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May 26, 2020
Trump Admin Won’t Reveal How It Spent $660 Billion In Tax Dollars
The Trump administration is keeping the public in the dark about $660 billion paid out in pandemic relief.
“A small, overlooked federal agency is shouldering a massive relief effort for the nation’s small businesses and their workers left reeling by the novel coronavirus. The U.S. Small Business Administration has committed to auditing every sizable emergency loan it approves, yet nearly two months since the $660 billion Paycheck Protection Program was launched, the agency has yet to make public the recipients of taxpayer aid.” [READ MORE]
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May 25, 2020
Joe Biden Wears Mask To Veterans Memorial On Memorial Day 2020
Joe Biden wore a mask while paying tribute to fallen veterans on Memorial Day 2020. Jill Biden, his wife, also wore a protective mask, as did the Secret Service detail protecting the Bidens. The event was the first that Biden has attended outside of his home in weeks since the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic hit.
Donald Trump has refused to wear a mask in public. Trump reportedly believes wearing a mask will make him look weak. Health experts, including the CDC, have recommended masks. Masks protect against the spread of COVID-19, which has killed 100,000 Americans.
News Coverage
NY Times: “Mr. Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, cut a sharp visual contrast with President Trump, who has generally declined to wear a mask in public despite federal health recommendations, including at a memorial service on Monday.”
Associated Press (AP): “When Biden emerged on Monday, he wore a face mask, in contrast to President Donald Trump, who has refused to cover his face in public as health officials suggest.”
NBC: “Joined by his wife, Jill, and a protective detail from the Secret Service for the first time publicly, Biden wore a black face mask and his signature aviator sunglasses as he laid a wreath of white flowers at the Veterans Memorial Park in New Castle.”
TMZ: ” Joe and his wife, Jill, ventured outside for the first time since the shelter-at-home orders were implemented and his presidential campaign came to a screeching halt. The former VP and Jill laid a wreath during a visit to a veterans memorial in Delaware.”
Praise
Biden was widely praised for wearing a mask and was favorably compared to Trump, who has refused to wear one.
A man with confidence—anyone with confidence—dons a mask without question, as Biden here, if that's what public health requires. A draft-dodging coward—like Trump—comes up with a million excuses for why a mask would somehow project weakness. It's because he *knows* he's a coward. https://t.co/UPPJ1g5yAc
— Seth Abramson (@
‘Most Unmanly President’ Article Mocks Trump: A Complete Guide
A magazine article entitled “Donald Trump, the Most Unmanly President” was published by The Atlantic on May 25, 2020. The article was written by Tom Nichols, a conservative pundit.
“Why do working-class white men—the most reliable component of Donald Trump’s base—support someone who is, by their own standards, the least masculine man ever to hold the modern presidency?” Nichols asks in his piece.
Nichols points out examples of unmanly qualities Trump posessess. These include a lack of honor, courage, respect for women and his failure to accept responsibility for his actions.
He concludes, “Donald Trump is unmanly because he has never chosen to become a man. He has weathered few trials that create an adult of any kind. He is, instead, working-class America’s dysfunctional son, and his supporters, male and female alike, have become the worried parent explaining what a good boy he is to terrorized teachers even while he continues to set fires in the hallway right outside.”
‘Most Unmanly President’ Reviews & Coverage
Several people commented favorably on Nichols’ article.
Reporter Laura Bassett: “This is truly a fantastic read by @radiofreetom on a topic that fascinates me. And I appreciate his reminding us that Ted Cruz somehow worships Trump after Trump attacked his wife as “ugly””
Kevin Drum of Washington Monthly: “Trump exemplifies none of these ideals, but he’s able to accomplish something else that these men value. And the reason he can do it is because he has the one thing they definitionally lack–power.”
Raw Story: “Trump burned as ‘the least masculine’ president in modern times by Naval War College professor”
#MostUnmanlyPresident Twitter Trend
After Nichols posted his article, the hashtag #MostUnmanlyPresident trended on Twitter, with thousands of people mocking Trump.
A few examples of #MostUnmanlyPresident on Twitter:
#MostUnmanlyPresident how little his crime family has given to our country pic.twitter.com/75SObD0ITI
— Sofia Clarck (@ClarckSofia) May 25, 2020
Attacking Vets… #MostUnmanlyPresident pic.twitter.com/zBWj4KYsTH
— Peace Is Active (@peaceisactive) May 25, 2020
I would call riding around in a golf cart all day VERY little exercise. Which is one reason why you are the #MostUnmanlyPresident… pic.twitter.com/ag8hrO2LNu
— Ed Beebout (@EdwardBeebout) May 25, 2020
#MostUnmanlyPresident has no pets becuse it’s literally impossible for him to love another living being pic.twitter.com/0IBekqKUyR
— Tonia.Htch (@HtchTonia) May 25, 2020
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May 24, 2020
COVID-19: Lake of the Ozarks Memorial Day 2020 Party
Videos and photos of the Lake of the Ozarks Memorial Day 2020 party in Missouri are circulating online. Partiers are being criticized and mocked for being packed in close to each other despite coronavirus and COVID-19 infections.
11,922 people in Missouri have been infected by COVID-19 and 685 have died.
Partiers at Lake of the Ozarks are clearly not practicing social distancing and are not six feet apart. Instead photos show people acting normally, dressed in bathing suits and bikinis, swimming in pools with each other and close to each other.
Missouri Governor Mike Parson enabled the partying, issuing an order in the week before that allowed gym and hotel swimming pools to open. The venues were supposed to follow social distancing and hygiene guidelines, but videos from Lake of the Ozarks call that policy into dispute.
It is highly likely that many of the people who spent Memorial Day 2020 at Lake of the Ozarks will be infected with the coronavirus.
Zach Boetto, a reporter with ABC 17 News in Missouri reported from Lake of the Ozarks and said, “Social distancing is nearly nonexistent out here at the Lake of the Ozarks today.”
Photos of some of the partying show that one of the crowded locations is Coconuts Caribbean Beach Bar & Grill, located at 15208 Red Hollow Rd, Gravois Mills, MO. The Coconuts page on Facebook touted the party beginning at 11 am every day, noting, “The biggest pool party on the lake is at coconuts! Live DJs all weekend long! Docks and Gates open at 11am.”
KSDK reported that crowds were also at “Redhead Lakeside Grill and Yacht Club in Osage Beach at Lake of the Ozarks.” They were not practicing social distancing.
Aisha Sultan, columnist at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, wrote, “Glad not to be at the Lake of the Ozarks this weekend. The lake will be there in the future. If you get Covid19, you might not be.”
TMZ reported on the party and noted, “The lake was filled with boats, and sun worshipers and … well, looked just like any other Memorial Day.”
Lake of the Ozarks Memorial Day 2020 Videos
Scott Pasmore, a reporter at KTVK-3TV in Missouri, captured video of the party and posted it to Twitter.
No covid concerns at the lake of the ozarks
May 23, 2020
Donald Trump Golf Obsession
Tracking and detailing Donald Trump’s obsession with the game of golf.
Hypocrisy
Before he took over the presidency, Trump frequently criticized President Barack Obama for golfing. Since taking over the presidency, Trump golfs far more often than Obama did and is one of the most prolific golfers in U.S. presidential history.
Golfing During COVID-19
On May 23, 2020, Trump went golfing at Trump National Golf Club in Virginia. As Trump golfed, the U.S. death toll from the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak neared 100,000. “U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday went on his first golf outing since the White House declared a national emergency over the coronavirus in March,” Reuters reported.
“Nearly 100,000 lives have been lost, and tens of millions are out of work. Meanwhile, the president spent his day golfing,” said Vice President Joe Biden. Biden’s presidential campaign also released a campaign commercial on Trump golfing during the virus.
During the 2014 ebola outbreak, when only two Americans died, Trump criticized President Barack Obama for golfing.
Video: Trump plays golf during COVID-19 pandemic
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May 22, 2020
Donald Trump Racism: A Comprehensive Guide
This is a comprehensive guide to the racism of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States.
Donald Trump has a long history of racism. Trump has made racist comments, espoused racist views, and has endorsed and enacted racist policy and laws. National polling has frequently shown that most voters believe Trump is racist.
He has engaged in this behavior in his role as President of the United States. He has also done it as a private citizen and when he was a celebrity, like when he was the host of NBC’s The Apprentice.
Birther Conspiracy
Trump for years was the most prominent promoter of the “birther” conspiracy theory. Birtherism was a made-up attack alleging that President Barack Obama, the first black president, was not a natural-born U.S. citizen. The attacks were completely false.
Trump frequently lied and said that Obama’s birth certificate was inaccurate or phony. He also claimed that he had sent “investigators” to Hawaii to uncover the truth about Obama’s life. No investigators ever uncovered any of the findings Trump claimed they had found.
Racist Comments
Trump said black voters are “living in poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58 percent of your youth is unemployed.”
Trump referred to Mexican immigrants to the United States as “criminals, drug dealers, rapists.”
Trump called a black attendee at one of his 2016 campaign rallies as “my African-American.” Trump: “Oh, look at my African-American over there. Look at him. Are you the greatest? Do you know what I’m talking about? Okay.”
Asked about meeting the Congressional Black Caucus by reporter April Ryan, who is black, Trump asked Ryan if she would “set up a meeting” with them for him. Ryan has no connection to the caucus.
Trump called Haiti and African nations “shithole countries.” He referred to Nigerian visitors to the United States as people who would “go back to their huts.” Trump said immigrants from Haiti “all have AIDS.”
Trump frequently said that President Barack Obama was lazy. Laziness is a smear that racists have often used against blacks.
Trump lamented the movement to remove statues revering the pro-slavery Confederacy. He called such statues “beautiful” while arguing against taking them down.
Trump Attacks
Trump led a crowd of his supporters in a chant of “send her back” against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MI). Omar is black and an immigrant from Somalia.
Trump attacked Omar, along with Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) with an attack on their countries of origin, calling them “countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world.” The attacks were condemned with a majority vote in the House of Representatives as “racist.”
On Martin Luther King Day 2017, Trump attacked Rep. John Lewis. Lewis was one of the original major civil rights figures. Lewis marched alongside Martin Luther King and spoke at the 1963 March on Washington. Trump claimed Lewis was “all talk,” ignoring his iconic past, and claimed his Georgia district was “crime infested.”
When PBS reporter Yamiche Alexander, who is black, asked him about his open support of white nationalists, he complained she was a “very nasty person.”
Trump spent an entire weekend attacking the city of Baltimore, which is largely black. He inaccurately referred to Baltimore as “disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess” and a “very dangerous & filthy place.”
Central Park 5
In 1989, Trump bought a newspaper ad calling for the Central Park 5 to be executed with the death penalty. The Central Park 5 were wrongly accused of assaulting a woman in New York’s Central Park. They were completely exonerated for the alleged crime after spending years in prison. Even after learning about the exoneration, Trump continued to support his pro-execution position.
Neo-Nazis
After white supremacists rioted in Charlottesville, Virginia, Trump hailed “very fine people” on “both sides” of the protest.
The Trump Organization
In 1973, Trump’s company was sued for housing discrimination by the U.S. Department of Justice. The department sent testers to attempt to rent apartments from the Trump Organization. Blacks applying for Trump apartments were told there were no apartments available, while white applicants in the identical economic situation were approved.
Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino had to pay a $200,000 fine for removing black and latino customers from a table to appease a racist customer.
Trump Hires
Steve Bannon. Trump hired Steve Bannon to be his campaign chairman during the 2016 election and later appointed him to be his senior political aide in the White House. Bannon previously ran the Breitbart website, which Bannon said was a platform for the white nationalist “alt right.”
When he operated Breitbart, the site had a vertical for “black crime,” which was an attempt to single out crime’s purported connection to black people.
Kris Kobach. Trump brought in Kobach as an adviser in the White House. Before that, Kobach was the lawyer for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). FAIR has been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Ken Cuccinelli. Trump appointed Cuccinelli to a key role overseeing immigration. Cuccinelli compared immigrants to “rats” and was a promoter of the racist birther conspiracy theory.
Native Americans
Attacking competitors to his Atlantic City casino (which eventually folded), Trump questioned whether the owners were authentically Native American.
Trump has repeatedly used the term “Pocahontas” to refer to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
Muslims
Trump proposed a “complete and total shutdown” of Muslim travel to the United States during the 2016 election. In the White House, Trump attempted to impose a travel ban which targeted countries with Muslim populations.
Opposing the building of a mosque near the Ground Zero site in New York City, Trump said, “Well, somebody’s blowing us up. Somebody’s blowing up buildings, and somebody’s doing lots of bad stuff.”
Trump also lied and said that Muslims celebrated the 9/11 attacks with a party on the roof of a building.
Trump said “a lot” of Muslims hate the united States.
Latinos
Trump called undocumented immigrants “animals.”
Trump alleged that a judge who ruled against him could not be impartial because the judge came from a Mexican-American background.
Trump tried to run a racist ad about “caravans” from Mexico that even Fox News would not air.
Asians
Attempting to deflect blame for the COVID-19 pandemic away from himself, Trump referred to the “Chinese virus.” He did so at a time when Asians were being attacked and harassed over the outbreak.
Trump ran an ad in the 2020 election implying that former Washington governor GaryLocke, who is Asian-American, was a Chinese government official.
Retweets
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump retweeted a graphic from a white supremacist with made-up statistics inflating crime statistics by minorities.
Trump retweeted an account called “White Genocide” that had as its avatar a photo of the founder of the American Nazi Party.
Trump promoted a racist anti-black conspiracy theory about South Africa, which prompted an official rebuke from that country’s government.
Trump tweeted out a photo of Hillary Clinton in front of a pile of money and the Jewish star of David.
NFL
Trump attacked NFL players for respectfully kneeling in protest of police brutality against blacks. He called on the league to cut their pay and also for them to be fired.
David Duke
Former KKK grand dragon and notorious racist David Duke endorsed Trump in the 2016 election. When he was initially asked about rejecting Duke’s support, Trump would not rebuke the racist. It was only after repeated requests and public criticism that Trump tepidly rejected Duke.
Rush Limbaugh
Trump gave the presidential medal of freedom to conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh has a long of history of racist comments delivered nationally via his syndicated radio show.
“Jokes”
Trump made a joke about lead poisoning in the water in Flint, Michigan during the 2016 election. The poisoning of that water has disproportionately affected black communities. Trump: “It used to be, cars were made in Flint, and you couldn’t drink the water in Mexico. Now, the cars are made in Mexico, and you can’t drink the water in Flint.”
Apprentice
Trump proposed a season of The Apprentice that would pit a black team against a white team. NBC rejected his idea.
Insider Reports
Several people related to Trump have said he is a racist.
“Donald Trump is a disgusting, filthy, petty racist and he is trying to start a race war in this country and what we saw this week is just the beginning” – former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman.
Trump is “racist and unacceptable” – former White communications director Anthony Scaramucci.
Kip Brown, former employee of the Trump’s Castle casino said, “When Donald and Ivana came to the casino, the bosses would order all the black people off the floor.”
Former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino president Jack O’Donnell said when there were blacks in the establishment, Trump would say, “It’s a little dark tonight.” O’Donnell also revealed that Trump said, “Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day.”
O’Donnell said Trump also noted, “laziness is a trait in blacks.”
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Trump “Transition To Greatness”
Examining the results and issues related to Donald Trump’s so-called ‘Transition to Greatness.’
Trump has said the “transition” is about returning America to the financial position it had before the coronavirus hit and thousands were affected by COVID-19 infections.
What Could Happen
Many are concerned that a premature reopening would cause a second wave of infections. A second wave would lead to thousands more deaths.
Economists also say they doubt an immediate reopening would return the economy back to its previous shape.
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Evidence Donald Trump Is Stupid
Collecting and organizing evidence showing that Donald Trump is stupid.
“Intelligence officials told the Times that Trump becomes irritable when intelligence officials present information he doesn’t agree with or correct falsehoods he says publicly or privately.” – The Hill
Trump is unable to focus on his intelligence briefings and agents have a hard time getting him to understand his presidential briefings. “Maintaining Trump’s attention during briefings burned out his first briefer, Deputy Director of National Intelligence Edward Gistaro, officials told the Times,” according to The Hill.
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Third Stimulus Bill
Tracking developments on a third stimulus bill in Congress in response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
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Fox News Is Right Wing Propaganda
Fox News Channel is right wing propaganda, not real news. Here is documented evidence of Fox’s right-wing content and message.
In 2017, Fox dropped the “Fair and Balanced” motto.
Republicans Admit It
Donald Trump, while complaining about Fox not being pro-Trump enough, wrote, “Many will disagree, but @FoxNews is doing nothing to help Republicans, and me, get re-elected on November 3rd.” This is an admission that Fox’s job is to elect Trump (and other Republicans).
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