Leading Texas Republicans on Wednesday condemned the jailing of a Dallas salon owner who gained national attention for openly defying the governor’s stay-at-home order. The owner, Shelley Luther, was sentenced to a week in jail MORE
CA Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Friday that will allow all registered voters to vote by mail in November. This action will not replace traditional polling places but will give Californians the MORE
NU††ER WA†CH A New Mexico county sheriff has deputized around 20 church members during an in-person church service in an move to avoid Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s stay-at-home public health order meant to slow the MORE
It’s indeed 5:00 somewhere, and the News Views Lounge is open, friends. So, speaking of “friends”….. I’ve been thinking today about us. We’ve become regulars here, with a few random guests who stop in for MORE
An aide to Vice President and Coronavirus Warrior Mike Pence has tested positive according to a senior administration official. A spokeswoman for Pence did not answer questions. Pence was scheduled to travel to Des Moines, MORE
At the end of another long shift treating coronavirus patients, Dr. Hadi Halazun opened his Facebook page to find a man insisting to him that “no one’s dying” and that the coronavirus is “fake news” drummed up MORE
The US economy lost 20.5 million jobs in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday — by far the most sudden and largest decline since the government began tracking the data in 1939. Those losses follow MORE
A black Michigan lawmaker came to the Capitol with an escort of armed black citizens, days after white protesters entered the building with guns and cries of “tyranny.” Sarah Anthony, 36, is a Lansing area MORE
Let’s start this Friday with a riddle, this one by Emily Dickinson; it sums up this week, the second week in May, 2020. Today: more Virus — both biological and political, Coronavirus and the DOJ. MORE