President Trump and his advisers have repeatedly discussed whether to fire FBI Director Christopher A. Wray after Election Day — a scenario that also could imperil the tenure of Attorney General William P. Barr as the president grows increasingly frustrated that federal law enforcement has not delivered his campaign the kind of last-minute boost that the FBI provided in 2016, according to people familiar with the matter.”
—The Washington Post, Oct. 21, 2020. [Anyone surprised by this? Anyone?]
I’m not just running against Biden, I’m running against the left-wing media, the big tech giants, and the Washington swamp, and I’ve been running against it from the beginning. And here I am, all by myself.”
—Donald Trump, during a rally in Arizona this week. [Is there a more pathetic, self-pitying titty-baby anywhere?]
“The great thing about President Trump is you always know where you stand with him, and it is him continuing to be the most transparent president in U.S. history.”
—Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller. [Uh…you may wish to ask Comey, Mattis, Tillerson, Scaramucci, McGahn, Sessions, Fiona Hill, Dan Coats, Reince Priebus, John Kelly, Kirstjen Nielsen, H.R. McMaster, John Bolton, Alexander Vindman, Peter Navarro, Andrew McCabe, Christopher Wray, William Barr, et al, about that “knowing where you stand” B.S.
Donald Trump has told us openly that he is planning to steal the election. In recent months he has explicitly declared that any election in which he does not win will have been rigged and illegitimate. He has claimed repeatedly and against all evidence that mail-in ballots are invalid. There has been remarkably little discussion of how to stop Trump. In the face of open declarations of plans to overthrow the tattered remnants of democracy in this country, American exceptionalism seems to have lulled many people into a false sense of complacency that a coup cannot happen in the US. But a coup will have taken place if all votes are not counted and honored, and Trump’s attacks on mail-in ballots suggests this is exactly the strategy he intends to pursue.”
—Ashley Dawson, professor of postcolonial studies at City University of New York. [There can be little doubt left that Trump is both deranged and dangerous. To justify his reelection on a single issue such as his being pro-life (he really isn’t) or a robust economy (which he inherited but squandered) is to embark on a suicide mission and to take the country with you.]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer displayed an “86 45” sign during her TV appearance. 86 can be shorthand for killing someone. Whitmer is encouraging assassination attempts against President Trump just weeks after someone sent a ricin-laced package to the White House.”
—Tweet by the Trump War Room. [Good God, these people have truly lost their freakin’ minds! Never knew 86 meant killing someone. I did know that it’s a code for bartenders to say “no more” to those who have had too much to drink. So, “no more” to Trump makes perfect sense in this context. Reading something into that that’s just not there doesn’t (but we do know the connotations associated with “war room.”)]
NOT A TRUMP QUOTE, but it should be (with apologies to Cavin & Hobbes):
Trump: “Do you think our morality is defined by our actions, or by what’s in our hearts?”
Lindsey Graham: “I think our actions show what’s in our hearts.”
Louisiana Voice 
“86 can be shorthand for killing someone.” I don’t know if dear leader retweeted the tweet containing this sentence, but it uses an excellent propaganda technique. If he did, and if he was called out on it, he would, no doubt, give his standard answer that it’s up to people to decide its validity, not him. [did I use enough commas, there?]
Saints preserve us through election day, January 20, and beyond. We have to wonder when, exactly, will the election be over. Speaking of being over things, I was watching a retrospective of Colbert monologues last night and was struck by one in March in which he bemoaned the fact the virus could last 8 weeks – if only…
Already voted in person, but still waiting for my mail in ballot from the postal service. You know, the United States Postal Service. The one that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s former company landed a $5 million highway-shipping contract last month.
Promises. Promises. Promises. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting.
Back to the Future: Trump’s History of Promising a Health Plan That Never Comes | Kaiser Health News
Even before he was elected, the president talked about a plan that would be released soon.
Promises. Promises. Promises. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting.
https://khn.org/news/back-to-the-future-trumps-history-of-promising-a-health-plan-that-never-comes/
Sounds a lot like “the virus will be gone by summer” and “we’re rounding the corner” or “we’re going to have a vaccine by the election”. See any pattern?
And of course when his promises go unfulfilled, it’s everyone else’s fault.