WHY Won't Trump Use the DPA?
Greg Sargent has this column up in today’s WaPo: The big question looming over Trump’s coronavirus disaster Why is it falling to Democrats to beg, cajole and try to force … Read More
Category: Deaths
Coronavirus Updates From Kentucky: “Coronavirus Party” Goer Gets the Virus.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear made it official: Beshear said all “non-life-sustaining” businesses must close to in-person traffic by Thursday evening. Exactly which businesses will be affected wasn't immediately clear Beshear’s earlier actions … Read More
Right Wing Host: Forget coronavirus. Go to work.
Trump’s Right-Wing cabal is in sync and functional in complete disregard of the coronavirus science. Yesterday Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi pointed out that Trump's Secretary of the Treasury Steven … Read More
MA-Sen: Sen. Ed Markey (D) Demands Trump Use The Defense Production Act To Fight COVID-19
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Ed Markey’s (D. MA) re-election campaign: It is clear that we are at war with the coronavirus. In order to slow the spread … Read More
Gov. Cuomo: 'You pick the 26,000 people who are going to die because you only sent 400 ventilators'
The Trump administration is sending out trial balloons (most recently in the form of human Hindenburg Larry Kudlow) to see if they can get the public on board with returning … Read More
TX Lt. Governor implies elderly prefer COVID-19 death over economic downturn. Here's deeper analisys
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick appeared on Tucker Carlson with an absurd notion that the elderly would prefer to die from Coronavirus than to damage the economy. Are the elderly … Read More
In GOP Texas, would grandparents sacrifice themselves for their grandkids' economy
GOP eugenics and a Logan’s Run economy must guide COVID-19 policy, because Dan Patrick (not the sports guy, but the RWNJ homophobe) wants to put the Grans under. x so yea, … Read More
The 'Grift' of Gab
Grifters have always been with us, spreading self-serving lies to improve their stature, politically, athletically, financially and for entertainment. Examples like Benedict Arnold angry over being passed over for promotions … Read More
Trump's empty, daily promises continue as global deaths increase
The White House daily COVID-19 brief led by IMPOTUS* seems to have become the substitute for the SNL cold open, now that some TV programming has become socially distanced. It cannot … Read More
Trump claimed virus a hoax, now Trumpists say it’s a hoax to remember they said it was a hoax.
Whatever you might think of David Frum, he does seem to have the number of the phenomenon called Trumpism especially as it is now trying to save itself before the retreat to … Read More
Trump low-balled the COVID-19 pandemic because he needs chaos to win the election & make $
Dithering is not a deregulatory policy. Nor is thinking that 1-2 million deaths are acceptable to get re-elected. Yet Trump does seem to subscribe to a risk model that rewards his benefactors and … Read More
will Trump(ists) try to spike the November election with or without COVID-19
On Wisconsin. Considering all that we already know about Trumpism, his attempts to warp the election will occur until the last vote is counted. Sabotage like unfaithful electors or worse could … Read More
Kentucky Rednecks' Reaction to Coronavirus Pandemic: Have Public Meetings and Buy Guns and Ammo!
How do Kentucky rednecks respond to the coronavirus pandemic? First up, treat it like terrorists and 9/11 and go out and live your lives! State Rep. Jim Gooch received applause … Read More
Italian COVID-19 death toll passes China's
The death toll in Italy from the coronavirus has overtaken China's in a stark illustration of how the outbreak has pivoted toward Europe and the United States. “Italy has world's second oldest population, 87% of … Read More
late-responder Trump won't even catch that election Hail Mary javelin if COVID-19 lasts 18 months
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
MSNBC expert exposes Trump coronavirus press conference misinformation
MSNBC Science Contributor Joseph Fair, Ph.D., MPH refuted the Trump administration characterization of the WHO coronavirus test. It is the CDC test that failed. Coronavirus misinformation dispelled x x YouTube … Read More
The Federal Government's COVID-19 Response Plan draft that Trump hasn't read
The Federal government excels at producing documents, in this case the head of the Executive Branch “looked the other way until it was too late.” This not-yet-released HHS report on … Read More
17% of COVID-19 cases tested in my state are positive. Georgia is presently 100%. How's yours?
17% of cases tested in my state revealed themselves COVID-19 positive. Georgia, home of the CDC is presently 100% positive for COVID-19 How’s the testing in your state? The United … Read More
H1N1 was the last “American” epidemic, will COVID-19 see the same US numbers
Trump tried to brand COVID-19 as a “Chinese virus” to distract from his incompetence. TRUMP REFUSED 1.4 MILLION TEST KITS AT THE END OF FEBRUARY BECAUSE… REASONS. x Anyone who didn't … Read More
Polar ice cap melt has increased six times faster than expected and tracks the worst-case scenario.
“I find it hard to exaggerate the peril, this is the new extinction and we are half way through it. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we … Read More
Some of us are praying for Kumbaya from tonight's debate
Twitter is full of many demands to cancel one or another Democrat when the real enemy will be culpable for mass contagion deaths on the road to fascism. Good Morning Patriots..Preview … Read More
Trump's COVID-19 National Emergency took longer to declare than his 'wall' National Emergency
The dimensions of the Trump inaction and now profiteering from COVID-19 have become clearer. A Trump emboldened by an impeachment acquittal felt no need to respond to a “foreign” pandemic. … Read More
The Trump regime's crimes against humanity may result in 1 Million death toll #TrumpPlague
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
Typhoid (or Not) Trump's presser today where he admits his COVID-19 delay was about the money
Trump may be responsible for many more untimely deaths, because he wanted to be re-elected (because it’s the stupid, economy). x Today Trump admitted that yesterday’s Press Conference was to … Read More
Trump's inaction on COVID-19 may have already turned the US into Italy
The Italian death rate may be ahead for the US as the numbers now follow Italy’s, which wouldn’t have happened had Trump not wanted US companies to profit from the contagion … Read More
#TheTrumpPresidencyIsOver How many US COVID-19 deaths were caused by Trump's nativist incompetence
An article in The Atlantic confirms that today’s Trump presser revealed that Trump’s irresponsibility in privatizing the COVID-19 response came from refusing to use many non-US options available earlier. Favoring US … Read More
Is the Trump Presidency Over?
Peter Wehner argues in The Atlantic (paywall, some free articles) that The Trump Presidency Is Over. It took until the second half of Trump’s first term, but the crisis has … Read More
Patient Nero freaks to the nation – Trump presser, flees without answering questions
Trump spoke before the daily briefing of the COVID task force presser.at 630pm ET. More time was spent changing the podium seal from the VPOTUS to that of IMPOTUS* than Trump’s … Read More
#TrumpSlump …Caine Mutiny time
Global reality versus Trump ravings on Twitter. The clusterflop continues as a point loss greater than anything in the PBO presidency. Thanks, Obama. Trump now believes that journalists are trying … Read More
Know-nothing president tweets photo of himself fiddling while coronavirus churns
Um … x Who knows what this means, but it sounds good to me! https://t.co/rQVA4ER0PV — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 8, 2020 Do you really not understand how this … Read More
Two deaths in Florida from COVID-19 (one in Matt Gaetz's district). Miami cancels Calle Ocho.
The first deaths on the East Coast from COVID-19 happened yesterday in the Sunshine State, according to the Florida Department of Health. One death occurred in Santa Rosa County … Read More
CNBC's Rick Santelli suggests spreading COVID-19 to cull the weak for his own bottom line.
Rick Santelli, the Wall Street asshole that sparked the tea party movement after a rant over a modest homeowner bailout in 2009, has outdone himself in yet another evil rant … Read More
stop with the “revolution vs. return to normalcy” meme, because nothing about Trump is normal
We’re going to see a lot of triangulating until the convention. The Nation endorsed Warren. x Time for Bernie to respectfully show differences w Biden— on Biden’s support for trade … Read More
#KremlinAnnex week 86 protest Tuesday – Super Vivor!
x 593 days since we started protesting outside the White House. Please retweet and spread the word: we are still going strong. pic.twitter.com/hS6nv8rVlL — Kremlin Annex (@KremlinAnnex) February 29, 2020 … Read More
Fauci Tells Trump Again: No Quick Vaccine
Dr. Fauci. director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), is once again speaking truth to power. CNN reports that Trump held a meeting today in the … Read More
Science—Smience
Well, over the weekend, the President of the United States did what he does best, confused us, lied to us and denied the science. On Friday night in South Carolina, … Read More
New MAGA corona-spiracy! Only blue staters are getting sick, because they want to hurt Trump
I said this when Donald Trump was first elected: Our country is too stupid to live. I never meant it literally, though. I may have been wrong about that. As … Read More
Hurricane Sharpie Wipes Out Coronavirus
Trump really hates it when reality gets in the way of his fantasies. When Hurricane Dorian was threatening the southeast coast, Trump mistakenly included Alabama in a tweet, and Alabama … Read More
Chuck Todd’s Biden interview boils my Medicare for All Progressive blood. He thinks we're dumb.
My blood started to boil as I listened to Biden, at one time the chosen one, denigrate Sanders, Warren, & Medicare for All, a policy that makes life better for … Read More
‘Invisible oil’ from Deepwater Horizon crisis spread to the Florida Keys, Cuba and North Carolina.
The massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 was an environmental calamity of epic proportions. Two hundred and five million gallons of crude oil and two hundred and twenty-five tons … Read More
Happy Valentines Day—Unless You’re One Of Trump’s Targets
Happy Valentines Day—Unless You’re One Of Trump’s Targets In solidarity, Dan O’Neal and Debra Schrishuhn for Alan, Mike F., Janis, Mike H., Donna, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA National … Read More
The platypus, one of the world's Gondwana 'dinosaur' lineages, face extirpation from climate change.
The raging bushfires and intense drought that has plagued the Australian continent for several months have taken a heavy toll on wildlife, particularly in the state of New South Wales. … Read More
An Announcement is Worth a Thousand Smears
Facts and figures are second to innuendo and hollow announcements in the current political climate. Three years past the Clinton/Trump presidential race the press is still biting and snarling while … Read More
Trump took credit for Ethiopian PM's Nobel Prize because he confused Eritrea with Egypt
They both start with the letter “E” and they’re both in Africa. That’s close enough, eggheads! What, you expect the actual president of the United States to know the difference? … Read More
Report: U.S. officials believe Iran accidentally shot down Ukrainian jetliner
From Steven Portnoy, a reporter with CBS Radio: x BREAKING: @CBSNews has learned US officials are now confident Iran shot down a Ukrainian jetliner with 176 people on board. Sources … Read More
Professor: Trump assassination of Iranian General just narcissism
It is clear to Professor Eddie Glaude and many that Donald Trump’s assassination of Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani was narcissism and was not thought through. It now has all Americans in … Read More
Bush II national security official on killing of Iranian general: 'This could escalate fast'
The Soleimani assassination may be legally justifiable, but that is not the same as smart or prudent. It makes little strategic sense given the many US vulnerabilities in the region … Read More
#MedicareforAll beats Trump
Archives By Dr. Bill Honigman, Progressive Democrats of America – National Outreach Lead I’m a recently retired Emergency Room physician, and after 37-plus years in the business I should know that #SinglePayer … Read More
The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 153)
As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see … Read More
