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The Unconscionable Tragedy in Beirut
A tragedy took place in Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday when a giant explosion occurred at a warehouse storing highly explosive materials. The video of the incident looks almost unreal. At this point, at least 157 people are confirmed dead with thousands more injured. Nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate, which is used in fertilizers and bombs, was stored at the facility in question. When it ignited, the result was an explosion estimated to be 1/10th the size of the nuclear blast in Hiroshima. Shock waves smashed homes and ripped off building facades. More than 250,000 people were left without homes because the shock wave spread for miles.
The Port of Beirut is now a full-blown disaster zone. Humanitarian groups and other nonprofits are quickly trying to get into the area and, of course, everything is compounded in difficulty because of the raging coronavirus pandemic. US President Donald Trump is not helping matters either, speculating that the incident was a deliberate attack. At this point, there is no evidence to justify Trump’s claims.
Trump COLLAPSES Into Conspiracies at Bizarre Presser
Donald Trump held another one of his wacky coronavirus press briefings and this time he touted non-stop conspiracy theories. Trump suggested the explosion in Beirut was an attack even though the consensus now is that it was due to negligence. Trump said, “you have some people that think it was an attack and you have some people that think it wasn't.” The President offered no evidence to support the theory this was a planned occurrence. This is incredibly irresponsible to do, but Trump just doesn’t seem to care. He also kept referring to Lebanon as “that country,” seemingly unaware of its name.
These press briefings are increasingly becoming an outlet for Donald Trump's panic over failed interviews. He’s constantly having to do damage control for idiotic tweets and poor media appearances. The press briefings recently have just been an opportunity for Trump to lie about the US coronavirus response and spread propaganda about vote-by-mail. We’ll see if he keeps them going until the election or if he will once again get bored talking about the virus.
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--Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) joins David to discuss the second coronavirus stimulus package, the upcoming Presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the path forward on coronavirus, and much more
--The world deserves and explanation and an apology for Donald Trump and our coronavirus response
--Notable discussions from the TDPS subreddit, including about Trump vs Biden polling and much more
--Donald Trump could easily be re-elected, and too many people are way too confident in Joe Biden's polling advantage
--Dr. Anthony Fauci's daughters now need security due to threats against them, in addition to the threats against Dr. Fauci himself
--Voicemail caller points out that friendly interviewers are increasingly giving Donald Trump the answers to the questions they ask, and Trump still manages to get the answers wrong
--On the Bonus Show: LA threatens to shut off water & power to house parties, NYC setting up quarantine checkpoints, hurricane forecast looks brutal, much more...
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