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CDC Found Out After-The-Fact That Admin Was Switching To Contractor For Hospital Data
By Matt Shuham
07.31.20 | 11:22 am
on May 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. on May 18, 2018 in Washington, DC.
Kushner’s COVID-19 Team Ended Plan For Nationwide Testing Because They Didn’t Want To Help Blue States
By Cristina Cabrera
07.31.20 | 8:53 am
HOUSTON, TEXAS—JULY 1, 2020—An empty bed is moved back to the emergency room after brining in another COVID-19 patient. At United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, Dr. Joseph Varon leads a team to fight the increasing number of coronavirus patients in the expanded Covid-19 ward on July 1, 2020.  (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times) HOUSTON, TEXAS—JULY 1, 2020—An empty bed is moved back to the emergency room after brining in another COVID-19 patient. At United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, Dr. Joseph Varon leads a team to fight the increasing number of coronavirus patients in the expanded Covid-19 ward on July 1, 2020.  (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)
The TeleTracking Mystery Continues Prime Badge
By Matt Shuham
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HHS Downplays COVID Testing Bottlenecks
By Josh Kovensky
07.30.20 | 1:50 pm
Herman Cain Dies After Month-Long Battle With COVID-19
By Zoe Richards
07.30.20 | 11:08 am
McCarthy Accidentally Calls Gohmert ‘Congressman COVID’ After GOPer Gets Infected
By Cristina Cabrera
07.29.20 | 6:58 pm
A Shameless Gohmert Tries To Blame Masks For Getting COVID-19
By Cristina Cabrera
07.29.20 | 3:04 pm
Where Things Stand: Droplets On Capitol Hill Prime Badge
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By Nicole LaFond
07.29.20 | 12:45 pm

The virus is obviously invisible — increasingly, we’re learning that it spreads through tiny particles in the air, the now-infamous “droplets.”

But it’s wild to think that we may have watched as some of those droplets made their way into the halls of Congress yesterday.

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From Masking Naysayer to COVID Victim: The Louie Gohmert Story
By Matt Shuham
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By Cristina Cabrera
07.29.20 | 10:18 am
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