Open Thread | About the Governmental Infrastructure That SHOULD Have Been In Place To Fight COVID-19

Posted on April 22, 2020 by rikyrah

I have written and posted before about the GOVERNMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE that 44 put in place to fight a PANDEMIC.
Here is a Twitter thread about positions going back to 43, that Dolt45 couldn’t be bothered to fill.

Come along for a tour of the top ten most head-smacking personnel vacancies, critical to the Covid Crisis, that Trump himself is responsible for inside the government….

— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) April 16, 2020

2) Amid the dual challenges of a work-from-home-crisis and budgetary mess, the temp acting official filling in as the head of the US gov's HR department, @USOPM, is *also* filling in as the deputy director of the Office of Management & Budget, which is insane.

— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) April 16, 2020

Nor are there Senate-confirmed heads of the other two border/immigration agencies, @USCIS and @CBP nor a deputy administrator at @TSAGov, amid a huge crisis for the travel industry and international trade.

— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) April 16, 2020

5) At @FEMA, the agency Trump has put in charge of the Covid response, both deputy roles are vacant, including the one overseeing continuity planning in case something happens to the USG leadership (like, say, what happened to Boris Johnson in the UK, who ended up in the ICU).

— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) April 16, 2020

7) At Treasury, as it leads the nation's economic response to the virus, Bloomberg reported, "Of 20 Senate confirmed roles reporting to the secretary, seven aren’t filled, and four are occupied by acting officials." https://t.co/vDnSMlHWAC

— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) April 16, 2020

9) At the White House itself, Trump downgraded and effectively did away with the role of Homeland Security Advisor, the role created by Bush after 9/11 precisely to coordinate crises like Covid. (Obama's Homeland Security Advisor led the Ebola response, for instance.)

— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) April 16, 2020

These vacancies are all Trump's fault alone. Not Congress's, a pattern clear for the entire administration. Also: These vacancies are just facts. I'm not even mentioning troubling questions about the competency/experience/longevity of those filling in on these or other roles./END

— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) April 16, 2020

The Predict Project was Barrack Obama's visionary program to combat the spread of pandemics around the world. Trump killed the program in September – just 6 to 8 weeks before the first #COVID19 case is believed to have surfaced in Wuhan. https://t.co/N9eKjloTvv

— Zev Shalev (@ZevShalev) April 19, 2020

😲😲😲Tell it

Facebook 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/YuiXsgZM3n

— Rosa Sparks @ Dainty Thug Podcast🧁 (@MzYummyDread) April 17, 2020

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65 Responses to Open Thread | About the Governmental Infrastructure That SHOULD Have Been In Place To Fight COVID-19

eliihass says:

April 23, 2020 at 8:09 pm

The company that took U.S. money to develop a cheap ventilator, then did not deliver a single one to the national stockpile, has just inked ANOTHER contract with the government.

This time, it is selling ventilators for quadruple the price. https://t.co/V84dVRtSrp

— ProPublica (@propublica) April 23, 2020

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- eliihass says:
  
  April 23, 2020 at 10:03 pm
  
  Except, unfortunately, it’s OUR money.
  
  — Katy bar the door (@kate_ornate) April 23, 2020
  
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eliihass says:

April 23, 2020 at 8:07 pm

I’m more concerned about the Trump-suckers who will put Clorox in their kids drinks/food because Trump and Hannity told them to do it.

— Brian Makes Games (@EriceARoni) April 24, 2020

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- eliihass says:
  
  April 23, 2020 at 9:59 pm
  
  Last week Trump has everyone hoarding hydroxychloroquine. Now they’ll be injecting Clorox, while laying out in the sun.
  
  — Hoodlum (Lockup) 🇺🇸 (@HoodlumRIP) April 23, 2020
  
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eliihass says:

April 23, 2020 at 8:04 pm

A guy died after drinking fish tank cleaner because Trump was touting one of its ingredients for COVID and if you don't think some nimrod isn't currently shaking up a Clorox martini because of Trump, you overestimate the intelligence of his supporters.

— Kim Wexler's Ponytail (@MadisonKittay) April 23, 2020

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eliihass says:

April 23, 2020 at 7:59 pm

4 parts purple kool aid and a jigger of formaldehyde

— Central Scrutinizer (@WPJ4) April 24, 2020

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- eliihass says:
  
  April 23, 2020 at 8:05 pm
  
  How about a Clorox Enema? That's what he's suggesting and to your point: WHY ARE WE GIVING THIS DRIVEL air time? https://t.co/RuhE6Vn2Km
  
  — Susan Fales-Hill (@susanfaleshill) April 24, 2020
  
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- eliihass says:
  
  April 23, 2020 at 9:54 pm
  
  So now Trumpers are gonna be drinking Lysol? https://t.co/lRolSeP1EY
  
  — Otis Fife (@itisfofe) April 23, 2020
  
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rikyrah says:

April 23, 2020 at 6:53 pm

I know that’s right 👏

New York and California literally pay for Kentucky to exist.

Dunno about you, but given McConnell's vampiric dickishness, imma want my goddamn money back. https://t.co/CsZEPE3TzO

— (((evan shapiro))) (@eshap) April 23, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 23, 2020 at 2:46 pm

Illinois stay-at-home extended until end of May

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Liza says:

April 23, 2020 at 2:23 pm

Well, the owner Jeff Bezos is an asshole. Everyone knows.

Whole Foods is giving workers a new work uniform shirt with "hero" on the front and "hardcore" on the back as hundreds of workers have gotten sick and at least 2 have died from coronavirus for just a $2 an hr wage increase pic.twitter.com/2OJzD1sD9T

— Michael Sainato (@msainat1) April 23, 2020

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- eliihass says:
  
  April 23, 2020 at 8:41 pm
  
  If he raises the wages of the minions on the frontlines, how on earth is he ever going to afford to pay to sate the many personal demons of his raging midlife crisis.. or afford to take off with the plastic, silicone-filled gold-digger he left his wife and kids for.. cruising on the Mediterranean for 2 month-long million dollar summer yacht-hopping and living it up with other billionaires..
  
  If he pays these workers a decent living/catastrophe wage, how on earth does he with all his tens of billions afford to maintain his new stylist and the ridiculously douche-y ‘cool dude’ makeover he now flaunts.. or the endless Botox and lip fillers for his cheap trick..
  
  Decisions, decisions, decisions..
  
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Liza says:

April 23, 2020 at 2:21 pm

i’m helping i swear pic.twitter.com/i0509ktqbV

— j.d. durkin (@jiveDurkey) April 23, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 23, 2020 at 2:18 pm

Great ad

February 7 changed everything. Watch the latest video from @barubin and @Timodc https://t.co/U9Cl95NWpg pic.twitter.com/kw1RPkfY13

— The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) April 23, 2020

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- eliihass says:
  
  April 23, 2020 at 8:20 pm
  
  Except, lose the ‘president’ title when referring to the soulless buffoon.. can’t be stressed enough, as long as that title is used for him, it essentially boosts him in the eyes of a lot of those who aren’t even necessarily his voter demographic.. we now know just how shallow, uninformed/misinformed and easily swayed far too many are.. and not just those previously cast as the ‘low-info’ crowd..
  
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rikyrah says:

April 23, 2020 at 2:10 pm

Miami-Dade’s emergency arm was close to taking possession of 1 million N95 masks last week, but the shipment was “taken” by the federal government, WLRN reported.

Miami-Dade’s emergency director described the shipment as “hijacked” by the feds. https://t.co/CfEDaBi210

— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) April 23, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 23, 2020 at 1:30 pm

😢😢😢🙏🙏🙏

Maxine Waters says on the floor that her sister is dying of coronavirus in a hospital in St Louis, Mo.

— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) April 23, 2020

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- eliihass says:
  
  April 23, 2020 at 8:46 pm
  
  🙏🏼❤️💔 ..
  
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Liza says:

April 23, 2020 at 12:24 pm

Mitch McConnell is a demon from hell. I cannot remember in my lifetime a person more despicable in American politics. He is second to none.

Let’s talk about fairness, Mitch.

NYS puts $116 billion more into the federal pot than we take out.

Kentucky TAKES $148 billion more from the federal pot than they put in.

But we don't deserve help now because the 15,000 people who died here were predominately democrats?

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) April 23, 2020

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Liza says:

April 23, 2020 at 12:17 pm

My oldest brother, Don Reed, died from coronavirus on Tuesday evening. He joined the Air Force at 19 and spent his career in the military, including five and a half years off and on in combat in Vietnam. He was charming and funny, a natural leader. https://t.co/b8m0xKzAmM

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) April 23, 2020

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- Liza says:
  
  April 23, 2020 at 12:20 pm
  
  They were so cute when they were young. I fear for my own family. Three diabetics and one of those with COPD on my husband’s side, and one of my older sisters has lupus.
  
  I’m grateful to the nurses and frontline staff who took care of him, but it’s hard to know that there was no family to hold his hand or to say “I love you” one more time—and no funeral for those of us who loved him to hold each other close. I'll miss you dearly my brother. pic.twitter.com/oOG6HArEL6
  
  — Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) April 23, 2020
  
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    April 23, 2020 at 8:47 pm
    
    🙏🏼❤️💔 ..
    
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rikyrah says:

April 23, 2020 at 10:23 am

Cuomo bitchslapping a clowning reporter trying to give credibility to the ‘protestors’.

I could watch this exchange on an endless loop.
THIS is how every Democrat should respond when asked about those muthaphuckas:

At 48:00 minutes in, an exchange with a female reporter who is channeling pure wingnut: the reopen protesters. Cuomo eventually tells the protesters they can go get a job as an essential worker — there are plenty still available — and then they can be working and not killing anyone.

Reporter: …. Their point is the cure can’t be worse than the illness itself. What is your response to them?

Cuomo: The illness is death. What is worse than death?

Reporter: What if somebody commit[s] suicide because they can’t pay their bills?

Cuomo: Yeah, but the illnesses may be my death as opposed to your death. You said they said “the cure is worse than the illness.” The illness is death. How can the cure be worse than the illness if the illness is potential death?

Reporter: But what if the economy failing-

Cuomo: Worse than death?

Reporter: … the people stuck at home.

Cuomo: No, it doesn’t. It doesn’t equal death. Economic hardship. Yes, very bad. Not death. Emotional stress from being locked in a house. Very bad, not death. Domestic violence on the increase. Very bad, not death; and not death of someone else

…. See, that’s what we have to factor into this equation. Yeah, it’s your life. Do whatever you want, but you’re not responsible for my life. You have a responsibility to me. It’s not just about you. You have responsibility to me, right? We started here saying, it’s not about me. It’s about we. Get your head around the we concept. It’s not all about you. It’s about me too. It’s about we.

….. Reporter: But they can’t wait for the money. They’re out of money.

……I understand the economic hardship. We all feel it. The question is what do you do about it, and do you put public health at risk, and do you drive up the number of deaths for it because you have no idea how to reopen now?

Reporter: They’re saying that, “Is there a fundamental right to work if the government can’t get me the money when I need it?” Is there a fundamental right to go to work?

Cuomo: By the way, do you want to go to work? Go take the job as an essential worker. Do it tomorrow. Right, you’re working.

Reporter: I am.

Cuomo: You’re an essential worker. Go take the job as an essential worker.

Reporter: But the people are [not] hiring because of the pandemic.

Cuomo: No, there are people hiring. You can get a job as an essential worker, so now you can go to work and you can be an essential worker and you’re not going to kill anyone.

BWA H AH AH HA AH HA HA

YEAH..GO BE AN ESSENTIAL WORKER IF WORKING MEANS THAT MUCH TO YOU.

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rikyrah says:

April 23, 2020 at 10:09 am

Senator Warren just lost her brother to COVID-19

RIP😢

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rikyrah says:

April 23, 2020 at 10:08 am

Deborah Gatewood worked at Beaumont Hospital for 31 years, so it was the first place she turned to when she developed COVID-19 symptoms.

That same hospital turned her away 4 times before she died. https://t.co/GFm5s5apao

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 23, 2020

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- eliihass says:
  
  April 23, 2020 at 8:49 pm
  
  Shameful.. infuriating..
  
  May she Rest In Peace..
  
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Liza says:

April 23, 2020 at 8:44 am

I lost my grandfather to Covid on Sunday. He still had so much life to live. He should still be here. https://t.co/t9KP2g0M3Z

— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) April 23, 2020

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Liza says:

April 23, 2020 at 8:43 am

BREAKING: Another 4.4 million Americans applied for unemployment aid last week.

Over 26.4 million Americans have applied for unemployment since President Trump declared a national emergency.

The US unemployment rate is likely close to 20% now.

— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) April 23, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 10:08 pm

Planet Fitness just sent an email and said they’ve decided to remain closed despite Gov Kemp’s announcement. The revenue gained from re-opening isn’t worth the liability if someone or multiple people get sick and sues the gym.

— Karmen K | Marketing Systems Strategist (@iamkarmenk) April 22, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 10:03 pm

I loathe her 😠😠😠

Just learned that cartoon villain Betsy DeVos is banning colleges from granting emergency Coronavirus assistance to DACA students. As always, cruelty is the goal.

— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) April 22, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 7:16 pm

And there it is: McConnell announces he wants to use the COVID19 Crisis to force blue states and municipalities into bankruptcy to force elimination of state pensions. https://t.co/Cgg0StWfCK

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 22, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 5:29 pm

I have been buying stuff in preparation for when I do have to go back to the physical office. I’ve been buying different kinds of masks. Alcohol swabs, hand sanitizer. I realize now that I am going to be wearing boots for the forseeable future. Boots that you would wear in the rain. I am going to wear them. Wipe them down when I get to work. Put on the shoes that I have at work. When time to go home, put the boots back on and leave them right outside of my door when I get home.

Since I don’t believe in crossing my door in any clothes that I wear outside, I’ve bought myself 3 new hoodies, so that I can switch up. I also bought 4 new satin lined caps. I will have hat hair all the time now, but, oh well.I am soon gonna be a Black woman who will be washing her hair everyday, so I had to go out and stack up on shampoo and conditioner. I usually only wash my hair once every other week. This is going to be a change for me. Don’t know how my hair will handle it.

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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 5:11 pm

Buried in this @dlippman piece is a terrifying item: The acting @USOPM director “questions the constitutionality of the 1883 Pendleton Act, which codifies using merit to pick government officials, and believes that all executive branch employees should be political appointees.” https://t.co/KQtMjZQJSo

— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) April 21, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 5:10 pm

we need large scale testing to find out WHO HAD IT…not just who has it.
The people who had it might have antibodies that can help current patients.
There’s so many reasons why TESTING ON A LARGE SCALE IS KEY for us getting any semblance of our lives back.

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Liza says:

April 22, 2020 at 2:55 pm

The mayor of Las Vegas is straight-up insane. pic.twitter.com/6OvgcXJaMV

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) April 22, 2020

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- rikyrah says:
  
  April 22, 2020 at 5:13 pm
  
  Do you know any place on the ground, that is more of a Petri Dish than a casino?
  I shudder just thinking about them. I almost go into a panic thinking about how an outbreak would be there.
  
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  - eliihass says:
    
    April 23, 2020 at 8:55 pm
    
    Yeah, but according to her, those poor folk can be used as a ‘control group’..
    
    This is yet another example of how women in power aren’t always any less callous, incompetent, greedy, heartless..
    
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Liza says:

April 22, 2020 at 2:54 pm

A great piece from a grocery store worker on the hollow praise of hero talk absent a drastic change in power dynamics between labor and management https://t.co/Wt68GgXGT0 pic.twitter.com/Jov9fOYanR

— Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) April 21, 2020

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Liza says:

April 22, 2020 at 2:51 pm

Amazon Workers Hold Wildcat Strike, Demanding Paid Leave and Safety Measures #CoronavirusRoundup https://t.co/JZvHoZMpDt

— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) April 22, 2020

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Liza says:

April 22, 2020 at 2:48 pm

A lot of folks feel this way…

Big Poppa has been so sad today, I think he miss playing with the kids in the building. He just watches them from the patio pic.twitter.com/gVooqvZ5oI

— Rae Elle (@RaeElle) April 22, 2020

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- rikyrah says:
  
  April 22, 2020 at 5:15 pm
  
  I know that we aren’t supposed to believe in polls, but, I do believe in the polls that have Biden leading with Seniors.
  Why?
  Because of The Rona, they can’t see their grandchildren. Even if they are Fox watching nuts, a lot of them have children who are like, Nope, not coming to see you.
  Whatever bullshyt Fox is selling, folks know when their grandchildren and children can’t see them.
  This is what has the GOP stymied. The Fox bubble rubs up against the actual lives folks are leading.
  
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Liza says:

April 22, 2020 at 2:41 pm

He IS a Trump operative, they have decimated the DOJ.

Barr drags down both public health & rule of law by threatening “stay at home” orders & comparing them to “house arrest.” He says he might sue states—who’ve been leaders during COVID-19—seemingly acting as a Trump political operative, not law enforcer. https://t.co/DJz5y9a8X8

— Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) April 22, 2020

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Liza says:

April 22, 2020 at 2:39 pm

Wretched, cruel, despicable old bitch…

This is completely heartless.

DACA recipients and other immigrants are working in essential jobs and in frontline industries and deserve the same relief as other students. https://t.co/N66nc9UYkn

— Raul M. Grijalva (@RepRaulGrijalva) April 22, 2020

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Liza says:

April 22, 2020 at 12:33 pm

Prison populations all over the are being devastated by the spread of #COVID19 … as everyone predicted. This is a human rights crisis and we need to act! @CBSThisMorning pic.twitter.com/WIMANYl5Ke

— S. Lee Merritt, Esq. (@MeritLaw) April 22, 2020

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SouthernGirl2 says:

April 22, 2020 at 11:11 am

#StayAtHome 🏡

To all the Black people in the states opening up this week, ignore these idiots, and stay your ass at home.

— Hannah Drake (@HannahDrake628) April 21, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 8:41 am

Important: Milwaukee, Wisconsin's City Council has unanimously voted to mail every one of the city's 300,000 registered voters an absentee mail ballot application with prepaid return postage. The GOP blocked efforts to do so statewide for April's elections https://t.co/ym1EBYzsqF

— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) April 21, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 8:39 am

An attempt to distract us from his total mismanagement (43,000 of our fellow Americans have died so far – 20,000 more than next closest country AND we’ve tested little more than 1% of U.S.). But will still have terrible consequences for America. We should take it seriously. https://t.co/aFLKQrXfDO

— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) April 21, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 8:29 am

Thread

I would be ok with CO letting retail open up for curbside pick-up, and offices letting staff in

IF the former were required to provide PPE

AND the latter were required to reduce capacity to more like 25% rather than 50%

IF THE NATIONAL NARRATIVE WASN’T SO BINARY

— Jenny K (@jennygadget) April 22, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 7:59 am

Dear Georgia,

IDGAFWKSYBSYBAITMFH !

— Ms. Cancun Bundles (@atkelli_) April 21, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 7:49 am

The Multnomah County Republican Party passed a resolution Monday chiding Oregon Gov. Brown for ordering business and school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The document accuses Brown of prioritizing human life over economic stability.https://t.co/4KnEpQV29Z

— Portland Mercury 🗞 (@portlandmercury) April 21, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 7:46 am

Fox News, which has been calling Nancy Pelosi an out-of-touch elitist for having ice cream in her fridge, apparently thinks middle-class families hire au pairs from overseas. https://t.co/9g6WweSP2Q

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) April 22, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 7:42 am

The President spend a month calling it a hoax.

Republican governors are opening their states back up and it will spread.

Y’all are really gonna send your kids back to school so they end up like this? #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/sMGchvCoTK

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) April 22, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 7:36 am

😠😠😠😠

A department spokesperson added that several of those people "reported other possible exposures as well" & officials are hesitant to link the new cases of coronavirus directly to the election

— Kendall Karson (@kendallkarson) April 21, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 7:33 am

WHAT THE ACTUAL F***????? Look, dividends aren't ALL bad, given the number of fixed income folks who rely on them. But still 80% of shares are owned by the wealthiest 10%. So that excuse only goes so far. But the REAL outrage is, of course, those bonuses…2/

— Abigail Disney (@abigaildisney) April 21, 2020

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- rikyrah says:
  
  April 22, 2020 at 7:34 am
  
  "Disney protected incentive schemes, which account for most of the executives’ remuneration. Mr Iger earned $65.6m in 2018 and $47m last year, The latest package is more than 900 times that of the median Disney worker’s earnings, which stands at about $52,000." 4/
  
  — Abigail Disney (@abigaildisney) April 21, 2020
  
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    April 22, 2020 at 7:35 am
    
    Call attention to the fact that they were giving up a portion of their salaries for the year. I told people to wait until we heard about the rest of the compensation package, since salary is a drop in the bucket to these guys. The real payday is in the rest of the package 6/
    
    — Abigail Disney (@abigaildisney) April 21, 2020
    
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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 7:31 am

Georgia Reopening in 4 Days

A Georgian Physician's gives her response to Gov. Brian Kemp Reopening Georgia in 4 days pic.twitter.com/t95HDoc70x

— The Hood Report (@report_hood) April 21, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 7:30 am

Coronavirus Kills More Americans in One Month Than the Flu Kills in One Year | National Review https://t.co/jCQlpPTFm4

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) April 22, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 7:29 am

😠😠😠

David Hessell-Cercado, a fourth-grade teacher for LAUSD assumed his husband, a Mexican citizen who is in the middle of applying for his green card, would not get a check. But he never imagined the government would withhold assistance from a U.S. citizen. pic.twitter.com/Qp8dlyFdCg

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) April 21, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 7:28 am

The Paycheck Protection Program was intended to send help to the small businesses that needed it most, but President Trump adopted an approach to help his high-priced friends. We've got to do better.

Here's what I would do if I were president: https://t.co/NXMrGe56Pg

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) April 21, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 7:27 am

Retweet this a million times.
pic.twitter.com/cypr12H94L

— Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 #DemCast (@DemWrite) April 18, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 7:26 am

WSJ Editorial Board: "Mr. Trump’s real calculation here is political. White House adviser Stephen Miller has long wanted to shut down most immigration, legal and illegal. In the coronavirus he may have found his opening." https://t.co/PAoZlARl5P

— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) April 22, 2020

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rikyrah says:

April 22, 2020 at 7:19 am

Georgia, Tennessee, Ohio, and South Carolina are reopening. Reporters should look for a spike in cases in those states and also in surrounding states over the next 3-4 weeks. Hold the politicians eager to please Donald accountable for the deaths. https://t.co/6piRWXQkBB

— Marcus H. Johnson (@marcushjohnson) April 22, 2020

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- Liza says:
  
  April 22, 2020 at 10:33 am
  
  Good morning to everyone except NPR for playing into this Right-wing narrative that would make their Koch funders proud. https://t.co/iukVpRamai
  
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