Thursday, April 23, 2020

Thursday, April 23, 2020

And another day of Trump injecting people with stupidity comes to a close:

“My heart is broken in the face of the stupidity of my species.” -- Joni Mitchell

Deaths
US: 49,845 (+2169)
World: 190,654 (+6431)

Countdown: 194 days.

Coronavirus spread 'under the radar' in US major cities since January, researchers say.

Progressives want Congress to stop bailing out the Pentagon during the pandemic. “If taxpayers are being asked to adjust their budgets, surely the recipient of three quarters of a trillion of our tax dollars can be asked to do the same.”

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday derided Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell's suggestion that states whose finances are depleted by the coronavirus epidemic could declare bankruptcy as a "really dumb" idea and warned that financial markets would tank if that were allowed to happen. — Mitch needs to go. Kentucky is like fourth in the country that is subsidized by blue states. He’s a lying sack of shit that’s done more damage to the country than anyone else over the past several years.

Cuomo tells it like it is to McConnell.

Fact check: Trump wrongly suggests sunlight could help cure coronavirus.

Trump inquires about injecting disinfectant to kill the virus. 


"The most important thing is to turn off the faucet of new immigrant labor," Stephen Miller said, according to a person who participated in the call. "Mission accomplished with signing that executive order."

Washington State Builds Coronavirus Contact Tracing 'Fire Brigade'.

The coronavirus pandemic is a dress rehearsal for what awaits us if governments continue to ignore science.

New HHS spokesman made racist comments about Chinese people in now-deleted tweets. The new spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services in a series of now-deleted tweets made racist and derogatory comments about Chinese people, said Democrats wanted the coronavirus to kill millions of people and accused the media of intentionally creating panic around the pandemic to hurt President Donald Trump.

The coronavirus pandemic and its social repercussions are fueling violence by both frustrated individuals and domestic terrorists, a DHS report says.

Trump announces that Thunderbirds and Blue Angels will perform flyovers across the U.S. to honor medical workers. — Seems medical workers would prefer PPE, more testing ability, and ventilators instead, but...

"A fake pandemic": Anti-vaxxers are spreading coronavirus conspiracy theories. — Anti-vaxxers are literally trying to kill you.

The House has approved a roughly $480 billion package to deliver aid to small businesses and hospitals and expand Covid-19 testing.

Congress Authorizes Another Unconstitutional Giveaway for Religious Worship in Latest Coronavirus Stimulus. — Separation of Church and State, huh?

More than 25% of young Americans say their lives are worse because of President Trump, a new Harvard's Institute of Politics poll finds, in yet another sign that Trump could motivate more younger voters to the polls in November. — He has fucked over their future.

A seemingly healthy 57-year-old Bay Area woman who "suddenly died" in early February has now become the first known US death related to coronavirus.

GOP Quietly Pushes Through Long-Sought Priorities As Pandemic Rages. Rolling back environmental regulations, imposing voter ID, banning abortion — it’s all happening while the public is focused on the coronavirus.

In win for Trump, U.S. Supreme Court makes deporting immigrants for crimes easier.

As people stay home, Earth turns wilder and cleaner. — Earth will be just fine without us. It’s not the planet that needs saving, it’s us humans.

The era of peak travel is over. Covid-19 changed the world’s jet-setting ways in the blink of an eye. It could take years to return to normal.

Dairy farmers dumping milk amid COVID-19: Pandemic's impact on the dairy industry.

Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.

Until next time, my friends. Good night.

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