President Trump seemed to catch some U.S. military leaders off guard last Wednesday when he took to Twitter to announce “we should have” all troops in Afghanistan home by Christmas, according to The New York Times. The paper, citing a senior U.S. military official, reported there was some speculation surrounding the timing of Trump’s announcement....
Category: THE PRESIDENTIAL REALITY SHOW
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TEXAS SUPREME COURT STOPS HARRIS COUNTY MAIL-IN BALLOTS
The Texas Supreme Court reversed a lower-court decision last Wednesday that would have allowed Harris Country, which includes Houston, to ship out about two million unsolicited mail-in ballots. This decision is seen as a setback for Democrats. “Mass-mailing unsolicited ballot applications to voters ineligible to vote by mail cannot be said to be necessary or...
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PUTIN ACKNOWLEDGES BIDEN’S ANTI-RUSSIAN RHETORIC
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised interview last week he has noticed Joe Biden’s “sharp, anti-Russian rhetoric” during his presidential campaign, while giving credit to President Trump for improving the two countries’ relationship. Putin has largely stayed quiet on the U.S. election. Democrats have been critical of what they see as a cozy...
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BOTCHED BALLOTS HIT NYC
The great debate about the efficacy of mail-in ballots hit New York City last week when a printing mishap affected absentee ballots in Brooklyn, resulting in an estimated 100,000 voters receiving return envelopes with errors. Michael Ryan, New York City Board of Elections’ Executive Director, said these ballots came with an incorrect “oath envelope.” Some...
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FACEBOOK: FU, WE’LL TELL YOU
With the climax of The Presidential Reality Show® just a few weeks away, Facebook declared it would eliminate all advertising that aims to “delegitimize” the election. The Financial Times reported the social media giant changed its hands-off policy regarding political advertising after President Trump raised the topic of fraud during last week’s tense debate in...
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CHRIS WALLACE: PRESSTITUTE OR JOURNALIST?
Chris Wallace, the Fox News anchor still recovering from last week’s bruising Presidential Reality Show® Side Show spectacle (a.k.a. debate), went on the attack last week, contradicting the prediction from Dr. Scott Atlas that President Trump would likely enjoy a swift recovery from his COVID diagnosis. Dr. Atlas, a coronavirus advisor to President Trump and...
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INVESTORS GIVE EDGE TO BIDEN IN 2020 ELECTION
Top money managers in the U.S. are betting that Joe Biden will defeat President Trump in 2020 and say a Biden victory would mean losses at the stock exchange. The Financial Times reported last week that the poll was taken in September. The report said 60 percent of 91 investment professionals have projected a Biden...
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BIDEN TRUSTS VACCINES. TRUMP? NOT SO MUCH
Joe Biden, the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, said last week that he trusts “science” and will trust a vaccine after it is approved by top health officials, but he said he puts no stock in what President Trump says about advances in the search for an inoculation. Biden’s comments are not surprising and follow in...
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BIDEN: DON’T BRING THE TROOPS HOME
As reported on AntiWar.com, presidential candidate Joe Biden gave an interview to the military newspaper Stars and Stripes on 10 September in which he pledged not to reduce military spending if he were elected. Mr. Biden made it clear that it might be necessary to increase the military budget. He said, “I’ve met with...
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TRUMP VS. GENERALS
In his new book, “Rage,” Bob Woodward said President Trump blasted U.S. generals for being overly concerned with allies, telling Peter Navarro, White House trade adviser, “My fucking generals are a bunch of pussies” who “care more about their alliances than they do about trade deals.” Woodward’s book, published on 15 September, includes other “insights”...