Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has firmly opposed issuing coronavirus safety measures amid a surge of cases in his state, announced Wednesday that he tested positive for the virus.

The Dude wrote:And he'll probably be fine and say "See? No biggie"

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(CNN)Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a key witness in President Donald Trump's impeachment inquiry, is retiring from the US Army after more than 21 years of military service because he determined that his future in the armed forces "will forever be limited" due to political retaliation by the President and his allies, his lawyer told CNN Wednesday.

Vindman has endured a "campaign of bullying, intimidation, and retaliation" spearheaded by the President following his testimony in the impeachment inquiry last year, according to his attorney, Amb. David Pressman.

I imagine a lawsuit will be forthcoming

That's what I said to a coworker.

He's going to win, unless the president being above the law also extends to those who do his bidding.

WASHINGTON — The National Security Council sent a list of allegations about Lt. Col. Alex Vindman to the Pentagon after he testified before the House in impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, according to one person who has seen the document and two others briefed on it.

The Pentagon received the document, which alleged Vindman created a hostile work environment at the NSC, as he was on track to be promoted to colonel. The accusations outlined in it, if substantiated, would have kept him from moving up a rank in the Army, the people familiar with the document said. They said it was not the typical evaluation that military officers serving on the NSC are given when their temporary positions end and they are set to return to the Defense Department, as Vindman was scheduled to do about six months after this document was sent to the Pentagon.

The NSC is housed in the White House and chaired by the president, though it's managed day-to-day by the national security adviser.

The Pentagon conducted a command-level investigation into the allegations, looking for evidence to substantiate the claims about Vindman’s conduct while he was detailed to the NSC, the people familiar with the document said. But ultimately the military could not corroborate any of the accusations, the people familiar with it said. Included in the list was an accusation that Vindman had verbally abused a colleague, a senior administration official said.

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The Dude wrote:And he'll probably be fine and say "See? No biggie"

been waiting for someone to pull this card. has any denier done this yet?

@realDonaldTrump
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is doing GREAT. The Radical Left smear machine backfired, people are buying like crazy!

@IvankaTrump
If it’s Goya, it has to be good.
Si es Goya, tiene que ser bueno.

<Picture: presidential advisor/daughter holding a can of black beans>

pacino wrote:You mean the guy who was going to restaurants at full capacity got it

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The NY Times reported Tuesday that the administration had ordered hospitals to bypass the CDC and send all COVID-19 patient info to a central database in Washington beginning Wednesday, raising concerns from health experts that it will be politicized or withheld from the public.

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The NY Times reported Tuesday that the administration had ordered hospitals to bypass the CDC and send all COVID-19 patient info to a central database in Washington beginning Wednesday, raising concerns from health experts that it will be politicized or withheld from the public.

I just don't understand Trump's strategy here. Does he think suppressing COVID-19 reporting will somehow convince voters in November that it's over?

Many of his moves have made some level of strategic sense, especially in how he got elected. I just can't figure out how what he's doing about COVID-19 helps him get reelected.

06hawkalum wrote:I don't understand how this move is going to suppress data. The states still report the stats independently on a daily basis. Those numbers are available on any number of websites.

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06hawkalum wrote:I don't understand how this move is going to suppress data. The states still report the stats independently on a daily basis. Those numbers are available on any number of websites.

If states are told not to give data to anyone but the military, who will collect it for the independent sites? I think his sated plan is to collect the data using people outside the CDC. If they are the ones collecting data from hospitals, then maybe independent no longer get any data

momadance wrote:The WH launched a campaign today urging the unemployed to "find something new" ...