Trump Makes Himself Lone Exception With COVID-19 Risking Crowds - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

Rachel Maddow notes that while the entire world respects the effort to control the spread of the coronavirus, Donald Trump is the only one who has made an exception for himself and his reelection rallies to gather thousands in close quarters indoors. Aired on 6/23/2020.




Blind To Borders, Coronavirus Lays Siege To Southwestern U.S. - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC

Dr. Murtaza Akhter, a doctor at two Phoenix emergency rooms, talks with Rachel Maddow about dealing with a surge in coronavirus cases at Arizona hospitals. Aired on 6/23/2020.




Trump Coronavirus Failure Makes Americans International Pariahs - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC

Rachel Maddow relays reporting in the New York Times that the European Union is considering restricting travel from countries that have failed to manage the spread of coronavirus, like Russia, Brazil, and the United States. Aired on 6/23/2020.




Rising Hospitalizations Expose Fallacy Of Testing-Driven Surge in COVID-19 - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC

Rachel Maddow points out that while Donald Trump and his acolytes have blaming spiking coronavirus numbers on increased testing, the testing does not explain the increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations. Aired on 6/23/2020.

[yuiyoshida]

1. This is going to end up being a bench mark in American History when

students read and learn about this failed administration. They will be discussing this for years and years... for all we know, we could lose HALF of our entire population... if Trump wins in November. I plan on staying inside and at home till at least November. I know for a fact, if i ever got the virus... I would be added to the list of many who died from Covid 19 exposure. This whole deal, may change how we live from now on....

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I agree with you and I'm scared, too.

Trump is actually coming out and saying - as we saw in the video - that the coronavirus is over! When we are currently hearing how it's spreading and taking more lives, right at the place where Trump held his rally!

I've often thought of this myself, how this terrible and bizarre chapter in this country will be treated by history. It's certainly shameful, ranks right up there with the worst atrocities of pre-Civil War and WWII! How will historians explain it?? I have absolutely no clue...

[rainin]

3. Every thing he does make sense in the context of planned destruction

His actions confuse and baffle people when they try to find a reasonable motive or plan, but everything makes sense once you accept that he only wants to burn it down. He knows he wins when the US is in shambles. He wins financially (disaster capitalism), he wins politically (no one knows what is true), and he's pleasing Putin. He's also getting the US that much closer to an autocracy where he hands the country over to his children to run the country when he's done

[certainot]

4. we let limbaugh scream "it's a hoax!" then "it's just the flu!" then "masks are for wimps!"

and "we've got to open!" for 5 months in coordination with the white house.

on radio stations licensed to operate in the public interest! hundreds of them now scream for police crack down on protestors, we don't need no reform, and white lives matter too. they all still deny global warming. and we let at least 87 universities endorse 260 limbaugh stations. thousands of black athletes are being used to deny racism, make excuses for it, and stop reform. how many protestors is one radio station worth?

that is why half the states are spiking now and this orange shit is still in the white house.

limbaugh on 600 radio stations keeps all other blowhards and stations reinforcing the same messaging all day long. if trump/gop and putin and the kochs paid $1000/hr for that messaging, 1200 stations x 15hrs/day = $90MIL/week or about $4.7BIL/yr.

[SergeStorms]

7. Ever since Ronnie Rayguns...

got rid of the Fairness Doctrine right-wing blowhards have been pushing this country far to the right with their lies. There's no one there to stop them, so it's just wide open spaces for these lying assholes.

[certainot]

8. a few well know black athletes complaining about their teams broadcasting on those stations

would send most of the advertisers running. to keep those very loud stations the ad industry would have to break up that monopoly. know any black athletes?

[magicguido]

5. at some point; he is going to encounter someone with COVID

he has already sickened many others by congregating.

[SergeStorms]

6. It going like going to a farm...

then strolling out to the sheep pen and yelling at the sheep. "Hey sheep, there's no anthrax on each other's fleece, so pack yourselves in that little pen nice and tight. The more the merrier! That's it, crawl up on each other's backs, there's no anthrax on your fleece. I want to see how many of your sheep we can pack into this little pen, just for the sake of my own curiosity." Now, all the time I know there's anthrax on those sheep, but I don't really care about the sheep, they're just there for my amusement.

Pretty soon most of the sheep start getting sick. Some start dying, but they all carry a little of that anthrax back to their momma and poppa sheep who aren't as healthy as the young ones. That's where the real carnage starts. But what do I care? I'm long gone. I'm at another farm in a different state, doing the exact same thing. It's good to be the King. Not so much for the sheep.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. The big difference, though, is that many of these human "sheep" are crowding intentionally

And then bringing this deadly illness back to family, friends and strangers alike.

Love the darling sheep smilie!