Unreleased White House report shows coronavirus rates spiking in heartland communities: Trump's claim that cases are falling everywhere is contradicted by his own task force's report. https://t.co/6c9iCzE6b9 via @nbcnews

— Michiko Kakutani (@michikokakutani) May 12, 2020

The complicity of the Republican Party in supporting this man who surrendered to a virus is one more reason the party should be burned to the ground. https://t.co/cc1yXU166K

— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) May 11, 2020

Asked what crime he is accusing Obama of committing, Trump says, "Obamagate!" "Some terrible things happened." "And you'll be seeing what's going on." "You know what the crime is. The crime is very obvious to everybody."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 11, 2020

Trump throws a fit when @kaitlancollins of CNN tries to ask him a question and abruptly ends the press conference pic.twitter.com/58AVZ9CABl

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 11, 2020

Trump throws a fit when @kaitlancollins of CNN tries to ask him a question and abruptly ends the press conference pic.twitter.com/58AVZ9CABl

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 11, 2020

Cool https://t.co/P1NHdJw4GT

— Jennifer Taub (@jentaub) May 11, 2020

How does @senatemajldr, married to a Chinese American, watch the routine public degradation of Chinese American women by a president and say nothing? https://t.co/cGsCG3JXLM

— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) May 11, 2020

The racism is strong, but reporters will normalize this press conference in their coverage tomorrow. https://t.co/TJMTawWmN2

— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) May 11, 2020

Trump keeps insisting that you can get a test if you want a test. White House staffers can. You cannot.

Here's his response to that. pic.twitter.com/fZ2zNgeVj6

— Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) May 11, 2020

Trump repeats the massive lie that the U.S. and Germany "are the two best in deaths per 100,000" from Covid-19. As I reported the U.S. mortality rate is 132nd; Germany's rate is so much lower that 50,000 Americans would still be alive if we matched it https://t.co/Ch1hqm3RRN pic.twitter.com/ZfikBopIC5

— Robert Mackey (@RobertMackey) May 11, 2020

Senate and House Republicans will say nothing about Trump’s un-American swipe at an American reporter. Very much like his attacks on Judge Curiel, but at least then, some Republicans spoke out. No more. https://t.co/s8ppXVjZ1s

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) May 11, 2020

Despite pushing "Obamagate," Trump is totally unable to explain what it actually is. https://t.co/eMgKgF1Qr4

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) May 11, 2020

President Trump today shrugged off reports of White House aides who recently became infected with the coronavirus.

“It can happen. It’s the hidden enemy,” he said. "Things happen" https://t.co/F5qEjtrB1N pic.twitter.com/FsPCeBNuqI

— POLITICO (@politico) May 11, 2020

It took one @PhilipRucker question to expose Trump’s latest "Obamagate" conspiracy theory as complete nonsense https://t.co/uHCgU7RO5A

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 11, 2020

"On Monday, President Trump made the same claim about coronavirus testing that he did in early March.

'If somebody wants to be tested right now,' Trump said at a Monday news conf, 'they'll be able to be tested.'

Two months later, it's still not true." https://t.co/5b0snFscnN

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 12, 2020

"This might be the wrongest thing Trump has said about coronavirus." (There the competition is tough.) https://t.co/YGtNolUUD1

— Ron Charles (@RonCharles) May 12, 2020

A trove of internal documents show administration officials repeatedly balking at CDC scientists who vehemently oppose a White House plan to fever screen at airports. https://t.co/5x9mbivpvI

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) May 10, 2020

"None of us signed up to be warriors in Donald Trump's battle between public health and the economy," says emergency room doctor Rob Davidson.https://t.co/OViKwt8tXh

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 10, 2020

If Trump did this with a gun or a knife, it would be called "Premeditated Murder."https://t.co/YrNaA6hXLE

— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) May 10, 2020

Despite resistance from scientists at the CDC, the Trump White House is pushing a return to its failed experiment in relying on temperature screening of air travelers to detect coronavirus. https://t.co/JnO7w8GuWt

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) May 10, 2020

The context for the debate over "bailing out" states hard hit by coronavirus: how much states get for each dollar they give to the federal government. https://t.co/lE8PGu5S9A pic.twitter.com/6DQGc7VEyr

— Philip Bump (@pbump) April 28, 2020

The @WhiteHouse is skewing #COVID19 related resources and funds on a per capitalist basis to 8 election swing states. NYS, the epicenter, has received less per capitalist aid than swing states OH, FL, WI, MN, PA — even less than Alaska. This is pure politics, ugly. https://t.co/JrMlamdaJL

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) May 10, 2020

Blue state bailout? According to Friday jobs report, the state with highest % of workers seeking unemployment aid is … Kentucky https://t.co/s1efK8wcBf pic.twitter.com/HuraDD0EwO

— David Frum (@davidfrum) May 10, 2020

I don't know who needs to hear this, but telling states they need to end sanctuary cities in order to receive life-saving supplies for their constituents is the same kind of quid pro quo that Trump tried to extort from Ukraine. https://t.co/pMXaYC27YM

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) May 5, 2020

McConnell knows the "wealthiest and most productive states are overwhelmingly blue.."

11 of the 15 states "least reliant on federal transfer are led by" Dems

11 of the 15 states "most reliant on federal transfers are led by" Republicans

– @davidfrum:https://t.co/mVIicO103X

— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) May 2, 2020

NY's Covid death toll is 8X that of 9/11 & Trump is taunting them for not getting more federal aid. https://t.co/JXpDPPNl6R

— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) May 1, 2020

Trump on funds for "Democrat states". "If we do that we're going to have to get something for it." pic.twitter.com/Yd0dnvXXV4

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 30, 2020

Trump and McConnell have cited structural issues in state budgets to cast doubt on giving them federal relief. But Pelosi‘s call is specific to coronavirus-induced spending and lost revenue.

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) April 30, 2020

6 of the 10 states with the biggest budget shortfalls voted for Trump in 2016, including the swing states of Florida and Michigan https://t.co/1e5CwNM83J

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) April 30, 2020

At some point, it may occur to Mitch McConnell that, if huge numbers of Kentucky cops and teachers are all laid off because of Republicans refusing to provide aid to states, all of those laid off workers and their families will be more inclined to vote for Amy McGrath. https://t.co/xbRwfRzPbL

— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) April 30, 2020

A) lots of Red states need help too

B) Conditioning taxpayer aid based on the party of the Governor is definitely an abuse of power https://t.co/guEurufWsn

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) April 30, 2020

File under stories that it's insane anyone even had to write, given that state economies are being crashed by A VIRUS. https://t.co/bOQmowpf0t

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) April 29, 2020

Donald Trump just said he's considering withholding #COVID19 financial assistance from blue states unless they agree to do away with sanctuary cities.

This man is a monster. #TrumpPressBriefing

— Kendall Brown (@kendallybrown) April 28, 2020

"a 2017 Associated Press analysis noted that “High-tax, traditionally Democratic states (blue), subsidize low-tax, traditionally Republican states (red) — in a big way.” Republicans, Who Do You Think Is Bailing Out Your State? https://t.co/Twc7fdaFJG

— Manohla Darkness (@ManohlaDargis) April 28, 2020

FACT (please RETWEET to counter Trump administration propaganda): "blue" states *subsidize* "red" states. We've been doing it for many years and without complaint. Trump's claim that blue states are takers and red states givers *can't be allowed to stand*. https://t.co/2sm3Je7qfZ

— Seth Abramson (@🏠) (@SethAbramson) April 27, 2020

Rick Scott says Florida lives within its means so why should they have to bail California out. Senator, California runs the biggest budget surplus in the country. And your state is going to need a bailout. Get some facts and if you don't want the bail out don't take it.

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) April 28, 2020

Florida gets about $3,000 more per resident each year from the federal government than it puts in, for over $60 billion each year https://t.co/fdczYw1hZw

— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) April 27, 2020

Context on state dependency and "bailouts," based on the ratio of federal giving to taking.

Three of the four most dependent states are red states: KY MS WV (the exception is NM).

The four least dependent states are blue states: CT NJ MA NY.

Source: https://t.co/frWDvCixMK https://t.co/RcID14Li4f

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) April 27, 2020

If Trump and Scott don't want to help New York's budget problem, maybe the state could figure out a way to capture the $22 billion it sent to the federal government from 2015 to 2018 in excess of what it received. https://t.co/yYaxDRUrwR

— Philip Bump (@pbump) April 27, 2020

McConnell says there will “probably” be another state and local funding bill – and says on Fox radio that he “wasn’t say they had to take bankruptcy” but floated it as “an option.” He says he was raising concerns about state and local aid covering “age-old” budget problems

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 27, 2020

Old Navy’s face coverings are made out of leftover excess fabric. They come in packs of five for $12.50 and in an array of colors and patterns. https://t.co/MOy2ENUUZH

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) May 10, 2020

"Face masks have been recommended by the @CDCgov to help minimize the spread of coronavirus, and in some states it’s now required to wear a mask where social distancing might be difficult to do." https://t.co/UnaLHTrElw

— Reviewed (@reviewed) May 10, 2020

The US — usually at the head of the table helping to coordinate in global crises — has declined to take a seat at virtual international meetings convened by the World Health Organization and the EU to coordinate work on potentially lifesaving vaccines https://t.co/2a3f0Kw53C

— CNN (@CNN) May 9, 2020

"A country that turned out eight combat aircraft every hour at the peak of World War II could not even produce enough 75-cent masks or simple cotton nasal swabs for testing in this pandemic." https://t.co/1ldzV1Ve1A

— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) May 9, 2020

.@SteveSchmidtSES: "There has never been a moment — not under a Democratic president, not under a Republican president — in our lifetimes or in the last 75 years where the United States has appeared weaker to the rest of the world than it does now."https://t.co/khibG6FFPB

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 12, 2020

White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said Friday that the documents had not been approved by CDC Director Robert Redfield. The new emails, however, show that Redfield cleared the guidance. https://t.co/IzX4KlQ2QG

— Toluse Olorunnipa (@ToluseO) May 8, 2020

"The Trump administration has shelved a document created by the nation’s top disease investigators with step-by-step advice to local authorities on how and when to reopen restaurants and other public places during the still-raging coronavirus outbreak." https://t.co/GvWPni8Hx4

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) May 7, 2020

Why is the Trump Administration blocking the release of the CDC guidance? https://t.co/SkotJYKs77

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) May 7, 2020

“I’ve heard from every C.D.C. in the world…and they say, ‘Normally our first call is to Atlanta, but we ain’t hearing back.’ There’s nothing going on down there. They’ve gutted that place. They’ve gagged that place.”
Chickens coming home to roost.https://t.co/hHj32umc72

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) May 2, 2020

"Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the CDC has been inexplicably absent, and Americans are suffering and dying for it."https://t.co/mKrV9tel1Z

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) May 2, 2020

Fmr. Acting CDC Director Richard Besser: “In every outbreak I was involved in, one of the most important success factors was the ability to talk to the public … that tool, that public health tool, has been taken away in this pandemic.”https://t.co/57grmtgb1x

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 8, 2020

BREAKING- After having its 17-pg draft recommendations rejected by the @WhiteHouse, the @CDCgov is considering publishing parts on its web site. “Trump’s concern is with the economy and that is very clear.” The official added, “Our job is to…protect people and keep them safe.”

— Nick Valencia (@CNNValencia) May 8, 2020

This shows that shutting down science wasn’t just a momentary stumble at the beginning. It’s still their official policy to ignore experts and satisfy the whims of the king. https://t.co/qXaBLnIuBd

— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) May 8, 2020

The awful reason wages appeared to soar in the middle of a pandemic…

According to the Labor Department, wages were up 7.9% in April. The reason? Millions of mostly low-wage workers lost their jobs.https://t.co/oH8POIfsqX via @andrewvandam pic.twitter.com/5br0DXpi2Q

— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) May 8, 2020