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1. With the coronavirus killing thousands and threatening to tank the global economy, I feel like more people should be talking about the fact that Trump fired the entire pandemic response team two years ago and then didn't replace them
2. Trump also cut funding for the CDC, forcing the CDC to cancel its efforts to help countries prevent infectious-disease threats from becoming epidemics in 39 of 49 countries in 2018.

Among the countries abandoned? China.
3. This isn't just about accountability. It's about drawing attention to the structural problems in the US response effort before things get worse.

Why isn't the House holding hearings right now?

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1. Facebook made THE DAILY CALLER an official fact-checking partner.

That gives The Daily Caller the ability to label anything posted on Facebook as "false information" and dramatically reduce its distribution.

It's now using that power to boost Trump.

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2. On Friday, Politico published an article headlined "Trump rallies his base to treat coronavirus as a ‘hoax.’"

The Daily Caller declared this was "false information." If you try to post the article to Facebook, this is what you see.

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3. The Daily Caller's fact check claims that Trump referred only to the Democrats' politicization of the coronavirus as a "hoax"

But that's not what Trump said

He said: "This is their new hoax"

The Daily Caller resolves that ambiguity in favor of Trump

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BREAKING: The CDC has stopped disclosing the number of Americans tested for coronavirus.

On the left is how the website looked last night. On the right is what it looks like now, with the testing info removed.

The lack of testing is a scandal.

This is the coverup.
There is going to be a lot to keep track of in the coming days.

People in power need to be held accountable.

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UPDATE: Congressman Mark Pocan sent a letter to the CDC demanding an explanation as to why the number of tests conducted was removed from the CDC website

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1. A Republican mega-donor is attempting to oust @jack because he's unhappy that Twitter's "market capitalization, at around $26 billion, is a fraction of that of rival social-media platform Facebook Inc."

I have serious concerns.

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@jack 2. One reason why Twitter has a lower market cap, but more cultural relevance, than Facebook is Twitter actually prioritizes organic engagement over paid ads.

Facebook has tilted heavily toward paid, which makes its more profitable but distribution is largely contingent on $
3. Even before Twitter banned campaign ads, candidates weren't spending much money on Twitter because you can get your message out without paying. There are many people who otherwise would not have a voice who benefit from that.

It's all at risk now.
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