Friday, March 20, 2020

Friday Stuff


(I should note that you're probably going to see this graphic a few more times - and on a related note, I also posted here.)

It looks like The Roger Ailes BS Factory collectively "got the memo" on COVID-19, but they did so way too late (and of course, the proper, decent thing for the Foxies to do would be to say they’re sorry for all of their earlier BS attacks, but as others smarter on this stuff than I have said, wingnuts never, EVER apologize)...



Update: And by the way, even though this is now behind the news cycle a little bit, I wanted to make sure that we didn't forget about it (something to keep in mind the next time you hear someone who claims to be knowledgeable about politics say that the Dems and the "party of Lincoln" are the same).

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…and Brian Tyler Cohen tells us about Tucker Carlson doing the right thing, shockingly, though of course he can’t stop referring to it as the “Chinese Coronavirus” (and let’s not get all gaga about the Swanson TV Dinner heir supposedly developing an alleged conscience, since he’ll no doubt continue to grovel on cue at the feet of our Pumpkin Pestilence no matter what happens…also, based on this, let’s not forget RoJo, and Di-Fi doesn’t get a “carve out” here either)…



…and Thom Hartmann, after taking a call, tells us more on How We Got Here with COVID-19 (and good job to trace this back to the right-wing billionaires whose filthy, grubby hands are all over this mess, in terms of the utter failure of a federal government response...and I would agree with this too)…




…and Chris Hayes talks with Dem U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama on what that state is dealing with (and good job to say the Feds should bail out employers who should comp furloughed employees…interesting idea to get companies like ADP involved; THAT is what the federal government is supposed to do at times like this, and that is to coordinate a public/private effort to combat this)…



…and Farron Cousins tells us about Paula White, Kenneth Copeland and these other “prosperity gospel” frauds, telling people to send $$ regardless of their circumstance related to the virus…



…and speaking of “federal government response,” Ana and company on TYT tell us about the proposed $850 billion “stimulus package” from the Gropenfuhrer (typically missing the mark as far as I’m concerned – interesting in light of this)…



…and this clip from The Rational National, though very important, is still genuinely depressing…David Doel is absolutely right about the utter failure of our corporate media in covering Biden vs. Bernie, on Social Security in particular as well as Medicare, which, let’s not forget, are programs WE ALL PAY INTO… yes, we need somebody to replace Mango Mussolini for sure, but let’s have no illusions about “Malarkey Joe” either…



…and given the prior clip (as well as this), I wouldn’t blame the Sanders campaign if this became their official theme song.

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