By Steve Rhodes
Thursday note: The Papers will return sometime between now and Monday, possibly as The Weekend Desk Report.
An e-mail I sent to a Bernie-or-bust friend Tuesday:
“I would normally agree. I’ve never voted for a Clinton, nor an Obama, nor John Kerry or Al Gore. I hate Democrats. But this is different. Trump is not McCain, Romney or Bush. And while Clinton is horrible, she is, as someone whom I cannot remember right now said, “ordinarily bad,” (I think it was Romney who said that), but Trump is a fucking Nazi. This is no longer Coke vs. Pepsi. It’s a Nazi vs. a corporate, warhawk Democrat who will function within the system to the relative extent of all of our criminal presidents. Trump will not only be a daily Constitutional crisis, he’ll destabilize the world economy, every aspect of American life, and unleash white militias everywhere. This is the moment. Indeed, voting for Hillary is about protecting people – including the Sanders people. This is the one time the argument against third-party voting is correct.”
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Submitted by our very own Tim Willette, from New York magazine:
“So he wasn’t worried about any fracturing of the party?, a reporter asked. ‘I do not think there’s any fracturing of the party,’ Biden replied. ‘I wish we could put something on every Sanders delegate walking into a booth,’ by which he seemed to mean some sort of vote-tracking device. ‘If we were able to find out, I bet you everything I have that hardly anyone is gonna pull the lever for Trump. Come on, man, are you kiddin’ me? They’re gonna show up! But look, they worked really hard! They did more to change the attitude in the party than anything that’s happened in a long, long time. It’s all for the better!”
My reply:
“Yup. He also said Dems should show a little more class and let Sanders people be angry. That’s exactly right. Why treat them as a problem? Total horseshit.”
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Roundup of newspapers that illustrated Hillary Clinton’s nomination with pictures of her husband https://t.co/GzumHb4WYU
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) July 27, 2016
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Oh, so now we’re gonna worry about Obama’s unprecedented worldwide spying regime.
If Trump wants Russia to hack into emails for his political benefit, no reason to believe he wouldn’t hack into your email to do the same
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) July 27, 2016
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A lot of misunderstanding about this:
how on earth can US national security services give classified briefings to GOP candidate when he calls for Russian espionage attack on USA?
— Philip Gourevitch (@PGourevitch) July 27, 2016
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Once Donald Trump Is Nominee, He Is Likely to Get Intelligence Briefing https://t.co/uUKyugeCZD One. No secrets. Get it right, people.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) July 27, 2016
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And Al Gore never claimed he invented the Internet or discovered Love Canal. Etc. Etc., Iraq War.
— snopes.com (@snopes) July 27, 2016
Most of what you think is true isn’t.
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Under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, NYPD spied on every mosque within 100 miles of New York City. https://t.co/E4z5sWNzbW #DemsInPhilly
— The Intercept (@theintercept) July 27, 2016
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Clintonism . . .
Asked Tom Daschle why hes allowed to be superdelegate while lobbying 4 foreign govt. “We should be allowed to express ourselves” #DNCinPHL
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) July 26, 2016
vs.
Trumpism . . .
ICYMI: The Trump campaign invited a notorious white supremacist to the GOP convention https://t.co/PMCkE0Swyz pic.twitter.com/JN3Bo7duea
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 26, 2016
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Have Obama’s Ed Policies Weakened Dems?
Hint: Yes.
Language Arts: Groundswell
Nancy Simon returns to our pages to investigate the etymology behind a word experiencing itself.
Plea: Make Jousting An Olympic Sport
Steel armor and 12-foot poles, what’s not to like?
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BeachBook
Author Sandra Cisneros Left Chicago After Rahm Dissed Her.
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Secret Offshore Deals Deprive Africa Of Billions In Natural Resources Dollars.
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TweetWood
A non-DNC sampling.
@ILRaiseYourHand @ClaypoolCPS this is completely false. Claypool, we’ve seen the #’s now. Stop repeating this.
— Jeanne Marie Olson (@JMOChicago) July 27, 2016
Sad!
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How very Blago: DNC asked White House to reward donors with slots on boards and commissions https://t.co/wlYn2Uuh3n via @OpenSecretsDC
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) July 26, 2016
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Likely story… @mgrady69 @natashakorecki pic.twitter.com/6XP5YKQFdY
— Robert Loerzel (@robertloerzel) July 26, 2016
Maybe he was blackout drunk.
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For the record, I have ZERO investments in Russia.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2016
The Daley family, on the other hand . . .
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Mayor Who Once Said 1/4 Of CPS Students Not Worth Wasting Money On Accepts Apology From Governor Claiming 1/2 Its Teachers Are Illiterate.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) July 26, 2016
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The Beachwood Tronc Line: Mmm, tronc line.
Posted on July 27, 2016