Say a little prayer for Federalism

[jon-nyc]

The ‘plan’. Check out the gating criteria.

It’s almost as if Jared Kushner and Larry Kudlow wrote this

https://www.scribd.com/document/456768133/President-Trump-s-Plan-to-Reopen-America

[Axtremus]

Looks like something cobbled together by junior "consultants" under the direction of MBAs who themselves have no subject matter expertise.

[Loki]

Funny, but I heard several governors interviewed after they discussed this with Trump and they liked. So did an Uber critic of CNN, I forget her name.

I guess opinions will vary.

Oh and McKinsey is involved too. Both sides no less.

[jon-nyc]

Governors would like the fact that trump backed of his ‘total authority’ and ‘mutiny on the bounty’ talk.

What do you think of it?

[Loki]

@jon-nyc said in Say a little prayer for Federalism:

Governors would like the fact that trump backed of his ‘total authority’ and ‘mutiny on the bounty’ talk.

What do you think of it?

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/mckinsey-is-playing-both-sides-of-the-trump-cuomo-spat.html

McKinsey, what did you think of that? Both sides.

Yeah, Trump embarrassed himself, I guess Barr told him even monarchy has its limits. Haha.

[jon-nyc]

What do you think of the plan, I mean? such as it is.

[Loki]

@jon-nyc said in Say a little prayer for Federalism:

What do you think of the plan, such as it is?

I think that testing is going to be real problem for a while and you need to be very careful on that subject because if that is gating you can kiss our livelihoods good bye. So the plan has inherent risk but gives governors an excuse to open things up before they become destitute.

[jon-nyc]

I think for NYMag to bill it ‘both sides of the coin’ is part of the problem.

As a former partner at a McKinsey competitor I could imagine working with either group.

[jon-nyc]

Yesterday: Three phase plan, states use discretion, etc.

Today:

[Loki]

@jon-nyc said in Say a little prayer for Federalism:

Yesterday: Three phase plan, states use discretion, etc.

Today:

Whither has been pretty schizophrenic too, first with the toughest shelter in place orders and now plan to be in Phase 1 on May 1 and view to Phase 2 ASAP. Also she might be the VP and has been sharply critical of Trump.

Now is there equivalence of a President’s behavior and a governor, NO.

Trump just begs for and entices CNN’s bad behavior. There I said it.

[xenon]

@jon-nyc
I usually don’t think - “that’s not real” when I see a Trump tweet. That was my first thought when I saw this one.

[Doctor Phibes]

"Why did the W.H.O. Ignore an email from Taiwanese health officials in late December alerting them to the possibility that CoronaVirus could be transmitted between humans? Why did the W.H.O. make several claims about the CoronaVirus that ere either inaccurate or misleading...."

Fucking hell, he's got some stones.

Well either that, or he's completely off his head.

[xenon]

It's either an abundance of stones or a dearth of marbles.

[89th]

@xenon said in Say a little prayer for Federalism:

@jon-nyc
I usually don’t think - “that’s not real” when I see a Trump tweet. That was my first thought when I saw this one.

Same.

Then I chuckled. The amount this president flip-flops makes John Kerry look like a statue.

[Doctor Phibes]

Normally, I'd be laughing my ass off, but he's just sucked all the fun out of this epidemic.