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
Trump, Unfit
Easily Rattled
by JOHN ADAMS •
Coronavirus, Distraction, Trump
Distract
by JOHN ADAMS •
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
by JOHN ADAMS •
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
by JOHN ADAMS •
America, Coronavirus, Economy, Public Health, Trump
Mourning in America
by JOHN ADAMS •
Politics, Trump, U.S. Senate
Forced Retirement
by JOHN ADAMS •
Coronavirus, Economy, Public Health, Trump, Unfit
First
by JOHN ADAMS •
Coronavirus, Public Health, Sloth, Trump
Trump Played Golf
by JOHN ADAMS •
Parodies, Trump
In the Club with Don
by JOHN ADAMS •
Coronavirus, Kakistocracy, Public Health, Trump, Unfit
Trump Admin Picks ‘The Dog Breeder’ to Lead Pandemic Task Force
by JOHN ADAMS •
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
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…