Why the Trump administration ordered hospitals to bypass the C.D.C. when reporting COVID-19 information

Just in case you were wondering why the Trump administration ordered hospitals to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send all COVID-19 patient information to a central database in Washington, it was so the they can manipulate the numbers.

They want to deceive us into believing that the United States has the “Lowest Mortality Rate” from COVID-19.

Do not believe his lies; we have the seventh highest mortality rate in the world!

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Trump listened to “the experts” when deciding how to respond to COVID-19 — but only the experts who told him what he wanted to hear.

Today, the White House sent out an email claiming “President Trump listened to the experts—not the media” today. Evidence suggests that he listened to a single expert who told him exactly what he wanted to hear, that COVID-19 was a non-issue. Specifically he listened to Richard A. Epstein who wrote the paper “Coronavirus Perspective.”

In the first version of this document he claimed that there would be 500 deaths due to COVID-19. A few days later he revised the document saying that he made a mistake and there would be 5,000 deaths. He later revised it again by saying there would be 50,000 deaths.

As of today there have been 80,820 deaths in the United States according to the CDC.


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More on the incompetence of the Trump administration’s response to COVID-19.

Reminder.

In February Donald Trump made the following comments about COVID-19.

  • “Looks like by April, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away.” (Feb. 10)
  • “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. … Stock Market starting to look very good to me!” (Feb. 24)
  • “It’s going to disappear. One day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.” (Feb. 27)

At this time the Trump administration and various Republicans were relying on an article titled “Coronavirus Perspective” by Richard A. Epstein. In the first version of this document he claimed that there would be 500 deaths due to COVID-19. A few days later he revised the document saying that he made a mistake and there would be 5,000 deaths. He later revised it again by saying there would be 50,000 deaths.

As of today, there have been 67,456 deaths due to COVID-19 in the United States.

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The incompetence of the Trump administration is the gift that keeps on giving.

Ignorance and Incompetence:

White House insists US has ‘sufficient’ testing capacity to reopen amid widespread criticism
Mike Pence says US has enough tests for ‘phase one’ of process but taskforce experts acknowledge uncertainty

The Truth:


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Is the Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) contained in the United States?

Meme showing a dog sitting at a table. The room is on fire. The dog says 'This is fine'.
This is fine.

On March 6, 2020, President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, claimed that the coronavirus “is contained” in the United States. There were only 75 confirmed cases in the United States at that time.

Today there are 1,629 confirmed cases.

Now that is what I call contained! The Trump administration is obviously doing an excellent job. We should be grateful that we have such a diligent and hard working POTUS!

Sources

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The Trump Blue-Collar Boom — Damned Lies and the Truth

Damned Lies

President Trump hosted a group of America’s governors for a policy discussion at the White House yesterday, and the blue-collar economic boom was top on the agenda.

Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600daily/ on February 11, 2020

Truth


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On Sondland’s impeachment testimony

How to interpret Sondland’s impeachment testimony. Hint, it is very bad news for the Republicans and Trump.

“I know that members of this committee have frequently framed these complicated issues in the form of a simple question: Was there a ‘quid pro quo?’  With regard to the requested White House call and White House meeting, the answer is yes.”

Ambassador Gordon Sondland

Translation: Yes. Trump did in fact try to commit Extortion, Bribery, and Blackmail.

Thank you Sondland.

Sonland said he acted “at the express direction of the president of the United States.”

Translation: Trump was directly involved and was calling the shots.

Again, thank you Sondland.

Sondland then said “there was no secret” and “Everyone was in the loop.”

This is completely irrelevant. If everyone involved including the POTUS, ambassadors, Sondland, and Giuliani knew that Trump was guilty of Extortion, Bribery, and Blackmail that does not make it right. He was still guilty of Extortion, Bribery, and Blackmail!

Again, thank you Sondland.

Today was a very good day, but not for Trump and his supporters.

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On the legitimacy of the closed-door depositions

Every time I see Republicans mention the fact that “House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) held secretive closed-door depositions” I want to scream. These closed-door depositions were essentially the same a a grand jury hearing.

Grand jury hearings are always secret here in the United States.

See Federal Grand Jury Secrecy: Legal Principles and Implications for Congressional Oversight for details.

The following is a key excerpt from the “Federal Grand Jury Secrecy: Legal Principles and Implications for Congressional Oversight” document.

Traditionally, the grand jury has conducted its work in secret. Secrecy prevents those under scrutiny from fleeing or importuning the grand jurors, encourages full disclosure by witnesses, and protects the innocent from unwarranted prosecution, among other things.

Federal Grand Jury Secrecy: Legal Principles and Implications for Congressional Oversight

In other words, every time a Republican brings up these secretive closed-door depositions they are just twisting the facts and trying to deceive people by claiming that the process was not legitimate when it is just how things are done here.

The Birth of the Trump Economy

The Trump Economy
The Trump Economy

Economies are truly enormous. They are so large that as a result of the law of conservation of momentum, they take forever to stop, speed up, slow down, or change direction. For this reason, the Obama economy is just now coming to an end.

The Trump economy is a new born baby, and it does not appear to be healthy.

Trump is well aware of this. Why else would he have had his official propaganda machine, the West Wing Reads mailing list, send out the following drivel this morning?

Americans’ View of the Current Economy is the Highest in 19 Years

Americans’ assessment of current economic conditions has climbed to the highest level in nearly two decades, buoyed by a strong job market, Reade Pickert reports for Bloomberg.

He is desperately trying to distract us from the truth by shouting as loud as he can, the economy is doing great.

Perhaps Democrats should just let the Trump economy grow up; Let Donnie Trumplestiltskin commit political suicide, then offer salvation.


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