He wants to pretend like everything is normal. His solution to the virus is to pretend like there's no problem.
He has the idea that if the economy is strong, he'll get reelected. Closing schools means parents have to work at home, which slows down everything. It also means. . .
He has the idea that if the economy is strong, he'll get reelected. Closing schools means parents have to work at home, which slows down everything. It also means. . .
. . . acknowledging that there is a risk.
Acknowledging a risk means people will be hesitant to go to bars and restaurants. Businesses will lose money, and people will get laid off.
He claims Democrats are playing up the virus to hurt the economy to hurt his reelection.
Acknowledging a risk means people will be hesitant to go to bars and restaurants. Businesses will lose money, and people will get laid off.
He claims Democrats are playing up the virus to hurt the economy to hurt his reelection.
It makes no sense because mass death will also hurt the economy, but he seems to believe that he can normalize this.
He thinks he can get enough people to believe that death from the virus is just "the cost of doing business" (to use @HC_Richardson's phrase).
Other things. . .
He thinks he can get enough people to believe that death from the virus is just "the cost of doing business" (to use @HC_Richardson's phrase).
Other things. . .
. . . are at work.
Fascists despise weakness and wearing a mask is "weak." Remember O'Reilly saying that people dying are "on their last legs"?
businessinsider.com/bill-oreilly-s…
What goes with this is the underlying racism: The virus is hitting the Black communities harder.
Fascists despise weakness and wearing a mask is "weak." Remember O'Reilly saying that people dying are "on their last legs"?
businessinsider.com/bill-oreilly-s…
What goes with this is the underlying racism: The virus is hitting the Black communities harder.
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No. Schools are operated locally.
One irony of this tweet ⤵️ is that when local school districts wanted to remain segregated and the Supreme Court said no, racial segregation is unconstitutional, Republicans shouted SAVE LOCAL CONTROL OF SCHOOLS. . .
One irony of this tweet ⤵️ is that when local school districts wanted to remain segregated and the Supreme Court said no, racial segregation is unconstitutional, Republicans shouted SAVE LOCAL CONTROL OF SCHOOLS. . .
That was back when Republians insisted on "states' rights" and abhorred "central government control."
Then Trump barks out orders to local schools, and Florida scrambles to comply.
What they can do is commit these kinds of assaults against Universities:
cnn.com/2020/07/07/opi…
Then Trump barks out orders to local schools, and Florida scrambles to comply.
What they can do is commit these kinds of assaults against Universities:
cnn.com/2020/07/07/opi…
So while Trump does not have the authority to order school districts to comply, he has iron control over elected Republican officials and he commands a well-oiled and well-funded propaganda network. These things give him a lot of power.
The answer to this question gets complicated and takes us into tort law, which requires plaintiffs to do things like prove causation.
I do believe that there will be lawsuits against Fox for knowingly spreading false information that endangers lives. . .
I do believe that there will be lawsuits against Fox for knowingly spreading false information that endangers lives. . .
. . . and the Republicans are doing their best to shield employers from liability.
Federal law does require that employers provide safe workplaces, so workers compensation law could provide remedies if people contract the virus at work.
It's probably best to assume . . .
Federal law does require that employers provide safe workplaces, so workers compensation law could provide remedies if people contract the virus at work.
It's probably best to assume . . .
. . . that such lawsuits won't succeed. Don't get your hopes up.
It would be nice if one result of was a return to the Fairness Doctrine (abolished under Reagan) which requires balance and truth in news coverage. Elect a Democratic House and Senate and we might see that.
It would be nice if one result of was a return to the Fairness Doctrine (abolished under Reagan) which requires balance and truth in news coverage. Elect a Democratic House and Senate and we might see that.
One of the stunning things we're witnessing is the power Trump has over not just the elected Republican officials, but the thinking of about 40% of the population.
He's not capable of handling a pandemic. He hasn't the slightest idea how to manage . . .
He's not capable of handling a pandemic. He hasn't the slightest idea how to manage . . .
a business or the federal government, and he has no desire to learn.
What he can do is control and manipulate people, and he controls and manipulates a lot of people.
What he can do is control and manipulate people, and he controls and manipulates a lot of people.
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