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

‘catastrophic’

Comforting when your doctor doesn't know how to spell "comorbidities." https://t.co/pjQneIhCvs

— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) October 2, 2020

"mild symptoms" = coughing blood, uncontrollably weeping

BREAKING UPDATE — Trump has notified FOX35 that he won’t hold a Rally tonight https://t.co/3OR8DEfPi8

— FJ News Reporter (@FJNewsReporter) October 2, 2020

not even doing a virtual rally

there's a nonzero chance he's dead

xpost "Asymptotic" as well.

guys I think the pivot is finally happening

The pivot to death?

You can be asymptotic and symptomatic at the same time.

xps

They are rapidly approaching symptom-free but will never reach it

the pivot to Infrastructure Week

Was Ronny Jackson the Dr. Feelgood that was handing out pills like Sweetarts?

Apologies if this was already posted:

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/519360-pence-subbed-in-for-trump-on-call-with-governors-after-presidents

A mild no-show.

I don't know if my brain can handle anymore dopamine today.

any more

Isn't Pence the task force leader anyway?

I don't know if my brain can handle anymore dopamine today.

― Quiet Storm Thorgerson (PBKR), Friday, October 2, 2020 3:54 PM (two minutes ago)

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/519387-fox-news-anchors-executives-to-be-tested-after-potential-covid-19-exposure-at

Guys, I just realized that Trump's insistence on presenting physically as a horrific, shambling mockery of a human being has been strategic all along, allowing for his staff to hastily assemble a crude dummy from whatever leftovers happen to be floating around the WH at a given time (a hefty quantity of ham topped with a fistful of bean sprouts, for example), stuff it in an ill-fitting suit, and wheel it before an unsuspecting public that's used to seeing a president that's made of day-old meat products. The untrained eye might never penetrate the charade.

there's a nonzero chance he's dead

― frogbs, Friday, October 2, 2020 3:41 PM (eighteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Can you die of covid within one day?

If he had a heart attack or something, sure.

You can die of anything within a day.

Giuliani negative. You can't have 'em all.

We can be certain that somewhere in DC and various other power centers, hundreds of Republican power brokers and consultants, broken into smaller working groups, are grimly war-gaming a couple dozen scenarios to discover how this all can be managed in such a way as to ensure their continuation in power.

What the hell? https://t.co/zPdOa51OSp

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) October 2, 2020

"Giulian Negative" sounds like a diagnosis itself. Like, "I got real drunk at a party last month and slept with someone I shouldn't have, so thank God I just found out I am Giuliani negative."

Can you die of covid within one day?

if anyone could I would venture to say it's a man who believes exercise drains the body's finite energy stores

So Randy Jackson is former WH physician... but it seems they've deputized him as a spin doctor.

I mean:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9Kp_eHMQ7s

2xp

"They are rapidly approaching symptom-free but will never reach it"

This is fucking world class ILX-ing, DJP. My respects.

okay so I turned on the news and yes people are very much wondering where the President is right now

The president's symptoms are said to include a cough, nasal congestion, low-grade fever https://t.co/gCS9KKn9Us

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 2, 2020

Trump's absence from the governor's call is sure to raise questions, however, about whether he will be able to carry out his usual duties without issue.

WHAT FUCKING "USUAL DUTIES"? All he does is sit on the can and tweet stuff he sees on Fox News. OK, to be fair, he seems to not be doing that today, so I guess he's not carrying out his usual duties.

When he kicks the bucket people are going to look at those unused rally tickets like people looked at Skynyrd tickets after the plane crash.

I turned on the news and yes people are very much wondering where the President is right now

are those the same 'yes people' he regularly hires to lick his, uh, how about we say boots?

said to include

good old maggie dutifully acting as the unfiltered conduit for whatever the administration says, because what else does a reporter do but parrot news releases?

yeah it was surreal watching CNN people freaking out about how the government is going to continue to function as though it was fucking functioning at all in the first place. two weeks ago Trump said at a press conference that he watched 9 hours of TV last night

Ronny Jackson's tweet certainly doesn't align with other reports of him absolutely having symptoms.

I really kind of want to hurl when I imagine Trump with nasal congestion. You know he's one of those guys who can't be bothered to actually go get a tissue and blow his nose, he just sits there looking glum and occasionally making NOISES

this is how you do it

My statement on Trump’s COVID-19 positive diagnosis: pic.twitter.com/03VF1oGF8a

— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) October 2, 2020

well so much for the sympathy angle

Chris Wallace just said on Fox that Trump arrived too late in Cleveland to have been tested by the clinic and that there was an "honor system" for the candidates to have arrived after already testing negative. pic.twitter.com/8jGZGWJjPT

— Andrew Kirell (@AndrewKirell) October 2, 2020

it's absolutely gonna come out that they new he was positive during the debate

I just want to point out that "duties" is a typo, it's supposed to be "doodies"

I'm disappointed that this news couldn't have come out on another day, one when I wasn't having a profoundly shitty day for so many other reasons. I wish I could be enjoying this more.

polyclonal antibodies sounds fancy

I just want to point out that "duties" is a typo, it's supposed to be "doodies"

He doesn't carry them out, though, he has people for that

Kudlow: LPrez has “very moderate case”

That's louder than 'mild,' innit?

extremely moderate right down the middle the most normal case possible

Be that as it may, there is absolutely no reason whatsoever to trust what these snakes and their handlers have to say on this and everything else.

Friend who works with Scaramuci said that Mooch spoke with Hicks this morning.

She said that Trump showed symptoms before her, and that she's being used as a scapegoat

— (((ben))) 🏳️‍🌈 (@BenResists) October 2, 2020

uncollaborated but the Mooch is the only straight shooter in that entire orbit so I'd believe him

I don't think people think Hicks infected Trump, I thought the running assumption based on time of onset was someone else infected them both (for some reason I'm inclined to go with Father Jenkins)

Look, is he symptomic or asymptomic?!?

theres def a super spreader in their orbit

He's symphonic.