This is what happens when you don’t take a deadly virus seriously.

Who knows who infected Adm. Charles Ray, but the blasé attitude that’s afflicted so many in Trump’s orbit appears to be imperiling our readiness:

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When Trump went down with COVID, I wasn’t worried about our response capabilities. I mean, what’s he gonna do differently? Pick out fabric swatches slower? Fire his Diet Coke gofer in a dexamethasone fugue? But the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff are presumably integral to the functioning of government. And now they have to do their jobs over Zoom.

Any chance we can just give Biden the keys on November 4? I’d be good with that.

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