Not too long ago, I shared a timeline here of Donald Trump’s various lie-filled statements concerning the coronavirus outbreak, starting with, “We have it totally under control,” which he said on January 22, 2020. In that post, as you may recall, I not only included quotes from Donald Trump, but, where possible, I added other […]
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What Donald Trump knew about COVID-19, when he knew it, and how his administration made the pandemic much worse
Posted in Health, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Alex Azar, Anthony Fauci, Carter Mecher, China, Chris Murphy, coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, intelligence, Italy, mark Esper, National Security Council, pandemic, pandemic response team, personal protective equipment, Peter Navarro, PPE, Predict, public health, Red Dawn, responsibility, shelter in place, Sherrod Brown, situation report, timeline, treason, USAID, vaccines, Wuhan, zoonotic 112 Comments
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day in France with Donald Trump
There are a lot of reasons not to like Donald Trump. Some, admittedly, are better than others. Today, I have a really trivial one to add to the list… Given his antics in Europe right now, he’s forcing me to change my annual post about how I prefer Armistice Day to Veterans’ Day. Here’s what […]
Posted in History, Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 1918, Aisne-Marne, ambient audio, Angela Merkel, Armistice Day, Balkans, Baltics, Belleau Wood, Ben Rhodes, budget cuts, Canada, caravans, David Frum, Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, Estonia, Florida, France, Germany, historic audio, Hooters, Imperial War Museum, Joe Dunford, John Kelly, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Justin Trudeau, Kurt Vonnegut, Latvia, Le Monde, Lithuania, Marine One, Marines, nationalism, NATO, November 11, Paris, peace, racism, rain, River Moselle, unfounded accusations, veterans, Veterans' Day, Vladimir Putin, war, Winston Churchill, World War I, Yugoslavia 82 Comments