Our medical professionals are heroes putting their lives on the line to keep our country going. Here's a look at how an ER doctor who already fought on the front lines of one crisis makes it through a day in this one. A good reminder for us to help them out by staying home. https://t.co/ah7vva9776
“Trump needs to listen to the experts on Coronavirus.”
Chairman Schiff summarizes his conversation yesterday with Chris Hayes: “to discuss the ongoing debate over efforts to counter the economic impacts of Coronavirus, and the importance of putting American families and workers – not corporate executives – first. Congressional Democrats are pushing back against a $500 billion
slush fund that President Trump would control, with no accountability, and are instead advocating for measures that will help small businesses stay afloat and ensure American families have the economic support to weather this pandemic. ”
(Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciGJjHalpoM)
Why don’t they just let someone else interview him? 🙄
It used to be the norm that if the interview had a personal or business connection with the journalist, they’d assign the interview to someone else.
Thank you for posting this thread from Dr. Spencer. They are heroes. Meanwhile….
they think it's ok for schoolchildren to perish in a hail of bullets. they think it's ok for the elderly to die in a pandemic. these people are fucking psychopaths. vote them straight the fuck out of office. thank you for listening to my TED talk
The Constitution prohibits him holding both positions. Article 1, Sec. 6, to be specific. Upon his appointment to the White House position, he forfeited his position as a member of Congress. https://t.co/obyYvHlT3V
"He should stop talking and start listening to the medical experts," says Joe Biden, reacting to President Trump suggesting the country reopen by Easter. https://t.co/vNAO5kQsYOpic.twitter.com/jWE5Sw49Wv
Just transcribed Dr. Megan Ranney, emergency physician for Rhode Island:
Speaking about the dire critical need for social distancing to continue.
-So far it has not posted and I do not have a copy.
How about this…
“Vladimir Putin himself has not been tested…
But the infection rate in Russia has begun to escalate even according to official figures, which some suspect are being massaged.
So despite President Putin’s characterisation of Covid-19 as something imported, a “foreign threat”, protective measures are increasing.
They include everything from border and school closures to a ban on mass gatherings.
But there’s no all-out order to stay at home and on Friday the Kremlin insisted that a lockdown for Moscow was “not being discussed at all”.
Many suspect the reticence is directly connected to the constitutional vote and a desire to secure Mr Putin’s route to re-election as soon as possible.
That process has moved so mysteriously fast from the very start it’s been dubbed a “special operation”.”
(https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51972974)
How often has trumpsky talked to poppa lately?
Their strategies mirror each other – e.g. claiming COVID-19 is ‘under control’ due to their ‘timely measures’, an attempt at ‘business as usual’, officials crossing their fingers that ‘everything will blow over’ and
Russia will be magically ‘spared the worst’.
Powerful women right here! This is what Fashion is right now for us. Making hundreds of masks a day and that’s what we can do to help. Thank you to my team for this. #christiansirianopic.twitter.com/sO8TfZVJTJ
A special interest group paid $700,000 to the president’s private business and two weeks later his administration announced its support of the policy the group wanted. We couldn’t paint you a clearer picture of corruption if we tried. https://t.co/3PB03O6ASu
When this is all over, I don’t just want him in prison, I want all his assets liquidated and the proceeds distributed to everyone he swindled, including the American people.
Trump foolishly suggests that the critical social distancing America is doing should end soon.
–forget who pointed this out yesterday…while Governor Cuomo is firmly shutting down his state, the idiot governor in Florida is in total Trumpistan denial = thus Floridians visiting NY are undoing Cuomo’s good work.
The name sounded vaguely familiar, I wasn’t able to tell where I heard it before. And then I looked it up, Damn! This song was both the prelude and the benediction all rolled into one. When the inner-city dj’s set up their wall of speakers at any park on any weekend, you knew Soul Makossa was coming.
Everyone who missed your interview with Joe Biden should check it out! We're doing everything we can to get him elected in November as our 46th! #RidinWithBidenhttps://t.co/BNHEp8CFEm
My uncle in Australia mentioned this last week in a conversation with me … he asked “… are they going to shoot themselves if they diagnosed with the illness”. Is that why they are stocking up?
We both thought it was silly, but apparently the ppl who are buying don’t think so.
In my book, what people call trump's "presidency" is more like a "residency" … he's proven to be nothing more than a squatter who shouldn't be in the White House. This November, let's evict him from 1600! #RidinWithBiden
PUT THE PEOPLE FIRST:
“Our job is not to enrich corporations, buybacks, but to protect the workers.” (Senator Sanders)
Like we’re not going to give the Trumpskies 500 $Billion to do anything they want with and no transparency!
Good to know Democrats in Congress are on it.
Chef José Andrés the magnificent:
Talking to O’Donnell about the need for U.S. Congress to invest in the restaurant industry:
“We’re talking about this is a health crisis, this is an economic crisis, and we need to be talking that this is a humanitarian crisis, and we need to make sure that Congress is on top of this. Yes. As Congress is going to help industry to move forward, also industry can be a partner to the Federal Government to make sure that we take care of every single – every.single.person – in America in need of a plate of hot food.
You know, a Frenchman Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin in 1826 said “the future of a nation will depend on
how they feed themselves”. We need to make sure that Congress, through this idea that I am putting forward…America take care of feeding every American in need. Right now.”
Greta Thunberg says she and her father have Covid-19 symptoms and that it's "extremely likely" she contracted the coronavirus. "We who don’t belong to a risk group have an enormous responsibility," she said on Instagram, noting that they were in isolation.https://t.co/QvIartASgW
Let me be clear: Donald Trump knew about the threat the coronavirus posed and failed to act. It’s one of the most unjustifiable failures of presidential leadership in American history. pic.twitter.com/l8BdATZsaL
Today @jaketapper asked @JoeBiden what his message is to Americans who are afraid. If you’re feeling uneasy, uncertain or scared right now, listen to him talk about how we will get through this and how he’s so darn proud to be an American. pic.twitter.com/Hvk5FPOgzG
ER doctor @Craig_A_Spencer, 38, known from contracting Ebola, shared a poignant, viral thread of his daily throes at a NYC hospital treating the coronavirus.
"A cacophony of coughing. Mask up. Walk in.” He tells family, "Best to put her on life support."https://t.co/Kbc2jq5Dsq
Doesn't matter if it's a Democrat or Republican — @JoeBiden applauds governors across the country like @andrewcuomo & @MikeDeWine who are stepping up, leading their states, and delivering facts to their communities. pic.twitter.com/NO7dOWK6hw
If someone is consistently hyping snake-oil miracle cures, or making up stories about policies that aren't real, stop putting a camera or a mic on that person as a source for information in this crisis.
Rand Paul's aides had never been told that Paul might have been exposed to the virus or had been tested for it, according to a person familiar with the situation, and some began to fear they could have contracted it and spread it to their friends & family. https://t.co/kB8ktN9FeE
This is so tragic. There have been so many efforts to downplay the severity of #coronavirus, but the bottom line is there is no guarantee that contracting it won't result in serious health challenges or death. RIP DezAnn Romain. #StayAtHomeSaveLiveshttps://t.co/sfovtH8oro
Lord, have mercy. I understand many remain confused @ #COVIDー19 symptoms, when to get tested, what to expect? Yesterday I was grateful to speak with Rep. @RepRobinKelly as she held a town hall to inform her district. Ask your congressperson for the same. https://t.co/AyxmZuXhce
— Ebony Jade Hilton, MD (@EbonyJadeHilton) March 24, 2020
The President is too confused, too indecisive, too disorganized, too easily manipulated, too personally callous, and too anti-science, to lead us through a pandemic. His unwillingness to piss off corporate insiders and use the Department of Defense to save lives is Exhibit A.
Joe Biden: “I’ve never been more proud to be an American. I mean that sincerely. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things for their community, for their neighbors, for people down the street, for everyone out there. They’re scared, yet they’re united.”pic.twitter.com/qTS1UojrSD
We know that without consistent testing, our data related to COVID19 is incomplete. Health care provides and advocates such as journalist @nidhiprakash at @BuzzFeed are working tirelessly to inform the public, improve the system, and in turn #FlattenTheCurvehttps://t.co/NfL9W6Frqa
— Ebony Jade Hilton, MD (@EbonyJadeHilton) March 24, 2020
Make it into work without issues, we are supposed to start testing tomorrow. I’m both hopeful and worried, not for myself but for my family and everyone else. This virus is a monster.
Denmark has promised to cover 75% – 90% of salaries for businesses that don't lay off their employees. And in the Netherlands, the government will pay up to 90% of wages for companies hit hard by the pandemic, with additional help for restaurants.https://t.co/timlFya9XP
So we have to spend $6 trillion on a bailout with just $2 trillion for people. This is what happens when you inflate stock market with $1.5 trillion corporate buyback, ship American jobs overseas, dismantle pandemic response operation and continullay lie to public about the virus
With $6 trillion, you could give every adult in America $2300 a month for a year. They can absolutely afford it, it would be a huge boon for the economy, top to bottom, they just don't want to set a precedent of actually helping the American people over corporate interests.
Obama spent years dealing with bad-faith attacks from the arsonists in the Tea Party/Freedom Caucus and now Mark Meadows steps in as WH Chief of Staff to manage a $6 trillion stimulus. What a journey for these totally sincere deficit hawks. https://t.co/BExGxPHG2m
Thinking of Will Dubbs right now. He’s the man, and I know he’s going to get through this. Much love to Will, who led this entire, amazing team in Iowa for Team Kamala. pic.twitter.com/TJIVX0CJqw
“Georgia to mail absentee ballot request forms to all active voters”
All of Georgia’s 6.9 million active voters will be mailed absentee ballot request forms for the May 19 primary, a major push to encourage voting by mail during the coronavirus pandemic, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Tuesday.
Voters will still be required to return their absentee ballot request forms before they receive an actual ballot.
Early voting and Election Day precincts will remain open.
The presidential primary will now be held May 19, along with races for the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House, the Georgia General Assembly and local offices.
British doctors call on people who can’t smell/taste to self-isolate as “Anosmia, the loss of sense of smell, and ageusia, an accompanying diminished sense of taste, have emerged as peculiar telltale signs of Covid-19.” https://t.co/NdX2AMmbCh
“Nobody voted in Donald Trump thinking he would become a ‘one-man death panel’ empowered to dispense with American lives like cannon fodder. It would be political suicide for him and murder for many others.”https://t.co/ILbBVwcZMt
As an older American and trying to survive cancer, as a mother and CEO of a charity working with thousands of older veterans and disabled citizens – thank you for these words. This is the real meaning of #ProLife. It will be an honor to vote for you in November.
The Obama Diary 
Congrats PK on First 🙂
Congrats pk
Au ⭐🥇Recipient Furst.
NW, You are Awesome.🙏💪🤗😇🤗💪🙏Obrigada.
Hey Nerdy, You’re a Rock Star. So let’s party together tomorrow – all of TOD.
Wow! What a great idea!
IKR?!
Thank you for the link!
You’re very welcome Terri 😘
“Trump needs to listen to the experts on Coronavirus.”
Chairman Schiff summarizes his conversation yesterday with Chris Hayes: “to discuss the ongoing debate over efforts to counter the economic impacts of Coronavirus, and the importance of putting American families and workers – not corporate executives – first. Congressional Democrats are pushing back against a $500 billion
slush fund that President Trump would control, with no accountability, and are instead advocating for measures that will help small businesses stay afloat and ensure American families have the economic support to weather this pandemic. ”
(Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciGJjHalpoM)
Project N95:
Healthcare workers crowdsourcing protective equipment.
Andrew Stroup explains to Chris Hayes about repurposing PPE to where it is needed.
(We need more, more, more to save our doctors, nurses, and hospital, first responder personnel.)
(Video: http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/health-workers-crowdsource-protective-gear-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-81144389957)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/24/politics/liz-cheney-trump-coronavirus-tweet/index.html
🙂
Jesus. Now I’m agreeing with Liz Cheney. Who woulda thought
It’s a topsy turvy world we’re living in.
And it took a woman to push back on him!
Hopefully, he’ll pay attention and not blow her off. Like he does everyone ELSE he doesn’t agree with
Why don’t they just let someone else interview him? 🙄
It used to be the norm that if the interview had a personal or business connection with the journalist, they’d assign the interview to someone else.
Because, some think it’s clever Tom & Jerry routine with some info thrown in. 🙄
Gets tiresome after awhile.
Thank you for posting this thread from Dr. Spencer. They are heroes. Meanwhile….
Y’all saw this,right?
What Constitution?
the one we USED to have to abide by
USED being the operative word … like Melania … they don’t care.
November can’t get here soon enough.
What he said.
Just transcribed Dr. Megan Ranney, emergency physician for Rhode Island:
Speaking about the dire critical need for social distancing to continue.
-So far it has not posted and I do not have a copy.
Rhode Island hospital.
good job I’m a fkn saint.
heh…
Thought I saw that Biden was going to be on Deadline White House today
Yes! He was excellent. (I think she’s even enthralled with him.)
He was so calming. Oh for the day………..
How about this…
“Vladimir Putin himself has not been tested…
But the infection rate in Russia has begun to escalate even according to official figures, which some suspect are being massaged.
So despite President Putin’s characterisation of Covid-19 as something imported, a “foreign threat”, protective measures are increasing.
They include everything from border and school closures to a ban on mass gatherings.
But there’s no all-out order to stay at home and on Friday the Kremlin insisted that a lockdown for Moscow was “not being discussed at all”.
Many suspect the reticence is directly connected to the constitutional vote and a desire to secure Mr Putin’s route to re-election as soon as possible.
That process has moved so mysteriously fast from the very start it’s been dubbed a “special operation”.”
(https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51972974)
How often has trumpsky talked to poppa lately?
Their strategies mirror each other – e.g. claiming COVID-19 is ‘under control’ due to their ‘timely measures’, an attempt at ‘business as usual’, officials crossing their fingers that ‘everything will blow over’ and
Russia will be magically ‘spared the worst’.
Crooks gonna crook
When this is all over, I don’t just want him in prison, I want all his assets liquidated and the proceeds distributed to everyone he swindled, including the American people.
Agree. But figure the odds. I’d be happy if his ass went to jail
Jail … and all of his assets and his kids assets too. No transferring any $$$ to any relatives etc.
Trump foolishly suggests that the critical social distancing America is doing should end soon.
–forget who pointed this out yesterday…while Governor Cuomo is firmly shutting down his state, the idiot governor in Florida is in total Trumpistan denial = thus Floridians visiting NY are undoing Cuomo’s good work.
Um, she’s doing it wrong.
😔😔😔
So sorry to hear this! May he rest in peace.
Damn! Rest in Power! Sharing my most favorite Manu Dibango album. 💞
https://g.co/kgs/ipTTzv
Uggh! Here’s the fab album:
“The Virus Can Be Stopped, But Only With Harsh Steps”
“Scientists who have fought pandemics describe difficult measures needed to defend the United States
against a fast-moving pathogen.”
Highly praised article: (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/health/coronavirus-restrictions-us.html)
“No wiggle room”.
Donald McNeil, science and health, NYT:
“You can pass or pick up the virus in “any human interaction”.
The name sounded vaguely familiar, I wasn’t able to tell where I heard it before. And then I looked it up, Damn! This song was both the prelude and the benediction all rolled into one. When the inner-city dj’s set up their wall of speakers at any park on any weekend, you knew Soul Makossa was coming.
Exactly! So much of hip hop owes a debt to this man’s talent from way, way back.
It’s all so tragic! All the best to all of our Sailors!
Totally awesome and totally cray!
But I gotta agree…
So messed up
My uncle in Australia mentioned this last week in a conversation with me … he asked “… are they going to shoot themselves if they diagnosed with the illness”. Is that why they are stocking up?
We both thought it was silly, but apparently the ppl who are buying don’t think so.
PUT THE PEOPLE FIRST:
“Our job is not to enrich corporations, buybacks, but to protect the workers.” (Senator Sanders)
Like we’re not going to give the Trumpskies 500 $Billion to do anything they want with and no transparency!
Good to know Democrats in Congress are on it.
Chef José Andrés the magnificent:
Talking to O’Donnell about the need for U.S. Congress to invest in the restaurant industry:
“We’re talking about this is a health crisis, this is an economic crisis, and we need to be talking that this is a humanitarian crisis, and we need to make sure that Congress is on top of this. Yes. As Congress is going to help industry to move forward, also industry can be a partner to the Federal Government to make sure that we take care of every single – every.single.person – in America in need of a plate of hot food.
You know, a Frenchman Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin in 1826 said “the future of a nation will depend on
how they feed themselves”. We need to make sure that Congress, through this idea that I am putting forward…America take care of feeding every American in need. Right now.”
DAMN
Effective …
In GA. 💔💔
😔🙏🏾
😎
“You know Symone” 🙂
He’s insane and full on demented
sorry. this
Are you saying Biden is insane and full on demented?
Or is it Trump?
but we should all go back to work and pretend like it was all just a terrible dream….
😂Watch it to the end!
Airing tonight on pbs! 8pm ET!
Good podcast to listen to and share
I love this man.
This man understands everything.
Make it into work without issues, we are supposed to start testing tomorrow. I’m both hopeful and worried, not for myself but for my family and everyone else. This virus is a monster.
Kindness break:
TEST
Beauty Break:
Beauty Break II:
“Georgia to mail absentee ballot request forms to all active voters”
All of Georgia’s 6.9 million active voters will be mailed absentee ballot request forms for the May 19 primary, a major push to encourage voting by mail during the coronavirus pandemic, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Tuesday.
Voters will still be required to return their absentee ballot request forms before they receive an actual ballot.
Early voting and Election Day precincts will remain open.
The presidential primary will now be held May 19, along with races for the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House, the Georgia General Assembly and local offices.
https://www.ajc.com/news/state–regional-govt–politics/georgia-mail-absentee-ballot-request-forms-all-active-voters/s1ZcJ57g8qqIwyG6LNWfIM/
This is one of the best visual explanations of what is happening when one contracts the ooronavirus.
FYI . Share
They have the power.
They have everyone’s attention.
OH, MY
Share with governors
https://healthweather.us/
Share with governors
https://healthweather.us/
I know why you just posted this. 😘❤️ Amazon doesn’t even have a link. When I’m out tomorrow morning early (Target seniors only) I will look for one.
Some people are just idiots…SMH
Someone needs to test the water in Kentucky.
Junior’s “woman”:
I mean really, the governor of Florida is hell bent on turning his state into a post-apocalyptic waste land with pristine beaches.
TESTING
Roger that.
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2020/03/24/the-fight-against-coronavirus/