“When you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that's a pretty good job we've done."
— President* Trump, Feb 26
[Over 60 #COVID19 U.S. cases had been confirmed as of then.]
Why did the U.S. decline to use the WHO #COVID19 test — available early February — while we waited for the CDC to develop a test that is STILL barely available?
“Anyone who wants a test can get a test… Anybody that needs a test, gets a test… The [coronavirus] tests are all perfect. Like the letter was perfect…”
— President* Trump at the CDC, Friday March 6
"If we are complacent and don't do really aggressive containment and mitigation, the number could go way up... MANY, MANY MILLIONS."
— Dr. Fauci to Congress, asked how many people will contract #COVID19
"I just think this is something that you can never really think is going to happen..."
— President* Trump at the CDC, March 6, defending his gutting our federal government's pandemic preparedness in 2018
"I don't take responsibility at all."
— President* Trump, March 13, on whether he takes responsibility for any of the problems with U.S. coronavirus testing
“It’s easier to inspire people to anger than to other emotions… Facebook realized that if they change the algorithm to be safer, people will spend less time on the site, click on less ads. They’ll make less money.”
Whistleblower @FrancesHaugen_ @60Minutes
“Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet just because there’s a picture with a quote next to it,” said Abraham Lincoln somewhere in the multiverse…
In this thread, we collect colloquialisms commonly misattributed on the Internet. Aphorisms often have their own lives…
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
MLK employed this resonant line in a 1958 article and 1964 speech.
American Transcendentalist Theodore Parker first formulated the metaphor about historical progress in an 1853 sermon: quoteinvestigator.com/2012/11/15/arc…
“The truth is, everybody is going to hurt you. You just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.”
Truth is, even though the memorable sentiment resonates because it is replete with compassion and empathy and resilience and grit, Bob Marley never said it: houstonpress.com/news/the-truth…
“These Bubba the Love Sponge tapes should be distributed everywhere so every COMPASSIONATE person can hear just how Tucker Carlson REALLY thinks about women.” @JohnFugelsang@StephMillerShow
Re-upping @mmfa audio in light of Matt Gaetz’s TERRIBLE actions:
“Tucker Carlson says he has no recollection of what Matt Gaetz is talking about. Generally Gaetz appears to be saying she was 18 by the time he bought her airline tix and hotel rooms so technically the federal charges fail. Not a great look. Going to get messier.” @harrylitman 🎯
“I want people to understand the significance of January 6… I want people to understand that thousands of rioters came to the Capitol hell-bent on violence and destruction and murder." DC Metro Police Officer Michael Fanone 4/27/21 @donlemon @CNNTonight
“The President* of the United States sending an angry violent mob to disrupt proceedings at the Capitol cannot stand… This is not something we can look past or pretend didn’t happen or move on… We’ve got to make sure this never happens again.” Liz Cheney
“The number of COVID deaths in the U.S. has dropped from 4380 people on the day that President Biden took office to about 700 people a day now.” @StevenBeschloss
“I inherited a nation in crisis. The worst pandemic in a century. The worst economic crisis since Great Depression. The worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War… After just 100 days — America is on the move again. Turning peril into possibility.”