This Washington Post Story Shows Just How Little Trump Cared About Public Health in COVID-19 Response
Alex Brandon/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In a chronicle of “desperation and dysfunction,” the Washington Post ran a story describing the tensions and events inside the White House between March 29 and last week, as Trump remained “fixated on the economy” while others in the administration…
A Health IT Firm Pitched Itself Directly to Kushner, Pence, and Azar. They Had Help From a Trump-Linked Lobbyist.
President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner as he speaks at a coronavirus briefing on April 2, 2020.Kevin Dietsch/CNP via ZUMA Wire) For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A Baltimore company last month managed to pitch surveillance technology for monitoring coronavirus cases around the country directly to Vice President Mike…
Lawmakers Worry Jared Kushner Is Working on a Privacy Destroying “Surveillance System”
Kevin Dietsch/CNP via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As Jared Kushner has set himself a prominent role in the administration’s coronavirus response, there’s been a growing chorus of questions about what, exactly, he’s up to and how much the public will ever find out about…
Will Jared Kushner’s Real Estate Empire Give Renters a Break? He’s Not Saying.
Evan Golub/ZUMA Wire As the economy is sputtering under the weight of the coronavirus’ shutdown, the Trump administration has pushed for direct cash assistance for Americans to prevent them from being thrown out of their homes. Some cities and the Housing and Urban Development Department have announced moratoriums on evictions. But meanwhile, a very large landlord who…
Jared Kushner Once Controlled a Firm Now Running a Coronavirus Testing Website
Oliver Contreras/AP Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a top player in the White House’s coronavirus deliberations, several years ago controlled a family business that owned a health insurance company that is now marketing a website that aims to direct consumers to coronavirus testing locations. This firm, which is called Oscar, has often been described…
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