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5 Oct, 6 tweets, 1 min read
Dr. Conley now invoking HIPAA to justify not providing the public with information about President Trump’s health, while holding a press conference to provide the public with information about President Trump’s health.
Dr. Conley says he’s “not going to into specifics about what he is and is not on.” That is the literal purpose of a briefing on the president’s health, to get into specifics about such matters.
Dr. Conley AGAIN refuses to answer the question: when was President Trump’s last negative COVID-19 test?
Dr. Conley repeatedly invoked HIPAA to justify his lack of transparency today. Did he just learn about HIPAA?
You relinquish your right to medical privacy when you take the oath to become President of the United States. A president’s well-being is a national security concern.
This is all, needless to say, very fucking stupid.

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5 Oct
NEWS: @NYMag has confirmed that Pastor Greg Laurie of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California has tested POSITIVE for COVID-19. Pastor Laurie was at the Prayer March on the Mall with Mike Pence and Franklin Graham and the ACB Rose Garden event later that day.
A church official tells me that members of the church learned of Pastor Laurie’s positive test result on SUNDAY.
A church official tells me that Pastor Laurie “is experiencing mild symptoms and he and his family are quarantining at home.”
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4 Oct
This “surprise” COVID parade at Walter Reed came more than two hours after the White House called a lid at 3pm today.
WH pool was “not informed of this ahead of time, and we have not been called back to the White House or Walter Reed,” per pooler @alaynatreene.
White House spokesman Judd Deere: "President Trump took a short, last-minute motorcade ride to wave to his supporters outside and has now returned to the Presidential Suite inside Walter Reed."
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4 Oct
INBOX: the Trump campaign is hosting a “Call to Prayer” for the president and First Lady tonight.
I’m reminded of a story from Sunday school. I didn’t pay attention in Sunday school any more than I paid attention in regular school, so I may get the details wrong.
The gist was, there was a flood and a guy prayed to God for His intervention. When a helicopter came to save him, he waved it off. He wanted divine help, not a mortal rescue crew. He died. When he saw God, he asked why He didn’t help him. God said, I tried! I sent a helicopter!
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4 Oct
This is a very different performance by the president’s doctors. Yesterday, Conley was lawyerly and shifty. Today, he’s answering questions as if he’s not intent on withholding vital information about the president’s health.
Nvm I spoke too soon.
Conley said Meadows was “misconstrued” yesterday when he contradicted his briefing while speaking (initially on background, ie anonymously) to reporters. Conley’s interpretation of what Meadows said is a distortion.
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3 Oct
A few hours before the Amy Coney Barrett superspreader event in the Rose Garden, thousands of people descended on the National Mall for a prayer march with Franklin Graham and Pence, both of whom also attended the White House confab.
A source tells me he came to DC last week to pay his respects to RBG. He stayed at a hotel near the convention center, packed with people who weren’t wearing masks. He complained to management. He even got into an argument in the gym with another guest who refused to wear a mask.
My source then found out why the hotel was so packed: the maskless people were in town to attend the prayer march.
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3 Oct
A source familiar with the president’s health tells the White House pool: “The president’s vitals over the last 24 hours were very concerning and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care. We’re still not on a clear path to a full recovery.”
This anonymous quote was sent to the White House pool reporters. It arrived in my inbox and the inboxes of other reporters who cover this White House. I do not know where this quote came from, and why this anonymous person has the authority to contradict the president’s doctors.
CONTEXT: Behind the scenes, the White House has been fighting with reporters who have shared information from anonymous sources since we learned about Trump’s illness. But as you can see, the White House is sharing information from anonymous sources with us, too.
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