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US PoliEra 2020 |OT4| Disaster Voltron
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It's intentional, Trump wants a distraction from his terrible response so far. And it's working...
yeah i live in MO and our shit governor was doing his best to "downplay" it, and once we began testing people, we jumped from like 2 people, to 18, to like 41 in a week. all because of Parsons, besides being a huge homophobe, is a pos who is chicken shit scared to upset anyone. So while our neighbor Kansas, specifically Johnson county, (for those who don't know, johnson County is in Kansas, but due to our state line, its basically a suburb of KC, lots of folks work in JC but live in KC for instance) was doing numbers in the teens, Kansas City sat at zero for a long time. It even gave me a false sense of security. then suddenly we got one case, then 2, then 8, then 16, then 28, then 41 all in like a week. All due to actually testing people.
I mean the original was a link to the cross tabs so it was fruitless to quote
It seems clear from this briefing that trump admin public perception focus is trying to seem strong in keeping the virus out of the country.
There it is.
Yes, this poll is awesome. Burr needs to resign - if he doesn't we still need to use this to flip his seat in 2022, midterm curse be damned.
it's not gonna catching outside of right wing circles. Coronavirus is infinitely "catchier".
The usual short term gaslighting as the cases pile up in the US.
Calling it the rona is more popular. People calling it chinese is a good way to know who you should socially distance yourself from.
Richard Burr on Twitter
“My statement in response to reports about recent financial disclosures:”twitter.com
Public news reports my ass, Burr totally sold the stock using non public information
Sorry, if I'm a little late to this and its not plausible considering constitutional law (but its a fun thought expirement). Wouldn't governors just appoint new senators between Jan. 3 and Jan 20th? Same with the House, usually they don't but I imagine a drastic scenerio like this they would, which means with a majority of governors being republicans then congress will go to an R majority in both chambers of congress.
And the speaker can be literally anyone who qualifies for the House of Representatives so... uhhhh..... Speaker Trump?
He just said he's ordered millions of masks and are shipping them to states directly. If this turns out to not be true, especially after Cuomo's presser this morning...
What happens to momentum when it hits coronavirus deaths, skyrocketing unemployment, and a double-digit GDP contraction?
Never mind, you edited before I responded.
Sean Sullivan on Twitter
“Exploiting the fine print of campaign finance law, former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg transfers his campaign left-overs to the DNC, a huge gift for its get-out-the-vote efforts, via @michaelscherer: https://t.co/wDEl8Y7a6g”
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I don't think it will look just the flu even young people might be hospitalized in great numbers if they catch it. If it spreads rapidly in Florida it won't be surprising if you hear more of the healthcare system being overwhelm. Hiding the numbers is possible, but they can't hide the results.
But the problem with this line of thinking is that it means that for us to be successful politically then we should expect the worst outcome. So it somewhat acknowledges the fact that trump has the upper hand right now and is benefitting from the epidemic. So if the worst outcome doesn't occur, and we should hope that it doesn't, then trump and republicans will end up being victorious and much more popular than ever.
its a highly populous state that is one of the main hubs for international travel that is ACTUALLY testing A LOT.
Sahil Kapur on Twitter
“Trump suggests he agrees with what Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren have proposed on restricting share repurchases for companies that get a bailout. "I don't want to have stock buybacks," he says. "We're discussing many things." He and Schumer are "not very far away."”
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This press conference just went all Jerky Boys, with Trump calling a reporter "smart guy".
He then trotted out a "what the hell do you have to lose" with Trump's approach.
Now arguing with a reporter over a question, telling the reporter "I've been right a lot."
He then trotted out a "what the hell do you have to lose" with Trump's approach.
Now arguing with a reporter over a question, telling the reporter "I've been right a lot."
The further this charade goes on, the harder the crash is going to be when the actual numbers come out.
What is it specifically that takes many, many months to develop vaccines? I would imagine that in the year 2020 science is advanced enough that they could create something that kill the actual virus itself. So is it just about mitigating the side effects or what? Why is going to take a year or more?
Goldman Sachs predicts a 24% decline in Q2 GDP.
TWENTY-FOUR PERCENT.
I'm not hoping for the worst. I'm seeing what's actually going to happen and telling you that Trump's little bubble will pop. Look above.
At the same time, this level of thinking assumes that Trump and the GOP are always gonna win and we're better off not trying
Vaccines have to be exactly right or you run the risk of the anti-bodies being developed not working on the current virus.
I just don't think that dems are doing enough to criticize trump and his handling of the situation. But at the same time I recognize that it's a double edged sword to do so.
I just think it merits another post:
TWENTY-FOUR PERCENT DECLINE IN GDP. The economy shrinking by nearly a quarter!
Even the best estimate from Bank of America has the economy declining by 12%, which would tie or come close to equaling the worst drop on record!
TWENTY-FOUR PERCENT DECLINE IN GDP. The economy shrinking by nearly a quarter!
Even the best estimate from Bank of America has the economy declining by 12%, which would tie or come close to equaling the worst drop on record!
I'm totally serious- watch all those masks go to Republican states.
You're right, in a sense, but Desantis is definitely trying the "see no evil" tact. Which works on a certain brand of idiot.
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