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What evidence is there that Trump's gang is doing anything about that?
Coronavirus, It did not have to be this way- Trump's Dirty Deals
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What evidence is there that Trump's gang is doing anything about that?
magicalmoments
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What's happened to all the trumptards that infected this board like a hoax virus?
Have they all succumbed to DTS and given up hope for their future?
Have they all succumbed to DTS and given up hope for their future?
Harking back to when there were only 15 known cases of coronavirus in the US
and the Trump adminstration decided to contradict medical experts and advisors-
Ignored advise, missed signals, slow action: The path that President Trump tread
on the coronavirus
- Eric Lipton, David Sanger, Maggie Haberman, Michael Shear
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/10893980-181/consequences-of-chaos-a-look
Mar 18, 2020 · 'That is a lie': NYT's Maggie Haberman pummels Trump's claims on taking coronavirus seriously from the start.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/th...-taking-coronavirus-seriously-from-the-start/
Tim Arvier ✓
Twitter › TimArvier9
Somewhat ironic that @realDonaldTrump includes (positive) quotes
about his actions from @maggieNYT in his video when he has spent
all weekend attacking her story on his administration ignoring warnings.
8 minutes ago
Maggie Haberman ✓
Twitter › maggieNYT
Here's the transcript of @jaketapper yesterday with Fauci. TAPPER:
"The New York Times" reported yesterday that you and other top officials
wanted to recommend social and physical distancing guidelines to President
Trump as far back as the third week of February....
2 minutes ago
The president is using audio of me on The Daily to bash my reporting
in the paper (though I’m so glad they listen to the Daily). Their use of the
audio is misleading - I went on to say I said he treated that travel limitation
as a Mission Accomplished moment.
45 minutes ago
and the Trump adminstration decided to contradict medical experts and advisors-
Ignored advise, missed signals, slow action: The path that President Trump tread
on the coronavirus
- Eric Lipton, David Sanger, Maggie Haberman, Michael Shear
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/10893980-181/consequences-of-chaos-a-look
Mar 18, 2020 · 'That is a lie': NYT's Maggie Haberman pummels Trump's claims on taking coronavirus seriously from the start.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/th...-taking-coronavirus-seriously-from-the-start/
Tim Arvier ✓
Twitter › TimArvier9
Somewhat ironic that @realDonaldTrump includes (positive) quotes
about his actions from @maggieNYT in his video when he has spent
all weekend attacking her story on his administration ignoring warnings.
8 minutes ago
Maggie Haberman ✓
Twitter › maggieNYT
Here's the transcript of @jaketapper yesterday with Fauci. TAPPER:
"The New York Times" reported yesterday that you and other top officials
wanted to recommend social and physical distancing guidelines to President
Trump as far back as the third week of February....
2 minutes ago
The president is using audio of me on The Daily to bash my reporting
in the paper (though I’m so glad they listen to the Daily). Their use of the
audio is misleading - I went on to say I said he treated that travel limitation
as a Mission Accomplished moment.
45 minutes ago
bosysong commet-
Trump's single-minded obsession- his re-election, led him to throw millions
of Americans, overboard
He is protected from everything that ordinary Americans are suffering-
Loss of family members, loss of income, loss of hard won independent
small business (subsidiary of corporate giants are absorbing the relief
paments meant for small business- who you know, lets corporations
skip the hotline that require applicants to make 200 calls before they
pick up the phone, and answer..
The money is all gone...
Democrats struggle to provide real small businesses with relief
but Trump senators are not cooperating-
First Trump denied it was a serious threat- "Just the flu"
Trump puffs out his moobs and chest, proudly announcing "mission accomplished"
far too early-
/end bodysong comment
Behind Trump’s halting response to a fast-spreading crisis
- Eric Lipton, David E. Sanger, Maggie Haberman and Michael D. Shear
April 11, 202
Any way you cut it, this is going to be bad,” a senior medical adviser at the
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Dr. Carter Mecher, wrote on the night
of Jan. 28, in an email to a group of public-health experts scattered around
the government and universities.
“The projected size of the outbreak already seems hard to believe.”
Throughout January, as Trump repeatedly played down the seriousness
of the virus and focused on other issues, an array of figures inside his
government — from top White House advisers to experts deep in the
cabinet departments and intelligence agencies — identified the threat,
sounded alarms and made clear the need for aggressive action.
The president, though, was slow to absorb the scale of the risk and to act
accordingly, focusing instead on controlling the message, protecting gains
in the economy and batting away warnings from senior officials.
It was a problem, he said, that had come out of nowhere and could not have been foreseen.
When Trump finally agreed in mid-March to recommend social distancing
across the country, effectively bringing much of the economy to a halt, he
seemed shell-shocked and deflated to some of his closest associates. One
described him as “subdued” and “baffled” by how the crisis had played out.
An economy that he had wagered his re-election on was suddenly in shambles
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/...slow-response-to-a-fast-spreading-crisis.html
Over nearly three weeks from Feb. 26 to March 16, the number of confirmed
coronavirus cases in the United States grew from 15 to 4,226. Since then,
nearly half a million Americans have tested positive for the virus and authorities
say hundreds of thousands more are likely infected.
Trump's single-minded obsession- his re-election, led him to throw millions
of Americans, overboard
He is protected from everything that ordinary Americans are suffering-
Loss of family members, loss of income, loss of hard won independent
small business (subsidiary of corporate giants are absorbing the relief
paments meant for small business- who you know, lets corporations
skip the hotline that require applicants to make 200 calls before they
pick up the phone, and answer..
The money is all gone...
Democrats struggle to provide real small businesses with relief
but Trump senators are not cooperating-
First Trump denied it was a serious threat- "Just the flu"
Trump puffs out his moobs and chest, proudly announcing "mission accomplished"
far too early-
/end bodysong comment
Behind Trump’s halting response to a fast-spreading crisis
- Eric Lipton, David E. Sanger, Maggie Haberman and Michael D. Shear
April 11, 202
Any way you cut it, this is going to be bad,” a senior medical adviser at the
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Dr. Carter Mecher, wrote on the night
of Jan. 28, in an email to a group of public-health experts scattered around
the government and universities.
“The projected size of the outbreak already seems hard to believe.”
Throughout January, as Trump repeatedly played down the seriousness
of the virus and focused on other issues, an array of figures inside his
government — from top White House advisers to experts deep in the
cabinet departments and intelligence agencies — identified the threat,
sounded alarms and made clear the need for aggressive action.
The president, though, was slow to absorb the scale of the risk and to act
accordingly, focusing instead on controlling the message, protecting gains
in the economy and batting away warnings from senior officials.
It was a problem, he said, that had come out of nowhere and could not have been foreseen.
When Trump finally agreed in mid-March to recommend social distancing
across the country, effectively bringing much of the economy to a halt, he
seemed shell-shocked and deflated to some of his closest associates. One
described him as “subdued” and “baffled” by how the crisis had played out.
An economy that he had wagered his re-election on was suddenly in shambles
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/...slow-response-to-a-fast-spreading-crisis.html
Over nearly three weeks from Feb. 26 to March 16, the number of confirmed
coronavirus cases in the United States grew from 15 to 4,226. Since then,
nearly half a million Americans have tested positive for the virus and authorities
say hundreds of thousands more are likely infected.
April 15, 2020
Trump said at tonight’s coronavirus briefing that he would exercise his
“constitutional authority to adjourn both chambers of Congress” to allow
him to make recess appointments if they don’t gavel out themselves.
“The current practice of leaving town while conducting phony pro forma
sessions is a dereliction of duty that the American people cannot afford
during this crisis,” he said. Unlike so many Trump zingers with a half-life
of barely a single news cycle, this one may trigger a longer debate over
presidential powers.
https://www.politico.com/newsletter...pecial-edition/2020/04/15/closing-time-488927
Trump threatens to adjourn Congress to get his nominees but likely would be impeded by Senate rules
April 15, 2020
President Trump threatened Wednesday to try to force Congress to adjourn
so he could fill his administration’s vacancies without Senate approval, the
second time this week he has claimed unprecedented executive authority
amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The president cited a never-exercised constitutional power to shut down Congress
if the House and Senate are in disagreement over adjourning, pushing both the
executive and legislative branches into uncharted territory.
“They know they’ve been warned and they’ve been warned right now.
If they don’t approve it, then we’re going to go this route and we’ll
probably be challenged in court and we’ll see who wins,” Trump said
when asked if there was a timeline on his threat.
In fact, in 2014, the Supreme Court sided with Senate Republicans in a dispute
with President Barack Obama over a recess appointment to the National Labor
Relations Board.
The court ruled unanimously that Obama exceeded his constitutional authority in
making high-level government appointments in 2012 when he declared the Senate
to be in recess and unable to act on the nominations.
“The President made an unprecedented power grab by placing political allies
at a powerful federal agency while the Senate was meeting regularly and without
even bothering to wait for its advice and consent. A unanimous Supreme Court
has rejected this brazen power-grab,” McConnell said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...bfc4c6-7f6a-11ea-9040-68981f488eed_story.html
All of Trump's supporting minions on the payroll are acting (temp) officials.
His favorite choices are unqualified, unsuitable, inexperienced, and lack any
knowledge needed and necessary.
Trump said at tonight’s coronavirus briefing that he would exercise his
“constitutional authority to adjourn both chambers of Congress” to allow
him to make recess appointments if they don’t gavel out themselves.
“The current practice of leaving town while conducting phony pro forma
sessions is a dereliction of duty that the American people cannot afford
during this crisis,” he said. Unlike so many Trump zingers with a half-life
of barely a single news cycle, this one may trigger a longer debate over
presidential powers.
https://www.politico.com/newsletter...pecial-edition/2020/04/15/closing-time-488927
Trump threatens to adjourn Congress to get his nominees but likely would be impeded by Senate rules
April 15, 2020
President Trump threatened Wednesday to try to force Congress to adjourn
so he could fill his administration’s vacancies without Senate approval, the
second time this week he has claimed unprecedented executive authority
amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The president cited a never-exercised constitutional power to shut down Congress
if the House and Senate are in disagreement over adjourning, pushing both the
executive and legislative branches into uncharted territory.
“They know they’ve been warned and they’ve been warned right now.
If they don’t approve it, then we’re going to go this route and we’ll
probably be challenged in court and we’ll see who wins,” Trump said
when asked if there was a timeline on his threat.
In fact, in 2014, the Supreme Court sided with Senate Republicans in a dispute
with President Barack Obama over a recess appointment to the National Labor
Relations Board.
The court ruled unanimously that Obama exceeded his constitutional authority in
making high-level government appointments in 2012 when he declared the Senate
to be in recess and unable to act on the nominations.
“The President made an unprecedented power grab by placing political allies
at a powerful federal agency while the Senate was meeting regularly and without
even bothering to wait for its advice and consent. A unanimous Supreme Court
has rejected this brazen power-grab,” McConnell said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...bfc4c6-7f6a-11ea-9040-68981f488eed_story.html
All of Trump's supporting minions on the payroll are acting (temp) officials.
His favorite choices are unqualified, unsuitable, inexperienced, and lack any
knowledge needed and necessary.
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Misshotndeep
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I just went to look up when Obama created the CDC task force that was disbanded in the beginning of Trumps term and all the video and info has been baried! 
It was created in May of I want to say 2015? Now I can't find a article, video or anything on it. We all know it happen but it has been barrierd. That is some major shady shit!
I recall watching to conference in which Obama stated he was creating the task for and building supplies because every 100 years a pandemic hits. He wanted to be ready for such a event. They planned on having enough back supplies built up by 2020. It was the first mention of N95 mask I heard.
When Trump disbanded the task force he not only defuned it but sold off all the supplies. It was in all the papers as a blurb. It was most likely meant to fly under the radar. This is some major shady shit and I am so calling it out!
It was created in May of I want to say 2015? Now I can't find a article, video or anything on it. We all know it happen but it has been barrierd. That is some major shady shit!
I recall watching to conference in which Obama stated he was creating the task for and building supplies because every 100 years a pandemic hits. He wanted to be ready for such a event. They planned on having enough back supplies built up by 2020. It was the first mention of N95 mask I heard.
When Trump disbanded the task force he not only defuned it but sold off all the supplies. It was in all the papers as a blurb. It was most likely meant to fly under the radar. This is some major shady shit and I am so calling it out!
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Trump and Mnuchin STILL letting banks steal stimulus checks, even from disabled veterans
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...l-stimulus-checks-even-from-disabled-veterans
Trump hires "killers"
A billion in profit, from ripping off the defenseless- Steve Mnuchin's prize ?
A million dollars, a position ith the company, and oportunities to make more
"killings."
A bank owned by Steven Mnuchin foreclosed on a 90-year-old Florida woman
who owed 27 cents. OneWest filed foreclosure papers on the Lakeland, Florida,
home.
She accidentally came up 27 cents short on an insurance payment.
OneWest filed foreclosure papers on the Lakeland, Fla., home of Ossie Lofton, who had taken a reverse mortgage, a loan that supplies cash to elderly homeowners and doesn’t require monthly payments.
OneWest thought that Lofton wasn’t living in the house, a violation of its rules. She was, and the filing was dismissed. But that wasn't the end of Lofton's trouble. After confusion over insurance coverage, OneWest sent Lofton a bill for $423.30 in March 2015. She sent a check for $423. The bank sent another bill, for 30 cents. Lofton, 90, sent a check for 3 cents, unknowingly leaving a 27 cent balance on her insurance bill.
In April 2016, the bank — now CIT — foreclosed again, this time claiming Lofton hadn’t paid her insurance. She fought back and in October the bank agreed not to foreclose. Lofton's lawyers at the nonprofit Florida Rural Legal Services weren't satisfied. They've accused CIT of malicious prosecution and violating state debt-collection laws and have asked the Polk County Circuit Court for a jury trial.
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-treasury-foreclosed-homes-mnuchin-232038
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...l-stimulus-checks-even-from-disabled-veterans
Trump hires "killers"
A billion in profit, from ripping off the defenseless- Steve Mnuchin's prize ?
A million dollars, a position ith the company, and oportunities to make more
"killings."
A bank owned by Steven Mnuchin foreclosed on a 90-year-old Florida woman
who owed 27 cents. OneWest filed foreclosure papers on the Lakeland, Florida,
home.
She accidentally came up 27 cents short on an insurance payment.
OneWest filed foreclosure papers on the Lakeland, Fla., home of Ossie Lofton, who had taken a reverse mortgage, a loan that supplies cash to elderly homeowners and doesn’t require monthly payments.
OneWest thought that Lofton wasn’t living in the house, a violation of its rules. She was, and the filing was dismissed. But that wasn't the end of Lofton's trouble. After confusion over insurance coverage, OneWest sent Lofton a bill for $423.30 in March 2015. She sent a check for $423. The bank sent another bill, for 30 cents. Lofton, 90, sent a check for 3 cents, unknowingly leaving a 27 cent balance on her insurance bill.
In April 2016, the bank — now CIT — foreclosed again, this time claiming Lofton hadn’t paid her insurance. She fought back and in October the bank agreed not to foreclose. Lofton's lawyers at the nonprofit Florida Rural Legal Services weren't satisfied. They've accused CIT of malicious prosecution and violating state debt-collection laws and have asked the Polk County Circuit Court for a jury trial.
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-treasury-foreclosed-homes-mnuchin-232038
The supplies to battle coronavirus went to Trump voters, and the money for
recovery went to Trump voters (most of the recovery money went to mega-
corporations and billionaires, most of the coronavirus supply funds went to
Trump campaign supporters...)
Trump's plan for reopening: Governors take all the blame, he gets all the credit.
Any questions?
April 17, 2020 8:55 AM
-Mark Sumner
On Monday, Trump declared he had absolute power. Absolute. On Tuesday
he announced he would shut down Congress. And by Wednesday Trump
informed governors that states which failed to open up according to his
“powerful” reopening plan would face punishment.
Then, on Thursday, Trump produced his plan. Which is honestly aspirational.
In that it aspires to be a plan. Because what Trump put out instead was a series
of “nice to haves” that show the nation rolling back social distancing guidelines
and getting back to business. Only it lacks the part where it explains how that
happens. The … plan part.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...he-blame-he-gets-all-the-credit-Any-questions
recovery went to Trump voters (most of the recovery money went to mega-
corporations and billionaires, most of the coronavirus supply funds went to
Trump campaign supporters...)
Trump's plan for reopening: Governors take all the blame, he gets all the credit.
Any questions?
April 17, 2020 8:55 AM
-Mark Sumner
On Monday, Trump declared he had absolute power. Absolute. On Tuesday
he announced he would shut down Congress. And by Wednesday Trump
informed governors that states which failed to open up according to his
“powerful” reopening plan would face punishment.
Then, on Thursday, Trump produced his plan. Which is honestly aspirational.
In that it aspires to be a plan. Because what Trump put out instead was a series
of “nice to haves” that show the nation rolling back social distancing guidelines
and getting back to business. Only it lacks the part where it explains how that
happens. The … plan part.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...he-blame-he-gets-all-the-credit-Any-questions
tip of the hat, to JackLuis
* January 31, 2020: Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the NIH National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and a member of the President’s Coronavirus
Task Force, announces at a White House press conference that although it was
initially unclear whether an asymptomatic person could transmit COVID-19
to another person, we now know “that that is absolutely the case;”
* February 26, 2020: HHS Secretary Alex Azar, also a member of Trump’s Task Force,
says he is “alarmed” by infections occurring that have no clear link to confirmed cases:
* March 2, 2020: Pinar Keskinocak, the head of Georgia Tech’s Center for Health
and Humanitarian Systems warns Georgia’s health officials that “there is a strong
chance that a person could be infected but asymptomatic, but could still infect others;”
* March 14, 2020: Dr. Deborah Birx, the US government’s leader for combating
HIV/AIDS globally, and the coordinator of Trump’s Coronavirus Task Force,
pointedly warns young people to respect social distancing because even people
without symptoms can spread the virus;
_ _ _ _March 14, 2020 Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) attracted national attention for tweeting a photo
with his family at a "packed" Oklahoma City restaurant — which he later deleted.
Stitt was resisting health officials' recommendations to close schools and restaurants
and was allowing medical centers to continue elective procedures, even as other
hospitals reported shortages of masks and protective equipment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...c727f6-6dde-11ea-a3ec-70d7479d83f0_story.html
* March 16, 2020: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—
located just outside Atlanta 20 minutes away from the Georgia Governor’s Mansion
—acknowledges that the virus can be spread before people show symptoms;
* February 1 through March 31:
Just about every public health official in the world warns repeatedly that the spreading
of the COVID-19 virus by people without symptoms is a major threat to our health
and safety. Thousands of articles are written about it, and television commentators,
including those on Fox News, spread the word daily;
_ _ _ _March 28, 2020 Tate Reeves chooses ‘economics over public health’ in COVID-19
crisis- Reeves signed an executive order that allows all manner of businesses to continue
operating, including restaurants with limited seating, retail stores and auto dealerships.
https://www.sunherald.com/news/coronavirus/article241559831.html
* April 1, 2020: Georgia governor Brian Kemp explains why he waited until April Fool’s
Day to issue a statewide stay-at-home order: “We didn’t know that [the virus can be spread
by people without symptoms] until the last 24 hours. This is a game changer for us.”
_ _ _ _April 1, 35 Alabamans had died from the virus
_ _ _ _On April 1, DeSantis finally caved and issued his too-late stay-at-home order.
However, to literally everyone’s surprise (including Orange County staff), a few hours
later DeSantis also signed a second executive order that says statewide rules will
“supersede any conflicting official action or order issued by local officials in
response to COVID-19.” Meaning, the state law isn't the floor, it's the ceiling.
Now local governments cannot implement stricter rules than DeSantis’ original
executive order, even in heavily populated areas that are experiencing higher levels
of COVID-19 cases, like Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville and Tampa.
This also creates an absurd amount of confusion as to whether psychos
like Tampa pastor Rodney Howard-Browne can legally pack his megachurch
every Sunday during the coronavirus outbreak.
https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs...-local-governments-from-protecting-themselves
_ _ _ _Apr 2nd, 2020 Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Claims He Found Out This Week
That Asymptomatic People Can Spread Coronavirus
Public health officials have been warning the country for weeks that people can
be infected by the virus and pass it on without displaying any symptoms.
Washington Post notes that Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Center for Disease Control
have been speaking about the virus’s asymptomatic transmission as early as February.
This led to New York and other states mandating stay-at-home orders throughout March.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/georgia...t-asymptomatic-people-can-spread-coronavirus/
https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs...-local-governments-from-protecting-themselves
_ _ _ _As of April 3, Governor Kay Ivey still hadn’t issued a stay at home order.
https://thebulwark.com/stupid-kills-the-5-worst-gop-governors-responses-to-covid-19/
These Trump loyalists stuck to orders from the top- Do not make the Trump Slump
look worse than it already was. Block local counties from making their own
decisions about keeping people safe and healthy.
* January 31, 2020: Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the NIH National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and a member of the President’s Coronavirus
Task Force, announces at a White House press conference that although it was
initially unclear whether an asymptomatic person could transmit COVID-19
to another person, we now know “that that is absolutely the case;”
* February 26, 2020: HHS Secretary Alex Azar, also a member of Trump’s Task Force,
says he is “alarmed” by infections occurring that have no clear link to confirmed cases:
* March 2, 2020: Pinar Keskinocak, the head of Georgia Tech’s Center for Health
and Humanitarian Systems warns Georgia’s health officials that “there is a strong
chance that a person could be infected but asymptomatic, but could still infect others;”
* March 14, 2020: Dr. Deborah Birx, the US government’s leader for combating
HIV/AIDS globally, and the coordinator of Trump’s Coronavirus Task Force,
pointedly warns young people to respect social distancing because even people
without symptoms can spread the virus;
_ _ _ _March 14, 2020 Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) attracted national attention for tweeting a photo
with his family at a "packed" Oklahoma City restaurant — which he later deleted.
Stitt was resisting health officials' recommendations to close schools and restaurants
and was allowing medical centers to continue elective procedures, even as other
hospitals reported shortages of masks and protective equipment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...c727f6-6dde-11ea-a3ec-70d7479d83f0_story.html
* March 16, 2020: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—
located just outside Atlanta 20 minutes away from the Georgia Governor’s Mansion
—acknowledges that the virus can be spread before people show symptoms;
* February 1 through March 31:
Just about every public health official in the world warns repeatedly that the spreading
of the COVID-19 virus by people without symptoms is a major threat to our health
and safety. Thousands of articles are written about it, and television commentators,
including those on Fox News, spread the word daily;
_ _ _ _March 28, 2020 Tate Reeves chooses ‘economics over public health’ in COVID-19
crisis- Reeves signed an executive order that allows all manner of businesses to continue
operating, including restaurants with limited seating, retail stores and auto dealerships.
https://www.sunherald.com/news/coronavirus/article241559831.html
* April 1, 2020: Georgia governor Brian Kemp explains why he waited until April Fool’s
Day to issue a statewide stay-at-home order: “We didn’t know that [the virus can be spread
by people without symptoms] until the last 24 hours. This is a game changer for us.”
_ _ _ _April 1, 35 Alabamans had died from the virus
_ _ _ _On April 1, DeSantis finally caved and issued his too-late stay-at-home order.
However, to literally everyone’s surprise (including Orange County staff), a few hours
later DeSantis also signed a second executive order that says statewide rules will
“supersede any conflicting official action or order issued by local officials in
response to COVID-19.” Meaning, the state law isn't the floor, it's the ceiling.
Now local governments cannot implement stricter rules than DeSantis’ original
executive order, even in heavily populated areas that are experiencing higher levels
of COVID-19 cases, like Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville and Tampa.
This also creates an absurd amount of confusion as to whether psychos
like Tampa pastor Rodney Howard-Browne can legally pack his megachurch
every Sunday during the coronavirus outbreak.
https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs...-local-governments-from-protecting-themselves
_ _ _ _Apr 2nd, 2020 Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Claims He Found Out This Week
That Asymptomatic People Can Spread Coronavirus
Public health officials have been warning the country for weeks that people can
be infected by the virus and pass it on without displaying any symptoms.
Washington Post notes that Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Center for Disease Control
have been speaking about the virus’s asymptomatic transmission as early as February.
This led to New York and other states mandating stay-at-home orders throughout March.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/georgia...t-asymptomatic-people-can-spread-coronavirus/
https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs...-local-governments-from-protecting-themselves
_ _ _ _As of April 3, Governor Kay Ivey still hadn’t issued a stay at home order.
https://thebulwark.com/stupid-kills-the-5-worst-gop-governors-responses-to-covid-19/
These Trump loyalists stuck to orders from the top- Do not make the Trump Slump
look worse than it already was. Block local counties from making their own
decisions about keeping people safe and healthy.
To avoid Fed confiscation of Personal Protection supplies (surveillance, search, seizure ?)
Illinois Governor Pritzker has obtained much needed medical supplies from China,
without Trump’s and the Federal government’s knowledge, behind their backs.
And the White House is not happy about it.
April 18, 2020
Gov. Pritzker cites his fear that if he hadn’t gone behind the Federal Government’s back
that the supplies would have just been seized before they arrived in his state.
The White House issued a sharp rebuke Saturday to Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker,
who reportedly spent over $1.7 million on flights bringing medical supplies from
China in secret—out of fear the Trump administration would seize the cargo for
the federal stockpile.
To put this into perspective, and step back for a second here:
Pritzker, who was specifically told by Trump that he was on his own to buy medical
supplies in the open market, does so, and the White House is not happy with this
because he did this without notifying them, he did it in secret?
Why did Pritzker do this in secret?
Because many shipments to states were diverted, seized, and confiscated for the
federal stockpile, stolen, even though these states paid Millions of Dollars for
these essential supplies, just to have them taken away right under their noses
in an act of highway robbery. (Pirates!)
The Chicago-Sun Times first reported Pritzker’s China flight payments, citing
a source familiar with the matter who said that the governor didn’t want to
release details “because we’ve heard reports of Trump trying to take PPE
in China and when it gets to the United States.”
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/202...-House-unhappy
April 18, 2020
Trump admin awards N95 contract far above normal price to bankrupt company
with no employees: report
The Trump administration awarded an N95 mask procurement contract worth
eight times the usual price to a bankrupt company with no employees which
has never even manufactured the respirator masks, according to a new report.
https://www.salon.com/2020/04/18/tru...loyees-report/
Hours before our planned departure, we were told to expect only a quarter of our original order. We went anyway, since we desperately needed any supplies we could get. Upon arrival, we were jubilant to see pallets of KN95 respirators and face masks being unloaded. We opened several boxes, examined their contents, and hoped that this random sample would be representative of the entire shipment. Before we could send the funds by wire transfer, two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents arrived, showed their badges, and started questioning me. No, this shipment was not headed for resale or the black market. The agents checked my credentials, and I tried to convince them that the shipment of PPE was bound for hospitals. After receiving my assurances and hearing about our health system’s urgent needs, the agents let the boxes of equipment be released and loaded into the trucks. But I was soon shocked to learn that the Department of Homeland Security was still considering redirecting our PPE. Only some quick calls leading to intervention by our congressional representative prevented its seizure. I remained nervous and worried on the long drive back, feelings that did not abate until midnight, when I received the call that the PPE shipment was secured at our warehouse.
https://www.alternet.org/2020/04/new...al-was-buying/
Illinois Governor Pritzker has obtained much needed medical supplies from China,
without Trump’s and the Federal government’s knowledge, behind their backs.
And the White House is not happy about it.
April 18, 2020
Gov. Pritzker cites his fear that if he hadn’t gone behind the Federal Government’s back
that the supplies would have just been seized before they arrived in his state.
The White House issued a sharp rebuke Saturday to Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker,
who reportedly spent over $1.7 million on flights bringing medical supplies from
China in secret—out of fear the Trump administration would seize the cargo for
the federal stockpile.
To put this into perspective, and step back for a second here:
Pritzker, who was specifically told by Trump that he was on his own to buy medical
supplies in the open market, does so, and the White House is not happy with this
because he did this without notifying them, he did it in secret?
Why did Pritzker do this in secret?
Because many shipments to states were diverted, seized, and confiscated for the
federal stockpile, stolen, even though these states paid Millions of Dollars for
these essential supplies, just to have them taken away right under their noses
in an act of highway robbery. (Pirates!)
The Chicago-Sun Times first reported Pritzker’s China flight payments, citing
a source familiar with the matter who said that the governor didn’t want to
release details “because we’ve heard reports of Trump trying to take PPE
in China and when it gets to the United States.”
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/202...-House-unhappy
April 18, 2020
Trump admin awards N95 contract far above normal price to bankrupt company
with no employees: report
The Trump administration awarded an N95 mask procurement contract worth
eight times the usual price to a bankrupt company with no employees which
has never even manufactured the respirator masks, according to a new report.
https://www.salon.com/2020/04/18/tru...loyees-report/
Hours before our planned departure, we were told to expect only a quarter of our original order. We went anyway, since we desperately needed any supplies we could get. Upon arrival, we were jubilant to see pallets of KN95 respirators and face masks being unloaded. We opened several boxes, examined their contents, and hoped that this random sample would be representative of the entire shipment. Before we could send the funds by wire transfer, two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents arrived, showed their badges, and started questioning me. No, this shipment was not headed for resale or the black market. The agents checked my credentials, and I tried to convince them that the shipment of PPE was bound for hospitals. After receiving my assurances and hearing about our health system’s urgent needs, the agents let the boxes of equipment be released and loaded into the trucks. But I was soon shocked to learn that the Department of Homeland Security was still considering redirecting our PPE. Only some quick calls leading to intervention by our congressional representative prevented its seizure. I remained nervous and worried on the long drive back, feelings that did not abate until midnight, when I received the call that the PPE shipment was secured at our warehouse.
https://www.alternet.org/2020/04/new...al-was-buying/
Misshotndeep
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https://www.alternet.org/2020/04/new...al-was-buying/[/QUOTE]
That's crazy and how Trump's people roll. Mobster tactics and harassment.
That's crazy and how Trump's people roll. Mobster tactics and harassment.
Jonathan Chait ✓
Twitter › jonathanchait
Trump has a plan. It's just a horrifying one:
force the states to reopen or undergo fiscal collapse
2 hours ago
Trump wants the states to open up fast, but doesn't want the blame if people die.
His plan is to force them to do it, but keep his fingerprints off
3 hours ago
Trump is trying to starve the states into opening up before it's safe
4 hours ago
Trump: "reagents and swabs are so easy to get."
And yet states can't seem to get them.
19 hours ago
Trump - "I never said that." "I never did that." "They did it." "Not me."
Twitter › jonathanchait
Trump has a plan. It's just a horrifying one:
force the states to reopen or undergo fiscal collapse
2 hours ago
Trump wants the states to open up fast, but doesn't want the blame if people die.
His plan is to force them to do it, but keep his fingerprints off
3 hours ago
Trump is trying to starve the states into opening up before it's safe
4 hours ago
Trump: "reagents and swabs are so easy to get."
And yet states can't seem to get them.
19 hours ago
Trump - "I never said that." "I never did that." "They did it." "Not me."
another set of Trump scammers
"We actually helped get raw materials supplied from Richmond, Virginia, and we flew
that s--- to Vietnam, all so that DuPont could sell us" their products, said a senior federal
official involved in the coronavirus effort.
- annieli for the End of the Republic
April 20, 2020
WILMINGTON, Del. — The coronavirus presented DuPont, the chemical giant based
here, (in the USA) with a golden business opportunity.
In January, the company convened a crisis team to figure out how to ramp up
global production of personal protective equipment, including different suits
made out of its patented Tyvek material, which a distributor can sell between
$5 to $15 apiece to hospitals. By early March, as the disease began to spread
in the United States, DuPont's factory in Richmond, Virginia, was cranking
out Tyvek.
It usually takes up to three months to ship the material to Vietnam, where it is
sewn into body suits, and get it back. When the federal government offered to
pay for chartered flights to reduce the round trip for 750,000 items to 10 days,
DuPont agreed.
Then DuPont sold the suits to a third-party distributor for approximately $4 each,
according to company documents it provided to NBC News, and that distributor
sold them to the government. The company initially declined to say how much the
Department of Health and Human Services paid for 750,000 suits, and it refused
to identify the third-party distributor or say how much that firm charged the federal
government.
Trump and his lieutenants have used the crisis to make federal assets and personnel
a support group for industry, rather than the other way around, according to NBC
News' interviews with dozens of public- and private-sector sources involved in
various aspects of the coronavirus response.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...because-of-open-beeches-and-their-sons-in-law
"We actually helped get raw materials supplied from Richmond, Virginia, and we flew
that s--- to Vietnam, all so that DuPont could sell us" their products, said a senior federal
official involved in the coronavirus effort.
- annieli for the End of the Republic
April 20, 2020
WILMINGTON, Del. — The coronavirus presented DuPont, the chemical giant based
here, (in the USA) with a golden business opportunity.
In January, the company convened a crisis team to figure out how to ramp up
global production of personal protective equipment, including different suits
made out of its patented Tyvek material, which a distributor can sell between
$5 to $15 apiece to hospitals. By early March, as the disease began to spread
in the United States, DuPont's factory in Richmond, Virginia, was cranking
out Tyvek.
It usually takes up to three months to ship the material to Vietnam, where it is
sewn into body suits, and get it back. When the federal government offered to
pay for chartered flights to reduce the round trip for 750,000 items to 10 days,
DuPont agreed.
Then DuPont sold the suits to a third-party distributor for approximately $4 each,
according to company documents it provided to NBC News, and that distributor
sold them to the government. The company initially declined to say how much the
Department of Health and Human Services paid for 750,000 suits, and it refused
to identify the third-party distributor or say how much that firm charged the federal
government.
Trump and his lieutenants have used the crisis to make federal assets and personnel
a support group for industry, rather than the other way around, according to NBC
News' interviews with dozens of public- and private-sector sources involved in
various aspects of the coronavirus response.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...because-of-open-beeches-and-their-sons-in-law
Dirty deal in the making ?
JSOnline - NewsWatch ✓
Twitter › js_newswatch
Vice President Mike Pence visits a GE Healthcare manufacturing facility
in Madison to highlight the production of ventilators for the coronavirus
pandemic.
1 hour ago
JSOnline - NewsWatch ✓
Twitter › js_newswatch
Vice President Mike Pence visits a GE Healthcare manufacturing facility
in Madison to highlight the production of ventilators for the coronavirus
pandemic.
1 hour ago
magicalmoments
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For me the biggest shame is that trump is not going to live long enough to realise that he is the worst president the USA has ever seen. He'll die believing he did a great job.
Trump wants everything to be His.
His name stamped on it, and to have everyone to be loyal to him.
Not America. Not the People. Him.
/end bodysong comment
"If it looks like the VA is covering for Trump, well, yes, they were. And not for the first time."
A.B. Stoddard
April 22, 2020
As of April 17, the VA system had 5,468 documented positive cases and 339 veterans
had officially died from COVID-19 in addition to 10 VA healthcare workers.
The same nightmare the rest of the country has experienced over the last month is
unfolding within the VA and the Department of Defense. And the causes are the
same, too: a lack of preparation, equipment, and supplies.
General Michael Hayden, a four-star general who served as director of both the CIA
and the NSA, was willing to say what few others will: That this was all predictable.
In Hayden’s book, The Assault on Intelligence, he wrote:
[T]he president’s instinct toward action, his impatience with process, his lack of interest
in history, his focus on “winning,” his obsession with protecting the Trump brand
(in this case toughness)—all that could conspire to create a very bad decision.
Hayden told me last week: “Sadly, it turns out that passage was absolutely descriptive,
prophetic to our current situation, and dishearteningly true.”
Moulton agrees that we should have expected this sort of response from Trump
in a crisis, because “every step of the way he’s done the precise opposite of what
principled leaders do. That’s why he’s so dangerous for our troops and our vets.”
“He shirks responsibility rather than accept it, he hoards credit rather than praise
his troops, he cares about his own image rather than the success of the mission,”
Moulton said. “It’s literally the opposite of everything we learn in military training.”
Trump has brought the same strategy to managing the military as he has to domestic politics:
Polarize the landscape and keep his side loyal and energized.
The problem is that the American military, as an institution, is not designed
to be aggressively politicized and doing so tears at the cohesion that keeps
it strong.
Our men and women in uniform and in harm’s way—and our veterans—deserve better.
https://thebulwark.com/how-trumps-covid-19-failure-betrayed-our-military-and-veterans/
(There is so much more information, and explanations in this article.)
His name stamped on it, and to have everyone to be loyal to him.
Not America. Not the People. Him.
/end bodysong comment
"If it looks like the VA is covering for Trump, well, yes, they were. And not for the first time."
A.B. Stoddard
April 22, 2020
As of April 17, the VA system had 5,468 documented positive cases and 339 veterans
had officially died from COVID-19 in addition to 10 VA healthcare workers.
The same nightmare the rest of the country has experienced over the last month is
unfolding within the VA and the Department of Defense. And the causes are the
same, too: a lack of preparation, equipment, and supplies.
General Michael Hayden, a four-star general who served as director of both the CIA
and the NSA, was willing to say what few others will: That this was all predictable.
In Hayden’s book, The Assault on Intelligence, he wrote:
[T]he president’s instinct toward action, his impatience with process, his lack of interest
in history, his focus on “winning,” his obsession with protecting the Trump brand
(in this case toughness)—all that could conspire to create a very bad decision.
Hayden told me last week: “Sadly, it turns out that passage was absolutely descriptive,
prophetic to our current situation, and dishearteningly true.”
Moulton agrees that we should have expected this sort of response from Trump
in a crisis, because “every step of the way he’s done the precise opposite of what
principled leaders do. That’s why he’s so dangerous for our troops and our vets.”
“He shirks responsibility rather than accept it, he hoards credit rather than praise
his troops, he cares about his own image rather than the success of the mission,”
Moulton said. “It’s literally the opposite of everything we learn in military training.”
Trump has brought the same strategy to managing the military as he has to domestic politics:
Polarize the landscape and keep his side loyal and energized.
The problem is that the American military, as an institution, is not designed
to be aggressively politicized and doing so tears at the cohesion that keeps
it strong.
Our men and women in uniform and in harm’s way—and our veterans—deserve better.
https://thebulwark.com/how-trumps-covid-19-failure-betrayed-our-military-and-veterans/
(There is so much more information, and explanations in this article.)
Trump (the Company) Asks Trump (the Administration) for Hotel Relief
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/business/trump-hotel-coronavirus.html
Trump Organization Seeks Rent Relief for DC Hotel From Trump Administration
April 21, 2020
In a revelation Tuesday that swiftly elicited allegations of corruption,
the New York Times reported that President Donald Trump's family business—
from which he has refused to divest—is seeking rent relief for his infamous D.C. hotel
from his own administration, as the global hotel industry continues to struggle with
the financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
The Trump International Hotel on its first day of business September 12, 2016,
in Washington, D.C. The Trump Organization was granted a 60-year lease
to the historic Old Post Office by the federal government before Donald Trump
announced his intent to run for president.
(description of photograph included with article- )
In a revelation Tuesday that swiftly elicited allegations of corruption, the New York
Times reported that President Donald Trump's family business—from which he has
refused to divest—is seeking rent relief for his infamous D.C. hotel from his own .
administration, as the global hotel industry continues to struggle with the financial
fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
"Oh, hi, corruption," tweeted television writer J. Holtham. Journalist Renee Montagne
said she was "not sure whether to laugh or cry."
"No swamp to drain here, folks. Move along," remarked Tim Karr of Free Press,
referencing one of Trump's campaign pledges from 2016.
The 263-room Trump International Hotel is operated by the Trump Organization
within a federally owned building mere blocks from the White House on Pennsylvania
Avenue. The president's company negotiated a 60-year lease for the space in 2013 and
pays the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) almost $268,000 per month.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2...eks-rent-relief-dc-hotel-trump-administration
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/business/trump-hotel-coronavirus.html
Trump Organization Seeks Rent Relief for DC Hotel From Trump Administration
April 21, 2020
In a revelation Tuesday that swiftly elicited allegations of corruption,
the New York Times reported that President Donald Trump's family business—
from which he has refused to divest—is seeking rent relief for his infamous D.C. hotel
from his own administration, as the global hotel industry continues to struggle with
the financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
The Trump International Hotel on its first day of business September 12, 2016,
in Washington, D.C. The Trump Organization was granted a 60-year lease
to the historic Old Post Office by the federal government before Donald Trump
announced his intent to run for president.
(description of photograph included with article- )
In a revelation Tuesday that swiftly elicited allegations of corruption, the New York
Times reported that President Donald Trump's family business—from which he has
refused to divest—is seeking rent relief for his infamous D.C. hotel from his own .
administration, as the global hotel industry continues to struggle with the financial
fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
"Oh, hi, corruption," tweeted television writer J. Holtham. Journalist Renee Montagne
said she was "not sure whether to laugh or cry."
"No swamp to drain here, folks. Move along," remarked Tim Karr of Free Press,
referencing one of Trump's campaign pledges from 2016.
The 263-room Trump International Hotel is operated by the Trump Organization
within a federally owned building mere blocks from the White House on Pennsylvania
Avenue. The president's company negotiated a 60-year lease for the space in 2013 and
pays the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) almost $268,000 per month.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2...eks-rent-relief-dc-hotel-trump-administration
Jared Kushner's PPE clusterfuck
Are there missing emails, because official government emails not used ?
Where the PPE supplies went- FUX TV hosts directing the flow-
Supply-chain volunteers were instructed to fast-track protective equipment leads from “VIPs,”
including conservative journalists friendly to the White House, according to the complaint
and one senior administration official.
Fox & Friends” host Brian Kilmeade
Fox News Channel host Jeanine Pirro
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...66ef0c-8e1c-11ea-9e23-6914ee410a5f_story.html
Are there missing emails, because official government emails not used ?
Where the PPE supplies went- FUX TV hosts directing the flow-
Supply-chain volunteers were instructed to fast-track protective equipment leads from “VIPs,”
including conservative journalists friendly to the White House, according to the complaint
and one senior administration official.
Fox & Friends” host Brian Kilmeade
Fox News Channel host Jeanine Pirro
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...66ef0c-8e1c-11ea-9e23-6914ee410a5f_story.html
Under Trump, employees become Slave Labour- Fuck the workers, Let Them Die
“If you're an employer and you offer to bring your employee back to work and they decide
not to, that's a voluntary quit,” Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Friday.
- Laura Clawson
Gov. Kim Reynolds loosened coronavirus-related restrictions in 77 of the state’s 99 counties.
“Therefore, they would not be eligible for the unemployment money.”
Iowans have a graphic example of how dangerous it can be to go to work:
nearly 1,700 workers at four meatpacking plants in the state are infected
with coronavirus.
May 06, 2020
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...ns-unemployment-cutoffs-for-terrified-workers
“If you're an employer and you offer to bring your employee back to work and they decide
not to, that's a voluntary quit,” Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Friday.
- Laura Clawson
Gov. Kim Reynolds loosened coronavirus-related restrictions in 77 of the state’s 99 counties.
“Therefore, they would not be eligible for the unemployment money.”
Iowans have a graphic example of how dangerous it can be to go to work:
nearly 1,700 workers at four meatpacking plants in the state are infected
with coronavirus.
May 06, 2020
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...ns-unemployment-cutoffs-for-terrified-workers
Ceases to be symbiotic relationship if the parasite kills the host-
Intelligencer ✓
Twitter › intelligencer
Democrats should offer to back President Trump's payroll tax cut —
for the right price. @EricLevitz
(link to New York magazine)
1 hour ago
States outside of Trump's favorites list were robbed or deprived of weapons
against coronavirus- down to real medicine to save lives. Money and resources
were channeled to the multinational corporations that give campaign funds to
Trump. The lion's share of recovery money meant for small businesses went to
corporate giants.
Trump's corporate friends are protected against getting sued by people that are
forced by state government to go back to employment situations that have no
coronavirus safety measures in place.
Trump informed the states in his alliance said that they must choose between the
lives of their citizens, and the life of their own political future. The elected officials
are cowards. Sell outs, to any that will give them advantages to place their survival
above the lives of The People. The very same senators, representatives, governors,
that ran away from any contact with their citizens before the coronavirus crisis.
They count on being heavily protected by money and connections when the shit
hits the fan. If their caving in to pressure from Trump backfires, they have an escape
route.
Katrina, all over, again.
Did George W. Bush give his corporation buddies and Big Energy pals a tax break
while people died ?
Intelligencer ✓
Twitter › intelligencer
Democrats should offer to back President Trump's payroll tax cut —
for the right price. @EricLevitz
(link to New York magazine)
1 hour ago
States outside of Trump's favorites list were robbed or deprived of weapons
against coronavirus- down to real medicine to save lives. Money and resources
were channeled to the multinational corporations that give campaign funds to
Trump. The lion's share of recovery money meant for small businesses went to
corporate giants.
Trump's corporate friends are protected against getting sued by people that are
forced by state government to go back to employment situations that have no
coronavirus safety measures in place.
Trump informed the states in his alliance said that they must choose between the
lives of their citizens, and the life of their own political future. The elected officials
are cowards. Sell outs, to any that will give them advantages to place their survival
above the lives of The People. The very same senators, representatives, governors,
that ran away from any contact with their citizens before the coronavirus crisis.
They count on being heavily protected by money and connections when the shit
hits the fan. If their caving in to pressure from Trump backfires, they have an escape
route.
Katrina, all over, again.
Did George W. Bush give his corporation buddies and Big Energy pals a tax break
while people died ?
What is Trump's current campaign party line ? Open the economy, go back to work.
(Trump is not getting that sweet church-related cash for his campaign kitty.
His minions in the Evangelist church system are not getting paid.)
Dr. Debbie Birx and Dr. Fauci sold the American people out, and are speaking
Trump's party line to the public.
("Fuck you, Trump pays us. Go out, among the Covidiots, and get yourself killed, and your family, too.")
Dr. Fauci- “But now is the time, depending upon where you are and what your situation is
to begin to seriously look at reopening the economy"
During what was one of his first media appearances in weeks, Fauci on Friday voiced
a much more optimistic view of the country's progress.
"We are enthusiastic about reopening," he said. "I think we can do it in a pace that
would be reasonable and that would get us back as a society from a morale standpoint,
as well as the economy.
https://www.newsweek.com/after-week...favor-us-reopening-if-done-proper-way-1506076
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert, said in an interview
with CNBC that he did not support protracted stay-in-place orders, noting that these
could inflict “irreparable damage” to the U.S. economy.
“I don’t want people to think that any of us feel that staying locked down for a
prolonged period of time is the way to go,” he said, according to the CNBC
interview.
Instead, he advocated a phased reopening to get back to “some degree of normal,”
while also cautioning that easing social distancing too quickly could bring on
another jump in COVID-19 cases.
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/...ers-could-have-irreparable-damage-report.html
(Trump is not getting that sweet church-related cash for his campaign kitty.
His minions in the Evangelist church system are not getting paid.)
Dr. Debbie Birx and Dr. Fauci sold the American people out, and are speaking
Trump's party line to the public.
("Fuck you, Trump pays us. Go out, among the Covidiots, and get yourself killed, and your family, too.")
Dr. Fauci- “But now is the time, depending upon where you are and what your situation is
to begin to seriously look at reopening the economy"
During what was one of his first media appearances in weeks, Fauci on Friday voiced
a much more optimistic view of the country's progress.
"We are enthusiastic about reopening," he said. "I think we can do it in a pace that
would be reasonable and that would get us back as a society from a morale standpoint,
as well as the economy.
https://www.newsweek.com/after-week...favor-us-reopening-if-done-proper-way-1506076
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert, said in an interview
with CNBC that he did not support protracted stay-in-place orders, noting that these
could inflict “irreparable damage” to the U.S. economy.
“I don’t want people to think that any of us feel that staying locked down for a
prolonged period of time is the way to go,” he said, according to the CNBC
interview.
Instead, he advocated a phased reopening to get back to “some degree of normal,”
while also cautioning that easing social distancing too quickly could bring on
another jump in COVID-19 cases.
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/...ers-could-have-irreparable-damage-report.html
Returning to White House coronavirus task force resource coordinator
Deborah Birx’s lengthy presentation for a moment.
22 May 2020
She mentioned that people shouldn’t go to religious services if they are
experiencing symptoms of coronavirus.
But she and all the other experts have said repeatedly that people can be
asymptomatic while still having coronavirus and be shedding the virus,
potentially infecting people, for days without realizing it.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/l...0886ce4f5d8c6c#block-5ec815d18f0886ce4f5d8c6c
Deborah Birx’s lengthy presentation for a moment.
22 May 2020
She mentioned that people shouldn’t go to religious services if they are
experiencing symptoms of coronavirus.
But she and all the other experts have said repeatedly that people can be
asymptomatic while still having coronavirus and be shedding the virus,
potentially infecting people, for days without realizing it.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/l...0886ce4f5d8c6c#block-5ec815d18f0886ce4f5d8c6c
Secretive_Victoria
Really Experienced
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- Posts
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A Closer Look at Trump COVID contractors reveals inexperience, fraud accusations and a weapons dealer operating out of someone’s house
A firm set up by a former telemarketer who once settled federal fraud charges for $2.7 million. A vodka distributor accused in a pending lawsuit of overstating its projected sales. An aspiring weapons dealer operating out of a single-family home.
These three privately held companies are part of the new medical supply chain, offered a total of almost $74 million by the federal government to find and rapidly deliver vital protective equipment and COVID-19 testing supplies across the U.S. While there’s no evidence that they obtained their deals through political connections, none of the three had to bid against competing firms. One has already lost its contract for lack of performance; it’s unclear if the other two can fulfill their orders on time, or at all.
They are among about 345 first-time federal contractors promised at least $1.8 billion in deals by the Trump administration since March, representing about 13% of total government spending on pandemic-related contracts of $13.8 billion, a ProPublica analysis of federal procurement data found. Like the three companies, many of the new contractors have no experience acquiring medical products.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/a-...someones-house/?utm_source=push_notifications
A firm set up by a former telemarketer who once settled federal fraud charges for $2.7 million. A vodka distributor accused in a pending lawsuit of overstating its projected sales. An aspiring weapons dealer operating out of a single-family home.
These three privately held companies are part of the new medical supply chain, offered a total of almost $74 million by the federal government to find and rapidly deliver vital protective equipment and COVID-19 testing supplies across the U.S. While there’s no evidence that they obtained their deals through political connections, none of the three had to bid against competing firms. One has already lost its contract for lack of performance; it’s unclear if the other two can fulfill their orders on time, or at all.
They are among about 345 first-time federal contractors promised at least $1.8 billion in deals by the Trump administration since March, representing about 13% of total government spending on pandemic-related contracts of $13.8 billion, a ProPublica analysis of federal procurement data found. Like the three companies, many of the new contractors have no experience acquiring medical products.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/a-...someones-house/?utm_source=push_notifications
ProPublica: Former Trump aide provided faulty masks to Indian Health Service
The Feds Gave a Former White House Official $3 Million to Supply Masks
to Navajo Hospitals. Some May Not Work.
Zach Fuentes, former deputy chief of staff to President Trump, won the contract
just days after registering his company. He sold Chinese masks to the government
just as federal regulators were scrutinizing foreign-made equipment.
- Yeganeh Torbati
- Derek Willis
May 22, 2020
The IHS told ProPublica it has found that 247,000 of the masks delivered by Fuentes
company — at a cost of roughly $800,000 — may be unsuitable for medical use.
An additional 130,400, worth about $422,000, are not the type specified in the
procurement data, the agency said.
What’s more, the masks Fuentes agreed to provide — Chinese-made KN95s —
have come under intense scrutiny from U.S. regulators amid concerns that they
offered inadequate protection.
“The IHS Navajo Area Office will determine if these masks will be returned,”
the agency said in a statement. The agency said it is verifying Fuentes’ company’s
April 8 statement to IHS that all the masks were certified by the Food and Drug
Administration, and an FDA spokesperson said the agency cannot verify if the
products were certified without the name of the manufacturer.
Fuentes is a retired Coast Guard officer and protege of former White House chief
of staff John Kelly.
Fuentes formed Zach Fuentes LLC as the emergency regulations were evolving.
Fuentes’ new company has also received a much smaller contract from the Bureau
Prisons to provide 10,000 N95 masks for $1.31 each, according to a BOP statement
to ProPublica and procurement documents.
https://www.indianz.com/News/2020/05/22/propublica-former-trump-aide-provided-fa.asp
The Feds Gave a Former White House Official $3 Million to Supply Masks
to Navajo Hospitals. Some May Not Work.
Zach Fuentes, former deputy chief of staff to President Trump, won the contract
just days after registering his company. He sold Chinese masks to the government
just as federal regulators were scrutinizing foreign-made equipment.
- Yeganeh Torbati
- Derek Willis
May 22, 2020
The IHS told ProPublica it has found that 247,000 of the masks delivered by Fuentes
company — at a cost of roughly $800,000 — may be unsuitable for medical use.
An additional 130,400, worth about $422,000, are not the type specified in the
procurement data, the agency said.
What’s more, the masks Fuentes agreed to provide — Chinese-made KN95s —
have come under intense scrutiny from U.S. regulators amid concerns that they
offered inadequate protection.
“The IHS Navajo Area Office will determine if these masks will be returned,”
the agency said in a statement. The agency said it is verifying Fuentes’ company’s
April 8 statement to IHS that all the masks were certified by the Food and Drug
Administration, and an FDA spokesperson said the agency cannot verify if the
products were certified without the name of the manufacturer.
Fuentes is a retired Coast Guard officer and protege of former White House chief
of staff John Kelly.
Fuentes formed Zach Fuentes LLC as the emergency regulations were evolving.
Fuentes’ new company has also received a much smaller contract from the Bureau
Prisons to provide 10,000 N95 masks for $1.31 each, according to a BOP statement
to ProPublica and procurement documents.
https://www.indianz.com/News/2020/05/22/propublica-former-trump-aide-provided-fa.asp
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