Five Fauci Quotes to Get You Through The Week
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/19/five-fauci-quotes-to-get-you-through-the-week
House Dems Demand Abuse of Power Investigation After Federal Agents Storm Portland
“The Attorney General of the United States does not have unfettered authority.”
The letter—signed by three House committee chairs: Reps. Jerrold Nadler, Bennie Thompson, and Carolyn Maloney—comes after federal agents, some dressed in unidentified uniforms and camouflage, unleashed violent tactics against protesters in Portland last week. The chairs cited Portland as one of several troubling examples in which federal law enforcement officials have been accused of using excessive force in order to remove protesters demanding police reform in the wake of George Floyd’s killing. The Democrats also cited the administration’s use of tear gas to clear Lafayette Square in Washington, DC, immediately before a presidential photo op.
Ex-Trump economist says White House was warned of potential pandemic disaster in September
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/17/business/pandemic-warning-tomas-philipson/
On Friday, he (Todas Philipson ) told CNN's Poppy Harlow that he co-authored and published a CEA report titled "Mitigating the Impact of Pandemic Influenza through Vaccine Innovation" that warned a pandemic disease could kill as many as half a million Americans and cause up to $3.79 trillion in damage to the US economy.
Previously, President Trump has insisted that no one could have foreseen or prevented the coronavirus outbreak, but Harlow pointed out on Friday that Philipson's 41-page report was presented to senior White House officials in September of last year.
Priorities USA and others agree to drop voting lawsuit against Florida
Republicans hail the decision as a victory.
07/19/2020
The groups pushed to change Florida voting laws due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but there were signs that the lawsuit was in trouble. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle in late June refused to order changes right away, including a request that taxpayers cover postage costs for mail-in ballots.
The two sides in the lawsuit negotiated an agreement that calls for Florida’s chief election official to educate local election supervisors on pre-paid postage and encourage them to use drop boxes and make vote-by-mail request forms available in Spanish. It also calls for Secretary of State Laurel Lee to undertake a public relations campaign to inform voters of different ways to cast a ballot. Lee also promises to do an outreach campaign to unregistered voters, which was something the state was already planning to do because it is joining a multi-state partnership to combat voter fraud.
I Was a Military COVID Planner. Trust Me: Texas Is in Deep, Deep Trouble
COVICANE
Things are pretty bad right now in the Lone Star State. But the real pain is likely to come during hurricane season, when as many as 19 named storms are projected to hit.
July 19
This is a personal issue for me. Up until my recent retirement from the Army, I served as a COVID-19 crisis planner at NORTHCOM in Colorado Springs. I was part of the team managing this crisis since January, when we first started evacuating U.S. citizens out of China. Further, my active duty military career was bifurcated by a stint in the Army Reserves. During that time, I worked in Emergency Management at the state and local level in Texas. I was in the Texas Emergency Operations Center on Sept. 11, and I’ve worked disasters all over, including several hurricanes.
Linkin Park succeeds in getting fan-made Trump campaign ad pulled from Twitter
Linkin Park is among many artists that have complained about Trump playing their music: Just recently, both Neil Young and the Rolling Stones protested the president’s respective use of “Rockin’ in the Free World” and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” at his rallies. But at political rallies taking place at large, established venues that have "public performance" licenses with organizations like ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC, such music usage is usually legal without the artists’ consent.
Doing Schoolwork in the Parking Lot Is Not a Solution
In a pandemic-plagued country, high-speed internet connections are a civil rights issue.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/opinion/sunday/broadband-internet-access-civil-rights.html
Some 21 million still lack it, according to commissioners’ estimates. Yet that might be an underestimate: One study puts it far higher, at around 42 million. The Pew Research Center said as many as one in four rural Americans lack high-speed internet service, because of either the cost or a lack of availability. Microsoft and others have disputed the F.C.C.’s data, which relies on self-reporting from internet service providers — reporting that can indicate an entire census block has service even if service is provided to just one household within the area.
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/speeches-and-statements/statement-cbp-response-portland-oregon
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/border-patrol-portland-arrest/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KlxT9RNfcs Rep Anthony Sabatini, smugly fighting to stop mask wearing CNN interview
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