Two-thirds of Americans say Donald Trump handled the risk of coronavirus infection to others around him irresponsibly (63%), according to a new CNN/SSRS poll.
2/ Trump’s Handling of
Risk of Infection
To People Around Him Was...
Responsible 33%
Irresponsible 63%
Margin of error: +/-4.2% pts
3/ Quite a gender gap in that q
Trump’s Handling of
Risk of Infection
To People Around Him Was
Irresponsible
Women 72%
Men 54%
Margin of error: +/-6.4% pts
4/ How Much Of What You Hear
About Trump’s Health
From the White House
Do You Trust?
Almost all 12%
Most of it 18%
Just some 40%
Nothing at all 28%
Margin of error: +/-4.2% pts
5/ How Trump is Handling
Coronavirus Outbreak
Approve 37%
Disapprove 60%
Margin of error: +/-3.3% pts
6/ Disapprove of Trump’s
Handling of
Coronavirus Outbreak
Oct. 60%
Sept. 55%
August 58%
June 56%
May 55%
April 52%
March 48%
Margin of error: +/-3.8% pts
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New England Journal of Medicine: "When it comes to the response to the largest public health crisis of our time, our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously incompetent."
2/ "The federal government has largely abandoned disease control to the states. ... But whatever their competence, governors do not have the tools that Washington controls. Instead of using those tools, the federal government has undermined them."
3/ The CDC "has been eviscerated and has suffered dramatic testing and policy failures." NIH has "been excluded from much crucial government decision making." FDA has "been shamefully politicized,.."
White House officials believe POTUS was infected at the event for Judge Barrett on Saturday Sept 26.
They will not say when POTUS last tested negative, raising questions as to whether he was tested at all between infection and the debate Tuesday Sept 29.
This is important...
2/ NYT reporter @shearm believes he got infected Sept 26 either at the WH (required to go to get a COVID test bc he was traveling with the POTUS) or on Air Force One with POTUS the night of Sat. Sept 26.
3/ The next day, Sunday Sept 27, POTUS briefed reporters in the Briefing Room and hosted Gold Star families in an event *with no masks or social distancing required.*
Did he test negative before meeting these families?
A telling vote just now in the House.
H. Res. 1154 from @Malinowski and @RepRiggleman "Condemning QAnon and rejecting the conspiracy theories it promotes."
Yea: 371
Nay: 18
Present: 1
Not Voting: 40
52 Republicans either voted AGAINST it, abstained, or voted present
thr/
2) Voting NO:
Amash
Arrington
Babin
Bishop (UT)
Brooks (AL)
Burgess
Carter (GA)
Davidson (OH)
Duncan
Ferguson
Flores
Gosar
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
Norman
Perry
Tiffany
Webster (FL)
All GOP except Amash, an independent
3) Voting PRESENT: Harris of Maryland, GOP
NOT VOTING, GOP:
Biggs
Bilirakis
Cloud
Collins (GA)
DesJarlais
Dunn
Estes
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gohmert
Graves (GA)
Hice (GA)
Huizenga
Jordan
Lamborn
Loudermilk
Marchant
Massie
Mitchell
I know there is a ton going on in the world right now, but I wanted to take a minute to remind you all of a horrible day eleven years ago tomorrow. I'm posting this now so it doesn't get lost in the weekend.
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1) 11 YEARS AGO tomorrow morning: the deadliest day for the US in 2009, the Battle of Combat Outpost Keating.
COP Keating was at the bottom of three steep mountains just 14 miles from the Pakistan border. This gives you an idea of how vulnerable it was:
H.R. 6210, The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act passed three House 406-3 last night, led by @RepMcGovern and @RepChrisSmith. Among other things, the bill would authorize sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for forced labor abuses
against the Muslim Uyghur population
2/ ....the bill would also require companies listed on U.S. exchanges to disclose their engagement with entities in Xinjiang that abuse human rights. Supporters of the bill say that Xinjiang produces more than 20% of the world’s cotton...
3/ ... and that 20% of the worlds cotton garments might be tainted with this slave labor. You might be wearing some of these garments made with slave labor right now!