Floridians had tallied 72%; Kentuckians, 62%; Virginians 55%. But his cult — Proud Boys and their ilk — are another matter entirely. Yes! Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. The result was a blueprint allowing the dictator — er, a president — to "hold employees accountable, sideline their labor unions and give the president more power to hire and fire them," much as he would yesterday's political appointees. All rights reserved. Can our nation heal, and how long will it take? Copyright © 2020, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Inc. Sohn: The real Donald Trump doesn't pay taxes. It's a foregone conclusion. FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers, force the U.S. The U.S., as of Wednesday, already had seen 53% of all the balloting cast in 2016, according to news reports. We're not even talking about the obscene tax break Trump pushed through to benefit himself, his family and the other wealthiest people in our country while the rest of us effectively make and keep less money than we did decades ago. What we're talking about is Donald Trump's vile divisiveness that pits people against one another as though they were his toy lions and gladiators. And the judge said the 14 states seeking the injunction had "demonstrated that this attack on the Postal Service is likely to irreparably harm the states' ability to administer the 2020 general election. We have to put some muscle into it. Why? Or the more than 5,400 Latino immigrant children he allowed to be separated from their parents and caged at our southern border. He has supporters who really are "fine people" taking a wrong side. The area is zoned for manufacturing, which precludes permanent residences from being built there. Donald Trump's mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, came from the Hebridean Isle of Lewis, off the west coast of Scotland. Wise observers have counted and recounted the ways, but here's a new wrinkle. This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Chattanooga Times Free Press, Inc. Material from the Associated Press is Copyright © 2020, Associated Press and may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. It deepens many Americans understanding of our past, and it is prompting important conversations about our history. We're also not talking about the nearly 100 environmental and safety rules and laws that Trump and his idiots have repealed, rolled back or placed on track to scuttle — all while he also separated us from the Paris climate accord and while we keep watching California burn and the South flood. It — and he — has deeply damaged us. Postal Service to reverse its July operational changes that slowed the nation's mail. More. Now we wonder how long reversing those changes will take. But really, does any of that matter? (Late last week, the administration announced that on Sunday it expected to restrict access to China's TikTok and WeChat communication apps in the U.S. by banning new downloads of the apps.). Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the former president of Estonia, cited Russia president Vladimir Putin in tweeting: "Putin did the same years ago and now that's what you get in Russia.". We're not talking even about his almost strong-armed robbery of our tax dollars while he failed to pay as much in taxes as we do, or the millions he raked in for his resorts and businesses when the Secret Service and other government employees had to follow him around on his golf escapades and his ego-driven, COVID-superspreader rallies. Sohn: Once again the Trumps make the case for electing Joe Biden, Pam's Points: We've much to look forward to this election week. The White House calls it "labor reforms" and says it will "create a government that serves the people.". Copyright © 2020, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Inc. It was announced in 2006, completed in 2008 and renamed in 2017. This is evident in President Trump's highly partisan words and tweets, the actual impact of the changes on primary elections that resulted in uncounted ballots, and recent attempts and lawsuits by the Republican National Committee and President Trump's campaign to stop the state's efforts to bypass the Postal Service by utilizing ballot drop boxes, as well as the timing of the changes.". But what Trump is suggesting — a "national commission to promote patriotic education," called the 1776 Commission — sounds in itself like propaganda — totalitarian propaganda. It is time to remember that we are America. In a speech overflowing with race-baiting dog whistles, Trump decried "left-wing mobs," and other themes his campaign and his base have rallied behind for months. This is our time. They are part of the broader Trump family originating from Germany. Note that we did not say Trump and his supporters. He called The New York Times 1619 Project, a Pulitzer Prize-winning project aimed at teaching Americans students about slavery, "toxic propaganda.". Last Thursday during a Constitution Day speech at the White House Conference on American History at the National Archives Museum, Trump criticized what he called "the liberal indoctrination of America's youth" and said he wants to create a "national commission to promote patriotic education.". Nor are we talking about the president's repeated sabotage (and his Republican Senate support to delay) any extension of COVID-19 economic aid to the millions left unemployed after the novel coronavirus began sweeping the country. With each tweet or executive order or off-hand insult, he edges us closer to another authoritarian state and further from democracy. A federal judge finally has issued a nationwide injunction to force the U.S. October 31st, 2020 | by Pam Sohn New York Times file photo by Samuel Corum/President Donald Trump leaves the White House on his way to the U.S. Capitol in February of 2018. Rallies where his "team" management was so poor that scores of his supporters were left in freezing cold temperatures for hours with no bus rides back to their vehicles. Donald Trump Jr., President Donald Trump's eldest son, has tested positive for the coronavirus, a personal spokesman told CNN on Friday. The Washington Post reports the civil service attack began soon after Trump's inauguration with the hire of a young aide from the Heritage Foundation. But there are other questions that need answers. Massive Texas touted 91%. ", He went on: "We must clear away the web of twisted lies in our schools and classrooms and teach our children the magnificent truth about our country. This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Chattanooga Times Free Press, Inc. Material from the Associated Press is Copyright © 2020, Associated Press and may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. And we're not talking about the racial and social unrest Trump repeatedly stoked. It is a long-overdue recounting of slavery's centrality to America's story. And now we're two days away from the election. That aide, with other Trumpites, spent the bulk of Trump's term "working from a ­little-known West Wing policy shop.". Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use. Sure, historians are rushing of late to tell us we've been here — sort of — before, with other elections and other presidents. Trump sees it as a checkmate to the "deep state" he believes is out to disrupt his coup. Largely because many of us had long ago unequivocally made up our minds. What will it take to reconcile us? No. ", Trump claimed that current curriculum is comparable to anti-American propaganda used by foreign adversaries. The AP will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing. ", In a further analysis, the judge wrote: "Although not necessarily apparent on the surface, at the heart of DeJoy's and the Postal Service's action is voter disenfranchisement. Trump's immediate family circle has been the first family of the United States since his inauguration on January 20, 2017. The condo-hotel design … The AP will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing. Biden, in a CNN town hall last week said he could unite the country as "America's president" rather than a partisan one, and he cast the United States as unsafe under President Trump. No matter the eventual outcome of this election. No. The election's result is most certainly clear: Donald Trump lost the popular vote and the Electoral College vote — by a lot. Win or lose this week, Donald Trump has already severely crippled this nation. In his speech Trump directly blamed school curricula for the violence that resulted from a handful of the protests, saying that "the left-wing rioting and mayhem are the direct result of decades of left-wing indoctrination in our schools.