The Department of Labor reported on Thursday morning that 3,169,000 unemployment claimed were filed in the week ending on May 2 amid COVID-19.
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Some House Republicans in recent weeks have not exactly been shy about their interest in reviving the party’s longtime passion…
Until people can return to work safely and return to being on-site consumers safely, this isn’t going to get much better .- at least, not long-term.
And to do that, it’s going to take testing and a real plan to address the novel coronavirus. Almost 4 months in, and still no national plan. Even worse, continued attempts by the administration to prevent, disrupt and dismantle state and local plans and efforts. Magic vaccine and treatment proclamations are not going to do it. Nor is simply declaring victory before those exist.
Well - that IS their plan. Brought to you by the ‘we create our own reality’ people.
It works pretty well on the rubes - IE ‘Some of the people all of the time’
Sadly, Trump will take this as an indication that he needs to re-open America TODAY. Forget the virus, the sick, the dead and dying. TODAY.
After shelving a 17-page report from the CDC on how to SAFELY re-open the country, today, you can bet he will attempt to invalidate all the safer-at-home extensions and programs the States have enacted by threatening the governors with their Federal funding if they don’t re-open immediately.
He doesn’t get that he could actually have a shot at winning the election by doing it right and maybe actually save lives.
In the meantime, MAY I BE THE PERSON WHO DOESN’T BUY INTO WHATEVER LUNATIC CONSPIRACY THEORY IS CIRCULATING TODAY…
G-d, how we’ve descended.
Yet another bigly number that must be firmly attached to Drumpf’s legacy. Imagine what this could have been if Jared had not been leading the response?
“In today’s news, the chocolate ration was raised to 10 grams,” (for the fourth time this month.)