Internet-enabled male chastity cage can be remotely locked by hackers https://t.co/EAchLTFTnW pic.twitter.com/RdidoBWT8m

— The Verge (@verge) October 7, 2020

In the Arizona Senate debate Tuesday night between Democrat Mark Kelly and incumbent republican Martha McSally, McSally struggled to decline to say she was proud of her support for President Trump.

Martha McSally fumbling over herself to defend her support for Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/kvJgZ008n0

— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) October 7, 2020

Washington Post: “While Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has faced questions about how her Catholic faith might influence her jurisprudence, she has not spoken publicly about her involvement in People of Praise, a small Christian group founded in the 1970s and based in South Bend, Ind. Barrett, a federal appellate judge, has disclosed serving on the board of a network of private Christian schools affiliated with the group.”

“The organization, however, has declined to confirm that she is a member. In recent years, it removed from its website editions of a People of Praise magazine — first those that included her name and photograph and then all archives of the magazine itself. Barrett has had an active role in the organization, as have her parents, according to documents and interviews that help fill out a picture of her involvement with a group that keeps its teachings and gatherings private. A 2010 People of Praise directory states that she held the title of ‘handmaid,’ a leadership position for women in the community, according to a directory excerpt obtained by The Washington Post.”

By the end of the night, he’ll personally be welcoming asylum seekers at the border and giving them phones.

If I am sent a Stand Alone Bill for Stimulus Checks ($1,200), they will go out to our great people IMMEDIATELY. I am ready to sign right now. Are you listening Nancy? @MarkMeadows @senatemajldr @kevinomccarthy @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2020

As part of the 41 tweets or retweets (16 original or commented retweets, 25 quick retweets) in the past two hours and twenty minutes, Trump snuck in this gem totally undermining his declaration that there will be no coronavirus relief bills until *he* gets reelected.

The House & Senate should IMMEDIATELY Approve 25 Billion Dollars for Airline Payroll Support, & 135 Billion Dollars for Paycheck Protection Program for Small Business. Both of these will be fully paid for with unused funds from the Cares Act. Have this money. I will sign now!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2020

He must be on one helluva drug cocktail.

Texas Tribune: “U.S. Attorney John Bash, who serves the Western District of Texas, will resign at the end of the week to take a position in the private sector, according to a Monday statement from the Department of Justice. Bash was appointed to the position by President Donald Trump at the end of 2017. Bash previously worked in the department as an assistant to the solicitor general and served as associate counsel to the president.

“‘I tendered formal letters of resignation to both the President and the Attorney General this morning,’ Bash wrote in a statement. Bash said he accepted his new job last month. Earlier this summer, Attorney General William Barr tapped Bash to investigate the Obama administration for allegations of ‘unmasking’ before and after the 2016 presidential election. U.S. intelligence routinely conceals the identities of Americans whose communications are intercepted in the course of monitoring foreigners. Those names are anonymous in intelligence reports, but can be “unmasked” to provide more information for intelligence. Trump allies in Congress pledged to investigated the practice which led to the unmaking of former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s identity in certain intelligence documents related to the investigation into Russian election interference.”

I have fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents pertaining to the single greatest political CRIME in American History, the Russia Hoax. Likewise, the Hillary Clinton Email Scandal. No redactions! https://t.co/GgnHh9GOiq

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2020

Michael Hayden, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and former director of the National Security Agency, recorded an advertisement for Republican Voters Against Trump endorsing Joe Biden for president.

The ad was debuted on Tuesday’s Rachel Maddow Show.

NEW AD: Former Director of the CIA under Bush @GenMhayden: "If there is another term for Trump, I don't know what happens to America."

He's supporting @JoeBiden.

Watch his moving testimonial. pic.twitter.com/kBLLs6mIwJ

— Republican Voters Against Trump (@AccountableGOP) October 7, 2020

“The five U.S. attorneys along the border with Mexico, including three appointed by President Trump, recoiled in May 2018 against an order to prosecute all illegal immigrants even if it meant separating children from their parents. They told top Justice Department officials they were ‘deeply concerned’ about the children’s welfare. But the attorney general at the time, Jeff Sessions, made it clear what Mr. Trump wanted on a conference call later that afternoon, according to a two-year inquiry by the Justice Department’s inspector general into Mr. Trump’s ‘zero tolerance’ family separation policy” reports the New York Times.

“”‘We need to take away children,’ Mr. Sessions told the prosecutors, according to participants’ notes. One added in shorthand: ‘If care about kids, don’t bring them in. Won’t give amnesty to people with kids.’ Rod J. Rosenstein, then the deputy attorney general, went even further in a second call about a week later, telling the five prosecutors that it did not matter how young the children were. He said that government lawyers should not have refused to prosecute two cases simply because the children were barely more than infants.”

New York Times: “The Department of Homeland Security warned on Tuesday that violent white supremacy was the ‘most persistent and lethal threat in the homeland’ in an annual assessment that a former intelligence chief had accused the agency of withholding in deference to President Trump. The intelligence chief-turned-whistle-blower last month accused the department of blocking the report and directing analysts to play down the threat of violent white racism as well as Russian election interference to align the agency’s message with the president’s. But the final report appeared to do no such thing. The threat assessment highlighted white supremacists as the most deadly among domestic terrorists in recent years and Russia as the primary threat to spreading disinformation.”

“The delayed release of the report has been a point of scrutiny for a department that has faced consistent accusations of morphing into a tool for Mr. Trump’s re-election campaign. After the department singled out domestic terrorists and specifically white supremacists in a terrorism framework in September 2019, the agency’s leadership committed to releasing a follow-up assessment to the threat as well as a blueprint to confront it within months. It took far longer.”

On September 27th, one day after the Rose Garden introduction of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee–an event that after which no fewer than ten people tested positive with the coronavirus–the White House hosted another event that may lead to another outbreak.

The Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day ceremony drew the families of 20 deceased service members to the White House from around the country–and it was attended by members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who are now in isolation after one of their ranks tested positive for COVID, the Washington Post reports.  The White House has not contacted any of those who attended the event.

AP: “Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says he and President Donald Trump ‘shouldn’t have a debate’ as long as the president remains positive for the coronavirus. Biden said Tuesday that he’s ‘looking forward to being able to debate him” but said “we’re going to have to follow very strict guidelines.’ He says he doesn’t know Trump’s status since the president returned to the White House after being hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for three days after a COVID-19 diagnosis. Biden told reporters while boarding his plane back to Delaware in Hagerstown, Maryland: ‘I think if he still has COVID, then we shouldn’t have a debate.’ The next debate is scheduled for Oct. 15, with a third debate slated for Oct. 22. Biden’s campaign says he tested negative for COVID-19 earlier Tuesday.”

South Carolina republican Lindsey Graham and Michigan Democrat Gary Peters joined RollCall’s list of the ten most vulnerable Senators in this election cycle, joining seven republicans and Doug Collins as those most likely to lose their seats.

Peters, in a tightening race with republican John James, has been outraised by his opponent but still has a slight, though consistent, lead in the polls.

Graham, on the other hand, is lagging behind challenger Jaime Harrison in money and enthusiasm while the two are tied in the polls over the last month. 

“Stephen Miller has tested positive for COVID, per senior administration official. Adds Miller has been working remotely for last 5 days, testing negative every day through yesterday, and is in quarantine after a positive test today” – NBC News White House Correspondent Hallie Jackson.

How does Biden lead in Pennsylvania Polls when he is against Fracking (JOBS!), 2nd Amendment and Religion? Fake Polls. I will win Pennsylvania!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 6, 2020

“The Boogaloo Bois — a far-right movement calling for a second American Civil War — have made a man killed by federal agents near Detroit into their new martyr. A 43-year-old man named Eric Allport was killed by federal agents during a shootout on Friday near a Texas Roadhouse restaurant in Madison Heights. The FBI says that Allport opened fire while they were executing an arrest warrant for a federal weapons offense, leaving one person dead and an FBI agent injured. The shooting is still under investigation, according to the Detroit Free Press.”

“According to Vice, many prominent Boogaloo Bois have claimed Allport as one of their own. Allport, who according to The Detroit News opened a business that trained dogs to work in drug detection, posted Boogaloo memes on Instagram and Facebook. ‘Well, the feds have done it again, this time killing Eric Mark-Matthew Allport,’ Mike Dunn, a Boogaloo Boi from Virginia, said in a YouTube video on Monday. ‘As far as I know, he was a Boogaloo Boi. He embodied our ideology, our beliefs, he lived with liberty in his mind and they killed him.’ ‘May his blood fuel the revolution,’ another Boogaloo Boi wrote on Facebook” – Detroit Metro Times.

“Citigroup has fired an employee who ran a popular website dedicated to the QAnon conspiracy theory, Bloomberg News first reported on Tuesday. Jason Gelinas, a New Jersey man who worked at Citigroup as an information technology specialist, operated the website QMap.pub, which recently earned 10 million average monthly views, according to data from SimilarWeb, a digital analytics firm. A spokesperson for Citigroup told Insider, ‘Mr. Gelinas is no longer employed by Citi. Our code of conduct includes specific policies that employees are required to adhere to, and when breaches are identified, the firm takes action'” – Business Insider.

Great new numbers out of Maine’s critical 2nd district!

President @realDonaldTrump is beating Joe Biden there 49-41%.@bangordailynews says it is “the best poll for the president there in 2020”! #me02

— Ronna McDaniel (@RonnaMcDaniel) October 6, 2020