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Need a laugh? Check out Haley Joel Osment's impersonation of JD Vance
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C'mon, nobody is claiming he's our 'best' draft pick. But he IS a weapon as the D attests to; burying the offense behind the ten-fifteen yard line gives the D license to 'pin their ears back' and rush the QB mercilessly. You saw that interception after one such kick at the end of the game.
The race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is close to a dead heat less than five weeks before the election, according to a string of surveys this month—the latest four showing Harris with leads ranging from two to five points.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-vs-harris-2024-polls-harris-leads-in-4-new-national-surveys-amid-virtual-tie-in-swing-states/ar-BB1qv7uq?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=c963c27de49f4a98b980afe7702c01d7&ei=16
Key Facts
Harris leads 50% to 48% in an Emerson poll released Thursday, and she’s up five points, 51% to 46%, in Morning Consult’s weekly poll.
Harris leads by five points, 49% to 44%, in a Susquehanna poll released this week, and by three points in an Economist/YouGov poll out Wednesday, margins equal to Economist/YouGov’s previous poll taken Sept. 21-24.
Harris was up by 5 points, 50% to 45%, in last week’s Morning Consult poll, down from a six-point lead (her widest yet in Morning Consult polls) a week earlier, though her favorability rating among likely voters had reached a record high (53% compared to Trump’s 45%).
Three polls over the past month—a Quinnipiac survey released Sept. 24, a New York Times/Siena poll out Sept. 19 and a CNN/SSRS poll released Sept. 24—show Trump and Harris tied, while virtually all other polls show Harris ahead.
Harris has erased Trump’s lead over President Joe Biden since announcing her candidacy on July 21, though her edge has decreased slightly over the past two months, peaking at 3.7 points in late August, according to FiveThirtyEight’s weighted polling average.
Big Number
2.2. That’s how many points Harris leads Trump by in RealClearPolitics’ latest polling average. Meanwhile, FiveThirtyEight’s average shows Harris with a 2.8-point lead.
How Does Harris Perform Against Trump In Swing States?
Harris leads Trump by one point overall in the seven battleground states likely to decide the election: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona, North Carolina and Georgia, according to Cook Political Report survey released Wednesday. Harris leads Trump in five of the states, Trump is up by two points in Georgia, and they’re tied in North Carolina.
Punter Tory Taylor — named NFC special teams player of the week — is out to make the Chicago Bears ‘look like absolute geniuses’
Bears punter Tory Taylor on the sideline against the Rams on Sept. 29, 2024, at Soldier Field. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
The Chicago Bears were clinging to a 24-18 lead Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams when Tory Taylor’s punt hit the Soldier Field grass just outside the number 10 and took a beautifully wicked bounce to the right and out of bounds.
Taylor ran across the field, pumping his arms and yelling. The crowd shots on the Fox broadcast caught fans shaking their heads and pumping their fists in appreciation of the Bears punter. Teammates swarmed Taylor, slapping his helmet.
“I really only go out there a few times a game, so I try to make the most of it,” Taylor said Wednesday. “Just go out there and dominate field position. But you don’t obviously always kick a 66-yarder inside the 10, so I was pretty happy.”
The 66-yard punt was one of two in the final 6 minutes, 33 seconds that forced the Rams to start drives at their 8-yard line. The second, a 35-yarder with 1:13 to play, was downed by safety Jonathan Owens.
Taylor had a gross average of 55.6 yards, landing three inside the 20. That stat line helped him to be named NFC special teams player of the week, the first Bears rookie to earn the honor since returner Johnny Knox in 2009.
The punts, which helped the Bears shut out the Rams over the final eight minutes, showed just what kind of a weapon general manager Ryan Poles was after when he drafted the Australian who played at Iowa in the fourth round in April.
“When my career is done, I want HT (special teams coordinator Richard Hightower) and Poles to look like absolute geniuses,” Taylor said.
Quarterback Caleb Williams said with a smile Wednesday that he watched a punter’s highlight tape for the first time the night the Bears drafted Taylor. It was revealed that week that Williams joked with Taylor he wouldn’t be punting much.
But Williams has been “super happy” to see what Taylor can do.
Bears punter Tory Taylor (19) celebrates his 66-yard punt in the fourth quarter Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, at Soldier Field. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
“I’m obviously grateful to have him, for what he does for this team, how he helps out this team,” Williams said. “He’s such a great human, let alone an outstanding punter. To be able to do some of the things he does, he’s unbelievable.”
Beyond making Bears decision makers look good, Taylor noted that for now he just wants to be consistent week to week and narrow the gap between the good and bad games.
He graded his performance in Week 3 against the Indianapolis Colts with a “D” and called it “one of my worst career games.” He averaged 42.3 yards per punt and had one land inside the 20.
Taylor said he took comfort in hearing from veteran teammates last week about how he needed to move on from that performance.
“At the end of the day, who’s to say that, had I not had that game, I may not have performed as well this past weekend,” Taylor said. “Everything is really just a learning opportunity. There are so many ups and downs. It’s the NFL. It’s football. There’s going to be a lot more challenges along the way. It’s really all about how you deal with them.”
Taylor said the key to being consistent is “probably more so just being myself.”
“I like to see myself as someone that’s pretty aggressive when they’ve got the ball in their hand,” he said. “I’m just going to continue to do that, and I’m fortunate enough that guys on the punt team do a great job as well.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/02/chicago-bears-punter-tory-taylor/
But for thousands of years there was no industrialization....pollution.... nor were there 8B people on the planet, you ill-informed, critical thinking impaired, junk science spewing moron.
Huh? The judge was tasked by SCOTUS to determine which conduct was immune from prosecution and which was not.
Smith has done just that. The case will go forward.
The defense can now say that the names are released and the judge has to throw the case out.
You'll see that tomorrow most likely.
5 takeaways from the big new filing on Trump’s 2020 election plot
Analysis by Aaron Blake
October 2, 2024 at 10:25 p.m. EDT
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/02/jack-smith-trump-2020-election-filing-takeaways/
“So what,” “Make them riot,” “It doesn’t matter if you won or lost the election,” and what it all means legally and politically.
The 165-page partially redacted filing, which was unsealed by U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, lays out the evidence Smith’s team would like to present in the long-delayed Jan. 6 federal criminal case against Trump. What evidence Smith can use and what charges can stand are disputed after the Supreme Court recently gave presidents including Trump extensive immunity from criminal prosecution.
But the filing also doubles as a sort of blueprint for the case ahead. It features some significant revelations and quotes that could be important not just for the legal battle, but for the 2024 election.
Below are some takeaways from the filing.
1. ‘Make them riot’: A prescient comment two months before Jan. 6
A big part of the case against Trump is making clear that he and those around him knew their plan was corrupt — that it wasn’t just them really believing the election was stolen.
One detail in particular stands out.
The filing cites a scene from Nov. 4, 2020, at the TCF Center in Detroit. It says a colleague of a Trump campaign official and an alleged co-conspirator informed them that a batch of votes that heavily favored Joe Biden was apparently correct.
The alleged co-conspirator, whose description matches that of Trump’s Election Day operations chief Mike Roman, allegedly responded by saying: “find a reason it isnt” and “give me options to file litigation.” Then in a mangled message, the co-conspirator seems to suggest that they are not concerned if the claims are frivolous — “even if it is.”
The colleague suggested such things could lead to a repeat of the so-called Brooks Brothers riot, a fraught scene in South Florida during the contested 2000 presidential election.
The Trump campaign official and co-conspirator allegedly responded: “Make them riot” and “Do it!!!”
It’s an eerily prescient comment, given that just two months later, Trump’s false and often nonsensical claims of voter fraud would lead to a large-scale riot at the U.S. Capitol. (It’s worth noting that whether the Brooks Brothers riot was actually particularly violent is disputed.)
It could certainly help prosecutors drive home the point that the people behind the effort to contest the 2020 election didn’t actually care about the evidence and whether they were right; they just wanted to sow doubt.
2. ‘So what?’: Trump’s seeming lack of concern
The filing fills out some key details of what happened after the Capitol riot touched off on Jan. 6, 2021. It repeatedly reinforces the idea that Trump was well aware of what was taking place even as he — for hours — resisted reining in his supporters and even launched an attack on Vice President Mike Pence at 2:24 p.m.
The timeline here was filled out somewhat by the House Jan. 6 select committee, but the filing contains even more detail.
It says that around 1:30 p.m., Trump settled into the dining room next to the Oval Office and “spent the afternoon there reviewing Twitter on his phone,” while Fox News played on TV. It suggests that prosecutors have forensic evidence from the activity logs on Trump’s phone to back up that he was “consistently” using his Twitter application.
A footnote says that, before Trump’s tweet attacking Pence, advisers told him that “there’s a riot, and there are people inside the Capitol Building,” and “someone’s gotten into the Capitol.”
The filing goes on to say that Trump was alone when he tweeted at 2:24 p.m. that Pence “didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution.” (Rioters at one point chanted for Pence’s hanging, and Pence had been evacuated at 2:13 p.m.)
All of those are crucial to establishing that Trump had reason to believe Pence could be in danger and that he knew things had gotten out of hand, and that he pressed forward with attacking Pence anyway. It also builds on extensive evidence suggesting Trump declined for hours to do something about the violence. He didn’t tell people to go home until 4:17 p.m.
But perhaps the most vivid new detail comes from shortly after Trump’s Pence tweet. It says an aide relayed a phone call to Trump stating that Pence had been taken to a secure location. The aide hoped Trump would do something to help, according to the filing.
Instead, Trump allegedly responded, “So what?”
It’s hardly the first evidence that Trump might have been indifferent to Pence’s fate and might have even seen utility in the unrest when it came to his efforts to overturn the election. But it might be among the most striking pieces of evidence on that front.
3. The political impact
Trump won’t face trial before next month’s election, and it’s possible he never will if he wins. But the filing at the very least served as a late reminder of an ugly, Trump-inspired episode, with just more than a month to go before voters decided whether to return him to the White House.
Those reminders and new details have been few and far between since the Jan. 6 committee wrapped up its business nearly two years ago. Trump hasn’t appeared to pay any real political price for his four indictments, which include a financial fraud conviction in Manhattan. But many casual voters appear to be unfamiliar with these cases, and the race is looking extremely close. That makes the new disclosures untimely for Trump.
Trump posted repeatedly on Truth Social on Wednesday claiming that the filing was election interference.
“The DOJ pushed out this latest ‘hit job’ today because JD Vance humiliated Tim Walz last night in the Debate,” Trump said.
But the timing also owes to Trump’s lengthy legal challenges, which successfully delayed the trial past the election and gave Trump a significant degree of immunity but haven’t stopped the cases altogether.
And it’s worth noting that Trump’s claim about the vice-presidential debate is false. The Justice Department made its filing a week ago — long before the debate — and it didn’t unseal it; Chutkan did.
4. More evidence that Trump had nothing — and was told that
Another central question when it comes to proving Trump knew better is pointing to all the times he was told his theories were false. This is something the Jan. 6 committee also focused on, keying in on testimony from former attorney general William P. Barr and former deputy attorney general Richard Donoghue, as well as former acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen and some Trump aides.
But the filing adds significant new detail.
It says then-Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel cited to Trump a comment from Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield (R) calling claims about voting machines in Antrim County, Mich., “f---ing nuts.”
It says the leader of the Michigan Senate, Mike Shirkey (R), told Trump he hadn’t lost because of fraud, but because he underperformed other Republicans and lost educated women. It adds that Shirkey “could tell by the defendant’s body language that he was not happy to hear” this.
The filing also lays out many details about Pence’s handling of the claims, making clear he consistently cast doubt on them — including in Trump’s presence. Many of the quotes are from Pence’s recent book, but the filing says Pence also urged Trump as early as Nov. 12: “don’t concede but recognize process is over.”
As notably, the filing makes clear that Trump’s campaign repeatedly failed to pony up evidence to Republicans it sought to recruit — then-Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) and then-Arizona House Speaker Russell “Rusty” Bowers (R).
By Dec. 8, longtime Trump campaign spokesman Jason Miller allegedly wrote a telling email.
“When our research and campaign legal team can’t back up any of the claims made by our Elite Strike Force Legal Team, you can see why we’re 0-32 on our cases,” Miller allegedly said. “I’ll obviously hustle to help on all fronts, but it’s tough to own any of this when it’s all just conspiracy s--- beamed down from the mother ship.”
The quote was cited last year in Trump’s indictment, but without attribution. Now we learn it allegedly came from one of his closest aides — then and now.
5. A Trump quote to sum it up
In a filing full of juicy quotes, perhaps one ties it all together. It’s from Trump himself.
“It doesn’t matter if you won or lost the election,” Trump allegedly told family members and others aboard Marine One. “You still have to fight like hell.”
The filing says the comment was overheard by the same aide who brought Trump news of Pence being moved to a secure location.
Trump allegedly echoed the comment when one of his election lawyers told him his claims would not hold up in court, telling them, “The details don’t matter.”
Trump has offered conflicting comments about whether he actually lost the 2020 election. He mostly says it was stolen, but he’ll sometimes talk about it as an actual loss — including recently. This could certainly be read as further proof that the evidence didn’t really matter to him. And that could help prosecutors prove corruption.
Trump Is Absolutely Fuming Over the Release of Bombshell Election Case Doc
OUTRAGED
The former president took to Truth Social to vent his anger over the release of documents filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith, then went straight to the press.
Matt Young Night Editor
Updated Oct. 03, 2024 6:25AM EDT
Video
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-absolutely-fuming-over-the-release-of-bombshell-election-case-doc?utm_source=web_push
Donald Trump is clearly not happy about the release of a bombshell 165-page motion Wednesday filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith which lays out a sprawling timeline of how the former president attempted to claw his way back into power after losing the 2020 election.
Trump initially laid out his case in various Truth Social posts later on Wednesday, claiming the unsealing of the document was another Democratic plot.
He then repeated many of those claims in an almost-two-minute rant with NewsNation Wednesday night, in which Trump bragged about winning the classified documents case in Florida, described Democratic opponent Kamala Harris as “more incompetent than Biden,” and claimed the accusations within the document are “nothing new.”
In his first response to the documents, the former president wrote: “The release of this falsehood-ridden, Unconstitutional, J6 brief immediately following Tim Walz’s disastrous Debate performance, and 33 days before the Most Important Election in the History of our Country, is another obvious attempt by the Harris-Biden regime to undermine and Weaponize American Democracy, and INTERFERE IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.”
“Deranged Jack Smith, the hand picked Prosecutor of the Harris-Biden DOJ, and Washington, D.C. based Radical Left Democrats, are HELL BENT on continuing to Weaponize the Justice Department in an attempt to cling to power.”
Trump claimed his name is “dominating the Election cycle” and “leading in the Polls,” claiming the “Radical Democrats throughout the Deep State are totally ‘freaking out,’” without saying who he was quoting. “This entire case is a Partisan, Unconstitutional, Witch Hunt, that should be dismissed, entirely, just like the Florida case was dismissed!”
Trump then accused the Democratic party of being “guilty of the Worst Election Interference in American History” and of “Weaponizing the Justice Department against me because they know I am WINNING, and they are desperate to prop up their failing Candidate, Kamala Harris.”
He then raged against the Department of Justice and claimed in another post, “I didn’t rig the 2020 Election, they did!”
The unsealed documents in Trump’s election subversion case, made public by the presiding U.S. district judge Tanya Chutkan, is not a good look for Trump if the damning trove of allegations are to be believed. Included are Trump’s reaction to the news that his vice president, Mike Pence, had been safely moved to a secure location within the U.S. Capitol (“So what?”) and how Trump allegedly told wife Melania and daughter Ivanka, “It doesn’t matter if you won or lost the election. You still have to fight like hell.”
Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung seethed at the release of the document to Reuters, telling the outlet: “This entire case is a partisan, Unconstitutional Witch Hunt that should be dismissed entirely, together with ALL of the remaining Democrat hoaxes.” The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Beast.
There's no if about it.
Then and Now: US Manufacturing Under The Trump and Biden-Harris Administrations
August 20, 2024
The U.S. middle class was built by the manufacturing sector. In decades past, a job in manufacturing meant high wages and job security. Unfortunately, offshoring, bad trade agreements, a massive effort by employers to break unions and thwart union organizing, and poor industrial policy led to a decline in U.S. manufacturing from which the nation is still recovering.
Numerous studies have found that the decline in U.S. manufacturing has exacerbated income inequality. Laid-off manufacturing workers have been forced to compete for lower-paying service sector jobs, putting downward pressure on middle-class wages across the economy. And, this decline has contributed to racial inequality, as workers of color have endured some of the biggest manufacturing job losses. Black manufacturing employment has fallen more than 30% since the late 1990s. If we grow clean manufacturing in an equitable way—like the manufacturing investments in the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law by the Biden-Harris administration—it can help to reverse these trends as part of a strategy to build a more just economy.
Thankfully, due to shifts in the nation’s industrial policy, we have been seeing signs of life in the last few years. We are making things in the United States again. As of May 2024, there are nearly 13 million manufacturing workers in the United States.
Additionally, wages in the manufacturing sector are relatively high, with average hourly earnings in the sector at $33.83 as of May 2024. In addition, the vast majority of manufacturing workers—91%—were eligible for health insurance. Investment in the manufacturing sector isn’t just vital to revive the middle class, it’s a critical component to the nation’s efforts to drive down pollution.
The industrial sector represents a large and growing share of pollution with far less progress made than in many other sectors, specifically in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction. Industrial sector emissions now account for nearly one-third of GHG emissions in the United States and industry is on a path to becoming the highest emitting sector in the United States by the early 2030s.
Under current policy, industrial emissions are projected to increase by 12% from current levels by 2035. Addressing this situation requires simultaneous investment in clean tech manufacturing and in innovations to drive down industrial emissions from manufacturing facilities. Yet, policy measures and investments to meaningfully reduce industrial emissions and produce more of the nuts and bolts of the clean economy were sparse, until recently.
Total Manufacturing Jobs (in Thousands) 2010-2024
More than 200,000 manufacturing jobs were lost during Trump’s single term. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic manufacturing job growth had all but plateaued under the Trump administration.
Since President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took office in January 2021, more than 775,000 manufacturing jobs have been added to the economy. The growth is expected to continue, with the Biden-Harris Inflation Reduction Act estimated to create 336,000 manufacturing jobs a year until 2035.
Taking a critical look at the industrial policies of the current Biden-Harris administration and the former Trump administration, we see a dramatic shift. On several points—including job creation, investment in manufacturing, investment in cleaning up industrial emissions, and domestic momentum in growing industries—we see that the Biden-Harris administration outperformed the Trump administration.
Read the full report at the link below.
https://www.bluegreenalliance.org/resources/then-and-now-u-s-manufacturing-under-the-trump-and-biden-harris-administrations/
Obviously you underestimate the cumulative effects, the f'ing causation, that industrialization and now 8B people have had on the climate. The industrialization covers 150 of those million years. How could you f'ing miss that fact?
man has been here just a million years so obviously the assertion "man-caused" climate change" is a hoax
As always reverse and have the same 'the rules......' coming out of Walz's mouth and OH the lost Trumpanzee 💩.
Maybe Vance saw my post?
Trump backs out of '60 Minutes' primetime interview, CBS says
Source: CNN
What's with the tick, tick, tick thing Scott? People are telling me it's very annoying, it's annoying. My interview would have been the most watched ever. Not gonna happen because you're fake news Scott Pele. You're related to the Brazilian soccer guy, right? When did you stop being Brazilian? Where's Leslie Stahl? I'd have done her when we both were younger.'
Former President Donald Trump has backed out of an interview with “60 Minutes,” the most-watched newsmagazine in the United States, according to CBS News.
CBS disclosed Trump’s change of plans on Tuesday evening, a few hours before the network hosts a vice-presidential debate between Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, and Kamala Harris’s running mate, Tim Walz.
“For over half a century, 60 Minutes has invited the Democratic and Republican tickets to appear on our broadcast as Americans head to the polls,” the network said in a statement. “This year, both the Harris and Trump campaigns agreed to sit down with 60 Minutes.”
Trump committed first, followed by Harris, through campaign spokespeople, CBS said. Veteran CBS anchor and correspondent Scott Pelley was lined up to interview Trump.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/01/media/trump-backs-out-60-minutes-interview-cbs/index.html
With no additional debates scheduled between Trump and Harris, the traditional “60 Minutes” sit-down was one of the final times before the November election for voters to see both candidates on a major television program.
CBS said the primetime special will still go forward with an interview with Harris. Correspondent Bill Whitaker is slated to follow Harris on the campaign trail and interview her later this week.
“Our original invitation to former President Donald Trump to be interviewed on 60 Minutes stands,” the network said.
In a statement, the Trump campaign denied it had agreed to the interview.
“Fake News. 60 Minutes begged for an interview, even after they were caught lying about Hunter Biden’s laptop back in 2020. There were initial discussions, but nothing was ever scheduled or locked in,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said.
“They insisted on cutting out of the interview to do fact-checking,” he added.
Asked by CNN if there’s still a chance Trump might sit for the interview, Cheung replied: “Now that they’ve lied about the interaction, they just f**ked themselves.”
Trump backs out of '60 Minutes' primetime interview, CBS says
Source: CNN
What's with the tick, tick, tick thing Scott? People are telling me it's very annoying, it's annoying. My interview would have been the most watched ever. Not gonna happen because you're fake news Scott Pele. You're related to the Brazilian soccer guy, right? When did you stop being Brazilian? Where's Leslie Stahl? I'd have done her when we both were younger.'
Former President Donald Trump has backed out of an interview with “60 Minutes,” the most-watched newsmagazine in the United States, according to CBS News.
CBS disclosed Trump’s change of plans on Tuesday evening, a few hours before the network hosts a vice-presidential debate between Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, and Kamala Harris’s running mate, Tim Walz.
“For over half a century, 60 Minutes has invited the Democratic and Republican tickets to appear on our broadcast as Americans head to the polls,” the network said in a statement. “This year, both the Harris and Trump campaigns agreed to sit down with 60 Minutes.”
Trump committed first, followed by Harris, through campaign spokespeople, CBS said. Veteran CBS anchor and correspondent Scott Pelley was lined up to interview Trump.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/01/media/trump-backs-out-60-minutes-interview-cbs/index.html
With no additional debates scheduled between Trump and Harris, the traditional “60 Minutes” sit-down was one of the final times before the November election for voters to see both candidates on a major television program.
CBS said the primetime special will still go forward with an interview with Harris. Correspondent Bill Whitaker is slated to follow Harris on the campaign trail and interview her later this week.
“Our original invitation to former President Donald Trump to be interviewed on 60 Minutes stands,” the network said.
In a statement, the Trump campaign denied it had agreed to the interview.
“Fake News. 60 Minutes begged for an interview, even after they were caught lying about Hunter Biden’s laptop back in 2020. There were initial discussions, but nothing was ever scheduled or locked in,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said.
“They insisted on cutting out of the interview to do fact-checking,” he added.
Asked by CNN if there’s still a chance Trump might sit for the interview, Cheung replied: “Now that they’ve lied about the interaction, they just f**ked themselves.”
Trump backs out of '60 Minutes' primetime interview, CBS says
Source: CNN
What's with the tick, tick, tick thing Scott? People are telling me it's very annoying, it's annoying. My interview would have been the most watched ever. Not gonna happen because you're fake news Scott Pele. You're related to the Brazilian soccer guy, right? When did you stop being Brazilian? Where's Leslie Stahl? I'd have done her when we both were younger.'
Former President Donald Trump has backed out of an interview with “60 Minutes,” the most-watched newsmagazine in the United States, according to CBS News.
CBS disclosed Trump’s change of plans on Tuesday evening, a few hours before the network hosts a vice-presidential debate between Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, and Kamala Harris’s running mate, Tim Walz.
“For over half a century, 60 Minutes has invited the Democratic and Republican tickets to appear on our broadcast as Americans head to the polls,” the network said in a statement. “This year, both the Harris and Trump campaigns agreed to sit down with 60 Minutes.”
Trump committed first, followed by Harris, through campaign spokespeople, CBS said. Veteran CBS anchor and correspondent Scott Pelley was lined up to interview Trump.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/01/media/trump-backs-out-60-minutes-interview-cbs/index.html
With no additional debates scheduled between Trump and Harris, the traditional “60 Minutes” sit-down was one of the final times before the November election for voters to see both candidates on a major television program.
CBS said the primetime special will still go forward with an interview with Harris. Correspondent Bill Whitaker is slated to follow Harris on the campaign trail and interview her later this week.
“Our original invitation to former President Donald Trump to be interviewed on 60 Minutes stands,” the network said.
In a statement, the Trump campaign denied it had agreed to the interview.
“Fake News. 60 Minutes begged for an interview, even after they were caught lying about Hunter Biden’s laptop back in 2020. There were initial discussions, but nothing was ever scheduled or locked in,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said.
“They insisted on cutting out of the interview to do fact-checking,” he added.
Asked by CNN if there’s still a chance Trump might sit for the interview, Cheung replied: “Now that they’ve lied about the interaction, they just f**ked themselves.”
Trump backs out of '60 Minutes' primetime interview, CBS says
Source: CNN
What's with the tick, tick, tick thing Scott? People are telling me it's very annoying, it's annoying. My interview would have been the most watched ever. Not gonna happen because you're fake news Scott Pele. You're related to the Brazilian soccer guy, right? When did you stop being Brazilian? Where's Leslie Stahl? I'd have done her when we both were younger.'
Former President Donald Trump has backed out of an interview with “60 Minutes,” the most-watched newsmagazine in the United States, according to CBS News.
CBS disclosed Trump’s change of plans on Tuesday evening, a few hours before the network hosts a vice-presidential debate between Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, and Kamala Harris’s running mate, Tim Walz.
“For over half a century, 60 Minutes has invited the Democratic and Republican tickets to appear on our broadcast as Americans head to the polls,” the network said in a statement. “This year, both the Harris and Trump campaigns agreed to sit down with 60 Minutes.”
Trump committed first, followed by Harris, through campaign spokespeople, CBS said. Veteran CBS anchor and correspondent Scott Pelley was lined up to interview Trump.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/01/media/trump-backs-out-60-minutes-interview-cbs/index.html
With no additional debates scheduled between Trump and Harris, the traditional “60 Minutes” sit-down was one of the final times before the November election for voters to see both candidates on a major television program.
CBS said the primetime special will still go forward with an interview with Harris. Correspondent Bill Whitaker is slated to follow Harris on the campaign trail and interview her later this week.
“Our original invitation to former President Donald Trump to be interviewed on 60 Minutes stands,” the network said.
In a statement, the Trump campaign denied it had agreed to the interview.
“Fake News. 60 Minutes begged for an interview, even after they were caught lying about Hunter Biden’s laptop back in 2020. There were initial discussions, but nothing was ever scheduled or locked in,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said.
“They insisted on cutting out of the interview to do fact-checking,” he added.
Asked by CNN if there’s still a chance Trump might sit for the interview, Cheung replied: “Now that they’ve lied about the interaction, they just f**ked themselves.”
Or, no matter how badly that 'JD the Haitians are eating the pets, childless cat ladies, dufus' does, you'll be gaslighting the shit out of this board that we didn't see what actually happened.
Looks like an oversized parakeet. Had one as a kid. He liked to land on my dad's desk, while he was working, and pick up lose coins and drop them off the desk. I held my finger out and summoned him to fly over and spend time with me and the dog.
He did, to the dog's consternation. Dog looked at me as if to say 'wahta ya doing, we don't need him? You can't take him for walks'.
What is JD Vance's military record?
Vance served in the Marine Corps for four years, from 2003-2007, and was a public affairs officer during a six-month stint in Iraq but never saw combat.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/01/jd-vance-military-history-experience/75410341007/
And when the inevitable comes up from Vance about Walz's military service?
24 years, most of it in combat arms (artillery) VS Vance's short service as a military journalist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Spillane
In the film Full Metal Jacket, Gny. Sgt. Hartman, after providing Pvt. Joker with his Marine Corps assignment as a military journalist, asks him, "Do you think you're Mickey Spillane? Do you think you are some kind of f**king writer?”
https://apnews.com/article/walz-national-guard-military-ae43d684bf1319e535f9f620552155d7
“After 24 years of military service, Governor Walz retired in 2005 and ran for Congress, where he chaired Veterans Affairs and was a tireless advocate for our men and women in uniform — and as Vice President of the United States he will continue to be a relentless champion for our veterans and military families,” the campaign said.
Tuesday carTOONS
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219519574
Man the shit that takes up memory space; truly random access.
Or, association is NOT causation. Count on logical fallacy laden posts from our trolls.
https://s4be.cochrane.org/blog/2017/06/23/association-is-not-the-same-as-causation/
What a nonsensical statement. What gov meds are you referring to, or is that the red pill/blue pill bullshit?
but favors people who are completely drugged up on government meds and government cheese.
As for gov cheese you can bet your Trumpanzee ass that red state Murica get's its share.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_cheese#:~:text=Government%20cheese%20is%20processed%20cheese,in%20schools%20since%20the%201950s.
On August 23, 2016, the US Department of Agriculture stated that it planned to purchase approximately eleven million pounds (5,000 t) of cheese,[14] worth $20 million,[15] to give aid to food banks and food pantries from across the United States,[14] to reduce a $1.2 billion[15] cheese surplus that had been at its highest level in thirty years, and to stabilize farm prices.[15] This purchase also added revenues for the dairy producers. Regarding the purchase, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said, "This commodity purchase is part of a robust, comprehensive safety net that will help reduce a cheese surplus that is at a 30-year high while, at the same time, moving a high-protein food to the tables of those most in need. USDA will continue to look for ways within its authorities to tackle food insecurity and provide for added stability in the marketplace."[15]
It was an appropriate response to....You are heavily drugged up on government pills that fog your mind.
What's funnier is why you believe you can fling insults with impunity. Your pearl clutching over profanity is funny too.
You're the confused one, asshole. I responded to this post in which there was no mention of immigration.
They refuse to see or even acknowledge the opposing argument here. It's the most closed minded people on the entire planet. There is no reason or logic allowed. It's stupid to even try to show these people facts. They disregard everything that doesn't align with their agenda and they black out sources that are against theirs. To fully understand anything, you need to study the entire spectrum to any topic of interest. Im intrigued to understand why that doesnt happen here. Good Luck.
That said, Trump was a shit president and he's an even shittier candidate this time around.
There are fewer illegals crossing the border right now and the abortion issue is destroying Trump and the GOP.
Check out Trump the weatherman's take on the 'surprise hurricane'. You support a complete f'ing moron. which makes you........
Load of crap. Trump is already a bottom 5 ranked former president so he's got nothing on Harris who humiliated him in the debate. Vance is the worst since Palin, so that's a real shit ticket. Nixon and Agnew, both resigned in disgrace. GHW Bush and Quayle? One term was enough for them too.
Your false equivalencies are wearing thin. Do you consider yourself wise and above the fray with your bothsidesisms?
You're not, you're simply wishy washy and unable to recognize clear distinctions or make the value judgments that are obvious to informed people.
WHAT a f'ing moron. Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM
Trump: Nobody Could Have Predicted a Hurricane Would Hit Mid-Hurricane Season
OUT OF THE BLUE
The former president opined that nobody could have predicted Hurricane Helene making landfall “so late” in the hurricane season, which is set to last another two months.
AJ McDougall
Breaking News Reporter
Published Sep. 30, 2024 6:09PM EDT
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Former President Donald Trump traveled to Valdosta, Georgia on Monday, where he rambled incoherently about how no one could have predicted Hurricane Helene’s arrival—which made landfall at the peak of hurricane season.
Speaking to the press outside the heavily damaged brick facade of a warehouse, Trump opined, “Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”
Hurricane season typically runs from early June through late November, meaning that there are still two months to go. What’s more, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center not only knew of Helene’s coming, but accurately predicted its path and impact days before it hit.
Since making landfall in Florida on Thursday night as a Category 4 hurricane, Helene has ravaged the Southeastern United States. At least 128 deaths had been reported across six states by Monday, according to the Associated Press, with millions of people left stranded without power and dozens of towns completely submerged under floodwaters.
Thousands more remain missing, with state officials warning that the death toll is expected to rise.
The Trump campaign announced over the weekend that he’d be heading south to be briefed on the situation there and tour some of the damage. At least 17 of the 25 deaths reported so far in Georgia occurred in Valdosta.
“Hurricane Helene turned out to be a big one,” Trump said at the press conference. “Like, just about the biggest that anyone has seen. I spoke with all of the relief people, all of the people that do this for a living and... they said they’ve never seen one this bad.”
A day earlier, Trump had bashed Vice President Kamala Harris for failing to change her plans like he had, saying at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania that she “ought to be down in the area” affected by the hurricane.
“She ought to be down in the area where she should be,” he complained. “That’s what she’s getting paid for, right? That’s what she’s getting paid for.”
The Democratic presidential nominee scrapped several campaign events on Monday to return to Washington, D.C. and attend a Federal Emergency Management Agency briefing, her campaign said.
She and President Joe Biden are expected to visit hurricane-damaged parts of the state “as soon as it will not disrupt emergency response operations,” according to Politico.
The Republican camp have hastily assembled a briefing in storm-torn Georgia after Donald Trump’s initial reaction to the crisis prompted widespread outcry.
Trump’s visit comes after he attracted controversy during a rally stop in Michigan on Friday, when he directed a seemingly thoughtless comment to those impacted by the storm.
“We’re with you all the way, and if we were there, we’d be helping you,” he said, “and you’ll be OK.”
The Harris campaign reposted a clip of the remark to X, noting that “Dozens of deaths have already been reported.”
His supporters and allies argued in turn that his words had been taken out of context, and that Trump was merely consoling the storm’s victims.
Critics have savaged Trump for his response to previous natural disasters, calling him insensitive and callous for episodes like an incident in 2017 that saw him casually toss rolls of paper towels into a cheering crowd in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after the island was devastated by Hurricane Maria.
“You don’t throw them. You hand them,” celebrity chef José Andrés, who was involved in relief efforts in Puerto Rico, told The Washington Post a year later. “You look the people in the eye and tell them, ‘We’re here for you, and we’ll do our best to provide relief for you and your family.’”
In 2019, it was reported that the then-president had repeatedly suggested to to senior Homeland Security and national security officials that they explore using nuclear bombs to stop hurricanes.
“Why don’t we nuke them?” Trump asked at one hurricane briefing, according to Axios. “They start forming off the coast of Africa, as they’re moving across the Atlantic, we drop a bomb inside the eye of the hurricane and it disrupts it. Why can’t we do that?”
Just days after Axios’ report, Trump made a stray—and false—assertion on social media that Hurricane Dorian was expected to hit Alabama, prompting panicked residents to call into the confused local weather bureau.
Instead of issuing a correction, Trump doubled down on his declaration, showing reporters a weather map showing the path of the hurricane that had seemingly been altered with black Sharpie to include Alabama in the “cone of uncertainty.”
The National Weather Service had to move quickly to dispel what became known as “Sharpiegate,” clarifying that “Alabama will NOT see any impacts” from the storm.
Trump has also repeatedly cast doubt on climate change, which scientists have linked to the worsening impact of hurricanes like Helene. As recently as Sunday’s rally, the former president referred to climate change as “one of the great scams of all time,” according to The Independent.
“No, but think about this,” Trump said. “They never talk about the environment anymore. You know why? It’s one of the greatest scams of all time. People aren’t buying it any more.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-thinks-nobody-could-have-predicted-a-hurricane-would-hit-mid-hurricane-season?ref=home?ref=home
WHAT a f'ing moron. Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM
Trump: Nobody Could Have Predicted a Hurricane Would Hit Mid-Hurricane Season
OUT OF THE BLUE
The former president opined that nobody could have predicted Hurricane Helene making landfall “so late” in the hurricane season, which is set to last another two months.
AJ McDougall
Breaking News Reporter
Published Sep. 30, 2024 6:09PM EDT
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Former President Donald Trump traveled to Valdosta, Georgia on Monday, where he rambled incoherently about how no one could have predicted Hurricane Helene’s arrival—which made landfall at the peak of hurricane season.
Speaking to the press outside the heavily damaged brick facade of a warehouse, Trump opined, “Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”
Hurricane season typically runs from early June through late November, meaning that there are still two months to go. What’s more, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center not only knew of Helene’s coming, but accurately predicted its path and impact days before it hit.
Since making landfall in Florida on Thursday night as a Category 4 hurricane, Helene has ravaged the Southeastern United States. At least 128 deaths had been reported across six states by Monday, according to the Associated Press, with millions of people left stranded without power and dozens of towns completely submerged under floodwaters.
Thousands more remain missing, with state officials warning that the death toll is expected to rise.
The Trump campaign announced over the weekend that he’d be heading south to be briefed on the situation there and tour some of the damage. At least 17 of the 25 deaths reported so far in Georgia occurred in Valdosta.
“Hurricane Helene turned out to be a big one,” Trump said at the press conference. “Like, just about the biggest that anyone has seen. I spoke with all of the relief people, all of the people that do this for a living and... they said they’ve never seen one this bad.”
A day earlier, Trump had bashed Vice President Kamala Harris for failing to change her plans like he had, saying at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania that she “ought to be down in the area” affected by the hurricane.
“She ought to be down in the area where she should be,” he complained. “That’s what she’s getting paid for, right? That’s what she’s getting paid for.”
The Democratic presidential nominee scrapped several campaign events on Monday to return to Washington, D.C. and attend a Federal Emergency Management Agency briefing, her campaign said.
She and President Joe Biden are expected to visit hurricane-damaged parts of the state “as soon as it will not disrupt emergency response operations,” according to Politico.
The Republican camp have hastily assembled a briefing in storm-torn Georgia after Donald Trump’s initial reaction to the crisis prompted widespread outcry.
Trump’s visit comes after he attracted controversy during a rally stop in Michigan on Friday, when he directed a seemingly thoughtless comment to those impacted by the storm.
“We’re with you all the way, and if we were there, we’d be helping you,” he said, “and you’ll be OK.”
The Harris campaign reposted a clip of the remark to X, noting that “Dozens of deaths have already been reported.”
His supporters and allies argued in turn that his words had been taken out of context, and that Trump was merely consoling the storm’s victims.
Critics have savaged Trump for his response to previous natural disasters, calling him insensitive and callous for episodes like an incident in 2017 that saw him casually toss rolls of paper towels into a cheering crowd in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after the island was devastated by Hurricane Maria.
“You don’t throw them. You hand them,” celebrity chef José Andrés, who was involved in relief efforts in Puerto Rico, told The Washington Post a year later. “You look the people in the eye and tell them, ‘We’re here for you, and we’ll do our best to provide relief for you and your family.’”
In 2019, it was reported that the then-president had repeatedly suggested to to senior Homeland Security and national security officials that they explore using nuclear bombs to stop hurricanes.
“Why don’t we nuke them?” Trump asked at one hurricane briefing, according to Axios. “They start forming off the coast of Africa, as they’re moving across the Atlantic, we drop a bomb inside the eye of the hurricane and it disrupts it. Why can’t we do that?”
Just days after Axios’ report, Trump made a stray—and false—assertion on social media that Hurricane Dorian was expected to hit Alabama, prompting panicked residents to call into the confused local weather bureau.
Instead of issuing a correction, Trump doubled down on his declaration, showing reporters a weather map showing the path of the hurricane that had seemingly been altered with black Sharpie to include Alabama in the “cone of uncertainty.”
The National Weather Service had to move quickly to dispel what became known as “Sharpiegate,” clarifying that “Alabama will NOT see any impacts” from the storm.
Trump has also repeatedly cast doubt on climate change, which scientists have linked to the worsening impact of hurricanes like Helene. As recently as Sunday’s rally, the former president referred to climate change as “one of the great scams of all time,” according to The Independent.
“No, but think about this,” Trump said. “They never talk about the environment anymore. You know why? It’s one of the greatest scams of all time. People aren’t buying it any more.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-thinks-nobody-could-have-predicted-a-hurricane-would-hit-mid-hurricane-season?ref=home?ref=home
WHAT a f'ing moron. Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM
Trump: Nobody Could Have Predicted a Hurricane Would Hit Mid-Hurricane Season
OUT OF THE BLUE
The former president opined that nobody could have predicted Hurricane Helene making landfall “so late” in the hurricane season, which is set to last another two months.
AJ McDougall
Breaking News Reporter
Published Sep. 30, 2024 6:09PM EDT
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Former President Donald Trump traveled to Valdosta, Georgia on Monday, where he rambled incoherently about how no one could have predicted Hurricane Helene’s arrival—which made landfall at the peak of hurricane season.
Speaking to the press outside the heavily damaged brick facade of a warehouse, Trump opined, “Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”
Hurricane season typically runs from early June through late November, meaning that there are still two months to go. What’s more, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center not only knew of Helene’s coming, but accurately predicted its path and impact days before it hit.
Since making landfall in Florida on Thursday night as a Category 4 hurricane, Helene has ravaged the Southeastern United States. At least 128 deaths had been reported across six states by Monday, according to the Associated Press, with millions of people left stranded without power and dozens of towns completely submerged under floodwaters.
Thousands more remain missing, with state officials warning that the death toll is expected to rise.
The Trump campaign announced over the weekend that he’d be heading south to be briefed on the situation there and tour some of the damage. At least 17 of the 25 deaths reported so far in Georgia occurred in Valdosta.
“Hurricane Helene turned out to be a big one,” Trump said at the press conference. “Like, just about the biggest that anyone has seen. I spoke with all of the relief people, all of the people that do this for a living and... they said they’ve never seen one this bad.”
A day earlier, Trump had bashed Vice President Kamala Harris for failing to change her plans like he had, saying at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania that she “ought to be down in the area” affected by the hurricane.
“She ought to be down in the area where she should be,” he complained. “That’s what she’s getting paid for, right? That’s what she’s getting paid for.”
The Democratic presidential nominee scrapped several campaign events on Monday to return to Washington, D.C. and attend a Federal Emergency Management Agency briefing, her campaign said.
She and President Joe Biden are expected to visit hurricane-damaged parts of the state “as soon as it will not disrupt emergency response operations,” according to Politico.
The Republican camp have hastily assembled a briefing in storm-torn Georgia after Donald Trump’s initial reaction to the crisis prompted widespread outcry.
Trump’s visit comes after he attracted controversy during a rally stop in Michigan on Friday, when he directed a seemingly thoughtless comment to those impacted by the storm.
“We’re with you all the way, and if we were there, we’d be helping you,” he said, “and you’ll be OK.”
The Harris campaign reposted a clip of the remark to X, noting that “Dozens of deaths have already been reported.”
His supporters and allies argued in turn that his words had been taken out of context, and that Trump was merely consoling the storm’s victims.
Critics have savaged Trump for his response to previous natural disasters, calling him insensitive and callous for episodes like an incident in 2017 that saw him casually toss rolls of paper towels into a cheering crowd in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after the island was devastated by Hurricane Maria.
“You don’t throw them. You hand them,” celebrity chef José Andrés, who was involved in relief efforts in Puerto Rico, told The Washington Post a year later. “You look the people in the eye and tell them, ‘We’re here for you, and we’ll do our best to provide relief for you and your family.’”
In 2019, it was reported that the then-president had repeatedly suggested to to senior Homeland Security and national security officials that they explore using nuclear bombs to stop hurricanes.
“Why don’t we nuke them?” Trump asked at one hurricane briefing, according to Axios. “They start forming off the coast of Africa, as they’re moving across the Atlantic, we drop a bomb inside the eye of the hurricane and it disrupts it. Why can’t we do that?”
Just days after Axios’ report, Trump made a stray—and false—assertion on social media that Hurricane Dorian was expected to hit Alabama, prompting panicked residents to call into the confused local weather bureau.
Instead of issuing a correction, Trump doubled down on his declaration, showing reporters a weather map showing the path of the hurricane that had seemingly been altered with black Sharpie to include Alabama in the “cone of uncertainty.”
The National Weather Service had to move quickly to dispel what became known as “Sharpiegate,” clarifying that “Alabama will NOT see any impacts” from the storm.
Trump has also repeatedly cast doubt on climate change, which scientists have linked to the worsening impact of hurricanes like Helene. As recently as Sunday’s rally, the former president referred to climate change as “one of the great scams of all time,” according to The Independent.
“No, but think about this,” Trump said. “They never talk about the environment anymore. You know why? It’s one of the greatest scams of all time. People aren’t buying it any more.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-thinks-nobody-could-have-predicted-a-hurricane-would-hit-mid-hurricane-season?ref=home?ref=home
I saw that and set a reminder. It is a rerun from 2017, but worth a 2nd viewing.
My Ma and I would save up to go there in Aug. We'd wait for a front car on the Bobs and ride 2-3 times in a row.
She was black and blue from being slammed around. There was no ride we wouldn't go on including the Pair O Chutes.
I got it back. 'Basic spell check' had some how been unchecked.
You COULD go on to no persuasive point. Inflation happened worldwide, our has come down more than in most countries, and enough to satisfy the Fed.
14M new jobs to Trump's zero point shit #, people NOT dying of Covid, except for stubborn anti-vaxxer GOP f'ks, unemployment down, GDP up, gas prices down, infrastructure happening more in run down red states than anywhere else, manufacturing jobs up, chip factory ground breaking going on across the county and your fat orange felonious f'ck is going down in flames. It's all good!
Trust me, the trolls have me typing fiercly, rapidly, in response so my typos are speed induced.
I left the link out because I didnt think you wanted to go that deep, go beyond the Aussie/Iowa Hawkeyes/Bears kicker.
Anybody else notice that spellcheck isn't functioning on IH posts?
It's nearly a year since 10/7, maybe Israel's learned/remembered that premption is their strong suit?
This morning I listend to a pundit state that the reason Iran terroizes though surrogates is that they fear direct conflict with Iran AND the U.S.
I saw it. It looks like it's all adlib, as you woud expect from comics. I was surprised though how funny they were and how well they play off of each other. Worth viewing or recording.
No, factually accurate you willfully ignorant, poorly educated, Trumpanzee. You were busted on your shit post, pure and simple.
LOL! I heard Eberflus say that he wanted to see downfield passes to keep the D honest, not hail mary's but passes good enough to at least draw D interference penalites. Two bad teams coming up; time for it to happen.
Looks like the writers got the message from Taylor in their early interviews of him; don't play up the Aussie angle.
5. We got a pretty good look at why the Bears said Tory Taylor — the punter — could be a weapon when they drafted him in the fourth round (No. 122 overall).
Bears punter Tory Taylor in action against the Rams in the first quarter on Sept. 29, 2024, at Soldier Field. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
He was the second-highest drafted punter since the Jacksonville Jaguars selected Bryan Anger in the third round in 2012. Only Mitch Wishnowsky of the San Francisco 49ers (No. 110 in 2019) has been chosen higher since.
Taylor unloaded a beautiful 66-yard spiral in the fourth quarter that rolled out of bounds to pin the Rams on their own 8-yard line with 8:47 remaining in the game. It was into a steady 16 mph wind, too. Also impressive: this is what Iowa Hawkeyes special teams coordinator LeVar Woods told me back at the Senior Bowl that Taylor needed to get better at — nailing spirals.
It’s easy to ask why the Bears didn’t consider taking a lottery ticket on an offensive lineman or a pass rusher at that point in the draft. That’s a wait-and-see pick. Now, the Bears have a rookie punter who looks to be developing into one of the best at his craft.
“Sometimes I think people get a little bit scared kicking into the wind but I don’t really mind it,” Taylor said. “Because if you hit the right ball, you can actually use the wind to improve your hang time.
“It was really one of those things, last week, it was pretty (crap) to be honest. It wasn’t good enough. I had the chance to help the team last week and I didn’t. Just wanted to go in the game and be myself and really fortunate enough to have (special teams coordinator Richard Hightower) and all the rest of the specialists look out for me as well.”
Later, Taylor uncorked a booming high punt with the Bears kicking from the Rams’ 43-yard line. It hung up so long that personal protector Jonathan Owens was able to cover it at the 8-yard line after a perfect setup and bounce, which is something Poles marveled at when watching Taylor perform at the Senior Bowl.
Bears punter Tory Taylor on the sideline against the Rams on Sept. 29, 2024, at Soldier Field. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
“The way he kicked today was truly special, especially with the wind in there,” long snapper Scott Daly said. “Just realize how tough it is. Each punt is a little bit different. I think he wanted to work on the rotation and the spin to where he can really control it and cut through that wind and that’s what he did to really drive that ball. He did an awesome job.”
Owens, a veteran special teams player, was in amazement afterward.
“Man, incredible,” he said. “He puts some English on it. Makes it die. Backspin. Really it’s more side spin because it just kind of dies when it hits the ground. I don’t know what he does but keep doing it. That’s setting up field position for our defense right there. Amazing.”