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Democrats discover a new team player: Bernie Sanders

OPEC and allies agree to extend record oil production cut

Buffalo cops who shoved elderly man charged with assault ...

Oprah to lead town hall on racism in America, with Stacey Abrams

France says it killed al-Qaeda leader in North Africa

Coronavirus updates: Amazon workers sue the company, tennis star Djokovic chafes at US Open restrictions

Ivanka rips ‘cancel culture’ after she’s dropped as commencement speaker ...

Abraham Lincoln statue vandalized and scaled in London BLM protests

Zuckerberg says Facebook will revisit policies in wake of Trump backlash

Wall Street’s latest surge isn’t benefitting many Americans

[Tropical storm] Cristobal on its way to Gulf Coast ...

57 member Buffalo police team resigns over officers’ suspensions

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The Fed could face a possible ‘inflation scare’ in 2020 with commodity prices on the rise

3 years in, no sign of Trump’s replacement for Obamacare ...

Pete Buttigieg knocks Joe Biden’s support of the Iraq war

Bill De Blasio calls NYC ‘the safest big city in America’

The battery decade: How energy storage could revolutionize industries in the next 10 years

GALLUP: Obama, Trump tied as most admired man ...

Barack Obama picks his own documentary among favorite movies of 2019

Hunter Biden owed $113,000 in unpaid taxes for year he served on Burisma board

Ivanka Trump may not return to the White House if her father wins in 2020

Shooting at church in Texas ... Gunman shot dead by parishioner ...

Suspect arrested, drenched in blood, in Hanukkah machete attack ...

CBS reporter says Trump’s record with minorities is one ‘any president after 3 years would want to claim’

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Watchdog report rips FBI handling of Russian probe

Trump: DOJ report ‘far worse than I would have ever thought possible,’ despite no finding of political bias

Bombshell report reveals US officials misled public about Afghanistan war ...

Nadler failed to swear in witnesses at Judiciary impeachment [hearing]

Trump nears USMCA compromise with Democrats

Trump family member — possible Ivanka — had ‘personal ‘ relationship with dossier author Steele

Poll: Hillary top choice of Dem voters ...

U.s. Attorney John Durham: ‘We don’t agree’ with Inspector General’s conclusion ...

Supreme Court leaves in place Kentucky abortion restrictions

Morgan Stanley is cutting jobs due to uncertain global environment, sources say

Causes of Wall Street cash crunch remain mystery ... Fed pump won’t fix it ...

Jordan: ‘Deeply troubling’ that FBI spied on Trump campaign

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Hurricane pounds Bahamas with record fury

President Trump ordered US firms to ditch China, but many already have and more are on the way

Mandatory evacuations ordered for Palm Beach, including Mar-a-Largo ...

GOP Sen, Scott criticizes Trump’s Puerto Rico tweets

German far right surges in eastern elections

Death toll rises to 7 in West Texas shooting rampage

Hezbollah fires anti-tank missiles toward northern Israel ...

Report: Terminated alleged West Wing leaker trashed Ivanka, Tiffany

Hong Kong burns during another weekend of violence

Trump says trade talks still planned for September after China tariffs take effect

Bernie plans to cancel all medical debt!

Study: No single ‘gay gene’

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GOP still lacks [wall] funding plan as shutdown looms

US dominance in oil markets is only going to get bigger, the IEA says

MIGRANT CARAVAN DEMANDS REPARATIONS, $50,000 each to go home ...

McCarthy: I'm 100% sure we have votes to pass $5 billion for wall

Congress reaches deal to curb sexual harassment on Capitol Hill

Second Canadian missing in China after detention of former diplomat

ISIS promises holiday surprises ...

Trump hails Israel's wall as model for U.S.-Mexico border

What does it take to become Trump's chief of staff? Jared and Ivanka's approval

Trump faces pushback after saying he might intervene in arrest of Huawei executive

Maduro: USA plotting [his] assassination ...

Michael Cohen sentenced to 3 years in prison

Headlines

Super PACs take brash new steps to hide their donors

Trump pushes for end of quarterly earnings reports to help companies do 'even better'

FORECAST: 75% chance Dems win House ...

Robbie Mook: Democrats should stop campaigning with Keith Ellison

DOJ sues Ivanka's ex-business partner for massive fraud

Pentagon says it's postponing Trump's military parade

CDC: 1 in 4 [American] adults has disability ...

Chinese state media: Prepare for 'hardship and crisis'

12 former Intel chiefs criticize Trump for pulling [Brennan's] security clearance

Trump says US 'will pay nothing' to Turkey for release of American pastor

New NAFTA deal with Mex

Iran's supreme leader on Iran nuclear deal: 'I made a mistake'

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Man arrested on suspicion of terrorism after car crashes outside UK Parliament

Tesla board forms special committee to evaluate going private

[China] Denies million Muslims held in detention camps ...

Ron Reagan Jr.: Trump is an 'imbecilic sociopath'

Omarosa claims to have secretly recorded Jared and Ivanka

Trump calls Omarosa a 'dog' after she says she would cooperate with special counsel Mueller's probe

Cars plunge as bridge collapses in Italy, dozens feared dead ...

Bernie: I'm declining Dem nomination and running as an Independent

Erdogan announces 'boycott' of American electronics

US reaps more than $1.4 billion from steel and aluminum tariffs

Aging process reversed in human cells for first time ...

Paul Manafort's defense rests without calling witnesses

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Trump's inner circle gets whiter

More than 100 large wildfires in US as new blazes erupt

[President] Trump condemns 'all types of racism' ...

Ivanka Trump condemns white supremacy

Kavanaugh confirmation  hearings set for Sept. 4

Tens of thousands rally for removal of US base from Japanese island

10 shot in UK rampage ...

NYT [Tom] Friedman: [Greg] Gutfeld

Avanati in Iowa 'exploring' White House run

Google has thrived under Alphabet for last three years, bit other businesses are so-so

CHICAGOLAND: 20 shot in night, 'I'm afraid to walk to store' ...

Far-left match in Charlottesville turns into anti-police protest

October Surprises

Midterm elections are coming! One can reasonably be sure that the Democrats have one or more tapes or documents that impinge once more on President Trump and his supporters in hopes of flipping the House of Representatives to the party of Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. Once this happens then impeachment is on the calender and the leftover FBI/DOJ/CIA scandals will be covered up like cat poop in a litter box. With the assistance of most of the media, the hope will be that any pol aligned with Trump will become radioactive and drown in this blue wave.

So, one must expect lots of juicy dirt to come sloshing on the scene sometime in early October ... maybe a picture of a tumescent Trump in his birthday suit or a set of urine-stained Russian sheets ... or  perhaps the fact that Ivanka is a hermaphrodite ... or that Baron Trump is not Donald's son ... anything goes.

Not so fast Ms. Maddow and Mr. Acosta ... the Donald is still awake and aware. What could he do to insure that his supporters are elected and reelected? There is one thing he might carry off to reverse this donnybrook ...  he could declassify all the pertinent DOJ, FBI, CIA and Obama White House document that tell the sordid story behind the deep state's efforts to keep him from being elected and, once elected, to emasculate him and subvert his agenda. There are rumors that these documents are already going through declassification ... so don't be surprised if this does in fact come about.

Of course, since the media are likely to ignore such bombshells, the Trump team will still have the problem of getting this message to the American people. Leaks might work ... maybe through  Acosta and the New York Times? Or perhaps using Trump's tweets and rallies ... but this would be a logistical  challenge due to the complexity of the message. 30 minute political ads on the major networks? Or how about even an air drop of leaflets over key voting districts? Trump is clever ... he'll find a way.

Battle of the Titans

It has nothing to do with Russian collusion ... or obstruction of justice. Nor Stormy Daniels nor Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen. Nor the separation of illegal immigrant families. It has nothing to do with Manafort's tax evasion trial nor Jim Acosta's  harassment.  Nor AR-15s. It has nothing to do with Michael Wolfe's or James Comey's best-seller books. These Trump scandals du jour  are merely  tactics in a much larger war ... a battle of the Titans ... much of the old-line TV and print media versus Trump and his followers. I have previously discussed the reason for these hostilities -- the contested supremacy of the media ... see: Uber Alles.

Who will win? Let's see ... it's most of the TV and print media, academia, Mueller, social media, Hollywood, the Chamber of Commerce,  many foreign leaders (particularly those with Herr starting their names), the deep state,  much of the tech industry, George Soros (and the Koch brothers ... talk about strange bedfellows), RINOs, the left coasts, Ivanka Trump, the Clinton posse, suburban women who want free abortions and birth control, (need I go on?) ... all these millions pitted against Trump, his Twitter feed, Sarah Sanders, some of Fox News, most of talk radio, middle America and a few Inherent news sites.

Any sane betting person would wager against Trump. But somehow he is still standing ... in fact he seems to relish the fight. If he prevails, it will be a much bigger upset than he pulled off against Hillary. But then things might get real interesting ...

Headlines

Romney: Trump not a 'role model for my grandkids'

Timing of Ivanka Trump's Chinese trademarks raises red flags

Three dead as terrorist shooting 'Allahu Akbar' launches cafe attack in Belgium ...

Japan detects Chinese ship allegedly violating NKorea sanctions

George Soros: Campaign for second Brexit referendum about to start

How an automaker [Tesla] sells a $71,000 version of a $28.000 car

Tommy Robinson jailed for 13 months after violating [English] contempt of court laws ...

Tommy Robinson reporting restrictions lifted

Israel: More than 25 mortar shells fired from Gaza

President accuses [Mueller] of meddling on midterms ...

Tesla sedan in Autopilot mode hits parked California police car

China could take over Long Beach port despite trade dispute

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Trade wars: Tariffs on bourbon, Harleys and blue jeans

Delta gives up $40 million tax break for 13 [NRA] passengers

Israel police grill Netanyahu on new fraud case ...

Orrin Hatch: Obamacare supporters are the 'stupidest dumbass people I've ever met'

FCC chairman declines NRA gun award

Parkland survivor [Hogg?] writes DNC fundraising letter

Dozens race to register as foreign lobbyists; fearful of Manafort fate ...

8 million mothers sign declaration: 'The era of radical feminism is over'

Uber: We're moving away from our 'antagonistic relationship' with cities

Trump made [his] tariff decision in a fit of anger: NBC news

Study: Bacon linked to cancer ...

NYT: Donald Trump asked Gen. John Kelly to help force out Ivanka, Jared

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Is this the year Georgia turns blue?

FBI agents allegedly texted about 'secret society' the day after Trump's election

Trump approves tariffs on some imports ... Mexico slams ...

Report: Ivanka headhunting for new chief of staff to replace Kelly

Liberals livid after deal to end shutdown

Report: [Current] FBI director threatened to resign over pressure to fire McCabe

Billionaire keeps pushing Trump impeachment. Dems rattles ...

Amazon opens first automated grocery store without cashiers

Puerto Rico's governor plans to privatize electric utility

Conservative group threatens to sue Texas over thousands of no citizen voters

Pats vs. Jags: highest rated TV program in year ...

Cringe-worthy: 'Morning Joe' airs Women's March anthem

Headlines

Democrats say 'O! Yes!' to Winfrey

[J.P. Morgan's Jamie] Dimon predicts 4% GNP growth ...

Leaked memo reveals Dems refusing spending votes if no DACA fix

... Ivanka praises [Oprah's] 'empowering' Globes speech ...

Is Trump mentally fit? Don't count on physical to tell you

Wolff admits: Didn't interview any WH Caabinet officials for book ...

Expensive US spy satellite presumed lost after SpaceX mission hoes awry

Tillerson: Trump will either 'fix or cancel' Iran nuclear deal

Trump greeted by mix of cheers and boos at NCAA title game

Roseanne: I'd be better president than Oprah!

FBI blows up theory of 'sonic attacks' against diplomats in Cuba

Hershel Walker: 'Trump getting raw deal. We have to respect him as our president.'

Headlines

All from Internet news sites. Guess which from Politico?

New Moore accuser steps forward as campaign disputes another

Zimbabwe coup: Mugabe under house arrest, army controls media

Charles Manson clinging to life in the hospital ...

Federal judge rejects secrecy in legal fight linked to Trump dossier

Senators forge deal to improve gun background database

Alec Baldwin: 'We can't be mean enough to Trump'

Chinese investors are stealthily moving money into India

NRSC poll: Moore trails Jones by 12

UCLA basketball players thank Trump for his help securing their release from China

Hillary: Calls for investigation into me 'personally offensive'

China gears up to test weapon that could hit the United States in 14 minutes

Ivanka Trump scores win with Senate tax plan to double child tax credit

Headlines

All from Internet news sites. Guess which from Politico?

No tax cut for the wealthy? Easier said than done

Fires.burn through at least six wineries in Napa and Sonoma valleys

Boy Scouts planning to admit girls ...

Angel Mom throws down against DACA, 'I didn't vote for Ivanka' ...

Trump suggests challenging NBC's broadcast license

Bitcoin smashes through $5,100 to hit new high on rumors China could reverse ban

[California wildfire] Pollution equals year of traffic ...

Conservative leaders urge Mitch McConnell to resign

Judge in Menendez case casts doubt on key prosecution theory

Steve Bannon profited from ties to Harvey Weinstein

Ophelia becomes hurricane, tying record from 1893 ...

Denmark: 90%+ asylum seekers investigated caught lying about origin

Headlines

All from Internet news sites. Guess which from Politico?

Newt Gingrich goes to spouse school

Chief Obamacare architect sacked after fraudulent billing investigation

Jefferson Memorial to get slavery update ...

Petition to replace Confederate monument with statue of rapper

U.S. Embassy in Russia suspends issuing immigration visas

The eclipse is racist because it fails to affect enough black people, The Atlantic suggests

NYC cops rally in favor of Colin Kaepernick ...

Report: Ivanka takes credit for Bannon White House departure

Schiff: Jury's out on Trump's mental stability

US destroyer sustains damage in collusion with massive oil tanker

Pope: Rights of migrants trump national security concerns ...

Turkey, Iran boost military ties

Headlines

All headlines come from Internet news sites. Guess which ones from Politico.

Joey Chestnut beats own record, scarfs down 72 hot dogs in 10 minutes

Report: Steve Bannon pushing to hike taxes on the wealthy

Report: Jared, Ivanka spotted at Hamptons party with Soros, Schumer

How the psychology of cyberbullying explains Trump's tweets

Merkel drops the word 'friend' from description of U.S.-German relationship

Kucinich: Dems destroying party as effective opposition ...

Federal campgrounds may be privatized under Trump

[Curt] Schilling: 'If I have to shut up to get into the Hall of Fame, then I don't want in'

2016 statistics show U.S. birthrate at all time low

California to declare immediate independence if 'yes' wins referendum

Emmanuel Bonaparte: Macron declares he will govern like a Roman god

San Francisco fooled into voting for $5.8 billion pension spike

Headlines

These headlines are real ... they have all been discovered on Internet news sites. Guess which ones came from Politico?

Judge blocks Trump's sanctuary [city] funding order

Al Gore group demands $15 trillion to stop 'global warming' ...

Paper: Amazon great for consumers -- but great for America?

Measles outbreak in Minnesota's Somali community

Cornell West: I believe in 'unsettled spaces rather than safe spaces'

Trump expected to include Democrat-friendly spending in tax plan

Ryan on the hot seat to deliver for Trump

BREITBART denied permanent credentials on Capital,Hill

Le Pen's father criticizes her presidential campaign ...

50 'juveniles' swarm public train [Oakland, CA], rob passengers

Ivanka Trump gets booed, hissed at during Berlin event

Warren: Let Coulter speak at Berkeley and 'if you don't like it, don't show up'

Pajama Party

Watching [too] many of the talking-heads programs on TV has suggested to me one such show is the equivalent of a  high school pajama party and the inane gum-chewing banter that takes place therein. Here is some imagined gossip during a talking-heads sleepover:


"Ja'hear that Priebus won't sit with Bannon at lunch anymore!"

"Ivanka's Daddy gave her a new sports car over the weekend! Gee, I think she's his favorite!"

"You won't believe what Bernie Sanders did after the Senior Prom?"

"I was told that Principal McConnell yesterday was cursing out the teacher's union! And our Latin teacher, Schumer, swore that he would get even with him!"

"Someone blabbed our Blues had a beer pong party after the game Saturday and half of them ended up blowing lunch!"

"Who wants to go out on a date with Mikey Pence?"

"Psst, Slick Willie , on his Facebook page, said he had the hots for Sarah Palin!"


Actually these back-and- forths are a lot less catty than that actually seen on the boob tube ...