National security lawyer Bradley Moss gave Fox host Shannon Bream more than she bargained for when she tried to advance the latest crackpot distraction being pushed by her network and Trump.
Trump
Coronavirus, Courts, Federal Government, Law, Local Government, Public Health, State Government, Trump
Practical Implications After Wisconsin v. Palm: The Divide over the Novel Coronavirus
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On March 24th, I first began a draft of this post. It seemed to probable then – and it is true now – that Trump would effectually abandon a social distancing or stay-at-home approach, and encourage business as usual to resume promptly. The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ruling in Wisconsin v. Palm has brought that abandonment to Wisconsin…
Politics, Trump
3 Views of the Trump Digital Campaign Operation
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Trump’s campaign manager, Brad Parscale, is proud of the digital campaign operation he’s created for Trump’s election. He’s even referred to it (absurdly) as a ‘Death Star’ operation. Views of the Trump digital offering are mixed. Dave Weigel sees Trump digital platform as interactively engaging for Trump’s fans: Trump 2020 did not let me go…
Trump, Unfit
Easily Rattled
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Coronavirus, Distraction, Trump
Distract
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Authoritarianism, Bigotry, Conway, Ethics, Gluttony, Grifters, Impeachment, Kakistocracy, Medicine, Mendacity, Nepotism, Never Trump, Official Misconduct, Sloth, Trump, Trump-Russia, Unfit
Trump’s Condition: Unfit by Many Standards
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It’s enough, as an indictment of Trump, to see and then reject his role on purely political grounds: a bigoted autocrat of limited knowledge & reasoning ability with a love of foreign dictators and contempt for American liberal democracy. One doesn’t need a training in medicine to reject Trump. There are, however, compelling critiques of…
Coronavirus, Kamala Harris, National Security, Trump
Sen. Kamala Harris questions DNI nominee John Ratcliffe on Trump’s COVID-19 response
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America, Coronavirus, Economy, Public Health, Trump
Mourning in America
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Politics, Trump, U.S. Senate
Forced Retirement
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Coronavirus, Economy, Public Health, Trump, Unfit
First
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Coronavirus, Public Health, Sloth, Trump
Trump Played Golf
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Parodies, Trump
In the Club with Don
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Coronavirus, Kakistocracy, Public Health, Trump, Unfit
Trump Admin Picks ‘The Dog Breeder’ to Lead Pandemic Task Force
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One reads from Reuters that Trump Administration, whose leader promised America only the best people, tapped a Former Labradoodle breeder to lead U.S. pandemic task force: Azar [Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services] tapped a trusted aide with minimal public health experience to lead the agency’s day-to-day response to COVID-19. The aide, Brian Harrison,…
Bad Ideas, Coronavirus, Medicine, Public Health, Trump
More Deaths, No Benefit from Anti-Malaria Drug That Trump Pushed
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A malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus showed no benefit in a large analysis of its use in U.S. veterans hospitals. There were more deaths among those given hydroxychloroquine versus standard care, researchers reported. The nationwide study was not a rigorous experiment. But with 368 patients, it’s the…