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Another hit piece targeting Trump through his son in law, a better documentary would be on Biden's son, now that is interesting

Since when do dimwits care where poor folks stay, they don't care about the homeless on the streets of California or might I say just about anywhere that dimwits rules the roost

amazes me how people can actually claim this is political--Use just a little common sense--The entire worlds economy is going to hell. Italy has shut their entire country down. No school, no colleges, no business, and everybody in lockdown. And you believe they are doing this to change our election. That is absolutely the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Nobody in Italy gives a rats …. who wins our election Are we over reacting? Yes!! Wild panic as people get in fist fights in Walmart over toilet paper, media causing a lot of the panic but to think the Democrats, the media or anybody else has created a worldwide panic is ridiculous --Too many of you have some kind of God complex with Trump if you think he is that important to anybody in other countries--They really don't care

Whistling past the graveyard is the phrase that comes to mind. Seriously, just follow the money. Do you really think major-league baseball the NCAA tournament, NBA basketball would all give up millions of dollars in revenue over an overreaction to this virus? You think they’re stupid? Follow the money. Mav is absolutely correct. I have read all of the statistics and all the math involved with how this thing spreads. You can say oh it’s just the flu but tell that to the 70 year old with CPD who gets it. Risk / reward can’t even be calculated. Are people overreacting? Of course, that’s human nature.

Other countries do care who our president is. What that has to do with this virus is beyond any logical comprehension. If people are looking for Americans to be the poster child on how we should treat anything, they should look at how much of a jackass most of our citizens have looked Like when it comes to anything that can be remotely linked to politics since the 2016 elections. Also as an athletic trainer who’s sole purpose in the school district is to provide the best medical care within my scope of practice, I am of the mold of “rather safe than sorry.” We’ve treated MRSA and Impetigo outbreaks in the school where common sense tells you to shut it down for a couple of days and clean. Parents lose their minds for missing 3 days... But, in the end, it fixed the problem. If shutting down life for a few weeks is a fix back to normalcy for the world, then hell yeah, pay me to spend more time with my own kids.

That's disturbing

President Trump and his team have been absolutely brilliant. The the covid19 threat is extremely dangerous but the situation is far from critical at this point and the media has way over hyped the “world is coming to an end” false narrative. President Trump is doing political ju jitsu on his opponents, who have badly overplayed their hands Covid19 will be big enough to be a problem for the next several months but situation should quickly resolve itself given President Trumps decisive measures. The US will come out looking much better at dealing with crisis than tye rest of the world and the Pres deserves the credit President will have awesome emergency powers to direct corona virus health care emergency for at least the next year and fall out will change our health case system for the better on lasting basis The politicization of the covid19 crisis to try to destroy President Trump is by far the biggest unforced political error they have done so far, and thats saying something. They have teed up the ball for President Trumps success and now he will pull out a driver and hit a hole in one. They created a serious crisis and The Pres is going to drive it for all its worth

Most definitely over reaction. And the media is absolutely to blame for some of this hysteria. People have lost their minds. But a simple understanding of virology, transmission, and the unknown of how long, how many, and how severe this thing can go makes these cancellations and postponements the only choice. All it would take is ONE death of a high school student for it to be rendered a bad decision to play on. No school wants that on their hands. No team. No sport. The UIL most definitely not. Sure.... MOST people will recover quickly with little more than an inconvenience. Unfortunately......there is absolutely no way of predicting which HEALTHY patients could be that tiny percent that die.

finally someone not trying to spin politics into this.

For a couple of years now, I have been prepping my home for instances such as the current hysteria being played out before us right now. My wife & I just went to Wally World to see for ourselves how people were reacting to the bare shelves where Water, Paper towels, toilet paper, and many other goods use to be. People had shopping carts piled high with anything they thought they might need in the coming weeks; I had previously gathered my supplies gradually over many months with little real expense. Just a case of water here or a bag of beans or rice or a box of ammo. Done properly, this is fairly cheap as well as free from the stress I saw on many faces today. If one does this conservatively, they can go for weeks or even months without having to go to the store, except for perishables such as milk or bread, which are generally in abundant supply. Let the Coronavirus scare blow over... things will stabilize soon enough, & if you turn off the television for awhile, heck, things should be fine in no time!

He said “kids” not “wives”!!

The Wuhan virus is a big bag of nothing. He fell for the Democrat/MSM trap and helped create a crisis. That will hurt him in the long run with those that will lose their jobs or not have the business to survive even if they do have one especially in the service industry. It will all be blamed on him. If you notice both Biden and Sanders aren't stating what steps that they would take. They know that would hurt them in November. If you've seen an article or speech on how they would handle the issue, I would love to read it. They know that would give Trump firepower against them in the election after the virus goes away. We are treating this far quicker and faster than even HIV that has killed over 700,000 Americans. At the current time there are only 2,386 infected people in the United States, and it has caused all of this ? There have been 57 deaths for a recovery rate of 97.64 %. This is a pandemic, and causing disruptions to our economy at a much higher clip. If millions of service workers, gig workers, vendors, etc. do not have jobs are can barely survive on unemployment crime will go up. We need to remain calm, but instead businesses, local governments, and now the Federal Government are causing widespread panic. We need level heads, but instead it is now a political created hysteria.

...after their Spring Break ends today. Maybe gaining momentum to be safe than sorry, even if not strong evidence of direct exposure or cases, yet.

I have 5 kids. My baby boom is done.

Seen where ND beat a couple big Shreveport area schools.

This puts it in perspective.

I hope you stocked up on air freshener with our beans and rice.

Great news!! This too shall pass.

Barry never misses an opportunity to sling in President Trump or those in his family’s direction. He’s such a sad little man....

And, rebuttal?????

Here's what a massive coronavirus lockdown would look like in the U.S. - National Geographic https://apple.news/AJcDTAa0wTv6o4bqE6doOcg

Worrying is like a rocking chair, it’s something you do , but gets you nowhere. Reply to this topic...

Look kirt.... Jett has been here!

Thanks TT. I knew they had been solid for a while just have not been able to get there. Wish them well with Potts and VA in the region.

Stinking wealthy neighbors

Glad to see this.

so what are you going to say when Trump and Hilary are friends again after he's out of office? Politics is a show.

As a healthcare worker (Emergency room)……. I totally understand why they are cancelling these events. The risk/reward is too great. All we would need is ONE player...coach....fan.... to get infected and die.... and people would be questioning why the even wasn't postponed or cancelled. It's lose/lose from the PR standpoint either way. But from the healthcare standpoint.... it makes sense not possibly creating mass exposures. Cancelling will no doubt put less people at risk of exposure. But I also can't deny that the media hasn't fanned the flames of hysteria. The amount of misinformation out there is unreal. I'm one of the biggest sports fans out there. I'm gutted that March Madness won't be played. Sad about MLB and NBA. But I can't deny.....as a healthcare worker.... that cancelling/postponing is just the smartest and safest thing to do.

Not sure what this has to do with what we are going through. By all means though, let’s blame this on Obama too.

You didn’t answer my question. When was the last time ND made it to the dance? And yes, the virus will not let them go this year! Like I said, I’m not that familiar I’m just asking.

we DO NOT cancel sporting events and such for the flu.......this is a complete overreaction fueled by a "media" out to get President Trump.....simple as that......

It is an over reaction.....flu is a LOT worse than the Wuhan Chinese Virus....and we don't panic like this for flu....it is a politically motivated panic manufactured by the leftist media for one thing only....to try to bring down the economy and harm President Trump in an election year.....dont be a manipulated tool of the left.....

Doctored video? At a rally in Texas he told the crowd that he is going to put Beto in charge of taking all of the guns... that was live... not edited and re-aired

RB Trey Sermon has announced he will transfer.

Gonna be some sparks flying after the PG/Carthage game today. Heard there was a nasty collision at the plate and the Carthage catcher went to the ER with concussion type symptoms.

I know we cant get Corona testing kits in rural Texas counties. So we really don't know how many people have or have died from it. Europeans and Asians have kits, and are handing them out like candy in their countries.

Trump's son in law's scumbag landlord methods are detailed very clearly here. Not shocking, but this is someone who has been given enormous access to so many important things in the White House to solve. https://decider.com/2020/03/11/dirty-money-jared-kushner/ ‘Dirty Money’ Tears Into Jared Kushner in Season 2 By Kayla Cobb @kaylcobb Mar 11, 2020 at 11:47am537 Shares Powered by Reelgood It’s time once again to side-eye capitalism. Dirty Money, Netflix and Alex Gibney’s docuseries that explores corporate corruption, is back with six new hourlong episodes. Each is more shocking than the last, but if you want to truly be appalled this March look no further than Dirty Money‘s deep dive into Jared Kushner‘s landlord fraud. Though the name of Donald Trump’s son-in-law is thrown around a lot, Jared Kushner still remains one of the lesser known figures of the current administration. But Daniel DiMauro and Mogan Pehme’s “Slumlord Millionaire” will turn his name into one you will never forget. The episode opens on footage of one of Jared Kushner’s Westminster Management’s many properties, only this particular apartment has a gaping hole in its ceiling and a waterfall of plumbing issues. As Dirty Money painstakingly details, this tenant hell isn’t an anomaly. For residents of Westminster it’s depressingly common. The episode serves as a concise explainer on Kushner’s rise to power. It even touches on the many crimes that landed his father, Charles Kushner, in jail. One of those involved soliciting prostitutes to have sex with his brothers and brothers-in-law, recording the encounters, and using that footage to blackmail his own family members to vote in the company the way he wanted. But what this corporate malpractice installment really excels at doing is listing Kushner’s sins as a landlord. It’s not just that many of Jared Kushner Westminster’s properties have asbestos, rodent infestations, and black mold, though they do. It’s not even that, according to residents, the property manager hired construction workers to work all hours of the night in the hopes their noise would drive out rent-controlled tenants, though that happened as well. No, the company’s history of nickel and diming past residents stands as the most appalling revelation. At some point Jared Kushner Westminster bought several properties and slapped current and former residents with hefty late fees and rent requests. That’s how residents who no longer live in JK Westminster properties have come to be sued for thousands. This particularly jaw-dropping accusation is primarily told through Kamiia Warren’s story. A single mother of three, Warren used to live in one of the buildings that JK Westminster later purchased. While she was living there she received permission from her landlord at the time to break her lease and move out because a neighbor was making her feel unsafe. Months after she thought she had put this saga behind her, JK Westminster started sending Warren threatening letters, accusing her of owing the company thousands. This was all over breaking a lease she was given permission to break. Then there are the illegal allegations. Through Aaron Carr, founder of the Housing Rights Initiative, and New York City council member Ritchie Torres the series explains that there have been at least three class action lawsuits filed against JK Westminster, that the company has filed more than 80 false work permit applications, and that many of JK Westminster’s buildings don’t have a certificate of occupancy. That latter crime was revealed by a whistleblower who no longer felt comfortable pretending these buildings were habitable when they legally weren’t. At one point Torres even calls the practice of falsifying building permits the “Kushner loophole.” There are two dozen other shocking details packed into this tight, hourlong investigation, from the fact that Trump supporter Chris Christie was the one who led the case when it came to imprisoning Charles Kushner to the revelation that many of the residents Jared Kushner Westminster is taking advantage of voted for Trump. But one thing’s for certain. This episode of Dirty Money will never let you forget Jared Kushner’s name.

The Emperor has no clothes. Never has. The Trump Presidency Is Over It has taken a good deal longer than it should have, but Americans have now seen the con man behind the curtain. MARCH 13, 2020 Peter Wehner Contributing writer at The Atlantic and senior fellow at EPPC BASTIAAN SLABBERS / NURPHOTO / GETTY Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. When, in January 2016, I wrote that despite being a lifelong Republican who worked in the previous three GOP administrations, I would never vote for Donald Trump, even though his administration would align much more with my policy views than a Hillary Clinton presidency would, a lot of my Republican friends were befuddled. How could I not vote for a person who checked far more of my policy boxes than his opponent. To be sure, the president isn’t responsible for either the coronavirus or the disease it causes, COVID-19, and he couldn’t have stopped it from hitting our shores even if he had done everything right. Nor is it the case that the president hasn’t done anything right; in fact, his decision to implement a travel ban on China was prudent. And any narrative that attempts to pin all of the blame on Trump for the coronavirus is simply unfair. The temptation among the president’s critics to use the pandemic to get back at Trump for every bad thing he’s done should be resisted, and schadenfreude is never a good look. That said, the president and his administration are responsible for grave, costly errors, most especially the epic manufacturing failures in diagnostic testing, the decision to test too few people, the delay in expanding testing to labs outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and problems in the supply chain. These mistakes have left us blind and badly behind the curve, and, for a few crucial weeks, they created a false sense of security. What we now know is that the coronavirus silently spread for several weeks, without us being aware of it and while we were doing nothing to stop it. Containment and mitigation efforts could have significantly slowed its spread at an early, critical point, but we frittered away that opportunity. “They’ve simply lost time they can’t make up. You can’t get back six weeks of blindness,” Jeremy Konyndyk, who helped oversee the international response to Ebola during the Obama administration and is a senior policy fellow at the Center for Global Development, told The Washington Post. “To the extent that there’s someone to blame here, the blame is on poor, chaotic management from the White House and failure to acknowledge the big picture.” Earlier this week, Anthony Fauci, the widely respected director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases whose reputation for honesty and integrity have been only enhanced during this crisis, admitted in congressional testimony that the United States is still not providing adequate testing for the coronavirus. “It is failing. Let’s admit it.” He added, “The idea of anybody getting [testing] easily, the way people in other countries are doing it, we’re not set up for that. I think it should be, but we’re not." Some of these mistakes are less serious and more understandable than others. One has to take into account that in government, when people are forced to make important decisions based on incomplete information in a compressed period of time, things go wrong. Yet in some respects, the avalanche of false information from the president has been most alarming of all. It’s been one rock slide after another, the likes of which we have never seen. Day after day after day he brazenly denied reality, in an effort to blunt the economic and political harm he faced. But Trump is in the process of discovering that he can’t spin or tweet his way out of a pandemic. There is no one who can do to the coronavirus what Attorney General William Barr did to the Mueller report: lie about it and get away with it. The president’s misinformation and mendacity about the coronavirus are head-snapping. He claimed that it was contained in America when it was actually spreading. He claimed that we had “shut it down” when we had not. He claimed that testing was available when it wasn’t. He claimed that the coronavirus will one day disappear “like a miracle”; it won’t. He claimed that a vaccine would be available in months; Fauci says it will not be available for a year or more. On and on it goes. To make matters worse, the president delivered an Oval Office address that was meant to reassure the nation and the markets but instead shook both. The president’s delivery was awkward and stilted; worse, at several points, the president, who decided to ad-lib the teleprompter speech, misstated his administration’s own policies, which the administration had to correct. Stock futures plunged even as the president was still delivering his speech. In his address, the president called for Americans to “unify together as one nation and one family,” despite having referred to Washington Governor Jay Inslee as a “snake” days before the speech and attacking Democrats the morning after it. As TheWashington Post’s Dan Balz put it, “Almost everything that could have gone wrong with the speech did go wrong.” Taken together, this is a massive failure in leadership that stems from a massive defect in character. Trump is such a habitual liar that he is incapable of being honest, even when being honest would serve his interests. He is so impulsive, shortsighted, and undisciplined that he is unable to plan or even think beyond the moment. He is such a divisive and polarizing figure that he long ago lost the ability to unite the nation under any circumstances and for any cause. And he is so narcissistic and unreflective that he is completely incapable of learning from his mistakes. The president’s disordered personality makes him as ill-equipped to deal with a crisis as any president has ever been. With few exceptions, what Trump has said is not just useless; it is downright injurious. The nation is recognizing this, treating him as a bystander “as school superintendents, sports commissioners, college presidents, governors and business owners across the country take it upon themselves to shut down much of American life without clear guidance from the president,” in the wordsof Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman of The New York Times. Donald Trump is shrinking before our eyes. The coronavirus is quite likely to be the Trump presidency’s inflection point, when everything changed, when the bluster and ignorance and shallowness of America’s 45th president became undeniable, an empirical reality, as indisputable as the laws of science or a mathematical equation. It has taken a good deal longer than it should have, but Americans have now seen the con man behind the curtain. The president, enraged for having been unmasked, will become more desperate, more embittered, more unhinged. He knows nothing will be the same. His administration may stagger on, but it will be only a hollow shell. The Trump presidency is over.