The Trump Pandemic

[Seabass]

He's also blaming it on Obama and WHO. And he's winding down the task force so he can wash his hands of the whole thing and blame the states (blue ones of course) for all the death.

[Tero]

He's got a lot of things going on
https://mobile.twitter.com/atrupar/stat ... frame.html

[Tero]

Meat plant does not respond to:

"Hi," she wrote. "Both my aunt and uncle work for you in Crete, Ne. They both tested positive for COVID and passed it onto my grandmother and grandfather who never left the house. My grandfather lost his life last night after fighting for his life for a week."

https://www.1011now.com/content/news/Ho ... 89711.html

[Animavore]

The Coronavirus Conspiracy Boom

Nearly a third of the people we polled believe that the virus was manufactured on purpose. Why?

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/arch ... yKNrXJqQIs

[Animavore]

Trump Admin Muzzles CDC’s Guidelines On Reopening State And Local Economies

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trum ... IsKVZlxAsk

Never mind blood on his hands, Trump is walking around like Carrie.

[Animavore]

Fucking drowning.

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Trump ignores Barr, asks Supreme Court to destroy the entire ACA

With an ACA case pending at the Supreme Court, Barr wanted Trump to choose a more responsible course. Trump decided not to care.

President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr leave the Rose Garden on July 11, 2019.Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images file

May 7, 2020, 1:00 PM IST

By Steve Benen

As the deadly pandemic continues to take its toll, the Affordable Care Act is providing an important lifeline to millions of Americans. The future of the health care reform law, however, remains very much in doubt.

A Republican lawsuit is pending at the U.S. Supreme Court, and with the White House's blessing, the litigants are asking the justices to destroy "Obamacare" in its entirety. In defiance of common sense and basic human decency, the fact that the case is unfolding during the coronavirus crisis has not deterred its GOP proponents. In fact, Donald Trump said as recently as late March that the pandemic has not affected his support for the lawsuit.

It was against this backdrop that Attorney General Bill Barr reportedly met with top Team Trump officials on Monday, arguing that the administration was making a mistake asking the high court to uproot the entire American health care system during a public-health crisis. The Republican lawyer said there was still time to amend the White House's position.

The president has apparently decided to ignore Barr's advice. Politico reportedyesterday:

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-sho ... asMzbQ4Nuc

[JimC]

There is clearly an economic benefit to the 1% in letting poor, sick Americans, frequently non-white, die without troubling the public purse too much...

[Brian Peacock]

Well worth a listen if you have half an hour to spare...

The US southern state of Mississippi is the country’s poorest. It went into the coronavirus crisis with high levels of poverty and poor health outcomes. But following the period of lockdown and orders for residents to stay at home, the state’s governor Tate Reeves has eased restrictions - despite evidence that the rate of infections has not yet hit its peak.

The Guardian’s Oliver Laughland travelled to the Mississippi coastal resort of Biloxi where he tells Mythili Rao he found the lockdown has hit hardest those working in low paid jobs in the tourism industry. One restaurant worker describes how the loss of work meant he has had to rely on the charity of his neighbours and local food banks. But despite growing numbers of cases, people are flocking back to the beach and increasingly breaching recommendations of minimum social distancing. The state is reopening, but at what cost?

Podcast: 30mins
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/ ... wn-podcast

[Tero]

There is clearly an economic benefit to the 1% in letting poor, sick Americans, frequently non-white, die without troubling the public purse too much...

But but....if enough of them die in meat packing plants, we have to let in Mexicans! Poor whites do not move, they just sit in dead end coal mine town, Mexicans go where the jobs are. Most of our roofers are Mexicans.

[Seabass]

No need for all these complicated safety precautions. Just mainline some disinfectant and shoot UV light up your bum.

Trump administration buries detailed CDC advice on reopening

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Trump administration shelved a document created by the nation’s top disease investigators with step-by-step advice to local authorities on how and when to reopen restaurants and other public places during the still-raging coronavirus outbreak.

The 17-page report by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention team, titled “Guidance for Implementing the Opening Up America Again Framework,” was researched and written to help faith leaders, business owners, educators and state and local officials as they begin to reopen.

It was supposed to be published last Friday, but agency scientists were told the guidance “would never see the light of day,” according to a CDC official. The official was not authorized to talk to reporters and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.

The AP obtained a copy from a second federal official who was not authorized to release it. The guidance was described in AP stories last week, prior to the White House decision to shelve it.

https://apnews.com/7a00d5fba3249e573d2ead4bd323a4d4

[Cunt]

Ooh, anonymous sources also said that ...

...Seabass accepts 'news' stories citing anonymous source

[Seabass]

Stephen Miller's wife has contracted Democrat Hoax.

[Animavore]

Damn. I really hope Miller doesn't get coronavirus and die.

[Joe]

Damn. I really hope Miller doesn't get coronavirus and die.

Are you kidding? I fear for what might happen to the virus.

[Seabass]

My thoughts and prayers are with the virus during this difficult time...