My theory is that a lot of people are scared by the idea that a virus this bad could just come out of nature and that it would only take a couple people bad at their jobs to make it momumentally worse, to them the idea that people are planning the whole thing is comforting. They already know people are evil and that…
As far as forcing states to reopen - good luck. He’ll change his mind and sing a different tune when the polls show that people really don’t want to go to a crowded mall to buy cheap clothes because Trump said it’s a good idea.
Nobody is going to listen to him. State governments that want to open will do it anyway and use Trump as cover when things inevitably go to shit only to find Trump throwing them under the bus to evade responsibility. Those state governments that aren’t run by idiots will ignore him and open things at their own…
It’s a war in which Trump wants to draft every American, as he revs up a plan to “reopen” the country, despite warnings from public health officials that doing so too early could prove disastrous.
Godfuckingdamnit this is maddening. Taking all the goddamn horrid and blatant racism aside for just one second, who the fuck does this officer think he is to demand that he: 1) Be referred to as “sir” or “sergeant”. Only other police officers are required to refer to fellow officers this way. No civilian is legally…
And if he lose amidst a depression and plague, he and his sycophants will do everything to whip up their racist militia types into a violent frenzy. This could get really fucking ugly. There are already tons of posts from black helicopter survivalist gun nuts drooling over the prospect of murdering their neighbors to…
The reason he recently announced a state-wide shelter in place order was because Trump finally moved from his business as usual approach to the “Oh my god, this is terrible, (but it’s still not my fault)“ position that Republican governors feel safe in following.