Light News Dump

Trying to focus on the most important/relevant covid-19 news. 99% of the news is all covid-19 and 99% of that news is irrelevent, exaggerated, unchecked/unvetted, etc.

60% of Wuhan's coronavirus cases 'were asymptomatic or mild enough not to be reported' https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/coronavirus-cases-wuhan-china-symptoms-study-a9424686.html

America needs a five-week national lockdown to defeat coronavirus | I am an MIT-trained physicist and complexity scientist who studies pandemics. I have warned about global pandemics due to increasing travel for 15 years. I recommended community-based monitoring of symptoms to stop Ebola in West Africa in 2014, and it worked. The fastest and even the only way to contain COVID-19 in the United States is a five-week national lockdown. During the first two weeks of a lockdown, infected individuals will either recover from mild cases of COVID-19 at home or seek medical attention for the 14% of cases that are severe. During the third, fourth and fifth weeks, any newly infected family or cohabitants of infected individuals will recover or seek medical attention, and their isolation will prevent further spreading. By the end of the lockdown, the number of infections will be a small fraction of what they are now.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/03/21/coronavirus-america-needs-five-week-national-lockdown-column/2890376001

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., was sued by a shareholder in Wyndham Hotels and Resorts on Monday for allegedly engaging in securities fraud during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic. The shareholder, Alan Jacobson, filed the federal lawsuit, which accuses Burr of liquidating his assets after receiving confidential information about the impact of the virus through his role as a U.S. senator. Burr unloaded stocks that subsequently plummeted in value after he wrote in a Fox News op-ed that "we are not only ready to face the coronavirus today but new public health threats in the future." Wyndham stock had dropped from $59.96 on Feb. 19 to $25.03 on Monday.
https://www.salon.com/2020/03/24/embattled-gop-sen-richard-burr-accused-of-securities-fraud-in-lawsuit-filed-by-hotel-shareholder/
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/23/richard-burr-lawsuit-coronavirus-145564

Boko Haram jihadists have killed nearly 100 Chadian soldiers in a seven-hour attack on an island army base, in their deadliest assault yet on the country's armed forces
https://www.france24.com/en/20200325-boko-haram-kills-almost-100-soldiers-in-a-seven-hour-attack-in-chad

ISIS opens fire on Sikh temple, killing 25
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-attack/afghan-forces-kill-gunmen-who-attacked-sikh-complex-some-casualties-idUSKBN21C0IF

One of Trump's visits to his Scotland resort cost taxpayers more than $950,000 in Secret Service fees
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-scotlad-resort-visit-cost-950000-2020-3

Trump and Republicans are illegally refusing to release national emergency disaster unemployment funds
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/24/trump-disaster-unemployment-funds-147404

New Senate Stimulus Bill Would Ban Companies Owned by Trump or His Children From Receiving Any Bailout Money - A provision in the massive bill prohibits "businesses controlled by the president, vice president, members of Congress, and heads of executive departments from receiving loans or investment
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/25/new-senate-stimulus-bill-would-ban-companies-owned-trump-or-his-children-receiving

Chuck Schumer made sure businesses controlled by Trump, his family, and top US officials couldn't get money from the government's $2 trillion coronavirus bailout fund
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-chuck-schumer-bars-trump-businesses-from-bailout-fund-2020-3

People who intentionally spread the coronavirus could face criminal charges under federal terrorism laws, the Justice Department’s No. 2 official said Tuesday. In a memo to top Justice Department leaders, law enforcement agency chiefs and U.S. Attorneys across the country, Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said prosecutors and investigators could come across cases of “purposeful exposure and infection of others with COVID-19.” “Because Coronavirus appears to meet the statutory definition of a ‘biological agent’… such acts potentially could implicate the Nation’s terrorism-related statutes,” Rosen wrote. “Threats or attempts to use COVID-19 as a weapon against Americans will not be tolerated.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/24/coronavirus-terrorism-justice-department-147821

If Bernie can skip the COVID-19 vote because “his attendance won’t change the outcome,” then Biden can skip the next debate since his attendance won’t change the outcome.

Walmart Was Almost Charged Criminally Over Opioids. Trump's Republican Appointees Killed the Indictment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/walmart-was-almost-charged-criminally-over-opioids-trump-appointees-killed-the-indictment
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/bombshell-report-says-rod-rosenstein-played-key-role-in-killing-criminal-case-against-walmart/

Montana State Republican party spent $100k to qualify Montana Green Party for the ballot (to take votes away from Democratic candidates)
https://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/state-gop-spent-k-to-qualify-montana-green-party-for/article_e255eae0-b7f1-5e16-b224-95b79e6ff7a1.html

An emotional Karl-Anthony Towns revealing that his mother, diagnosed with the coronavirus, is in a coma and connected to a ventilator. He’s clearly trying to further alert the public to the seriousness of the pandemic. He made the video in spite of how wrecked he must feel to get the word out as a public service.
http://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1242683361149235200

YEP: Biden: Florida governor has not taken 'strong, urgent, and sweeping action to stop' coronavirus
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/489397-biden-florida-has-not-taken-strong-urgent-and-sweeping-action-to-stop

To Encourage Mail-In Voting In May, Georgia Will Send Applications To All Registered Voters
https://www.wabe.org/to-encourage-mail-in-voting-in-may-georgia-will-send-applications-to-all-registered-voters/

Help for Disabled N.F.L. Players Is Sacrificed for Pension Deal | Retired players will see bumps to pensions and an expansion to those who can receive them. But the win comes at a cost to benefits for players who are on total or permanent disability.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/sports/football/nfl-retired-players-benefits.html

Meet the Criterion Channel, the most fun way to become a film buff | The specialty streaming service has an expansive collection of masterpieces, cult classics, and more.
https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/3/25/21190742/criterion-channel-streaming-service
https://films.criterionchannel.com/
https://www.criterion.com/
https://www.criterion.com/shop/browse/list?sort=spine_number
https://www.criterion.com/shop/browse?format=blu-ray

Thousands of NYPD officers have called in sick as the police department is hit with a growing number of coronavirus infections. About 3,200 cops are out sick Wednesday, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said — triple the normal rate. That adds up to almost 9 percent of the force. “Backup plans are already underway,” Shea said in an appearance on MSNBC. “We are making adjustments. We are back filling patrols when we need to.”
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2020/03/25/thousands-of-nypd-officers-out-sick-amid-coronavirus-crisis-1268960

Europe's air pollution plummets up to 50% as virus curbs traffic, new data reveals
https://www.euractiv.com/section/transport/news/air-pollution-plummets-as-virus-curbs-traffic-new-data-reveals/

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday said some governors and mayors were guilty of crimes for organizing coronavirus shutdowns that threaten to “destroy” Brazil’s economy, and urged businesses to re-open to survive the crisis.
https://nationalpost.com/pmn/health-pmn/brazils-bolsonaro-wants-jobs-prioritized-in-coronavirus-fight

MLB tomorrow will present “Opening Day at Home,” a full slate of 30 games broadcast nationally across various platforms including digital streaming and social media, creating a full-day event on what would have been Opening Day
https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1242853185494056961

Starting this Thursday, we will be live streaming every Mets game until the players hit the field again on Twitter and YouTube with @MLBTheShow. Whenever the Mets would've played, WE PLAY.
https://twitter.com/SNYtv/status/1242634344767918080?s=20

Too f!cking bad: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange denied bail by London court
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-assange/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-denied-bail-by-london-court-idUSKBN21C266

Calls to protect great apes from threat of infection: Conservation experts are calling for urgent action to protect our closest living relatives, the great apes, from the threat of coronavirus.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52036712

Turkey charges 20 Saudis over Jamal Khashoggi murder - Turkish prosecutors have formally charged 20 Saudi nationals over the murder of the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul in 2018, including two men close to the powerful crown prince Mohammed bin Salman.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/turkey-charges-20-saudis-over-jamal-khashoggi

How Kentucky became a surprising leader in flattening the curve on COVID-19 - Gov. Andy Beshear's rapid response to the coronavirus has drawn national attention and turned him into a social media meme. | Beshear set Kentucky's wheels in motion sooner, declaring a state of emergency on March 6. Within days, Beshear issued an order to waive co-pays, deductibles and coronavirus testing fees for about 433,000 privately-insured Kentuckians. | The grandson of a preacher, the younger Beshear is open about his faith and quickly called on religious communities to cease weekly gatherings. By March 10, Beshear had cracked down on price gouging through an executive order and directed that all nursing homes and long-term care facilities, with narrow exceptions, be closed to visitors. Two days later, he asked public and private schools to begin shutting down, allowing flexibility to individual districts, which quickly implemented lunch-delivery programs for students. Then child care centers were closed. By March 14, the administration's new COVID-19 hotline was receiving 2,000 calls a day. Without explicitly naming the directive an order to shelter in place, the Beshear administration announced the euphemistic "healthy at home" initiative on Sunday. Some 14 states have implemented similar orders. Beshear's initiative is the social-distancing policy capstone to what's been a nuanced, systematic shutdown of nonessential businesses and government services -- starting with bars and restaurants, and progressing until only grocery stores, auto mechanics, banks and medical facilities remain open. (In accordance with the bourbon-barreling state's unique food and beverage laws, liquor stores will also stay open.) Amid the layered business closures, the governor's administration loosened the rules around unemployment insurance and established new unemployment phone lines and an application schedule following a surge. Driver's license and Real ID offices have also been closed. | Though housing insecurity is expected to rise in the state, concurrent with household income drops amid job losses, by March 20 most evictions in the state had been halted. | Hospitals are setting up temporary coronavirus facilities or "cough clinics" in Hardin County and Harrison County, the location of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Kentucky. As panicked shoppers empty store shelves, Kroger grocery stores in Kentucky and Southern Indiana are reserving the first operating hours exclusively for the use of residents considered at higher risk. For Kentuckians facing a pandemic, the stakes are higher than those in many other states. Kentucky routinely ranks among the worst for resident health outcomes, particularly in rates for smoking, cancer, black lung and cardiopulmonary disease. A Kaiser Family Foundation study said that up to 46% of Kentuckians would be considered high-risk if infected by COVID-19, making the state the sixth most vulnerable in the nation. Kentucky has only barely recovered from a 2019 hepatitis A outbreak that killed over 50 people and sickened more than 4,400. The state's vulnerability to HIV outbreaks has made it a subject of federal focus. And by the most recent tally, Kentucky was No. 1 in the nation for fentanyl abuse, a finding consistent with the state's regular high-ranking appearances in opioid abuse studies across the nation. Rural and Appalachian Kentucky remain at the heart of that vulnerability, with limited health care access and a string of recently shuttered hospitals. Just a week before the Beshear administration's sweeping COVID-19 response, the Kentucky General Assembly was weighing legislation aimed at stemming the closure of rural medical facilities after lawmakers discovered that of the state's 64 hospitals (in counties of fewer than 50,000) about 14%-15% of them are ready to default. In January alone, 1,000 area jobs in eastern Kentucky were lost when a hospital in Ashland closed. Adding to the risk is the uncertainty over the exact capacity of both urban and rural hospitals, with Kentucky's Office of Rural Health recently requesting more information from the Kentucky Hospital Association. On Tuesday, Beshear said the state had about 18,000 hospital beds. A March ProPublica investigation into hospital capacity found that Louisville, the state's largest city, had 4,160 total hospital beds (510 in intensive care), with a 59% occupancy, potentially leaving only 1,700 beds open for incoming patients. Lexington, the state's second largest city, had 5,050 total beds (580 intensive care), leaving 2,070 beds potentially open at 59% occupancy. Beshear has ordered all hospitals to suspend elective procedures, which could clear space for incoming COVID-19 cases as well as reduce viral spread. On Monday, Beshear told reporters his administration has considered creating "pop-up" facilities with the National Guard and has plans in place to convert hotels into hospitals, with additional beds, if needed. On Tuesday, Beshear told reporters at a press briefing that the state had been outbid by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in one attempt to buy medical personal protective equipment. Kentucky's struggles to obtain COVID-19 tests and medical equipment, and to implement testing statewide, reflect similar struggles faced by states elsewhere. In Kentucky's first reported case, the patient was twice denied testing. Similarly, a Lexington woman had to wait nine days before being tested. Since testing began, Kentucky has prioritized its limited number of test kits, per CDC guidelines, to the most vulnerable patients at highest risk. That means the number of cases in the state may be far higher than charted, with transmission rates much faster. "We are now just seeing the escalation of this virus and to suggest that there is a short duration that we can almost promise people is not something that we should be doing," Beshear told reporters Tuesday. "This will not last forever. There will be a light at the end of the tunnel, even though we don't know exactly how far it is away. But as long as we have the strength and the perseverance and the resiliency, we can defeat this coronavirus on the very first try. And that's what we've got to do to protect our people." With a vaccine potentially as far away as next year, and federal government support for medical supplies still uncertain, Kentucky's governor faces an uphill battle. But it's one in which his state appears ready to rally behind him. 
https://www.cnet.com/news/how-kentucky-became-a-surprising-leader-in-flattening-the-curve-on-covid-19/
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/03/09/coronavirus-kentucky-beshear-give-update-after-more-cases/4995765002/
https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/beshear-signs-executive-order-prohibiting-price-gouging/417-43dcb355-897b-4df7-8a01-9479f2f716ac
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/23/us/coronavirus-which-states-stay-at-home-order-trnd/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/23/us/coronavirus-which-states-stay-at-home-order-trnd/index.html
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/03/22/kentucky-coronavirus-beshear-orders-nonessential-businesses-close/2895931001/
https://www.wave3.com/2020/03/20/kentucky-rolls-out-new-unemployment-filing-schedule/
https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/fayette-county/article241311656.html
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2020/03/23/kentucky-hospital-sets-up-temporary-coronavirus-clinic/2897075001/
https://wfpl.org/kentuckys-first-coronavirus-case-confirmed-in-harrison-county-resident/
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/03/18/kentuckys-poor-health-makes-prime-target-coronavirus-problems/5058780002/
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/investigations/2019/03/21/hepatitis-kentucky-rural-communities-fight-virus-locally/3142717002/
https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/federal-hiv-plan-targets-kentucky-south/article_c8444bf2-d23b-5305-adf8-c96407b00aeb.html
https://www.kentucky.com/news/nation-world/national/article240521481.html
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2020/03/21/coronavirus-comes-terrible-time-reeling-appalachian-kentucky/2878214001/
https://apnews.com/e00e4ffb64d699a666864f11167b3d36
https://inthesetimes.com/features/rural-hospital-closing-crisis-appalachia-ballad-merger.html
https://www.wvpublic.org/post/eastern-kentucky-hospital-close-impacting-1000-area-jobs#stream/0
https://www.kentucky.com/news/coronavirus/article241311636.html
https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/covid-hospitals
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2020/03/07/coronavirus-kentucky-patient-didnt-meet-state-testing-criteria/4989728002/
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/joseph-gerth/2020/03/21/coronavirus-kentucky-woman-forced-wait-nine-days-get-tested/2888642001/
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51665497

Sanders supporters are all about Sanders, whereas most Biden voters are just Democrats. Sanders is running as his own personal brand. He really needed to join the party and stop attacking them if he ever had a hope of winning the primary.

Just take a second to understand the fact that the President’s statements during a time a national crisis can not be aired because he is overtly lying to the point of harm. That’s where we are as a country. | Washington state radio station won't air Trump briefings because of 'false or misleading information'
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/489439-seattle-radio-station-wont-air-trump-briefings-because-of-false-or

On Jan 27, 2020. Joe Biden wrote an op ed explaining how serious the coronavirus can become and how he would handle it. This was back when China only had 2,700 cases and the U.S. had five. At that time, Bernie decided only thing the world needed to know, was that Joe Rogan had endorsed him: Joe Biden: Trump is worst possible leader to deal with coronavirus outbreak
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/01/27/coronavirus-donald-trump-made-us-less-prepared-joe-biden-column/4581710002/

International Criminal Court says Pompeo is threatening its staff - “The fact that they are threatening named staff and their families is something that dictatorships do,” says lawyer working with the ICC prosecutor.
https://www.wvtf.org/post/international-criminal-court-says-pompeo-threatening-its-staff#stream/0?=

More than 140 nursing homes have reported coronavirus cases. Federal officials won’t say which ones.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/03/25/nursing-homes-coronavirus-cases/

Catholic and Episcopal dioceses in every state begin canceling public Easter mass despite Trump's call for packed churches
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/churches-wont-be-packed-for-easter-despite-trump-call

Coronavirus Is Having a Major Impact on the Environment, With Reduced CO2, Better Air Quality and Animals Roaming City Streets
https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-major-impact-environment-co2-air-quality-animals-1493812

Even if Trump eases CDC guidelines in April, his actions may have a limited effect. The most severe coronavirus restrictions nationwide have come from governors, who say they plan to chart their own course. The result could be an even further decentralized patchwork of guidelines across the nation, which health experts say will make it harder to combat the virus's spread.

13 Deaths in a Day: An ‘Apocalyptic’ Coronavirus Surge at an N.Y.C. Hospital | Hospitals in the city are facing the kind of harrowing increases in cases that overwhelmed health care systems in China and Italy. | All of the more than 1,800 intensive care units in New York City are expected to be full by Friday, according to a Federal Emergency Management Agency leadership briefing obtained by The New York Times. Patients could stay for weeks, limiting space for newly sickened residents. Mr. Cuomo said on Wednesday that he had not seen the briefing; he said officials could quickly add intensive care beds if if the state dipped into its growing supply of ventilators, the machines that help the most sick coronavirus patients breathe. The federal government is sending a 1,000-bed hospital ship to New York, although it is not scheduled to arrive until mid-April. Officials have begun erecting four 250-bed hospitals at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Midtown Manhattan, which could be ready in a week. President Trump said on Wednesday on Twitter that construction was ahead of schedule. Officials have also discussed converting hotels and arenas into temporary medical facilities. At least two city hospitals have filled up their morgues, and city officials anticipated that the rest would reach capacity by the end of this week, according to the leadership briefing. The city requested 85 refrigerated trailers from FEMA for mortuary services, along with staff, the briefing said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/nyregion/nyc-coronavirus-hospitals.html

Racists and trolls are hijacking book readings, classes and lectures as these activities move online because of coronavirus. This is why we can't have nice things: In video chats, familiar forms of online harassment make a comeback | As classes, lectures and other educational activities move to videoconference tools during the coronavirus pandemic, "Zoombombing" has become another vector for organized harassment.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/video-chats-familiar-forms-online-harassment-make-comeback-n1168806

A bipartisan group of more than 100 former national security officials—including Chuck Hagel, Michael Hayden and James Clapper—are urging Trump to immediately use the Defense Production act, warning the delay in doing so is a "grave mistake."
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/coronavirus/card/0QNeNXRrcL7I9X5YCchh

Sec. Esper signs order Wednesday halting US troop movements overseas for 60 days due to the coronavirus pandemic, defense officials say.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/live-blog/coronavirus-updates-senate-passes-2-trillion-stimulus-plan-u-s-n1168156/ncrd1168996#liveBlogHeader

- VA now tracking at least 365 cases of veterans positive for #COVID19.
- VA still reporting 4 vet deaths from the #coronavirus, same as yesterday.
- VA says it has administered "over 3,378 tests nationwide."
https://www.publichealth.va.gov/n-coronavirus/

Why are we hearing the least about the heroes they say they value the most?...: ⚡️VA UPDATE. Only 3,378 tests done total. 365 cases--up from 296 yesterday. New Orleans still has the most: 106. It was only 44 two days ago. The % increases everywhere are alarming. 4 deaths--unchanged from yesterday. STILL no daily press conference by @SecWilkie. #WhereIsWilkie
https://twitter.com/PaulRieckhoff/status/1242920848748658689

Louisiana now with 14.3 deaths per million residents, which is comparable to New York (14.6 per million). And the number of hospitalizations is rising very rapidly there.
https://twitter.com/COVID19Tracking/status/1242923027882332160

This describes a "strong incentive for employees to be laid off instead of going to work"? Employees can't lay themselves off, and they can't claim unemployment if they quit. This talks about industries that want to retain their workers. Why would this be a problem?...: https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1242863657731661828

THE PUBLIC NEEDS TESTS
THE SICK NEED VENTILATORS
HEALTH CARE WORKERS NEED PPE
https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1242931079041908740

From an ER nurse in Oakland County, Michigan: “My patient took the last ventilator available in the hospital at 7am.”
https://twitter.com/charles_gaba/status/1242923385375592449
http://acasignups.net/20/03/25/watch-read-heed-her-words

NBC and CNN producers say they're through airing Trump's virus pressers. “We might take it from the top and then cut away after the first lie, and return when the lies stop.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnn-and-msnbc-staffers-wary-of-airing-trump-coronavirus-pressers

Entire senior home in New Jersey, 94 people, presumed to have coronavirus St. Joseph’s Senior Nursing Home in Woodbridge already has 24 people who tested positive, with 70 more expected to also test positive.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/entire-senior-home-new-jersey-94-people-presumed-have-coronavirus-n1168701
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/all-residents-of-virus-stricken-nj-nursing-home-now-assumed-to-be-infected/2343436/

"A lot of business will never re-open and get back on their feet. In many ways companies like @Amazon have provided a platform that replaced the American mall" #COVID19 will cause irreversible changes to retail as we know it. #SoundOn on now with @kevcirilli on @BloombergRadio
https://twitter.com/fredhochberg/status/1242932067157061641

As the White House briefing gets push back to 6 p.m., Trump is tweeting and lashing out at reporters again. See his twitter.

The jails complex has conditions that facilitate the virus's spread– a dense population, new people arriving daily, jail staff coming and going, facilities made of metal, and limited access to soap and running water for inmates: Today 75 inmates tested positive for #coronavirus in NYC jails including #RikersIsland nearly double the amount yesterday. 39 Correction staff have the virus. @LegalAidNYC compared the rate of infection to city and state numbers.
https://twitter.com/Jan_Ransom/status/1242928702201171968

Dozens of immigrant physicians who enlisted through a Pentagon program meant to harness their medical skills are stuck taking out trash and filing paperwork, an immigration attorney said, even as the military mobilizes doctors to fight coronavirus.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/03/25/coronavirus-mavni-pentagon/

Just complete and utter nonsense. We’re reporting on what top health officials IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION are saying so as to responsibly deal with the pandemic and save lives.
https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1242918831082934272

Never Forget: Three days into the Impeachment Trial of Trump the Republican Senators received their first COVID 19 briefing. They sold stock and acquitted trump. Democrats voted to convict and remove.

Trump: "I'm not going to do anything rash or hastily. I don't do that."

Trump is not buying the augment that everyone in the country should be tested for coronavirus so those who are sick or asymptomatic can be isolated. "I think it's ridiculous," he says. "Why would we test the entire nation, 350 million people." The answer: to save lives and slow down the spread of covid-19. Which Trump and Republicans care nothing about.

Today is the anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. 146 people were killed in a preventable tragedy fueled by greed. I invite @POTUS to come to my district and visit the site. There's a lesson in what happens when you value money over lives.
https://twitter.com/bradhoylman/status/1242938439126876161

This will be Trump soon, telling Americans to defy "criminal" governors, ignore local lockdowns, and insulting anyone who stays home. This will create a lot of chaos, reminder: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday said some governors and mayors were guilty of crimes for organizing coronavirus shutdowns that threaten to “destroy” Brazil’s economy, and urged businesses to re-open to survive the crisis.
https://nationalpost.com/pmn/health-pmn/brazils-bolsonaro-wants-jobs-prioritized-in-coronavirus-fight

Trump Cites Conspiracy Blogger Gateway Pundit to Attack Andrew Cuomo Over Coronavirus and Ventilators
https://www.mediaite.com/news/watch-trump-cites-conspiracy-blogger-gateway-pundit-to-attack-andrew-cuomo-over-coronavirus-and-ventilators/

Trump says governors 'have to treat us well' if they want assistance during coronavirus pandemic
https://theweek.com/speedreads/904532/trump-says-governors-have-treat-well-want-assistance-during-coronavirus-pandemic

He's still stuck on the hoax idea: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1242905328209080331

Trump Coronavirus Bingo
https://myfreebingocards.com/p/twxxjt_228/m

The lack of tests plagues the United States response every single day. The Trump administration's refusal to put supply-chain management experts in the military to work on logistical hospital supply resources will plague the United States in the coming weeks. The Trump administration's refusal to actively use manufacturing of supplies powers under the Defense Production act will plague the United States in the months ahead.

YEP: Gov. Murphy: "We break the back of the coronavirus first and then we begin to open up the economy and society. If we somehow transpose those steps and we begin to prematurely open things up, I believe we only throw gasoline on the fire of the virus and we pay a far bigger price."
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1242954436982403072

Florida’s latest coronavirus report lists 295 new cases, bringing the state total to 1,977, and a new death in Citrus County, bringing the death total to 23. We started the day at over 1,400 cases, went to nearly 1,700, and now nearly 2,000.
https://twitter.com/PatriciaMazzei/status/1242950086654656516

I watched this interview in its entirety in real time. Biden still becomes very emotional when talking about loss. He still is clearly aching from the death of his eldest son. He needn't be your pick but I frankly don't think most people will get the criticism here.
https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/1242909386642685957

Murdoch family took serious precautions against coronavirus as Fox News downplayed risk to public. Lachlan Murdoch reportedly knew about the virus since January, but the news network downplayed the risk for weeks
https://www.salon.com/2020/03/25/murdoch-family-took-serious-precautions-against-coronavirus-as-fox-news-downplayed-risk-to-public/ 

Hospitals consider universal do-not-resuscitate orders for coronavirus patients
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/03/25/coronavirus-patients-do-not-resucitate/

From @AyannaPressley’s office: After experiencing flu-like symptoms, Congresswoman Pressley sought professional medical treatment out of an abundance of caution. She has been tested for COVID-19 and is awaiting test results.
https://twitter.com/AlisonNBCBoston/status/1242984831216214018

The Army has launched an effort to see if retired doctors, nurses and medics who have served in the service may be willing to be recalled to military service, citing the “extraordinary challenges” that the coronavirus pandemic has created
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/03/25/army-seeks-retired-medical-personnel-rejoin-service-combat-coronavirus/