The repugnant state of journalism is well-documented and tiresome to lament, but here is an exceptional example of its depravity. Amazon is now writing the scripts presented as 'news'.

At least eleven television stations aired this piece as written.

A complex systems engineer, his 14-year-old daughter, and a couple of government stooges – A VA MD and an oncologist — convinced the Dubya administration that shutting down the country and 'social distancing' was the answer to an epidemic. Nary an economist or epidemiologist in sight. NY Times article.

NY Post takes a swipe at its peers:

“President John Adams signed a law making it a crime to criticize the government; 20 newspaper editors were imprisoned. Andrew Jackson not only had his own paper, edited by a member of his cabinet, but it got government subsidies. Kayleigh McEnany hurting your feelings is not a constitutional crisis.”

And then there's this guy “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.” – JoeBob Biden, May 22, 2020

Our choices boil down to Whackjob A or Whackjob B.

Is it too late to get Bernie the Communist back?

The Trump administration's new Vaccine Czar, appointed to lead the ridiculously named Operation Warp Speed that would include the equally ridiculous notion of deploying a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine using the military, has accepted the position as an independent contractor. 

As a contractor, Moncef Slaoui is not subject to laws that would require disclosure of of positions, holdings, and other circumstances that would present a conflict of interest.

Don't worry, the HHS ethics office has cleared him.

Yesterday Trump wanted to be FDR by nationalizing pharma, today he wants to be Stalin by militarizing the distribution of a CoVID-19 vaccine.

“He's not dangerous for the reasons the left thinks he dangerous. He's dangerous because he doesn't know how stupid he is.” – James Jacobin