"Will you shut up, man?" US Politics October 2020

It seems likely to me that Asshole would insist that he had absolute authority in such decisions, and after four years of his autocratic, stupid bullshit I can imagine that nobody would be too invested in fighting him on that.

Texas Republicans have been rigging elections here for decades, Abbott's recent moves are public enough to make me think they're truly scared of losing Texas this go around, they're usually content to let gerrymandering and high hoops for voter registration do the trick. Their concern is less about Trump winning or losing than the fact that the Texas House is in danger of flipping in a Census year... let Dems have a hand in redistricting Texas is truly terrifying to the Texas GOP.

We're not getting the straight-ticket voting option this year either.

And here we go

The president and the first lady have tested positive for COVID. The president is among the higher-risk groups given his age. https://t.co/QXpfm57K2P

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 2, 2020

trombone sound

My conspiracy theory -- it's just his excuse to get out of the rest of the debates.

"protect the President from an incurable and potentially fatal infectious disease" checklist is pretty high on the list of procedures that the government should be able to follow through on.

In full agreement with you there.

It's a WTF moment of "how did we let it get this bad?"

Simple. "We" elected Trump to an office at the very pinnacle of the chain of executive command, which gives him the legal power and ultimate authority to fuck things up in every respect not hedged by the Constitution or law. The only remedies provided for a seated president like Trump (which the framers of the Constitution did foresee as possible and feared) are impeachment or invoking the 'incapacity' provision of the 25th amendment.

The framers did deploy a further mechanism designed to forestall the possibility of a Trumpian president, but it was the fucking Electoral College and we all know how effective that has been. It was the best solution that occurred to a group of patrician and paternalistic rich white men in a nation partly run on chattel slavery. It has been a dismal failure and a millstone around all our necks since the very beginning.

guess that hydroxychloroquine didn't work

i assume trump and melania are not the only one in the gang we don't know about yet.

well, this is an interesting late season plot twist

The monkey's paw curls...

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hope his ventilator fails, the dumb fuck.

My conspiracy theory -- it's just his excuse to get out of the rest of the debates.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, October 1, 2020 11:59 PM (yesterday)

it is pretty convenient that it happened 2 days after one of the lowest points (the lowest?) of his presidency

I know this is buzzfeed not like USA today but I think this is what a lot of people including swing voters will be thinking right now. Not expecting a sympathy vote!

"Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus after he spent months downplaying its severity, refusing to regularly wear a mask, undercutting the government's top scientists, and so severely mismanaging the nation's response that 200,000+ are now dead."https://t.co/ZdnIl36vNm

— Stephanie M. Lee (@stephaniemlee) October 2, 2020

that debate was a pure disgrace, but it was not a moral or humanitarian outrage, so it doesn't even make the top ten lowest points

My conspiracy theory -- it's just his excuse to get out of the rest of the debates.

honestly my first thought too, the doctor's statement is from his pet navy dude

Lolololololololol

What a stupid fucker, see you in hell.

like Boris "testing positive" a few weeks after hiding in a fridge, on camera, to avoid answering hard questions from serious journalist Piers Morgan on camera

xp to me

honestly surprised he didn't catch it months ago

Other aides to the president would not say whether he was experiencing symptoms, but people at the White House noticed that his voice sounded raspy on Thursday, although it was not clear that it was abnormal for him, especially given the number of campaign rallies he has been holding lately.

here we go

Hooboy

Yeah I'm also finding the timing sus.

Orange very sus

Even if Mr. Trump, 74, remains asymptomatic, he will have to withdraw from the campaign trail and stay isolated in the White House for an unknown period of time. If he becomes sick, it could raise questions about whether he should remain on the ballot at all.

this seems a stretch (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/politics/trump-positive-coronavirus.html)

well, this is an interesting late season plot twist

i don't find it sus at all. we're in the middle of a pretty intense ~third wave. he's traveling and holding weekly rallies again, having refrained through a lot of the summer. and he's a huge idiot who takes no precautions. stands to reason.

who would have thought the president donald trump emulated most was william henry harrison

Then he will read that post I just posted and realize time is a flat circle

Kinda hope he didn't give Biden covid, with all the time he spent screaming directly at him.

no one away right now will get this joke, but for the UK crowd:

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/04/28/13/282C55AB00000578-3563463-image-a-47_1461846260972.jpg

*awake

Boris is mid-50s, got it, recovered... Bolsonaro is mid-60s, got it, recovered... time for round 3 I guess

Holy shit

congrats to wisconsin btw. they get out of his visit this weekend.

crowd:

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/04/28/13/282C55AB00000578-3563463-image-a-47_1461846260972.jpg

― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, October 1, 2020 10:30 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

lol

October surprise?

Somebody has already updated the "October surprise" wikipedia entry

On October 2, 2020, Donald Trump and Melania Trump, the First Lady of the United States, tested positive for COVID-19.

this guy called it!

Here's another E6-B that just popped up visible on MLAT on the west coast. IMO Stratcom wants them to be seen. pic.twitter.com/nvN03Rnnh9

— Tim Hogan (@TimInHonolulu) October 2, 2020

has trump seen pence recently?

good point!

Question: Will Judge Coney Barrett will be quarantining for the next two weeks. How will this impact the US Senate schedule?

— Chris Cristi (@abc7chriscristi) October 2, 2020

sorry i'm just pure vibing right now.

Is that plane thing true or tinfoil?

CAN’T STOP SMILING I KNOW THERE ARE NEGATIVE ASPECTS BUT I AM SO HAPPY LET ME HAVE THIS

xp, the guy said this is what they'd do if he had covid and 20 minutes later he announced he had it so 🤷🏻‍♂️

who would have thought the president donald trump emulated most was william henry harrison

time for ethan and jess to return to ILX for five weeks

THIS IS A HELL OF A FUCKING INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK

like Boris "testing positive" a few weeks after hiding in a fridge, on camera, to avoid answering hard questions from serious journalist Piers Morgan on camera

xp to me

he looked and sounded absolutely terrible before tbf

What I’d like to do is to give Asshole a wide range of potential treatments, including some not for COVID, and get him to make a decision without advice from “experts” and “scientists”.

He'll probably be fine