Matt Bai: Misinformation and Broken Logic
I’d hoped that Matt Bai’s opinion pieces were terrible because of time shortages, but I was wrong. His other work depends on embedded misinformation and broken logic, reflecting poorly on the Post.
State Republicans Kill Innocent People Again
Texas and Mississippi cancelled mask mandates and crowding limits. State-level Republican leaders are perfectly willing to kill innocent people so they can pretend they’re manly. Stop pretending they’re working in good faith; they’re perfectly willing for you to suffer and die.
Trump Is A Prancing Pro-COVID Idiot. Where’s Melania?
When Trump sheepishly admitted he and Melania had caught the virus, his tweet said they’d handle it TOGETHER! Now Trump is back to his normal, prancing, Pro-COVID fool, holding super-spreader events. Where’s Melania?
Now We Know: the GOP is Deliberately Infecting Us
President Trump’s confession to Bob Woodward proves he knew how bad COVID-19 was. While Trump hid inside his bubble of 100 percent, 15-minute COVID testing, he and his Republicans pushed the rest of us into pointless danger. The GOP is still knowingly and deliberately infecting Americans with the Coronavirus.
GOP Assaults Public Health; Republicans Want Sick Americans
Republicans spent months stoking Coronavirus into a wildfire. They want sick Americans. What do they want to do to us while we’re busy trying to survive?
Are Republicans Evil?
Each time Republicans refuse to limit suffering, pain, or despair, we pretend they are acting honorably, and we just disagree. Sure, the GOP regularly disdained mercy, but we still tried to give them the benefit of the doubt. It seemed polite. But what if that’s not true? Are Republicans evil?
Trump’s Response To COVID-19: Complete Federal Government Pandemic Breakdown
The Coronavirus is the “US Pandemic.” Every week, the US government earns the right to wear the crown. The US will top the charts (and graphs) in most cases, total deaths, and absolute worst centralized response coordination, coupled with some of the lowest testings rates. It didn’t have to be this way.
We Can’t Go Back to the Old Normal
Anyone promising the old normal is lying. We can’t go back, not ever and especially not soon. The COVID-19 pandemic has already changed how we work, how we eat, how we socialize, sports, shopping, restaurants, travel, parties, weddings, funerals, everything. It’s silly to pretend otherwise. The oligarchs are liars willing to spend your lives for their comfort.
Americans are Really Bad at Math
Americans are bad at math. The US daily COVID-19 positive rates only look steady because we aren’t testing any more people.
Every week we test 100K and find another 30K new infections. That’s not what “getting better” looks like. But no, we won’t find any better answers when the best we manage is testing one maybe person in 3000.
In an Epidemic, National Defense Means Healthcare
Our Republican leaders fail us. They cling to their pretense of strong defense, but they only want guns and bombs. Disease, a well-known threat vector, confounds them. In a pandemic, national defense means healthcare. But that’s like climate change: heretical to orthodox Republicans. They elevate ideology over reality.
COVID-19 is the Republican Preview for Climate Change
Faced with COVID-19, Republicans believed it was an ideological sin: a crime against Trump. So instead of safety, the Stupid Party steered us directly into a disaster. Get ready for more; this is the Republican preview for climate change.
It Will Get Much Worse
We sat on our hands for too long, not protecting ourselves, and pretending it won’t matter. Ignoring all the evidence, we say, ‘It isn’t that bad; it’s not real.’ We are idiots. The epidemic is real, it will get much worse, and it will take much longer than we’ve prepared for. And we’re still sitting on our hands.
The Real Emergency For Republicans
Trump jumped to declare his wall a national emergency, but Republicans obstruct every response to COVID-19. That’s not the real emergency for Republicans, its just their excuse for corporate welfare, tax cuts, racism, and more xenophobia. They profit from dead people.