The Washington Post Just Laid out the “Devastating Consequences” of Trump’s Inept Pandemic Response
Winn McNamee/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Washington Post on Saturday described the details of President Donald Trump’s blundered response to the novel coronavirus pandemic that led to the critical loss of time that might have avoided some of the worst outcomes the country is now facing. “It…
Voters Are Finally Starting to Notice the Trump Administration’s Botched Response to the Pandemic
President Donald Trump at a press briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic White House on April 3, 2020. Gripas Yuri/Abaca via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As the country was gripped by the coronavirus pandemic in March, President Donald Trump saw some of the best approval numbers…
Trump Just Fired the Inspector General Who Handled Ukraine Whistleblower Complaint
President Donald Trump at a roundtable meeting with energy sector CEOs in the Cabinet Room of the White House on April 3, 2020. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Late Friday, President Donald Trump informed Congress that he intended to remove the inspector general of…
What My Korean American Mother—Who Knew There Would Be a Coronavirus Crisis—Fears the Most
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.My first eye roll came early February, when my mother urged me to purchase a package of face masks. The good ones—contraptions I had never heard of called N95’s—would quickly vanish if I didn’t act soon, she warned, prompting me to chuckle…
Some Governors Have Risen to the Occasion During the Pandemic. These Republicans Aren’t Among Them.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference at a drive-through coronavirus testing site on March 30.Wilfredo Lee/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As President Trump and his aides sat on their hands for much of March and misled the public about the scope of the…
Sorry, Mitch. Impeachment Didn’t Cause the Bungled Coronavirus Response.
ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As the coronavirus crisis deepens in the United States, experts have pointed to a series of disastrous missteps that helped lay the groundwork for shortages in testing and medical equipment around the country. Even some Republicans have started to concede that…