Hypocritical and pathetic
Mike Myer advises us not to play the “blame game”
Local Ogden editor Mike Myer’s column, “Blame Game Is Severe Side Effect,” in today’s Wheeling News-Register, asks us to refrain from what he calls the “blame game” in assessing the coronavirus pandemic. Here's his conclusion which I believe adequately summarizes the point he's trying to make:
COVID-19 isn’t the first . . .
Rep. Alex Mooney (WV-2) votes against conoravirus response bill
*With important afternoon update
Early this morning, the House of Representatives voted 364-40 to pass emergency coronavirus relief legislation. From the Associated Press:
The Democratic-controlled House, with President Donald Trump’s support, early Saturday passed a bill to provide free testing for the coronavirus, as well as paid sick and family leave, . . .
Posted in: alex mooneycoronavirus
Dealing with the coronavirus (with 3/14 update)
Trump and the pandemic
Who shut down the pandemic team?
President Trump: I didn't do it.
WATCH: @Yamiche presses President Trump on the decision to downsize the White House national security staff, eliminating jobs addressing global pandemics.
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The president calls it "a nasty question" and asserts that "I didn't do it." pic.twitter.com/ENFgvLGlfd
Posted in: coronavirustrump presidency
Trump gets his priorities straight
Fossil fuels relief and coronavirus testing
Earlier today from the MIT Technology Review:
The Trump administration is “strongly considering” pushing a bailout package for US oil and natural-gas companies, as plummeting fuel prices and the coronavirus outbreak hammer the industry, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. . . .
The administration has moved rapidly to . . .
Posted in: coronavirusfossil fuelstrump presidency
Correction on my previous post: In addition to playing golf, Trump was also fiddling
President Trump tweeted this last evening:
Who knows what this means, but it sounds good to me! https://t.co/rQVA4ER0PV
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 8, 2020
From today's Washington Post:
When Trump tweeted the image on Sunday night, he said that while he appreciated the sentiment of the meme he . . .
Posted in: trump golftrump presidency
Trump wasn’t fiddling; instead, he was playing golf
Good thing there is nothing important happening
From the online edition of today’s Palm Beach Post:
. . .UPDATE: President Donald Trump, back at his Mar-a-Lago estate Sunday afternoon after going to his West Palm Beach-area golf course earlier, defended his administration’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, then took a dig at a familiar foe, the New York Times.
The Saturday Intelligencer “covers” the coronavirus
The front page
The front-page story with the biggest headline is a feature article (with two pictures) about how a West Virginia native is dealing with the virus in Japan. Reporter Jennifer Compston-Strough talked to Joe Hindman, a New Martinsville WV native, who has lived with his family in Japan for 16 years.
Given the . . .
