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April 26, 2020

Out of 13 hours of Trump Covid-19 briefings, just 4.5 Minutes of empathy for victims: analysis

Published 1 min ago on April 26, 2020
By Common Dreams

As the world runs out of words to account for or describe the unhinged rantings of President Donald Trump when it comes to his daily briefings on the coronavirus pandemic that has rocked the United States and other nations, a new analysis published Sunday details a shocking lack of sympathy expressed by the nation’s highest ranking elected official.

With help from a data analytics firm, the Washington Post studied the cumulative hours of White House briefings focused on the outbreak since March 16, including a detailed breakdown of the last three weeks in which the press events have become increasingly concerning as Trump pushed unproven treatments and, just last week, suggested that patients could be injected with disinfectants as a way to cure their illness.

The briefings, as the Post notes, “have come to replace Trump’s “Keep America Great” campaign rallies—now on pause during the global contagion—and fulfill the president’s needs and impulses in the way his arena-shaking campaign events once did: a chance for him to riff, free-associate, spar with the media and occupy center stage.”

According to the Post:

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/out-of-13-hours-of-trump-covid-19-briefings-just-4-5-minutes-of-empathy-for-victims-analysis/

It took just thirteen hours.......................hell he's been doing this since day fucking one, when he came down a fucking escalator with paid lackey's standing on the first floor atrium making $50.00 dollars to stand there with sign.........JFC.................he doesn't give a shit about anyone, anything, unless its about himself..................the public was lucky they got 4.5 minutes.........during a pandemic.............he stood on that podium and lied over 350 times, and has now closing in on 19,000 lies..............JFC......... ..

April 26, 2020

The Pentagon will have to live with limits on F-35's supersonic flights

By: David B. Larter , Valerie Insinna , and Aaron Mehta ?

WASHINGTON — An issue that risks damage to the F-35’s tail section if the aircraft needs to maintain supersonic speeds is not worth fixing and will instead be addressed by changing the operating parameters, the F-35 Joint Program Office told Defense News in a statement Friday.

The deficiency, first reported by Defense News in 2019, means that at extremely high altitudes, the U.S. Navy’s and Marine Corps’ versions of the F-35 jet can only fly at supersonic speeds for short bursts of time before there is a risk of structural damage and loss of stealth capability.

The problem may make it impossible for the Navy’s F-35C to conduct supersonic intercepts.

“This issue was closed on December 17, 2019 with no further actions and concurrence from the U.S. services,” the F-35 JPO statement read. “The [deficiency report] was closed under the category of ‘no plan to correct,’ which is used by the F-35 team when the operator value provided by a complete fix does not justify the estimated cost of that fix.

https://www.defensenews.com/air/2020/04/24/the-pentagon-will-have-to-live-with-limits-on-f-35s-supersonic-flights/

Bullshit this can be fixed...........the team Lockheed didn't see this coming during the design and flight testing phase.........

April 26, 2020

Jake Tapper grills Dr. Birx for 'generous approach' to Trump's bleach injection idea

Published 4 mins ago on April 26, 2020By David Edwards


White House coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx on Sunday downplayed President Donald Trump’s suggestion that sunlight or disinfectant could be injected into people who have the COVID-19 virus.

During an interview on CNN, host Jake Tapper asked about the dangerous remarks that the president made at a press briefing on Thursday.

“What should the American people know about disinfectants and the human body?” Tapper said.

“Well, first,” Birx began. “That was a dialog he was having between the DHS scientists and himself for information he had received and he was discussing. When he turned to me, I made it clear and he understood it was not as a treatment.”



https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/doesnt-that-bother-you-jake-tapper-grills-dr-birx-for-generous-approach-to-trumps-bleach-injection-idea/

A fucking dialoge ............and the sky is pink...............trying to start the bullshit ..............and cover-up a raving lunatic , that is only worried about himself.....................fuck you........maybe the asshole should resign................ever think of that Birx...
April 26, 2020

Someone had there narcissist feeling hurt.........and now more people are going to die.....

Trump says briefings 'not worth the effort' amid fallout from disinfectant comments

The president remained behind closed doors after advisers reportedly warned him that the briefings were hurting his campaign

After more than a month of near-daily White House coronavirus press briefings, Donald Trump stayed behind closed doors on Saturday after advisers reportedly warned the president that his appearances were hurting his campaign.

Trump himself referenced his absence when he wrote on Twitter that the briefings are “not worth the time & effort”. The president wrote the tweet on Saturday evening, when he would usually be taking the podium to address journalists.

“What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth or facts accurately,” he wrote. “They get record ratings, & the American people get nothing but Fake News. Not worth the time & effort!”

In recent weeks Trump has used the briefings to dole out unproven and debunked medical advice, suggesting that things like sunlight and an anti-malaria drug are cures to Covid-19, often causing his own medical experts to try to correct the record.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/25/donald-trump-stays-away-from-briefings-amid-fallout-from-disinfectant-comments

You asshole, you are a small petty libertarian asshole............your feeling got fucking hurt.............

Time for Biden to step in an and have a daily briefing..................

April 25, 2020

The Onion's Prescient Column On Trump Promoting Injesting Cleaning Products "

Politics 4/25/20 6:56am Read time: 1 minute

Man Just Buying One Of Every Cleaning Product In Case Trump Announces It’s Coronavirus Cure," was the tile of their March 25 piece.
By Ed Scarce

It was exactly one month ago today that The Onion ran this satirical piece on their website.

Man Just Buying One Of Every Cleaning Product In Case Trump Announces It’s Coronavirus Cure

EVANSTON, WY—Throwing bottles of bleach, ammonia, and Drano into a cart at his local grocery store, area man Troy Mitchell was reportedly stocking up on one of every cleaning product he could find Wednesday in case President Donald Trump announces it is a coronavirus cure. “I got toilet bowl cleaner, carpet cleaner, Swiffer WetJet refills—you name it—just so me and my family will be ready if the president announces one of these things can treat Chinese virus,” said Mitchell, indiscriminately throwing containers of laundry detergent, Scrubbing Bubbles, grout whitener, steel wool, Febreze, Tilex mold and mildew remover, and laptop screen wipes into the cart, the contents of which rang up to $2,513.67 at checkout. “I’m not getting caught without some oven degreaser should Trump say it’s going to save us, so I better go ahead and grab me a bottle. After this, I’m hitting the hardware store to pick up a 5-gallon bucket of roof sealant to make sure I’m prepared in the event that turns out to be what gets rid of the Wuhan. Could just be 10 or 20 squirts of Windex into each nostril. You never know what might work in a pinch!” At press time, neighbors confirmed Mitchell had been found unresponsive on the floor of his bathroom with several empty aerosol cans of Rust-Oleum wax-and-tar-removing solvent by his head.

Tags:
coronavirus, covid-19, Lysol, The Onion, trump

https://crooksandliars.com/2020/04/onion-prescient-column-trump-promoting

I not going to be caught without any oven de-greaser.......................

April 25, 2020

I know this click bait head line .........it is worth reading.....

Trump’s COVID-19 failure shows his ‘omnipotent destructiveness’ — as he is ‘actively engaging in sabotage’: Psychologist John Gartner

Published 11 mins ago on April 25, 2020
By Bob Brigham

As of Friday, the coronavirus pandemic has killed at least 50,000 people in the United States. That number is likely to be an undercount, and it’s possible we will never have a true reckoning.

At almost every juncture, Donald Trump has made decisions about the coronavirus pandemic that have led to more death. His behavior is that of a person who has no care or concern for the health, safety and welfare of the American people. Nothing could epitomize that more perfectly than his grotesque suggestion this week that “injecting” disinfectants or household cleaning products might kill the coronavirus. This would seem comical, and entirely unbelievable, if it had not actually happened.

In 2016 the Obama administration told then President-elect Trump and his advisers of the high likelihood that a pandemic would strike the nation and advised the incoming administration to take appropriate steps to reduce its impact. Obama officials also left their Trump counterparts a step-by-step guide on how to respond to a pandemic. Trump and his inner circle ignored that guidance.

Last November, the U.S. military warned Donald Trump that the country was likely to be afflicted with a devastating pandemic originating in China.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/trumps-covid-19-failure-shows-his-omnipotent-destructiveness-as-he-is-actively-engaging-in-sabotage-psychologist-john-gartner/

He really should be charged with murder some how even after he is voted out.............and then when he tries to plead insanity.............say nope..........no rubber helmet for you, just fucking handcuffs and leg irons and see this key just throw it away..............................


April 25, 2020

Deutsche Bank refuses to give U.S. senators information on recent Trump dealings

POLITICS APRIL 25, 2020 / 8:40 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) has declined a request by prominent U.S. senators to provide information about the German lender’s recent business dealings with U.S. President Donald Trump and his family, according to a letter this week seen by Reuters.

Four Democratic senators, led by Elizabeth Warren, earlier this month demanded details from Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Christian Sewing about the bank's interaction this year with Trump and his family's companies. (here)

The bank is one of the largest creditors for Trump’s hotels, golf courses and other properties, according to filings. The senators are concerned the bank may be giving the family preferential treatment on loan repayments in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak as Deutsche Bank itself remains under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Deutsche’s counsel rejected the senators’ request on privacy grounds, according to the letter dated April 21 seen by Reuters.

Reporting by Tom Sims; Editing by Louise Heavens and Diane Craft

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-deutsche-bank-trum/deutsche-bank-refuses-to-give-u-s-senators-information-on-recent-trump-dealings-idUSKCN2270JO

You can try to run Deutsche Bank, but can't fucking hide.................we are going to get you and that turd blossom running around playing fucking doctor and those records.......................privacy my ass, that a lame excuse...................

April 25, 2020

Fox News anchor tried to grill Katie Porter -- and ended up getting schooled on the reality

of a global pandemic

Published 2 hours ago on April 25, 2020
By Bob Brigham

Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) is in her first term in Congress, but has already earned a reputation as a fierce questioner.

During a Fox News appearance on Saturday, Porter showed that she can answer questions as well as she can ask them.

Fox News personality Leland Vittert attempted to grill Porter about China to distract from the failures in America to respond to the coronavirus cases, resulting in the highest reported death toll in the world.

“So you trust the WHO as an independent and legitimate service to do this investigation?” Vittert asked.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/fox-news-anchor-tried-to-grill-katie-porter-and-ended-up-getting-schooled-on-the-reality-of-a-global-pandemic/


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