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August 3, 2020

If Russia already has a vaccine for COVID-19, then they're probably responsible

for unleashing the virus in the first place, potentially with trump's (unwitting?) assistance.

The urgent questions that need to be answered:

1. Who advised trump to pull the PREDICT team from Wuhan, China, just WEEKS before the outbreak began? trump didn't come up with that idea on his own. We all know that he had no idea the team was even there. WHO told him to do that and WHY?

2. Similarly, why was the White House pandemic team dismantled? I know the common opinion is that trump wanted to undo everything President Obama did, but the pandemic team is something that trump likely knew little, if anything, about. Who told him about the team and then suggested dismantling it? Does the timing coincide with one of his private conversations with putin?

3. trump has repeatedly made promises about a vaccine coming "real soon." Who told him this? putin? Will trump now use billions of US taxpayer money to purchase vaccines from Russia?

Again, these questions must be answered, because COVID-19 is unlike ANYTHING we've ever dealt with. Hundreds of thousands of people are now dead! Researchers are still baffled and confused, yet Russia has a vaccine now??

Experts say that like a fishing net with many holes, the surveillance network had numerous gaps, with too little money and manpower to be truly effective. “We’ve been gutting surveillance for too long,” says Michael Buchmeier, a virologist and associate director of the Center for Virus Research at the University of California, Irvine. “And by doing that, we’re creating blind spots in our ability to identify and contain threats of infectious disease in the world.” Indeed, in September 2019, just months before the COVID-19 pandemic began, USAID announced it would end funding for PREDICT. The agency claims it has plans for a successor effort, but it has not provided any additional details, and many worry that critical momentum is being lost.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-the-coronavirus-slipped-past-disease-detectives/


July 18, 2020

Some of Melania's ex clients in NYC are about to come forward?!

https://twitter.com/donwinslow/status/1284288892993060864

@FLOTUS
Melania Trump,

There is a strong rumor going around that some of your ex "clients" in NYC are going to come forward.

This is you with your great friend Ghislaine Maxwell and Donald Trump. So many photos out there with you two.

Remind me. What was Maxwell arrested for?




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Whoa! And check out Don Winslow's other tweets within the past 20 minutes. He is all out of f*cks right now. I think trump directed Twitter to censor Winslow's #NotMyChild video, so he's pissed!
July 16, 2020

"Governor" kemp (GA) just overruled the local mask mandates

My county and several others just implemented mandatory mask requirements, and now kkkemp is stepping in to stop it.

I really don't get it. Why is he doing this? It's completely self defeating if he really wants to get Georgia's economy back on track.

Is he experiencing psychosis due to an active but undiagnosed covid-19 infection?

Or is it that he is actively trying to kill the people who won't vote for him?



https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/local-mask-mandates-suspended-by-gov-kemps-executive-order.amp

July 1, 2020

Mitch and the GOP own this catastrophe. We can't let trump's enablers get away with this

After the separation of families and babies placed in cages on the border, I knew there wasn't a red line for republicans. They are deplorable beyond belief and need to be held accountable for their criminal negligence, which has now morphed into negligent homicide.

If this continues unabated, we need to start thinking about 2nd degree homicide charges for every one of those evil motherf*ckers.

July 1, 2020

Interesting. Do the masks cause a panic / anxiety attack reaction in republicans?

The first time I donned a mask prior to heading into the supermarket, I felt a little broken hearted. The reality of the situation we were all in hit home really deeply. In other words, shit got real. I felt a lot of sad emotions, and I suspect that rethugs wish to avoid feeling those emotions. They don't want to acknowledge the fact that their hero, trump, failed them and the entire world.

July 1, 2020

We're being "led" off the cliff by a criminal

The virus is completely unchecked in our country, but no worries, our idiot in chief just hoarded the world's supply of remdesivir (a drug which, based on the studies I've read, is only marginally effective).

This latest bit of news shouldn't surprise anyone: trump is an ignorant, amoral, incompetent, sociopathic criminal. If you were to read this article to him, he would be brimming with pride. He and many of his fellow rethug governors are simply too stupid to lead during a disaster like this.

June 30, 2020

I wonder if Justice Roberts doesn't want to reward the GOP's behavior?

This is wild conjecture on my part, but I get the feeling that he's disgusted with how the GOP has corrupted our government and rolled over for trump *specifically for the purpose of getting Supreme Court seats in order to overturn Roe v Wade.*

As it stands, it looks like the GOP betrayed our country and got very little in return. Even the corporate tax cuts may prove to be meaningless as our economy continues to collapse.

June 30, 2020

Millions of lives are on the line, so he needs to go as quickly as humanly possible.

I don't give a shit who takes his place. Anything or anyone will do for the next few months. trump is a threat to our lives and must go now. Not in January. Now.

June 25, 2020

We need to be open to the possibility that China is telling the truth

regarding the origination of the virus.

trump strikes me as the type who would jump at the chance to develop biological weapons of mass destruction.

So let's look at everything--he disbanded the White House Pandemic team. He disbanded the teams working on the ground in China. I'm sure there are other things that I'm forgetting. And now this?

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