Just tuned in and they are replaying an old briefing where the @POTUS is talking about China and trade and the wTO and NAFTA, not the virus that has claimed 41,379 American lives.
Must be a mistake.

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) April 19, 2020

This particular news conference is like a never-ending trip with a very talkative Uber driver.

— Niall Stanage (@NiallStanage) April 19, 2020

This is like a drunk grandpa giving a meandering speech at a wedding and not wanting to give up the mic.

— James B. Webb (@BrainRage) April 19, 2020

Iran, China, Japan, Canada, and Mexico will own America if Biden wins. The Five O’Clock Follies are underway.

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) April 19, 2020

There is no news involved with this. He is just scared and trying to reverse the narratives that are all converging on him. He is giving conflicting statements even within the same few minutes. Fox will know which pieces to use.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 19, 2020

The ear extends itself across the room to distill something timely or even interesting in Pence's easy-listening monologue.

— Jack Shafer (@jackshafer) April 19, 2020

Pres continues to insist that "testing is a local thing" as part of Coronavirus detection. "We'll get it done," he says of testing, saying it'll be done at a level "that the biggest tester in the world will be very happy soon." pic.twitter.com/SLOlWuM1Zf

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) April 19, 2020

He’s working very hard to shift blame over to the governors. “Testing is a local thing.“ just a few minutes ago, he blamed the governors for relying on testing in their own states. This is confusing to normal people, but it’s exactly the right message for his base.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 19, 2020

THREAD. With the protests against stay-at-home orders mushrooming across the U.S., journalists and pundits are making comparisons to the Tea Party protests of 2009-2010. It's worth revisiting what many historians concluded about the Tea Party.

— Dr. Steve Campbell (@Historian_Steve) April 19, 2020

"We have a higher power that takes care of us."

Higher powers don't give a shit about the rest of us, apparently. https://t.co/nbJP2nKZcL

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 19, 2020

Thoughts and prayers 🙄 https://t.co/2i8pf0WXKF

— Planet Belfast 🇪🇺 (@Planet_Belfast) April 19, 2020

A religion based on grifting. https://t.co/t782RySYWa

— Clay Harris 🇪🇺💉💉💉💉💉😷 (@mudlarklives) April 19, 2020

"The lesson Mr. Trump apparently learned from his Senate acquittal is that he could once again get away with putting his personal and political interests over the safety of the American people when confronted with an even more dire crisis." – Barry Berkehttps://t.co/1zY8tjbRO6

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) April 19, 2020

“They shut some of my hotels down, too."
YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO OWN HOTELS, BIFF.

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) April 19, 2020

Trump touts possible coronavirus therapies but conspicuous by its absence is any mention of hydroxychloroquine, a potentially fatal drug he relentlessly hyped for weeks up until a few days ago pic.twitter.com/iKmyUc5gPF

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020

Trump’s denial of his coronavirus failings will be “one of the biggest propaganda battles in American history” https://t.co/OWD53ARvGW pic.twitter.com/k4J5CiPIG8

— Barry Ritholtz (@Ritholtz) April 19, 2020

“I’m walking into a house, and I’m seeing 3 or 4 family members who are all sick … I have to now assess everybody to see who is the sickest.”

Joshua Rodriguez, a FDNY rescue paramedic, describes what calls are like during the COVID-19 pandemic.https://t.co/iHMMgOU3Sj

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 19, 2020

Brooklyn Hospital Center’s chief operating officer describes the extraordinary measures being taken to handle the number of deaths from coronavirus. In New York City, more than 13,000 have lost their lives to the pandemic. https://t.co/cz8w50XlJX pic.twitter.com/bcBF5d04zq

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) April 19, 2020

15 pages of obituaries in The Boston Globe today. pic.twitter.com/DdcWiy2hvx

— Nancy Palmer (@npalmerrothman) April 19, 2020

My home state really is trying its best to die.

‘Very, Very Scary’: Officials Dumbfounded as Florida Beaches Reopen, 3 Days After Death Spike https://t.co/PTUklL7mtp via @thedailybeast

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 19, 2020

These photos show the staggering food bank lines across America https://t.co/SCTGtuhxH7

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) April 19, 2020

"The economy might not last even the next three weeks, let alone the much longer lockdown deemed necessary by some epidemiologists" | @JeremyWarnerUKhttps://t.co/93hAF9pK2g

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) April 19, 2020

Not something any of tomorrow’s other newspapers feel like saying. https://t.co/9CEngCihHB

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) April 19, 2020

“596 dead, see p4”. There’s a front page for future historians. https://t.co/JJYUhmMoMH

— Owen Gibson (@owen_g) April 19, 2020

The sheer detail in this. Unprecedented. The UK media is treating this crisis as a political story whereas it is far larger. The daily conference is not a great advert for my former profession. https://t.co/Siw2HK4UCg

— David Yelland (@davidyelland) April 19, 2020

Convinced that Big Dom Cummings is behind that Dept of Health blog that reads like an angsty teenage break up text. You can’t change my mind.

— Patch Thompson (@Patch_Thompson) April 19, 2020

Boris Johnson skipped five Cobra meetings on the virus, calls to order protective gear were ignored and scientists’ warnings fell on deaf ears

Failings in February may have cost thousands of liveshttps://t.co/90fMvq20O5

— Times Politics (@timespolitics) April 18, 2020

Ha! If the UK is really 'an international exemplar in preparedness' as Jenny Harries claims, then I am Miss Fucking World. https://t.co/n04jIBI5Zo

— Mandoline 🕯️ (@Mandoline_Blue) April 19, 2020

I've mentioned that coronavirus will cause supply shocks as well as a demand shock … https://t.co/qH5jy1DTiI

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) April 19, 2020

WOW. I. HAVE. NO. WORDS. 😭

Sweden's Princess Sofia has announced she's reducing her Royal duties so she can volunteer at local hospital. She has already completed intensive training to prepare for it. In her new role, she'll be disinfecting, cleaning, & working in the kitchen. pic.twitter.com/f3iIZ0vq1G

— The Hummingbird 🐦 (@SaysHummingbird) April 19, 2020

Arise Saint Jacinda, a leader for our troubled times- New Zealand’s prime minister offers four important lessons in leadership https://t.co/efn777Id2a pic.twitter.com/piEmo8dxYw

— Jamie Smyth (@JamieSmythF) April 19, 2020

In Tokyo, under a state of emergency, people still seem seduced by magical thinking, believing that what is happening elsewhere cannot happen here. I wrote what it feels like https://t.co/k8pEiRj1S9

— Motoko Rich (@motokorich) April 19, 2020

The world came together, convening an emergency meeting in China to conquer a mysterious outbreak. Even scientists from hostile nations were welcomed. Everyone worked together.
No, not #COVID19 in 2021.
It was 1911.
It was plague.https://t.co/FuBaeHaxiV

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) April 19, 2020

BREAKING: Canadian police say at least 10 people are dead, including the suspect, after a shooting rampage in Nova Scotia. Find updates here: https://t.co/WbwWQe7CtO

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 19, 2020

Thank you for you service. Const. Heidi Stevenson. pic.twitter.com/YZAJS47Gay

— Michael de Adder (@deAdder) April 19, 2020

It will be two years of "fits and starts" in opening the country back up from the coronavirus, per Don McNeil.

"If too many people get infected at once, new lockdowns will become inevitable." https://t.co/mpHwYqpVE3

— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) April 18, 2020

The president is, again, saying stuff.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 18, 2020

He usually tries to stick to the text for a little longer than this. He went off script instantly. He’s really not bothering very much with whatever they put in front of him today.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 18, 2020

Trump just alluded to the possibility that the virus was released deliberately. You know, just as aside.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 18, 2020

The US has the most coronavirus deaths in the world, but Trump begins the April 18 #TrumpPressConf by claiming America "has produced better health outcomes than any other country, with the possible exception of Germany." pic.twitter.com/puRZgsvIeh

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 18, 2020

Trump begins at the briefing by touting "very positive trends, for winning." He says we are mourning the loss of life, and "you can't mourn it any stronger than we're mourning it." He bashes "fake news."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 18, 2020

Coronavirus hit mostly blue states first. It made Trump’s base even more gullible, combative & vulnerable. Propaganda is flowing & he will cannibalize them to re-open early. It’s a good bet his supporters will now die at 2 to 1 ratio over ppl who follow safety & social distancing

— Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) April 18, 2020

New estimates by Harvard researchers suggest that the U.S. cannot safely reopen unless it conducts more than 3 times the number of coronavirus tests it's currently administering over the next monthhttps://t.co/qhca6R2A2p

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 18, 2020

Here is the conclusion of one of the most unhinged and bizarre rants I have ever heard Trump go on. Keep in mind this is a press briefing about a pandemic that is killing over 1,000 Americans each day right now. pic.twitter.com/3PGe9MsOQb

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 18, 2020

“If I wasn’t elected, you would be at war with North Korea…” and now the lies about no ammunition or ventilators, but the cupboard is at least dry so nothing will spoil.

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) April 18, 2020

This is a really whiny, needy briefing. It has no purpose other than for him to plead his case and tell everyone to stop being mean to him.
Totally in angry rally mode. And I think people should watch it to remind themselves that their president is completely unhinged.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 18, 2020

"Unfortunately, some partisan voices are trying to politicize the issue of testing, which they shouldn't be doing. Because I inherited broken junk" — Trump absurdly tries to blame Obama for his administration's failures developing a test for a virus that didn't exist until 2019 pic.twitter.com/Qnh9oEtugu

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 18, 2020

Nobody really mentions the way Trump repeats the same five thoughts over and over and over and over and over and over

— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) April 5, 2020

Via @jmart and me, the Trump campaign and Republican allies want to focus attention on China as a malign actor in the coronavirus spread. One uncertain factor? The president's own praise for Xi, including in last two months > https://t.co/JaPaF6lAhB

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 18, 2020

Take "at the coronavirus briefing" out of this sentence and it applies to every day since the inauguration, and even before. https://t.co/DP39NuKk8Q

— John Cassidy (@JohnCassidy) April 18, 2020

So Boris skipped 5 COBRA meetings, ignored scientific warnings and took time off. We have no effective government.

— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) April 18, 2020

12 days in February. This is when Johnson went missing. He wasn’t attending COBRA meetings because according to @thesundaytimes he’d got his girlfriend pregnant & was in throes of divorcing his wife. Or what we may come to think of as deadliest mid-life crisis of all time.. pic.twitter.com/949ptQPmZp

— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) April 18, 2020

I’m reliably informed Murdoch wants Gove to replace Johnson. Let’s be clear the whole lot of them have their hands soaked in blood. None of them is fit to lead. https://t.co/vILrXqiXyj

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) April 18, 2020

thoroughly unnerving claim within the Sunday Times splash pic.twitter.com/LxX2CwlxLU

— Friend of Deep State 🐋 (@PickardJE) April 18, 2020

The threat of #Covid19 to wreck our way of life was already clear to senior health experts on 22 January (this date is etched on my brain because I argued that day with colleagues that we had to discuss it on #Peston show). And on 11 February…

— Robert Peston (@Peston) April 18, 2020

Being overweight can lead to more serious coronavirus hospital admissions, UK research shows https://t.co/uabCHIQRkt

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) April 18, 2020

NEW: The inside story of the Ventilator Challenge – the muddled thinking, the wasted time the political egoism. It's a mad tale. Stay with me. Me with my superb @ft colleague @Michael_Pooler 1/Threadhttps://t.co/5SNI7QbzAU

— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) April 18, 2020

Gordon Brown’s Case for Global Coöperation During the Coronavirus Pandemic | The New Yorker https://t.co/xJJzQdtFCF

— Matthew Hardy (@drmatthewhardy) April 18, 2020

‘Donald Trump is in no position to dictate terms, not at home, not abroad, certainly not to India.’ — Watch this Indian news outlet skewer Trump’s coronavirus failures and tantrums pic.twitter.com/OUc338qVnQ

— NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) April 18, 2020

In case you were wondering how Sweden’s “no lockdown” experiment is going: pic.twitter.com/VRLOvlYrRV

— Ben Coates (@bencoates1) April 17, 2020

In glimpse of life after lockdown, some countries begin to reopen schools https://t.co/MAiklJ9s4B

— Ben Pershing (@benpershing) April 18, 2020

NEW: Russia reports 4,785 new cases of coronavirus, 36,793 cases in total.

Russia's largest daily increase by far.

— Norbert Elekes (@NorbertElekes) April 18, 2020

What?! Don't trust China, but spread Putin's blatant Covid propaganda? He's been lying from the start and Russia's numbers are just as fake as China's. Don't trust dictatorships, even if they support Trump. https://t.co/eXwDaEmF4l

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) April 18, 2020

Trump: "Following the announcement of our reopening guidelines, there have been some very partisan voices in the media and politics who have spread false and misleading information about our testing capacities." pic.twitter.com/AnayltbY4l

— The Hill (@thehill) April 17, 2020

For the first time in US history every state and US territory is operating under a major disaster declaration, right now, due to coronavirus.

The president just said that the US has tremendous test and capability.
It does not.
But he continues to repeat that falsehood.

— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) April 17, 2020

Former GOP senate majority leader: "This nation has failed in terms of testing from the top to the bottom" https://t.co/jjUZ16orJe pic.twitter.com/bP8sntuzMW

— The Hill (@thehill) April 17, 2020

Coronavirus testing would have to be at least doubled or tripled from its current levels to allow for even a partial reopening of U.S. economy, public health experts say. https://t.co/dwYRE4uyQy

— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 17, 2020

No. We haven’t. Not even close. @realDonaldTrump says it is up to the states. This government can’t even coordinate its lies to complement each other. https://t.co/YCh2hPdDLv

— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) April 17, 2020

With H1N1 we had ample supplies from the Fed stockpile.

Obama tried many times to fund restocking it after H1N1.
A GOP congress refused to fund/restock it.

In 2014—Obama warned about global pandemic & set up CDC task force. Trump fired that task force.pic.twitter.com/2y56iv4joC

— Trinity (@TrinityResists) April 17, 2020

Trump is going claim the number of people who died from covid-19 is proof of how great a job he did – no matter what that number is.

He's already touting 60,000 dead as a sign of his success, even though 24,000 more people have to die to reach that number.

— Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) April 17, 2020

Rise in coronavirus cases in states without stay-home orders, in the past week:

OK +53%
AR +60%
NB. +74%
IA. +82%
SD. +205% https://t.co/94UVzDh8rQ

— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) April 17, 2020

Minimization and misinformation: Trump is guilty of the very things he's accusing the WHO of doing https://t.co/lZlLzhE787

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 17, 2020

Trump has long claimed the Iraq War was a tragic mistake. And yet he’s failed to lead America through a pandemic that killed more people in ONE DAY yesterday than died in that entire war. What exactly is he calling to “liberate” the day after America reached that grim milestone? pic.twitter.com/C21nj9Nabz

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) April 17, 2020

these nuts are going to get themselves and their families sick or even killed – with Trump egging them on https://t.co/HpSKqphpcv

— Jennifer "A man is not a plan" Rubin 🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@JRubinBlogger) April 17, 2020

Trump's dangerous "LIBERATE" tweets represent the views of a small minority, but one that's being actively promoted by Fox News https://t.co/2y5KNPxAvW

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 17, 2020

This protestor in Huntington Beach is wearing protection against #COVID-19, while saying it is a lie. pic.twitter.com/l5HDCfiTpH

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) April 17, 2020

Incredible report on the Senate call with Pence's COVID taskforce- @timkaine asks about Trump's "LIBERATE" tweets, Pence basically says we'll continue to work with the Governors but Donald will, you know, ask the people to launch an insurrection… NBD.https://t.co/PRhCMA8cNz pic.twitter.com/Am3imhHNAl

— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) April 17, 2020

Federal authorities want grocery stores, gas stations and even COVID-19 testing sites to know they now could be targeted by terrorists determined to strike inside the U.S. homeland—even if such an event is unlikely. https://t.co/WVi2Iuvq6f

— ABC News (@ABC) April 17, 2020

Hucksters literally don’t sleep during a crisis like this. https://t.co/73P5zmcnkn

— John O’Brennan (@JohnOBrennan2) April 17, 2020

Coronavirus could hit the U.K. harder than any other European country. Here's what went wrong https://t.co/abYZpmFl1d

— TIME (@TIME) April 17, 2020

‘Photos showed Johnson walking at Chequers, pale but well enough to go for a stroll. Most ICU patients leave hospital in a wheelchair. They suffer from exhaustion, muscle wastage and other chronic problems. The PM appears to be in much better shape.’ https://t.co/jldF2mnqqu

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) April 17, 2020

The Government needs to be thinking now about how to get the country back to work, while at the same time minimising the possibility of re-infection https://t.co/5A6mAog6Ke

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) April 17, 2020

don’t try to climb on this bandwagon, a splendid effort, but one that is only necessary because of the callousness, dishonesty, incompetence and failure of you and those that came before.

— Bruce McPherson 🇪🇺🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@brucemcpherson) April 17, 2020

London Mayor 'concerned' over Met's clap for carers https://t.co/cVZdbhnSpV

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 17, 2020

"Taking a generous figure for disease exposure and the low-end threshold for herd immunity, we would need 12 times more exposure than we’ve had to this point—in other words, that we are only one-12th of the way through this crisis." (1/x) https://t.co/U9f9c7p2Ji

— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) April 17, 2020

Coronavirus broke the global food supply chain. It’s like trying to unpick the world’s most complicated jigsaw and put it back together again. An article by @stokel with me & others. https://t.co/JIfn93CWip

— Prof Chris Elliott OBE (@QUBFoodProf) April 17, 2020

Bees are not coping with Coronavirus and much of our food production is at risk as a result

via @FT
https://t.co/EZtDgHf8ut

— roula khalaf (@khalafroula) April 17, 2020

'Biological Chernobyl': How China's secrecy fueled coronavirus suspicionshttps://t.co/5uZZnEBV2k

— Ryan Heath (@ryanaxios) April 17, 2020

Things are going to get more difficult.. hopefully a bit more honest https://t.co/8VOHlXkact

— Ziya Meral (@Ziya_Meral) April 17, 2020

Poor man wanna be rich
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied 'til he rules everything

— Miranda Yaver, PhD (@mirandayaver) April 17, 2020

"Now that we have passed the peak in new cases, we are starting our life again. We are starting rejuvenation of our economy again" — Trump pic.twitter.com/PlD5yGSXJw

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 16, 2020

They're literally just going to pretend like the pandemic is over, put everyone's lives at risk, and slap a slogan on it to help Donald Trump's reelection.

That's literally what they're going to do.

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) April 16, 2020

The Trump "plan" to re-open the economy is similar to the Trump "plan" to have drive-thru testing in every Wal Mart parking lot. It's…not a plan. It's just an announcement.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) April 16, 2020

I think the tone of voice and the down demeanor reflect him being pissed that he can’t just make this all go away and open up the economy tomorrow. I think that’s why we’re getting a “we did great“ litany. https://t.co/xyAHPxr4aQ

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 16, 2020

Birx, now YOU of all people know that these numbers and charts are meaningless because we have only test 1% of the American population. We have NO IDEA who has or have had this disease. When scientist play into the propaganda truth itself is hurt.

— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) April 16, 2020

Here's the White House document for reopening the country, if you want to read: https://t.co/ZgtvUvGXzn

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) April 16, 2020

Trump's obsession has always been winning the news cycle every day — just as it was from Jan to March. Yet his daily pronouncements don't stand up well against a pandemic that goes on & on. https://t.co/119Rj1DBiC

— Jackie Calmes (@jackiekcalmes) April 16, 2020

"You're gonna call your own shots," Trump tells governors https://t.co/3wZ9tqel00

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) April 16, 2020

Trump is arguing that it's time to begin reopening the country, saying: "Our experts say the curve has flattened and the peak in new cases is behind us." But a lot of states are still dealing with major new outbreaks and say their peaks are yet to come. https://t.co/El9uJXPK7G

— Alice Miranda Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) April 16, 2020

Trump just now touting 3.5 million test completed is a weird boast. On March 10, Pence pledged 4 million tests by the end of that week. https://t.co/CGy10kh0L3

— Sam Stein (@samstein) April 16, 2020

Well, about 200 people did. We’re not sure if they were all from here. https://t.co/6uIcx3NY5G

— Micheline Maynard (@MickiMaynard) April 16, 2020

California gives two weeks of supplemental paid sick leave for essential food workers https://t.co/9YPtBPDSUl

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 16, 2020

Here’s Trump saying he’s planning to send ventilators to Russia because “they’re having a hard time in Moscow” pic.twitter.com/pb5xLhtZR3

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020

REUTERS: Cuomo hires @McKinsey "to develop a science-based plan for the safe economic reopening of the region that can thwart expected pressure from President Donald Trump to move more rapidly .."https://t.co/ICrufjGFR0

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) April 16, 2020

"Melania could be out there sewing masks, visiting caregivers, working at a food bank—whatever. That’s what first ladies do during crises," writes @MollyJongFast. "So where is she?" https://t.co/VlO9n0uBM6

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 16, 2020

Last weekend I watched my own mother's funeral on Zoom.
So no, I don't feel great about Ivanka breaking the rules for non-essential travel. https://t.co/moDNLs5zde

— Julie Cohen (@FilmmakerJulie) April 16, 2020

The impeached president who got crushed in the midterms has bungled the country into 30,000 deaths and 20 million layoffs…and Democrats are worried about their messaging. https://t.co/lUJcYwHtq6

— Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) April 16, 2020

Three stories to read this evening

🔴Lockdown extended for at least three weeks https://t.co/VN0LLMHo7y

🔴Romanian fruit-pickers flown in to UK for lockdown harvest https://t.co/HPcP787V4a

🔴New police guidelines on 'reasonable excuses' for leaving home https://t.co/ZRMBtX8DpZ pic.twitter.com/aOISyjtJCu

— Sky News (@SkyNews) April 16, 2020

Fionola Meredith: Lifting of the lockdown has to be decided by science, not by a populace that is afraid https://t.co/eQM3TzhcZL pic.twitter.com/zX6yHijBZ3

— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) April 16, 2020

Good work, Apple and Google (and good quotes from @mikarv in this).
https://t.co/LfrcpFkh4k

— Kate (@katebevan) April 16, 2020

How many of the excess deaths per million in the UK are attributable to Boris Johnson toeing Cummings herd immunity line and failing to test and provide PPE?#BloodOnHands pic.twitter.com/cMgiILsi6f

— Dame Alun Roberts (@ciabaudo) April 16, 2020

Opinion | People Are Dying and All British Media Can Talk About Is Boris Johnson – The New York Times https://t.co/0HuAWzVXuU

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) April 16, 2020

Carrie Symonds clapped 'harder than ever' for carers this eveninghttps://t.co/h9av0zx1AN pic.twitter.com/1bbHwCgiT4

— Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) April 16, 2020

Downing Street has said Boris Johnson will look at ways to recognise the “heroic efforts”, of Captain Tom Moore, the 99-year-old who has raised over £13million for NHS charities by doing 100 laps of his garden https://t.co/WkKMnfuj8t pic.twitter.com/w4VgmaMZKd

— ITV News (@itvnews) April 16, 2020

The scene from Westminster bridge #ClapForCarers pic.twitter.com/JpzM0YBjgH

— Damir Rafi (@d_rafi1) April 16, 2020

Join our campaign to #HelpTheHungry during the coronavirus crisis 🥦 https://t.co/OCOm0I0DMs

— The Independent (@Independent) April 16, 2020

In an exclusive interview with the FT, French president Emmanuel Macron warned of the collapse of the EU as a 'political project' unless it supports stricken economies such as Italy and helps them recover from the coronavirus pandemic https://t.co/3RtJHCNMl1 pic.twitter.com/AFATBjH4Vg

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) April 16, 2020

This is how Angela Merkel explained the effect of a higher #covid19 infection rate on the country's health system.

This part of today's press conf was great, so I just added English subtitels for all non-German speakers. #flattenthecurve pic.twitter.com/VzBLdh16kR

— Benjamin Alvarez (@BenjAlvarez1) April 15, 2020

Coronavirus: EU offers Italy 'heartfelt apology' over response – video https://t.co/RyxFhmPBhE

— The Guardian (@guardian) April 16, 2020

Five weeks after the first coronavirus case in Spain was reported, hundreds of mass gatherings were held in Madrid: protesters marched for International Women’s Day, a far-right party rallied at an event, and soccer fans packed a stadium. https://t.co/FNyZI4Pb5i

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) April 16, 2020

The Irish Times view on global warming: There can be no return to normal https://t.co/FdWf2vhey7 via @IrishTimesOpEd

— Irish Times Opinion (@IrishTimesOpEd) April 16, 2020

Trump has failed to nominate anyone for 150 of 247 vacant positions requiring Senate confirmation, and he’s threatening to shut down Congress for his own failure to do his job.

Meanwhile, today was America’s deadliest day for Covid-19 — 2,459 people died. https://t.co/YNtsaW3IIY

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) April 15, 2020

Trump: If the house will not agree to that adjournment, I will exercise my constitutional authority to adjourn both chambers of Congress pic.twitter.com/8dVROtxNzt

— Acyn (@Acyn) April 15, 2020

Another misguided power play by Mr. Total Authority.https://t.co/LbrVXOniat

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) April 15, 2020

The Navy is looking into whether it can reinstate Capt. Brett Crozier, who was removed from command of the carrier Theodore Roosevelt after he pleaded for more help fighting a coronavirus outbreak aboard his ship, Defense Department officials said https://t.co/jD2Bkyy3Li

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 15, 2020

Coronavirus live news: Trump casts doubt on China death toll as cases worldwide top 2 million https://t.co/j6KMb8wDWS

— The Guardian (@guardian) April 15, 2020

This is a gutting story https://t.co/owzVds14u0

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 15, 2020

#BREAKING: I am issuing an Executive Order today that all people MUST wear a mask or face covering in public in situations where social distancing is not possible.

— Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) April 15, 2020

There is still not enough accessible testing available to all who need it. Rapid testing needs to be readily accessible. Antibody tests must be available to show if you have immunity to this virus. That’s how we begin to move forward. I'm fighting to make testing more accessible.

— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) April 16, 2020

I don’t get how there isn’t more alarm in DC that another 5 million + people are expected to have filed for unemployment when Initial Jobless Claims come out tomorrow.

— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) April 15, 2020

#scotus releases May calendar, will hear Trump finance cases May 12 pic.twitter.com/kGZOMMknbD

— Robert Barnes (@robert_a_barnes) April 15, 2020

In this moment of crisis, it’s more important than ever that the next president restores Americans’ faith in good, effective government—and I’ve seen Joe Biden help our nation rebuild. Today, I’m proud to endorse @JoeBiden as President of the United States. pic.twitter.com/VrfBtJvFee

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) April 15, 2020

A real question arises about spare capacity available in the NHS whilst people are dying at home & in care homes (+ being made to sign DNRs). A friend told me that 111 had told his friend to stay at home – the man (46) died of a heart-attack. https://t.co/aIeleihl5O

— Jessica Simor KC (@JMPSimor) April 15, 2020

We scientists said lock down. But UK politicians refused to listen

‘I am not looking to blame – but for scrutiny so that lessons can be learned to guide our response. We need to avoid further mistakes’ Helen Ward https://t.co/nHdyJ1CHLJ

— Mandy McAuley (@mandy_mcauley) April 15, 2020

Captain Tom Moore, 99, breaks £10m mark as donations flood in for NHS 👏👏 https://t.co/Gzb6zFXJo5

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 15, 2020

China is responsible for the pandemic. There should be accountability for the government coverup.

But every other country learned about the pandemic at the same time.

There should be accountability for why US govt response was so poor compared to Germany, Japan, S Korea…

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) April 15, 2020

A new Harvard study models how long we’d have to keep social distancing if the virus turns out to be seasonal, like its coronavirus cousin, the common cold. It could be years.
https://t.co/fYe7GPyiO0

— WIRED (@WIRED) April 15, 2020

Astronauts change command on the ISS as Expedition 62 prepares for departure. pic.twitter.com/GH2oKENud0

— The Hill (@thehill) April 15, 2020

US may have to keep some social distancing measures until 2022: Harvard researchers https://t.co/yGupBbiQ0m pic.twitter.com/DKdV76006P

— The Hill (@thehill) April 14, 2020

Trump "Through the darkness we can see the rays of light…at the end of that tunnel, we see light…more than ever before." He adds, "Everything we've done, we've been very, very strong on it, and very powerful on it."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 14, 2020

Trump: I was the smart one, the other countries in the world were stupid and followed WHO and that’s why everybody is dead.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 14, 2020

‘It would have been so easy to be truthful,’ Trump says of WHO.

The White House lawn right now is an irony-free zone.

— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) April 14, 2020

There he goes again – trying to distract from his own failures and giving his base a new target – so withdrawing funds for WHO. Doesn't change the fact that his incompetence is killing our economy and putting our lives and health at stake.

— Karen Finney (@finneyk) April 14, 2020

.@realDonaldTrump announces suspending more than 400 m$ in contributions to World Health Organization while its handling of pandemic is under review. He also claims he saved 1,000’s of lives by banning travel from China but in fact 40,000 people came into US from China after ban

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) April 14, 2020

Trump hates international organizations, has long complained about the US supporting them. And he needs other people and entities to blame, especially after failing to act on warnings from within his own administration. So here we are.

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) April 14, 2020

WHO declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on January 30. Trump played down the significance of the pandemic for more than a month afterwards, only declaring a national emergency on March 13. https://t.co/nMD25Agpcc

— Julian Borger (@julianborger) April 14, 2020

Press: "WHO is to blame for the high death toll?

Trump: "Yes"

Press: "WHO?"

Trump: "That's what I said."

Press: "We asked about the party responsible for the deaths and you said WHO?"

Trump: "Yes"

Press: What about the CDC?

Trump: "Third base." https://t.co/QiwjjSfufv

— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) April 14, 2020

Trump's special plea for himself on ventilators is actually a giant headfake to distract the press from the real disastrous flaw of the WH policy: the series of lethal mistakes on testing, which continue to this day. And which are due to Trump's denialism.

— Richard Stengel (@stengel) April 14, 2020

Thousands of health care workers are infected with coronavirus, a CDC report finds. https://t.co/jKDZxhUSEK

— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 14, 2020

The VP, Birx, Fauci, other health experts do not speak tonight in the Rose Garden. Nor were they even by the podium. Presser ran a little less than 90 minutes.

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) April 14, 2020

Trump: "The plans to reopen the country are close to being finalized and we will soon be sharing details and new guidelines with everybody."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 14, 2020

Ha. Trump says he will be "authorizing" each governor to reopen their state at the time of their choosing.

This isn't his call; he doesn't get to authorize. The power is already theirs.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 14, 2020

A brewing showdown between President Trump and governors is setting the stage for a clash between federal authority and state authority unseen in modern times https://t.co/bzTuNhw1Dy

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 14, 2020

Stories like this bug me: Trump has "an idea" that he "got somewhere," that calls for counter-arguments from "experts." That's just not what's going on here. Trump has an authoritarian *impulse*. https://t.co/1XgnxgfBhA

— David Roberts (@drvolts) April 14, 2020

What a president says is as important as what he does. The only way you could think that isn’t true is if you’re using special standards for this president because reacting proportionately to everything he says would make you seem more critical of him than you’d like to be. https://t.co/AMIN8C4Xjz

— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) April 14, 2020

Trump's style is "rhetorical authoritarianism married with a striking unwillingness to use federal authority robustly," @qjurecic and @benjaminwittes write: https://t.co/1GCQxVVgTt

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) April 14, 2020

Fox's Bret Baier: Conservatives heads "would've exploded" if Obama said he had 'total' authority https://t.co/wcGIewJhSr pic.twitter.com/AKfhYIkZ8W

— The Hill (@thehill) April 14, 2020

It's now clear that the GOP effort to force voters to the polls in a pandemic backfired hugely.

Wisconsin Dems tell me the backlash was harsh. They saw lots of evidence that it fueled voter turnout, helping Karofsky pull off her big upset.

New piece:https://t.co/9GmTcW5qbl

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) April 14, 2020

"I'd like to ask all of you—would you please stand up?"

An airline captain, whose wife is a nurse, gave an emotional thank you to medical personnel traveling to volunteer at hospitals battling the coronavirus outbreak in the New York Tri-State area. https://t.co/0wmT5QZAMs pic.twitter.com/WEXGr3l9om

— ABC News (@ABC) April 14, 2020

Experts lower projection of UK death toll, but still predict 23,000 to die from Covid-19 by August https://t.co/R32QwID6lv

— The Independent (@Independent) April 14, 2020

“Looking across the Irish Sea I find myself thinking surely now, surely the British can see how they’ve been hoodwinked.” https://t.co/KL6ZwtCIJC

— Angie (@Angie_RejoinEU) April 14, 2020

Can a recovering Boris Johnson begin to remake Brexit-ravaged Britain? https://t.co/dPt6LFN15a

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) April 14, 2020

The Government should ‘call off the dogs’ and stop ‘harassing’ sunbathers in parks, according to one of its most senior scientific advisers#Covid19 #LockdownExtension #CoronaLockdownhttps://t.co/PXFdMif1Q4

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) April 14, 2020

I'm frankly embarrassed to be British, when veterans at nearly 100 years old are feeling they have to raise money for a national service that hard working people pay for – because the UK Government WON'T fund the service right. @BorisJohnson – PATHETIC! https://t.co/LnGPxIVNHf

— 1618cc™/3 (@RomeoXrayBravo) April 14, 2020

I’m not sure who needs to hear this…ok I do, it’s you Boris, it’s you. #YouClapForMeNow
https://t.co/gezGrFo63l

— Michael Morgan (@mikecmorgan) April 14, 2020

Recovered coronavirus patients' immunity in question, WHO says https://t.co/lOqVlna5un

— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) April 14, 2020

Nurses fighting #COVID19 at a hospital in Mexico say they were told not to use masks, reports @Reuters. Managers allegedly told them "protective equipment wasn't necessary" and that wearing masks would start a "panic."

At least 3 staff there have died and 51 are infected. pic.twitter.com/VwpWYrFUWV

— AJ+ (@ajplus) April 14, 2020

Many Italian bookshops to remain closed despite easing of lockdown https://t.co/HYxMAKE5nj

— The Guardian (@guardian) April 14, 2020

You know what the world could really use right now? A rambling, incoherent ballad about how much it sucks that JFK was assassinated.

— Sarah Hutto (@huttopian) April 14, 2020

This briefing makes clear that the paramount concern for Trump is Trump — his self-image, what people write and say about him in the media, and whether he is praised or criticized.

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) April 13, 2020

Very manic and angry today. Monday medication or something.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 13, 2020

Breaking news on CNN: pic.twitter.com/hu87sTjnf6

— UnaffiliatedCNNBreakingNewsBot (@ATTENTION_CNN) April 13, 2020

So, we're going to the grievance portion of the "briefing" right out the gate.

— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) April 13, 2020

Straight up North Korea-style propaganda going on right now in the White House briefing room. Get a load of the dramatic music. pic.twitter.com/p3KO6Ap2Sp

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 13, 2020

I would say he's losing his shit, but it was lost before he set foot in that room. The West Wing must have been a boiler room of hot crazy more than usual today.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 13, 2020

.⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ scowls at reporters in briefing room while video clips are played, that he says show what a great job he’s done in tackling #coronavirus – and not being recognized by the media pic.twitter.com/bFc5RLH6N3

— Jon Sopel (@jonsopel) April 13, 2020

Finally a reporter calls Trump out for wasting the time bought by the China travel restrictions, and not preparing or testing. THIS IS CORRECT. Trump’s response: “You’re so disgraceful the way you say it… You know you’re a fake.” https://t.co/MgNTQJtJAK

— Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) (@froomkin) April 13, 2020

Here's video of @PaulaReidCBS grilling Trump on what his administration did in the month leading up to the coronavirus crisis.

"You didn't use it to prepare hospitals. You didn't use it to ramp up testing." pic.twitter.com/3pvrn9EAug

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) April 13, 2020

Context: Peter Navarro shot himself in the foot on @60Minutes last night. https://t.co/gB62uis3QF

— Micheline Maynard (@MickiMaynard) April 13, 2020

“Just like we didn’t have ammunition, we didn’t have medical supplies.” Trump never gives up his old falsehoods, he just adds to them.

— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) April 13, 2020

I stood behind that podium for two years and never engaged in anything close to what we saw today. This is North Korea type propaganda. We have a President who cares only about himself and not about Americans.

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) April 13, 2020

Even given everything that’s happened in the last four years, this is unfuckingbelievable.

— Linwood Barclay (@linwood_barclay) April 13, 2020

The *only* benefit to seeing these paroxysms of anger and bile is that America can see in public what Trump is like in private.

— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) April 13, 2020

The person who has to do Trump’s all-body spray tan has a worse one. https://t.co/pdUWIPvFSx

— Dli O’Doir (@dli_odoir) April 13, 2020

Fauci, in WH briefing room, tries to clean up his remarks from yesterday and says the “first and only time” he told Trump to do mitigation, he did so right after. He says when he told @jaketapper about “pushback” after making recommendation, it was the “wrong choice of words.”

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 13, 2020

Fauci having to soften that statement at the podium in front of Trump. This is painful to watch…

— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) April 13, 2020

"The President of the United States calls the shots." "I take responsibility for nothing" Both statements made by Donald J Trump.

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) April 13, 2020

"When someone is President of the United States, their authority is total." – Donald J. Trump, April 13, 2020.

— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) April 13, 2020

Pence is defending Trump’s overreach on his authority and saying Trump’s power is “plenary.”

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 13, 2020

Not a single economist or public health expert. pic.twitter.com/ehQkQYEifh

— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) April 13, 2020

Okay, okay: NO ONE had this on their Press Conference Bingo Card today. pic.twitter.com/EOEmxLUKlv

— Ben Greenman (@bengreenman) April 13, 2020

US election 2020: Bernie Sanders endorses ex-rival Joe Biden for president https://t.co/3rtPZBYEA2

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 13, 2020

Sanders campaign spokeswoman: "I don't endorse Joe Biden" https://t.co/OR4stxlODa pic.twitter.com/udgVEMbdRM

— The Hill (@thehill) April 13, 2020

He's going after Biden heavily; the Sanders endorsement must have freaked him out.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 13, 2020

Guardian front page, Tuesday 14 April 2020 – Revealed: how Britain missed three chances to bulk-buy protective kit pic.twitter.com/HBgNJLWxjE

— The Guardian (@guardian) April 13, 2020

UK missed three chances to join EU scheme to bulk-buy PPE https://t.co/2A3KqgMqEZ Ideology should never come ahead of the lives of our NHS and care home workers

— Gerry Lynch (@gerrylynch) April 13, 2020

Leading scientist, prof Helen Ward, Imperial College, Dept Infectious Disease Epidemiology

“We said lockdown earlier, we said test, trace, isolate. They decided they knew better. There will be a reckoning, and it will not be forgiving.”
https://t.co/SoyJrXy11N

— Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺 (@fascinatorfun) April 13, 2020

Reckoned the UK’s Coronavirus job protection rules covered everyone? Think again: https://t.co/hiTZsCOKLD

— Robert Wright (@RKWinvisibleman) April 13, 2020

Health officials silent on extent of care home #coronavirus spread https://t.co/oBxu0c4FN6 pic.twitter.com/5HuhDxs7gA

— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) April 13, 2020

Powerful & distressing front page from @DailyMirror on the NHS & care workers who cared for all of us but who have lost their lives now to Covid 19 https://t.co/JbUIF3Xmlh

— Yvette Cooper (@YvetteCooperMP) April 13, 2020

NEW: ahead of tonight’s main thread, some fresh analysis of the factors that do — and do not — appear to influence the pace of countries’ covid-19 outbreaks.

First, for the per-capita brigade:

There is only a very very weak relationship between population and covid death toll. pic.twitter.com/Xn6s4JUX38

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) April 13, 2020

Emmanuel Macron says lockdown restrictions in France will begin to be lifted 11 May with a timetable of the how and when being published end of April. Says “Hope is re-emerging” and that France will be in position to test everyone showing symptoms by 11 May. #coronavirus

— Katya Adler (@BBCkatyaadler) April 13, 2020

Macron levels with the French people 🇫🇷 https://t.co/tbf83rTAQp

— HUW EDWARDS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@thehuwedwards) April 13, 2020

The fantasy that Macron is anything other than a standard-issue French protectionist when it comes to international trade or migration, as opposed to domestic deregulation, has a surprising number of adherents given the lack of supporting evidence. https://t.co/NT9nhffBkV

— Alan Beattie (@alanbeattie) April 13, 2020

Kiev authorities seal off Orthodox monastery that became coronavirus hotspot https://t.co/RsyuQtvH7t pic.twitter.com/TAIUqcpYfk

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 13, 2020

Coronavirus patients who don't speak English could end up "unable to communicate in their last moments of life" https://t.co/ijhZSd3sbm

— TIME (@TIME) April 13, 2020

Falculty AI, formerly ASI, were Cummings’ data wizards during the unlawful Vote Leave campaign
“One NHS document suggests that, two weeks ago, Faculty considered running a computer simulation to assess the impact of a policy of “targeted herd immunity”. https://t.co/gYeCZ9QgDM

— Peter Jukes (@peterjukes) April 12, 2020

So Cummings/Johnson's lethal "herd immunity" experiment was most certainly not based on any clinical evidence, but is now killing over 1000 people a day in the UK. How long before they are prosecuted ? I ask on behalf of the 10,000 who have so far died , and those who will die

— Joshua Silver (@eyejosh) April 12, 2020

Jesus wept pic.twitter.com/NRvlKmGGuE

— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) April 12, 2020

BORIS! BORIS! BORIS!

(Oh and btw 10K have now died in the UK from #coronavirus) pic.twitter.com/CQS6FaxDbK

— Jay Motty (@JayMotty) April 12, 2020

It is great to see Boris Johnson recover. Great to see him thank two nurses; one from New Zealand (Go Jenny from Invercargill) and one from Portugal. Great to hear him thank the NHS so strongly too.

Hopefully now he’ll reflect on his policy and rhetoric in the future too. pic.twitter.com/FhDClKpeV2

— Richard Hills (@RichardHills_) April 12, 2020

Go on Carrie, give it a go. You could ask Boris to put their wages up! https://t.co/asLlmMaDI1

— Mandoline 🕯️ (@Mandoline_Blue) April 12, 2020

Anyone else think they’re protecting brand Boris through the worst of this nightmare in order for him to escape the flak when it eventually flies?
I can’t believe Cummings & the Tory’s wouldn’t have an out-game planned.
This will always be politics.#ToTweetTheUntweetableTweet

— Reece Dinsdale (@reece_dinsdale) April 12, 2020

Priti Patel speaks of #covid deaths and family tragedy with no emotion at all. Just reading off an auto cue. Not a great look. No wonder Cummings has had her in hiding for the last three weeks pic.twitter.com/PfDzWRgeDm

— Kevin Pascoe #PoliticsOfFairness #YourParty (@KevinPascoe) April 11, 2020

Failing to hold Dominic Cummings & Boris Johnson to account: what I learned. You have to act now. After the event is after the event. You’ll be told to ‘move on’, to ‘get over it’ to ‘look forward’. This is already happening now. While people are dying.

— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) April 12, 2020

Trump didn’t hedge on the Navarro email. He wasn’t ambiguous. He said he didn’t know about it. And then said didn’t ask to see it either. Why would he ask to see it if he wasn’t aware of it? It all comes out eventually. https://t.co/aFN8A68b1i

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) April 12, 2020

President Trump’s trade advisor, Peter Navarro, calls the suggestion that there were warnings of catastrophic consequences from a pandemic “fake news.” But after our interview, a late January memo he wrote surfaced warning almost exactly that. https://t.co/qRXfk86rzx pic.twitter.com/YXCrEOV1af

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) April 12, 2020

Translation: “Everything in the story is correct.” https://t.co/91BtXknLko

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) April 13, 2020

Fauci confirms New York Times report Trump rebuffed social distancing advice https://t.co/jAT0Lg3i0L

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) April 13, 2020

Trump has delivered his first public rebuke of Dr. Fauci by resharing a tweet that said "Time to #FireFauci." https://t.co/efTd1E7GnO

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 13, 2020

President Trump is a master storyteller. He casts himself as the hero and chooses different villains every day. All of us should see his briefings for what they are — sales pitches. They're more like infomercials than accurate sources of info. pic.twitter.com/mAh7hx9322

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 12, 2020

How do we get out of this when 30 percent of the nation is unable to discern reality from fantasy?https://t.co/yotoqaQCEg

— Barry Ritholtz (@Ritholtz) April 13, 2020

Trump Has Now Shifted $1.9 Million From Campaign Donors To His Business via @forbes https://t.co/PRpdFIDkiE

— Koko ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏿 (@Kokomothegreat) April 13, 2020

The incomparable @JaneMayerNYer on Mitch McConnell is every bit as good as you'd expect it to be, including arguably the best paragraph ever written on the Kentucky crusher of democracy pic.twitter.com/XK2tWqPiDp

— Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social (@Will_Bunch) April 12, 2020

“Some countries initially talked about herd immunity as a strategy. In New Zealand we never, ever considered that. It would have meant tens of thousands of New Zealanders dying" — New Zealand PM – who could she possibly mean? #torybrexit Britain

pic.twitter.com/n4fIcEBEXq

— Simon Gosden. Esq. #fbpe 3.5% 🇪🇺🐟🇬🇧🏴‍☠️🦠💙 (@g_gosden) April 12, 2020

Sierra Leone has 13 ventilators for 7.65 million people

Central African Republic has 3 ventilators for 4.6 million people

Liberia has 3 ventilators for 4.8 million people

South Sudan has 4 ventilators for 11 million people https://t.co/I2P7AiY6wI

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) April 12, 2020

Masayoshi Son's $2 billion guarantee at risk as coronavirus hits a SoftBank star https://t.co/ut6g3P77W2

— Bloomberg (@business) April 12, 2020

“We must start planning for when all these things happen at once, because the national intelligence agencies say they will” https://t.co/qotV5RAUWH

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) April 13, 2020

This music has been with me for 60 years. It's seen me through times of stress, loss, joy, and transition. It's connected me to others all over the world and helped me to understand life in new ways.

Bach: Prelude to Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major #songsofcomfort pic.twitter.com/w6P148DmKS

— Yo-Yo Ma (@YoYo_Ma) April 12, 2020

US Now Has The Highest COVID-19 Death Toll Worldwide, Surpassing Italy https://t.co/pvKxa1xGxY pic.twitter.com/U5dsUdXVs6

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) April 11, 2020

EXCLUSIVE — Our in-depth examination of the warnings given to @realDonaldTrump and the White House about the virus, and the failure to heed them as weeks passed. @maggieNYT @SangerNYT @MarkMazzettiNYT @julianbarnes @EricLiptonNYT https://t.co/lQhVh4OTkQ

— Michael D. Shear (@shearm) April 11, 2020

'Satan and a virus will not stop us,' said the Reverend Tony Spell, pastor of the evangelical Life Tabernacle Church near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He expects a crowd of more than 2,000 to gather in worship at his megachurch on Sunday https://t.co/XMVDQJXLyn

— Dr. Jeffrey Guterman (@JeffreyGuterman) April 10, 2020

With the push to attend Easter services going strong, we’re going to see a flood of stories like this two weeks from now. https://t.co/bsOxRoxKnU

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) April 11, 2020

President of the Claremont Institute calls for “resistance and civil disobedience” against shelter-in-place orders. pic.twitter.com/i17anCVuQl

— Christian Vanderbrouk 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦 (@UrbanAchievr) April 11, 2020

I served for two years in the Trump administration. There’s never coherent planning on anything because Trump himself eschews process and reacts to whatever is in the news. It’s all chaos and spasms—and it won’t change so long as he’s president. https://t.co/90m4sdyJ7u

— Brett McGurk (@brett_mcgurk) April 11, 2020

Nothing is more important to Trump than "soothing the barrage of signals emanating from his constantly panicked and confused autonomic system."

For more on Trump's various disorders, read @RadioFreeTom:https://t.co/PaccBRab0s

— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) April 11, 2020

As feds play ‘backup,’ states take unorthodox steps to compete in cutthroat global market for coronavirus supplies, by @AnnieLinskey, @jdawsey1, @isaacstanbecker & @chelsea_janes https://t.co/yOPFstqTeo

— Peter Wallsten (@peterwallsten) April 11, 2020

Read @EliStokols on how the president turns to OAN when Fox News isn't fawning enough https://t.co/iDt3WU0LON https://t.co/FhsX2bdx2t

— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) April 11, 2020

“I don't get to watch much television. Primarily because of documents. I'm reading documents” — Donald J Trump, November 2017 https://t.co/a2ZjlU8HAi

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 11, 2020

President Trump: "We're also setting up a council… I call it the Opening Our Country Task Force — or Opening Our Country Council so we don't get it confused." pic.twitter.com/nnNmidy2jq

— The Hill (@thehill) April 11, 2020

White House discussing coronavirus certificates of immunity to get people back to work https://t.co/INtR4sytmr

— The Independent (@Independent) April 11, 2020

"We carry that burden." Medical workers fighting COVID-19 are facing a mental health crisis https://t.co/bAyhTDKLJV

— TIME (@TIME) April 11, 2020

A Texas doctor exploited political connections to obtain hydroxychloroquine to administer in an “observational study” in which not all patients and their families were consulted prior to drug administration.

We have clinical trials and IRBs for a reason. https://t.co/Es33yluxCa pic.twitter.com/lQCgNcsgUG

— Miranda Yaver, PhD (@mirandayaver) April 11, 2020

When folks claim the media is cheering for the pandemic to get worse, please recall this > https://t.co/urZtkKeEh9

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 11, 2020

Great to see Republican Gov. Larry Hogan implement a vote-by-mail system for Maryland’s primaries which are only 1 week before ours. If our state leaders choose to move forward with our primaries on June 9th, we should strongly consider this and other options to keep people safe. https://t.co/YllIYOGmST

— Joe Cunningham (@JoeCunninghamSC) April 11, 2020

Funny, same institution we'd need for everyone to vote by mail https://t.co/StkqQlA51g

— Elizabeth Joh (@elizabeth_joh) April 11, 2020

The postal service is in the Constitution. It also has been in the movement conservative sights for decades. It didn’t all start with this president*. https://t.co/7SlTG5GS7w

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) April 11, 2020

*Bookmarks for when they vote against another pay-rise. https://t.co/BQpFYf1HQN

— John Rain 🥇 (@ItsJohnRain) April 11, 2020

Fairly confident in thinking I’m not alone when I say I could not give a flying fuck what films and puzzles Johnson has been entertaining himself with. It’s not news. It’s idiotic sycophancy. It’s not even light relief. It’s manipulative PR for simpletons.

— sarah murphy (@13sarahmurphy) April 11, 2020

Yesterday more than 1000 people in UK died* ……

Contrast and compare …..#COVIDー19

*see ONS https://t.co/bmkxerF8oB pic.twitter.com/V2nSWcULAc

— Carol (@bilbocroft) April 11, 2020

Fairly certain that the Home Secretary, Priti Patel address did not ease any fears, worries or concerns of the country. But simply created more:

“Three hundred thousand & thirty four, nine hundred & seventy four thousand tests carried out across the UK" https://t.co/afjfVi9wUH

— Dr. Jennifer Cassidy (@OxfordDiplomat) April 11, 2020

Priti Patel's "I'm sorry if people feel like there have been failings" is the classic "I'm sorry if you're upset" non-apology. Just incredible.

— Owen Jones (@OwenJones84) April 11, 2020

"I'm sorry you feel we have blown up your home planet of Alderaan" pic.twitter.com/Ih3QYmAeFA

— HappyToast★ (@IamHappyToast) April 11, 2020

Congrats to everyone involved in the #dontvisitwaleschallenge because these are superb pic.twitter.com/xThS4Z730n

— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) April 11, 2020

There is speculation the virus may have reactivated in some patients. https://t.co/NAawrcEBs6

— Slate (@Slate) April 11, 2020

Canada was right to adapt its Patent Act as part of its emergency response to the pandemic, write @jdebeer and @c_clavette.

Being proactive about patents will save lives in Canada by making solutions accessible quickly, cheaply and universally. #IP https://t.co/ObrPpoRckj

— CIGI (@CIGIonline) April 11, 2020

We all miss baseball. But public health needs to come before profits, says @Jee_vuh. https://t.co/jotdm0DhzQ

— The Week (@TheWeek) April 11, 2020

It's all happening. pic.twitter.com/ejEDL8YBOR

— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) April 11, 2020

What metrics is Trump using to decide whether to open up the economy?

"The metrics right here." [points to his head]

Tough hit for the "please listen to public health officials" crowd. pic.twitter.com/1z4ON68utD

— Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) April 10, 2020

Trump says there will be an “opening our country council” announced on Tuesday. Won’t call it a “task force.” He indicated that if there are spikes in infections he would be open to shutting down parts or whole country again.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 10, 2020

Trump: "Antibiotics used to solve every problem and now one of the biggest problems the world has is the germ has gotten to brilliant that the anti-antibiotic can't keep up with it." pic.twitter.com/FqYKdUEQmZ

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 10, 2020

TRUMP: "You don't need testing …You don't need to test every single person to say let's open up [in Iowa]."

Reality: Testing gaps are crippling efforts to contain emerging coronavirus hotspots. https://t.co/YUoeKq5B9T pic.twitter.com/nHcSdu0AYm

— Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) April 10, 2020

Trump closes with this: "We have to get back to work. We have to get our country open. But we could have lost 2 million people … so I'm very honored by our decisions, all of us … I have a big decision coming up. And I only hope to God that's it's the right decision." pic.twitter.com/byldZVbEDq

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 10, 2020

Jerome Adams, U.S. Surgeon General, tells black people, Latinos and other ppl of color to avoid alcohol and drugs and adds: "Do it for your abuela, do it for your grandaddy, do it for your Big Mama, do it for your pop pop."

Context: Many found this language highly offensive.

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) April 10, 2020

There is no need for us to call the Surgeon General names. We couldn’t possibly insult @JeromeAdamsMD more than he has insulted himself today. Since he is black and has talked about his own heart condition and high blood pressure, I mean that literally. https://t.co/US1uxbCsUE

— Jamil Smith جميل كريم (@JamilSmith) April 10, 2020

So while our media hail Boris Johnson as a national hero for recovering from Coronavirus, perhaps they should do their job and consider this: 980 announced dead today, 1,000+ when non-hospital deaths are included. This has happened because negligent government strategy.
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— James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) April 10, 2020

Most of blame lays fairly & squarely at No10 with Boris & the Tories who wasted 3 weeks dithering, refused ventilators from 🇪🇺 as well as selfish fuckers refusing to stay at home or fleeing to 2nd homes & not adhering to guidlines.When all over BJ needs to answer for this 💩Show pic.twitter.com/mCpUoh22gg

— Laird of Glencairn🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇱🇻🇺🇦 (@MarkYou05730747) April 10, 2020

An ICU nurse after working 65 hours over the past six days. This is the face we should be seeing on front pages, not the charlatans who have cut/underfunded these heroes for decades. You say #buyapaper but perhaps it's time to represent the people of the UK not the privileged few pic.twitter.com/JxCanQpwts

— Mark Dobson (@kellysheroesmd) April 10, 2020

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— Naomi Smith (@pimlicat) April 10, 2020

Incredible photo this evening of Pope Francis presiding over Good Friday mass in an Empty St. Peter’s Square…
📸: Vatican Media pic.twitter.com/Ua8D3cEUHX

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) April 10, 2020

Pope Francis celebrates mass at the Vatican on Good Friday in an empty St. Peter's Basilica. pic.twitter.com/KPnTT2bkIY

— The Hill (@thehill) April 10, 2020

.@JamesMartinSJ: "The Pope was saying a couple weeks ago this isn't God's judgment on us, but it might be our judgment, kind of an opportunity to see what's important for us in our lives. One of those things is family and friends and love." #AMRstaff

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) April 10, 2020

How China’s industrial internet is helping to fight COVID-19 https://t.co/vb92GLXwyS pic.twitter.com/SJhooF3zHc

— World Economic Forum (@wef) April 11, 2020

sorry bird flu, we’re full https://t.co/0EkInqGzUo

— Matt Pearce 🦅🇺🇸 (@mattdpearce) April 10, 2020

The park behind our apartment is absolutely jammed with people, every surface covered. The police just came in, got on their megaphone, and loudly read everyone the riot act re social-distancing rules. Then thanked everyone for following them.

The whole park then applauded

— Doug Saunders (@DougSaunders) April 10, 2020