Today's News (2020/5/14): Sabotage Edition

The Washington Post starts to get it.

Meanwhile, in Michigan, armed ultrarightists showed up again with an absolute assload of guns and shut down the legislature. The legislature will be back on Tuesday; I don't have data on the next armed march.

Remember when I said these were looking like rehearsals? Now they're trial runs. And nobody, so far, is willing to stop them.

Also note how two days ago, the governor asked Vice President Pence to try to get these guys to cool off. He did not. That is significant.

Also also, I've edited to add Donkeyballs saying that testing is why you have cases, as if testing causes the cases. He'll say that's not what he meant, but it's what he said, and it's what he's encouraging, and yeah, it's sabotage.

1. The right-wing media’s assault on Dr. Tony Fauci
2. Michigan anti-lockdown protesters spread COVID-19 to rural areas, Whitmer tells Pence in leaked call [MAY 12th]
3. Michigan Cancels Legislative Session to Avoid Armed Protesters [MAY 14th]
4. Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down
5. Wisconsin's stay-at-home order that closed businesses to limit spread of coronavirus
6. GOP split on whether to back Fauci's or Trump's assessment on reopening economy
7. BETTER TO REIGN IN RANDIAN HELL
8. Dr. Bright's testimony is devastating for Trump.
9. Whistleblower: US still lacks virus plan, Americans at risk
10. Why Trump needs the pandemic to be polarized
11. Trump: we have so many COVID-19 cases because of testing

( The articles )

Today's News (2020/5/14): Conspiracy, Delusion, and Racism Edition (everything else)

Donkeyballs Donald's interview on Fox Business today was from an alternate-reality, but it's the AU that he and the Trumpinistas believe and are going to run on and do everything in their power to make others think is real. This election will be a surreal maelstrom of delusion, cheap shams that rightists fall all over themselves to believe, and civil unrest possibly to the point of outright insurrection.

"Darkest winter" indeed.

And in conclusion, Cascadia Now.

1. "What is the crime?!"
2. FBI serves warrant on senator in investigation of stock sales linked to coronavirus
3. TRUMP: "Actually, [Russia] wanted Hillary Clinton to win."
4. Trump claims that Democrats would rather have Americans die than him win a second term.
5. Trump’s latest Fox Business interview was an elaborate distraction campaign
6. Mike Flynn Case Gets Even Weirder: Judge Considers Criminal Contempt
7. Black delivery driver held against his will in Oklahoma neighborhood
8. Google has drastically rolled back its diversity work due to fears of being perceived as anti-conservative.

( The articles )