President Trump and the White House coronavirus task force will hold a briefing at 5 p.m. ET. Trump will likely respond to unemployment claims skyrocketing to a record 6.6 million in the last week ending on March 28, which doubles the amount of claims reported last week amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Hopefully, Donnie will be announcing, that in solidarity, he will also join the ranks of the unemployed.
A guy can dream, right?
Nothing else would turn things around and head us in a better direction than if he did resign or if he got “resigned.”
And his little dog Q-Tip, too…
President Pelosi has a nice ring to it.
I wouldn’t have the anxiety I have if someone real was in charge of the country. But having a mad king in the middle of the biggest crisis I’ve seen in my lifetime is just a hell of a lot to ask of people, you know?
President Trump and the White House coronavirus task force
I’m sure various sycophants will congratulate him on having the bigliest unemployment numbers ever. No one else could have done it.
On a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 meaning “Zero Responsibility” and 100 meaning “Complete Responsibility”, please estimate how much responsibility President Chaos Goblin will take for the current economic situation:
(Poll choices edited for space)
0 voters
Edit to add: today I learned we can create polls in our responses. I expect to abuse this power and get kicked off of TPM within 30 days.
I thought he already did this today
Yesterday morning I awoke from a dream where Jackson Browne was giving me a foot rub in a gymnasium full of bunk beds. I didn’t ask for the foot rub. I looked down and said, “Jackson Browne! Don’t you have Coronavirus?!”
I woke up and had to Google to make sure that he did have it.
Weird dream.
You must have been running on empty.
Seriously, my dreams have been kinda wacky lately as well. Can’t imagine why?
That is weird - as weird as the dream I had. I was in a shopping center that was under construction. I went into one large space that was open for business but I don’t know what they were selling. I wandered around and bumped into a guy who was browsing. He turned out to be Matthew McConaughey. I have no idea why.
My girlfriend made me watch that movie… 
I don’t even find him at all attractive. I was amused that it was him. He was amused at himself. hahahahahahaha
Tremendous numbers!biggest, best ever!
No one can crash an economy better, do more damage, quicker than trump.
#1 in Covid-19 infections, soon #1 in coved-19 deaths, going to #1 in economic destruction.
Heck-of-a-job trump is.
NOW JUST START RUNNING TV/FACE BOOK ADVERTISEMENTS ON THIS.
P.S. bernie, time to drop out, go home, stop helping trump…
So, he’ll use this opportunity to either a) blame Obama/the media/China for the UE numbers or b) deny the data, gaslight, and attack reporters for asking such nasty questions. Or both.
The unemployment bonus should be paid to essential workers who aren’t unemployed, too. Particularly folks like restaurant take out, who’d be better off laid off, making more money unemployed than when working.
You know that ridiculously high number of new jobless claims? Have a look at this:
UNEMPLOYMENT UPDATE
The state has received 220,000 unemployment claims in the last three weeks, 20 times the normal amount. The Department of Labor continues to process claims.
There is a backlog of at least five or six weeks to process unemployment claims, Lamont said Thursday.
“My goal is to clear that backlog over two or three weeks,” the governor said.
Unemployment claims processors are working overtime, said Melissa McCaw, Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
“There is a SWAT time at this time if you will looking at all options for the commissioner to increase staffing there,” McCaw said.
State officials are looking throughout the government for any former Department of Labor employees or others with backgrounds in unemployment claims processing.
This is just for the State of Connecticut:
No one will be asking about this at the rally, or anything else relevant. What deflection will they put up today??? Which nets will broadcast the rally?
Please. I beg you. Don’t cover it live. Edit. Edit. Edit.