Two More Trump Staffers Test Positive | Talking Points Memo

Yes, that is total BS. Look at the Tulsa pics. Look at Pence meeting with the campaign of 50+ (now deleted). Not one is social distancing or wearing a mask.

This is just the tip of the iceberg. 8 staffers now, predict at least 16-24 more (if they announce), and an inverted ski jump ramp increase for the campaign and Tulsa.

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Is that what all the guests on TV are using that come on to chat to the host? Pretty soon they’re gonna make a new TV series of Cribs: Zoom Edition if that’s the case.

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I would truly love to be able to say, “I wouldn’t wish this disease on anyone.”

But I’m sorry. I can’t do that.

After seeing all of the people dying from the actions of Fat Ass and his baby-eating enablers, I have no sympathy for the people who chose to keep working for him `and spread his lies about this disease and believing the lies themselves until they got themselves infected.

All I could do was read the article and think, “I really don’t care, do you?”`

(And yeah, some may think I’m an asshole for saying that, but at least this asshole wasn’t responsible for 120K+ American deaths.)

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Yeah, I’d get the interface and set up a proper camera with the proper focal length, distance from me etc. You can always tell the computer cameras by their grainy, low-res look and the reflection in the audio.

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There are so many members of the Trump campaign I’m hoping catch this virus. Start at the top, COVID

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I feel that way sometimes too, but the Secret Service have no choice in the matter of who they’re assigned to. The rest of them that are there by choice…yeah, fuck 'em.

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Can’t say, as I never watch broadcast TV, but it certainly is a popular and easy way to jazz up your background. It does get a bit confused if your background isn’t “smooth” (mine’s a whole bunch of boxes on shelves, etc) and if that’s the case the image “breaks up” but some folks actually invest in a “green screen” (an actual sheet that is green) which the software just loves.

My son has one as he does video game consulting (yes, that’s now a thing!) so he’s got the nice camera, fancy chair, green screen, lights - the whole nine yards. We also upgraded the home Internet link when the two kids moved back in so we now have 180MBps download & 25MBps upload speeds. Setting up your own broadcast studio has never been easier…

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Wow…fancy shmancy. My kid, now 32 living in Cleveland is still big on playing video games. I guess when you grow up with those things it becomes a permanent thing as part of passing the time and you get pretty darn good at it. And here I am still just begging him to play Words with Friends with me. I can only imagine him just rolling his eyes at me when I ask if he’ll engage playing another game with me.

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It’s actually become a quite lucrative industry, with huge tournaments and the top players earning seven figures or more. A lot of passion, and a lot of incredibly arcane detail in some of these games, my son’s specialty is one of the more arcane, less lucrative ones but check out this list from the start of the year:

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Whoa…$17 mil for the top player. Nice work (or play) if you can get it. That’s dedication.

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What, no kicking them before you walk away?

You piker!

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And there’s a whole industry behind them. My son has a small sponsorship from a company that licenses space on player’s shirts for sponsors but the biggies can sell their “real estate” for beaucoup bucks. Throw in how much a major tournament puts into play (and factor in that these things can go on virtually, unlike traditional “physical sports”) and things are hot.

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Yeah there’s a big venue here. They play for big amounts of money for prizes.

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Parscale claimed that “a week’s worth of the fake news media warning people away from the rally because of COVID…

Let me stop you right there, buddy, before you embarrass yourself any further. Eight of your staffers involved in the Tulsa rally have tested positive…that we know of. So if there’s any “fake news” to be had, it’s could only be that you’re lying about the true prevalence of the virus within your campaign.

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TeeVee News Reports: Two More Trump Campaign Staffers Test Positive For Coronavirus After Tulsa Rally

Trump: Fire them before it drives up the campaign’s health insurance . . .ah,what do you call them?

White House Staffer: Premiums

Trump: Yeah. Those . . .

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That still making fun of Biden “hiding” in his basement? While their campaign is literally running out of bodies?

Considering he drew only 6200 people to his rally, it would appear even most Trump MAGA heads would rather be in the Biden basement.

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Yeah, I’ve been catching hell for that. Might have to rethink my choices in life.

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It’s ok. You be the bigger man. Plenty of kickers here to do the dirty work.

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I mean, I think it should be noted for the record that I’m stepping over their bodies and leaving them for dead. That’s not exactly the Good Samaritan.

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Oklahoma has one of the lowest doubling times for spread (20 days) in the country. Should be a terrible month for the health care providers there.

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