January 17, 2020

Interesting prediction on how primaries and election will go down.

https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/a-prediction-for-how-the-2020-presidential-election-will-go-down/

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January 17, 2020

Susan Collins surpasses McConnell

https://news.yahoo.com/susan-collins-surpasses-mitch-mcconnell-022450077.html

Susan Collins surpasses Mitch McConnell as the most unpopular senator in a new poll
Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY
USA TODAYJanuary 16, 2020, 8:24 PM CST
WASHINGTON – Republican Sen. Susan Collins has surpassed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as the most unpopular U.S. Senator, according to a new tracking poll.

The Maine Senator's net approval rating has dropped 10 points since the end of September, leaving her with a 52 percent disapproval rating, a quarterly Morning Consult tracking poll found.

The poll comes as Collins, one of the most moderate Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill, faces a tough reelection campaign for what would be her fifth term.

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USA TODAYJanuary 16, 2020, 8:24 PM CS

WASHINGTON – Republican Sen. Susan Collins has surpassed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as the most unpopular U.S. Senator, according to a new tracking poll.

The Maine Senator's net approval rating has dropped 10 points since the end of September, leaving her with a 52 percent disapproval rating, a quarterly Morning Consult tracking poll found.

The poll comes as Collins, one of the most moderate Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill, faces a tough reelection campaign for what would be her fifth term.

She was reelected in 2014 with nearly 70% of the vote, but Democrats see her as one of the more vulnerable Republican senators for 2020 where more GOP Senate seats are on the ballot than Democratic ones.

January 16, 2020

Parkhomenko's Daily email

Big Stuff
1.16.20

Good morning. There are 292 days until the presidential election. Lev drops so many bombs on Trumpland, Ukraine does what our scumbags should be doing and the president is getting a summons today.

Note: Hmmm, there are a lot of different ways we could go with today’s rant. Instead, we’ll just say something nice about someone. Sen. Kamala Harris has a great idea, and if we had a working press corps instead of a gaggle of kiss-asses and ambition junkies or if it had come from McConnell, you would have heard about it.

Harris is arguing that judicial nominees should be halted while we wait to find out if the Senate will convict Trump. We freaking love this idea because obviously a criminal shouldn’t be picking judges. We actually thought this would have been a good offensive back in the Michael Cohen days when Trump became Individual One, but better late than never. Thank you, Kamala.

And no, we have not and will not forget about the Democratic senators who have voted to help Trump reshape the judiciary with a bunch of unqualified white guys. It’s why we’ve never seriously considered a couple of them who are running for president. We need to see some aggressive shit from our people in the upper chamber. If they want to be cowards, they can switch parties.

Note two: Some breaking news as we were putting TBS to bed. GAO has released a report saying the withholding of aid to Ukraine was illegal. So for all the Republicans who were clinging to the ridiculous defense that there was no crime, well, you’re fucked. More: Washington Post

Lev-erage

Well that definitely qualifies as a holy shit night. Indicted Giuliani buddy Lev Parnas took to Rachel Maddow’s show last night to take a giant deuce all over Trump and his cronies. Lev named everybody, throwing in Pence and Barr. He argued that it was ridiculous that Trump didn’t know him or what he was doing. The funniest part was Devin Nunes running to Fox to scream that he suddenly remembered meeting Lev.

Parnas’s interview was one bombshell after another, and the best the White House can come up with is to trot out the drunken press secretary to Fox News where she said you can’t trust someone who has been indicted. Lady, you just described Trump’s whole social circle.

Unfortunately for Americans, Susan Collins seems to think we don’t need to hear about this stuff. They are going to try to cover this up. Then we will end their careers. More: Associated Press, Washington Post, The Daily Beast, New York Times

Ukraine but we won’t

To the enormous shame of decent Americans everywhere, Ukraine is doing what our scumbag leaders won’t -- they’re investigating the threats against Amb. Yovanovitch. They’re also investigating the Russians’ hack of Burisma. So White House press corps, try earning your salaries and finding out why the hell Ukraine is doing this but we’re not. The nastier this has gotten, the fewer questions have been asked. Tragically, the press just isn’t up to this shit. More: NBC News

It’s time, Donnie

Yesterday, the House announced impeachment managers and transmitted the articles to the Senate. While Trump’s Fox morons were obsessed with the pens used to sign the resolution to transmit the articles, the rest of us were focused on the president of the United States being a criminal and a traitor.

Today, we will hear from the speaker, the House managers will do a ceremonial procession to the Senate at noon ET. Then, the articles will be read aloud. At 2, Roberts will be sworn in and he will then swear in all 100 senators. After that -- and this is our favorite part -- the Senate will send a summons to Trump. We’re so proud of the Democrats who made this happen. And we tolerate the Democrats who fought us every step of the way.

Today’s clips

Iran’s president said Thursday that there is “no limit” to the country’s enrichment of uranium following its decision to abandon its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal in response to the killing of its top general in a U.S. airstrike.
More: Associated Press

But for media outlets that view themselves as above taking sides, attempts to provide a sober, “balanced” look at presidential speeches often end up normalizing things that are decidedly not normal.
More: Vox

The State Department abruptly canceled two classified congressional briefings Wednesday that were supposed to focus on embassy security and the U.S. relationship with Iran, Capitol Hill aides said, infuriating lawmakers and staffers seeking answers on the fallout from President Donald Trump's decision to kill a senior Iranian general.
More: Politico

Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday that he won’t release women from confidentiality agreements they’ve signed relating to allegations of a hostile work environment at his company.
More: Associated Press

This media failure really could help Trump politically
More: Washington Post

The U.S. intelligence community is trying to persuade House and Senate lawmakers to drop the public portion of an annual briefing on the globe’s greatest security threats — a move compelled by last year’s session that provoked an angry outburst from President Donald Trump, multiple sources told POLITICO.
More: Politico

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Made in the USA

January 14, 2020

Damage control? He's 1 point above approval needed

to win (MSNBC daily tracking). He can win with 45% Unless he's below in ALL the states that are swing/purple..

We are f u c k e d

Perhaps he will kill someone on 5th Ave.?

Just be realistic. What can we do to mitigate? Can we instead of concentrating on WH, concentrate on Senate?

January 10, 2020

Holy mother of God...Steyer spent $67 million

on 2020 ads? On Rachel

On edit:. Helping Dingbat's economy

January 8, 2020

Two things I don't get this a.m.

1. So Iran warned the Iraqis and the Iraqis warned the Americans of last night's attack? They were all in cahoots and the attack was a show?

2. When McConnell changes Senate rules he is just talking not allowing new witnesses and documents, right? i.e. the likes of McGahn, Bolton, etc., Right? And the others, like Fiona Hill, Vindman, etc. will be witnesses? And participate in an actual trial.

January 8, 2020

Demonstrations tomorrow

Emergency demonstrations announced: "Step back from the brink -- No war with Iran!"
Answer Coalition
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January 07, 2020
chicago_iran_demo.jpg

Los Angeles, Calif.
City Hall
6:00 p.m.
RSVP on Facebook

Washington, D.C.
The White House
3:00 p.m.
RSVP on Facebook

San Francisco, Calif.
Powell & Market
5:00 p.m.
RSVP on Facebook

New York City, N.Y.
Times Square
5:00 p.m.
RSVP on Facebook

Atlanta, Georgia
Woodruff Park (corner of Edgewood Ave SE and Peachtree St NW)
5:30 p.m.
RSVP on Facebook

January 8, 2020

Rest easy DU, in the Sit room tonight..

https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1214764173038694400?s=20

January 8, 2020

Just on Hardball...Ari Arouzi reports from Iran saying

13 US soldiers killed. Hope it's not true.

January 7, 2020

Parkhomenko's Daily Email: " Penta-gone to shit "

1.7.20

Good morning. There are 301 days until the presidential election. We’re pulling out of Iraq but wait a second no we’re not, John Bolton teases testimony and Republicans are just the worst Part Infinity.

Note: Mark Zuckerberg is a little turd. Actually, that’s being charitable. Mark Zuckerberg is a democracy-destroying little turd. Yesterday, after telling the nation that he was too busy to be impeached, Trump called in to Rush Limbaugh’s show where he divulged that Zuckerberg congratulated him on being “number one” on Facebook. Now look, Trump lies about EVERYTHING, so it’s likely this is just more bullshit. But we know Zuckerberg tried to keep secret a private dinner he had with Trump, so this is on him. Oh and then there’s how he got caught telling employees about his opposition to Elizabeth Warren. And the whole 2016 thing he repeatedly lied about. Show us someone willing to stand up to this weasel, and we’ll show you someone who has our vote. In the meantime, fuck Facebook.

Note two: Someone must be chopping onions in TBS HQ this morning. More: Politico

Penta-gone to shit
As we continue to juggle fear and embarrassment in the Trump years, the Pentagon is not helping. Yesterday, we were mortified to learn that for an hour, neither U.S. military officials on the ground in Iraq or in Washington could answer if the U.S. was pulling out of Iraq. Why? Well, a draft memo from the Pentagon to Iraq announcing our withdraw was ACCIDENTALLY sent to the Iraqi government. Yeah, seriously. So not only are we kicking the hornets’ nest, but we’re doing so with toilet paper stuck to our shoe. Oh and also, we’re preventing Iran’s foreign minister from entering the country to address the UN Security Council because we’re apparently afraid of that kind of thing these days. And all this is happening while the world just sits and waits to see how Iran retaliates. It’s really quite a mess. More: CNN, Foreign Policy, Politico

Dear John

Moustachioed cowardly warmonger John Bolton announced Monday that he will testify in front of the Senate if he receives a subpoena. Bolton apparently lives in a world where it’s cool to look like Yosemite Sam and accept lawful congressional subpoenas only from the chamber you prefer. While we are enormously skeptical that Bolton will ever testify, it does reveal the Senate GOP’s cover-up for what it is. They have a chance to get to the truth, and they are not even the least bit interested. Child coward Marco Rubio was making up all kinds of excuses for why the American people don’t need more answers. Susan Collins joined McConnell (SHOCK!) in saying they should start the process and then worry about witnesses. Only Mittens Romney said he wants to hear Bolton testify. We’re sure the American people will be cool with a cover-up in broad daylight. Right? More: CNN, Washington Post, New York Times

GOPathetic

Aside from liddle Marco’s ass-kissing and Lindsey Graham’s war boner, there were two other reminders yesterday that there are no good Republicans. The first was Rep. Paul Gosar tweeting out a photo-shopped picture of President Obama with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, adding the caption “The world is a better place without these guys in power.” He then defended his garbage actions by claiming he was trying to make some kind of point. You might remember this asshole as the guy whose whole family ran ads against him. Not hard to see why. The second reminder came from Nikki Haley, who just a few weeks ago was one of the moderate Republicans we were told. Well now Haley is tweeting out Fox appearances of herself, and last night she tweeted out that the only people not celebrating the death of Soleimani are Democrats. Thank you, Nikki, for making clear that you are Trump-loving gutter trash. We’re glad we don’t have to watch the nation’s pundits spending the next couple of years pretending otherwise (We know they will anyay, but a newsletter can dream). More: Washington Post I, Washington Post II

Today’s clips

The Trump administration has for nearly two years ignored mounting evidence that Russian operatives and other foreign actors were deliberately targeting U.S. troops and veterans with online disinformation amplified on a massive scale, a leading veterans group said.
More: Washington Post

American businesses and consumers, not China, are bearing the financial brunt of President Trump’s trade war, new data shows, undermining the president’s assertion that the United States is “taxing the hell out of China.”
More: New York Times

The Department of Homeland Security is agreeing to share citizenship information with the U.S. Census Bureau as part of President Donald Trump’s order to collect data on who is a citizen following the Supreme Court’s rejection of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census form.

Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper sought to douse an international outcry on Monday by ruling out military attacks on cultural sites in Iran if the conflict with Tehran escalates further, despite President Trump’s threat to destroy some of the country’s treasured icons.
More: New York Times

President Donald Trump will be in New Jersey on Jan. 28 for a rally in newly-minted Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew’s district.
More: Politico

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