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Trump will present another WH stunt-presser today at 4pm EDT that won’t start on time. It’s meant to divert attention from the now burgeoning COVID-19 contagion within the WH, and … Read More
Leana Wen identifies six reasons motivating the WH and GOP to reanimate the economy and their logical fallacies seem to follow so easily. They have been and will continue to … Read More
So much historical revisionism, so little time, as George Conway reminds us that Trump trying to keep his taxes private may finally be resolved. Conway ultimately argues precedent in the … Read More
Essential workers sacrifice their well-being and life every day. without guaranteed healthcare or sick leave. Yet, corporations want liability protection? Essential workers sacrifice – Corporations extract Watch the entire episode here. … Read More
Robert Reich tells the truth in an op-ed at the Guardian: Trump wants you to choose between your job or your life — because work makes you free. Trump preferred “cheering an … Read More
Elie Mystal from The Nation has a new piece out about how U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R. KY) wants to block businesses from being sued for putting their … Read More
Even without the daily COVID Taskforce presser, we get notable pieces of disinformation, such as VP Pence not wearing a mask at the Mayo Clinic, and Trump trying to bypass … Read More
Early in this crisis, Trump promoted the notion that COVID-19 would “wash over” the US population “like the flu”. He did that while still doing lip service / happy talk about testing, ventilators, … Read More
Again, this is from the conservative National Review: Some terrible ideas never go away, especially ideas that help politicians to disguise weakness as strength. One such scheme in the Beltway bag … Read More
Live Blog below 5:45* PM EDT (*rarely starts on time) Started at 626 pm Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing The White House The Trump … Read More
2016 remains the touchstone for the 2020 anti-government antics, and Trump is King Boogaloo of the Ventilators. The recent protests, however small are a sign of cosplay to come. The Trump … Read More
How many deaths would you condone in order to liberate your state’s economy? When you admit to an acceptable number of deaths you have already lost the argument. Crimes against … Read More
A leaked CDC/FEMA draft plan tries to triage mitigation efforts, commodifies immunity without testing, and attempts to divert attention from Trump’s missteps. In the interim, swab and PPE shortages may be contributing … Read More
Trump has never wavered from a belief that denial is his best COVID-19 policy as his indecisiveness born of insecurity around experts drives the White House dysfunctional chaos. His inability … Read More
Yesterday, The Washington Post published another story recounting how the federal government’s official COVID-19 response has slowly devolved into a drunken mosh pit at a Tijuana donkey show, and among … 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
National thirty day stay-at-home order, even if Trump’s too cowardly to declare it as a policy. x One takeaway from Jared Kushner briefing: we did not start active response phase … Read More
Live Blog below WH Press Briefing 5pm ET Trump has extended the range of what counts as having “done a good job” from 100k deaths to a range of 100-200k. … 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
These contradictions will need to be recorded since the Trumpist cult will make him a heroic figure regardless of the November election outcome. Even folks in NYC will risk dying for … Read More
So the latest spin explaining the delays and inaction are a half-baked notion of herd immunity that had a high death toll which Trump was willing to accept. x The … Read More
The 2.2 million death toll cited by Trump that would occur without any mitigation will become a meme so that the quarter million death toll won’t seem so high. We’re … Read More
Despite the stories of New Yorkers applauding medical professionals from their windows each evening, there will always be reactionaries desperate for attention. You can’t just drink a kamikaze. Roger Stone’s … Read More
The stupid, it burns. Brazil’s president is warning state governors that if they take aggressive measures to contain the coronavirus, they will be committing a crime: AP: Brazil’s Bolsonaro makes … Read More
Jake Tapper: “It’s not all bad news”. There’s no way of knowing the false sense of security that Trump’s declaration created one month ago, that “15 cases will soon be … Read More
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
Japan is now reporting that a female tour-bus guide has been diagnosed with COVID-19. Normally, individual infections aren’t news at this stage of the virus’s spread. Except that this patient was … Read More
Donald Trump seems to think a healthy U.S. economy should make him immune from impeachment. That’s a little like saying a thief should be let off because he pays his … Read More
For the habitual liar who whines weekly of the unfairness of the truth confronting his follies. fairness should be what Trump wants from his “rigged” Senate trial. Reading Lawrence Tribe’s … Read More
The 120 page ruling on the order for the McGahn testimony came in today. McGahn must comply and testify before Congress. Executive Privilege is limited. Expect a WH appeal. It rejects … Read More
It is less likely that Gordon Sondland will plead the Fifth but might seek immunity as he faces perjury, among other things. “Mob boss blaming underling”. ICYMI: Can Gordon Sondland … Read More
On 12 October 2019, Gordon Sondland's decision to testify was a complete turnaround. He said he'd been directed by the State Department to not speak to the committees. The difficulty of a perjury conviction might … Read More
Weird that the GOP defense could wind up: “I did it, so what – get over it” Idiotic that Individual-1 is trying with the help of his GOP buddies, to make … Read More
Apparently, Trump’s lawyer(s) have been volunteering, in the context of immunity, the exposure of the VPOTUS to indictment. Not much space under that bus. Why does Donald Trump's legal team … Read More
Today, the efforts of Manhattan District Attorney Vance to subpoena Trump’s tax returns are before the Second Circuit Court. Before I make any further commentary, I’d like to direct everyone … Read More
There’s a Beto counter-rally (above) about 14 miles away from the Trump rally in Dallas at the American Airways Center (image below). At the Trump rally there are more than … Read More
Axios reports that the twin pillars on which the impeachment inquiry will center is Ukraine and obstruction of justice. The advantage of the latter is that it also folds in … Read More
The pushback from Trumpists is beginning with much disinformation and noise. The coming weeks will unfortunately be far too interesting because the latest episode with Ukraine is one clearly created … Read More
x “Look, I don't want you to rob the bank. I think robbing the bank is a bad idea, and I do not endorse it. Now watch as I disable … Read More
Finally after Pat-a-cake half the day someone says… Just answer the question, boy. x Barry Berke. This is how you question a fool like Corey Lewandowski. Don’t be nice. Don’t … Read More
Granted, “Donald Trump lies” is breaking news in the same way that “Drunk Packers fan still confused about Higgs boson*” is breaking news, but this particular lie is pretty memorable (or … Read More
Okay, you don’t really have to watch it. I did it for you, because I spent the bulk of the 2000s imagining Roger Ailes with his shirt off so I … Read More
As the current President (hereinafter Individual-1) strode down the dank tunnels under the White House, on his way to watch 8 hours of Fox news, his Secret Service agents roughly and … Read More
If you need another reason to vote (i.e., get the ocher arsehole out of office anon), here’s a good one, from page 390 of the Mueller report: Here’s the text … Read More
I have always enjoyed Michael Isikoff’s work as an investigative journalist. Not only does he uncover some really cool, nasty shit, but like his co-author David Corn, he has a … Read More
I have always enjoyed Michael Isikoff’s work as an investigative journalist. Not only does he uncover some really cool, nasty shit, but like his co-author David Corn, he has a … Read More
While conservative Christians prepare to celebrate the War on Christmas season — which they clearly relish more than Christmas itself because, well, there aren’t any Jewish socialists in it — they’ve … Read More
Trump is threating China with more tariffs, according to Bloomberg News. Essentially, Trump would place tariffs on ALL Chinese goods. Trump said Friday he’s willing to slap tariffs on an … Read More
When Tony Schwartz and Tim O’Brien speak about Donald Trump, you best listen. In the mid-’80s, Schwartz spent 18 months voluntarily embedded in Trump’s web of half-truths, lies, and outright … Read More
Bwah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! *Wipes away tear* Okay, universe, I’ll have the schadenfreude with a side of schadenfreude and the spicy schadenfreude sauce. To drink, … Read More
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