I don't watch tv news but this makes a ton of sense and I'm sure it's the same for local and national news stations.
I love that Trump wants the country "ready to go" by Easter, Mitch is like nah... were not coming back for at least 2 weeks after that
It happens in print as well. He has a rambling incoherent presser and then the NYT puts everything into tiny comments as an attempt to clarify his actual positions on issues and policies. Even though he is just up there winging it
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/25/politics/donald-trump-gallup-approval-polling/index.html Trump's approval rating at it's highest; also, we're dumb. "In the Gallup poll, 60% of Americans approve of the job Trump is doing in handling the crisis while 38% disapprove of how he has done." I should probably google what % of Rs and Ds the Gallup poll consists of.
Rally around the flag effect. The Bushes were in the 85-90 range in Gulf War and 9/11, respectively. Wouldn’t read too much into it right now.
No one watches the pressers. It's all second-hand talk, usually distilled to headlines since people don't read.
At least 5 people have tested positive for COVID-19 after attending disco party on Trump property Over the last couple of weeks, the places Trump owns seem to have become a hotbed for people from all over the world who subsequently test positive for COVID-19. According to the Los Angeles Times, two weeks ago a 70th birthday party in a “disco style” was thrown at the Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The event took place in an upstairs ballroom at the golf club and celebrated the birthday of the former mayor of Rancho Palos Verdes, Susan Brooks. After the celebration, she and three other guests tested positive for COVID-19. In total, five people from Brooks’ birthday bash have tested positive for COVID-19, while 11 others say they have been feeling ill but have not yet been tested. The party took place on March 8. Brooks—a fixture of the Southern California political scene—and her daughter say they asked Los Angeles County supervisor (and friend of the family) Janice Hahn about whether or not they should still have the party. She reportedly felt that in the period of time before shelter in place orders were given, as long as no guests who were feeling ill came to the party, everything would be fine. Hahn—who was at the event—told MSN that she practiced social distancing, including no handshaking, and watched everyone in attendance acting normal and intimate. In fact, Hahn left the party believing that the “media” was “overblowing” this whole coronavirus threat thing. A week later, though Hahn has not been tested and has shown no symptoms, Gov. Gavin Newsom advised her to go into self-quarantine. So before you tell everyone you’re coming out, remember: You don’t have to have symptoms to carry and transmit the virus.
I know this has been posted but this shit pisses me off. If shitty ol Hillary was in office, tens of thousands of ppl would live thru this that will end up dying.
It’s not topically relevant to our admin and their catastrophic response to the pandemic but if you’re interested in a great pod, Gangster Capitalism did one on the nra and all their infighting and it’s a great listen so far
Would also recommend the behind the bastards podcast on the worst grifters of the corona virus pandemic
Yeah was just thinking congressmen have amazingly good healthcare coverage anyway, don’t feel bad for them.
I mean they never should have stopped. They could have tried two additional times and it would still be appropriate to try a fourth.
I can see it now... Covid-19 will whither away partly due to the heat, Trump will claim it as a political and certainly personal victory, dumbass America will eat that shit up and re-elect him, and then the virus will return with a vengeance as cold weather settles in after the election. You have to be an idiot not to see all of this coming.
Mother fucker is using this time to mention how Mexican soldiers are preventing people from crossing the border. I just screamed at the TV again.
One gov raised his hand in a little wee bit of a complaint. Little bit of a wise guy. But we fixed that and he doesn't do it much anymore. DJT