We live in an age of cartoon villains.
As Americans lose their jobs and can& #39;t pay their bills, the president is taking their tax money to... pay himself to play golf. #click=https://t.co/AieBfxDIi2">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/amid-virus-outbreak-secret-service-signed-contract-to-rent-golf-carts-at-home-of-trump-club/2020/04/01/86d249fe-7449-11ea-85cb-8670579b863d_story.html #click=https://t.co/AieBfxDIi2">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...
After lining his pockets with taxpayer dollars, the president is then trying to negotiate his way out of paying his own bills. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/business/economy/coronavirus-trump-company-finances.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/0...
The richest man on earth presided over a plan to scapegoat a black worker in one of his warehouses, because executives deemed the worker not "not smart or articulate."
The worker was protesting the lack of protective gear in a deadly pandemic. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5dm8bx/leaked-amazon-memo-details-plan-to-smear-fired-warehouse-organizer-hes-not-smart-or-articulate">https://www.vice.com/en_us/art...
The worker was protesting the lack of protective gear in a deadly pandemic. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5dm8bx/leaked-amazon-memo-details-plan-to-smear-fired-warehouse-organizer-hes-not-smart-or-articulate">https://www.vice.com/en_us/art...
Oil CEOs are flocking to the president to plead for handouts from the government. https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-to-meet-with-oil-ceos-about-helping-industry-11585763413">https://www.wsj.com/articles/...
On a day where SIX AND A HALF MILLION job losses were announced, the Dow Jones... rose over 450 points.
Another billionaire heroically volunteered to provide ventilators to hospitals, and instead delivered a bunch of lookalike sleep apnea machines that cost a fraction as much. (Granted, this one is more of a hapless comic villain. But still: cartoonish.) https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2020/04/01/1585782924000/Elon-Musk-promised-ventilators--These-are-BPAP-machines-/">https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2020/04/0...
Senators briefed about the oncoming pandemic and economic collapse raced... to their brokers, where they quickly traded a bunch of stocks in order to make a quick buck. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/4/1/21202900/kelly-loeffler-stock-sales-coronavirus-pandemic">https://www.vox.com/policy-an...
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Oh, you think Democrats are immune? Well, their leader& #39;s big plan for helping everyday Americans in a once-a-century economic collapse was to roll back a tax on the wealthy. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/business/economy/coronavirus-economic-stimulus-taxes.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/3...
I mean, for god& #39;s sake, an ongoing controversy in this whole thing is the governor of Florida& #39;s refusal to close the beaches! That& #39;s literally the thing the villain mayor did in Jaws! https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/os-ne-coronavirus-desantis-beach-closure-lawsuit-20200402-jwhl6he2djd6pn5jcqhckgogci-story.html">https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavir...