Maybe Thanksgiving with the family

January 22, 2021January 21, 2021 ~ susie ~ Leave a comment

Wouldn’t that be nice?

REPORTER: You've joked a couple times about the difference between the Trump and Biden administrations. Do you feel less constrained?

FAUCI: You said I was joking about it. I was very serious. I wasn't joking. pic.twitter.com/nyH4ow1zVj
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 21, 2021

Dr. Fauci: "One of the new things in this administration is, if you don't know the answer, don’t guess. Just say you don't know the answer."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 21, 2021

REPORTER: You've joked a couple times about the difference between the Trump and Biden administrations. Do you feel less constrained?

FAUCI: You said I was joking about it. I was very serious. I wasn't joking. pic.twitter.com/nyH4ow1zVj
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 21, 2021

Womp, womp

January 22, 2021January 21, 2021 ~ susie ~ Leave a comment

BREAKING: President Biden just signed an Executive Order “to extend masking requirements on interstate travel on trains, planes and buses.”
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) January 21, 2021

It’s not just us

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 ~ susie ~ Leave a comment

Hospitals in Japan close to collapse as serious Covid cases soar https://t.co/UUcOPEosmF
— Suburban Guerrilla Ω (@SusieMadrak) January 19, 2021

WTF is wrong with these people?

January 8, 2021January 7, 2021 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

Punchbowl News: House lawmaker: "There's a severe covid outbreak coming among members. At the secure location yesterday at least 50 GOP members refused to wear masks. They were asked repeatedly. Older dem members pleaded. And they wouldn't do it."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 7, 2021

Deadly momentum

January 6, 2021January 5, 2021 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

We are now at 50 new positive cases *per minute* in California; 20% positivity in Los Angeles County. Oh, and: I just became part of these statistics…. (I’m alright so far) https://t.co/YpnNqDyYBI
— Nils Gilman (@nils_gilman) January 5, 2021

Biden on the loser

January 5, 2021January 4, 2021 ~ susie

“The president spends more time whining and complaining than doing anything about the problem. I don’t know why he still wants the job he doesn’t want to do the work,” President-elect Biden says of the Trump admin.’s handling of vaccine distribution. pic.twitter.com/uiXEatxrGK
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 4, 2021

The blocker

January 5, 2021January 4, 2021 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

Trump wasn't going to do a damn thing to get vaccines out the door. Biden will have to re-invent the wheel and that doesn't even start for two weeks. This is going to be a long, miserable process, unless a miracle happens. https://t.co/1BmkUip0fo
— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) January 4, 2021

Maskless in L.A. = death wish

January 5, 2021January 4, 2021 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

Today, a group of anti-maskers protested at Ralph’s and the Century City shopping mall. Lots of angry confrontations with customers and a few physical altercations.

Thread pic.twitter.com/cS0YAR2CiH
— Samuel Braslow (@SamBraslow) January 4, 2021

Here we go

December 31, 2020December 30, 2020 ~ susie

Look, I think it’s been here for a while. It’s just they’ve been testing for mutations in Europe, and we haven’t. But a lot of things we could let slide (like wiping down groceries and still feeling safe) are things of the past. We won’t get away with the same things with this new version:

Gov. Newsom just announced that the new strain of the coronavirus identified in the UK has now been found in Southern California.
— Soumya (@skarlamangla) December 30, 2020

Muck Fitch

December 31, 2020December 30, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

Mitch McConnell has rejected a bill to increase payments to $2,000, likely shutting down any pathway to passage before Congress ends this weekend https://t.co/Y1zisiupbn
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) December 30, 2020