MSNBC’s @NicolleDWallace, yesterday: "Tragically anti-mask insanity has now reached the highest court in the land.”
"Nina Totenberg .. really is a true insider, well-sourced on the Court"
@NicolleDWallace Morning Joe’s @morningmika: "Chief Justice John Roberts asked the other justices to mask up. They all did, except for Gorsuch."
@NicolleDWallace@morningmika CNN’s @donlemon: "Sources say Justice Sotomayor is concerned about Covid because she suffers from diabetes and underlying health conditions."
@NicolleDWallace@morningmika@donlemon@JoyAnnReid CNN’s SCOTUS reporter @Arianedevogue: “Sources tell us that Sonia Sotomayor feels uncomfortable sitting on the bench if our colleagues are un-masked. And they say that she made that concern clear to Chief Justice John Roberts."
As you can see, it would make no sense to prevent the media from reporting on claims politicians make about Covid — whether true or false. Under your standard, CNN, for example, would have been suspended for reporting on Trump saying bleach might be a possible Covid antidote.
I’ve just read the full indictment of the Oath Keepers’ founder on “seditious conspiracy” and there’s no way they’re going to convict. At no point do they ever explain the “seditious conspiracy.” The indictment merely shows they planned to go to D.C. to protest & cause trouble.
The lack of evidence likely explains why it’s taken more than a year before filing charges. You’ll also see the FBI leans heavily on editorializing throughout the indictment, and offers random, unrelated commentary — like this line about the “thousands of dollars” of damage.
Having apparently taken defendants' phones, the indictment reads like a synopsis of everything they texted each other in the weeks between the election and Biden’s inauguration … such as this random joke about staying at a Holiday Inn
Sen. @RandPaul vs. Fauci, Round 8. Sen. Paul drills into Fauci over his emails showing a coordinated campaign to "takedown" the Great Barrington Declaration.
Paul: "Do you really think it’s appropriate to use your $420,000 salary to attack science that doesn’t agree with you?
@RandPaul Paul: "Do you think the lockdown helped our kids? More people have died now under Pres. Biden than did under Pres. Trump. You're the one responsible. You are the architect. You are the lead architect for the response from the government and now 800,000 people have died."
@RandPaul Fauci: “If look at everything I’ve said, you accuse me in a monolithic way, telling people what they need to do. Everything that I’ve said has been in support of the CDC guidelines. Wear a mask, get boosted, get vaccinated –"
Thread: When Covid vaccines were first being rolled out, here’s what the media told us.
1) CNN's @JReinerMD: “Vaccination not only prevents you from acquiring severe illness, but we know with certainty that it largely prevents transmission.” [March 3, 2021]
@JReinerMD On CNN, Dr. Carlos Del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7): “My gut feeling is the vaccines prevent transmission”; "having a vaccine that prevents transmission is really important” [March 13, 2021]
@JReinerMD@CarlosdelRio7 MSNBC’s Dr. @CelineGrounder: Covid vaccines "protect even people who are not vaccinated yet because it prevents transmission.” [Feb. 3, 2021]