From The St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Gov. Mike Parson proceeded with an event at a state office building last month after staff warned his office of a cluster of COVID-19 cases among state workers in the building, according to emails obtained by the Post-Dispatch. Parson, a Republican running for a four-year term, was diagnosed with COVID-19…
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“We're not learning to live with the virus Larry…the death rate is the highest in the world.”
In an interview on CBS Face the Nation Scott Gottlieb affirmed the position that the Trump administration erred in not directing national drug production of antibody drugs like Regeneron’s. x And Scott Gottlieb was just on Face the Nation saying that if we would have had a national response in the spring about therapeutics and ramping…
AZ, ME & NC-Sen: NYT, “Virus Pulls Down Trump, Poll Shows, and G.O.P. Senators Suffer With Him”
The latest New York Times/Siena College poll does not have good news for Trump or Republican Senators in these battleground states. Let’s start with Maine: x #MEsen:Gideon (D) 44% (+4)Collins (R-inc) 40%Linn (I) 2%Savage (I) 2%@SienaResearch/@UpshotNYT, LV, 9/11-16— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) September 18, 2020 In all three states, Democratic Senate candidates were leading Republican incumbents…
Peter Navarro: 'We're all tired of this politicization of the China virus'
Peter Navarro, the Trump administration trade adviser whom Jared Kushner found on Amazon.com (the same place I’ve been vainly searching for a one-bedroom tauntaun carcass to hide in for the next four years in case Trump somehow wins again) wants y’all to stop politicizing the, erm, China virus, folks! This morning, he was on Fox &…
“The difference this time is the fact that he’s running his game on a virus,” the virus doesn't care
In a new article, David A. Fahrenthold, Joshua Partlow, and Jonathan O'Connell review the Trump U grift and draw parallels to the Trump University debacle and the Trump presidency itself during the pandemic. The virus doesn’t care, and we’ve seen how despite the usual disinformation ploys Trump is on the path to fail. In this case,…
Trump's failure to contain the virus deserves rebranding. Pelosi now calls it the #TrumpVirus
This has been proposed for a while, but now that the Speaker is using it… time to do some re-branding. x One of the reasons we are so far behind in our response to the #TrumpVirus? We don’t have the equipment we need to test, process results, and protect our frontline workers. The President must make…
The COVID-19 death toll is now at Vietnam War level(s) for the IMPOTUS* Bone-Spur Virus
This is definitely Trump’s virus now. It is the Bone Spur Virus. It is a metaphoric, national Exotosis. It must be removed to save the country. The US is still approaching 100,000 deaths NOW because Trump needs the illusion of a functioning economy before 11/3/2020. The minimum for Trump’s inaction is at least 36,000, and the…
Typhoid Donny's “lava level mad” but still spewing sputum, says virus will “go away without vaccine”
The new death toll cited by Trump is now 95,000, up from zero, then 50-60,000, then 60-70,000. x President Trump: “This is going to go away without a vaccine.” pic.twitter.com/EKcZENl4rS— CSPAN (@cspan) May 8, 2020 TRUMP: “I feel about vaccines like I feel about tests. This is going to go away without a vaccine, it's…
Meat Packing Towns Are Hotspots for Virus Endangering Workers and Food Supply
http://www.bloomberg.com/… (April 17) Meat packing centers in the Midwest are some of the fastest growing pandemic centers, according to Bloomberg News, the New York Times, and other news media. Workers in some plants complain about close working conditions and lack of protective equipment. Industry analysts see supply disruptions and higher prices. Fortunately, the food supply is not thought…
LIVE BLOG: daily COVID Taskforce briefing “A cruel virus from a distant land.”
In a total reversal, Grand Moff Trump will apparently back off on ordering(sic) a national May 1 “reopening date”. He will also punt “shot-calling” to the states, continuing his inability to fully implement the DPA. Live Blog below 6:00* PM EDT (* it almost never starts on time) Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold…
Sen. Loeffler, who dumped stocks after virus warning, joins Trump's 'reopening America' task force
I know Trump doesn’t always consider optics when making his absurd decisions, but this looks like a huge pile of shite to me: x Thank you, @realDonaldTrump for appointing me to your task force on re-opening America safely in the wake of #COVID19. With 22 million Americans filing for unemployment, it’s clear we must start…
Two cruise ships with four dead and dozens showing virus symptoms head to Florida for new problems
More examples of governmental incompetence, pairing Trump and a Trumpist governor in Florida. At least there aren’t trains trying to collide with the cruise ships. When Andrea Anderson and her husband boarded the MS Zaandam cruise ship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, more than three weeks ago, they didn't know that their trip of a lifetime would disastrously…
Multibillionaire David Geffen wishes us well while 'avoiding the virus' on his $400 million yacht
And I thought Ivanka Trump’s faux camping trip with her kids in her posh living room was the most tone-deaf thing I’d see during the coronavirus crisis. x Under the new coronavirus relief act, Geffen qualifies for a bailout for his cruise ship. https://t.co/kUVIa0iaDo— Robert Reich (@RBReich) March 28, 2020 Yeah, great to know we…
Pompeo Insists the G7 Ministers Call it the “Wuhan Virus” [Updated w/ “G6” Responses]
Our rapturous Secretary of State not only insists on calling the coronavirus by the racist monicker “Wuhan virus,” he’s trying to force the G7 foreign ministers to go along: UK Independent: Coronavirus: Mike Pompeo insists G7 use 'Wuhan Virus' – but world officials refuse Ministers of the G7 – the “Group of 7” intergovernmental economic…
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 were along this line — closing schools, gyms, hair and nail salons,…etc. There was a debate on what the difference was between his previous orders and…
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 the bunker. Like Trump’s tweets, diversion and distraction are the gonads in his bag of tricks. Diametric opposites and misdirection are the propaganda tools for…
With the Virus Certain to Spread, We Need Vote By Mail in Every State
With the coronavirus starting to spread, we should think of ways to deal with the pandemic since containment now looks impossible. The best way to save the election of 2020 might be to allow all voters to Vote By Mail as some states already do. All states allow some absentee voting, but many require excuses. Most state…
Top Virus Expert Told to Shut Up
Anthony Fauci is the premier public health expert on viruses and their spread. He has been the director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a branch of NIH, since 1984. Dr. Fauci has advised six Presidents on HIV/AIDS and many other domestic and global health issues. He was one of the…