LIVE BLOG: COVID Task Force Press Briefing for Trump's latest Trick Bag because “flu ended WWI”

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 Hold a Press Briefing
Howell Raines “We’ve been presented with a sinister whirlwind of doubletalk.”
Trump is practicing the technique of “reflexive control”, by encouraging street demonstrations against his own guidelines using tweets and these pseudo-campaign rallies. It is reflexive because false consciousness has become a commodity.
For example, on Friday, gyms and tattoo parlors will reopen in GA because its governor says it’s OK with social distancing. Darn political correctness. Hair care trumps health care.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 20, 2020
— Laurence (Larry) Boorstein (@LarryBoorstein) April 20, 2020
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) March 26, 2020
— Peter Sagal (@petersagal) April 20, 2020
— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) April 20, 2020
— Eric Hananoki (@ehananoki) April 20, 2020
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) April 20, 2020

A Dozen Americans at the World Health Organization—Which Trump Has Falsely Said Kept Him in the Dark—in Fact Were Keeping Him Apprised All Along


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