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Coronavirus updates: 3-12-20
During the last twenty four hours, the stock market hit the skids again ending a 11 year bull run. Trump addressed the nation and caused futures to hit the skids,. The NBA cancelled the remainder MORE
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Coronavirus
Rupert Murdoch could save lives by forcing Fox News to tell the truth about coronavirus — right now
Matt Gertz, a Media Matters senior fellow and the foremost chronicler of the insidious Trump-Fox News feedback loop, connected the dots: “Roughly an hour before his comments, a Fox News medical correspondent argued on-air that coronavirus MORE
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NBA suspends season because of Coronavirus pandemic
The NBA has suspended its season due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. The announcement came after a confusing mid-game suspension of play between the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder. The NBA announced a player tested positive MORE
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OHIO: Students riot after university’s announcement of temporary closure due to COVID-19
Some University of Dayton Ohio students didn’t take kindly to the university suspending classes and closing on-campus housing. There may also have been element of celebration because classes had been canceled. Teen Terror Grant MORE
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Weinstein Sentenced to 23 Years
Harvey Weinstein, 67, was sentenced to serve 23 years in prison on Wednesday, which spoke as a moment of reckoning for the #MeToo movement prompted by Weinstein’s case of sexual assault and harassment. The sentence MORE
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Biden, the Autoworker, Gunz, Expletives, and Viral Videos
Joe Biden was touring a Fiat Chrysler plant that was under construction in Michigan when he was confronted by a construction worker about his stance on gun control and the Second Amendment. “You are actively MORE
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Trump: ‘Just stay calm; it will go away.”
“It will go away, just stay calm. Everybody has to be vigilant, be calm. Everything is working out. The consumer has never been in a better position than they are right now.” -DJT President Trump MORE
Health
National Guard Assists New Rochelle, New York, in Coronavirus Containment Area
National Guard troops have been deployed to assist a Health Department command post in New Rochelle, New York, a coronavirus hot spot just north of New York City. The city has 108 of the state’s MORE
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Gear Up for the Various Republican Investigations of Joe Biden
Remember when Mitt Romney said that he would be hesitant to vote for a subpoena over investigations into the Bidens, Burisma, and Ukraine because they were political? Well, apparently he’s decided he can vote in MORE
Health
Trump Has Not Been Tested for Coronavirus
Despite growing numbers of Congress who are quarantined for exposure to Coronavirus, Trump has not yet been tested. According to Stephanie (on-the-rocks) Grisham, because Trump has not had prolonged exposure to anyone with contact, is MORE
Economy
More Trump Tax Cuts Being Pitched
Trump called for additional tax cuts on Monday to mitigate the economic fallout of the Coronavirus, saying he will ask Congress for a payroll tax cut, relief for hourly workers, and possibly a small business MORE
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Trump Avoids Insulting Vladimir Putin for Fear of ‘Some Degree of Revenge,’ Fiona Hill Says
Allegations of improper ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin have dogged President Donald Trump’s time in office. Trump critics have pointed to his dismissal of Russian meddling in the 2016 elections, his chummy joint appearances MORE
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Doug Collins and Matt Gaetz to Self-Quarantine
GOP Representatives Doug Collins and Matt Gaetz are the latest GOP lawmakers to announce they will self-quarantine after coming into contact with a person who tested positive for the Coronavirus. After Matt Gaetz seemed to MORE
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Stock market plummets; trips circuit breaker
The Dow plummeted 1,800 points at the open, tripping circuit breakers that halted trading at the New York Stocks Exchange. The growing coronavirus pandemic is also making investors anxious. There are now over 100,000 cases and over 3,000 MORE
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Ted Cruz will self quarantine after shaking hands with a coronavirus carrier at CPAC
“Out of an abundance of caution, and because of how frequently I interact with my constituents, I have decided to remain at my home in Texas this week, until a full 14 days have passed MORE
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White House removed warning telling seniors and the ‘physically fragile’ not to fly
The White House overruled health officials who wanted to recommend that elderly and physically fragile Americans be advised not to fly on commercial airlines because of the new coronavirus, a federal official told The Associated MORE
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Last Call: March 7, 2020
270 days until the General Election and our chance to kick the Orange Ass and his Cartel to the curb. In all honesty, I’m over the primaries and hope, they’re pretty much over with in MORE
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Six former Ohio State wrestlers claim Gym Jordan knew about abusive doctor
Tito Vazquez says he still remembers the day three decades ago when, as a wrestler at Ohio State University, the doctor he’d gone to see about a bloody nose insisted on examining his genitals. He MORE
Environment
U.S. Coal Use Is Plunging at Fastest Rate Since Eisenhower Era
Consumption dropped 13% last year, set to fall as much in 2020 The decline reflects the rapidly changing U.S. energy mix, as coal is increasingly struggling to compete on price with natural gas, wind and MORE
Friday Night News Dump
Trump fires Mick Mulvaney; replaces him with Birther Mark Meadows
“I am pleased to announce that Congressman Mark Meadows will become White House Chief of Staff. I have long known and worked with Mark, and the relationship is a very good one.” Trump, who did MORE
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Trump’s bigly field trip to the Center of Disease Control
After touring tornado ravaged Tennessee, Trump jetted on over to the CDC. “Anybody that wants a test can get a test,” Trump said Friday despite concerns over delayed distribution of testing kits. “And the tests MORE
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Trump signs $8.3 billion emergency spending bill to combat the spread of the Coronavirus
President Trump signed the $8.3B emergency supplemental spending bill to contain the spread of the coronavirus on March 6. He said, “I asked for two-and-a-half and I got 8.3 and I’ll take it.”
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Harvey Weinstein moved to Rikers Island after heart procedure
Weinstein, 67, was moved to the jail’s infirmary unit Thursday after undergoing a medical procedure at Bellevue Hospital. He was cleared for transfer by doctors who had to clear a heart blockage, Weinstein’s publicist Juda MORE
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Judge orders Billy Barr to hand over an unredacted copy of the Muller Report; accused him of misrepresenting its findings
Judge Reggie B. Walton, a federal district court judge appointed by Bush Jr. ordered AG Billy Barr to hand over an unredacted copy of the Muller Report him. He also accused Barr “misrepresenting its findings MORE
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Romney Says Biden and Burisma Probe is Political
Senator Mitt Romney said on Thursday that the GOP effort to investigate the Bidens and the Ukrainian gas company Burisma appear to be political, and added that people are tired of political investigations. Senate Homeland MORE