6 Ways the Trump Administration Has Botched Responses to the Coronavirus and Climate Change
President Donald Trump speaks in an address to the nation from the Oval Office at the White House about the coronavirus.Doug Mills/AP This piece was originally published in The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Here in Washington state, a spokesman for the nursing home that is the epicenter…
The New York Times Needs To Be More Honest About Trump and the Coronavirus Pandemic
Unlike many lefties, I am not a New York Times hater. They do some of the best reporting in the country and that’s why I end up linking to them a lot. That said, they sure do screw up their front page way more often than they should. Here it is on Friday evening: If…
This is What We’re Listening to All Stuck at Home
Timothy Allen/ZUMA Most of Mother Jones is working from home. The organization decided it would be best (and it is best) that we all make less contact with the outside world. And, while I can only speak for myself, it’s been quite the dream. (Editor’s note: It has been a nightmare.) The ability to work from home…
Trump Denied Responsibility for Slashing His Pandemic Team. Last Month He Was Bragging About Cuts.
President Donald Trump declares a national emergency due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 13, 2020 in Washington, DC.Oliver Contreras/CNP via Zuma “I just think that’s a nasty question.” That was Trump’s response when, at Friday afternoon’s coronavirus press conference, PBS’s Yamiche Alcindor pressed the president…
Democrats and White House Reach Agreement on Coronavirus Bill
Democrats have reached agreement with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on an emergency coronavirus bill, but it’s not entirely clear exactly what’s in it. The Washington Post seems to have the most complete story at the moment: The White House and House Democrats reached agreement Friday on a coronavirus relief package to spend tens of billions…
Donald Trump’s Coronavirus Press Conference Was a Debacle
Gripas Yuri/Abaca via ZUMA Like many of you, I cringed my way through President Trump’s coronavirus press conference a couple of hours ago. There are so many takeaways that they’re hard to list. Trump claimed that a Google triage website was either ready now or just about ready—it was a little hard to tell—but then…