In Yet Another Move to Limit Immigration, Trump Will Suspend New Green Cards
President Donald Trump speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 21, 2020,Alex Brandon/ AP Photo For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Last night, President Trump tweeted that he planned to sign an executive order to “temporarily suspend immigration” into the United States in…
Oil Didn’t “Crater” Today. It’s Been Cratering for Two Months.
Did the price of oil “crater” today? You decide! Here’s the price of Brent crude, which provides a look at an international benchmark that’s not affected by storage issues in Cushing, Oklahoma. As you can see, it’s been dropping steadily all year, and the decline accelerated at the end of February when COVID-19 started to…
Like You, Donald Trump Wants a Break on His Rent
President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Monday, April 20, 2020, in Washington.AP Photo/Alex Brandon For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Like many hotels in America, Donald Trump’s luxury downtown DC hotel has taken a massive hit…
Nurses Don’t Have Proper Protection to Fight the Coronavirus. They’re Begging Trump to Help.
A dozen nurses, standing six feet apart outside the White House on Tuesday, called on the Trump administration and Congress to allocate proper personal protective equipment for health care workers who desperately need them. The nurses, represented by the National Nurses United, demanded that Trump invoke the Defense Production Act to require the private sector…
Trump Says “We’re in Very Good Shape on Testing.” A New Report Shows How Far off He Is.
President Trump, Republican governors, and right-wing protesters are antsy to lift social distancing guidelines and return to business as usual. But a new proposal for reopening the economy while protecting the public from the coronavirus shows just how far we have to go before we can safely return to something resembling normalcy. The “Roadmap to…
Yes, I Bought a Pulse Oximeter Today
Just to follow up on this morning’s post, I did indeed go out to Walgreens and buy a pulse oximeter today: Why not? It was cheap, and since I have breathing problems anyway it might be handy to have around. My reading of 97 percent is fairly ordinary. Below 90 percent is considered low. Below…