[Republican actions] "betrayed a ruthless willingness to politicize judicial selection in extreme ways that upended long-established norms." nytimes.com/interactive/20…
"Republicans respond with faux outrage that this would politicize the judiciary. But they have already politicized the judiciary." nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Oct 27, 2020 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
"So is the Air Force unconstitutional, even though it clearly fails both prongs of the “originalist” test?" theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
"To put it bluntly, the whole premise of originalism is nonsense in that it pretends to make the work of the Supreme Court look straightforward and mechanical, like 'calling balls and strikes,' in Justice John Roberts’ famous phrase." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Sep 9, 2020 • 257 tweets • >60 min read
(Update: Sept 8, 8:55pm)
COVID-19 Deaths per 100K population:
US 56.84
S Korea 0.73
Total Deaths:
US 186,405
S Korea 344
If US had kept our mortality rate as low as S Korea we would have 2,380 deaths at this point.
Excess deaths in US = 184,405 washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/…
(Update: Sept 8, 8:55pm)
COVID-19 Deaths per 100K population:
US 56.84
Denmark 10.86
Total Deaths:
US 186,405
Denmark 628
If US had kept our mortality rate as low as Denmark we would have 35,622 deaths at this point.
Excess deaths in US = 150,783 washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/…
Jun 30, 2020 • 17 tweets • 6 min read
"Consider a thought experiment: What if the NTSB were brought in to look at the Trump administration’s handling of the pandemic? What would its investigation conclude?..." theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
"...This was a journey straight into a mountainside, with countless missed opportunities to turn away.
A system was in place to save lives and contain disaster. The people in charge of the system could not be bothered to avoid the doomed course." theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
May 8, 2020 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
"Yet in his efforts to rally public support, Trump — as he did with the farmers... — is again shifting the burden and potential repercussions of his decisions onto those whom he is enjoining in the fight, in this case most other Americans." 1/ washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
"Trump’s push to loosen state and municipal shutdowns in hopes of bolstering the cratering economy has come as the pandemic’s death toll in the United States moved past 75,000 — blowing through the White House’s favored model projection of 60,000 — with few signs of slowing." 2/
Mar 18, 2020 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
A family member of mine has a wife and two small boys at home. He works at a retail store. 2 days ago he developed a fever of 103.4 and a dry cough with tight chest. He called his doctor and they did not test him for Coronavirus and told him he did not need to self quarantine! 1/
Today his fever is gone but his breathing is worse and more chest pain and tightness with increased shortness of breath. He is unable to climb a flight of stairs with out stopping to catch his breath. He again called is doctor who did not recommended testing for Coronavirus...2/
Mar 18, 2020 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
"On Jan. 8, the CDC issued an alert about the disease. But the agency was without one of its crucial partners in combatting such a threat. The CDC would have worked closely with the NSC’s global health unit, but that had been disbanded." 1/ nbcnews.com/politics/white…
"In 2018, Trump fired his homeland security adviser, Thomas Bossert, whose portfolio included global pandemics. The next month, national security adviser John Bolton disbanded the NSC’s global health unit..." 2/
