Is the Fed’s massive coronavirus stimulus package helping the ultra-rich at the expense of ordinary American workers? That’s what Chamath Palihapitiya, chief executive of venture-capital firm Social Capital LP, argued Thursday. “On Main Street today, MORE
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(Reuters) – A handful of holdout U.S. churches plan to hold in-person services on Easter Sunday, saying their right to worship in person outweighs public health officials’ warnings against holding large gatherings during the coronavirus MORE
President Trump has been a cheerleader for the drug hydroxychloroquine, pointing in a tweet and in person to a French study as evidence that one particular drug combination might be “one of the biggest game MORE
I THINK it’s Friday, right? 🤔🤔 It could be Tuesday for all I know; the days begin to look alike—- Wake up; follow the cats’ orders, (usually involving food); complete daily power-walk up and down MORE
“Speak the truth. Speak it clearly. Speak it with compassion. Speak it with empathy for what folks are going through.” -President Barack Obama Former President Barack Obama addressed a group of mayors organized by Bloomberg MORE
LE††UCE PREY Adult entertainment site Pornhub has offered free premium memberships in response to the coronavirus pandemic. A blog post on the company’s website states: “[W]e’ve decided to play our part in encouraging everyone to stay home MORE
Woodbury County cops said Shawn Salmen wandered into a police station over the weekend “showing signs of impatience such as erratic behavior, emotional, paranoid and profuse sweating” and confessed she’s smoked methamphetamine. The covidiot then MORE
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Although VP Biden’s new policies may not be as bold as Senator Sanders’, Biden is attempting to reach out to Sanders’ supporters by proposing to lower the eligibility age for Medicare to 60 from 65. MORE
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said Thursday that he thinks the United States may be experiencing the “beginning” of the flattening of the curve with the coronavirus outbreak, but added that the MORE
The vast majority of Americans would support a national stay-at-home order being issued amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new poll. The latest survey by Quinnipiac University found 81 percent of U.S. adults MORE
Pastor Pence’s office, which is responsible for booking officials on networks for information on the pandemic, is blocking officials like Dr. Birx and Dr. Fauci from appearing on CNN. Pence’s office has declined to make MORE
‘Shockingly irresponsible’: Kansas GOP risks lives by rejecting governor’s church order Source: Five Kansas lawmakers took a stunning, dangerous step Wednesday by voting to overturn Gov. Laura Kelly’s executive order limiting church services to 10 or fewer congregants during the COVID-19 MORE
President Trump is preparing to announce as soon as this week a second, smaller coronavirus task force aimed specifically at combating the economic ramifications of the virus and focused on reopening the nation’s economy, according to four MORE
Attorney General William Barr has condemned the media for what he says are partisan attacks on President Donald Trump for touting the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible weapon against the novel coronavirus. In an MORE
Taiwan hit back Thursday after the chief of the World Health Organization accused the island’s government of participating in a racist campaign to smear and intimidate him, deepening the political furor surrounding an agency in MORE
But it will all come roaring back….right??? Jobless rolls continued to swell due to the coronavirus shutdown, with 6.6 million Americans filing first-time unemployment claims in the week ended April 4, the Labor Department reported MORE
You may not get your virus bailout checks on time because over the past two decades the IRS budget has been slashed 20% Demonizing federal workers has been part of the GOP playbook since the MORE
[…]Tourists from all over Europe — Germany, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the UK and the Netherlands — had flocked to the mountains to enjoy the slopes and apres-ski. Business was booming,[…] Details of the alleged coverup MORE
So, this year, we don’t get to gather with friends or family whee I live. My county placed new restrictions on family gatherings and have pretty much told us, they’re done. Normally, I have a MORE
On April 6, 2020, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (US) reported a 10-person study using convalescent plasma (CP) to treat severe COVID-19 patients. Larger randomized trials are needed, but the results appear MORE
Beijing (CNN)A Chinese billionaire who criticized President Xi Jinping’s handling of the coronavirus epidemic has been placed under investigation, Beijing authorities said in a brief statement Tuesday.Ren Zhiqiang, a retired real-estate tycoon with close ties MORE
Warmer weather is unlikely to significantly impede the spread of the novel coronavirus, a National Academies of Sciences (NAS) panel told the White House on Tuesday. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/health/coronavirus-summer-weather.html The homebound and virus-wary across the Northern Hemisphere, MORE
Senate Republicans ready to fill a seat on the nation’s second-most powerful court with a 37-year-old man rated “not qualified” to be a judge Source: Even in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Trump and MORE