This episode of 1A is one of the most important pieces of journalism in the world right now.

I know that seems like hyperbole. But I am absolutely serious.

The President of the United States is:

• undermining scientific expertise for political purposes,

• advocating for the use of unproven treatments and minimizing the possible dangerous side-effects (Quote from the article: "Currently there is no convincing evidence that hydroxychloroquine helps fight the virus and it can cause unpleasant and harmful side effects in some people."), and

• abandoning science in the face of Covid-19.

The Lancet, one of the most respected medical journals in the world, points out in this editorial not only that the Trump Administration is "obsessed with magic bullets" with regard to the COVID-19 crisis, but also that conservatives since the 1980s have "increasingly eroded the [CDC''s] ability to mount effective, evidence-based public health responses."

The concluding paragraph of the editorial calls for President Trump to be voted out of office in November.

The Trump administration's further erosion of the CDC will harm global cooperation in science and public health, as it is trying to do by defunding WHO. A strong CDC is needed to respond to public health threats, both domestic and international, and to help prevent the next inevitable pandemic. Americans must put a president in the White House come January, 2021, who will understand that public health should not be guided by partisan politics.

It is absolutely right that a scientific and medical organization should be pointing out the glaring lack of support for rational and science-based approaches to combating a world-wide pandemic. But it is still shocking that it is necessary.

This 2019 article from Philadelphia Magazine is worth a read.

I know I'm biased against him, but this article seems to be from a reputable publication and just reinforces the idea that Donald Trump doesn't really care whether what he's saying is true or not. If it helps him or makes him look good, then he'll say it. Among other things, he has claimed to have "graduated first in his class from the Wharton School of Finance", but the program from the commencement ceremony doesn't list him among the students who graduated with honors (cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude). How does one do that? ...Be the "first" in your class, but get no graduation honors at all. Seems to me that you don't.

• Fauci warns of "serious" consequences if U.S. reopens too soon

• Fauci warns reopening country too fast could be 'really serious for states

• Fauci, Other Top Health Officials Emphasize Testing Before Easing Lockdowns

• Reopening the country too soon might lead to 'really serious' consequences, Dr. Fauci warns

• Fauci, in Senate testimony, warns of new coronavirus 'outbreaks' if states jump 'checkpoints' to reopen

How is what President Trump is tweeting about California and Tesla or about governors moving too slowly at all consistent with the above?

A well reasoned description of why, even though you may be reluctant to do so, you should vote for Joe Biden in the upcoming U.S. Presidential election

I am not overly pleased that the expected nominee of the Democratic Party in the U.S. Presidential elections is Joe Biden.

But a reddit user (/u/Yagoua81) has posted something that apparently a Political Science professor posted about the policy choices that flow from a national election.

I haven't the foggiest idea who /u/Yagoua81 is. Nor do I have any idea who the supposedly quoted Political Science professor is. But the logic expressed in the post stands on its own without any particular reference to its author.

I think I agree with what the post says.

It's always the media's fault. A narcissist cannot accept that anyone else does anything correctly.

In this tweet, the Chief White Host Correspondent for the New York Times, Peter Baker, points out that in February, Trump accussed the press of being in "hysteria mode" because they were covering the coronavirus too much.¹

By April, he claimed that the "media" minimized the risk. Thus, trying to make it clear that he did not minimize the risk.

President Trump is compelled by his narcissism to blame others for anything that might reflect even slightly badly on him

In this tweet, the Chief White Host Correspondent for the New York Times, Peter Baker, points out that back in January, Trump was noting what a good and transparent job China was doing containing the Coronavirus.¹

But now that Trump needs a scapegoat for the fact that the virus is clearly causing more problems in the U.S. than he would like, his story has changed to blaming the World Health Organization (WHO) for "praising [China's] so-called transparency."

It seems clear to me that Donald Trump's Narcissistic personality disorder² will not allow him to admit that he has ever done anything even slightly incorrect, much less completely wrong. When faced with a situation in which he may have done something wrong, he needs to start finding something or someone else to blame. The second quote referenced in Peter Baker's tweet, is Trump trying to see if blaming the WHO for any problems the U.S. has with the new Coronavirus will work to absolve him of any responsibility. If it doesn't "stick", you can bet he'll keep throwing blame at others trying to find someone or something to which the blame will stick.

Trump and Fox News - Denied that the new coronavirus was a concern, then tried to convice the world that they treated it as a serious danger all along.

It is clear to me that Slate has a generally liberal bias, but part of being rational is acknowledging bias, but not allowing that bias to keep you from evaluating content on its own merit.

This article, Let's Never Forget That Trump and Fox News Started as Coronavirus Truthers displays a lot of contempt for Trump and Fox News¹, but that doesn't change the truth of it's basic assertion.

The President and Fox News made it clear that they believed that being concerned about the new coronavirus and trying to point out that we (the U.S. and the world) needed to take it seriously and start doing something about it sooner rather than later was just an attempt to discredit the President.

Then, they proverbially "turned on a dime" and started acting like they had been taking this seriously all along.

Finally, someone from within the Christian Evangelical movement is willing to say "out loud" what must already be clear to most of the world -- that President Trump should be removed from office.

Here is the actual Christianity Today editorial.

I can find little if anything about this editorial that I disagree with.