https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-cases-us-map-trump-how-many-infected-a9393061.html
The worry at this point for Democrats should be the disillusioned and truculent Sander's disciples refusing to vote as protestation. Hundreds of thousands of people voted for Sanders in Texas, Michigan, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington, Missouri and Massachusetts and Maine, a hundred thouand in South Carolina. We need those voters in November to remove Trump, not temper tantrum.
Senate Democrats, joined by a handful of Republicans, voted on Wednesday to reverse a Department of Education rule they say reduces protections for student borrowers. Senators voted 53-42 to block the rule, which was crafted by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Republicans said they will instruct Trump to veto the bill.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/487037-senate-votes-to-reverse-devos-student-loan-rule
What I heard in that speech was Sanders acknowledging the writing on the wall. He essentially said it outright. That there’s an electability problem, that people want to vote for Joe. Bernie's speech just now sounded like he was softening his supporters to the fact that he will have to drop out soon. It sounded like he put forth a bunch of ideas that he wants to see the party take on. But he's not blackmailing the party like last time because he's been blown out and knows it. The people saying he needs to drop out now need to realize that Bernie is trying to guide his base to remain locked into the election cycle and vote for the Democratic party (not simply Biden, the vote is for the entire Democratic party to take over the government, all the Democratic candidates) in November. Bernie is being smart. Problem is he did this last time, he told his voters to vote for Hillary because the Democratic party was the only party willing to legislate a progressive agenda, he endorsed Hillary's general election platform as the most leftist liberal progressive platform ever, and that platform contained parts of Sanders' then-platform, and Trump won regardless because Sanders voters voted for Trump or Gary Johnson or Jill Stein or wrote-in Sanders' name or stayed home. I also feel Joe debating Bernie prepares Joe to debate Trump. Bernie telegraphed the exact set of questions he'll force Biden to answer. It's an opportunity for Biden to court the Bernie base and unite the party. In a debate format where Bernie is operating under the pretense that he's still campaigning for president, his supporters will tune in and watch. This is an opportunity to convince them to get off the "Bernie or bust" bandwagon and join the "vote blue no matter who" bandwagon instead. "Yes, hello... it's time for me to apologize to every Sanders fan... for kicking your candidate's ass up and down the block ( and twice on Tuesdays )..." ... Those who supported Bernie did it not out of party loyalty but out of love for his ideas. Bernie just saying go vote for Biden won't be enough for everyone (most but not everyone). Bernie is giving Biden the chance in the next debate to show he will champion some of these ideas so the Bernie idealists and Bernie loyalists will support him. To re-iterate, my take is that he knows he's losing. He's asking Joe what he's going to do for progressives. He's asking Joe to make a pitch for progressives to join him. He stated that young people 18-39yrs are the future of the country, and that the DNC needs to get them on their side, and not rely solely on the votes of old people. It was an olive branch, believe it or not, he understood he wasn't going to be the nominee and is giving Biden a platform to unify the party. And Joe/Democrats should accept some of the policies at this point because old people aren’t the ones who are going to go door to door canvassing or making phone calls or buying the merchandise or pushing the platform all over social media. The millions of young people who canvassed for Bernie, Elizabeth, Beto, Kamala, Andrew, Pete, Cory, Amy, Tom Steyer, Julian, Jay, etc, and canvassed all day and part of the night for months on end, for a year on end, in Elizabeth's case two years on end, need to hear Joe champion some progressive policies. Because the youth base built the campaigns from the ground up. They made every candidate a household name. They talked to millions of Americans (voters and non-voters alike) and took note of the issues that mattered most to Americans. Please Biden and Team Biden and DNC, embrace some of those progressive proposals.
https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1237783811993133058
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nRPqw-XeTM
https://www.axios.com/bernie-sanders-staying-in-2020-election-joe-biden-09cf48c4-d0b7-4768-80f0-5db85aa3ebc9.html
"If he goes full attack mode on Biden though": If he were going to do that, he probably wouldn't have called Joe his friend, said he believes that beating Trump is paramount, congratulated Joe on his lead in the race and generally aimed his criticisms at everyone but Joe. He didn't say a bad word about him. He just gave him a chance to answer some questions. This is an olive branch, and it could be a game changing one. This is an opportunity for Biden. If it were an attack, he'd already be shooting.
Look at the issues polling; voters first and foremost care about beating Trump, and Sanders is the only candidate whose voters regard policy ideas as roughly on par with "beating Trump" in terms of priorities. In other words, "Beating Trump" is the single largest driver of Democratic primary turnout, while policy issues are a distant second that Sanders has a lead on. Poll after poll says a large majority of Biden's voters prioritize beating Trump over policy agreements, while Sanders' voters prioritize policy agreements slightly over beating Trump. Restated: Sanders' largest appeal to his voters is his campaign platform, while Biden's largest appeal to his voters is the perception that he's most capable of beating Trump.
Republicans ordered federal health officials to treat top-level coronavirus meetings as classified, an unusual step that has restricted information and hampered the U.S. government’s response to the contagion, according to four Trump administration officials. The officials said that dozens of classified discussions about such topics as the scope of infections, quarantines and travel restrictions have been withheld since mid-January in a high-security meeting room at the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), a key player in the fight against the coronavirus.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-secrecy-exclusive/exclusive-white-house-told-federal-health-agency-to-classify-coronavirus-deliberations-sources-idUSKBN20Y2LM
Senate Republicans block Emergency Paid Sick Leave Bill From Moving Forward | The legislation put forth by Democrats would guarantee 14 days of paid leave for workers affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senate-gop-blocks-emergency-paid-sick-leave-legislation-from-moving-forward_n_5e691016c5b68d61645ebff9
Betcha the Senate GOP will rubber stamp emergency bailouts for triple-digit billionaire industries (cruise ship) and trillion-dollar industries (airlines, hotels, fossil fuels)
Trump reportedly won't meet with Pelosi on a coronavirus bill, or for any reason, because he's mad at her
https://www.theweek.com/speedreads/901409/trump-reportedly-wont-meet-pelosi-coronavirus-bill-reason-because-hes-mad
Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) cancelled a vote scheduled for Wednesday afternoon on a subpoena stemming from his months-long probe into Hunter Biden and Burisma Holdings. | Instead of subpoenaing Telizhenko, Johnson indicated that he would instead target Blue Star Strategies, which has ties to Burisma. | Johnson told reporters on Wednesday that he would subpoena Blue Star Strategies, a decision he hoped could win over Peters's support.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/487046-gop-chairman-cancels-hunter-biden-related-subpoena-vote
Guatemalan woman dies in ICE custody in Texas, eighth death since October
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/guatemalan-woman-dies-ice-custody-texas-eighth-death-october-n1154136?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
World Health Organization declares the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/11/who-declares-the-coronavirus-outbreak-a-global-pandemic.html
FFS: Latest positive coronavirus patient attended large Toronto mining conference, prompting warning to 25,000 attendees
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-first-community-spread-corona-case-in-ontario-connected-to/
A Lab Pushed for Early Tests, but Republican Officials Said NoL A Seattle lab uncovered Washington's coronavirus outbreak only after defying federal regulators | The first U.S. outbreak was in Washington state, where authorities confirmed the first patient — suffering from respiratory problems after visiting Wuhan, China — only after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made an exception to strict testing criteria. In Seattle, Dr. Helen Chu, an infectious disease expert who was part of an ongoing flu-monitoring effort, the Seattle Flu Study, asked permission to test their trove of collected flu swabs for coronavirus. State health officials joined Chu in asking the CDC and Food and Drug Administration to waive privacy rules and allow clinical tests in a research lab, citing the threat of significant loss of life. The CDC and FDA said no. "We felt like we were sitting, waiting for the pandemic to emerge," Chu told the Times. "We could help. We couldn't do anything." They held off for a couple of weeks, but on Feb. 25, Chu and her colleagues "began performing coronavirus tests, without government approval," the Times reports. They found a positive case pretty quickly, and after discussing the ethics, they told state health officials, who confirmed the next day that a teenager who hadn't traveled abroad had COVID-19 — and the virus had likely been spreading undetected throughout the Seattle area for weeks. Later that day, the CDC and FDA told Chu and her colleagues to stop testing, then partially relented, and the lab found several more cases. On Monday night, they were ordered to stop testing again.
https://theweek.com/speedreads/901405/seattle-lab-uncovered-washingtons-coronavirus-outbreak-only-after-defying-federal-regulators
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/us/coronavirus-testing-delays.html
https://theweek.com/speedreads/899293/coronavirus-death-toll-reaches-2-tops-3000-worldwide-virus-keeps-spreading
Trump allies got coronavirus tests despite lack of symptoms and shortage of tests
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-allies-got-coronavirus-tests-despite-lack-of-symptoms-and-shortage/2020/03/10/e9512064-62e7-11ea-b3fc-7841686c5c57_story.html
Conservatives Keeping Calling COVID-19 the "China Virus" — The World Health Organization's guidelines explicitly say not to do this
https://www.gq.com/story/coronavirus-is-not-chinese
Sanders’s last hope for a notable win tonight is in Washington, where polls close in 20 minutes. Sanders spent $490,000 on ads there. Biden spent about $1,000.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/10/us/elections/results-primary-elections-michigan-washington.html
$1,000 in ad spending for a state where Biden and Sanders are tied lol....
"There's a generational divide in the Democratic Party on health care, on climate change, on foreign policy," she said, adding that the left should "leverage" support for bold policies to influence mainstream Democratic politics. Ocasio-Cortez, who endorsed Sanders in October and has campaigned with him across the country, urged her supporters not to lose hope in electoral politics. "Never, ever, ever let your heart turn black," she said, echoing a case she's made for years against cynicism among young people. | "I want to level with all of you, I'm not a person that aspires to a position, I aspire to a mission," she said. "We can't swing from one savior to another. There's a lot of savior-ism in politics, like 'Who's next?' and 'Who's gonna save us?' And the answer is you. The answer is people."
https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-appears-to-concede-bernie-sanders-defeat-urges-fans-vote-2020-3
To try to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, Gov. Jay Inslee is expected Wednesday to restrict gatherings of more than 250 people, including at sporting events and concerts.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/gov-inslee-to-restrict-gatherings-of-more-than-250-people-including-sports-and-concerts/
Consider EVERYTHING that Trump did to NOT run against Joe Biden. He was so scared of Biden that he broke the law, engaged a foreign government in an illegal scheme, withheld documents, withheld witnesses, defied Congress and got impeached. And now he will face Biden
To anybody demanding Biden give concessions to Bernie, we've tried that already
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/06/27/bernie-sanders-has-won-some-big-concessions-but-he-still-wont-endorse-hillary-clinton/
Russia is real cause of EU border crisis, US says: "Together, Russia and the Assad regime are deliberately weaponising migration in an attempt to overwhelm European structures and break European resolve"
https://euobserver.com/migration/147695
In Michigan turnout is through the roof - 314,808 more ballots this year were cast than at the same period in 2016, for a 79% increase. Democratic primary voters are on Fire.
https://twitter.com/adrienneelrod/status/1237460176917200898
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/03/one-day-before-michigans-primary-73-of-requested-absentee-ballots-have-been-cast.html
I'm not trying to piss people off but it's a little rich that some prominent voices who spent months saying how awful Warren was compared to Bernie are now furious at Warren for failing to endorse him. - Nate Silver
https://twitter.com/natesilver538/status/1237602169747955714?s=21
Russia trying to “incite violence by white supremacist groups” in US ahead of 2020 election: report. Russian operatives use 4chan to urge “white nationalists to more aggressively spread hate messages”
https://www.salon.com/2020/03/10/russia-trying-to-incite-violence-by-white-supremacist-groups-in-us-ahead-of-2020-election-report/
About 1 in 5 Sanders voters in Michigan would not commit to voting for the Democratic candidate in November regardless of who the nominee is, according to @CNN exit polls.#NotACult
https://twitter.com/ryanstruyk/status/1237566990937538560
"Bernie had a plan to win the nomination with 30-35% of the vote, but he is instead losing with 30-35% of the vote."
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1237551753928658945
The Bernie Bros Brilliant Plan To Create A Coalition By Attacking Every Single Ally
Democrat Flips State House In New Hampshire Town That Trump Won By 10 Points | A Democrat beat a Republican in a special election race in the historically red town of Hooksett, New Hampshire, to fill a seat in the state’s House of Representatives. The New Hampshire House Democratic Caucus announced Kathleen Martin’s victory over Republican Elliot Axelman on Tuesday night. The Republican who held the seat, state Rep. Dick Marple, died in December. Martins will serve the remainder of his term until elections are held again in November.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kathleen-martins-wins-state-rep-new-hampshire_n_5e6841bec5b60557280d5094
https://twitter.com/NHDems/status/1237557793478991875
'Moderate' Joe Biden has moved way to the left — Even if he defeats Bernie Sanders, the former vice president would be the most liberal Democrat ever nominated for president. |
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/11/opinion/moderate-joe-biden-has-moved-way-to-left/
Trump judge lays out an aggressive plan to protect Trump from congressional oversight - Judge Neomi Rao’s opinions read like she’s acting as Trump’s personal protector.
https://www.vox.com/2020/3/11/21173437/trump-judge-neomi-rao-mueller-grand-jury-dc-circuit
Mike Pence says he and Trump will keep shaking people's hands, while promoting CDC advice telling people to "stop handshaking"
https://www.newsweek.com/pence-says-he-trump-will-likely-keep-shaking-hands-despite-cdc-advice-1491707
Futures losses accelerate as Wall Street is in for another wild day, Dow set to drop 800 points
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/10/dow-futures-point-to-a-loss-of-more-than-400-points-after-tuesdays-surge.html
Dow down nearly 975 points on losses for shares of Boeing, Dow Inc.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/dow-down-nearly-975-points-on-losses-for-shares-of-boeing-dow-inc-2020-03-11
Republican-controlled state legislatures always reject banning child marriage: Oklahoma House rejects bill to ban child marriage
https://kfor.com/news/local/oklahoma-house-rejects-bill-to-ban-child-marriage/
San Francisco is banning gatherings of more than 1,000 people, including Warriors games.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2880375-sf-bans-gatherings-of-more-than-1000-people-including-warriors-games
A Pakistani family has distributed thousands of free face masks, gloves and other sanitary products in Hong Kong to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus
https://www.geo.tv/latest/276688-this-is-how-a-pakistani-family-is-helping-hong-kong-fight-the-coronavirus
UK increases coronavirus testing by 400% to 10,000 a day
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/11/nhs-test-10000-people-day-coronavirus-cases-expected-soar/
The koala population faces an immediate threat of extinction after the Australia bushfires
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/05/australia/koala-status-new-south-wales-trnd/index.html
Microsoft takes down global zombie bot network | The network call Necurs infected over nine million computers and one of the world's largest botnets. Necurs was responsible for multiple criminal scams including stealing personal information and sending fake pharmaceutical emails.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-51828781
3 TSA Screeners In San Jose, Calif., Have Contracted Coronavirus, Agency Says
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/11/814331110/3-tsa-screeners-in-san-jose-calif-have-contracted-coronavirus-agency-says
Polar ice caps now melting six times faster than in 1990s
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/11/polar-ice-caps-melting-six-times-faster-than-in-1990s
New chlamydia species discovered deep under the Arctic Ocean
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/10/health/chlamydia-new-species-arctic-ocean-trnd/index.html
Molten iron rains from the skies on this bizarre exoplanet. WASP-76 b is a hot Jupiter that sits about 10 times closer to its star than Mercury is to the Sun, which gives it a dayside temperature of 4,300°F (2,400°C), or hot enough to vaporize heavy metals.
https://astronomy.com/news/2020/03/astronomers-find-an-exoplanet-where-iron-rains-from-the-sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5eL0f3LPKs
Very concerned by the insane stuff I'm seeing today. Bernie never polled more than 24% nationally until all the candidates dropped out, and he's still only at 36%. It sucks, but ignoring the facts won't help. There are valuable lessons here. He had a ceiling. It's okay.
https://twitter.com/dpakman/status/1237786080876924930
Mississippi now says it has all precincts reporting (though that can mean different things in different states) and Sanders is at 14.8, i.e. at <15% meaning he won't get statewide delegates. He'll probably get a district delegate or 2 but this is a big delegate gain for Biden.
https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1237751279423754247
The Trump Organization paid bribes, through middlemen, to New York City tax assessors to lower its property tax bills for several Manhattan buildings in the 1980s and 1990s, according to five former tax assessors and city employees as well as a former Trump Organization employee. Two of the five city employees said they personally took bribes to lower the assessment on a Trump property; the other three said they had indirect knowledge of the payments. The city employees were among 18 indicted in 2002 for taking bribes in exchange for lowering the valuations of properties, which in turn reduced the taxes owed for the buildings. All of the 18 eventually pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Manhattan except for one, who died before his case was resolved.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trumps-company-paid-bribes-to-reduce-property-taxes-assessors-say/
Republican-controlled Tennessee government is no longer going to tell its residents where coronavirus infections are taking place in the state.
https://www.wbbjtv.com/2020/03/10/tennessee-to-withhold-new-coronavirus-case-locations/
________________
Drug addicts and criminals rejoice:
https://joebiden.com/justice/
Stop corporations from profiteering off of incarceration. Biden will end the federal government’s use of private prisons, building off an Obama-Biden Administration’s policy rescinded by the Trump Administration. And, he will make clear that the federal government should not use private facilities for any detention, including detention of undocumented immigrants. Biden will also make eliminating private prisons and all other methods of profiteering off of incarceration – including diversion programs, commercial bail, and electronic monitoring – a requirement for his new state and local prevention grant program. Finally, Biden will support the passage of legislation to crack down on the practice of private companies charging incarcerated individuals and their families outrageously high fees to make calls.
Decriminalize the use of cannabis and automatically expunge all prior cannabis use convictions. Biden believes no one should be in jail because of cannabis use. As president, he will decriminalize cannabis use and automatically expunge prior convictions. And, he will support the legalization of cannabis for medical purposes, leave decisions regarding legalization for recreational use up to the states, and reschedule cannabis as a schedule II drug so researchers can study its positive and negative impacts. End all incarceration for drug use alone and instead divert individuals to drug courts and treatment. Biden believes that no one should be imprisoned for the use of illegal drugs alone. Instead, Biden will require federal courts to divert these individuals to drug courts so they receive treatment to address their substance use disorder. He’ll incentivize states to put the same requirements in place. And, he’ll expand funding for federal, state, and local drug courts.
________________
Joe is more progressive than you think. His platform isn't as radical as Bernie's, but it is a progressive one. To the "progressive" camp, the Trump presidency represents a crisis that can be halted and reversed only with the boldest, most sweeping changes in US policy. The "moderate" camp, by contrast, believes that the only way to beat Trump is with a candidate who can appeal to more than just hardcore Democrats — who can reach independents and even some centrist Republicans with a program that eschews radical excess, appeals to the sober mainstream, and holds out the promise, in a famous phrase from American presidential history, of a return to normalcy.
To hear some leftists tell it, Biden is not only moderate, but intolerably so. When, at one progressive conference, he was described as seeking "middle ground" on climate policy, Democratic firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was contemptuous: "I will be damned if the same politicians who refused to act come back today and say we need a middle-of-the-road approach to save our lives."
Biden may seem hopelessly accommodationist to those on the Democratic Party's leftmost fringe. But in reality, he is running on a platform far more progressive — i.e., far less moderate — than any Democratic presidential nominee in history.
One of Biden's foremost selling points is the eight years he spent as vice president in the last Democratic administration. In St. Louis over the weekend, he spooneristically proclaimed himself an "O'Biden-Bama Democrat." If Biden wins the nomination, he can count on robust support from Obama, perhaps the most beloved figure within the Democratic Party today.
Yet on issue after issue, Biden has veered sharply from Obama's path.
On health insurance, for example, Obama rejected a public option as part of the Affordable Care Act and repeatedly stressed the importance of maintaining private coverage. But Biden favors a public option open to everyone, including the majority of Americans with employer-sponsored health coverage.
Biden supports government-funded health care even for unauthoritzed immigrants, something Obama never came close to proposing. He supports a sharp increase in US refugee admissions and a path to citizenship for all undocumented immigrants. When Obama ran for the White House in 2008, by contrast, it was as an enforcement-first hard-liner. He cracked down so hard on those who crossed the border illegally, he was known for much of his presidency as the "deporter-in-chief."
No Democratic presidential nominee ever endorsed anything like the radical Green New Deal, with its price tag in the tens of trillions of dollars and its goal of eliminating the use of all fossil fuels. But Biden does. No Democratic nominee ever called for a national minimum wage of $15 an hour. But Biden does. The former vice president has moved emphatically leftward on abortion, on the death penalty, on free trade. By any understanding of "moderate," as that term was used when Obama or Bill Clinton was president, Biden is no moderate.
What Biden is today is what he has always been: a liberal Democrat. But as his party has shifted left in a hyperpolarized era, Biden has shifted with it. Many of the positions he takes that are described as centrist today, observed Axios in January, "would have been liberal dreams during the Bill Clinton years and still out of reach in the Obama era." On policy, Biden is a moderate primarily in the sense that he embraces positions that most Democrats no longer fight over.
All of which means that even if Biden wins the Democratic nomination, progressive Democrats will have reason to rejoice. Their party's standard-bearer will be someone whose platform skews further to the left than any major party platform in the past. Hillary's was the last most liberal progressive platform , Biden's is the current most liberal progressive platform. Sanders may not end up on the November ballot, but it will unmistakably reflect his influence. For he and his band of progressives have pushed their party to the left with such success that even the "moderate" in the race would be the most liberal Democrat ever nominated for president.
________________
Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
Bernie surrogates are hateful trash. Bernie's inability to attract level-headed professionals should be one of his support base's biggest problems with his "style" of management. The fact that it's not.....
Progressives need to be on the same page about the facts. Bernie got 30% of the vote so far. Biden is ahead by about 1.5 million votes. The democratic electorate is not nearly as progressive as us. If we don't accept this we will never win. Ratio-ing me won't change it
https://twitter.com/dpakman/status/1237789028675661831
Mayor says all city [Houston] related events in March will be canceled or postponed.
https://twitter.com/lencannonkhou/status/1237795099301548032?s=21
Dow Plunges 1,600 Points In Market Rout; Where Is Trump's 'Very Major' Coronavirus Stimulus
https://www.investors.com/market-trend/stock-market-today/dow-jones-dives-1000-points-coronavirus-strikes-stock-market-again/
Denmark partially shuts down for at least two weeks due to COVID-19
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/denmark-shuts-schools-universities-curb-193856187.html
Italian medical chief dies after contracting virus
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-51829559
'A slap in the face': AT&T workers upset jobs slashed despite Trump tax cuts - Company has cut more than 37,000 jobs in the US from when the first Trump bill went into effect in 2018 to the end of 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/10/at-and-t-layoffs-jobs-slashed-trump-tax-cuts
Trump is concerned that declaring an emergency would hamper his narrative that the coronavirus is similar to the seasonal flu. | Politico reports that Trump's coronavirus task force has discussed an emergency declaration, but will not give Trump its final verdict on one until Jared Kushner "finishes his research and comes to a conclusion himself."
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/11/trump-emergency-declaration-coronavirus-message-125902
Colbert, Fallon and other late night shows to go without audiences because of coronavirus
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/11/media/late-night-colbert-fallon-coronavirus/index.html
As DC urges cancellation events of 1,000+ people and NCAA to play March Madness without fans, no evidence these precautions are filtering down to Congress. Hand-shaking. Large groups of tourists in narrow hallways. Lobbying continues. Genuinely concerning.
https://twitter.com/AnthonyAdragna/status/1237847184202055680
"War-time triage"..."catastrophe medicine"...Italian doctors making Sophie's choices about whom to treat and whom to let die. This is a deeply, deeply terrifying thread.
https://twitter.com/praddenkeefe/status/1237848302546071557
"This scenario is substantially comparable to the field of 'catastrophe medicine,' for which ethical reflection has over time stipulated many concrete guidelines for doctors and nurses facing difficult choices."
https://twitter.com/Yascha_Mounk/status/1237732401943580674
"In a context of grave shortage of medical resources, the allocation criteria need to guarantee that those patients with the highest chance of therapeutic success will retain access to intensive care. It's a matter of giving priority to 'the highest hope of life and survival.'"
https://twitter.com/Yascha_Mounk/status/1237732602582269953
3) "It may become necessary to establish an age limit for access to intensive care. This is not a value judgments but a way to provide extremely scarce resources to those who have the highest likelihood of survival and could enjoy the largest number of life-years saved."
https://twitter.com/Yascha_Mounk/status/1237733659182055427
President Trump, moments ago: "The number one priority is..." Wait for it. "...the health of..." Keep waiting. "...the economy."
https://twitter.com/davidgura/status/1237828150731685889
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign announced Wednesday it is forming a "Public Health Advisory Committee" to advise on steps that Biden, his staff and his supporters can take to reduce the threat to reduce the threat of the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19. The panel, made up of six doctors and former government officials, will “provide science-based, expert advice regarding steps the campaign should take to minimize health risks for the candidate, staff, and supporters,” the former vice president’s campaign said. “The campaign’s top priority is and will continue to be the health and safety of the public.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/487093-biden-campaign-announces-public-health-panel-to-advise-on-coronavirus
40 businesses to states: Anti-trans bills could lead to economic losses “As we make complex decisions about where to invest and grow, these issues can influence our decisions,” the letter says.
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2020/03/11/40-businesses-to-states-anti-trans-bills-could-lead-to-economic-losses/
Bolsonaro’s Communications chief, who was just with the Brazilian President in the US, meeting with Trump, returned to Brazil with corona virus symptoms and was tested:
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2020/03/11/40-businesses-to-states-anti-trans-bills-could-lead-to-economic-losses/
Trump today: "We're having to fix a problem that four weeks ago nobody ever thought would be a problem." The US had its first confirmed case seven weeks ago...
https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1237856137552121863
The first U.S. layoffs from the coronavirus are here | Job losses have begun in ports, bakeries and travel agencies. Economists worry more layoffs are coming as businesses see plummeting sales. Hundreds of Americans lost jobs this week as the coronavirus outbreak has taken a toll on the U.S. economy and brought industries to a standstill, according to interviews with two dozen companies and workers. | At the Port of Los Angeles, 145 drivers have been laid off and others have been sent home without pay as massive ships from China stopped arriving and work dried up. At travel agencies in Atlanta and Los Angeles, several workers lost their jobs as bookings evaporated. Christie Lites, a stage-lighting company in Orlando, laid off more than 100 of its 500 workers nationwide this past week and likely will lay off 150 more, according to chief executive Huntly Christie. Meanwhile a hotel in Seattle is closing an entire department, a former employee said, and as many as 50 people lost their jobs after the South by Southwest festival in Austin got canceled. Many job losses have been concentrated in the travel, tourism, events and trucking industries. Economists fear more layoffs in the coming weeks as supply chains come to a halt and people stay home and spend less.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/11/layoffs-coronavirus/
The attending physician of the US Congress and Supreme Court, Dr. Brian Monahan, briefed Senate staff Tuesday in a closed-door meeting that he expects anywhere from 70M up to 150M people in the US to contract coronavirus, two sources tell
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/live-blog/coronavirus-updates-live-u-s-cases-top-1-000-spread-n1155241/ncrd1155736#liveBlogHeader
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_P._Monahan
Reminder: "Temporarily" eliminating the payroll tax DEFUNDS MEDICARE, MEDICAID, SOCIAL SECURITY. And no paycheck (because you're in quarantine) automatically means no payroll tax.
"Social isolation" or "self-quarantine" or whatever we're calling it—stay home, have everything delivered—sounds great if you're a middle-class white person whose job is fake enough to be done 100 percent at a computer from anywhere.
https://twitter.com/matthewwalther/status/1237843480958787588
The House has passed a resolution that limits Trump's ability to command a military strike against Iran unless first receiving a vote of support from Congress.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1237860890260561920
There is literally nothing coronavirus-related that Mike Pence is better qualified to do than calling Rush Limbaugh and telling him to stop using his show to tell millions of people that the virus is not a big deal.
https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1237856704047403009
YEP: Moving MLB games to another city because of coronavirus makes no sense, health experts say. “People go to see their teams. This is just begging for more people to get infected, and more people to die. It’s a very bad idea.”
I'm a HUGE MEGA FAN of MLB, NBA, NFL (and I was a huge fan of hockey a long time ago....) and I want the NBA to play games closed to fans, and MLB to suspend the season until COVID-19 is done. I'm petrified of these players getting sick and recovering but with ANY KIND of lasting cardiovascular/respitory damage. These players bring me joy. SELF-QUARANTINE. Ditto for the music industry and film industrial arts industry. SELF-QUARATINE. You're the people with the financial means to do so. Close this fucking country down already. Ban all flights coming in. Ban all gatherings with more than 100 people. Close down all schools and daycares. A one month shutdown would zap the spread in the USA.
Moron-in-Chief: useless in a crisis. SIX WEEKS AGO, his own appointed Health and Human Services Secretary declared COVID-19 “a public health emergency for the United States.”
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/summary.html
He told the caller-- who'd just returned from Italy-- she only had to stay home if she had symptoms. CDC says those travelers should self-quarantine for 14 days: De Blasio defies CDC coronavirus protocol in 311 call with constituent.
https://nypost.com/2020/03/11/de-blasio-defies-cdc-coronavirus-protocol-in-311-call-with-constituent
The Berniebros have been completely wrong about everything in the primaries so far but are convinced they’re right about Biden losing to Trump in a general election
Before: "If you don't vote for Sanders, then you don't care if people die from lack of affordable healthcare!" Now: "Bernie-or-Bust, I don't care if Trump guts $550B/10years from medicare & $700B/10 years from medicaid, Trump and Biden are equally terrible!"
"What last night's results have helped this campaign do, is really fast track a transition from the primary mode to the general election mode. The results really... putting them on a track to an insurmountable delegate lead" - @mikememoli w/ @NicolleDWallace
https://twitter.com/DeadlineWH/status/1237855438441312258
I have signed an executive Order halting the disconnection of water service for our customers over the next 60 days. As we work to curtail the spread of the Cornavirus, it is important that all residents and businesses have access to running water.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9nDXgFFN7g/?igshid=12zh9s0jjwtmh
The U.S. Capitol will cease all public tours through the end of March as the coronavirus continues to spread
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/11/lawmakers-capitol-visits-coronavirus-125965
The Biden family doesn’t need to be investigated. The Trump family does.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/03/11/biden-trump-burisma-ethics/
Senate Republicans block emergency sick leave bill as outbreak spreads across US
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/coronavirus-paid-sick-leave-us-republicans-block-senate-bill-new-york-washington-a9395821.html
She's in 7th place in a 3 person race...: Tulsi Gabbard, the third candidate left in this race, is losing in every state to people who’ve dropped out. MO: 5th place MI: 6th MS: 5th ID: 7th WA: 7th ND: 7th She has not held a public campaign event in a primary state since March 3.
https://www.twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1237582232178417665
Primary update: @kcelections will count another 40k-plus votes today (release at 4 p.m.) Larger drop typical on Thursday post-election, so that may show us whether @JoeBiden or @BernieSanders ends up on top.
https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20200310/President-Democratic-Party_ByCounty.html
https://twitter.com/Jim_Brunner/status/1237863631150133250
Revelations galore in Duncan Hunter sentencing memos and exhibits (all now posted): His girlfriend gave him the nickname Tristan Ludlow. And he was hired to work for a Soviet-born defense contractor. And @RepJuanVargas seeks leniency 4 him.
https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2020/03/11/sex-lies-and-credit-cards-duncan-hunters-crimes-courage-laid-out-for-judge/
D.C. Circuit is considering if lawyers and judges cannot appear in court due to the coronavirus holding arguments on a teleconference line that up to 1,000 people can call into, including members of the public.
https://twitter.com/MMineiro_CNS/status/1237871292168032257
D.C Circuit is also advising employees to stay home from work if possible. Staff tells me that so far judges, many in their 60s and 70s, have not expressed concern about coming to court and being exposed to the coronavirus.
https://twitter.com/MMineiro_CNS/status/1237871293975777281
The Southern District of New York, one of the most influential federal courts in the United States, shut its doors Monday to people who have visited countries in the last 14 days where the coronavirus epidemic is surging. Five countries comprise the list: China, South Korea, Japan, Italy and Iran. Court officials are also denying entry to those who share living quarters or have otherwise been in close contact with someone from those countries within the last two weeks.
https://www.courthousenews.com/visitors-of-covid-19-hotspots-barred-from-sdny/
Heads up! Five Phoenix-area polling places for next week’s presidential primary will be moved from senior living facilities to other locations to protect vulnerable residents from potential exposure to the coronavirus. #BernieWarriors #DemocraticPrimary
https://twitter.com/BWestbrookAZ8/status/1237858418427170816
The Federal Reserve is literally the only sector of the government that's provided any type of economic stimulus in response to the coronavirus outbreak: Trump, in an explosive tirade on Monday, urged Mnuchin to encourage Federal Reserve Chairman Powell to do more to stimulate the economy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-urged-mnuchin-to-pressure-feds-powell-on-economic-stimulus-in-explosive-tirade-about-coronavirus/2020/03/11/db7bfeea-63c9-11ea-b3fc-7841686c5c57_story.html
As events across the country are canceled, Trump rolls the dice and heads to Vegas
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-coronavirus-las-vegas-republican-jewish-coalition/2020/03/11/ef79aee4-63a4-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html
NBA suspends season following tonight’s games, according to NBA TV.
https://twitter.com/shamscharania/status/1237914142033444864?s=21
"The real-life versions of this behavior are pretending this is just a flu; keeping schools open; following through with your holiday travel plans, and going into the office daily. This is what we did in Italy."
https://twitter.com/HeidiNBC/status/1237916175755067393
A few days ago, Rudy Gobert poked fun at the coronavirus panic. Gobert was ruled out of today’s game with an illness before the game was postponed.
https://twitter.com/LegionHoops/status/1237911518005481472
So the NBA just suspended its season and TheChampions and MLS have had tens of thousands of their fans and players in stadiums across three countries this week.....
The NBA has suspended its season.
https://twitter.com/shamscharania/status/1237914142033444864?s=21
Utah Jazz All-Star Rudy Gobert has tested positive for coronavirus, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Sources say Gobert is feeling good, strong and stable — and was feeling strong enough to play tonight.
http://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1237913057596026881
I guess playfully touching all the microphones for a laugh wasn’t actually that funny
No comments:
Post a Comment