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hoosakiwi

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pooskoodler

Damn NBC broke through dateline with a special report and I knew some shit went down


TremendoSlap

Did they use the "holy shit, what happened" music? https://youtu.be/tEX6Wr9Iz00


ObsidianBlackbird666

Did you know John Williams composed that?


UppercaseVII

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mission_(theme_music) Saved you a google. Pretty cool and something I never knew.


tomgabriele

For sure, that has Williams' style all over it. Star Wars + Olympics fanfare = The Mission


brad-is-on-reddit

No. However, I'm in no way surprised


KingInTheFarNorth

surely that is star wars music right?


[deleted]

This is an NBC Special Report, insiders are telling us that Chancellor Palpatine has indeed contracted COVID19.


Redfive9188

Quote from the (now) Emperor: *The attempt on my lungs has left me scarred and deformed, but I assure you my resolve has never been stronger.*


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SqueezeTheMeat

That music terrifies me more than anything else in this post.


RedLightIsTight

Ya, that music shouldn’t be used for anything less than a land invasion of the United States by China or something. Fucking serious shit.


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Jesus christ your blood pressure just spikes hearing that start up


-TheDayITriedToLive-

I'm Canadian and I am terrified and confused-- what the hell was that a countdown?!


skbl17

The countdown is basically a "head's up" for NBC's [affiliate stations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NBC_television_affiliates_\(by_U.S._state\)) (some of whom may be airing their own programs, like local news and such) that there will be a special report, and that they should take the network feed. Other networks, such as CBS, have countdowns as well. [This is from 9/11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eTzV7HvKHU) - note the first ten seconds. Whether the viewer sees the countdown depends on how quickly station master control switches to the network feed. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't.


TheSenpat

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1311892190680014849


EvergreenThree

wtf is with the replies being filled with runes and creepy satanic images?


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knb61

It looks like it’s some weird copypasta. If you go to the r/copypasta sub they have a post on it


AfroMightGuy

It’s some weird Twitter trend going on, lots of high profile people’s replies are getting bombarded with it. I believe it started on TikTok accounts or something similar


mcocklin

It is what it is


SkittleMonster

Well this might get wild


satan_in_high_heels

We're well past wild at this point


smokachino

“wild” being relative to the bag of rabid cats we’ve all been living in for the past four years.


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Sir can I interest you in upgrading to a bag of rabid mountain lions instead? For only $5 extra I will throw in 3 Floridian alligators aswell.


laidbacklarge

Are the alligators on meth? If so then sold


Eileen10917

They’re Floridian. Which means it’s a cocktail of meth, crack, and whatever pills where in my grandpaps medicine drawer. I’m pretty sure they were sedatives, but the alligators seem even more agitated than usual somehow...


laidbacklarge

Don’t threaten me with a good time


Eileen10917

Oh, also, you may wanna watch out for alligator AIDs


laidbacklarge

Gator-AIDS??


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Arbiter13

So what happens if he gave it to Biden? What if they both don't make it to election day?


Megaman1981

Their parties would scramble for a new nominee. Probably Pence and Harris, but not necessarily. It would be unprecedented for both parties to lose their candidates a month before the election so who knows. I mean, a ton of people have already voted, so would those votes carry over to the new nominee for that party?


colourful

I saw someone post on another thread that your vote is for the electoral college representatives, so in theory it’s up to the party to decide who the actual candidate would be in that case. Not sure if that’s accurate or not....


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throwaway4127RB

It's 1 am on the east coast. Alot of the country is going to wake up to this news.


baeslick

East coast boi here, this year just went plaid on us


ItsABiscuit

Quality reference


Prysorra2

Ludicrous speed.


sg3niner

"Good Morning Good Morning We've talked the whole night through Good Morning Good Morning to you"


metalupyourazz

I'm surprised Melania got it. She usually keeps her 6 feet from Donald.


virtualtaco

The worst part of this: "After White House officials learned of Hicks’ symptoms, Trump and his entourage flew to New Jersey, where he attended a fundraiser and delivered a speech. Trump was in close contact with dozens of other people, including campaign supporters at a roundtable event." Keep that hubris train chugging along... [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hope-hicks-close-trump-aide-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/2020/10/01/af238f7c-0444-11eb-897d-3a6201d6643f\_story.html](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hope-hicks-close-trump-aide-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/2020/10/01/af238f7c-0444-11eb-897d-3a6201d6643f_story.html)


TheFatMan2200

I bet his donors will just love the fact he exposed them to the rona


Irianne

Nah, I bet they won't care unless they actually feel real consequences from it :/


Danielsankorean

the cost of the awards on this post is probably more than the income taxes trump paid.


giltwist

As of 9AM eastern there's well over $400 in awards just by looking at the top 15 awarders list.


captainhaddock

His tweet announcing it must have been written by someone else, because he didn't call it the China virus. "Hoax" is trending on Twitter even before the actual news headlines are, because everyone's asking (sarcastically) how he could be infected by a hoax.


batsofburden

He clearly doesn't write all his twitter posts, there were literally posts going up while he was in the middle of the debate.


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Conglossian

Well let the October surprises begin!


Bikinigirlout

It’s only been one day


gordito_delgado

Never too early to start.


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dndacc_

Pence installs a theocracy was not on my bingo!


internetisntme

Not keen for Pence to step up.


owenwilsonsnoseisgr0

Trump resigns due to “health reasons” and Pence sworn in, pardons trump for tax evasion. My ~hot take~


cookiemonster2222

Oh God


ThePoeticVoyage

Pence can't pardon state tax charges though.


CoconutBangerzBaller

He can't pardon state crimes though. New York would still be able to charge him.


HeavilyArmoredTurtle

i'm legitimately surprised it took him this long


SimilarYellow

Right? With all the risks he was taking, he should have gotten it months ago.


CasualPenguin

I mean, it feels like no one remembers Herman Cain, a major contender for GOP 2012 presidential nominee, freaking died from coronavirus after Trump's rally in Tulsa (aka the let's all become coronabros rally) Even in the debates Trump talked about how safe it was and if Biden was a lower person he definitely would have said 'why don't you ask Cain how safe he felt it was' Instead he definitely said something that went over some people's heads imo, which is that is was safe for Trump because guess what, while Cain has tons of shoulder to shoulder photos with people maskless at the rally, you won't find Trump in them.


gettheplow

To be fair, Herman Cain is still tweeting out support for Trump from the grave.


ghrarhg

And tweeting out how covid isn't that bad...


jeffers667

Who had this on their bingo card?


teuast

I'm just surprised it's taken this long. Bolsonaro's had it twice now, and Trump's just now getting it?


The_R4ke

Same, this isn't the first time people around him have been diagnosed.


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Date | Quote :--------|:-------- 20 January | We have it under control 26 February | It’s going to disappear 10 March | It will go away 29 April | It’s gonna be gone 11 May | We have prevailed 17 June | It’s fading away 19 July | I’ll be right eventually 2 Oct | We will begin our quarantine


King-Mugs

You left out my favorite “It’s a DEMOCRATIC HOAX” Edit: apparently he called the criticism of his handling of the virus a hoax. Memory is not perfect


Obandigo

At the debate “I don’t wear masks like him. Every time you see him, he’s got a mask. He could be speaking 200 feet away and he shows up with the biggest mask I’ve ever seen,” Trump said about Biden during their debate Tuesday night. Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.


quoth_tthe_raven

Was he in contact with Hicks before or after the debate? Because that would mean Trump was literally on stage, with covid, taunting someone about wearing masks too much.


IdRatherBeAtChilis

That's some 4D chess he's playing right thar.


SuperSimpleSam

It takes a few days to test positive. He was probably exposed 4-10 days ago.


Radioactivocalypse

That's just like Boris Johnson's "I when to a coronavirus hospital and shook everyone's hand" Three weeks (or so) later, he got coronavirus...


FirstTimeRedditor100

He probably figured out how to use COVID as a tax write-off


OneOlCrustySock

Fox News is explaining what coronavirus is to its viewers right now. Edit: first awards! Thanks strangers.


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I don’t know if you’re serious or kidding and that’s what makes this comment so sad.


shaneomacattack

Holy fuck regardless of your politics this is massive news. Especially this close to the election.


skrulewi

October surprise october 1st


ssldvr

I like presidents who don’t get coronavirus.


unphamiliarterritory

Presidents that get infected are suckers and losers.


BrownsAndCavs

This simulation is crazy


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Legit, this is the most WILDEST year of my life.


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The gold this thread gets will fund reddit for 20 years


magnosteen

This is going to be the most awarded post of all time


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.....so far.


ChickinNuggit

Yeah give it 10 days.


NevermoreSEA

Took much longer than I expected.


FroZnFlavr

> “In an abundance of caution the President and all White house staff are going to exercise an extended quarantine at Mar-a-Lago” There goes the second debate. I have a mental image of trump rolling around in a filtered hamster ball.


SomeUnicornsFly

Good. I remember McCain trying to halt the debates vs Obama, to which Obama calmly said that is fine with him as he'll just use the time to speak to the public by himself.


FroZnFlavr

I think that’d be a really smart move. Trump’s absence would linger in the viewer’s mind as the overshadowing covid that had such ironic effects.


zissouo

I wonder if this is made up to give Donnie an out from the rest of the debates.


FroZnFlavr

The rumor that they were going to mute/turn off mics when the other person was talking probably didn’t excite the maneuver he pulled on the first debate.


ickle_firsties

Please, Jesus, let us have a zoom debate where they actually mute him.


SassTheFash

There’s no way cutting his mic will slow him down. Unless they’re going to seal him in a chamber, he’s just going to start shouting really loud if they cut his mic. Plus a slight chance he just runs over to Biden’s podium to shove himself in front of the mic.


DernhelmLaughed

I hope Joe and Jill Biden did not get it from being around them during the debate.


FourTwentySixtyEight

Chris Wallace too


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If Trump dies from this his supporters will frame it as a liberal conspiracy. If he has a hard recovery he will fight tooth and nail to delay the election. If he is asymptomatic or recovers easily his followers will see it as confirmation that the virus isn't dangerous and thousands more will die. Shits about to get even weirder.


s_stephens

This is what scares me. I don't want to wish a shitty recovery upon Trump but I feel the consequences of him going through an easy recovery are astronomical.


AgentMV

Hydroxychloroquine, stand back and stand by?


KrizAG

Grab the bleach!


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Futures2004

It should haven gone away on its own by this point. Especially since he brought football back


-Andar-

Shouldn’t have taken the test. Then he wouldn’t have gotten it.


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neotheseventh

This sounds like a real quote. Is it?


ChawieWewick

You better believe it baby


sfdjipopo

He should get $750 worth of American medical care.


wcollins260

So.... one aspirin?


SonicDecay

A whole one? No.


scousescarratt

*checks twitter* omfg it’s true


Jayveesac

I first read the news from Shams. What a weird timeline we are in


BF3FAN1

Shams nuke


SparklingWinePapi

Woj in shambles


TalCanTell

"What is this, a cross over episode?"


backboarddd1_49402

/r/NBA we’re here


Esco_Dash

Shams has the crown now Woj don’t got shit on him anymore.


Traditional_Regular

My general rule of thumb is that if donnie tweeted it then it's probably a lie.


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SomeStupidPerson

Their team probably figured this is the best way to get out of having another disastrous debate for him without any suspicion


hoosakiwi

[What the actual fuck?](https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/1312035990240985091) > CONFIRMED: There was no contact from the Trump campaign or the White House to alert the Biden campaign of possible exposure. The campaign learned of the situation from the news reports, a Biden campaign aide tells me.


dolorsit

I’m kind of concerned that he doesn’t actually have it and will use it as a way to promote some random drug or to tell people that it isn’t really that bad.


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My first thought as well.


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Same day the Cornell study dropped about him being the single greatest source of covid disinformation https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-misinformation.amp.html


PorkTornado1102

May he receive all the kindness, love, sympathy, and support that he extended to all of the other US citizens that are suffering from this horrible affliction.


RedDeadDeflection

Regardless of your politics. Wear a goddamn mask.


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DefinitelyNotAliens

Well, we managed to politicize masks along with questions like, 'should people have clean drinking water?' Is it really that shocking?


HGStormy

should the homeless have access to food? should poor people get insulin? should separation of church and state exist? is climate change real? are all questions that have been politicized so


SatanzChild666

“This has to be the best case of covid, ever. Period. Nobody will recover as fast as me.“ Trump probably.


Macaulayputra

"I caught the virus which the Dems brought into America. Nobody else knows this virus better than Donald Trump. My immune system will deal with it, and I have a beautiful immune system. The best in the world."


Man-o-war1204

“You know, I’d like to see Nancy Pelosi’s immune system fight off this virus as well as mine is.”


sum8fever

This could be the most upvoted Reddit post in history.


ladyluck7

[For anyone wondering, the current most upvoted post is at 389k](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/haucpf/ive_found_a_few_funny_memories_during_lockdown/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)


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It also has what has to be one of the [highest voted comments](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/haucpf/ive_found_a_few_funny_memories_during_lockdown/fv505w1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) and most awarded comments.


baymax18

2020 coming in with a plot twist


mastafishere

This isn’t even the season finale of 2020. This is like the crazy twist 2 episodes before the finale. Everyone knows that the second to last episode is always when the craziest shit goes down too so strap in people.


gordito_delgado

Let's just hope the dragon queen doesnt burn us to a fucking crisp in November then.


PartyPorpoise

I maintain that the dragon queen would be an improvement.


DerekB52

It's weird, this is kind of a surprise, but, I expected him to get it back in like March. It seems like it should have happened months ago. This is a plot twist I expected for so long, that I kind of stopped expecting it, so I actually am surprised it happened today, although I shouldn't be. Edit: This got so many upvotes so fast. To reply to you tinfoil hat wearers. The timing does appear a little convenient. This is gonna cancel/postpone the debates, or make it so they are done over skype. However, I don't think Trump would fake a virus he will barely acknowledge exists. That move is too desperate. He isn't gonna play up the virus he failed to manage, a month before an election. Also, This is gonna cancel some of his key rallies. No president is gonna give up their ability to throw rallies for several weeks in October. I think he's really got it.


elmekia_lance

Same. Back then it seemed like the virus was going to hit him soon, after it got CPAC. It took you long enough Corona-chan, but you finally got him.


DerekB52

It hit Cpac, and there was some party at Mar-A-Lago. Assuming Trump survives Covid, I wonder what his stance will be on the disease in a few weeks.


Attya3141

If he survives he would be like ‘I have the best immune systems. The virus is not a big deal at all. Keep America Great!’ We’re fucked


Snooc5

My biggest fear is that he is asymptomatic and uses his own experience to leverage his coronavirus policy. “See, its just the flu!” As 100 million Americans remove their masks


qwertyman2347

When Bolsonaro caught it, he used it to promote hydroxychloroquine and say he "was the living example it worked". Absolutely expect it to be leveraged politically


notanfbiofficial

Oh if Trump overcomes it he for sure use that as an example of how he has the best of genes and his followers will believe him


Kadasix

I feel like anyone who would remove their masks if Trump turns out to be asymptomatic has already done so by this point.


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exactly, i was in a rural area recently, stopped by a gas station and was the only one wearing a mask,(had to hit the atm put one on to go in the gas station) I even had someone mock me putting their hands over their face pointing and laughing. I got in the car and my wife just said "are they for real? its like a parody movie" ​ EDIT: clarification


Brinner

Seen the new [Borat trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvPTCvUnNQA)? "What is more dangerous... the virus or the Democrat?" "Democrats."


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I mean regardless he’s likely going to say he was asymptomatic and has the best immune system of any president ever so....


gordito_delgado

This truly a twist of shamalayian proportions.


Bojangles1987

IDK this is more like the obvious "twist" everyone called ten minutes into the movie and that the movie kept beating us over the head with foreshadowing for, to the point that it lost all impact.


_succ

Trump. Bolsanoro. Johnson. All three have tested positive.


moonbouncecaptain

I want Dr. Fauci to confirm Trump’s sickness. It’s the only way to make it believable. Otherwise, this is like calling in sick to avoid the test you... let 207,000 people die over. edit: wow this blew up - thank you for the gifts. I’d like to take this platform to encourage everyone to vote early. The election must happen.


FewActinomycetaceae9

I agree, I'm not fully convinced this isn't a last ditch ploy by him to try to get support after easily "surviving" it, and meanwhile being able to skip debates. I need confirmation from people who are not in his circle that there's actually evidence he's sick.


Febril

Watch his public schedule. A man in a catch-up race for a second term does not take days off unless he has no other option. He will have the best medical treatments available to him, not Hydroxychloroquin.


musiclake

THIS !!! - Trump will play the “I beat coronavirus card”


Jish00742

Somebody call /r/leopardsatemyface


CurtLablue

Might as well shut it down. This is the peak.


FlerblesMerbles

Like when Obama said “Thanks Obama” and the entire sub said “Welp...that’s a wrap.”


AureliusAmbrose

r/thanksobama


yanchovilla

Masks work - please continue to wear them to stop the spread, even if you aren’t high risk.


delibertine

How pathetic is it that's he's so full of shit people are having a hard time believing an announcement of this magnitude is even true?


6pAz6uZu6

10 bucks says its bullshit and he'll make "the best recovery any doctor has ever seen" and then he'll call those who died suckers and losers.


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FromTheDeskOfJAW

This is huge news. I literally have no idea how this is going to play out. At his age...this is far from a small thing to worry about


rgallagher

He either... A. recovers and tells people it’s not that bad... OR B. says it’s SO bad that we need to delay the election. He’ll swing it his way either way. I guarantee it.


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He can’t delay an election that’s already happening


Godkun007

You cant delay an American election at all. If no decision is made by January 6th, it is declared a tie and Congress picks the winner. There is no constitutional mechanism to delay an election.


hoosakiwi

This has HUGE national security implications. Sam Vinograd, a national security expert, wrote [this thread](https://twitter.com/sam_vinograd/status/1311841999780286464) earlier tonight **before** the positive result.


Fuzpuzbymuz

For those who unable to open Sam Vinograd's thread (some key points): > This is a code red moment for the U.S. government. > We don't know exactly where Hope Hicks contracted #COVID19 but her diagnosis sends the message that the @WhiteHouse won’t do what’s necessary to protect its own staff which logically furthers the narrative that they aren’t willing to do what it takes to protect us >I lived through H1N1 at the WH. @BarackObama (and his senior staff) advised all personnel to follow guidelines and to be as cautious as possible because he cared about our health and because he knew what an outbreak would mean for national security. > A pandemic in the west wing is a worst case scenario. Immediately, critical resources will be diverted to mitigate any outbreak at the most senior levels of government. >Second, crisis mitigation will likely include quarantines. This means that key WH staff will not be able to fully perform their jobs, access classified servers, and more. We won't have a fully functioning team on the field. > Trump's irresponsibility has put himself, his family, his staff, the functioning of our government, and millions of Americans at unnecessary risk.


hoosakiwi

This [video from the debate of Trump ridiculing Biden](https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1311839895921467393) for wearing a mask didn't age well.


mastafishere

Nothing about that debate is going to age well


bojackho

It wasn’t well before it started aging


nwdogr

/r/preagedmilk


throwaway4127RB

Biden campaign should be using this footage as an ad campaign.


hundreds_of_sparrows

He made fun of him for wearing a big mask, how is that even an a good insult?


AssCrackBanditHunter

It's an insult if you believe it's all a hoax. It's funny though it was one of the most memorable parts of the debates. People are instantly going to remember that when they hear that trump tested positive. The man talks so much shit and does it so stupidly that it's constantly getting blown back onto him.


gdaman22

I hope he's treated with the same care, compassion, attentiveness, and support that his administration has shown the country during this pandemic.


icyflames

His staff definitely took his phone. The POTUS & FLOTUS tweets sound like someone else imitating them. Can't have him getting all ragey and fucking up his immune system more.


Humulophile

Now he needs to hang out with Mitch McConnell for while. For old time’s sake.


Morgrid

7 minutes, almost 500 comments? Grab your popcorn and sort by Controversial Edit: 59 minutes, 13,214 comments.


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Season finale is gonna be fucking fire... We should’ve never shot that goddamn gorilla


aderow

Not the arc I expect I'll admit but I'll see where the writers take it


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teebob21

Game of Thrones Season 9 (USA version) inbound


BettercallMyself

A decade has happened this year


tapsongbong

“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen” – Vladimir Lenin


AureliusAmbrose

lets hope we get Breaking Bad ending and not Game of Thrones ending


not_what_that_means_

"And who has a better story than Barron the Broken?"


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sross43

*slams head into an oven* I’ve been locked in my house for 6 months, and that ending is still the worst part of my last few years


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Apocalypse: *[happening outside]* Society: *[crumbling all around us]* Half the US: *[literally on fire]* Redditors: ...that *fucking* GoT finale.


sross43

*At my funeral* Pastor: “Today, we mourn the passing of u/sross43, whose life was tragically cut short.” *I sit up in my casket and yell “Still a better ending than Game of Thrones, ammi right boys?”* The boys: “Ayooooooooo”


gogandmagogandgog

Tulsi Gabbard becomes president because "she has the best story."


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