Not anymore. He changed his residence to FL some months back.
Dave
Staff member
Hey, look at this! The EPA - run by a former coal guy because why not - is suspending ALL regulatory efforts. Because COVID-19. Here come the excuses, boys & girls. Let's use this to fuck up everything.
www.commondreams.org
'Holy Crap This Is Insane': Citing Coronavirus Pandemic, EPA Indefinitely Suspends Environmental Rules | Common Dreams
"The EPA uses this global pandemic to create loopholes for destroying the environment. This is a schoolbook example for what we need to start looking out for."
www.commondreams.org
EPA suspends enforcement of environmental laws amid coronavirus
What is... how are these even related? How is raping the planet going to help the Covid-19 thing? Is this like when people started killing stingrays when Steve Irwin died?
EDIT: Ninja'd by @Dave!
Well, not really ninja'd. I left it sitting there for about an hour helping my kid learn how to do a headstand as "Covid-19 fun."
--Patrick
What is... how are these even related? How is raping the planet going to help the Covid-19 thing? Is this like when people started killing stingrays when Steve Irwin died?
EDIT: Ninja'd by @Dave!
Well, not really ninja'd. I left it sitting there for about an hour helping my kid learn how to do a headstand as "Covid-19 fun."
--Patrick
figmentPez
Staff member
Anyone know if this is real?
What time zone would his phone have to be set on for it to be 3:23pm today when it's only 2pm on the east coast?
At a minimum, Greenland. Wishful thinking?
Or else the tweet was captured by someone in Europe (it's 7pm in Britain right now).
--Patrick
I suspect not. The same account also posted this
We sure that's not real?
figmentPez
Staff member
Dave
Staff member
Trump says he's directed Pence not to call governors who aren't 'grateful' for federal aid
The White House's coronavirus task force will give its daily briefing at 5 p.m. ET Friday — a day that saw President Donald Trump sign a $2.2 trillion stimulus package into law and invoke the Defense Production Act.
www.wtkr.com
figmentPez
Staff member
His ego takes precedence over strategy. Though it's also possible he thinks that he can spin this to make Democrats look bad.
If Washington is a swing state, trump wins in a landslide.
as a Michigander i feel the need to point out that he absolutely did *not* address the governor of Michigan by name. The actual thing this punk bitch “leader” said was “Washington Governor Jay Inslee and ‘that woman’ in Michigan”
Dave
Staff member
Democrats said they wanted a transparency into the bill and finally got it. Passed into law and signed. Now Trump says, "Nah. We'll just give that money to whomever and fuck the law."
www.vox.com
Trump says he won’t comply with key transparency measures in the coronavirus stimulus bill
The administration says it won’t provide documentation for audits into $500 billion in corporate bailout funds.
Not sure anyone is surprised. The Senate basically gave him carte blanche to carry out and/or ignore whatever he wants.
It’s not about being surprised anymore, its about not ignoring it and normalizing it. Stay loud, stay angry
Oh, I'm already angry. But what you are seeing isn't a normalization of it. What you are seeing are two sides of America. One who finds this horrible excuse for a human being repulsive and sickening. The other thinks he's sticking it to the rest of us, 'being real', and standing up to us. There is no normal anymore, and while I appreciate that others have hope, I'm just not there anymore.
This country is going to elect this horrible person again, and I don't know how I'm going to react to that level of dread a second time. The worst part is this time, I'll know the dread is substantiated.
Someone reporting on it or mentioning it isn't them being surprised.
A big part of the problem is the constant yellow journalism brought by Fox. Hearst would be envious of it. Until they come down hard on the lies peddled from that swill of a network, there's always going to be a portion of the population that they're always right because they're white and Christian.
figmentPez
Staff member
I think a bigger problem is that few news sources are brave enough to call Trump a liar when he lies. They're still pretending that Trump deserves the respect that the Office of the President deserves, and by doing so they are disrespecting the Office of the President. News outlets need to stop covering Trump live, so that they don't give him a chance to lie to the American public anymore, and when they do air coverage of his statements, they need to label what he's said as lies. "President Trump today lied about a partnership with Google to create a nationwide website for COVID-19 testing." , "In a speech today President Trump lied about certain prescription drugs being an effective treatment for Coronavirus, and we urge readers to disregard his statements and to seek information from credible medical resources."
Access means more to them than the truth. This administration is more than willing to pull press passes, so the other outlets will continue to kowtow.
figmentPez
Staff member
Lack of solidarity among journalists is another major problem.