The Presidency of Donald J. Trump, Episode VII: We Are All Going To Die, Thanks Obama!

There are so many ways that can be interpreted. Bravo.

I was moping about a high school break up when my buddy picked up a can of tennis balls lying in my car. I was sure a balls joke was coming but instead I hear “does she like hard surfaces”. Thankfully we were parked.

Iirc, one of the times Harvard’s endowment came up on 2p2, one of the issues with the money is that a lot of it has restrictions on how it can be used. I don’t remember the breakdown, though. I’m not disagreeing with y’all, either, just providing a little more detail.

Slight problem with “let Trump spout off about random drugs he’s heard” is he has a whole political appointed apparatus whose goal is to make what he says come true

The doctor who led the federal agency involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine said on Wednesday that he was removed from his post after he pressed for a rigorous vetting of a coronavirus treatment embraced by President Trump. The doctor said that science, not “politics and cronyism” must lead the way.

In the statement, he said: “My professional background has prepared me for a moment like this — to confront and defeat a deadly virus that threatens Americans and people around the globe. To this point, I have led the government’s efforts to invest in the best science available to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Unfortunately, this resulted in clashes with H.H.S. political leadership, including criticism for my proactive efforts to invest early into vaccines and supplies critical to saving American lives. I also resisted efforts to fund potentially dangerous drugs promoted by those with political connections,” he said.

Dr. Bright, who is a career official and not a political appointee, pointed specifically to the initial efforts to make chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine widely available before it was scientifically tested for efficacy with the coronavirus.

“Specifically, and contrary to misguided directives, I limited the broad use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, promoted by the administration as a panacea, but which clearly lack scientific merit,” he said.

“While I am prepared to look at all options and to think ‘outside the box’ for effective treatments, I rightly resisted efforts to provide an unproven drug on demand to the American public,” Dr. Bright said, describing what ultimately happened: “I insisted that these drugs be provided only to hospitalized patients with confirmed Covid-19 while under the supervision of a physician.

“These drugs have potentially serious risks associated with them, including increased mortality observed in some recent studies in patients with Covid-19.

“Sidelining me in the middle of this pandemic and placing politics and cronyism ahead of science puts lives at risk and stunts national efforts to safely and effectively address this urgent public health crisis,” Dr. Bright said.

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I thought she was laying the tennis pro at the White House.

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She’s slipping away behind Don’s back to get it from Justin.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1253064464053739525
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Don, I’ve heard or at least some people are saying, sent Justin a nice thank you letter.

Must be Bolshevik revolution on his brain

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1252727819291017224?s=21

Its because of the fucking movie released last year. Thats it.

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https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1253014634715545600?s=19

Briefing immediately weird today bringing up the CDC director to explain his comments about a 2nd wave being worse that was played over and over on CNN yesterday.

Trump says CDC guy was “misquoted”. CDC guy says he wasn’t. Trump trying to say coronavirus may not come back. What a shit show.

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Trump is so moronically stupid, just monumentally fucking dumb. He’s talking, right now today, about COVID just going away

“If COVID does come back, it will come back in smaller doses that we can contain”

That is a verbatim

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Wow it’s unreal watching these doctors just bend over to trump.

Some of you should watch the Canadian daily update. It’s a nice reminder how the world should work.

But how are the ratings?

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Like all Canadian tv. Shitty. :grin:

USA the new “King of ventilators”. Trump pissed he’s not getting enough credit.

I’ve never seen Trudeau once mention credit in a single daily press conference except to give it to others like the healthcare system.

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20 minutes of sheer drivel and then he flawlessly falls back in to reading his 2nd grade speech

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Talking about states needing to open up now and that “nobody wants a rebound” in the same paragraph. How is this real life?