In a Time of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth is Revolutionary.
Saturday, October 10, 2026

Trump lied and did nothing while more than a million Americans died from COVID-19.

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As COVID-19 killed hundreds of thousands of Americans died from then-president Donald Trump ignored the threat and lied to the public about the real threats.

Legendary investigative reporter Bob Woodward, whose work helped bring down Richard Nixon in Watergate, says Trump “failed America” by ignoring warnings by his own aides and lied to the public while their friends and relatives died from his inaction.

Woodward, who recorded Trump in a myriad of lies and unwillingness to act.

“He claimed he knew what he was doing,” Woodward said. “He lied and did nothing.”

“I’ve never seen such a failure of protecting the people,” Woodward said, noting that while Trump continue to lie and do nothing, the deaths continued to rise to more than 1.2 million.

“I had nothing to do with this,” Trump screamed at Woodward on the recording when he mentioned the number of deaths. “It wasn’t my fault.”

So much for the concept that “the buck stops here” with a president.

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DOUG THOMPSON

Doug Thompson published his first news story and photos at age 11 -- more than 65 years ago -- a newspaper article about racism and the Klan in Prince Edward County, VA. From that point on, he decided to become a newspaperman and photojournalist. In high school, he reported news and shot photos full-time at his hometown paper befoe the youngest full-time reporter for The Roanoke Times daily in Virginia in 1965, followed by12 years as reporter, columnist and photographer at The Telegraph in Alton IL before relocating to Washington, DC. After a short sabbatical as a Congressional staffer and political operative, he returned to media as a contract photojournalist for newspapers (Washington Post, New York Times, etc), online media and magazines. He has spent more than six decades years covering news around the country and the globe and has won awards from The Virginia Press Association, Illinois AP and national associations. Today, he and his wife of more than 50 years, live in semi-retirement in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwestern Virginia.