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

shouldn't Trump and Kushner tap into their amazing relationship with MbS to get him to stop his oil price war? Oh wait, lol.

Trump: "I've been briefed on numbers. Some very large numbers. Some very small numbers too."

— Heisenberg Report (@heisenbergrpt) March 10, 2020

"It will go away, just stay calm," Trump says of the coronavirus. He adds, "Be calm. It's really working out. And a lot of good things are going to happen." He talks about the US consumer, then walks off.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 10, 2020

we deserve this man

TMZ on the case:

Congressman Matt Gaetz apparently made the rounds before he self-quarantined ... because we got this pic of him chowing down Friday at a West Palm Beach taco joint.

Gaetz hit up Rocco's Tacos and according to eyewitnesses, he was having a great time ... problem is, he had been exposed to someone diagnosed with coronavirus. Gaetz had been at a Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland late last month and came in contact with someone who has been diagnosed with the virus.

The Congressman flew on Air Force One with President Trump Monday. Sources close to Gaetz tell TMZ ... the Congressman found out he had been exposed just after boarding the Presidential plane. We're told he then separated himself from others during the flight. Trump has not yet been tested for the virus.

I love the margarita: https://www.tmz.com/2020/03/10/matt-gaetz-coronavirus-taco-self-quarantine-air-force-1/

Would totally endorse the idea of this guy going to a Trump rally and shaking as many hands as possible

Make Republicans Sick Again

= MRSA!

got a real thrill reading these paragraphs

A CPAC attendee infected with coronavirus attended multiple days of the conference on a gold-level VIP ticket as well as a Friday night Shabbat dinner associated with the event, according to people familiar with the situation.

The infected attendee was a CPAC regular who made a hobby of meeting high-profile conference speakers and taking photographs with them. His gold-level ticket gave him access to a private lounge directly outside the green room for speakers on the conference’s main stage.

sometimes you have to compromise with strategic allies, so: critical support for coronavirus

Some rich asshole acting like a kid collecting baseball autographs.

Amazing.

don't hug this kid

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

ah well

12:11 PM PT -- He's clear! Congressman Gaetz just announced that his COVID-19 test came back negative.
He makes it clear, however, he will maintain his self-quarantine "at the advice of medical professionals" through Thursday at 2 PM. He states, "I continue to feel fine and show no symptoms."

*chugs margarita*

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This Matt Gaetz storyline has been a golden beam of schadenfreude in the midst of so much darkness.

(For real I'm glad he's OK of course, and that he didn't stupidly infect 100 people.)

He still should get sucked into a turbine on live TV tho.

Looking forward to Trump boasting that he wasn't chicken during one of his rallies, and then dying on stage.

(For real I'm glad he's OK of course, and that he didn't stupidly infect 100 people.)

fred, thomas l. friedman has a few words for you and your fellow joe bidens: Joe Biden, Not Bernie Sanders, Is the True Scandinavian

Pale and racist? Seems accurate.

"Bernie Sanders often cites Denmark as the kind of country he would like America to be under his ideology of “democratic socialism.” Well, here’s a news flash: Bernie Sanders, with his hostile attitudes toward free trade, free markets and multinational corporations, probably couldn’t get elected to a municipal council in Denmark today."

T/F?

tbf i don’t think he speaks danish

can we get a consultation from a denmark expert, is there a denmark expert available, anyone

He's only 6' tall, that's probably too short to get elected to anything in a Scandinavian country

Everyone can get elected to a municipal council in Denmark, lol. Sanders is to the right of the Unity List, which got 18% in the capital.

wait wait wait so you're saying thomas friendman made an assertion that was not based in evidence

Friedman being invited to speak to the fucking 'disruption council' is hilarious, and him thinking he learned anything in return from that group of idiots is... Sad. And a bit frustrating.

Or...maybe he understands Denmark better than you do?

that column is deeply insane

Here with your periodic reminder that my high school is inordinately proud to count this moron as an alumnus (TBF he does sponsor a journalism scholarship, but still).

Drag 'em Katie

.@RepKatiePorter to Wells Fargo CEO: How many of your tellers are receiving public assistance in this country?

Wells Fargo CEO: I'm not aware

Katie Porter: It's one-third. pic.twitter.com/z4SKn1nfsu

— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) March 10, 2020

Someone needs to tell the Democrats in Congress that CoronaVirus doesn’t care what party you are in. We need to protect ALL Americans!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 11, 2020

shocking development, Trump is going to use the pandemic to whine about Democrats

that said I truly think he does not understand what he is being criticized for right now

you don't understand, he made the right call a month ago to do the travel ban, which bought him a few more weeks of time to do jack shit

well, he did golf a lot

that's true, i did forget that it was all about him. but stocks ended up going down too! and that's not good...for trump. tough month for him. thinking, praying for him

i hope he has so many rallies

i mean, not really

omg

Trump is reportedly waiting on whether to make an emergency declaration until Jared Kushner "finishes his research and comes to a conclusion himself" https://t.co/0dWYImgi6U

— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) March 11, 2020

Kushner very much the Mycroft Holmes of the administration

Brazilian Communications Secretary Fabio Wajngarten suspected of carrying COVID-19. He was with Trump last weekend at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. https://t.co/ev0z20ITyW

— Vincent Bevins (@Vinncent) March 11, 2020

fox news headlines are currently a "clinton" federal judge and the mexico border btw

unfortunately we have to wait for jared's analysis before getting to whether or not trump has it

the only thing worse than trump not getting covid19 is actually getting it and beating it

In positive news, Trump's approval rating is finally declining the last few weeks. And the economy might push it lower

"Ah, nevertheless..."

Senate blocking paid sick leave bill??

of course.

until the unemployment rate goes up, then Trump will *lean* on them

and I am pretty sure it gonna go up

thanks to lamar!