By Steve Rhodes
I’ll tell you this, too: The polls are actually distressingly too close, even with Joe Biden’s relatively large leads in swing states. It’s alarming, and I don’t see the situation likely to change.
Yet he still has the support of about 40% of Americans, which is the real problem that has kept the Senate under his control and will tear the country apart in November. Trump is the tip of the iceberg. https://t.co/eV2bl0nyKI
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 17, 2020
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Programming Note
Today was supposed to be a day off from the census for me, but then the bosses had to schedule not one but two conference calls. And then I will have a ton of information to relay to my team, and then . . . well, let’s just say a proper column isn’t likely to happen (again). And for completists, there was no column on Friday because . . . well, same reason, basically. Just think, I’m missing the big Jussie Smollett news! (Actually, Kim Foxx’s office royally screwed that case up, which I can say confidently without even having read the Webb report yet. But like Hillary’s e-mails, which were a real issue, it’s not nearly as significant as the Kassian cultists make it out to be. That office deserves to be knocked, and I’ve always thought – and written – that Kim Foxx might not be quite up to the job, but it’s like Chicago’s Benghazi. If that’s all you got, well . . . maybe turn your gaze to your own “side” for perspective.)
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New on the Beachwood . . .
Good In The Clubhouse
Our very own Roger Wallenstein will take a team full of bad attitudes any day if they perform.
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The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #317: Sick Sad World
Another solo effort by me with Jim “Coach” Coffman at an undisclosed location, possibly working on a COVID-19 cure.
Killing in the name of. Plus: Blackhawks’ House Money Running Out; The Infectious Cardinals Way; More Cubs Truths Emerge; The Return Of Ricky Rentamanager; Kollege Football Kills; Bye, Bye Boylen; More Bears Truths!; Sky & Fire; and The Weight Of Gold.
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ChicagoReddit
All interested in renting electric scooters heads up from r/chicago
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ChicagoGram
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ChicagoTube
The History Of Negro Leagues Baseball On The South Side Of Chicago
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TweetWood
A sampling of the delight and disgust you can find @BeachwoodReport.
💯And then journalists decided what to publish in the public’s interest and what to hold back for various reasons, including national security issues and protecting people’s lives. So anyone who is mad should be mad at the journalists. Also: Snowden was proven right. https://t.co/MJwj2Y4k9w
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 17, 2020
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The Trump administration finalized plans Monday to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, a move that will auction off oil and gas rights in the heart of one of the nation’s most iconic wild places. https://t.co/DxuMVd6k27
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) August 17, 2020
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Nursing Homes With Safety Problems Deploy Trump-Connected Lobbyists https://t.co/m9qakBCIkj
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 16, 2020
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The Cop Was the Hero in One Viral Video. Another Told a Different Story. https://t.co/8qn4m4yY43
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 16, 2020
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“In Ohio, where mail voting is likely to double, piles of undelivered mail are sitting in a Cleveland distribution center. In rural Michigan, diabetes medicine that used to arrive in three days now takes almost two weeks.” https://t.co/q5dWNfsxJ5
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) August 16, 2020
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I stopped paying attention to Robert F. Kennedy several years ago.
Trump’s Ex-Wife Marla Maples and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Push Wild Bill Gates Coronavirus Conspiracy https://t.co/S6mb9IUcTf
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 16, 2020
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The Postal Workers Union is done fucking around. pic.twitter.com/MDB2e8LGU9
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) August 13, 2020
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The Beachwood Tip Line: Ride, Postman, ride.
Posted on August 17, 2020