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And right on time for the NY Post sham article that Trump can use to hammer away in this format. And of course overshadowing Biden's town hall and trying one more time to push the comeback narrative. I would have probably said in past years that NBC as a whole should be boycotted, but with the pandemic I know people in the industry as facing hard times...so I will just say I will continue to avoid anything to do with NBC "news." I still haven't forgotten that shitass interview Matt Lauer did with him (while throwing Hillary to the wolves). They know the damage was already done - they amplified the story then do what they always do, half-heartedly question it when they know many will only notice the original tweet. This is their dream come true. I'm not surprised Politico is involved - I read a lot of Politico but they never really hide what they are - and I am even less surprised that the wretched Maggie Haberman jumped on this. Her mother works for the Kushners, Maggie herself can't hide her fondness for the Trumps (even happily posing in photos with Trump), and her husband tried to help Jeffrey Epstein. (Maggie's mother also has ties to Epstein...) Axios, another Trump-enabling outlet, is also trying to push a narrative about how Biden has avoided the press and has just lucked out. I don't think most of it will work, but it's clearly an attempt to force through a narrative of Biden as unqualified and scandal-plagued, which is what they thought they were going to get when he won the primary. If it narrows the margins enough to steal the election for Trump (as he will be going to the courts with any result anyway - the narrower Biden's win the better for Trump), then it gets them just what they want and need.

Trump's people tweeted out a crass chop of Biden as being in a nursing home with other patients. I know older people aren't likely to see that, but I hope they will not go back to their natural fold (I mostly mean older white and sometimes Hispanic voters) as we are near the end. The GOP never actually cared about senior citizens, but I never thought they would be as brazen and sick as they have been this year, especially the point where they were basically just telling them to go die to save the economy. Fauxgressives have been going hogwild over far right Wolf Blitzer trying to force Nancy Pelosi to take Trump's deal. We are in bothsidesbothsidesbothsides hell as the media is increasingly terrified their money train is over. I just hope people don't fall for the bait.

The channel that has mostly put up Trisha/Trucker clips put up a full episode a few days ago. I'm not sure if it was already around but I'd never seen it. The main stories are the teen dramas amidst an unintentionally hilarious cameo from Marla Maples (she is passable enough but her intro, including Louie having a crush on her and Ava saying after hard times a visit from Marla Maples is just what they need, is a hoot) and the well-acted but extremely grimy Clay/Stacey plot. There are some nice Casey and Ally scenes, and a reminder of what a big budget even the lowest-rated soap had.

I have seen the same, which makes me hopeful, but I feel like the polling is creating dangerous media narratives.

I don't like daily tracking polls. They tend to have wild swings that get too much focus. I'm tired of the overemphasis on polls in general that has been popping up lately in the press and on social media. I feel like someone is setting us up. It's 2016 redux with this stuff.

Tom Kennedy had the impossible job of replacing Allen Ludden in the last days of Password Plus.

I was watching the SNL episode from 2012 that Maya Rudolph hosted. She was in a talk show sketch where the joke was basically that black voters would support Obama no matter what. Her character was named Althea Davis. It was probably just a coincidence, but knowing The Doctors was taped at 30 Rock, it still made me smile.

Another gun-toting psycho at the RNC.

Shelley Burch near the end of this ad, along with Anita Morris and other Broadway names.

Thanks. For some reason she reminded me of Janet Grey. Those commercials always make me laugh - the very sincere talk about the right way to have a bowel movement.

I keep thinking the woman who plays the daughter was on GL but I may be totally wrong. Does anyone know?

That drawing is nightmare fuel... Earlier today I said human thumb Charlie Kirk took a photo with one of the Michigan militia people who planned to kidnap Gov Whitmer. As it turns out the man was an Idaho Trump cultist, not one of the militia people.

It's going to take a great deal for Jaime Harrison to win, so I credit him for not caring about the debate and putting his family first. He's a good man - unlike the truly loathsome Lindsey Graham, who was a piece of [!@#$%^&*] long before Trump won, just propped up by the media because he gave folksy interviews. Speaking of men who were never very good, Bob Dole is being roasted on Twitter for tweeting about how the Republican members of the Debate Commission are all anti-Trump. The whole thing is a sad display because 1) I highly doubt that is actually Dole tweeting (he's a very, very old man who was never very prone to social media) and 2) what does it say about today's GOP if the best they can dredge up is a hatchet man who lost in a landslide?

I think it will end up with her having a war with the Tates (maybe she can ask Robert for his hitman's number before Kim calls hers up). And I could see Andrea sleeping with Luke, or something. I'd like to see Victoria start up her own farm to phase Moira out of that part of the show, or to bring in more farming characters, but good luck there.

McConnell does not want to pass anything with the help of Democrats as he would look weak and set a bad precedent for himself, and a majority of Republicans in the Senate are too hardline to pass more relief than the very slimmed-down, meaningless aid they passed not long ago. And, as you mention, the liability clause. The vulnerable senators are basically SOL, with McConnell just pushing the blame onto Pelosi (or Trump) and playing the "we need checks on a Biden White House" card to help him keep the Senate. Sadly, there's a very strong chance this could work.

McConnell played Trump on this issue, as another relief bill is something he likely never wanted to do. He goaded Trump into a big meltdown canning any relief, and now we are in "no takesies backsies" mode. He knows many are stupid enough to blame Biden for this if he is elected, and he knows he has enough money and vote rigging to have a good chance of keeping the Senate in GOP hands, especially with vulnerable senators like Thom Tillis now using the "we need to be a check on a Biden administration" card that senators successfully used in 2016. The cruelest continue to skate and the rest of us will just continue to suffer.

Big improvement. Here's a cut for time sketch he was in a few years ago (which has one of my favorite songs, and was poor Luke Null's highlight on the show):

I've heard people mention Mike Espy in the Mississippi Senate race. I've also heard some talk about the Alaska Senate race but I can't say. State legislative races can sometimes be most important in the long run. For instance, here's one for Michigan. (not asking you to donate to them, just giving as a reference) https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bluewavemi2020

It still feels too far away. The main question I have is seniors, as I don't know how likely they are to not go back to Trump (Sheldon Adelson is running ads saying Biden will cut social security - from material by scumbags like Greenwald). Hopefully they will not go back to him. A part of me thinks Pelosi may have been better off not doing the 25th Amendment commission as it just riles the right's voter base up even more, but I guess they are always riled up, no matter what. Trump supporter and champagne socialist Walker Bragman is back to remind us that all white men who are in militias are just suffering from "economic anxiety." One of those militia psychos who plotted to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer also showed up in a photo with human thumb Charlie Kirk.

Yet McConnell won't tell us his COVID results. That Whitmer news is terrifying. There's a lot of sneering on the right that "liberals burn down stores" and that conservatives "protest peacefully and pick up litter," but that is a complete lie, as proven over and over again. Michigan is also where we got that nightmarish photo of that Brad Parscale lookalike screaming and screaming at police.

Also saying "take it like a woman" when so many woman are raped and harassed. Not that she ever cared. She was fine with abuse and harassment until it affected her. She has flushed all her chances down the toilet. Even a shock value interview with Tara Reade got no clicks. She can continue to provoke on Twitter, that is as far as she will go at this point.

Glad I didn't watch much - sounds like the moderator and the press people already had their winner picked. Harris had a huge task ahead of her not only being a black woman but also having huge expectations. She seems to have done well in standing up for herself and her ticket, and didn't make the same mistakes Tim Kaine (who would have been a great VP as well, in another universe) made. That's the best to hope for. I see that Trump is trying to get out of the next debate, which is wise of him. Meanwhile, we are seeing the Trump sycophants laying out the table to tell us they are planning to take these elections by force. Be ready for anything.

What an idiot - a huge opportunity. I'm sure he will be back though, as Lorne Michaels wants that male country audience. I'm glad they took this seriously but I am nervous about the choices they are making to have a live audience. https://deadline.com/2020/10/snl-audience-150-coronavirus-guidelines-new-york-1234592445/

Trump looked genuinely repulsive, even by his standards. I was horrified when I saw that orange splatter. So do people think that was taken a few days ago? That self-hating loudmouth Dan Bongino insisted that the stories about the Secret Service being upset were just from one person. That clearly isn't true based on the above story - I imagine many of them are heartbroken. Sorry if this was already posted: