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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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This is a little like Exxon saying it’s scrubbed crude oil off far more ducks than all the wind turbine manufacturers in the world combined. x Just reported that the United States has done far more âÂÂtestingâ than any other nation, by far! In fact, over an eight day span, the...
Political Wire has a link to this Bulwark tweet that shows a montage of some of the times Trump and/or Pence lied about tests being available and about the number of tests; each clip is followed by an expert correcting them. Unfortunately, I can’t get the video to embed here...
The usual “anti-government” dismantling of the state preached by Trumpists rationalized their inability to contingency plan for testing failure. It started even before they took office. x There were 3 role-playing scenarios: hurricane, pandemic and cyber incident. Obama team discussed need to anticipate requirements, stay ahead of challenges and provide...
Little man can’t be wrong … x Q: Do you take responsibility for the lag in #coronavirus testing? Trump: “No, I don't take responsibility at all.” pic.twitter.com/bbFbZ7cCH3— Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) March 13, 2020 REPORTER: “Dr. Fauci said earlier this week that the lag in testing was in fact a...
“I’d like to keep the numbers low. ……That wasn’t our fault.” Often Trump blurts out his actual intentions. Trump has always been motivated by re-election, and with the current travel ban, profit for his resorts. The WH failure to do the kind of aggressive VOVID-19 testing that other countries did...
Don’t be surprised about this. Come on. Lying and finger-pointing have always been Donald Trump’s M.O. Why would anyone think he’d behave differently in an emergency? With the pressure on, his go-to defense mechanisms were bound to get even worse. Trump then suggests people are to blame if they can't...
More GOP stunts rather than action. Trump continues to emit a cloud of disinformation about the lag in testing which because of a lag in data is causing public anxiety. Example: CDC says there are 80 cases (there are 158). (CNN) President Donald Trump sought to lay blame on the Obama administration for slowing down...