https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/public-health-expert-decries-total-abdication-of-federal-leadership-on-covid-19-testing -PBS; 5/7/2020
Day: May 7, 2020
AP analysis: Some states are opening up without meeting key virus benchmarks
Many governors across the U.S. are disregarding or creatively interpreting White House guidelines in easing their states’ lockdowns and letting businesses reopen, an Associated Press analysis found. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/ap-analysis-some-states-are-opening-up-without-meeting-key-virus-benchmarks -PBS; 5/7/2020
Fox News laid the groundwork for the Department of Justice’s decision to drop charges against Michael Flynn (R)
Fact-checking ‘Plandemic’: A documentary full of false conspiracy theories about the coronavirus
Republicans now want us to embrace mass death (OPINION)
The message from President Trump and Republicans on the novel coronavirus has gone through multiple phases, each as misleading and/or bizarre as the last. First they told us the virus would barely touch us. Then they said it was serious but Trump’s management would quickly make it disappear. Then they said it could have been … Continue reading Republicans now want us to embrace mass death (OPINION)
Under fire from Trump, Postal Service braces for arrival of new postmaster general allied with White House
Louis DeJoy — a top Republican fundraiser and Trump donor — has been selected to run the beleaguered agency the president has long agitated to change https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/07/postal-service-postmaster-dejoy-trump/ -Washington Post; 5/7/2020
MEME: Murder Hornets Conspiracy Parody
This is a parody meme making fun of idiot right-wing conspiracy turds who will probably think it's serious and share it...
Senate fails to override Trump veto on Iran conflict
Congress has failed in its bid to block President Donald Trump from engaging in further military action against Iran without first seeking approval from the legislative branch. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/senate-fails-to-override-trump-veto-on-iran-conflict -PBS; 5/7/2020 Trump vetoes congressional resolution limiting his military authority against Iran The Trump administration had given shifting explanations of the basis for the Jan. 3 strike … Continue reading Senate fails to override Trump veto on Iran conflict
Justice Department dropping Flynn’s (R) Trump-Russia case
The action was a stunning reversal for one of the signature cases brought by special counsel Robert Mueller. It comes even though prosecutors for the past three years have maintained that Flynn lied to the FBI in a January 2017 interview about his conversations with the Russian ambassador. Flynn himself admitted as much, pleading guilty … Continue reading Justice Department dropping Flynn’s (R) Trump-Russia case
Suspect claims Norway mosque attack was ’emergency justice’
Broadcaster NRK said that during his testimony Manshaus claimed the white race “will end up as a minority in their own home countries” and criticized those who “blackmail national socialism.” https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/suspect-claims-norway-mosque-attack-was-emergency-justice -PBS; 5/7/2020
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