I understand Οὖτις's contention that ignoring these press briefings is the sanest thing to do. I really do. But--not wanting to argue about it at the moment--I think there's an equally valid argument for keeping tabs on what the person making decisions is saying each day (and also to really understand the scope of his incompetence--which, I know, everyone understands already).
Thinking about the way he's been hyping this malaria-related drug the past couple of days, it's clear that the big thing for him is that side effects are minimal/not a danger, and that it's a drug that has already been approved. He could just as well be up there sharing his excitement about Flintstones vitamins as a potential savior.
― clemenza, Saturday, 21 March 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
Yeah. He really wants to move past this in the hopes the stock market recovers; it's what he cares about.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 21 March 2020 18:44 (four years ago) link
we saw this happen in real time w/ Giuliani, people get desperate for even the illusion of comfort, even from a monster, all you need is broad shouders or a bullhorn
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 21 March 2020 18:52 (four years ago) link
I mean he’s clearly trying to cast himself as a savior, he already credits himself for saving thousands of lives by cutting off travel from China
― frogbs, Saturday, 21 March 2020 19:04 (four years ago) link
This clip is worth watching in full, even though it's Rachel Maddow monologuing and even though it's almost six minutes long.
Here's the clip where @Maddow says if were up to her, there would be no live carriage of his briefings because he keeps lying about what is being done. pic.twitter.com/z7bf7rITN1— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) March 21, 2020
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 21 March 2020 19:15 (four years ago) link
i'll put what I care about on the fears thread
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 March 2020 19:44 (four years ago) link
12. We have to support industry in a moment of crisis. But the key here is the conditions, and what is likely to happen by allowing Mnuchin to set the terms of all aid is a consolidation of power in the hands of a few. No more small business. America will be unrecognizable.— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) March 21, 2020
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 21 March 2020 20:52 (four years ago) link
whole thread worth 20 seconds of your time obv
welllllll
https://www.newsweek.com/inside-us-militarys-plans-stop-civil-disturbances-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-something-they-1493485
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 March 2020 20:57 (four years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/55RkBQC/90455148-10157397529202981-1375211222093266944-n.jpg
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Saturday, 21 March 2020 20:58 (four years ago) link
Mute, like pictures of people with their mouth agape?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 21 March 2020 21:16 (four years ago) link
summing up
Mitch McConnell is right now negotiating with Trump to restructure the entire economy, and Schumer and Pelosi are passively letting him do it.— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) March 21, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 March 2020 21:21 (four years ago) link
oh right the democratically controlled senate
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 21 March 2020 21:26 (four years ago) link
sometimes you gotta take hostages
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 March 2020 21:27 (four years ago) link
every single thing has to be about democrats letting the people who are holding all of the cards hold the cards. letting letting letting letting
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 21 March 2020 21:27 (four years ago) link
it's too boring to point out that the scorpion is a scorpion, so we need more threads about how the frog is a feckless imbecile
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 21 March 2020 21:29 (four years ago) link
they did next door to nothing in 2009-10 when they "held all the cards"
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 March 2020 21:30 (four years ago) link
ahistorical lying suits you
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 21 March 2020 21:32 (four years ago) link
oh great we're back to this mode
I wish you well but youre a brainwashed spook to the core
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 March 2020 21:33 (four years ago) link
and we're all gonna die and deserve to THE END
BUT AT LEAST GRANCY KEPT HER COCKSUCKING CUNTY CAUCUS TOGETHER
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 March 2020 21:34 (four years ago) link
great alliteration.
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Saturday, 21 March 2020 21:35 (four years ago) link
Garu G got dark
in 2009-10 when they "held all the cards"
ahistorical lying
lads. it's true that both chambers of Congress and the WH were controlled by people with a "D" attached to them in 2009-10. you could say "they" held all those particular cards and not be lying. but an oversimplification can be as misleading as an untruth, so ET has a point, too. power in the US government is diffuse by design and the blue dog members of the COCKSUCKING CUNTY CAUCUSES in both the House and Senate knew the power of threatening to defect and they used it. over and over again.
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 21 March 2020 21:45 (four years ago) link
damn sounds like a raucous caucus!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 21 March 2020 21:59 (four years ago) link
REPORTER: I want to read what doctors on the front line are saying TRUMP: You mean the ones saying good things, or bad things?R: The ones talking about shortages of suppliesTRUMP: I will tell you the way I look at it. Many administrations preceded me. They did very little. pic.twitter.com/OAgegA3gv8— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 21, 2020
― Dollarmite Is My Name (sic), Saturday, 21 March 2020 22:12 (four years ago) link
^^^ everything is bad, yes. But at the same time, I like that there are so many of these memorialized moments of Trump to be like "This, this is what I am talking about. This guy is everywhere, they may have different levesl of power or money but this guy has been so pervasive everywhere. welcome to our world."
and ugh, tracer. I don't even know what the solution is. so many bad bad companies. bad bad ceos. set it all on fire. that's the only thing they care about. this is going to be worse than after 2008.
― Yerac, Saturday, 21 March 2020 22:30 (four years ago) link
I guess Dr. Ben Carson is now front and center. (In actual fact--he was really respected in his field, no?--you would think he would have something to offer in this situation, even if it's not exactly his area. More than Mike Pence, anyway.)
― clemenza, Saturday, 21 March 2020 22:52 (four years ago) link
I know how popular David Gergen is here, so I'll relate something he said on CNN today. One thing--literally the only thing, although he didn't say that, I did--Trump is uniquely qualified to do in this situation is to go on Fox and, with as much urgency as he can muster, tell his 35% that is serious. I'm sure that would save at least a few lives.
― clemenza, Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:01 (four years ago) link
"that this is serious"
― clemenza, Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:02 (four years ago) link
Why does this almost never happen when Republicans control Congress?
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:05 (four years ago) link
lol neanderthal
― symsymsym, Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:05 (four years ago) link
The stimulus package and the affordable care act never happened
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:06 (four years ago) link
The GOP could barely even pass a budget and a tax cut during 2016-2018
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:07 (four years ago) link
they were good at passing things they knew Obama would veto as empty pandering to their base, though.
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:07 (four years ago) link
So, you must have missed all the fun Boehner had with the Freedom Caucus.
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:08 (four years ago) link
Lol, the Freedom Caucus won.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:19 (four years ago) link
Barely? I'm sure the rich fucks are crying over their barely passed tax cuts.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:21 (four years ago) link
Dude
― Frederik B, Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:24 (four years ago) link
And the millions who were added to Medicaid under the ACA are enjoying their barely passed medical insurance.
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:24 (four years ago) link
Nobody's enjoying very much atm
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:27 (four years ago) link
the affordable care act never happened
thx for Bob Dole's healthplan that is bankrupting me
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:45 (four years ago) link
I mean the Republicans helped a wee bit with that.
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:50 (four years ago) link
Wonder when our checks will begin arriving
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:55 (four years ago) link
just imagining that conversation
"Mr President, when are the checks coming?"
"ASAP, why don't you stick your head up your ass and look?"
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:58 (four years ago) link
I think its hilarious that Trump and McConnell think Pelosi will pass whatever crap they hand her
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 22 March 2020 00:06 (four years ago) link
Many administrations preceded me. They did very little.
True, Rutherford B. Hayes notoriously slept through the threat of novel coronavirus covid-19
― love will keep us apart (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 22 March 2020 00:45 (four years ago) link
What happens if the VP dies in office?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 22 March 2020 00:47 (four years ago) link
we politely applaud.
― Yerac, Sunday, 22 March 2020 00:49 (four years ago) link
then, the rapture
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 22 March 2020 00:50 (four years ago) link