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Amid a literal plague and widespread unrest over racial injustice in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Louisville, Kentucky, Donald Trump held a press conference Friday to address the nation. It was supposed to be about Minneapolis, but he had gotten himself in hot water by quoting a white supremacist “When the looting starts, the shooting starts”. So he pivoted. “We will be today terminating our … Read More

….about whether or not Joe could have done such a horrible thing? Maybe or maybe not, but I find Joe to be a total Nut Job, and I knew him well, far better than most. So many unanswered & obvious questions, but I won’t bring them up now! Law enforcement eventually will? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2020 … Read More

World: United States: NC and local: Even as the number of deaths in North Carolina trends down, the head of the state’s Department of Health and Human Services on Saturday reported “a notable and concerning increase” in novel coronavirus cases. The state recorded the “highest one-day COVID-19 cases reported with 1,107 additional cases” just as the state opened its restaurants … Read More

World: U.S. NC and local: As you probably know, a small number of people who have recovered from COVID-19 later test positive for the virus. The latest example of this was some sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Today, however, we got some good news on that front: Scientists from the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied 285 Covid-19 survivors … Read More

World: U.S.: NC and local: A little fact check on Trump’s little “victory” lap Monday: It had all the trappings of a “Mission Accomplished” moment: the banner, the presidential pomp, and a message that wasn’t true.  But what President Donald Trump wanted Monday to be a show of strength over his administration’s coronavirus testing push, complete with a banner touting “AMERICA leads the … Read More

Here they are: The US response is looking more and more like the Soviet response to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. This is how super-powers on the brink of collapse behave in a crisis: The Trump administration has shelved a document created by the nation’s top disease investigators with step-by-step advice to local authorities on how and when to reopen restaurants and … Read More

World: US: NC and local: For a while there, I was beginning to think that opening up a few states might be in the cards. Apparently even the Trump Administration disagrees (even though they are advocating opening up themselves. As President Trump presses for states to reopen their economies, his administration is privately projecting a steady rise in the number … Read More

World: US: The only reason the U.S. has reported one million cases of CoronaVirus is that our Testing is sooo much better than any other country in the World. Other countries are way behind us in Testing, and therefore show far fewer cases! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 29, 2020 The only reason the U.S. has reported one million … Read More

World: US: North Carolina: And why did I not blog all last week? I was EXHAUSTING. The repetition of each day — like a bad version for Groundhog Day. Numbers going up. Then leveling. Idiots calling for the re-opening of their state, including the leader of ReOpen NC. And Trump. OMG, Trump. I’m just going to cut and paste Digby. … Read More

World: US: More than 5,400 cases of COVID-19 are confirmed in North Carolina across 94 counties. Thursday featured an increase of 342 cases from Wednesday with an additional 14 deaths. Wake County has 557 cases while Durham County has 388 cases. The New York Times’ David Leonhardt​​ ‘s newsletter: This has been the week when everybody seems to be thinking … Read More