Beast, an eight-week-old Hungarian sheepdog, doesn’t give a lick about your privacy either. [Beast’s Facebook page via NetworkEffect]
conservatism
Coronavirus Is Forcing the GOP to Admit Its Ideology Is Delusional
THE FEED
coronavirus
Coronavirus in New York: Latest Updates
coronavirus stimulus
The Small-Business Loan Program Crashed in the First Week It Was Up
2020 elections
U.S. Supreme Court Slams Door on Wisconsin Vote-by-Mail for Mid-Pandemic Primary
Concerning numbers coming from Indiana
Some unexpected numbers came from Indiana today. Despite only having ~5000 confirmed cases, the state said today it has 924 COVID patients in the ICU and 500 on ventilators. That’s not too far from California’s ICU count and closing in on Pennsylvania and Louisiana’s vent usage.
—@COVID19Tracking
2020 elections
Wisconsin Court Reinstates Tuesday’s Mid-Pandemic Primary
coronavirus
New York City Is Running Out of Places to Bury Bodies
The risk of essential work across the board
Major supermarket chains are beginning to report their first coronavirus-related employee deaths, leading to store closures and increasing anxiety among grocery workers as the pandemic intensifies across the country. A Trader Joe’s worker in Scarsdale, N.Y., a greeter at a Giant store in Largo, Md., and two Walmart employees from the same Chicago-area store have died of covid-19 in recent days, the companies confirmed Monday.
Though more than 40 states have ordered nonessential businesses to close and told residents to stay home to stem the spread of the virus, supermarkets are among the retailers that remain open. Thousands of grocery employees have continued to report to work as U.S. infections and death rates continue to climb, with many reporting long shifts and extra workloads to keep up with spiking demand. Many workers say they don’t have enough protective gear to deal with hundreds of customers a day. Dozens of grocery workers have tested positive for the coronavirus in recent weeks.
coronavirus
NJ Governor Requests Expertise of 6 People Who Still Know COBOL
vision 2020
Trump Taunts Biden on Virtual Convention, Tempting Fate
covid-19
Rikers Island Reports Its First COVID-Related Prisoner Death
vision 2020
What Democrats Might Need to Sacrifice to Get Voting by Mail
Oh, to be a fly on the wall…
NEWS: @JoeBiden spoke today with @realDonaldTrump about the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a source with knowledge of the call tells NBC News.
—@mikememoli
Another day of drastic movement on Wall Street
NEW YORK (AP) — US stocks surge 7%, building on a global rally, on early signs that rate of increase in virus deaths could be slowing.
—@ZekeJMiller
coronavirus
Boris Johnson Is Now in Intensive Care Due to Coronavirus Symptoms
Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care
No10:
‘Over the course of this afternoon, the condition of the Prime Minister has worsened and, on the advice of his medical team, he has been moved to the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital.’
—@alexwickham
‘Over the course of this afternoon, the condition of the Prime Minister has worsened and, on the advice of his medical team, he has been moved to the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital.’
cityscape
De Blasio’s Street-Closure Mini-Program Was Pathetic, and Now It’s Over
Wisconsin is supposed to vote tomorrow, but it’s still unclear whether that’ll be happening
JUST IN: Citing public health concerns due to the coronavirus pandemic, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers issued an executive order suspending in-person voting for tomorrow’s statewide election, which includes the presidential primary.
In-person voting will take place on June 9.
—@nprpolitics
In-person voting will take place on June 9.
Has anyone ever been consistently wronger?
coronavirus
Listen: Acting Navy Secretary Calls Fired Captain ‘Stupid’ in Leaked Speech
diary of a hospital
Diary of a Hospital: A Surgeon’s Hope
New York’s timeline moves back again
schools, non-essential biz now shut until at least april 29, @NYGovCuomo says.
—@chrissmithnymag
The numbers in Italy continue to fall
*ITALY REPORTS 3,599 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES VS 4,316 SUNDAY
—@conorsen
A grievous number, but also some positive news
4,758 deaths, up from 4,159–effectively flat for two days, @NYGovCuomo says.
—@chrissmithnymag
small business loans
The Small-Business Loan Program Is Already Hitting 4 Big Snags
The hunt for nonexistent voter fraud is still on in Georgia
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger just announced the creation of an “absentee ballot task force” that aims to investigate reports of fraud as Georgia expands mail-in voting for May 19 primary #gapol
—@bluestein
the national interest
Why Trump Is Overruling Scientists to Pursue His Pet Coronavirus Drug
coronavirus
Key Coronavirus Model Now Predicts Many Fewer U.S. Deaths
Game, set, match Navarro
Peter Navarro, pressed by @JohnBerman on why he’s pushing an unproven drug for COVID19: “Doctors disagree about things all the time. My qualifications in terms of looking at the science is that I’m a social scientist. I have a PhD and I understand how to read statistical studies”
—@betsy_klein
The president is clearly running out of patience with the “wait and see” approach
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL!
—@realDonaldTrump
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