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It happened again. Somerset

artappraiser — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 10:32:19 +0000

In reply to Scandal: Trump lowballed Covid test orders ==> Impeach

It happened again. Somerset County NJ officials ordered 35K N95 masks for front-line healthcare workers. 24 have died in Somerset already. The Trump Administration took their *entire* order without warning. Where'd it go? @joshtpm https://t.co/qInLJ77QQs
— Brian Murphy (@Burrite) April 4, 2020

Liz Warren thinks they should

artappraiser — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 05:38:53 +0000

In reply to I posted much more here on

Liz Warren thinks they should do everything, use the DPA AND for testing she's advocating contracting with public and private and she's pushing for ramping up free testing to be a big priority in the next bill

Testing should be free & accessible for all. The Senate should rapidly increase our testing capacity by establishing a fund dedicated to contracting with public & private manufacturers, & funding the hiring & training of temp workers to administer tests. https://t.co/ZbtQEUbeSY
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) April 3, 2020

She said some things way back on March 31 already against the Massachusetts seizures by Feds but I don't see any followup and I am still confused about which Fed entity did it and why and under whose direction

Trump told states they were on their own to purchase medical equipment, so that’s what MA tried to do. But then the federal government outbid MA at least 3 times – and reports show two of our orders were seized by federal authorities. This is unacceptable. https://t.co/QlyFUpkdpf
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) March 31, 2020

I do not understand the

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 05:31:41 +0000

In reply to Keep in mind, the emergency

I do not understand the federal government collecting taxes from us, using that money to buy medical supplies from the private sector, then giving the supplies to the private sector so the private sector can rip off states that have to purchase the supplies with more tax dollars.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) April 4, 2020

And Liz and Tammy are on it:

artappraiser — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 05:29:26 +0000

In reply to There were some curious edits

And Liz and Tammy are on it:

Hours after Jared Kushner falsely stated that the Strategic National Stockpile of supplies isn't for states, someone at HHS edited the stockpile’s website description. @SenDuckworth & I want @OIGatHHS to look into improper political interference at HHS. https://t.co/eFCGMZLNEJ
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) April 4, 2020

Once upon a time you might

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 05:27:17 +0000

In reply to Keep in mind, the emergency

Once upon a time you might get a stay, but then they (GOP loonies) packed the courts.

There were some curious edits

artappraiser — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 04:17:16 +0000

In reply to Scandal: Trump lowballed Covid test orders ==> Impeach

There were some curious edits to the Strategic National Stockpile website after Jared Kushner’s briefing. pic.twitter.com/3KGYCwdkOk
— The Recount (@therecount) April 3, 2020

Keep in mind, the emergency

artappraiser — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 03:00:31 +0000

In reply to Can't trust the Feds, pretty

Keep in mind, the emergency nature of the problem, no time for courts nor politics.

Can't trust the Feds, pretty

artappraiser — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 02:58:26 +0000

In reply to Scandal: Trump lowballed Covid test orders ==> Impeach

Can't trust the Feds, pretty clear here they are the cause of the problem, not the solution. I honestly don't know if this is standard nonpartisan government protocol writ in law or general GOP privatization preference or Trump wack make it up as we go along. But they are distributing national stockpile to for-profit biz middlemen:

This is horrifying.
The national stockpile is being sent to private companies who are then SELLING it to the highest bidder. DURING A CRISIS

This is why States and Hospitals cannot get what they need.

Via @DavidBegnaud
pic.twitter.com/oO10DLR8tJ
— Julie Ann Emery (@julieannemery) April 4, 2020

It's "Prez who didn't think

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 02:03:49 +0000

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It's "Prez who didn't think it'd be bad lowballed orders, now wants to kinda cover ass but still golf and not take control".

Yes, an Executive-based model requires a competent executive. No, we don't have FDR, We have Simon LaGree.

P.S. Note Alaska Gov. happy

artappraiser — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 01:56:22 +0000

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P.S. Note Alaska Gov. happy to help out Massachusetts Gov.! They are working it out, you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.

(on the other hand, mebbe if a football team owner wasn't involved, it could all turn to shit. Football team owner is like holy and dangerous, you don't fuck with him )