A Series of Reassuring and Oddly Endearing PowerPoints from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
As of Monday, there are nearly 40,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States. More than half of them are in New York, making it the epicenter of America’s rapidly developing pandemic. Though New York Gov. Cuomo has long been resistant to ordering a shelter-in-place, last week he issued an executive order advising New Yorkers to “stay…
Trump: We’ll Probably Open Up the Economy Pretty Soon
I’m taking my own advice and not watching Donald Trump’s coronavirus briefing right now, but apparently our president is bored with all the shutdowns and lockdowns he’s had to endure for the past [checks notes] seven whole days. So how much longer will this stuff last? “I’m not looking at months,” he says, even though…
Stop Airing Trump’s Daily Coronavirus Show Live
Jim Loscalzo/CNP via ZUMA The AP reports on President Trump’s daily press briefings: He has been agitated that he can’t run the campaign he wants against Democrat Joe Biden, and he has used daily, hour-long briefings as near proxies for his campaign rallies, guaranteed to attract attention and to maintain the backing of his fervent…
Donald Trump Signals He Might Sacrifice Thousands of Americans to Restart the Economy
Patrick Semansky/AP That didn’t take long. Donald Trump already seems to be growing tired and frustrated with doing the right thing. After about two months of deadly delays and denials, Trump a week ago finally began pushing a public health initiative to counter the coronavirus pandemic, promoting the White House’s “15 Days to Slow the…
As the Coronavirus Spreads, Democrats Roll out Postal Voting Plans
Stefani Reynolds/CNP via ZUMA Wire Congressional Democrats are pushing for nationwide access to vote-by-mail and early voting in response to the spread of the coronavirus. And while lawmakers have introduced legislation to address the havoc the pandemic has had and will have on voting, they say that they’re running into the same partisan wall that…
Mitch McConnell’s Slush Fund Will Never Pass
From the Washington Post: Did Mitch McConnell seriously think he could pass a bill that contains a blank-check $500 billion corporate bailout? Both parties objected when a Republican Treasury Secretary tried to ram through a $700 billion blank-check bank bailout in 2008, and both parties ought to be objecting now. To their shame, though, Republicans…