"The White House Covid-19 outbreak is undermining President Donald Trump's narrative that it's safe to open up the country and that diagnostic testing is of limited importance."
"President Donald Trump’s oscillations over the fate of his coronavirus task force have tapped into a growing fear within the nation’s public health community: That at a critical juncture in the pandemic fight, the government’s top health experts might still be seen, but increasingly not heard."
"The White House is stepping up precautions to try to stem the spread of Covid-19 in the West Wing after Dr Anthony Fauci, the US government’s top infectious diseases official, and two other senior leaders in the fight against Covid-19 began self-quarantining on Sunday, following positive tests for the virus among staff."
"New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Sunday that the number of new daily Covid-19 hospitalizations had returned to the level it was at when he issued a statewide closure of nonessential businesses nearly two months ago." Wait for it…
"Boris Johnson called on people across the UK on Sunday to return to work if they cannot do so from home, as the Prime Minister laid out his vision for gradually restarting the economy." Stiff upper lip isn't going to help you keep COVID-19 at bay.
"Russia has reported a record rise in the number of daily coronavirus infections with 11,656 new cases reported Monday. The total number of cases in Russia now stands at 221,334, making it the country with the third-highest number of cases, after the U.S. and Spain, according to data from Johns Hopkins University." Stay safe, my Russian friends.
It's Raw Story, but… "'One worker who died had taken Tylenol before entering the plant to lower her temperature enough to pass the screening, afraid that missing work would mean forgoing a bonus, said a person who knows the worker’s family and who spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect their privacy,' said the Times." Welcome to late stage capitalism (actually it's just plain capitalism). Now profile all the people who go to work until their cancer eats away enough of them to cause serious problems, or work in pain, or have other diseases…
"Coronavirus infection rates are spiking to new highs in several metropolitan areas and smaller communities across the country, according to undisclosed data the White House's pandemic task force is using to track rates of infection, which was obtained by NBC News… The data in a May 7 coronavirus task force report are at odds with President Donald Trump's declaration Monday that 'all throughout the country, the numbers are coming down rapidly.'" (Grokked from Chuck Wendig)
"The worst of the nation's historic job losses are yet to come, according to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who told Fox News Sunday that 'the reported numbers are probably going to get worse before they get better.'" Gee, ya think, Stevie. Tell your boss that.
"Same guidance, different decisions. Attempting to clarify Congress’s hastily-written Paycheck Protection Program, the Trump administration issued rules and guidance that stirred new confusion, whipsawed borrowers and led dozens of firms to return loans… Now, with a deadline to return PPP loans without penalties just days away, firms and their advisers have had to grapple with rules that seem to run counter to the law they’re based on." I'm sure they'll blame Congress. Kinda sucks when government doesn't work, doesn't it. (adopts innocent voice) But but but, I thought having a "businessman" in the White House would solve all these problems (narrator's voice: it only made things much, much worse).
"No one could have prepared for Covid-19, but the Detroit automakers, including Ford Motor and Fiat Chrysler, are weathering the storm without talk of bankruptcies or the need for the same level of assistance the airline industry just received. It’s a stark contrast from 2008 and 2009." Someone learned some lessons.
"They went to work every day and built a life for themselves, put money away in a savings plan and paid their taxes. And then they got divorced or hurt on the job or sick or widowed or just plain unlucky — and found themselves in the same boat as millions of Americans who are now approaching retirement with most of the financial props knocked out from under them." The systems haven't failed, as the article suggests, the systems have been dismantled, in public. This isn't some unforeseeable accident, shucks we can't do anything, problem. This was intentional. This was planned. You see how much the 1% owns. That's where it went. This is not the people's fault, and them blaming themselves is just a symptom of the Stockholm Syndrome that has been forced on America.
"Iran navy 'friendly fire' incident kills 19 sailors in Gulf of Oman." Oopsie.
"Under cover of redressing what President Donald Trump and his allies call the FBI’s 'witch hunt' over collusion with the Kremlin, McConnell, via an amendment to the PATRIOT Act, will expressly permit the FBI to warrantlessly collect records on Americans’ web browsing and search histories. In a different amendment, McConnell also proposes giving the attorney general visibility into the 'accuracy and completeness' of FBI surveillance submissions to the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court. Versions of the amendments circulating Monday were shared with The Daily Beast." It's like conservatives go into meeting to say, "Yes, I know it's terrible. But how can we make it worse?" (Grokked from Chip Dawes)
"The final minute of Trump's news conference this evening." (Grokked from a number of people)
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