Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November: Sources
Analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event," a source says.
By Josh Margolin and James Gordon Meek, April 8, 2020
"As far back as late November, U.S. intelligence officials were warning that a contagion was sweeping through China’s Wuhan region, changing the patterns of life and business and posing a threat to the population, according to four sources briefed on the secret reporting."
There was at least one Governor who started to respond to covid-19 when it was time, and he is Republican.
Did Ohio get it right? Early intervention, preparation for pandemic may pay off.
By Lenny Bernstein - 9 April 2020
TRUMP RESPONSE TO COVID-19 SEEMS PERSONAL, FOCUSED ON ECONOMICS SO HE CAN GET RE-ELECTED, AND IT IS GHOULISH.
Fed Up With Trump's 'Federalism.' Save the Economy but Leave the States to Save Lives? | Opinion
Tom Rogers , Editor-at-Large for Newsweek - On 4/13/20
https://www.newsweek.com/fed-trumps-federalism-save-economy-leave-states-save-lives-opinion-1497335
Trump’s Ridiculous Behavior at Pandemic Briefings Baffles a Watching World
By Robert Mackey - 10 April 2020
Trump supporters can ignore the self-centered speeches by Trump, his rating himself a "10," and his misinformation if they choose. Few can say he isn't grandstanding, however. They enjoy it.
The problem is his behavior and his words confuse Americans on covid-10, like should I wear a mask if Trump chooses not to? Why should I worry about covid-19 if Trump shows no concerns, with the one exception of his friend dying? Will I get covid-19 when I go back to work if not tested? Can I work without getting covid-19 since Trump says there is no need to be tested?
Trump is woefully confused about why more coronavirus testing is vital
Trump wants to relax social distancing ASAP. His latest briefing showed he doesn’t understand how to get there.
By Aaron Rupar, Apr 10, 2020, 5:15pm EDT
How false hope spread about hydroxychloroquine to treat covid-19 — and the consequences that followed
By Elyse Samuels, Video verification editor, and Meg Kelly, Video editor for The Fact Checker - April 13 at 3:00 AM
“But I think it could be, based on what I see, it could be a game changer.”
— President Trump, at a White House news briefing, March 19, 2020
“Hydroxychloroquine — I don’t know, it’s looking like it’s having some good results. That would be a phenomenal thing.”
— Trump, at a White House news briefing, April 3
“What do you have to lose? I’ll say it again: What do you have to lose? Take it. I really think they should take it.”
— Trump, at a White House news briefing, April 4
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“It’s this powerful drug on malaria. And there are signs that it works on this. Some very strong signs.”
— Trump, at a White House news briefing, April 5"
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS ACTING LIKE A SOCIOPATH AT BEST, A MEGLOMANIAC AND PSYCHOPATH AT WORST!
"I take no responsibility at all." - Donald Trump, answer when asked about the Federal response to covid-19.
I'm a Doctor Recovering From COVID-19. I Can't Get Over the Government's Callousness for Human Life
By Dr. Laura Mulvey March 30, 2020
Dr. Laura Mulvey, 33, practices emergency medicine at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. After spending six days receiving treatment in her own hospital, she is now recovering at home from what is presumed to be COVID-19, though her test was inconclusive.
https://time.com/5812495/doctor-covid-19-coronavirus/
"The government thinks that we can go to work without proper PPE and put our lives at risk. That’s something you can’t really get over — this kind of callousness for human life."
Thank you Mr President for continuing to assure us that only YOU tell us the truth about covid-19 given your KNACK for this stuff..
“I think only good things can be said when you look at the job that’s been done,” he said."
We’ve officially witnessed the total failure of empathy in presidential leadership
By Michael Gerson - Columnist, April 2, 2020
" . . . Donald Trump, in the midst of an unprecedented national crisis threatening hundreds of thousands of deaths, to brag that the television ratings for his afternoon briefings rivaled the “Bachelor” finale or “Monday Night Football.” This is not mere pettiness. It is clinical solipsism."
Our old friend personal responsibility, &c.
By Jay Nordlinger - April 3, 2020 6:30 AM
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/trump-conservatism-personal-responsibility-more/#slide-1
"A reporter asked me today why conservatives were initially so skeptical of the threat of the coronavirus. I tried to explain that one of the dangerous consequences of having a totally dishonest left wing news media was that most Americans discounted their hysteria as phony.
Were the news media hysterical? Not on balance, I think. Also, think of the power of the “left wing news media.” They are responsible for their own errors, of course. But also for conservatives’ errors.
You see how it works?
Furthermore, is right-wing America really looking at left-wing news? Or looking elsewhere?
In the past weeks and months, I have been thinking about personal responsibility. It used to be a conservative cause, and considered a conservative trait. (Maybe we were simply flattering ourselves, that it was a trait of ours.)
A few days ago, Trump defenders started saying that the president botched the coronavirus in the early going because he was distracted by impeachment. First, an admission of botching is an interesting admission, but second: Have you seen those lists of how many rallies Trump held during the relevant period, and how many rounds of golf he played?"
Impeachment was not a concern for Trump except, in his mind, it affected his ratings.
Donald Trump brags about his Bachelor-beating coronavirus TV ratings as 2,400 Americans die of Covid-19
Jacob Geanous - Sunday 29 Mar 2020 9:47 pm
"On Sunday, the president tweeted: ‘Because the “Ratings” of my News Conferences etc. are so high, “Bachelor finale, Monday Night Football type numbers” according to the (New York Times) the Lamestream Media is going CRAZY. “Trump is reaching too many people, we must stop him.” said one lunatic. See you at 5:00 P.M.!’
Trump went on to write: ‘…On Monday, nearly 12.2 million people watched Mr. Trump’s briefing on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, according to Nielsen — ‘Monday Night Football’ numbers. Millions more are watching on ABC, CBS, NBC and online streaming sites, and the audience is expanding. On Monday, Fox News…’
‘…alone attracted 6.2 million viewers for the president’s briefing — an astounding number for a 6 p.m. cable broadcast, more akin to the viewership for a popular prime-time sitcom..’
TRUMP'S TWEETS AS COVID-19 INFECTIONS REACH ##### [8,000+]! 4 APRIL HE TALKS AGAIN ABOUT RE-STARTING ECONOMY WHERE THE LIKELY PEAK OF COVID-19 WILL BE IN 7 DAYS!
Trump Brags About His TV Ratings as Coronavirus Death Toll Keeps Climbing
By Daniel Politi - March 29, 2020
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/03/trump-brags-tv-ratings-coronavirus-death-toll-rises.html
"As the coronavirus crisis continues engulfing the United States, President Donald Trump thought that the best use of his time on Sunday afternoon was to go on a tweetstorm against the media that included patting himself on the back for the TV ratings of his news conferences lately. It all started with the commander in chief blasting the “Lamestream Media” and claiming that the public does not approve of how they have been covering the coronavirus crisis.
The Lamestream Media wants us to fail. That will NEVER happen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2020
Polls are showing tremendous disapproval of Lamestream Media coverage of the Virus crisis. The Fake News just hasn’t figured that out yet!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2020
Trump then went on to cite a New York Times article, writing that his news conferences are receiving “Bachelor finale, Monday Night Football type numbers.” (That wasn’t a direct quote, but the article does mention both of those.) The president then went on to selectively quote from the piece by Michael Grynbaum. But he focused on the ratings part and completely neglected the crux of the piece that questioned whether networks should carry the president’s news conferences live, considering he spreads so much misinformation about the COVID-19 outbreak.
Because the “Ratings” of my News Conferences etc. are so high, “Bachelor finale, Monday Night Football type numbers” according to the @nytimes, the Lamestream Media is going CRAZY. “Trump is reaching too many people, we must stop him.” said one lunatic. See you at 5:00 P.M.!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2020"
Trump is dangerous in these political rallies around covid-19.
Coronavirus: Trump to defy 'voluntary' advice for Americans to wear masks
BY xxxxxxx xxxxxx - 04 April 2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-52161529
"US President Donald Trump has said he will not wear a face mask despite new medical guidance advising Americans to do so.
He could not see himself greeting "presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens" in the Oval Office while wearing one, he said.
He stressed that the guidance released on Friday was "voluntary".
"You do not have to do it," he said. "I don't think I'm going to be doing it.""
Modeling bad thinking and bad behavior. My view? I think Trump believes he is handsome and wants people to see his face.
Strategic National Stockpile description altered online after Kushner's remarks
The government website for the emergency repository appears to have been updated this morning.
By QUINT FORGEY04/03/2020 12:20 PM EDT Updated: 04/03/2020 02:48 PM EDT
The Trump administration just changed its description of the national stockpile to jibe with Jared Kushner’s controversial claim
By Aaron Blake - Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix, April 3, 2020
"Kushner on Thursday evening offered a novel argument about the national stockpile. He said some states still had stockpiles that they hadn’t been employing for the coronavirus outbreak and that localities should go to them first. And then he suggested that the national stockpile wasn’t even meant for them.
“And the notion of the federal stockpile was it’s supposed to be our stockpile,” Kushner said. “It’s not supposed to be states’ stockpiles that they then use.”
As reporters quickly noted, that didn’t match with how the Department of Health and Human Services was describing the program. On its website, it said, “Strategic National Stockpile is the nation’s largest supply of life-saving pharmaceuticals and medical supplies for use in a public health emergency severe enough to cause local supplies to run out.” It continued to say, "When state, local, tribal, and territorial responders request federal assistance to support their response efforts, the stockpile ensures that the right medicines and supplies get to those who need them most during an emergency.”"
Ooops! Caught bull shitting, spinning, and maybe even telling a lie, so what do we do? We change the facts to match the lie!
Trump is bragging on Twitter about his coronavirus briefings getting lots of viewers
Increasingly, members of the media are concerned this large audience is being given dangerous, incorrect information.
By Zeeshan - Mar 29, 2020,
There is NO DOUBT Trump ordered the TV cameras to ensure he is in every shot of any speaker on covid-19 during his rallies. NO DOUBT!
Trump is seriously sociopathic. What I see is a man making impulsive decisions without feeling guilty for the harm his decisions cause.
TRUMP DOES NOT CARE 1 OUNCE!
Trump’s April challenge: Leaning into the ‘deep state’ to quell a raging crisis
A president who long shunned career government workers and preferred to rely on his gut faces a managerial challenge at a scale unseen by any American leader.
By Nancy Cook and Gabby Orr 3-29-2020
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/29/trump-april-challenge-deep-state-155059
The Coronavirus Death Count and Trump’s TV Ratings
As the COVID-19 crisis deepens, Trump picks petty fights and brags about the “really good job” he has been doing.
by Amanda Carpenter - April 1, 2020 5:30 am
https://thebulwark.com/the-coronavirus-death-count-and-trumps-tv-ratings/
"On Tuesday, in a presentation that was more sober than his usual performances, Trump told Americans during a two-hour marathon White House press conference that “we’re going to go through a very tough two weeks.” Still, he couldn’t refrain from again praising his own performance. “I think only good things can be said when you look at the job that’s been done,” he said."
Coronanvirus: Trump criticised for boasting his Covid-19 briefings are a ‘ratings hit’
Infections in US pass 130,000 and death toll hits 2,350
Trump Blames Hospitals for Coronavirus Mask Shortages
By Jonathan Chait - Mar. 29, 2020
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/trump-blames-hospitals-for-coronavirus-mask-shortages.html
Trump accuses hospitals of hoarding ventilators
Nandita Bose, Phil Stewart - March 29, 2020 / 4:32 PM / 4 days ago
Everyone and everything Trump has blamed for his coronavirus response
By Amber Phillips - Reporter for The Fix analyzing Congress - March 31, 2020
Seven of Donald Trump's most misleading coronavirus claims
As US deaths rise, the president seems unable to grasp the severity of the problem – and he’s made multiple false claims along the way
By Oliver Milman in New York, 31 March 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/28/trump-coronavirus-misleading-claims
THE UNITED STATES LOOKS LIKE A PARIAH,A ROGUE NATION, TRYING TO BUY THE GERMAN MEDICINES TO ADDRESS COVID-19 FOR AMERICANS ONLY, BLOCKING CUBA GETTING AID AS A RSULT OF US SANCTIONS, STEALING PPE DESTINED FROM CHINA TO FRANCE BY PAYING CASH.
I THINK I AM GOING TO PUKE.
Since covid-19 started ravaging the "United" States, Trump goes on TV every day to rally for his re-election. Now the United States is stealing PPE from other countries?!
US bought France-bound face masks for CASH from China – French official to RT
1 Apr, 2020 20:29 / Updated 3 hours ago
https://www.rt.com/news/484723-us-france-face-masks/
Face masks from China intended for France 'hijacked' by US at the last minute
Issued on: 02/04/2020 - 12:17Modified: 02/04/2020 - 12:17
http://www.rfi.fr/en/europe/20200402-china-coronavirus-face-mask-france-stolen-us
The US is profiteering and acting ghoulish during the covid-19 pandemic because our President sees "America First" justifies any act. Trump's leadership is destroying the global peace we have known for 70 plus years since WWII.
Trump could help solve the mask problem. Instead he’s making baseless attacks on New York nurses.
Trump is making up conspiracy theories about mask thefts, instead of using the DPA to produce more.
By Sean Collins Mar 30, 2020, 1:30pm EDT
Trump says 200,000 Americans could die from coronavirus, because he’s done “a very good job”
The goalposts just moved drastically.
By Aaron Rupar@atrupar Mar 30, 2020, 1:40pm EDT
https://www.vox.com/2020/3/30/21199586/us-coronavirus-deaths-trump-200000-good-job
The Republican Corporate Bailout Is Obscene
Welfare for the rich will do nothing to assuage the coronavirus crash.
By Zach Carter 03/23/2020 04:44 pm ET
The stimulus is "POLITICAL PORN!"
I guarantee fraud, waste, and abuse, as well as outright theft and corruption. There is too much money being printed and it will pervert the morals of otherwise honest people.
Opportunists taking advantage of a crisis are a sad reflection on our politicians, our Congress, and the ugliness exists in both Democrats and Republicans.
Trump rejects opening ObamaCare special enrollment period amid coronavirus outbreak: report
By Zack Budryk - 03/31/20 07:54 PM EDT
Trump does not want the idea Obama Care medical insurance could be any help in the covid-19 fix.
Rush Limbaugh: Economy Being Destroyed ‘Under The Guise’ Of Saving Lives
The right-wing radio host pushed conspiracy nonsense about Democrats plotting with communists to ruin capitalism in the coronavirus pandemic.
By Ron Dicker 04/01/2020 07:51 am ET
Rush ignores the FACT every major world economy is shutting down. Does Rush think they are shutting down THEIR economies to hurt Trump? lol! IDIOT!
Governors plead for medical equipment from federal stockpile plagued by shortages and confusion
By Toluse Olorunnipa, White House reporter, Josh Dawsey, Reporter covering the White House, Chelsea Janes, Reporter covering the 2020 presidential campaign, Isaac Stanley-Becker, National political reporter - March 31, 2020
I hope and pray Trump and his White House are not choosing winners and losers in the fight against covid-19. I hope and pray this is not a Red State before Blue State choice where Donald Trump uses medical aid to help his re-election campaign. That would be sickening, literally.
Why the new effort to blame coronavirus fumbles on the impeachment trial falls so far short
By Philip Bump, National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics
March 31, 2020 at 2:59 PM
I recall Mark Meadows suggested the notion Trump cannot walk and chew gun at the same time when he was in House, and Mitch McConnel is saying Trump was too flustered to do real work too.
Trump says he was waiting for Pelosi to to send over the documents? Trump was waiting for the "mail" before acting on the Intel he had on covid-19?
Do these people realize they are saying Trump was never up to the of President? Impeachment is a big deal, and so is the job of being President?
If it was the impeachment that kept Trump from doing his job responding to covid-19, why did he not say so? He has always been happy to use every available excuse when he fails so why not use impeachment?
Pastors accuse local governments of discrimination in church shutdown battles
by Nicholas Rowan - | April 02, 2020
THIS is the response from organized religion that I feared. These people think God rules the country and we should all join a crowded church to test our faith during the covid-19 pandemic.
This is called a THEOCRACY, where the "Church" chooses our "morals" as it sees proper behavior, THEY choose the "God" we are to pray to, THEY choose the "Bible" we are to read, and their religion is the only way thru the covid-19 pandemic.
" . . . until Monday, neither law enforcement nor pastors had taken legal action. That changed when Florida police arrested Rodney Howard-Browne, the pastor of The River Church in Tampa Bay. By continuing to hold services, despite a countywide lockdown, Howard-Browne violated health emergency rules and had organized an unlawful assembly, Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said.
"His reckless disregard for human life put hundreds of people in his congregation at risk, as well as put thousands of residents who may interact with them in danger," Chronister said at a Monday press conference.
