Today's News (2020/4/23): Rolling back that plan a bit? Or just resetting the timeline?

After starting to roll out the plan I outlined - and seeing, possibly, how extremely badly every step was polling, specifically amongst Republicans - they may be reconsidering. Or it's a dodge and delay, hard to tell. But the way Donkeyballs Donald did a 180 backstab on Georgia's Governor Kemp - absolutely relying on his zero-attention-span following to forget what he said literally 24 hours previously, of course - well. That was pretty remarkable.

Given how he's still opposing greater testing, though - the more ignorance about the problem, the better, from the GOP point of view - I'm pretty sure this is just a pause. We'll see.

1. GOP gubernatorial candidate Joshua Freed sues Inslee over coronavirus ban on religious gatherings
2. Snohomish County sheriff says he won’t enforce Washington state’s stay-home order
3. Las Vegas Mayor offers city as "control group" to see how many people die without social distancing
4. A mysterious blood-clotting complication is killing coronavirus patients
5. New HHS spokesman made racist comments about Chinese people in now-deleted tweets
6. As Trump says calls for more testing are a "media trap" designed to damage him... here's what Fauci told Time magazine today.
7. McConnell: Let’s Use COVID-19 to Crush Public Sector Unions
8. The House's doctor advises members to wear masks to prevent them from spreading infection to others. Reps. Michael Burgess and Jim Jordan are among those ignoring that advice.
9. Special Report: Former Labradoodle breeder was tapped to lead U.S. pandemic task force
10. Trump reverses course, says it's 'too soon' for Georgia Gov. Kemp to reopen state

( The articles )

Today's News (2020/4/23): Donkeyballs Donald says to drink bleach

Today... yeah. Today.

I'll just let Pavel take it, here:



y'know, the worst part of watching all this is knowing you can't even grab a helicoper and wall yourself off inside a shopping mall because what even is a shopping mall anymore.

1. Rudy Giuliani mocks contact tracing by asking why we don't also do it for cancer, obesity and heart disease
2. Donkeyballs Donald really did say to cure COVID-19 with UV light and injecting disinfectants, by the way. That's the Republican god-emperor. Injecting bleach into his veins.
3. Watch Dr. Birx die inside as Trump goes off about injecting disinfectants and using UV and sunlight to cure COVID-19
4. Oh my gods, I found it. I found what set Trump off.
5. [EDITOR: I really want to say, "Also, here's a real story," but THEY'RE ALL FUCKING REAL. ALL OF THIS IS REAL. CHRIST WHAT THE FUCK IS ANYTHING ANYMORE HOW ARE THESE NOT FAKE?] Trump administration considers leveraging emergency coronavirus loan to force Postal Service changes
6. Trump approved of Georgia’s reopen plan before bashing it
7. AP-NORC poll: Few Americans support easing virus protections

( The articles, I guess. Whatever. )