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i find the whole thing really interesting. Trump is obviously on a tightrope. he appears to believe very strongly that unless he can get the economy moving that his re-election is in jeopardy. but even though he can have any "expert" in the world, he can't find one to support his "back to work, everything is cool" sales pitch. in his usual way he first finger points at some perceived enemy. he is pointing at governors who are shy to open the economy. liberate! and yet, he could waive his hand and change federal guidelines eliminating any epidemic measures. but he doesn't. so he is trying to have it both ways at the moment. this could really sink him and just because of his leadership on response. if the feds worked with states to nail this down whatever to takes now, then it might be over till fall. but this walking both games just delays and causes it to go on and on due to thousands still coming down with the virus. the D's already see an opportunity with seniors and since seniors are most vulnerable to the virus then they are going to be looking at the fed response very closely. Biden sees opening over Trump with older voters

the Trump tax cut allowed the richest to pocket $1.5T. with the pandemic state and local governments are suffering and McConnell says they should just go bankrupt. of course, government lenders will be a panic. this is how "no government" ideology collides with economic collapse... just helping that collapse along. McConnell pushes 'bankruptcy route' as local governments struggle the good news, one of those freaks realized that not helping out the mortgage industry was, yes... not going to help. Housing regulator bows to pressure to aid struggling mortgage companies but as pointed out, all those "small government" R's are having difficulty realizing that their belief systems are in trouble.

except Senate R's say there is overwhelming evidence. instead of zero.

Senate Intel report confirms Russia aimed to help Trump in 2016 Yet again, senate Rs say "no hoax"!

if you thought the US economy was taking a shit kicking... team Trump is just getting started! Trump’s libertarian housing regulator refuses to bail out mortgage firms with public money complete melt down to follow.

Judge rejects Roger Stone’s new trial motion Game over for Stone! Yet another orange jumpsuit for the Trump team.

Why Democratic unity is a huge problem for Trump Trumps numbers are constantly in the mud. yeah, statistics/polls are sometimes wrong. sometimes.

Bill Gates hikes coronavirus contribution after bashing Trump for defunding WHO bill gates comes to the rescue!

Trump threatens to adjourn Congress to push through nominees here we go!

Pentagon barred from discussing Trump in JEDI contract probe "investigators were unable to rule out whether the White House interfered with the contract award because DoD's general counsel instructed senior DoD witnesses not to verbally answer questions about communications between the White House and Pentagon because of “the assertion of a ‘presidential communications privilege.’”" Trump didn't want Bezos to have the JEDI contract so they gave it to Microsoft. Trump’s WHO cutoff sends officials, allies scrambling "Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder and philanthropist who has pledged billions to help speed development of a coronavirus vaccine, tweeted that “halting funding for the World Health Organization during a world health crisis is as dangerous as it sounds.”" But now Gates is bad mouthing Trump! what is Trump to do?

was he blaming them? because he was listening to them? funny see cause he's the guy who gets the briefings. he's the guy who has the power and information gathering power of the entire US government. "democrats" and main stream media don't. and they don't call the shots. and on top of that... "nobody had any idea and neither did i" isn't exactly an excuse!

Trump claims 'total authority' over state decisions meanwhile... no one is listening.

thats for sure.

"According to a Pew Research Center survey last year, fully two-thirds of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say scientific experts are no better than other people at making science policy decisions." A fight over data infiltrates Trumpworld's response to coronavirus Its the fault of those "science" people again!!

because the US government is NOT tracking covid19 (why would they do that?!)... others are: COVID-19 Compiler

how is it that "Dems" should have known anything? they do not have the insight that the government has... they're just law makers who call on the government occasionally for information. this is a really good timeline: Warnings Ignored: A Timeline of Trump’s COVID-19 Response it highlights how many in the government (including Navarro) desperately tried to raise Trumps awareness by appearing on tv and in newspapers (i guess because Trump only watches TV). and Trumps timeline. oblivious: ‘We have it totally under control.’ A timeline of President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic

"While the representative acknowledges that there is no way to verify whether her recovery from COVID-19 was entirely due to the drug without further research" Was she also using lip balm and drinking SuperBeet? Anichdotal!

and so? this is what China reported... and the WHO reported that thats what China reported? should they have said "China reported this but we don't believe them even though we have no reason not to and no facility to prove otherwise because we're not a political outfit with a budget for spys"? and sure, anything that any face saving dictatorship says should be taken with a grain of salt... but are you able to cite specific information that as of Jan 14 the Chinese were lying about having "no clear evidence" regarding human-to-human transmission? it says pretty starkly... "no clear evidence". that doesn't mean that its not possible... just that evidence is insufficient at that time. but i can see why the Trump administration might be upset! the WHO repeats what China says but not what Trump says?! the thing is... "no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission" on Jan 14 is very possible. while just about everything Trump says doesn't pass even first grader logic.

the WHO is an international body without any formal power over ANYTHING. there are no international mandates that require any country to participate or share information with them at all! from their very mouths, they rely on other countries to participate on the honor code, because they have no power. from the WHO's perspective, they are just reporting what those countries like China have to say about their situations with full knowledge that it may not exactly be correct. but at the same time they believe that having incorrect information is better than no information at all and that placating certain powers is the only way to keep dialogue going. this is rather common stuff for non-profit international organizations who are at the mercy of those they report on for funding. but Trump and the Trump machine don't understand what the WHO is, what it does or how it works. just finger pointing.

Melania... still the hottest first lady!

Trump team ramps up scrutiny of funds to WHO the WHO didn't point fingers at China! they didn't point fingers at Italy! they didn't even point fingers at the US! someone needs to teach the WHO to point fingers! and we'll tell them which way to point!

Why Does the President Keep Pushing a Malaria Drug? "On Saturday, Trump suggested research exists that shows people with lupus don’t get the coronavirus, implying that their use of hydroxychloroquine protects them. “There’s a rumor out there that because it takes care of lupus very effectively, as I understand it, and it’s a, you know, a drug that’s used for lupus,” he said, “so there’s a study out there that says people that have lupus haven’t been catching this virus. Maybe it’s true; maybe it’s not.” There is no such study." Trump is also entertaining a recent twitter feed that indicated that lip balm may significantly reduce viral load. an idiot is in charge of the US government.

yeah, except we weren't talking about the strategic stockpile. Obama is not president. typical Trump tune to point at the "last guy". and yes, Trumps administration "adjusted" the bio-defense team. Whether the adjusted one was a better idea may never come to light. Partly false claim: Trump fired entire pandemic response team in 2018