Dem Rep Bill Pascrell (NJ) statement calling for Trump's tax returns and prosecution:
"Donald Trump and members of his administration have committed innumerable crimes against the United States. He has endangered our national security. He ripped families apart. He poisoned the
2-"Census. He has personally profited from his office. He has attacked our elections and sought to throttle democracy. He was rightly impeached by the House of Representatives. He has engaged in treachery, in treason.
3-"He has all but given up on governing and protecting our nation and if he had a shred of dignity he would resign today. Therefore, in 2021 the entire Trump administration must be fully investigated by the Department of Justice and any other relevant offices. …
4-"Failure to hold financial and political wrongdoing accountable in the past has invited greater malfeasance by bad actors.
5-"A repeat of those failures in 2021 further emboldens criminality by our national leaders and continues America down the path of lawlessness and authoritarianism. There must be accountability.”
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Biden is doing everything he can to lock down Senate confirmations for his Cabinet in a potentially contentious GOP majority (tho he's working to prevent that, too)
Here: politico.com/news/2020/11/1…
2-"To navigate those fights, Biden has tapped Jen Psaki, President Barack Obama’s former White House communications director, to lead a team overseeing the confirmation process, according to a list obtained by POLITICO.
3-"Olivia Dalton, a former Biden Senate aide and campaign consultant, will head communications and Reema Dodin, Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin’s floor director, will take the lead on legislative strategy.
Uhh, guys?
"Trump asked senior advisers in an Oval Office meeting on Thursday whether he had options to take action against Iran’s main nuclear site in the coming weeks. .."
2-"The meeting occurred a day after international inspectors reported a significant increase in the country’s stockpile of nuclear material, four current and former U.S. officials said on Monday.
3-"A range of senior advisers dissuaded the president from moving ahead with a military strike. The advisers — including Vice President Mike Pence; Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; Christopher C. Miller, the acting defense secretary; and Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the
US exceeded 11M #COVID19 cases yesterday
And we're closing in on a quarter mil dead
MI Gov Whitmer & WA Gov Inslee have issued new virus restrictions that are more severe
This is coming to every State soon, it seems
Time to prepare #WearAMaskSaveALife apnews.com/article/gretch…
2-"Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration ordered high schools and colleges to stop in-person classes, closed restaurants to indoor dining and suspended organized sports — including the football playoffs — in an attempt to curb the state’s spiking case numbers.
3-"The order also restricts indoor and outdoor residential gatherings, closes some entertainment facilities and bans gyms from hosting group exercise classes.
Obama's book, 'The Promised Land' drops tomorrow, hope you saw him on 60 Minutes last night
Great, disturbing interview!
From his interview with Jeffrey Goldberg (Atlantic):
"The broadest subject of our conversation was the arc of the moral universe:
2-"Does it still bend toward justice? Does it even exist? When Obama was elected 12 years ago, the arc seemed more readily visible, at least to that swath of the country interested in seeing someone other than a white male become president.
3-"But he now recognizes that the change he represented triggered an almost instantaneous backlash, one that culminated in the ‘birther’ conspiracy that catapulted its prime propagandist, Donald Trump, to the White House.
Big violence broke out at Trump's March last night
Confrontations in DC streets led to 20 arrests, 1 stabbing and injured cops
And Trump is now openly supporting the violence #DeactivateTrump washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/…
2-"Trump’s supporters had celebrated for hours on Saturday, waving their MAGA flags and blaring ‘God Bless the U.S.A.’ as they gathered in Washington to falsely claim that the election had been stolen from the man they adore.
3-"The crowd had even reveled in a personal visit from Trump, who passed by in his motorcade, smiling and waving. But that was before the people who oppose their hero showed up and the mood shifted, growing angrier as 300 or so counterprotesters delivered a message the
I just cannot stop laughing about Trump appointing crazy Rudy Giuliani to lead his voter fraud election lawsuit legal team
This is an answered prayer for every rational American
And WH staff are freaking out
Here's the latest: politico.com/news/2020/11/1…
2-"The move, which was first reported by the New York Times, has distressed top campaign officials and other advisers, who worry Giuliani's Hail Mary ploys will damage Trump's reputation and potentially harm his future political aspirations.
3-"Giuliani's promotion also threatens to complicate a legal apparatus that has been in the works since June. The campaign began assembling a team of lawyers in swing states and counties where recounts might take place.