Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Edge-]

https://twitter.com/ZTPetrizzo/statu...41503990165504

Y'all, I think antifa is secretly just middle aged church ladies boogying to light Christian rock in a parking lot.

[Dontrike]

https://twitter.com/ZTPetrizzo/statu...41503990165504

Y'all, I think antifa is secretly just middle aged church ladies boogying to light Christian rock in a parking lot.

The cars are secret antifa spies from The Brave Little Toaster.

[Hollycakes]

That video is so creepy to me.
I can't even begin to understand someone that wants to go to that event and of all things do that in the parking lot.
What is that? What is she there to do?
I mean in earnest, for herself, what is she at that moment doing lol. Is that her version of expressing joy? Or is it supposed to be showing support? I'm genuinely confused at what that is because it's obviously not dancing.

Along with Mike, the "symposium", the 6th, the big lie, Q etc. I feel like they are just on the verge of becoming Heavens Gate.
Like soon there will be a house full of matching maga cultists in nikes all dead in their beds.

[Benggaul]

Friday's report:

155,297 new cases; about 19k more than last Friday.

Top 10:

Fuck Florida (about 24k).
Texas: 17,780 new cases; 146 deaths
California: 15,256 new cases; 56 deaths
Louisiana: 7,548 new cases; 57 deaths
Georgia: 7,216 new cases; 49 deaths
North Carolina: 6,628 new cases; 20 deaths
Mississippi: 5,023 new cases; 31 deaths
New York: 4,802 new cases; 15 deaths
Tennessee: 4,647 new cases; 29 deaths
South Carolina: 4,526 new cases; 20 deaths

I've already linked the news that Florida is monkeying with their numbers (again? still?), so let's just agree that DeathSantis is the absolute fucking worst and move on, shall we? Anyway, the trends for the rest of the nation have been holding true for the most part. Missouri still seems to be coming down from their wave while most of the rest of the nation continues increasing. Given that Missouri was pretty much ground zero for this wave (until Florida took over) that's not all that surprising. Today, however, I think the spotlight is on Oregon. They've not been on my lists because their numbers are comparatively low next to the others there, but they've actually broken their record twice in the past week and their hospitalization record three days in a row. I won't harp on the point too much, but the hardest-hit counties--Douglas, Josephine, Morrow, etc.--are pretty much Trumpland according to how they've voted and have some of the lower vaccination rates in the state. I'm guessing masks and social distancing aren't exactly prevalent there either.

769 deaths is over 100 more than last Friday and brings the total to 637,161. Of course, since we know Florida has flubbed their numbers the actual number is likely much higher. Apparently it will take weeks for their totals to come closer to resembling reality--just enough time for DeathSantis to take credit for his "brilliant strategy" of just letting people die. Here's the thing, even though they've officially reported only 29, Johns Hopkins has them at over 1k on the day, which I have to assume is the total number of deaths for the week given that their weekly report comes out Fridays. That's a lot, and it's a lot more than what the dailies have shown. Guess they need to do a better job of hiding it. Texas, meanwhile, lost about 150 more people. Heyyyyyy Abboooooooott!

Related news:

Wildfire Smoke Linked to 'Disturbing' Increase in COVID-19 Cases and Deaths: Study--This will account for some (though far from all or even most) of the deaths in California/Oregon and given that wildfires are more and more prevalent thanks to climate change it's an extra layer of danger for residents there.

DeSantis and the GOP claim Covid is 'pouring through' the border. Experts are debunking them.--Self-explanatory.

Mississippi governor defends COVID-19 response after extending state of emergency--Add them to the list of GOP governors willing to watch their population get ravaged by COVID instead of act.

New COVID cases in US soar 700% week-over-week since July 1, CDC says--Again, self-explanatory.

Stay safe, folks.

[Ursus]

Not sure if this has been posted already, but Kevin McCarthy is trying to fundraise by selling T-shirts that celebrate the fact that he and other anti-maskers are morons. The movie Idiocracy is becoming more and more true with each passing day:

[PhaelixWW]

Not sure if this has been posted already, but Kevin McCarthy is trying to fundraise by selling T-shirts that celebrate the fact that he and other anti-maskers are morons.

I mean, that's like an entirely blatant self-own in the form of a scarlet letter tee.

[Zan15]

"Do you miss me yet?"

Someone should tell him that his cult won't be too happy to be reminded that he hasn't actually been president the whole time.

exactly so the problems in Afghanistan, at the border and covid are all Trumps fault since he was back in office the first week of March...according to the meth heads.

[Benggaul]

A Texas hospital is so overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases that a man shot six times has waited a week for surgery

Bad place for "OMG Second Amendment!" to butt up against skyrocketing COVID rates.

[jonnysensible]

This shit is gonna get worse : https://twitter.com/chadloder/status...84475887349761

[Santti]

This shit is gonna get worse : https://twitter.com/chadloder/status...84475887349761

What's all that about?

[Fugus]

What's all that about?

From what I have read, there was an Anti-Mask - Anti-Vax Rally in LA with Proud Boys (White Supremacists) among them. It was setup legally with all the permits and all legit at the start. The problem is counter protesters also formed there which was understandable given what these people stood for.

Then violence broke out with 1 confirmed to the news I read an hour ago of being stabbed. Both sides are blaming the other side on starting it first. And while we can't 100% confirm it was the Anti-Vax crowd yet, the are also the only group actively attacking journalists at the event.

So, long story short, a group of anti-intellectual racists created a rally celebrating their aversion to science and modern medicine and then got violent when counter protestors arrived and while we can't tell 100% for sure YET that they threw the first blow, we do know that they are the ones continuing it and attacking those who came to document the events.

[Breccia]

Let's look at a more positive response than DeSantis'.

(throws a dart)

Oregon.

The governor of Oregon has called out the National Guard and is looking for FEMA funding. She's not fucking around.

Oregeon has a school mask mandate.

[Edge-]

This shit is gonna get worse : https://twitter.com/chadloder/status...84475887349761

TIL everyone is apparently antifa.

[Breccia]

This NBC News article goes into the "immigrants cause COVID" bullshit. I'll save you the read: there aren't enough immigrants to cause the numbers we're seeing, and no matter what the Party of Trump is shrilling, the borders aren't open. There's been no change in immigration since July 1 to cause the spike the South is seeing. The cause of COVID cases/hospitalizations/death going up in the South, is the South.

[Kaleredar]

TIL everyone is apparently antifa.

I mean, in a sane world everyone would be, but...

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This NBC News article goes into the "immigrants cause COVID" bullshit. I'll save you the read: there aren't enough immigrants to cause the numbers we're seeing, and no matter what the Party of Trump is shrilling, the borders aren't open. There's been no change in immigration since July 1 to cause the spike the South is seeing. The cause of COVID cases/hospitalizations/death going up in the South, is the South.

It's equally interesting considering that Texas is the only "the south" state to even have a border with mexico.

I mean if anything shouldn't they be getting on Texas for having what is apparently an underground railroad of illegal immigrants traveling from their borders east through to Florida and north up into the Carolinas?

[Benggaul]

Not doing a report for Saturday for the usual reasons but Florida apparently had just shy of 26k new cases--another new record.

Glad my niece and nephew are getting the fuck out of there before school starts.

[Masark]

TIL everyone is apparently antifa.

Everyone should be.

[Breccia]

Florida apparently had just shy of 26k new cases

If I was killing a thousand people a week, I'd stop reporting it, too. No wonder his polls are finally dropping off.

[Fugus]

Not doing a report for Saturday for the usual reasons but Florida apparently had just shy of 26k new cases--another new record.

Glad my niece and nephew are getting the fuck out of there before school starts.

Congrats, wish I could claim the same.

Got 2 of my nieces who are still in school in Florida. But one of them is home schooled (She said because her dad was afraid she get attacked or shot by a BLM protestor) so she won't be directly exposed to it but I fear about her job prospects or thinking skills when she gets older while the other one I honestly think will skip more days than showing up.

[PhaelixWW]

This shit is gonna get worse : https://twitter.com/chadloder/status...84475887349761

Well, here you go.

Axios: Man stabbed at Los Angeles City Hall COVID vaccine protest

A man was stabbed and a journalist said he was assaulted during a protest against COVID-19 vaccinations outside Los Angeles' City Hall on Saturday.

Driving the news: A fight broke out after several hundred demonstrators rallied outside the City Hall and a small group of counterprotesters gathered nearby about 2p.m. local time, per the Los Angeles Times.

• The Los Angeles Police Department tweeted that it was monitoring the protest at the south lawn of the City Hall.
• "We are on scene to maintain order after a fight broke out. We are aware of 1 male that was stabbed & is being treated by LAFD," the LAPD said, in reference to the Los Angeles Fire Department. "No arrests have been made but investigation is on going."
• KPCC radio reporter Frank Stolze was seen being kicked and screamed at by anti-mask protesters while trying to do his job, the L.A. Times notes.
• "In the melee, counterprotesters could be seen spraying mace while members of the anti-vaccine rally screamed death threats," the L.A. Times reports. "One older man screamed 'unmask them all' and clawed at a woman’s face."
• The LAPD said the stabbed man was in a serious condition after being transported to a nearby hospital, according to AP.