https://twitter.com/votejessi2020/status/1274151805820317696 Excessive use of face masks causes fungal and bacterial pneumonia.
https://twitter.com/EM_RESUS/status/1275068477078818820 Hi ER Doc here,
needs to flag this tweet as medical misinformation. There is NO scientific evidence that face masks cause pneumonia or any other type of lung infections. They prevent them from spreading and SAVE LIVES.
RT so people don’t actually believe this BS.
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Kentucky braces for possible voting problems in Tuesday’s primary amid signs of high turnout
June 19
https://twitter.com/i/events/1275203800232423424 Kentucky designates one polling booth for Louisville sparking concerns of long lines
With only one polling place designated for Louisville, which is Kentucky’s largest city, state lawmakers and voters are bracing for long lines in Tuesday’s primary election. Kentucky’s State Board of Elections says there is a lot of “misinformation” surrounding voter suppression claims noting that the state is offering mail-in ballots and expanded access to early voting.
"If the governor and I are both suppressors, we're doing a terrible job because we've got the highest turnout we've ever seen — and that's the bottom line," Adams told The Courier Journal on Monday.
Long piece trying to cover a LOT of the buildup.
Kentucky Slashes Number of Polling Places Ahead of Primary—Especially Where Black Voters Live
Steve Bing Dies: Film Financier & Philanthropist Jumped From Century City Building, Authorities Say
https://deadline.com/2020/06/steve-bing-dead-philanthropist-film-financier-1202966891/
41 Cities, Many Sources: How False Antifa Rumors Spread Locally
Claims about the involvement of anti-fascist activists in protests of racism show the many ways false information spreads inside communities online.
June 22
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/technology/antifa-local-disinformation.html
In recent weeks, as demonstrations against racism spread across the country, residents in at least 41 U.S. cities and towns became alarmed by rumors that the loose collective of anti-fascist activists known as antifa was headed to their area, according to an analysis by The New York Times. In many cases, they contacted their local law enforcement for help.
In each case, it was for a threat that never appeared.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/us/antifa-protests-george-floyd.html
Top Trump fundraiser sought to cash in on valuable 3M masks
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-eric-beach-3m-masks/
Four days later, Eric Beach, who had no experience in supplying medical goods, formed Colt International, Inc. touting connections with 3M. Beach is also the co-founder of the Great America PAC, which has raised more than $40 million for Mr. Trump. The PAC has produced attack ads against the president's opponents, including rival Joe Biden.
So this is actually an old story?
Trump team weighs a CDC scrubbing to deflect mounting criticism
With Trump under fire for his handling of the outbreak, his advisers are eyeing the federal bureaucracy for other culprits ahead of the election.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/23/trump-cdc-overhaul-coronavirus-335039
Aides have also discussed narrowing the mission of the agency or trying to embed more political appointees within it, according to interviews with 10 current and former senior administration officials and Republicans close to the White House. One official said the overall goal would be to make the CDC nimble and more responsive.
Politically, Trump aides have also been looking for a person or entity outside of China to blame for the coronavirus response and have grown furious with the CDC, its public health guidance and its actions on testing, making it a prime target. But some wonder whether the wonky-sounding CDC, which the administration directly oversees, could be an effective fall guy on top of Trump’s efforts to blame the World Health Organization.
Miami mayor says presidential debate may not have audience
The Miami area has been one of Florida’s coronavirus hotspots for months.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/23/miami-mayor-presidential-debate-no-audience-335387
Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center to host October presidential debate
The Arsht Center played host to the first Democratic primary debate of the 2020 cycle.
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/343010-arsht-center-host-presidential-debate
“Right now, we are not in Phase 3 so I can’t see it today being hosted with people in the audience,” Suarez told POLITICO. “Impossible to predict where we will be on October 15.”
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Slate Star Codex
NYT Is Threatening My Safety By Revealing My Real Name, So I Am Deleting The Blog
Last week I talked to a New York Times technology reporter who was planning to write a story on Slate Star Codex. He told me it would be a mostly positive piece about how we were an interesting gathering place for people in tech, and how we were ahead of the curve on some aspects of the coronavirus situation. It probably would have been a very nice article.
Unfortunately, he told me he had discovered my real name and would reveal it in the article, ie doxx me. “Scott Alexander” is my real first and middle name, but I’ve tried to keep my last name secret. I haven’t always done great at this, but I’ve done better than “have it get printed in the New York Times“.
New York Times threatens to out science blogger after protecting identities of White House turncoats and Chapo Trap House podcasters
by Tiana Lowe, Commentary Writer | | June 23, 2020 11:05 AM
See the Victorian Sufi Buddha Lite comment policy: comments should be at least two of {true, necessary, kind}.
Be kind. Failing that, bring evidence.
Be charitable. Assume the people you're talking to or about have thought through the issues you're discussing, and try to represent their views in a way they would recognize.
Culture war topics are forbidden.
When making a claim that isn't outright obvious, you should proactively provide evidence in proportion to how partisan and inflammatory your claim might be.
Don't be egregiously obnoxious.
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Example of SSC Podcast
19 May 2020
Coronalinks 5/18/20: When All You Have Is A Hammer, Everything Starts Looking Like A Dance
An automated reading of Scott Alexander's Slate Star Codex, using Amazon Polly.
https://danwahl.net/ssc-podcast/
https://danwahl.net/blog/global-warming
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/what-a-nyt-reporters-doxxing-threat-says-about-the-papers-standards/
Facebook Content Moderator: ‘If Someone is Wearing a MAGA Hat, I Am Going to Delete Them for Terrorism’
June 23
Noose in Bubba Wallace's garage at NASCAR Taladega track
https://amp.tmz.com/2020/06/21/plane-confederate-flag-flies-over-nascar-race/
https://twitter.com/DisrnNews/status/1275551183646666752 Breaking: FBI: NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace not target of hate crime, "noose" actually garage door pull rope
https://disrn.com/news/fbi-noose-found-in-nascar-driver-bubba-wallaces-garage-actually-bay-door-pull-rope-there-since-2019 Has video showing noose - door pull
https://disrn.com/
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/disrn/
Founded in 2019 by Babylon Bee founder Adam Ford, and the satire site’s current owner, Seth Dillon, Disrn is a news and opinion website/app that summarizes news from a conservative leaning perspective. The website somewhat lacks transparency as they do not provide an about page or clearly disclose who is involved with the website. However, in an interview with the Daily Caller, Adam Ford states “Our news articles will be objective, but we will report on things that Christians and conservatives care about,” Ford told the DC. “The opinion pieces, newsletters, and coming podcasts will be, of course, from a Christian and conservative perspective.” Finally, Disrn’s tagline is “brief, smart, faithful.”
Despite poll worker crunch, Kentucky voters poised to break turnout records as they embrace mail ballots
June 23
Voters in Kentucky were on track to cast ballots in record numbers for Tuesday’s primary despite the risk of coronavirus infection and shortages of poll workers, thanks in part to the widespread embrace of voting by mail.
Michael G. Adams, Kentucky’s Republican secretary of state, projected that total turnout would exceed 1 million, including roughly 800,000 mailed ballots. The final figure would shatter the previous record of 922,456 primary voters set in 2008.
Poll worker cancellations had forced election officials to staff fewer than 200 polling locations instead of the usual 3,700, but Adams said an avalanche of mail-in balloting and in-person early voting helped lessen demand on the polls Tuesday.
The numbers reflected an overwhelming shift to absentee voting by Kentucky voters, even as President Trump has railed against mail ballots and claimed without evidence they lead to massive fraud.
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