DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 19, 2020

Trump Opposes $$’s For Testing And Contract Testing In New Aid Package.  History will record that Trump’s passing the pandemic response off to the states will be among the most disastrous decisions ever made by a President:

But their ultimate goal was to shift responsibility for leading the fight against the pandemic from the White House to the states. They referred to this as “state authority handoff,” and it was at the heart of what would become at once a catastrophic policy blunder and an attempt to escape blame for a crisis that had engulfed the country — perhaps one of the greatest failures of presidential leadership in generations.

Over a critical period beginning in mid-April, President Trump and his team convinced themselves that the outbreak was fading, that they had given state governments all the resources they needed to contain its remaining “embers” and that it was time to ease up on the lockdown.

Indian Vaccine Maker Fights For Affordable Covid Treatment.  He could be a difference-maker.

Robert Reich: Trump Has United America–Against Trump.  While you’re never gonna get the dead-enders, I think there’s a lot of truth in this. Read it, you’ll feel better.

Julianne Murray Wins Rethug Endorsement For Governor.  Betcha didn’t see that coming.

What do you want to talk about?

7 Comments

  1. Dan22

    I bet Julianne Murray won the endorsement because Bonini didn’t attend the convention

    • Faithful Skeptic

      Here’s the complete list (the order is scrambled because this is a caption to a photograph):

      Say hello to your Delaware GOP endorsed candidates:
      Dr. Julia Pillsbury for Insurance Commissioner
      Lee Murphy for US Congress
      Julianne Murray for Governor
      James DeMartino for US Senate
      Donyale Hall for Lt. Governor (not pictured)

      … and is there any word on whether Bonini or some of the other worthies are dropping out?

      • Why is a pediatrician running for insurance commissioner?

        • Del

          Same reason a Cop became the insurance commissioner. People just need jobs. Some hope for higher Office maybe

      • El Somnambulo

        Neil Shea dropped out of the R governor primary.

  2. Del

    They didn’t endorse the drug running mule? Suprised.

  3. paul

    Who is behind the attempted assassination of an Obama appointed federal judge in nj?

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