Hmm. Usually, Sunday isn’t a continuation of the weekday strips.
(That’s a snark, obviously, because weekday strips are two weeks behind, Sunday strips more like two months. Unless Scott did the lot of them over two months ago – and has been on vacation since)
President Trump didn’t create the media cesspool that he’ll bequeath to a troubled nation. He just made it exponentially worse — not only with his own constant lies but with his ability to spread the ugliness. So what, if anything, can the reality-based press do to counter it? No more “false equivalence” — giving equal weight to truth and lies in the name of fairness. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/trump-disinformation-journalism-next-steps/2020/11/20/6a634378-2ac8-11eb-92b7-6ef17b3fe3b4_story.html
The GOP are back to “break everything, then blame the Dems when the Dems can’t fix it.”
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President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team condemned the Trump administration’s decision to end several emergency lending programs, blasting the move Friday as “deeply irresponsible” given the ongoing economic threats posed by the pandemic.
Biden’s team has not been in communication with the Treasury Department and had no advance notice or consultation that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin would pull the plug on several emergency lending programs run jointly by the Treasury and Federal Reserve, according to Biden policy advisers.
Aides to the president-elect have looked at the unspent aid as one of many potential tools to boost the flagging economy Biden is set to inherit on Jan. 20, the advisers said.
Some of the lending facilities, such as the troubled Main Street Lending Program, have issued few loans and could be revamped to offer more generous assistance to small businesses. In a letter released Thursday, Mnuchin requested that unspent money be reallocated, a decision that would require cooperation from the Fed.
“The Treasury Department’s attempt to prematurely end support that could be used for small businesses across the country when they are facing the prospect of new shutdowns is deeply irresponsible,” Kate Bedingfield, a Biden spokeswoman, said in a statement.
“At this fragile moment, as the COVID and economic crises are re-accelerating, we should be reinforcing the government’s ability to respond and support the economy.”
I think I’m going to put on a YouTube video of a crackling fire place (I live in a small apartment), settle in with a good book, some hot chocolate, and let the craziness continue without me for a while.
If he saw his shadow, we’ll have six more weeks of nonspecific, vaguely unsettling situations that can conveniently be taken to mean almost anything you don’t like. The courage BURNS.
Cheapskate0 almost 4 years ago
Hmm. Usually, Sunday isn’t a continuation of the weekday strips.
(That’s a snark, obviously, because weekday strips are two weeks behind, Sunday strips more like two months. Unless Scott did the lot of them over two months ago – and has been on vacation since)
braindead Premium Member almost 4 years ago
How many of these in a row so far?
Should we start a pool about how many there will be total?
whahoppened almost 4 years ago
Huh? Oh, I’m just here for the scenery.
RonnieAThompson Premium Member almost 4 years ago
The skunk in chief should show up any minute.
rossevrymn almost 4 years ago
No the idiot-in-chief is still spreading ruin.
William Robbins Premium Member almost 4 years ago
President Trump didn’t create the media cesspool that he’ll bequeath to a troubled nation. He just made it exponentially worse — not only with his own constant lies but with his ability to spread the ugliness. So what, if anything, can the reality-based press do to counter it? No more “false equivalence” — giving equal weight to truth and lies in the name of fairness. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/trump-disinformation-journalism-next-steps/2020/11/20/6a634378-2ac8-11eb-92b7-6ef17b3fe3b4_story.html
Silly Season almost 4 years ago
The GOP are back to “break everything, then blame the Dems when the Dems can’t fix it.”
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President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team condemned the Trump administration’s decision to end several emergency lending programs, blasting the move Friday as “deeply irresponsible” given the ongoing economic threats posed by the pandemic.
Biden’s team has not been in communication with the Treasury Department and had no advance notice or consultation that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin would pull the plug on several emergency lending programs run jointly by the Treasury and Federal Reserve, according to Biden policy advisers.
Aides to the president-elect have looked at the unspent aid as one of many potential tools to boost the flagging economy Biden is set to inherit on Jan. 20, the advisers said.
Some of the lending facilities, such as the troubled Main Street Lending Program, have issued few loans and could be revamped to offer more generous assistance to small businesses. In a letter released Thursday, Mnuchin requested that unspent money be reallocated, a decision that would require cooperation from the Fed.
“The Treasury Department’s attempt to prematurely end support that could be used for small businesses across the country when they are facing the prospect of new shutdowns is deeply irresponsible,” Kate Bedingfield, a Biden spokeswoman, said in a statement.
“At this fragile moment, as the COVID and economic crises are re-accelerating, we should be reinforcing the government’s ability to respond and support the economy.”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/11/20/federal-reserve-treasury-coronavirus/
dotbup almost 4 years ago
We used to be admired and praised
a country one could trust
Donald Trump has changed all that
The world now laughs at us
Now he tampers with our vote
He knows what it will be
He doesn’t want our vote to count
He fears democracy
He offers us no leadership
content to lie and blame
As he divides us more each day
and we are filled with shame
We die now as he’s playing golf
and Covid Numbers soar
And yet he turns his back on us
as he has done before
And those who now enable him
their eyes now filled with glee
gaze at the damage he now does
content with what they see
Let’s burn it down, destroy it all
or so they seem to say
We want a fascist dictator
and Trump will lead the way
They wave their flags and tote their guns
yet most have never served
the country they would tear apart
and surely don’t deserve
They do not seem to realize
that what they do is wrong
Democracy is like your youth
For once it’s gone, it’s gone
Skeptical Meg almost 4 years ago
Just a few more weeks. I hope Biden is planning to allocate money to rebuild the WH after Tweety Amin torches it on the way out.
Bruce1253 almost 4 years ago
I think I’m going to put on a YouTube video of a crackling fire place (I live in a small apartment), settle in with a good book, some hot chocolate, and let the craziness continue without me for a while.
Scoutmaster77 almost 4 years ago
Not with DJT around…
MichaelSFC90 almost 4 years ago
INCOMING!!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 4 years ago
As long as the dead don’t walk it’s normal.
Kip W almost 4 years ago
If he saw his shadow, we’ll have six more weeks of nonspecific, vaguely unsettling situations that can conveniently be taken to mean almost anything you don’t like. The courage BURNS.