US Politics, April 2020 -- Where's the Vax Returns?

"there’s politics talk and then there’s this kind of shit which is sub-celebrity gossip"

Ugh yes make it stop plz

White House economic adviser Peter Navarro confirmed Monday that he and Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious-disease expert, engaged in a heated dispute in the White House Situation Room about how enthusiastically the administration should tout the prospects of using an anti-malaria drug to treat the coronavirus.

Appearing on CNN, Navarro was asked to respond to an Axios report that he arrived on Saturday with studies promoting the potential of hydroxychloroquine, a drug that President Trump has said could be a “game-changer” but that Fauci has repeatedly cautioned is unproven to combat covid-19.

“There was that discussion on Saturday,” Navarro said. “If we didn’t have disagreement and debate in the Trump administration, this administration would not be as strong as it is.”

After being shown a clip in which Fauci said the data on treating coronavirus with hydroxychloroquine is “at best suggestive,” Navarro suggested seeking advice from doctors besides Fauci.

“I’ll let him speak for himself, but I would have two words for you: second opinion,” said Navarro, whose work for Trump has largely focused on trade.

Pressed on why he is more qualified to weigh in on treating the novel coronavirus than Fauci, Navarro said he was competent to read the literature.
“Doctors disagree about things all the time. My qualifications in terms of looking at the science is that I’m a social scientist. I have a PhD, and I understand how to read statistical studies,” he said. “You could be a plumber and read that and come to the same conclusion.”

Not only has Asshole surrounded himself with the worst people, he's also surrounded himself with the worst people.

Only because I just finished watching Ozark, Omar Navarro would probably do just as well.

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Last night, John Oliver had his main segment on One America News. That thing is even shittier than I thought.

icymi

A review of federal purchasing contracts by The Associated Press shows federal agencies waited until mid-March to begin placing bulk orders of N95 respirator masks, mechanical ventilators and other equipment needed by front-line health care workers.

https://apnews.com/090600c299a8cf07f5b44d92534856bc

Under our merciless form of government, COVID-19 will exact a cascading sequence of miseries: first your job, then your health insurance, then your life… https://t.co/ebz4deZmbr

— CounterPunch (@NatCounterPunch) April 5, 2020

Good morning!

! Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly told the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt that their former commander Capt. Brett Crozier -- who warned of dangerous conditions on the ship -- was either "too naive or too stupid" to be in command. https://t.co/R7P7qSqGnE

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) April 6, 2020

Fire Modly

Modly said he was incensed that Crozier wrote in his memo that the United States is not at war. In fact, China is to blame for the current coronavirus pandemic because it hid the scope of the problem, said Modly, who also accused the Chinese of not being as transparent as the Navy.

you know who else hid the scope of the problem?

the rats feel their backs against the wall

Seriously the worst line of defense for that dickrubber to take rn

the modly speeches

China, what, physically prevented you from reading several months of news stories about the epidemic they were suffering? Those bastards.

is it normal to end a speech like that with "Go Navy"?

'Every time I tried to read the newspaper, a Chinese official would rush over and pull the newspaper from my hand while softly saying 'no'. It was literally out of my hands.'

Modly & Creme

Dastardly and Modly

Mödly: Crüde

ban all modlys

Modly!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25x3aIWs76E

moldy

Fired IC IG Atkinson has released a statement on his severance, including “It is hard not to think that the President’s loss of confidence in me derived from my having faithfully discharged my legal obligations as an independent and impartial Inspector General” and "...I have spent my entire seventeen-year career as a public servant acting without regard to partisan favor or political fear," and concluding with a plea to all gov't employees and contractors who see unethical or illegal behaviour in the federal government “Please do not allow recent events to silence your voices.”

Infrastructure week rescheduled, date TBA:

Asked about Pelosi's call for additional money for Americans in a Phase 4 bill, Trump says, "I like the concept of it. I think it's good. We're talking about a different way of doing it, but I like the concept." He says he'd also like an infrastructure bill.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 6, 2020

zing

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EU8d6iUWsAEmrAu?format=png&name=small

ouch

Major Producer of Hydroxychloroquine Once Paid Michael Cohen Hefty Sum for Access to Trump

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/major-producer-of-hydroxychloroquine-once-paid-michael-cohen-hefty-sum-for-access-to-trump/ar-BB12eeHz

there is just no way the Trumps are not invested in this drug

holy shit @ this audio

The acting Navy secretary is unfit for office. He should resign or be removed immediately. https://t.co/6hfiIkFQfa

— Justin Amash (@justinamash) April 6, 2020

navy sec. 100% on board w/ "media is the enemy"

ah sorry I didn't see the audio was posted up there^

is there a branch of the military this admin had *not* pissed off yet?

space force

it's early still

Former vice president Joe Biden spoke with President Trump on Monday afternoon about the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a senior administration official and another person with knowledge of the conversation.

The conversation was “very cordial,” the administration official said. Both people spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the exchange.

Biden’s campaign said last week it was working on setting up a call with the president after Trump told reporters that he would “absolutely” be willing to speak with Biden on the matter.

News of Monday’s conversation was first reported by NBC News.

I hope they discussed our nation's critical shortage of hen fap

And also whether there are too many kids on their respective lawns

Loefflet’s Senate seat is in play:

Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) holds a significant lead over Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) in the race for her Senate seat, a new poll found.

A Battleground Connect survey of likely voters in the upcoming special election first reported by Politico revealed that 36 percent support Collins, who has represented the 9th district in Georgia since 2013, for the Senate seat currently held by Loeffler.

Loeffler currently trails both Collins and a Democratic opponent, pastor Raphael Warnock of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, and sits at 13 percent in the poll. Warnock registered support from 16 percent of voters, indicating that Collins has a clear advantage in the race.

In the sense that she’ll lose, seems unlikely any of the Dem candidates will grab it. But who knows...

I think this'll be big, I don't know: Birx, with Trump standing right beside her in-shot, just said "You can see what happens when you come at this a little too late." I doubt she meant to put it that way, although Trump had just, in his special way, been rather callous about Birx's granddaughter, who'd been running a temperature of 105.

Xo Doug Collins is even worse

the main question with the Loeffler race is which two candidates will make it to the runoff on January 5

By the way, Trump made reference today to "an election the Democrats shouldn't be allowed to win." I'm sure he doesn't mean it.

Modly's a real piece of shit, huh
angry enlisted man yelling "WHAT THE FUCK"

Kelly Loeffler is awful, and after losing my retirement savings I can’t even stomach reading about her insider trading, but Doug Collins is a fascist and it does seem like he’s going to win

hours after ‘standing by every word’ he said, modly has issued an apology

Standing by his words from 6 ft away

hope he is standing at the bottom of the ocean soon

dunno if this is being discussed in the primary thread but what just happened in Wisconsin (the conservative majority state supreme court overturned the governor's order to postpone the election) is a fucking travesty and is going to get people killed

in the Nino thread