Small Restaurants Are Furious About a Loophole in the Stimulus Bill. They Should Be.
John Nacion/Image of Sport via AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.My favorite neighborhood restaurant is effectively closed down right now, and there’s a good chance yours is, too. As an increasing number of cities and states issue shelter-in-place orders, many of these places—now legally limited to…
Friday Cat Blogging – 27 March 2020
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This is the sternest look that Hilbert and Hopper are capable of. Stay home and pet ur catz! They are virus free and you don’t even have to shop for them since you can buy months’ worth of cat food at once.…
In the Coronavirus Bill, Most of the Money for Ordinary People Is Thanks to Democrats
Say something!Kevin Drum For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Judging from my Twitter feed—I know, I know—conservatives know only one thing about the Democratic Party contribution to the coronavirus rescue bill: it includes money for Obamaphones and the Kennedy Center. I assume that this is basically the only…
Hours After Doubting the Need for 40,000 Ventilators, Trump Demanded 40,000 Ventilators
President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus on March 25, 2020.Alex Brandon/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.With almost half of US novel coronavirus deaths in New York City and 44,000 people already infected there, Governor Andrew Cuomo asked the federal government for 30,000 ventilators on Tuesday…
Ferguson: R0 for Coronavirus is Probably 3.1
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.From the department of buried leads: New data from the rest of Europe suggests that the outbreak is running faster than expected, said [Neil] Ferguson. As a result, epidemiologists have revised their estimate of the reproduction number (R0) of the virus. This…
Survey: How Long Will the Lockdown Last?
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Here’s a quick survey for you. I’m just asking for your best guess based on what you’re hearing from experts and media briefings. Recently from Kevin Drum We Recommend Latest