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Trump’s other coronavirus complication: His credibility gap

Third Republican Senator tests positive for coronavirus in two days

Ron Johnson the third senator to test positive for coronavirus

Wallace: ‘Lesson’ of Trump getting the coronavirus ‘is wear the damn mask’

Trump sets off multi-state Covid tracing crisis

Trump donors from around the country attended fundraiser before positive test

Court strikes down Michigan governor’s emergency powers

NBA ratings crash by 45%, lowest viewership since 1994

Trump plans to appoint conservative activist Tom Fenton to Court Oversight Agency

Trump isn’t the first president to contract a virus during a pandemic, so did Woodrow Wilson in 1918

ISIS affiliate working to establish presence in India

John Hickenlooper praises China as ‘great nation’

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Democrats say Republicans will pay price at the polls for confirming Barrett

Pelosi believes coronavirus stimulus deal still possible as Democrats prepare new package

Peaceful protests: Riots continue in Portland overnight, more than a dozen arrested

Biden falsely claims attended historically-black college

Durban: I worry about the outcome of the 2020 election

Barrett confirmation hearings to begin in two weeks

Kim Jong un might be preparing an ‘October surprise’

Maher: Barrett is a ‘f*cking nut’

Polls: Biden remains ahead in Michigan and Wisconsin

Barrett praises conservative Justice Scalia — ‘His judicial philosophy is mine too’

U.S. judge will hold hearing Sunday to decide whether planned TIKTOK ban will take place

Bill Clinton ‘stone cold afraid’ of Hillary ...


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Trump’s 2020 strategy: A never-ending war with the states

Google, Apple, Amazon and Tesla slam Trump’s immigration crackdown

President heads to Arizona, an emerging presidential battleground ...

Trump: 10-year prison for people attacking statues

‘I don’t kid’: Trump says he wasn’t joking about slowing coronavirus testing

Coronavirus update: Tennis great Novak Djokovic tests positive, U. of Michigan won’t host presidential debate

7.4 mag quake Mexico ...

Whistleblower: Claims Chinese Communists pay Vatican $2 billion in bribes

Miami mayor says presidential debate might not have audience

BET founder Robert Johnson urges Black Lives Matter to form own independent political party

Declining dollar could happen at warp speed ...

Nolte: Mount Rushmore doomed to 1619 riots

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Trump exults in rocket launch as chaos unfolds around the country

SpaceX launches two NASA astronauts in space for the first time in historic US mission

As Minneapolis burns, mayor takes heat for response ...

Report: Majority of arrested Minneapolis rioters have Minnesota addresses

European trade chief mulls bid for WTO top job

Coronavirus updates: EU asks U.S. to reconsider WHO exit as India extends lockdown in ‘containment zones’

Cities brace for increasing unrest ... Spiraling out of control ...

Bill Barr: Violence appears planned by far-left groups

De Blasio, Cuomo target June 8 for first phase of New York City reopening

University of Michigan is taking steps to bring students back on campus this fall

Security officers gunned down in Oakland ...

Bernie Kerik: FBI must investigate funding of ANTIFA terrorism

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Former TV star Lori Loughlin, husband to plead guilty in college admissions scandal

Coronavirus live updates: New airport screening procedures, Starbucks sales improve in U.S., China

California: Most deaths in day ...

Local report faults state of Michigan for poor oversight of failed dams

Active shooter ‘neutralized’ at Texas Navy base

Jobless claims total 2.4 million, still elevated levels but a declining pace from previous weeks

Vaccine chief has vast ties to drug industry, posing possible conflicts ...

Pittsburgh vows to clean up rolls with 1.6K dead registered voters

USS Theodore Roosevelt gets underway after nearly 2 months battling coronavirus

More than half of small businesses are looking to have PPP loans forgiven, survey says

Quarter million dead by August, Second lockdown poses grave risks ...

Joe Biden forget ‘coronavirus,’ claims he doled out ‘$84 billion’

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Across the country, local officials defy state leaders on reopening

Coronavirus live updates: CDC releases guidelines to reopen, swing-state voters divided on risk

US virus deaths projected to top 113,000 by mid-June ...

UK bans menthol cigarettes under EU directive

Trump misstates Michigan mail-in ballot policy, threatens federal funding

New York City mayor says number of kids getting vaccinated down more than 60%

New outbreak: Churches forced to reclose ...

New Black Panther party launches boycott of ‘Chinese merchants’

Oregon high court keeps state virus restrictions in place

Pompeo abruptly ends press briefing after questions about State Department IG firing

ACLU warns against fever-screening tools ...

California offers $500 each in coronavirus relief to illegal aliens

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Democrats leave Doug Jones hanging as Senate map takes shape

Gilead CEO says Remdesivir available to coronavirus patients this week: ‘We've donated the entire supply’

Homeless commandeering LA hotels ...

Whither: MI protesters depict ‘some of the worst racism’

Kudlow: Administration is on ‘pause’ before deciding on additional virus relief

The US just reported its deadliest day for coronavirus patients as states reopen, according to WHO

Michigan fatality rate over 9% ...

Donald Trump: Nicole Wallace ‘third rate lapdog’ for MSNBC

Gov. DeWine: My face mask order ‘went too far

Coronavirus live update: Kudlow says more PPP loans may be needed, Roche making more antibody tests

Bush jumps in ‘We rise or fall together’ ...

Turley: Democrats want China’s restrictions on free speech

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Wearing a mask is for smug liberals. Refusing to is for reckless Republicans

Coronavirus live update: Biotech stocks soar on hope for a cure,  retail workers plan for ‘sickout’ protest

U.S. deaths top 63,000 ...

National Archives admin refutes Biden — within two hours of Morning Joe fiasco

Trump urges Michigan’s Whitmer to strike a deal with anti-quarantine protesters

Manufacturing falls sharply in April, but not as much as expected

Model: 100,000 [coronavirus] deaths by end of summer ...

Michigan House won’t extend state if emergency, moves to sue Gov. Gretchen Whitmer instead

House panel demands that Bezos testify on whether Amazon misled Congress

Remdesivir coronavirus treatment will need a ‘sustainable model’ to keep it accessible, Gilead CEO says

Pandemic could last two years ...

Report: Gavin Newsom to close all beaches, state parks in California

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The shutdown backlash is coming soon — with a vengeance

Small business rescue loan program hits $349 billion limit and is now out of money

Professional gamblers in Nevada now able to collect unemployment ...

Jimmy Carter ‘distressed’ over Trump halting W.H.O. Funding

‘Inexcusable’: Debbie Dingle slams Michigan protestors

Coronavirus live update: Trump to unveil reopening guidelines, China races toward a vaccine

Bailout checks go to the dead!

Dems demand halt construction on border wall during coronavirus crisis

Top Muslim political group backs Biden

The US economy has erased nearly all the job gains since the Great Recession

22 million jobs vanish in month ...

NJ governor: ‘I wasn’t thinking of the Bill of Rights’ when issuing stay-at-home order

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Biden to Trump: ‘Stop thinking out loud’

Coronavirus live updates: Global deaths top 30,000, RI orders 14-day quarantine for out-of-state travelers

U..S. death toll doubles in two days ... Fauci projects 100,000 - 200,000 ...

It begins: L.A. moves homeless to rec centers as data shows indoor transmission 19x more likely

De Blasio downplays CDC travel advisory

Michigan and Louisiana are becoming virus hot spots, — their governors are warning supplies are running out

Florida state border checkpoints begin ...

Spain: Record 838 dead in single day

Mnuchin task force unanimously shunned Trump’s quarantine idea

Trump backs off quarantine of New York region as CDC advises against nonessential travel

Flashback: Why second wave of 1918 Spanish flu was so deadly ...

French expert: Second study shows malaria drug helps fight coronavirus

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U.S. begins troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, official says

Coronavirus live update: Third cruise ship is kept at sea; billionaires are losing billions

Market bloodbath: stocks crater ... oil plunge ... banks hit hard ... Fed’s pump more cash

Deadly prison protests breakout in Italy ...

Progressive group that endorsed Warren switches to Sanders

Mortgage rates could be even lower, but lenders struggling with high demand

Michigan once was Bernie resurrection. It could now be his funeral ...

Stocks slammed, market circuit breakers triggered, trading halted

 Trump attacks second Democratic governor  over coronavirus criticism

WHO says threat of pandemic ‘has become very real’ even as China recoveries rise

Scott Adams: Even with coronavirus, Bernie and Biden will lose

Poll: Trump leads Joe Biden in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania

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Elizabeth Warren drops out

10-year treasury yield hits all-time low below 0.9% as virus fears  fuel demand for US debt

Saudi empties Muslim’s holiest site ...

Spike Lee casts Trump supporters as house slaves

Romney could derail Republican subpoena targeting Biden

Coronavirus live updates: Congress passes emergency funding as San Francisco confirms new cases

Mortgage rates all-time low ...

Mitch McConnell: Schumer threat to justices was ‘unhinged,’ ‘shameful’

Judge agrees to give House Democrats more time in Trump tax-returns case

A Princess Cruise ship is — again — the source of a potential coronavirus outbreak

Biden can finish off Bernie in Michigan ...

Chief Justice John Roberts condemns Schumer’s ‘dangerous’ threat

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Trump launches ambitious play to turn New Mexico red

The spike in oil prices will have to get a lot worse before it wrecks the economy

‘Iranian weapons used’ [in Saudi oil attack] ...

Beto O’Rourke confirms, ‘Yes, I want to tear down border walls’

Obama’s team lines up to defend Andrew McCabe in court

2020 Democrats cheer the auto workers strike as they look to top Trump in swing state Michigan

Teachers in Chicago inch closer to possible strike ...

Chicago weekend: 25+ shot, 7+ killed

Judiciary chairman throws cold water on Kavanaugh impeachment

Trump rages after NYT updates story to say alleged Kavanaugh victim ‘does not recall’ incident

RASMUSSEN: Trump approval back at 50% ...

‘Locked and loaded’: Trump tweet threat to Iran

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Trump befuddles his allies with ambitious legislative agenda

China makes unprecedented proposals on tech transfers as trade talks progress, US officials

Wild [Trump] rally set for Michigan ... MSNBC ratings slump ...

Jussie Smollett’s ‘community service’: 18 hours with Jesse Jackson

Mueller swiftly closes up shop

Attention Wall Street: Democrats are seeking higher taxes on capital gains

Pelosi: Won’t accept Attorney General’s ‘interpretation’ ...

Orange County ends jail contract with ICE

Trump’s Fed pick owes more than $75,000 in taxes, IRS says

Trump met with Google CEO Sundar Pichai to discuss ‘political fairness’ and China

Trump confirms FBI, DOJ will probe [Smollett] case ...

Poll: Americans evenly split on nuclear power, despite safety record

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Trump says he's OK with the FBI interviewing Kavanaugh

OPEC 'powerless to prevent' oil prices jumping toward $100 a barrel this year

Brett questioned by cops after 1985 bar fight ...

Ukraine prepares military buildup to counter 'worsening Russian threat'

Roger Stone associate to plead 5th  before Senate panel

Nearly half of US voters oppose Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination after assault claims, poll says

WH expands FBI probe

DOJ sues California over state's net neutrality law

Poll: Biden leads among Iowa Democrats

Steve Bannon praises Trump's mew trade deal -- unloads on Gary Cohn

Chinese warship comes within 135 feet of USS Decatur ...

Michigan begins enforcing work requirement for food stamps

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

Trump is resettling Syrian refugees at a much quicker pace than Obama

Michigan capital votes to stop calling itself  'sanctuary city' ...

Spring: Trump approval hits 48%

Weekend: Turks vote to give Erdogan sweeping new powers ...

Trump eyes climate skeptic for key White House environmental post

CEO's steering Trump away from Bannon's hardcore policies

[Trump admin] Expected to return 4,000 Somali migrants ...

US drops its largest non-nuclear bomb against ISIS in Afghanistan

Merkel admit: 'There is no doubt' some migrants pose a security risk

House Democrats want Kushner's security clearance suspended

Salon: Maxine Waters for prez!

Russian Foreign Minister tells Andrea Mitchell she needs to learn some manners

The Green Party

What is her motivation? Jill Stein has raised millions of dollars to challenge the presidential election results in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania with the faintest hope of reversing the election results for not herself but for that crone of Chappaque, Hellary ... see: Politico Story. A reader has pointed out that the Clintons, seeing their pirate ship taking on significant water, are desperate to try to salvage things. But they can't be seen as doing such a despicable thing as these challenges were they to prevail. So they probably slipped Jill baby some vigorish to get her to front these challenges ... for which she barely has any standing ... let alone any chance of benefit ... other than, of course, some possible squeaky clean George Soros pelf.

But, then again, didn't Stein run under the banner of the "green" party? Now we know what this moniker really means ...

Afterward: See also: Zero Hedge Story.

Abhorring a Vacuum

It is not just nature that abhors a vacuum, it is also politics. The Democrats, led by our imperial president, Barack Obama, the Senate’s czar, Harry Reid, and that plastic-surgery experiment, Nancy Pelosi, have so alienated such large swaths of the American voting public that there is a clear danger that charlatans and miscreants, claiming to be conservative Republicans, might actually get elected to Congress this fall. A case in point is Jordan Haskins from Michigan who quite recently was arrested four times for vehicle break-ins and trespassing … yet is running for office as a Republican ...  see: The Conversation.

I’m reasonably certain that this type of candidate scenario will be repeated many times across our nation this coming November and a few undeserving Republicans will even get elected. God knows this unhappy accident occurred far too many times for Democrat poltroons in 2008.

Political Digs

I have be criticized for the sliming of Obama on this blog (maybe justifiably so.)  However, Willie Geist took a silly hypercritical dig at Mitt  Romney this morning on Morning Joe when he asked the Governor of Michigan, Rick Snyder, how tall the trees were in his state?  This was because yesterday Romney was extolling the virtues of Michigan at a pre-primary rally.  He said, among many things, that in Michigan  "The trees are just the right height." Has Willie Geist never heard of hyperbole?  Shall we ask Garrison Keillor of A Prairie Home Companion if the children in Lake Wobegon are truly "all above average?"

Now, I have generally found Geist to be even-handed and unbiased.  However, being inculcated on MS/NBC (the cable channel that has just blacklisted Pat Buchanan... see: MS/NBC Blacklisting) for all these many moons, I guess such things are inevitable.  And I suppose that he has to read what is on the teleprompter.  It's too bad that these inane slights against both candidates will have to happen in the run-up to the Presidential election.  (I'll try to do my part here.)