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RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, does anybody remember it was just a couple of weeks ago we were told that secret, internal models from FEMA? They weren’t released. This was a leak. It was a leak to the media. Secret, internal models from FEMA were projecting the total number of deaths from the coronavirus would be double by the end of June. I remember that. And that the FEMA models that were not released… This was a leak. The FEMA models projected 200,000 new coronavirus cases a day by the end of May, which is just three days from now. Guess...

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room2:11 P.M. EDTMS. MCENANY:  Hello, everyone.  I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend.  I have some brief announcements for you today — just that now we have 760 sites and retail locations in 45 states, plus the District of Columbia.  CVS is planning to open an additional 650 sites.  These are encouraging numbers.  It’s, again, a testament to our private sector for all that they’ve done in partnering with the administration and helping to stop the spread of the coronavirus.Also skilled nursing facilities — there was an announcement that I just want to...

The following is a transcript of Sharyl Attkisson's interview with President Donald J. Trump on "Full Measure." A link to the video is below. Sharyl: Thank you for being on our program. President Trump: Well, thank you. Sharyl: Do you think that coronavirus has been as transformative to our country as 9/11 was? President Trump: Well, I think the concept of 9/11 was, it was a little more direct. It was a hit by terrorists. But this is a hit. It came out of China, whether we like it or not, it came out of China. It could have been...

In the last article on this topic, we looked at how unlikely it is that the well-synchronized story of James Comey, Andrew McCabe, and the FBI leakers from early 2017 is actually true. My own assessment is that the FBI is indeed the agency that reported the Kislyak-Flynn phone calls to the other Obamagate principals. But it’s very improbable that the FBI had to go hunt the phone calls down, in response to a community-wide appeal inserted in the presidential daily briefing (PDB) on 30 December 2016. There’s really no scenario in which that claim makes sense. But it especially...

If you’ve watched the news lately, you might be under the impression that a medicine President Trump touted as a possible game changer against coronavirus — has been debunked and discredited. Two divergent views of the drug, hydroxychloroquine, have emerged: the negative one widely reported in the press and another side you’ve probably heard less about. Never has a discussion about choices of medicine been so laced with political overtones. Today, how politics, money and medicine intersect with coronavirus. President Trump: Now, it may not work, in which case, hey, it didn’t work. Sharyl: Studies from China and France sparked...

RUSH: I have come across a first-time author who is fantastic. His name is Christopher Rosow. He’s got two new books out. He’s one of these guys, he’s been working his whole life while dreaming about being an author. And it’s his hobby, his passion. He’s always wanted to do what he wasn’t doing. So he finally sat down and actually, without having a publishing deal or any of that, sat down and wrote a thriller novel about terrorism and sailboat races and so forth. And a very unlikely hero is an FBI statistician, he’s not an agent, who is...

RUSH: Okay. I’ve been watching the Senate committee hearing with the testimony from all the CDC people and Dr. Fauci. And folks, I’m really fighting, I’m trying very hard not to be a cynic. But I think this is an exercise in nothing but a bunch of gum flapping. This is just a bunch of people trying to get themselves on the record to cover their rear ends if the worst happens down the line. I am certainly not inspired watching any of this. And by that, I mean, I haven’t heard anybody say anything remotely positive. I haven’t heard...

RUSH: This is the ongoing effort here to expose the coup and the people who ran it that attempted to overturn a duly constituted election — a legal and fair election — attempted to reverse the result, attempted to get the winner thrown out of office with a failed allegation/phony allegation of colluding with Russia. We continue to learn even more about this. I want to take you back. You may not remember this. When the transcript of the phone call between President Trump and the president of Ukraine was released, it was really noteworthy that the president asked the...

Rose Garden   4:15 P.M. EDT  THE PRESIDENT:  We’re here today to provide an update on the unprecedented testing capacity developed by the United States — the most advanced and robust testing system anywhere in the world, by far.  This afternoon, I’ll also announce new steps that we’re taking to make tests even more widely available.To battle a virus, my administration marshaled every resource at our nation’s disposal: public, private, military, economic, scientific, and industrial — all at your disposal.  We launched the largest manufacturing ramp-up since the Second World War.  There’s been nothing like it since.At the center...

RUSH: Well, well, well. Getting really, really interesting out there, folks. Not that it hasn’t been. But man, oh, man, there’s some hot brewing stuff going on out there that, frankly, I’m surprised — ha-ha — is not bigger news than it is. That’s why I’m here. That’s why I am America’s Real Anchorman to tell you what the big news really is, the big news the Drive-By Media, the Democrats in the media are ignoring. Now in the news all of a sudden, Barack Hussein O. And Barack Hussein O is in the news for what? (interruption) He’s trashing...

Rose Garden4:04 P.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT:  Thank you very much.  Please.  Thank you.  Be seated, please.  And, Melania, thank you very much, on the second anniversary of the BE BEST Initiative.  You’ve done a fantastic job.  And everybody appreciates it.  But I want to — (applause) — thank you.  And I want to thank you, on behalf of the entire nation, for all that you do for America’s children and on fighting the drug addiction problem that we have in this country.  It’s all over the world.  But I want to thank you very much.  Great job you do.  You...

RUSH: This guy, you know, he’s a joke. He’s a charlatan. He’s been sending out phony data as part of his models, and that data has been used by American health experts and officials to dictate American behavior. Now, we’re learning a lot more about this guy as the days go on. “The scientist whose advice prompted Boris Johnson to lock down Britain resigned from his Government advisory position on Tuesday night as The Telegraph can reveal he broke social distancing rules to meet his married lover.” The guy was having an affair! And he broke his own social distancing...

RUSH: Meanwhile, you’re not gonna see this stat in the media today. What you’re seeing in the media today is an all-out effort at creating — in your mind — the apocalypse. They are going full tilt trying to convince you that the number of cases is multiplying geometrically, the number of deaths is multiplying geometrically, that all of these states opening up are irresponsible. Red state governors are gonna get you killed! It is the biggest… They’re in a full tilt effort here to try to get these governors to re-shut down the states that have opened. They are...

RUSH: A quick question. Are you a health care worker? Are you a nurse? Are you an EMT? Are you anybody who does anything in health care? Did you volunteer, for example, to go to New York during the peak period? Did you volunteer as a health care worker to go to New York to help out? Did you do more than was asked of you? Did you go above and beyond? Did you knowingly put yourself at greater risk than any of your fellow citizens by volunteering to go to New York during the peak reporting period of COVID-19...

RUSH: Finally, finally back at it here. Every time I go away to get some treatment something else happens and I get three days tacked on to the original number of days I was gonna have to miss. And it ticks me off. But nevertheless, my friends, we’re back. We are here lined up and ready to go for more broadcast excellence behind the Golden EIB Microphone. Rush Limbaugh. Really happy to be back here with you. Telephone number, 800-282-2882. And the email address, ElRushbo@eibnet.us. There is some value in it in that when I’m not at work every day,...

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room2:11 P.M. EDTMS. MCENANY:  So, good afternoon.  I have an announcement for you on hospital funding as appropriated in the third phase of coronavirus relief.The Trump administration will distribute a total of $12 billion in Provider Relief Fund payments to 395 hospitals across the country that have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.  These hospitals have collectively cared for over 70 percent of the 184,000 Americans that required hospital inpatient care.  Ten billion of the twelve billion will go towards hospitals treating 100 or more COVID-19 admissions.  HHS is distributing an additional $2...

I’m not kidding, folks. Watch the 2-minute clip below and tell me how Biden overcomes this. [Transcript follows]: Benny ✔ @bennyjohnson Watch the Biden Campaign go up in flames in less than 60 seconds.@JoeBiden asked if his records can be searched for the name of the woman accusing him of grotesque sexual assault. What happens next is the most painful thing I have ever seen broadcast on live TV. It’s over now Embedded video 4,612 8:45 AM - May 1, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 3,043 people are talking about this Transcript: Mika: Why not approve a search of...

C-SPAN is publishing inaccurate transcripts of President Donald Trump’s remarks during the vitally important national coronavirus task force daily briefings. Yes, really. So Trump is being falsely attacked for what Trump never said (again). The worst of it, lately, is Trump asking questions to scientists. Those questions have been transformed into statements that Trump never made. But as I endeavored to clear up the fog, I was shocked to discover that C-SPAN’s textual transcript are the source of the confusion. The quotes that Trump haters are throwing around happen to be accurate reports of the inaccurate C-SPAN transcript. Not everyone...

Rose Garden5:38 P.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Thank you. Today I’d like to provide you with an update in our war against the coronavirus. Thanks to our comprehensive strategy and extraordinary devotion to our citizens — we’ve had such tremendous support all over — we continue to see encouraging signs of progress.Cases in New York area, New Orleans, Detroit, Boston, and Houston are declining. Denver, Seattle, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Nashville, Indianapolis, and St. Louis are all stable and declining. All parts of the country are either in good shape, getting better. In all cases, getting better. And...

James S. Brady Press Briefing RoomApril 24, 2020 5:39 P.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT:  Thank you very much, everyone.  Thank you.  We continue to see evidence that our aggressive strategy is working and working at a very high level.  Nationwide, the percent of tests that come back positive has declined very significantly.Last week, roughly 38 percent of the tests in New York were positive.  This week, that number is down to 28 percent.  New cases in New York are down 50 percent compared to a week ago.  And fatalities are down 40 percent over the same period.  In Louisiana, the rate...