This perfectly exemplifies Trump's malignant narcissism. "I am the best anything that says I'm behind and is lying!". Keep believing that, Dondon. https://t.co/6QV2UY5Zfa
The exact physiological basis of crown shyness is not certain. The phenomenon has been discussed in scientific literature since the 1920s. A prominent hypothesis is that canopy shyness has to do with mutual light sensing by adjacent plants https://t.co/SfCYqzWHqzpic.twitter.com/02iex25dxV
If you saw a total solar eclipse, would you do a double-take? Astrophotographer Thierry Legault did just that — but it took a lake and a bit of planning. He captured the eclipse reflected in the lake called La Cuesta Del Viento (The Slope of the Wind) https://t.co/Q8Y0aV5brMpic.twitter.com/q9p943sHbm
Pelosi on CNN: "I have great sympathy for any women who bring forth an allegation. I'm a big strong supporter of the Me Too Movement. I think it's made a great contribution to our country. And I do support Joe Biden. I'm satisfied with how he has responded. I know him."
3 cents on the accusation against Joe Biden.
When Trump was pressuring Ukraine what he really wanted was a public announcement – a Joe meme.
Similarly if Biden responds to this accusation whatever he says will be weaponized.
We are on our way to the Moon! In this new era of space exploration, we have selected three U.S. companies — @blueorigin, @Dynetics & @SpaceX — to develop human landers that will land #Artemis astronauts on the lunar surface.
Oh dear! My grandniece is a University senior that was celebrating just being hired by NASA to work on the Curiosity Rover. I hope she will still be a hire and have a job.
“Trump has played a character so long
there’s no real person anymore.”
“In total, almost five years since Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign, the American news media continues to demonstrate that it does not understand who or what he really is.”
(https://www.salon.com/2020/04/30/trump-is-a-brilliant-performance-artist-we-cant-defeat-him-without-understanding-that/)
–Trump cares about how his performance in the role of president is being received + television ratings.
–“We can’t defeat him” unless we understand his talent for performance art.
wearing mask in public tremendously liberating, only have to do half-face makeup, and most of the problematic skin zones are hidden…i'm never going nude-faced in public again
Media be clear because the fallout is on its way:
TRUMP blocked states from shutting down meat plants in the face of the rising death toll and thousands of infected workers who then take the disease home to their families and communities.
Trump’s executive order memo:
“no part of the Joint Meat Processing Guidance should be construed to indicate that state and local authorities may direct a meat and. Poultry processing facility to close, to remain closed, or to operate in accordance with procedures.”
It’s a global pandemic but no need to comply:
“OSHA will take into account good faith attempts to follow Joint Meat Processing Guidance.”
Rachel Maddow pointed to how the Obama Administration successfully overcame H1N1 by creating strict guidelines and making them universally mandatory.
Cannot allow intimidate and threats by Trump’s goons to control our elections. His recent “Liberate” tweets and calls for the 2nd Amendment at rallies in 2016, are “fomenting domestic rebellion”.
—What’s our response?
Fact: Trump is responsible for the spike in the misuse of disinfectant.
When asked he responded: “I can’t imagine why…I can’t imagine that.”
When asked if he takes responsibility: “No, I don’t.”
–Sadly for him we can remember the entire litany of Trump cruel abuses, no matter what.
This will be an unpopular opinion, but there is no reason Biden should make any of his records public when Trump won’t release his tax returns, respond to subpoenas, etc. As long as Trump is president, that is the norm, and there can’t be different standards for his challenger. https://t.co/HE1s00Oclu
Profit over people. Is there really anyone left on Earth that doesn’t understand this now??
Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce and Workforce Development Sean Kouplen has asked businesses to report employees who refuse to come back to work so their unemployment benefits can be terminated.@highbrow_nobrowhttps://t.co/Yk62FarDlh
–No it is not the ‘flu’.
Dr. Rob Davidson, emergency room physician in rural Western Michigan, executive director of
the Committee to Protect Medicare speaking to Chris Hayes:
Hayes:
“There was this brutally heartbreaking story of a young woman who was 30 years old, who said she thought she had coronavirus, she was turned away twice and ended up dying of it.
Like. that`s not happening with the flu.”
Davidson:
“No, that`s not happening with the flu.
The flu is relatively predictable. You can see the progression of disease. It certainly affects the old, it affects – it affects the young more severely, but it`s a disease that progresses along a fairly predictable path. This is the novel coronavirus, that means new. It means we still don`t know as much about it as we wish we knew.
And we`re now finding out new things like the hypercoagulability, people having strokes, people having heart attacks, young people dying unexpectedly. Yes, it`s something that, you know, I hope we never have to experience. again, but as we`re living through it, we need to do this smartly.”
Dr. Davidson:
“And we`ve done all of that hard work. If we just rush back to opening up and end up having hotspots all over the place, just like we had in New York, and having hospitals overwhelmed, and running into potential shortages of PPE and ventilators as we were staring down the barrel of those shortages just a few weeks ago, what will it all have been for? You know, what was the point of doing it to this point if just getting herd immunity like those doctors in California suggested, and accepting a significant loss of life and massive overwhelming of hospital systems everywhere, why did we go through the last, you know, four or five, six weeks of this economic trauma?
If we do it too quick, we`re just going to end up having a yo-yo effect going back and forth having this economic downturn lasts even longer.”
“And really the way we do this is the framework of the plan that they announced just a few weeks ago.
But that requires testing and still to this day, we need at least 500,000 to a million tests a day.
We`re sitting on around 150,000 to 250,000 or so.
The early failures of not taking this seriously and not getting a national testing program are not in the past.
This is the present and unfortunately the near future because this President hasn`t acted in a way as a national leader in this response.”
“Multiple armed gunmen storm Michigan’s State House, State police are protecting @GovWhitmer and blocking the gunmen from gaining access to the house floor.
Steve Schmidt @SteveSchmidtSES · 2h
When heavily armed men in Paramilitary costumes arrive at state capitols they are not there for protest. They are there for intimidation. This is categorically unacceptable. This type of extremism always leads to tragedy. The images make America look weak, crazy and decrepit.
I wonder if was friend or foe who started the #FireChisHayes…trending on twitter….if it was a friend..they just shot themselves in the foot…all they did was amplify the message…it would have been better to just keep it moving…
How many people has @JoeBiden killed due to his incompetence and negligence?
0.
That's it. That's the 2020 campaign, folks. Don't let the bullshit media try to Swiftboat/Hillary's Emails him so they can get their precious little horse race.
Strange, I see Halle Berry walking out of the ocean in the iconic scene from her Bond movie. But, I guess that’s just me. Hmm….Anyways…………what are we talking about?
Mike Pence's office has threatened to retaliate against a reporter who revealed that Pence's office had told journalists they would need masks for Pence's visit to the Mayo Clinic — a requirement Pence himself did not follow. https://t.co/K5Gzi1uXDG
Mike Pence's office has threatened to retaliate against a reporter who revealed that Pence's office had told journalists they would need masks for Pence's visit to the Mayo Clinic — a requirement Pence himself did not follow. https://t.co/K5Gzi1uXDG
What say y’all about Joe and Jill going on Morning Joe tomorrow to be “transparent “ about the accusation against him? I have my thoughts but will wait for y’all.
Lindsey, we can make this simple. In a pandemic situation, where you want to limit viral transmission, the point is to limit how many people work…if unemployment benefits keep some people home that keeps folks healthy. Getting everyone working is a death wish… https://t.co/mKLV0cJmJN
Some of these people should be getting “combat” pay (e.g., workers at meat plants who are being *forced* to return to work in conditions that are not safe) as being in those conditions pose an imminent danger to their health and the health of their families. The extra $6/hr should come from the government since the the oval office occupant chose to use DPA to force the issue (though he didn’t see fit to enact it to fulfill the need for PPE and ventilators).
It always frustrates me and infuriates me that many of those (i.e., GOP) who are in position do their job and protect the welfare of its citizens, often make decisions that most likely will not impact them at all (unless you are looking at their wallets). How many of them or their family members will be in those assembly lines at the meat packing plants? How many of them will be among the masses at the beaches and gyms or among the “liberators” protesting? How many of them feel threatened or insecure when they are (not) passing gun control legislation? How many of them worry about paying for healthcare or being insured? As long as it doesn’t interfere with their livelihoods, they could care less and they have become more and more brazen in showing it.
Wypipo have been sheltering in place for 8 weeks and are losing their minds.
Yet, they’re quick to tell Black people to “GET OVER” 400 years of slavery, Jim Crow segregation, lynching, murder, redlining, racism, & mass incarceration.
She turned her interview into something planned to make HER look good (i.e., tough questioner). If he hadn't answered each question, she should have asked each question again. But he answered each question. It's not about your questions, Mika. It's about his answers. @JoeBiden
As the FBI celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we recognize the diversity of our workforce, and we honor the contributions our AAPI employees have made to our mission. #AAPIHMpic.twitter.com/aLHFtNkThC
MUST READ thread –>> Instead of taking the necessary steps to stop the spread intelligently, what Trump and his cabal are doing is congratulating themselves about their "great success" as they demand everyone get back to square one and further ignite the virus. https://t.co/BpdTmr6PLP
For those that lost someone, a close friend, a relative, a co-worker, an acquaintance to Trump’s mismanagement of COVID-19, I am with you. When the dust settles, I hope people will hold others accountable for the death and suffering of their loved ones.
So McConnell wants the states who are vigorously fighting the virus to go bankrupt but wants to indemnify companies who willfully endanger their employees. Any questions? https://t.co/MQbZ1PftP8
The Obama Diary 
Black women are *chefs kiss*
This brilliance on the same day the remix dropped ?!?!
Wow! They tore it up!
Come on, Texas!!
Yes!!
Ok. Stay on your Fantasy Island
ByeDon!
Nature’s own social distancing. 🌲
thx Dudette…so much unseen communication in the natural world.
COMING UP at 11:30 AM…
Also hee:
https://www.ny.gov/
“They stupid. The government is stupid. Donald Trump is stupid. Do you wanna be stupid right along with them”
LMAOOOOOOOOOO
Mama knows 👏🏾
tooo much
Ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IKR
We know.
#JazzDay
This is going to be great listening to all this jazz. Thanks Alcyee
Wow! I want one.
🙂
Cool! ❤️🤓
Nancy is the best!
3 cents on the accusation against Joe Biden.
When Trump was pressuring Ukraine what he really wanted was a public announcement – a Joe meme.
Similarly if Biden responds to this accusation whatever he says will be weaponized.
Donald Trump claims to be innocent:
So why not simply provide the DNA sample requested by Jean Carroll’s lawyers?
Straight to the Moon 🚀🌒✨
Oh dear! My grandniece is a University senior that was celebrating just being hired by NASA to work on the Curiosity Rover. I hope she will still be a hire and have a job.
Oh wow! I hope they find a way to keep it going.
🎹🎼🎤🐝🎸
I love Pete Souza!
“Trump has played a character so long
there’s no real person anymore.”
“In total, almost five years since Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign, the American news media continues to demonstrate that it does not understand who or what he really is.”
(https://www.salon.com/2020/04/30/trump-is-a-brilliant-performance-artist-we-cant-defeat-him-without-understanding-that/)
–Trump cares about how his performance in the role of president is being received + television ratings.
–“We can’t defeat him” unless we understand his talent for performance art.
So sweet.
😭😘❤️
Media be clear because the fallout is on its way:
TRUMP blocked states from shutting down meat plants in the face of the rising death toll and thousands of infected workers who then take the disease home to their families and communities.
Trump’s executive order memo:
“no part of the Joint Meat Processing Guidance should be construed to indicate that state and local authorities may direct a meat and. Poultry processing facility to close, to remain closed, or to operate in accordance with procedures.”
It’s a global pandemic but no need to comply:
“OSHA will take into account good faith attempts to follow Joint Meat Processing Guidance.”
Rachel Maddow pointed to how the Obama Administration successfully overcame H1N1 by creating strict guidelines and making them universally mandatory.
Swoon!!
What the holy hell is going on here???!!!!
Is it ok to threaten the lives of duly elected lawmakers now? They should all be arrested
Cannot allow intimidate and threats by Trump’s goons to control our elections. His recent “Liberate” tweets and calls for the 2nd Amendment at rallies in 2016, are “fomenting domestic rebellion”.
—What’s our response?
Fact: Trump is responsible for the spike in the misuse of disinfectant.
When asked he responded: “I can’t imagine why…I can’t imagine that.”
When asked if he takes responsibility: “No, I don’t.”
–Sadly for him we can remember the entire litany of Trump cruel abuses, no matter what.
Exactly
Totally agree with Matthew Miller!!
SAME!
Truth.
Profit over people. Is there really anyone left on Earth that doesn’t understand this now??
Why not penalize employees who don’t want to die…Just remember…that with Trump and his allies..it is always about the cruelty
God what I would do for a steak from Eddie V’s right about now.
It’s good to have goals.
🙂
–No it is not the ‘flu’.
Dr. Rob Davidson, emergency room physician in rural Western Michigan, executive director of
the Committee to Protect Medicare speaking to Chris Hayes:
Hayes:
“There was this brutally heartbreaking story of a young woman who was 30 years old, who said she thought she had coronavirus, she was turned away twice and ended up dying of it.
Like. that`s not happening with the flu.”
Davidson:
“No, that`s not happening with the flu.
The flu is relatively predictable. You can see the progression of disease. It certainly affects the old, it affects – it affects the young more severely, but it`s a disease that progresses along a fairly predictable path. This is the novel coronavirus, that means new. It means we still don`t know as much about it as we wish we knew.
And we`re now finding out new things like the hypercoagulability, people having strokes, people having heart attacks, young people dying unexpectedly. Yes, it`s something that, you know, I hope we never have to experience. again, but as we`re living through it, we need to do this smartly.”
Dr. Davidson:
“And we`ve done all of that hard work. If we just rush back to opening up and end up having hotspots all over the place, just like we had in New York, and having hospitals overwhelmed, and running into potential shortages of PPE and ventilators as we were staring down the barrel of those shortages just a few weeks ago, what will it all have been for? You know, what was the point of doing it to this point if just getting herd immunity like those doctors in California suggested, and accepting a significant loss of life and massive overwhelming of hospital systems everywhere, why did we go through the last, you know, four or five, six weeks of this economic trauma?
If we do it too quick, we`re just going to end up having a yo-yo effect going back and forth having this economic downturn lasts even longer.”
“And really the way we do this is the framework of the plan that they announced just a few weeks ago.
But that requires testing and still to this day, we need at least 500,000 to a million tests a day.
We`re sitting on around 150,000 to 250,000 or so.
The early failures of not taking this seriously and not getting a national testing program are not in the past.
This is the present and unfortunately the near future because this President hasn`t acted in a way as a national leader in this response.”
“By one estimate, America may need 35 million Covid-19 tests per day for people to return to work.” (Vox)
Steve Schmidt @SteveSchmidtSES · 2h
When heavily armed men in Paramilitary costumes arrive at state capitols they are not there for protest. They are there for intimidation. This is categorically unacceptable. This type of extremism always leads to tragedy. The images make America look weak, crazy and decrepit.
I wonder if was friend or foe who started the #FireChisHayes…trending on twitter….if it was a friend..they just shot themselves in the foot…all they did was amplify the message…it would have been better to just keep it moving…
For some folks it is clear what is going on
I see Fauci on CNN, now, and all I do is think about Brad Pitt.
Ha.
Joe!
heh, good one.
Strange, I see Halle Berry walking out of the ocean in the iconic scene from her Bond movie. But, I guess that’s just me. Hmm….Anyways…………what are we talking about?
😂😂😂😂
Ha! Brad Pitt played Dr. Fauci on Saturday Night Live last weekend. I should have explained a little better. (LMAO at your comment!)
The slop is running downhill
The slop is running downhill
As stated PERFECTLY by whoever it was: A SNIVELING SYCOPHANT
What worthless, pointless little white sack of luke-warm pus.
He really is. I want Senator Harris to make him cry onstage. Whine to Mother. I absolutely detest these criminals
What say y’all about Joe and Jill going on Morning Joe tomorrow to be “transparent “ about the accusation against him? I have my thoughts but will wait for y’all.
I think Joe will handle this just like he’s handled every other serious situations that he’s been faced with.
But he’s ready for the moment, like most principled people the are faced with difficult situations. Joe will rise to the occasion.
Some of these people should be getting “combat” pay (e.g., workers at meat plants who are being *forced* to return to work in conditions that are not safe) as being in those conditions pose an imminent danger to their health and the health of their families. The extra $6/hr should come from the government since the the oval office occupant chose to use DPA to force the issue (though he didn’t see fit to enact it to fulfill the need for PPE and ventilators).
It always frustrates me and infuriates me that many of those (i.e., GOP) who are in position do their job and protect the welfare of its citizens, often make decisions that most likely will not impact them at all (unless you are looking at their wallets). How many of them or their family members will be in those assembly lines at the meat packing plants? How many of them will be among the masses at the beaches and gyms or among the “liberators” protesting? How many of them feel threatened or insecure when they are (not) passing gun control legislation? How many of them worry about paying for healthcare or being insured? As long as it doesn’t interfere with their livelihoods, they could care less and they have become more and more brazen in showing it.
Spot on!
Some sweet and wonderful news for a change. Congratulations, Anderson Cooper:)
Was just coming here to see if that story was posted. So adorable.
Very moving statement. What a wonderful moment for him to savor in these very dark times.
Here’s some good news from the world. Am damn for sure women need to run the world. Just sayin’! 😇💞
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-women-fgm-trfn-idUSKBN22C2YV
Truth. I just retweeted your tweet. Spot on.
Thanks!
Morning everyone
This is so devastating.
Good Morning TODVille!
Happy Friday.
For those that lost someone, a close friend, a relative, a co-worker, an acquaintance to Trump’s mismanagement of COVID-19, I am with you. When the dust settles, I hope people will hold others accountable for the death and suffering of their loved ones.
LOVE her forever:
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2020/05/01/collegesigningday/
Those old criminal eyes just aren’t what they used to be. Fuck knuckle done gone got himself an investigation now!!! Karma’s a bitch
Finally some good news.
Fuck knuckle?
Good morning, TODville! #JazzDayAtHome extended – Kirk Whaum is doing 96 hours of Jazz.
There is absolutely nothing going on, inside Pence’s head. Big bag of nothingness. Can’t wait until he’s off the national stage.