Tag Archives: Idiocracy

Florida Cultists Parade Hundreds Of “MAGA Boats”

The Palm Beach Post reports: A fleet of more than 300 boats paraded along the Intracoastal waterway Sunday in support of President Donald Trump with flag-waving spectators cheering from canal banks and seawalls. The procession, which traveled from Jupiter to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach and back, was dubbed “Trumptilla” by some supporters, who learned of the pageant through Facebook. It …

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Trump Campaign To Begin Selling Red “MAGA Masks”

New York Magazine reports: The bright-red MAGA hat was the must-have item for Trump supporters in 2016. In 2020, it might be replaced by a bright-red face mask. According to The Wall Street Journal, President Trump’s reelection campaign has placed an order for “red, Trump-branded face masks for supporters.” The paper says, “Campaign officials have discussed giving away the masks …

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LIVE VIDEO: New Press Sec’s First White House Briefing

Reuters reports: President Donald Trump’s new spokeswoman, Kayleigh McEnany, is to face reporters for the first time in the White House Briefing Room on Friday, something her predecessor never did during a nine-month stint as press secretary. During past administrations, a White House press secretary holding a formal briefing would hardly be news, but it’s an oddity in the current …

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Billionaire Donors Are Advising Trump On Reopening

CNBC reports: President Donald Trump has sought and received advice on tackling the coronavirus crisis in private conversations with several of his allies in the business world, according to people familiar with the matter. There are at least four executives Trump and his team have been in regular contact with, according to the people, who declined to be named due …

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Man Was Paid $69M After Tweeting To Trump That He Could Provide Ventilators, None Were Ever Delivered

Buzzfeed News reports: On March 27, as emergency rooms in New York and across the country began filling with coronavirus patients struggling to breathe, President Donald Trump posted on Twitter to urge Ford and General Motors to “START MAKING VENTILATORS, NOW!” One of the thousands of replies that the tweet attracted struck an equally urgent tone: “We can supply ICU …

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Trump Claims COVID Will Vanish Without Any Vaccine: “It’s Gonna Go, It’s Gonna Leave, It’s Gonna Be Gone”

Raw Story reports: During a press conference Wednesday, President Donald Trump was asked why he thinks that the coronavirus will disappear without a vaccine. His answer left many confused. “It’s gonna go. It’s gonna leave. It’s gonna be gone,” he said. “Why do you think without a vaccine, the virus would be gone?” asked the reporter. “It’ll be eradicated,” he …

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New York Cultists Plan “MAGA May Day” Car Rallies

The New York Daily News reports: Trump supporters sick of staying at home plan to stage anti-social distancing car rallies in New York on Friday, flouting Gov. Cuomo’s orders to avoid large gatherings and unnecessary travel amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic. The so-called “MAGA May Day” rallies will take place in Valley Stream, Queens and Commack, Suffolk County, as part …

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Report: Fish Tank Cleaner Death May Have Been Murder

The right wing Washington Free Beacon reports: The Mesa City Police Department’s homicide division is investigating the death of Gary Lenius, the Arizona man whose wife served him soda mixed with fish tank cleaner in what she claimed was a bid to fend off the coronavirus. A detective handling the case confirmed the investigation to the Washington Free Beacon on …

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Prager: Lockdown Is The “Greatest Mistake In History”

The Huffington Post reports: Conservative pundit Dennis Prager made an outlandish statement against the coronavirus lockdown that came back to bite him, drawing considerable mockery and scorn on social media from both sides of the aisle. PragerU, a website that Prager himself founded, tweeted a quote card Tuesday featuring a quote from the controversial commentator: “The lockdown is the greatest …

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Trump Celebrates That US Has Only 1M COVID Cases

Reuters reports: The United States has reported more than a million coronavirus infections only because of its testing, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, hailing the effort as being “much better than any other country in the world.” The Twitter comments came amid warnings from state public health officials that shortages of trained workers and materials have limited testing capacity. …

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Pence Defends Flouting Mask Policy: I’ve Been Tested

The Hill reports: Vice President Pence on Tuesday defended his decision not to wear a face covering during a visit to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, despite the facility’s policy requiring all visitors to have one. The vice president said he was following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, which say face coverings are intended to prevent those …

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Military Air Teams Perform NYC Area Flyovers [VIDEO]

The New Jersey Advance reports: The U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds performed a flyover of New York City today. The flight began at noon near the George Washington Bridge. The fighter jets flew in formation over Newark, New Jersey before heading back over Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. After that, the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds crossed …

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Kansas Man Drank Cleaner After Trump’s Comments

The Associated Press reports: A man drank a highly-toxic cleaning product over the weekend after President Trump wondered about the prospect of using disinfectants to treat coronavirus during a White House briefing last week, health officials said. Since Trump mentioned Thursday that researchers were looking at the effects of disinfectants on the virus and wondered aloud if they could be …

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Trump: I Love Zircon & Burlap And So Do Millions!

The New York Daily News reports: Trump wants Diamond & Silk back on his favorite network ASAP. The president took to Twitter on Tuesday to push Fox News to rescind its dumping the controversial black conservative duo for spreading lies about coronavirus. After Trump’s victory, they became prominent defenders of the president despite being shunned by mainstream black leaders. They …

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Schumer Moves To End Trump’s Signature On Checks

Politico reports: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is planning to push for a provision in the next coronavirus package that would stop President Donald Trump from putting his name on any additional stimulus checks. The so-called “No PR Act” would prohibit the use of federal dollars toward any material that promotes Trump or Vice President Mike Pence’s names or signatures. …

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Dozens Of Large Companies Got Small Business Funds

The New York Times reports: A company in Georgia paid $6.5 million to resolve a Justice Department investigation — and, two weeks later, received a $10 million federally backed loan to help it survive the coronavirus crisis. Another company, AutoWeb, disclosed last week that it had paid its chief executive $1.7 million in 2019 — a week after it received …

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Maryland Gov: Trump Spawned Hundreds Of Poison Control Calls, He Needs To Focus On The Facts [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: You may have seen Friday a warning from the state of Maryland that no, you should absolutely positively not ingest cleaning products. On ABC’s This Week Sunday, Governor Larry Hogan (R- MD) addressed that warning and criticized the president’s comments on disinfectants as seriously concerning. “We had hundreds of calls come into our emergency hotline at our health …

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Randy Rainbow: A Spoonful Of Clorox [VIDEO]

YouTube star Randy Rainbow is back today to quickly respond to Glorious Leader’s suggestion that injecting disinfectants might be a great way to cure coronavirus. Randy sets his sights on Trump and Fox’s crackpot doctors to the tune of A Spoonful Of Sugar, from Disney’s 1964 classic, Mary Poppins. Notably, original songwriter Robert Sherman penned the tune on the day …

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Trump: I Was Being Sarcastic On Injecting Disinfectant

The Week reports: President Trump claimed Friday that he was only joking when he theorized about the medical benefits of injecting household disinfectants as a treatment for COVID-19. “I was asking it sarcastically to reporters just like you to see what would happen,” he said. Trump’s comments, though, had not been interpreted as a joke at the time, prompting companies …

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White House Defends Trump On Injecting Disinfectant

The Hill reports: White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Friday defended President Trump for asking whether disinfectant could be used to treat the coronavirus and accused the media of taking the president’s remarks out of context. “President Trump has repeatedly said that Americans should consult with medical doctors regarding coronavirus treatment, a point that he emphasized again during yesterday’s …

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