Category: Economy
Joe Biden Defends Gretchen Whitmer, She’s Doing ‘One Heck of a Job’
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden defended Michigan Gov Gretchen Whitmer (D), who has been the subject of fierce conservative protests against the state stay-at-home and lockdown orders she's issued in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
N.C. Governor: I’m ‘Really Concerned’ About How Quickly Georgia’s Reopening
North Carolina Gov Roy Cooper (D) is expressing worry about the speed at which his neighbor to the southwest is reopening their economy in the face of the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic.
With Republicans Extorting Vulnerable Americans To Work Amidst COVID-19, Democrats Must Intervene
The choice such politicians as Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) is forcing countless American workers to make is this: Go to work and risk infection--and perhaps death--or stay at home and potentially starve. It's up to Democrats to fight back.
We’re Not There Yet on Testing, but LA Shows the Way
A testing system closed to only those who have physician referrals--which themselves are based on showing symptoms--will never be adequate and up to the task to safely begin loosening up those lockdown and social distancing measures. L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti gets it, opening up a new wider testing program in LA County.
Senator on LA Lakers Getting PPP Money: We Need to Get the Facts
A senior Senate Democrat wants his committee to investigate how the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team collected $4.6 million from a federal program designed to help American small businesses stay afloat during the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Although Trump Says the U.S. Is Performing More Than 200,000 Tests a Day, Fmr. US Ebola Official Says It’s ‘Not Near Enough’ To Consider Reopening
Despite the progress Trump claimed, it's still not enough to start loosening the extreme lockdown conditions in place to slow the spread of the virus, but have also shuttered much of the US economy for weeks, according to the former federal official who oversaw the US response to the Ebola in late 2014 into early 2015.
Fmr. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack: ‘The Food Supply Chain Is Threatened in Some Parts of the Country’
One of the lesser-seen, but potentially disastrous, effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic is a potential breakdown of the US food supply.
Trump’s Re-Election Strategy Is ‘Jekyll and Hyde,’ Pundit Zakaria Says
Donald Trump's attitude toward reopening the nation's economy from its coronavirus-induced deep freeze has been surprisingly inconsistent because he's basing his coming re-election bid on "Jekyll and Hyde" populist campaign, according to journalist and CNN host Fareed Zakaria.
Rep. Tim Ryan Calls for $2,000 a Month for Americans for at Least 6 Months: ‘Shot in the Arm The Average Person Needs’
The US government should be providing most Americans with $2,000 per month, for at least six months, to help them through the deepening economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Democratic congressman and one-time presidential candidate.
Protesters and Patriots. They Are Not the Same.
What has been on display in Lansing, Michigan last week (and in other state capitals since) is not life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness.
