WH Coronavirus Task Force Briefing | Talking Points Memo

Try the feed linked on the home page of npr.org.

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Truth be told, it’s a straight cop of Evan Hurst at Wonkette’s style. I’m not proud of that but whatever works.

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The first step in recovery is admitting that you have a problem. Get thee to a rehab STAT!

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Well, rehab may be repurposed at the moment.

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And first we have the ritual humiliation of having to sit there while Trump has his pants steamed for a half-hour.

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ā€œhave his pants steamedā€ ? Is that what the assholes are calling it these days.

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Still no donnie…not even any trace of his spoor.

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From NPR, and I’m surprised the chairs haven’t been moved 20 feet back from the podium by now:

The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) had already thinned out seats in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in order to comply with social distancing guidelines. Now, a suspected COVID-19 case among the White House press corps means there will be even fewer reporters in the room.

WHCA president Jonathan Karl of ABC News announced Monday that an unnamed reporter who attended four briefings earlier this month has a suspected case of the virus.

ā€œWe ask again that all members who can stay home or work remotely please do so,ā€ Karl wrote in an advisory on behalf of the WHCA board. ā€œPlease do not come to the White House if you do not have a workspace or an assigned seat on that day. And please DO NOT come into the White House if you are feeling at all ill.ā€

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Seriously Hope Hicks used to literally steam his pants while he was in them. Never heard of such a thing but the boy ain’t right, you know, so no point being taken aback.

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Word is that he delayed yesterday’s briefing because he wants to be in prime time. Not sure anyone considers 6PM EDT to be prime, let alone 3PM PDT.

But attention whores gonna whore…

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I know! Adds a whole new dimension to a press conference.

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Really? But he always shows up late. I think the fact that he’s an asshole has to be factored in.

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Hilarious, there will be very few reporters in the room. His rally coverage won’t be as well covered.

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Oh damn.

As I mentioned last week…can’t wait for him to start bragging about the ratings for his pressers.

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Kinda OT

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Ewwww…there’s barr

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Wow. When you’ve even lost Ted Cruz!

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The Washington Post is not offering the live broadcast, interesting move

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Hell, we haven’t even had the ritual trooping in of the peons. I’m off to fix a drink. Oh, thank god I made it back in time, they’ve sent in the clowns. And there they stand, silently, like dopes. Stand and stand and stand, dopelike. It just gets more and more awkward. He does this deliberately, you know, because asshole.

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