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
This is what putting the U.S. economy into a “lockdown” to fight the spread of the coronavirus pandemic looks like in a graph — this is historic and previously unimaginable. The AP reports, 3.3 million seek US jobless aid, nearly 5 times earlier high: Nearly 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — … Read more
The Mad King Donald is doubling down on his fantasy of an “Easter miracle” end to the coronavirus pandemic. The New York Post reports, Trump sticks to Easter reopening despite skepticism: President Trump says he still wants to reopen the country on Easter — even if all states can’t meet his “beautiful timeline.” But health … 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