DL Open Thread: Mon., May 11, 2020
How Conspiracy Theory Led To Funding Cut For Effective Pandemic Research. From 60 Minutes. Only in this administration could the conspiratorial ramblings of Rethug whack-job Matt Gaetz take precedence over, you know, science. Or facts.
‘Staggering’ Death Totals At Nursing Homes. 15 states have already rushed to protect nursing homes from legal responsibility. Nice to know that their priorities are in order.
Meat Plants Reopen–As Do Meat Exports To China. We’re risking workers’ lives so that China can maintain their meat supply?
Everything Falls Apart, Ctd. US. Global. The latest carnage: 1,329,799 confirmed cases and 79,528 deaths in the United States. The good news? That’s less than 1000 deaths in the past 24 hours. The bad news? This has generally been the case on weekends, and is more likely due to delays in counting rather than a downturn. One can always hope, though.
Why No One Is Calling On Trump To Resign. Actually, one, and only one, national media luminary has called for Trump’s resignation: Howard Stern. History will not be kind to those who didn’t.
If Supreme Court Deep-Sixes Obamacare, Pandemic Will Likely Expand. No wonder even some Rethugs, who have fought tooth-and-nail to kill Obamacare, are urging Trump to stand down from this suit.
What do you want to talk about?
Republicans increasingly willing to be critical of Trump, but only in private and off the record.
There is a Delaware connection to this that I’ll be posting about in a bit.
Many people say Trump reeks of urine. I don’t know, but many people are saying that. I don’t know why he smells like urine, that’s just what a lot of people say. You’ll have to ask him.