DL Open Thread: Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Trump Encourages White Militias To Bring Guns To Protests. In fact, he’s the accelerant.  Hey, at least he’s taken everyone’s mind off of Covid:

But Cassie Miller, a senior research analyst for the Southern Poverty Law Center, sees peril: “The far right is now anointing themselves the only force standing between order and chaos, a dangerous step toward normalizing the political violence that they already hold a monopoly on.”

With the President cheering them on.

Trump ‘Defers’ Payroll Tax For Federal Workers.  He wants it, the workers don’t. 

Biden Gave A Good Speech Yesterday. A real good speech, other than the predictable kissing-up to the cops.  Let’s see where he’s going today…uh, I found nothing.  Other than a ‘virtual fundraiser’.  Seriously, he can’t do at least one public event a day? What about Kamala?:

Kamala Harris does not have any upcoming events.

AYFKM?  That’s worth two question marks.  AYFKM??  Trump’s in Wisconsin, Pence is in Pa. The D ticket is nowhere.

2 Trump Judges Determine That Congress Has No Right To Subpoena Administration Officials.  The Federal judiciary will be part of the autocracy if Trump gets four more years. Sure, there will be appeals. Justice delayed is justice denied.

Trump Distorts What’s Left Of The CDC’s Credibility.  When are COVID deaths not COVID deaths? When Trump is doing the counting. How to combat a pandemic?: Give out a $250 mill contract to PR away the pandemic.

Postal Service Board Chair Is–Director Of McConnell Super PAC.  In fact, virtually the entire board is chock-full of Rethug moneybags.

Loan Company Goes After Low-Income Latinos During The Pandemic.  They portrayed themselves as a beacon of opportunity. They weren’t:

Our reporting revealed a company that draws clients in by depicting itself as a benefactor of the Latino immigrant community yet charges high interest rates, keeps customers like Solis on the hook with repeated refinancing and routinely uses lawsuits to intimidate delinquent borrowers into paying again.

An analysis of court records in nine of Texas’ largest counties — home to the vast majority of the 80 kiosks and strip mall storefronts the company operates in the state — found that Oportun has sued borrowers after they fell behind on their payments more than 47,000 times from May 2016 through July of this year. That’s 30 lawsuits per day on average.

Another Bizarre Barr Firing.  Nothing is accidental. This appears to be another move to pave the way for stealing the election. Nothing to see here.

Montaire, DNREC, Residents In A Legal Dance.  The state and the company had an agreement.  But residents deemed the terms ‘woefully inadequate’.  Of course, this is Delaware. Jobs uber alles.

What do you want to talk about?