New coronavirus outbreaks

I blame Trump for our high death totals from the virus. I also blame the part of the public that is not taking this seriously. Here are new outbreaks.

Six students and three staff members at a Georgia high school that went viral earlier this week after a student shared photos of a crowded hallway have tested positive for coronavirus https://t.co/z1dRMjUJXr
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 9, 2020

At least 116 people in a Mississippi school district have been instructed to self-quarantine after students and a staff member tested positive for coronavirus less than 2 weeks after the start of school. https://t.co/OJwAbW3YXF
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 6, 2020

The largest school district in Georgia reported today that 260 employees have tested positive for the coronavirus or are in quarantine because of possible exposure as they prepare for the new school year. https://t.co/rSFpXcNBul
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) August 3, 2020

New CDC study shows 600 infected at Georgia sleep-away camp – where masks were not required. https://t.co/ulRdv7pZ3r
— Brent Staples (@BrentNYT) August 1, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak at USC's fraternity row leaves at least 40 people infected https://t.co/t4rdG2w7As
— Dr. Seema Yasmin (@DoctorYasmin) July 31, 2020

17 Florida doctors contract coronavirus after attending private party https://t.co/Etm9vmpyX1
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) July 29, 2020

Doctors should know better!

Remembering 13 nuns from single convent who died of coronavirus – CNN Video https://t.co/v8Fzr8u7o2
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 24, 2020

Thirteen nuns are dead after a coronavirus outbreak ravaged their Michigan covent. The women ranged in age from 69 to 99. https://t.co/IyJNyw4Hqz
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) July 22, 2020

Several attendees of massive Michigan July 4th party now have COVID-19 https://t.co/hs9SmsA6xS
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 12, 2020

Dozens of Mississippi lawmakers have coronavirus after weeks of refusing to wear masks https://t.co/4Hb1Ji8CrF pic.twitter.com/ELBSvKm3L1
— CNN (@CNN) July 10, 2020

9 people tested positive for the coronavirus after a party with up to 100 people in Rockland County, New York. But those contacted by virus tracers trying to learn who else might have been exposed won’t talk. Now they face subpoenas. https://t.co/iKl0E6C8Eg
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 2, 2020

Five people who attended a Florida Sheriffs Association meeting last week have tested positive for COVID-19, @TB_Times reports. https://t.co/O3RMScHTDI
— The Marshall Project (@MarshallProj) August 5, 2020

A bunch of teens had a big party in Middletown, NJ, the garbage place I grew up, and spread Covid around! No surprise, at 1st the parents refused to cooperate with authorities b/c they are selfish, privileged suburbanites. At least they came around.https://t.co/kk9QlO2FUR
— Mary "Abolish the Suburbs" Rizzo (@rizzo_pubhist) August 4, 2020

Trump evades Congress with appointment of Tata

He isn’t qualified. Where does Trump keep finding bigots and conspiracy theorists?

Over the weekend, President Trump once again skirted the approval of the nation’s elected lawmakers by naming Anthony Tata, a retired Army brigadier general, to a senior role at the Pentagon that did not require approval https://t.co/Vxxk9308pp
— TIME (@TIME) August 9, 2020

The White House pulled Tata's nomination to be DOD's undersecretary of defense for policy after it became clear he was unconfirmable
Then, the Pentagon installed him as "the official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy" https://t.co/BmQrPLbFil
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) August 2, 2020

Anthony Tata called Obama a "terrorist leader," suggested that John Brennan should prepare for execution or suck "on a pistol" and said Islam is the "most oppressive violent religion I know of."

The GOP wouldn't confirm him. So Trump bypassed Senate.https://t.co/TRH9pirJKX
— James Hohmann (@jameshohmann) August 3, 2020

Trump flouts advice and consent of the Senate to install a loyalist Republicans wouldn’t confirm >>> https://t.co/J9NewzT2Q2
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) August 2, 2020

In his conversation with Inhofe that Inhofe put on speakerphone, so others in the restaurant where Inhofe was eating could hear it, Trump indicated he may put him into a different position that doesn’t require confirmation https://t.co/xbaHDwNUPs
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 31, 2020

Trump still supports Anthony Tata, who has come under fire for Islamophobic tweets (including one calling Obama a “terrorist leader”). Lawmakers abruptly canceled his confirmation hearing yesterday amid “serious questions” about his fitness for the job. https://t.co/GiUEzHgGbH
— POLITICO (@politico) July 31, 2020

Trump’s bigoted attack on the 2020 Census

This will undercount minorities. That means they will get less representation and federal funding. Two things going on here:

stopping counts early
not counted undocumented people

NEW: Sharing my ⁦⁦@washingtonpost⁩ oped on how the Trump administration is once again trying to sabotage the census to advance its anti-immigrant agenda & silence communities of color – for partisan gain. We can’t let it. Too much is at stake. https://t.co/eMuwWwoi2P
— Vanita Gupta (@vanitaguptaCR) August 4, 2020

The Census Bureau announced that field data collection will end a full month earlier than originally planned https://t.co/xjedXcefI0
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 4, 2020

And will Rs in TX FL AZ GA, states that would be hurt overall by #census cutoff, stand up for their state or the party’s overall desire to minimize minority count? @JohnCornyn @GregAbbott_TX @dougducey @SenMcSallyAZ etc? https://t.co/RWDA4KjCpg
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) August 4, 2020

Same reason the post office is being starved – because the Trump administration believes it will benefit them & other Republicans by marginalizing people of color. Every possible government function is being racially weaponized-w/the consent & participation of the GOP Congress https://t.co/gYYVLJUQdg
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) August 4, 2020

SCOOP: @NPR has confirmed the Census Bureau is cutting #2020Census door knocking at unresponsive homes a month short, ending on Sept. 30, amid growing concerns that the White House is pressuring the bureau to stop counting soon for political gain.https://t.co/sRxXbGQXOs
— Hansi Lo Wang • 5️⃣7️⃣ DAYS (@hansilowang) July 31, 2020

Census Director Dillingham yesterday declined to join the political fight over Trump's memo on excluding undocumented residents. But his silence before Congress doesn't remove the dark political clouds hanging over the 2020 census and the agency he leads https://t.co/cIPmrwCL7m
— Jeffrey Mervis (@jeffmervis) July 30, 2020

Census director says he was unaware of Trump's memo that aims to bar undocumented immigrants from being included in the census for purposes of deciding how many members of Congress are apportioned to each state until it was public and that bureau did not provide any input > https://t.co/bz4AmMdzOC
— Jacqueline Alemany (@JaxAlemany) July 29, 2020

Perspective: Trump’s push to skew the census builds on a long history of politicizing the count https://t.co/qucCscgBuk
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 26, 2020

A intentional, hidden detail of Trump's (almost certainly unconstitutional) effort to keep undocumented immigrants from being used to reapportion House seats? Shifting more of those seats and more electoral votes to the GOP. https://t.co/dYno3gVSxj
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 22, 2020

It has been an exhausting four years for civil rights lawyers, but a challenge to Trump’s latest assault on the law will be an easy victory. Constitution requires census to count “persons,” not “citizens.” https://t.co/woeEKQhEbs
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) July 22, 2020

No question. Sec.2 of the 14th Amendment says:

“Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons . . .”

Get it, Trump? “THE WHOLE NUMBER OF PERSONS.”

Not MINUS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS! https://t.co/0YDskXRiJQ
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 21, 2020

Trump's order on apportionment could shift a few House seats from some states to others, potentially helping Republicans, but it will almost certainly wind up challenged in court. @katierogers https://t.co/XHeMotADuE
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) July 21, 2020

President Trump signed a memorandum today that seeks to ban immigrants in the U.S. illegally from the census and, as a result, exclude them from the process that determines how many members of Congress are allocated to each state https://t.co/ZjdrmGbsxw
— POLITICO (@politico) July 21, 2020

And just as a reminder, in 1920 Congress did not accept the apportionment numbers presented to them by the White House https://t.co/C2QVLYahJd
— Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) July 21, 2020

Covers: I Shot the Sheriff

The Wailers excellent original version of “I Shot the Sheriff” was followed by Eric Clapton’s popular rock version in 1974. One good thing about Clapton’s record was that it led me and others to seek out the Wailers record and learn about reggae.

“I want to say I shot the police but the government would have made a fuss so I said ‘I shot the sheriff’ instead… but it’s the same idea: justice.” https://t.co/rNuAuPBgim
— American Songwriter (@AmerSongwriter) June 27, 2022

Israel opened schools. It did not go well.

This should be a lesson for the US…but it won’t be for Trump.

When Covid Subsided, Israel Reopened Its Schools. It Didn’t Go Well. https://t.co/pkjFfOnQix In response to heat wave, "the government exempted everyone from wearing masks for four days, and schools shut the windows [for A/C]. That decision proved disastrous, experts say."
— Linsey Marr (@linseymarr) August 4, 2020

“Israel’s advice for other countries?
“They definitely should not do what we have done. It was a major failure.”

* Tip: Read what they did, then comment*

When Covid Subsided, Israel Reopened Its Schools. It Didn’t Go Well. – The New York Times https://t.co/qQULXqTxWi
— Erica L. Green (@EricaLG) August 4, 2020

One of the defining features of the US Covid debacle has been refusal to learn from other countries. Now, as much of the country prepares to open schools, we should — but won't — look at what happened in Israel pic.twitter.com/aOqbr8Pi5E
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) August 1, 2020

Israel reopened schools, while managing the virus poorly. Then the infections started in them. Schools became overrun with sickness. They closed again. Now, the government says that schools became the super spreaders, and set off an explosion of COVID../1 https://t.co/WjP9WT5B0t
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) July 10, 2020

No touching, sharing or borrowing pencils. In Israel, families wonder if back to school means back to normal. https://t.co/6FHAibpPru
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 4, 2020

Trump/Trump Organization is being investigated for fraud

This would be a much bigger story if we weren’t overwhelmed by the pandemic.

On Manhattan’s district attorney seeking Pres. Trump’s tax returns, @neal_katyal says, “There’s a reason why Trump is pushing back on it so much and I don’t think it’s because the documents show that he’s innocent.”https://t.co/LztqolWJNU
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 4, 2020

The President can yell "hoax, witch hunt, Mueller" all he wants, but this is different — different prosecutor, different jurisdiction, different crimes, different proof.

A bad day for Trump — my latest #CrossExam for @CNN:

https://t.co/MFC5XmNSgJ
— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) August 4, 2020

Hey Donald, you have a lot bigger problems than cable news ratings. https://t.co/0A5LUyHm7c
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) August 3, 2020

This has been plainly obvious for a while, because the Manhattan DA has argued that granting extensions on subpoenas could effectively immunize Trump.

But coming right out and saying that they are investigating Trump's company is significant. https://t.co/WSDm7ikG9D
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 3, 2020

BREAKING: New York prosecutors say their Trump investigation goes beyond hush-money payments and ask judge to dismiss lawsuit challenging subpoena https://t.co/PsiwA6ndYC pic.twitter.com/DQhzqyYcJX
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 3, 2020

Hogan overrules local governments on schools

I go with the experts, not Hogan.

Between insisting on an in-person election despite public health experts’ unanimous opposition and now preventing jurisdictions from closing schools to protect teachers and students, @GovLarryHogan seems *determined* to kill Marylanders. https://t.co/qGKr2NTxe1
— (((Evan Serpick))) (@Serps) August 3, 2020

Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan has overruled an order prohibiting some private schools in the state from conducting on-campus learning for the start of the academic year, including the school attended by President Trump's youngest son https://t.co/4nBQM9ZQjC
— CNN (@CNN) August 4, 2020

Translation: Breaking a pandemic requires collective action by ALL citizens — every cohort sharing sacrifice — but the affluent wish once again to opt out of shared responsibility. Our governor has heard their singular whine, because the GOP never fails to follow the money. https://t.co/OplgQGGRcM
— David Simon (@AoDespair) August 3, 2020

Hogan is a conservative

He’s not a moderate, he’s just not an extremist like most Republicans. He has been bad for Baltimore, especially when he killed the Red Line. He did a good job at the begin of the pandemic but isn’t doing as well now.

You're right about one thing, Governor. This isn't a decision for politicians. Which is why this decision was made by the county's health officer, a public health expert. And why it's entirely inappropriate for you to have issued a statement. https://t.co/wZocDTYyFZ
— Delegate Eric Luedtke (@EricLuedtke) August 1, 2020

Wait. You could only muster enough courage to punt the hard decisions to county execs and Baltimore’s mayor, but when they make those hard decisions, you take the opportunity to publicly pout? You began this pandemic strong and well. But you’ve wilted, @GovLarryHogan. https://t.co/IfD9DdXIyn
— David Simon (@AoDespair) August 1, 2020

The man vetoed a 500 million discrimination settlement to Maryland HBCUs and used #COVID as an excuse. Why should anyone be surprised by this? https://t.co/Q6UT0AeIO7
— Jason Johnson (@DrJasonJohnson) July 28, 2020

Larry Hogan's racism will grow less subtle as time goes on & he looks to run nationally in 2024.

It was always there (killing the Red Line for Baltimore in order to widen suburban highways, calling Freddie Gray "Crips gang-connected") but he's going to get louder with it. https://t.co/afDnvt1ZvZ
— Mckayla Wilkes (@MeetMckayla) July 27, 2020

Gov Larry Hogan: Baltimore's rising Coronavirus cases are due to increased testing.
Friday I asked Baltimore Health Commissioner if testing alone explains Baltimore's rising case numbers.
Answer: No.
"We're seeing significantly more spread" she said. https://t.co/hqdH8NB5pc
— Jayne Miller (@jemillerwbal) July 28, 2020

Jesus Christ, man https://t.co/7MnTpY5IE0
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 28, 2020

Even if Trump does better on the pandemic, he is still a liar and a bigot.

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 https://t.co/MmJUTeSvAx
— D. W A T K I N S (@dwatkinsworld) July 20, 2020

Hmm. Which of these guys does Larry resemble? Which one does he share politics with? https://t.co/itNWHplmwF pic.twitter.com/Qih0XZUjG2
— baynardwoods (@baynardwoods) July 20, 2020

Hogan’s election plan is bad

Not sure why this well reported, researched, heavily documented piece, including new Maryland PIA material, is tagged "Opinion." Georgetown law prof. @SheryllCashin chronicles Gov. Hogan's massive transit cuts and education inequity affecting Baltimore. https://t.co/kraL4DWwuc
— Ron Cassie (@ron_cassie) July 18, 2020

Coronavirus stats update 08/02/20

Of the countries with the most coronavirus cases globally, all of the top 4 have right-wing leaders who espouse populist or anti-science views.https://t.co/D33C1s0tJL
— NPR (@NPR) August 1, 2020

One month ago, the Vice President cited “the precipitous decline in fatalities” as a sign of success. https://t.co/hw65QrN2a3
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 2, 2020

America is in SO MUCH trouble.
Only 8 States are trending now in a direction to #COVID19 control.
42 States are heading the wrong way — 36 of them have out-of-control epidemics.
As a Nation, we're losing our fight w/ #SARSCoV2 — & it's our own doing.https://t.co/48lRtWAzD4
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 1, 2020

The surge in the United States is so extreme that, once adjusted for population, 10 states are recording more new cases than any country in the world. @LaurenLeatherby https://t.co/YAuicThA7F
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) July 24, 2020

Places with large, ongoing BLM protests in May and June included New York, California, D.C. and, of course, Minnesota. Here's how much growth there was in new coronavirus cases in those places compared to the states where the growth was largest.https://t.co/0yTtjawp3d pic.twitter.com/Y1yNWC01qY
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 23, 2020

QAnon keeps making inroads in the Republican party

“The inclusion of QAnon symbols in official campaign media, previously unreported, sent shock waves through the QAnon community, whose primary aim is to be noticed by Trump.” How the WH and Trump campaign have elevated a conspiracy to reach its believers. https://t.co/w884KI26Mc
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 2, 2020

Darlene Swaffar, a QAnon-supporting congressional candidate in Florida, a few days ago tweeted a video of herself taking the QAnon oath. She is the 3rd known congressional candidate to do so, alongside candidates in Hawaii & Oregon. https://t.co/EcUjdKUAr3 https://t.co/KtiY8Y7ZBt pic.twitter.com/HkQGLiiDVr
— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) August 2, 2020

Don't believe @jonathanchait? How about the undeniable fact that QAnon's "imprint [in the GOP] is large enough that a Mitch McConnell or Kevin McCarthy would not dare deliver a speech denouncing it"? QED. https://t.co/BqK5P4cH5B
— Jerry Taylor (@jerry_jtaylor) August 1, 2020

New from @jbruce218: Twitter says it is considering changing its policy for political candidates who tweet about Qanon. https://t.co/TG2g5RHSE8
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) August 1, 2020

There’s a QAnon/Pizzagate protest in Hollywood right now. The signs are absolutely wild. And no masks. Something is deeply wrong with this country.

🎥: @williamg1 pic.twitter.com/CqT1LMF6zv
— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) July 31, 2020

We are now up to 𝟔𝟗 current or former 2020 congressional candidates who have endorsed or given credence to QAnon. The newest addition is Shiva Ayyadurai, a Senate candidate in Massachusetts. https://t.co/yM8gPNJOhq pic.twitter.com/26KPX3fuNc
— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) July 30, 2020

QAnon Has Gone Global https://t.co/a7jXeAhKsm via @vice
— Thomas Edsall (@Edsall) July 30, 2020

Much of the poison in the information well originates from posts on social media sites. But some of it comes from major media companies, as illustrated by cases at Fox News and Sinclair Broadcast Group over the weekend. | Analysis by @brianstelter https://t.co/VMrmHKymSI
— CNN Business (@CNNBusiness) July 27, 2020

Nobody is talking QAnon’s reach seriously enough. It is a primary driver in this election. https://t.co/xDKlNJ3L58
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) August 5, 2020

More harm of QAnon conspiracy theorists: They're siphoning resources from people who are trying to fight actual, non-fantastical human trafficking. https://t.co/GQbWnCqKEI
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) July 21, 2020

WSB Tonight at 11 – my convo with Marjorie Taylor Greene – the QANON follower in runoff for GA-14. Here she falsely claims Dem donor George Soros was a Nazi collaborator. @ADL says it's an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. Soros, a Jewish Holocaust survivor was 14 at end of WWII pic.twitter.com/LGmMMt51ZR
— Justin Gray (@JustinGrayWSB) August 3, 2020

Spoke with NPR's @hereandnow about the spread of QAnon. https://t.co/OsX3Kmxz53
— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) August 6, 2020