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riversedge's JournalIt gets worse: Hicks tested POSitive for virus WEDNESDAY! -...WH KNEW Wed evening
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has learned Hope Hicks tested negative for COVID-19 Wednesday morning, so she boarded AF1. She developed symptoms during the day and received a second test, which came back positive. The White House knew about this Wed evening but Trump still had a fundraiser Thursday.
https://twitter.com/weijia/status/1311923578993025024?s=20
Trump Went Ahead With Golf Club Fundraiser After Hicks Tested Positive
Source: daily beast
RECKLESS ABANDON
The event included personal photo ops, an intimate round-table meeting between Trump and dozens of supporters, and a droplet-spraying presidential speech to fundraisers.
Jamie Ross
Reporter
Updated Oct. 02, 2020 6:39AM ET / Published Oct. 02, 2020 5:30AM ET
REUTERS
Just hours before President Trump announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19, he was mingling with fundraisers at an event held at his New Jersey golf club—and even posed for personal photo-ops with supporters. The event went ahead after the White House learned that one of the president’s closest aides, Hope Hicks, had tested positive for the disease, according to multiple reports.
Trump was last seen in public Thursday afternoon, when he headed home to the White House after the fundraising trip to Trump National Golf Club in Bedminister. Ahead of that event, attendees were promised a photo opportunity with the president, and Trump was due to meet with the winner of a raffle organized to raise funds for his campaign. It appears that, despite Hicks’ test, the event went ahead as planned.
The Daily Beast found a Facebook post of one woman, finance executive Patricia Bosisio Schechter, who said she had her photograph taken with the president at the ritzy event. She wrote: “As for all of you who have expressed concern for me, thank you for that. We were with him literally 30 seconds for our photo and other than that never close to him.” She added that she was “praying” for Trump to pull through his illness.
On top of the personal photo-ops, local reports state that the roundtable event with dozens of supporters went ahead despite knowledge of Hicks’ infection, and Trump reportedly delivered a droplet-spraying speech. According to the Washington Post, Trump didn’t wear a mask at the golf club, or on the plane back to Washington, D.C. The president then tested positive after he had returned to the White House.
The decision to travel to New Jersey reportedly came after White House officials had learned that Hicks had tested positive for COVID-19—though it’s not clear if Trump knew about it personally...............
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Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-went-ahead-with-golf-club-fundraiser-after-hicks-tested-positive?via=twitter_page
I have admit--I wonder if Trump is telling the truth. He lies so much.
https://twitter.com/HeberdenMarc/status/1311982099491155968?s=20
https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1311981270541504512?s=20
https://twitter.com/AnniekDrago/status/1311982612290953216?s=20
A small group of WH officials knew Thurs morning Trump's aide Hicks had virus but Trump went to NJ
Selfish and Irresponsible--of the Trumps= is the only thing I can feel and say right now.
A small group of White House officials knew by Thursday morning that President Trump's aide Hope Hicks had contracted Covid-19, according to CNN White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins -- but Trump still took a trip to New Jersey for a fundraiser.
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1311951378399604736?s=20
24 min ago
The US President and first lady have tested positive for Covid-19. Here's what we know
https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-10-02-20-intl/h_7db1cf000b2ec72b932e2d50d26c0371?utm_source=twCNN&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2020-10-02T08%3A49%3A17&utm_term=link
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump step off Air Force One upon arrival in Cleveland, Ohio on September 29.
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump step off Air Force One upon arrival in Cleveland, Ohio on September 29. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
In the early hours of Friday morning, US President Donald Trump tweeted that he and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for Covid-19 after one of his top aides contracted the virus.
Here's what we know about the situation:
Hope Hicks tests positive: Hicks is a close aide to Trump and traveled with him multiple times recently, including to the presidential debate in Cleveland on Tuesday. She was seen boarding Marine One, along with several other of the President's closest aides. Bloomberg was first to report that she had tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday. Several sources then confirmed the diagnosis to CNN.
Fundraiser and media briefing: A small group of White House officials knew by Thursday morning that Hicks had contracted Covid-19, according to CNN White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins -- but Trump still took a trip to New Jersey for a fundraiser, and press secretary Kayleigh McEnany still held a news briefing at the White House on Thursday. McEnany didn't wear a mask at the briefing, and made no mention of Hicks' diagnosis to reporters in the room, Collins said.
Trump gets tested again: On Thursday evening, Trump confirmed Hicks' diagnosis in a tweet and said that he and the first lady were being retested for the virus. "She did test positive, I just heard about this. She tested positive. She's a hard worker. Lot of masks, she wears masks a lot but she tested positive," Trump said on Fox News' "Hannity." "So whether we quarantine or whether we have it, I don't know."
Trump starts the "quarantine process": The President followed his comments up with a tweet later on Thursday saying that he and the first lady were waiting for test results. "In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process!" Trump tweeted. ...................................
New report reveals salacious details of sex harassment scandal that drove Kimberly Guilfoyle out of
Source: raw story
New report reveals salacious details of sex harassment scandal that drove Kimberly Guilfoyle out of Fox
Published 7 hours ago on October 1, 2020
On Thursday, The New Yorker published an investigative report by Jane Mayer, revealing previously unknown details about the sexual harassment complaint that led to Trump adviser Kimberly Guilfoyle being forced to leave Fox News.
Guilfoyle, who is currently dating Donald Trump Jr., recently attracted national attention for a fiery speech at the Republican National Convention. She has maintained that she resigned voluntarily from Fox News — but media reports of misconduct had been circulating since 2018.
“Until now, the specific accusations against Guilfoyle have remained largely hidden,” wrote Mayer. “Media reports suggested that she had been accused of workplace impropriety, including displaying lewd pictures of male genitalia to colleagues, but few additional details of misbehavior emerged.” However, Mayer has obtained a draft of the complaint against Guilfoyle, filed by a Fox employee who remains anonymous to protect her identity.
“The woman was hired in 2015, just out of college, to work as an assistant for Guilfoyle and another former Fox host, Eric Bolling,” wrote Mayer. “According to a dozen well-informed sources familiar with her complaints, the assistant alleged that Guilfoyle, her direct supervisor, subjected her frequently to degrading, abusive, and sexually inappropriate behavior; among other things, she said that she was frequently required to work at Guilfoyle’s New York apartment while the Fox host displayed herself naked, and was shown photographs of the genitalia of men with whom Guilfoyle had had sexual relations.”
“The draft complaint also alleged that Guilfoyle spoke incessantly and luridly about her sex life, and on one occasion demanded a massage of her bare thighs; other times, she said, Guilfoyle told her to submit to a Fox employee’s demands for sexual favors, encouraged her to sleep with wealthy and powerful men, asked her to critique her naked body, demanded that she share a room with her on business trips, required her to sleep over at her apartment, and exposed herself to her, making her feel deeply uncomfortable,” continued the report.
Moreover, Mayer reported, there was also an attempted coverup to buy off the assistant.....................
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/new-report-reveals-salacious-details-of-harassment-scandal-that-drove-kimberly-guilfoyle-out-of-fox/
Creepy just plain creepy!
Imagine having to work with her. Wonder if Donny Jr knew??
First comes story of Hope Hicks-at same time comes story of Melania Trump and tapes, then comes this story [maybe all at same time] and new this story of Guifoyle. --Then comes story of virus hitting on both Trump and Melania. Too much for the senses. --Oh and Ivanka and the story of her consulting fees. whow just whow.
https://twitter.com/lunaticopresid1/status/1311849850523262980?s=20
Guilfoyle - RNC screenshot
Hicks has COVID-19.has been close to Trump!Trump was just 6 feet away from Biden during debate..
I am not a praying person but I will now...........
Lawrance is laying it on thick right now-how selfish and irresponsible Trump has been-[he and his staff not wearing masks and galloping around the US at rallies}
Hope Hicks has COVID-19 and is now experiencing sypmtoms. She travelled with Trump to the debate -- maskless.
Trump was just 6 feet away from Biden during the debate for 90 minutes.
Trump was mocking @JoeBiden for wearing a mask.
https://twitter.com/CheriJacobus/status/1311836855931940864?s=20
https://twitter.com/CheriJacobus/status/1311842004238831623?s=20
1,600 former Justice Department lawyers accuse Barr of using DOJ to help Trump in election
Source: USA Today
WASHINGTON – Former Justice Department attorneys expressed concerns Thursday that Attorney General William Barr is using the power of the agency to help President Donald Trump win reelection, citing statements Barr had made about mail-in ballots and the politically fraught inquiry into the Russia investigation.
"We fear that Attorney General Barr intends to use the DOJ's vast law enforcement powers to undermine our most fundamental democratic value: free and fair elections," according to an open letter signed by about 1,600 former Justice Department employees.
Barr has echoed the president's attacks on mail-in ballots as more states have allowed voting by mail due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"People are trying to change the rules to this, to this methodology – which, as a matter of logic, is very open to fraud and coercion – is reckless and dangerous and people are playing with fire," the attorney general said in an interview with CNN last month................
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/01/william-barr-accused-1-600-lawyers-using-doj-help-trump-win/5881731002/
umm.. Burman and jacob Wohl just got charged for suppressing the vote. why can't trump and Barr be charged with the same??
I've joined over 1600 of my former DOJ colleagues in calling out AG Barr for threatening free and fair elections: 1,600 former Justice Department lawyers accuse Barr of using DOJ to help Trump in election https://usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/01/william-barr-accused-1-600-lawyers-using-doj-help-trump-win/5881731002/ via @usatoday
https://twitter.com/Sifill_LDF/status/1311814078613069824?s=20
Revealed: Amy Coney Barrett supported group that said life begins at fertilization
Source: the guardian
Barrett signed newspaper ad in 2006 sponsored by St Joseph County Right to Life, an extreme anti-choice group
Thu 1 Oct 2020 08.45 EDT
Amy Coney Barrett, the Trump administration’s supreme court nominee, publicly supported an organization in 2006 that has said life begins at fertilization. It has also said that the discarding of unused or frozen embryos created in the in vitro fertilization (IVF) process ought to be criminalized, a view that is considered to be extreme even within the anti-abortion movement.
The revelation is likely to lead to new questions about how Barrett’s personal views on abortion may not only shape reproductive rights in the US for decades to come if she is confirmed by the Senate, but how her appointment could affect legal rights for women undergoing fertility treatment, as well as their doctors.
Religious group scrubs all references to Amy Coney Barrett from its website
In 2006, while Barrett worked as a law professor at Notre Dame, she was one of hundreds of people who signed a full-page newspaper advertisement sponsored by St Joseph County Right to Life, an extreme anti-choice group located in the city of South Bend, which is in the region know as Michiana.
The advertisement, which appeared in the South Bend Tribune, stated: “We, the following citizens of Michiana, oppose abortion on demand and defend the right to life from fertilization to natural death. Please continue to pray to end abortion.”
The statement was signed by Barrett and her husband, Jesse.
In an interview with the Guardian, Jackie Appleman, the executive director of St Joseph County Right to Life, said that the organization’s view on life beginning at fertilization – as opposed to the implantation of an embryo or a fetus being viable – did have implications for in vitro fertilization, which usually involves the creation of multiple embryos......................................
Read more: https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/01/amy-coney-barrett-supported-group-fertilization
And so it begins. damn
NEW: Amy Coney Barrett signed her name to a full-page ad run by a group that says it believes abortion providers should be prosecuted.
This does not appear to have been disclosed in her questionnaire submitted to the Judiciary Committee.
https://twitter.com/brianefallon/status/1311660143143276544?s=20
The ad that Barrett signed her name to was actually a two-page spread in the South Bend Tribune, and the full ad specifically calls for "an end to the barbaric legacy of Roe v. Wade".
This is as clear a position as you'll ever see from a judicial nominee.
Here is the full ad:
https://twitter.com/brianefallon/status/1311677106456231947?s=20
So she's already being deceitful? Another reason to not be so hasty to appoint her. Seems enough time for vetting is in the best interest of the voters, not the only consideration is that she's a Trump pick. That alone should be a disqualifier.
https://twitter.com/huh_sandandlat/status/1311665167877324801?s=20
Can The U.S. Use Its Growing Supply Of Rapid Tests To Stop The Virus?
This will NEVER happen under Trump who believes more testing means more cases means he is more afraid of losing the election.
Coronavirus By The Numbers
Can The U.S. Use Its Growing Supply Of Rapid Tests To Stop The Virus?
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/10/01/915793729/can-the-u-s-use-its-growing-supply-of-rapid-tests-to-stop-the-virus
October 1, 20205:03 AM ET
A new generation of faster, cheaper coronavirus tests is starting to hit the market. And some experts say these technologies could finally give the U.S. the ability to adopt a new, more effective testing strategy.
"On the horizon — the not too distant horizon — there are a whole series of testing modalities coming on line," says Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown School of Public Health. "And that gives us hope we can really expand our testing capacity in the nation."
Until now, testing has been primarily used to diagnose people who may have COVID-19 and any of their close contacts who may also be infected. But a stubborn shortage of the molecular tests most commonly used — and slow turnaround time for results — has hobbled the nation's ability to stop outbreaks and contain the pandemic.
That could change, argue Jha and other public health researchers, as new rapid tests — primarily antigen tests — become more widely available, enabling communities to start widespread screening of the highest-risk people.
"It is a paradigm shift," Jha says. "What I think new testing capacity allows us to do is actually play offense — go and hunt for the disease before it spreads to identify asymptomatic people before they spread it to others. It really becomes about preventing outbreaks — not just capturing them after they've occurred."...........................
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That ideal scenario would allow communities to expand regular testing to most K-12 students that are in school (excluding those in communities with a high rate of infection, where schools would be closed); as well as health care workers, food service employees, cashiers and retail store clerks.
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The #Trump #coronavirus Superspreader Tour 2020 is in Duluth, Minnesota,
The #Trump #coronavirus Superspreader Tour 2020 is in Duluth, Minnesota,
https://twitter.com/drskyskull/status/1311508249989046272?s=20
My Pillow founder Mike Lindell came out to give some opening remarks at the rally #TrumpRally #Trump2020 #Duluth
https://twitter.com/BGOnTheScene/status/1311453846040915968?s=20
The lumberjacks are in the VIP section for tonight’s rally #TrumpRally #Trump2020 #Duluth
https://twitter.com/BGOnTheScene/status/1311453009495371776?s=20
Check out President @realDonaldTrump
and his dance moves at the end of his campaign rally in Duluth, Minnesota tonight - to the classic tune of “http://Y.M.CA.” by The Village People.
https://twitter.com/wolfblitzer/status/1311495231490187264?s=20
A crowd of thousands out in Duluth for the President’s first rally post-debate #TrumpRally #Trump2020 #Duluth
https://twitter.com/BGOnTheScene/status/1311508100336291840?s=20
The Trump Superspreader Tour 2020 is in Duluth, Minnesota, tonight. Follow for a video thread.
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1311472673420181504?s=20
https://twitter.com/sam_erk/status/1311469875186016256?s=20
Laura Young
@catsmyau
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I just want to point out that St Louis County where Duluth is located has one of the highest rates of Covid infection in Minnesota right now. Holding one of his super spreader hate rally’s shows his malice.
https://twitter.com/catsmyau/status/1311483116280778754?s=20
Some hospitals forced to wait-list or transfer patients as Wisconsin's coronavirus surge continues
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A "Heroes work here" sign on display in front of Bellin Hospital on April 18, 2020, in Green Bay, Wis.
Some Wisconsin hospitals are resorting to wait-listing patients, or sending them to other facilities, as the state's coronavirus surge continues to rage.
Hospitals have been especially overwhelmed in Green Bay, Wausau and the Fox Valley, which are among the state's latest COVID-19 hot spots.
Officials at Bellin Hospital in Green Bay, for example, said the facility was at 94% capacity as of Tuesday, just days before a Saturday campaign rally for President Donald Trump that could draw thousands of supporters to the city.
State health officials on Tuesday also acknowledged Wisconsin is closer than ever to opening a state-run field hospital due to the surge in cases — even as they stressed they still hope the overflow facilities won't be needed.
The number of people hospitalized in Wisconsin due to the virus reached a new high Tuesday, with 646 coronavirus patients occupying beds across the state, including 205 patients in ICU beds.............................
Read more: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/09/30/wisconsin-hospitals-wait-list-patients-covid-19-surge-coronavirus-green-bay-fox-valley-wausau/3578202001/
Wisconsin sets COVID-19 deaths record as hospitals fill up
https://www.twincities.com/2020/09/30/wisconsin-sets-covid-19-deaths-record-as-hospitals-fill-up/
By The Associated Press | ap@ap.com |
PUBLISHED: September 30, 2020 at 4:44 p.m. | UPDATED: September 30, 2020 at 4:45 p.m.
MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin set a new record for COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday and the surge in cases in the state threatened to overwhelm some hospitals.
Health officials reported 27 new deaths, breaking the state’s old record of 22 deaths set on May 27. The disease has killed or played a role in the death of 1,327 people in the state since the pandemic began.
Health officials reported 2,319 newly confirmed cases, bringing the total number of cases in Wisconsin to 122,274 since the pandemic began.
Wisconsin had the third-highest positivity rate of any state as of Wednesday. Hospital officials in some areas said they were close to being overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients — a scenario that health officials have been warning could happen since the pandemic began but that only now seems like it could happen..............................
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A message is shown in a window at Sellery Residence Hall on the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis. campus, citing rapidly rising COVID-19 cases, in this Sept. 10, 2020, file photo. Gov. Tony Evers is urging people throughout Wisconsin to “get on the same team” and take steps to slow the spread of the coronavirus, as cases continue to soar at the state’s highest levels since the pandemic began. (Mark Hoffmann/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, File)
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