Some dude rested his bare feet on a seat, and a lady shoved one of those vertical poles deep between her ass cheeks. Don’t touch anything in the subway.
new york city
Councilmember: De Blasio’s School Reopening Was ‘Designed to Fail’
THE FEED
the national interest
Trump May ‘Denounce’ White Supremacists, But He Is Never Angry
poll position
Polls Steady As Time for a Trump Comeback Runs Down
corruption
Trump Orders Agencies to Aid His Campaign — and Its Violent Supporters
What more could you want?
.@PressSec asked to respond in a declarative statement whether Trump denounces White supremacy.
“He said ‘sure’ three times,” she respondes.
—@anniekarni
“He said ‘sure’ three times,” she respondes.
Some wild statistics on driving during the pandemic
U.S. traffic deaths fell during the coronavirus lockdowns but drivers engaged in riskier behavior as the fatality rate spiked to its highest level in 15 years, a government report set to be released Thursday will show.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) found the fatality rate jumped to 1.42 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled in the three months ending June 30, the highest since 2005.
At the same time, overall traffic deaths fell by 3.3% to 8,870 while U.S. driving fell by about 26%, or 302 fewer over the same period in 2019, according to the report reviewed by Reuters.
NHTSA’s study showed “drivers who remained on the roads engaged in more risky behavior, including speeding, failing to wear seat belts, and driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.”
vision 2020
Trump Says Biden Will Make Minnesota a ‘Refugee Camp’
Despite tech companies’ promises to be more diligent, false information about Joe Biden isn’t hard to find
False stories about Joe Biden’s health continued to spread on social platforms the day after the first presidential debate, including misleading Facebook ads by the Trump campaign and a viral video on TikTok.
A false story about Biden wearing an earpiece that emerged on Tuesday continued to get traction on Facebook after the debate. The Trump campaign ad, which encourages people to “Check Joe’s Ears,” and asked “Why won’t Sleepy Joe commit to an earpiece inspection,” was viewed between 200 to 250,000 times and marketed primarily to people over 55 in Texas and Florida. The implication of the ad, the content of which originated from a tweet by a New York Post reporter who cited a single anonymous source, is that Biden needed the assistance of an earpiece so someone could pass him information during the debates.
And on the video platform TikTok, four grainy videos alleging that Biden was wearing a wire to “cheat” during the debate racked up more than half a million combined views on Wednesday, according to research by the left-leaning media watchdog group Media Matters. One of the videos shows a still of Biden with his hand inside his suit, while another overlays an arrow over Biden’s tie, but neither video shows any visual evidence of Biden wearing an electronic device of any kind.
the national interest
Either Biden Will Kill the Filibuster, or the Filibuster Will Kill Him
2020 presidential debates
Fox News Tries on Every Possible Trump Defense After His Disastrous Debate
vision 2020
The Democratic Advantage in Voting by Mail Is a Mixed Blessing
politics
It Sure Looks Like Daniel Cameron Lied About Breonna Taylor’s Killing
coronavirus stimulus
Last-Gasp Stimulus Talks Proceed With Time Running Out
2020 presidential debates
Trump May Have His Microphone Cut Off If He Interrupts the Next Debate: Report
It’s always nice to elevate the discourse
After Joe Biden refrained from attacking Trump’s family last night in response to Trump’s comments, Donald Trump Jr. called Hunter Biden “crackhead Hunter” on the Glenn Beck Program today.
—@KFILE
politics
Debate Focus Group: White Working Class Men Sour on Trump
antitrust
House Democrats Poised to Recommend Breaking Up Big Tech Platforms
presidential debate
Trump’s Conspiracy-Theory Shorthand Limits His Audience to True Believers
the national circus
Frank Rich: Should the First Presidential Debate Also Be the Last?
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.”
2020 presidential debate
We Can Probably Stop Asking Trump If He’s a White Supremacist
presidential debates
5 Reasons Joe Biden (Probably) Won the First Debate
intelligencer chats
Biden Emerges From a Train Wreck Mostly Unscathed
anonymous
‘Just Putrid’: GOP Insiders Texted Me Their Honest Feelings About the Debate
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