Bright testifies; Life is not as important;

👑 🦠

US cases 1,430,348

US recovered 310,259

decline

National data from this past week suggest that the U.S. is starting to experience a sustained and sharper decline in new covid19 cases after a period of extended plateau. pic.twitter.com/alcFxGsrq3

— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) May 13, 2020

NY recovered 59,193

antibody NY

Cuomo says new antibody tests show 12.2 percent of downstate health care workers have the COVID antibody. NYPD 10 percent, FDNY – 17 percent. State Police – 3 percent. DOCCS: 7,5 percent.

General population is at 12.3 percent.

— Nick Reisman (@NickReisman) May 13, 2020

NY reopen

As of today, the North Country has met all seven metrics required to begin reopening May 15th.

It joins the Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, and Mohawk Valley regions that have also met the requirements to begin reopening.

See where your region stands:https://t.co/AFYOelFDDS

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) May 13, 2020

WORLD

Slovakia

 

In Slovakia, leaders wore face masks from day one. The result: Low transmission rates, low death rates, and now a return to normal https://t.co/0XlSVRUZS9

— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) May 13, 2020

🍊 KLAN

Briefing

Trump: Day 1,209 (THREAD)
-1,430,348 Cases of COVID-19 in US
-US CV19 Death Toll Rises to 85,197
-Abbott Fast Test Failed at 48% Rate
-Vaccine Dr Plans to Testify Thursday
-Manafort is Released From Jail Early
-Mar/Apr Job Losses Revised Higher
-Rebukes Fauci on School Reopening pic.twitter.com/IToAFoDjE7

— Alamo_on_the_rise 🆘🍑 (@AlamoOnTheRise) May 14, 2020

Bright testimony

Dr. Bright w/ a damning statement on Trump administration's virus response: "We did not forewarn people. We did not train people. We did not educate them on social distancing and wearing a mask as we should have in January and February. All those…could have…saved more lives."

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) May 14, 2020

and

Dr. Bright testifies that warnings were ignored by the Trump admin: "We've known for quite some time that our stockpile is insufficient… I began pushing urgently in January along with some industry colleagues as well — and those alarms were not responded to with action." pic.twitter.com/Z0KI9Yl1Wb

— Coronavirus War Room (@Covid19WarRoom) May 14, 2020

and tests

 

Rep. Debbie Dingell: "Even this week, as we're being told anybody who wants a test can have a test, is that true in the United States of America?"

Bright: "No." https://t.co/JYg6TXvFVK pic.twitter.com/O9ozh2gOdT

— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 14, 2020

responds to Azar

(Corrected to MONTHS, not weeks)
Azar: "Everything Bright talked about was achieved" 🤮
First of all – That's a lie!
Secondly – What the admin has gotten done, was 1-3 MONTHS behind what a competent, science-driven admin would have done!

— Bob Weil (@liewbob) May 14, 2020

losing to science

"Evidence is piling up that Donald Trump is losing his tug of war with science… as Americans across the country show signs that it's the science, not the Trumpian spin, that's moving public opinion when it comes to the debate over reopening" – @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/zIHQ0cfEaL

— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) May 13, 2020

kids

Also, some kids in NY – but they are not you, so, who cares, amirite?https://t.co/t23K2Ih5a0

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) May 14, 2020

poll on trust

TRUST TRUMP FOR VIRUS INFO?
Most Americans say they don’t trust Pres.Trump to provide accurate information about the coronavirus or what to do during the outbreak. https://t.co/BwVEuTezia pic.twitter.com/RCUsbvhYFr

— CBS News Poll (@CBSNewsPoll) May 14, 2020

all electoral

Trump Says Democrats Want to Keep the Country Closed to Gain Advantage in 2020 Election https://t.co/OisJ43N8AM pic.twitter.com/yuIFnE40BG

— Contemptor (@TheContemptor) May 14, 2020

just pper

Were they expecting it to be carved into stone tablets? https://t.co/qRlav9PkCu

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) May 14, 2020

Dems bill

DOA – like nearly 85,000 Americans. https://t.co/MuPsXm8hRe

— Jennifer Hayden (@Scout_Finch) May 13, 2020

getting rid of ACA

BREAKING: Trump doubled down on getting rid of the ACA during the pandemic at the Supreme Court.

Today over 70 leading health organizations & 56 leading legal & health experts file amicus briefs.

This would “plunge millions of Americans into an abyss of prolonged uncertainty.”

— Andy Slavitt @ 🏡 (@ASlavitt) May 13, 2020

Don Jr

Better. pic.twitter.com/0Jt98NYzto

— Schooley (@Rschooley) May 13, 2020

meat

CEOs say America is running out of meat—while shipping ever more pork overseas. https://t.co/3J9QD5Oe52

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) May 13, 2020

Pentagon

Wow. The Pentagon fired its industrial policy chief overseeing efforts to ramp up production of medical equipment to fight coronavirus. The scoop via @laraseligman and @dlippman. https://t.co/58dI8xx3NT

— Connor O'Brien (@connorobrienNH) May 14, 2020

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

culture of death

 

 

when you've spent the last 3 decades calling the left the "culture of death," only to embrace just that pic.twitter.com/HH0TLtLDuy

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 13, 2020

NAZI

House GOP leaders said they were outraged by Rep. Steve King's blatant white supremacist comments last year (even though he already had a history of it). But with attention off of him during this pandemic, they've decided to reinstate his leadership positions. https://t.co/q6ConEM7fb

— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) May 13, 2020

.

🐀🔩 of the day

rethreads to change subject

 

Don't lose the plot. We're hearing retreads of stuff from two three and four years ago because the White House really wants to move on from the pandemic which will soon have killed 100,000 Americans and has cratered the national economy.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 13, 2020

Flynn perjury?

judge

BREAKING: Judge SULLIVAN has appointed retired judge to argue against the government's motion to dismiss the charge against Flynn. pic.twitter.com/OUGyAbNcIB

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) May 13, 2020

and

Judge questions if Michael Flynn has perjured himself in his court casehttps://t.co/IlkhvffzDT

— David P Gelles (@gelles) May 13, 2020

Obama? From Russia?

 

Having Rand Paul introduce it reveals its origins pic.twitter.com/ASu8skkxT2

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) May 14, 2020

projection

Hannity's pro-Trump pablum accusing Obama of defending America from Russia (unconstitutional!) is a solid description of Trump's ongoing operation to weaponize US intelligence with Rick Grenell, the Political (Director) of National Intelligence.pic.twitter.com/KrZkb3AtVC

— Grant Stern (@grantstern) May 14, 2020

and

The Obama Gates pic.twitter.com/Fj5m139mS3

— Stone (@stonecold2050) May 13, 2020

what it is

Namaste, please find the unroll here: @charlie_savage: Under US surveillance rules, unmasking an American's identity in a report derived from… https://t.co/XLj5oJuynP Have a good day. 🤖

— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) May 13, 2020

MEDIA

🦊 poll

I’ve lived in authoritarian countries and this is genuinely like what you’d see on state media. No credible media outlet in any other functioning democratic country does this. https://t.co/2YZzJ2W6la

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) May 13, 2020

axios

This "Obamagate" nonsense tells us one thing. Four years in and Trump is good at playing the media for suckers. And frankly the media is good at being played for suckers. Like have some self-respect Axios. https://t.co/ESjEcCewos

— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) May 13, 2020

NYT

The fact that they're posing for you is a tip: This isn't news, it is a PR event.

You should reevaluate the decision to give five jerks free publicity. Yes, it "happened." But their smiles tell you it didn't have to, and they can't believe you're buying it. https://t.co/MQdOt4YSwZ

— David Waldman-1, of Yorktown LLC™ (@KagroX) May 14, 2020

ELECTIONS

Biden – Fauci

 

I would trust the guy who’s one of our nation's top public health experts, not the one who pondered injecting disinfectant into the body and looked directly at a solar eclipse. https://t.co/nMJz1nogpW

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 13, 2020

dividing

Enough with the anger and division and fear-mongering, Mr. President. It's time for you to step up, appeal to our better angels, and unite the country. We'll overcome this crisis by coming together — not by tearing each other apart. https://t.co/jySlLNWoHG

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 13, 2020

RBG

Just remember: A vote for @JoeBiden in November is also a vote for Ruth Bader Ginsberg #RBG

— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) May 6, 2020

Harrison🆚Graham

Y'all, we're neck-and-neck with Lindsey Graham.

Lindsey represents himself in DC. I'm running to represent all South Carolinians.

Can you chip in to help us pull it off? https://t.co/o16Vdx6zPX

— Jaime Harrison (@harrisonjaime) May 13, 2020

LEFTOVERS

Burnie

Bernie's vote would've kept the U.S. government from getting our web history without a warrant.

He didn't vote.

What does he actually do, again? https://t.co/95siSKG1Zr

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) May 13, 2020

and

Sanders?! That was our vote shy of 60? https://t.co/1YfhJ13Tfs

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) May 13, 2020

US

Hillary, Pelosi

Hillary Clinton praises Nancy Pelosi for her expert "mask-to-pantsuit color coordination."

And this means a lot, coming from the undisputed queen of pantsuits herself 👑 🧥 👖https://t.co/Y4T59bunMT

— Hillary In Pictures (@HillaryPix) May 13, 2020

Obama

Despite all the time that’s been lost, we can still make real progress against the virus, protect people from the economic fallout, and more safely approach something closer to normal if we start making better policy decisions now.https://t.co/pfokyI8GiB

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 13, 2020

presidential tweets

A tale of two presidential tweets pic.twitter.com/GXeHYKyGea

— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) May 14, 2020

also, preparation

When you size up the Obama Administration next to the Trump Administration on pandemic preparedness, there is NO comparison. That’s why #TrumpsJealousOfObama! pic.twitter.com/rmlK9DhAki

— Laurel M. Davila (@laureldavilacpa) May 10, 2020

000💃💃💃000

Killing vaccine research, demanding masks off

👑 🦠

US cases 1,367,963

US recoveries 256,336

NY recoveries 58.006

NYC death toll

New York City’s death toll from the coronavirus may be thousands of fatalities worse than the official tally kept by the city and state, according to a @CDCgov report released Monday that identifies 5,293 "excess deaths" amid the pandemic @AP https://t.co/t7YsDZlVTP

— Jim Mustian (@JimMustian) May 11, 2020

WORLD

SK

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1258987354934538248.html

RUSSIA

 

#Russia with new record total # of new cases, today.
Quietly leaping ahead of Italy & will pass UK & Spain by next middle of next week to take the #2 slot in the world in total cases, after…. the USA! pic.twitter.com/UFGFyyJWj1

— (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) May 11, 2020

🍊 KLAN

under attack

The guy who helped kill Bin Laden says we are under attack by Donald Trump. If you aren’t paying attention at this point you can go fuck yourself. pic.twitter.com/EUC8iDFt2e

— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) May 10, 2020

defunded cure

Peter Daszak is a British-born American PhD who’s spent a career discovering dangerous viruses in wildlife, especially bats. In 2003, he warned 60 Minutes a pandemic was coming. Two weeks ago, NIH funding for his virology research was killed. https://t.co/dnEmFCF1MI pic.twitter.com/pKnnffNNOH

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) May 10, 2020

 

jealous

all the great tremendous people in the country, a beautiful huge number of people, the likes of which we've never seen, are all unified like never before, and are all saying loudly in one voice, loudest from the standpoint of loud, that #TrumpsJealousOfObama pic.twitter.com/5YAWY7KY0N

— ᑕᕼᑌᑎK (@chunkled) May 11, 2020

attacks

Translation: Desperate Donald is realizing his attacks against Biden are hollow and pathetic.

So now he hired some swamp monster pollsters to tell him to attack Biden on "Cuba, fracking, and trade."

😂It's kind of early to be this desperate, @parscale.https://t.co/shFWHfHngz

— Biden War Room (Text UNITED to 30330) (@BidenWarRoom) May 11, 2020

46 more women

WATCH: 43 more women have accused @realDonaldtRump of sexual misconduct, including 26 new claims of sexual assault, in an explosive new book.pic.twitter.com/IoOBanM91T

— 👽 McSpocky™ 🔄🌊 #VoteBlue2020 #Biden2020 (@mcspocky) May 9, 2020

fed funding per case

Federal covid-19 funding so far per positive case:
* Alaska $3.4M
* Montana $2.7M
* Wyoming $2.1M
* Kentucky $337k
* Connecticut $47k
* New Jersey $27k
* New York $24k

So yeah can we fix this in the next stimulus bill?

— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) May 11, 2020

fabricate in house

The Very Real Threat of Trump’s Deepfake. @davidfrum: "Trump got impeached for trying to extort a foreign gov. to fabricate his anti-Biden dirt for him. As his situation becomes ever more desperate, Trump may now be driven to do the fabricating in-house." https://t.co/4o5Hvebzkg

— LibertyBansTrump (@YesWeCan4Us) May 11, 2020

soviet propaganda levels

Approaching Soviet-era levels of comedy, in which all the apparatchiks summoned by the Leader can't work on the propaganda campaign announcing that the state has triumphed over the coronavirus problem because they are sick with coronavirus.

— Andrea Pitzer (@andreapitzer) May 11, 2020

PENCE

asked CEOs to remove masks

And yet …

CEOs Were Asked to Remove Masks Before Meeting With Mike Pence in Iowahttps://t.co/cr28yHKusv

— Denise Shearin 🌊 (@DeniseShearin) May 11, 2020

REPUBLICANS

lose senate

 

Republicans are increasingly nervous they could lose control of the Senate this fall as a potent combination of a cratering economy, Trump's handling of the pandemic and rising enthusiasm among Democratic voters dims their electoral prospects. https://t.co/D3M1dTxQkl

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 11, 2020

reopen

What he says. There’s light at the end of the tunnel, but the tunnel is going down a mountain. https://t.co/3W9XOZphDk

— Armando Iannucci (@Aiannucci) May 11, 2020

Lamar Alexander

 

Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander to self-quarantine for 14 days after staffer tests positive for coronavirus https://t.co/NxRpkv1mh1

— The Progressive Mind (@Libertea2012) May 11, 2020

trumpie

Shot and chaser. https://t.co/gLeReu83GT

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) May 11, 2020

MEDIA

🦊

Fox News is basically done with coronavirus; no indications in its top stories that over 70,000 people have died, instead the pandemic is just a footnote in a couple places pic.twitter.com/NKGGvlLIC1

— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) May 7, 2020

ELECTIONS

Biden ad

 

Biden is killing it with these ads. And Bloomberg hasn’t even started his $100M ad blitz. The truth is devastating for trump. https://t.co/flS8Jc4Z6S

— pskuffington 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸 (@pskuffington) May 9, 2020

ad

When you size up the Obama Administration next to the Trump Administration on pandemic preparedness, there is NO comparison. That’s why #TrumpsJealousOfObama! pic.twitter.com/rmlK9DhAki

— Laurel M. Davila (@laureldavilacpa) May 10, 2020

VP?

IT’S HAPPENING:

Biden and @KamalaHarris have spoken privately several times, and a growing contingent of operatives inside and around his campaign are now making it clear they want Kamala as his pick.https://t.co/Qm56yiXKCQ

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) May 11, 2020

US

Hillary

https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1259862977852985344

Jerry Stiller

https://twitter.com/_martinjames/status/1259763095871897607

satire

https://twitter.com/NealRosendorf/status/1259666853489774596

https://twitter.com/PMTechGuy/status/1259665055815172096

000💃💃💃000

💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃

🔩 You guys, I’m going home! “Live and let die!”

👑 🦠

US cases 1,238,040

recoveries 200,669

NY recoveries 58,950

NY reopening

Some regions of New York are closer to reopening than others.

Currently, no region meets all the requirements necessary to reopen safely and securely.

There is a lot of work to do. pic.twitter.com/OWaKHUeUUa

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) May 4, 2020

reopening polls

 

🔥Partisan gap on COVID in CNBC battleground poll:

Rs v Ds on whether these activities are safe *right now*:

Restaurant dining

70% R v 5% D

Bars

52% R v 4% D

Flying

46% R v 5% D

Mass transit

40% R v 2% D

*Large sporting events*

37% R v 2% Dhttps://t.co/b5DxxMAzVd

— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) May 6, 2020

WORLD

🍊 KLAN

Cartman

It appears the plan is, shamefully, to have no plan.

Americans will suffer.

We must replace this administration in November. https://t.co/WWuRRK253t

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 5, 2020

Cartman plan

Jared’s mess

#JerkyJared is in way over his head and we are in so much trouble. https://t.co/gQ5itjsNHR

— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) May 6, 2020

FEMA

FEMA is like a “bully at the lunchroom," says one medical-equipment supplier who had PPE seized https://t.co/yGPzILnWvS

— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) May 6, 2020

Bright

"He was pressured to invest in drugs and vaccines that lacked scientific merit, because the people selling them had friends in the Trump administration, up to and including the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner."

It's *exactly* as bad as we thought.https://t.co/eVXuoDIJVY

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) May 5, 2020

restock supplies?

The man took more vacations( to promote his privately held golf resorts) than any president in history. https://t.co/WcXzn0HebQ

— digby (@digby56) May 5, 2020

Live and let die

They blasted “Live and Let Die” while Trump walked around a Honeywell plant today in Arizona without a mask. It’s hard to believe this clip is real. pic.twitter.com/M1dMe8KaMK

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 5, 2020

tweets

This is what it feels like when the "President" of the United States attacks you personally pic.twitter.com/wzp4ed4GHr

— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) May 6, 2020

PENCE

MIKE PENCE TRÄGT DANN DOCH EINE MASKE
Bitte lesen:https://t.co/sJombqdRDihttps://t.co/WPoBceleGchttps://t.co/rEw5Fu9bMQhttps://t.co/2ME3NnqN0p#XiJinping #JoeBiden #Trump #Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/ZjxpHxOu1j

— Marian Kamensky (@MarianKamensky1) May 4, 2020

REPUBLICANS

Texas – no masks!

 

Reopened restaurant workers were told: Don't wear face masks — or don't work https://t.co/uDEouFFlmg pic.twitter.com/XZ8C1giDpb

— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 6, 2020

Utah

This is wild. Two Utah businesses instructed staff to ignore quarantine guidelines, resulting in 68 cases. At one of the businesses, half of the employees got it. https://t.co/zi4qxgKdHF

— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) May 6, 2020

Gov hot mic

Texas governor slammed after being caught on hot mic admitting his reopen order will worsen the pandemic – Raw Story https://t.co/dKF5xMDnFy

— jazi (@kahluaandrum) May 5, 2020

ELECTIONS

polls

New @MontanaState/@UofDenver poll of Colorado

President
Biden – 53% (+18)
Trump – 35%

Senate
Hickelooper (D) – 48% (+17)
Gardner (R-inc.) – 31%https://t.co/ANlqLHddWp

— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) May 5, 2020

demographics

WHOA. Trump only leading Biden by 2% among men, and Biden leading Trump by whopping 20% among women. https://t.co/Wo03qSoSBe

— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) May 6, 2020

House races

Democrats' advantage in the House has grown, and it's no longer clear Republicans are the favorites to gain seats in November.

Our latest (10,000 word) House Overview of competitive races is now available for @CookPolitical subscribers. https://t.co/p1Ap4axdRW pic.twitter.com/2gfafz4TMs

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) May 6, 2020

LEFTOVERS

NYS primary

Not freaking. No effect on the outcome of the elections. But the BOE decided to cancel it because $. Now they may have to reprint ballots. Again. Tad Devine (Manafort's partner) sure accomplished some mischief on NYS. Along with Putin, 🍊,🐢,,👑🦠 – they are squeezing us dry.

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) May 6, 2020

US

Cuomo

New @QuinnipiacPoll of NY voters:
-Cuomo has a 72% job approval rating to 24% disapprove, & an 81% approval rating to 17% disapprove for handling of response to coronavirus
-Trump at 36%-60% overall; & 35%-61% on coronavirus
-De Blasio 63%-30% on coronavirus among NYC voters

— Ben Max (@TweetBenMax) May 6, 2020

Bill Clinton

 

Pres. @BillClinton to this year’s Clinton School of Public Service graduating class: “We need to serve others, not run away from them. We need to unite, not to divide. We need to build, not to tear down. We need to support, not demean. You can do that.” https://t.co/HflVDHhyZC

— Angel Ureña (@angelurena) May 6, 2020

000💃💃💃000

💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃

Very fine people

👑 🦠

US cases 1,131,492

Recovered 161,563

NY recoveries 50,567

NYC

NYC overall: 19.9% positive for antibodies.

Bronx: 27.6%
Brooklyn: 19.2%
Manhattan: 17.3%
Queens: 18.4%
Staten Island: 19.2%

(Results are weighted.)

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) May 2, 2020

 

no re-infections

“Tests in recovered patients found false positives, not reinfections, experts say”: not false positive, but reflection of past infection https://t.co/c0CuAOLr5c

— Marion Koopmans (@MarionKoopmans) May 2, 2020

WORLD

NK – Un-dead

HURRA,KIM JONG UN LEBT !
(Dank Trumps Desinfektionsmittel !)
Bitte lesen:https://t.co/8LaXoWofSahttps://t.co/WPoBceleGchttps://t.co/rEw5Fu9bMQhttps://t.co/2ME3NnqN0p#XiJinping #JoeBiden #Trump #Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/zu8eJaYvji

— Marian Kamensky (@MarianKamensky1) May 2, 2020

RUSIA

the Biden smear

missed in the past?

 

I mean, that's self-evident. He wouldn't have been chosen otherwise. I will also say the RNC's opposition research on all VP prospects for Obama was extremely thorough. I saw pretty much every piece of RNC oppo in 2008 and I didn't see anything like this. https://t.co/yKFvslfZ3E

— Liz Mair (@LizMair) May 2, 2020

complaint removed?

Hello, you can read it here: @STEMthebleeding: (Thread) So let's unpack a little of what would take for @JoeBiden to get Tara's complaint removed.… https://t.co/qHAFbFNlnA Talk to you soon. 🤖

— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) May 2, 2020

and

https://twitter.com/JW4Hillary/status/1256202200247910400

dumb request

https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1256309454955569152

clipboard

https://twitter.com/notcapnamerica/status/1256628799590010882

canceled

https://twitter.com/Redpainter1/status/1256641985139691524

.

🍊 KLAN

briefing

Trump: Day 1,197 (THREAD)
-1,131,030 Cases of COVID-19 in US
-US CV19 Death Toll Rises to 65,753
-Pulls NIH Funding 4 Virus Research
-Tweets Support 4 Armed Protestors
-Seeking to Restart Campaign Rallies
-McEnany Lies in First Press Briefing
-Blocks Dr. Fauci Testifying in House pic.twitter.com/zyWSty34zI

— Alamo_on_the_rise 🆘🍑 (@AlamoOnTheRise) May 2, 2020

boiling water

#BREAKING

Trump suggests that Americans should "Wash their hands with boiling water"

— Biden_Brigade (@biden_brigade) May 1, 2020

very good people

The president calls for the governor of Michigan to negotiate with a bunch of heavily armed people who stormed the Capitol and screamed at officers yesterday https://t.co/wdoIKdrgjs

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 1, 2020

left WH

You see, he did leave the White House.

For golf.
For fundraising.
For adulation.

(part 1) pic.twitter.com/zLg3DaHwhr

— ᑕᕼᑌᑎK (@chunkled) April 30, 2020

red msks

better than the black ones? Been on ale for some time at his campaign. Now it's time to get Ivanka to use his license and order from china some ⚰️⚰️ pic.twitter.com/NALnCqb2FC

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) May 2, 2020

rigging elections

Hi Mr. President—co-author of “How to Rig an Election” here. The biggest threat to the integrity of this election, by far, is voter suppression & forcing people to choose between their health & their right to vote. Voter fraud is infinitesimal in the US; voter suppression is not. https://t.co/eq6sBR9kOD

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) May 2, 2020

Cohen

BREAKING @ABC: Michael Cohen's early prison release over coronavirus concerns was rescinded: Sources https://t.co/FGLPuU3Lve via @TheOrdonezTimes

— John Santucci (@Santucci) May 1, 2020

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

reopen

44 states, and the DC, have announced school closures through the end of the academic year according to CNN reporting.

Who hasn't?

Connecticut (5.20)
Maryland: (5.15)
Montana: (reopen 5.7)
Nebraska: (5.31)
New Jersey: (5.15)
Wyoming: use "adaptive learning" https://t.co/oCnbABomvF

— David P Gelles (@gelles) May 2, 2020

Press Sec

 

“I will never lie to you, you have my word on that,” she said.

Ms. McEnany, the president’s fourth press secretary, found that vow almost immediately tested.

https://t.co/KvpTN6NGit

— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) May 2, 2020

and

Press Secy declares Trumps "total exoneration" in Russia probe before abruptly ending briefing. "Everyone should watch the Fox News town hall from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. It will be can't miss television like the highly rated president trump coronavirus task force briefings have been." pic.twitter.com/PtF8OFC1lk

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 1, 2020

NAZI

MI

MORE: Numerous protesters, some not wearing masks, got into the faces of state police officers stationed inside the building and shouted to be let into the chambers, which are closed to visitors due to health precautions. https://t.co/43PkR04emR

— ABC News (@ABC) April 30, 2020

Illinois

So the Jewish governor of Illinois is a Nazi for trying to save the lives of his citizens under the guidance of public health experts?

Yes I can see why that’s the equivalent of Hitler’s mass deportation and extermination of European Jewry.

Do you people hear yourselves? https://t.co/NXlcGJ5I2m

— Bryan Behar (@bryanbehar) May 2, 2020

also

I find these comparisons to Nazis so upsetting.

Here's a woman who must have been at the same rally. (Gov. Pritzker is Jewish, which makes this more reprehensible, if that's possible). pic.twitter.com/v9PJh8xnIQ

— Rhonda Wolfson (@just_rhondaw) May 1, 2020

and

COVID-19 threatens all, as does bigotry, intolerance, and antisemitism. Equating @GovPritzker, IL's democratically elected governor, and proud Jew, with Hitler and Fascist Germany, is pure hatred that fans the fire of violent antisemitism and demeans the sacrifices of WWII vets. pic.twitter.com/lglxoRKD0s

— ChicagoJCRC (@ChicagoJCRC) May 1, 2020

fascism

“This isn’t fascism. This isn’t mob rule”

Cut to:

Trump: “We better do what the protesters in Michigan want because they’re angry and have guns.”

You still think this isn’t fascism or mob rule?

— Bryan Behar (@bryanbehar) May 2, 2020

CA

They didn't call #Rohrabacher "Moscow's Congressman" for nothing. pic.twitter.com/bEkoVjCvGr

— politicallandscaping (@politicallands1) May 1, 2020

preppers – upset (thread)

Do you know why the "preppers" are losing their shit?

Because this wasn't the apocalypse they were promised. They were promised a wasteland; a sudden destruction of everything; with bodies littering the streets and a massive power vacuum, which they would get to fill.

— T Karney (@pecunium) May 1, 2020

dumbest civil war

Dumbest civil war ever… pic.twitter.com/VybbDwXSto

— 🔥 UNHOLY BIBLE STUDY 🔥 (@unholybiblepod) May 2, 2020

MEDIA

NYT balks

Trump was being investigated by the FBI during the 2016 election but the NYTimes didn’t tell us. Because the House GOP wasn’t sourcing it to them.

But I guess the rule is the NYT can’t be wrong ever. Not with emails, the Iraq War, or whitewater. https://t.co/afd4qlL1us

— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) May 1, 2020

ELECTIONS

Biden – attacks

I ran VP nominee operations for Obama campaign in 08. When Biden was selected I served as his Chief of Staff. NO sexual assault or harassment allegation ever came up against him. It was an exhaustive vet https://t.co/GJsuPYAz3e

— Patti Solis Doyle (@PattiSolisDoyle) May 2, 2020

US

Newsom did it

Gavin Newsom finally did it.

24 re-open “protesters” were arrested in Sacramento today for refusing to leave the steps of the statehouse.

And for endangering themselves and countless others. pic.twitter.com/jRakO4zLfD

— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) May 2, 2020

USPS

We want you to write letters to help save the Postal Service AND we'll give you the stamps to do it. We don’t care who you write to. But it should probably be your mom. Go to https://t.co/Yssn9wpU9b to get yours while supplies last! Post a pic when you do and tag #SupportUSPS pic.twitter.com/nFFhjByxfa

— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) May 2, 2020

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Jared: Mishun accomplished; suing campaign manager

👑 🦠

US Cases 1,064,572

recoveries  147,411

death toll

Coronavirus has now killed more Americans than the Vietnam war, @tombrokaw puts the pandemic into perspective and compares the two “killers.”

Watch NOW: https://t.co/U4UZMHn7bF pic.twitter.com/omNarnsImC

— NBC News NOW (@NBCNewsNow) April 30, 2020

NY

Recoveries 48,173

Brooklyn

NEW: A Hasidic rabbi in Brooklyn died of coronavirus. His congregants decided to have a public funeral, despite social distancing rules.
2,500 men showed up, causing a crisis for Mayor de Blasio.https://t.co/SKjELBbPN7

— Cliff Levy (@cliffordlevy) April 29, 2020

WORLD

China vs US

China: We discovered a new virus.
America: So what?

China: It's Dangerous
America: It's only a Flu

China: Wear a Mask
America: Don't wear a Mask
… pic.twitter.com/Qxugv8z73J

— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) April 30, 2020

vs China

 

TRUMP VERSUS CHINA
Bitte lesen:https://t.co/vIq26Y3cK4https://t.co/WPoBceleGchttps://t.co/rEw5Fu9bMQhttps://t.co/2ME3NnqN0p#XiJinping #JoeBiden #Trump #Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/LUbOHY0Rlh

— Marian Kamensky (@MarianKamensky1) April 30, 2020

also

https://twitter.com/MarianKamensky1/status/1255843473997135872

UK

https://twitter.com/OwenJones84/status/1255777422701707265

Russia

 

All roads lead to Putin pic.twitter.com/I4yawqHmZH

— paige (@daretothink53) April 30, 2020

🍊 KLAN

Mishun accomplished

pic.twitter.com/LI0WW7YiQx

— Officious Jim (@JimOfficious) April 30, 2020

suing campaign manager

IMPOTUS had a meltdown when his team broke the news to him that re-election was no longer looking good.

“I am not f**king losing to Joe Biden,” he snarled.

Trump is oblivious to the idea that he’s driven even his supporters away with his pandemic lies.https://t.co/LExJc9QgD8

— Dr. David A. Lustig (@drdave1999) April 30, 2020

.

 

Q: All of the polls show you losing to Biden.

Trump: I only believe in polls when they tell me what I want to hear.

Q: It must be nice to live in a world where you can make your own reality.

Trump: It is. That’s why I said the virus would just go away.https://t.co/z7Gwx8YlVp

— Dr. David A. Lustig (@drdave1999) April 30, 2020

.

"I am not fucking losing to Joe Biden."

Trump erupts at his campaign team as his poll numbers slide https://t.co/eLJugOB4xR

— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) April 30, 2020

going away

He keeps saying "it's going away."

I know the beach thing was daft and his snake oil miracle cure was false hope. But it strikes me that this may be the most destructive thing he's said.

Is anyone calling him on this or are now at the stage where grandpa's just babbling?

— digby (@digby56) April 30, 2020

tantrum

60,000 Americans dead. Not just under his watch, but because of his incompetence.

The President of the United States is so alarmed by this national tragedy that he spent the night… giving rhyming nicknames to TV hosts.

— Bryan Behar (@bryanbehar) April 30, 2020

and

Dear @realDonaldTrump: Can you please focus? More than 61,000 Americans have died in less than two months from #COVID19. We need much more testing and PPE to stop the spread of the virus. Also, #BeBest. https://t.co/kV1zbW065y

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) April 30, 2020

governors asked

While Democratic and Republican Governors across America are struggling to find lifesaving medical supplies, like ventilators and masks, U.S. companies have been shipping those same supplies to *other countries* — and @realDonaldTrump let it happen. #COVID19 #Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/QMZw2ovWAh

— Coronavirus War Room (@Covid19WarRoom) April 3, 2020

Jared vs States

Maryland @GovLarryHogan on whether he was concerned that the federal government would seize the tests the state procured from South Korea. He says the tests are being guarded by the National Guard at an undisclosed location. https://t.co/uGcUi6U5rL pic.twitter.com/15BhHmLzql

— Washington Post Live (@postlive) April 30, 2020

Flynn

Every other national leader from Germany to Singapore is today focused on protecting their country from a deadly pandemic

America's national leader is focused on protecting his campaign associates from the consequences of their criminality pic.twitter.com/15MFPg1Lnq

— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 30, 2020

rape accusations

Salam, the unroll you asked for: @KaivanShroff: PLEASE SHARE THIS THREAD. Below I detail each credible sexual harassment and assault claim against… https://t.co/iVUKktspvh Talk to you soon. 🤖

— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) April 28, 2020

and

And we’ll hear from Trump about these women, too. Right? pic.twitter.com/n6dsooo8G4

— AKisASocialisolationist wash yer damn hands (@AKLienhartMinn) April 30, 2020

PENCE

didn’t know

 

pic.twitter.com/UrdvaCybuo

— HippieChick (@kathy_markovich) April 30, 2020

REPUBLICANS

 

GA opening

Remember when Laura asked what if @GovKemp ‘s plan worked in GA ? Well this doesn’t look good. 🤷‍♂️https://t.co/91x8NsPhvv

— Marc N Cunat (@cunat_n) April 30, 2020

GA, Senate

Senator @sendavidperdue is going to lose his election and Republicans are going to lose the Senate. And he will forever be remembered for being one of Trump's little lapdogs. https://t.co/xxfNXj7t9M

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) April 30, 2020

party of death

Ben Shapiro: "If somebody who is 81 dies of COVID-19, that is not the same thing as somebody who is 30 dying of COVID-19…If grandma dies in a nursing home at age 81, that's tragic and it's terrible, also the life expectancy in the United States is 80" pic.twitter.com/L2UJi95OUN

— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) April 29, 2020

anti-vaxx

And then Andrew Wakefield showed up at one of Trump’s inaugural balls. Trump sure can pick them.

— Eileen Kelly (@kikelly123) April 30, 2020

Musk

 

Went into outer space and haven’t felt gravity since—total Isaac Newton hoax all along. https://t.co/aAZX5jx7mu

— Jesse Lee (@JesseCharlesLee) April 30, 2020

and

Elon Musk says orders to stay home are 'fascist' in expletive-laced rant during Tesla earnings call. https://t.co/EMcewq0qfq

— CNBC (@CNBC) April 30, 2020

unhinged

An unhinged Illinois woman who made threatening statements about Joe Biden on Facebook was busted in Manhattan with a car full of knives. https://t.co/mH60DDtd0j

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) April 30, 2020

Nunes

Clear now that in January 2017 there was a meeting involving @DevinNunes, Gen. Flynn, and Turkish Politician Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, at Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C. pic.twitter.com/WjNYP9CbGa

— Toby Morton (@tobymorton) April 29, 2020

MEDIA

🦊

Yet she's doing her show from home!

Laura : ..all you idiots … I mean patriots out there
who support Trump,

he's now asking you to sacrifice your life
by pretending Covod is a hoax.

Don't wear those masks!

We'll show those evil Dems!!!

— Justin Weiner (@jmw512) April 30, 2020

and

confused

 

pic.twitter.com/BDiXViS9hh

— Laura LeRoy Dindorf (@mslalou) April 30, 2020

WaPo

And Obama should show us his birth certificate.
And Hillary should find that server that is missing.
And Gore should concede for the good of the country
And Kerry should return his purple heart
And Franken should resign because because
Joe, don't listen to them!!!

— David Picasso (@DavidPicasso4) April 30, 2020

ELECTIONS

Biden

 

Listen to this https://t.co/mMUT3ZQZ9k

— Jill Wine-Banks (@JillWineBanks) April 30, 2020

also

The Trump Admin failed to provide enough testing, PPE, and safety enforcement. Workers have gotten sick, plants have closed, and the meat supply is at risk. It's past time workers have the protections they need to stay healthy and do their job safely. https://t.co/tD0Rc7P4mJ

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) April 29, 2020

Biden leads in texas!

Poll: Biden holds slim 1-point lead over Trump in Texas https://t.co/jUQ1sAxkHL pic.twitter.com/ySod2g5QzP

— The Hill (@thehill) April 30, 2020

loser 🍊

Trump was shown internal polls that had him losing to Biden — so dire that he berated campaign manager Brad Parscale and threatened to sue him (though it's not clear how serious the litigious president was). Quite a scoop by @jdawsey1 –> https://t.co/6S36zSBXmN

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) April 29, 2020

Accusations

Sexual assault claim against Biden makes me skeptical: Ex-prosecutor. Pretty convincing. https://t.co/AbO9JvvQ8t

— Jonathan Alter (@jonathanalter) April 30, 2020

Amash

https://t.co/nRQDFZ1CEp

— George K Fahnbulleh (@gkfahnbulleh) April 30, 2020

US

Pelosi – first responders

All the praise in the world is meaningless if we don’t take steps to ensure our police, fire, and EMS are able to safely fight this public health crisis. #FamiliesFirst pic.twitter.com/dQkgSgDpKS

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) April 30, 2020

protesting reopening GA

 

Caravan protest against reopening Georgia today pic.twitter.com/8UWkAz2NNT

— The South Bend Commons (@sbc_atl) April 24, 2020

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