Does it really matter why they vote as long as you can count on their vote?
American Politics: A Brand New Day
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@Cyan:
The GOP is essentially one group: the Go Fuck Yourself Cadre. All of them are united in the basic tenets of:
- More money for us
- Fuck you
I've found that for pretty much all tenets of Conservative political ideology, across all international borders, I've been able to condense it into "FUCK YOU, GOT MINE"
Immigrants? Fuck You, Got Mine
Funding for social security systems? Fuck You, Got MineAnd so on and so forth
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@Dorobō:
And that was distasteful. Same deal with AOC complaining that the Democrats are too big a tent or Warren saying that Biden should have run in the Republican primary back when she was running. I get it, their supporters and people under them advise them that's the best line of attack but in reality that's what is going to ensure people turn on them.
Klobuchar mocked Hillary in her announcement speech. Biden all but said she was a terrible candidate. Why are the moderates allowed to kick Hillary when the progressives aren’t?
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@Daz:
I've found that for pretty much all tenets of Conservative political ideology, across all international borders, I've been able to condense it into "FUCK YOU, GOT MINE"
Immigrants? Fuck You, Got Mine
Funding for social security systems? Fuck You, Got MineAnd so on and so forth
Eastern-European conservatives (and Western-European populists) do like the welfare state as part of their Herrenvolk ideology. Support the healthy white nuclear family and all that.
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My mom straight up admitted the only reason she supported trumpy(she doesn't anymore due to how he's bungling the pandemic response) was to get a reaction out of me. I think that says a lot about how I tend to suppress emotions irl. She said she just wanted me to express emotions, even though they were only confusion and anger…
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Does it really matter why they vote as long as you can count on their vote?
It matters when you're trying to predict that.
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Since the average has him 6 points up against Trump it sounds like that's almost entirely driven by anti-Trump sentiment
Surprisingly, voters are motivated by the most important issue of the day.
@Kaiolino:Klobuchar mocked Hillary in her announcement speech. Biden all but said she was a terrible candidate. Why are the moderates allowed to kick Hillary when the progressives aren’t?
Either faction kicking Hillary is dumb as shit because she still won by 3 million votes and is still popular among Democratic voters.
And fuck Klobuchar.
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Yeah attacking Hillary is in a lot of ways the same as attacking Obama, a dumb move no matter who does it.
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Losing to Biden after constantly dismissing his chances and insulting him would be a massive blow to Trumps pride. This is going to be a fun election year no matter which way it goes. The debates can't come soon enough!
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Losing to Biden after constantly dismissing his chances and insulting him would be a massive blow to Trumps pride. This is going to be a fun election year no matter which way it goes. The debates can't come soon enough!
I really genuinely want to be wrong, but I still think trumpy is gonna win again. It's just…a feeling I've got.
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@The:
I really genuinely want to be wrong, but I still think trumpy is gonna win again. It's just…a feeling I've got.
Conventional wisdom would dictate that Trump wins (nothing seems to phase him), but who knows. Lot of upset white folks out of work right now.
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Conventional wisdom would dictate that Trump wins (nothing seems to phase him), but who knows. Lot of upset white folks out of work right now.
Maybe you're right, but people can always be expected to vote against their interests as long as "their team" wins.
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Trump threw a hissy fit and stomped out of a COVID-19 briefing because "waaahh, female reporters are MEAN!"
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-ends-coronavirus-briefing-female-reporters_n_5eb9c144c5b6a0e85a758f36?fbclid=IwAR1_ucWA9uJ-NG5vGo0VNkUPVxGIyiUhlrVsy4dVfZdjNeXvWNrzE3d9170&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9sLmZhY2Vib29rLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHla_nNWcaZn0-omGjhbgwnYYJTqEIR_Ws9oWkEsdO-HmHCOp1660wRJl4Ri9WnRCSvjw9vr2Qpsq_ZvpMXCtQ47IIkuF0D_ydB3JKP_BPU9KHdt2n7HF3sLEYqXTlV1W9-5IoJPi7fhe2JZle_yCw8UwY4nI5b4DvvUlQs-Ge50Seriously, the man is like a toddler.
Conventional wisdom would dictate that Trump wins (nothing seems to phase him), but who knows. Lot of upset white folks out of work right now.
I have no doubt Biden will win the popular vote, but will he win the electoral vote? There are too many ways to fuck with the system to get electoral votes, not to mention Russia doing who knows what to get him re-elected too. That's the question.
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[h=1]Day 1208: "It's scary to go to work."[/h]
https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2020/05/11/day-1208/- [h=3] Daily Damage Report.[/h]
- Global: Total confirmed cases ~4,160,000; Total deaths: ~285,000; Total recoveries: ~1,434,000. (Johns Hopkins University)
- U.S.: Total confirmed cases ~1,345,000; Total deaths: ~80,100; Total recoveries: ~216,000
- Markets: Dow ; S&P 500 ; Nasdaq
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- [h=4] Portrait of a President.[/h]
- Trump sought a reopening but found the virus in the White House instead. A day after breaking his White House self-isolation for a cross-country trip meant to signal the country’s readiness to restart, Trump received word that one of his Oval Office valets tested positive for the virus. (CNN)
- As deaths mount, Trump tries to convince Americans it’s safe to inch back to normal. The administration is struggling to expand the scale of testing to what experts say is necessary to reopen businesses safely, and officials have not announced any national plan for contact tracing. Trump and some of his advisers are prioritizing the psychology of the pandemic as much as, if not more than, plans to combat the virus, some aides and outside advisers said — striving to instill confidence that people can comfortably return to daily life despite the rising death toll. (Washington Post)
- The White House race to contain coronavirus in its ranks: “It is scary to go to work.” With two White House staff members testing positive, some officials fear the disease is already spreading rapidly through the West Wing. Over the weekend, three members of the coronavirus task force went into quarantine or partial quarantine or took precautions to work from home more after finding out a top aide to Vice President Pence tested positive for the coronavirus. Trump’s military valet also tested positive. In the Senate, the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), will go into quarantine in his home state “out of an abundance of caution” after one of his aides tested positive. (New York Times / Washington Post)
1/ Three members of the White House coronavirus task force will self-quarantine after possibly being exposed to the coronavirus. Dr. Anthony Fauci has begun a “modified quarantine” after he had “low risk” contact with a White House aide who tested positive last week for coronavirus. Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control, will also self-quarantine for 14 days. FDA chief Stephen Hahn has been in self-quarantine since Friday. Fauci tested negative for COVID-19 and is “actively monitoring his temperature and other health indicators.” (NBC News / CNN / CNN / Politico / CNN / CBS News)
- Multiple members of the Secret Service have tested positive for COVID-19. According to Department of Homeland Security documents, there are at least 11 active cases at the agency, 23 members who have recovered, and an additional 60 employees who are self-quarantining. (Yahoo News)
- Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper met with World War II veterans without masks. The veterans were not wearing masks. (Washington Post)
- Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Robert Redfield will testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee over video conference. The White House Office of Legislative Affairs sent a memo to all House and Senate committee staff directors last week that bars all members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force from appearing before a congressional committee without the permission of chief of staff Mark Meadows. (CBS News)
2/ Pence will not self-quarantine after his press secretary tested positive because he “has tested negative every single day.” During an event with GOP members, Trump suggested “the whole concept of tests isn’t great,” but said he was satisfied with the procedures in place to protect him and his top aides. Trump, however, appeared puzzled that the aide, Katie Miller, had contracted the virus “out of the blue” after testing negative several times during routine White House screening program put in place last month. Miller is married to one of Trump’s closest advisers, Stephen Miller, who is not expected to come into the White House for the foreseeable future. Stephen tested negative for the virus on Friday after his wife’s positive diagnosis earlier in the day. (CNN / Bloomberg / Washington Post)
3/ The White House encouraged staffers to come into the office, including the aides who travel with Trump and Pence. All White House staffers, however, received a conflicting memo, which instructed them to “practice maximum telework” and to “work remotely if at all possible.” The memo also told employees to quarantine for 14 days if they leave the Washington region and to report all travel. Trump, meanwhile, expressed concern that aides contracting coronavirus undercut his message that the outbreak was waning and states should begin reopening. Trump also reportedly asked why his valets weren’t ordered to wear masks before this week after one of his personal valets tested positive for the coronavirus. (Washington Post / CNN / New York Times)- White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett acknowledged that working in the White House is risky now that several staff have tested positive for the coronavirus, saying “It’s scary to go to work.” (Politico)
4/ The White House directed most officials – but not Trump – to wear masks at all times inside the building except when sitting at their desks. The memo also directs officials to restrict in-person visits to the White House unless they are necessary. Trump, meanwhile, tweeted that the “coronavirus numbers are looking MUCH better, going down almost everywhere” while accusing Democrats of not opening their states sooner because they are trying to hurt his re-election efforts. (Washington Post / Wall Street Journal / NBC News / New York Times)
5/ Emails show that top White House officials buried CDC guidance for reopening communities during the coronavirus pandemic. The document, titled “Guidance for Implementing the Opening Up America Again Framework,” included detailed flow charts aimed at helping business owners, educators, and state and local officials navigate whether to reopen or remain closed. As early as April 10, CDC Director Robert Redfield had emailed the guidance to Trump’s inner circle: Jared Kushner, Kellyanne Conway, Joseph Grogan, assistant to the president for domestic policy, Dr. Deborah Birx, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and other task force members. White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said that the documents had not been approved by Redfield, but the new emails show that Redfield had cleared the guidance. (Associated Press)- Day 1204: The Trump administration refused to issue CDC guidelines drafted to give states and business owners detailed instructions on how to safely reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, calling the guidance “overly prescriptive.” The 17-page report, titled “Guidance for Implementing the Opening Up America Again Framework,” was researched and written to help from faith leaders, business owners, educators, and state and local officials to provide detailed advice for making site-specific decisions related to reopening schools, restaurants, summer camps, churches, day care centers, and other institutions. It was supposed to be published last Friday, but agency scientists were told the guidance “would never see the light of day,” because the Trump administration had already”made clear that each state should open up in a safe and responsible way based on the data and response efforts in those individual states.” Several states, meanwhile, have already moved ahead with reopening despite not meeting the threshold criteria set by the administration’s previously-issued reopening guidelines, which call for a two-week downward trajectory in cases within a 14-day period. (Associated Press / ABC News / New York Times / Axios / CNN / NBC News)
- ️The Trump administration cut funding for coronavirus researcher, jeopardizing possible COVID-19 vaccine. An American scientist who collaborates with the Wuhan Institute of Virology had his grant terminated in the wake of unsubstantiated claims that COVID-19 is either manmade or leaked out of a Chinese government lab. (CBS News)
- ️ In the early days of the pandemic, the U.S. government turned down an offer to manufacture millions of N95 masks in America. Even today, production lines that could be making more than 7 million masks a month sit dormant. (Washington Post)
- ️ Whistleblower exposes infighting and animus in Trump’s coronavirus response. The allegations suggest personal clashes influenced how the administration responded to the pandemic. (New York Times)
6/ Obama warned that the Justice Department’s decision to drop its prosecution of Michael Flynn puts “our basic understanding of rule of law is at risk.” In a private call with former members of his administration, Obama said that “There is no precedent that anybody can find for somebody who has been charged with perjury just getting off scot-free,” referring to Attorney General William Barr’s decision to drop charges against Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying in a January 2017 interview with the FBI about his contacts with Russia’s ambassador to Washington during the presidential transition. Obama also called Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic “an absolute chaotic disaster” and “anemic.” (Yahoo News / CNN / Washington Post / New York Times)
- More than 1,900 former Justice Department employees called on William Barr to step down as attorney general, asserting in an open letter that he had “once again assaulted the rule of law” by moving to drop the case against Michael Flynn. (Washington Post)
- The former acting assistant attorney general for national security accused Attorney General William Barr of twisting her words to suggest that the FBI’s interview with Michael Flynn in 2017 was illegitimate. Mary McCord’s interview with Flynn was used by Barr and the DOJ as evidence that the FBI had no valid counterintelligence reason to interview Flynn. McCord claims her interview with Flynn was “constitutional, lawful and for a legitimate counterintelligence purpose,” but said Barr’s motion to dismiss the charges against Flynn “makes a contorted argument that Mr. Flynn’s false statements and omissions to the F.B.I. were not ‘material’ to any matter under investigation.” McCord added that her interview doesn’t support the DOJ’s conclusion that the interview shouldn’t have taken place, and said it was “disingenuous for the department to twist my words to suggest that it does.” (New York Times / Axios)
- Pence: “I’d be happy” to see Flynn back in the government. (Axios)
7/ Trump spent Mother’s Day sending 126 tweets, retweets, and quote-tweets about the Russia investigations by the FBI and the House Intelligence Committee. Falling just 16 short of the single-day posting record he set during his impeachment trial in January, Trump spent much of his holiday bouncing between wishing everyone a “HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY” to railing against Obama, “60 Minutes,” Jimmy Kimmel, and Chuck Todd. The U.S. coronavirus death toll, meanwhile, crossed 80,000. (Axios / Vox / The Guardian / Washington Post)
poll/ 55% of Americans disapprove of protests against restrictions aimed at preventing the spread the coronavirus. 31% approve of the demonstrations. (Associated Press) -
Trump threw a hissy fit and stomped out of a COVID-19 briefing because "waaahh, female reporters are MEAN!"
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-ends-coronavirus-briefing-female-reporters_n_5eb9c144c5b6a0e85a758f36?fbclid=IwAR1_ucWA9uJ-NG5vGo0VNkUPVxGIyiUhlrVsy4dVfZdjNeXvWNrzE3d9170&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9sLmZhY2Vib29rLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHla_nNWcaZn0-omGjhbgwnYYJTqEIR_Ws9oWkEsdO-HmHCOp1660wRJl4Ri9WnRCSvjw9vr2Qpsq_ZvpMXCtQ47IIkuF0D_ydB3JKP_BPU9KHdt2n7HF3sLEYqXTlV1W9-5IoJPi7fhe2JZle_yCw8UwY4nI5b4DvvUlQs-Ge50Seriously, the man is like a toddler.
Got called out for making every thing a dick measuring contest and lacks the backbone to answer the question, which wouldn't be hard:"it's important to do the most tests possibles to analyze the distribution and spread of the disease in our country and sent the appropriate medial health or the implementation of the proper isolation policies for each state and county in the Union.", so he lashes on a conspiratorial scapegoat digressive answer and walks away because the reporter refuses to be left with bad treatment. That's beyond pathetic.
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This Obamagate nonsense is beyond pathetic.
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So um…
?@Saagar:
The release of the house intelligence community transcripts and the dropping of charges against former national security advisor Mike Flynn reveal that the Russiagate story was a hoax perpetuated by the Obama administration from the very beginning.
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When was it ever not sensationalist progressive fox news?
@Louis-1988:This is going to be a fun election year no matter which way it goes. The debates can't come soon enough!
Yes, if Cheeto Benito wins we get more children in cages and more mass death from preventable diseases. Fun!
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When was it ever not sensationalist progressive fox news?
It seemed decent enough a year or two ago.
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So um…
?2017 at the latest since that's when John Solomon started working there. The Hill was a major pusher of the Uranium One story.
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Eastern-European conservatives (and Western-European populists) do like the welfare state as part of their Herrenvolk ideology. Support the healthy white nuclear family and all that.
Well of course, Social security systems are great when they benefit the Conservative individual and their peers. But think of expanding welfare to any other groups, such as uppity liberal youths or god forbid minorities? Thats where "FUCK YOU GOT MINE why do my tax dollars have to etc" kicks in
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When was it ever not sensationalist progressive fox news?
Yes, if Cheeto Benito wins we get more children in cages and more mass death from preventable diseases. Fun!You might want to reread my post. I said the election would be fun. But I get it, willfully misinterpreting my post is more fun than just taking it at face value. :P
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I can't enjoy an election that could lead to fascism-induced mass suffering. More like a pure anxiety election.
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Today is a big day. If the Supreme Court does anything but rule against Trump, we are truly setting ourselves up for a dictator and the sunset of the American experiment because they're basically deciding if a sitting president is fully immune to all crime..
Two of them are appointed by Trump and thus completely in his pocket, since they won't make the moral point of abstaining in a case where they have clear bias. and absolutely going to vote in his favor.
The four dems will vote for actual law.
So really it boils down to the three remaining republican judges. Does even ONE of them have the decency and the eye towards history to make the right call?
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Aint looking good chief
Roberts turns in even judgements a lot of the time, and he knows this is a legacy making case with reprecussions that are going to last a loooong time..
Also if they back Trump on this right now, it could backfire almost immediately given its an election year.
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Roberts turns in even judgements a lot of the time, and he knows this is a legacy making case with reprecussions that are going to last a loooong time..
Also if they back Trump on this right now, it could backfire almost immediately given its an election year.
Not on the Supreme Court itself. They're lifetime appointments, not elected positions.
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Not on the Supreme Court itself. They're lifetime appointments, not elected positions.
Yes, I know that. I'm saying "rigging the system for their guys" specifically to protect Trump could backfire for their guys very very quickly. Especially when the next pres lets things get unsealed or orders paperwork go forward.
Also, there's been discussion of impeaching Kavaunagh once the system isn't rigged anymore but that probably won't happen. A LOT of skeevy stuff went on behind the scenes to get him appointed, like we still don't know who paid off his massive credit card debts, his multiple rape cases weren't really investigated, etc. Plus the justice he replaced, Kennedy, retired very suddenly out of nowhere, literally the day before it was revealed that his son worked for the bank that okayed a lot of Trump's things that no other bank would touch.
So… that could all get messy very quickly if its decided that they were basically bought by Trump. Which they were. So if siding with him here in a blatant conflict of interest, and the proof of that comes out in a year or three? What kind of jail time can a former Supreme Court justice get for selling out the country?
That applies a lot of places... a LOT of people are going to jail once Trump stops having the power to block things. Probably not ever Trump himself because that'll be held up in court till he dies, but lots and lots of others... so of course they're super desperate to win the election and rewrite more laws before they have to face the consequences.
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Roberts’ legacy should’ve already been ruined by Citizens United and Shelby County. He also ruled against Obergefell. He’s been in charge of the most ruthless Supreme Court since the Gilded Age. He never cared about that legacy nonsense and I have no idea how that myth started (but if I had to guess, it probably began with a glowing New York Times profile piece).
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Because he's the one most likely to swing vote and not just go on party lines. Yeah he's obviously had awful choices, but he doesn't always go with the bad thing by default like the others.
Also, he's 65 now, and while he can certainly be on there for another couple decades if he wants, he has to also be thinking about after he's not. He at least pretends that the court looking partisan and biased is a bad thing.
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Is there a way to spin this case in a manner that will trigger Thomas's fucking weird perspective on race that causes him to join the liberal side of the bench while writing insane paeans about destroying the federal government?
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Someone just make RBG a cyborg right now.
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Today is a big day. If the Supreme Court does anything but rule against Trump, we are truly setting ourselves up for a dictator and the sunset of the American experiment because they're basically deciding if a sitting president is fully immune to all crime..
Two of them are appointed by Trump and thus completely in his pocket, since they won't make the moral point of abstaining in a case where they have clear bias. and absolutely going to vote in his favor.
The four dems will vote for actual law.
So really it boils down to the three remaining republican judges. Does even ONE of them have the decency and the eye towards history to make the right call?
What's stopping Trump from giving the Supreme Court the finger Jackson-style?
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Because waiting for the SC to debate it has been his stall tactic, his only tactic. If they declare "yeah, you have to provide your tax returns" then… someone that has Trump's returns is going to hand them over no matter what he says.
He's scared and cowed a lot of people, but there's still a lot of people working that actually respect the law.
And even if not this minute, then in 7 months.
But man, just how corrupt and incriminating do his taxes have to be for him to be working THIS hard to hide them?
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But man, just how corrupt and incriminating do his taxes have to be for him to be working THIS hard to hide them?
His brand of narcissism indicates that's it's not the tons of financial crimes in the returns that scare him; it's the fact that the returns will spell out that he's not as rich as he presents himself as.
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[https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2020/05/12/day-1209/
[h=1]](https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2020/05/12/day-1209/)Day 1209: "That's not prevailing."[/h]
- [h=3] Daily Damage Report.[/h]
- Global: Total confirmed cases ~4,248,000; Total deaths: ~291,000; Total recoveries: ~1,485,100. (Johns Hopkins University)
- U.S.: Total confirmed cases ~1,367,000; Total deaths: ~82,100; Total recoveries: ~233,000
- Markets: Dow ; S&P 500 ; Nasdaq
- Live Blog: New York Times / Washington Post / The Guardian / NPR / Bloomberg / NBC News / CNN / Wall Street Journal / CNBC
1/ Dr. Anthony Fauci warned the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that reopening the country too soon “could turn the clock back” and lead to “suffering and death that could be avoided.” The nation’s top infectious diseases expert contrasted Trump’s effort to quickly restart the economy, saying “My concern is that we will start to see little spikes that then turn into outbreaks. The consequences could be really serious […] there is no doubt that when you pull back on mitigation, you will see some cases reappear.” Dr. Fauci added that the death toll is “almost certainly” higher than official counts. He also dismissed the notion that a vaccine would be available by the time schools reopen in the fall, calling it “a bit of a bridge too far.” He added: “There’s no guarantee that the vaccine is actually going to be effective.” Dr. Fauci, Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the CDC, and Stephen Hahn, the head of the FDA, all testified by videoconference because they are self-quarantining after possible exposure to COVID-19. (Associated Press / Politico / NBC News / Wall Street Journal / New York Times / Washington Post / CNBC)
- Rand Paul to Dr. Fauci: “I don’t think you’re the end-all” on coronavirus and “I don’t think you’re the one person who gets to make a decision.” Dr. Fauci replied: “I have never made myself out to be the end-all, or the only voice in this. I’m a scientist, a physician and a public health official. I give advice according to the best scientific evidence. … I don’t give advice about economic things. I don’t give advice about anything other than public health.” (Reuters / Axios)
- Six takeaways from Anthony Fauci’s and other health officials’ testimony. (Washington Post)
2/ Yesterday: Trump declared that “we have prevailed” over the coronavirus as U.S. deaths from the disease exceeded 80,000. Trump later clarified that he meant the U.S. had “prevailed” only in creating enough testing capacity for Americans, saying “You never prevail when you have 90,000 people, 100,000 people, when you have 80,000 people as of today, when you have the kind of death you are talking about, when you have potentially millions of people throughout the world that are dying. That’s not prevailing.” Behind Trump were a row of American flags and a pair of giant signs reading: “AMERICA LEADS THE WORLD IN TESTING.” (Bloomberg / Politico / NBC News)
- An unreleased coronavirus task force report shows coronavirus infection rates are spiking to new highs in several cities and smaller communities across the country, contradicting Trump’s recent claims that “all throughout the country, the numbers are coming down rapidly.” The undisclosed data in the May 7 report shows the 10 areas with the highest rates of infection — which includes Nashville, TN, Des Moines, IA, Amarillo, TX and Central City, KY — recorded surges of 72.4% or greater over a seven-day period when compared to the previous week. Central City saw an increase of 650%. (NBC News)
- New York City had four times the number of deaths as expected during its COVID-19 outbreak. Between March 11 and May 2, about 24,000 more people died in the city than researchers would ordinarily expect during that time period, according to a CDC report. While COVID-19 was explicitly tied to 18,879 of the excess deaths through confirmed or probable cases, there were 5,293 excess deaths that may have come from other causes. (Associated Press / Bloomberg)
- Mike Pence will be “maintaining distance for the immediate future” from Trump after consulting with the White House medical unit. It is not clear exactly how long Pence plans to stay away from Trump. Pence also said he has been taking extra precautions lately, including by spending time “in a separate room on my own” instead of joining other members of the coronavirus task force in the situation room. (CNN)
3/ Yesterday: Trump ended his press conference after he told an Asian-American journalist to “ask China” about her question and then refused to take a question from another White House reporter. After boasting about his administration’s efforts to ramp up testing, Weijia Jiang, a White House correspondent for CBS News, asked Trump why he sees coronavirus testing as a global competition when more than 80,000 Americans have died. Trump replied “maybe that’s a question you should ask China. Don’t ask me. Ask China that question.” Trump attempted to move on to a question from Kaitlan Collins, a White House correspondent for CNN, but continued to engage with Jiang, calling her question a “nasty question” when she asked “why are you saying that to me specifically?” Trump then denied Collins an opportunity to ask a question before abruptly leaving the Rose Garden altogether. (CNN / Associated Press / Washington Post)
- ️ Senate Republicans break with Trump over “Obamagate.” Trump accused the former president of committing the “biggest political crime in American history.” (Politico)
- ️ Trump promotes conspiracy theory accusing MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough of murder. The president was apparently referring to the 2001 death of congressional staffer Lori Klausutis. (Politico)
4/ Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats unveiled a new $3 trillion coronavirus rescue bill that would direct money to state and local governments, health systems, and other initiatives. The bill would also send a second round of stimulus checks to millions of Americans and include more funding for the Postal Service. The House is expected to vote on the package Friday, while Trump and Senate Republicans object to the proposal. (Washington Post / Politico / ABC News)
5/ The Supreme Court heard the first arguments in a landmark dispute over access to Trump’s financial records and tax returns. The cases involve subpoenas for Trump’s financial records issued by three Democratic-led House committees and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance to Trump’s banks and accounting firm, Mazars USA, and banks, Deutsche Bank, and Capital One. Lower courts in Washington and New York have upheld the subpoenas. The House argued that records about Trump’s businesses and personal finances could inform future legislation about foreign election interference, presidential disclosures, or money laundering. “We’re asking for temporary presidential immunity,” Jay Sekulow told the Supreme Court, suggesting that Trump could face legal consequences for his personal behavior after leaving office. The court’s ruling is expected by July. (New York Times / Wall Street Journal / Bloomberg / ABC News / Axios / CNBC / Washington Post / CNN / The Hill / CNN)
6/ Trump’s acting director of national intelligence declassified a list of names of former Obama administration officials who allegedly requested the “unmasking” of Michael Flynn’s identity, an action that identified him in intelligence reports following Trump’s election in 2016. Richard Grenell reportedly does not intend to release the list. The decision to declassify the information came days after the Justice Department moved to drop its criminal case against Flynn. A senior Justice Department official said the department has been reviewing unmasking as part of U.S. attorney John Durham’s review of the activities of investigators in 2016 and 2017 during the Russia probe. (ABC News / Wall Street Journal / CNN)
poll/ 54% of Americans say the Trump administration is doing a poor job preventing the spread of COVID-19, while 44% think the federal government is doing a good job. 52% said they feel the worst is yet to come. 44% said they think worst is behind us. (CNN) -
@Cyan:
His brand of narcissism indicates that's it's not the tons of financial crimes in the returns that scare him; it's the fact that the returns will spell out that he's not as rich as he presents himself as.
Hasn't his company filed for bankruptcy like, 4 times?
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Those were strategic bankrupcies. He's a genius.
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I missed the daily WTF Just Happened Today posts, glad to see them back.
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@Medical:
I missed the daily WTF Just Happened Today posts, glad to see them back.
I feel the same.
Also, waiting for those Supreme Courts results sucks. It feels like we're waiting to see if the country is destroyed, and that might literally be the case.
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@Medical:
I missed the daily WTF Just Happened Today posts, glad to see them back.
I feel the same.
Also, waiting for those Supreme Courts results sucks. It feels like we're waiting to see if the country is destroyed, and that might literally be the case.
Glad to see people liked me posting them. I'll try and keep up with it though if I'm ever not able to the main site is https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/ and they update Monday through Friday, excluding Holidays.
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I feel the same.
Also, waiting for those Supreme Courts results sucks. It feels like we're waiting to see if the country is destroyed, and that might literally be the case.
Honestly I think we're probably screwed either way.
Poverty feeds fascism and we're about to see a whole lot more poverty over the next 4-8 years.
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Our revolution was messy enough, but we're gonna go goddamn French Revolution at this rate. Not that a bunch of shitheads in power (either money or otherwise) don't deserve the guillotine.
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[https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2020/05/13/day-1210/
[h=1]](https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2020/05/13/day-1210/)Day 1210: "The darkest winter in modern history."[/h]
- [h=3] Daily Damage Report.[/h]
- Global: Total confirmed cases ~4,331,000; Total deaths: ~296,000; Total recoveries: ~1,539,000. (Johns Hopkins University)
- U.S.: Total confirmed cases ~1,388,000; Total deaths: ~84,000; Total recoveries: ~244,000
- Markets: Dow ; S&P 500 ; Nasdaq
- Live Blog: New York Times / Washington Post / Wall Street Journal / NPR / NBC News / CNN
- [h=4] Portrait of a President.[/h]
- We don’t have a president, or a plan. 60 days into the coronavirus crisis, the White House does not have a plan, a framework, a philosophy, or a goal. (Vox)
- Trump is resorting to his preferred and battle-tested tactic to fight the biggest threat to his re-election: diversion. The totality of Trump’s display underscored the extent to which the pandemic has worn on the president, who has watched his popularity in key swing states plummet. Just two months ago Trump was reveling in a booming economy and a field of Democratic challengers that appeared in disarray. Now, he faces harsher realities: More than 81,000 dead people and an economy in the deepest contraction in memory. The virus has meanwhile crept into the White House itself, infecting staffers in the Vice President Mike Pence’s office and one of the president’s own valets. (Bloomberg)
- Trump Has Lost the Plot. The president is talking about things most Americans can’t comprehend, let alone care about. (The Atlantic)
1/ Trump and the coronavirus task force is pushing the CDC to change its methodology for how they count coronavirus deaths, which could lead to far fewer deaths being counted than originally reported. The Trump administration specifically wants the agency to change how it works with states to count coronavirus-related deaths. Dr. Deborah Birx has reportedly urged CDC officials to exclude from coronavirus death-count reporting for individuals who either did not have confirmed lab results and are presumed positive or who had the virus and may not have died as a direct result of COVID-19. Trump has suggested that coronavirus deaths could have been incorrectly tallied or inflated by current methodology. Dr. Anthony Fauci, however, said the U.S. death toll count is likely higher than is reflected in government data. Meanwhile, researchers have developed a new method to compare and merge coronavirus models into a single “ensemble” projection. The result? 110,000 dead Americans by June 6. Total U.S. deaths currently stand at ~84,000. (Daily Beast / NPR / Washington Post)
- Roughly 27 million people have likely have lost job-based health coverage since the coronavirus. About 80% have other options, such as the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, but the remaining 20% are out of luck because they live in a state that didn’t expand Medicaid or they are ineligible for other kinds of subsidized coverage. (Axios)
- Sen. John Cornyn encouraged his Texas constituents to use the Affordable Care Act if they’ve lost their jobs and need health insurance. Cornyn has voted to repeal the ACA more than a dozen times. (HuffPost)
- The “rapid” coronavirus test used at the White House missed nearly half of positive cases, according to a New York University analysis. Abbott’s ID NOW missed at least one-third of positive cases detected with a rival test and as much as 48% when using the recommended dry nasal swabs. (Bloomberg)
- Day 1197: Trump erupted at his campaign manager after seeing polling data that showed him trailing Joe Biden in several swing states in the presidential race. “I am not fucking losing to Joe Biden,” Trump shouted at Brad Parscale during a conference call with his top political advisers last week after he was told he would have lost the Electoral College if the election had been held earlier this month. At one point, Trump threatened to sue Parscale. Trump’s aides had attempted to highlight the political cost of the coronavirus crisis and the unforced errors by Trump from his freewheeling press briefings after two polls – one from the Republican National Committee and another from the Trump campaign — both showed him trailing Biden in swing states. “I don’t believe the polls,” Trump said. “I believe the people of this country are smart. And I don’t think that they will put a man in who’s incompetent.” Trump also initially resisted the advice to curtail his daily coronavirus briefings, saying people “love” the briefings and think he is “fighting for them.” Trump later defended Parscale, tweeting: “Actually, he is doing a great job. I never shouted at him.” (Associated Press / CNN / Reuters / Washington Post / New York Times)
2/ Jared Kushner refused to rule out that the presidential election could be postponed due to the pandemic despite the opinion of a White House staff member having no bearing on when the election is held. Election Day takes place, by law, the Tuesday after the first Monday in November and neither Trump nor Kushner have the authority to unilaterally postpone the election. Nevertheless, when asked if there was a chance the presidential election could be postponed, Kushner replied: “I’m not sure I can commit one way or the other, but right now that’s the plan.” Kushner later tried to clarify his earlier response, saying “I have not been involved in, nor am I aware of, any discussions about trying to change the date of the presidential election.” Last month, Trump told reporters at a news conference that “The general election will happen on Nov. 3.” Separately, Trump told reporters that “I never thought of changing the date of the election. November 3. Good number.” (Time / New York Times / Washington Post)
3/ The top U.S. vaccine doctor who was ousted in April testified that the U.S. could face the “darkest winter in modern history” because the Trump administration was unprepared for the coronavirus. According to Dr. Rick Bright’s prepared testimony, “Our window of opportunity is closing. If we fail to develop a national coordinated response, based in science, I fear the pandemic will get far worse and be prolonged, causing unprecedented illness and fatalities.” Dr. Bright testified that the Department of Health and Human Services “missed early warning signals” in January, February, and March about a potential shortage of medical supplies and “forgot important pages from our pandemic playbook” early on. Dr. Bright filed a whistleblower complaint last week, alleging that he was ousted over his attempts to limit the use of hydroxychloroquine — the unproven drug touted by Trump — to treat the coronavirus. (CNN / Axios / Politico)- Day 1202: The federal scientist involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine filed a whistleblower complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel. Dr. Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, alleges that he was removed from his position for pushing back on “efforts to fund potentially dangerous drugs promoted by those with political connections” and that he tried to “prioritize science and safety over political expediency.” In the complaint, Bright charged the Department of Health and Human Services with “an abuse of authority or gross mismanagement,” saying the agency’s chaotic response was the result of “pressure from HHS leadership to ignore scientific merit and expert recommendations and instead to award lucrative contracts based on political connections and cronyism.” Bright was removed from his post on April 20 after having served as BARDA director for nearly four years. He was reassigned to a narrower role at the National Institutes of Health. (NBC News / NPR / CNN / Washington Post / Axios / CBS News)
4/ Paul Manafort was released from prison to serve the remainder of his sentence from home due to concerns over the coronavirus. Manafort is serving a seven-year term, set to end in November 2024, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and obstruct justice related to his undisclosed lobbying for a pro-Russian politician and political party in Ukraine. (ABC News / Washington Post / NBC News / CBS News / CNBC / The Guardian)
5/ Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell sent Republican senators a list of former senior Obama administration officials who made “unmasking” requests that might have identified Michael Flynn in classified foreign intelligence reports. Unmasking of U.S. identities in intelligence reports is a routine process that occurs thousands of times annually and is requested by senior administration officials to better understand the context of intercepted conversations that are being reviewed. The requests were made and approved through the National Security Agency’s regular process between Trump’s November 2016 election and inauguration in January 2017. (Wall Street Journal / Politico)- The federal judge overseeing the criminal case of Michael Flynn put the Justice Department’s motion to drop the case on hold. Judge Emmet Sullivan said he would set a schedule to accept briefs from outside parties who might have an interest in the case. (New York Times / Washington Post / Politico)
6/ The Trump administration’s coronavirus restrictions have granted asylum at the southern border to two people since March 21. In 2018, U.S. immigration courts granted asylum to 13,248 people. Citing the threat to public health from the coronavirus, the Trump administration suspended most due-process rights for migrants while “expelling” more than 20,000 unauthorized border-crossers to Mexico. (Washington Post)
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Add Wisconsin to the list of states that don’t care about their residents contracting and potentially dying as a result of the virus.
Though their case is unique in the fact that their state Supreme Court and not their governor has ruled their state can reopen.
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Add Wisconsin to the list of states that don’t care about their residents contracting and potentially dying as a result of the virus.
Though their case is unique in the fact that their state Supreme Court and not their governor has ruled their state can reopen.
And yes the conservative majority is responsible for this decision.Color me surprised…
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In the midst of all this chaos it's nice to know there are some conservatives/republicans who think Trump is shit:
Hell, even his old pal Howard Stern is telling people they're idiots for voting for him:
https://www.comicsands.com/howard-stern-trump-maga-supporters-2645991479.html?fbclid=IwAR0SPtsucxBsNyK9GmTy_FHGM2F-eBEdTYvkF1marovUXUDivVLUheJXd_YOr as he said, "I don't hate Donald. I hate you for voting for him, for not having intelligence."
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[https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2020/05/14/day-1211/
[h=1]](https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2020/05/14/day-1211/)Day 1211: "Not an acceptable answer."[/h]
- [h=3] Daily Damage Report.[/h]
- Global: Total confirmed cases ~4,427,000; Total deaths: ~302,000; Total recoveries: ~1,584,000. (Johns Hopkins University)
- U.S.: Total confirmed cases ~1,413,000; Total deaths: ~86,000; Total recoveries: ~247,000
- Markets: Dow ; S&P 500 ; Nasdaq
- Live Blog: New York Times / Washington Post / CNN / NBC News / Wall Street Journal / The Guardian / CNBC
- [h=4] Portrait of a President.[/h]
- Inside Trump’s coronavirus meltdown. What went wrong in the president’s first real crisis — and what does it mean for the US? (Financial Times)
1/ Another 2.98 million people filed unemployment claims last week, bringing the two-month total to 36.5 million. While the weekly count of new claims has been declining since late March, it was the eighth-straight week of numbers in the millions. Continuing claims is now at around 22.8 million. A survey by the Federal Reserve found that in households making less than $40,000 a year, nearly 40% of those who were working in February lost their jobs in March or the beginning of April. The jobless rate has more than tripled to 14.7% from 4.4% a month earlier. Trump, meanwhile, said he doesn’t see the U.S. unemployment rate dropping below 10% until September. (NBC News / New York Times / Wall Street Journal / Washington Post / The Guardian / Bloomberg / CNBC)
- Day 1162: A record 3.28 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week – the largest number of unemployment claims ever recorded for a single week since the government began collecting data in 1967. The number shatters the Great Recession peak of 665,000 claims in March 2009 and the all-time mark of 695,000 in October 1982. As a result, the U.S. unemployment rate has likely already risen to 5.5% from 3.5% in February – a level not seen since 2015. A similarly large number of initial unemployment claims is expected next week when the Labor Department releases its report on claims filed this week. In the prior Labor Department report, for the week ended March 14, initial claims totaled 282,000. (NPR / CNBC / Washington Post / CNN / New York Times / Politico / Bloomberg)
- Day 1169: More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week – double the 3.3 million who applied the previous week. About 6% of the U.S. work force filed for jobless benefits in the last two weeks. In March, more than 10 million Americans lost their jobs, erasing nearly all the jobs created in the past five years. Economists say the real number of people out work is probably higher and that as many as 20 million people could be out of work this summer. The Congressional Budget Office, meanwhile, updated its economic projections and expects U.S. unemployment to exceed 10% in the second quarter – eclipsing the peak of the last recession – and gross domestic product to fall by more than 7%, or an annualized 28%. (Washington Post / Wall Street Journal / NBC News / Bloomberg / New York Times / Politico / CNBC / CNN / CBS News / The Guardian)
- Day 1176: Another 6.6 million Americans filed first-time unemployment claims last week — marking the largest and fastest string of job losses since 1948. More than 17 million new claims have been filed over the last three weeks – or about 10% of the U.S. workforce. Economists estimate that the U.S. unemployment rate is now 13% – the worst level of joblessness the nation has seen since the Great Depression. In February, the unemployment rate was 3.5%. The number of jobs lost in the last three weeks now exceeds the 15 million that it took 18 months during the Great Recession, from 2007 to 2009. (CNBC / Associated Press / Washington Post / New York Times / Politico / CNN / Vox / NBC News / Wall Street Journal)
- Day 1183: More than 5.2 million Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment insurance last week. In the past four weeks, more than 22 million Americans have filed for unemployment aid — wiping out nearly all the job gains since the Great Recession. The U.S. unemployment rate is now over 20% and is expected remain close to 10% through the end of the year. (NPR / Washington Post / CNBC / Associated Press)
- Day 1190: More than 26 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits over the last five weeks – wiping out all of the job gains since the Great Recession. More than 4.4 million people filed for unemployment last week – down from more than 5.2 million the week before – which marks the fifth straight week that job losses were measured in the millions. Roughly 22 million jobs were created after the 2008 financial crisis. Economists predict that by summer the unemployment rate will be within range of the 25% peak recorded in 1933 during the Great Depression and that the U.S. GDP will shrink by around 6% this year. (Washington Post / New York Times / Bloomberg / Wall Street Journal / Politico / NBC News / CNBC / Reuters / The Guardian)
- Day 1197: Another 3.8 million Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week. The number of first-time claims over the past six weeks total 30.3 million people – roughly 18.6% of the entire U.S. labor force – the highest since the Great Depression and far above the 10% peak reached in 2009. Hundreds of thousands of Americans, however, are still waiting to receive unemployment benefits, which means the official unemployment tally is almost certainly an undercount. (CNN / CNBC / Washington Post / NPR / New York Times / New York Times / Bloomberg / NBC News / Wall Street Journal)
- Day 1204: An additional 3.2 million Americans filed unemployment claims last week, down slightly from 3.8 million the previous week. More than 33.5 million have filed for unemployment over the last seven weeks and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the week ending April 25 was 15.5%. Continuing claims – the number of people receiving ongoing benefits – is now at more than 22 million, surpassing the recessionary peak of 6.6 million. (Bloomberg / Wall Street Journal / Politico / ABC News / NBC News / The Guardian)
- The White House threatened to veto a $3 trillion pandemic relief bill. White House officials called the legislation a nonstarter and accused Democrats of being “more concerned with delivering on longstanding partisan and ideological wish lists than with enhancing the ability of our nation to deal with the public health and economic challenges we face.” (New York Times)
2/ Trump criticized Dr. Anthony Fauci’s warning about the risks of reopening schools and businesses too soon as “not an acceptable answer,” accusing the nation’s top infectious disease expert of “wanting to play all sides of the equation.” Dr. Fauci told a Senate committee Tuesday that his “concern” is that we’ll see “see little spikes that might turn into outbreaks” if cities and states “prematurely open up without having the capability of being able to respond effectively and efficiently.” Dr. Fauci also told the panel that a vaccine for the coronavirus would not be ready in time for the new school year, warning of the dangers of the virus to children. Trump, however, told reporters he was “surprised by his answer,” adding: “To me it’s not an acceptable answer, especially when it comes to schools.” Past public disagreements between Trump and officials have been followed by an eventual dismissal or resignation. See: Tillerson, Rex; Sessions, Jeff; Bolton, John; Kelly, John. (New York Times / Washington Post / CNN / ABC News / NPR / NBC News)
- Day 1209: Dr. Anthony Fauci warned the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that reopening the country too soon “could turn the clock back” and lead to “suffering and death that could be avoided.” The nation’s top infectious diseases expert contrasted Trump’s effort to quickly restart the economy, saying “My concern is that we will start to see little spikes that then turn into outbreaks. The consequences could be really serious […] there is no doubt that when you pull back on mitigation, you will see some cases reappear.” Dr. Fauci added that the death toll is “almost certainly” higher than official counts. He also dismissed the notion that a vaccine would be available by the time schools reopen in the fall, calling it “a bit of a bridge too far.” He added: “There’s no guarantee that the vaccine is actually going to be effective.” Dr. Fauci, Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the CDC, and Stephen Hahn, the head of the FDA, all testified by videoconference because they are self-quarantining after possible exposure to COVID-19. (Associated Press / Politico / NBC News / Wall Street Journal / New York Times / Washington Post / CNBC)
- The Pentagon fired its lead official responsible for executing the Defense Production Act to increase production of masks and equipment to help fight COVID-19. The decision to fire Jennifer Santos was reportedly made by “the White House and interagency” and not her immediate boss. (Politico / CNN)
3/ The Trump administration plans to extend its coronavirus border restrictions indefinitely. On March 21, the CDC imposed a 30-day restriction on all nonessential travel into the U.S. from Mexico and Canada, which was extended for another 30 days on April 20. Since then, only two migrants have been permitted to remain in the U.S. to pursue asylum. A new order under review would extend the restrictions indefinitely until the director of the CDC decides the coronavirus no longer a threat. (New York Times)
4/ Sen. Richard Burr stepped down as chairman of the Intelligence Committee following an FBI investigation into whether he sold stocks after secret briefings on the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, which led to the seizure of his cellphone by federal agents. Burr has denied he did anything wrong and previously asked the Ethics Committee to review the stock sales. Burr sat on two committees that received briefings on the growing coronavirus epidemic, including one on Jan. 24. On Feb. 13, Burr sold as much as $1.7 million in stock. The decision to execute a search warrant on a sitting member of Congress, which was approved at the highest levels of the Justice Department, requires federal prosecutors and agents to persuade a judge there is probable cause to believe a crime has been committed. (Los Angeles Times / USA Today / Bloomberg / Wall Street Journal / Washington Post / New York Times / NBC News)
5/ A private jet company founded by a Trump donor received nearly $27 million in government grant as part of the CARES Act. The funding is a grant rather than a loan, and doesn’t need to be repaid. The company also received the largest grant of any private jet company, according to government filings. (CNBC)
6/ A federal appeals court revived a lawsuit accusing Trump of illegally profiting from the presidency, allowing the case to proceed to fact-gathering about Trump’s profits from his luxury Washington hotel. The lawsuit brought by the state of Maryland and the District of Columbia alleges that Trump has violated the emoluments clause of the Constitution by accepting profits through foreign and domestic officials who stay at the Trump International Hotel. The decision by the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a ruling in favor of Trump last July. (Associated Press / ABC News / Politico / CNN / Reuters / Wall Street Journal / Axios)
7/ The federal judge overseeing the case against Michael Flynn appointed a former federal judge to oppose the Justice Department’s request to dismiss Flynn’s guilty plea and examine whether Flynn may have committed perjury. Flynn pleaded guilty twice to lying to investigators as part of a larger inquiry into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. The judge requested a recommendation on whether Flynn should face a criminal contempt hearing for pleading guilty to a crime of which he now claims to be innocent. (Washington Post / New York Times)
8/ The EPA will not limit a toxic chemical used in rocket fuel that contaminates water and has been linked to fetal and infant brain damage. In 2011, the Obama administration announced that it would regulate perchlorate, reversing a decision by the George W. Bush administration not to control it. The EPA plans to send a federal register notice to the White House in the coming days for review that will declare it is “not in the public interest” to regulate the chemical. (New York Times)
9/ The U.S. Postal Service will review package delivery fees as a top Republican fundraiser and Trump campaign donor is set to takeover as postmaster general. The Postal Service in recent weeks has sought bids from consulting firms to reassess what the agency charges companies to deliver products on their behalf. Deputy Postmaster General Ronald Stroman will leave before new agency head Louis DeJoy takes over, leaving its board of governors without any officials who predate Trump, who has dubbed the U.S. Postal Service “a joke.” (Washington Post)
poll/ 43% of Americans say Trump’s doing a good job of handling the coronavirus outbreak – 5 points lower than three weeks ago and 10 points lower than in March. 38% say they trust Trump to provide accurate information about the coronavirus. Meanwhile, 46% of Americans have a favorable view of Dr. Fauci and 62% say they trust him for information. (CBS News) -
So McConnell admits he's a fucking liar when he said Obama didn't leave them any plan for dealing with a pandemic:
https://news.yahoo.com/mcconnell-admits-wrong-obama-didnt-110835752.html?ncid=facebook_yahoonewsf_akfmevaatcaHe won't get anything more than a slap on the wrist, if that, but SHEESH at least he admitted it.
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That fucking turtle will receive zero consequences and we all know it.
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Sorry for not getting this in yesterday:
[https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2020/05/15/day-1212/
[h=1]](https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2020/05/15/day-1212/)Day 1212: "Inconsistent and incoherent."[/h]
- [h=3] Daily Damage Report.[/h]
- Global: Total confirmed cases ~4,517,000; Total deaths: ~306,000; Total recoveries: ~1,622,000. (Johns Hopkins University)
- U.S.: Total confirmed cases ~1,432,000; Total deaths: ~87,000; Total recoveries: ~247,000
- Markets: Dow ; S&P 500 ; Nasdaq
- House Democrats plan to pass a $3 trillion coronavirus rescue plan late Friday. The House was also set to approve Friday a slate of changes enabling lawmakers to operate remotely during the pandemic, including proxy voting. (Wall Street Journal / New York Times / CNBC)
- Live Blog: New York Times / Washington Post / The Guardian / CNN / NBC News / Wall Street Journal / CNBC
1/ Despite public health experts repeatedly cautioning that developing an effective coronavirus vaccine will take at least a year to a year and a half, Trump claimed that the coronavirus will “go away at some point” and declared – without evidence – that a vaccine would be ready “by the end of the year, maybe before.” Trump named a two-man team to lead his administration’s effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine, saying Operation Warp Speed is currently evaluating 14 vaccine candidate. Trump urged state governments to reopen their economies regardless of whether the timeline was met, suggesting that the lack of a vaccine would not prevent the U.S. from reopening. “I just want to make something clear. It’s very important: Vaccine or no vaccine, we’re back,” Trump said. “We’re starting the process.” Operation Warp Speed consists of Moncef Slaoui, the former head of pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline’s vaccines division, and Gen. Gustave Perna, a four-star U.S. Army general. Slaoui called Trump’s goal of a vaccine by January 2021 a “credible objective,” but acknowledged that “Frankly, 12-18 months is already a very aggressive timeline. I don’t think Dr. Fauci was wrong.” (CNN / Politico / CNBC / NBC News / New York Times)
2/ The CDC issued six, one-page checklists of recommendations to guide schools, businesses, restaurants and bars, child care centers and mass transit systems on how to safely reopen during the coronavirus pandemic. The White House coronavirus task force originally asked the CDC to revise a more extensive set of guidelines – which was about 57 pages – that the agency had prepared more than a month ago, calling it “overly prescriptive.” (Associated Press / Axios / Washington Post / Politico / Vox)- One of the world’s oldest and best-known medical journals urged Americans to elect a president who will support – rather than undermine – public health experts, criticizing Trump’s “inconsistent and incoherent national response” to the coronavirus pandemic. The unsigned editorial from the Lancet accused the Trump administration of relegating the CDC to a “nominal” role that is dangerous for both the U.S. and the world. (NPR / Washington Post)
- Mitch McConnell admitted that he was wrong to claim that the Obama administration had not left behind a plan to deal with a pandemic in the U.S. The concession comes days after he falsely accused the Obama administration of failing to leave the Trump administration “any kind of game plan” for something like the coronavirus pandemic. Obama officials had prepared a 69-page document containing hundreds of recommendations for dealing with many of the problems currently plaguing the nation’s coronavirus response — from shortages of personal protective equipment to the need for unified public guidance on the crisis. (CNN / Politico)
3/ Trump called coronavirus testing “frankly overrated,” despite health experts insisting that it is critical to safely reopen businesses. The U.S. has more than 1.4 million confirmed coronavirus cases – the most of any country in the world. “We have more cases than anybody in the world, but why? Because we do more testing,” Trump said. “When you test, you have a case. When you test you find something is wrong with people. If we didn’t do any testing, we would have very few cases.” Meanwhile, Trump praised the coronavirus rapid test used to screen White House staff and visitors, calling it “a great test,” despite a study finding that it may miss up to half of infections detected by other tests on the market.(The Hill / Politico)
4/ Betsy DeVos has directed millions of federal dollars intended for public schools and colleges to private and religious schools. DeVos used $180 million of the $30 billion for education institutions included in the CARES Act to create “microgrants” that parents can use to pay for educational services, including private school tuition. DeVos has used $180 million to encourage states to create “microgrants” that parents of elementary and secondary school students can use to pay for educational services, including private school tuition. She has also directed school districts to share millions of dollars designated for low-income students with wealthy private schools. About $350 million in higher education funding set aside for struggling colleges has instead been directed to small colleges — many of them private, religious or on the margins of higher education — regardless of need. (New York Times)- The ACLU sued Betsy DeVos over new federal guidelines on how campus handle sexual assault allegations, alleging that the Title IX changes would “inflict significant harm” on victims, make it “more difficult for victims of sexual harassment or sexual assault to continue their educations” and “dramatically undermine” their civil rights. (NBC News)
5/ U.S. taxpayers have paid at least $970,000 to the Trump Organization since Trump took office. The payments include more than 1,600 for room rentals at Trump’s hotels and golf clubs, including 950 nights at Bedminster and 530 nights at Mar-a-Lago. Trump has visited his own properties 250 times since taking office. The Secret Service, meanwhile, signed a $179,000 contract to rent golf carts and other vehicles this summer in Bedminster, N.J. (Washington Post)
- A company tied to Trump’s campaign manager received nearly $800,000 from the federal coronavirus relief fund for small businesses, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Brad Parscale has been CloudCommerce’s largest beneficial shareholder since 2017. He currently owns 35% of the company. (CBS News)
6/ Trump’s nominee to lead a federal media agency with oversight of Voice of America is under investigation by the District of Columbia’s attorney general. The D.C. attorney general’s office is investigating whether Michael Pack use of funds from his nonprofit, Public Media Lab, was “unlawful and whether he improperly used those funds to benefit himself.” Pack is a conservative filmmaker with ties to Stephen Bannon. (Washington Post)
poll/ 58% of Americans who are going to work fear that they could be exposed to the coronavirus and infect members of their household. Nearly 1 in 3 Americans have continued to leave the house for work at least once a week, and more than one-third of people still going to work said they or a household member has a serious chronic illness. 13% said they lack health insurance themselves. (Washington Post)