With the election just over two weeks away, the news is intense. The biggest story, by far, remains coronavirus. While we are all understandably buffeted by the craziness of politics these days, no historians will ever write about this election without noting that over it hangs the pall of more than 220,000 Americans dead of Covid-19 and more than 8 million infected, and that numbers, once again, are rising. Today the U.S. had 58,387 new cases, along with at least 445 deaths.
I have had to mostly avoid social media, twitter especially, for the past few days - I just couldn’t take it anymore and needed a break. Thank you, Heather, for suffering through and distilling all the horrible news into a coherent narrative so that I could feel comfortable not paying attention for a day or two. I know I can trust you to not miss something important and that trust allowed me the break I needed. I suspect that even on days when you “take the night off” you still keep sifting through all the garbage, you just don’t write a letter and thus don’t really get a break. Thanks for being there and persevering. I hope it’s not past the time when you can go kayaking - that seems to help you when you need it. Starting to ramble so I will stop. Just wanted to express my gratitude.
Look at who's calling for Wray to investigate the Hunter Biden story....Johnson, Cruz, Nunes and Jordan. Four of the large band of thugs and sycophants who will never turn against their dear leader. And, this after Cruz suggested the party is in danger of a blood bath. I hope voters send the party to such a minority that it will take years to regain any kind of power.
Heather, thank you for your ongoing belief in getting it right and presenting it to us. I was worried though, on FB when a reader asked if you would continue after the election. Your response was something like...."Yes if Biden wins, but probably won't be safe if he doesn't." Have you been seriously threatened in the past? I note that there are more and more trolls here so it only seems natural you might have had some threatening responses. Please keep yourself safe. We, and the country, needs you!
You can smell the stench of the "panther sweat" of desperation from here. They all know they're about to find out what it's like to be hanged, drawn and quartered.
Living in Los Angeles and having worked in the film industry for most of the past 40 years, running across morons who think they're geniuses has been something that occurs more frequently than I have liked. Watching one of them finally "get his" has always brought a smile to my face, particularly on the few occasions when I was able to be the one who gave him the kick in the ass that sent him over the cliff. Right now, we're all the ones in position to give these morons who think they're geniuses the kick in the ass that sends them over the cliff. And this time, it's a loooonnnnnnnnggggg way to the bottom. And when he finally gets to the bottom and spends the next two years flailing his way to prison, that will *really* bring a smile to my face, watching him get squashed by a the grand piano of a lifetime of karma, falling from the roof of Trump Tower.
Never before have I met a collection of clucks for whom the absolute worst that can happen to them is "almost enough," for whom I have absolutely not even a sliver of pity.
I would loe it if we stopped using the term "strict constructionist" to describe the "return to the 18th century" perspective on the US Constitution. It is not "strict constructionist" to demand that we psychoanalyze dead people to determine how they might respond to modern times. If they really were expecting everyone to read the Constitution as a dead document, then they would reject the amendments and legislation that actually provided Thomas, Alito, and Barrett their education, jobs, and careers. And Thomas's marriage would put him in jail.
Thank you again, Professor Richardson for giving us the facts and the framing (in a good way.) My Mom used to say occasionally when we were young “There are two things I hate, one is a liar, and the other is a thief”. Trump is a liar, and a thief who steals our time with his lies, and his conspiracy theories. It is exhausting. Oh, to have him soundly defeated by the election.
Dang! I didn't know you could just tell a virus that you are tired of it and it would just go away!. I am sure every physician, nurse and every other health care worker are grateful for this tidbit. What an idiot.
This is my favorite daily read. I see history framed and narrated simultaneously.
Heather is building a significant cache for future historians to validate the sensible view of this bizarre time.
I am very glad to see the Hunter Biden myth included today. I was amused that Radcliffe and company are rabid about the existence of the hard drives but unable to trace the path from the Pawn Shop into “intelligence agents,” hands. Maybe they were Russian or Chinese “intelligence agents?”
But as alert as we can be and monitor every facet of this build up to the election, the sensible can only be satisfied by a total Trump Dump. Vote and pray.
Biden needs to re-balance the courts. Period. Gorsuch sits in a stolen seat. Kavanaugh is horribly unfit for his job and was pushed down America's throat, despite suspicious debts getting paid off just before his nomination. Barrett will also sit in a stolen seat. These SCOTUS Justices are not 'of the people'. They were cultivated, planted by 1%ers who don't give a damn about America, and until we know exactly where the money came from, we're not even sure they aren't owned by foreign interests. Watch Whitehouse trace the money in Barrett's Senate hearing. Citizens vs United is an absolute disaster, we need to open up the LLCs and expose ALL cash flows. Follow that money. Turn the light on in the room so we can see the cockroaches scurry. And that Exxon comment? People fail to realize it was trolling on an epic level. Remember Tillerson came in as Secretary of State just after Trump's win. Exxon knows Trump knows that Exxon knows...it's a signal "If I go down, you go down...".
Heather, thanks for working through this day of news. I sometimes think the Administration is merely throwing as many stories as they can to stick to the wall to see what stories works best. I naively think Trump will surely run out of diversions, yet another appears. The end is drawing near in the weeks ahead. I just don't know to what device. Regrouping of Democracy or the bitter end of it. I don't think there is a clear answer as the stakes are constantly being moved.
Thank you, Heather, as always, for your efforts in bringing out the facts in a regular summary. I'm so grateful to you for enabling us to be informed and still hang onto our sanity, and especially to avoid social media. Sadly it looks like even here there may be judgmental trolls, but otherwise I am glad to be among like-minded people who are horrified by current events yet willing to do what is needed to try to save our democracy.
Today was another day of eyerolls, including even here in this group. Someday I hope that will no longer be true or at least much less prevalent. Thank you!💜
Thanks Heather! As soon as my eyes open I read your letter. I can’t wrap my head around the fact that there are career GOP politicians that are standing by and allowing 45 to unravel our democracy. It is tragic. Why will they not reign him in? They could stop this madness and chose to ignore it.
So, if I'm understanding this correctly, we simultaneously have intelligence officers warning the White House that Russian intelligence was targeting Giuliani in regards to the Hunter Biden story and the Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliff, defending the Biden story? Are these people all part of the same group? What am I missing here.
I also wish to thank you again for your daily letters.
Personally, I would like it to be repeatedly pointed out that The New York Post is owned by Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox News and The Wall Street Journal, among many, many other news and media outlets. Is it any wonder Giuliani went to the Post with his story? Murdoch should be ashamed of what he has done not only to this country, but others around the world. And we should be ashamed for letting him get away with it.
It is still frightening to see how his more desperate rants are still accepted by his ignorant base of cult followers. I hope that is still at 37% of mindless, non-critical thinkers. But, I still recall how disheartening it was on Nov 8, 2016 to realize that due to the Electoral College set up, that minority of mindless voters could foist an unqualified, fascist-minded, pathological narcissist, conman on us, instead of the only clear choice of a qualified “politician.” I remember the polls then said that Hillary was the favored choice. This gives me great misgivings on the current polls and the hovering dread that it can happen again. Even if a lot of his ignorant base supporters die of COVID from his super-spreader rallies.
I have had to mostly avoid social media, twitter especially, for the past few days - I just couldn’t take it anymore and needed a break. Thank you, Heather, for suffering through and distilling all the horrible news into a coherent narrative so that I could feel comfortable not paying attention for a day or two. I know I can trust you to not miss something important and that trust allowed me the break I needed. I suspect that even on days when you “take the night off” you still keep sifting through all the garbage, you just don’t write a letter and thus don’t really get a break. Thanks for being there and persevering. I hope it’s not past the time when you can go kayaking - that seems to help you when you need it. Starting to ramble so I will stop. Just wanted to express my gratitude.
Look at who's calling for Wray to investigate the Hunter Biden story....Johnson, Cruz, Nunes and Jordan. Four of the large band of thugs and sycophants who will never turn against their dear leader. And, this after Cruz suggested the party is in danger of a blood bath. I hope voters send the party to such a minority that it will take years to regain any kind of power.
Heather, thank you for your ongoing belief in getting it right and presenting it to us. I was worried though, on FB when a reader asked if you would continue after the election. Your response was something like...."Yes if Biden wins, but probably won't be safe if he doesn't." Have you been seriously threatened in the past? I note that there are more and more trolls here so it only seems natural you might have had some threatening responses. Please keep yourself safe. We, and the country, needs you!
History is not going to be kind to Mitch McConnell. One hopes in two weeks a majority of voters in Kentucky won't be kind to him either.
You can smell the stench of the "panther sweat" of desperation from here. They all know they're about to find out what it's like to be hanged, drawn and quartered.
Living in Los Angeles and having worked in the film industry for most of the past 40 years, running across morons who think they're geniuses has been something that occurs more frequently than I have liked. Watching one of them finally "get his" has always brought a smile to my face, particularly on the few occasions when I was able to be the one who gave him the kick in the ass that sent him over the cliff. Right now, we're all the ones in position to give these morons who think they're geniuses the kick in the ass that sends them over the cliff. And this time, it's a loooonnnnnnnnggggg way to the bottom. And when he finally gets to the bottom and spends the next two years flailing his way to prison, that will *really* bring a smile to my face, watching him get squashed by a the grand piano of a lifetime of karma, falling from the roof of Trump Tower.
Never before have I met a collection of clucks for whom the absolute worst that can happen to them is "almost enough," for whom I have absolutely not even a sliver of pity.
I would loe it if we stopped using the term "strict constructionist" to describe the "return to the 18th century" perspective on the US Constitution. It is not "strict constructionist" to demand that we psychoanalyze dead people to determine how they might respond to modern times. If they really were expecting everyone to read the Constitution as a dead document, then they would reject the amendments and legislation that actually provided Thomas, Alito, and Barrett their education, jobs, and careers. And Thomas's marriage would put him in jail.
Thank you again, Professor Richardson for giving us the facts and the framing (in a good way.) My Mom used to say occasionally when we were young “There are two things I hate, one is a liar, and the other is a thief”. Trump is a liar, and a thief who steals our time with his lies, and his conspiracy theories. It is exhausting. Oh, to have him soundly defeated by the election.
Dang! I didn't know you could just tell a virus that you are tired of it and it would just go away!. I am sure every physician, nurse and every other health care worker are grateful for this tidbit. What an idiot.
This is my favorite daily read. I see history framed and narrated simultaneously.
Heather is building a significant cache for future historians to validate the sensible view of this bizarre time.
I am very glad to see the Hunter Biden myth included today. I was amused that Radcliffe and company are rabid about the existence of the hard drives but unable to trace the path from the Pawn Shop into “intelligence agents,” hands. Maybe they were Russian or Chinese “intelligence agents?”
But as alert as we can be and monitor every facet of this build up to the election, the sensible can only be satisfied by a total Trump Dump. Vote and pray.
Biden needs to re-balance the courts. Period. Gorsuch sits in a stolen seat. Kavanaugh is horribly unfit for his job and was pushed down America's throat, despite suspicious debts getting paid off just before his nomination. Barrett will also sit in a stolen seat. These SCOTUS Justices are not 'of the people'. They were cultivated, planted by 1%ers who don't give a damn about America, and until we know exactly where the money came from, we're not even sure they aren't owned by foreign interests. Watch Whitehouse trace the money in Barrett's Senate hearing. Citizens vs United is an absolute disaster, we need to open up the LLCs and expose ALL cash flows. Follow that money. Turn the light on in the room so we can see the cockroaches scurry. And that Exxon comment? People fail to realize it was trolling on an epic level. Remember Tillerson came in as Secretary of State just after Trump's win. Exxon knows Trump knows that Exxon knows...it's a signal "If I go down, you go down...".
Heather, thanks for working through this day of news. I sometimes think the Administration is merely throwing as many stories as they can to stick to the wall to see what stories works best. I naively think Trump will surely run out of diversions, yet another appears. The end is drawing near in the weeks ahead. I just don't know to what device. Regrouping of Democracy or the bitter end of it. I don't think there is a clear answer as the stakes are constantly being moved.
Howdy, all of us with a special nod to Dr. R! Four comments come to mind from this ordinary American.
1) With all due respect to Candidate Joe Biden, here's my take on the COVID-19 Debate:
Virus-20 points. Republicans-zero points.
2) On Hunter Biden E-Mails making Former VP Biden unqualified to be President: Vote me Blue.
3) On the unfairness of the commission's debate rules regarding the mute button: 45's intention
to drown out and thereby block Candidate Biden's 1st Amendment rights to free speech,
somebody give that commission a box of cigars.
4) On the administration's "official" declaration that Dr. Fauci is a disaster: Congratulations, Dr. Fauci! Welcome to the Good Trouble Club.
Thank you, Heather, as always, for your efforts in bringing out the facts in a regular summary. I'm so grateful to you for enabling us to be informed and still hang onto our sanity, and especially to avoid social media. Sadly it looks like even here there may be judgmental trolls, but otherwise I am glad to be among like-minded people who are horrified by current events yet willing to do what is needed to try to save our democracy.
Today was another day of eyerolls, including even here in this group. Someday I hope that will no longer be true or at least much less prevalent. Thank you!💜
Thanks Heather! As soon as my eyes open I read your letter. I can’t wrap my head around the fact that there are career GOP politicians that are standing by and allowing 45 to unravel our democracy. It is tragic. Why will they not reign him in? They could stop this madness and chose to ignore it.
So, if I'm understanding this correctly, we simultaneously have intelligence officers warning the White House that Russian intelligence was targeting Giuliani in regards to the Hunter Biden story and the Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliff, defending the Biden story? Are these people all part of the same group? What am I missing here.
I also wish to thank you again for your daily letters.
Personally, I would like it to be repeatedly pointed out that The New York Post is owned by Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox News and The Wall Street Journal, among many, many other news and media outlets. Is it any wonder Giuliani went to the Post with his story? Murdoch should be ashamed of what he has done not only to this country, but others around the world. And we should be ashamed for letting him get away with it.
It is still frightening to see how his more desperate rants are still accepted by his ignorant base of cult followers. I hope that is still at 37% of mindless, non-critical thinkers. But, I still recall how disheartening it was on Nov 8, 2016 to realize that due to the Electoral College set up, that minority of mindless voters could foist an unqualified, fascist-minded, pathological narcissist, conman on us, instead of the only clear choice of a qualified “politician.” I remember the polls then said that Hillary was the favored choice. This gives me great misgivings on the current polls and the hovering dread that it can happen again. Even if a lot of his ignorant base supporters die of COVID from his super-spreader rallies.