A good thread on restaurants
I am still so incredibly anxious about dining out, even if it's literally outside. For now, I'm sticking to takeout (call the restaurant directly & tip well!) Meanwhile, here's a thread from restaurant critics that's helped inform my personal decision. And wear a mask, good god!
— Joseph Hernandez (@joeybear85) July 2, 2020
Are we paying Trump to watch Fox News and tweet?
Soldiers who served under Clint Lorance in Afghanistan see Trump's pardon as betrayal
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) July 2, 2020
“14 of his men testified under oath against him…not one of his former soldiers spoke in his defense. It took the jury of Army officers three hours to find him guilty” https://t.co/xV2rai3HbX
Clint Lorance had been in command of 1st Platoon for only three days in Afghanistan but in that short span of time had averaged a war crime a day, a military jury found.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 2, 2020
Murder in Afghanistan, a Trump pardon, and the soldiers left behind. https://t.co/qSw6LP5RT9 pic.twitter.com/LbfmFfROpM
The divergent fates of 2 Army officers under Trump:
— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) July 3, 2020
Clint Lorance was convicted of war crimes in Afghanistan but pardoned by president and made hero on Fox.
Alex Vindman was awarded Purple Heart in Iraq & served in WH. But career now in peril for testifying about President.
There are now QAnon supporters running for Congress as Republicans. Trump has helped the rise of QAnon by endorsing conspiracy theories and retweeting posts from QAnon supporters.
Most Americans say they've heard nothing at all about QAnon, but those who mainly get their news from Reddit or Twitter are most likely to say they’ve heard or read a lot or a little about it https://t.co/eVnRIXtsmD pic.twitter.com/fOQOgVb1Zb
— Pew Research Journalism (@pewjournalism) July 6, 2020
The real problem is that there are now three GOP congressional nominees who are QAnon supporters. https://t.co/5gapMqgzU9
— John Avlon (@JohnAvlon) July 2, 2020
UPDATE: Here's the now 9 QAnon-supporting congressional candidates who have now made it to November by state:
— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) July 1, 2020
-CO: Lauren Boebert
-CA: Mike Cargile, Erin Cruz, Alison Hayden, Buzz Patterson
-OR: Jo Rae Perkins
-GA: Angela Stanton-King
-OH: Ron Weber
-TX: Johnny Teague
So far, candidates who've used QAnon hashtags or engaged more directly with the conspiracy theories have garnered more than 580,000 votes in Republican primaries.
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 1, 2020
Why Q is so well-suited for the politics of the moment. https://t.co/ydExvyLDXx
A QAnon follower admits "things seem a little bleak" in part because "we're not seeing the mass arrests we're all hoping for" and "the sealed indictments haven't come out yet."
— Travis View (@travis_view) June 30, 2020
He advises struggling QAnon followers that "now is the moment of faith" in the face of disappointment. pic.twitter.com/x9hfYbGCzd
It is not a coincidence that Trump retweets QAnon accounts on a regular basis, including each of the past 2 days. He's encouraging that nuttery.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 28, 2020
This morning, Trump retweeted a QAnon account, thanked supporters of his who were filmed yelling “white power,” and issued a misleading non-denial of a story about him turning a blind eye while Russia offered bounties for US troops. All before 9 am.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 28, 2020
There is a lot of talk about QAnon candidates winning Republican primaries but it strikes me the bigger story is how little difference there is between Trump world and QAnon. They have merged in a paranoid fantasy world. https://t.co/CMkUVzvduf
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) July 3, 2020
Since its origin three years ago, QAnon has festered in the darker corners of the internet. Now the group's followers, who call themselves "believers," have found a niche on social media and within the Republican Party. https://t.co/O72FDincIb
— CNN (@CNN) July 3, 2020
After years of silence, Michael Flynn has started courting his devoted fans in the QAnon conspiracy theory, sending out signals of support for the underground movement that the FBI considers a potential domestic terror threat.https://t.co/kuUUGxY18j
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) July 3, 2020
The armed Canadian man who allegedly stormed Justin Trudeau’s residence appears to be a QAnon believer. https://t.co/VdMLYpnQhE
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) July 3, 2020
Trump just retweeted a string of posts from an account that has QAnon slogans all over its bio pic.twitter.com/1S8XcYoBas
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 27, 2020
The man Trump appointed to the most sensitive national security position in US government and a current martyr/hero of the Trumpist right just posted a video of himself taking the QAnon oath. https://t.co/w5dyHCUEwz
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) July 5, 2020
It appears that there has been another arrest tied to QAnon, this one in Arizona.https://t.co/cxBKAbqiop
— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) July 5, 2020
What an ignorant thing to say. Sad!
19 times Trump said the coronavirus would go away https://t.co/7ojFYyw7yP
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) July 2, 2020
The president has repeatedly claimed since February that the virus, which has killed nearly 130,000 Americans, would disappear in the near future https://t.co/nLRal8h03c
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 2, 2020
Here are things the president has said about the coronavirus since June 15. pic.twitter.com/uaYLEt1Zr3
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 1, 2020
TRUMP tells Fox Covid will disappear.
— Sam Stein (@samstein) July 1, 2020
Previously:
2/10: it will go away in April
2/26: close to 0 in couple days
3/31: it will go away, hopefully at the end of the month
4/29: it’s gonna leave
5/8: this is gonna go away w/o a vaccine
6/16: even w/o [a vaccine], it goes away
At the beginning of the pandemic, Trump said he thought the virus would simply go away on its own.
— Adam Schiff (@AdamSchiff) July 2, 2020
Now, after 125,000 casualties, he still says it will magically disappear.
There hasn’t been a more incompetent president since Hoover.
Or am I being unfair … to Hoover? https://t.co/oiCE1tIzM7
Feb 26: @realDonaldTrump lied when he said we had 15 cases and we're "going to be down close to zero soon"
— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) July 2, 2020
July 2: We have 2.78 million+ cases and 130,700+ deaths
And he again said yesterday he thinks this virus will just go away on its own. Unreal.pic.twitter.com/MoFd8QiCs9
And on the 112th day of the coronavirus pandemic, Pres. Trump is still hoping it will “just disappear.” pic.twitter.com/BxDwhOjLHy
— The Recount (@therecount) July 1, 2020
The @nytimes sued the CDC for records and found that Black and Latino people have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus in a widespread way that spans the country, throughout counties in urban, suburban and rural areas, across all age groups. https://t.co/IhiKscubXT
— Danielle Ivory (@danielle_ivory) July 5, 2020
NEW: Florida surpassed 200,000 confirmed coronavirus cases Sunday after recording 10,059 new cases in 24 hours, the third highest one-day tally on record in the state https://t.co/nYrcS7opcI
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 5, 2020
Trump tweeted LIBERATE MICHIGAN on April 17, in support of armed thugs demanding an end to lockdown. Gov. Whitmer defied him. How's it going? pic.twitter.com/otjG9OdPoV
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) July 5, 2020
Florida on Saturday set another daily record for new coronavirus infections, reporting 11,458 confirmed cases. Only New York has tallied more cases in a single day, with 11,571 on April 15. https://t.co/unCuwO31rr
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 4, 2020
This is what happens when your plan is to “hope” that a deadly pandemic will “just disappear.” pic.twitter.com/RkytKxFsvr
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) July 4, 2020
There were 50,203 new coronavirus cases reported nationwide Wednesday, a single-day record. Health officials are urging Americans to limit their July Fourth weekend festivities to avoid clusters of outbreaks. https://t.co/jDLbZXWBXo
— CNN (@CNN) July 2, 2020
The U.S. reported more than 50,600 additional coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the largest single-day increase since the beginning of the outbreak. https://t.co/yoN2aqQnVL pic.twitter.com/EWEvH5MAiV
— CNBC (@CNBC) July 2, 2020
Also worth noting that minutes released from the June Fed mtg (from June 9th & 10th), indicated “extraordinary” economic uncertainty & a great sense of concern about a “substantial likelihood” of additional waves of outbreaks…causing extended economic weakness. https://t.co/RYNGzR2We0
— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) July 2, 2020
New project from me and @LaurenLeatherby showing how the geography of the coronavirus has shifted over the course of the pandemic https://t.co/9BQ9Jrrcku pic.twitter.com/tpAW2WbBjL
— Charlie Smart (@charlie_smart_) July 2, 2020
The hard truth is that it didn’t have to be this bad, but Donald Trump ignored the warnings and refused to take action. He failed our nation. https://t.co/AcY62E8L2L
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 5, 2020
The Foursquare Recovery Index is available for anyone interested in visitation changes week over week and pre-COVID, in every state, county and category.
— Foursquare (@Foursquare) July 1, 2020
Covid19 numbers in Trump’s USA are inspiring fear – & astonishment – around the world. EU won’t allow Americans in. For 1st time in living memory, Canada has kept its US border closed. & the Mexican state of Sonora announced closure of the border w Arizona https://t.co/Vcwftb5aIP
— Michiko Kakutani (@michikokakutani) July 4, 2020
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 4, 2020
Experts: We're not ready to reopen
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) July 3, 2020
GOP: Reopen! Reopen! No masks!
Reality: Here's your second wave
GOP: Muzzle the experts! They've been wrong about everything! pic.twitter.com/yZlRFgPyl9
When you point out how Covid-19 has surged in states with GOP governors who followed Trump's lead, you hear a lot of "What about CA". And the state did screw up. But adjusting for pop, not in the top 10 pic.twitter.com/aE3Gmc7oXo
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) July 3, 2020
New daily coronavirus cases are rising in 41 places in the U.S., an NPR analysis shows.
— NPR (@NPR) July 3, 2020
Here's how much cases are up compared to 2 weeks ago:
📈 Idaho: +430%
📈 Florida: +226%
📈 Nevada: +189%
📈 Texas: +161%
📈 Georgia: +146%https://t.co/fDkWKclB7y
FL/GA/TX/AZ, the four mega states where GOP governors most conspicuously followed Trump's cues to open early & widely, & who emphatically blocked D mayors from restricting or regulating that reopening even as caseloads grew, today reported 24,829 new cases. The Sunbelt is burning
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 2, 2020
121 University of Washington students have been infected with the coronavirus as part of the outbreak on Greek Row. https://t.co/Tr4IaOaoZa
— Jon Solomon (@JonSolomonAspen) July 6, 2020
A big surge in #COVID19 cases among 18-to-20-year-olds in Seattle has been linked to U of WA fraternities — some 800 suspected or confirmed cases.
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) July 3, 2020
Young adults aren't taking the virus seriously.https://t.co/j44mdAxnHP
Sure. “Reopen the schools,” they said. “What could go wrong?” they said. https://t.co/2nCuZB2ach
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 2, 2020
"But the hostess was slow to share her diagnosis with her circle — fearful of the social fallout, according to some friends, as much as the virus. Eventually, she texted the news and families rushed to get tested."https://t.co/nh2LM250zj
— Katie Phang (@KatiePhang) July 1, 2020
Israel school epidemic. “Two weeks after Israel fully reopened schools, a COVID-19 outbreak sweeping through classrooms — including at least 130 cases at a single school — has led officials to close dozens of schools where students & staff were infected.” https://t.co/watDDuTvMu
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) July 2, 2020
Suspected Covid-19 outbreaks in English workplaces double in a week https://t.co/WZW6t9r0sd
— The Guardian (@guardian) July 2, 2020
Fascinating: Pence held a massive event in a Dallas church whose musicians were already dealing with a COVID outbreak. They stayed home, but their exposed colleagues didn't, and they didn't wear masks. via @RosalindZAdams https://t.co/crVrtSwgm8
— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) July 1, 2020
32 Karnataka students who wrote SSLC exams test positive for coronavirus. Eighty in quarantine. https://t.co/tExj1IML5n
— Dhanya Rajendran (@dhanyarajendran) July 4, 2020
Umatilla County in Oregon saw a large spike in cases of the new coronavirus this week that public health officials attributed directly to employees returning to work, particularly those with mild, undiagnosed COVID-19https://t.co/ovUJbpLiCR
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 4, 2020
Sad!