| Megathread: President Donald Trump Declares National Emergency Over Coronavirus Outbreak Posted: 13 Mar 2020 12:50 PM PDT President Trump declared a national emergency on Friday over the coronavirus outbreak. This will allow the federal government to quickly free up billions in federal aid for local municipalities and states to use to combat the illness. Trump is facing mounting pressure from mayors and governors — as well as congressional Democrats — to respond quickly as the virus spreads.
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| Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread Posted: 14 Mar 2020 09:24 AM PDT It's Saturday, folks. Let's all kick back with a cup of coffee and share some cartoons! Feel free to share political cartoons in this thread. Besides our usual civility policy, there are three rules to follow: - Every top-level comment must contain a political cartoon. This means no text-only top-level comments.
- It must be an original cartoon. This means no photographs, no edited cartoons, no memes and no image macros. OC is allowed, as is animation.
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| Kentucky’s Coronavirus Response Is What Happens When A Sensible Person Is In Charge | Gov. Andy Beshear has been calm and decisive. The former governor he beat last year is still peddling conspiracies and making jokes on Twitter. Posted: 14 Mar 2020 06:58 AM PDT |
| We need to quarantine Donald Trump: He's confused, ignorant and afraid. It's obvious Trump is utterly unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic. People are already dying, and it’s on him. Posted: 14 Mar 2020 05:01 AM PDT |
| Mitch McConnell is aiding and abetting the spread of coronavirus Posted: 14 Mar 2020 04:18 AM PDT |
| Trump disbanded NSC pandemic unit that experts had praised Posted: 14 Mar 2020 08:43 AM PDT |
| “I Don’t Know Anything About It,” Trump Says About White House’s Elimination of Pandemic Response Team Posted: 14 Mar 2020 06:23 AM PDT |
| 'I Had All Symptoms of Coronavirus. I Could Have Spread it to Anyone but Couldn't Get Tested': Americans Panic as US Suffers Kit Shortage | US Tested 1,707 People in Week After Declaring its First Case, While South Korea, Which Announced on the Same Day, Managed to Test 189,000 Posted: 14 Mar 2020 05:05 AM PDT |
| Judge Blocks Rule That Would Have Kicked 700,000 People Off SNAP Posted: 14 Mar 2020 02:59 AM PDT |
| Trump Slams 'Nasty' Question As PBS Reporter Challenges Him On Shutdown Of Pandemic Unit Posted: 14 Mar 2020 03:41 AM PDT |
| Trump dinner companion tested positive for coronavirus, White House physician says Posted: 14 Mar 2020 06:07 AM PDT |
| Be careful. Trump may exploit the coronavirus crisis for authoritarian ends Posted: 14 Mar 2020 07:48 AM PDT |
| Trump's most die-hard media supporters are proving that owning the libs is more important to them than the lives of their fellow Americans during the coronavirus pandemic Posted: 14 Mar 2020 09:07 AM PDT |
| Everyone touched the podium during Trump press conference—and people are losing it. No one practiced social distancing. Posted: 14 Mar 2020 03:22 AM PDT |
| Trump is breaking every rule in the CDC’s 450-page playbook for health crisis. Posted: 14 Mar 2020 09:12 AM PDT |
| Jared Kushner Collected Crowdsourced COVID-19 Advice Via Facebook For White House | Not terribly reassuring amid the growing coronavirus pandemic. Posted: 14 Mar 2020 04:02 AM PDT |
| Facing a Pandemic With a Xenophobic, Narcissistic Fool at the Wheel — America is sick and adrift, with a "leader" who cannot fathom how to lead. Posted: 14 Mar 2020 04:11 AM PDT |
| Florida governor says presidential primary will go on: 'They voted during the Civil War' Posted: 14 Mar 2020 06:46 AM PDT |
| Bernie Sanders wins Northern Mariana Islands caucuses Posted: 14 Mar 2020 05:49 AM PDT |
| Trump Sat Next to Second Mar-a-Lago Coronavirus Patient but White House Doc Won’t Test Him Posted: 14 Mar 2020 06:15 AM PDT |
| Donald Trump Coronavirus Quotes: POTUS Sparks Dementia, Cognitive Decline Rumors With Recent Statements Posted: 14 Mar 2020 04:23 AM PDT |
| Third person at Mar-a-Lago with Trump tests positive for coronavirus Posted: 13 Mar 2020 11:02 PM PDT |
| Trump disbanded NSC pandemic unit that experts had praised Posted: 14 Mar 2020 09:03 AM PDT |
| Coronavirus: I don't need to self-isolate, says Trump Posted: 14 Mar 2020 05:25 AM PDT |
| Federal judge cites coronavirus in decision blocking Trump admin cut to food stamps Posted: 13 Mar 2020 07:04 PM PDT |
| On a Saturday Night in Florida, a Presidential Party Became a Coronavirus Hot Zone Posted: 14 Mar 2020 08:23 AM PDT |
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