a "holy _fuck_" in three parts

These will also be in the news post later, but they deserve their own post.

I've blown off a lot of commentary about the 25th Amendment but with this kind of recklessly homicidal delusion going full steam, I'm honestly starting to go, "uh, maybe somebody should make this happen now" because here's a holy fuck in three parts:

Part 1:

Alex Leary
twitter.com/learyreports
7 March 2020

https://twitter.com/learyreports/status/1236451644612714496

realDonaldTrump at Mar-a-Lago tonight:

“I’m not concerned at all,” the president said when asked about Coronavirus getting closer to White House.

“We’ll hold tremendous rallies,” he said — rallies will continue.

Via pooler twitter.com/Emilylgoodin

Part 2:

Official: White House didn’t want to tell seniors not to fly
By MIKE STOBBE
7 March 2020

https://apnews.com/921ad7f1f08d7634bf681ba785faf269

NEW YORK (AP) — The White House overruled health officials who wanted to recommend that elderly and physically fragile Americans be advised not to fly on commercial airlines because of the new coronavirus, a federal official told The Associated Press.

Part 3:

Coronavirus: Northern Italy to quarantine 16 million people
8 March 2020

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51787238

Italy's prime minister has said at least 16 million people are now in mandatory quarantine in Lombardy region and also in 14 provinces.

The lock-down will last until early April.