There’s a Global Pandemic but the Trump Administration Will Still Cut Food Stamps
February 10, 2020, New York, NY, USA: Organic produce department in a supermarket in New York on Monday, February 10, 2020. (Ã Richard B. Levine) (Credit Image: © Richard B. Levine/Levine Roberts via ZUMA Press)Levine Roberts/AP As new coronavirus cases around the world and in the United States continue to climb, President Donald Trump Wednesday night…
Republican Leader Criticizes “Permanent Paid Sick Leave” in Dems’ Coronavirus Bill
Evan Vucci/AP Late on Wednesday night, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) unveiled emergency coronavirus funding legislation, which would guarantee widespread free testing for COVID-19, expanded food assistance and unemployment insurance, and paid sick leave. But on Thursday morning, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced his opposition to the bill, singling out the paid sick…
Donald Trump Is Panicky and Clueless
Last night, on national TV, in a prepared address, President Trump said that (a) we would ban all travel from Europe, (b) we would ban some or all trade with Europe, and (c) insurance companies had agreed to waive copays for coronavirus treatment. All of this was mistaken. The travel ban applies only to foreign…
As Coronavirus Spreads, an Illinois Public Health Agency’s Website is Sidelined by Hackers
Frank Rumpenhorst/DPA via ZUMA Press The website for a public health department serving about 210,000 people in central Illinois, including students at the state’s flagship public university, has been hit with ransomware that could leave it shuttered for up to two weeks. While the perpetrator of the cyber attack has not been identified, the closure…
Donald Trump Gave a Speech Tonight. After It Ended, He Kept Talking. A Microphone Caught What He Said.
Fernando Cortes/Shutterstock Donald Trump gave a very scary speech to the country tonight about coronavirus. I watched it on CNN and was very shook and afterwards CNN cut to a panel of people who were also very shook. If you were watching on CSPAN however, that’s not what happened. Apparently when the speech ended the…
The Biggest Lie in Donald Trump’s Coronavirus Address
Doug Mills/The New York Times/AP On Wednesday night, Donald Trump announced that he would restrict travel from Europe—excluding the United Kingdom—beginning on Friday, for the next 30 days. “Anything coming from Europe to the United States is what we are discussing,” he said. The president also attempted to reassure the country by saying the United…