Four years ago yesterday, the full disaster was upon us, as Chris Hayes noted on last night’s All In. For Ds, there is no question that getting past covid and well into Bidenomics has made everyone better off. Rs consider us worse off, for exactly the same reasons. Those People are getting free vaccines that for some reason don’t kill them, and are starting to become more equal—wait, sorry—UPPITY by every measure.
Headlines of 4/17 2020
- NYT: Broad Shutdown pushes Americans to economic edge
- WaPo: Unemployment claims rise to 22 million
- WSJ: Jobless-Claims Tsunami Tops 22 Million for a Single Month
- April 17 saw a record number of covid deaths in the US—nearly 5,000.
Well, we’re seeing great numbers in almost every state. We’re seeing big drops. We’re really seeing — in terms of beds — the numbers we have to look at are the beds — the beds being occupied. People going — which is essentially people going in. That means that you have fewer people that are sick; fewer people that feel they have to go to a hospital. And those numbers are dropping really precipitously. So I think that — we’re just seeing a lot of good signs.
etc. for more than 2 hours.
Trump press briefing, April 17, 2020
Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing | April 17, 2020
Trump, MAGA and the insidious underbelly of white supremacy in America
by Derald Wing Sue, opinion contributor, The Hill
The bigoted beliefs, attitudes and behaviors of Donald Trump do not represent an isolated case or an “outlier,” but may reflect the unconscious values of a large segment of the population.
M*A*Y ??!?
U*N*C*O*N*S*C*I*O*U*S ??!?
Good News for Us
Please follow those who Boost Biden. They aren’t hard to find.
Biden Spent Four Hours a Day Commuting Because He Loves and Commits: Boosting Biden Day 72
House Speaker Johnson has agreed to put the Senate foreign aid bill on the floor, broken into four bills, on Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, and whatever is left…(continued under Bad News below).
Bad News for Them
Republicans are threatening to vote down the rule for bringing the foreign aid bills to the floor. Democrats are considering how to help the country and the world.
- So if Ds vote all of this down, does Johnson get tossed?
- If Ds vote for all of this, does Johnson get tossed?
The President says to vote yes, so that’s settled.
MTG calls for Jewish space lasers on our SW border in amendment to aid bill, and demands that anyone voting for aid to Ukraine “conscript” in the Ukrainian military. Jared Moskowitz, in response, submits amendment to appoint MTG as Putin’s Special Envoy to the US Congress.
It is no longer safe to organize a protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas.
DeRay on the ‘wild case’ against him and how the Supreme Court responded
Activist and author DeRay McKesson joins Chris Hayes to discuss the latest ruling in the ongoing lawsuit against him. “It seems to me you've got a real rogue 5th circuit here that is opening a very dangerous door for peaceful protest,” says Hayes.
I can’t do this meshugas justice here. Watch and learn. The case is nowhere near over. Now it goes back to the district court.
This is in stark contrast with the solicitude at SCOTUS for the rights of 1/6 insurrectionists charged with interfering with an official procedure, which some on the court hold can only apply to altering official documents. Note that that is exactly what the insurrection intended, but certain Injustices don’t care.
NY AG James still think’s Li’l Donny’s bond in the NY fraud case, from a very sketchy out-of-state insurance company, is more than a little fishy.
New York Attorney General Letitia James has been granted a hearing by state judge Arthur Engoron to challenge the $175 million bond former President Donald Trump posted in his civil fraud case.
BREAKING: Both impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas have been DISMISSED, after Senate votes found them "unconstitutional."
51-49.
Cue D 👆👆😂😂👆👆, R screaming
It's really sad that all Republicans got are Hunter Biden. Trump gets searched for documents and Hunter Biden trends. Trump get indicted Hunter trends. Trump is on trial while DJT crashes and Hunter trends. Republicans need a new villain. Mayorkas isn't even enough for them.
Trump Media’s stock ‘DJT’ rises for a change — has its best day in 3 weeks
The stock DJT ran up 15.6% to close Wednesday at $26.40, after tumbling 29.9% over the past two days, closing Tuesday at a three-month low.
The bad news here is that it confirms the delusions of earlier marks, so lots more money is being dumped in.
DJT Stock Surges again (up 16%) and the rollercoaster never stops…
(Yes, that’s circular causation, but it’s the market, you know.)
It's time.
Former Attorney General Bill Barr must be investigated and indicted for perverting the course of justice in not charging Mr Trump for the same crime that Michael Cohen was convicted of assisting him in.
Cohen went to prison, but Barr quashed SDNY's probe of Mr Trump.
Rachel #Maddow "So if you find yourself wondering why alleged crimes that happened in 2016 are only coming to trial now, well, one of the reasons is that Donald Trump's Justice Department succeeded in delaying and ultimately stymying the federal investigation."
Walmart's check-out machines have allegedly been inflating the weight of groceries.
The corporate giant is settling a class-action lawsuit accusing them of overcharging for food.
The suit claims they inflate food weight, mislabel produce, and more.
SD Gov. Kristi Noem can’t set foot on approximately 15% of the land in her state after 4 Native American tribes banned her for linking tribal leaders to Mexican drug cartels & sex traffickers
Noem is MAGA Republican. If you want better, you must vote better.
#FRESH
#wtpGOTV24
Katie Couric says the driving force behind MAGA is "anti-intellectualism" and that the political movement is full of jealous, bitter, resentful people.#MAGACultMorons haven't stopped being mad about losing the Civil War & having to stop owning black people.#ProudBlue #VoteBlue
If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason’s and Dixon’s, but between patriotism and intelligence on one side, and supertstition, ambition, and ignorance, on the other.
BREAKING:
Russian forces withdrawing from Nagorno-Karabakh after having been told the get out by Azerbaijan
Soon to be seen repeated in Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and Moldova
Science! Animals! Weirdness!
James #Webb Space Telescope captured Thousands of never-before-seen young stars in the Tarantula Nebula at 160,000 light years from us in the constellation Dorado
Mommy teaching her 6 week old puppy how to herd the sheep..
JWST obs. of GRB 221009A reveal the associated supernova, confirming the [Gamma Ray Burst] resulted from the collapse of a rapidly rotating massive star. The lack of r[apid]-process emission suggests these events are not key sources of the heaviest elements. Blanchard et al.: https://nature.com/articles/s4155
Scientists at Harvard Medical School have successfully reversed aging in mice by resetting aging cells to earlier stages. This breakthrough could have widespread implications for human health, potentially allowing us to live longer, healthier lives free from diseases like cancer, heart disease, and Alzheimer's.
A host factor previously implicated in antibacterial immunity can “shut off” the immune system’s antiviral warning systems for invaders such as #influenza virus, show experiments involving cells and mice in @SciSignal. https://scim.ag/6Dw
This took me a second..😂
Why are surgical #infections still common, despite strict sanitation protocols?
A genomics study of spinal surgery recipients shows many infections originate from the patient’s own skin #microbiome rather than contamination. @ScienceTM
https://scim.ag/6CY
Just a puppy and a kitten..
Funny or Fuggedaboudit
Comer Pyle
Weaponized Stupidity
😃😃
Damn, I have been waiting for years now for JFK Jr to make his return! Will he be Trump’s VP this time around? 😂😂😂#QAnonQuacks#Cult45#MAGACultMorons
I don’t mean to brag, but this is as [sic] least the 10th QAnon “End of the World” event I’ve survived so far
😃😃
NOT P. D. Q. Bach
Silent Running · Peter Schickele · Joan Baez
Silent Running℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Released on: 1972-03-10
Producer: Gil Rodin
Composer Lyricist: Peter Schickele
Composer Lyricist: Diane Lampert
In a future where all flora is extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's botany, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft.