Mike Pompeo pushed a new Trump talking point at the virtual G-7 meeting yesterday and today, wrecking the meeting that ended (again) without a joint statement at its conclusion.  The issue?  He insisted on renaming the Coronavirus “The Wuhan Virus”.  The other 6 countries were having none of it.  Yep, he really did that.

Y’all, apparently Ron Paul’s big Trump pumped ego is also contagious.

A Congressman from Kentucky plans to vote “no” on the $2 trillion coronavirus relief package, which the Senate passed 96-0 Wednesday evening.

U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican who represents Kentucky’s 4th District, also hinted that he might object to a voice vote in the House of Representatives, which would force all members to return to Washington, D.C. and slowdown movement on the bill.

Massie told 55 KRC radio Thursday morning he plans to reject the measure — which includes one-time $1,200 checks to certain individuals and $367 billion in loans and grants to small businesses — due to concerns over spiking the national debt.

Oh yeah, all of a damn sudden.

All those tax cuts to big corporations and billionaires didn’t bother him one bit.  But, give a family money for food and he goes in all six directions and threatens to expose everybody to a virus.

I dunno.  Maybe it’s got something to do with both of them having curly hair – maybe they stuck their fingers in the plug and fried their brains.

All week the Washington Post opinion writers have been talking about the lying, distortions, and pure misinformation pouring into Americans’ ears from Trump’s daily briefings diatribes.  As we’ve all known from the beginning of his run for the presidency, Trump’s trademark is his bombastic lying, but now such lying is actually killing people.  From “it will disappear,” to “it’s completely under control,” to touting drugs that haven’t been approved or tested to now pushing to “restart the economy”, he’s gone from laughably moronic to downright dangerous.

It’s time for the media to pull the plug on Trump’s WH rallies.  Bloomberg News has done that, showing the briefing WITH THE SOUND TURNED OFF recapping only factual information along with other market news. The other networks should start doing similar.  Since Trump can’t do his idiotic rallies right now, the ONLY tools he has is Twitter and network television, so he dominates the briefings spouting bullshit and propaganda and muzzling healthcare experts.  It’s got to stop and stop now.  Governors (and Joe Biden) have stepped into the vacuum left by Trump’s idiocy and the networks should certainly carry those briefings.

At one of our most precarious times, voter stupidity has put a moronic megalomaniac in the most powerful job in the world.  Other countries have leaders grappling with COVID-19; we have a clown thinking he’s running a television gameshow.

This is one of those stories that is by subscription only, but I managed to steal you the good parts.  It says to stay home.

It explains a possible reason why New York has 10 times the number of cases that New York does.

San Francisco Chronicle: “New York’s coronavirus outbreak has violently erupted over the past few days, and the state is now driving the national epidemic — while on the West Coast, public health experts are wondering if an early and aggressive response saved California from a similar fate.”

“California reported some of the earliest coronavirus cases in the United States in late January. And in the first week of March, California and New York were neck and neck on cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. But over the past week, New York case counts have doubled every few days, and the state now has 10 times the cases California does: 25,000 to 2,500.”

So the lesson here is:  Let’s pack those pews on Easter Sunday, y’all!

It’s not perfect but there’s no slush fund.

Two of our favorite little local restaurants closed down today.  I’m sad. One had the best hamburgers on the planet.  The other was Mexican food.

Look, I don’t like Joe Scarborough and I always will.

There’s something real creepy about him. I can’t tell you why I don’t like him because it’s unknown to me.  However, today gave me a little clue.

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough thinks Senate Democrats should go ahead and bail out President Donald Trump’s hotels and other properties so he’ll focus on public health instead of his own bottom line.

The “Morning Joe” host called on lawmakers to waive their objection to sending coronavirus relief to properties owned by Trump and his family, saying he’s been worried about the president’s priorities.

See the little kid in the corner throwing a fit at the birthday party because he can’t have all the ice cream?  Give him all the damn ice cream because otherwise he’s going to ruin the party for everyone.

1. I resent the hell out of being extorted by my president. Did he go Stalin on us now?  Tell ya what – give him your money, Joe.

2. How fair is this to the mom and pop who bought a La Quinta franchise?  They don’t have the Russians to bail them out.

3. The last damn thing in the world I want is Donald Trump focusing on pubic health. Seriously.

What we need now is not saving Trump’s hotels. We do, however, need better morning show hosts and the 25th amendment.

Say it, Joe.