Part 1
The song from our headline is at the bottom of Part 3, but we still maintain a Part 1 section dedicated to reporting on news of Trump’s criminal activities. It can serve as a reminder for 3 years our blog has posted tons of comments & news articles with overwhelming evidence our president has indeed led a life of crime. Those headlines have been temporarily pushed aside with the Coronavirus national emergency rightly getting wall-to-wall coverage (see all that news in Part 3 below), but whenever more of Trump’s crimes are revealed by investigators & hit the newsfeeds, this Part 1 section can again fill up again. But for the time being, this is all we’ve got:
Part 2
Those paying attention are in tune to the risks. Trump’s totalitarian ways are dangerous beyond measure! The echo-crowd remain in the dark because they’ve been repeatedly lied to from the prez & their chosen news sources, which incredibly they still believe all that garbage. Trump sure is a piece of work. He can lie to us & conjure up an alternate reality, doing so without any hint of shame or guilty conscience. His act is wearing thin, but just the fact he can continue pulling off this con job & still be in the running to win again in November, it’s truly scary! Voters need to become aware of the unimaginable risks associated with his reelection which could permanently degrade our nation, so this blog is among the messaging tools you can use in doing your civic duty by spreading the word.
Being such an egomaniacal narcissist whom the truth is not in him, he has the ideal personality traits of a ruthless dictator. Plus his rhetoric & actions speak to his nefarious intent. And if the American people don’t stop him, a dictator is exactly who he hopes to become: https://www.alternet.org/2020/ 04/ex-ethics-director-under- trump-says-the-president-is- in-the-late-stage-of-an- authoritarian-coup/. Among his fascist acts so far this week in pursuit of establishing his ultimate dream of usurping unbridled tyrannical power, are more vicious attacks on the press, firing inspector generals without just cause, hiring a new stooge to spew his lies, & just generally operating like a corrupt autocrat. Those reports are in this first group of links, with the Fox/echo articles further below in rounding out Part 2:
Inspector Generals are Assigned to be Independent Watchdogs
But Trump Purges Independent Inspector Generals to Replace Them with Sycophantic Gestapo Agents
Fox Fake News & Other Radicalized Echo Buffoons
Our Part 2’s over the years have posted thousands of articles proving the echo delusions & deceptions, which every day of every week that grifting media monster provides yet more examples offering up more fodder for these Part 2 sections. In the past few months, the Foxian echo contributed to any number of deaths by persuading their fans this virus was no big deal & need not be taken seriously. Going forward should they persuade the prez to reopen the economy too soon, they could bring on even more deaths: https://www.thedailybeast.com/ trumps-fox-news-cabinet-tells- him-the-coronavirus-crisis-is- over?ref=home. To most of us who are in tune to the facts, we can see through that far-right’s fake news full of distorted spin which serves as their disinformation charade. But there may come a day the lying by Fox & the echo reaches such a crescendo, even dedicated echo-heads may come to realize they’ve been duped. If we can circulate this insightful information, maybe through our efforts we can help them see the light:
https://www.mediamatters.org/ fox-news/how-fox-news- convinced-trump-it-found- miracle-cure-coronavirus
Part 3
What we’ve seen constantly from the modern-day GOP is a party beholden to big corporate interests & large donors, always working against the best interests of the working middle class & small business. Even with this stimulus package & another one being discussed, there are signs some in the GOP still want to reward the top income earners as they did with the 2017 tax cuts, largely leaving behind the millions of struggling Americans who most need the help: https://www.businessinsider. com/trump-administration- coronavirus-aid-tax-cuts-help- rich-americans-not-workers- 2020-4. Should we get this virus nightmare behind us & put the proper DC leadership in place come January 2021, we have a shot to start designing an economic system which finally stops exploiting the working class.
Shutting down the economy is quite painful, as I even anticipate unemployment rates could temporarily surpass the highest levels from the Great Depression. But the drastic steps we’ve taken have shown to be needed, as data shows such strict isolation measures do help flatten the curve, which will reduce the fatalities & shorten the time our economy will be paused. These articles report on the various details in recent days, which I think all of us realize that none of us have ever experienced economic conditions like this before. And wow, there has really been a whopping amount of news on this national emergency & economic collapse lately, which most of it falls here into our Part 3’s:
https://www.theguardian.com/ news/datablog/2020/apr/06/ coronavirus-american-reaction- economy-covid-19
Trump’s Virus Spin Must Be Taken From Outer Space, Having No Relationship To Our Earthly Reality
As we’ve seen throughout his 3+ years as president, everything Trump touches is thoroughly corrupted & turns into disaster. But his bungled response to the virus crisis has directly had a hand in the tragic & needless deaths of untold thousands of Americans. All those facts need to be exposed & resonate with American voters: https://www.motherjones.com/ politics/2020/04/will-trump- and-his-enablers-ever-face- accountability-for-the- coronavirus-massacre/. Yes, it’s critical voters be amply informed & gain a full understanding of the huge price our nation would pay, should we elect to keep a clueless & incompetent leader running things from inside the White House.
The prez did get ample warning in advance early this year by his own trade adviser, which he utterly failed to respond to, even to the point of denouncing & mocking the virus threat: https://www.businessinsider. com/trump-was-warned-peter- navarro-millions-could-die- coronavirus-2020-4. Those warnings even go back as far as November from intelligence reports, which for months our president sat on & ignored the dire reports: https://abcnews.go.com/ Politics/intelligence-report- warned-coronavirus-crisis- early-november-sources/story? id=70031273&cid=clicksource_ 4380645_4_heads_hero_live_ headlines_hed. So in the beginning Trump wasn’t taking the threat seriously, dismissing the issue while arrogantly making ridiculous statements along the way: https://www.businessinsider. com/heres-what-trump-was- doing-as-coronavirus-was- rapidly-spreading-2020-4.
President Trump’s inaction in the early days as the virus spread was ramping up is directly complicit in the misery, deaths & economic collapse we’re experiencing now, since those first critical months offered a window to contain the virus: https://www.huffpost.com/ entry/trump-hhs-ig-report_n_ 5e8b51f4c5b6cc1e477980dc. The prez along with his echo & base joined together in perpetrating their lies of denial, but through those careless dismissals they’ve drawn all of us into their nightmare of a pandemic: https://thebulwark.com/trumps- orwellian-plague/. Trump has proven to us over & over again he’s unfit for office, so all us rational citizens just need to outvote the echo-heads come November in removing this nightmare of leadership.
As Trump embarked upon the dismantling of the deep state, we were left with a remarkable dearth of expertise: https://www.politico.com/news/ magazine/2020/04/07/trump- dismantled-the-very-jobs- meant-to-stop-the-covid-19- epidemic-173347. Of course, our prez insists on relying more on the clueless lunatics on Fox than his professional experts, a big part of the problem: https://thebulwark.com/the- coronavirus-truther-elite/. As the echo keeps bamboozling their conservative audience, that whole nonchalant attitude is putting their own lives at risk, along with the lives of the rest of us: https://www.motherjones.com/ kevin-drum/2020/04/study-says- republicans-arent-taking- social-distancing-seriously/. So we need to fight back on multiple fronts, against the virus, the president & his echo-media machine. If they win, America loses!
It’s true the prez has turned his pressers into a reality TV show complete with celebrities, the one thing he’s actually good at: https://slate.com/news-and- politics/2020/04/trump-star- coronavirus-show-press- briefing.html. But while his base is being entertained, a whole lot of Americans are livid at Trump for screwing up the response: https://www.huffpost.com/ entry/don-lemon-donald-trump- mad-as-hell_n_ 5e8beeadc5b6e1a2e0f8e1f6. Again tonight late on a Wednesday, there are tons of links to articles helping to bring us up-to-date. In staying informed about this monumental & pivotal news story, at the very least please peruse these link titles:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ trump-rages-over-watchdog- report-on-severe-hospital- shortages?ref=wrap
https://nymag.com/ intelligencer/2020/04/why- coronavirus-makes-february- feel-like-six-months-ago.html
Some Wild Election News This Week
At a time other states pushed back their primaries & our nation closes in on the peak for virus infections, what the hell was Wisconsin doing? It’s all part of the conservative playbook to steal elections, even if it means putting peoples’ lives in danger: https://time.com/5817380/ voter-suppression-coronavirus/ . Between unconditional support for a president who was totally unprepared to handle this crisis, plus forcing through this reckless primary election, the GOP may really be trying to kill us all!: https://www.thedailybeast.com/ gop-gangsters-hijack-the- coronavirus-to-try-and-steal- the-election?ref=wrap.
We also see Bernie dropping out of the race but wants to remain a strong presence in shaping the Dems’ platform. The Dem Party leadership will tread carefully in wooing Bernie fans. I figure no matter what the Dems do, America just has to save itself from the unmitigated disaster now occupying the White House. Too bad we can’t just skip the formalities & strike this deal: https://slate.com/news-and- politics/2020/04/congress- should-give-trump-a-stimulus- check-to-go-away.html. Here are the latest takes on the race:
During this Virus Crisis, It Feels Like We’re Riders on the Storm
We’re dealing with a killer virus on the loose, which life cannot return to normal until we stop or curtail it. (The lead singer never got to sing this hit live in concert, as he passed away shortly after recording it):
There’s a killer on the road
His brain is squirmin’ like a toad
Take a long holiday
Let your children play
If you give this man a ride
Sweet family will die
Killer on the road, yeah
His brain is squirmin’ like a toad
Take a long holiday
Let your children play
If you give this man a ride
Sweet family will die
Killer on the road, yeah
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