Trump Owns This Coronavirus Carnage

Trump owns this Coronavirus carnage. He insisted for months that there was no need to do anything, despite many briefings from experts — many times and for several weeks — about how serious the disease could be to America. In addition, Trump praised China and its leader on its handling of Coronavirus many times in January and February. (But Trump’s…

And Then God Said

First, God said: “I tried to warn you. All during the campaign I let all the news networks give him $4 billion worth of free coverage, hoping you would understand and not vote for him. “But instead, enough of you voted for Russian plant candidate Jill Stein to elect him.” And then God said: “So then, I gave you Robert…

Wisconsin Is A GOP Prototype

SCOTUS has committed an act of brazen voter disenfranchisement. Wisconsin is a GOP prototype for the November election. From the New York Times: “The stakes were apparent in the lawyers involved in the Supreme Court fight. The Democratic team included the party’s top election lawyer, Marc Elias; among the law firms representing the Republicans was Consovoy McCarthy. The firm is…

Trump’s European Travel Ban Is Ridiculous

According to The New York Times, “President Trump announced on Wednesday night that he was taking action to stem the spread of the coronavirus by suspending most travel from Europe to the United States for 30 days, beginning on Friday. The restrictions do not apply to Britain, he said.” Fundamentally, Trump’s European travel ban is ridiculous. And he cannot explain it.…

Trump Approach To Risk Is Reactive

This is the dangerous, immature and irresponsible core of Trump’s belief system: the Trump approach to risk is reactive. He is not only deeply ignorant about how vaccines work, as he demonstrated this week, he has terrible ignorance about basic risk management. Instead of using and valuing programs that can prevent problems from developing, Trump believes in waiting for bad…

Trump-Protector Pence Gags Fauci

This has been an important week in the Trump administration’s handling of the Coronavirus public health concern. Expressed in three words: Pence gags Fauci. Earlier in the week of February 23, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci was scheduled to appear on five of the Sunday talk shows March 1. Subsequently, February 26 Trump…

White House Hires College Student in Personnel Role

According to Politico and other sources: “The White House has hired a college senior to be one of the top officials in its powerful Presidential Personnel Office, according to three administration officials familiar with the matter. “James Bacon, 23, is acting as one of the right-hand men to new PPO director John McEntee, according to the officials. Bacon, a senior…