(Reposted:) "Trump shocked he might not win reelection" (Updated)

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*Blogger note*: Time to put this blog on hiatus for (at least) awhile as better weather is coming, etc. etc.

6/1/20 update: (FWIW) this tiny blog has been temporarily reactivated...

Thanks to any and all readers for stopping by. FWIW, I may come back briefly next week sometime soon to comment about the upcoming McGahn congressional subpoena case in front of the D.C. Court of Appeals. (Nothing much at stake there....just a significant feature of (what helps constitute) our representative democracy...)

Donald Trump is a crooked, ignorant + petty jerk, lastingly unpopular; who very much needs to be removed from office. 
(More; (also) better-stated. Unaffiliated article link: 
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/president-unraveling/611146/)  
If much of this is not clear at this point it's likely attributable to some form of  "magical thinking", cult blindness, willful ignorance and/or just plain dumbness. 

If not obvious, this blog was mainly an outlet to express indignation and frustration with the corrupt president and his chaotic regime in Washington. As the general election (possibly..) nears I plan to focus upon some other, (more?) legitimate activities, to try and help remove this incompetent, crooked president.

Thanks again. For those who care I'll put up a new link HERE if I start another website of some kind..

...↓Never forget/always remember....(4/14/20 off-site article link:)

"Donald Trump Has Made 18,000 False or Misleading Claims Since Coming to Office"

Also: (Just one sample analysis article, from the sensible media, linked:)

"Trump's daily briefings warned about COVID-19 at least a dozen times before the US outbreak, but he 'failed to register' the threat"

Also: (4.2.20 (real-)news investigation/analysis story, link:)

"Disaster in motion: 3.4 million travelers poured into US as coronavirus pandemic erupted"

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Source: Unaffiliated 4/30/20 opinion article link, subscription may be required:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/30/trump-shocked-learn-he-might-not-win-reelection/

A brief excerpt:

"...The most hilarious part of the story is that in order to make amends, [campaign manager Brad] Parscale later came to the White House with “polling numbers that were more positive for Trump, and the president seemed in a far better mood.” The most powerful person on earth is essentially a toddler whose volatile moods need to be carefully managed by those around him. Perhaps Parscale also brought him a lollipop to soothe his tender feelings."

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(Reposted) Trump + the coronavirus outbreak. Pretty much all that you need to know: "U.S. intelligence agencies issued warnings about the novel coronavirus in more than a dozen classified briefings prepared for President Trump in January and February, months during which he continued to play down the threat..."

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4/27/20 news analysis source article, including for the excerpt above. (Link, subscription may be required:)

"President’s intelligence briefing book repeatedly cited virus threat"

Also, another analysis article discussing the one above:

"Trump reportedly ignored intel briefings on coronavirus threat"

Background: 2/9/18 story link:

"...Trump skips president’s written intelligence report and relies on oral briefings"

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Directly related. 4/24/20 article link: "Maryland emergency hotline receives more than 100 calls about disinfectant after Trump comments"

(Copy:)

ALERT🚨: We have received several calls regarding questions about disinfectant use and #COVID19.

This is a reminder that under no circumstances should any disinfectant product be administered into the body through injection, ingestion or any other route.

— Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MDMEMA) (@MDMEMA) April 24, 2020

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(Earlier post:) Donald Trump: 4/23/20 transcript direct quotation: "..And I then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute, and is there a way you can do something like that by injection inside, or almost a cleaning. Because you see it gets in the lungs, and it does a tremendous number on the lungs. So it'd be interesting to check that.."

(Commentary, including reposted material. Temporarily posted. NOTE: Adult guidance suggested. Not for small children or the feeble-minded, a/k/a: Fox 'news' dupes...)

4/24/20 source article link (for quotation above): "See the full video and transcript of Trump suggesting disinfectant might be injected as a coronavirus cure"

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(Earlier post:) (Un-)"stable genius" Donald Trump is now endeavoring to harm people in new ways

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...Apparently it wan't irresponsibly awful enough that the ("Trump-led") U.S.A. continues to lead the world by far in both coronavirus cases, and in resulting (total) deaths.

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...It wasn't irresponsibly awful enough that Trump and his 'State TV', Fox 'news' surrogates repeatedly pushed a not-thoroughly tested drug as (coronavirus) relief; one that can include unexpected side-effects.

(3/21/20 copy:)

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine. The FDA has moved mountains - Thank You! Hopefully they will BOTH (H works better with A, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents).....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 21, 2020

(4/4/20 copy. Ref. the second clip below:)

Trump says some remarkably irresponsible stuff about hydroxychloroquin: "What do you have to lose? Take it. I really think they should take it ... try it, if you'd like." pic.twitter.com/ULjKRfqEG5

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 4, 2020

*Now this*..?

(Reposted 4/23/20 partial transcript of Trump's publicly broadcast remarks. Emphasis added. Unaffiliated source link:)

"...So I asked Bill a question some of you are thinking of if you're into that world, which I find to be pretty interesting. So, supposing we hit the body with a tremendous, whether its ultraviolet or just very powerful light, and I think you said, that hasn't been checked but you're gonna test it. And then I said, supposing it brought the light inside the body, which you can either do either through the skin or some other way, and I think you said you're gonna test that too, sounds interesting. And I then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute, and is there a way you can do something like that by injection inside, or almost a cleaning. Because you see it gets in the lungs, and it does a tremendous number on the lungs. So it'd be interesting to check that. So you're going to have to use medical doctors, but it sounds interesting to me, so we'll see. But the whole concept of the light, the way it goes in one minute, that's pretty powerful." 

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Lysol manufacturer's subsequent published warning statement. (Reposted 4/24/20 video clip:)



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(Comment:)  ....↓Most definitely should have been removed from office, when we had the "mechanism" (to do so). ...Spineless Republicans...:

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Reposted 2/28/20 article link: "Americans who believe Trump’s spin on coronavirus will get ‘what they deserve’: former Ebola Czar"

Republican-led Senate committee on 2016 Russian interference: “The committee found no reason to dispute the intelligence community’s conclusions.”

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4/21/20 source news analysis article (link):

"Republican-Led Review Backs Intelligence Findings on Russian Interference"

Brief excerpt:

"American intelligence officials’ determination that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to assist Donald J. Trump’s candidacy was fundamentally sound and untainted by politics, according to a key Republican-led Senate review released on Tuesday. The findings undercut longstanding allegations by Mr. Trump and his allies that the officials were biased against him."

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Wise person: "Watch what they do, not what they say" (Updated)

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... Just a few recent samples within the past few weeks. (News/analysis/commentary article links:)

"Putin leverages coronavirus chaos to make a direct play to Trump"

Brief excerpt:

"President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin appear to have had more sustained contact with each other in the past two weeks than at any time since 2016, as the Kremlin tries to use the coronavirus pandemic and close personal ties between the two leaders to normalize long-strained relations with Washington."

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"Trump to roll back Obama-era clean car rules in huge blow to climate fight"


"Trump administration is rushing to gut environmental protections"


"Trump is sneaking environmental rollbacks past a nation in quarantine"


"Trump Administration Pushes Huge Environmental Rollbacks in the Midst of a Pandemic"

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"E.P.A. Weakens Controls on Mercury"

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"White House Moves to Weaken EPA Rule on Toxic Compounds"


"Trump officials reject stricter air quality standards, despite link between air pollution, coronavirus risks"

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"The Coronavirus Has Not Halted Trump’s Power Grab"


"Trump Is Inciting a Coronavirus Culture War to Save Himself"
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Update:  (4/19/20 analysis article link) "Fact check: Trump did host rallies, play golf as COVID-19 outbreak ramped up"

(4/18/20 article link:) "White House advisers reportedly said Trump's re-election campaign is skirting FEC rules to 'secretly' pay his sons' significant others $180,000 a year"
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(Comment:)...↓Justice NOT done...:

"Top NY Court Keeps a Pin in Zervos-Trump Defamation Suit"


"Court pauses Summer Zervos' defamation lawsuit against Trump, delaying deposition"

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(Comment:) ..It's supposed to be YOUR country.

Take it back:

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P.S. General, unaffiliated source for post title's quotation (link):
 https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/03/22/maddow_if_trump_doesnt_stop_lying_media_should_stop_broadcasting_daily_coronavirus_press_conference.html

One example: What a corrupt fraud -- mistakenly elevated to a leadership position -- says (during an actual crisis):

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4/16/20 news analysis, fact-checking article link:

"Fact check: Trump repeats false claim he has power over state coronavirus restrictions, threatens to shut down Congress"

Brief excerpt:

"Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump littered Wednesday's coronavirus briefing with another procession of false and misleading claims. 

 He inaccurately declared, again, that he has absolute power over state coronavirus restrictions. He falsely claimed "nobody needs" ventilators anymore. He exaggerated the number of federal judges confirmed during his presidency. He repeated some of his standard false claims about trade with China..."

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"Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, state officials and NBC News
Graphic: Sawyer Click & Robin Muccari / NBC News"

Reposted graphical representation: The Trump admin. coronavirus disaster -- in one chart

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Note: Please see the previous (4/9/20) post here for additional information and source credit: https://donaldwontlast.blogspot.com/2020/04/reposted-failed-us-federal-response-to.html


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Reposted: "Failed US Federal Response To COVID-19..." (Including graph representation/visualization)

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Reposted 4/9/20 video commentary/analysis segment. No affiliation:



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Here is a link to the 4/9/20 BBC article that includes the "How confirmed cases of coronavirus have spread" animated graph featured near the end of the clip above:

"Coronavirus pandemic: Tracking the global outbreak"

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"This page was last updated on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 08:08 PM EDT.
Daily confirmed new cases (5-day moving average)
Outbreak evolution for the current 10 most affected countries" (Source link)

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Unaffiliated source link: https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-in-charts-covid-19-symptoms-spread-deaths-warnings-2020-2#the-us-has-reported-more-than-270000-coronavirus-cases-the-most-in-the-world-6. Data as of approx. 4/3/20. Link to a more current map: 
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

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Yet another Trump lie exposed via legitimate investigative reporting

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4/5/20 news analysis article (link):

"As Trump administration debated travel restrictions, thousands streamed in from China"

Brief excerpt:

"...Each day that the administration debated the travel measures, roughly 14,000 travelers arrived in the United States from China, according to figures cited by the Trump administration. Among them was a traveler who came from Wuhan to Seattle in mid-January, who turned out to be the first confirmed case in the United States.

On Jan. 22, Trump downplayed the threat posed by the virus, telling CNBC from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, “We have it totally under control.”

The battle within the White House over whether and how to stop infected travelers from China lasted nine more days."

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It's insane that New York has been forced to secure a donation of ventilators from China. (Updated)

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Trump madness. A few recent news/analysis articles. (Links, some may require subscriptions:) 

"Trump to Governors on Ventilators: ‘Try Getting It Yourselves’"

"Trump to U.S. Governors: Get Your Own Ventilators"


"Trump downplays need for ventilators as New York begs to differ"


"Jared Kushner, who's operating a 'shadow' coronavirus task force, appears not to know why federal emergency stockpiles exist"


"Trump On New York’s Ventilator Shortage: ‘We’re Going To Find Out’ If They Have Enough"


"TRUMP SAYS HE WANTS TO KEEP PEOPLE OFF VENTILATORS IN FAVOR OF UNPROVEN DRUG COMBINATION"

>>Update: 4/4/20 opinion article (subscription): 

"He Went to Jared"

Brief partial excerpt:

 "...With the death toll in this country soaring past 7,000, Trump is focused on the same thing he is always focused on: himself. He proudly told reporters Wednesday, “Did you know I was No. 1 on Facebook? I just found out I was No. 1 on Facebook. I thought that was very nice for whatever it means.” Our doom, perhaps?

Trump’s most defining qualities have been on display in this fight: He has been mercurial, vindictive, deceptive, narcissistic, blame-shifting and nepotistic.

At the Thursday briefing, the president brought out another wealthy, uninformed man-child who loves to play boss: Jared Kushner...." 

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4/4/20 news report (link): 

"Gov. Cuomo Says Chinese Government Delivering 1,000 Ventilators to New York"

(Also (link)): "Billionaire Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai donates ventilators and masks to New York"
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Be safe. But keep 'never forgetting', also:

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Related: ↓4/2/20 commentary/analysis article link. No affiliation:

"Sean Hannity Absolutely Melts Down Over Kara Swisher’s NY Times Column"

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(Below:) A few real things that actually happened before the date of the video posted above:

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1/29/20 opinion article (link): "Joe Biden: Trump is worst possible leader to deal with coronavirus outbreak"

(Source credit. 4/1/20 article link: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/nobody-expected-the-coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-did.html)


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1/27/20 congressional letter to HHS Secretary Alex Azar (Link, copy (PDF)): https://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/01272020%202019%20Novel%20Coronavirus%20Letter%20to%20Azar.pdf

(Source credit, link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/01/republicans-were-warned-yet-they-persisted-enabling-trumps-coronavirus-debacle/)


3/20/20 news article (link:)

"Intel reports going back to January warned of coronavirus threat"

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4/1/20 commentary/analysis article excerpt:

"...Senate Democrats point to 32 other warnings, requests and statements they made seeking action against the virus — all while the Senate impeachment trial was underway. It begins with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Jan. 17 releasing a letter to Azar about steps “should this outbreak escalate,” and includes several requests to increase preparedness and to reinstate the National Security Council directorate for pandemics that Trump had dissolved."

Source article link, subscription: "Republicans were warned. Yet they persisted in defending Trump"

Further reading: 4/1/20 commentary analysis article link. (Subscription:)

"Alarm, Denial, Blame: The Pro-Trump Media’s Coronavirus Distortion"

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