After the Republican governors of Florida and Texas “reopened 100%” with no COVID-19 safety precautions in March to take advantage of college Spring Break partygoers (followed by Arizona Governor Doug Ducey pathetically joining in, saying “wait, me too!“), Axios reports The fourth wave is here: Coronavirus infections are on the rise yet again, all across … Read more
A new Pew Research poll finds the 60% of Republicans think the coronavirus pandemic — which has killed 550,000 Americans so far — has been made a bigger deal than it really is. Because their “Dear Leader” told them so. The anti-science, anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers of the GQP will make getting back to normal after … Read more
Last Friday, Donald Trump returned to his magical thinking about the COVID-19 pandemic from February when he said that the virus would just go away: Feb. 10: “Now, the virus that we’re talking about having to do — you know, a lot of people think that goes away in April with the heat — as … Read more
Sanjana Karanth at Huffington Post gets it exactly right. Trump Defends Right-Wing Protesters Fighting Coronavirus Restrictions: ‘These Are Great People’: President Donald Trump on Sunday defended right-wing protesters he has encouraged to rally against state coronavirus restrictions. At Sunday’s White House coronavirus briefing ― events the president has often used to campaign and push misinformation … Read more
Donald Trump cannot hold his Nuremberg-style MAGA cult rallies during the coronavirus pandemic when his own administration has issued social distancing guidelines to keep public gatherings to 10 people or less. But his campaign has found a work-around for his sycophant MAGA cult followers to hold their own campaign rallies in praise of “Dear Leader,” … Read more