NYT: Navy captain fired for COVID-19 warning memo during pandemic tests positive for virus
Captain Brett Crozier, the former Navy commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt who was fired after a leaked letter he wrote pleading for help from the Navy went viral, has tested positive for COVID-19, as reported...
COVID-19: It was never about the numbers, but sometimes numbers are all we have
The story of the pandemic is the story of people. The soaring numbers on charts and tables aren’t numbers of cars rolling off an assembly line, or the distance between the Earth and some...
Keeping churches open on Easter is a new form of snake handling as eight...
Arizona still has golf courses open because they are “essential businesses” as Trump yesterday stated that he’d like Easter services to take place, albeit outside. Trump does seem under the sway of folk theories...
GA Gov. Kemp orders Tybee Island and other GA beaches to be reopened
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported today that Kemp is reopening Tybee Island and other beaches along the Georgia coast.
Local officials in several of Georgia’s coastal communities reacted with fury on Saturday after Gov. Brian...
For much of the South, it is already too little, too late
This is from Politico, highlighting the dire situation unfolding in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, which right now has the highest per capita coronavirus infection rate in the nation.
Frantic local officials instituted an...
‘A Mockery of Independence’: Trump to Nominate White House Lawyer to Oversee $4.5 Trillion...
A late Friday announcement regarding President Donald Trump's nominee to oversee the implementation of the recently-passed $4.5 trillion coronavirus relief bill was regarded by government watchdogs as the president's latest attempt to protect the...
‘Drop the Medicare Eligibility Age to 0 Right Now’: Study Warns 35 Million Could...
The coronavirus pandemic and resulting economic collapse could cause a staggering 35 million people in the U.S. to lose their employer-sponsored health insurance over the next several months, with lower-income Americans bearing the brunt...
Evangelical churches run smack into coronavirus’ lethal reality, but some continue to resist
Evangelical churches with a right-wing, Christian-nationalist political bent really want nothing more than to resist government orders to cease holding services during the novel coronavirus pandemic. The main drawback is that there’s the possibility of killing...
Despite Threats From Management, Amazon Warehouse Workers in Chicago Strike to Demand Better...
Days after leaked email correspondence revealed Amazon executives' plan to publicly attack a Staten Island warehouse employee for organizing a protest over unsafe working conditions amid the coronavirus pandemic, workers at an Amazon facility in...
Kushner Using Federal Govt To Confiscate N95’s Bought By American States AND European Allies.
Kushner said the National Stockpile was “ours” and the wording on the Federal website has been changed to reflect Kushner’s personal ownership. Trump and Kushner own and control the Federal Government now. And they are...
