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Why isn't Trump using the full powers of the Defense Production Act to maximize the production of tests, masks, and other needed supplies?
I explore one reason here: The powerful U.S. Chamber of Commerce is lobbying Trump not to use it.

As the experience in South Korea illustrates. Mass testing could save thousands of lives and allow more economic activity.

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Corporations like @Google @Nike and @CapitalOne are positioning themselves as responsible corporate citizens during the pandemic but they are dues-paying members of the Chamber & have remained silent about the lobbying campaign being done on their behalf

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1. The whistleblower report filed by Dr. Rick Bright is an explosive expose of dysfunction and corruption at an HHS agency tasked with "coordinating production, acquisition, and delivery of medical countermeasures during a pandemic response"

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2. In 2017, Bright describes being pressured to re-up a contract w/Aeolus Pharmaceuticals. A board member warned him the CEO was "friends with Jared" and would trash his reputation in the press. Bright's boss echoed the company's talking points popular.info/p/the-ugly-tru…
3. In 2018, Bright's boss diverted money from his budget to spend $40 million on an inferior antiviral drug. Experts across government advised against buying the drug.

The company was represented by a politically-connected consultant.

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1. Facebook talks a lot about all the steps its taking to limit misinformation about COVID-19

Is it working?

Not really

Dangerous conspiracy theories about COVID-19 continue to run rampant on the platform

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2. Rashid A. Buttar has a verified page on Facebook with 223,593 followers

In a series of posts and videos, Buttar asserts that COVID-19 is a gov't conspiracy and hospitals are intentionally killing people to drive up support for a mandatory vaccine

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3. Buttar also falsely claims that hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug touted by Trump, has a 99% success rate against COVID-19

Some of his videos have been viewed 500K+ times on Facebook

None of his recent posts have been fact-checked or removed

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1. 6 of the top 25 COVID-19 clusters in the US are slaughterhouses

But Trump signed an order allowing slaughterhouses to stay open even if local health officials shut them down & protecting owners from liability if workers get sick

Why? Follow the money

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2. One of the largest producers of chicken in the US is Mountaire.

Dozens of Mountaire workers in North Carolina and Delaware have tested positive for COVID-19

Mountaire's CEO is Ronnie Coleman, who happens to be one of Trump's largest donors

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3. In August 2016, Trump was being outspent badly by Clinton and being written off by major Republican donors as a likely loser.

Coleman donated $2 MILLION to Trump's official Super PAC

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