{"id":39440,"date":"2020-04-03T11:30:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T18:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39440"},"modified":"2020-04-03T12:08:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T19:08:11","slug":"open-thread-4-3-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/04\/03\/open-thread-4-3-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–4\/3\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a barfy day here in the CatBox.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been throwing up most of last night and this morning.\u00a0 I think something got caught in my tumor.\u00a0 I feel VERY tired.\u00a0 TGIF!<\/span><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 3:09 (average 4:46).\u00a0 To do it, click here<\/a>.\u00a0 How did you do?<\/span><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Trump* Virus Update<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"0403TrumpVirusMap\"<\/span><\/p>\n

Cases: 245,442
\nDeaths: 6,098
\nRecovered: 10,411<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"0403TrumpVirusData\"<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

From Crooks and Liars<\/a>: Welcome to the COVID-19 Games, where the tributes are governors fighting for the <\/span>scraps of critical protective gear<\/a> still available, and where success still <\/span>depends on kissing Trump’s ass<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Last week Trump was playing quid pro quo with Americans lives, telling governors “it’s a two-way street. They have to treat us well.” The result of not doing so is not getting help<\/a>. Take New York, which requested 30,000 ventilators and got 4,400. And is being outbid by FEMA on the private market, where the state has been trying to procure more. \u201cWhat sense does this make?\u201d Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters Tuesday. “The federal government, FEMA, should have been the purchasing agent. Buy everything, and then allocate it by need to the states.” Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers asked for 190,000 nonsurgical masks from FEMA last week, and has struggled to find ventilators. He has no idea where the masks are.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Oklahoma asked for 16,000 face shields and got 120,000. It had received about 84,000 N95 masks by the end of last week, “more than twice its original request.” Then there’s Florida, which is expecting its third shipment from the feds. It got 100% of what Trump’s good buddy Gov. Ron DeSantis asked for in the first two shipments. Kentucky has gotten more than it requested. Illinois, Massachusetts, and Maine have only gotten part of what they’ve requested. (There you go, Sen. Susan Collins, more lessons learned for you.)<\/p>\n

For governors to save their people, being just sycophants isn’t enough. They have to become suckophants too!\u00a0 RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (MSNBC Channel<\/a>): Sen. Harris On Trump\u2019s Virus Response: \u2018This Guy Doesn\u2019t Understand His Job\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n