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Tracee Ellis Ross channels her inner combatant with this ensemble, resembling the Greek Presidential Guard (Evzone) uniform and the Amalia dress - all in one costume- at the 2020 E! People’s Choice Awards…
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Clinging on to the era of sagging pants that's coming to a close. Oh, the irony...

Clinging on to the era of sagging pants that's coming to a close. Oh, the irony...

Although millions of presidential ballots are still being counted, Total voter turnout in the 2020 presidential election is approaching 2016’s level.

The latest figures, based on 2020 votes counted and additional known early votes, stand only a few percentage points away from breaking a 60-year-old record set in 1960.

The projection for where this turnout could end up is based on estimates of how many votes are still to be counted, from The Post’s own modeling and that of Edison Research. If this projection holds, 2020 turnout will be the highest since 1900, when 73.7 percent of eligible Americans cast ballots. That election had a much smaller voting pool, as women did not yet have the right to vote.

- Washington Post

America is voting with an urgency never seen before in the approach to a presidential election, as a record 95 million people have cast ballots despite an array of challenges: a pandemic, postal delays, long lines and court rulings that have tested faith in the country’s electoral system.

America is voting with an urgency never seen before in the approach to a presidential election, as a record 95 million people have cast ballots despite an array of challenges: a pandemic, postal delays, long lines and court rulings that have tested faith in the country’s electoral system.

The Lincoln Project, a group of Republicans dedicated to voting Trump out of office, has doubled down on their controversial billboard signs featuring Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner.

On Friday, October 30, Ron Steslow, one of the co-founders of The Lincoln Project, revealed they sent the billboard ads on a boat to Mar-a-Lago.

He tweeted, “ and demanded we take the billboards down. They threatened to sue for ‘enormous’ sums. In honor of their demands, here is the boat we hired, on its way to Mar-A-Lago...”

The Lincoln Project, a group of Republicans dedicated to voting Trump out of office, has doubled down on their controversial billboard signs featuring Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner. On Friday, October 30, Ron Steslow, one of the co-founders of The Lincoln Project, revealed they sent the billboard ads on a boat to Mar-a-Lago. He tweeted, “@jaredkushner and @IvankaTrump demanded we take the billboards down. They threatened to sue @ProjectLincoln for ‘enormous’ sums. In honor of their demands, here is the boat we hired, on its way to Mar-A-Lago..."

Kirstie Alley and CNN got into something of a war of words on Friday when the vocal Donald Trump supporter was critical of the network's coverage of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The Scream Queens actress tweeted at the network, “I now know why my personal friends who walk around in SHEER TERROR of contracting Covid are simply CNN viewers!”

She added, “I decided to watch CNN myself to get a their viewpoint and oh my God DID I EVER!!!! IF YOU TOO WANT TO LIVE IN TERROR WATCH CNN!! FEAR OF DYING IS THEIR MANTRA! OMG!”

CNN’s communications team responded with a jab at Alley’s sitcom Veronica’s Closet, which aired on NBC for three seasons from 1997 to 2000. “Kirstie, you are welcome to change the channel — just like countless viewers did every time ‘Veronica’s Closet’ came on TV,” read the tweet. “But don’t downplay the loss of nearly 230K American lives. And please, wear a mask.”
Alley responded to CNN by slamming Trump’s opponent Joe Biden. “Meow...if only you paid as much attention to Joe Biden’s alleged corrupt business dealings as a TV show that was rated top ten in 1997..... guess you got that wrong too,” she tweeted.

The actress continued: “Find ONE tweet I’ve tweeted to encourage people NOT to wear masks or NOT be careful or that has said anything disrespectful about sick people or those who have died ... there isn’t one. THIS is how FAKE information spreads like...” adding a GIF of burning lava.

Kirstie Alley and CNN got into something of a war of words on Friday when the vocal Donald Trump supporter was critical of the network's coverage of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The Scream Queens actress tweeted at the network, “I now know why my personal friends who walk around in SHEER TERROR of contracting Covid are simply CNN viewers!” She added, “I decided to watch CNN myself to get a their viewpoint and oh my God DID I EVER!!!! IF YOU TOO WANT TO LIVE IN TERROR WATCH CNN!! FEAR OF DYING IS THEIR MANTRA! OMG!” CNN’s communications team responded with a jab at Alley’s sitcom Veronica’s Closet, which aired on NBC for three seasons from 1997 to 2000. “Kirstie, you are welcome to change the channel — just like countless viewers did every time ‘Veronica’s Closet’ came on TV,” read the tweet. “But don’t downplay the loss of nearly 230K American lives. And please, wear a mask.” Alley responded to CNN by slamming Trump’s opponent Joe Biden. “Meow...if only you paid as much attention to Joe Biden’s alleged corrupt business dealings as a TV show that was rated top ten in 1997..... guess you got that wrong too,” she tweeted. The actress continued: “Find ONE tweet I’ve tweeted to encourage people NOT to wear masks or NOT be careful or that has said anything disrespectful about sick people or those who have died ... there isn’t one. THIS is how FAKE information spreads like...” adding a GIF of burning lava.

U.S. ELECTIONS 2020 - A Presidential Race Cheap Shot

Talking about barking up the wrong tree:

At a campaign rally Monday in Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump tried again to disparage Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). “A great student of the environment — I don’t think she ever took an environmental course in college,” he said. “She did go to college, right?”

“I could say yes, but who cares?” she tweeted. “Plenty of people without college degrees could run this country better than Trump ever has.”

Ocasio-Cortez, who graduated from Boston University with degrees in economics and international relations, described as “classist & disgusting” the GOP’s attitude toward people without degrees, such as food service workers.

The more college costs soar, she pointed out, the more degrees become a measure privilege than competence. “Our country would be better off if we made public colleges tuition-free & cancelled student loan debt,” she concluded.

This was a state of the presidential race snapshot eight days before Election Day.

Shallow Magicians

The theory of a “Fake Melania” re-surfaced recently after a photograph of a smiling Melania looked quite different than the usually scowling and grimacing First Lady we know.

Melania typically avoids her husband’s touch, giving legs to the conspiracy theory of a body double. Thanks to her husband’s lies and affinity to conspiracy theories, the existence of a Melania look-alike handling the First Lady’s public engagements is difficult to decipher.

Melania’s apparent disdain for her husband extends to White House Christmas decorations as well. In a recorded conversation with a former friend she asked: “who gives a f**k about Christmas stuff and decorations?” We all knew her heart was not in decorating the White House with the horror-movie, scary Christmas looks she prefers.

The shallow magicians of the Trump White House are running out of tricks…

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'Sue if you must'

What’s not to gush over The Lincoln Project’s billboard in Times Square featuring Trump’s daughter and son-in-law smiling next to a tally of U.S. deaths from COVID-19?

- The replacement of the beans can with the coronavirus death toll?

- The Lincoln Project’s response to lawsuits threats over the giant ads?

- The“entitled, out-of-touch bullies” and “gross act of nepotism”comments?

- The “Please peddle your scare tactics elsewhere” response?

The billboards “will stay up,” The Lincoln Project declared. “We consider it important that in Times Square, the crossroads of the world, people are continuously reminded of the cruelty, audacity and staggering lack of empathy the Trumps and Kushners have displayed toward the American people.”

It turns out that touting a can of beans can have the most dire consequences…

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So Many Flags So Little Time

You waved the white flag, the Biden campaign told Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows who offered a blasé response to any effort to contain the spread of Covid-19.

No, you are waving the white flag, you white mask-wearer you, Meadows replied.

President Trump, meanwhile, unfolded his own flag of denial, describing the media’s coverage of the coronavirus as “an election law violation” and an attempt to hurt his campaign.

Back at the ranch, Vice President Mike Pence wrapped himself in the “I am Essential” flag and declared that he will keep campaigning and won't self-isolate despite having had close contact with team members who tested positive for COVID-19

Over on State FOX TV, the First son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner took out his own little racist flag, implying that some Black Americans don't strive for success.

This is the state of the presidential race nine days before Election Day.

So Many Flags So Little Time You waved the white flag, the Biden campaign told Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows who offered a blasé response to any effort to contain the spread of Covid-19. No, you are waving the white flag, you white mask-wearer you, Meadows replied. President Trump, meanwhile, unfolded his own flag of denial, describing the media’s coverage of the coronavirus as “an election law violation” and an attempt to hurt his campaign. Back at the ranch, Vice President Mike Pence wrapped himself in the “I am Essential” flag and declared that he will keep campaigning and won't self-isolate despite having had close contact with team members who tested positive for COVID-19 Over on State FOX TV, the First son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner took out his own little racist flag, implying that some Black Americans don't strive for success. This is the state of the presidential race nine days before Election Day.