2) Trump is endangering not just political staff who want to work for him, but career staff who work in the building and Secret Service agents who have to guard him night and day.
When Trump travels, that anti-mask culture travels with him.
Trump seems to have understood the dangers -- at least to himself -- as he has put others' health and lives at risk.
Finally, and truly mystifyingly, knowing he'd been around someone who had tested positive, Trump WENT AHEAD TO A FUNDRAISER AT HIS GOLF COURSE!
No, actually, finally this time: A far bigger consequence of Trump's mendacity and ignorance and demonstrated selfishness in this pandemic is the 208,000 who have died.
Had Trump handled this like Angela Merkel in Germany, that number would only be 40,000.huffpost.com/entry/trump-sh…
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Some years ago I needed a spare paddle for my self-steering gear. I was in Spain, but was on my way to Gibraltar so had it shipped to the marina I was going to tie up in.
NEW -- Kash Patel has hawked a sketchy supplement to undo the effects of the COVID vaccine, promoted the QAnon cult, spread Trump's lies about a stolen election, and already has a 60-name enemies list of Trump critics.
Soon he could the FBI director.
Should he win confirmation, it would put an end to the concept of the FBI as a non-political law enforcement agency, and unwind the reforms put in place after the abuses by J. Edgar Hoover.
Republicans and Democrats call him Trump's most dangerous pick.
Reading back through this before filing, I was taken aback that someone could do and say the things Patel has over the past years and STILL likely be the next FBI director.
NEW -- Donald Trump incurred no legal consequences for his Jan. 6, 2021, attempted coup, and now members of his mob who assaulted police officers in his name that day will no longer be held accountable, either.
Trump has lied, repeatedly, about what the people who were sent to prison for this Jan. 6 actions did.
No, grandma taking selfies was not sent to a super max.
Here are some examples of what his "hostages" and "political prisoners" did:
They included Trump supporters like Andrew Taake, who received 74 months at a federal prison in Beaumont, Texas, for pepper-spraying police officers and hitting one with a metal whip.
NEW -- Trump went to Valdosta days after Helene hit and claimed he had brought truckloads of food, water and gasoline.
Turns out the only thing he brought that day was traffic from his motorcade, which pulled dozens of cops away from storm cleanup. huffpost.com/entry/donald-t…
“Today I’ve come to Valdosta with large semi-trucks, many of them filled with relief aid, and a tanker truck filled up with gasoline," the coup-attempting former president said, wearing his campaign hat in front of a wrecked furniture store.
Trump’s campaign later sent out a press release headlined, “President Trump Delivers Relief, Support To Hurricane-Ravaged South,” which stated: “President Trump delivered relief supplies to aid in the hurricane’s devastating aftermath."