Mark Jay Brewin Jr

Author of the poetry collection Scrap Iron, winner of the 2012 Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry. Poetry Editor for Saxifrage Press.

[Bryan Cranston @BryanCranston]

I've stopped worrying about the president's sanity. He's not sane. And the realization of his illness doesn't fill me with anger, but with profound sadness. What I now worry about is the sanity of anyone who can still support this deeply troubled man to lead our country.

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

Dear @realDonaldTrump: Your words are on tape. You did not say Democrats are the hoax. Instead, you stated on Feb 28: “And this is their new hoax.”

Stop treating the American people as stupid. We know what we saw and heard. And we know you repeatedly downplayed the virus in Feb.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

$282,000,000,000.

That's by how much America’s billionaires increased their wealth in less than a month, while over 22 million lost their jobs.

This system of unfettered greed is morally obscene. It’s time to put working families first—not billionaires. https://t.co/KAsOVJgbKX

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

The chances that @realDonaldTrump has an idea to cure #Covid_19 that works better than those of the best & brightest doctors & scientists: 0%.

The chances that Trump causes one of his supporters to harm himself/herself: higher than 0%.

Do not inject yourself with disinfectant.

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

We shouldn’t be drinking or injecting disinfectants. Let's not further overwhelm our medical professionals—and let’s not take medical advice from someone who tried to convince America that the coronavirus was a hoax.

[NPR @NPR]

Over a quarter of young Americans say their lives are worse because of President Trump, a new poll finds.

"I looked at dozens of subgroups," the pollster says. "… in every single case—other than among Republicans—people say he's made their life worse."
https://t.co/fTwf7xHTkk

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

“I ultimately take responsibility for solving this crisis.” —Obama, on the BP oil spill 10 years ago

“No, I don’t take responsibility at all.” —Trump, on the botched coronavirus testing plan

A decade apart, it’s maddening to compare the two responses.

https://t.co/OqKlMfNOUj

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

GOP is seriously arguing that it’s worth sacrificing the lives of hourly workers so they can get a spray tan again.

If they really wanted to reopen the economy, they‘d fund mass testing, contact tracing,& healthcare for people.

Instead they’re fighting against hospital funding.

[Barb McQuade @BarbMcQuade]

Republican-majority Senate concludes Russia helped Trump get elected in 2016. Can we all finally agree to retire the “hoax” hoax? https://t.co/eRXjak5zxv

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

A nurse just stood outside the White House and read the names of 50 nurses who have died from COVID-19. “Nurses are raising our voices across the country, and we demand to be heard.” https://t.co/daIj5lJM7j

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

This blatant corruption in the middle of a public health & economic crisis is just mind-boggling. Enough is enough: Congress should pass my bill to #EndCorruptionNow to force Presidents to fully divest from their businesses.
https://t.co/UlV5QNCeiF

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

Republican-led Senate panel confirms that Russia backed Trump in 2016 https://t.co/1jqrhM7zlr

[Pema Levy @pemalevy]

How health care investors are helping run Jared Kushner's shadow coronavirus task force https://t.co/moeUJxDMVd
Companies in their portfolios have a clear financial stake in how Trump handles the crisis.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

President Trump has failed to listen to science and we have all suffered because of it.

Let's be serious and prioritize our health over the bank accounts of billionaires and large corporations. https://t.co/5sbBXTCvb8

[David Corn @DavidCornDC]

Trump and his campaign are signaling he will do all he can to delegitimize the 2020 election, if he does not win reelection.
https://t.co/1HlgtVQFSp

[The Manc @TheMancUK]

After noticing that Ken slept with a photo of his late wife every night, one of the carers at Thistleton Lodge presented him with this incredible gift...

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

U.S. oil prices have crashed below $0 a barrel. This is not a problem. We should not try to prop up oil prices. We should not bail out oil companies. We should accelerate our shift to solar, wind, and other non-fossil fuels.

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

Below is one reason why Democrats stopped @realDonaldTrump Administration & @senatemajldr McConnell from jamming through PPP funding. We want to make the program more accessible to all small businesses, not just chain hotels/restaurants and those who are wealthy & well connected.

[Charles Croucher @ccroucher9]

An incredible series of photos by Alyson McClaran in Denver. She writes “health care workers stand in the street in counter-protest to hundreds of people who... demand he stay-at-home order be lifted”.