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Trump will pay respects to Ginsburg at Supreme Court on Thursday

Johnson & Johnson enters late-stage trial testing with its coronavirus vaccine

President Trump announces ban on ‘woke’ companies working with U.S. government

Trump expands fight against Critical Race Theory to federal contractors

Poll: Biden, Trump virtually tied in Arizona, Florida

DOJ unveils Trump administration’s legislation to reform tech’s legal liability shield

Graham: Senate GOP has votes to confirm SCOTUS nominee before election

Biden 2008 : John McCain coward & ‘angry man’

‘Cindy can have Sleepy Joe’: Trump targets McCain’s widow after Biden endorsement

Coronavirus live updates: Sweden’s high death toll may be linked to mild flu season; FDA to reportedly tighten vaccine standards

Seattle City Council overrides mayor’s veto of police defunding — cuts to proceed

Study: China has forced 500,000 Tibetans into labor camps this year

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Trump warns Syria , Russia,  and Iran against killing ‘innocent civilians’ in Idtib Provence

New rule would make it possible to track and identify nearly all drones flying in the U.S.

ChinaRussinIran navy drills ... Growing alliance

IG Report shock: Steele funneled claims through John McCain after FBI dropped him as source

Democrats seize on anti-Obamacare ruling to steamroll GOP 2020

Trump stock market  rally is far outpacing past US presidents

Trump already searching for his next Secretary of State

Lisa Murkowski ‘disturbed’ by coordination vow between Senate and White House

Democrat insiders: Bernie could win the nomination

China races to build its own Tesla as economy slows and subsidies dry up

Americans retiring to Vietnam, for cheap healthcare and decent living standard.... Monthly expenses rarely exceed $2,000

Michael Moore: Trump will not debate Democrat candidate

Name Game

Ever since Bill Clinton won the presidency over George H.W. Bush, the candidates with the fewer letters in their last name generally have won at the polls — Bush over Gore (tie), Bush over Kerry, Obama over McCain, Obama over Romney and, finally, Trump over Clinton.

Before that ... there were a few modern exceptions to this rule ... Carter over Ford, Eisenhower over Stevenson, Kennedy over Nixon and Raegan over Carter ... all of which can be explained away due to extenuating circumstances.

If this loopy trend holds, the only Democrat who has a chance against a Trump second term is (promising $1,000 per month per US resident) Yang ... while Biden ties. All the other possible Dem opponents ... Warren, Buttigieg, Harris, Sanders, Booker, Klobuchar, O’Rourke and Castro would suck wind.

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Pence woos 2016 anti-Trumpers to bankroll billion dollar re-election

Trump finally got his wish from the Fed, but not for the reasons he wanted

Fed: GDP growth will only be 2.1% for year ...

Maine House announces bill to rename Columbus Day

Aides struggle to see strategy in Trump’s Conway, McCain fights

US allies defy Trump administration plea to ban Huawei from 5G networks

Half of Americans don’t know all First Amendment rights ...

Illinois crowds protest radical abortion bill

EU has no choice but to approve Brexit extension

Fed holds the line on rates, says no more hikes ahead this year

Border Patrol says detention centers are full; Starts releasing ...

Poll: Kamala Harris rising as Beto O’Rourke edges in

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How the Democrats White House hopefuls turn against tech

President Trump attacks the late John McCain over his involvement in the Russia investigation

Trump threatens ‘Saturday Night Live’ with federal investigation

Jeanine Piro’s show won’t air this Saturday after remarks about Ilhan Omar

May asks lawmakers for ‘honorable compromisesy’ to back Brexit deal

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand formally launches presidential campaign

All in the Family: Barack Obama’s brother asks if Michelle isn’t ‘Michael’

CO joins eleven states agreeing to nix Electoral College for popular vote

DeBlaio implies Jeff Bezo’s affair played role in Amazon deal’s collapse

China plans a solar panel play in space that NASA abandoned decades ago

[Beto’s] Gafftastic day!

Macron in hot seat after Yellow Vests rampage

Invectives

We are living through an age of negativity. People are pushing others out of the way to become the avatars of invective. This trend may not have been started by Donald Trump in the presidential debates ... but it certainly was amplified therein. A good measure of this negativity would be to look at a list of invectives and who now seems to fir these slights. I offer the following line-op of those whose demeanors are not my favorites:

Manipulative -- Nancy Pelosi
Bombastic -- Adam Schiff
Sanctimonious -- James Comey
Malevolent -- Hillary Clinton
Caustic  -- Chuck Schumer
Spiteful -- John McCain
Abusive -- Alec Baldwin
Vindictive -- Robert Mueller
Lascivious -- Bill Clinton
Insolent -- Maxine Waters
Contemptuous -- Mika Brzezinski
Humiliating -- Donald Trump
Sheepish -- Jeff Sessions
Dense -- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Duplicitous -- Paul Ryan
Inconsequential -- Barack Obama
Self-serving -- Al Sharpton
Pedantic -- Thomas Fridman

(Just another exercises in frustration relief.)

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Poll: Biden, Bernie, Beto lead 2020 Dem field

There is something about this market sell-off that no one is talking about: The strong dollar

Maxine Waters taunts Trump to 'keep his mouth shut' ...

Poll: 6ercent of Democrats say Republicans are 'racist,' 'bigoted,' 'sexist'

Theresa May: Brexit talks 'in the endgame'

Goldman's 'bear market risk indicator' signals returns will be zero the next twelve months

Jerry Brown blames Climate Deniers [for CA wildfires] ...

Jeb Bush accesses his appointee Brenda Snipes of breaking election laws

Defeated GOP lawmaker blames McCain's Obamacare vote for Demd' House takeover

Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee dead at 95

Justice Department  legal opinion to support Whitaker appointment ...

Turley: Dems will hit Trump with a 'storm of subpoenas'

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Trump allies fume at McCain memorial addresses, urge counterattacks

Facebook family is getting smaller as several executives head for the exit after turbulent year

83% execs. say business  better, 76% see more growth ...

Panetta: Mueller 'very close' to 'obstruction of justice"

Trump confirms leaked comments, 'At least Canada knows where I am'

House GOP to push changes to your 401(k) this fall

Abbas: Trump offered us peace plan based on confederation with Jordan ...

Father of slain Iowa student decries using her as 'pawn'

State Dept. denounces 'horrifying' stabbing of two U.S. citizens in Amsterdam

Everyone seems to agree Musk needs help running Tesla -- Here's who could co it

Chinese billionaire arrested in Minnesota on suspicion of sex misconduct ...

Amazon's Alexa venerable to hacking

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Washington mourns John MvCain -- and its own demise under Trump

Trump order seeks to  ease retirement account rules for require withdrawals

Trump bash at McCain's funeral ... Aretha's too

[Trump:] U.S. shouldn't have to 'buy allies with bad' deals

Whoever wins South Carolina will get the Democrat nomination

Trump warns Congress on new NAFTA, tells Canada it may be 'oit' in mew trade deal

Erdogam calls USA 'wild wolves', vows to abandon dollar in trades ...

Edi. Sec. Devos will not stand in the way of funding armed teachers

U.S., Russia back talk on whether to ban 'killer robots'

Its an insult to the public that Google isn't sending its CEO to the Senate

Americans disgusted with hyper-politicized [McCain] funeral ...

Poll: 68% voters think illegal immigration 'major problem'

Obvious Truth #12

Nothing has helped John McCain's legacy more than his choice of enemies. -- Anon.

Obvious Truth #11

John McCain --  a longer send-off than JFK -- Anon.

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Trump personally lobbying senators to flip om Sessions

Weekly jobless rate rises, [but] labor market still tightening

Palin excluded from McCain funeral

Coulter: Media 'angry,' they want South African genocide to happen

Months of animosity boil over in Cuomo, Nixon debate

India's rupee falls to an all-time low

Space station 'hit by meteorite'; depressurization ...

CA assembly passes bill mandating 100% 'green' energy by 2045

Haunted by FBI investigation, Gillum faces tough climb in Florida's governor's race

Consumer spending increasing strongly, inflation rising

Amazon wages war with Bernie [Sanders] ...

Reports: Chinese hacked Hilliary's email server

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[Ariz. gov.] Ducey aims to please Trump with McCain fill-in

The US-Mexico trade deal may be bad news for China

SAfrica withdraws land expropriation bill for further reconsideration  ...

... [Donna] Brazile: Swamp will drain Trump!

Trump embraces Mexico, threatens Canada with new trade deal

Trump accuses Google of rigging searches in favor of 'bad coverage'

Czech PM calls for no illegals in Europe ...

Chuck Todd wants Paul Ryan to launch impeachment proceedings now

Jerry Falwell Jr. saysmpeachment Sessions has lost evangelical support

Trump orders flags lowered for McCain: 'Despite our differences,' I respect his service

China withholds samples of dangerous flu virus from USA ...

Chinese media: 'Absurd' for U.S. to link trade with NK denuclearizing

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Atlanta Fed raises GDP forecast to 4.6% ...

Trump's approval  remains stable despite week's political storm: NBC/WSJ poll

2008 NIGHTMARE: Obama beat McCain by a two-to-one electoral college margin ...

... Palin: 'Today we lost an American original' ...

McCain and Trump: A pugilistic relationship to the end

US softens demand for NAFTA 'sunset clause': Mexican official

BOMBSHELL: Pope Francis accused of covering up for an abusive priest ...

Kenesaw State cuts cheerleaders who took knee during anthem

Mueller team shortens estimated length of 2nd Manafort trial

Former president Jimmy Carter lives in a $167,000 house and shops at Dollar General

Lane's rainfall topples records, inundates [Hawaii's] Big Island ...

Left emboldened: Maddow surges in ratings as Resistance takes a victory lap

Farewell

John McCain's farewell message, taking a glancing shot at Trump, was just read by his friend and former presidential campaign manager in 200 and 2008 Rick Davis ... see: NBC News Story.

Rick Davis has been a Washington powerbroker and lobbyist for many years. He has also had a famous business partner in these endeavors ... Paul Manafort. ... see: Wikipedia Entry.

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Trump anxiety spreads through South Korea

Elon Musk ends brief flirtation with taking Tesla private, cites belief that company is 'better off'

Kavanaugh argued that the president can be impeached for lies, cover-ups and refusing to testify ...

Ebola spreads to densely populated war zone in Congo

Judge strikes down  Trump's federal workforce executive order

Google, Apple and 13 other companies that no longer require college degree

Dems midterm strategy: Stop talking about impeachment ...

Donald Trump: FBI did not finish Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation

Trump tells Pompeo to cancel Notth Korea trip

I'm 'financially ruined": Cryptocurrency investors are crushed by losses of 70% or more

McCain decides to discontinue cancer treatment ...

Roger Stone predicts Mueller will indict Donald Trump Jr. for a process crime

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Trump: U.S. and U.K. will strike a 'great trade deal'

Trump declines to denounce Putin over election meddling at summit, blames 'both countries'

Brennan: Trump's press conference an impeachable offense ...

Poll/ Brits say police have lost control, blame political correctness

Is THIS the year that Arizona finally turns blue

Op-Ed editor for The Nation for removed from Trump-Putin presser

National Guard deployment led to the arrest of 10,000 illegals ...

Biden: Trump's border policies make me 'feel ashamed'

Putin: World Cup has triggered millions of cyberattacks on Russia

Britain's May bows to Brexit pressure in Parliament

Bezos' net worth exceeds $150 billion ...

John McCain rips Trump-Putin presser: 'shameful,' 'disgraceful'

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Mueller injects new drama into Trump's European whirlwind

People are 'mumb' to Trump's behavior, says Wall Street veteran

Republican warning signs: Democrats register 12 million more voters ...

Gohmert: Strzok knew 'foreign entity' hacked Clinton's emails and did nothing

'It's a big FU from Mueller'

Democrats -- and John McCain -- press Trump to cancel Putin summit after Mueller indicts Russians

[Pelosi] Says tax cuts will add 'two children dollars' more to the deficit ...

N.Korea request weekend [GU remains] meetin after skipping earlier meeting

Commerce Secretary [Ross] divests of all stocks after criticism from ethics watchdog

The real World Cup final isn't France vs. Croatia, it''s Nike vs. Adidas

Security scare as paraglider flies within feet of him [Trump] at [Scotish] hotel

Report: House conservatives move ahead with plans to impeach Rod Rosenstein

Justice Explained

Like many, I had no idea who Brett Kavanaugh is ... or what the back story was on his selection by Trump as the next Supreme Court Justice. So I turned to my favorite legal source, John Hinderaker of the Powerline blog. You might benefit from his insights too. See:  Hinderaker's Take. Bottom line ... Kavanaugh looks more like Justice Kennedy than Justice Gorsuch ... even John McCain likes him.

This, of course, doesn't stop the attack chihuahuas on the left from demonstrating outside the Supreme Court building. Do they have nothing else to do with their empty vitriolic lives?

Headlines

Advisers bad-mouth [DHS's] Nielsen as a 'never-Trumper'

North Korea vows to dismantle nuclear test site within weeks, invites press to watch

UN top nuclear inspector resigns suddenly ...

Oprah urges USC graduates to fight 'fake news'

Ryan rejects effort to force DACA vote

Tesla says top vehicle engineer Doug Field takes time off from Model 3 production woes

Dems ponder how to run against improving economy ...

Women's March leader blames Muslim ban, Mexican  wall on Netanyahu

Trump warns of 'very serious consequences' if Iran restarts nuclear program

McCain blasts Vladamir Putin as 'evil' in new book and faults Trump for being naive on Russia

Nursing homes, senior centers find bullying has no age limit ...

Optimism on direction of country hits 11-year high under Trump