3435

God, yes, that’s infuriating.

This pandemic response brought to you by Walmart and Target. We won’t help with money, but we’ll give you spots in our parking lots and make sure we stay open for all your shopping needs.

3436

Infuriating is right. I’m out.

3437

This is what disaster capitalism looks like.

3438

To be fair, this is…kind of the most American thing I’ve ever heard though.

3439

How many fucking CEOs are going to suck Trump’s dick here?

3440

It’s a telethon.

3441

I’m torn. On one hand this is fucking weird, on the other it means Trump is spending less time speaking. Hmm.

3442

This time his press conference isn’t a total fiasco, so the stock market approves. Dow is up by 500 since they started.

I’m sure they also appreciate seeing their corporate brothers up there, too.

What a joke.

3443

The DOW is skyrocketing. Trump’s going to do this shit daily.

3444

This feels so gross. Letting all these companies plug themselves during a pandemic press conference.

3445

Hence my rapid conversion to damn near a full-on tankie in the last couple of years.

3446

“Lift up the receiver
I’ll make you a believer”

3447

Did I miss something or is the main innovation here a website where you get to answer yes or no to whether you’re showing symptoms of covid-19?

3448

This is about the stock market, right? Prop up some companies?

3449

I didn’t watch the moron’s presser, but more interesting will be his tweets following. Or at least ‘more interesting’ for people who find that kind of shit interesting.

3450

You didn’t miss anything. Google’s got like 1500 engineers on it writing html.

3451

To be fair “we’re doing something other than just blaming Europe” is an improvement.

3452

As a practical matter, private enterprise is going to be critical to how well we get through this. I don’t think it could work any other way in a country where healthcare is largely privatized.

I am not reacting as cynically to this as I expected.

3453
3454

Okay, no longer torn. What the fuck is this?