This is the online version of Popular Information — a newsletter about politics and power. You can sign up for your own subscription here: Testing, as yesterday's Popular Information detailed, is a key tool in limiting the spread of coronavirus. You need to know who has contracted the virus so those people can be isolated, and others they have come into contact with can be tested as well.
I'm always stunned when I read your reports. Nobody does work like this anymore. The so called news outlets only have a few headlines. You are doing Pulitzer level work. THANK YOU
So, our transactional President did not see a need for long-term thinking. He has not a clue, & gets rid of the experts in the field, thinking (using the term loosely) because there is not a crisis today, why fund them. How about a big tax cut for corporations & the wealthy instead? And when a crisis arises, he puts people in charge who have no experience, so while they dither about, the virus spreads. To contain it at all, we need to know who has the virus. If we are not testing, then it becomes impossible to know the extent of the spread of the virus. What a total mess. I hope that those of us still alive in November can remember to vote out these greedy politicians who don’t care about Americans. We need universal, affordable healthcare for all.
Thank you for this report. It puts a silver stake in the heart of the matter. The foolish policy of removing the CDC response for the greed of the 1% tax cut in budget cuts.
The MSM Labradoodles are chasing the ball today on the European travel ban. This president is on a tear to pay everyone back for his impeachment.
John Bolton was and is a worthless human being.
Trump is worse.
In one voice every media outlet should join Judd in outcry against the travesty of the test kits.
So many lives depend on this. Call your Congressman, Senator.
Lamar Alexander makes me so angry.
I have nothing but expletives stuck in the back of my throat towards Trump, his toadies and the GOP.
Thanks for adding this important bit of information about the RNA extraction needed to complete any tests we may need. This entire fiasco by the idiots in charge almost remind me of The War of the Worlds and what finally brought down the Martian invaders-a “lowly” bacteria. Only this time make it a virus and us the Martians.
Judd, thank you for what you do. When I signed up for your newsletter as a paid subscriber, it was just to try it out and enjoy some good, honest, journalism. Now, I find your newsletter an indispensable part of my information diet. You "nudged" Darden into providing paid sick leave, you've got Facebook actually doing their job censoring lies on their platform and you're keeping us informed about what's actually going on in Trump's administration and his grossly inept handling of a pandemic which will likely cost lives. All I can say is thank you and please, keep up the good work
I really, really hope that the Republicans pay a huge price in November for their callous reaction to the virus and its fallout.............but I doubt that they will, unfortunately.
I always wonder: Apart from having no perceptible hint of common shame or human empathy, is there anything extraordinary about Donald J. Trump? To clarify: IS there ANYTHING Donald J. Trump can do *well* -- apart from looking like a jackass?
I have no proof for this, but I wonder if the sudden embrace by conservative Governors and legislatures of paid sick leave while the Trump administration is attacking the ACA is being pushed from conservative leadership at the federal level to maintain down ballot Republican control. Is this too conspiracy theory-ish? If that were the case, the Republicans could easily refuse a common sense bill put forward by Dems and get cover from state action. They're pretty damn wily.
Judd, does anyone know where Ziemer and Bossert are, where they are working (or retired to)? I've watched in dismay the past few years as my former home has retreated into darkness and worry for my former countrywomen/men. I would hate for Trump to be right that he can get these people he so grievously wronged "back," but do hope that some of them can re-emerge in this emergency to help.
Judd, I just posted this on Face Book. I’m asking forgiveness as imo, it’s too important not to. We need as much accurate information out there as can be disseminated quickly. You did say we could share occasionally, right?
I see evidence of lot of Trump’s downplaying of the seriousness of this situation is affecting people where I’m at. There is snickering at people who choose to wear gloves & criticsm of people who are stocking up on supplies. It’s very distressing.
Good stuff, Judd. I came across this site https://ncov2019.live/data. A HS kid figured out how to scraped data on a continuous basis. So the site is likely a pretty accurate snapshot of what has been put into the public domain.
In the fact that we are facing a catastrophic outbreak, it perhaps would be nice to be able to share some of this information with non-subscribers. What do you think of using a sharing function for a few weeks?
I'm always stunned when I read your reports. Nobody does work like this anymore. The so called news outlets only have a few headlines. You are doing Pulitzer level work. THANK YOU
So, our transactional President did not see a need for long-term thinking. He has not a clue, & gets rid of the experts in the field, thinking (using the term loosely) because there is not a crisis today, why fund them. How about a big tax cut for corporations & the wealthy instead? And when a crisis arises, he puts people in charge who have no experience, so while they dither about, the virus spreads. To contain it at all, we need to know who has the virus. If we are not testing, then it becomes impossible to know the extent of the spread of the virus. What a total mess. I hope that those of us still alive in November can remember to vote out these greedy politicians who don’t care about Americans. We need universal, affordable healthcare for all.
Thank you for this report. It puts a silver stake in the heart of the matter. The foolish policy of removing the CDC response for the greed of the 1% tax cut in budget cuts.
The MSM Labradoodles are chasing the ball today on the European travel ban. This president is on a tear to pay everyone back for his impeachment.
John Bolton was and is a worthless human being.
Trump is worse.
In one voice every media outlet should join Judd in outcry against the travesty of the test kits.
So many lives depend on this. Call your Congressman, Senator.
Lamar Alexander makes me so angry.
I have nothing but expletives stuck in the back of my throat towards Trump, his toadies and the GOP.
Thanks for adding this important bit of information about the RNA extraction needed to complete any tests we may need. This entire fiasco by the idiots in charge almost remind me of The War of the Worlds and what finally brought down the Martian invaders-a “lowly” bacteria. Only this time make it a virus and us the Martians.
Judd, thank you for what you do. When I signed up for your newsletter as a paid subscriber, it was just to try it out and enjoy some good, honest, journalism. Now, I find your newsletter an indispensable part of my information diet. You "nudged" Darden into providing paid sick leave, you've got Facebook actually doing their job censoring lies on their platform and you're keeping us informed about what's actually going on in Trump's administration and his grossly inept handling of a pandemic which will likely cost lives. All I can say is thank you and please, keep up the good work
I really, really hope that the Republicans pay a huge price in November for their callous reaction to the virus and its fallout.............but I doubt that they will, unfortunately.
I always wonder: Apart from having no perceptible hint of common shame or human empathy, is there anything extraordinary about Donald J. Trump? To clarify: IS there ANYTHING Donald J. Trump can do *well* -- apart from looking like a jackass?
I have no proof for this, but I wonder if the sudden embrace by conservative Governors and legislatures of paid sick leave while the Trump administration is attacking the ACA is being pushed from conservative leadership at the federal level to maintain down ballot Republican control. Is this too conspiracy theory-ish? If that were the case, the Republicans could easily refuse a common sense bill put forward by Dems and get cover from state action. They're pretty damn wily.
Judd, does anyone know where Ziemer and Bossert are, where they are working (or retired to)? I've watched in dismay the past few years as my former home has retreated into darkness and worry for my former countrywomen/men. I would hate for Trump to be right that he can get these people he so grievously wronged "back," but do hope that some of them can re-emerge in this emergency to help.
Judd, I just posted this on Face Book. I’m asking forgiveness as imo, it’s too important not to. We need as much accurate information out there as can be disseminated quickly. You did say we could share occasionally, right?
I see evidence of lot of Trump’s downplaying of the seriousness of this situation is affecting people where I’m at. There is snickering at people who choose to wear gloves & criticsm of people who are stocking up on supplies. It’s very distressing.
Good stuff, Judd. I came across this site https://ncov2019.live/data. A HS kid figured out how to scraped data on a continuous basis. So the site is likely a pretty accurate snapshot of what has been put into the public domain.
Doesn't the Mangowanker cabal own some portion of the company making parts of the test kit?
I’m DM ing her now. It may take a while but will get back when I have an answer
She said he flew in via chopper. I’ll recheck her feed to see if she said where this took place.
In the fact that we are facing a catastrophic outbreak, it perhaps would be nice to be able to share some of this information with non-subscribers. What do you think of using a sharing function for a few weeks?