Tina Hesman Saey: In January, vaccine researchers lined up on the starting blocks, waiting to hear a pistol. That shot came on January 10, when scientists in China announced the complete genetic makeup of the novel coronavirus. With that information in hand, the headlong race toward a vaccine began. read more
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The Roger Stone Commutation Is Even More Corrupt Than It Seems
www.lawfareblog.com
...President Trump's commutation of the prison sentence of his long-time confidante Roger Stone is wholly unsurprising. Indeed, given Trump's repeated teasing of the matter over the life of the case against Stone, it would have been something of surprise had he not intervened so that his felonious friend was spared time behind bars.[emphasis mine]
But the predictable nature of Trump's action should not obscure its rank corruption. In fact, the predictability makes the commutation all the more corrupt, the capstone of an all-but-open attempt on the president's part to obstruct justice in a self-protective fashion over a protracted period of time. That may sound like hyperbole, but it's actually not.
Trump publicly encouraged Stone not to cooperate with Robert Mueller's investigation; he publicly dangled clemency as a reward for silence; and he has now delivered.
The act is predictable precisely because the corrupt action is so naked....
@#74 ... Rubio hired Fusion GPS to dig up dirt on Trump during the primary, after Rubio saw that Trump was going to be the nominee he stopped it. ...
Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier (2018)
www.washingtonpost.com
...Fusion GPS's work researching Trump began during the Republican presidential primaries, when the GOP donor paid for the firm to investigate the real estate magnate's background.[emphasis mine]
Fusion GPS did not start off looking at Trump's Russia ties but quickly realized that those relationships were extensive, according to the people familiar with the matter.
When the Republican donor stopped paying for the research, Elias, acting on behalf of the Clinton campaign and the DNC, agreed to pay for the work to continue. The Democrats paid for research, including by Fusion GPS, because of concerns that little was known about Trump and his business interests, according to the people familiar with the matter. ...
I especially like the part I highlighted. :)
Which raises another question, since the republicans apparently knew of candidate Trump's ties to Russia this early in the campaign, why didn't they raise any red flags about it?
@#6 ... By the beginning of August the staggering numbers of daily infections and deaths are going to throw a wrench in anything Trump plans between then and November 3rd. Schools will be the least of his problems....
I disagree.
I am of the opinion that Pres Trump will continue to downplay the effects of COVID-19.
Let me phrase that differently... why do you think that the supporters of Pres Trump care about the daily infections and deaths?
Have you seen such caring here on this site by those who seem to support Pres Trump?
...Death on such a massive unnecessary scale isn't spinnable, even for Trump....
While I hope and look forward to the day when the supporters of Pres Trump start caring about Americans ....
I'm not holding my breath.