2020 presidential election

All during the primaries, I warned DWT readers that if Biden became the nominee, the campaign would swing on stuff that aren't of much relevance to the American people: which one has a more disgusting family, which one is more corrupt, which one is more senile. Democrats, bolstered by mainstream media, believe Trump's family is worse; Republicans, bolstered by Fox News and Hate Talk Radio, believe Biden's family is worse. Democrats, bolstered by mainstream media, believe Trump is more corrupt; Republicans, bolstered by Fox News and Hate Talk Radio, believe Biden is more corrupt.

Slimeball by Nancy OhanianIn the early days of DWT, Paul Lakasiak occasionally graced this blog with guest posts. They were always among my favorite contributions.

Kamala and Joe by Nancy OhanianNot enough Republicans paraded around by the nascent Biden administration for you?

With little explanation from management, United States Postal Service (USPS) machines are being disassembled across the country. A USPS worker leaked images of a newly decommissioned machine — capable of handling 30,000 pieces of mail per hour — to NBC Montana.

-by NoahI always love pointing out the fact that Republicans have no sense of irony. It's just so easy and it points up the limitations of the Republican mind. But, they've really gone and maximized the irony this time. They can't apply so much as an ounce of critical thinking to anything that enters their fawlty minds, not even to the blatant appearance of their own dubious actions.

The Democratic National Convention continued for a fourth night last night, as the party coronates former vice president Joe Biden as its nomination for November. Originally scheduled to be held in Milwaukee, the current pandemic meant that it is mostly taking place virtually, allowing the DNC to hold a more carefully choreographed celebration than would otherwise have been possible.

Hiroyuki Hamada It’s capitalism after all. Those political parties for the rich and powerful know how to sell exploitation and subjugation by their good cop/bad cop marketing. If you don’t buy this, you get Trump. But if you buy what they sell, you get Biden, an imperialist with the crime bill, Patriot Act, and the …

One of the most discussed pieces of reporting over the weekend was Olivia Nuzzi's New York Magazine look inside the chaotic, desperate last-minute Trump 2020 reboot.

Should Trump fail to carry the Electoral College, Noam Chomsky admonishes, “he could send Blackshirts out in the streets… preparation for a plan to try to bring the military in to carry out something which would amount to a military coup.”

Kristian Right by Nancy OhanianLike virtually all of America, Utah voted for FDR all 4 times he ran. In fact, in the first reelection bid, Utah's 4 electoral votes went to Roosevelt with 69.34% of the vote in the Beehive State. In 1948, Utah's bonds with the Democratic Party were still strong and Truman beat Dewey 54-45%. Then the GOP lucked out.