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slq wrote: ↑Thu Jul 01, 2021 2:52 pm Any other non-twitter folks who are having trouble accessing twitter? I get "something went wrong" when I click on the patriottakes link above, when I try to go directly to the site, and am having the same problem when I try to go to other twitter folks I sometimes look at.

slq wrote: ↑Thu Jul 01, 2021 2:52 pm Any other non-twitter folks who are having trouble accessing twitter? I get "something went wrong" when I click on the patriottakes link above, when I try to go directly to the site, and am having the same problem when I try to go to other twitter folks I sometimes look at.

Notaperson wrote: ↑Thu Jul 01, 2021 3:13 pm

slq wrote: ↑Thu Jul 01, 2021 2:52 pm Any other non-twitter folks who are having trouble accessing twitter? I get "something went wrong" when I click on the patriottakes link above, when I try to go directly to the site, and am having the same problem when I try to go to other twitter folks I sometimes look at.

I'm not on Twitter myself, but the link works fine for me.

I do see that "something sent wrong" message now and then, and never know what causes it.

When President Biden declares the United States’ “independence” from the covid-19 pandemic on July 4, he should give credit where it’s due: former president Donald Trump and the Trump administration program that made it possible, Operation Warp Speed — which gave us the world’s most effective coronavirus vaccines in record time.

In March 2020, life as we knew it abruptly stopped — no church, no family gatherings, no restaurants, no movies, no offices, no sports … and nowhere to go. The pandemic has been devastating. Too many died, and even more fell ill. Within two weeks after a pandemic was declared, more than 54 million American children were out of school, and 30.3 million Americans filed for unemployment in the month that followed.
At the time, few believed life could return to normal without a vaccine — and even fewer believed that a vaccine would soon be available. Yet President Trump knew that the United States couldn’t afford to wait. His administration established Operation Warp Speed, charged it with making a vaccine available by the end of 2020, and appointed the exceptionally capable Gen. Gustave Perna to run the logistics effort.
The Operation Warp Speed approach was straightforward yet unprecedented: Warp Speed invested in five vaccine candidates and contracted to buy a sixth. Previous research into coronaviruses enabled vaccine trial phases to be condensed, and 30,000-person Phase III trials commenced within months. Finally, as the vaccines were being tested, Warp Speed ramped up production and distribution plans, so vaccines would be available and ready to ship as soon as they were emergency-approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Despite this brilliant strategy, many Democrats didn’t believe that Operation Warp Speed would succeed — and, worse, cast doubt on the viability, safety and efficacy of vaccines.

NBC News ran a “fact check” in which doctors said the Trump administration would need a “miracle” to deliver a vaccine by the end of 2020. Ahead of the election, Democrats repeatedly raised concerns about the vaccine development process. Kamala D. Harris, then a U.S. senator, insinuated that President Trump would personally order the vaccine approvals rather than leaving it to scientists, because scientists “will be muzzled, they will be suppressed, they will be sidelined, because [Trump is] looking at an election coming up in less than 60 days.” This was a blatant conspiracy theory, and utterly wrong.*

Perna testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee in June 2020 that if a vaccine were approved by the end of that year, his team would be ready to distribute it immediately. That’s exactly what happened. The FDA approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on the night of Friday, Dec. 11, and the first shots were administered the morning of Monday, Dec. 14. In the months that followed, as production scaled up, Warp Speed delivered safe, effective vaccines as it produced them, effectively moving doses from conveyor belts to states for distribution within days.

By May 2021, the United States had a widely available vaccine surplus, thanks to Operation Warp Speed. Today, any qualifying American who wants a vaccine can simply walk into their local pharmacy and receive, free, the most effective coronavirus vaccines in the world. As a result, reports of new covid-19 cases per day have dropped by almost 95 percent since January, even as more transmissible variants have emerged.

Yet rather than celebrating Operation Warp Speed as a national achievement, the Biden administration renamed it. Jen Psaki, Biden’s press secretary, tweeted, “OWS is the Trump team’s name for their program. We are phasing in a new structure, which will have a different name than OWS.” They also replaced its senior scientific adviser and claimed Warp Speed’s long-standing distribution benchmarks as their own successes. The Biden administration is doing exactly what Vice President Harris falsely accused President Trump of doing last year: politicizing the vaccine program.

President Biden must correct this by honoring all the men and women behind Operation Warp Speed, and thank them for their unprecedented, lifesaving work — especially Perna, who retired Friday. Biden should also acknowledge Trump’s foresight in launching Warp Speed. Ending the covid-19 pandemic is not a partisan matter, and those who have brought us close to that goal deserve the United States’ heartfelt thanks.

neonzx wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:09 pm The fireworks are kinda wimpy .. and bad soundtrack.

MeidasTouch.com @MeidasTouch 1h
There is a plane flying above Trump and his rally that says LOSER-PALOOZA. For those asking: yes we did that.
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Palmer Report @PalmerReport 1h
It’s pouring rain at Trump’s event tonight, Ron DeSantis refused to show up, and a plane is flying a banner overhead that says “Loser-palooza.” Also, Trump is going to prison.

Jan Wolfe @JanNWolfe 1h

Notably, Trump at his rally conceded the core facts of the criminal case are true.

Trump specifically mentioned Weisselberg's car lease, apartment, and tuition payments.

He then asserted that "every company" does "fringe benefits" but he was singled out for prosecution.

The new circus comes to town: fiery support for Donald Trump at rain-soaked Florida rally

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... rida-rally

RTH10260 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 6:46 am

The new circus comes to town: fiery support for Donald Trump at rain-soaked Florida rally

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... rida-rally

Trump moving into his Evita stage. Seriously who talks like this? “Their arms are outstretched, they cry over the RIGGED ELECTION” Rolling on the floor laughingRolling on the floor laughingRolling on the floor laughing it’s a convergence with the mcnaughton paintings.

chancery wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 5:53 pm "45,000 people" is off by about an order of magnitude, yes?