South Dakota pays the price for not issuing stay-at-home orders

yet another republican governor too brain-poisoned by ideology and partisanship to do what’s necessary to save lives https://t.co/MjY3II0cyR
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) April 14, 2020

A South Dakota pork plant has closed indefinitely after more than 400 of its workers test positive for coronavirus.https://t.co/U8iQQ2JzrQ
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 14, 2020

WATCH: South Dakota pork plant closes after more than 400 workers test positive for COVID-19 #MTPDaily pic.twitter.com/Xgs0NDEwFs
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) April 14, 2020

Trump falsely claims that large sections don't have the coronavirus, on the same day that South Dakota turned into a hot spot. pic.twitter.com/p2yCOb1Wwm
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) April 14, 2020

You do what you can.

"The Sioux Falls Mayor is moving forward with a shelter in place ordinance. He asked Gov. Kristi Noem to implement a county-wide order, but the governor has not done so. The mayor is moving forward with a plan within city limits."https://t.co/cnNxbchHkZ
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) April 14, 2020

Story: "A blanket strategy that you could look at doing, in some cases, is probably hitting a nail with a sledgehammer." https://t.co/sSC867J1Dl
— ArgusLeader911 (@Argus911) April 7, 2020

How the mayor of Sioux Falls forced Smithfield Foods to close its big pork plant.https://t.co/pmosPRmHyI
— Dan Charles (@nprDanCharles) April 14, 2020

South Dakota Gov. Noem, who opposed stay-home order, now faces coronavirus hot spot https://t.co/FjLWfeFEo9
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) April 16, 2020

Tough crowd in the Bronx and other signs

Coronavirus related store signs

Good Morning from the Bronx pic.twitter.com/DawbAzMjZA
— KAY ELECTRONICA (@Kia4Realz) April 6, 2020

Notice on a Bronx bodega. Plain speaking, as they do in New York. pic.twitter.com/GRtIfwhlls
— David Simon (@AoDespair) April 14, 2020

The East Village isn’t playing. pic.twitter.com/NoUBmiJ9tq
— paul schwartzman (@paulschwartzman) May 2, 2020

The East Village is tough, too.

Not MST3K related at all. I just thought this was a good sign. 🙂 pic.twitter.com/gZ6lt3samr
— ♥ Annotated MST ♥ (@AnnotatedMST) May 10, 2020

A sign in New York

Surprise Democratic win in Wisconsin

I guess voters understood Republicans wanted them to risk their health to vote in person. I assume that a few weeks from now we will read about people who died because they voted.

.@ProfGuyCharles, a member of our board, writes in @washingtonpost that partisan gerrymandering is to blame for the #WisconsinPrimary chaos. Instead of partisan gerrymandering, we should have #FairMaps that make gov't more representative and accountable. https://t.co/Vyd8vF9YsA
— Campaign Legal Center (@CampaignLegal) April 21, 2020

"More than a million people voted by mail. That's more than all of the early voting (both in person and by mail) in the 2016 general election." https://t.co/kAHQZaN5IP
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) April 14, 2020

Oh oh.https://t.co/DL6UZMgPOL
— Michael Steele (@MichaelSteele) April 14, 2020

In the end, the WI Supreme Court race wasn’t very close. Ballots from Dane County (Madison) boosted Karofsky to an 11-point lead; she won by more than 160,000 votes overall.
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) April 14, 2020

In most ways 2020 has been miserable. But then there’s the initial statement of the mayor-elect of Wausau, Wisconsin upon learning of her victory. https://t.co/JkeHZWqn8g
— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) April 14, 2020

After endangering voters' lives by forcing an election in the middle of a pandemic, Republicans still lost in Wisconsin. https://t.co/0QTTLYshjy
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) April 14, 2020

I want to congratulate Judge Jill Karofsky for winning a well-deserved seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court. Although the results of this election have now been released, the people of Wisconsin-and the nation-should not forget what happened last week. We must do better in November. pic.twitter.com/7qgsohasfB
— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) April 14, 2020

Hey Craig, how do the 2020 margins in these counties compare to 2018 governor? https://t.co/lQbRJoBjZn
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) April 14, 2020

Democrats did far better than they expected in this Wisconsin race, but in a month we could watch Republicans do better than expected and win the unusual May special election for #CA25. Presidential turnout is going to be far bigger, either way.
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) April 14, 2020

Is it just me or do WI's technically "nonpartisan" judicial races tend to bring out ancestral liberal strength in northern/western WI not typically seen in WI's recent highly competitive partisan races?
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) April 14, 2020

Liberal challenger Jill Karofsky won election to Wisconsin’s state supreme court.

Meaning that the court won't okay the GOP's purging of 240,000 voters before the November election.

Or other efforts at voter suppression.

Meaning that this swing state is still in play.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) April 14, 2020

This is HUGE: Milwaukee approved its first school funding referendum since 1993. Students may not be in school, but they were on the ballot. And they just won an essential victory tonight. https://t.co/2ZS2F64ynQ
— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) April 13, 2020

Pizza Saver

If you didn't know what this is and needed an explanation, you should not be allowed to handle scissors or drive a car https://t.co/sYPDt7U1mP
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 14, 2020

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Since the pizza box was invented in 1966, humanity went to the moon, rolled out the internet, and created cell phones. All the while, basically nothing about the box itself has changed. https://t.co/b4fStjRjQt
— Saahil Desai (@Saahil_Desai) January 13, 2023

Covers: Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood

“Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” was originally released by Nina Simone in 1964. The best known rock version was by the Animals from 1964. Elvis Costello covered it in 1986.

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Last month was the first March without a school shooting in the United States since 2002

Last month was the first March without a school shooting in the United States since 2002.
— robertklemko (@RobertKlemko) April 13, 2020

read the thread

Trump lies about the medical equipment stockpile

Trump: “We inherited a stockpile where the cupboards are bare.” This is not true. https://t.co/hdUsDOaHHA
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 13, 2020

Trump now repeating the “I inherited the broken system/empty cupboard” line about the National Medical Stockpile. Never mentions he’s had 38 months to refill it.
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) April 6, 2020

Jared Kushner said the national stockpile is “not supposed to be state stockpiles.” Here are the facts about how the stockpile is intended to help the states: https://t.co/4PPBoF7A4h pic.twitter.com/PunfzTxmPB
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) April 6, 2020

and if anyone desires to read about what @lawhawk states, pls see following:https://t.co/Vgokr4HfVZ
— Hobbes (@shadowcaver) April 5, 2020

So, you know that story making the rounds that Obama depleted the pandemic prevention stockpile and didn't replenish it?

I'm sure you've seen that make the rounds.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 5, 2020

from the thread above: “Turns out that the stockpile wasn’t replenished due to the Tea Party blocking Obama’s funding requests, coupled with sequestration and Budget Control Act that prevented a full replenishment.”

“Trump angrily defended the approach in his Friday news conference, his early sunny demeanor darkening as he was pressed on expected death rates and his son-in-law Jared Kushner’s comments suggesting the national stockpile is not intended for states” https://t.co/PWcKG0WdcA
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) April 4, 2020

Trump is now trying to blame Obama for the fact he didn't replenish the national stockpile of ventilators or masks during his first three years in office pic.twitter.com/RYKNJjTr1I
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 13, 2020

Susan Rice: "When the Obama Administration left office, we left the National Strategic Stockpile fully stocked." pic.twitter.com/yKOzFcRenc
— The Hill (@thehill) April 14, 2020

Conservatives are pushing to reopen the economy

This is premature. More people could get sick in a second wave of the virus. Trump will accuses anyone who opposed reopening of doing it to hurt his re-election bid. For Trump, everything is about him and everything is political.

Numerous conservative groups are mobilizing behind a new coalition to lobby White House and GOP in Congress to push “reopening” of economy. Tea Party, ALEC expected to play role. GOP congressmen publicly calling for Fauci & Birx to be sidelinedhttps://t.co/wNz1Qg623b
— Jeffrey Stein (@JStein_WaPo) April 13, 2020

from the article “Their push has faced resistance from public health experts, who warn of potentially disastrous consequences should Americans resume daily routines without a clear national plan for doing so safely, creating an enormous power struggle within the Trump administration.”

Head of the House Freedom Caucus criticizes Fauci for taking a “meat cleaver” to the economy and says: “I think it’s time for Dr. Fauci to move along.” There are at least 568,176 cases of coronavirus in the U.S and at least 22,861 people have died in the U.S. from the coronavirus https://t.co/HaumYowPfJ
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 13, 2020

Oil prices will increase

Trump was instrumental in a new agreement to lower oil production which will increase gas prices. This will hurt American consumers at a time when many have lower incomes because of the coronavirus. Why benefits? Trump’s oil baron donors and his pals Putin and the Saudis.

In which the supposed “free market” party supports a foreign cartel that drives up prices for Americans.

Why?

Republicans owned and controlled by the fossil fuel industry. https://t.co/TdGz2QGzOs
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) April 13, 2020

An American president aggressively pushing to *raise* gas prices in an election year is a sight to behold for anyone who has ever followed the politics of gas prices (even in light of the huge losses in oil jobs around the corner). https://t.co/pvDyXqdnoa
— Sudeep Reddy | Wash Your Hands (@Reddy) April 13, 2020

The president said his administration would "purchase, at a very good price, large quantities of crude oil for storage in the U.S. Strategic Reserve."

Not a drop has been purchased. When he made the pledge he hadn't secured funds from Congress. And still hasn't.
— Tim Mak (@timkmak) April 13, 2020

The decline in oil consumption this month alone will be 7x bigger than the biggest quarterly decline after the 2008 financial crisis

(via @axios) pic.twitter.com/0phLaaaz0M
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) April 13, 2020

Trump’s economic council

Like the rest of his government, it’s all white and mostly men.

yes BUT it has a birther; 2 Trump family members whose strongest skill is failing upward; producer of Lego Batman; guy who said virus was "contained"; guy who wants to turn America into autarky; and guy who said coronavirus would be good for American jobs
basically, a dream team https://t.co/As71vTggEP
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) April 13, 2020

Zero doctors

Zero economists

Zero public health experts

Zero women who aren't related to Trump

Five white men 57 or older

One Jared Kushner https://t.co/LGfqaCsJQR
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 13, 2020

1. Former Birther
2. Unqualified daughter of President
3. Guy who bought his way into Harvard and married his way into the WH
3. Producer of Suicide Squad
4. Failed TV Pundit
5. Who?
6. Famous for sleeping through meetings https://t.co/JxLUOlpc4A
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) April 13, 2020

WHY is everyone on this so-called council white and male and one female?

The economy is comprised of women (over 50% in workforce), people of color (30%+ of workforce), young people, rural people, etc.

Folks love to tell me "it's not about race" oh yeah–IT IS–look below!!! https://t.co/q7kRKTI8W3
— Sophia A. Nelson (@IAmSophiaNelson) April 13, 2020

We're f***ed.

And as futile as it is now to say it, imagine Hillary Clinton creating a council like this and putting Chelsea and her husband on it. There would be fires across the prairies as far as the eye could see. https://t.co/uI0WWO0qk1
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 13, 2020

Ugh. No public health officials of course. This “council” need to be stopped as much as possible from doing real harm. Congressional hearings, FOIA requests, conflicts of interest inquiries, etc. Perhaps Pelosi should insist on transparency and oversight in the next bailout bill. pic.twitter.com/dsWQGx2JTn
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) April 13, 2020

This council does not include a single epidemiologist or other medical expert.

But does include US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who in late January predicted that #COVID19 would be good for the economy and "help to accelerate the return of jobs to North America." https://t.co/i9ejDXTIFv
— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) April 13, 2020

White House officials are scrambling to assemble a list of business leaders for Trump’s “Opening Our Country Council.”

But some firms don’t want to participate because they’ve watched Trump get into public spats with big companies like 3M.https://t.co/lC8TfWQ3JT via @nancook
— Sudeep Reddy | Wash Your Hands (@Reddy) April 12, 2020

Almost every one of these members of Trump's Council to Re-open America came straight to the WH from business without prior government experience –––> https://t.co/pH8vX8TLnO
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) April 13, 2020

Of course it's the same people who would be put on a White House council of anything. Trump's corruption & paranoia have shrunk his circle down to family & closest loyalists, as such people always do. https://t.co/IKh1K0Rr86
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) April 13, 2020

Just to be clear, President Trump's much-ballyhooed "Council To Re-Open America" doesn't include a *single* epidemiologist or public health expert.

Or even the Secretary of HHS or Director of the CDC.

This should go well, then… https://t.co/B7djpSNirg
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) April 13, 2020

pic.twitter.com/wC1BspoDoY
— Rob Sheridan, but from a safe distance (@rob_sheridan) April 13, 2020

America:
•30% white men
•30% white women
•40% people of color

Council to re-open America:
•86% white men
•14% white women
•0% people of color

So a council that doesn't reflect America—but has people w/o any experience on Pandemic response🤔

Where's Dr Fauci & Dr Brix?😳 pic.twitter.com/o9u1pdCqEt
— Qasim Rashid for Congress (@QasimRashid) April 13, 2020

The long-awaited Death Panel has finally arrived. pic.twitter.com/Dj99uRaEaL
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) April 13, 2020