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Newsflash:

When one side shapes its coronavirus response around facts and science, and the other prioritizes cultlike devotion to Trump over protecting American lives, this isn't "tribalism" or "partisanship."

We need a deep language reset.

New piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
Yes, this is real:

"One adviser said the president recognized that the data about the potential impact of the virus in the US was bad, and could not be bent to his will."

Of course, Trump did try to bend the data to his will for months:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
A deep perversity:

Trump is attacking the media and Dem governors for criticizing him on coronavirus. But he actually owes them a huge debt of gratitude.

They're reorienting him onto a far more constructive course, for the country and for *him* as well:

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A damning new CNN scoop reports that administration officials sounded the alarm about pandemics last year.

The administration's response?

The China cover-up held us back!

But a look at the timeline shows that this excuse is a sick joke.

New piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
The China-covered-it-up excuse is ludicrous:

* Intel officials sounded loud warnings in January

* HHS chief Azar tried to warn Trump but was mocked by Trump aides as "alarmist"

* The vast bulk of the failures happened after deaths started mounting

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Let's make this simple.

We know how to fight pandemics.

The government is full of officials who know how to fight pandemics.

Those officials *actually did* spot this one early. They sounded alarms.

What *didn't* happen is Trump taking it seriously.

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Greg Sargent
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Here's a horrifying scenario.

We're about to see a serious escalation in coronavirus in the south, due to minimal social distancing.

That will hit in numerous states that *have not* expanded Medicaid.

It's a "looming catastrophe," one expert tells me:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
A lot of terrible things are happening at once:

* Unemployment exploding

* That pushes huge numbers to seek Medicaid

* State budgets getting shredded

* No Medicaid expansion in many states

* Wave of coronavirus hitting those same states

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The twin crises we’re facing — pandemic plus economic downturn — are revealing with unique force how exposed individuals have been left by our failure to invest in public health and a robust welfare state.

I relied on @JedediahSPurdy for this point:

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Greg Sargent
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NEW:

@RepAdamSchiff tells me Congress needs to conduct serious oversight of Trump's testing fiasco and the disparity in equipment given to states.

“We need to make sure...there’s no discrimination...based on lack of presidential flattery,” Schiff says:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
@RepAdamSchiff @RepAdamSchiff says Congress must scrutinize the testing mess.

“There needs to be oversight to make sure representations we’re hearing about the availability of testing are true. If they’re not true, then the administration needs to be held accountable."

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@RepAdamSchiff More news from @RepAdamSchiff:

* He's in discussions with Silicon Valley companies about conducting "virtual hearings" into what they're seeing on Russian interference

* His committee is looking at what the early intelligence about coronavirus showed

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