This will be fun to watch.
Let's check in on her in 24 hours.
Unless she plans on just not showing up for work.White House press secretary: "I will never lie to you" https://t.co/ukBoptqjsZ
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) May 1, 2020
.@PressSec @KayleighMcEnany: "Jared Kushner has first of all done a great job for this administration." pic.twitter.com/7bJfN5km7s
— The Hill (@thehill) May 1, 2020
Minutes after promising to not lie, new White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany lied a whole bunch https://t.co/EOz3PTSj9i
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 1, 2020
"Absorbing his thinking"….. https://t.co/mwMgrmdzu3
— John Weaver (@jwgop) May 1, 2020
.@PressSec added of Trump: "he has always told the truth" https://t.co/yfiXnkKyO7
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) May 1, 2020
Watching @PressSec in her debut. She was a student in a class I taught at Georgetown. In comparison with her predecessors, she’s smarter/more articulate in delivering Administration spintalkers. A gentler Kellyanne Conway. Real test will be if/when she’s caught or forced to lie.
— Aaron David Miller (@aarondmiller2) May 1, 2020
The new definition of federalism by Republicans: the federal government as the enemy of the states
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) May 1, 2020
The White House has blocked Anthony Fauci, a key member of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force, from testifying before the House Appropriations Committee next week, House Democrats said today https://t.co/zAEKvvkmsp
— POLITICO (@politico) May 2, 2020
Trump says he inherited “obsolete” and “broken” Covid-19 tests from the Obama administration.
There was no Covid-19 outbreak during the Obama administration. https://t.co/7te3V4xnAF
— Vox (@voxdotcom) May 1, 2020
For anyone who thought the worse was behind us, today 11 states reported 1,000 or more new coronavirus cases. 8 other states reported 500 or more.
New York which at one point made up half of cases, so far today accounting for 10%.
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) May 1, 2020
Great all in one place page to see how states are reopening…
Reopening America: See what states across the U.S. are starting to reopen https://t.co/lj7U2TIRwi via @nbcnews
— Lauren Peikoff (@laurenpeikoff) May 1, 2020
CDC eyes tracking coronavirus through human waste https://t.co/KfHtkOikXz via @politico
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) May 1, 2020
On April 20, Trump declared total US deaths would be between 50-60,000. This week, he insisted the number would be 65-70,000. Having nearly reached 65,000 today, he's upped the number again. This isn't shifting the goalposts, it's moving the body bags and hoping no one notices. https://t.co/Qh4wPCyeBI
— Stephen Schwartz (@AtomicAnalyst) May 1, 2020
and sure enough…
Government orders 100,000 new body bags as Trump minimizes death toll. via @NBCNews https://t.co/Q7YXlt2539
— Michiko Kakutani (@michikokakutani) May 1, 2020
— Socially Distancing, Handwashing Primate (@MichellesDude) May 1, 2020
agreeing to stay at home and not get your hair cut is not “giving up civil liberties.” Agreeing to allow unaccountable federal entities to spy on your fellow citizens because they’re Muslim or telling black folks to just accept constant harassment and murder by cops is.
— john r stanton (@dcbigjohn) May 1, 2020
#BREAKING: Georgia verifies 1K new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours https://t.co/vtY9T7nrKb
— AJC (@ajc) May 1, 2020
Californians protest virus beach closures https://t.co/L41stbxe2B
— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) May 1, 2020
Makes an impression pic.twitter.com/mkfLeB3CuX
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 1, 2020
BREAKING: Wisconsin Supreme Court accepts challenge to @GovEvers' stay-at-home order.
Arguments will be held Tuesday.
— Patrick Marley (@patrickdmarley) May 1, 2020
The Black Panthers did this at the California Statehouse in 1967 and Ronald Reagan couldn’t sign a gun control law fast enough https://t.co/WMvbqH5N3g
— Mike Sacks (@MikeSacksEsq) May 1, 2020
As my sister goes to take part in a car/social distanced protest for more worker protections at a corona-ravaged nursing home, I'm reminded again about protests that do and don't get covered. It's a sin that those thugs in Michigan get the play while actions like this do not.
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) May 1, 2020
THREAD: Who are the essential workers in America’s locked down cities? Mostly people of color and women. https://t.co/oLopDsf92d
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 1, 2020
and meanwhile, in no surprise at all….
It's looking more and more like the Trump family arrived in DC, hooked up a giant hose to the federal treasury, and just started the pumps running as fast as they could. An absolute dream for a cash-strapped, leveraged to its eyeballs outfit like the Trump Org. https://t.co/3YIttSddWr
— Seth Cotlar (@SethCotlar) May 1, 2020
So a few months before the 2020 election, the defense secretary is ordering $545 million to be diverted from projects in Europe (like countering Russian aggression) to building of Trump's signature border wall.
Feel right to you?https://t.co/YOXFAkn9xk
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) May 1, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
Hahahahahahahahahaha. Good luck passing Congress before the election. https://t.co/vm9uY9S3Bv
— Andrew Beatty (@AndrewBeatty) May 1, 2020
Deprived areas hit hardest in UK by pandemic https://t.co/eg4hT4a7Jd
— Financial Times (@FT) May 1, 2020
BREAKING: The UK Gov't's target to test 100,000 people by y'day has NOT been met. @DHSCgovuk figures show 73,191 people were tested y'day. 81,978 tests were actually done, a further 40,369 were posted to homes & other stations. Fig. below of 122,347 counts tests mailed & not done https://t.co/WIvEh26n1a
— Bill Neely (@BillNeelyNBC) May 1, 2020
Cummings won’t like this headline pic.twitter.com/g8mDIdQyha
— Shown 🕷🇪🇺 (@northernlad18) May 1, 2020
Sir Paul Nurse slammed Boris Johnson’s government over coronavirus https://t.co/Pt6Z0WYg67
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) May 1, 2020
New: Boris Johnson wants Britain to be back at work from Tuesday, May 26. PM told mayors today his plan is about “managing unlockdown”.https://t.co/MpSvI2uXdA
— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) May 1, 2020
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WORLDWIDE
Dublin's pubs, nightclubs, cinemas and casinos to remain closed for more than 3 months from now https://t.co/ocxYj7tSm3
— DublinLive (@DublinLive) May 1, 2020
BREAKING: Canada is banning assault weapons—less than two weeks after 22 people were killed in the nation’s deadliest shooting in Nova Scotia.
This is what leadership looks like. Preventing another tragedy starts with action. https://t.co/1QZbcc9QFa
— Giffords (@GiffordsCourage) May 1, 2020
BREAKING: Kim Jong Un, who hasn't been seen in weeks, reportedly appeared at a fertilizer plant. https://t.co/79tws0hkgO
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) May 1, 2020
We are all Kims now. https://t.co/xCkvrwY5mF
— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) May 1, 2020
Because he doesn’t know. https://t.co/zDnkuj1jwJ
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) May 1, 2020
Oh no, someone is explaining at length below my bedroom window the new podcast they are launching which will require 'a mini-episode to explain the name of the podcast'
— Oliver Clarke (@Astroclassicist) May 1, 2020