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but finally learnin' to

artappraiser — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 15:42:39 +0000

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but finally learnin' to listen to what the doctor says:

From the pool: "A man that the WH wrangler says is from the White House physicians office is walking around taking the temperature of all the reporters and crew members in the briefing room area and workspaces before the briefing starts."
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) March 14, 2020

and it seems clear now that

artappraiser — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 15:10:03 +0000

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and it seems clear now that his whole staff has a reading comprehension problem:

Despite President Trump's claim that Google is putting together a website to screen for coronavirus testing, it turns out:
a.) it's not Google
b.) it's not a nationwide site
c.) it's just for the Bay area
d.) it's in "early stages of development"https://t.co/Enze5OMuux
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) March 14, 2020

Far from a stable genius, he

artappraiser — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 15:07:24 +0000

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Far from a stable genius, he is very very slow on the uptake, you gotta repeat it a thousand times before he gets something:

It's almost as if "liberals" have a F*CKING CRYSTAL BALL. https://t.co/en8hMwkse0
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) March 14, 2020

this one is thought provoking

artappraiser — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 23:40:36 +0000

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this one is thought provoking because it's actually stressing the wisdom of voting for president according to character and personality over anything else (note The Altantic has dropped paywall for coronavirus related pieces)

The Trump Presidency Is Over It has taken a good deal longer than it should have, but Americans have now seen the con man behind the curtain.

10:59 AM ET by Peter Wehner Contributing writer at The Atlantic and senior fellow at EPPC

When, in January 2016, I wrote that despite being a lifelong Republican who worked in the previous three GOP administrations, I would never vote for Donald Trump, even though his administration would align much more with my policy views than a Hillary Clinton presidency would, a lot of my Republican friends were befuddled. How could I not vote for a person who checked far more of my policy boxes than his opponent?

What I explained then, and what I have said many times since, is that Trump is fundamentally unfit—intellectually, morally, temperamentally, and psychologically—for office. For me, that is the paramount consideration in electing a president, in part because at some point it’s reasonable to expect that a president will face an unexpected crisis—and at that point, the president’s judgment and discernment, his character and leadership ability, will really matter.

“Mr. Trump has no desire to acquaint himself with most issues, let alone master them” is how I put it four years ago. “No major presidential candidate has ever been quite as disdainful of knowledge, as indifferent to facts, as untroubled by his benightedness.” I added this:

Mr. Trump’s virulent combination of ignorance, emotional instability, demagogy, solipsism and vindictiveness would do more than result in a failed presidency; it could very well lead to national catastrophe. The prospect of Donald Trump as commander in chief should send a chill down the spine of every American. [....]

In case you were wondering in

artappraiser — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 22:46:22 +0000

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In case you were wondering in fear and loathing:

Legal Analysis: No, Trump Can’t Legally Use Coronavirus to Move the 2020 Election and Stay in Office Longer https://t.co/F7XoYKehOg via @AKellerLawCrime pic.twitter.com/Vo7RcN88Se
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) March 13, 2020

"I don't take responsibility

artappraiser — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 21:59:31 +0000

In reply to a good point, as always

"I don't take responsibility at all" is such a huge in-kind donation to the Joe Biden campaign that I wonder if Trump broke campaign finance laws in making it
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) March 13, 2020

From the former FDA

artappraiser — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 21:14:23 +0000

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From the former FDA commissioner, who has been sounding the alarm on Twitter for some time > https://t.co/03wcBFMKYx
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 13, 2020

a good point, as always

artappraiser — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 20:49:45 +0000

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a good point, as always

President Trump, in the course of nearly four years, went from “I alone can fix it” to “I don’t take responsibility at all."
— Matt Viser (@mviser) March 13, 2020

This is, of course the same old "deep state" thing and "the swamp" thing that his fans love. But how many mulligans does he get and how long, to "fix it", as prez of the U.S.? Especially when the enemy is a non-partisan virus?

I agree with Fineman, whoever

artappraiser — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 20:37:27 +0000

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I agree with Fineman, whoever did the rumored "INTERVENTION," those people did a true heckuva! He was behaving himself in this press conference, on his best possible behavior, even sharing the podium and being respectful of the experts, even being polite to the press !!! finally gets it that he is supposed to play the role of team leader in a crisis, not an autocrat spewing delusional narratives except for the part of not taking responsibility at all about the lack of test availability. Don't misunderstand: It's not that he's helping, he's not, but it's that he stopped hurting the effort. Something better than nothing.

Whatever your politics, whatever the history, it’s somewhat of a relief that @realDonaldTrump seems finally to be paying attention. He took an oath to do so, of course, but fiddled until now. Plummeting polls and markets scared him into doing his job. Whatever gets us through.
— Howard Fineman (@howardfineman) March 13, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

artappraiser — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 17:04:36 +0000

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are on the phone for the sixth time today. https://t.co/MujYTeHgLw
— David Gura (@davidgura) March 13, 2020