Race for the White House Update: The revolution gets televised

-- And the teevee reporters get arrested.

Minnesota police arrest CNN reporter and camera crew as they report from protests in Minneapolis https://t.co/IY0H1Lc77E pic.twitter.com/s9XmwVfabP

— New Day (@NewDay) May 29, 2020

-- And quickly released after a phone call from CNN's Jeff Zucker to MN Gov. Tim Walz.

-- Meanwhile, Trump is losing what little remains of his sanity over Twitter tagging his lies and celebrating threats of violence.  Someone surely told him that his executive order does not trump (pun intended) the First Amendment, but when did he ever care about the Constitution?

Jeez, it's too bad the Democrats can't impeach him.

-- That brings us to Joe (and Bernie, briefly).

Hey .@BernieSanders here’s that revolution you were talking about. Where are you?

— No Justice - No Peace (@pinkladyfoxx) May 29, 2020

Imagine thinking Joe Biden is going to solve any of this.

— Jack Califano (@jackcalifano) May 29, 2020

Yes, this a difficult moment for the nation, in a variety of the most understated ways.

Joe Biden has done only a tiny number of interviews since going into his bunker 2 months ago. In one of those he wildly insulted black people & in the other he audibly farted.

...This campaign is gonna go great.

— Lee Camp [Redacted] (@LeeCamp) May 28, 2020

Did you miss the farting episode?

Joe Biden might have just shit his pants on a livestream pic.twitter.com/iFmM4oqFH2

— Piney McKnuckle (@PineyMcknuckle) May 27, 2020

I should probably put my resources into more important stories.

40M+ lost their jobs, and Joe Biden doesn't support monthly UBI payments.

100K+ dead, and Joe Biden doesn't support Medicare For All.

If Joe Biden isn't adopting these progressive policies during a national crisis, why do you think he'll adopt them once the crisis is over?

— Jackson (@Jacksonlzz) May 28, 2020

Young voters overwhelmingly support the Green New Deal, Medicare-for-all, student debt forgiveness, and an end to imperialism.

Biden thinks they can be won with a "young professionals finance council," featuring an online discussion moderated by Symone Sanders and Pete Buttigieg

— Walker Bragman (@WalkerBragman) May 27, 2020

What is the Democratic Party plan to address structural racism?

— Carl Nyberg (@CarlNyberg312) May 28, 2020

Trump Could Be “Reelected” Even If He Loses The Electoral College https://t.co/LWpTfjA77G

— Greg Palast (@Greg_Palast) May 27, 2020

-- Enough of those pesky questions for now.  What's happening in the veepstakes?

As chief prosecutor, Klobuchar declined to bring charges against cop that killed George Floyd https://t.co/qDH3u9zXo8

— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) May 27, 2020

Uh oh. That's not good.

BREAKING: Nevada @SenCortezMasto has decided to withdraw her name from consideration to be @JoeBiden's pick for vice president. 1/

— Steve Sebelius (@SteveSebelius) May 28, 2020

Probably means about as much as a 75-1 longshot dropping out before Derby Day.

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— MSDNC - Commentary & Satire (@MSDNCNews) May 26, 2020

Tough week for everybody.  It may get a little better next week, as Texas Democrats host Biden and nearly all of his former contending rivals at their virtual convention.  I'll have a post on that shortly.