"Advisers are torn between knowing that a less abrasive approach would help Mr. Trump and their awareness that he can’t tolerate criticism, regardless of the setting." https://t.co/HrCTSQ1krM
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 9, 2020
BREAKING: 10% of US labor force now out of work since virus slammed economy as 6.6 million file for jobless aid. https://t.co/7VoBGeOReI
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 9, 2020
“Economists polled by the WSJ expect the unemployment rate to soar to 13% in June, the highest in the post-World War II era. ..They expect it to settle at 10% by the end of this year.” https://t.co/l5SjB9P6Lq
— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) April 9, 2020
It's gonna be called the Buy-The-Dip-It's-Pretty-Much-Contained Task Force https://t.co/nKvR0MTWrV
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) April 9, 2020
We're all following stay-at-home orders to buy time for a plan, but there is no plan, and the guy who should be leading the planning doesn't even understand what one would look like outside of a miracle cure. pic.twitter.com/cjQh40RkR3
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) April 9, 2020
Dr Fauci says death toll may keep rising, but cites decrease in the need for hospitalizations. "That means that what we are doing is working," he says of the social distancing guidelines. Says at risk of "sounding like a broken record," urges Americans to continue following them. pic.twitter.com/lTpW6WbdSi
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) April 9, 2020
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1248387361462861826
Rush Limbaugh Says Medical Experts Like Dr. Fauci Are 'Clinton Sympathizers' Who Want to 'Get Rid' of Trump https://t.co/yLxPwXzD1M
— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) April 9, 2020
The coronavirus is killing black and Latino people in New York City at twice the rate that it's killing white people, according to preliminary data released on Wednesday by the city. https://t.co/fElHJFNlvx
— NYT Graphics (@nytgraphics) April 9, 2020
Every time they ask about testing, they spew various statistics and things that other people are doing and don't admit that the answer is no we don't. The word salad doesn't answer the question. And you can't open the economy until you get an honest answer.
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) April 9, 2020
U.S. spies had raw intel hinting at health crisis in China in November https://t.co/2LGJ0eYZBU via @nbcnews
— Heidi Przybyla 🌺 (@HeidiReports) April 9, 2020
Reading this, and about how some epidemiologists in California think the coronavirus might have begun to spread last fall, and I'm curious: did anyone else, especially if you travel a lot, have a flu-like illness you just couldn't shake late last year? https://t.co/G8KSzIpN2d
— Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) April 9, 2020
TRUMP: “I think the economy is going to do very well. Now that’s just my feeling. It’s a strong feeling. I’ve had good, proper feelings about a lot of things over the years and I think we’re going to do well." pic.twitter.com/MqZgpa1vbQ
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) April 9, 2020
Because it’s not enough that @realDonaldTrump’s incompetence is killing people, his administration is now effing up the small biz loan program. He doesn’t care about anyone and surrounds himself with lackies and dolts. https://t.co/fBEa4kEREj
— Reed Galen (@reedgalen) April 9, 2020
At some point, the biggest American companies are going to tell their employees it’s time to leave home and return to work. That decision will be fraught with risk without widespread testing for the COVID-19 virus. https://t.co/VVif43f31b
— CNBC (@CNBC) April 9, 2020
Art Laffer told me the economy needs to get rolling again, even if that means putting his own life on the line.
“It would be absolutely immoral to deprive them of the economic opportunities I had because I wanted to extend my life one more minute." https://t.co/koa1M0KoPH
— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) April 9, 2020
Testing is the only thing that will save us from the worst of this, but Trump doesn't want to do it because he thinks keeping *his* numbers down makes him look more successful than actually defeating the virus. https://t.co/c4AB74cCNz
— Khashoggi’s Ghost 🇺🇦🌻 (@UROCKlive1) April 9, 2020
The Pence just say “We have known from the beginning this is at least 3x more infectious than the flu.” If that true, why The Donald spend 2 month saying “It will go away.” “It’s very mild.” “It’s like the flu.” ?? #PublicHealthFailure #COVIDー19 #Coronavirus
— Rogue Melania🍸🍸🍸 (@RogueFirstLady) April 9, 2020
Update: Pence's office has now reversed their position. After this story was published, CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield was booked for CNN's Thursday night coronavirus town hall. Dr. Fauci was also booked for Friday on "New Day." https://t.co/Ds0f2oVw1A
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) April 9, 2020
https://twitter.com/Sifill_LDF/status/1248400809689149441
Fran Lebowitz on Trump:https://t.co/NGlJukmmaq pic.twitter.com/924OjMg4Qx
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) April 9, 2020
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BORIS’S BREXITLAND
My old paper @thetimes in a obsequious swoon over Johnson while the deaths yesterday of 881 people (plus a thousand care home deaths missing from govt figures) aren’t mentioned until paragraph 8.
This isn’t journalism, it’s shameful propaganda. pic.twitter.com/WgZmLYq8r8— Katherine O'Donnell (@kathy__odonnell) April 9, 2020
Trump signing the executive order ordering Boris Johnson back to full health pic.twitter.com/uPxgV1XSXl
— Cliff Booth (@CBoothStuntman) April 9, 2020
With Boris Johnsons father posting pics of himself at his holiday home (strange thing to do while his son is in ICU?) & media strengthening the comparisons between Johnson & Churchill (both overcoming major health scares) do the British public feel like they are being played yet?
— Patrick Kelly (@paddyjkelly) April 9, 2020
Not exactly helping …. More than 11,000 NHS staff from the EU have left since the Brexit referendum https://t.co/7b0UePT6tG
— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) April 8, 2020
Coronavirus: Universities warn of going bust without emergency funds https://t.co/VFILv4Kiiu
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 9, 2020
Imagine if someone showed you this picture six months ago and asked you to figure out what must have happened https://t.co/7WNG7Yz39C
— İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي (@iyad_elbaghdadi) April 9, 2020
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ELSEWHERE
EU Finance Chiefs Agree on $590 Billion Virus Rescue Package https://t.co/oDidQwuiUO
— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) April 9, 2020
“Coronavirus patients in South Korea are now testing positive for the virus a second time, health officials are warning.” https://t.co/dc2uI1crs8
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) April 9, 2020
Coronavirus: Can we 3D-print our way out of the PPE shortage? https://t.co/uz8Dm8Zt1x
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 9, 2020
US citizens in Beirut say it's safer to stay there rather than return to USA, during pandemic, without full private health insurance.
— John Fitzgerald #FBPE #GTTO @j_g_fitzgerald@c.im (@j_g_fitzgerald) April 9, 2020
https://twitter.com/SWGoldman/status/1248345051811504128
Dudes, you're shaking hands. https://t.co/9pH3IKjYJN
— Pedro da Costa (@pdacosta) April 9, 2020