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Darn those 9th and 10th Amendments, Trump declared that he will override governors to allow places of worship to reopen this weekend. Because they are essential businesses. “We need more … Read More
Fred Hiatt in WaPo speculates on why Trump is engaging in self-destructive behavior by inciting the defiance of isolation orders. So here’s another theory. Trump and his team realized weeks … Read More
Today I took a short break from my home Coronavirus lockdown to restock at a nearby grocery store. Heeding the advice of friends, I first made sure I was protected … Read More
It seems like Dr. Anthony Fauci has rediscovered his independence. He showed it with his methodical stinging decomposition of a squirming Rand Paul’s hubris based on fake science. Dr. Anthony … Read More
The White House could not be more contaminated right now if it were a pig feces lagoon. Everyone from Mike Pence’s press secretary to one of Donald Trump’s personal valets … Read More
Political Wire posted one story at the top of its front page and another to the side: the first says Pence Self-Isolating After Aide Tests Positive for Coronavirus, while the … Read More
CNN announced that the WH shelved guidelines to keep the public safe — rejecting a 17 page document that advises groups on how best to engage public activity. x Trump Squelches … Read More
Paul Krugman is always a pleasure to read, in that he is so often right, and so often cuts to the heart of the matter. This morning’s column is particularly … Read More
Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D. NY) in support of Amy McGrath’s (D. KY) U.S. Senate campaign: I won’t mince words: This is some callous, blatantly partisan … Read More
Nothing good ever comes after the phrase “this isn’t me being racist.” Never, ever, ever, ever, ever. In fact, it’s an iron law of racism that any such phrase is … Read More
What was the breaking point? It was the bleach thing, wasn’t it? Reuters: Americans appear to be losing faith in what President Donald Trump says about the coronavirus pandemic, with … Read More
“There has been so much unnecessary death in this country. It could have been stopped and it could have been stopped short, but somebody a long time ago, it seems, … Read More
Live Blog below. Summary: any attempt to “change” the pattern for these events was lost today. It had no different structure than other COVID taskforce briefings. It was the same as before. Trump … Read More
A new story on top of WaPo has an updated list of the most common coronavirus (Covid-19) symptoms: CDC confirms six coronavirus symptoms showing up in patients over and over … Read More
Received this e-mail from Dr. Al Gross’ (I. AK) U.S. Senate campaign: Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in America, Dr. Al Gross and this entire campaign have been … Read More
Donald Trump screwed up our country’s coronavirus response so badly, it could very well prompt his own party to launch several more probes into Hillary Clinton’s email server. Of course, Republicans have … Read More
They also serve who only stand in shadows cast by gaslight. https://twitter.com/pppatrickford/status/1254437713467580416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Donald Trump loves attention, and people can’t help but give it to him. It’s been this way for … Read More
I had to do a double-take when I saw the president asking about injecting disinfectant and using light to somehow treat a virus that has invaded the body. Does he … Read More
Well isn’t that special and kudos to Lauren McCauley at the Maine Beacon for capturing this: Stephen Schwarzman, the CEO of private equity firm The Blackstone Group and likely the … Read More
Shakedowns of materiel like PPEs that demonstrate abuses of federal power are now de rigueur and should not be confused with fiscal policy or even neoliberal austerity. Disaster hides much venality. It’s … Read More
Live Blog below — Who knew the flu ended World War I and had it on their bingo card? 5:00* PM EDT (*now announced for 530pm) Members of the Coronavirus Task Force … Read More
Kudos to Brad Reed at Raw Story for bringing this to our attention: x #CoronavirusCornyn doesn't mention 26,211 Americans are dead. I guess that's not important. He also doesn't mention … Read More
Received this e-mail from the Pennsylvania Democratic Party: Harrisburg Republicans just voted to force Pennsylvanians back to work against the advice of doctors, scientists, and frontline labor leaders. They put … Read More
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Ed Markey’s (D. MA) re-election campaign: Sen. Ed Markey (D. MA) Last night, Donald Trump amplified a call from the far-right to fire … Read More
Aside from sinophobia rather than russophobia, The NY Times has documented more of the details for the 70-days of denial/delay/dysfunction in the Trump White House. Aside from the framing of … Read More
Expanding our voting-by-mail procedures is an absolute imperative and a moral no-brainer in the midst of a national pandemic. I also am completely unsurprised that President Trump and federal and … Read More
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D. OH) is one of my favorite Senators. He’s a progressive champion who knows how to mobilize voters and build coalitions without having to compromise his … Read More
Received this e-mail from former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign: This is part of Joe Biden’s newsletter series for supporters. To share feedback and submit questions, use this link: … Read More
The President has adopted a serious tone; it is not political, and Mr. Trump is a wartime President. All the previous statements are being palmed-off to the public as truths … Read More
Only in the Trump administration can you have a non-economist like Larry Kudlow give economic advice and an economist dispense medical advice. Then again, having Peter Navarro give Trump advice on … Read More
In his perpetual and largely successful quest to convince easily gulled rubes that he’s the most most Christiany Christian who ever Christianed, Donald Trump continually goes through the motions to … Read More
MSNBC Nicole Wallace and Steve Schmidt excoriated Donald Trump’s COVID-19 press conference which was a rambling incoherent mentally unraveled mess. This former Republican is harder on Trump than anyone Steven Schmidt departed the … Read More
The last surviving prosecutor at Nuremberg trials said Trump's family separation policy is a 'crime against humanity'. Then there’s this COVID pandemic, made worse by the Trump administration’s delay, denial, and dysfunction. • US arcing up … Read More
This is the wrong type of leadership: Donald Trump’s characteristic (and characteristically unreflective) 180-degree turn last weekend on the need for much more rigorous quarantining to stop the coronavirus pandemic … Read More
It’s enough to steam your pants. x “He took a gamble and got it wrong.” They know he blew it. Now they will spend eight months lying to America about … Read More
Today Trump tried bait and switch, doing a briefing on the indictments and increased military operations against Venezuela. He used the pretext of a COVID-19 Taskforce to lead with the … Read More
The redoubtable Gabriel Sherman has another missive from the Festering Wing of the Blight House, and it’s yet another eye-opener. For starters, blunderkind Jared Kushner was apparently the source of Donald … Read More
All of Trump’s infomercial yesterday went down the tubes because he can’t be confronted with his own words, especially when he thinks only his base listens to Sean Hannity. x … Read More
What a difference ten years makes: In early 2010, Cory Gardner sent an email to supporters that criticized his Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey, for supporting “the most expensive spending bill in … Read More
Dr. David Price of the Weill Cornell Medical Center is a pulmonary (lung) specialist who has lately been working exclusively with COVID-19 patients. He made a video on March 22nd … Read More
The Trumpian disinformation machine lost a month and now recalibrates death toll expectations in the last two pressers. President Tiger King’s reelection can only happen with a recovering economy and … Read More
Okay, this isn’t funny anymore. Whatever wormhole or computer simulation or tripping shaman’s asshole I’m stuck in right now, I want to let whoever’s in charge of it know we … Read More
I had a very positive and upbeat post today but I think I will save it for the weekend. This one was just , I don’t know, showing how 45’s … Read More
Received this e-mail today from Rep. Joe Kennedy’s (D. MA-04) U.S. Senate campaign: Checking in and making sure you are doing well. We're now under a stay-at-home advisory in Massachusetts, … Read More
Received this e-mail today from Khizr Khan in support. of former Vice President Joe Biden’s Presidential campaign: Four years ago, in July, I talked at the Democratic National Convention. I … Read More
This should be common sense, but some people apparently still need to hear it: x Please do not take medical advice from a man who looked directly at a solar … Read More
Vanity Fair is reporting that one reason Trump is talking about lifting the “shelter-in-place” orders is that Kushner is advising him to: Trump’s view that he can ignore Fauci’s opinion … Read More
Desperate for a change in the COVID-19 spread that will help his re-election, and in the choice of available hope, Trump opts for false ones. x One anecdotal story from the … Read More
The only re-election path Trump may have is to invoke yet again some image as a “war-time president” even if the enemy is his incompetence. In the post-impeachment period, this … Read More
Aside from the forced separation of families, The #TrumpPlague will be more than about fleas and rats. The Trumpian aversion to accurate data elsewhere has brought the nation to the … Read More
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