The Lord Farquar edition – death goals

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US # 189,633

recoveries 7,251

deaths

US coronavirus deaths:

3/1 2
3/2 6
3/3 9
3/4 11
3/5 12
3/6 17
3/7 19
3/8 21
3/9 26
3/10 31
3/11 38
3/12 41
3/13 49
3/14 58
3/15 65
3/16 87
3/17 111
3/18 149
3/19 195
3/20 263
3/21 323
3/22 413
3/23 541
3/24 704
3/25 938
3/26 1195
3/27 1588
3/28 2043
3/29 2419
3/30 3004
Now 3835

— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) April 1, 2020

household https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1245265946400501760

NY

#s

 

As of Tuesday, the amount of people in the US who have the deadly virus is at least 165,874. COVID-19 fatalities in New York state also surged from 1,218 on Monday to 1,550 the following day, a jump of about 28 percent, with 932 deaths in NYC alone.https://t.co/uZ2L5CBQe7

— NYC EMS Watch (@NYCEMSwatch) April 1, 2020

and

Latest #COVID numbers per DOH as of 9:30 a.m., 3,31,2020

– 40,900 positive cases
– 932 deaths

– 13,576 in Queens
– 10,904 in Brooklyn
– 7,625in the Bronx
– 6,446 in Manhattan
– 2,314 on Staten Island

— katie honan (@katie_honan) March 31, 2020

hopeful

NY initiated shelter at home 6 days after San Francisco.

We may already be seeing faint signs of a flattening curve here. The SF story is an incredibly hopeful sign of what's to come for us.https://t.co/crFFo76TTH

— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) March 31, 2020

only in NY

 

A cop pulled over a woman for speeding. When the officer realized she was a doctor, he gave her his safety masks. https://t.co/aRWXVcsfAE

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) March 31, 2020

broken ventilators

New York got broken ventilators. California got broken ventilators. Illinois got the wrong type of mask.

And @realDonaldTrump still thinks it’s “hard not to be happy” with the job he’s done. https://t.co/74KUu8L032

— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) April 1, 2020

NC

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says they won’t tell first responders the location of people who tested positive for the coronavirus …awesome.https://t.co/J6ZWFORpgr

— NYC EMS Watch (@NYCEMSwatch) April 1, 2020

WORLD

🍊 KLAN

GOALS (?)

This White House briefing room slide lists as "goals" 100,000 to 240,000 deaths.

Breathtaking. pic.twitter.com/CrajjVGqVf

— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) March 31, 2020

blames NY

What about Florida?

Florida still doesn't have a shelter in place order https://t.co/nWgJS7EV8y

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) March 31, 2020

projection – mishandling

100,000 to 200,000 deaths in the U.S. is more than double to quadruple the current number of people who have died of COVID-19 in *the entire world*. This projection is evidence of Trump's horrendous mishandling of this pandemic. https://t.co/UiD8aSOUPE

— Erin Maye Quade (@ErinMayeQuade) March 31, 2020

own unfortunate words

Opinion: A Trump fireside chat — in his own (unfortunate) words https://t.co/04DrL5P3FI

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 1, 2020

some people think they need it

.@NYGovCuomo TODAY on states struggling to get critical supplies: “It’s like being on eBay with 50 other states bidding on a ventilator.”

TRUMP JUST NOW: “If they need them that badly, we know…Some people, frankly, think they need them and they don’t.” pic.twitter.com/WM2P65EJRB

— CAP Action (@CAPAction) March 31, 2020

broken ventilators

New York hospitals received some damaged ventilators with missing parts in their emergency shipments from a national stockpile https://t.co/wDf3INJWNA

— Business Insider (@businessinsider) March 30, 2020

USAID shipments

Hi! you can read it here: @NatashaBertrand: Breaking: The administration has placed a moratorium on USAID’s overseas shipments of personal… https://t.co/J2MWRvKmQK Share this if you think it's interesting. 🤖

— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) April 1, 2020

tests

WH said tens of millions of tests had been shipped.

Something has gone wrong, badly wrong.

Daily Tests
Mar 22 – 45k
Mar 23 – 66k
Mar 24 – 65k
Mar 25 – 113k
Mar 26 – 107k
Mar 27 – 108k
Mar 28 – 114k
Mar 29 – 95k
Mar 30 – 113k
Mar 31 – 98k (1.1m total)

h/t @COVID19Tracking

— Simon Rosenberg (@SimonWDC) March 31, 2020

Impeachment didn’t distract

After Mitch McConnell tried to defend Trump's poor response to coronavirus by saying he was distracted by impeachment, Trump now tells reporters that wasn't the case and "I don't think I would have acted any faster" to fight the virus without impeachment. pic.twitter.com/hDG81yq7pZ

— The American Independent (@AmerIndependent) March 31, 2020

and.

Opinion: Impeachment didn’t distract from coronavirus preparations. Trump did. https://t.co/jYNjnQeOlo

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 1, 2020

and

President admits he was distracted by impeachment and that impacted his decision making. Fails to mention the 11 rallies and 9 rounds of golf he played.

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) March 31, 2020

distractions

#BREAKING SHARE EVERYWHERE

NEW @JoeBiden AD

"American Heroes"

🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/bT7le1yx8c

— Biden_Brigade (@biden_brigade) March 31, 2020

compete for resources

The answer appears to be a combo of FEMA and HHS, though it’s unclear among those two agencies who is in charge, because neither report to Esper, Pence, OR Kushner.

President* Trump likely believes that resourceful governors can figure it out themselves.https://t.co/tflFy1Hqa8

— Adam Rifkin 🐼 (@ifindkarma) March 31, 2020

DOD

DoD said it was making 2,000 ventilators available for #CoronaVirus.Today we learn not one has shipped because Pentagon hasn’t been told where to send them. And only 2 mill of 5 mill masks shipped. DOD needs to know where to ship we are told

— Barbara Starr (@barbarastarrcnn) March 31, 2020

trajectories

NEW: Tues 31 March = overhaul of coronavirus trajectories

As the story shifts, the charts shift. We’re now focusing on *new* cases & deaths rather than running totals.

Why? Because key for any country is when today’s new cases are fewer than yesterday’shttps://t.co/JxVd2cG7KI pic.twitter.com/yPMUzlVLQv

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) March 31, 2020

pretenders

This family sure likes to pretend they’re thinking. pic.twitter.com/zoRXOjG26c

— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) April 1, 2020

US tests

Only because 🍊 didn't accept the swab test from WHO – https://t.co/EGeUWKwJwx

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) March 31, 2020

Jaws

Holy shit. pic.twitter.com/4OiaT37EW3

— Orlando Metcalf Poe (@NecktieShermans) April 1, 2020

polling

47 percent of voters feel the administration isn’t doing enough in response to the outbreak, greater than the 40 percent who feel the administration is doing the right amount

via @POLITICO_Steve https://t.co/8UA9nXFH7A

— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) April 1, 2020

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

Pompeo Hungary

I know we're not thinking much about foreign policy right now. But normally, when the leader of a US ally like Hungary shuts down democracy and seizes absolute power, the State Department has something to say.

Thus far, crickets from @SecPompeo. https://t.co/qclxLTb9xl

— Tom Malinowski (@Malinowski) March 31, 2020

MEDIA

NYT

yeah, eric his tone is certainly different. pic.twitter.com/qktt4c9SpP

— Anita (@AnitaM86) March 31, 2020

burst of light – sober?

 

Can we please get some reporting on this “burst of light” thing? And the two week timeframe? This is crazy stuff. https://t.co/YD54qgzCBV

— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) April 1, 2020

sober?

 

I’m sorry, but this is “sober” Trump? “We face a difficult 2 weeks as we approach that really important day when we're going to see things get better, all of a sudden. And it is going to be like a burst of light, I think, or I hope." A miraculous sudden burst of light?? In 2 wks?

— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) March 31, 2020

#TrumpVirus

Remember.pic.twitter.com/L9el5J1v70

— Clear Cider (@TheClearCider) March 29, 2020

ELECTIONS

Biden

 

In the midst of a pandemic, the Trump Administration chose to expend effort to attempt to disestablish the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s reservation. #IStandwithMashpee and with all of Indian Country. https://t.co/5Z6nZjClAf

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) March 31, 2020

ad

#BREAKING SHARE EVERYWHERE

NEW @JoeBiden AD

"American Heroes"

🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/bT7le1yx8c

— Biden_Brigade (@biden_brigade) March 31, 2020

Burnie campaign

 

What was the point again? Because Kamala was the 1st to jump on his M4A bill. To act like she doesn’t care about folks who die from cancer when cancer took her mom from her is nasty. And Kamala’s tweet had nothing to do with M4A. M4A won’t happen before, during or after #COVID19. pic.twitter.com/Ip7HbMCDem

— José (@josecanyousee) March 31, 2020

US

Clinton

Just for the record, it was the Clinton Administration that started the National Emergency Medical Stockpile we are now tapping into. Leslie Stahl accompanied me to one secret storage site on 60 Minutes in October 2000. #BillClinton #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/eKn6pa8pSL

— Richard A Clarke (@richardclarke) March 12, 2020

Obama

President Obama taking about as direct a shot at Donald Trump as we've seen since Trump took office. https://t.co/d3OHP14Dpd

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) April 1, 2020

Andres

 

Chef Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen Will Prepare Meals for Laid Off Orlando Workers, Families Tomorrow https://t.co/Y094GAuiQR pic.twitter.com/qSneDMrYTa

— 90.7 WMFE (@wmfeorlando) March 31, 2020

and

Our food truck army 🚐 in action in Little Rock! This week schools were on Spring Break…so @WCKitchen & @ClintonCenter worked non-stop to feed families across the area! @lrsd @MichaelPoore1 @pcssdschools @SSStreett @BillClinton @ChelseaClinton #ChefsForAmerica pic.twitter.com/3E7zk7wp2B

— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) March 28, 2020

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Praise me, if you want to live!

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US #s 104,837

no death

Only four states in the U.S. are reporting no coronavirus deaths as of 8:30 p.m. EST Friday

Hawaii
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Wyoming

— David P Gelles (@gelles) March 28, 2020

progression

Total U.S. coronavirus tally at the end of each Friday:

• Jan 17 — 0
• Jan 24 — 2
• Jan 31 — 7
• Feb 7 — 12
• Feb 14 — 15
• Feb 21 — 30
• Feb 28 — 65
• Mar 6 — 310
• Mar 13 — 2,224
• Mar 20 — 17,962
• Mar 27 — 102,636https://t.co/UIwp5A62i3

— Biden_Brigade (@biden_brigade) March 28, 2020

NYC

neighborhood

This new neighborhood data from @nycHealthy makes it clear more hospitals will soon be seeing serious caseloads, which will require incredible coordination btwn our different hospital systems.

We must ensure supplies and patients can be transferred easily from one to another. pic.twitter.com/0xKKKkOVCm

— Carlina Rivera 利華娜 (@CarlinaRivera) March 27, 2020

DiBlasio

“Aides conceded that the mayor was more focused on managing the crisis, on having life in New York go on as normal for as long as possible, while keeping an eye on his national ambitions — something that made him slow to recognize the growing threat.”
https://t.co/CrD747mfVZ

— Alexander Nazaryan (@alexnazaryan) March 28, 2020

WORLD

Russia – Putin

 

I have trust issues but Putin is on another level…😂😂 pic.twitter.com/nNBausKDNO

— Tony🇺🇬 (@Tony6i) March 27, 2020

https://twitter.com/Tony6i/status/1243585897762783232

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🍊 KLAN

be appreciative

“I want them to be appreciative.”

“If they don’t treat you right, I don't call.”

“We've had a big problem with the young, a woman governor from, you know who I'm talking about, from Michigan.” https://t.co/sTHwh0cpC4

— Connie Schultz (@ConnieSchultz) March 28, 2020

signature statement

JUST IN: Trump signing statement on coronavirus bill says he’ll override a provision requiring the newly created inspector general to report to Congress any time agencies refuse to give him/her requested info. pic.twitter.com/XhbYKMGaGq

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 27, 2020

signature on checks

Trump has told people he wants his signature to appear on the direct payment checks that will go out to many Americans. Normally, a civil servant—the disbursing officer for the payment center—would sign federal checks. ⁦@AndrewRestuccia⁩ scoop: https://t.co/7ZE1n8rceB

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) March 28, 2020

and

Fun fact:* This will be the first check Trump has signed since he paid that $25 million fraud settlement on his way into the White House.

* maybehttps://t.co/5K9NbnjNIn

— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) March 28, 2020

Med literature reader

 

I thought Dr Blix was awed of 🍊's reading! pic.twitter.com/8HiIdpF53U

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) March 28, 2020

and

March 6: “When I was hearing the amount of people that died with the flu, I was shocked to hear it… I would have said, ‘Does anybody die of the flu?’ I didn't know people died from the flu.”

His grandfather died of the flu. #Pandumbic https://t.co/sU3TcgtmAS

— Richard Hine (@richardhine) March 11, 2020

ventilators

this tweet shows how Trump veers between reality and unreality depending on his audience, momentary impulse or most recent advice

he faults GM for not delivering “40K much needed ventilators”

on Fox last night, he told Hannity: “I don't believe you need 40K or 30K ventilators” https://t.co/7CILIwzoba

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 27, 2020

MI Gov

Hi, my name is Gretchen Whitmer, and that governor is me 👋

I've asked repeatedly and respectfully for help. We need it. No more political attacks, just PPEs, ventilators, N95 masks, test kits. You said you stand with Michigan — prove it. https://t.co/FtWlTLZdqW

— Governor Gretchen Whitmer (@GovWhitmer) March 27, 2020

and goes on

The president has mishandled this so Fucking badly so he’s attacking a democratic woman. pic.twitter.com/hbUI3KCEZp

— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) March 28, 2020

and on

Trump trying to turn Whitmer into the new Hillary. He has almost a perverse need to feud with a woman. His old white male base must love this. https://t.co/DrzNJmPbC3

— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) March 28, 2020

Arod advice

During marathon day of meetings earlier this week, President Trump continued outreach across the country regarding coronavirus & phoned former Yankees baseball player Alex Rodriguez. Multiple sources tell ABC, the president spoke to ARod from the Oval Office via me & @KFaulders

— John Santucci (@Santucci) March 28, 2020

help for favors

During impeachment there was direct discussion of the scenario where President Trump conditioning emergency aid during a disaster on political favors by governors

Now we're seeing the consequences of Senators turning a blind eye to executive abuse of power https://t.co/S1M9LZVf1A

— 🤔Jake Laperruque😒 (@JakeLaperruque) March 27, 2020

tiff with his PR flack

Maggie Haberman is a trusted journalist whose reporting has stood the test of time. 

As President Trump’s campaign said today, Maggie is “one of the most powerful and respected political reporters in the country.” https://t.co/iiuDEMs31T

— NYTimes Communications (@NYTimesPR) March 28, 2020

polling

Don’t believe polls showing Trump’s poll # s rising. Cohen testified a/b poll fixing. Trump brought death to America by misleading ppl a/b coronavirus after a sham impeachment trial.

My non-scientific poll:
-Heard a/b a 6 person conf call
-5-1 voted for him
-Now 6-0 want him out

— Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) March 28, 2020

quarantine NY?

A lot of people are telling me that caravans of New Yorkers are going down. They have coyotes and prayer rugs. They are heavily infected because their governor is a nasty person that isn’t nice to me. We don’t want them coming down. https://t.co/KoAtqgelFs

— Shannon Resists 🌊 (@richones1) March 28, 2020

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

😱

advice to govs

king george III can go fuck himself https://t.co/bxnUfu1qc6

— kilgore trout, stonks autographer (@KT_So_It_Goes) March 28, 2020

.

pills

Bad lawyer is not a doctor. https://t.co/I7bWr3jwKF

— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) March 28, 2020

Fla trumpies

This fast-growing retirement community in Florida is a major stronghold of Trump support, which made news recently when one of its extremely rare Democrats was harassed for peaceful protest.

Now, it's got community spread #COVID19 cases. https://t.co/ywKdtqrtET

— Grant Stern (@grantstern) March 28, 2020

Massie

Rep. Thomas Massie, who's threatening to hold up the federal coronavirus stimulus, thinks restaurants should not have been shut down.

His idea?

"You could have told restaurants, 'You have to serve all your meals hot and they have to come out on a hot plate.'" pic.twitter.com/DeAWI4TIwG

— Adam K. Raymond (@adamkraymond) March 26, 2020

MEDIA

CNN cryon

Great chyron work ⁦@CNN⁩ pic.twitter.com/qvvdS69hsO

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) March 27, 2020

ELECTIONS

GE polls

Fox News Poll:
—Biden leads Trump 49-40% in head-to-head matchup
—Leads 52-43% among those highly interested in the election
—Leads 48-40% in battleground states
AND
—57-32% in close counties (where Clinton and Trump were within 10 points in 2016)! https://t.co/Iiat7oacVy

— Colin Kahl (@ColinKahl) March 28, 2020

Biden – 🦠 incompetence

 

BIDEN: "The harsh reality is that at least 3 million people now don’t have jobs because our president didn’t do his job when it mattered."

— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) March 26, 2020

false choice

You can't deal with the economic crisis until you deal with the public health crisis. It's a false choice. https://t.co/8y1UMD4fMT

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) March 28, 2020

rent freeze

Biden says he is in favor of a rent freeze. "I would make it a rent freeze for at least the next three months. Freeze it and forgive it," he says during the #CNNTownHall.

— Sarah Mucha (@sarahmucha) March 28, 2020

compassion

 

“The human connection is so, so profoundly important.”@JoeBiden just showed more empathy in those last 10 seconds than @realDonaldTrump has shown in the last 10 weeks.

Compassion is on the ballot. pic.twitter.com/1hCzugVjhT

— Rob Friedlander (@robsfriedlander) March 28, 2020

Trump campaign spinning

Trump campaign is spending SO much time trying to spin Trump's words to mean something other than what they obviously mean.

First with the coronavirus hoax stuff. Now with this, as Trump clearly was mad at governors for kissing up to him enough. https://t.co/haIZ5vDFi1

— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) March 28, 2020

US

Pelosi – accountability bill

It's no surprise to anyone that the current occupant of the White House would make such a statement. But rest assured that *we will* provide accountability and oversight.

That's the difference between them and us: we are worker-focused while they prioritize corporations. https://t.co/y5aNIkE7Gf pic.twitter.com/g1L2lPumii

— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) March 28, 2020

Cuomo

pushes back on ventilators

 

ANDREW CUOMO pushes back against TRUMP, says New York needs roughly 30-40,000 ventilators based on modeling from McKinsey, Cornell and the World Health Organization:

"If I don't have the ventilators in 14 days, people die.”

Cuomo says NY now has roughly half the number needed. pic.twitter.com/efhIYYPgL5

— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) March 28, 2020

Nat guard

Every time the National Guard has been called out they have made every New Yorker proud.

Here's my message to them: pic.twitter.com/UZiegWbvi0

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) March 28, 2020

Gretchen Whitmer

 

Tonight, I signed an Executive Order that expands absentee voting for the May 5th elections. It allows the Department of State to assist local jurisdictions in mailing absentee ballot apps to every registered voter, & to provide absentee ballots directly to new registrants.

— Governor Gretchen Whitmer (@GovWhitmer) March 28, 2020

Joe Kennedy – CARES bill – thread

https://twitter.com/RepJoeKennedy/status/1243679034191601667

Schumer

https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1243035015157616640

Klobuchar

https://twitter.com/amyklobuchar/status/1243959312185282563

clapping

https://twitter.com/BrooklynSpoke/status/1243675536234295297

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🦠; Republicans 🔩 up. Nancy saves

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US cases 2174

 

3 days ago, the United States surpassed 1,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus.

Now we've blown past 2,000. https://t.co/74QzWYbn1p

— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) March 14, 2020

healthcare overwhelmed

A hospital in Seattle area has sent out a note to staff, shared with me, suspending elective surgery and warning that "our local COVID-19 trajectory is likely to be similar to that of Northern Italy." The hospital is down to a four-day supply of gloves.

— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) March 14, 2020

toilet paper

Locations where you can still buy toilet paper. #analysis pic.twitter.com/kCIx2WKLn1

— Brian Brettschneider (@Climatologist49) March 13, 2020

WORLD

Mexico

Mexico is ready to pay for the wall.https://t.co/ortAWUF2ey

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) March 14, 2020

American in Wuhan

A warning from an American in Wuhan. pic.twitter.com/I8aYXuFxa4

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 13, 2020

Sicily

 

Sicily has figured out this whole self-isolation thing.#COVID19 #CoronavirusPandemic pic.twitter.com/93whPVtQcR

— John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) March 13, 2020

🍊 KLAN

responsibility

lol https://t.co/6sXKbvB3PZ

— Joe (@JATnLA) March 13, 2020

his Cernobyl

By treating the coronavirus pandemic as a PR problem for him, rather than a deadly crisis for Americans & the world, it has become Trump's Chernobyl moment, a dangerous dynamic in which he values protecting his political myths over protecting us. My take: https://t.co/6rDLbhBs7i pic.twitter.com/0D87Xz2ZGw

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) March 13, 2020

presser

selfish

Q: "Are you being selfish by not getting tested?"

President Trump: "I didn't' say I wasn't going to get tested."

Q: "Are you going to be?"

President Trump: "Most likely, yeah."

Full video here: https://t.co/bTZ8eza3pA pic.twitter.com/YUDu4KlHaC

— CSPAN (@cspan) March 13, 2020

Yamiche

WATCH: @Yamiche asked the president about a reorganization of the National Security Council that dismantled a key pandemics team in 2018.

President Trump: "I just think it's a nasty question… You say we did that, I don't know anything about it." pic.twitter.com/lWo0YKS1rl

— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) March 13, 2020

? about blaming Obama

“I don’t take responsibility at all” is really not all that different from his ‘I don’t stand by anything’: Trump withers under heat from CBS News’s John Dickerson – The Washington Post https://t.co/qjemmy20OQ

— Molly (@mememoreme) March 13, 2020

WH in charge exits

Top White House official in charge of pandemic response exits abruptly. His team at NSC has been disbanded. “These moves make us materially less safe,” one expert says. @bylenasun https://t.co/rAqyoUMvIc

— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) May 10, 2018

lie

While Trump lies for his own political interest and refuses to "take responsibility," coronavirus is spreading across America.

Trump’s lies are costing American lives. pic.twitter.com/tS7H7Y2z41

— CAP Action (@CAPAction) March 13, 2020

prayer

#BREAKING Man Who Worships Only Money And Himself And Not In That Order Pretends To Believe In God In Order To Score Points After A Disastrous Week In Which He Screwed Up Pretty Much Everything

— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) March 13, 2020

Miami Mayor

Apparently the Mayor of Miami (who was with members of same Brazilian delegation as trump, at least one of whom has coronavirus) also has coronavirus and is now quarantined. But trump stands there today untested shaking hands with the full team that's in charge of our response.

— @joboomr44 (@joboomr44) March 13, 2020

4 people that we know of

Four people at Mar-a-Lago with Trump last weekend have now tested positive for coronavirus: Bolsonaro's lawyer Karina Kufa, his aide Fabio Wajngarten, Miami mayor Francis Suarez, and an unnamed Republican donor. Probably more.

— Karen Piper (@PiperK) March 13, 2020

presidents tested

I'm old enough to remember when Presidents submitted to pokes & prods — to set a healthy example, & put Americans at ease.

Yet #Trump refuses to even be TESTED for #Covid_19. Not even for show!

P*ssy, indeed. pic.twitter.com/h4OSfuKJUJ

— тнe вαвy нυмαɴiѕт (@BabyHumanist) March 13, 2020

pass the bill!

BREAKING: Media reports that Speaker Nancy Pelosi has reached a deal with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on a coronavirus/#COVID19 response package that includes #paidsickdays.

Contact your reps and tell them to pass it now: https://t.co/7Dy137seTm

— TIME'S UP (@TIMESUPNOW) March 13, 2020

no touch

Doctors: Avoid shaking hands and touching common spaces

Trump Coronavirus Response Team: pic.twitter.com/OBCmp1orje

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) March 13, 2020

and

Idiot Trump shook hands, patted backs and touched the microphone 31 times while declaring the coronavirus national emergency#TrumpIsAnIdiot #VoteBlueNoMatterWho

https://t.co/2eT0mBqWYM

— Stone (@stonecold2050) March 13, 2020

Nursing homes

NURSING HOME REGULATIONS:

The Obama Administration implemented them before a pandemic.

Trump eliminated them before the pandemic. And is trying to reinstate them now.

— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) March 13, 2020

January 22 – no pandemic

Jan 22

JOE KERNEN: –are there worries about a pandemic at this point?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No. Not at all. And– we're– we have it totally under control. It's one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It's—going to be just fine. https://t.co/lPcAKU1unl

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 14, 2020

no need to test

The president’s doctor says that despite interactions with two people with COVID-19 last weekend, Trump does not need a test or to self-quarantine at this time. pic.twitter.com/8T9x2pfmhA

— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) March 14, 2020

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

Bolton – thread

Look who finally decided to address this!

Let's dissect everything that's wrong with this tweet. https://t.co/3soT4bz4gL

— Jeremy FLATTEN THE CURVE Konyndyk (@JeremyKonyndyk) March 14, 2020

not just 🍊

It’s tempting to put all of the blame for the coronavirus spread on Trump’s incompetence. But normal Republicans are also to blame for spending years hyping an anti-government, anti-common good philosophy. https://t.co/NtKTCqIzuO

— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) March 13, 2020

🐢

McConnell would rather let a disease spread than admit that paid sick leave should be a right, instead of something left up to the discretion of your employer. The GOP straight up believes employers are feudal lords who should be able to treat workers however they like. pic.twitter.com/VFILtRGIVE

— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) March 13, 2020

prayer – Carson

god already gave us the brains to invent test kits, mass manufacturing, and hyper-supply chains, I’m pretty sure he’s gonna be offended if we keep asking him for more help instead of using what we’ve got https://t.co/xYoXJPIfef

— kilgore trout, not a medical doctor (@KT_So_It_Goes) March 14, 2020

Cruz

 

coronavirus nervous but hopeful it will test negative for ted cruz a second time https://t.co/udwzfI5fou

— kilgore trout, not a medical doctor (@KT_So_It_Goes) March 14, 2020

Trumpies cruising

Y'all I did something I rarely do here in Houston.
I watched the local news.
They panned out to Galveston…
These people still going on cruises. I know you're asking me, how do you know they're tRUmp voters. Just listen to their dumbazzes
YESTERDAY pic.twitter.com/5bCSjpa7KP

— Peach🍑Pie🥁⚖️ (@peachisyummy) March 13, 2020

MEDIA

🦊

Fun update: Trish Regan's show has been put on "hiatus" after this unhinged #coronavirus rant. https://t.co/ABlqqiO9fV pic.twitter.com/zdjcLgimqA

— act.tv (@actdottv) March 14, 2020

NYT

There seems to be a fair amount of reporting from Politico, your paper and others that his actions were directly responsible, at least in part, for the delay in bringing testing online. https://t.co/2y1JlkwzTF

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 13, 2020

also, bohsidering the speeches

Trump repeatedly misstates his own Covid-19 policies on national television prompting mass panic vs Biden’s team can’t get videoconferencing software to work the first time they try it. pic.twitter.com/FN8uMMZhfM

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 14, 2020

ELECTIONS

Constitution, election

 

And even if the election was delayed, Trump's and Pence's terms would still end at noon on January 20, 2021. If no election has been held by that point, the Speaker of the House would assume the powers of the presidency under the Presidential Succession Act. https://t.co/S0hQ7W1pyM

— Carlton Larson (@carltonfwlarson) March 13, 2020

Tuesday primaries

Tuesday’s primaries are going to be a one-sided shellacking.

Florida is the second largest remaining contest. The delegate math is poised to be so foregone, it will make no sense to press on. https://t.co/ZumDKd7bjI

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) March 14, 2020

polls

Sample of recent polls:

IL Biden 57 Sanders 37 +20
FL Biden 66 Sanders 22 +44
WI Biden 55 Sanders 39+16
OH Biden 57 Sanders 35 +22
AZ Biden 51 Sanders 34 +17
US Biden 59 Sanders 35 +24

— Simon Rosenberg (@SimonWDC) March 13, 2020

Burnie

He has no chance yet keeps taking donations; his campaign operations, by their very nature, run contrary to “social distancing”; and his fanatic supporters continue to do President Trump’s dirty work by viciously attacking Biden. https://t.co/u9wGjykjLI

— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) March 13, 2020

US

Nancy did it again!

We have a deal! @SpeakerPelosi announces vote tonight on #FamiliesFirstBill to address #coronavirus!

✅ paid emergency leave, 2 weeks #paidsickleave + up to 3 months paid family/medical leave
✅ Unemployment Insurance
✅ food security initiatives
✅ increased $ for Medicaid pic.twitter.com/Ry4awC5crA

— Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) March 13, 2020

Hillary was ready

 

READ THIS: An alarmingly prescient article from 2016.

(And of course, note in the article that @HillaryClinton had already tapped the right expert to prepare for a pandemic as part of her potential 2016 transition team.) https://t.co/oIGjoOgspC

— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) March 13, 2020

London Breed

https://twitter.com/moskov/status/1238591350641053696

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CPAC🦠; Bros

👑 🦠

Morning US

564

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

WORLD

oil⬇️

BREAKING: @IEA cuts its forecast for global oil demand growth in 2020 to **negative** 90,000 b/d (from last month +820,000 b/d). If the forecast proves right, it would be the first contraction in global oil demand since 2009 | #OOTT pic.twitter.com/n6IkQwDIhr

— Javier Blas (@JavierBlas) March 9, 2020

Russia still doesn’t report its cases. Neither does NK

🍊 KLAN

Nero

https://twitter.com/charlesjaco1/status/1236868654396047361
pivot

The pivot Trump is about to make from downplaying the coronavirus to using it to justify xenophobia and scapegoating is going to be very grim.

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) March 9, 2020

unsuitability

I don’t want to say we told you so … but we told you so.

Coronavirus is exposing Trump's unsuitability to handle a crisis https://t.co/lhfD1kFB9S

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) March 9, 2020

Bhrara

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1236821983951761410.html

all about him

“Yes. He plans on still holding rallies,” Stephanie Grisham on Fox News this morning, echoing Trump on Saturday.

Asked about concern of getting coronavirus from CPAC: “He uses hand sanitizer all the time. He is not concerned about this at all,” she said.https://t.co/gmiQlJJzY4

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) March 9, 2020

CDC cuts

Hindsight is 20/20; Foresight unfortunately isn't. Chose leadership carefully America.

This is 2 years ago: https://t.co/hoYpP8VzaC

— Matt McGowan (@matt_mcgowan) March 8, 2020

PENCE

from contain to mitigate

 

“'We now are seeing community spread and we’re trying to help people understand how to mitigate the impact of disease spread,' U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams said."

Fauci needs to retire.https://t.co/i4jClK5bWr

— Neil 🇺🇸 Ⓥ (@basementvegan) March 9, 2020

hid the ill & elderly warning

The CDC was set to urge the elderly & ill not to fly until the coronavirus spread is controlled. The regime overruled it's own doctors. Public health means less than ideology & spin control. Information coming from this administration is a waste if time.https://t.co/p7I1ow90rv

— Charles Jaco (@charlesjaco1) March 8, 2020

Malaria tennis courts

You mean Jill Biden’s tennis courts https://t.co/E7DpVjDRVD

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) March 9, 2020

REPUBLICANS

Responsibility – thread

 

The responsibility of America's right-wing political and media elites, and Trump, for the coronavirus crisis can NOT be overstated. From Trump's happy talk, to Hannity, Ingraham and Limbaugh calling it "fake news", to Matt Gaetz stunting w/a gas mask on the House floor… 1/

— Charles Jaco (@charlesjaco1) March 9, 2020

CPAC virus takes another one

Maybe consider the source and call it CPAC 🦠 virus https://t.co/VpbB6DRJ4C

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) March 9, 2020

drama

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1236838980857053184.html

MEDIA

🦊🍊 echo chamber

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1236841192287014912.html

NYT columnist (bro)

Why is a New York Times opinion columnist retweeting Donald Trump’s post of deceptively edited Joe Biden video? pic.twitter.com/OFtJ7VB8yz

— Bill Scher (@billscher) March 8, 2020

actual soundbite

Yes, it is. pic.twitter.com/SZpS83TzUY

— Jeff Mayers (@TimeLordJeff) March 8, 2020

ELECTIONS

closer to the end

The polling this morning is far more indicative of a primary that is closer to the end than the beginning… at least statistically.

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) March 9, 2020

Biden- 🍊

https://t.co/B5VJ2NbVff

— Lulu (@upuouo) March 8, 2020

– polls

 

If the MO numbers are close to right (and I do believe Biden is heavily favored in Missouri), it's a clear illustration that Biden is up a ton nationally.

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) March 9, 2020

WA

Joe Biden has erased Bernie Sanders’ lead in Washington, a progressive state that he dominated in 2016 https://t.co/x1oFQ3xoST

— POLITICO (@politico) March 9, 2020

rallies 🦠

 

BIDEN tells @NBCNightlyNews his campaign is going to defer to experts on coronavirus: “If they conclude that there shouldn't be big indoor rallies, then we'll stop big indoor rallies. We're going to do whatever they say.”

— Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) March 9, 2020

Burnie – sexism

Old enough to remember when he called his “friend” Elizabeth Warren a liar on national television for claiming he said exactly this. https://t.co/fTsF4ZLshN

— Millennial Democrats (@Millennial_Dems) March 9, 2020

US

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👑🦠; Election; Bros

👑 🦠

US morning  # 436 numbershttps://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

soap

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1236549305189597189.html

WORLD

RUSSIA

 

Fiona Hill: "Putin, sadly, has got all of our political class, every single one of us, including the media, exactly where he wants us. He's got us feeling vulnerable. He's got us feeling on edge. And he's got us questioning the legitimacy of our own systems." Via CBS pic.twitter.com/YrmZVLBi35

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 8, 2020

and

https://twitter.com/jechester431/status/1236661001132609536

🍊 KLAN

Dr🍊

Bill Maher destroys the president and his ‘Trump University School of Medicine’ degree – https://t.co/J4N9u7T0jh

— SAVE AMERICA (@vietthanhsports) March 8, 2020

fail

How did @realDonaldTrump fail to contain #coronavirus?
1. By focusing on China, he failed to stop the virus coming in from other countries;
2. By focusing on foreign nationals, he failed to stop virus carried by US travelers;
3. By not testing, he let the virus spread undetected. https://t.co/XzB9vXHiQv

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) March 8, 2020

Numbers over people

I'm speechless. He's *openly* saying the "numbers" matter… not the PEOPLE. https://t.co/z3YW3RUlN7

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 8, 2020

PENCE

Surgeon General

 

Did the Surgeon General just lie to the public so as not to contradict and anger the WH administration?

He claimed the coronavirus was contained in some communities. #CNNSOTH @jaketapper pic.twitter.com/SsWN8ggq9m

— Bryan 🇺🇸 🍑#FamiliesBelongTogether (@swimmerbr78) March 8, 2020

REPUBLICANS

Noo! CPAC🦠?

BREAKING: "The American Conservative Union has learned that one of our CPAC attendees has unfortunately tested positive today for coronavirus."

— Philip Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) March 7, 2020

Carosn

Here's Ben Carson saying that if you're healthy, "there's no reason you shouldn't go" to a crowded Trump rally.

"I'm confused by the message you're sending right now," Stephanopoulos replies. pic.twitter.com/AMPhjqNfWq

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 8, 2020

and

 

.

🐀🔩 polls

posting month old

This is 2/6-18. Why are you tweeting such an irrelevant poll?

— Janet Johnson (@JJohnsonLaw) March 8, 2020

NYAG Bakker

New York AG orders televangelist to stop selling fake virus treatment https://t.co/9kHuBDYx72

— Nick #FBR #FBPE 🇦🇺 (@hazydav) March 7, 2020

ELECTIONS

Buden – stutter thread

I see belligerent Bernie supporters are going to make Biden’s stutter a campaign issue. Beyond granting Trumpists a cruel attack surface this is ignorant and unbecoming of so-called progressives. I stutter and I too reconstruct my sentences in real-time to manage dysfluency onset

— David Carroll 🦅 (@profcarroll) March 8, 2020

Kamala endorses

.@JoeBiden has served our country with dignity and we need him now more than ever. I will do everything in my power to help elect him the next President of the United States. pic.twitter.com/DbB2fGWpaa

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) March 8, 2020

timing

Harris came to her final decision to endorse Biden on Saturday, a source tells CNN.

Harris officially decided to move forward w/ backing Biden after Warren dropped out, the source said, adding Harris didn't want to go against Warren or Klobuchar, two fellow women senators. https://t.co/t70WMw6JBB

— Dan Merica (@merica) March 8, 2020

Klobuchar?

Bit of a Freudian slip…while stumping for @JoeBiden just now in Grand Rapids, MI @amyklobuchar says she “couldn’t think of a better way to end my candidacy than join the ticket…” to big applause. She quickly corrected to say “join the terrific campaign of Joe Biden” pic.twitter.com/axoOR1cX9D

— Amanda Golden (@amandawgolden) March 7, 2020

Burnie&friends

Bernie showing his commitment to unity and the Democratic Party this week by spending an hour of Fox News prime time trashing Biden.

Bernie has welcomed the support of Russia, Trump and Fox News this cycle. https://t.co/jV0lz7sULA

— Simon Rosenberg (@SimonWDC) March 8, 2020

LEFTOVERS

Bros&Trumpies

Having covered the 2020 campaign from start to present, I've seen so many Biden slip-up clips circulated by the Trump campaign (and some codependent Sanders people) that are either faked (as here) or misleadingly cut (to remove him correcting himself immediately). Latest example: https://t.co/gYm31Zh65a

— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) March 8, 2020

Zephyr

 

*giggle* pic.twitter.com/Ub5enVlVWC

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) March 8, 2020

US

Hillary on Burnie

https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1236663238017855488

.

https://twitter.com/RepBobbyRush/status/1235906902032355328

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