CNN, Business Insider, and Slate are all beginning to take the Tara Reade accusations against Joe Biden seriously.  Recent reports corroborating Reade's sexual assault allegations are reportedly forcing Biden to make his first direct comment about them on Tuesday.  He's been silent (himself) for weeks. Will he come clean Tuesday?  Doubtful. But the allegations are now serious enough that he cannot ignore them. Stay tuned!

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ONE More Quote from Rep. Ilhan Omar

"Squad" member and U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar has opened her mouth again, to the benefit of the Republican Party.  The Democrat from Minnesota compared the threat of Islamic terrorists with white Americans and claimed white American men were more dangerous to the United States than terrorists who have a history of beheading kidnap victims.

"I would say our country should be more fearful of white men across our country because they are actually causing most of the deaths within this country.... And so if fear was the driving force of policies to keep America safe -- Americans safe inside of this country -- we should be profiling, monitoring, and creating policies to fight the radicalization of white men."

The families who lost loved ones in 9/11 or the Marine barracks bombing haven't responded to Omar's statement as yet.  

ONE Rea$on Democrats and Hollywood Have a Romantic Attachment

ONE Reason Democrats Keep Getting Hollywood Support

The LA Times is reporting that Joe Biden's ties to the Hollywood establishment aren't all about the environment, same sex marriage, or wage equality.  They're about dollars.  Presidential candidate Joe Biden has a long-time relationship as trade ambassador for the movie industry, and a long-time connection as a mouthpiece for Jeffrey Katzenberg (known for DreamWorks Animation) and others when negotiating deals to get American movies seen in China. The lowdown is in the story found here:

 https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-07-17/joe-biden-money-hollywood-studios-china

Uncle Joe knows the value of a dollar in Hollywood.

ONE New Poll with One OLD Result

According to The Hill, an new Quinnipiac University poll is showing that the party that doesn't like white men culture (Democrats) has three white men in the lead for its presidential nomination.  Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Beto O'Rourke are now firmly settled into the win, place and show positions as Democrats get out of the gate. Not a single one of them black or female, and the only one that's arguably Latino is in third by a pretty good margin. And another white male, Pete Buttigieg, is in the top 6. 
The imminent entry of Biden - it hasn't "officially" happened yet - has taken some of the wind out of the sails of the female candidates.  Their results placed them in single digits, now. We'll have to see how much stamina the two really old guys have, but they're almost certain to be strong fundraisers for a while, so they should be able to remain in the race well into primary season. Finances alone may be what gets Biden or Sanders the nomination. If they can roll up a big enough bankroll early it could put a squeeze on candidates like Harris, Warren, and Klobuchar.

ONE or More Reasons Not to Trust Hollywood

Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman - both of them Hollywood actresses - have become the latest fallen stars in the murky scandal plagued TV, Movie, and Music entertainment business.  Loughlin and her husband paid half a million dollars in a bribery scheme related to college admissions for the privileged and wealthy. Prosecutors have recordings of Loughlin agreeing to use what amounts to fake evidence in order to help her daughter obtain entry into USC. The evidence instead got her access to an indictment.

Felicity Huffman was also indicted in the same broad scandal.  The Desperate Housewives actress, married to actor William H. Macy, was a little luckier, though.  She didn't spend nearly that much to buy her child "unlimited time" on the SAT.  Her bank account only suffered $15,000 worth.

Both will now face criminal charges in a bribery, racketeering and wire fraud scandal.

ONE Scared Speaker and ONE Smoke and Mirrors Resolution

A day later than expected, the House of Representatives passed an altered version of a resolution condemning the bigoted words of an unnamed Democrat on Thursday.  According to news organizations the targeted words came from Rep. Ilhan Omar (Dem-MN) for anti-Semitic slurs she made in recent weeks.  We don't know for sure that she was the target, because Nancy Pelosi agreed to make the resolution a general anti-hate resolution that neither quotes nor specifically refers to here comments and does not come within 39-and-a-half feet of mentioning the name of the offender or the offense or the date, time or location.
Reports say that Pelosi was cowed in a private meeting by a group of freshmen Democrats that wielded their power over the Speaker like a leather strap before a wayward stepchild. The freshmen included Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  The resolution instead of targeting an actual bigot referred to all sorts of different types of bigots and made sure that everybody will know that Pelosi and party doesn't like them (vague and plural) and will let smart people know that Pelosi and party don't want to concentrate or linger on a specific event perpetrated by a specific Democrat. Better to condemn a cast of thousands that might be a part of any group or party than to focus on the one member of one party who has most recently made bigoted comments on front pages and in TV videotapes. At least when that party starts with a capital D.