Trump to sign coronavirus vaccine executive order prioritizing Americans over foreign nations
Order reemphasizes the Trump administration's 'America First' approach

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday that will ensure all Americans have access to the coronavirus vaccine before the U.S. government begins aiding nations around the world, Fox News has learned. ...

“The priority is to make sure we distribute these vaccines to Americans before we start shipping them around the world to get international access,” an official told Fox News, predicting that international assistance could come “late spring, early summer,” and after they “achieve vaccinating those who have a desire to be vaccinated.” ...

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-e...e-america-first

White Male Conservatives Think They’re America’s Real Victims
They are victims of the younger, more diverse America that rejected Trump and voted for Biden. They are victims of their own white male aggrievement and resentment.

Conservatives have officially become a sad group of angry, bitter, whining, radicalized, and mostly white men, who fear being made irrelevant by the inevitable demographic changes of America’s 21st century and as such now call themselves, wait for it, “victims.”

At his campaign rally in Georgia this weekend, President Trump assured his maskless followers, “We’re all victims. Everybody here, all these thousands of people here tonight, they’re all victims. Every one of you.”

What a stunning declaration of powerlessness, one that prompts the question: victims of who and what, Mr. President? I’m so glad you asked.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-male...ictims?ref=home

Scoop: Trump plots mass pardons, even to people not asking
President Trump isn't just accepting pardon requests but blindly discussing them "like Christmas gifts" to people who haven't even asked, sources with direct knowledge of the conversations told Axios.

Behind the scenes: Trump recently told one adviser he was going to pardon "every person who ever talked to me," suggesting an even larger pardon blitz to come. As with most Trump conversations, the adviser wasn't sure how seriously to take the president — although Trump gave no indication he was joking.

The big picture: The president relishes his unilateral authority to issue get-out-of-jail-free cards. Lately, though, he's been soliciting recipients, asking friends and advisers who they think he should pardon. ...
https://www.axios.com/trump-pardons-whit...cbaa5efb03.html

"They are victims of the younger, more diverse America that rejected Trump and voted for Biden. They are victims of their own white male aggrievement and resentment."

Was denn nun? Sind sie das Opfer des jüngeren, diversen Amerika? Oder sind sie die Opfer ihrer eigenen Ressentiments? btw, Ressentiments kann man nur gegen Höhergestellte haben, Ressentiments gegen Schwächere, Marginalisierte ist Schwachinn.

Was schreibt Nietzsche konkret? „Einen Rachegedanken haben und ihn ausführen, heißt einen heftigen Fieberanfall bekommen, der aber vorübergeht: einen Rachegedanken aber haben, ohne Kraft und Mut ihn auszuführen, heißt […] eine Vergiftung an Leib und Seele mit sich herumtragen.“
Also nicht die white males, so schrecklich diese natürlich sind (und die einzige nicht schützenswerte Gruppe, solange sie nicht Transgender, einarmig, fett oder hässlich sind) haben Ressentiments gegen Andere, sondern die Trump-Hasser hegen Ressentiments gegen Trump. Schlimm, Madonna wollte das Weiße Haus in die Luft jagen, Depp (nomen est omen) den Präsidenten ermorden, und beide mussten mit ihrem Hass leben, ohne die Hassgelüste ausleben zu können.

“We’re all victims. Everybody here, all these thousands of people here tonight, they’re all victims. Every one of you.”
-trumski to his Repugnian crowd following -

The Evangelical Election Meltdown:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiXeK7mz1yk

Laurence Tribe@tribelaw
The closer we get to Jan 20, the more likely it is that the heavily armed core of Trump’s base will see itself as imminently threatened with extinction
and will lash out with violence.
That’s the biggest imminent threat we all face as Americans.
4:25 PM · Dec 7, 2020

What a smart guy... (No, not Tucker). I suggest the scoundrels who are driven by their poverty hit Gascón's donors first.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10L4C_pflHI

Good by California, hello Texas !!!

Nach HP jetzt auch noch dieser :

"Elon Musk says he has moved to Texas"

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/09/tech/...exas/index.html

Zitat von nahal im Beitrag #259

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Good by California, hello Texas !!!

Nach HP jetzt auch noch dieser :

"Elon Musk says he has moved to Texas"

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/09/tech/...exas/index.html

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Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #260

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Zitat von nahal im Beitrag #259

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Good by California, hello Texas !!!

Nach HP jetzt auch noch dieser :

"Elon Musk says he has moved to Texas"

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/09/tech/...exas/index.html

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Wenn ich das richtig verfolgt habe, wollte er sich nicht an Quarantänebestimmungen halten.. Da ist er in Texas natürlich besser aufgehoben.

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Zitat von nahal im Beitrag #261

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Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #260

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Zitat von nahal im Beitrag #259

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Good by California, hello Texas !!!

Nach HP jetzt auch noch dieser :

"Elon Musk says he has moved to Texas"

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/09/tech/...exas/index.html

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Wenn ich das richtig verfolgt habe, wollte er sich nicht an Quarantänebestimmungen halten.. Da ist er in Texas natürlich besser aufgehoben.

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"This echoes a growing discontent in Silicon Valley, with the cost of living in the area, poor housing provision and high levels of crime.

Last week, the business-focused tech firm Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced it would be moving its headquarters to Houston, Texas. Its predecessor, Hewlett-Packard, was created out of a garage in Palo Alto in 1938, a place which now features a landmark plaque as the "birthplace of Silicon Valley".

And Palantir - a leading tech data firm - moved its headquarters out of Silicon Valley to Denver, Colorado this year."

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55246148

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Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #260

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Zitat von nahal im Beitrag #259

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Good by California, hello Texas !!!

Nach HP jetzt auch noch dieser :

"Elon Musk says he has moved to Texas"

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/09/tech/...exas/index.html

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Wenn ich das richtig verfolgt habe, wollte er sich nicht an Quarantänebestimmungen halten.. Da ist er in Texas natürlich besser aufgehoben.

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GOP lawyer resigns over treatment of Florida data analyst
Ron Filipkowski, a lifelong Republican who was appointed to the 12th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission by DeSantis, resigned Tuesday morning after reviewing the search warrant affidavit the state used to seize computers and phones from Rebekah Jones.

A Sarasota lawyer resigned his appointment to the panel that picks judges on Tuesday to call attention to the way Gov. Ron DeSantis has handled “public access to truthful data” and the raiding of a data analyst’s home.

Ron Filipkowski, a Marine veteran, former state and federal prosecutor, and a lifelong Republican who was appointed to the 12th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission by DeSantis resigned Tuesday morning after reviewing the search warrant affidavit the state used to seize computers and phones from Rebekah Jones, the former Department of Health data analyst who has been running an alternative web site to the state’s COVID dashboard.

Filipkowski, 52, who has served on the Judicial Nominating Commission for 10 years and was twice appointed to the role by former Gov. Rick Scott and once by DeSantis, called the governor’s handling of the pandemic “reckless and irresponsible.”
“The recent events regarding public access to truthful data on the pandemic, and the specific treatment of Rebekah Jones has made the issue a legal one rather than just medical,’' he wrote in a letter to the governor’s general counsel. “...I no longer wish to serve the current government of Florida in any capacity.”

Filipkowski, who is also a former general counsel to the Sarasota Republican Party, said that although he has been increasingly frustrated by the DeSantis administration and its handling of the coronavirus crisis, the situation seemed political, he said. ...
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-po...a-data-analyst/

Russian Media Wants Moscow to Grant Asylum to Trump
Russian media and lawmakers are concerned about the future of the Kremlin’s favorite U.S. president.

Russian state media—a reliable barometer of the mood at the Kremlin—remains fixated on election-related events in America. Affectionately referring to Donald Trump as “our Donald,” “Trumpusha” and “Comrade Trump,” Russian lawmakers, experts and pundits repeatedly have expressed their concerns about the future of Moscow’s all-time favorite U.S. president. ...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-me...fedc32c19ef33b4

Ah, trumski's besorgte buddies. Vom selben Arbeitgeber und Finanzier.

Trump’s Stupid Sham Vaccine Summit Was a Sick Last Gasp
We’ve come to the point in his administration when Big Pharma is behaving more responsibly than the president.

Like a wedding without a bride or groom, Donald Trump held a vaccine summit Tuesday absent any representatives of the two companies producing vaccines on the brink of FDA approval with astonishing 90-percent-plus efficacy rates.
The president used the summit, which he failed to invite the vaccine makers to before announcing it, to boast about how many Americans have been infected: “I hear we’re close to 15 percent. I’m hearing that, and that’s terrific.”

That’s infected, not recovered. No wonder the CEOs of Pfizer and Moderna declined to attend, without so much as giving an excuse.

Maybe they had to wash their hair. But Trump didn’t use their regrets to call the whole thing off, but instead drew more attention to a blunder that will haunt the country. When Trump had the chance to buy up Pfizer’s vaccine supply, we learned this week, he passed. Why? Because CEO Albert Bouria bruised his tender feelings by not joining Operation Warp Speed last spring. ...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-stu...t-gasp?ref=home

U.S. Supplies of Covid-19 PPE Fall Short of Targets
Shortages of gear persist as cases surge; ‘we just have the regular masks you can buy at Walmart’

The Trump administration said in May it was aiming to increase its emergency supply of N95 respirator masks to 300 million in the coming 90 days. It never met the goal; by mid-November, the U.S. Strategic National Stockpile and the Federal Emergency Management Agency held 142 million N95 masks, which filter out at least 95% of small particles and fit snugly to the face.

The U.S. also has yet to develop a centralized database to distribute medical gear to all health providers. The Department of Health and Human Services hasn’t adopted key recommendations to ease supply shortages made in September by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. A federal crisis response program hasn’t reached its staffing goals for health responders. ...
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-supplie...509800?mod=e2tw

trumski's Bande ist ein inepter Haufen von cronies und Schwaetzern, die nur einen Haufen Schrott zum aufraeumen hinterlassen.

Mit dem narzissitischen Oberarschloch an der Spitze.

... In hundreds of appearances, Trump has complained that the “cupboard was bare” when he arrived. That is, of course, a lie. However, Trump seems intent on leaving Joe Biden with the worst situation imaginable. After all, what are a few hundred thousand dead Americans if Trump can blame them on someone else?
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/12...ign=recommended

New Daily Kos/Civiqs poll: Majority of Americans say Biden will handle pandemic better than Trump
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/12...ign=most-shared

Natuerlich. So schlecht wie der trumski Luschenverein kann es kaum einer machen. Da muss das ja besser werden.

Immer vorausgesetzt, wenn es der Repugnian Club unter Moscow Mitch nicht doch noch verhindern kann. Dass die ihr moeglichstes tun werden, alles zu blockieren und zu behindern, ist klar.

Nancy Levine@nancylevine
When the Biden administration appoints a head of the #IRS,
they should take a closer look at financial reporting of Charlie Kirk's 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization Turning Point USA.
Kirk told the IRS that TPUSA is 'non-partisan' -- and he collects $300K a year.
9:35 AM · Dec 9, 2020

At This Trump-Favored Charity, Financial Reporting Is Questionable and Insiders Are Cashing In
Charlie Kirk’s nonprofit Turning Point USA has made misleading financial claims and gets its “independent” audits from its co-founder Bill Montgomery’s former business associate. It has enriched several of its top leaders as it pushes Trump’s message.
https://www.propublica.org/article/at-th...m_medium=social

Ob Willie-Boy das übersehen hat?

"Hunter Biden, the son of President-elect Joe Biden, said Wednesday that the U.S. attorney’s office in Delaware is investigating his tax affairs."

https://thehill.com/homenews/administrat...-over-his-taxes

Zitat von Hans Bergman im Beitrag #271

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Zitat von nahal im Beitrag #270

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Ob Willie-Boy das übersehen hat?

"Hunter Biden, the son of President-elect Joe Biden, said Wednesday that the U.S. attorney’s office in Delaware is investigating his tax affairs."

https://thehill.com/homenews/administrat...-over-his-taxes

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Die schauen nur nach, ob er eventuell zuviel Steuern bezahlt hat und ob er Anspruch auf eine Rückzahlung hat.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton: ‘No discussions’ of pardon with the White House
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is leading a last-ditch effort to overturn election results in four battleground states lost by President Donald Trump, said he has not discussed a presidential pardon with the White House for his own legal troubles.

Paxton, a loyal ally of Trump, faces a 5-year-old indictment on felony securities fraud charges and is reportedly being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for bribery and misuse of office.
“I’ve had no discussions with anything about… anything like that,” Paxton said.
https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics...he-white-house/

Natuerlich nicht. Wer wuerde denn sowas auch nur denken. :-)

https://www.rawstory.com/wp-content/uplo...-Ken-Paxton.jpg

Ritual Coup: Republicans hope that by Performing a One-Party State, they will one Day Achieve it
Today’s Republican Party is one big denial of reality. If it were only that, however, it would merely be madness. Rather, the denial of reality is a form of ultimate power-seeking.

In the bizarre mental world of Republicans, Joe Biden lost the presidential race. Some 75% of them tell pollsters that they believe this allegation. A party that can never legitimately lose an election is a party that is always in power, i.e., a one-party state. The Soviet Communists did not lose elections. The Falange Party did not lose elections under dictator Francisco Franco in Spain. Today’s GOP wants to be like that. In their own fevered minds they are like that.

That the Republican Party is a Potemkin Village, a facade working for the super-rich while pretending to stand up for the interests of the (white) working class, is among the etiologies of its fevered imaginations. Inequality is growing to unacceptable levels and being challenged by the Democrats (which would mean higher taxes on the super-wealthy). The white working class is shrinking as a proportion of the population (so that the whole shell game may be over soon). Clinging to a utopian conservative vision of a permanent GOP one-party state is one reaction to being in a boat about to go over a falls from a great height.

Although the news media finds it a joke that senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is willing to try to argue before the Supreme Court that Biden’s election should be overturned in the swing states so that Trump can stay in power. It is not a joke. Cruz’s fantasy of persuading the highest court in the land to grant his party the status of one-party state is performative. He is enacting a reality that he and his fellow Republicans fervently believe in. And by performing it, he is reinforcing it as normative.
That the Texas Republicans elected a space cadet like Cruz should have been a clue as to where the party was going.
https://www.juancole.com/2020/12/republi...ng-achieve.html

Schnelluebersetzung:
Ritueller Coup: Die Republikaner hoffen, dass sie durch die Theateraufführung eines Einparteienstaates diesen eines Tages erreichen werden
Die Republikanische Partei von heute ist eine einzige große Realitätsverweigerung. Wäre es nur das, wäre es jedoch lediglich Wahnsinn. Vielmehr ist die Verleugnung der Realität eine Form der ultimativen Machtsuche.

In der bizarren Gedankenwelt der Republikaner hat Joe Biden das Präsidentschaftsrennen verloren. Etwa 75 % von ihnen sagen Meinungsforschern, dass sie diese Behauptung glauben. Eine Partei, die niemals legitim eine Wahl verlieren kann, ist eine Partei, die immer an der Macht ist, d.h. ein Einparteienstaat. Die sowjetischen Kommunisten haben keine Wahlen verloren. Die Falange-Partei hat unter Diktator Francisco Franco in Spanien keine Wahlen verloren. Die heutige GOP will so sein. In ihrem eigenen fiebrigen Verstand sind sie wie das.

Dass die Republikanische Partei ein Potemkinsches Dorf ist, eine Fassade, die für die Superreichen arbeitet, während sie vorgibt, für die Interessen der (weißen) Arbeiterklasse einzutreten, gehört zu den Ätiologien ihrer fiebrigen Vorstellungen. Die Ungleichheit wächst auf ein inakzeptables Niveau und wird von den Demokraten in Frage gestellt (was höhere Steuern für die Superreichen bedeuten würde). Die weiße Arbeiterklasse schrumpft als Anteil an der Bevölkerung (so dass das ganze Hütchenspiel bald vorbei sein könnte). Das Festhalten an einer utopischen konservativen Vision eines permanenten GOP-Einparteienstaates ist eine Reaktion darauf, in einem Boot zu sitzen, das dabei ist, aus großer Höhe über einen Wasserfall zu stürzen.

Obwohl die Medien es für einen Witz halten, dass Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) bereit ist zu versuchen, vor dem Obersten Gerichtshof zu argumentieren, dass Bidens Wahl in den Swing States gekippt werden sollte, damit Trump an der Macht bleiben kann. Das ist kein Scherz. Cruz Phantasie der Überzeugung, das höchste Gericht im Land, um seine Partei den Status der Ein-Parteien-Staat zu gewähren ist performativ. Er schauspielert eine Art von Realität, an die er und seine republikanischen Mitstreiter inbrünstig glauben. Und indem er sie auffuehrt, verstärkt er sie als normativ.
Dass die texanischen Republikaner einen Raumkadetten wie Cruz gewählt haben, hätte ein Hinweis darauf sein sollen, wohin die Partei gehen würde. ...

Dr. Seema Yasmin@DoctorYasmin
More than 3,000 Americans died in ONE DAY from Covid-19. Likely more than that will die tomorrow.
What did the president have to say about this tragedy? Where is the vice president?
8:43 PM · Dec 9, 2020

MyKEL@_MyKEL__
Replying to @DoctorYasmin
he said he won the election.
8:45 PM · Dec 9, 2020

"Space itself represents a war-fighting domain. And we will be prepared to defend our nation and defend our freedom in space."
— VP Pence on U.S. Space Force