Former President Donald Trump's United States of America

[Admiral Beez]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1273300956743192576

No one cares about new cases now, it’s coffins that get attention. Trump’s August Jacksonville rally will only be at risk of cancelation if the Covid19 deaths in Florida spike beforehand. Total deaths reported by the State of Florida are 3,018, vs. over 24,600 in New York. Looking at the causes of death in Florida in 2018, Covid19’s 3,018 total is hardly a blip. Given the governor‘s pro Trump leanings, Covid19 is going to have to kill a lot more Floridians in July before Trump’s rally is impacted.

Changes in the number of cases can be argued away with increases in the total number of tests. But increasing body counts are harder (but not impossible if coroners/hospitals are creative in cause of death declarations) to ignore.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

No one cares about new cases now, it’s coffins that get attention. Trump’s August Jacksonville rally will only be at risk of cancelation if the Covid19 deaths in Florida spike beforehand. Total deaths reported by the State of Florida are 3,018, vs. over 24,600 in New York. Looking at the causes of death in Florida in 2018, Covid19’s 3,018 total is hardly a blip. Given the governor‘s pro Trump leanings, Covid19 is going to have to kill a lot more Floridians in July before Trump’s rally is impacted.

Changes in the number of cases can be argued away with increases in the total number of tests. But increasing body counts are harder (but not impossible if coroners/hospitals are creative in cause of death declarations) to ignore.

It's not even coffins - hospitals looking like war zones, rejecting new patients, etc. is more than sufficient.

AoD

 

[PinkLucy]

There have been questions around Florida’s reporting of deaths.

 

[Admiral Beez]

It's not even coffins - hospitals looking like war zones, rejecting new patients, etc. is more than sufficient.

AoD

True, but that doesn’t seem likely to occur in Florida before Trump’s Jacksonville rally in August. A major outbreak as you describe is possible as a result of the rally.

 

[AlbertC]

Womp womp...

US stockpile stuck with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine

Wed June 17, 2020

The federal government is stuck with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine now that the US Food and Drug Administration has revoked permission for the drug to be distributed to treat coronavirus patients.

The government started stockpiling donated hydroxychloroquine in late March, after President Trump touted it as "very encouraging" and "very powerful" and a "game-changer."

But Monday, the FDA revoked its emergency use authorization to use the drug to treat Covid-19, saying there was "no reason to believe" the drug was effective against the virus, and that it increased the risk of side effects, including heart problems.

That leaves the Strategic National Stockpile with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine, plus another 2 million doses of chloroquine, a related drug donated by Bayer, according to Carol Danko, a spokesperson for the US Department of Health and Human Services.

US stockpile stuck with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine

The federal government is stuck with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine now that the US Food and Drug Administration has revoked permission for the drug to be distributed to treat coronavirus patients.

www.cnn.com

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Womp womp...

US stockpile stuck with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine

Wed June 17, 2020

The federal government is stuck with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine now that the US Food and Drug Administration has revoked permission for the drug to be distributed to treat coronavirus patients.

The government started stockpiling donated hydroxychloroquine in late March, after President Trump touted it as "very encouraging" and "very powerful" and a "game-changer."

But Monday, the FDA revoked its emergency use authorization to use the drug to treat Covid-19, saying there was "no reason to believe" the drug was effective against the virus, and that it increased the risk of side effects, including heart problems.

That leaves the Strategic National Stockpile with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine, plus another 2 million doses of chloroquine, a related drug donated by Bayer, according to Carol Danko, a spokesperson for the US Department of Health and Human Services.

US stockpile stuck with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine

The federal government is stuck with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine now that the US Food and Drug Administration has revoked permission for the drug to be distributed to treat coronavirus patients.

www.cnn.com

In the meantime some big pharma now pocketed the government cash...

True, but that doesn’t seem likely to occur in Florida before Trump’s Jacksonville rally in August. A major outbreak as you describe is possible as a result of the rally.

I don't know about that - it is in the nature of infectious diseases to go exponential absent control measures - and they haven't controlled it - they are still in admist of the initial outbreak.

AoD

 

[Soop]

So whats your solution? like if a cop is in a life and death fight they will be like 'oh okay no chokehold though"

With changing rule if a cop is doing it and there is no valid reason to do so, the cop will 100% can be fired now as the rules are clear. Of course, bad cases will happen but this is about changing the culture long term.

I'm just skeptical that there will ever be a finding of 'no valid reason' and cops will be fired.

 

[Northern Light]

Trump’s ‘woeful’ police reform order leaves systemic racism intact, critics say

Tue 16 Jun 2020

Donald Trump faced renewed criticism on Tuesday for what critics said was a “woeful” attempt at police reform that failed to address systemic racism and fell far short of the demands of Black Lives Matter activists seeking fundamental change.

The US president issued an executive order that would discourage police from using chokeholds and create a national database for police misconduct.

But while Trump’s remarks in the White House Rose Garden began with a sombre list of African Americans killed by police, they soon turned into something resembling a campaign speech, touting the stock market and retail sales and arguing “school choice” is the civil rights cause of our time.

Trump’s ‘woeful’ police reform order leaves systemic racism intact, critics say

President’s discussion of measure discouraging chokeholds soon shifts to focus on stock market and retail sales

www.theguardian.com

Much of this is meaningless or inadequate; but the national database of police misconduct is not without value.

 

[Towered]

Much of this is meaningless or inadequate;

Does this statement not nicely sum up Trump's entire approach to governing?

 

[Jasmine18]

Let's be honest guys

The chance of defunding the police being implemented by the federal govt is zero.

 

[Northern Light]

The U.S. Supreme Court has been behaving quite curiously this week.

First it came out with a decision that an employer could not fire someone on the basis of sexual orientation. (great, I agree)........

But this a majority Republican/Conservative court.

Two conservative justices joined decision expanding LGBTQ rights

Five years after the US Supreme Court declared a fundamental right for same-sex couples to marry, the justices produced another landmark for the gay rights movement by ruling that federal anti-bias law covers millions of gay, lesbian and transgender workers.

www.cnn.com

Now........

The Chief Justice (a Republican appointed conservative), and the Courts 'liberals' voted together 5-4 to strike down a Trump action to end DACA which gave some legal status (right to work) to the adult children of illegal immigrants.

Good decisions, but rather eyebrow raising.

Not so in-line with a Court that has upheld Gerrymandering, open-ended gunrights,, and allowed unfettered corporate spend during elections under the guise of free speech.

 

[Jasmine18]

Well that is why Democrats pretty much will keep Ruth Ginsburg alive even as a robot until November

One more change and things will drastically change in the Supreme Court

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Well that is why Democrats pretty much will keep Ruth Ginsburg alive even as a robot until November

One more change and things will drastically change in the Supreme Court

That take is fanciful - Ruth Ginsburg will keep Ruth Ginsburg alive until she doesn't.

AoD

 

[Jasmine18]

That take is fanciful - Ruth Ginsburg will keep Ruth Ginsburg alive until she doesn't.

AoD

Yeah I meant as a joke.

I meant her staying around till November is a issue of historic importance

 

[W. K. Lis]

Interesting...

'Hey Siri, I'm getting pulled over': iPhone shortcut helps discreetly record the police

See link.

By saying, "Hey Siri, I'm getting pulled over," the shortcut -- which a user must first install themselves -- will pause any music that you're playing, turn down the brightness of your phone, turn on the "Do Not Disturb" mode to block any incoming calls, open up your front-facing camera and start a video recording.

It also sends a message to a predesignated contact, letting them know that you're being pulled over and where your current location is. Once you stop the recording, it sends a copy of the video to a predesignated contact and gives you the option to send it to your iCloud or Dropbox.

The "Police" shortcut was first created back in 2018 by Redditor Robert Petersen, but it has been recently updated to fix any bugs and is now called the "I'm being pulled over" shortcut.

"I just wanted a way for anyone to have proof of their version of events in the unlikely scenario that something unexpected happens during a police interaction," Petersen told CNN affiliate KCTV last year. "And if 1 in 10,000 people find my shortcut useful at all I'd be glad."

The shortcut received attention when it launched two years ago, but it's been getting more traction on social media due to the overwhelming call for police reform spurred by the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.

How to download it ​

There are a few steps you'll need to do to install the shortcut.​

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Step 1: To set it up, first download the "Shortcuts" app on your iPhone.​

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Step 2: Then you have to run another shortcut in the Shortcuts app. If you tap "Gallery" on the bottom right corner, you will see other shortcuts you can run.​

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Step 3: Next, go to settings, and scroll down to "Shortcuts." Tap it and then toggle the "Allow Untrusted Shortcuts" to on.​

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Step 4: Open this link in Safari to download the "I'm getting pulled over" shortcut. Tap "Get Shortcut."​

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Step 5: Once it opens, scroll down and tap "Add Untrusted Shortcut."​

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Step 6: Choose a contact(s) for who you would like to send your location and a copy of the video recording to. Then tap done.​