The Daily Populous

Wednesday October 21st, 2020 morning edition

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The Associated Press reports that despite having raised over $1 billion since 2017, the president’s reelection campaign has “set a lot of it on fire.”

It’s a reversal from May, when Biden’s campaign was strapped for cash and [former campaign manager Brad] Parscale ominously compared the Trump campaign to a “Death Star” that was about to “start pressing FIRE for the first time.”

And it’s just not a good sign for the Trump campaign,” Ridout said.

“They spent their money on unnecessary overhead, lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-famous activity by the campaign staff and vanity ads,” Mike Murphy, a Republican consultant, told the AP.

Nearly $100,000 [was] spent on copies of Donald Trump Jr.’s book Triggered, which helped propel it to the top of the New York Times bestsellers list.

Meanwhile, $310 million can’t be accounted for because it went through limited liability firms, which is precisely the amount of sketchy one should expect from Team Trump.

And while campaign manager Bill Stepien insisted that money is not an issue, donors seem to be growing suspicious about whether their money is in good hands:. »

Eminem Earns His 10th Straight No. 1 Album

Authored by nytimes.com

The Eminem album, which dropped without warning on Jan. 17, earned the equivalent of 279,000 units, according to Nielsen Music, including 117,000 in album sales and 218 million streams.

That was a drop from the rapper’s 2018 album, “Kamikaze,” which debuted with a total of 434,000 units, including 252,000 in sales and 226 million streams.

If you are easily offended or unnerved at the screams of bloody murder, this may not be the collection for you. »

Lawyers say they can't find the parents of 545 migrant children separated by Trump administration

Authored by nbcnews.com
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The Trump administration instituted a "zero tolerance" policy in 2018 that separated migrant children and parents at the southern U.S. border.

The ACLU and other pro-bono law firms were tasked with finding the members of families separated during the pilot program.

A separate court order directed that the Trump administration reunite families separated under zero tolerance in 2018. »

'People are dying every night': Staff at overwhelmed Wisconsin hospital urge people to take coronavirus seriously

Authored by eu.jsonline.com

'People are dying every night': Staff at overwhelmed Wisconsin hospital urge people to take coronavirus seriously.

They all work at Aspirus Wausau Hospital, one of the many health care facilities in Wisconsin that have been overwhelmed by the state's coronavirus surge.

As of Friday, a record 1,101 people were hospitalized with the coronavirus in Wisconsin, including 274 people in intensive care units. »