Republicans and others endorse Biden

I don’t think this matters. The Trump cult will say they are part of the deep state.

President Richard Nixon's former pastor, a lifelong Republican, to launch "Pro-life Evangelicals for Biden" on Friday https://t.co/omfTvrJPHK
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 1, 2020

NEWS on @Morning_Joe: Retired General Stanley McChrystal, former head of US & International forces in Afghanistan, endorses Joe Biden for President
— Michael Del Moro (@MikeDelMoro) October 1, 2020

The ranks of Biden Republicans are growing!

This is the 8th former GOP governor to endorse Biden (and 2nd RNC chairman!) along with 5 former senators, more than two dozen former House members—and 7 members of George W Bush’s Cabinet.

See @PostOpinions: https://t.co/h5rOfW4RZP https://t.co/S8jqXxBOM8
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) October 1, 2020

NEW: Marc Racicot, the former MT governor & RNC chair, tells us why he decided to go public for Biden.

“It gnawed at my conscience,” he said, adding of Trump: “I’ve concluded that he’s dangerous to the existence of the republic as we know it.”https://t.co/dV967BScrV
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) October 1, 2020

I count 6 members of George W. Bush's Cabinet who have now endorsed Biden: 5 Republicans – Ridge, Whitman, Powell, Gutierrez, Veneman – plus Norman Mineta

Missing anyone?
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) September 27, 2020

"Elizabeth Neumann wrestled with the decision for weeks…But the former Department of Homeland Security official…decided it was worth the risk to speak out against Trump…'People need to understand how dangerous a moment we are in.'”https://t.co/bwCgqhzAzj
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) September 26, 2020

If you need something to cheer you up this weekend: more ex-Trump officials are going to speak out against the President — and in favor of repairing our republic.
— Miles Taylor (@MilesTaylorUSA) September 26, 2020

"Now is the moment of truth for current and former Trump administration officials debating whether they, too, should step forward and join the chorus of Republican voices trying to persuade on-the-fence voters to help deny Trump a second term…" https://t.co/TOZ2JMjQ71
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 26, 2020

When Trump’s senior military advisor endorses Joe Biden – along with 500 other former national security and military officials it’s a big deal. As in unprecedented. https://t.co/foes8NVCSE
— John Avlon (@JohnAvlon) September 25, 2020

Ex-Trump administration officials all seem to agree on one thing: Their former boss is a walking disaster. https://t.co/Ao9PH2utUT via @Yahoo
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) September 25, 2020

UPDATE: Trump's former Coast Guard chief tells POLITICO why he's endorsing Joe Biden and says that under this administration, he's seen an insurgency against the Constitutionhttps://t.co/ELShMsRaxB @laraseligman @politico
— Dave Brown (@dave_brown24) September 24, 2020

A group of 489 former national security leaders, including Paul Selva, a retired four-star general and the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President Trump, have endorsed Joe Biden. https://t.co/Qp17CQ1l0u
— Axios (@axios) September 24, 2020

24 winners of the Turing Award, sometimes called the Nobel Prize of computing, endorse Biden. They cite Trump's anti-immigrant policies that are keeping out students, scientists, inventors.
First time Turing Award laureates have endorsed a candidatehttps://t.co/UWLJGw6xFM
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) September 20, 2020

JUST IN: More than 50 GOP former national security officials endorse Biden https://t.co/GANF3HbXsl pic.twitter.com/0qeuLJ6TyB
— The Hill (@thehill) October 1, 2020

BREAKING: On @Morning_Joe, Gen. McChrystal endorses Joe Biden for president.

"I'm looking for a president that is a humble enough to understand that they are a servant."

"I can trust Joe Biden." https://t.co/MiwRW54Yix
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 1, 2020

Stanley McChrystal, who was fired in part for his criticism of Biden in the infamous 2010 Rolling Stone piece, endorses him just now on @Morning_Joe
— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 1, 2020

27 Prominent Republicans, Including Jeff Flake, Announce They’ll Endorse Joe Biden https://t.co/SXW8g1Nxtq
— Dr Phill Ladd (@Roadie4) October 1, 2020

It's false that Biden does not have "any" law enforcement support. Here is a…Fox News article: https://t.co/XpKkj9xi8A
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 30, 2020

More than 200 retired generals and admirals endorse Biden for president in a letter published Thursday. https://t.co/T9nEQjE7dg
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 28, 2020

81 Nobel Prize winners endorsed Joe Biden for president in an open letter on Wednesday, citing the former vice president's "willingness to listen to experts" and his "deep appreciation for using science to find solutions." https://t.co/onsVyWfaNV #BeRUTHLESS
— Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) September 29, 2020

The Post editorial board endorses Joe Biden for president. ⁦@PostOpinions ⁩ https://t.co/cldcbs514y
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) September 28, 2020

Here’s how the Biden campaign responded when a racist fanatic decided to endorse him. It’s not hard to meaningfully denounce people when you mean it — and it’s pretty transparent when you don’t mean it. https://t.co/jo4Tr45BJJ
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 1, 2020

Covers: Someday Soon (Ian Tyson song)

“Someday Soon” covered by Judy Collins (from 1969) was popular when I was in high school. The original version is by Ian & Sylvia from 1964.

Trump’s DHS and the right treat Rittenhouse like a hero

He apparently killed two people. He is not a hero.

Kyle Rittenhouse's lawyers see his case as a battle in their own culture war https://t.co/uMsygC7JRN
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) October 5, 2020

Law enforcement officials "were directed to make public comments sympathetic to Kyle Rittenhouse" in internal DHS talking points, NBC reports.

One of these is that he "took his rifle to the scene of the rioting to help defend small business owners."https://t.co/22kItkeXlB
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 1, 2020

Christian group raises over $500K for Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse https://t.co/0femJpPHci pic.twitter.com/6b6FUmL76P
— New York Post (@nypost) September 28, 2020

Kyle Rittenhouse, charged with fatally shooting two people and injuring a third last month in Kenosha, got a standing ovation at a Waukesha County Republican event this week. https://t.co/bLhMZekdSx
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 26, 2020

I think a lot about how large parts of America literally worship violent white men. https://t.co/FgAI5oaCME
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) September 25, 2020

This is insane. https://t.co/VlkIgWzS3s
— Bakari Sellers (@Bakari_Sellers) September 25, 2020

A standing ovation from Wisconsin Republicans for a 17-year-old who traveled to another state, illegally procured an AR-15, and has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide and first-degree reckless homicide after fatally shooting two protestors. #wileg pic.twitter.com/lWwqRlvhGr
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) September 25, 2020

Kenosha shooter's defense portrays him as 'American patriot' https://t.co/yBxrJQTvvV
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) September 24, 2020

Just here to add my voice to all the black people calling out this racist crap. He's calling for vigilante violence. https://t.co/vpaUCs3dCm
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) September 24, 2020

It is sort of noteable that Biden is repeatedly pressed to respond to and denounce looting and riots that happen at these protests while Kyle Rittenhouse becomes a folk hero on the right and militias now roam the streets of cities.
— Sam Stein (@samstein) September 24, 2020

Fox is defending a mass murdering 17 yo who went into the street with a rifle to shoot unarmed protesters. If you can’t see that Fox is a malignant tumor on the American mind I can’t help you. https://t.co/MVV93BePdl
— Touré (@Toure) September 23, 2020

He brought a semi-automatic ride to a police brutality protest and has been charged with murder https://t.co/lQWFFXrrnX
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 23, 2020

Sen. Ron Johnson just said he supports “citizen soldiers” in Kenosha. Kyle Rittenhouse, who murdered 2 people, is a citizen soldier. #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/gAe4B2Z4tA
— Mike 🌊 One-Term Trump 🌊 (@thedecider99) August 30, 2020

Even for Trump, it was a morning of especially wild tweets, advancing conspiracy theories claiming a coup against him and an inflated virus death toll while embracing a call to imprison Cuomo and offering support for Kyle Rittenhouse. https://t.co/PlSF8ft3W2
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) August 30, 2020

Trump is responsible for nearly 38% of the world’s misinformation about COVID-19

Guess where a stunning 37% of world’s COVID-19 misinformation is coming from? https://t.co/V1KZ9z7wmn
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 1, 2020

⚠️TRUMP IS THE TOP MISINFORMATION source on #COVID19. @Cornell researchers analyzed 38 million articles about the pandemic in English-media. Trump made up nearly 38% of overall “misinformation conversation,” making Trump largest driver of “infodemic”. https://t.co/zVBqLyVvHR pic.twitter.com/aIfbQAhVpx
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) October 1, 2020

A new Cornell University study finds that the president has been the single "largest driver" of coronavirus misinformation.https://t.co/xa5WSQ65G0 pic.twitter.com/xEN9KRig74
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 1, 2020

Trump’s lies about voter fraud

NEW from me: I spent 5 months investigating how Trump and Republicans are sowing disinformation and creating panic about supposedly widespread voter fraud. Reporting included 100+ interviews with key players, review of 1000s of pages of records 4 @NYTmag https://t.co/ewJ2HRYvEZ
— jimrutenberg (@jimrutenberg) September 30, 2020

The Trump cult believes his lie that he will protect people with pre-existing conditions

A new report finds many Trump voters are certain he'd protect people with preexisting conditions. In other words, his health care stance is so awful that his voters simply don't believe he holds it. In 2012, something similar happened with Romney's plans:https://t.co/cE6DxNNnzZ
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 1, 2020

Republican voter suppression in Texas

One drop box for almost 5 million people! This is blatant voter suppression.

Editorial board of ⁦@HoustonChron⁩ says it straight: Governor Abbott’s closure of ballot drop-off locations is voter suppression. Plain and simple. https://t.co/xvsqRgzBHy
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) October 3, 2020

Voting rights advocates sue to block Texas governor’s order limiting counties to one ballot drop-off location https://t.co/YB4GcIeJVz
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) October 2, 2020

Texas Democrats are planning to take Gov. Greg Abbott to federal court over his controversial move to shutter locations across the state where voters can drop off their mail-in ballots to be counted for the general election https://t.co/rfq8gE2wB4
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 1, 2020

Harris County clerk: “To force hundreds of thousands of seniors and voters with disabilities to use a single drop-off location in a county that stretches nearly 2,000 square miles is prejudicial and dangerous.” https://t.co/d7GHcvhLh3
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) October 1, 2020

Why?

—>> Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a proclamation limiting drop-off locations for mail-in ballots to one per county.

The move significantly affects Harris County, the state's largest county by population, one of the largest in the country, and a Democratic stronghold.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) October 1, 2020

How GOP voter suppression works in Texas

-you can vote with gun permit but not student ID

-no online voter registration

-must be deputized to register voters

-voters under 65 can’t use fear of covid to vote by mail

-only 1 place to drop ballots off in huge Dem counties
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) October 1, 2020

Heres how we overcome this latest voter suppression bullshit: we call Texas voters tonight and ask them to make a plan to vote during Early Voting (12 days away). We cannot allow Abbott to deter, deny or defeat us. Sign up here and lets do the work to win: https://t.co/mpDxpOfSBb https://t.co/bWXh871YJ2
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) October 1, 2020

WaPo: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a proclamation limiting each of the state's counties to only one mail-in ballot drop-off location for the November election.

Texas Democrats immediately criticized Abbott's move as "a blatant voter suppression tactic."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 1, 2020

NEW: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott limits election drop boxes to one per county. He says the move was made to enhance ballot security, but critics warn it could severely limit access for many voters https://t.co/JIg0lsVYJ4
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 1, 2020

The particular game here is that Texas has 254 counties, most of which are tiny. But also five counties with populations of over one million.

So the one drop-off point per county rule delivers a huge advantage to residents of those small rural counties. https://t.co/rA5hQoBuH9
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) October 1, 2020

To put this in perspective:
Washington DC:
68 square miles
700,000 residents
Dozens of ballot drop-off boxes

Harris County, Texas
1,777 square miles
4.7 million residents
1 ballot drop-off location https://t.co/LAbAeBMLbv
— Aman Batheja (@amanbatheja) October 1, 2020

BREAKING: In what will surely spark a Texas election controversy, Gov Greg Abbott is ordering counties to only operate one mail-in ballot drop-off location. Harris County had opened nearly a dozen drop sites in a county that's larger than Rhode Island. More details to come..
— ed lavandera (@edlavaCNN) October 1, 2020

This is Republican voter suppression at high level. You would think a governor who is disabled might show a little sensitivity to making voting more accessible to all Texans.Why are Republicans afraid of more people voting? @GregAbbott_TX https://t.co/QIwhzdwEyI
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) October 1, 2020

This is voter suppression in action, a conscious effort to make it much harder to vote in urban areas — which are more Black, Hispanic & Democratic — than in rural areas. It’s blatant discrimination, made easier by a a right-wing Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act. https://t.co/CIj2hmN3nt
— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) October 1, 2020

For those of you not from Texas, Harris County includes Houston, and has more people than 24 states. It will have one drop box. https://t.co/IdnDihT38v
— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) October 1, 2020

"This has President Trump written all over it with the Governor changing the rules with 33 days until the most important election of our lifetime to make it harder to vote," says Clay Jenkins. https://t.co/pjNd0Ji5LN
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) October 2, 2020

Trump won’t renounce the Proud Boys

He didn’t during the debate and gave a half-hearted attempt today after he was widely criticized. Trump is a white supremacist and he doesn’t want to alienate his cult.

NEW—

Doral confab featured Proud Boys leader

Two weeks after @realdonaldtrump told the hate group to "stand by," its head praised the president before his customers.https://t.co/5fIGHoPzkC
— 1100 Pennsylvania (@1100Penn) October 13, 2020

NEW: Trump tried to walk back his refusal to outright condemn a far right facist group during his debate with Biden, but the inflammatory moment was far from the first time the president failed to denounce white supremacists or advanced racist ideas https://t.co/7WSUIg1Sj6
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) September 30, 2020

Over and over, Trump has made clear that he doesn't care about the threat white supremacy poses to the country, and that isn't going to change.https://t.co/hxp1FBuusY
— Philip Bump (@pbump) September 30, 2020

Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs saw Trump’s remarks at last night's debate as permission to “fuck” up the group’s foes.

On no planet is this good.https://t.co/Gw8tBmTHt3
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 30, 2020

Trump to reporters at the White House today: "I don’t know who the Proud Boys are" He added: "Whoever they are they have to stand down. Let law enforcement do their work…Antifa is a real problem because the problem is on the left" via @dsupervilleap
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) September 30, 2020

I think Trump is lying, I think he knows who the Proud Boys are.

The idea that this genie gets put back in the bottle is quite something, but this will be what his aides point to for the Tim Scotts who say he needed to clarify https://t.co/wxdcgsbqwP
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 30, 2020

NEW with @ChristopherJM: The Proud Boys got a bunch of new followers after Trump said to "stand by." Some of the Telegram channels we monitor saw an influx of 600-700 people.

More:https://t.co/T4t3lzTy1y
— Jane Lytvynenko (@JaneLytv) September 30, 2020

Trump tries to backtrack on his remark about the Proud Boys, but the far-right group is already celebrating his comments @elspethreeve reports pic.twitter.com/8nN6KUVuNn
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) September 30, 2020

“This is the best recruiting tool that they could have ever asked for,” @oneunderscore__ says of the Proud Boys, discussing Pres. Trump’s debate callout of the far-right extremist group. “They’ve made t-shirts that say ‘stand back and stand by.'”https://t.co/o4voSfFvnj
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 30, 2020

"Just so you understand, I don't know anything about David Duke, OK? I don't know anything about what you're even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists." — Trump, February 2016 https://t.co/zp3r0oFWlK
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) September 30, 2020

Breaking: Trump says he does not know who the Proud Boys are, but they should stand down and let law enforcement do its work. (This is a shift in language from last night.) pic.twitter.com/7G1cyHbMuO
— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) September 30, 2020

This is the group that Trump is waiting to deploy.

It also is amazing to me that Trump is using hypothetical scenarios and boogeymen to scare white people into voting people and black people face tangible, real threats all the time. If anyone should be scared, it’s us. https://t.co/EpNfyT3BGx
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 30, 2020

Within 60 minutes the neofascist White Supremacist Proud Boys — a biker gang without the bikes — had new shoulder patches designed with Trump’s words “Stand Back and Stand By.” Just as Trump intended.
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) September 30, 2020

I think this is the bottom line here https://t.co/Pt8q2v6llv
— josie duffy rice (is on leave) (@jduffyrice) September 30, 2020

President Trump hesitated to condemn white supremacists during repeated questioning during the debate, telling the far-right Proud Boys group to "stand back and stand by."

Here's the background:
https://t.co/dKF54aEPxK #Debates2020 pic.twitter.com/QdjFADGKKZ
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) September 30, 2020

Donald Trump has a loooooooong history of refusing to condemn white supremacist and hate groupshttps://t.co/Ib4ZgVatJJ pic.twitter.com/rM3X6Sw2ZI
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) September 30, 2020

Proud Boys celebrate Trump’s ‘stand by’ remark about them at the debate. – The New York Times https://t.co/zJ3U3Zo1eG
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 30, 2020

Trump is now their leader. Wow. https://t.co/WPW2xueyz5
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) September 30, 2020

CNN anchor Jake Tapper booted Trump’s campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh after the Trump flack continued to deflect when pressed on the president’s refusal to condemn white supremacists https://t.co/UWz6HvtNid
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 30, 2020

It appears that Gavin McInnes, founder of the Proud Boys, is here at Walter Reed Medical Center— supporters on site starting chanting “Gavin! Gavin!” as he arrived. Trump’s shoutout to the group during the debate bolstered the Proud Boys: https://t.co/gGx7QdtCQM pic.twitter.com/vtamSSPQzR
— DJ Judd (@DJJudd) October 3, 2020

Lindsey Graham photographed with leader of white nationalist group Proud Boys https://t.co/Hl5CfxGzUd via @Yahoo
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) October 3, 2020

Covers: Riot in Cell Block Number 9/Student Demonstration Time

“Riot in Cell Block Number 9” was a Leiber-Stoller song recorded by the Robins in 1954. The Beach Boys used the same tune with updated lyrics for “Student Demonstration Time” in 1971.

TV networks gave Trump 2 billion dollars in free airtime in 2016

I don’t see how this year is any different. I blame the media for helping Trump spread his lies and bigotry.

TV networks gave Trump TWO BILLION DOLLARS in free airtime during the 2016 election precisely because he would say the insane nonsense like he said at the debate.

They created the monster for ratings assuming he would lose to Hillary, only to end up assisting his victory. pic.twitter.com/SEv6032We1
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) September 30, 2020