There is definitely a feeling of change in the air. For all his continuing insistence that he won the 2020 election, Trump is a lame duck. Today’s complicated fight in the Senate over the one-time stimulus payment of $2000 illustrated that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), not Trump, now controls the Republican caucus. Trump originally refused to sign the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, the bill that contains the coronavirus relief measures, because he claimed he objected to its meager $600 stimulus payments. Six hundred dollars was the amount his negotiators had demanded, but he suddenly said he wanted them to be $2000. Democrats in the House jumped on Trump’s demand for the higher payment and they passed a measure on Monday to increase the payments to $2000.
HCR, you said the magic words that made my day: "forensic accountants." Although one has to admire, in a certain way, the utter chutzpah of Murdering Mitch and his Malevolent Minions in refusing to vote for additional payments but making it possible for the two lame-arses running on the "No Party of Lincoln Here" ticket in Georgia to claim they "support" it, I am desperately hoping that it doesn't work. Flipping the Senate--and then actually retaining control over it through re-education of the populace and undercutting the propaganda sewer that is Fox News--is to me the most important political happening of the next two weeks. It is interesting that Murdoch is abandoning the Cheeto as well, at least according to his headlines in the NYPost.
Something else that is of interest to me: the fact that domestic white terrorism has been popping up this year in numerous places but has been and continues to be significantly under-reported: not just the Nashville Bomber, who, according NPR this morning, had been reported numerous times to the police but was not investigated, but also shopping malls, bowling alleys, etc. have experienced upticks in white male violence resulting in death. These have been buried in the news, but there is a truly scary Wikipedia page that lists all the mass shootings in the US in 2020, many of which are connected to violence against (female) spouses and children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2020
The fact is that if the shooter is a white male, and doesn't die in the process of his killing spree, he gets a level of consideration and "respect" that never occurs when a Black person is alleged to have been the perpetrator--or, indeed, the Black person is seen coming out of a garage, walking down a street, coming to the door of his own house, in her own back garden . . . I don't know the solution to this problem except perhaps hypnosis therapy, because anti-bias training seems to have no effect on most white men and women. But the dying screams of the patriarchy can be seen in these white male terrorists' activities and they are aided and abetted by a policing system that seems to sympathize with them.
Missing family and friends after nearly ten months of being very careful, we older folks need a stimulus of patience in addition to the promise of a vaccination somewhere down the line. I have days when being patient and careful come easily as I look ahead to normalcy with a new president and relief from this virus later in 2021, hoping I have several good years ahead. Then come days when I'm so very weary of this president and his failures on all levels, the relentlessness of Covid, the wide gap between American political camps, that I'm glad I'm nearer the end of my life than the beginning.
Today, I'm hopeful that a President Biden and a competent, caring Administration can help us dig out of this health care hole. Patience rules the day.
I think Mitch has controlled the Republican caucus in the Senate from the getgo. It's been a mutual enabling relationship until last week when Mitch realized he didn't need Trump to get what he wanted, Supreme Court justices and lower taxes for his donors, and as a result pain and death for hundreds of thousands. We can rant all we want about Trump, but as far as I am concerned, as long as Mitch rules the Senate, the pain will continue. How dare any Republican who voted tax breaks for the rich and big corps cry about the deficit! They make me sick to my stomach.
Whither Kushner and Eric and Don jr? The SDNY is likely closing in on them as well as Papa. What are they selling off/trading as their influence wanes? These people will sell off anything and sell out anybody.
What will it take to scrub the stink of these people out of the White House, the West Wing, and the rest of Washington?
Thank you for this, as well as all other updates. I have been gut-punched at the remembrance of Wounded Knee. The pain of this and other indigenous travesties never goes away, nor is healed. I kept thinking of the veterans who showed up at Standing Rock with apologies and help a few years ago. Bless all like them who act out of understanding instead of prejudice. Peace to you.
Thank you, Heather. His lame duckness brings me joy. Also, I'm happy that the Harrington Hotel in D.C. has announced its closure for 3 days beginning January 6th which left the "Proud Boys" without their hotel reservations. The Trump Hotel is too pricey for them.
Is it horrible of me that I am excited to see the veils of shell companies being lifted? No protections for existing companies either? Time to add an attorney to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Morning, all!! Morning, Dr. R!! This is the lamest duck ever to waddle from November to January. If Biden and his team could only start running the country now...if only.
It's hard to find the good news in McConnell's victory over trump for control of the Republican caucus. At least trump is out in 3 weeks, but we're stuck with McConnell for the next 6 years.
Perhaps it’s wishful thinking, but it’s my belief that trump will grow increasingly irrelevant over the coming weeks and months ... until state and borough level criminal and civil charges are announced and pursued. His lifelong career as a cheat and a grifter will indeed come home to roost.
Thank you Heather. I agree, the tide is turning. I watched the vote yesterday for the "$2,000 payment". It is blatantly obvious that Trump is insignificant in our political process. It is the McConnell Administration. Period.
I feel these roughly 20 days will be the longest in Trumps life. It certainly will seem like an eternity to me.
Alex Azar is a disaster and always has been with this administration. Fake 45 decided to take away funds for PPE. That was the first blunder when this virus hit. Then he decided to sell what we had to other countries...all about the money with him. He criticized WHO for dropping the ball. Nurses and doctors around the US are exhausted. In LA county, there are no beds available. Patients are being placed in chapels, storage rooms, etc. but yet they are dying.
Now we watch McMurderer once again, deny people a much needed monetary relief package. I personally would like to hold his feet to the fire. That’s the least I could do.
On top of that, a Republican Congressman-elect died of Covid today. He left a wife and two young children. He was 41.
HCR, you said the magic words that made my day: "forensic accountants." Although one has to admire, in a certain way, the utter chutzpah of Murdering Mitch and his Malevolent Minions in refusing to vote for additional payments but making it possible for the two lame-arses running on the "No Party of Lincoln Here" ticket in Georgia to claim they "support" it, I am desperately hoping that it doesn't work. Flipping the Senate--and then actually retaining control over it through re-education of the populace and undercutting the propaganda sewer that is Fox News--is to me the most important political happening of the next two weeks. It is interesting that Murdoch is abandoning the Cheeto as well, at least according to his headlines in the NYPost.
Something else that is of interest to me: the fact that domestic white terrorism has been popping up this year in numerous places but has been and continues to be significantly under-reported: not just the Nashville Bomber, who, according NPR this morning, had been reported numerous times to the police but was not investigated, but also shopping malls, bowling alleys, etc. have experienced upticks in white male violence resulting in death. These have been buried in the news, but there is a truly scary Wikipedia page that lists all the mass shootings in the US in 2020, many of which are connected to violence against (female) spouses and children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2020
The fact is that if the shooter is a white male, and doesn't die in the process of his killing spree, he gets a level of consideration and "respect" that never occurs when a Black person is alleged to have been the perpetrator--or, indeed, the Black person is seen coming out of a garage, walking down a street, coming to the door of his own house, in her own back garden . . . I don't know the solution to this problem except perhaps hypnosis therapy, because anti-bias training seems to have no effect on most white men and women. But the dying screams of the patriarchy can be seen in these white male terrorists' activities and they are aided and abetted by a policing system that seems to sympathize with them.
Missing family and friends after nearly ten months of being very careful, we older folks need a stimulus of patience in addition to the promise of a vaccination somewhere down the line. I have days when being patient and careful come easily as I look ahead to normalcy with a new president and relief from this virus later in 2021, hoping I have several good years ahead. Then come days when I'm so very weary of this president and his failures on all levels, the relentlessness of Covid, the wide gap between American political camps, that I'm glad I'm nearer the end of my life than the beginning.
Today, I'm hopeful that a President Biden and a competent, caring Administration can help us dig out of this health care hole. Patience rules the day.
I think Mitch has controlled the Republican caucus in the Senate from the getgo. It's been a mutual enabling relationship until last week when Mitch realized he didn't need Trump to get what he wanted, Supreme Court justices and lower taxes for his donors, and as a result pain and death for hundreds of thousands. We can rant all we want about Trump, but as far as I am concerned, as long as Mitch rules the Senate, the pain will continue. How dare any Republican who voted tax breaks for the rich and big corps cry about the deficit! They make me sick to my stomach.
Whither Kushner and Eric and Don jr? The SDNY is likely closing in on them as well as Papa. What are they selling off/trading as their influence wanes? These people will sell off anything and sell out anybody.
What will it take to scrub the stink of these people out of the White House, the West Wing, and the rest of Washington?
Thank you for this, as well as all other updates. I have been gut-punched at the remembrance of Wounded Knee. The pain of this and other indigenous travesties never goes away, nor is healed. I kept thinking of the veterans who showed up at Standing Rock with apologies and help a few years ago. Bless all like them who act out of understanding instead of prejudice. Peace to you.
Thank you, Heather. His lame duckness brings me joy. Also, I'm happy that the Harrington Hotel in D.C. has announced its closure for 3 days beginning January 6th which left the "Proud Boys" without their hotel reservations. The Trump Hotel is too pricey for them.
Is it horrible of me that I am excited to see the veils of shell companies being lifted? No protections for existing companies either? Time to add an attorney to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
21 days, 8 hours, 45 minutes, 59 seconds
until Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 12:00:00 noon (Washington DC, District of Columbia time)
Three more weeks. aarrrggghh
Based on everything we've seen from this administration thus far, why would anyone think the vaccine rollout would be handled effectively?
I have not heard anyone in main stream media calling attention to the Corporate Transparency Act's inclusion in the NDAA.
Morning, all!! Morning, Dr. R!! This is the lamest duck ever to waddle from November to January. If Biden and his team could only start running the country now...if only.
While single-mindedly feathering his own, this lame duck has fouled the nests of an entire nation.
It's hard to find the good news in McConnell's victory over trump for control of the Republican caucus. At least trump is out in 3 weeks, but we're stuck with McConnell for the next 6 years.
Perhaps it’s wishful thinking, but it’s my belief that trump will grow increasingly irrelevant over the coming weeks and months ... until state and borough level criminal and civil charges are announced and pursued. His lifelong career as a cheat and a grifter will indeed come home to roost.
Thank you Heather. I agree, the tide is turning. I watched the vote yesterday for the "$2,000 payment". It is blatantly obvious that Trump is insignificant in our political process. It is the McConnell Administration. Period.
I feel these roughly 20 days will be the longest in Trumps life. It certainly will seem like an eternity to me.
Be safe. Be well.
Alex Azar is a disaster and always has been with this administration. Fake 45 decided to take away funds for PPE. That was the first blunder when this virus hit. Then he decided to sell what we had to other countries...all about the money with him. He criticized WHO for dropping the ball. Nurses and doctors around the US are exhausted. In LA county, there are no beds available. Patients are being placed in chapels, storage rooms, etc. but yet they are dying.
Now we watch McMurderer once again, deny people a much needed monetary relief package. I personally would like to hold his feet to the fire. That’s the least I could do.
On top of that, a Republican Congressman-elect died of Covid today. He left a wife and two young children. He was 41.