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went to White House today to tell President Trump the Tennessee Valley Authority was firing Americans & hiring foreigners in their place.
So Trump fired the top executives at the TVA.
https://twitter.com/EmeraldRobinson/status/1290343929699880963
Conservatives urge Trump to take unilateral action to suspend payroll tax collection
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1290349253970231296
HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOO
loyal wife Ellen DeGeneres’ wife Portia de Rossi says ‘I stand by Ellen’ as she breaks silence amid reports of a ‘toxic’ workplace
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Sophia Caraballo Pineiro
Aug 3 2020, 14:07 ETUpdated: Aug 3 2020, 14:11 ET
https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/1247516/portia-de-rossi-stands-by-ellen-degeneres-toxic-workplace-scandal/?utm_medium=browser_notifications&utm_source=pushly
President Trump says he may stop evictions by executive order: "I'll do it myself if I have to."
"I have a lot of powers…"
"We're looking at that very seriously right now."
JUST IN: Journalist covering Trump trip to Florida tests positive for coronavirus
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/510292-journalist-covering-trump-trip-to-florida-tests-positive-for-coronavirus?__twitter_impression=true
MSNBC announces sweeping changes to daytime schedule
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| August 03, 2020 01:18 PM
| Updated Aug 03, 2020, 01:48 PM
Chuck Todd, the NBC News political director and the moderator on Meet The Press, is included in the lineup reshuffle, which will go into effect on Aug. 17, the Washington Examiner can confirm. Todd, who currently hosts MTP Daily during the 5 p.m. hour, will be moved to the 1 p.m. time slot.
Katy Tur, who hosts MSNBC Live from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., will only keep the first hour of her show, while NBC News foreign correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin will take over the 3 p.m. hour.
As of now, Nicolle Wallace, who worked in the George W. Bush administration, anchors Deadline: White House, which airs from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and leads into MTP Daily. Wallace's show, once the changes go into effect, will take over Todd's vacated time slot, and her show will stretch across two hours.
Todd will no longer anchor the 5 p.m. hour, but he will begin hosting a new hour-long weekly political news program on the network's streaming service.
“Peacock is the new Comcast streaming service, the NBC streaming service," Todd said in June to USA Today’s Talking Tech podcast about the new platform. "And this is something I'm really excited about. Ultimately, I’d do Meet the Press as a channel, someday. In fact, I view it that way now. I know we're not there and I think that every smart news program that has a legacy will view itself more as a channel than as a show. You know, I can't wait to have a series of documentaries. I can't wait for people to go on the Meet the Press channel on Peacock, and you know in five years, you'll have maybe an hourly update of what's the latest political news, a Sunday archive, longer podcast interviews, documentaries that are as long as two hours or as short as 10 minutes. That's sort of the vision I have in sort of the next iteration of this as we go into the next decade.”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/msnbc-announces-sweeping-changes-to-daytime-schedule
Democrats subpoena State Department aides in probe of IG's firing
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-department-subpoenas-democrats-investigation-inspector-general-firing/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=95915906
Democrats subpoena State Department aides in probe of IG's firing
By Melissa Quinn
August 3, 2020 / 1:06 PM / CBS News
Washington — The top Democrats on a trio of congressional committees announced the issuance of subpoenas for a group of State Department officials as part of a joint investigation into the firing of the department's inspector general, Steve Linick.
"This administration continues to cover up the real reasons for Mr. Linick's firing by stonewalling the committee's investigation and refusing to engage in good faith," House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Bob Menendez said in a statement.
The lawmakers said the "stonewalling has made today's subpoenas necessary."
Democrats subpoena State Department aides in probe of IG's firing
By Melissa Quinn
August 3, 2020 / 1:06 PM / CBS News
Washington — The top Democrats on a trio of congressional committees announced the issuance of subpoenas for a group of State Department officials as part of a joint investigation into the firing of the department's inspector general, Steve Linick.
"This administration continues to cover up the real reasons for Mr. Linick's firing by stonewalling the committee's investigation and refusing to engage in good faith," House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Bob Menendez said in a statement.
The lawmakers said the "stonewalling has made today's subpoenas necessary."
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The subpoenas for joint depositions before the two House committees were issued to Brian Bulatao, undersecretary of state for management, Marik String, acting State Department legal adviser, Michael Miller, deputy assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, and Toni Porter, senior adviser to Pompeo.
President Trump fired Linick, who served as the State Department's internal watchdog since 2013, in mid-May, and his removal raised red flags for Engel and Menendez, who swiftly announced they would be investigating the ouster.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he recommended to Mr. Trump that Linick be terminated and told reporters he "should've done it some time ago."
Democrats subpoena State Department aides in probe of IG's firing
By Melissa Quinn
August 3, 2020 / 1:06 PM / CBS News
Washington — The top Democrats on a trio of congressional committees announced the issuance of subpoenas for a group of State Department officials as part of a joint investigation into the firing of the department's inspector general, Steve Linick.
"This administration continues to cover up the real reasons for Mr. Linick's firing by stonewalling the committee's investigation and refusing to engage in good faith," House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Bob Menendez said in a statement.
The lawmakers said the "stonewalling has made today's subpoenas necessary."
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The subpoenas for joint depositions before the two House committees were issued to Brian Bulatao, undersecretary of state for management, Marik String, acting State Department legal adviser, Michael Miller, deputy assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, and Toni Porter, senior adviser to Pompeo.
President Trump fired Linick, who served as the State Department's internal watchdog since 2013, in mid-May, and his removal raised red flags for Engel and Menendez, who swiftly announced they would be investigating the ouster.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he recommended to Mr. Trump that Linick be terminated and told reporters he "should've done it some time ago."
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But soon after his firing, reports emerged that Linick's office was examining whether Pompeo misused a State Department aide for personal errands. Engel also revealed Linick was investigating at his request the Trump administration's emergency declaration to fast-track an $8 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia and skirt congressional review.
Kashkari Says Only Way To "Save Economy" Is To Lock It Down "Really Hard" For 6 Weeks
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/kashkari-says-only-way-save-economy-lock-it-down-really-hard-6-weeks
Facebook REFUSES to remove fake video of Nancy Pelosi slurring her words during press briefing
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8588017/Facebook-REFUSES-remove-fake-video-Nancy-Pelosi-slurring-words-press-briefing.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus&ito=social-twitter_dailymailus&ito=social-twitter_dailymailus
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/03/trump-taxes-da-cyrus-vance-asks-judge-to-dismiss-subpoena-challenge.html?__source=twitter%7Cpolitics
It's hard to believe this has to be said, but if I'm elected president, I’ll spend my Monday mornings working with our nation’s top experts to control this virus — not insulting them on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1290350721515139072
As pandemic stretches on, retail bankruptcies approach highest number in a decade
Published Mon, Aug 3 20202:50 PM EDT
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/03/with-pandemic-retail-bankruptcies-approach-highest-number-in-a-decade.html?__source=twitter%7Cmain
Oakland University to require residents to wear ‘BioButton,’ to track health; students launch petition
Wearable technology to monitor COVID-19 symptoms
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2020/08/03/oakland-university-to-require-residents-to-wear-biobutton-to-track-health-students-launch-petition/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=wdiv
Michele Meyer-Shipp has been named MLB Chief People & Culture Officer overseeing all MLB human resources activities, including talent processes and programs, workplace culture, and diversity and inclusion, starting in Oct. She also will oversee all off-field office operations.