Trump may be offensive and unfit, but he still holds the office of president.
Any citizen that holds office may speak before the media and press and be heard,

Twitter has chosen not to protect a politician against false accusations-
Because it does not endanger lives, and does not undermine the voting
system in America directly. Many stood up against the false accusation,
as it has been thororughly de-bunked,and the deceased''s relatives, themselves
refuted the false accusation.

Twitter has decided on what it does and does not allow,and is perfectly within its
rights to protect people that are using their private property./end bodysong comment


Trump threatens to shut down Twitter after the site calls him out on two out of 52,000 lies

May 27, 2020

On Tuesday, Donald Trump did something that Donald Trump does everyday—
lie on Twitter.

But something unusual did happen in response. After 52,000 tweets, Twitter decided
to actually call out one of Trump’s persistent lies.

Specifically, Twitter added “get the facts” tags to a pair of Trump tweets about vote
by mail.

Those facts show that Trump’s claims about vote by mail leading to fraud,
are themselves fraudulent. Clicking the Twitter-added link takes readers to a fact-
checking page detailing ways in which Trump’s statements about voting by mail
are absolutely wrong. False. Lies.

And, as might be imagined, Trump has responded on Wednesday morning with a
sputtering fury in which he’s accused Twitter, and all of social media, with
“silencing conservative voices.” And with “interfering in the 2020 election.”
And with “stiffing free speech” (with quite a few more capital letters involved).
Trump is not only blasting Twitter, all social media, and the fact checkers, he’s
threatening to either regulate Twitter or or to shut them down completely.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...-the-site-calls-him-on-two-out-of-52-000-lies

It's unclear what Trump could do to crack down on social media platforms, but
the power of Silicon Valley tech giants has been the subject of investigations by
federal and state agencies as well as congressional hearings.

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/27/8630...-media-after-twitter-adds-warning-on-his-twee

Trump's chore is to instigate headlines, to fuel Trump's propaganda production-

Trump does not own Twitter, and cannot have it both ways.

June 2019, Twitter created a warning label to flag and suppress political tweets
that break its rules on acceptable speech

Earlier this month, Twitter announced it would label "potentially harmful" tweets
about the coronavirus.

In October, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that his social media platform
will stop running political ads, citing online ads' "significant risks to politics."

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/27/8630...-media-after-twitter-adds-warning-on-his-twee

“Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH, and I, as President, will not allow it to happen!”

- Trump

The President, who has never read the U.S. Constitution and little to no understanding
of it, does not comprehend that he is using a private platform operated by a private
company, and the only “free speech” guarantee is when the government “stifles” it.

Twitter can do what they want. And they have.

https://www.alternet.org/2020/05/tr...ck-but-he-has-no-idea-what-hes-talking-about/

The company confirmed its decision was in keeping with its “civic integrity policy”,
which bars users from “manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes”.

Claims that Twitter polices content from the right more aggressively than content from
the left have been the subject of US Senate hearings, but no conclusive data has been
compiled, in part because most of the most blatant violations of the platform’s rules,
racist and hate speech, are categorized as “conservative.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/27/trump-twitter-social-media-threat-conservatives

 

[bodysong]

Are they sure this is not from The Onion ?

May 28, 2020

Trump expected to sign executive order that could threaten punishment
against Facebook, Google and Twitter over allegations of political bias

The president is expected to sign the order on Thursday

Trump’s directive chiefly seeks to embolden federal regulators to rethink a portion
of law known as Section 230, which spares tech companies from being held liable
for the comments, videos and other content posted by their users, according to the
two sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a document that
could still evolve and has not been officially signed by the president.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/05/27/trump-twitter-executive-order/

 

[bodysong]

Trump said he would retaliate against Twitter for fact-checking his tweets

He just made good on that threat

May 28, 2020

Trump's order is designed to impact Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act,
a statute that protects online platforms from being liable for the content posted by their users.
The law does this by mandating that -

"no provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher
or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider."

Trump's attempts to retaliate against Twitter is in itself a First Amendment violation.

"Twitter is a private company and it is entitled to include or exclude people as it sees fit-
And if Trump tries to bring [Department of Justice] forces against social media
companies (perhaps raising antitrust concerns) but does so for partisan reasons,
then Trump would be violating the First Amendment."

https://www.salon.com/2020/05/28/trump-signs-executive-order-threatening-free-speech-rights-online/

The Two Things To Understand About Trump's Executive Order On Social Media:
(1) It's A Distraction (2) It's Legally Meaningless

May 28th 2020

— Mike Masnick

To be clear: the executive order is nonsense. You can't overrule the law by executive order,
nor can you ignore the Constitution. This executive order attempts to do both.

"Let's dig into this clusterfuck of nonsense."

- Mike Masnick

The nugget of truth:

content created by a platform has never been covered by Section 230. That means
that the text of the line notifying people that there was more information about
mail-in ballots, was a Twitter creation and of course it's liable for that content alone.

That's always been the case though. This executive order does nothing to change that.

FCC has no authority to issue such regulations.

National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

The NTIA, which the President can command, is told to petition the FCC
(which the President cannot command). The FCC need not do anything
with that petition. Fluff and nonsense designed to make people think
something was done.

Packingham v. North Carolina, 137 S. Ct. 1730, 1737 (2017)
Cf. PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins, 447 U.S. 74, 85-89 (1980).

Packingham and Pruneyard are regularly cited by people who don't understand either,
to argue that Twitter is a public forum. Courts have shot this down repeatedly.
As they should, because neither case says what people claim they say.
Packingham was a very important case, in which the Supreme Court
said, quite clearly, that governments cannot pass a law that kicks people
off the internet. That's it. Note that it applies to governments. It does not
apply to private companies.

Perhaps recognizing how silly the FCC part is, the EO also ropes in the FTC.

Kavanaugh's opinion in the MNN case was a robust support for private property rights,
and makes it clear why Trump's executive order is the exact opposite of that:

(...) The Constitution does not disable private property owners and private lessees
from exercising editorial discretion over speech and speakers on their property.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/2...dia-1-distraction-2-legally-meaningless.shtml

Then, again, fuckery that has been committed by Trump and his minions
are proof, as to how far they are willing to go.

 

[bodysong]

With Major City on Fire, President Feuds With Twitter Over
Whether He Can Tweet About Shooting People

https://slate.com/news-and-politics...with-twitter-over-looting-shooting-tweet.html


Masses of shapeless undefined words issue forth from Trump's mouth-

‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts"

After he said it, the American public gets denials, deflections, lies.

On Friday afternoon, Trump denied that he’d used the phrase as a threat.

May. 29, 2020

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey must “get his act together and bring the City
under control, or I will send in the National Guard & get the job done right,”
Trump tweeted.

He added a phrase associated with previous crackdowns on black protesters,
“when the looting starts, the shooting starts,” though he subsequently sought
to walk back his Twitter barrage on Friday.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/alarmed-minneapolis-protesters-meet-national-guard-with-racist-past

Friday Chopper Talk without the helicopter Rose Garden on Friday

May 29, 2020

When Trump was done reading his teleprompter remarks in an almost bored monotone,
he turned around and left the lectern, his aides who had stood beside him only as props
in tow, with reporters calling out for him to take questions. What had been announced
as a “press conference” turned out only to be a brief statement, wasting the time of all
the reporters who had waited for Trump as the day ticked by. Reporters were stunned
having expected the president to address the many other issues roiling the nation.

https://www.alternet.org/2020/05/tr...eveals-a-president-completely-unable-to-lead/

Trump tries to change the subject, once, again- Waves China in our faces.

Hong Kong struggles to keep their Democracy, .and Trump DNGAF

The World Health Organization can look forward to less cash contributions
and US involvement, becauseTrump needs more cash for his slush fund for
trillionaires- he needs to give them another tax break, and give them more
free money that they do not need.

May 29, 2020

Warnings About Church-Choir Singing and Sharing Cups Disappear From CDC Website

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com...-and-sharing-cups-disappear-from-cdc-website/

 

[bodysong]

he lied about Antifa

AG Bill Barr the Bully lied, too.

Was the "terrorist group" threat to Antifa a red herring ?

June 10, 2020

(He could not fulfill the threat to Antifa, and the truth and facts don't support his claims.)

My phone blew up yesterday with texts from White House aides, current and former,
who seemed at their wits' end over President Trump's tweet that the 75-year-old Buffalo
protester who was rushed to the hospital after being shoved by police last week
"could be an ANTIFA provocateur."

Jonathan Swan/ Axios

https://www.axios.com/trump-aides-b...ion-1085b598-4145-4c81-bf29-702116725fe2.html

Trumpie's ultimate (wacko) source- Russian media troll Kristian Brunovich Rouzrt,
who claimed that Gugino was acting on Antifa’s behalf.

https://www.alternet.org/2020/06/wh...ttack-reveals-about-the-mind-of-donald-trump/

 

[bodysong]

The OAN conspiracy theory the president is livetweeting here was reported by an
ex-Sputnik (Russian state media) reporter, who last month claimed coronavirus was
a cover by George Soros, Bill Gates, Dr. Fauci, the Clintons and China for “population control.”

(link)

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) June 9, 2020

https://www.mediaite.com/trump/beyo...aim-elderly-man-attacked-by-police-is-antifa/

The theory that Gugino is an agitator seeking to scramble police communications
first emerged from an obscure right wing blog.

https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trum...ized-by-buffalo-police-is-antifa-provocateur/

 

[bodysong]

June 10, 2020

- Greg Sargent

It’s important to stress that the (presiderp) himself and numerous top law enforcement
and national security officials have all made these claims:

* Trump himself has directly linked the claim about antifa to a broader assertion
that we’re under assault from “domestic terror.”

* Attorney General William P. Barr has drawn this link, claiming:
“The violence instigated and carried out by Antifa and other similar groups in connection
with the rioting is domestic terrorism and will be treated accordingly.”

* National security adviser Robert O’Brien told CNN that “antifa radical militants”
are “using military tactics to kill and hurt and maim our police officers.”

* Mark Morgan, the acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, has claimed
that these “protests” have “devolved” into “acts of domestic terrorism.” For good measure,
Morgan put sarcastic quotes around “protests.” That’s a top law enforcement official speaking.

What all this really illustrates is how little we know about what the government actually has
determined about what’s driving these protests. That underscores how depraved and
irresponsible it is for the president and top officials to keep making these assertions
without providing any real evidence and insight — say, with a briefing to senior members
of Congress — into what their basis for them is supposed to be.

It is not being treated as a big enough story that Trump and his top officials keep claiming
we’re under assault by “domestic terror” without feeling the slightest need to justify this
in any meaningful way. It’s another sign of the creeping normalization of all these ongoing
degradations.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...ster-about-antifa-protests-takes-another-hit/

 

[bodysong]

Mother Jones ✓
Twitter › MotherJones

In case you missed it: Trump bragged that his company never asked the government for COVID relief. It did.

1 hour ago

Daniel Dale ✓
Twitter › ddale8

Trump again took no questions at an event he'd said would be a "news conference."

5 hours ago

 

[bodysong]

Daniel Dale ✓
Twitter › ddale8

You know how Trump keeps saying he was left 0 ventilators?
@factcheckdotorg got the first official numbers: there were 16,660
ventilators in the stockpile as of March, all left from previous administrations --
more than Trump has needed to deploy.

(link)

9 hours ago

Trump sold ventillators from the stockpile, and traded favours with other countries,
using ventilators as collateral.

 

[KeithD]

Daniel Dale ✓
Twitter › ddale8

You know how Trump keeps saying he was left 0 ventilators?
@factcheckdotorg got the first official numbers: there were 16,660
ventilators in the stockpile as of March, all left from previous administrations --
more than Trump has needed to deploy.

(link)

9 hours ago

Trump sold ventillators from the stockpile, and traded favours with other countries,
using ventilators as collateral.

Well, Donald Trump is a lying son of a bitch, you know.

 

[bodysong]

Mother Jones ✓
Twitter › MotherJones

Trump has made more than 18,000 false claims since taking office.
Voters may have finally had enough.

59 minutes ago

 

[bodysong]

“I was going to go to Bedminster, New Jersey, this weekend, but wanted to stay in Washington
D.C. to make sure LAW & ORDER is enforced."

nah

He lied.

He cannot stay away from golf.

27 Jun 2020

US president heads to Virginia a day after saying he’d stay in Washington DC
to ‘make sure law and order is enforced’ amid ongoing anti-racism protests.

Trump’s latest visit to the golf course put him in the way of some opposition.
According to a White House pool media report: “A small group of protesters
at the entrance to the club held signs that included, ‘Trump Makes Me Sick’
and ‘Dump Trump’.

A woman walking a small white dog nearby also gave the motorcade a middle finger salute.”

It is not yet known if Trump actually played a round of golf. But a photographer captured
the president wearing a white polo shirt and a red cap, which is among his common golfing
attire.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...r.com&utm_source=hvper.com&utm_medium=website

"The arsonists, anarchists, looters, and agitators have been largely stopped,” Trump tweeted,
(As he drove his golf cart, away ?)

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday

The order calls on the attorney general to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law
any person or group that destroys or vandalizes a monument, memorial or statue.
Federal law authorizes a penalty of up to 10 years in prison for the "willful injury"
of federal property.

The order also calls for maximum prosecution for anyone who incites violence
and illegal activity, and it threatens state and local law enforcement agencies
that fail to protect monuments with the loss of federal funding.

Earlier in the day, the president used Twitter to call for the arrest of protesters
involved with the attempt to bring down the Jackson statue from Lafayette Park.

"These arsonists, anarchists, looters, and agitators have been largely stopped,"
Trump tweeted. "I am doing what is necessary to keep our communities safe —
and these people will be brought to Justice!"

https://www.nj.com/politics/2020/06/trump-signs-strong-executive-order-to-protect-monuments.html

June 1, 2020

After another night of destruction that included the burning of the former slave market
called the Market House in Fayetteville, N.C., Trump upped the stakes on Sunday by
declaring that “the United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist
Organization.”

Trump’s declaration seems impossible to enforce — and not only because there is no mechanism
for the president to designate domestic groups as terrorist organizations.

U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr Anti- Aniti- Fascist task force

June 27, 2020

William Barr forms an anti-antifa task force- and doesn't that just make it pro-fascist?

The Justice Department has charged more than 120 people with both property crimes
and acts of violence that were associated with ongoing protests over racism following
the police murder of George Floyd. In many cases, these people were involved in
vandalism and destructive activities that took place during chaotic nights following
days of forceful, but nonviolent, protests. In absolutely zero cases did any of those
arrested claim any connection with antifa.

AG Bill Barr's definition of antifa does not exist.

The term, a shortened form of “anti-fascist” is simply a declaration of an attitude,
not an affiliation.

It’s an affirmation that someone stands against the kind of authoritarian distortion
of the rule of law, and the promotion of right-wing racial and cultural injustice,
being propagated by people like Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr.
Antifa the group does not exist. Antifa the attitude is, rightfully, everywhere.
Which is why Barr is forming a special hit team to tackle resistance to fascism,
wherever he finds it.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...rce-and-doesn-t-that-just-make-it-pro-fascist

Attorney General William Barr has blamed anti-fascist activists for violence
during protests over George Floyd's death.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/06/01/trump-antifa-terrorist-organization/

Federal Arrests Show No Sign That Antifa Plotted Protests

 

[bodysong]

Senate Republicans Make Sure Trump Can Hide Offers Of Foreign Election Help

As Donald Trump and Fox News desperately try to defend his indefensible failure
to defend U.S. troops from Russian mercenaries, #MoscowMitch seems ready to
do his part for the team.

From CNN (with my emphases added):

The Senate will incorporate the annual intelligence policy legislation into the
National Defense Authorization Act – but only after stripping language from
the intelligence bill that would have required presidential campaigns to report
offers of foreign election help.

Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee,
said Tuesday that Senate Republicans forced the removal of the election reporting
provision as a condition to include the intelligence bill on the must-pass defense
policy legislation.

Earlier this month, the Senate Intelligence Committee approved an amendment on
an 8-7 vote from Warner and GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, which added
a provision to the Intelligence Authorization Act requiring campaigns to notify
federal authorities about offers of foreign election help.

https://crooksandliars.com/2020/06/senate-republicans-make-sure-trump-can