These “famous last words” should be engraved on the political tombstone of Donald J. Trump: Feb. 26: “So we’re at the low level. As they get better, we take them off the list, so that we’re going to be pretty soon at only five people. And we could be at just one or two people … Read more
In his most reckless and irresponsible action to date, Donald Trump went on his propaganda network Fox News aka Trump TV for a Fox News Town Hall, and argued that “we’ve given this coronavirus two weeks” at the end of this month — as if an edict from “Dear Leader” has anything to do with … Read more
Today’s headlines tell a disturbing story of gross incompetence and indifference to human life. Reuters reports, U.S. has potential of becoming coronavirus epicenter, says WHO: The United States has the potential to become the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic due to a “very large acceleration” in infections there, the World Health Organization said on … Read more
Above: “Bring out your dead” plague scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). Covid-19, the novel coronavirus is a new virus. There is no human immunity to it. There is no demonstrably successful treatment for it. There are no antibiotics or a vaccine for it. Some people will suffer only “mild” symptoms (a … Read more
I’ll begin where I ended this morning: “”Moscow Mitch” McConnell’s singular focus on partisan Republican politics is the last thing this country, or the world, needs right now. We need to get this right.” Yet this is exactly what is happening. Republicans are not serious about an economic stimulus package. The sham stimulus package they … Read more