Posts by El Somnambulo

We Have A Deal.  At first glance, it looks like the Rethugs had no choice but to cave on the $500 billion slush fund and more protection for workers: After…

Trump Unreality Show's Latest Plot Twist?: Put An End To Social Distancing.  A real plot twist, or just a guarantee that the networks will continue to cover this serial liar?…

'Wartime President' Abdicates War Powers.  But his poll numbers are going up, largely b/c of his daily campaign rallies masquerading as 'Coronavirus Task Force' briefings. Ceding all responsibility (and blame)…

Everything Falls Apart, Ctd.  Where are the masks? We hear the daily platitudes from Trumpence, but the masks don't come. Trump prefers to let 'market forces' work.  And blame everyone…

Trump's Press Conferences Are Nothing But Propaganda.  They've become like his campaign rallies, and I think the networks should stop showing them live.  He just pounds the same lies into…

'We're Not A Shipping Clerk'.  Of course not. Not at a time when there is a critical shortage of surgical masks, testing equipment, and ventilators at medical facilities facing the…

A minimum of $10K per student, plus relief during the duration of the coronavirus crisis: https://www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/03192020%20Student%20Loan%20Payment%20Relief%20Summary.pdf This provides relief in an area where it is desperately needed. Senators Schumer, Warren,…

Virus Expands Exponentially.  Response Doesn't.  Yesterday, we were at 6496 cases and 114 deaths.  We're now at 9415 cases and 150 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins conavirus map.  The…

Coronavirus Grows Exponentially In US.   For the most up-to-date count on the pandemic, the Johns Hopkins interactive map is the place to go.  As I write this, the US is…

We're all watching the COVID-19 story.  Here's one that Trump and Barr snuck by us under the cloak of All Coronavirus All The Time: Justice Department Abandons Prosecution Of Russian…