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Leftmedia / April 2, 2025 The Disingenuous COVID Whitewash Five years later, some on the Left claim to be shocked that we were lied to. What feels like four score and seven years ago, but was actually just five years ago, the world was thrust into a “new normal.” Yet, as time passes and political winds shift, we’re finding out just how much of the reaction was really necessary and how much COVID seems like something that wasn’t actually an accident but a step in determining how certain segments of society would react to a swift call for more government control, at the cost of economic and personal freedom. The impetus for all this navel-gazing was a recent mea culpa editorial in The New York Times by opinion columnist Zeynep Tufekci, presenting the possibility that we were “badly misled about the event that changed our lives.” You think? By contrast, some will defend themselves to the end. Jonathan Chait in The Atlantic complained, “Liberals have engaged in searching self-reflection — on school closings, the lab-leak hypothesis, the political aftereffects, and other unanticipated lessons. Conservatives have used the occasion to engage in a round of self-congratulations and taunting of the libs.” The problem with Chait is that he didn’t seem to catch these realizations when they were relevant and people’s lives and livelihoods were at stake. As columnist David Harsanyi notes, “Now, you and I may believe dunking on libs who accused you of committing mass murder for going to church is perfectly normal behavior. Chait, though, is irked by all the ‘gloating’ and ‘football-spiking.’” Remember all the grief some governors like Ron DeSantis and Kristi Noem received because their policies and reactions treated COVID more like a flu epidemic than a crisis? “The people themselves are primarily responsible for their safety,” said Noem. For that, she was crucified in the media. However, as our Mark Alexander noted at the time, “South Dakota’s response can serve as a template for states with mostly rural populations.” (This is a good time to remind readers that Alexander has been chronicling the COVID era from the beginning, a now book-length timeline and resource page that’s worth reading as we look back.) With apologies to those who lost friends, family, and other loved ones to the pandemic, societally, the most significant casualty from COVID was the truth. In many cases, the deception was intentional. “It’s not hard to imagine how the attempt to squelch legitimate debate might have started,” Tufekci writes. “Some of the loudest proponents of the lab leak theory weren’t just earnestly making inquiries; they were acting in terrible faith, using the debate over pandemic origins to attack legitimate, beneficial science, to inflame public opinion, to get attention. For scientists and public health officials, circling the wagons and vilifying anyone who dared to dissent might have seemed like a reasonable defense strategy.” The message was “trust the science,” but it only seemed to work one way. Scientists who called for a less invasive economic shutdown and usage of existing drugs proven to work against other, similar infections were shouted down and shadow-banned (or simply censored) from the conversation on social media. It was in the name of “science” that we were just plain lied to and the truth buried. “We’re all smart enough to know to never have smoking guns, and if we did we wouldn’t put them in emails and if we found them we’d delete them,” wrote David Morens, a senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci, himself a master at manipulating the narrative so as to defend “the science” against the truth. “Fauci’s distortions of the recent past stand out for their jesuitical sophistry and their brazenness,” posits Jack Butler of National Review. “But he is not alone in attempting to alter history concerning Covid, even five years later. Those of us who want to remember this history accurately and learn from it must guard against such revisionism.” Jeff Childers, a Florida-based attorney who was one of those fighting to end the lockdowns in

I know you are going through a rough patch, hope you’re okay! Eddie

rump is destroying the respect of the the us, you are going to enjoy your tax cut. at the expense of the working and seniors/ On 3/5/2025 3:59 PM, sheepandgoatlady wrote:

Today’s Thursday Triple Common Sense Moment: Triple DUH!!!

5 things to watch in Trump's primetime address to Congress https://www.foxnews.com/politics/5-things-watch-trumps-primetime-address-congress

It was pathetic watching the Democratic lunatics disrespect the Angel moms and other guests at the Capitol last night. Democrats put on full display their choice of hate over compassion, it was disgusting. As Democrats are known to do they put their hate above the people, pathetic. A young man, cancer survivor was disrespected. A young girl murdered by TDA gangs, her mother disrespected. A border patrol agent who faced live fire protecting Americans, disrespected. Why? Democrats choosing themselves and their hate above others, invited to the PEOPLE’S HOUSE!!

Wish he could serve another 5 terms

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Should Democrats be put on the endangered species list? I read an article that says yes and it suggested it would be prudent to place a few in a protective environment. The San Diego zoo is contemplating a special exhibit with a Pelosi and a Schiff . They would be viewed in their natural habitat, possibly a dark room of some kind. Eddie

https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/20/video-official-admits-dept-of-education-is-spending-tax-dollars-on-illegals-and-dodging-doge-oversight/ Hey Juanita!!!

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fema-halting-payments-migrant-housing-new-york-after-118670265 Cameron Hamilton, acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, reposted Musk’s comments and said the payments were suspended as of Sunday. HEY JUANITA, WHY WOULD THE ADMINISTRATOR OF FEMA STOP SOMETHING THAT WASN’T HAPPENING? BECAUSE IT WAS HAPPENING!! DUH!!!!

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more DOGE Disaster: White House Press Secretary Crumbles When Asked For Fraud Proof White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked for proof that Elon Musk found fraud in the government, and she had nothing. Sarah Jones & Jason Easley Feb 12 Feb 12

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) pointed out that Elon Musk, chair of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), "admitted that he was lying" about government waste at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) first subcommittee hearing on the billionaire's efforts to cut spending. During Wednesday's subcommittee hearing chaired by Greene, Crockett noted that the Georgia Republican "missed every single one" of the hearings on improper payments in the previous Congress. "In fact, I'm trying to figure out exactly what it is that the Republicans believe our job is, because right now, they have relinquished their constitutional duties over to an unelected bureaucrat, someone who no one went out to vote for," Crockett said. "And absolutely, he is occupying the Oval Office, as we saw yesterday." "And that is a first for me, to see someone occupying the Oval Office who's never actually been elected to the Oval Office, and actually answering more questions than the person that allegedly got elected," she continued. "But for whatever reason, this is the first time we're having a DOGE subcommittee hearing, and that guy's not here." Crockett noted that Musk admitted Tuesday to spreading misinformation by claiming the U.S. funded $50 million worth of condoms for Gaza. "I'm upset about the guy that runs Twitter, who for sure is doing nefarious things," she explained. "In fact, he sat there in the Oval Office yesterday, and he admitted that he was lying." "And he was using his propaganda machine to do it, when he said that we sent millions of dollars to Gaza for condoms," Crockett added. "That was a lie." ALSO READ: 'Hero': Latest school shooter celebrated as followers float copycat plans During his Tuesday Oval Office meeting, Musk retracted earlier claims about the U.S. providing condoms

https://www.cfo.com/news/fema-cfo-mary-comans-fired-for-defying-trump-and-funding-migrant-hotels/739862/ In a continuation of the shake-up of financial leadership amid federal investigations, government efficiency audits, and adherence to accountability standards by the Department of Government Efficiency, FEMA CFO Mary Comans has been fired by the Department of Homeland Security for authorizing $59 million in payments to New York City that were used to house illegal migrants. Yahoo news a leftist website reporting she used $59 million of Federal dollars to house ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS!! ????