President Donald Trump’s advisers are reportedly gearing up to spread the blame if the President’s plan to jumpstart the economy by May 1 amid the COVID-19 pandemic crashes and burns and results in the loss of additional American lives.
Majority Of COVID-19 Deaths At NYC Nursing Homes Weren’t Confirmed Cases
New Yorkers in nursing homes, long-term care facilities and hospices are dying of COVID-19 at rates far beyond what testing has shown, new data from the city indicates.
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Why Return To Normal After COVID?
You may have heard talk of eventually redeploying the resources mobilized to fight the pandemic to tackle carbon emissions. It’s not a misplaced sentiment exactly, though I do think the parallels are generally inapt. But then TPM Reader FL wrote in a few days ago and framed it up in a way that felt more on point than other discussions I’ve seen. I yield the floor:
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Missouri Gov Calls Absentee Voting ‘More Of A Political Issue Than Anything’
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) said Tuesday that fear of getting sick from COVID-19 or abiding by the his own stay-at-home order does not qualify voters to request an absentee ballot, calling absentee voting “more of a political issue than anything.”
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Where Things Stand: A Trump Fireside Chat
We can thank Rush Limbaugh for this one.
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Fauci: ‘Some Light At End Of The Tunnel’ With Flattening Of COVID-19 Cases
Dr. Anthony Fauci doubled down on his signature cautious optimism as he discussed the flattening of COVID-19 cases nationwide during an interview on the TODAY Show Wednesday morning. Continue reading “Fauci: ‘Some Light At End Of The Tunnel’ With Flattening Of COVID-19 Cases”
Trump Gets Shredded For Sticking His Name On Taxpayer-Funded Relief Checks
In an unprecedented move, President Donald Trump successfully got his name stamped onto the COVID-19 relief checks that many Americans will soon be receiving.
Now he’s being slammed online for the blatant self-glorification and the possibility that the payments will be delayed as a result.
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NM Supreme Court Sides With GOP In Fight With Clerks Over COVID-19 Mail-In Voting
The New Mexico Supreme Court took the state GOP’s side Monday in a dispute with New Mexico election officials over how broadly to expand mail-in voting for the state’s upcoming elections due to the pandemic.
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Coronavirus Choking Off Africa’s Already Vulnerable Food Supply
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — In a pre-dawn raid in food-starved Zimbabwe, police enforcing a coronavirus lockdown confiscated and destroyed 3 tons of fresh fruit and vegetables by setting fire to it. Wielding batons, they scattered a group of rural farmers who had traveled overnight, breaking restrictions on movement to bring the precious produce to one of the country’s busiest markets.
The food burned as the farmers went home empty-handed, a stupefying moment for a country and a continent where food is in critically short supply.
It was an extreme example of how lockdowns to slow the spread of the coronavirus may be choking Africa’s already-vulnerable food supply.
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Both Shoppers And Workers Afraid To Go Back To Normal As Some COVID Restrictions Ease
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The first tentative steps in lifting the economically crippling coronavirus restrictions in Europe and China are running into resistance, with shoppers and other customers staying away from the reopened businesses and workers afraid the newly restored freedoms could put their health at risk.
Amazon threatened on Wednesday to halt all its activities in France, a day after a court ordered the online retail giant to stop selling, receiving or delivering nonessential goods for the next month to protect its employees from the virus.