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Coronavirus Vaccine Doctor Says He Was Fired Over Doubts on Hydroxychloroquine

Michael D. Shear and Maggie Haberman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago

Rick Bright was abruptly dismissed this week as the director of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.

Donald Trump failed Health in high school.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroxychloroquine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroquine#COVID-19

Doubting Trump is not healthful.

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Biden Leads Trump in Key States. But Hillary Clinton Led by More.

Giovanni Russonello at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago

While polling shows Joe Biden narrowly ahead in states like Michigan, things looked considerably rosier for Hillary Clinton in many swing states at this point in 2016.

The opposition to Trump is not fragmented.

New York voters will be sent absentee ballot applications.

Other states can do the same thing.

Getting the black vote will be important.

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Did America Learn Anything From the Last Economic Crisis?

Neil Irwin at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago

Bailout fatigue is already starting to appear, particularly among Republicans.

Alexander Hamilton was the last republican to learn from an economic crisis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Report_on_the_Public_Credit

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Black Leaders Want a Black Woman as Biden’s Running Mate. But Who?

Astead W. Herndon at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago

Among black leaders close to Joe Biden, a commitment to selecting a woman is not enough. They have publicly and privately pushed him to select a black woman to fuel black voter enthusiasm.

I would not object.

The registered black voters will have to be asked.

The answer will surprise.

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Trump Is Harsh on Immigration. That Doesn’t Mean Biden Has the Latino Vote.

Jennifer Medina at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago

Some Democrats worry that their party is taking a crucial bloc for granted in 2020.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_exile

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion 

No Cuban-American will vote for a Democrat.

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House to Examine Ouster of Health Official Who Doubted Drugs Trump Pushed

Maggie Haberman, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Kenneth P. Vogel at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 12 hours ago

The chairwoman of the Energy and Commerce health subcommittee said she planned to hold hearings on Rick Bright’s dismissal as the head of an agency helping to develop a coronavirus vaccine.

Trump should know better.

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Trump and the Coronavirus: A Sour President, Home Alone at the White House

Katie Rogers and Annie Karni at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 14 hours ago

As his administration grapples with reopening the economy and responding to the coronavirus crisis, President Trump worries about his re-election and how the news media is portraying him.

Trump "can't handle the truth". 

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Treasury Clarifies Small-Business Loans as Fed Vows Transparency

Alan Rappeport and Jeanna Smialek at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 14 hours ago

The two institutions, actively deploying hundreds of billions of dollars in taxpayer funding, moved to assuage concerns about where the money is going.

Clear as mud.  I do not trust Trump and his appointees.

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Your View of Staying Home

Lisa Lerer at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 14 hours ago

We heard thoughts from readers across the country about efforts to reopen states that are currently social distancing to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Open and be damned.    "Abandon hope all ye who enter here."

                                       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy

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House Passes Relief for Small Businesses and Aid for Hospitals and Testing

Emily Cochrane at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 15 hours ago

The chamber also established a special committee to investigate the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and the multitrillion-dollar government rescue effort enacted to address it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gates_of_Hell

https://www.google.com/search?q=the+gates+of+hell&tbm=isch&chips=q:the+gates+of+hell,g_1:sculpture:UsIqM8Mje98%3D&hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwjs1-ODy4LpAhVGQa0KHevaBAgQ4lYoAnoECAEQGQ&biw=1237&bih=862

Mitch McConnell has not shown us the money.

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Financial Aid to Struggling States Is Next Big Congressional Battle

Carl Hulse at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 15 hours ago

Mitch McConnell said states should file for bankruptcy, but there is broad agreement that Washington will have to bail out local governments suffering economic pain from the coronavirus.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/opinion/mcconnell-coronavirus-states.html

McConnell to states:  Drop dead.

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April 23rd US Covid Data

Ian Welsh at Ian Welsh - 19 hours ago

Our benefactor writes that there will ikely 1 million cases + 60 thousand deaths by the beginning of May. The results of the work I do, like this article, are free, but food isn’t, so if you value my work, please DONATE or SUBSCRIBE.

Mortality rate: 5.6%

The disease should keep the hospitals full.

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In Wisconsin, Virus Creates New Front in Long-Simmering Partisan Wars

Reid J. Epstein at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 21 hours ago

Protests planned for Friday continue a decade-long partisan cleaving in the state and serve as a stand-in for the general election battle to come.

I would not treat the demonstrators. 

Isolate them in dormitory sheds.

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Donald Reed Herring, Brother of Elizabeth Warren, Dies From Coronavirus

Maggie Astor at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 21 hours ago

Mr. Herring, 86, was “charming and funny, a natural leader,” Ms. Warren wrote.

Family can be stronger than politics.

Elizabeth Warren had to learn as an adult.

https://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a28409062/elizabeth-warren-father-donald-jones-herring/

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Tight-Knit Company Towns Reel as Coronavirus Rolls Through

Dionne Searcey at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 23 hours ago

Cases are leveling off in some coastal cities, but outbreaks are mounting in processing plants and factories in Midwestern towns.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_town

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_administration

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiduciary

It is a social trap.

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On Politics: ‘Politics and Cronyism Ahead of Science’

Giovanni Russonello at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

A top federal doctor rebukes Trump: This is your morning tip sheet.

Republicans are fiduciarily responsible to cash investors.
Democrats are fiduciarily responsible to investors in kind.

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Coronavirus Threatens Teenage Migrants in ICE Jails

Zolan Kanno-Youngs at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

Those initially detained by the government’s Office of Refugee Resettlement are being held until their 18th birthday, then transferred to ICE custody.

Cronavirus threatens everyone.
prisoners have little or no opportunity to seek care.

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On The Causes And Consequences Of The Oil Price Crash

Ian Welsh at Ian Welsh - 1 day ago

So, we had a crash of oil prices, where some futures contracts were actually negative, which means that sellers had to pay people to take oil off their hands. Obviously oil use has dropped during the Covid-19 crisis, and before that prices had already decreased in an attempt by non-US producers to reduce prices low […]

The oil market, as structured, has positive feedback.

It has temporarily recovered.

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Executive Order Halting New Green Cards Includes Exceptions

Zolan Kanno-Youngs at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

The order will affect thousands of people seeking to immigrate to the United States, but it does not apply to immigrants already in the country, nor to those seeking temporary visas.

Agriculture depends on peon labor.

The French Revolution started as a food riot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_the_French_Revolution

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Trump’s Scientists Push Back on His Claim That Virus May Not Return This Fall

Katie Rogers at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

The president has continued to broadcast his personal hopes for the coronavirus, questioning its ability to last into the fall and winter.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/25/world/coronavirus-news.html

Trump is grasping at straws. 
The virus normally does not see human general toxins

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Biden Will Fund-Raise With D.N.C. and His Appointee Will Lead the Committee

Reid J. Epstein and Shane Goldmacher at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is beginning to consolidate control over the Democratic National Committee and will have the ability to raise badly needed cash.

Joe Biden is doing just fine.
Andrew Cuomo may have solved the voting crisis.

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Opposed to Bailouts, but in This Case Willing to Take One

Kenneth P. Vogel and Lisa Lerer at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

Some conservative nonprofit groups are seeking financial help to weather the coronavirus crisis. Some liberal organizations are putting aside different qualms to make the same request.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/25/us/coronavirus-news.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/25/business/economy/coronavirus-economy-reopening.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/25/world/coronavirus-news.html 

Makers of Lysol Warn Against Ingesting Disinfectants

Christine Hauser at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

Reckitt Benckiser, the maker of Lysol and Dettol, and the authorities in Washington State said in separate remarks that people should not ingest or inject cleaning products. Industry officials echoed the warnings.

The frantic reaction was prompted by President Trump’s suggestion on Thursday at a White House briefing that an “injection inside” the human body with a disinfectant like bleach or isopropyl alcohol could help combat the virus. 

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Durham Inquiry Includes Scrutiny of a Media Leak

Adam Goldman, Julian E. Barnes and Katie Benner at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago

The attorney general has suggested that the Justice Department review of the Russia investigation has uncovered “troubling” findings without going into details.

Trump does not think.
The F.B.I. follows orders.
J. Edgar Hoover is long dead as are his personal files.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover

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Henry Geller, Who Helped Rid TV of Cigarette Ads, Dies at 96

Sam Roberts at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago

While at the F.C.C., he used the fairness doctrine to challenge the tobacco industry. He also helped pave the way for televised presidential debates.

Television was young and so were we.
He was heroic.

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Navy Leaders Recommend Reinstating Roosevelt Captain Fired Over Virus Warning

Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt and Thomas Gibbons-Neff at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago

Capt. Brett E. Crozier, who was removed from command after sending a letter pleading for help to fight the coronavirus on his aircraft carrier, was largely cleared after Navy review.

He should make admiral.
I doubt he will.

https://www.amazon.com/Blow-negative-Dell-Edward-Stephens/dp/B0007H7YYG

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He Got Off the Table After Cancer Surgery to Take on the Virus

Nick Corasaniti at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

Gov. Philip Murphy of New Jersey is skipping a restful recovery to lead the state in the crisis, even as he remains in Andrew Cuomo’s shadow.

There is no excuse for absence at the critical moment.

Many people need to be lead or they are lost.

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Trump Commencement Address Summons West Point Cadets Back to Campus

Eric Schmitt and Annie Karni at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

The president’s off-again, on-again speech in June will bring back 1,000 cadets who had scattered across the country to help counter the coronavirus.

"And so last Friday, the day before Mr. Pence was to speak at the Air Force ceremony in Colorado, Mr. Trump, never one to be upstaged, abruptly announced that he would, in fact, be speaking at West Point."

Decimation without a war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragging

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Over a Thousand Protest Stay-at-Home Order at Wisconsin State Capitol

Reid J. Epstein and Kay Nolan at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

The protest was the nation’s largest gathering to date to condemn stay-at-home orders enacted by state and local governments.

Fiduciary responsibility to the financial investors could  drive such demonstrations.
I expect it is personal payments bringing these persons out.

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