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1. One very strange thing about the anti-quarantine protests is that none of the protesters are protesting Trump.

Trump has issued federal guidelines recommending a national quarantine through May 1 and, in most states, for many weeks after that

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2. Instead of protesting Trump, the protesters are wearing MAGA hats.

Why?

These protests really aren't about protesting the quarantine orders.

They are about getting Trump reelected

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3. That's why Trump is actively supporting the protesters even though his own policy says to listen to state and local officials.

The purpose is to shift blame from Trump to governors.

The fact that the entire thing is incoherent is not important

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4. Trump is not alone. He has the support of Fox News and some of the best-funded right-wing operatives in DC

These protesters aren't REFLECTING public opinion (the stay-at-home orders have broad support). They are trying to CHANGE public opinion.

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5. The way to shift public opinion is to turn the stay-at-home orders from a health issue to a political litmus test.

If you support Trump, you oppose the orders and blame the governors for any problems.

And that's exactly what they are trying to do.

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1. Many states are giving businesses the CHOICE to reopen but employees are being COERCED to show up.

They can either come back to work or lose all of their income, including unemployment

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2. Things are particularly bad in Ohio, which has set up a website for employers to report employees who won't come back so the state can cut off their unemployment benefits

There are no specified exemptions for the elderly or immunocompromised

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3. Keep in mind, all of this is happening BEFORE SCHOOLS are open.

Ohio and Kansas and other states do not provide exemptions for parents who don't have childcare options.

They are taking away state and federal unemployment benefits from families

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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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