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#EXCLUSIVE: VP Pence vowed

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 18:15:37 +0000

#EXCLUSIVE: VP Pence vowed that all Grand Princess cruise passengers would be tested for #COVID19 after arriving at Travis AFB. But 2/3 of 858 passengers there have declined to be tested & they say federal health officials are actually DISSUADING testinghttps://t.co/CQl57BpHUH
— Matthias Gafni (@mgafni) March 19, 2020

one of their "long reads" but

artappraiser — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 06:00:05 +0000

In reply to No one could foresee terrorists flying airplanes...

one of their "long reads" but very good, juicy:

It is not a comforting read, but I think Michael Lewis' "The Fifth Risk" is proving to be the most prescient book on our current moment.https://t.co/TbfHvQNdG2
— Dave Guarino (@allafarce) March 13, 2020

Here's a senator who unloaded

artappraiser — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 02:13:42 +0000

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Here's a senator who unloaded millions in stock and bought shares in a teleworking company after a coronavirus briefing telling Americans everything's going to be alright https://t.co/cYqyoPMX4u
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) March 20, 2020

the latest from her

The allegations aren't just wrong, they are completely false. I'm not involved in the decision-making of these trades, nor have I been in communication with my third-party financial advisors about them. I have no knowledge of these trades until well after they are made. pic.twitter.com/7BC10oW8Ry
— Senator Kelly Loeffler (@SenatorLoeffler) March 20, 2020

By the way, here’s the proof:https://t.co/jGUYbh8Oc6 https://t.co/kEm16ERdVM pic.twitter.com/aU575QGsKm
— Senator Kelly Loeffler (@SenatorLoeffler) March 20, 2020

Adam Schiff:

artappraiser — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 01:47:23 +0000

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Adam Schiff:

Months ago, I warned the Intelligence Community was being politicized by Trump.

Withholding testimony on climate, and documents on Russia and Ukraine.

Purging community leadership, and misleading on election interference.

This is dangerous. And just the way Trump wants it. https://t.co/qQuydzlkgR
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) March 21, 2020

Frank Rich:

artappraiser — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 01:44:28 +0000

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Frank Rich:

This also implicates Pompeo in the cover up. State Dept knew of gravity as of third week Jan. https://t.co/gU6n9SwuIh
— Frank Rich (@frankrichny) March 21, 2020

Marcy Wheeler's opinions

artappraiser — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 01:42:42 +0000

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Marcy Wheeler's opinions

Told ya! https://t.co/Jq9tmZuWLM https://t.co/NL3JBJSP2d
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) March 21, 2020

Trump was slowing responding ot the crisis bc he doesn't believe his intelligence aides.

He has been allowed to -- even encouraged -- not to believe them by Republicans in Congress, including Devin Nunes. pic.twitter.com/sNg6VRyqtp
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) March 21, 2020

Burr probably thought he was in a sweet spot to trade in Intel briefings.

Under Trump, he could bet they never would be acknowledged.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) March 21, 2020

The cost of Trump trusting autocrats like Xi Jinpeng over his own intelligence community is we have to shut down the entire economy bc we didn't get tests up and running. (This habit is tolerated, of course, bc otherwise Trump might have to admit Russia helped him win.) pic.twitter.com/RACNyNnMpR
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) March 21, 2020

Contrary to Dr. Fauci's

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 01:10:54 +0000

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Contrary to Dr. Fauci's claims, Italy stopped all incoming flights from China on Jan 31st, with no exceptions.

The U.S. didn't ban incoming flights from China. Instead, starting Feb. 2 it directed all incoming flights from China to arrive at eight designated airports.
— Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) March 20, 2020

So GOP had 3 wks w virus

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 01:04:55 +0000

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So GOP had 3 wks w virus coming to remove Trump, but decided on Feb 5 to let Trump screw up the pandemic and bring the nation down, some taking advantage of secret briefings to illegally use insider trading to sell off stocks while publicly playing down the dangers. #MAGA Patriots one and all.

[I am concerned the case of a female Senator w $500mill family wealth that a selloff if $1m is easily within discretion of her personal broker (or her husband), and quite possibly not discussed with her. If I was trying to hedge on $500m, I'd sell off at least $50m]

“Azar couldn’t get through to

artappraiser — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 00:46:24 +0000

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“Azar couldn’t get through to Trump to speak with him about the virus until Jan. 18.

When he reached Trump by phone, the president interjected to ask about vaping and when flavored vaping products would be back on the market.”https://t.co/pLeafVuCpA
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) March 21, 2020

“The #Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA,” Trump tweeted five days later. “Stock Market starting to look very good to me!” https://t.co/lgZvw0tlh4
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) March 21, 2020

Warnings unheeded

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 20:49:51 +0000

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Warnings unheeded

Trump just ordered 500 million masks. It will take 18 months for them to be delivered.

Which made me recall how shocked I was leaving the Administration's first congressional briefing on Coronavirus on Feb. 5.

I tweeted this as I walked out. https://t.co/mRVJgxsHjF
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) March 19, 2020