+ People are calling to boycott Home Depot after its co-founder said he was voting for Trump and encouraged others to do the same

Shoshy Ciment

Sun, November 1, 2020, 8:39 AM CST

People on social media are calling for a boycott of Home Depot after its co-founder pledged his support for President Trump in the upcoming 2020 election.

In a Friday opinion article in Fox News, Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus explained why he was supporting a second term for President Trump and why other Americans should do similarly.

Marcus donated $7 million to Trump during the 2016 campaign, data from the Center for Responsive Politics showed.

Angry shoppers are once again calling for a boycott of Home Depot after its co-founder announced his support for President Trump in the 2020 election.

In a Friday opinion article in Fox News, Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus explained why he was supporting a second term for President Trump and why other Americans should do similarly. In the wake of the article, people took to Twitter to voice their disapproval using the hashtag #boycotthomedepot.

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+ People are calling to boycott Home Depot after its co-founder said he was voting for Trump and encouraged others to do the same Shoshy Ciment Sun, November 1, 2020, 8:39 AM CST People on social media are calling for a boycott of Home Depot after its co-founder pledged his support for President Trump in the upcoming 2020 election. That's conflicting. I 'don't care about the chef's political views as much as I do the food he cooks' BUT if the money spent at the store is going towards funding Trumps campaign....that would make me think twice. We used to have a Cafe here that funded a wacky tack (Christian fundamentalist) Church that ran 'gay conversion' camps. I stopped going when I heard that. : - O In a Friday opinion article in Fox News, Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus explained why he was supporting a second term for President Trump and why other Americans should do similarly. Marcus donated $7 million to Trump during the 2016 campaign, data from the Center for Responsive Politics showed. Angry shoppers are once again calling for a boycott of Home Depot after its co-founder announced his support for President Trump in the 2020 election. In a Friday opinion article in Fox News, Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus explained why he was supporting a second term for President Trump and why other Americans should do similarly. In the wake of the article, people took to Twitter to voice their disapproval using the hashtag #boycotthomedepot. (more) https://news.yahoo.com/people-calling-boycott-home-depot-143926620.html

+ Headstones in Jewish cemetery spray-painted with ‘Trump’ graffiti, Michigan photos show

Dawson White

Tue, November 3, 2020, 8:36 AM CST

Headstones in a Jewish cemetery in Michigan were discovered vandalized with red “Trump” graffiti Monday, the day before Election Day, police say.

Photos show several headstones at the cemetery owned by the Congregation Ahavas Israel in Grand Rapids spray-painted “with the letters TRUMP and MAGA,” Rabbi David J.B. Krishef, the synagogue’s leader, said in a statement to The Detroit News.


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+ 22 artists who have spoken out against President Trump playing their music at his events

Jennifer Hussein
Oct 26, 2020, 4:09 PM

Many musicians have spoken up about not wanting their music played at President Trump's rallies or events. Reuters/James Glover II
Many famous musicians and their families have spoken out against President Donald Trump using their music for his rallies and other events.

Some artists, like Rihanna, Steven Tyler, and Pharrell Williams, reportedly had their teams issue cease-and-desist notices to the Trump campaign.

Artists like Elton John, Adele, and Dee Snider have spoken about not wanting President Trump to use their music for his events.


From his presidential campaign to his current presidency, President Donald Trump has received disapproval from many musicians who don't want their music played at his events.

Many artists and their teams have even sent cease-and-desist notices, which are essentially warnings that demand a specific action be stopped or else legal action will be pursued.

From Neil Young to Rihanna, here are the artists — or their representatives — who have spoken out against President Trump using their music at his events and rallies:


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' trump campaign music cease and desist '


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+ [Updated] Is the American Experiment Over?

Nov 04, 2020 10:57am Central Standard Time by Dan K

Back in 1787, as the Constitutional Convention ended, a woman came up to Ben Franklin and asked him what we got. He replied, "A republic, madam, if you can keep it.” After this election, it looks like we can’t.

It doesn’t matter whether Biden wins (as is looking more likely, Trump’s threats to sue notwithstanding). It doesn’t matter if we get the Senate (looking less likely, though still possible). What matters is that Trump and the Republicans, who ran a profoundly anti-democratic campaign, lied repeatedly, and openly cheated everywhere they could, were not severely punished for it.


What matters is that the lies worked.

A functioning democracy (Franklin’s republic) depends on an educated citizenry who understand reality and work within it. What we saw last night is that close to half of the votes were cast by people who denied reality. The reality of the pandemic and Trump’s totally incompetent handling of it. The reality of climate change. The reality of GOP corruption and authoritarianism.

Too many people believed the lies. Too many people voted for what they were deliberately misled into believing was their own self-interest. Too many people wanted an authoritarian ruler who would bring back their fantasy world where N---— knew their place, where Jews faced quotas, where women were obedient to the men in their life, where gays and lesbians hid for shame, where the Bible was the moral and legal rule.

This was an election where a determined minority tried and largely succeeded in imposing its will on a majority that sees the world as it really is. It was an election where fantasy beat out reality, where greed defeated compassion, where patriotism was defined by religion and skin color, and by loyalty to a man, not to an idea.

Reactionary forces from Republicans to the oil interests to fundamentalists have been working hard for the last half-century to kill public education in this country. Education teaches people how to think rationally, how to examine issues critically, how to appreciate facts and to apply reason, how to debate properly, how to respect diversity of opinion, of culture, of belief. In short, how to deal with reality. Education is the means by which the less fortunate in life can achieve equal standing in the world. It is the guarantor of a true democratic republic.

A true democratic republic depends on rational debate, on acknowledging facts, on respecting other points of view, on following conventions that have the majesty though not the force of law, on sharing power and on the peaceful transfer of power. All of that was on the ballot last night, and lost. Regardless of the outcome in the next few days, the fact that it was even close means that far too many citizens have not been educated, and will not be educated, in their responsibilities as custodians of the American experiment.

You are welcome to talk me out of this. I hope you succeed.

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https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2020/11/4/1992587/-The-American-Experiment-is-Over

+ Eric Trump Busted For Fake Video Of Someone ‘Burning 80 Trump Ballots’

The City of Virginia Beach debunked the footage shared by Donald Trump’s son.

By Lee Moran

11/05/2020 02:42 AM ET

Updated 13 hours ago

Eric Trump was busted on Wednesday for tweeting a fake viral video of what he claimed was someone burning dozens of ballots cast in favor of his father, President Donald Trump.

As the final result of the 2020 election remained undecided, the president’s son retweeted a video that purported to show a man torching 80 ballots for Trump in Virginia Beach, Virginia.


The city of Virginia Beach, however, debunked Eric Trump’s post.

“Those were sample ballots,” the city responded to Trump on Twitter.


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+ I Can’t Befriend or Date Trump Supporters

Vena Moore
Jan 6


It’s a matter of life and death for me.

I will say off the bat that I have no Trump supporters in my social circle or on any of my social media platforms. I have become more vocal over the last few years about my political and social stances. I am pro-choice, Black Lives Matter, pro LGBTQIA and an intersectional feminist. I stand with anti racist and anti oppressive movements. Me and Trump supporters do not mix.

However, I inadvertently was talking to a white guy around this time last year who turned out to be a Trump supporter. After all this time, the thought still has me shaken.

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https://medium.com/the-forgotten-generation/i-cant-befriend-or-date-trump-supporters-84c42c5ca169

+ Kanye West Gets 60,000 Votes For U.S. President Across 12 States – Update

By Tom Tapp

November 4, 2020 10:00am

After a night of ballot counting, Kanye West passed 60,000 votes in the race for the presidency of the United States. West was on the ballot in 12 states. His exact count, as of 10:30 a.m. PT Wednesday, was 60,761.

Most of the states in question were above 90% counted, with the notable exceptions of Colorado, Utah, Mississippi and Vermont. Those were all above 70% counted.

Kanye’s updated state-by-state breakdown is as follows, according to the AP:

Arkansas: 4,040
Colorado: 6,254
Idaho: 3,631
Iowa: 3,202
Kentucky: 6,259
Louisiana: 4,894
Minnesota: 7,789
Mississippi: 3,277
Oklahoma: 5,590
Tennessee: 10,216
Utah: 4,344
Vermont: 1,265


While the TV networks were laser-focused on the race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, a good number of social media users were focused on another candidate: Kanye West.

West’s name was trending on Twitter after the hip-hop superstar made a series of posts to his account chronicling what he said was the first time he had ever voted in his life. Kanye being Kanye, he cast his ballot for himself, of course.

It’s safe to say at least 60,000 Americans voted for West, who ran as an Independent. While a few states were still under 80% reported as of this writing, our count puts him at 59,781 total votes. Thus, it’s a pretty good guess he’ll go over 60,000 by the time all states are fully counted.

West’s biggest haul was in Tennessee, where he garnered 10,188 votes. While the rap mogul did rank 4th in some state races, his percentage of the vote was never more than .04%.

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https://deadline.com/2020/11/kanye-west-gets-60000-votes-across-12-states-in-u-s-presidential-race-1234608903/#respond

+ Report on disgraced ex U.S. cardinal McCarrick out Nov. 10: Vatican

Philip Pullella

Fri, November 6, 2020, 9:06 AM CST·1 min read

Pope Francis expelled McCarrick from the Roman Catholic priesthood last year after a Vatican investigation found him guilty of sexual crimes against minors and adults and abuse of power.

The report, which is several hundred pages long, is expected to show how McCarrick managed to rise through the ranks even though his history of sexual misconduct with adult male seminarians was an open secret.


https://news.yahoo.com/report-disgraced-ex-u-cardinal-150631710.html

+ Twitter permanently suspends Steve Bannon account after talk of beheading

By Curt Devine, Donie O'Sullivan and Kara Scannell, CNN

Updated 4:38 PM EST, Fri November 06, 2020

(CNN Business)Twitter permanently suspended an account belonging to former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon after he suggested Thursday morning that Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray should be beheaded. His comments were made in a video posted to his Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter accounts.

Bannon falsely claimed President Trump had won reelection, despite several key states still being too close to call, and said that he should fire both Fauci and Wray.

He then said he would go further: "I'd put the heads on pikes. Right. I'd put them at the two corners of the White House as a warning to federal bureaucrats. You either get with the program or you are gone."


On Friday, a high-powered attorney representing Bannon in a criminal fraud case, moved to withdraw from representing him and asked that hearing scheduled for Monday in the case be postponed while Bannon looks for a new lawyer.

The lawyer, William Burck, a highly-regarded Republican attorney who served in the George W Bush administration, had represented Bannon during former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's interference into the 2016 presidential election.

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/11/05/tech/steve-bannon-twitter-permanent-suspension/index.html

'President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris Win The U.S. Election 2020'



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+ Arkansas police chief resigns after appearing to call for violence over election

Tim Stelloh

Sun, November 8, 2020, 6:09 PM CST·2 min read

An Arkansas police chief has resigned after he posted messages on a right-wing social media site that appeared to urge people to assault "Marxist" Democrats over the presidential election, the mayor said.

Kevin Elliot, the mayor of Marshall, a city of roughly 1,200 people about 100 miles north of Little Rock, said in a statement Saturday that he "condemned" the comments by Police Chief Lang Holland.

"The Marshall community does not in any way support or condone bullying or threats of violence to anyone of any political persuasion," he said. "We are a welcoming community that is humbly working to build a bright future for ALL our citizens."


Elliot said that after he consulted with lawyers about Holland's posts, which appeared on the site Parler, he met with Holland, who resigned effective immediately.

The posts were no longer visible Sunday, but NBC affiliate KARK of Little Rock published screenshots of some of them.


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+ The CDC chief lost his way during COVID-19. Now his agency is in the balance.

Brett Murphy and Letitia Stein, USA TODAY

Wed, November 11, 2020, 1:50 PM CST·26 min read

Dr. Robert Redfield, eyes closed and searching for words, explained to Congress why the health agency he leads had softened coronavirus protections for slaughterhouse workers.

The White House, meatpacking industry and other federal agencies were not involved, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention insisted during the September hearing.

None of that was true.

Redfield was sitting in the White House when he instructed his staff to change a series of safety recommendations to suggestions, adding dozens of qualifiers such as “if feasible” and “not required.” He turned to a West Wing aide and told her the edits came directly from Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff.

Smithfield Foods, the South Dakota meatpacking plant under scrutiny, had seen the tougher recommendations, one of the first documents outlining COVID-19 protections for the industry. The CDC emailed it the day before the edits were made. Federal agriculture and labor officials also weighed in.

Redfield’s actions in overruling the CDC scientists who had spent a week investigating and writing the original guidance fit a pattern defining his leadership during the COVID-19 crisis. He has repeatedly allowed politics to undermine scientific best practices — and then publicly denied it.

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