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

Right. He hasn't, and even it the thought crossed his mind--which it didn't--he couldn't and wouldn't.

Why need those Scrubs when he's got every dictator on speed dial?

the ghost of Andrew Jackson iirc

this seems most accurate. he has probably spent more time looking at the painting of jackson next to his desk, having an imaginary conversation about how they're both the best presidents, than actual conversations with recent living presidents

what kind of fucking prick puts a painting of andrew jackson next to their desk? still can't get over that, after all these years

I like it bc there is absolutely no fucking way he knew a single thing about Jackson until guys like Bannon got in his ear

I'm sure he's seen a $20 bill in his life.

Clinton. Bush, and Obama hate his guts and the feeling's mutual.

(Yoda voice) there is another (/Yoda voice)

Quick, somebody ask Carter how he feels about Trump

I omitted Carter on purpose; as usual he's his own man.

I'm sure he's seen a $20 bill in his life.

yeah, but how many people did benjamin franklin, perhaps our nation's finest president of all, kill? gotta go for jackson

I'd urge a campaign to try and get Trump talking about President Franklin but after a while watching someone proudly demonstrate their immense stupidity just becomes sad.

I wonder, if someone asked Asshole what his job was as president, what he would say.

to issue commands

it begins

The Washington Post reports:

Seattle NPR member station KUOW has issued a statement to explain its editorial decision to refrain from broadcasting live daily briefings hosted by President Trump and including members of the White House coronavirus task force.

“After airing the White House briefings live for two weeks, a pattern of false information and exaggeration increasingly had many at KUOW questioning whether these briefings were in the best service of our mission — to create and serve a more informed public,” notes the statement, posted Wednesday afternoon.

“Of even greater concern was the potential impact of false information on the health and safety of our community.” KUOW provided three examples of bogus information stemming from the briefings. All of them — surprise — came from President Trump.

famed liberal media stalwart NPR

"someone's funding gonna get cut"
"mr pres it's already 0 except grants"
"cut those, then bill them then sue them!"

guy didn’t even have to start a war to get people killed

sad lol

NPR stations get almost no funding from the government btw

as noted above

lol good ol' Chuck

Happy bday @SpeakerPelosi We often disagree but I admire your commitment 2public service &willingness to wrk w me on issues like USMCA+lowering Rx drug prices Cooperation btwn us is what itll take to get drug prices lowered Working 2gether across party lines is esp important now

— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) March 26, 2020

I'm still back on Grassley's weirdly horny Dairy Queen tweet

has he consulted/enlisted any ex-presidents?--was even worse, I'd say: no, of course not.

He's consulting Jared, and Jared is consulting Facebook randos.

ex presidents all a bunch of losers iirc

Finally, a $350 billion dollar pool of “forgivable loans” will be managed by the Small Business Association’s 7(a) loan program, which is the agency’s primary lending mechanism and is used to dealing with roughly $25-30 million in loans per year, making this a monumental task for the organization.

wow, seems like at least one federal agency will be hiring, holy shit.

also, i never realized that small businesses are defined like this:

The definition of a small business is also highly suspect. It bizarrely categorizes companies by employees at specific locations, so if you have less than 500 employees at specific location, but in total have 100 locations and 500,000 employees, you are a small business. Your favorite coffee shop could be competing with Starbucks for funds.

is that specific to this legislation, or is that the general def of "small business"??

Hope not. I need my buddy to get funds for his cat cafe

https://i.imgur.com/e6jD0tL.jpg

I threw that out without reading it

president trump's coronavirus

xp it's almost like it's a bad idea to send politically branded public health recommendations

although i guess the trump administration was just like "oh, so the enemies of trump will be less likely to read it? good."

president trump's coronavirus

― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Thursday, March 26, 2020 4:03 PM bookmarkflaglink

Omg he infected the envelope?

but this holiday season...the president of the united states has infected the envelope

BURIED IN THE FINE PRINT: On page 203 of the stimulus bill passed late last night, there's a tax tweak that could save wealthy real estate investors $170 BILLION over 10 years.@JesseDrucker shines a spotlight on the little-noticed provision. https://t.co/8A7hiWUjpL

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) March 26, 2020

Have been reading about fears of what you get through the post for that reason over today.
&including the irish guidelines booklet when that appears.
Though just thinking it might be something to keep a copy of the t booklet for checking your disbelief in years to come. Only it may not be clean, so may be dodgy.

https://i.imgur.com/jLGnXG0.jpg

lol

excellent work

Did trump seriously tighten sanctions against Iran yesterday?

He wants them to "behave like a normal nation", so what better way to set them a good example of what he means by "normal" than by killing tens of thousands of them?

Xp Just thinking it might be of some value as a historical curio if nobody is likely to take it seriously and keep it for any inherent value.
But people have already poisoned themselves cos they believed medical recommendations from him.

it's probably just directions to a church

burn after reading

On March 4, a program manager in the Nevada Health Department reached out to the CDC to ask about congressional funding for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

“There seems to be a communications blackout on this end,” the program manager wrote, wondering if funds would be distributed based on the number of cases in each state or by population.

“Unfortunately, there is no clear answer to your questions,” responded a CDC staffer, apologizing for the lack of information. “We are hearing all of the rumor mills as well.”

“Thank you,” the Nevada program manager replied. “It’s good to be confused together.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/internal-emails-show-how-chaos-at-the-cdc-slowed-the-early-response-to-coronavirus

https://i.imgur.com/bjp1Pov.jpg

I’m losing my mind over congress leaving town with so much work left obviously undone:

— Money to increase production of masks, respirators, gloves, etc

— Prizes for treatments and vaccines

— Financial support to states & cities

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 26, 2020

Detailed roll call of all G20 participants; the calculation, presumably, is that pointless is better than false or dangerous or confrontational or incendiary.

Back to incendiary and confrontational.

is that the general def of "small business"??

iirc this is a pretty standard Republican tactic in legislation, create some bizarrely specific definition of smallbiz so they can funnel even more money to rich people.

https://shadowproof.com/2010/09/20/the-curious-republican-definition-of-small-business/

For those who want a complete boycott, CNN has made some progress: they cover Trump, they cut away from Pence, and then they return when the two doctors speak.

shouldn't it be the opposite: why cover Trump at all?