Poll-a-palooza With November 3rd looming, we're spoiled with fresh polling. Here's one saying Vice President Mike Pence would be a more formidable opponent for Biden if Covid forced Trump to drop out of the race. The latest Rasmussen survey has Biden with a double-digit lead. What do voters think about the idea of packing the Supreme Court? Find out here. Troubling results from this Yahoo! News/YouGov poll regarding Trump's Covid-19 diagnosis, with a majority of Republicans chalking it up to just plain bad luck and saying he should keep having rallies. The White House is a hot zone, and the reactions are even hotter The list of people around the president who have tested positive for the coronavirus continues to grow, including adviser Stephen Miller. White House staffers are (understandably!) worried and talking to reporters, mostly anonymously, to voice their concerns and frustrations. Meanwhile, Trump was tweeting thanks to a supporter who vowed she'd "wade though a sea of COVID infested water to vote" for Trump. Ari Fleischer thinks Trump shouldn't go to the next debate if he still has Covid. A doctor told CNN's Brianna Keilar that Trump still has a "more than 1 in 10" chance of dying from Covid. S.E. Cupp slammed the "Trump Addicts" defending him as "insane" and "cultish." The White House Correspondents Association is issuing new warnings to its members and Buzzfeed pulled their White House reporter. Heck no, I won't go Pelosi was on The View Wednesday and was blunt in her assessment of the White House as coronavirus spreads within its halls, calling it "one of the most dangerous places in the country." Fauci begs Dr. Anthony Fauci knows you might hate him but still hopes you'll take his advice. Saying that it's "not rocket science" and the country didn't need to go into "lockdown," he begged Americans to follow "simple public health measures." Brer Rabbit would approve If you're unfamiliar with the Southern folk tale, Brer Rabbit taunts his adversary Brer Fox, "Please don't throw me in that briar patch!" goading the gullible fox into doing exactly what he hoped he would do. Former GOP consultant and Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt took inspiration from the wily rabbit Wednesday, getting Trump and several allies to attack him on Twitter and then launching his own savage tweet threads in response, plus a few MSNBC appearances just to drive the point home. The verbally pugnacious Schmidt appeared quite at home in the briar patch of Trumpian tweets, firing back at Trump, "save your breath," and mocking Trump's "blustering buffoonery," as well as making a reference to the frequently-memed Hitler biopic about the end of WWII, Downfall. Turn Texas Blue? Meanwhile, Schmidt and his fellow Lincoln Project Never Trumpers are forging into new territory, dropping $1 million into an initial digital ad buy seeking to persuade Republican voters in Texas to vote for Biden. Could the Lone Star State really turn blue? Some ongoing conflicts and chaos among the state's GOP leadership might help, but there are plenty of reasons for skepticism. Read all about it here. Is it still newsworthy when Rudy says something wacky? Well, maybe. This Bloomberg TV interview with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani had several eyebrow-raising moments, including him baselessly accusing Biden of being "impaired" and attacking the show's hosts as "phony" pawns for the Democratic Party. Ewwww It's quite the accomplishment to make "naked celebrities" unsexy, but Mark Ruffalo, Chris Rock, Amy Schumer, Josh Gad, and Sarah Silverman and several others managed to do just that in a very cringeworthy PSA about how to properly complete and return your absentee ballot. See the hot mess in all its glory here. Vote or die Voters are so fired up about the election, that some are making an effort to get an absentee ballot and return it from their deathbeds, a macabre trend reported by the New York Times. "Maybe I'm immune" James Corden delivered a brilliantly satirical performance on Tuesday’s The Late Late Show, mocking Trump’s coronavirus response with a parody of Paul McCartney’s ’70s hit Maybe I’m Amazed. Watch and sing along here. Debate Night! Tonight's the night for the debate between Pence and the woman who wants to take his job, Sen. Kamala Harris. Read all the details and follow Mediaite's coverage here. 6.5.0 |