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CHINA NOTIFIED THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ON DECEMBER 31, 2019. 
REMEMBER THAT DATE.

tRump is a narcissist, incapable of accepting responsibility for the PANDEMIC he allowed and his numerous failures.

 A narcissist blames others. 

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Acting Navy secretary apologizes for scathing rebuke of ousted captain

Capt. Brett Crozier was either "too naive or too stupid to be a commanding officer," Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said in a speech to sailors Monday.

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pril 6, 2020, 2:37 PM EDT / Updated April 7, 2020, 3:57 AM EDT

By Courtney Kube

Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly on Monday delivered a scathing attack against the captain who sounded the alarm over the spread of the coronavirus on his ship.

Speaking in Guam to the crew members of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, Modly said Capt. Brett Crozier was guilty of a “betrayal of trust” in choosing to express his concerns to a broad audience in an email that ultimately was leaked to the media, according to a recording of the speech obtained by NBC News.

“If he didn’t think, in my opinion, that this information wasn’t going to get out into the public, in this day and information age that we live in, then he was either A, too naive or too stupid to be a commanding officer of a ship like this,” Modly said. “The alternative is that he did this on purpose.”

But Modly used far more biting language in his speech to the Theodore Roosevelt crew members Monday.

“It was betrayal,” Modly said, according to the recording, which was first obtained by the online publication Task & Purpose. “And I can tell you one other thing: Because he did that, he put it in the public’s forum and it’s now become a big controversy in Washington, D.C., and across the country, about a martyr CO who wasn’t getting the help he needed and therefore had to go through the chain of command, a chain of command which includes the media.”

Modly, in a statement released after a purported transcript of the remarks was reported by several news outlets, said he stood by his words.

"The spoken words were from the heart, and meant for them," Modly said. "I stand by every word I said, even, regrettably any profanity that may have been used for emphasis. Anyone who has served on a Navy ship would understand. I ask, but don't expect, that people read them in their entirety."

But several hours later, Modly reversed course and apologized for his remarks.

"Let me be clear, I do not think Captain Brett Crozier is naïve nor stupid," he said in a statement. "I think, and always believed him to be the opposite."

Modly went on to describe Crozier as "smart and passionate."

"I believe, precisely because he is not naive and stupid, that he sent his alarming email with the intention of getting it into the public domain in an effort to draw public attention to the situation on his ship," Modly said. "I apologize for any confusion this choice of words may have caused. I also want to apologize directly to Captain Crozier, his family, and the entire crew of the Theodore Roosevelt for any pain my remarks may have caused."

Modly's new statement came after President Donald Trump addressed the controversy at a news conference, saying he planned to intervene.

"The letter shouldn't have been sent," Trump said, referring to Crozier. "But all of that said, his career prior to that was very good, so I'm going to get involved and see exactly what's going on there because I don't want to destroy somebody for having a bad day."

Modly had delivered the sharply-worded speech to the Theodore Roosevelt crew members two days after a video appeared on social media showing dozens of them cheering for Crozier in a rousing farewell as he walked off the ship in Guam.

Modly said the governor of the U.S. territory told him that the release of Crozier’s letter caused great alarm among local residents who feared an influx of sailors infected with the virus.

“So think about that when you cheer the man off the ship who exposed you to that,” Modly said. “I understand you love the guy. It’s good that you love him. But you’re not required to love him.”

In justifying his decision to remove Crozier, Modly said the captain lost sight of the ship’s mission and “compromised critical information about your status intentionally to draw greater attention to your situation.”

“This put you at great risk,” Modly said.

Nearly 4,900 crew members were aboard the vessel. According to the latest figures, tests have been performed on 61 percent of the crew.

Some 173 have tested positive for the virus. More than 800 others are in isolation at a base on Guam, many of them still awaiting test results. About 1,150 crew members who tested negative were moved off the ship and placed in hotels. Nearly 2,900 sailors remain on board.

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Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, a Republican, wore a mask, gloves and other protective gear as he sought to assure voters it was "incredibly safe" to vote in person for Tuesday's election amid the coronavirus pandemic

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, a Republican, wore a mask, gloves and other protective gear as he sought to assure voters it was "incredibly safe" to vote in person for Tuesday's election amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Trump used Monday’s briefing of the coronavirus task force to lash out at several members of the press, despite having recently praised media coverage of his response to the crisis as “very fair.”

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WASHINGTON — Trump used Monday’s briefing of the coronavirus task force to lash out at several members of the press, despite having recently praised media coverage of his response to the crisis as “very fair.” 

After kicking off the briefing by praising his own administration for its response to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, Trump opened the briefing up to questions, during which he refused to acknowledge any criticism of his handling of the pandemic that has brought the United States to a virtual standstill. 

One point of contention was a report released today by the inspector general of the federal Department of Health and Human Services. That report said that “severe shortages of testing supplies and extended waits for test results limited hospitals' ability to monitor the health of patients and staff.” Trump has repeatedly insisted that the United States has the best coronavirus testing regime in the world, but evidence contradicts that assertion.

Trump suggested that the inspector general in question, Christi Grimm, was an Obama administration holdover motivated to portray his efforts in unflattering light. She has actually been with the department since 1999.

When Fox News reporter Kristin Fisher brought up the HHS report, Trump sighed, then answered that it was not the federal government’s job to “stand on street corners doing testing.” He then suggested that Fisher should have taken a different approach. “You should have said ‘Congratulations, great job,’” the president told her, “instead of being so horrid in the way you ask a question.”

Trump has repeatedly defended his optimism while presiding over task force briefings. “I want to give people hope. I'm a cheerleader for the country,” he said last week. But that optimism can make him hostile to even the slightest criticism or tough questions posed to him by journalists.

Jonathan Karl of ABC News incurred the brunt of Trump’s wrath for asking about Grimm’s report. “You’re a third-rate reporter,” he told Karl. “And what you just said was a disgrace,” the president added, seeming to suggest that Karl had concealed Grimm’s work during President Obama’s time in office.

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I don’t know if you’ve been watching what has been playing out in the critical 2020 battleground state of Wisconsin over the past several days… Despite the entire state being under a “stay at home” order and the Democratic governor trying in various ways to push back Election Day and extend absentee voting, Wisconsin WILL hold in-person voting today, with its citizens forced to risk their health, or even lives, to exercise their right to vote.

And the final word on this shameful attack on democracy? It came from the 5-4 right-wing majority on the U.S. Supreme Court!

In her dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg pointed out, “Either they will have to brave the polls, endangering their own and others’ safety. Or they will lose their right to vote, through no fault of their own.”

This attack on democracy comes at a devastating time and denies voters their fundamental right to cast a ballot all to give Donald Trump and Republicans an unfair advantage in one of the most critical swing states this November!

To recap this saga:

First, the Republican-controlled Wisconsin legislature resisted every effort to make voting accessible during the coronavirus pandemic – as recently as Saturday, shutting down those efforts in an emergency session called by the governor.

Following that, the governor announced an extension of absentee voting and pushed back in-person voting until June, but the Right Wing-dominated Wisconsin Supreme Court blocked his order.

Then, just last night, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 not only to stand with Wisconsin Republicans’ voter suppression and force Election Day to happen during the coronavirus stay at home order but also to overrule a previous lower court order that had slightly extended the absentee ballot submission postmark deadline … meaning all absentee ballots are now due TODAY by 8pm!

This outrageous attack on the public’s health and safety as well as our democracy itself is the latest salvo in a war on the right to vote, strategically orchestrated between Republican elected officials and the right-wing judges they fight so hard to get onto our courts.

It’s now clearer than ever that the only way we’re going to save our democracy and stop these attacks on the right to vote is by voting right-wing vote suppressors out of office. That’s why Wisconsin is at the very top of our list of Tier 1 target states in 2020 for our various electoral programs (which include support for state and local progressive candidates) and why we’re working so hard to defeat Trump AND flip control of the U.S. Senate, so we can get judges who actually believe in a democracy that will protect voters’ rights.

Today’s election in Wisconsin is not just for the presidential primary. It is actually the final, general election for several key state and local races.

Crucial to Wisconsin’s role as a swing state, there is a Wisconsin Supreme Court election on today’s ballot in which a far-right justice is up for election. And THAT election could determine whether a MASSIVE voter purge put forth by Wisconsin Republicans is allowed to move forward! That purge is based on highly suspect data and methods that could kick hundreds of thousands of voters off of the rolls and would, of course, disproportionately disenfranchise Democratic-leaning voters, particularly minority and low-income voters.

DNC official Maria Cardona, writing in The Hill, points out some interesting info about that right-wing Wisconsin justice:

Justice Dan Kelly, an incumbent with an exceedingly thin résumé, was appointed by former Governor Scott Walker. He's been endorsed by President Trump, and he's running his "nonpartisan" campaign out of the Wisconsin Republican Party Headquarters. Kelly has recused himself from that voter purge case, but he signaled last month he would likely rejoin the case after this election.

Wisconsin very well could be the most crucial swing state in this year’s presidential election. Wisconsin Republicans are fully aware of that fact and, just like far-right Republicans in other states, their loyalty belongs to TRUMP – not to their constituents or to the American values they swore to protect. And, apparently, the same goes for far-right judges.

Thank you for fighting for our democracy.

-- Ben Betz, Digital Director

P.S. PFAW put out a release last night that said:

"With this outrageous ruling the Supreme Court's far-right majority put not just its thumb, but its entire fist, on the scale in favor of making it harder for people to vote. This ruling will disenfranchise tens of thousands of Wisconsin voters in the midst of a terrible public health crisis, forcing them to choose between casting their ballot or risking their health and the health of others. If there were any lingering doubt that Republican aims of voter suppression were being aided and abetted by the courts and via far-right appointments to the bench, it was removed tonight."

This is an existential threat to our democracy and, even though these are difficult times, we can’t let Trump Republicans and the Far Right (including far-right judges) exploit the current crisis for partisan power grabs.

Radical Right extremists are trying to turn back the clock on a century of advances in civil rights, women’s rights, workers’ rights, the social safety net and more… With Donald Trump in the White House, they’re waging an all-out assault on the fundamental pillars of our country – democracy, checks and balances, a fair and independent judicial branch, and core values like fairness, equality, and justice for all.

PFAW is fighting back every day with:

✔ Grassroots organizing
✔ Lobbying and advocacy
✔ Research and education
✔ Voter mobilization
✔ And more…

But we can’t do this vital work without the robust grassroots financial support of our members and activists.