Social Distancing Is Not Going Away
Jack Kurtz/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Just a reminder in case you haven’t absorbed enough bad news over the past few weeks: epidemiologists expect COVID-19 to return in the fall even if we successfully stamp out the current outbreak by the end of spring. This means…
Trump on Ukraine Whistleblower: “Somebody Oughta Sue His Ass Off”
President Donald Trump speaks at the coronavirus briefing at the White House on April 4, 2020. Tasos Katopodis/CNP via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.During a press briefing on the latest coronavirus pandemic developments Saturday, President Donald Trump saved his most passionate comments for an entirely…
The Washington Post Just Laid out the “Devastating Consequences” of Trump’s Inept Pandemic Response
Winn McNamee/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Washington Post on Saturday described the details of President Donald Trump’s blundered response to the novel coronavirus pandemic that led to the critical loss of time that might have avoided some of the worst outcomes the country is now facing. “It…
Georgia and Florida Governors Finally Issued Shelter-in-Place Orders. But Not for Churches.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) attends a news conference in Miami Gardens, Florida this week.Joe Raedle/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.After weeks of resistance, the Republican governors of both Florida and Georgia finally acceded to calls for shelter-in-place orders this week. But with notable exceptions.…
Maybe the Coronavirus Will Give Us a Miss!
It’s pretty in Plumas County, but that’s not going to stop the coronavirus from spreading.Sacramento Bee/ZUMAPRESS For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The LA Times reports today on the attitude toward the coronavirus pandemic in rural northern California: On Tuesday afternoon, no confirmed cases of COVID-19 had been…
Voters Are Finally Starting to Notice the Trump Administration’s Botched Response to the Pandemic
President Donald Trump at a press briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic White House on April 3, 2020. Gripas Yuri/Abaca via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As the country was gripped by the coronavirus pandemic in March, President Donald Trump saw some of the best approval numbers…