In America, Trumps campaign took double blows today as both Facebook and Twitter censure ads. Facebook took down an ad that featured a symbol used in Nazi Germany. A Facebook representative said the offending ad contained an inverted red triangle similar to that used by the Nazis to label opponents such as communists while a representative of Trump's campaign team claimed the ad was aimed at the far-left activist group antifa, which it said uses the symbol. While Twitter flagged a video re-tweeted by Trump, which contained a fake CNN news segment about a “racist baby”, adding a warning label that the post contained manipulated media.
All in all this has been one shit week for Trump with two tell all books, two high profile cases get denied by a supposed Trump friendly supreme court, COVID-19 makes a resurgence in states that eased the lockdown too quickly and his poll numbers hit an all time low. Trump has his justice department working overtime to quash the book releases, change immigration laws, sending cease and desist letters to TV networks who he claims are spreading fake news, while VP Pence states the increase in numbers of coronavirus cases are overblown. On top of all this the Lincoln project released yet another scathing ad about Trump's health asking "Is there something wrong with Trump?" showing different instances when Trump's ability to govern is questionable. What is the halls of American politics hiding from their nation and the world, and who is really running the country behind closed doors?
In other headlines out of America it has been reported that Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar has announced that she will not seek to be Joe Biden's running mate for the US presidential election in November stating that the Democratic nominee should choose a woman of colour as the vice-presidential candidate which is in my opinion a good decision because Biden needs something to get the minority vote on his side, but mostly because America has never had a female VP, let alone a president. Also should Biden's past rear it's ugly head there would be the chance for America's first female president which again has never happened in America and is well overdue.
Well enough about america let's see what BS is coming out of dear old Blighty today. So lies and subterfuge still roles through the halls of parliament as a coronavirus outbreak at a meat factory was shrouded in "secrecy". Health Secretary Matt Hancock revealed that there had been cases in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, at Thursday's briefing and that positive results were confirmed at the Kober factory, a supplier to Asda, which has temporarily closed the plant. A local resident Alan Hair said he was "angry at the level of secrecy" while MP Tracy Brabin branded the announcement as "incredibly careless". A representative of Kirklees Council stated it did not tell the public "because it doesn't combat the spread of the virus, compromises patient confidentiality and it could discourage businesses and organisations from coming forward in future". Once again our elected officials have proven that their political future is more important than British lives claiming that public ignorance is best against a full scale panic.
As cabinet ministers take on the briefing and subterfuge duties of the government Johnson decided it would be a best use of his time to have photo ops outside Downing street with French president Emmanuel Macron on Thursday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle’s BBC radio appeal to France to resist the Nazi occupation as well as taking time for talks over Brexit agreeing to step up efforts to secure a UK-EU trade deal. As Britain flounders in both economic stability and a rising death toll for this centuries worst medical emergency, we see a man who is supposed to be leading our combined four nations taking tea and cucumber sandwiches with a French man instead of governing the country. Can we really wait till twenty twenty four for another election especially if we have Johnson in charge till then, the future is dire.
That's all for me today,
Rant you tomorrow!
