A Health IT Firm Pitched Itself Directly to Kushner, Pence, and Azar. They Had Help From a Trump-Linked Lobbyist.
President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner as he speaks at a coronavirus briefing on April 2, 2020.Kevin Dietsch/CNP via ZUMA Wire) For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A Baltimore company last month managed to pitch surveillance technology for monitoring coronavirus cases around the country directly to Vice President Mike…
Donald Trump Is Treating His Decision to “Reopen” the Country Like Reality TV
Stefani Reynolds/CNP via Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Soon, President Trump will decide whether he will reopen the country on May 1—or earlier. This is a decision that has literal life-or-death consequences, and it’s already becoming clear Trump plans on doing what is his habit: hyping…
Trump’s Coronavirus Rants Are Increasingly Going Off the Deep End
President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington D.C., U.S. on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Stefani Reynolds/CNP via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In a bizarre press conference on Tuesday, President Donald Trump…
Can Trump Really #FireFauci? It’s Complicated.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, speaks as President Donald Trump listens on April 10, 2020.Kevin Dietsch/CNP via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.President Trump said Monday evening that he will not fire Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the…
Anthony Fauci: We “Could Have Saved Lives” by Acting Earlier on the Coronavirus
Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday that the nation likely “could have saved lives” by acting earlier on the coronavirus outbreak. “Obviously, if we had, right from the beginning, shut everything down, it may have been a little bit different,” the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases told Jake Tapper on CNN’s State…
The New York Times Just Published Documents Showing Trump’s COVID-19 Response Was Worse Than We Knew
ZUMA/Jonathan Ernst For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The New York Times has the receipts on Trump’s inept response to coronavirus: The shortcomings of Mr. Trump’s performance have played out with remarkable transparency as part of his daily effort to dominate television screens and the national conversation. But…