https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-Y2YxQzo0&feature=youtu.be
His testimony actually switched more Dems toward impeachment: https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/30/how-impeachment-push-rippled-through-democratic-caucus/
DNI nominee John Ratcliffe is under the microscope now. Can he survive the scrutiny?
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-pick-inteligence-director-misrepresented-role-anti-terror/story
Trump's pick for intelligence director misrepresented role in anti-terror case
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/john-ratcliffe-dni-no-intelligence-experience
Trump Intel Pick Ratcliffe Faces Allegations Of No Intel Experience
https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/30/top-gop-senator-warned-trump-about-spy-chief-pick/
In naming Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) to be Director of National Intelligence, President Trump ignored a warning from Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), the chairman of the intelligence committee . . . “Burr told the White House last week that the move would inject more partisan politics into the work of the intelligence agencies.”
This is a problem. Some folks in the intel community say it doesn't matter if there is a Trump flunky in charge of intelligence, because Trump only listens to what he wants to believe anyway. That's wrong: because the head of intelligence also gives information to Congress and to the American people. This was Dan Coats' transgression -- that he told the TRUTH in these settings, truths that Trump didn't want aired. THAT'S what we won't get from Ratcliffe, and that's why he shouldn't be confirmed
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-reportedly-pays-sporadic-attention-intelligence-briefings
More: https://www.thedailybeast.com/kash-patel-devin-nunes-ally-who-fought-russia-probe-gets-senior-white-house-national-security-job
A former congressional staffer who worked feverishly to discredit the Russia investigation has recently been promoted on the National Security Council staff. . . .
Trump tries to defend Ratcliffe
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-defends-intelligence-nominee-ratcliffe_n_5d405606e4b0d24cde064bb3
President Donald Trump defended Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) to reporters on Tuesday, calling him a “brilliant” man . . .
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-dni-intel-agencies-amok-rein-in
“I think that John Ratcliffe is going to do an incredible job if he gets approved, he’s gotta get approved, but I think he’ll do a great job, I hope he gets approved,” he told reporters Tuesday. “I think we need somebody like that, we need somebody strong that can really rein it in because, as I think you’ve all learned, the intelligence agencies have run amok. They’ve run amok.”
Now this: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/30/1875461/-Trump-could-illegally-name-acting-director-for-intelligence-post
The occupier of the Oval Office has suggested via tweet, of course, that pending the confirmation of his lackey and conspiracy theorist Rep. John Ratcliffe as director of national intelligence, he'll choose an acting director for the organization. Furthermore, CNN reports that he "may go outside the normal protocol" in bypassing ODNI deputy director Sue Gordon as the acting chief during the confirmation process. National security reporter Natasha Bertrand says her sources tell her Gordon has been informed she "would not be considered to replace Coats, and that she would not be selected to serve as the acting, which came as a surprise to her & other intel professionals." That might be surprising because what the administration is calling "outside the normal protocol" is illegal. Robert Chesney writes at Lawfare that "The president does not have discretion in this matter, however, so long as there is a current principal deputy."
Will Senate Repubs fold on Ratcliffe, and give Trump what he wants?
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/30/1875424/-Trump-s-intelligence-director-pick-has-Senate-Republicans-preparing-to-put-loyalty-over-judgment
Trump has completely bungled the China trade negotiations -- though he blames China, of course
https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/30/prospects-dim-for-china-trade-deal/
Prospects Dim for China Trade Deal
Trump's version: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1156159999833513984
"China is doing very badly, worst year in 27 - was supposed to start buying our agricultural product now - no signs that they are doing so. That is the problem with China, they just don’t come through. Our Economy has become MUCH larger than the Chinese Economy is last 3 years. My team is negotiating with them now, but they always change the deal in the end to their benefit. They should probably wait out our Election to see if we get one of the Democrat stiffs like Sleepy Joe. Then they could make a GREAT deal, like in past 30 years, and continue to ripoff the USA, even bigger and better than ever before. The problem with them waiting, however, is that if & when I win, the deal that they get will be much tougher than what we are negotiating now...or no deal at all. We have all the cards, our past leaders never got it!"
[NB: And we say, again: he is a LOUSY deal-maker. His approach is to fluctuate between insults and threats, and cloying flattery, as ways to get what he wants. He assumes that people NEED a deal with him, so they will eventually "come begging like a dog." In international affairs he doesn't understand that sometimes he has limited leverage, and that other countries are resolutely driven by self-interest. He thinks he holds all the cards, a delusion that consistently drives him to bad choices. He always sees himself -- needs to see himself -- in a position of dominance, even when he's not. That's a bad attitude for a negotiator.]
Trump's bribe to farmers to buy off their losses due to his stupid tariffs didn't go to most farmers
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-30/majority-of-trump-s-trade-aid-went-to-biggest-farms-study-finds
54% of the aid payments went to just one-tenth of recipients
More foreign policy acumen
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/30/1875410/-Trump-s-2016-America-First-energy-speech-was-edited-and-pre-approved-by-UAE-and-Saudi-Arabia
Trump's 2016 'America First' energy speech was edited and preapproved by UAE and Saudi Arabia
The Dems need to make foreign policy an issue in the election
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/30/20732344/2019-democratic-presidential-debate-cnn-foreign-policy
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/30/20707525/2019-cnn-debate-foreign-policy-questions
The Fed is trying to protect the economy, not re-elect Trump. That's their job
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/30/powell-trump-trade-interest-rates-1625961
The central bank is expected to cut rates this week in part to offset President Donald Trump’s trade war.
The odious Stephen Miller wants to crack down even harder on asylum seekers
https://thinkprogress.org/stephen-miller-plots-to-put-scandal-plagued-border-patrol-in-charge-of-asylum-interviews-69182bd5ade0/
The Trump admin separated 900 families AFTER a judge told them to stop doing it
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/aclu-911-family-separations-minor-offenses
Trump takes his lead from Fox World on race-baiting tweets
https://crooksandliars.com/2019/07/fox-news-dictating-trumps-racist-tweets
Trump's pick for intelligence director misrepresented role in anti-terror case
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/john-ratcliffe-dni-no-intelligence-experience
Trump Intel Pick Ratcliffe Faces Allegations Of No Intel Experience
https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/30/top-gop-senator-warned-trump-about-spy-chief-pick/
In naming Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) to be Director of National Intelligence, President Trump ignored a warning from Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), the chairman of the intelligence committee . . . “Burr told the White House last week that the move would inject more partisan politics into the work of the intelligence agencies.”
This is a problem. Some folks in the intel community say it doesn't matter if there is a Trump flunky in charge of intelligence, because Trump only listens to what he wants to believe anyway. That's wrong: because the head of intelligence also gives information to Congress and to the American people. This was Dan Coats' transgression -- that he told the TRUTH in these settings, truths that Trump didn't want aired. THAT'S what we won't get from Ratcliffe, and that's why he shouldn't be confirmed
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-reportedly-pays-sporadic-attention-intelligence-briefings
More: https://www.thedailybeast.com/kash-patel-devin-nunes-ally-who-fought-russia-probe-gets-senior-white-house-national-security-job
A former congressional staffer who worked feverishly to discredit the Russia investigation has recently been promoted on the National Security Council staff. . . .
Trump tries to defend Ratcliffe
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-defends-intelligence-nominee-ratcliffe_n_5d405606e4b0d24cde064bb3
President Donald Trump defended Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) to reporters on Tuesday, calling him a “brilliant” man . . .
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-dni-intel-agencies-amok-rein-in
“I think that John Ratcliffe is going to do an incredible job if he gets approved, he’s gotta get approved, but I think he’ll do a great job, I hope he gets approved,” he told reporters Tuesday. “I think we need somebody like that, we need somebody strong that can really rein it in because, as I think you’ve all learned, the intelligence agencies have run amok. They’ve run amok.”
Now this: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/30/1875461/-Trump-could-illegally-name-acting-director-for-intelligence-post
The occupier of the Oval Office has suggested via tweet, of course, that pending the confirmation of his lackey and conspiracy theorist Rep. John Ratcliffe as director of national intelligence, he'll choose an acting director for the organization. Furthermore, CNN reports that he "may go outside the normal protocol" in bypassing ODNI deputy director Sue Gordon as the acting chief during the confirmation process. National security reporter Natasha Bertrand says her sources tell her Gordon has been informed she "would not be considered to replace Coats, and that she would not be selected to serve as the acting, which came as a surprise to her & other intel professionals." That might be surprising because what the administration is calling "outside the normal protocol" is illegal. Robert Chesney writes at Lawfare that "The president does not have discretion in this matter, however, so long as there is a current principal deputy."
Will Senate Repubs fold on Ratcliffe, and give Trump what he wants?
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/30/1875424/-Trump-s-intelligence-director-pick-has-Senate-Republicans-preparing-to-put-loyalty-over-judgment
https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/30/prospects-dim-for-china-trade-deal/
Prospects Dim for China Trade Deal
Trump's version: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1156159999833513984
"China is doing very badly, worst year in 27 - was supposed to start buying our agricultural product now - no signs that they are doing so. That is the problem with China, they just don’t come through. Our Economy has become MUCH larger than the Chinese Economy is last 3 years. My team is negotiating with them now, but they always change the deal in the end to their benefit. They should probably wait out our Election to see if we get one of the Democrat stiffs like Sleepy Joe. Then they could make a GREAT deal, like in past 30 years, and continue to ripoff the USA, even bigger and better than ever before. The problem with them waiting, however, is that if & when I win, the deal that they get will be much tougher than what we are negotiating now...or no deal at all. We have all the cards, our past leaders never got it!"
[NB: And we say, again: he is a LOUSY deal-maker. His approach is to fluctuate between insults and threats, and cloying flattery, as ways to get what he wants. He assumes that people NEED a deal with him, so they will eventually "come begging like a dog." In international affairs he doesn't understand that sometimes he has limited leverage, and that other countries are resolutely driven by self-interest. He thinks he holds all the cards, a delusion that consistently drives him to bad choices. He always sees himself -- needs to see himself -- in a position of dominance, even when he's not. That's a bad attitude for a negotiator.]
Trump's bribe to farmers to buy off their losses due to his stupid tariffs didn't go to most farmers
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-30/majority-of-trump-s-trade-aid-went-to-biggest-farms-study-finds
54% of the aid payments went to just one-tenth of recipients
More foreign policy acumen
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/30/1875410/-Trump-s-2016-America-First-energy-speech-was-edited-and-pre-approved-by-UAE-and-Saudi-Arabia
Trump's 2016 'America First' energy speech was edited and preapproved by UAE and Saudi Arabia
The Dems need to make foreign policy an issue in the election
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/30/20732344/2019-democratic-presidential-debate-cnn-foreign-policy
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/30/20707525/2019-cnn-debate-foreign-policy-questions
The Fed is trying to protect the economy, not re-elect Trump. That's their job
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/30/powell-trump-trade-interest-rates-1625961
The central bank is expected to cut rates this week in part to offset President Donald Trump’s trade war.
The odious Stephen Miller wants to crack down even harder on asylum seekers
https://thinkprogress.org/stephen-miller-plots-to-put-scandal-plagued-border-patrol-in-charge-of-asylum-interviews-69182bd5ade0/
The Trump admin separated 900 families AFTER a judge told them to stop doing it
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/aclu-911-family-separations-minor-offenses
Trump takes his lead from Fox World on race-baiting tweets
https://crooksandliars.com/2019/07/fox-news-dictating-trumps-racist-tweets
His aides are worried: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-attacks-people-color-bad-move-white-house-officials
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/30/1875408/-Racist-in-Chief-declares-I-m-the-least-racist-person-there-is-anywhere-in-the-world
Racist in chief declares, 'I'm the least racist person there is anywhere in the world'
Wow. Just think of it
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/455364-half-of-voters-say-trump-is-racist-poll
Half of voters say Trump is racist: poll
[NB: That probably includes people who think so, and think it's a good thing, I suppose.]
I believe it: https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/30/bonus-quote-of-the-day-1170/
“There’s no strategy. I have no strategy. There’s zero strategy.”
— President Trump, quoted by The Hill, on his ongoing attacks on Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and the City of Baltimore.
Trump: "Everybody’s called a racist now"
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/31/trump-racist-everyone-scully-1441586
[NB: Well, no actually. We're talking about YOU.]
Oooooh, I love the Internet!
https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/30/trump-may-want-to-focus-on-his-spy-chiefs-district/
If Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) is responsible for poverty and crime in his congressional district, as President Trump has claimed for the last few days, then the Washington Post notes there is some bad news for the president about his pick to be Director of National Intelligence, Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX): On a number of metrics, Ratcliffe’s district is doing even worse.
Trump is perplexed that some reporters on Fox are trying to do real journalism
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-sweats-fox-news-loyalty-grills-network-pals-what-the-hell-is-going-on
‘What the Hell Is Going On?’
In investigation news . . .
I don't see how a judge blocks NY state deciding what to do with their tax returns
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/new-york-house-trump-tax-returns-now-agreement
A federal judge who punted on a dispute over President Trump’s New York tax returns on Monday will not get the easy way out he was looking for, the parties said on Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols had asked that Trump, House Democrats and New York state officials negotiate an agreement that would address the concerns the judge raised about a new law in New York that would allow Congress to request the President’s state tax returns. The parties said in a joint status report on Tuesday that the could not reach such an agreement . . .
In other news . . .
The Democratic debate: highlights
https://www.thedailybeast.com/two-against-the-world-bernie-sanders-and-elizabeth-warren-take-all-on-comers
It’s Bernie and Warren Against the World
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democratic-debate-detroit-2020-sanders-warren_n_5d40d51ae4b01d8c9782ed21
Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren Unite Against Moderate Assault
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/31/democratic-debate-2019-detroit-moderates-1441791
Moderates warn that Sanders, Warren risk throwing 2020 to Trump
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/30/1875526/-Sanders-and-Warren-s-ideas-and-beatdowns-of-competitors-define-another-debate-marred-by-moderators
Sanders and Warren's ideas—and beatdowns of competitors—define another debate marred by moderators
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders-debate-mini-bidens.html
How well Warren and Sanders responded to these charges likely depended on where you, the theoretical viewer, rested on the political spectrum. If you believe that Democrats need to be bolder and more aggressive in their visions for the country, you probably thought that Warren and Sanders got the best of them; if you think those visions are either impossible to achieve or too far left to defeat Donald Trump, you probably sided with the Biden proxies. . . .
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democratic-debate-detroit-health-care-medicare-for-all_n_5d40788ce4b0db8affaf42b6
The Detroit Debate Quickly Turned Into A Big Scrum Over Health Care
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/30/20747974/democratic-debate-health-care-medicare-for-all
On health care, there are 3 types of Democrats running for president
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/bernie-sanders-health-care-delaney
Sanders Tells Delaney ‘You’re Wrong!’ That Medicare For All Is Political Suicide
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/07/30/elizabeth-warrens-inconvenient-truths-227490
Elizabeth Warren Buries Some Inconvenient Truths
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-decriminalizing-immigration_n_5d40f02be4b0d24cde077076
Democratic Candidates Spar Over Decriminalizing Border-Crossing
More: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/31/democratic-debate-results-takeaways-1441786
5 things we learned from kind-of a meh debate
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/debate-takeaways-2020-election-democratic
The Biggest Takeaways From First Night Of CNN’s Democratic Debate
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/heres-how-each-candidate-distinguished-themselves
Here’s How The Candidates Distinguished Themselves
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/31/20748003/democratic-debate-2020-working-class-voters-issues
Democrats tried to win over working-class voters. But they ignored their biggest worry.
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/30/20748037/democratic-debate-warren-sanders-electable-delaney
The Democratic debate’s incoherent discussion about who could best beat Trump
https://www.thedailybeast.com/democrats-take-a-pass-on-number-job-one-beating-trump
Democrats Strike Out on Job No. 1: Beating Trump
Winners and losers
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/30/20747889/2020-democratic-debates-presidential-election-winners-losers-night-one
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/31/who-won-the-democratic-debate-1441390
https://prospect.org/article/whos-whos-down-whos-out-lunch
Mitch McConnell is not happy. That makes me happy
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/30/1875408/-Racist-in-Chief-declares-I-m-the-least-racist-person-there-is-anywhere-in-the-world
Racist in chief declares, 'I'm the least racist person there is anywhere in the world'
Wow. Just think of it
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/455364-half-of-voters-say-trump-is-racist-poll
Half of voters say Trump is racist: poll
[NB: That probably includes people who think so, and think it's a good thing, I suppose.]
I believe it: https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/30/bonus-quote-of-the-day-1170/
“There’s no strategy. I have no strategy. There’s zero strategy.”
— President Trump, quoted by The Hill, on his ongoing attacks on Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and the City of Baltimore.
Trump: "Everybody’s called a racist now"
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/31/trump-racist-everyone-scully-1441586
[NB: Well, no actually. We're talking about YOU.]
Oooooh, I love the Internet!
https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/30/trump-may-want-to-focus-on-his-spy-chiefs-district/
If Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) is responsible for poverty and crime in his congressional district, as President Trump has claimed for the last few days, then the Washington Post notes there is some bad news for the president about his pick to be Director of National Intelligence, Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX): On a number of metrics, Ratcliffe’s district is doing even worse.
Trump is perplexed that some reporters on Fox are trying to do real journalism
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-sweats-fox-news-loyalty-grills-network-pals-what-the-hell-is-going-on
‘What the Hell Is Going On?’
In investigation news . . .
I don't see how a judge blocks NY state deciding what to do with their tax returns
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/new-york-house-trump-tax-returns-now-agreement
A federal judge who punted on a dispute over President Trump’s New York tax returns on Monday will not get the easy way out he was looking for, the parties said on Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols had asked that Trump, House Democrats and New York state officials negotiate an agreement that would address the concerns the judge raised about a new law in New York that would allow Congress to request the President’s state tax returns. The parties said in a joint status report on Tuesday that the could not reach such an agreement . . .
In other news . . .
https://www.thedailybeast.com/two-against-the-world-bernie-sanders-and-elizabeth-warren-take-all-on-comers
It’s Bernie and Warren Against the World
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democratic-debate-detroit-2020-sanders-warren_n_5d40d51ae4b01d8c9782ed21
Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren Unite Against Moderate Assault
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/31/democratic-debate-2019-detroit-moderates-1441791
Moderates warn that Sanders, Warren risk throwing 2020 to Trump
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/30/1875526/-Sanders-and-Warren-s-ideas-and-beatdowns-of-competitors-define-another-debate-marred-by-moderators
Sanders and Warren's ideas—and beatdowns of competitors—define another debate marred by moderators
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders-debate-mini-bidens.html
How well Warren and Sanders responded to these charges likely depended on where you, the theoretical viewer, rested on the political spectrum. If you believe that Democrats need to be bolder and more aggressive in their visions for the country, you probably thought that Warren and Sanders got the best of them; if you think those visions are either impossible to achieve or too far left to defeat Donald Trump, you probably sided with the Biden proxies. . . .
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democratic-debate-detroit-health-care-medicare-for-all_n_5d40788ce4b0db8affaf42b6
The Detroit Debate Quickly Turned Into A Big Scrum Over Health Care
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/30/20747974/democratic-debate-health-care-medicare-for-all
On health care, there are 3 types of Democrats running for president
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/bernie-sanders-health-care-delaney
Sanders Tells Delaney ‘You’re Wrong!’ That Medicare For All Is Political Suicide
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/07/30/elizabeth-warrens-inconvenient-truths-227490
Elizabeth Warren Buries Some Inconvenient Truths
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-decriminalizing-immigration_n_5d40f02be4b0d24cde077076
Democratic Candidates Spar Over Decriminalizing Border-Crossing
More: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/31/democratic-debate-results-takeaways-1441786
5 things we learned from kind-of a meh debate
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/debate-takeaways-2020-election-democratic
The Biggest Takeaways From First Night Of CNN’s Democratic Debate
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/heres-how-each-candidate-distinguished-themselves
Here’s How The Candidates Distinguished Themselves
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/31/20748003/democratic-debate-2020-working-class-voters-issues
Democrats tried to win over working-class voters. But they ignored their biggest worry.
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/30/20748037/democratic-debate-warren-sanders-electable-delaney
The Democratic debate’s incoherent discussion about who could best beat Trump
https://www.thedailybeast.com/democrats-take-a-pass-on-number-job-one-beating-trump
Democrats Strike Out on Job No. 1: Beating Trump
Winners and losers
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/30/20747889/2020-democratic-debates-presidential-election-winners-losers-night-one
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/31/who-won-the-democratic-debate-1441390
https://prospect.org/article/whos-whos-down-whos-out-lunch
Mitch McConnell is not happy. That makes me happy
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/mcconnell-tries-defend-himself-moscow-mitch-criticisms
More GOP retirements coming -- and an opportunity for Dems
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/455201-house-gop-fears-retirement-wave-will-lead-to-tsunami
Here's another one: https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/30/another-gop-congressman-calls-it-quits/
And another one: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/30/conaway-retirement-1441298
The GOP will fight for their right . . . to gerrymander
https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/30/michigan-gop-sues-to-stop-redistricting-commission/
This will end up in the courts, but what a precedent!
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/30/20747552/california-trump-tax-return-primary-ballot
New California law requires Trump to show tax returns to get on the primary ballot
Now Trump is openly retweeting QAnon
https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/30/trump-shares-twitter-accounts-linked-to-qanon/
Trump gets heckled
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-heckler-jamestown-virginia
Trump is losing suburban GOP women -- can the Dems find a candidate to pick them up?
https://apnews.com/e1d98f7567f947d49f698e3ee0f234a3
In more than three dozen interviews by The Associated Press with women in critical suburbs, nearly all expressed dismay — or worse — at Trump’s racially polarizing insults and what was often described as unpresidential treatment of people. Even some who gave Trump credit for the economy or backed his crackdown on immigration acknowledged they were troubled or uncomfortable lining up behind the president. . . .
Biden still maintains a substantial lead nationally
https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/30/biden-still-on-top-nationally/
Fun: match the Dem candidate to their slogan
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/30/1875082/-Cheers-and-Jeers-Tuesday
Despite what the Repubs say, people don't think the Democratic party is becoming more extreme
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democratic-party-extreme-poll_n_5d406829e4b01d8c97822322
CNN finally recognizes that Trump rallies are free campaign ads, and they won't run them any more
https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/30/cnn-wont-air-any-live-rallies/
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/the-stylish-socialist-who-is-trying-to-save-youtube-from-alt-right-domination
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/06/interview-natalie-wynn-of-contrapoints
More: https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2019/07/contrapoints-changes-alt-right-youtube-minds
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