PBC News & Comment: Desperado Don Floats Election Delay

Attempting to distract from worst GDP and jobless reports, Trump says election should be delayed over mail-in ballots; Quittin’ Time?....--Trump’s distraction tweet produces bipartisan chorus, “No Way!”
--Politico co-founder John Harris wants Trump to pull an LBJ, and pull out of re-election campaign
--Trump lurches from dire warnings of urban unrest to dire warnings of suburban destruction
--Trump’s stormtroopers staged another night of street theater in Portland last night
--Portland clears 2 parks near federal building as state police take over
--Oregonian article explores how Gov. Kate Brown got feds to agree to stand down
--white women who started Wall of Moms are accused of “anti-Blackness” by new leadership crew
--in Seattle, mayor and police chief call protesters’ less-lethal tools “explosives”
--at The Intercept, Alice Speri makes excellent case to dismantle Homeland Security Dept.
--in op-ed, Matt Stoller called yesterday’s theatrical grilling of tech CEO’s “glorious sight”, but there’s no real regulation in sight
--David Sirota exposes Kamala Harris’ cozy ties to Silicon Valley
--as John Lewis is laid to rest, his final commentary is published
--full DC Appeals Court takes up Flynn case, vacating order by 3-judge panel
--NY federal judge blocks Trump’s “public benefits” rule
--on National Whistleblower Appreciation Day, Kevin Gosztola notes some major ironies
--Pelosi challenger Shahid Buttar draws defenders after claim of sexual harassment
--our daily Covid-19 update, edited by Linda Lewis
--your humble host believes there is legitimate controversy over HCQ
--despite eviction moratoria, landlords are squeezing out tenants in California
--Jake Johnson points out that the loan deal for the Postal Service could accelerate its demise
--self-styled Libyan leader gets support from Israel, MintPress reports
--as artist display’s Netanyahu’s “last supper”, Bibi plays the victim
--new analysis may lead to source of the stones at Stonehenge
--here in Marin County, Sir Francis Drake is being scrubbed from the landscape by people with limited grasp of his history