Today, a timely and must-see documentary makes its debut. Totally Under Control, directed and produced by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunya, and Suzanne Hillingers, chronicles the United States government’s abysmal failure at dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. You can see it today via NEON’s digital store, YouTube, Vudu, Apple TV/iTunes, FandangoNow, and GooglePlay. And if you don’t want to rent it, it will be available to Hulu subscribers on October 20. If you don’t have Hulu you can sign up for a free month trial. I strongly encourage everyone to watch this if you can, especially in light of Mr. Trump and his administration’s continued reckless determination to not only put his supporters lives in danger, but any innocent people they go on to infect. It’s become obvious in the days following his diagnosis that he and many Republicans have no intention of learning from their mistakes and changing the way they’re dealing with the pandemic. Check out the chilling trailer below.
Why am I not surprised.
I had one Trump supporter tell me this would all disappear after election day. My questions would be, then why is it spiking around the world?
And if you think that wearing a mask infringes on your rights, would want to have surgery done in an operating room where the medical staff was mask less?
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Rudy Giuliani yesterday to 75 Trump supporters regarding Covid-19: “People don’t die from this anymore.”
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Don’t get me wrong, I am glad that some people have changed their minds about him, and awakened to how incredibly corrupt and incompetent that man is, but I don’t think I can ever forgive the people who voted this man into office, nor can I forgive any of his rabid supporters.
As a Black woman, these have been the four most traumatic years of my life, and this is coming from someone who had a nervous breakdown in college, and survived the Aids/Reagan years.
I bluntly told one of my girlfriend’s (who is white, and middle class, btw) that she better not ever let me know she voted for that man, because that would be the end of our friendship. There wouldn’t be any fighting about it. I’d just cut her loose ,and I’d be fine with it becasue I cannot forgive the people who did this, with not one damn thought about how his presidency would affect the rest of us.
I can live with the suspicion that she did, but not with the knowledge that she did. In one case, I can tell myself a pleasant lie, but in the other, I could never continue to be friends with her. (I know to some people that sounds harsh, but I was okay before I met her, and I will be just as good after she’s gone.)
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When he first was elected, I tried to be understanding. People were sick of old style Washington politics and he was an outsider. To me, he was absolutely vile, and even though I wasn’t thrilled with Clinton, I still voted for her. But now, I’ve lost all patience and understanding.
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I can’t do America right now it’s enough trying to cope with the clusterfuck going on here 🙁
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I can’t do America and I live here!🤦🏻♀️
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Imagine if Trump was President in WW2…he’d say it’s OK to attack the Democratic states because they don’t support him anyway! Also, more stories about corruption and that looming $400-mil loan to a “mysterious” foreign entity still looms. And his supporters think Covid-19 is like a common cold and Giuliani says now that no one is dying from it…as we trend toward 300,000 by the end of the year…the world is upside down and people think the rules don’t apply…shameful
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It’s all insane!
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People have learned to lie and cheat with no consequence: here in Orange County, just south of Los Angeles, the state’s GOP organization has admitted they put out FAKE “official” ballot boxes to collect votes…SO illegal! They didn’t care!
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I just heard about that yesterday. And they’re trying to twist it so it’s the Democrats fault. Talk about gaslighting!
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OMG Kim! Will it be allowed to air? And I still don’t understand how so many think it’s all fake!!
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I believe it’s already available to rent or buy on those digital platforms, and next week I’ll be watching it on Hulu. And as far as the people who think it’s a hoax or overblown, well, they’re listening to Trump and his minions like Rudy Giuliani who just yesterday told a group of 75 Trump supporters that the virus doesn’t kill anymore.
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I can hear him now after Biden gets elected. “We had it all totally under control, now look at where we’re at.”
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Verbatim!🤦🏻♀️
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I don’t think I can access it here yet, but I am sure it will be picked up by one of the TV stations soon. We have a similar situation here, and I never forget that per head of the population size, the UK still has the highest death rate according to the WHO.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I hope it does become available there Pete, because as you said, I suspect there are more than a few similarities.
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Reblogged this on Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News and commented:
a timely and must-see documentary makes its debut. Totally Under Control, directed and produced by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunya, and Suzanne Hillingers, chronicles the United States government’s abysmal failure at dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic.
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I expect you to be posting this one soon, but Demi Lovato just released a song called Commander in Chief that calls out Trump. She says that if this damages her musical career, she doesn’t care. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfc5jeJLXZs
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Yes. I saw the full music video on VEVO earlier and I’ll be posting it on Friday.
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