“Numbers don’t lie. Unemployment is pretty high. It’s fucked up, but he’s trying not to be the angry black man.” Jay-Z [GQ]
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THE FEED
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Ya don’t say
The Commission on Presidential Debates says “last night’s debate made clear that additional structure should be added to the format of the remaining debates to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues.”
—@kaitlancollins
presidential debates
Even Trump’s Base Found His Debate Performance Off-putting
Republican Senator Tim Scott thinks Trump “misspoke” when he refused to condemn white supremacists, but he’s open to the possibility that he didn’t
Asked whether he found Trump’s comments concerning, Scott said, “I think he misspoke in response to Chris Wallace’s comment. He was asking Chris what he wanted to say. I think he misspoke. I think he should correct it.”
“If he doesn’t correct it, I guess he didn’t misspeak,” the senator added.
At least the U.S. being embarrassed on the world stage isn’t a new development
Some people asked how “shitshow” was translated into Japanese. Asahi Shimbun, one of our major national newspapers, translated as くそみたいなショー (Kuso mitai na shō): “a show that is like shit”. https://t.co/zvWh8RXQEJ
—@ciaolivia
media
The Fall of Troy
Trump is sticking with his plan to energize voters with events that show he doesn’t care about their health
President Trump has scheduled large campaign rallies this weekend in Wisconsin despite recommendations from the White House Coronavirus Task Force that call for increasing social distancing in the state “to the maximal degree possible.”
The task force has further flagged La Crosse and Green Bay, the metropolitan areas where Trump plans to gather thousands of supporters Saturday, as coronavirus “red zones,” the highest level of concern for community spread of the virus, according to a report from the group released Sunday and obtained by The Washington Post.
Wisconsin is listed in the document as the state with the third-highest rate of new cases in the country, with 243 new cases per 100,000 people over the previous week, about 2.6 times greater than the national average. Ahead of Trump’s scheduled rally in Green Bay, the Bellin Health System said Tuesday that its hospital in that city is at 94 percent capacity as covid-19 continues to spike in the community.
“During the intense period of viral surge, large numbers of acutely infected individuals caused exponential growth in infections,” the task force report reads in a section about Wisconsin. “Although young adults are the most affected group currently, spread to other age groups is inevitable.”
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