The White House coronavirus task force warned that the number of COVID-19 cases in Ohio were significantly increasing. So far, there have been more than 96,000 positive cases and nearly 3,600 coronavirus deaths in the state. https://t.co/8YX5g39xqS
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 6, 2020
— Bunker inspector general (@58bugeye) August 6, 2020
Experts say the development, testing, and production of a COVID-19 vaccine for the public is still months away, and it would take a medical miracle for one to be available this year, much less before Election Day. https://t.co/xQst2oIJkh
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 6, 2020
No one is really this stupid, right? Trump has got to be really frightened to aim this low and hope enough of his followers will believe this. https://t.co/kcnHRd4vgj
— Aidan Gallagher (@AidanRGallagher) August 6, 2020
VIRAL MOMENT: President Trump pronounces Thailand "thighland" before correcting himself." pic.twitter.com/7ZtAS6h94z
— The Hill (@thehill) August 6, 2020
If nothing else can we finally be done with the fiction that companies can have him in his official capacity just to show off their employees and products? Whether they planned to or not @WhirlpoolCorp hosted a campaign event today and any other company that hosts is doing so too https://t.co/jKplE1QCMJ
— Patrick Dillon (@mpdillon) August 6, 2020
We will always protect people we will always protect "Republicans"
Trump does a Freudian slip. Rolling on the floor laughing
pic.twitter.com/6r59gXI2pk 02#DontDie— Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) August 6, 2020
THREAD — why Kanye and Trump are converging in Ohio and how you can help
In consecutive days, the same Ohio firm that represents Trump submitted signatures for Kanye West; and then Trump himself is back in Ohio.
Coincidence? I think not.
Read on to learn more, and help:
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— David Pepper (@DavidPepper) August 6, 2020
Meanwhile…
The NRA doesn't represent gun owners. They exist to protect gun industry profits and enrich their executives. https://t.co/shGxz6uuZu
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) August 6, 2020
New NRA ad sums it up nicely 😂 #NRA pic.twitter.com/sFS9rR08BS
— 𝕋𝕚𝕡𝕤𝕪_𝕋𝕖𝕩𝕒𝕟 #Bluenami2020 (@Tipsy_in_Texas) August 6, 2020
Relatedly, here's an excellent road map to all the bad scenarios that could corrupt our election.
At their core is a central recognition:
"Trump is not so much running for re-election as trying to stay in power by any means he can."
Via @nils_gilman:https://t.co/moRPSF4rac
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 6, 2020
Around the country, across industries and occupations, millions of Americans thrown out of work because of the coronavirus are straining to afford the basics now that an extra $600 a week in federal unemployment benefits has expired. https://t.co/lwe3QEn21V
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) August 6, 2020
Trump made America miserable again https://t.co/SODeh7LiMH
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) August 6, 2020
Fox News is onto something here… he is NOT okay pic.twitter.com/PgFpVchkdR
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) August 4, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
An honourable MP would – given the severity of these allegations – have quit immediately and set about the job of trying to clear his name. https://t.co/fNgCFRAGpm
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) August 6, 2020
The Prime Minister says the return of workers to offices and children to schools is crucial to the economic recovery of the UK https://t.co/0ZOzirnIyO
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) August 6, 2020
New planning laws would see Britain shift towards an American-style zoning system https://t.co/KFlKziWe7v
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) August 6, 2020
The Bank of England said although it believed Britain’s economy might take longer to recover than previously thought, its projections for 2020 were not as grim as they were in May https://t.co/U5bFTts2E7 pic.twitter.com/F9dYmS0q7P
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 6, 2020
£252 million spaffed up the wall on a corrupt government contract for PPE that doesn't work.
"The deal was brokered by a government trade adviser who also advises the board of Ayanda."
Britain – that's YOUR money they're diverting to THEIR mates.https://t.co/VAyOUaCZfc
— Chris Shaw (@The_ChrisShaw) August 6, 2020
@trussliz has to resign. Today. #ToryCorruption #liztruss @JamesCleverly https://t.co/KAvrdLdv5u
— EdithWhartonFan (@EdithWhartonFan) August 6, 2020
There are no direct connections between UK & Andorra, travellers must go thru France or Spain. There is no practical way of segregating travellers to or from Andorra. Tory govt announcenent is, as usual, meaningless noise. https://t.co/2mX4hfLyh0
— John Fitzgerald 🇪🇺 #FBPE (@j_g_fitzgerald) August 6, 2020
Thread…
Big Brexit news this morning!
From the day the UK and EU agreed it’s diveroxe settlement, Northern Ireland’s business community have insisted that it should not be asked to pick up the bill. /1
— Manufacturing NI (@ManufacturingNI) August 6, 2020
Herd immunity for kids it is,fk who they carry it back to,and fk the teachers,who will nearly all have elderly parents,kids with sick parents,fk ‘em
But wear a mask at the shops,5months too late!
Did I miss anything?— mcdnick (@McdadeNicholas) August 6, 2020
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WORLDWIDE
French President Macron calls for a 'new political order' in Lebanon as he visits a ravaged Beirut https://t.co/Wd3fimMVpL
— TIME (@TIME) August 6, 2020
Residents of Beirut vented their fury at Lebanon’s leaders Thursday during a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, blaming them for the deadly explosion that ravaged the capital. https://t.co/CbnnNWLMys
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) August 6, 2020
Too late, Liz…
The United States should rally the international community to support the Lebanese people with urgently-needed recovery and relief following the horrific explosion in Beirut. https://t.co/xcseRjXkcJ
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) August 6, 2020
CCTV footage from a shop in Beirut showing the impact of the explosion in Beirut #Lebanon #Beirut pic.twitter.com/650AUKaCX3
— CNW (@ConflictsW) August 6, 2020
The blast radius of the ammonium nitrate explosion in #Beirut, Lebanon had it occured at Navy Pier in Chicago. This is terrifying.#BeirutExplosion #BeirutBlast #Beirut_Explosion pic.twitter.com/ZlBI2vd2eO
— David Kowalski (@DavidGKowalski) August 6, 2020
A former top Saudi intelligence official accused Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of sending a team of agents to Canada to kill him, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. federal court. https://t.co/yHnHVrQq1i
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) August 6, 2020
The Overnight Note 