US Deaths In 2020 Top 3 Million, Far Exceeding Most Ever Counted | Talking Points Memo

NEW YORK (AP) — This is the deadliest year in U.S. history, with deaths expected to top 3 million for the first time — due mainly to the coronavirus pandemic.


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Another Trump triumph.
He is now and always will be #1.

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Biden said yesterday… the worst is yet to come
welcome 2021.

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To say that the U.S. is an unhealthy country is to sharply underestimate our problems.

Rona, opioid deaths, widespread obesity and heart disease, and a spiritual void that yawns darkly from sea to shining sea make this a place no one should be proud of.

Remember the wild backlash when Michelle Obama tried to instill healthy eating and exercise habits in our national culture? I can’t forget.

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“…marking this the stupidest year in American history.”

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Don’t remember a pandemic raging across the nation, killing hundreds of thousands, while President Obama was in the White House.

Ditto stores running out of toilet paper. So, to summarize: President Obama, no plagues killing hundreds of thousands, toilet paper plentiful.

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Trump doesn’t care about any of those who died.

We have a raging lunatic in the WH, and Congress is waiting until 1/20 to remove him.

Fuck that. Remove him now.

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which the party of tRump will instantly blame on Biden (‘forgetting’ how they’ve kneecapped him and the country).

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May God damn Donald Trump. Damn him to hell.

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Great success mr president

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And if not today, then tomorrow, we will cross 19,000,000 infections since this started in Spring:

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I was worn out by the winning (and whining) a long time ago.
I’m so glad there’s a clearing picture of when it’s going to stop.

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“But life expectancy for 2020 could end up dropping as much as three full years…”

Bingo. That’s why it happened. Three million less SS payments for the wealthy to worry about. Its why we are in this boat. Ageism is the one form of accepted bias in our society.

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It’s not everyday that you can confidently name the person responsible for a large percentage of increased deaths. Whether it’s 300,00 or 30,00, Trump has left his mark as one of the most successful murderers, of his own people no less, in history. Quite an achievement. One for which he will never feel guilt, because it’s never ever his fault.

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What do you expect? You lock up people for a year for no good reason for a year, of course they are going to kick the bucket. I wonder how many go asphyxiated by the mask that tyrannical state governors mandated.

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We have been and are continuing to loose the same number of people who died in the World Trade Center terrorist act on a daily basis to covid-19, and President Trump and his entire Administration are quiet. All he’s doing is acting in more extreme and irrational ways. Can this really be part of an exit strategy (or a poor effort based on his poor hand) of his - to act in such a dangerous way that he feels he can negotiate an exit without any legal challenge to him and his family once they leave office? Meanwhile, people die because they believed his lies.

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2016 has to be a close second.

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Visiting the family for the holidays adds a whole new meaning to the phrase “I love you to death folks.”

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Weren’t we supposed to stop talking about this fake pandemic once the election was over? Are we waiting for Trump to concede?

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