Day: October 4, 2020

The President of the United States has been hospitalized with a deadly plague and is currently on his third experimental drug treatment. His condition is dire enough that his doctors are scrambling to cover up the severity of his illness. Even as this plays out, the Vice President – who was also exposed to the plague – has completely disappeared.

Apart from a single tweet wishing Donald Trump well after his initial coronavirus diagnosis, Mike Pence has gone silent. He hasn’t addressed the nation. He simply has nothing to say. He has no desire to reassure the American people that someone in the chain of command is still upright and healthy.

So is Pence laying low because he’s afraid of stepping on a fragile Donald Trump’s toes while he’s in the hospital, or is Pence trying to cover up his own coronavirus illness? Considering the lack of transparency and rampant dishonesty coming out of this administration, it’s only fair to ask.

What’s remarkable is that Pence is still scheduled to show up and debate Kamala Harris this Wednesday – even as Pence effectively remains underground during an executive crisis. Will there even be a debate? At this rate Mike Pence has decided to cut and run at a time when America deserves to know what kind of shape he’s in, and we want to know why.

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Senate Judiciary Committee postpones Andrew McCabe hearing  erienewsnow.com

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San Antonio doctor weighs in on President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 treatment plan  KSAT San Antonio

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When Donald Trump had the Secret Service drive him around the block and back today before depositing him back into his hospital room at Walter Reed Medical Center, it was immediately scandalous. Trump exposed the agents to the virus in closed airtight quarters for no good reason.

Now the Washington Post is reporting that Trump did it because he was “bored.” He was bored? Millions of Americans have been locked in their houses or severely limited in their movements for the better part of the year because of the plague that Trump negligently and dishonestly let loose on the nation – but he’s been in a lavish hospital suite for two days and he’s bored?

As the true horror and deranged insanity of Trump’s coronavirus joyride incident continues to sink in tonight, it’s becoming clear that he’s forced the issue when it comes to the 25th Amendment. The hashtag #25thAmendmentNow is trending atop Twitter because so many people are now calling for it. It’s abundantly clear that due to his coronavirus, or the mood altering coronavirus drugs he’s currently on, or simply his ongoing derangement, he’s categorically unfit to remain on the job.

Do we expect Mike Pence to actually pull the trigger and invoke the 25th Amendment? No. Not yet, at least. If Pence does that, he and Donald Trump will lose the election for sure. But there could soon come a point where the Republicans in the House and Senate conclude that Trump is going to lose no matter what, and that they’re also going to lose their seats if Trump remains in power, and they could end up pressuring Pence to make a move. And if he doesn’t, the public will continue making the 25th Amendment an issue all the way to election day.

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Foreword to 30 Years of War, the German edition of David North’s A Quarter Century of War  WSWS

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“He’s not even pretending to care now,” said one agent after the president’s jaunt outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

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Doctors not involved in treating the president said the fact that he is on the steroid dexamethasone means his coronavirus infection is severe.

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Donald Trump has been hospitalized with coronavirus and is receiving multiple experimental drug treatments. Melania Trump, Hope Hicks, Kellyanne Conway, Claudia Conway, multiple Republican Senators, and Donald Trump’s bodyman have tested positive. The majority of Trump’s debate prep team has tested positive. Bill Barr is quarantining. Chris Christie is in the hospital.

So what is the Trump White House doing about this massive outbreak? Trying to cover it up, of course. Kaitlan Collins of CNN is reporting tonight that the Trump regime sent out an email to all White House staff, telling them that if they’re ill, they must go to their own personal doctor instead of the White House Medical Unit clinic.

In our view, the only reason to do this is to try to prevent any additional positive tests among White House staffers from being added to the official White House tally. If staffers test positive on their own instead of at the White House, perhaps no one will notice. This is utterly irresponsible, given the urgent need for contact tracing at the White House right now.

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US, Russia Hit Impasse on New START  Arms Control Today

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