Alicia Smith
@Alicia_Smith19
Followers
10,980
Following
405
Media
3,281
Statuses
42,635
US and UK/European political commentary, with the occasional BravoTV analysis, 2000s nostalgia, and music commentary. #BothSides
Washington, DC
Joined February 2014
Don't wanna be here?
Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
Mother's Day
• 1890215 Tweets
Arsenal
• 504755 Tweets
Mães
• 349361 Tweets
Moms
• 330919 Tweets
Manchester United
• 143220 Tweets
Travis
• 118510 Tweets
#MUNARS
• 90808 Tweets
Old Trafford
• 83435 Tweets
Spurs
• 78274 Tweets
Cataluña
• 54719 Tweets
Casemiro
• 53836 Tweets
Tottenham
• 46839 Tweets
Arapça
• 43079 Tweets
Garnacho
• 38749 Tweets
Amad
• 37387 Tweets
Man U
• 33790 Tweets
Trae
• 30827 Tweets
Hawks
• 28863 Tweets
Berkan
• 28041 Tweets
Rockets
• 26108 Tweets
Endrick
• 22807 Tweets
Shoigu
• 19017 Tweets
Soulja
• 19001 Tweets
Rony
• 18877 Tweets
Amrabat
• 18720 Tweets
الممر الشرفي
• 18667 Tweets
الزمالك
• 17547 Tweets
Pistons
• 17475 Tweets
Depor
• 17171 Tweets
Haftaya
• 15543 Tweets
Sarr
• 11411 Tweets
The DeSantis 60 minutes piece was one of the more blatant political hatchet jobs in the past couple years and that’s saying something. Selectively editing videos and omitting evidence just to conjure up a predetermined narrative isn’t journalism, it’s tabloid fodder.
404
3K
14K
Reminder that British Airways and Heathrow airport dropped their mask mandates over a month ago and there was nowhere near this level of meltdown and moralizing about the decision to do so
People mostly just said ok and carried on.Some in US have some strange attachment to masks
468
2K
12K
Doctors in South Africa describe what they are seeing thus far with Omicron
142
2K
4K
French journalist at major outlet confirms the beheading of babies at a kibutz in Israel at the hands of Hamas, saying she has seen images of the atrocities and has cross-checked them, and her colleagues saw the bodies as well.
Horrific
256
2K
4K
Harvard medical professor says it's time to move on from pandemic:
“It’s time to let the young, healthy and “anyone who wants to move on” from the pandemic do so, said Dr. Stefanos Kales, a professor at Harvard Medical School.”
127
1K
4K
One of the things I will never not be cynical about is how New York-with an astronomical infection rate and death toll, and with a LTC policy which resulted in an extra 4k+ dead seniors-became hailed as a model for leadership that every state should emulate.
61
722
3K
Lost in all the panic/hysteria on twitter are some really important developments coming out of Italy, goving new info on the virus and developing treatment:
1) Patients that are being treated are recovering from the virus in less than 48 hours
74
837
3K
The complete obsession that America has for the Supreme Court is largely a product of legislators unwilling to legislate on difficult policy questions themselves and therefore relying on agencies/SCOTUS to make law on their behalf. Unhealthy this.
76
516
3K
If I ever become so blinded by partisanship/politics that I actively root for someone’s death from a deadly illness in order to prove a political point, somebody hold an intervention for me.
Come up for air, people.
75
388
2K
**if** true, this would imply significant levels of asymptomatic spread, and lower fatality rates.
CDC says COVID-19 cases in U.S. may be 10 times higher than reported
645
4K
8K
78
409
2K
I really don’t mean to sound glib when I say this, I mean this sincerely.
I feel that some people are going to need some form of grief counseling/therapy to adjust to covid being endemic. The avoid covid *at all costs* mentality for most ppl is objectively not rational.
50
274
2K
I still don’t understand how 2 months into this, journalists still don’t understand the concept of per-capita.
"That’s actually not factually correct."
@SecAzar
pushes back against
@JakeTapper
's assertion that the U.S. has been particularly devastated by COVID-19.
Azar points to U.S. case fatality rates, which are much lower than several European countries.
160
343
975
199
393
2K
And nobody at 60 mins will pay a price for this. Nobody will be forced to apologize, be asked why they selectively edited an interview, or why they omitted key pieces of the vaccine decision. It will just be repeated by other outlets as a statement of fact. Mission accomplished.
46
355
2K
It happened! The first person to get the newly approved Pfizer vaccine under EUA in the United States: A critical care nurse in NY 🎉
0
195
2K
I think it’s weird for the WH to call people out for taking PPP loans, which were specifically designed to be forgiven and were doled out in response to governments around the country *forcing* businesses to close due to a pandemic. It’s just not analogous to student loans.
157
327
2K
AZ corona update:
The number of people currently hospitalized with coronavirus in AZ is now the lowest it has been since May 28, when the outbreak first started.
Based on current positive rates and number of people now hospitalized, the outbreak is pretty much over
48
357
2K
Ok i'm gunna guess: By being an island nation with only 1 major international airport and a population roughly the size of Maryland?
56
277
2K
We need clarity on this.
Below citation would suggest that the CDC’s assertion yesterday that they have data showing vaccinated individuals can transmit delta variant due to similar viral load as unvaccinated is partially based off of…a model…using non-US approved vaccines
@angrybklynmom
@MonicaGandhi9
@WesPegden
@sailorrooscout
@sdbaral
@BallouxFrancois
It seems to suggest it was a non-US approved vaccine.
11
34
118
119
740
2K
Look, you don’t have to be some Fauci conspiracy theorist to recognize that Fauci’s utility as a trusted public health official has long since expired, and he tends to be a net negative when it comes to clarity and trust.
39
254
1K
Not 1 severe case.
What’s the endgame? What are the off-ramps for continued restrictions?
Cornell University is shutting down its Ithaca, New York, campus and moving to "alert level red" after a "rapid spread" of Covid-19 among students
1K
1K
2K
72
189
1K
Imo, 2012 was actually the most consequential election. Whatever your opinions of Obama were, Romney winning in 2012 would have greatly altered the trajectory of both political parties…
My message to Utahns on my Senate reelection plan:
12K
2K
15K
91
119
1K
Guys, i swear if I see one more tweet about how “cases are rising in 20 states!!” without any mention on increased testing/what the % positive tests are, I’m going to lose it.
38
185
1K
I’m sorry but this is absolutely bonkers and it is stunning that it was included.
Kristen Urquiza, who lost her father to COVID-19: “My dad was a healthy 65-year-old. His only preexisting condition was trusting Donald Trump, and for that, he paid with his life.”
1K
2K
6K
80
133
1K
Good morning! The IHME model being relied upon by WH was updated last night and I wanted to spotlight some of the changes that were made. It's important to remember that models are not oracles, and it's necessary to update them as new data comes in. So here is what changed:
85
545
1K
This won’t settle the DeSantis conspiracy theories, but this woman was fired for not following the directions of her superiors (who are scientists, unlike her) and was inputing invalid data. Most people would be fired for this kind insubordination, not just her.
'She's not a data scientist. She's somebody that's got a degree in journalism, communication & geography.'
Gov. DeSantis, asked again about the firing of Rebekah Jones, says she was putting data on the portal that scientists didn't believe was valid.
130
380
1K
20
258
1K
At the height of the crisis in NYC,NYC did less than 20k tests a day and got 8k new cases
Florida performed 80k tests (4x as many)yesterday and got 9.5k cases.
The NY cases from mid-April are grossly undercounted due to lack of testing and should not be used as a barometer
On the single worst day in New York City, back in mid-April, we had under 8,000 new cases.
363
2K
4K
25
289
1K
People saying that Elon expressing a personal opinion on who he wants to win in tomorrow’s elections amount to “election interference” is further sign that the term has lost most of its meaning, and essentially just amounts to “I don’t like this”
59
197
1K
Can we finally stop “yass queen”-ing New Zealand’s PM now?
56
262
984
The vitriol directed at Dr.Birx is atrocious. She was a physician in the army,is well known for her research related to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and has spent much of her career coordinating the global response to it. She also served under both President Obama and President Trump
35
210
960
Israel’s vaccination campaign: “Get the shot, take a shot! 🍾 🍷”
US vaccination campaign: “We will give you strict guidelines of what you can and cannot do once vaccinated despite the vaccines being highly effective at stopping symptomatic illness and transmission.”
Dr. Fauci tells
@AlisynCamerota
he expects the CDC will issue "firm recommendations" on what vaccinated people can do "pretty soon." "I think there will be others coming," he says.
148
236
3K
20
281
1K
Hysterical/unhelpful quotes like this is why CDC continues to lose credibility
Yes,cases are up in certain parts of country.They also went up in Israel during vax campaign before vaccines became widely available.Message should be get vaccinated,not “impending doom”&”i’m scared”
BREAKING: CDC Director Rochelle Walensky warns that she feels “impending doom” with the Covid case trajectory. “Right now I’m scared.”
1K
277
649
110
187
1K
Last time I say this before I get it tatooed on my forehead, but this statement would be much more accurate if the positivity rate spiked today along with record case increase, instead it fell to a 2 week low, with a record amount of tests being conducted.
15,300 new
#COVID19
cases in Florida today.
A record breaking day for any state, at any point during this pandemic.
No, we have not “stabilized”
@GovRonDeSantis
. No, we are not in a “better place than we were in March.”
Stop making excuses and take action.
#WearADamnMask
.
202
907
3K
53
344
943
The daily case chart gets shared a lot, but is misleading. It would imply that the situation now is worse than what was experienced in late March/early April, which isnt true.Testing has increased 6.5x since then.There were likely*way* more than ~30k cases a day back in March/Apr
40
291
961
@AndrewWhitleyVA
Not saying it was coordinated, but they were clearly activists,which was blatant from when photo was first posted.Instead of pumping the breaks, the McAuliffe campaign went out all at once to try and make it a thing. It’s not a good look+they should at least admit they were wrong
🚨 I am now confident that we have identified the woman in this group of political actors as Colleen Wachenfeld, with
@vademocrats
.
718
3K
8K
44
86
880
To date, Andrew Cuomo has yet to admit he was wrong to make the decision to send infected patients back into nursing homes to start outbreaks there, resulting in thousands dead.
"Reality wins every time."
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers a searing rebuke of Pres. Trump's handling of the COVID-19 outbreak as cases surge across the country. "Admit you were wrong...and we have to start doing something about this."
1K
350
998
44
267
840
“In the middle of a pandemic!”*
Which is the main purpose of the WHO, to stop pandemic from happening in the first place. And to at the very least, provide accurate and updated info. It failed catastrophically on both those counts.
BREAKING: Donald Trump announces that he is halting all US funding of the World Health Organisation.
In the middle of a pandemic, that’s a pretty astonishing move.
434
791
3K
28
198
853
I think I’m in a fairly small intersection of the covid venn diagram.
Very pro-vaccine (and treatments), increasingly against continued restrictions/NPIs/mandates etc.
143
70
920
“Only 0.02 per cent of students and 0.04 per cent of staff have tested positive in schools that have reopened in the US
Infection rates have been lower than those in the wider community”
25
233
885
Trump does have a penchant for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory sometimes. The Dems were infighting all week between “the squad” and House leadership and Trump goes in there to make some outageous characterization about “the squad” that will serve to rally dems together
188
117
831
COVID is endemic. As a result, cases will continue to rise and fall, as they do with 200+ other viruses every year. Case spikes alone should no longer cause panic and DEFCON 5 reactions. With vaccines widely available, there is currently no rationale for restrictions again.
18
185
906
Overall US:
-# of deaths projected decreased from 93,531 to 81,766
-Projected total bed shortage went from 87,674 to 36,654
-Peak dates(April 15 for resource needed peak, 16th for peak daily death toll) unchanged
-Under 200 deaths a day: Moved from June 3 to May 18
38
380
807
Comes amid a surge in violent crime in DC. Just looking at carjackings alone:
2018: 140 carjackings
2022: 485 carjackings
2023: 651 carjackings (thus far)
It’s completely out of control.
News - a member of Congress was apparently carjacked in Navy Yard this evening, theee ppl familiar tell
@sarahnferris
and me
232
531
1K
55
306
891
Nowhere in this article does it mention that FL is testing about 3x-5x more people per day than NY did at the height of their crisis. Testing supplies were still low when NY was peaking, thus tens of thousands of cases went unreported.
CORONAVIRUS LATEST: Florida becomes state with second-most confirmed cases, behind California and surpassing New York, which was at one point the state with the highest number of cases.
93
182
299
22
229
825
Where my Group C squad at? 🎉❤️
If you look at public opinion on COVID-related restrictions right now, it probably breaks down roughly into these 5 groups:
1K
811
4K
148
35
851
Cable news has been one of the most destructive forces in our country and is what has made our politics so completely toxic.
Everything on cable news is a life-or-death struggle, and has made politics a form of entertainment.
A whole damn mess.
CNN: "President Trump will be at Mount Rushmore, where he’ll be standing in front of a monument of two slave owners and on land wrestled away from Native Americans.”
2K
546
1K
36
164
810
In other words, if ur scared of ppl who are unvaccinated that choose not to wear masks, protect urself by getting vaccinated.
If ur vaccinated+are still scared of ppl who are unmasked bc they are possible unvaccinated,this fear is irrational.But youre free to still wear a mask
25
148
800
There is nothing in this article explaining how “no distribution plan” was able to distribute over 35 million doses of vaccine over the last 30 days.
And nothing noting that Fedex, UPS, McKesson have been executing distribution plans in that timeframe to make those deliveries
20
280
785
Again, I think some people are really underestimating just how much the media’s decision to toss coronavirus aside for the protests undermined any authority they had for shaming people for not social distancing going forward.
Hundreds pack St. Marks Place to drink despite coronavirus
311
116
344
23
177
760
The end of this video where Afghanis who helped the United States describe not being able to get through to the airport despite having green cards and all the necessary documents is heartbreaking
66
238
803
It’s easier to slow infections/deaths once over a quarter of your state has had the virus and therefore the virus can’t spread as fast.
Saw this somewhere but it rings true: NY “flattened the curve” the same way a house burnt to the ground extinguished a fire.
14
156
755
Sorry can’t watch this debate without thinking about this
75
110
766
This whole Fanni Willis thing is so l brazen. Youre taking on a serious task -prosecuting a fmr POTUS on RICO charges -and you use it as an opportunity to lavish your pillow talk buddy with career opportunities?Trump depravity is constantly saved by the stupidity of his opponents
44
127
782
No big deal, just a cable news host spreading baseless conspiracy theories because he’s upset more people aren’t dying/getting sick in another state.
This is very healthy for our national discourse.
14
192
677
I have a feeling our great nation is not sending its best and brightest to Congress.
21
94
710
Chrissy lives in a multimillion dollar home in the Hollywood Hills and doesnt have to worry about her business/livelihood getting destroyed by looters. So of course, she donates to encourage looters that are destroying minority owned businesses and she will not suffer bc of it
45
161
655
The Problem With Underestimating How Much People Want to Be Together: When millions of Americans reasonably show that family time is nonnegotiable, it’s time for public health strategy to move beyond “just say no, or else you are a granny killer”.
15
78
679
The purpose of the WHO is presumably to provide accurate and updated information regarding outbreaks, and do everything in their power to prevent a pandemic from occurring.
They failed on both counts, mostly because of their allegiance to the country where outbreak originated
Trump has found a new villain for the coronavirus pandemic: the World Health Organization.
6K
1K
5K
13
182
649
2) Because the majority of the cases are mild and dont require hospitalization, Italy wll only be counting severe cases going forward in an effort to accurately communicate the level of severity/public health risk and cut down on panic.
8
88
610
Something I am extremely not here for:Puff piece of a governor who is governing a state where patients are being intubated w/o sedation,banning the visiting of family members,banning ppl from going to their own property,banning the selling of seeds in grocery stores for no reason
28
126
626
Also, don’t compare raw case totals between states like NY which performed about 25k tests a day during its peak to FL which is performing 70k-100k+ tests per day during its current peak.
27
150
590
This story is absolutely ridiculous/a strawman. Nobody is prescribing patients 2000mg of chloroquine.
64
128
574
I really don’t get why the CDC takes the time to traumatize parents like this.
No other country goes to the lengths to make wild claims like the US and they actually take the time to contextualize statistics.
38
211
659
Just 10mins after polls closed in most of Florida,35% of vote is already reported
This is what processing mail-in ballots upon receipt prior to election day (instead of 8am on election day) gets you.Other states both blue and red do this too
No reason why PA/WI/MI cant do so
28
133
663
Growing concerned that “long-covid” is now being used as a catch-all for indefinitely keeping restrictions in place, almost like a backdoor argument for Zero Covid policies. Worth noting that chronic symptoms are not unique to covid, and exist with other infections (like strept).
30
87
636
Even if Biden wins, I think the electoral implications of this night will be significant. Latinos are defecting to GOP in a big way, and not just in FL, but also in TX. Always seemed like they were a natural GOP constituency(faith, family based etc).Throw socialism arguments in..
13
78
608
FL corona update is out:
There were 15,300 new cases detected yesterday,a new record.
However:This appears to be due to increased testing, almost to a mass-testing scale.The positivity rate fell to 11.25%,which is the lowest in over 2 weeks,with 142k people tested in 24hrs
46
215
534
Age restrictions being lowered again in FL: Governor Ron DeSantis says people 50 years old and older can get the COVID-19 vaccine starting Monday.
He also mentioned hat almost 70% of those 65+ have received at least one dose
25
112
602
@SCOTUSblog
EPA had tried enact a rule to act outside of scope of the Clean Air Act provisions.Congress is free to clarify, and add provisions to Clean Air Act authorizing EPA’s authority to make a rule here
Ppl want the regulatory agencies/SCOTUS to essentially act as a Super Legislature
25
68
610
I don’t think people appreciate how much of an outlier US is in terms of covid battles (on either side of the debate).Ex: Europe has very high vaccination rates, and getting vaccinated is not really political.
They also don’t mask kids, and that’s also uncontroversial
What it's like to live in a place with Covid politics far less polarized than in the US. My dispatch from Germany:
52
199
668
26
129
607
This is an example of why you should not be citing Chinese numbers.
At all.
Wuhan reported only about 2,500
#coronavirus
deaths, but 5,000 urns were delivered to one mortuary over just 2 days. “Wuhan has seven other mortuaries.”
@shanghaiist
1K
11K
18K
10
170
560
No. Politicians are threatening to bring back lockdowns, as they’re having a difficult time adjusting to covid as an endemic illness that will experience fluctuations in case rates until the end of time
12
132
580
3) Italian biologists today have isolated the Italian strain of the virus, which will be a big step towards a vaccine and developing new more effectiventreatments.
Article (in Italian) here:
6
99
511
I ❤️ our nation’s senior citizens.
But for the love of god, in a nation of 330 million+ people, can we *please* stop electing senior citizens to high office?
Not that I want a 35 year old as President. But there has to be a solid 45-55 year old somewhere who can do the job.
47
69
590
This is extremely inappropriate. Supposedly non-partisan political analysts need to do a better job of keeping their own personal emotions in check when their preferred candidate is in danger of losing. If they can’t, they should not be offering their political analysis
.
@LarrySabato
says, if
@GlennYoungkin
wins, it'll be b/c of white power & accepting lies: "The operative word is...race. That is what matters...There's a lot of...white backlash, white resistance, whatever you want to call it...We live in a post-factual era[.]"
#VAgov
901
155
470
38
98
582
This is crazy. Are we going to do this in perpetuity? This is not sustainable.
This is what the Biden administration wants to demand from fully vaccinated and boosted travelers. Are you kidding me?
413
384
964
47
128
587
Inexplicable planning decision by Cuomo to shelve mass vaccination plan
35
191
575
AOC was also vaccinated but I don’t see a lot of snarky comments to her about getting vaccinated before some ER doctors.
I’m an ER doctor and despite trying, I have not yet been able to be vaccinated.
2K
9K
48K
19
84
573
This is extremely concerning info from the head of CDC.I think way too many people are overlooking the mental/societal costs of school closures and arent considering whether or not they outweigh the risks. I dont think this is sustainable for another year
CDC re school closures, particularly high schools: "We're seeing, sadly, far greater suicides now than we are deaths from COVID. We're seeing far greater deaths from drug overdose that are above excess, that we had as background, than we are seeing deaths from COVID."
230
3K
5K
35
254
503
“His only preexisting condition was trusting donald trump”
What a way to remember your father and to use his death as a complete non-sequitur. People who voted for and trusted Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio also died. Do their family members get a speech?
14
91
537
Friendly reminder that the argument from some that we need to “stop the spread” in order to stop new variants is an argument for permanent restrictions since covid is endemic and will always be transmitting.
9
114
569
Shouldn’t the more relevant metric be hospitalizations?
Cases will always be present but the reason why we have restrictions in place is because of fears the healthcare system would become overwhelmed.
Fauci: US shouldn’t loosen coronavirus restrictions until daily new cases fall below 10,000
51
30
157
28
122
571
“Is currently experiencing no symptoms”.
I feel like the fact he is fully vaccinated but asymptomatic is an important bit to highlight…
Just in:
@GovAbbott
tested positive today for COVID-19, his office announces. He’s fully vaccinated.
280
485
1K
35
90
566
I guess he also won’t be flying Delta, United, American, or Southwest…
I will not be flying
@AlaskaAir
until they reinstate public safety measures against
#COVID19
.
#boycottAlaskaAir
.
6K
627
4K
39
43
550
Glad NY came out on the other side and can return to normal life to some capacity. It was a hellish few months and heartbreaking to watch. But let’s not rewrite history and pretend NY implemented anything particularly unique to slow the spread and end the crisis.
14
65
515
It has become a weekend tradition to wake-up Sunday morning to something idiotic said by Dr. Fauci
18
55
538
Disappointing to see that hosts with a major platform express skepticism in the vaccine’s ability to protect from severe illness,despite all the evidence we have that shows it does
Hoping
@ABC
can provide the hosts and viewers resources on vaccine efficacy to increase confidence
"I may never ride a subway again without a mask. I may never go indoors to big crowds and ever feel comfortable without a mask." —
#TheView
's
@sarahaines
on the post-pandemic "new normal"
2K
76
372
39
110
549
Great news out of Texas, which has now been reopened for almost 4 weeks.
There can be a safe and practical way for states to reopen with appropriate restrictions and medications.
10
146
510
“He developed mild symptoms on Nov. 22, was tested on Nov. 24, and no longer has symptoms.”
Another example of continued protection against severe illness.
BREAKING: Second U.S. case of Omicron variant indicates domestic transmission
33
163
261
23
131
546
I really don’t understand this obsession with Ron DeSantis’s coronavirus strategy. His strategy is not super different from other governors across the country and Florida seems to be going in the right direction
69
107
517
“in a blow to a national movement toward more lenient prosecution” is quite a way to put it…
Voters have recalled San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin in a blow to a national movement toward more lenient prosecution.
67
35
134
14
81
537
It is not a personal failure to contract a highly contagious respiratory illness
Deeply personal emotions towards a virus that spreads passively and “anger” towards people for not adopting futile mitigation measures (surgical masking) is extremely odd and not well adjusted
I wear a mask everywhere. I social distance. I am so careful to protect others.I don’t go out to eat, I exercise outside, eat healthy.. take care of my mental health..but I am in a school and it is futile. And I have a fever 102.1 and positive test. I am upset and angry.
3K
1K
11K
25
76
541
I’m not even a Trump stan by any stretch of the mind.
But it’s so crazy to say this given that the Trump admin put in an organization (Operation Warp Speed) that has delivered almost 3 vaccines in under a year and used whatever they had to scale up trials and manufacturing
BIDEN: "My predecessor, to be blunt about it, did not do his job in getting ready for the massive challenge of vaccinating hundreds of millions Americans."
2K
105
266
43
159
535
Will low-income families (who are disproportionately impacted by public school closures) be able to vacation in Puerto Rico during this period of “remote learning”? Asking for a friend
15
116
514
My lord. She was banging her staff members. Man or woman, that's highly inappropriate.
Katie Hill delivers fiery farewell speech on 'double standard' facing women in power
@heatherscope
83
3
12
16
87
456