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White House: Did We Say $400 In Emergency Unemployment? About That!
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August 12, 2020 09:15 AM
After governors from both parties complained Donald Trump's maybe-legal (or not!) executive order to extend emergency unemployment benefits looked unworkable, the White House issued a "clarification" yesterday: cash-starved states won't have to kick in any funding to get the emergency funds, and also the amount will be $300 a week, not the $400 that Trump had said it would be when he announced the order Saturday. The CARES Act's emergency unemployment had been $600 a week, but those benefits expired at the end of July because Republicans wouldn't even think of discussing a renewal — among themselves, and they never did come to an agreement, among themselves! — until a few days before the expiration date.
This is where we remind you all, again, that Democrats in the House passed a stimulus package in MAY that fully funded an extension of the emergency benefits until January 2021. Republicans refused to act for two months because they wanted to see if the economy came roaring back, and besides, they'd already shoveled money to their biggest donors.
At the moment, there doesn't seem to be any hope of a new stimulus bill. Democrats said before talks collapsed last week that they would be willing to accept a trillion dollars of cuts to the $3 trillion package from May, but the White House accused Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi of refusing to negotiate. The Washington Post reports that one of the White House's two lead negotiators, Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, "left Washington this week for an unspecified amount of time." Maybe Steven Mnuchin will be available to take a message. As for congressional Republicans, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell dropped out of the discussions altogether, saying he'd support any package the White House came up with.
Sorry, 30 million Americans getting unemployment, hope you don't need to pay rent or anything!
<p>Trump's plan, such as it is, would shift some <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2020-08-10/states-on-hook-for-billions-under-trumps-unemployment-plan" target="_blank">$44 billion in funds</a> from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster relief fund — at the height of hurricane season, no worries — to cover about five weeks of the enhanced unemployment benefits at the lower, $300 per week rate. The White House initially said that in order to qualify for the benefits at all, states <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/states-wtf-trump-unemployment-executive-order" target="_blank">would have to fund a quarter </a>of what was originally announced as a $400 per week benefit. Maybe the states could move around some money from their own unused stimmy funds from the CARES Act, yeah, try that. Trump <a href="http://washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/08/11/trump-unemployment-aid-congress/?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_bailouthill-6p%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans" target="_blank">said </a>Saturday,</p><blockquote>$400. Okay? So, that's generous, but we want to take care of our people. [...] Under this plan, states will be able to offer greater benefits if they so choose, and the federal government will cover 75 percent of the cost. So we're all set up. It's $400 per week.</blockquote><p>But of course, just like every other aspect of its pandemic response <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/state-department-kinda-making-up-coronavirus-policy-as-it-goes-along-is-that-a-bad-thing" target="_blank">going back to the start,</a> the administration was just making shit up as it went along. Yesterday, Trump's top economic adviser Larry Kudlow <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/08/11/trump-unemployment-aid-congress/?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_bailouthill-6p%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans" target="_blank">explained</a> that </p><blockquote>adjustments had been made to that plan and that no new money is required from the states for their residents to qualify for the $300.<br><br>"We modified slightly the mechanics of the deal," Kudlow told Fox News.</blockquote><p>He might have added, "Pray we do not alter it further." Or if you prefer a more literary bad guy, we won't be at all surprised if Fox News insists we should all thank Big Brother for increasing the payments, first from $600 to $400, and then to $300. </p><p>Once the reduced Trumpenbonus runs out in five weeks, states that wanted to continue enhanced benefits would have to find the money themselves unless an actual bill is passed by Congress. </p><p>The <em>Post </em><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/08/11/trump-unemployment-aid-congress/?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_bailouthill-6p%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans" target="_blank">reports</a> that the White House is kicking around other ways to do a little bit of stimmy without involving Congress, because what is a "constitutional republic" anyway? Two "people aware of internal conversations" said administration officials are considering finding other funds to repurpose for stimulus, on the off chance that they can get away with it. But gosh, it's almost as if complete dysfunction in the executive branch isn't going over so well:</p><blockquote>The president's favorite economic indicator — the stock market — began to slide Tuesday amid growing evidence that an additional aid package was not on the way.<br><br>The tech-heavy Nasdaq, which had been trading near record territory, slid 186 points, or 1.7 percent.<br><br>"The White House's credibility is on the line here in terms of their ability to execute the stimulus they announced over the weekend. And the stock market is telling you here that whatever they've announced is not enough — more money is needed to keep the economy recovering, " said Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at MUFG Union Bank.</blockquote><p>Okay, sure, but what about doing nothing at all and blaming the Democrats? </p><p>Or how about a tax cut for the rich? </p><p>[<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/08/11/trump-unemployment-aid-congress/?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_bailouthill-6p%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans" target="_blank">WaPo</a> / <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/07/coronavirus-stimulus-updates-relief-bill-stalls-trump-mulls-executive-order.html" target="_blank">CNBC</a>]</p><p>Yr Wonkette is supported entirely by reader donations. Please make a donation if you can! Help us, you're our only hope. </p><p></p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/33mKzZe" target="_blank">Do your Amazon shopping through this link, because reasons</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><form name="donation" method="post" class="donation-form"><p class="subheadline">How often would you like to donate?</p><div class="form-row row--plan"><label class="plan-type__label"><input type="radio" name="plan_type" value="once" class="plan-type" required="" checked> Just once
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2020 presidential election
Sarah Palin Has Some Just Really Good Advice For Kamala Harris, Dontcha Know?
It's a nice story of Sarah Palin, at the Wonkette!
August 12, 2020 08:55 AM
Well here's a nice story for ya from Wasilla where the air is cold and it's moose bonin' season, when the moose bone each other all the live-long day!*
Sarah Palin was sittin' up there in Alaska and she heard, dontcha know, that Joe Biden, AKA Squirrelly Joe, picked Kamala Harris to be his VEEP, AKA his VEEPEE, AKA his Mama Grizzly, just like John McCain picked Sarah Palin to be all those things!
And she thought, well, maybe I should go get a Big Gulp and put a coupla squeezes of squeezable Boone's Farm in it,** ya know? and after that, she just thought, ya know what? Ya know what? Ya know? Ya know.
So she got her ghostwriter on the Zoom (she's been stayin' at home because of the Covid) and said hey ghostwriter, ya know? Ya know? Ya know. We should write somethin' nice to Kamala Harris, because as I always say, to everything there is a season, and right now, I feel like it's the season to be nice and give Kamala some real good advice, Mama Grizzly to Mama Grizzly, about the upcomin' campaign!
(YOU KNOW I STILL WANT 'EM TO LOSE, HONK HONK, said Sarah Palin, honkin' the joke horn she keeps by her Zoomin' couch for these occasions. Bristol gets mad 'cause it wakes up the new twins Scoundrel and Wombat*** but that's not Grandma Grizzly's problem now is it.)
They wrote the nice message on the Instagram, which we'll place here so you know we aren't fake newsin':
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Some yahoos running campaigns will suffocate you with their own self-centered agenda so remember YOU were chosen for who YOU are. So stay connected with America as you smile and ignore deceptive “handlers" trying to change you; 4) some fun terms you may learn: “OTR" - an orchestrated campaign stop that's meant to look un-orchestrated where you “normalize" in front of voters. (I'd remembered not packing my running shoes, they turned it into a whole campaign stop with media detailing my every move trying on shoes.) OTR's get bizarre (try eating in front of vultures looking for the “gotcha" shot!) but my team made OTR's the second most fun thing! “Ropeline": thee MOST fun thing! Every single handshake and holler and hug and smile melted my heart, energized my soul, and gave me the utmost hope in the greatest country on earth! The ropeline is often the only way to literally touch those whom you wish to serve, so be sincere in looking in their eyes, understanding why they're there, never forgetting they represent the innumerable Americans putting their trust in you to serve for the right reasons. It's who and what they represent that is all that matters! 5) don't forget the women who came before you; 6) have fun! This IS the greatest country in the world and hopefully you'll be blessed beyond belief, like I was, with meeting new people from all walks of life and see just how great it is! 🇺🇸 more to come... including one of the funniest things in my life, right before my debate with Sen. Joe Biden... stay tuned! - Sarah Palin</a><br> A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sarahpalin97/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;" target="_blank"> Sarah Palin</a> (@sarahpalin97) on Aug 11, 2020 at 2:16pm PDT<br></div></blockquote> <script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script></div><blockquote>Congrats to the democrat VP pick. Climb upon Geraldine Ferraro's and my shoulders, and from the most amazing view in your life consider lessons we learned:<br><br>1) out of the chute trust no one new;<br><br>2) fight mightily to keep your own team with you - they know you, know your voice, and most importantly are trustworthy;</blockquote><p>OK now some people might be thinkin' Sarah Palin is bein' a Mean Jean here, because some people say Kamala Harris's sister tanked her campaign, but in reality Sarah Palin has not read that article. Sarah Palin is just still <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/palin-mccain" target="_blank">real PO-ed</a> at Nicolle Wallace and Steve Schmidt, who said mean things about Sarah Palin on the 2008 campaign and were very disloyal to John McCain and his favorite veepee Sarah Palin.</p><p>Know who Sarah Palin's not gonna be nice to? Nicolle Wallace and Steve Schmidt. Why, every time Sarah Palin goes <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/sarah-palin-planning-new-teevee-show-about-sarah-palin" target="_blank">shootin' wolves from airplanes,</a> she gives each one a name, and it is "Nicolle," every last one of 'em, and every time she watches a man — Todd? Nope. Not unless he's <a href="https://people.com/politics/sarah-todd-palin-quietly-divorced/" target="_blank">comin' around here uninvited,</a> dontcha know — <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/here-is-your-annual-thanksgiving-sarah-palin-turkey-day-massacre-for-tradition" target="_blank">grind a turkey to death headfirst</a> for the Lord's feast of Alaskan Thanksgiving, she calls it "Steve the Turkey."****</p><p>Anyway now they're basically DEMOCRATS. Just like Kamala Harris. Who we're bein' nice to right now. Wait, where were we? Let's get back on track. </p><blockquote>3) don't get muzzled - connect with media and voters in your own unique way. Some yahoos running campaigns will suffocate you with their own self-centered agenda so remember YOU were chosen for who YOU are. So stay connected with America as you smile and ignore deceptive "handlers" trying to change you;</blockquote><p>Yep, this one's about Nicolle 'n' Steve too, Sarah Palin appears to have gone off on a <em>wee oopsie</em> of a tangent. Hey! Hey! Hey there. Ever wonder what would happen if you put Easy Cheese directly into a Boone's Farm squeezable? </p><p>OK, Sarah Palin, FOCUS.</p><blockquote>4) some fun terms you may learn:<br>"OTR" - an orchestrated campaign stop that's meant to look un-orchestrated where you "normalize" in front of voters. (I'd remembered not packing my running shoes, they turned it into a whole campaign stop with media detailing my every move trying on shoes.) OTR's get bizarre (try eating in front of vultures looking for the "gotcha" shot!) but my team made OTR's the second most fun thing!<br><br>"Ropeline": thee MOST fun thing!</blockquote><p>theeeeeeeee MOST!</p><blockquote>Every single handshake and holler and hug and smile melted my heart, energized my soul, and gave me the utmost hope in the greatest country on earth! The ropeline is often the only way to literally touch those whom you wish to serve, so be sincere in looking in their eyes, understanding why they're there, never forgetting they represent the innumerable Americans putting their trust in you to serve for the right reasons. It's who and what they represent that is all that matters!</blockquote><p>'Specially durin' pandemics. All the hugs 'n' hollers! </p><blockquote>5) don't forget the women who came before you;<br><br><span></span>6) have fun! This IS the greatest country in the world and hopefully you'll be blessed beyond belief, like I was, with meeting new people from all walks of life and see just how great it is!<br><br><span></span>more to come... including one of the funniest things in my life, right before my debate with Sen. Joe Biden... stay tuned!<br><br>- Sarah Palin</blockquote><p>Well that just ended very nicely. Maybe Sarah Palin <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/sarah-palin-was-the-only-woman-in-2008-to-endure-sexist-treatment-you-betcha" target="_blank">read that article</a> about how she was the only woman to experience sexist treatment in 2008 and was determined not to let THAT happen again in 2020. <br></p><p>Or maybe she didn't even read that article. </p><p>OH AND ONE MORE THING: Remember, Kamala Harris, if at first ya don't succeed, <del>try and try ag ...</del> you can always go back to bein' a senator and then <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/half-term-governor-says-half-term-senator-too-inexperienced-to-be-half-term-president" target="_blank">quit halfway through your term.</a> Or like three-quarter way. Just wherever ya are in your term.</p><p>You know? You know? You know. </p><p>*<em>We do not know if it is moose bonin' season.</em></p><p><em>**We do not know if Boone's Farm comes in "squeezable," or if it is available at the Wasilla supermarket where Sarah Palin shops.</em></p><p><em>*** Wonkette does not know if Bristol Palin is a new parent lately again, but "Scoundrel" and "Wombat" are good guesses.</em></p><p><em>****Don't know if Sarah Palin's been wolf-shootin' lately, or if she names them from the sky.</em></p><p><strong>Follow Evan Hurst on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/evanhurst" target="_blank">RIGHT HERE, DO IT RIGHT HERE!</a></strong></p><p><strong>Wonkette is fully funded by readers like YOU. 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2020 presidential election
Kamala Harris Is Your New Vice President, Now Let's Go Win This Motherf*cker
Called it ages ago.
August 11, 2020 04:52 PM
KAMALA HARRIS! All right, kids, let's do this!
Old Handsome Joe Biden has chosen Kamala Harris to be the next vice president of the United States. Which ... Ann Coulter, you were SO CLOSE.
NEW VP PREDICTION! Cory Booker announces he's transitioning to female. Biden chooses Corina Booker as his VP.— Ann Coulter (@Ann Coulter)1597174353.0
Wow, Republicans are getting better at comedy, and the left is worried.
Anyway, Wonkette would like to be the first to say congratulations to the first woman vice president of the United States, who will also be the first Black vice president, first Black woman vice president, first Indian-American vice president, first Asian-American vice president, and just a whole lot of other firsts.
<p>She will also be the first vice president in history who can do this:</p><video width="100%" controls="">
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</video><p>You know, unless Mike Pence does that all the time in his bathroom when Mother isn't around. He doesn't look that cool doing it, obviously.</p><p>Biden made the announcement on Twitter and on text messages that come in one at a time every 45 minutes (if you know what we mean, you know):</p><div id="da972" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="84ee06c8f9b09f6d925d2e7f1e1b03ad"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1293280412144267264" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Back when Kamala was Attorney General, she worked closely with Beau. I watched as they took on the big banks, lifte… https://t.co/aVlxdtBzDq</div> — Joe Biden (@Joe Biden)<a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/statuses/1293280412144267264">1597177052.0</a></blockquote></div><p>Biden made us wait all day for the announcement, after Democrats tried to pull some kinda silly goose misdirection this morning when they <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/08/11/901260704/democrats-reveal-who-will-speak-during-the-convention-and-who-might-not" target="_blank">announced the speakers</a> for the Democratic convention next week. (Slogan: Be there! On your couch! To watch it!) Senator Harris was listed as a Thursday speaker, whereas "VP" was listed for a Wednesday slot. Did this mean Biden <em>had not</em> picked Harris, and had maybe gone with Susan Rice instead? Or were they doing a MALARKEY?</p><p>We don't have much to say here, except that kAmaLA iS a cOop and also that we cannot wait to watch Harris kick ass as the vice president of all of America, just like she did to <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/keep-fucking-with-kamala-harris-boys-youre-making-her-stronger" target="_blank">Jeff Sessions's face</a> and <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/kamala-harris-bill-barr" target="_blank">Bill Barr's face.</a> We have to get her and Joe Biden there first, though, so if you need to make a donation to the Biden/HARRIS campaign, <a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/biden2020_fr_web?refcode=web-homepage-nav" target="_blank">please click here.</a> When you go to that page, you will be greeted with this picture of the next president and vice president of the United States.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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Postal Service Just Removing Sorting Machines Before Election, No Big Deal
Think of how much we could save by not holding elections at all.
The Trump administration's war on voting continues, with all sorts of neat developments! In addition to eliminating overtime for postal workers and other operational changes that have significantly slowed mail delivery, Trump's pet Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, pulled a Friday Night Massacre of 23 top US Postal Service executives over the weekend, as well as letting states know they'll need to pay the 55-cent First Class rate for absentee ballot applications and ballots, instead of the 20-cent bulk rate that had been used up until now. Now you know what "freedom isn't free" means — it means nearly tripling the cost of voting by mail, as record numbers of Americans plan to vote by mail due to the pandemic.
In the latest bit of fuckery to emerge, we learned on NPR's Morning Edition that the USPS has been removing mail-sorting machines in certain places. That fun fact was dropped in an interview with Kimberly Karol, a postal clerk in Waterloo, Iowa, and president of the Iowa Postal Workers Union. She brought co-host Noel King up short while discussing how the changes have affected her workers: