Americans Are Tiring of COVID-19 Lockdowns
A couple of weeks ago I put up a chart based on data from Apple showing how often people asked their iPhones for driving directions. If you assume that this is a rough proxy for the amount of driving people are doing, it shows us how seriously people are taking lockdown orders. Here’s what it…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: May 1 Update
Here’s the coronavirus death toll through May 1. For some reason there was no update on Friday for Spain, so its chart goes only through April 30. I have a feeling my comments on these posts are going to start getting repetitive. The basic story is that nearly all the countries are continuing to show…
Trump Says There Are Plenty of Coronavirus Tests for Senators Returning to Congress. He’s Wrong.
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting about the coronavirus response with Gov. Phil Murphy, D-N.J., in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Washington. Associated Press For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Saturday morning, President Trump tweeted there would be plenty…
Trump Moves to Replace Yet Another Inspector General
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.From the Friday evening news dump files: President Trump moved on Friday night to replace a top official at the Department of Health and Human Services who angered him with a report last month highlighting supply shortages and testing delays at hospitals…
Why Won’t Trump Let Dr. Fauci Testify Before Congress?
Chris Kleponis/CNP via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The White House won’t let Anthony Fauci testify before Congress next week: The White House is blocking Anthony S. Fauci from testifying before a House subcommittee investigating the coronavirus outbreak and response, arguing that it would be “counterproductive”…
Donald Trump’s Defense of Michael Flynn and Roger Stone Is a Giant Gaslight
Donald Trump takes questions from reporters on April 30.Jim Loscalzo/CNP via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A full-on freakout on the right over the revelation that the FBI planned for the prospect that then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn would lie in a January 2016 interview,…