NYT: “The president’s aides appeared to be giving wealthy party donors an early warning of a potentially impactful contagion at a time when Mr. Trump was publicly insisting that the threat was non-existent.”
62 thoughts on “Trump’s Rich Friends Got Virus Facts Public Didn’t Get”
insider information.Ā
who and how many just happened to play the market with that info that day?
there may be a pattern here, folks.Ā
sorta like the saying “every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings” every time D’ump makes an outrageous covid announcement killing main street a D’ump crony makes a killing on wall street
revisiting an atlanta focus group by the daily show’s roy wood jr on 2020 election
Dang, i used up my 3 free NYT articles, already, but we already knew about Loeffler, Burr, and Feinstein.
Hereās a two-week old (ancient history in trumpistan) story i missed:
Democratic presidential nomineeĀ Joe Biden‘s (D) campaign announced late Wednesday that it had raised a massive $383 million during the third quarter of 2020, marking the best periodĀ for the campaign so far.
The figure, announced by Biden and his campaign manager, Jennifer O’Malley Dillon, on Twitter means that the former vice president will go into the remaining weeks of the election with $432 million in the bank, an impressive figure to fund last-minute advertising.
“To every person who chipped in a few dollars last month ā thank you. Because of your support, we raised an astounding $383 million,” tweeted Biden late Wednesday evening. “I’m incredibly humbled.”
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“an impressive figure to fund last-minute advertising” ?Ā better use would be to put it into providing transportation to the polls and providing for the folks in line (dem or goper or indy) free covid masks, water, ponchos for inclement weather and maybe temporary seating (6ft apart) or wheelchairs available for infirmed.
Taco Trucks.
Something is strange about the facebook algorthym.Ā It thinks I am in Colorado and gives all sorts of Colorado restaurant ads.Ā It had been popping up far right greedy old pervert posts on mine and a friend’s pages; we both blocked those and announced we were doing so.Ā Today I have a huge set of Democratic posts from North Carolina.Ā It is all very strange.
Yeh, I have to figure that itās much much worse than strange.
So D’umbass sat down with (on the phone I’m sure) Marc Thiessen (torture boy) for TB’s podcast and laid out why he thinks he’s going to win.Ā Thiessen is a D’ump butt licker.Ā His reasons are internal polling, strange public polls, and that last year was the best ever and next year will be, too.Ā Seems he forgot about this year. (221,000 Americans dead from Covid on his watch, perhaps?)Ā BTW, Wall Street and Main Street don’t agree with D’umbass about how marvelously things are going.
Ā
BTW, I get NYT email feeds twice or moreat times) – today’s are interesting reads for those who also get them, particularly the virus sell off info.
I don’t use facebook with any regularity, but Google certainly knows where I live and what shopping I browse.Ā It’s a bit disconcerting at times.
This is from one of the Times feeds today – it should piss you off although it probably won’t surprise you.
We already know, thanks to Bob Woodwardās book, that President Trump was fully aware of how severe the coronavirus was back in February, even as he was publicly downplaying it. As it happens, senior White House economists that monthĀ repeatedly warned board members at the conservative Hoover Institution ā many of them Republican donors ā about the dangers of the virusĀ during closed-door meetings, at a time when some of those same officials were giving rosy predictions to the public.
Ā A hedge fund consultant who attended the meetings wrote a memo that circulated among hedge fund investors, with one clear message: that a devastating virus outbreak in the United States was increasingly likely. Or, as one major investor who was briefed on the memo reacted, āShort everything.ā
Ā The information from the administration helped give elite traders a financial advantage by offering them a sobering economic assessment during a chaotic stretch in late February, when the public was struggling to understand the severity of the crisis, according to the hedge fund consultantās memo and Times interviews with a range of investors.
yeah… nothing the Republicans do surprises me anymore…
Turn off ālocation servicesā and clear your cache if you get creeped out
Fun fact – since Sept. 2, when the two candidates were tied, Biden is now 30.4 points ahead of D’ump in the betting odds calculus reported by RCP.Ā That’s down 4.3 points over the past 4 days – it peaked at 34.7 on the 11th.Ā
Bink, I do from time to time and have location on only when using an app, and then only if location means anything.
Fox News Owner Rupert Murdoch Predicts a Landslide Win for Biden https://t.co/TBVMMJHARS via @thedailybeast
Seriously… Ā if you don’t want to be tracked get rid of everything and anything with an internet connection… Ā no desktop… Ā no pad… Ā no phone… Ā no tv. Ā Then MAYBE no one will know where you’re at or what you buy. Ā I’m not pretending to have privacy… Ā I’ll go where I want… with whatever device I want… Ā and buy what I want… from where I want. Ā I don’t care what they know about me…. Ā Ā fuck ’em!
I donāt if it is true everywhere but in California a campaign cannot provide food and drink to voters on election day
damn, strong opinion on the topic, RR
Take water and snacks. Ā
I see Yertle is hellbent on getting rid of healthcare. Ā Anyone who manages to survive will never vote Repug, again. Ā Killed the party, too.Ā
…just wait ātil thereās no line? Ā Why pressure the poll volunteers unnecessarily?š¤·āāļø
Hey, if elected officials can just break the law at will and in plain sight like Republicans, these days, do, how are any laws valid? Weāve seen plenty of selective enforcement during the protests of this year. How is this country one of āLaw and Orderā?
So confused. Oh, wellš¤·āāļø
RR – I expect to be tracked, especially by the Russians.Ā FB is going wild with ads and strange posts right now.Ā If it were not the only way to be in contact with certain friends I would dump it.Ā I have added facebook container to firefox and that has helped stop some of the tracking.Ā A couple years ago I did shut down fb for a few weeks, it was interesting, but I did need to contact some friends and had to bring it back.Ā
lol weāve all lost our minds
Well, Bink, in my case it’s a very small loss.Ā I doubt Mrs. P will even notice.
Bink… Ā yup… Ā I don’t have any problem stating my opinions. Ā But I also know they’re like assholes…. everyone has one.
KGC… but… but… I read somewhere on this here tube that the California Republicans are refusing to take out their ballot boxes even though they were ordered to do so. Ā Bink has a point about how can any laws be valid if one side won’t abide by them.
lol, yup
internet + trump + pandemic + election year = complete lunacy
Itās a good day for mask participation, around here, for some reason. Ā Still donāt understand the variance of participation from one day to the next. Ā Itās as if scofflaws get email alerts, maybe?
KGC,Ā how have the fires there impacted the ability to vote for the folks in the regions where everything (official records, voting equipment, available personnel and locations) has gone?Ā what kind of accommodations is the state making for those areas?
same questions for the folks in louisiana due to widespread hurricane destruction.
what is mitch angling for?Ā he’s holding out for something.Ā that’s the way he does things – what is it he wants in exchange for allowing a stimulus vote near to what d’ump, mnuchin & pelosi figures are and financial world really really want?
he’s got enough gopers & dems to pass it so he doesn’t need and can disregard rand & co
Senate Majority LeaderĀ Mitch McConnellĀ (R-Ky.) on Thursday shot down the prospect of a coronavirus deal totaling between $1.8 trillion and $2.2 trillion ā the goalposts of the current talks between Democrats and the White House.
McConnell’s comments, made to reporters in Kentucky, underscore the divisions betweenĀ President TrumpĀ and Senate Republicans on a fifth coronavirus package, with the GOP leader preparing to force a vote on a $500 billion bill next week.
āI donāt think so. Thatās where the administration is willing to go. My members think half a trillion dollars, highly targeted, is the best way to go,” McConnell said, asked about the prospect of a deal totally between $1.8 trillion and $2.2 trillion.
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LP helping out in alaska
and from the RVAT folks
Loved some of the closing remarks from the latest hearing informing Republicans who go the “We can because we can” argument should expect turn about next year.Ā The gloves are coming off.Ā There are laws and then there is what is fair.Ā Fair just went out the window.
TeeVee memories – Soap.Ā Just found the DVDs.Ā I have something to watch on movie night (almost every night).
I guess it is getting a little too late to put away the winter gear.Ā Maybe next spring.
āThe strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they mustā
Our bloated fĆ¼hrer is really caking on that make-up since his COVID diagnosis, i can only imagine how bad his skin looks if spray paint is more preferable to him.
Ā
Oh, he implied his own son was stupid at one of his rallies, yesterday. Ā No wonder the poor kid always looks miserable.
āBarron Trump would do great on that show. Because he’s a young child. They asked him questions that a child could answer, any child. A smart child, not such a smart child,ā the president said to laughter, calling last weekās town hall a ājoke.ā
Apparently Twitter is under attack or down.Ā Ā
…just clicked on CCās tweet in the original post, above, and it worked fineš¤·āāļø
Listening to the Perons (a)live on FBIS was a treat.
The new Marist / NPR / PBS poll –
Been running it since Feb.
Biden 54 %
Trump 43 %
The biggest lead to date in this poll.
The former vice president leads Trump 54% to 43% among likely voters in the poll. It’s the highest level of support Biden has achieved since the poll began testing the head-to-head matchup in February. Biden has never been below 50% in the question in the Marist poll, and Trump has never been above 44%.
Dueling Town Halls thread coming tonight. 8pm ET: Biden on ABC, Trump on NBC
Five bucks sez Trump picks a fight with Chuck Todd,Ā
Bink, ask BB
Who is going to watch NBC so we don’t have to?Ā š
Don’t think Chuck T on deck tonight. Moderator is Savanah GuthrieĀ
I’m gonna watch NBC first, at least for a while. I’m a sucker for car wrecks
Craig – enjoy what you can out of watching a fermented fruitcake, with orange frosting, goes full freakout.
ABC all the way! Ā Hope they win the ratings war and that sends SFB over the edge. Ā Anything monumental will make the highlight reel for tomorrow.
SFB would let junior croak just to make himself look sympathetic. Ā You know he would.Ā
Well, i am glad to have been able to summon ye, Mr. F., i was wondering how you were doingš
$20 says coordinated DDOS attack on twitter by right-wingers as retribution for it finally moderating its service.
McConnel knows Trump is going to lose. No money for Covid relief. I hope we win the Senate. Look of course for Republicans to switch to Debt/Deficits. No money for anything.Ā
I’m going to try having Biden on TV and Trump on computer.Ā I’ll see if my two ears and ten fingers can make sense of it all.
I gave up half way through Trump’s second answer. Have him on mute just to watch to see if he explodes about something.Ā Ā Biden is doing very very well.Ā Ā
Twitter still limiting tweets, responses, lists etc.Ā apologizes for the inconvenience while they work through it.
insider information.Ā
who and how many just happened to play the market with that info that day?
there may be a pattern here, folks.Ā
sorta like the saying “every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings” every time D’ump makes an outrageous covid announcement killing main street a D’ump crony makes a killing on wall street
revisiting an atlanta focus group by the daily show’s roy wood jr on 2020 election
Dang, i used up my 3 free NYT articles, already, but we already knew about Loeffler, Burr, and Feinstein.
Hereās a two-week old (ancient history in trumpistan) story i missed:
āTrump requires food aid boxes to come with a letter from himā
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/01/trump-letter-food-aid-boxes-424230
Yes, the story is as disturbing as the headline.
69 years since the premier of I Love Lucy
We could all use a drink about now.
the hill:
“an impressive figure to fund last-minute advertising” ?Ā better use would be to put it into providing transportation to the polls and providing for the folks in line (dem or goper or indy) free covid masks, water, ponchos for inclement weather and maybe temporary seating (6ft apart) or wheelchairs available for infirmed.
Taco Trucks.
Something is strange about the facebook algorthym.Ā It thinks I am in Colorado and gives all sorts of Colorado restaurant ads.Ā It had been popping up far right greedy old pervert posts on mine and a friend’s pages; we both blocked those and announced we were doing so.Ā Today I have a huge set of Democratic posts from North Carolina.Ā It is all very strange.
Yeh, I have to figure that itās much much worse than strange.
So D’umbass sat down with (on the phone I’m sure) Marc Thiessen (torture boy) for TB’s podcast and laid out why he thinks he’s going to win.Ā Thiessen is a D’ump butt licker.Ā His reasons are internal polling, strange public polls, and that last year was the best ever and next year will be, too.Ā Seems he forgot about this year. (221,000 Americans dead from Covid on his watch, perhaps?)Ā BTW, Wall Street and Main Street don’t agree with D’umbass about how marvelously things are going.
Ā
BTW, I get NYT email feeds twice or moreat times) – today’s are interesting reads for those who also get them, particularly the virus sell off info.
I don’t use facebook with any regularity, but Google certainly knows where I live and what shopping I browse.Ā It’s a bit disconcerting at times.
This is from one of the Times feeds today – it should piss you off although it probably won’t surprise you.
yeah… nothing the Republicans do surprises me anymore…
Turn off ālocation servicesā and clear your cache if you get creeped out
Fun fact – since Sept. 2, when the two candidates were tied, Biden is now 30.4 points ahead of D’ump in the betting odds calculus reported by RCP.Ā That’s down 4.3 points over the past 4 days – it peaked at 34.7 on the 11th.Ā
Bink, I do from time to time and have location on only when using an app, and then only if location means anything.
Fox News Owner Rupert Murdoch Predicts a Landslide Win for Biden https://t.co/TBVMMJHARS via @thedailybeast
Seriously… Ā if you don’t want to be tracked get rid of everything and anything with an internet connection… Ā no desktop… Ā no pad… Ā no phone… Ā no tv. Ā Then MAYBE no one will know where you’re at or what you buy. Ā I’m not pretending to have privacy… Ā I’ll go where I want… with whatever device I want… Ā and buy what I want… from where I want. Ā I don’t care what they know about me…. Ā Ā fuck ’em!
I donāt if it is true everywhere but in California a campaign cannot provide food and drink to voters on election day
damn, strong opinion on the topic, RR
Take water and snacks. Ā
I see Yertle is hellbent on getting rid of healthcare. Ā Anyone who manages to survive will never vote Repug, again. Ā Killed the party, too.Ā
…just wait ātil thereās no line? Ā Why pressure the poll volunteers unnecessarily?š¤·āāļø
Hey, if elected officials can just break the law at will and in plain sight like Republicans, these days, do, how are any laws valid? Weāve seen plenty of selective enforcement during the protests of this year. How is this country one of āLaw and Orderā?
So confused. Oh, wellš¤·āāļø
RR – I expect to be tracked, especially by the Russians.Ā FB is going wild with ads and strange posts right now.Ā If it were not the only way to be in contact with certain friends I would dump it.Ā I have added facebook container to firefox and that has helped stop some of the tracking.Ā A couple years ago I did shut down fb for a few weeks, it was interesting, but I did need to contact some friends and had to bring it back.Ā
lol weāve all lost our minds
Well, Bink, in my case it’s a very small loss.Ā I doubt Mrs. P will even notice.
Bink… Ā yup… Ā I don’t have any problem stating my opinions. Ā But I also know they’re like assholes…. everyone has one.
KGC… but… but… I read somewhere on this here tube that the California Republicans are refusing to take out their ballot boxes even though they were ordered to do so. Ā Bink has a point about how can any laws be valid if one side won’t abide by them.
lol, yup
internet + trump + pandemic + election year = complete lunacy
Itās a good day for mask participation, around here, for some reason. Ā Still donāt understand the variance of participation from one day to the next. Ā Itās as if scofflaws get email alerts, maybe?
KGC,Ā how have the fires there impacted the ability to vote for the folks in the regions where everything (official records, voting equipment, available personnel and locations) has gone?Ā what kind of accommodations is the state making for those areas?
same questions for the folks in louisiana due to widespread hurricane destruction.
what is mitch angling for?Ā he’s holding out for something.Ā that’s the way he does things – what is it he wants in exchange for allowing a stimulus vote near to what d’ump, mnuchin & pelosi figures are and financial world really really want?
he’s got enough gopers & dems to pass it so he doesn’t need and can disregard rand & co
the hill:
LP helping out in alaska
and from the RVAT folks
Loved some of the closing remarks from the latest hearing informing Republicans who go the “We can because we can” argument should expect turn about next year.Ā The gloves are coming off.Ā There are laws and then there is what is fair.Ā Fair just went out the window.
TeeVee memories – Soap.Ā Just found the DVDs.Ā I have something to watch on movie night (almost every night).
I guess it is getting a little too late to put away the winter gear.Ā Maybe next spring.
āThe strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they mustā
Our bloated fĆ¼hrer is really caking on that make-up since his COVID diagnosis, i can only imagine how bad his skin looks if spray paint is more preferable to him.
Ā
Oh, he implied his own son was stupid at one of his rallies, yesterday. Ā No wonder the poor kid always looks miserable.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/15/trump-nbc-town-hall-429656
āBarron Trump would do great on that show. Because he’s a young child. They asked him questions that a child could answer, any child. A smart child, not such a smart child,ā the president said to laughter, calling last weekās town hall a ājoke.ā
Apparently Twitter is under attack or down.Ā Ā
…just clicked on CCās tweet in the original post, above, and it worked fineš¤·āāļø
Listening to the Perons (a)live on FBIS was a treat.
Twitter is definitely down.
https://heavy.com/entertainment/twitter-down-errors/
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18798435.twitter-users-unable-tweet-service-temporarily-capacity/
Twitter seems to be upish.
The new Marist / NPR / PBS poll –
Been running it since Feb.
Biden 54 %
Trump 43 %
The biggest lead to date in this poll.
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/15/923946468/poll-biden-takes-double-digit-lead-over-trump
You can look at Downdector to see if a service is sick.
I heard a rumor that trump jr is in ICU w/C19. Any word on that ?
i feel like there is more to that story, Mr. F.
āI heard a rumor that trump jr is in ICU w/C19. Any word on that ?ā
At least he wonāt have to worry about blood clots in his brain!š„
Twitter is now downing again.Ā Message service overloaded.Ā All of my people and lists have disappeared.
In the meantime, watch the West Wing Reunion with guests of “Hartsfield Landing”
https://play.hbomax.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GX4YOrQsIwGNViQEAAAGH
Dueling Town Halls thread coming tonight. 8pm ET: Biden on ABC, Trump on NBC
Five bucks sez Trump picks a fight with Chuck Todd,Ā
Bink, ask BB
Who is going to watch NBC so we don’t have to?Ā š
Don’t think Chuck T on deck tonight. Moderator is Savanah GuthrieĀ
I’m gonna watch NBC first, at least for a while. I’m a sucker for car wrecks
Craig – enjoy what you can out of watching a fermented fruitcake, with orange frosting, goes full freakout.
ABC all the way! Ā Hope they win the ratings war and that sends SFB over the edge. Ā Anything monumental will make the highlight reel for tomorrow.
SFB would let junior croak just to make himself look sympathetic. Ā You know he would.Ā
Well, i am glad to have been able to summon ye, Mr. F., i was wondering how you were doingš
$20 says coordinated DDOS attack on twitter by right-wingers as retribution for it finally moderating its service.
McConnel knows Trump is going to lose. No money for Covid relief. I hope we win the Senate. Look of course for Republicans to switch to Debt/Deficits. No money for anything.Ā
I’m going to try having Biden on TV and Trump on computer.Ā I’ll see if my two ears and ten fingers can make sense of it all.
Should be an interesting evening
Jamie
Your’e a BRAVE soul!Ā š¤©
I gave up half way through Trump’s second answer. Have him on mute just to watch to see if he explodes about something.Ā Ā Biden is doing very very well.Ā Ā
Twitter still limiting tweets, responses, lists etc.Ā apologizes for the inconvenience while they work through it.