US Politics, March 2020 — There’s a very good chance you’re not going to die.

WH already had to clarify that the ban on travel from Europe does not apply to trade after President Dumbshit misspoke/couldn't read.

So this happened

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=yX78DbOXVJ8

I’m supposed to be flying to MSP on the 25th from London, but with a stopover in Reykjavík. HALP.

According to the to the official statement:

This does not apply to legal permanent residents, (generally) immediate family members of U.S. citizens, and other individuals who are identified in the proclamation.

IIRC you have family in the States, so maybe this might apply to you?

Though I don't know what "immediate family members" includes.

It's anyone's guess, not least because trump clearly didn't know what he was talking about. Iceland is Schengen are and Schengen Area people are banned from entering the US (it seems), you aren't because you are American but may be obliged to quarantine yourself on arrival (or thrown in medical jail by CBP goons, who knows).By then Iceland may throw you in the blue lagoon, or medical jail or not let you board the flight and on your return Dominic Raab (if still alive) may exile you to the Wirral or Priti Patel may be there with the handcuffs to send you back again.

Oh yeah, the statement also says this:

In the next 48 hours, in the interest of public health, I intend to issue a supplemental Notice of Arrivals Restriction requiring U.S. passengers that have been in the Schengen Area to travel through select airports where the U.S. Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures.

xp omg

I’m pretty sure I’m staying airside in Reykjavík for the 90 minutes I’m there. This is VERY annoying because the one damn time I have a ticket that isn’t nonstop ARGH ARGH ARGH executive decision on my sister’s part to book Icelandair for me, obvs.

Memorial service might be cancelled too, just waiting to see what measures Minnesota takes re: public gatherings.

Iceland has 85 cases for a population of 364,000 which must be one of the highest rates in the world

it’s even happening for Trump cheerleader Stu Varney, who is dumbfounded by 2020 campaign flack Kylie McEnany’s pitiful response (deny, deflect) to concerns that campaign is not ruling out rallies and Trump is still shaking hands.

Watch Varney’s frustration grow in this clip... pic.twitter.com/aFWbC3SbER

— Marcus Baram (@mbaram) March 12, 2020

Good morning!

Please don't discourage President Stares-At-Eclipses from shaking hands, please.

Germophobe getting himself a job that put him in contact with mounds of sick skin is like some Flight of Icarus shit

Please don't discourage President Stares-At-Eclipses from shaking hands, please.

As long as the FAKE NEWS media tells him not to do something, he will continue to do it, and probably ramp it up, because Own the Libs. In my fantasy world Trump rallies will feature red-hatters joining their sweaty-ass hands and licking one another's nostrils, just to show the Bezos Post and the failing New York Times that there's nothing to worry about.

I know the CW is that this will um, expose him, but it also seems like an excellent environment for an authoritarian clampdown.

just keeping it POSITIVE

So far it seems that people are calling for a greater clampdown than Trump wants to do

There is as much evidence that Asshole is a germaphile as there is that he is a germaphobe.

what i'm mostly worried about are the gung ho cops in rural areas using covid-19 to crack down on POC

Hoping all the preppers (cops included) just stay home. This is their moment!

i know nothing should surprise me anymore but jesus the House Dems are basically begging to hand Trump a W in the form of this coronavirus bill and he still won't fucking take it. i mean, if the thing passed he could immediately take credit for it and roughly half the country would believe him! but nope, it's just antipathy and pig-headedness all the way down.

welcome to the War on Viruses

Sen. Tom Cotton release this morning: "We will emerge stronger from this challenge, we will hold accountable those who inflicted it on the world." What does that mean?

— Marty Kady (@mkady) March 12, 2020

We'll be stronger because Tom Cotton will die of coronavirus infection.

Tom Cotton would be like a top player in the Nazi regime if he were around in those days, he is creepy as fuck

"what does that mean?" tom cotton was also one of the very first people to spread the "coronavirus emerged from a top secret chinese lab" rumor

the umbrella corporation is responsible!

Germophobe getting himself a job that put him in contact with mounds of sick skin is like some Flight of Icarus shit

Which reminds me, very excited to announce my debut on 20 Buck Spin, Mounds of Sick Skin

trump and his croneys are openly testing out the xenophobic response to coronavirus - "foreign virus", trying to punish europe, tying it to secretive chinese experiments. i guess they're thinking that if the world goes to shit in the next 6 months they'll be able to rally the right with fear and hatred, as usual

and you know what? they're probably correct about that! it'll probably work on most of their supporters. they need answers, someone or something to scapegoat. conservatives don't like uncertainty, and they don't like global forces that are out of their control. better to make it an episode of Decker instead

Britain, no longer part the EU, has been redeemed.

c'mon lil' virus, you can do it!

The guy standing to Trump’s left just tested positive for coronavirus, according to Brazilian media. Fabio Wajngarten posted this photo, taken during meetings at Mar-a-Lago, five days ago. pic.twitter.com/qioU4qIlxl

— Gabriel Stargardter (@gabstargardter) March 12, 2020

xpost lollll 20 Buck Spin Simon

Who's still in the EU AND can still travel to the US? The luck of the Irish!

c'mon lil' virus, you can do it!

🐦[The guy standing to Trump’s left just tested positive for coronavirus, according to Brazilian media. Fabio Wajngarten posted this photo, taken during meetings at Mar-a-Lago, five days ago. pic.twitter.com/qioU4qIlxl🕸
— Gabriel Stargardter (@gabstargardter) March 12, 2020🕸]🐦🕸

Bolsonaro himself is positive now, too.

Well...I guess a pyrrhic victory is still a victory.

Bolsonaro himself is positive now, too.

not seeing this reported anywhere but take a wild guess how I feel about ti

a link would be awesome

reputable source New York Post says bolsonaro has been tested

https://nypost.com/2020/03/12/brazil-president-jair-bolsonaro-tested-for-coronavirus-after-calling-crisis-fantasy/

Miami Herald sez Bolso's been tested.

#URGENTE | El presidente de Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, dio positivo para el Coronavírus. pic.twitter.com/kEQPHzyswE

— Nexofin (@Nexofin) March 12, 2020

I saw this tweet, but comments are calling it fake.

Really good piece:

https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/110-mike-davis-on-covid-19-the-monster-is-at-the-door

Biden given a solid address. at least he sounds like a human being who can put sentences together and project empathy.

Thanks for sharing that Mike Davis piece comrade alpha, will read

Trump claims (falsely) all Americans returning to country are being tested:"We have heavily tested. If an American coming back or anybody coming back, we have a tremendous testing set up where people coming in have to be tested ... if it shows positive ... We have to quarantine." pic.twitter.com/ndGlKmSFJh

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 12, 2020

daer journalists pls call these things "lies," not "false" or "innacurate" or etc

"We have very strong emergency powers under the Stafford Act," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday. "I have it memorized, practically, as to the powers in that act. And if I need to do something, I’ll do it. I have the right to do a lot of things that people don’t even know about."

-- Donald Trump on Thursday said he may declare the coronavirus pandemic an emergency by invoking a law known as the Stafford Act.

Donald Trump on Thursday said he may declare the coronavirus pandemic an emergency by invoking a law known as the Stafford Act.

This sounds... like an appropriate use of that act? I mean in principle, if it weren't in the hands of a dimwit?

sneaky, but I like it:

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden proposes nationwide vote-by-mail in response to coronavirus

i'll bet they do

The American Gaming Association believes the gaming industry should be included in any federal stimulus action as the coronavirus outbreak weakens the industry’s performancehttps://t.co/TPOm3fYKbG

— Las Vegas Review-Journal (@reviewjournal) March 12, 2020