I once thought we had reached the point where societal or cultural fitness would be self-enforced, with collective introspection, our system of justice, etc., keeping us on a path of decency. But nope, turns out we're still just monkeys that require bouts of crises to right the course.

Watching Trump still continue to insert himself in front of the experts is so pathetic. Local news outlets reliably parrot his false statements. This statement alone... (source):

From the beginning, the Trump administration’s attempts to forestall an outbreak of a virus now spreading rapidly across the globe was marked by a raging internal debate about how far to go in telling Americans the truth.

...should enrage each and every American. It isn't up for debate whether or not this administration missed a great opportunity to massively impede the spread of covid-19 early on.

What I'm most worried about is that Trump is guaranteed to be working behind the scenes to find a way to leverage all this in favor of even more consolidated executive power. Feels like Jar-Jar Binks is about to make an announcement on the floor of the Senate any minute now.