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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 24, 2020 12:59:30 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2020/03/24/speaker-nancy-pelosi-trump-coronavirus-covid19-cnn-dana-bash-interview-video/‘I Don’t Care! I Don’t Care!’ — Pelosi Seems To Get Annoyed After CNN Host Asks About Trump’s Coronavirus Response House Speaker Nancy Pelosi got a little annoyed Tuesday on CNN when host Dana Bash brought up President Donald Trump’s recent rhetoric on coronavirus and America’s response. “I don’t have time to follow people’s twits- tweets, Twitters, whatever, tweets, so, don’t expect me to comment on that,” Pelosi said. “Well, even beyond Twitter, the president of the United States is signaling that he could open it up,” Bash said. “I don’t care. I don’t care! I don’t care!” Pelosi said. “What is your opinion on that?” Bash continued to ask. “My opinion is that it is not scientific-based. He’s notion-mongering as he does almost everyday,” Pelosi said. “So rather than waste any time commenting on the president, I would rather spend our time focusing on the fact that, any president or anybody with responsibility should be scientifically inclined, evidence-based, data, what is going to make the difference.” The president has recently suggested that the economy should open up again soon even as coronavirus continues to spread. “Our people want to return to work. They will practice Social Distancing and all else, and Seniors will be watched over protectively & lovingly,” Trump tweeted Tuesday. “We can do two things together. THE CURE CANNOT BE WORSE (by far) THAN THE PROBLEM! Congress MUST ACT NOW. We will come back strong!” Our people want to return to work. They will practice Social Distancing and all else, and Seniors will be watched over protectively & lovingly. We can do two things together. THE CURE CANNOT BE WORSE (by far) THAN THE PROBLEM! Congress MUST ACT NOW. We will come back strong! — Donald J. Trump (@realdonaldtrump) March 24, 2020 Trump made similar remarks Monday on Twitter, including a post with every letter capitalized. Meanwhile, members of Congress continue to try to work out a massive relief package for Americans. Pelosi’s plan, released Monday, allows for $300,000,000 for refugees and migrants. (RELATED: Pelosi’s Coronavirus Bill Pushes Provisions Unrelated To The Crisis)
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 24, 2020 13:00:55 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2020/03/24/pelosi-lies-coronavrirus-house-bill/Pelosi Lies About House Bill On CNN: ‘Everything We Are Suggesting Here Relates To COVID-19’ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi falsely claimed Tuesday on CNN that House Democrats’ coronavirus proposal only deals with the virus, and does not seek unrelated policy changes. “It’s not a bill I would have written in terms of some things that relate to family medical leave, that relate to worker protections,” the speaker said. “Everything we’re suggesting just relates to Covid-19.” Pelosi doubled down on the falsehood that her bill only relates to the coronavirus pandemic. (RELATED: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: ‘Civilization As We Know It Is At Stake’ In 2020) “It’s not changing policy except as it applies here,” Pelosi added. “Many of the provisions in there have been greatly improved because of negotiation.” WATCH: Democrats in the senate twice fillibustered a $1.6 trillion coronavirus package earlier this week after Pelosi came out against the bill on Sunday. Pelosi later proposed legislation of her own, which included many provisions unrelated to the ongoing public health crisis, including solar and wind tax credits, and funding increases for election security and the Kennedy Center, among other items.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 24, 2020 13:10:51 GMT -6
So far to date, we've had China birth SARS & now Corono #19. Now, another virus coming up? www.news18.com/news/world/hantavirus-kills-man-in-china-heres-what-you-should-know-about-this-disease-2549501.htmlOn Twitter, China’s Global Times wrote that one man in the country had tested positive for hantavirus. According to the state media, the man, a resident of Yunnan Province, died on a bus while travelling to Shandong Province for work on Monday. What is hantavirus? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that hantaviruses are a family of viruses which is transmitted mainly by rodents and can show varied disease syndrome in people. The name of hantavirus varies depending on the region. In America, it is known as “New World” hantaviruses, while in Europe and Asia, it is known as “Old World” hantaviruses. New World hantaviruses may cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), while Old World hantavirus may cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). Symptoms of hantaviruses Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome: Early symptoms of HPS include fatigue, fever and muscle aches, especially in thighs, hips, back, and sometimes shoulders. An infected person may also experience headaches, dizziness, chills, and abdominal problems. In case of late symptoms, usually after four to 10 days, one may show coughing and shortness of breath. It can be fatal too in some cases. Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome: In case of HFRS, symptoms develop within one to two weeks after coming in contact with the virus. But in rare cases, it may take up to eight weeks to show symptoms. Initial symptoms include intense headaches, back and abdominal pain, fever, chills, nausea, and blurred vision. On the other hand, late symptoms are low blood pressure, acute shock, vascular leakage, and acute kidney failure.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 24, 2020 13:12:58 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 24, 2020 13:38:31 GMT -6
www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-times-blames-mitch-mcconnell-for-democrats-blocking-coronavirus-relief-billNew York Times Blames Mitch McConnell For Democrats Blocking Coronavirus Relief Bill As I wrote yesterday, Democrats have it good. They blocked a coronavirus relief bill that had been constructed with bipartisan support, knowing that the media would provide them cover. That cover has come especially from The New York Times. On Monday, in addition to changing its headline to protect Democrats in a way the outlet would never do for Republicans, the Times’ editorial board published its editorial blaming House Majority Leader Mitch McConnell – a Republican – for Democrats blocking the $1.8 trillion relief bill. In an editorial titled, “The Coronavirus Bailout Stalled. And It’s Mitch McConnell’s Fault,” the Times claims “Senate Republicans are blocking passage of an economic bailout plan that protects jobs and wages.” Yes, the Times actually claimed that Republicans blocked the bill. They list several provisions in the bill that the editorial board – and, coincidentally, Democrats – don’t like, such as providing “a lot of help for corporate executives and shareholders.” “It would let the Treasury Department hand out hundreds of billions of dollars to corporations — potentially including businesses owned by President Trump — without requiring a binding commitment to preserve jobs and wages. And the bailouts could remain secret for six months,” the Times editorial board wrote. “Senate Democrats, refusing to play along, blocked the bill in a procedural vote on Sunday night and again on Monday afternoon. But responsibility for the deadlock rests squarely on Mr. McConnell’s shoulders,” board continued. The Times then laid out the good measures in the bill that help small businesses and American families, but claims “the urgency of the moment does not justify the egregious misuse of public resources.” As a reminder, the Times’ editorial board was all in on President Barack Obama’s trillion-dollar stimulus back in 2009, even though it provided funds to the president’s donors, friends, and pet projects while failing to help working Americans. We all remember the claim about “shovel-ready jobs” that Obama now flippantly jokes about at speaking engagements. The Times notes some reasonable objections to the coronavirus relief bill, including a lack of restrictions on big businesses that would receive money from the federal government. But Democrats blocked a procedural vote on the bill, even though, as McConnell said on the Senate floor Monday, had Democrats voted to advance the bill, it would have been opened to at least 30 hours of debate and edits. “This obstruction achieves nothing. Nothing whatsoever other than prevent us from getting into a position where there are literally 30 more hours that they could use to continue to dicker,” McConnell said. “So at a time when the country is crying out for bipartisanship and cooperation — and we saw that over the last 48 hours when regular members of Senate, not in the leadership office, not in the speaker’s office for goodness sakes, she’s the Speaker of the House, not the speaker of the Senate. We don’t have one. We were doing just fine until that intervention.” Also on Monday, the Times changed its headline accurately stating that “Democrats Block Action on $1.8 Trillion Stimulus” to say “Democrats Block Action on Stimulus Plan, Seeking Worker Protections.” The Times further watered down the headline by changing it to read, “Partisan Divide Threatens Deal on Rescue Bill,” before yet another change to “Emergency Economic Rescue Plan in Limbo as Democrats Block Action.” The editorial board, however, appears to be all in on blaming Republicans for Democrat obstructionism. So far, the editorial board has not published a similar editorial calling out House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for loading up her own version of a coronavirus relief bill with unrelated Democrat policies, such as requiring early voting and offsetting airline emissions.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 24, 2020 15:30:34 GMT -6
thefederalist.com/2020/03/24/after-impeaching-trump-over-ukraine-nancy-pelosi-demands-quid-pro-quo-before-releasing-aid-to-americans/After Impeaching Trump Over Ukraine, Nancy Pelosi Demands Quid Pro Quo Before Releasing Aid To Americans MARCH 24, 2020 By Kylee Zempel Personal favors, government corruption, and withholding aid. If the congressional relief bill headlines sound familiar, that’s because we spent the better part of the last year hearing the same phrases from Democrats who alleged President Donald Trump withheld aid from Ukraine to extrapolate favors, caught in the hellish hamster wheel of undoing the 2016 election with Democrats cast in the role of rodents on a spirited sprint to nowhere, and the mainstream media playing the part of the shrill spin machine. Who could have predicted that a month and a half after the conclusion of the impeachment circus, wherein congressional Democrats and the media establishment lost their minds over a phone call between Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, America would be reeling once again — this time from a global pandemic straight out of communist China? Not only that, who would have expected we’d be staring into the face of another quid pro quo? This time from none other than progressive icon Nancy Pelosi herself. While Senate Democrats and Republicans have been working tirelessly to craft a bipartisan solution to bail out Americans and their businesses suddenly shuddered in a kneecapped economy, the Democratic House speaker waltzed in, promptly dismissed their efforts, and announced her intent to introduce her own relief bill. Of course, with each passing day and even hour, thousands of businesses are closing, millions of employees are facing layoffs, and more and more people across the country are testing positive for the Wuhan coronavirus, so to say a legislative solution is time-sensitive is to wildly understate the urgency. The U.S. economy is in trouble. Nancy Pelosi knows that. House Democrats know that. They also know that’s exactly what they want — anything to paint Trump in the worst possible light and stop the incumbent from achieving re-election in November. The booming economy and virtual full employment wouldn’t have fanned the flame of revolution, but a global pandemic with a helping of obstinance might do the trick. But Pelosi’s reticence to come together with both Senate Republicans and Democrats isn’t even the worst of the partisan slime. Pelosi thought a global pandemic would be a good time to push through a laundry list of progressive pipe dreams. Instead of directing her efforts toward aiding ailing citizens, the House speaker’s 1,400-page bill proposal, which began circulating Monday, provides for non-COVID-19 frivolities such as “grants for conducting” election audits, as well as “same day [voter] registration” and access for early voting. It includes “collective bargaining … for federal workers,” a federal “study on climate mitigation efforts,” expanded solar and wind energy tax credits, and it demands that airlines “fully offset the annual carbon emissions … for domestic flights beginning in 2025” and give passengers information “regarding greenhouse gas emissions resulting from each individual flight.” Don’t let it be lost on you, America, that the reason your small business isn’t yet getting relief yet is that House Democrats are more concerned with bailing out the U.S. Postal Service and giving $35 million to D.C.’s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts than fighting for their constituents. This is to say nothing of the bill’s woke identity politics aims such as “corporate board diversity” requirements and “pay equity” between men and women as well as white employees and minorities. The words “diverse” or “diversity” appear in the bill more than 60 times. By holding Americans hostage unless she gets her carbon emission fantasies and postal bailouts, Nancy Pelosi is offering her own quid pro quo. You want relief for dying Americans, Mr. President? Fine, give me more minorities and women in board position. Otherwise, I’ll withhold the aid. You give me what I want, I’ll give you what you want. Quid pro quo, plain and simple, or as Pelosi herself might say, “bribery.” Back in fall 2019, when Pelosi first launched the Trump impeachment inquiry, the speaker said she didn’t want it to “take a long time because I don’t want it to be further divisive in the country. And that was one of the reasons I was reluctant to go down this path because I know it’s divisive. But then again, the president is divisive.” Pot, meet kettle. Since Pelosi’s joke of a virus bill began circulating Monday, it appears she may now capitulate to growing pressures from exasperated Americans to advance the bipartisan legislation. But even if she folds and finally grants the aid Americans desperately need, under the Democrats’ self-righteous and asinine quid pro quo framework, Pelosi’s still guilty. After all, Trump never actually withheld aid from Ukraine either, and the House still impeached him. “I can’t tell if he knows right from wrong,” Pelosi said of Trump’s July 17 phone call with the Ukrainian president. “He just done wrong.” Do you know right from wrong, Madam Speaker?
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Post by kcrufnek on Mar 25, 2020 2:12:27 GMT -6
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Post by kcrufnek on Mar 25, 2020 2:12:44 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 25, 2020 3:14:14 GMT -6
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has announced that the city will be shutting off water and power to any non-essential businesses that defied orders and stayed open during the coronavirus crisis. During his Tuesday press briefing Garcetti announced that the Department of Water and Power will be shutting off services for the businesses that don’t comply with the “safer at home” ordinance. This behavior is irresponsible and selfish,” Garcetti said of businesses that remained open. KTLA reports that neighborhood prosecutors will implement safety measures and will contact the businesses before issuing further action, according to Garcetti. ktla.com/news/coronavirus/mayor-garcetti-expected-to-hold-daily-briefing-on-l-a-s-covid-19-response/?taid=5e7ab4b3e370aa000162228f&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitterThe easiest way to avoid a visit is to follow the rules,” he said. The mayor also noted that Los Angeles is “six to 12 days behind New York” for being hit with a wave of coronavirus cases. He said that he does not believe his city will be running as normal by Easter. “The peak is not here yet,” he said. “It will be bad.”
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 25, 2020 4:34:49 GMT -6
www.dailywire.com/news/nevada-democrat-governor-bans-using-malaria-drugs-to-treat-coronavirus-report-saysNevada Democrat Governor Bans Using Malaria Drugs To Treat Coronavirus, Report Says Nevada Democrat Governor Steve Sisolak reportedly banned the use of anti-malaria drugs for people that test positive for the coronavirus. “The governor’s order prohibits the prescribing and dispensing chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for a COVID-19 diagnosis, requires the appropriate prescription coding for their ‘legitimate medical purposes,’ and limits prescriptions to a 30-day supply,” The Las Vegas Review Journal reported. “At this point in time, there is no known cure for COVID-19 and we must not withhold these drugs from those who need them,” Sisolak said in a statement. “The best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is to stay home for Nevada, not to stockpile these drugs.” The governor’s executive order comes a day after an Arizona man died and his wife ended up in the hospital after they consumed fish tank cleaner in an apparent effort to prevent themselves from becoming infected with the coronavirus. The Washington Post reported: That pharmaceutical name matched the label on a bottle of chemicals they used to clean their koi pond … The fish tank solvent that treats aquatic parasites contains the same active ingredient as the drug, but in a different form that can poison people. “I saw it sitting on the back shelf and thought, ‘Hey, isn’t that the stuff they’re talking about on TV?’ ” the wife, who was not named, told the network. “We were afraid of getting sick.” The couple reportedly poured some of the fish tank cleaning chemical, chloroquine phosphate, into soda and drank it. They hoped it would stave off a coronavirus infection. “Within thirty minutes of ingestion, the couple experienced immediate effects” that sent them to the emergency room, a Banner Health spokeswoman said in a statement Monday. They felt dizzy and started vomiting. The husband died at the hospital, and the wife is under critical care, according to the statement. Left-wing media publications and journalists immediately falsely suggested that President Donald Trump was responsible because he touted the anti-malaria drug as something that the government was looking at as a possible treatment. To be clear, the president never instructed anyone to take any medication and did not tell people to eat fish tank cleaner. The CDC reported the following about Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine’s potential use for treating the coronavirus: There are no US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs specifically for the treatment of patients with COVID-19. At present clinical management includes infection prevention and control measures and supportive care, including supplementary oxygen and mechanical ventilatory support when indicated. An array of drugs approved for other indications as well as several investigational drugs are being studied in several hundred clinical trials that are underway across the globe. The purpose of this document is to provide information on two of the approved drugs (chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine) and one of the investigational agents (remdesivir) currently in use in the United States. Trump tweeted earlier this week: “HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine. The FDA has moved mountains – Thank You! Hopefully they will BOTH (H works better with A, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents) be put in use IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ARE DYING, MOVE FAST, and GOD BLESS EVERYONE
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 25, 2020 8:42:05 GMT -6
www.nationalreview.com/news/dem-rep-sells-off-stock-purchased-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-after-being-confronted/Dem Rep. Sells Off Stock Purchased amid Coronavirus Outbreak after Being Confronted Representative Peter Welch (D., Vt.) said he had sold off stock in a German coronavirus-test producer and would donate the profits to charity after being confronted about a $7,635.60 investment made after attending House Intelligence Committee briefings on coronavirus in February. Welch purchased $1,000-$15,000 in stock in Qiagen, the German diagnostics firm that has developed a test for coronavirus that can deliver results in an hour, on February 27, according to his financial records. He also made a $1,000-$15,000 investment in Church and Dwight Company, which produces household cleaner brands like OxiClean and Arm & Hammer, on February 28. TOP ARTICLES 1/5 READ MORE Is Trump Hitting His Stride on Coronavirus? The House Intelligence Committee, of which Welch is a member, received a briefing on coronavirus from the intelligence community on February 27, according to Reuters Reuters. While Church and Dwight Company’s stock has fallen in recent weeks, Qiagen stock has surged in recent days. A spokesperson for Welch told local news site VTDigger — which first enquired about the story on Monday — that Welch purchased 210 shares at $36.36, and the representative added that he had sold the stocks on Tuesday and would donate the profits, which he estimated were between $300 and $500 — to the Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS), a Vermont-based charity that helps the homeless. Qiagen shares sold for as low as $38.81 on Tuesday and closed with a high for the day at $39.86, meaning Welch’s investment rose to anywhere from $8,150.10 to $8,370.60, a profit of $514 to $735, depending on what time of the day he sold. Welch denied knowledge of the purchase, which he said was made through an investment adviser and without his consultation. “I can assure you that I had no knowledge of the purchase,” he stated to VTDigger. “I had never heard of the company Qiagen.” He also confirmed that while he had attended intelligence briefings on coronavirus, the information he heard in them did not influence his personal investments. “I know the first information I heard about corona was in the newspaper,” he added. Members of Congress have come under scrutiny in recent days for their financial dealings ahead of the steep market decline over coronavirus uncertainty, with records showing that Senators Richard Burr (R., N.C.) and Kelly Loeffler (R., Ga.) sold off millions of dollars in public stock following a closed-door briefing on the coronavirus in January. Burr, who did not deny he made the trades himself, said in a statement Friday that his actions “relied solely on public news reports” and that he had asked the Senate Ethics Committee to “open a complete review of the matter with full transparency.”
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 25, 2020 10:29:34 GMT -6
The Associated Press reported — The order restricting chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine came after President Donald Trump touted the medication as a treatment and falsely stated that the Food and Drug Administration had just approved the use of chloroquine to treat patients infected with coronavirus. Sisolak said in a statement that there’s no consensus among experts or Nevada doctors that the drugs can treat people with COVID-19.
Anyone who violates the order will be charged with at least a misdemeanor crime and it remains in place until April 16 (after Easter).www.usnews.com/news/best-states/nevada/articles/2020-03-24/nevada-governor-bars-malaria-drugs-for-coronavirus-patientsPresident Trump on Saturday expressed optimism about two drugs that he said could be “one of the biggest game changers” in medicine – hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin. Hydroxychloroquine is a drug used in the treatment and prevention of malaria. Azithromycin is an antibiotic that is used to treat many different types of infections in the respiratory system, eyes, ears, and skin, as well as sexually transmitted diseases. But there’s more… Here is the official governor’s order on hydroxychloroquine… bop.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/bopnvgov/content/Resources/ALL/BOP%20Emergency%20Regulations.3-24-20%20-%20STAMPED.pdfIf you read the governor’s order this also will not allow seniors to use chloroquine as a prophylactic to ward off the disease. So, leave sick & vulnerable elderly open to a pandemic?
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 25, 2020 10:32:14 GMT -6
Right on schedule, Nancy Pelosi plays politics again..................... dailycaller.com/2020/03/25/pelosi-delays-coronavirus-relief-bill-vote/Pelosi Delays Coronavirus Relief Bill Vote After Not Committing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi delayed the passage of the Senate’s coronavirus relief package on Wednesday, as the House was in session for nearly three minutes and then adjourned until Thursday.“House Democrats will now review the final provisions and legislative text of the agreement to determine a course of action,” Pelosi said about the nearly $2 trillion emergency relief deal which will be voted on Wednesday afternoon in the Senate after a long night of negotiations. Meaning, the House will not be able to vote on the package for another day. Pelosi also said there is “no way” to pass the bill through the House on Wednesday. McConnell said the deal “will get more equipment to the heroes on the front lines” and that “this is a wartime level of investment.” The Majority Leader also added that “this has been a long week for the Senate,” and that the Senate is “going to pass this legislation later today.” The text is set to come out later Wednesday. Two GOP Senate aides told the Daily Caller there was no way the vote would happen Tuesday night, as many expected it would. North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows was on Capitol Hill late, telling reporters the deal will happen “very very soon.” Amid all of the negotiations, Pelosi on Monday introduced a massive coronavirus bill with a number of provisions completely unrelated to the crisis. (RELATED: Senate And White House Reach Bipartisan Deal On Nearly $2 Trillion Emergency Relief Package) Pelosi’s coronavirus bill is 1,119 pages and contains provisions including, “conducting risk-limiting audits of results of elections,” bailing out the postal service, requiring early voting, same-day voter registration, requiring the airlines to fully offset their carbon emissions, gives you chance to look up greenhouse gas emissions from the flights you want to take, and much more that have nothing to do with helping solve the crisis at hand. Pelosi said Sunday that she will halt negotiations with the Senate and move to pass her own coronavirus package in the House, which could drag things out longer than many expected. Pelosi’s legislation will be a $1.6 trillion emergency package, according to Politico. (RELATED: Speaker Pelosi Moves Forward With Her Own Coronavirus Package, Despite Current Senate Negotiations) The House is not scheduled to be back until 11 am on Thursday.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 25, 2020 10:33:43 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2020/03/24/juan-williams-pelosi-coronavirus-bill-caricature/Juan Williams Goes To Bat For Pelosi’s Loaded Coronavirus Bill, Blames His Colleagues For Making It ‘A Caricature’ Juan Williams stepped up Tuesday to defend House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s coronavirus relief bill, saying Democrats only meant to protect American workers. Williams was alone in his defense of the bill as his cohosts on Fox News’ “The Five” criticized the hundreds of pages calling for everything from funding for the Kennedy Center — to the tune of $35 million — to more boardroom diversity and demands for airlines to reduce their carbon footprints. (RELATED: ‘Obviously A Coordinated Stunt’: Jesse Watters Slams Bolton Leak As A ‘Hatchet Job’) WATCH: Jesse Watters turned the question to Williams, saying, “Juan, Dana made that point the other day, everything was going swimmingly until Nancy showed up and made Chuck kind of cater to her every whim at the last second and rocked the markets. Do you think Chuck saw that coming or was he taken by surprise?” Williams responded by claiming that the Democrats were only trying to make sure American workers were being protected and that the way Pelosi’s bill had been presented — even on “The Five” — was “a caricature.” “I think this whole description that we are going through right now is a caricature,” Williams said. “I think what’s going on is Democrats are out about protecting America’s workers. And I think the sticking point has been that there was money being set aside for corporations, the big corporations, to make sure they didn’t go under, but the Democrats wanted transparency and accountability for that money. They didn’t want those big corporations to simply get locked into buybacks and executive pay raises, they want to make sure those companies are protecting and keeping workers during this time period. And I think that is what we saw now from the Democrats.” Greg Gutfeld interrupted then, asking what that had to do with the Green New Deal. “The way we presented it this evening was a caricature of what’s really going on,” Williams insisted again, adding that President Donald Trump and Republicans had seen the opportunity to attack Democrats and were twisting Pelosi’s bill to focus on whatever might make them look bad. Gutfeld chimed in then with his own assessment of the bill, saying, “The only way you can find a virus is through diversity. So I’m happy that’s a priority.”
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 25, 2020 10:36:22 GMT -6
Remember when Pelosi impeached Trump for withholding aid? Pepperidge Farm remembers.... www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-gavels-house-out-of-session-after-just-three-minutes-will-not-commit-to-vote-on-coronavirus-reliefPelosi Gavels House Out Of Session After Just Three Minutes, Will Not Commit To Vote On Coronavirus Relief Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who tried, over the weekend, to derail a bipartisan, multi-trillion dollar coronavirus relief package by introducing her own handout-packed 1,400 page bill, has already gaveled the House of Representatives out of session Wednesday and will not commit to bringing a Senate bill, passed in the wee hours of Tuesday night, to a vote. In an statement issued Tuesday night, Pelosi said merely that “House Democrats will now review the final provisions and legislative text of the agreement to determine a course of action,” but stopped short of committing to bring the hard-fought bill, which was negotiated over the course of five days, in two rounds — one over the weekend and one in session Monday and Tuesday — to the floor of the House for a vote, leaving the legislation, which could mean economic survival for millions impacted by coronavirus lockdowns, in limbo. Instead, she added that the Senate negotiations, which involved Republicans, Democrats, and members of the Trump Administration, had merely taken Congress “a long way down the road in meeting the needs of the American people.” “Thanks to the unity and insistence of Senate and House Democrats, the bill has moved a great deal closer to America’s workers,” the California Democratic leader added, again stopping short of suggesting the bill would receive consideration in the House. Pelosi’s statement went mostly without acknowledgement Tuesday night, particularly among legislators proud to have inked the $2 trillion deal designed to buoy Americans left unable to work amid the coronavirus pandemic, and boost the country’s chances of surviving an inevitable economic downturn. Get 4 Lines for $25 a Month when you Switch to Boost Mobile Get 4 LG Stylo 5 Phones when you make the switch to Boost’s super reliable, super-fast nationwide network Ad By Boost Mobile See More But Wednesday morning, as the House gaveled into session, it suddenly became clear that Pelosi did not intend to have House members review the bill; the House went in and out of session in just under three minutes. “House was in this morning at 10 a.m. and 42 seconds. Out at 10:02 and 37 seconds No business of note. No resignations, etc. Back in tomorrow at 11 a.m.,” Politico’s Jake Sherman reported Wednesday morning. He later added that, “To be abundantly, 100% clear: This means the House is not likely to vote on the Senate’s coronavirus bill today.” Pelosi confirmed the lack of a vote to Politico’s Heather Coyle, who reported that “Pelosi also said there’s ‘no way’ to pass the bill on the House floor today.” Logistically, Pelosi may be correct. The Senate has yet to move the legislation through, and will likely pass the bill sometime today. But Coyle also reports that Pelosi and her caucuses have a copy of the bill and could gavel into an emergency session as early as this evening, if House Members believe the coronavirus relief package is truly important — and the House was expected to vote on the bill by unanimous consent, because Pelosi was expected to abide by Schumer’s negotiations (and subsequent agreement) on the bill. Even that seems in doubt now. As Schumer and Senate Democrats were hammering out what they thought was an acceptable deal, House progressives, like Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) were fighting him behind the scenes, tweeting out their own objections to the Senate bill. Others joined the socialist Center for Popular Democracy for an online meetup to discuss a “more just” relief package, signaling that the House would not, in fact, vote on the bill by unanimous consent.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 25, 2020 10:38:18 GMT -6
www.breitbart.com/health/2020/03/25/los-angeles-moves-homeless-to-rec-centers-as-30-in-new-york-shelters-test-positive-for-coronavirus/L.A. Moves Homeless to Rec Centers as 30 in New York Shelters Test Positive for Coronavirus The City of Los Angeles is proceeding with plans announced last week by Mayor Eric Garcetti to move thousands of homeless residents to recreation centers in residential communities during the coronavirus crisis. Meanwhile, in New York, 30 residents of homeless shelters have tested positive for coronavirus, after a single case was reported last week, according to the New York Post, which notes that one sick person was sent from a hospital to a shelter. The Post reports: The number of homeless individuals in New York City’s crammed shelter system infected with the coronavirus exploded to 30 from just a single case reported last week – with one being referred from the equally stressed public hospital network. One of the homeless people who tested positive was sent to a shelter by a public hospital because the person exhibited only mild symptoms and was not deemed sick enough to be admitted, a Department of Homeless official said. One of the reasons behind L.A.’s policy is that local officials want to reduce crowding in existing shelters, creating “social distance” and reducing opportunities for coronavirus to spread inside. But as Breitbart News reported earlier this week, L.A. is not just relocating residents of existing shelters. It is also picking up new homeless residents from the streets, who are driven to the recreation shelters in shuttle buses. Those who are picked up are asked a set of “screening questions” and subjected to a temperature check before being admitted to the recreation centers. Inside the shelters — which Breitbart News was not permitted to photograph — beds are spaced six feet apart. Some advocates for the homeless support Garcetti’s plan, thankful that something is finally being done to move people off the streets of L.A., where the homeless population has exploded to roughly 60,000. But others (including some homeless people) worry that moving the homeless into centers with hundreds of beds will expose them — inadvertently — to additional health risk. Communities are also worried about exposing locals to potentially infected people, and that the “temporary” use of recreation centers could become permanent. One suggestion — made last year, before the pandemic — would be to care for the homeless on unused federal property in the city, perhaps in emergency tents. State officials do not know how many homeless people are infected with coronavirus, the Los Angeles Times reported last week.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 25, 2020 10:41:34 GMT -6
So, would he do the same if the common flu (which kills more people) was going through the jail? Did the mayor of NYC do this back when Obama was ignoring H1N1? I guess justice is no longer blind. Just blinded by political posturing. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that the city will be releasing 300 inmates from Rikers Island prison due to coronavirus concerns. The mayor said that only non-violent and elderly inmates with at least five pre-existing conditions will be eligible for the early release. To qualify, the inmate must also have less than a year remaining to serve of their sentence. “We want to identify anyone in those categories and get them released immediately,” de Blasio said during a news conference. Inmates who committed acts of domestic violence or sexual assault will not be released, the mayor asserted. “I’m listening to all the input … But I want to make very clear that I’m making the ultimate decisions, taking in the advice from all these different sources and doing what I think is the right thing for this city,” de Blasio added. The Wall Street journal reports that “coronavirus is spreading quickly through the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, killing one Department of Correction employee and infecting dozens of inmates and staff who go in and out of the facility.” The report says that dozens of inmates and staff have already been infected with the virus. www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-spreads-among-rikers-inmates-staff-11585093154
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 25, 2020 12:37:22 GMT -6
A National Public Radio station, KUOW-FM in Seattle, Washington has announced it will not air President Trump’s daily White House coronavirus task force press briefings, saying the decision is “due to a pattern of false or misleading information provided that cannot be fact checked in real time.” KUOW is a college radio station owned by the University of Washington with translators and repeaters airing in Bellingham, Olympia and Tumwater.
The announcement by KUOW came the same day as Trump’s approval rating for his handling of the COVID-19 Chinese coronavirus has soared, with the Gallup poll released Monday having it at 60 percent, with Trump’s overall job approval up five points to 49 percent. Trump’s leadership of the daily televised briefings has given the American people an unfiltered view of Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and the team they have assembled to fight the virus. The briefings have also exposed the public to the insolent disrespectful behavior of many members of the White House press corps.
A campaign to stop live broadcasts of Trump’s briefings began late last week among liberal in the media as polls started to show a growing majority of Americans approving of Trump’s handling of the crisis. Those calling to censor Trump were MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and the Washington Post’s media columnist Margaret Sullivan.
KUOW made the announcement on Monday via Twitter.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 25, 2020 12:40:45 GMT -6
YouTube prankster Zeeshan Ali, AKA Prince Zee licked bars on a New York subway train as the Coronavirus was ravaging the state. Read more3/6
New York City currently has 25,665 cases and at least 200 deaths according to the state’s latest numbers.
Nearly half of the entire country’s Coronavirus cases are coming out of NYC.
So this YouTube prankster thought it was a good idea to lick the bars on a subway and post it to social media.
The man sitting down with a face mask on was freaked out and scooted away from the subway licker.
The YouTube prankster posted the video last week, but New York was already seeing a spike in cases and deaths.
Governor Cuomo recently issued a “stay-at-home” order for New Yorkers and barred all non-essential travel.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 25, 2020 12:43:30 GMT -6
www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-times-editorial-board-urges-president-trump-to-pressure-a-national-lockdownNew York Times Editorial Board Urges President Trump To ‘Pressure’ A National Lockdown On Wednesday, the New York Times editorial board urged President Trump to “pressure” a national lockdown, stopping shy of telling him to use his executive power to order one. As the president’s two-week call for social distancing nears its end, the NYT editors believe that America needs a “coherent national strategy” to better handle the crisis. Rather than just order an outright lockdown, the board suggested that he provide political cover to mayors and governors and use the “bully pulpit” to advocate it. “Once he does, and governors follow his request, there will be time to debate how soon some controls might be lifted, or how soon certain people, like those under a particular age, might be free to resume something like normal life,” said the Times.”There will be more time then to develop palliative treatments, and more time for the federal government to order up the test kits and ventilators needed nationwide. There will be more time to gather data about which regions, and which people, are most at risk.” Ultimately, the Times felt that “voluntary” social distancing has not yielded the needed results, considering that people, like the spring breakers in Florida, have been openly flouting such orders. “Some cities and states, and even entire nations, already have lockdowns in place,” the Times continued. “On Tuesday, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, ordered a ‘total ban’ on leaving home for the population of 1.3 billion, for the next three weeks. He warned, ‘If you can’t handle these 21 days, this country will go back 21 years.’ Other countries have opted for narrower restrictions, and enforcement has varied. But patchwork approaches, like the one the United States defaulted to in the absence of a national plan, have proven inadequate.” The Times called for “sweeping” and uniform restrictions across the states and various jurisdictions. On the issue of the economy, while the board shared the president’s concerns about a pending crash, they ultimately chided him for giving people a false hope by saying he’d like to have the country “raring to go by Easter.” Rather than raise people’s hopes, the Times had a different plan: “announce that, within 24 hours, all nonessential businesses should be shut and residents directed to remain in their homes except for vital trips out, such as to obtain food or medical care.” Should the country go on lockdown, that would better allow health officials to assess the situation and find the infection hotspots, according to the Times. The board also encouraged the president to use the defense production act to streamline the process of creating needed ventilators and other medical equipment. While the New York Times editorial board largely disapproves of the president’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent poll from Gallup showed that Americans are largely in agreement with Trump’s strategy. “Gallup’s new study finds that Trump’s approval among U.S. adults has jumped 5 points since earlier this month, surging from 44 to 49% approval,” reported James Barrett on Wednesday. “That approval rating is the best of his presidency, matching previous highs experienced in late January and early February as the Senate conducted the impeachment trial that ultimately acquitted the president of both of the Democrats’ impeachment articles.”
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 25, 2020 13:46:26 GMT -6
www.breitbart.com/asia/2020/03/25/china-is-innocent-says-u-n-and-world-health-organization-reject-claim-it-launched-coronavirus-pandemic/The global coronavirus pandemic did not start in China, a spokesman for the Chinese Communist Party declared Tuesday, claiming support from both the United Nations (U.N.) and World Health Organization (WHO) in rejecting “hurtful” U.S. allegations to the contrary as “bald-faced racism and xenophobia.” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a daily news briefing not only does China have the full backing of the globalist organizations in denying it started the viral outbreak, the U.S. must cease and desist forthwith from challenging their assertions. He said: The Chinese side has repeated many times that some people in the U.S. have been seeking by every means to link the virus with China and stigmatize China. This was met with strong indignation and firm objection from the Chinese people. WHO and the international community explicitly oppose linking the virus with any specific country or region and reject stigmatization. UN Secretary-General António Guterres said ‘it is shameful to see increasing acts of racial discrimination and prejudice as we fight the COVID19 pandemic’ and ‘we must always fight racism and prejudice’. E.U. High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said the virus knows no border and we need cooperation and multilateralism, instead of competition and recrimination, in face of the common challenge for mankind. It is not the time for countries to blame one another with terms like ‘Chinese virus’. WHO believes that we should avoid calling it ‘Chinese virus’. Now is the moment for solidarity, for respecting facts and for fighting together. Shuang went on to accuse the U.S. of “bald-faced racism and xenophobia” by its pointing to the evidence that the COVID19 virus was first discovered last year in the southern China city of Wuhan and local party members tried for six weeks to conceal the true nature of the outbreak. White House / YouTube He said the U.S. started the argument and an entirely innocent Chinese Communist Party has been forced to reply even as it battled to defeat the virus. I want to point out that it was the U.S. side that started this argument. It was also the US that first claimed that the virus originated in China and used such terms as ‘Chinese virus’ and ‘Wuhan virus’. According to media reports, as early as March 6, Pompeo started to use ‘Wuhan virus’ in public remarks. Since then, some U.S. politicians and senior officials have been using this term to stigmatize China, causing great anger and strong opposition from the Chinese people. What I just cited are public records. There is no way for the U.S. to deny this. This is not the first time China has sought to distance itself from the deadly global pandemic, as Britbart News reported. Earlier this month the world was told it must look to China, pay attention and follow its principles in order to halt the global epidemic, the official Communist China Daily said in an editorial. Over the past few weeks, Chinese officials and state-managed social media accounts began floating theories that the coronavirus began in the United States and was brought to Wuhan by U.S. Army soldiers visiting for the Military World Games in October. Last week a major Chinese Communist Party paper, the Global Times, stated again – without evidence – the virus might have been developed in the U.S. Army laboratory in Fort Detrick, Maryland, before being secretly released to harm an innocent and entirely helpless mainland Chinese populace.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 25, 2020 13:49:49 GMT -6
thefederalist.com/2020/03/25/chuck-schumer-is-claiming-victory-but-heres-what-little-his-long-delay-actually-accomplished/Chuck Schumer Is Claiming Victory, But Here’s What Little His Long Delay Actually Accomplished After delaying negotiations for three days, Democrats are now trying to carve out a victory, claiming they fought for items which were already in the original draft of the bill.By Christopher Bedford MARCH 25, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate reached a new coronavirus agreement in the early hours of Wednesday morning, three days after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi torpedoed a bipartisan deal. Democrats were quick to claim a great victory for America, and their allies in the media have been just as fast to parrot that, but based on the draft so far released, the new deal is much the same as the old deal– and the changes struggle to justify delaying the much-needed aid for days while businesses closed and people died. “To the American people we say, ‘Big help, quick help is on the way, because we face about the most unprecedented health crisis we have,'” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told CNN after the early deal was announced. “The five pillars that we fought for to make the bill better, much better than the bill Friday, are all in the bill.” So what was really accomplished? The final text hasn’t been released and details are still being hammered out, but the latest draft indicates changes since Monday were almost entirely cosmetic and few will be controversial with House or Senate Republicans. Pillar 1) Health careThe first of Schumer’s “five pillars” is $130 billion in funding for hospitals. While his statement called this a $55 billion increase, Monday’s draft included $127 billion for hospitals and health care providers. There’s a $3 billion difference here, nowhere near $55 billion– and on Capitol Hill there is unanimous agreement that aid is needed now and in incredible amounts. In a letter to congressional colleagues, Schumer additionally claims Democrats won “$1 billion for the Indian Health Service,” but that number was included in Monday’s bill. Pillar 2) American workersThe second “pillar” of the deal, according to Schumer, is it is “worker-friendly, workers first,” he told CNN. “We didn’t want to put corporations first. We thought the original bill did that too much.” The most recent draft extends unemployment insurance to 16 weeks, “increases the maximum unemployment benefit by $600 per week,” bans stock buybacks from corporations for a year after government assistance ends, helps keep the airlines operating, and protects workers at companies receiving aid, “including Americans who have non-traditional employment … [and] “allowing furloughed workers to stay on as employees.” The Monday bill Schumer’s Democrats filibustered, however, extended unemployment insurance to 14 weeks and did every single other one of the things Schumer is claiming, though the furlough protection is now the subject of emergency negotiation after a “drafting error.” Undeterred, The New York Times called this “a significant expansion of unemployment benefits.” Other outlets have unthinkingly repeated this claim. There are some additions, many of which Republicans don’t oppose and all of which are difficult to square with the long delay. Schumer is touting that the post-filibuster bill includes a tax credit to help companies keep employees salaried, though before the negotiation broke down Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy pushed for this with broad House GOP support. Schumer is bragging Democrats stripped the legislation of the president’s request to buy $3 billion of cheap oil to restock America’s strategic reserves, calling this a bailout for Big Oil, though there’s a decent chance the buy is included in future legislation. The new bill does include a tax credit for student loans. Pillar 3) States and local governmentsThe renegotiation, Schumer told CNN, finally provides “real help” for the states. His letter touts $150 billion for state and local governments, “$30 billion in emergency education funding and $25 billion in emergency transit funding,” and $45 billion for the Disaster Relief Fund. While the additional $150 billion to states and tribes might be the biggest change in the two versions, the previous bill included $10 billion in block grants to states as well as $242 billion for states and local governments (which has been retained), plus the same amounts for education, transit and disaster relief funding. Pillar 4) Oversight and accountabilitySchumer highlighted his work with former presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren to push oversight of the rollout, though there is only one additional measure that irks Republicans and based on press statements and interviews with House and Senate staff, they can live with it. Democrats say this pillar includes eliminating a “secret bailout” provision, mandates real-time reporting from the Treasury on assistance details, and establishes a special inspector general and Pandemic Accountability Committee. The problem with the first bit is there was no secret bailout: True, the earlier version did not require the Department of the Treasury to publicly release its loans for six months, but it did require Treasury to report its loans to Congress. Neither House nor Senate Republicans The Federalist spoke with had any issue with increasing Treasury transparency, though one called the IG and committee “transparency through bureaucracy… annoying but fine.” Pillar 5) Small businessesThe filibuster accomplished the least for the vast majority of America’s small businesses, which were the main reason of this round of aid. Schumer’s letter says the newest negotiations gained “$17 billion for SBA to cover 6 months of payments for small businesses with existing SBA loans … $10 billion for SBA emergency grants of up to $10,000 to provide immediate relief for small business operating costs,” and makes “rent, mortgage and utility costs eligible for SBA loan forgiveness”— all provisions that were in earlier drafts. There is one addition, which Politico notes “Schumer’s office is really eager to point out:” Stimulus help is forbidden from going to businesses owned “by the president, vice president, members of Congress, and heads of executive departments.” “So that’s what is in the bill,” Schumer bragged Wednesday, “and it is a good bill.” “They’re trying to carve out a victory here for stuff that was almost all in earlier bills and it’s just ridiculous,” one congressional chief of staff told The Federalist. “There are some modest changes but it’s ridiculous we had to wait four days for things that aren’t even controversial. … What I’m hearing is the more controversial stuff is being pushed off for phase four, and if that’s the case what was all this for? How many people lost their jobs for stuff around the margins? Even House Freedom Caucus members are talking about how we need more robust unemployment coverage.” “We are already behind,” McCarthy agreed in a Wednesday press release. “For the past three days, Democrat leadership in Congress took their eye off the ball, delaying consideration of this bipartisan-crafted bill. They insisted on using this crisis as an opportunity to propose completely unrelated legislation that amounted to an ideological wish list. And they spent more time crafting press releases than policy solutions. The countless hours wasted on partisan posturing served no meaningful purpose – all while resources were delayed for more Americans who became sick or lost their jobs.” “This is the art of compromise,” Schumer told CNN. “This is the art of coming together. America needed huge help quickly and I think we’ve risen to that occasion.” His House counterpart does not appear to share the nation’s sense of urgency. “House Democrats will now review the final provisions and legislative text of the agreement to determine a course of action,” Pelosi commented. The House was in session from 10:00:42 a.m. – 10:02:37 a.m., closing out after just one minute and 55 seconds. They’ll be back tomorrow, just before lunch.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 25, 2020 14:27:29 GMT -6
What happens when a governor orders businesses to close, jails release dozens of inmates, and police announce they will only respond to life threatening calls and issue citations instead of arresting people? Anyone with three functioning brain cells can see where this toxic combination is heading. Sure enough, just one day into Oregon Governor Kate Brown’s order that all businesses deemed “non essential” are to close, vandals smashed out windows of seven businesses in Portland’s fancy pants Pearl District. This has led to several businesses in the area to board up their windows. www.kptv.com/news/some-nw-portland-businesses-boarded-up-to-prevent-vandalism-during/article_2c5b9844-6d38-11ea-bd10-e7ecea80a93f.htmlYeah, I’m very worried about looting. I’m worried about a lot of things. Looting is definitely in the front of my mind right now,” said Ramzy Hattar, owner of River Pig Saloon. ” Especially cause it happened next door. And we’re two to three days into this closure, I can only image what’s going to happen in a month or two months into it.”
Just this past weekend, police did get reports of vandals throwing rocks and hitting seven different businesses near Northwest 10th and Lovejoy.
Michael Chown works in the Pearl District and was upset to see the glass windows covered by plywood.
“It’s scary honestly. Just driving down the street, no one is walking around, no one’s working, no one’s outside,” Chown said.
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Post by kcrufnek on Mar 25, 2020 14:53:07 GMT -6
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has announced that the city will be shutting off water and power to any non-essential businesses that defied orders and stayed open during the coronavirus crisis. During his Tuesday press briefing Garcetti announced that the Department of Water and Power will be shutting off services for the businesses that don’t comply with the “safer at home” ordinance. This behavior is irresponsible and selfish,” Garcetti said of businesses that remained open. KTLA reports that neighborhood prosecutors will implement safety measures and will contact the businesses before issuing further action, according to Garcetti. ktla.com/news/coronavirus/mayor-garcetti-expected-to-hold-daily-briefing-on-l-a-s-covid-19-response/?taid=5e7ab4b3e370aa000162228f&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitterThe easiest way to avoid a visit is to follow the rules,” he said. The mayor also noted that Los Angeles is “six to 12 days behind New York” for being hit with a wave of coronavirus cases. He said that he does not believe his city will be running as normal by Easter. “The peak is not here yet,” he said. “It will be bad.” Gun stores. Closed. Pot shops. Not so much. Seems to me it's not the president who is playing the part of dictator through all of this.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 25, 2020 16:35:16 GMT -6
www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/03/18/new_yorks_ventilator_rationing_plan_142685.htmlAt its most severe, coronavirus attacks the lungs, making it impossible to breathe without a ventilator. Landing in the hospital on a ventilator is bad. But worse is being told you can’t have one. After learning that the state’s stockpile of medical equipment had 16,000 fewer ventilators than New Yorkers would need in a severe pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo came to a fork in the road in 2015. He could have chosen to buy more ventilators. Instead, he asked his health commissioner, Howard Zucker to assemble a task force and draft rules for rationing the ventilators they already had.
That task force came up with rules that will be imposed when ventilators run short. Patients assigned a red code will have the highest access, and other patients will be assigned green, yellow or blue (the worst) depending on a “triage officer’s” decision. In truth, a death officer. Let’s not sugarcoat it. It won’t be up to your own doctor.
Cuomo could have purchased the additional 16,000 needed ventilators for $36,000 apiece or a total of $576 million in 2015. It’s a lot of money but less than the $750 million he threw away on a boondoggle “Buffalo Billion” solar panel factory. When it comes to state budget priorities, spending half a percent of the budget on ventilators is a no brainer.
Now the pandemic is actually here. Cuomo’s grim reaper rules will be applied. New York City’s deputy commissioner for disease control Demetre Daskalakis is anticipating “some very serious difficult decisions.” So far, in New York City, 1 out of every 4 people with a confirmed case has been hospitalized, and 44% of them have needed a ventilator.FYI, the solar panel factory was a bust: nypost.com/2019/02/15/worse-than-amazon-cuomos-buffalo-billion-just-went-bust/In testimony Tuesday, Empire State Development boss Howard Zemsky tried to put a positive spin on it, but he acknowledged that Cuomo’s gamble of $750 million in taxpayer funds on a Buffalo solar panel plant has bombed: On its current course, there’s zero sign it can host anything like the promised number of jobs.
The project “has got a better future than it has a past,” Zemsky lamely claimed, while admitting the state’s now looking at a Plan B: “I think we have to work with Panasonic and Tesla,” the firms running the plant, to diversify their product base. Maybe they should start making fairy dust?
Zemsky’s testimony was a sad comment not just on solar as a replacement for fossil fuel but also Cuomo’s failed and costly approach to economic development.
The $750 million has led to just 700 jobs at the plant, far below promises, let alone any remotely reasonable return on the public’s investment. Meanwhile, the feds convicted multiple close Cuomo associates of corruption tied to the Buffalo Billion projects.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 25, 2020 16:36:52 GMT -6
So now, plastic bags are no longer "evil"? www.wcvb.com/article/gov-baker-grocery-store-pharmacy-public-health-order-bans-reusable-bags-march-25-2020/31931763#Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday announced a new public health order related to grocery stores and pharmacies in Massachusetts, which includes a temporary ban on reusable bags. “From now on, reusable bags are prohibited and all regulations on plastic bag bans are lifted,” he said. The order also prohibits stores from charging for paper and plastic bags while the order is in place. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh had previously announced the same measures in the city.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 26, 2020 2:40:41 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 26, 2020 14:31:16 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 26, 2020 14:32:46 GMT -6
Hmmm, who didn’t see this one coming? www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/coronavirus-gordon-brown-calls-for-new-global-government-to-fight-impact-of-covid-19/ar-BB11JU79Former prime minister Gordon Brown has called for the creation of a temporary form of global government to be assembled to provide a unified body to tackle coronavirus. Such an organisation could tackle the spread of the virus, coordinate production and distribution of essential equipment, and help deal with the economic fallout from the pandemic, he said. Mr Brown’s suggestion comes ahead of an emergency video conference of the G20 countries, which even before it has begun has already seen a standoff between the US and China over responsibility for the virus. The summit, hosted by Saudi Arabia, is designed to produce new practical measures to deal with the disease, but a coordinated fiscal response to the crisis is not expected to be agreed. Read more2/6 Mr Brown said the summit also ought to include the United Nations security council.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 26, 2020 14:35:26 GMT -6
Trump signed a second executive order to providing authority to address hoarding and price gouging that threatens the supply of medical supplies. Attorney General Bill Barr put hoarders on notice and said they will get a knock on the door if they are sitting on a large amount of supplies. “We have started to see some evidence of potential hoarding and price gouging,” said Barr. “So, earlier today the president signed a second executive order providing the authority to address…hoarding that threatens the supply of those necessary health and medical resources.” “If you have a big supply of toilet paper in your house, this is not something you have to worry about. But if you are sitting on a warehouse with masks, surgical masks, you will be hearing a knock on your door,” Barr said. Then today this happened… Then on Thursday the SEIU Healthcare Workers West announced they had located a mysterious stash of 39 million N95 face masks. What wonderful news! NBC Bay Area reported: www.nbcbayarea.com/news/coronavirus/seiu-locates-39-million-n95-masks-for-healthcare-workers-local-governments/2262072/Service Employees International Union United Healthcare Workers West announced Thursday that it located 39 million N95 masks and will make them available to state and local governments and health care systems that are fighting the novel coronavirus outbreak. The union found a distributor with the masks, which are cleared for surgical use, after pleas from health care workers as new coronavirus cases surge across the state and the country as a whole. Union officials said they also found a supplier that can produce some 20 million protective masks per week and another that can supply millions of protective face shields.
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