So, it’s really starting to look like the hope was that the circle of who tested positive stayed small, Trump’s condition didn’t worsen, and they could get away with putting out Hope’s positive test to set up a scenario where they could later announce Trump’s positive test.
Am I missing something?
If that’s so, this was a ghastly, irresponsible, potentially deadly series of events orchestrated by the White House that put many at risk. And it all fell apart b/c the virus is a virus, not a political operative, and many people tested positive and Trump’s condition worsened.
This attempted walkback, which requires multiple doctors to have gotten the timeline wrong in the same way, is ridiculous. See @nycsouthpaw’s thread here —>
If what the doctors were saying was that wrong, why didn’t Meadows stop them immediately or at least clean it up in his gaggle with the reporters after? He didn’t say a word about any of that!
Like, even if the doctors (all) explained the timeline incorrectly, that means the doctors treating the president can’t keep the timeline of his illness and treatment straight. Bad! And they did so in a presser where they confused other things and refused to answer still others.
In addition to the Trump White House’s constant lies, there also is much longer history of the White House lying about presidential illness and disability (see buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisg…) — both of which counsel extreme skepticism of uncorroborated statements about Trump’s health.
So irresponsible for @Reuters to run this as a complete, at-face-value story, with NO mention of Meadows’s own statement from earlier, which he attempted to push out on background but was outed, in part, because he was caught on camera giving it. reuters.com/article/us-hea…
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BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court holds that a district court cannot enforce its remedy order providing due process to the 8 people the Trump admin sent out of the U.S. (who are now in Djibouti) in violation of the injunction in the third country removals case, which the Supreme Court later stayed.
The apparent 7-2 vote — with Kagan joining the Republican appointees on the procedural question of the district court's power — is appalling abdication of its role in our constitutional republic.
The short of it is seven justices said Trump can send these 8 people to South Sudan with no process.
Here is the "clarification" order, as well as Kagan's concurrence and Sotomayor's dissent for her and Jackson: supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf…
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A district court issued a TRO blocking the cancelation of the grants in a suit brought by eight states. The appeals court refused a stay pending appeal.
Today, SCOTUS stayed the TRO—blocking payments.
Thomas, Alito and the three Trump appointees formed the five-justice majority who issued the unsigned per curiam opinion.
Roberts wrote nothing but noted he would have denied the application.
Kagan and Jackson wrote dissents. Sotomayor joined Jackson's dissent, which does not hold back:
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With planes leaving, he says, "I am required to act immediately."
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BREAKING: A federal district court judge in Kentucky vacates the Biden administration's Title IX rule, challenged largely for its transgender protections, a decision with nationwide effect.
The rule had been blocked in over half over the country as a result of several different challenges, but there had been no nationwide ruling — and appeals are pending in several appeals courts.