Hmm, RoJo the Clown doesn’t care if he kills his supporters either, apparently. The Daily Beast: U.S. Senator Ron Johnson tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. But, after finding out he had the virus, which has killed more than 220,000 Americans to date, the Wisconsin Republican still chose to attend an Oktoberfest fundraising dinner that…
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Looser CDC testing guidelines were adopted while Fauci was literally knocked out
Folks, help me. I’m growing benumbed. The assholery is ceaseless and seemingly infinite, and I’m just one dude howling in the wilderness. Well, not the wilderness, really. I hate camping. But I’m still howling, damn it. Mostly in my pajamas. Donald Trump’s capacity for dickishness is boundless, and it’s just so hard to keep up…
Republican “Message Testing” Poll Ends Up Showing Biden Strength in Michigan and Wisconsin
A Hodas & Associates Poll, just released, shows Joe Biden with big leads in Michigan and Wisconsin and a smaller lead in Pennsylvania despite apparently being designed to damage Biden and Democrats by asking leading questions. politicalwire.com New battleground polls from Hodas & Associates, a Republican polling firm: Michigan: Biden 53%, Trump 41% Pennsylvania: Biden 51%,…
LiveBlog COVID presser: “Testing is overrated” because Trump still thinks tests cause cases
Live Blog below … looks like Trump will be late, sliding into the old habit, so much for that “new tone”. x Trump says he made this decision even though lots of people “desperately” wanted to be there, given that the pageantry and such were really top of the line.— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 23, 2020…
Trump “(COVID) Testing is overrated”
Latest Trump on testing:”I personally think it's overrated, but I am totally willing to keep doing it.” Putting this up early because Trumpian math is much like “person woman man camera TV”. Will LiveBlog and update perhaps in a new posting when the fun starts at 5pm ET today Thursday. Points for first member of…
The stupidity of Trump's slowing COVID testing is also gross criminality #AmericaOrTrump
“I said to my people, slow the testing down please” x During the biggest health crisis of this generation, @realDonaldTrump asked his officials to slow down the one thing that could keep us safe: testing. How many families suffered and lives were lost because of his gross criminality? #AmericaOrTrump pic.twitter.com/xWYvodknE5 — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln)…
US still leads in COVID deaths, as Trump slows testing, visits Arizona today
Trump’s going to visit the three miles of new fence (197 miles are replacement fencing), and do undoubtedly another youth rally, remembering that the last one featured a presidential crest with golf clubs held by the eagle. A campaign shake-up looks to be ahead that might exclude Kushner while dumping Parscale, WHO says poor global leadership making…
Bodacious Tata “If we stop testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any”
Third-ranking SecDef nominee General Tata, a Fox News regular, apparently believes that PBO was a Manchurian Candidate and Trump not a Kremlin puppet (CNN) Several Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee said Monday that they would oppose the nomination of retired Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata to oversee the Pentagon's policy shop. CNN's KFile…
Still no national testing strategy as mask-free Trump tries to wipe away all federal regulations
The chaos continues as we’re only just beginning the scorched earth campaign on the way to the bunker. 167 days to go. It's May 19th, and President Trump still doesn’t have an adequate national testing strategy. — Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) May 19, 2020 Very old, Almost dead. 2/ This appears to be a reference to a…
From Texas Observer: Is Texas Inflating Its COVID-19 Testing Results With Antibody Test Numbers?
According to Texas Governor Greg Abbot’s communication John Wittman, Texas has doubled its rate of testing for the coronavirus: Gov. Greg Abbott’s communications director John Wittman told ABC News that the amount of testing has doubled since reopening, contributing to the rise in cases. “Since [COVID-19 testing] started, we did 330,000 tests in March and…
Trump in Allentown: “if we didn’t do any testing, we would have very few cases”
Trump seems to have decided to stray even farther from message on COVID-19 and concentrate on all the diversions and distractions. He’s never really cared about tests and testing, he’s in complete denial about now 85,000 deaths, and will rely on disinformation even about the total number of COVID-19 cases. He even thinks “keyboard warriors”…
Mitt Romney: U.S.' coronavirus testing record 'nothing to celebrate whatsoever'
The best I can say about Mitt Romney is that he ran for president as a Republican and somehow isn’t a garbage heap of hate and willful stupidity. The second best thing I can say about him is Donald Trump despises him, which means he must be doing something right. Today, he spoke truth to…
Mitt Romney slams Trump's Testing Czar: Nothing to celebrate whatsoever
Mitt Romney showed his independence as he slammed the president and his Testing Czar much harder than even Democrats. Is he running for president? Romney let busts the president lies on testing Watch our full episodes here. ”I understand that politicians are going to frame data in a way that is most positive politically,” Mitt Romney…
Trump hopes that “leading the world in testing” makes you forget the US leads the world in deaths
81,000 people are still dead and Trump defaulted to his usual bigotry and disinformation blather today in yet another presser-trainwreck. “‘The numbers are fucking terrible,’ another former West Wing official said. ‘There’s massive anxiety in the GOP that he’s gonna take them all down with him.’” https://t.co/bCtKHGlQNH — Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) May 11, 2020…
AK-Sen: Dr. Al Gross (I) Calls On Congress To Expand Coronavirus Testing In Next Stimulus Package
Received this e-mail today from Dr. Al Gross’ (I. AK) U.S. Senate campaign: It’s simple: We cannot reopen the economy without a huge expansion of testing for the coronavirus. Without testing and contact tracing, forcing people to go back to work is only going to hasten the spread of this virus, and far too many…
Fauci: US needs to double COVID testing before reopening economy
Without sarcasm, Trump’s disinforming claims of the total number of tests have little to do with the number of per capita tests needed. Trump says he disagrees with Fauci comments that U.S. needs more coronavirus testing. In January, Trump did not push for adequate testing. The U.S. should at least double coronavirus testing in the coming weeks before…
LIVE BLOG: daily COVID Taskforce briefing Trump says “(COVID)Testing is a 'media trap'”
Live Blog below 5:00* PM EDT (*rarely starts on time) Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing The White House Fauci says U.S. will have coronavirus in the fall after Trump says it might not come back x We are shockingly far from having anything close to the testing regime we need…
Trump suggests calls for more testing are part of a Democratic plot to make him look bad
Grampa Rage Diapers was in fine fettle today. His conspiracy antennae were tumescent with a throbbing, otherworldly sixth sense, leading him to wonder why on earth anyone would want millions of COVID-19 tests unless it was all part of some elaborate plot to keep him from being pr*sident. (second tweet) x Trump suggests that demands for more testing,…
LIVE BLOG: COVID Taskforce briefing – why isn't testing at 1 M/day rather than 1 M/week?
Live blog below (yes, it is a pseudo-campaign rally, but the various Trumpian errors often make it worth it, also some folks like watching trainwrecks) 5:00* PM EDT (*it rarely starts on time) Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing The White House The Trump premise continues to ignore the human costs…
CDC/FEMA draft plan ignores swab shortages and other failures in the “free-market” for testing.
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 to a decline in testing by commercial labs, which (of course) has nothing to do with keeping the case numbers down. Trump’s “cutie-pie” capitalism attempts…
