Trump Objects to Commission’s Virtual Debate Plan – The New York Times (Poor Baby – convention was virtual – pouting – but, but he wants to infect more people)

President Trump immediately dismissed the idea, declaring that he would not participate and calling the idea of a remote debate “ridiculous.”

The high-stakes standoff between Mr. Trump and the debate organizers emerged on Thursday morning, after the commission, with no warning to campaign representatives, said the Oct. 15 debate would feature candidates debating remotely “in order to protect the health and safety of all involved.”

But Mr. Trump, who tested positive last week for the coronavirus, immediately objected to the concept in a television interview, saying: “I’m not going to waste my time on a virtual debate, that’s not what debating is all about. You sit behind a computer and do a debate — it’s ridiculous.”

Trump plans to return to campaign trail early next week: report | TheHill (wants to infect more people?)

White House doctor Sean Conley has warned the president could be infectious for more than 10 days.

“The big first thing that we need to do is that there is no evidence of live virus still present that he could possibly transmit to others,” Conley told reporters earlier this week.

Source: Trump plans to return to campaign trail early next week: report | TheHill

I had to rein in my anger at Dump yesterday after the incomparable Beau reminded me of something… — The Chatty Introvert

I had been up since 3am yesterday because after returning to the White House and promptly taking his mask off, I was just livid and it wouldn’t let me sleep. And then the pictures of him going around without a mask, and then making that “don’t worry” video… Yeah, let’s just say my blood was […]

I had to rein in my anger at Dump yesterday after the incomparable Beau reminded me of something… — The Chatty Introvert

Vietnam arrests prominent journalist as state cracks down on free speech online

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Pham Doan Trang was charged with opposing the state just after the country held talks with the US on human rights

Vietnamese authorities have arrested Pham Doan Trang – one of the nation’s most prominent independent journalists.

Trang was detained on Tuesday evening in Ho Chi Minh City, the same day Vietnam and the US held the 24th annual US-Vietnam human rights dialogue, which included talks on issues such as the right to freedom of expression.

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Notre Dame’s President Faces an Angry Campus After Getting the Coronavirus

Students have petitioned for his resignation, angry over what they consider his hypocrisy as well as the rising tide of infections on campus. Others have reported him to a coronavirus hotline for violating his own mask mandate. The student newspaper called the affair “embarrassing” in an editorial. And the faculty senate stopped one vote short on Tuesday night of considering a vote of no confidence in his leadership.

Students and faculty are furious that the Rev. John I. Jenkins failed to wear a mask at a White House ceremony and then later tested positive for the virus.

Trump calls Covid diagnosis ‘blessing from God’ amid false treatment claims | US news | The Guardian

The president also promised to bring the drug to the American people for free, hawking it – falsely – as a “cure”. There is no cure for Covid-19.

Trump’s latest claims echoed his previous endorsements of unapproved treatments – from hydroxychloroquine to bleach. Even if the drug is effective, it has not yet been granted emergency authorization for use by the general public.

According to CDC guidelines, it would seem Trump should not be in the Oval Office. The CDC has that anyone “sick or infected” with Covid-19 “should separate themselves from others by staying in a specific ‘sick room’” – meaning they should not go to and from an office in which they interact with others.

 

Source: Trump calls Covid diagnosis ‘blessing from God’ amid false treatment claims | US news | The Guardian