Mythbusters — 11/18/2020
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: Mythbusters
~ World Health Organization
1/8/2021 - New entry: Traitors & Terrorists Report
1/5/2021
A GOP senator told a heart-wrenching story about a hometown bar hurt by COVID-19 orders. But almost none of it was true.
~ Todd A. Heywood / Michigan Advance
Another Republican telling lies? OMG! We’re all so surprised!
1/2/2021 – 2nd story, see another below
Doctors Start to See Psychosis in COVID Patients
~ Bob Cronin / Newser Staff
Other viruses, including the 1918 flu, have caused similar episodes
1/2/2021
Health Care Workers flee small towns that need them the most due to GOP masking denial.
~ Pakalolo / Daily Kos Community
The Trump crazies are now, metaphorically speaking, slitting their own throats as uncontrolled Covid infections rage through their communities. These simpletons have turned their very lives over to an incompetent, impotent, and illegitimate buffoon and his administration along with Fox News, Sinclair Broadcasting, and the GOP.
12/31/2020
Polar Vortex breaking down now: Major Stratospheric Warming will impact weather all winter
~ FishOutofWater for Climate Change SOS / Daily Kos Community
12/31/2020
‘Really, Really Bad’: Scientists Worry About COVID Variant in US
~ Evann Gastaldo / Newser Staff
12/31/2020
Hospital worker in Wisconsin intentionally destroyed 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine
~ Mark Sumner / Daily Kos Staff
12/30/2020
Not got enough to worry about? The side of the pandemic that could stand a little more attention …
~ xaxnar / Daily Kos Community
12/30/2020
Why is McConnell Getting Away with the Deripaska Scandal?
~ Yosef 52 / Daily Kos Community
12/29/2020
COVID-19 can leave damage to the heart, lungs, eyes, and even the mind that may be permanent
~ Mark Sumner / Daily Kos Staff
Since August, it’s been clear that COVID-19 also leaves lingering neurological damage. That includes possible psychological changes in as many as a third of all those who catch the disease – even those who have light or asymptomatic cases. Early analysis from China has turned up widespread reports of depression and anxiety that doesn’t go away with the virus. These and other symptoms can last a lifetime.
12/28/2020
CommunityThe (Coming) Wave of Vaccine Disinformation
~ Ian Reifowitz / Daily Kos Community
12/26/2020
Not Throwing Away my Shot: Doc Micah’s Guide to the COVID-19 Vaccine
~ docmicah / Daily Kos Community
12/26/2020
Wild Scheme to Sabotage COVID Vaccine Is Too Creepy for Some Anti-Vaxxers
~ Mark Hay / Daily Beast
Vaccines are here, and while skeptics hyping misinformation is nothing new, the frantic effort to conjure up dead people is getting spooky, fast.
12/23/2020
Studies find having COVID-19 may protect against reinfection
~ Marilynn Marchione / APnews
12/23/2020
Revealed: Guardian/KHN find nearly 3,000 US health workers died of Covid
~ Christina Jewett, Robert Lewis and Melissa Bailey / The Guardian
New analysis shows a far higher number of healthcare worker deaths than those reported by the government
Found: 12/23/2020 – 12/16/2020
A New Satellite Can Peer Inside Some Buildings, Day or Night
~ Dan Robitzski / Futurism.com
But don’t worry — the company says it can’t see inside your home. - Of course we believe them, right?
12/22/2020
These 4 psychopathic personality traits are linked to racial prejudice, right-wing authoritarianism: study
~ Meaghan Ellis / AlterNet
Psychopathy: four distinct categories:
1. a manipulative and deceptive interpersonal style,
2. callousness and lack of empathy,
3. impulsivity, and
4. overt antisocial tendencies."
12/22/2020
There’s a disturbing provision buried in the government spending bill that could upend the way we use the internet
~ Kenny Stancil / Common Dreams via AlterNet
12/21/2020
Five Tips for How to Actually Change an Anti-Masker’s Mind, According to Experts
~ Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Assistant Editor / MotherJones
The facts don’t convince anyone because they don’t relate to anybody. They don’t mean anything.
12/20/2020
Surprise Medical Bills Cost Americans Millions. Congress Is Finally Set to Ban Most of Them.
~ Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz / nytimes.com
12/20/2020
EXPLAINER: Are new coronavirus strains cause for concern?
~
Marilynn Marchione / APnews.com
12/19/2020
Now that two vaccines are rolling out, what’s the difference between Pfizer and Moderna?
~ Mark Sumner / Daily Kos Staff
12/18/2020
BUSTED? Why the numbers behind Mitch McConnell’s re-election don’t add up
~ Alison Greene, DC Report @Raw Story – commentary
12/16/2020
Ingham County Clerk Seeks Punitive Consequences for 19 Michigan GOP Lawmakers
~ Hank Z / Daily Kos Community
About damn time! No, … way past time!
12/15/2020
Over-the-counter home test for COVID-19 gets US green light
~ Matthew Perrone / apnews
A company spokesperson said the test will be priced around $30
12/14/2020
New COVID Variant Is ‘Something to Keep an Eye On’ - UK says it may be linked to rise in cases
~ Rob Quinn / Newser Staff
October 7, 2020
Trump’s drugs ~ Judd Legum / Popular Information Found: 12/14/2020
“It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.”
~~ Barack Obama, The Fight for America’s Workers Continues (2010)
December 10, 2020
Can I stop wearing a mask after getting a COVID-19 vaccine?
~ The Associated Press
December 09, 2020
UPDATE: Krebs’ lawyer says a ‘shadow group’ plotting assassinations of ‘complicit’ Dems and Repubs
~ Bob Johnson / Daily Kos Community TERRORIST Item: # 18
December 09, 2020
‘Just a bad idea’: Campaign warns of threat to 'society and consumers' from Amazon doorbell cameras
~ Kenny Stancil / Common Dreams via AlterNet
December 08, 2020
Black lawmaker who had racist threats leveled against her chided by white colleague in "Traitors & Terrorists Report" Below TERRORIST Item: # 17
December 08, 2020
More than 250 scientists and scholars warn of full-fledged ‘societal collapse’
~ Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams
via AlterNet.
December 7, 2020
Vaccinate Against Disinformation
~ Explainer / Democracy Labs
December 6, 2020
Armed “protestors” target Michigan SOS and her four-year-old son at her home Saturday night
~ Bob Johnson / Daily Kos Community
December 4, 2020
The first bill in the new Congress should be an ‘anti-socialism’ bill that everyone can get behind
~ SemDem / Daily Kos Community Contributors Team
December 4, 2020
CDC Makes Significant Change to Its Mask Advice
~ Bob Cronin / Newser Staff
Wear them indoors, unless you’re home, says agency
December 4, 2020
Indoor airflow could kill you … six feet is not enough for social distancing
~ annieli for Covid19 support group on Daily Kos Community / Daily Kos
November 26, 2020
A federal agency is gearing up to make wide-ranging policy changes on consumers’ access to their financial data
~ Jillian Ambroz / DC Report
November 28, 2020
How to Spot a Disinformation Zombie
ℜ
~ Explainer / Democracy Labs
Conspiracy Theory Handbook .pdf ℜ
November 28, 2020
Why the 2017 Las Vegas massacre was an act of right-wing domestic terrorism, and why it matters
~ David Neiwert, Daily Kos Staff / Daily Kos
November 25, 2020
A homecoming without the home: How the GI Bill left out a million Black veterans
~ Alex Rossman & Michael Hyacinthe / Michigan Advance
Michael Hyacinthe is Habitat for Humanity Michigan Regional Veteran Engagement Specialist and a U.S. Navy veteran. Alex Rossman is Michigan League for Public Policy external affairs director.
November 22, 2020
Which Companies Have the Highest Number of Workers on Medicaid and Food Stamps?
~ Samantha Michaels / MotherJones
— McDonald’s and Walmart top the list in 11 states, according to a government report.
— Another good reason to not eat at McDonald’s or shop Walmart!
November 21, 2020
Fauci: ‘Terribly Painful Months’ Are Coming He says the curve is ‘almost exponential’
~ Kate Seamons / Newser Staff
November 18, 2020
GOP lawsuits restrain governors’ COVID-19 actions
~ Sophie Quinton / Michigan Advance
November 17, 2020
Rapid Testing Is Less Accurate Than the Government Wants to Admit
~ Lisa Song / MotherJones
The federal government pushed it out without a plan, and then spent weeks denying problems with false positives.
November 16, 2020 !!
Biden’s presidency could be the ‘last gasp’ of democracy — unless Democrats dump neoliberal economics: Thom Hartmann
~ Thom Hartmann / Chauncey DeVega — Salon
11/16/2020 – copy!
Pro-mask or anti-mask? Your moral beliefs probably predict your stance
~ Eugene Y. Chan, Associate Professor, Purdue University / The Conversation ℜ
11/13/2020
COVID-19 is still a crisis: We”ve lost as many nurses to the pandemic as died in World War I / Opinion
~ Margaret Lyons, Opinion / The Philadelphia Inquirer
11/12/2020
Time to Discuss Potentially Unpleasant Side Effects of COVID Shots? Scientists Say Yes.
~ Kaiser Health News
11/12/2020
This Penn scientist paved the way for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
~ Tom Avril, Staff Writer / The Philadelphia Inquirer
The vaccine works by prompting human cells to make the coronavirus “spike” protein.
11/12/2020
Studies hint that over-the-counter treatments could be effective against COVID-19
~ Mark Sumner / Daily Kos Staff
Aspirin, melatonin, “Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors” (SSRIs)
11/12/2020
Feds announce COVID-19 vaccine agreement with drug stores
~ Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / The Associated Press News
11/11/2020
CDC: Masks Offer More Protection Than We Thought Agency says masks also protect wearers from COVID-19
~ Jenn Gidman / Newser Staff
Found: 11/7/2020 ★
QAnon is a Nazi Cult, Rebranded
~ Gregory Stanton / Just Security – September 9, 2020
11/3/2020
The connection between diabetes, kidney disease and high blood pressure
~ Michael Merschel / American Heart Association News
11/2/2020
The long-term health impact of COVID-19 is only now being understood — and it’s not pretty: study
~ Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story
Read more about the study at the Wall Street Journal.
11/2/2020
How Your Brain Tricks You Into Taking Risks During the Pandemic
~ Marshall Allen and Meg Marco / ProPublica
10/29/2020
A misconception about coronavirus immunity completely changes the rules of the pandemic
~ Nicole Karlis / Salon via Alternet
10/28/2020
“I’m Absolutely Expecting Him to Do Something Weird”: How Trump Could End His Presidency
~ Garrett M. Graff / Politico
Found: 10/25/2020
You Must Not ‘Do Your Own Research’ When It Comes To Science
~ Ethan Siege, Senior Contributor / Forbes – July 30, 2020
⇒ Ignore the title, read the article!
10/21/2020
There’s a 3-pronged lie about Social Security that undermines the whole point of the program
~ Richard Eskow – Independent Media Institute / on Alternet
10/21/2020
Facebook Manipulated the News You See to Appease Republicans, Insiders Say
~ Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery / MotherJones
10/20/2020
Deadly Bacteria in Coastal Waters Causes a Flesh-Eating Disease. Climate Change Is Making It Worse.
~ Ali Raj, Sofia Moutinho, Veronica Penney, Kristen Lombardi, Sammy Fretwell, Elisabeth Gawthrop and Dean Russell / MotherJones
Vibrio remains a relatively small disease, but it is increasing rapidly.
10/19/2020
Neil deGrasse Tyson says asteroid could hit day before election
~ Biba Adams / theGrio
10/14/2020
Coronavirus rising in 45 states, up to 50,000 per day on average in US
~ Nexstar Media Wire / Wavy.com/news/
10/14/2020
‘You really don’t know what you’re talking about’ Pelosi tells men blaming her for COVID-19 crisis
~ Joan McCarter / Daily Kos Staff
10/13/2020
‘God intended it as a disposable planet’: This pastor pushes a dangerous Biblical assault on science
~ Paul Braterman, University of Glasgow
10/13/2020
Michigan’s economy could take a beating after ruling against Whitmer’s COVID-19 orders
~ Rick Haglund / Michigan Advance
10/11/2020
Covid virus ‘survives for 28 days’ in lab conditions
~ BBC News
9/30/2020
Coffee before breakfast could give you diabetes, experts warn
~ Victoria Allen, Science Correspondent / The Daily Mail
10/9/2020
An autoimmune-like antibody response is linked with severe COVID-19
~ Matthew Woodruff, Emory University / in: The Conversation
10/8/2020
‘A shameless stunt’: Critics are horrified at Trump’s mad dash to use government funds to save his campaign
~ Alex Henderson / Alternet
10/8/2020
Trump praised armed Michigan protesters — then militia members reportedly plotted the governor’s kidnapping
~ Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story
10/8/2020
State Fact Sheets: Addressing the Rise of Unlawful Private Paramilitaries
~ Georgetown Law
ICAP has created fact sheets for all 50 states explaining the laws barring unauthorized private militia groups and what to do if groups of armed individuals are near a polling place or voter registration drive. Select a state from the menu to view the corresponding fact sheet.
Unlawful Militias in Michigan.pdf
10/7/2020
A Stoic Manual for Pandemic Survival
~ Donald Robertson
10/5/2020
CDC Revises, Agrees Coronavirus Is Airborne
~ Bob Cronin / Newser Staff
10/5/2020
5 Things to Know About a COVID Vaccine: It Won’t Be a ‘Magic Wand’
~ Kaiser Health News, an integrated managed care consortium, based in Oakland, California
10/5/2020
American Marxian economist explains why capitalism failed to protect the US from COVID-19
~ Matthew Rozsa / Salon
Found: 10/5/2020 — 10/2/2020
Heat and relative humidity affect how coronavirus spreads, new study finds
~ Mark Puleo / AccuWeather staff writer ℜ
9/28/2020
Here are 8 reasons COVID is so much worse than the skeptics think
~ Thom Hartmann / Independent Media Institute SV!
9/26/2020
Tiny airborne particles may pose a big coronavirus problem
~ Malcolm Ritter / AP News ℜ
9/27/2020
Brain-Eating Amoeba Seen in State's Water Supply
~ Neal Colgrass / Newser Staff
Texas: Several areas near Houston are warned not to use tap water
9/24/2020
How can I tell the difference between the flu and COVID-19?
~ The Associated Press
9/23/2020
The future of work is here — and disturbing surveillance is raising alarm bells
~ Steven Hill / Independent Media Institute
9/22/2020
How long does it take for a flu vaccine to work?
~ WebMD.com
9/22/2020
How long does it typically take for a vaccine to take effect? Specifically the vaccinations for a one year old.
~ immunizebc.ca
9/20/2020
Karl Rove & Steve Bannon Told Us the Republican Plan
~ greatlyconcerned / Kos Community
9/17/2020
‘Unfathomable’: US death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000
~ Carla K. Johnson, AP Medical Writer / AP News
9/17/2020
World’s largest vaccine maker just made a horrible prediction about the coronavirus
~ Andy Meek / BGR
9/17/2020
Trump’s destruction of America started with Reagan
~ Thom Hartmann / Independent Media Institute
9/16/2020
The CDC Head Said Masks Are Better Than Vaccines. Here’s What He Meant.
~ Kiera Butler, Senior Editor / MotherJones
9/16/2020
“He’s Describing a Massacre”: Trump Touts Herd Immunity Approach to Covid That Experts Warn Would Kill Millions
~ Jake Johnson, staff writer / Common Dreams
— “‘Herd immunity’ without a vaccine is deadly,” said one epidemiologist. “Trump's idiocy on science is killing us.”
9/16/2020
US unveils broad vaccine plan -- but no quick rollout
~ Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Matthew Perrone and AP Writer Alexandra Jaffe / AP News
9/15/2020
Whistleblower makes shocking claim that coronavirus was created in a Chinese lab
~ Chris Smith / BGR
7/20/2020 most likely, atm.
Here’s how scientists know the novel coronavirus wasn’t made in a lab
~ Chris Smith / BGR
9/14/2020Safe in the Suburbs? Who’s Really Behind all the Riots and Looting
~ Julie McNabb / Demcast ℜ
9/13/2020
Teacher departures leave schools scrambling for substitutes
~ Casey Smith / AP News
September 9, 2020
Trump about QAnon: “I understand that they like me very much, which I appreciate.”
QAnon is a Nazi Cult, Rebranded
~ Gregory Stanton / Just Security
September 7th, 2020
2 symptoms will help you tell coronavirus apart from the flu this fall
~ Chris Smith / BGR
9/10/2020
Trump confesses to lying in ways that denied Americans basic information for surviving COVID-19
~ Mark Sumner / Daily Kos Staff
9/09/2020 ?
Think 2020’s disasters are wild? Experts see worse in future
~ Seth Borenstein / AP News
9/8/2020
Why “herd immunity” is a distraction
~ Marshall Auerback / Independent Media Institute
9/8/2020
A worried liberal writes a letter to his neighbors
~ lenexweb / Lenex Web
Found: 9/8/2020
Are Citizen Militias Legal?
~ on "All Thing Considered", August 30, 2020 / NPR
NPR's Michel Martin talks with Georgetown University law professor Mary McCord about the legality of citizen militias
9/7/2020
This revolutionary new compound could fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria
~ Mike Wehner / BGR
9/7/2020
Hello to Trump — Goodbye to Social Security and Medicare
~ Julie McNabb, Op-Ed / Demcast
8/31/2020
This is the most [not so] surprising effect of coronavirus lockdowns
~ Andy Meek / BGR
8/29/2020
Doctors found an intriguing new way to treat coronavirus infections
~ Chris Smith / BGR
8/28/2020
Welcome to Solar Cycle 25! The coronal mass ejection watch is on...
~ skralyx / Daily Kos Community
8/29/2020
Want to know how sad this is? Worse than I thought. Trump followers show 5 traits.
~ Vetwife / Daily Kos Community ℜ
Found: 8/29/2020 – Written: August 3, 2020
An Open Letter to Teachers as the Fall of Covid Approaches
~ Mitchell Robinson / eclectablog.com
8/29/2020
Can UV Light* Slow the Spread of the Coronavirus? [* UVC]
~ Maddie Oatman / MotherJones – Sept/Oct 2020 Issue
8/27/2020
Why Americans are buying more guns than ever
~ Aimee Huff & Michelle Barnhart / The Conversation
June 7, 2020
Police, Social Order, and Exemplary Violence
~ Patrick Wyman / Blog
What Peasants' Revolts Have to Teach Us
8/26/2020
Officials change virus testing advice, bewildering experts
~ Mike Stobbe / AP News
“Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant, and this white waitress came up to me and said: ‘We don't serve colored people here.’ I said, ‘That’s all right, I don’t eat colored people. Bring me a whole fried chicken.’”
~ Dick Gregory, philanthropist, civil rights activist, health guru, and comedian
8/25/2020
The Platform the GOP Is Too Scared to Publish
~ David Frum, Staff Writer / The Atlantic
• What the Republican Party actually stands for, in 13 points
8/24/2020
First Case of COVID Reinfection Is Confirmed
~ John Johnson / Newser Staff
8/21/2020
Doctors have discovered another puzzling coronavirus symptom
~ Chris Smith / BGR
8/19/2020
We just learned something new and pretty scary about coronavirus
~ Andy Meek / BGR
8/19/2020
Maybe the government will listen when Walmart says we need more stimulus checks
~ Jacob Siegal / BGR
8/19/2020
COVID-19 Smell Loss Study Supports an Infection Theory
~ Kate Seamons /Newser Staff
8/18/2020
Trump Says There Might Have to Be Election Do-Over
~ Rob Quinn / Newser Staff
8/17/2020
Mutated coronavirus strain spreads beyond the United States to Southeast Asia
~ Sarah K. Burris / AlterNet & Raw Story & Bloomberg News.
8/16/2020
Study finds the coronavirus may have entered the U.S. in December 2019
~ Yoni Heisler / BGR ℜ
8/15/2020
When elections lead to violence: It's happened before — and we're heading that way now
~ Paul Rosenberg / Salon
8/16/2020
Probe Begins of Postmaster's Changes at USPS
~ Bob Cronin / Newser Staff
8/15/2020
The Postal Service scandal doesn't belong only to Donald Trump. Mitch McConnell played a big role
~ Mark Sumner / Mother Jones
8/15/2020
CDC finally revealed how long coronavirus immunity lasts – and it looks like bad news
~ Chris Smith / BGR — Short story: no real information yet.
8/14/2020
After the Pandemic, Medical Schools Will Never Be the Same. That Could Be a Good Thing. → Not “could be” … it “will be” a good thing.
~ Will Peischel / Mother Jones
8/14/2020
The Infuriating History of Why Police Unions Have So Much Power
~ Samantha Michaels / MotherJones – Sept/Oct 2020 Issue
8/13/2020
U.S. Coronavirus Update: CDC Director Warns 2020 Could Be “The Worst Fall, From A Public Health Perspective, We’ve Ever Had” As U.S. Deaths Surge
~ Tom Tapp / DEADLINE
8/13/2020
A cluster of red states are cutting testing for COVID-19, just when it's needed the most
~ Mark Sumner / Daily Kos Staff
8/11/2020
Fauci explains coronavirus immunity the way it should have been explained from the start
~ Chris Smith / BGR ℜ
8/11/2020
Um… well, maybe … Here’s the seedy truth about the people behind Lincoln Project
~ Martin Longman / Washington Monthly – via AlterNet
8/11/2020 – Virus news
• 8/10/2020 – BGR – Russian scientists have found a major weakness of the coronavirus
• 8/03/2020 – BGR – One country (Russia) will start its mass coronavirus vaccination campaign in October
• 8/11/2020 – AP – Scientists uneasy as Russia approves 1st coronavirus vaccine
8/11/2020
Industrial Hog Farms Are Breeding the Next Pandemic
~ Tom Philpott / MotherJones
8/9/2020
It Could Have Been Different &
Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Unexpected Past, the Unknown Future
~ Tom Engelhardt / Tomdispatch.com
August 4, 2020
The Police Lie. All the Time. Can Anything Stop Them?
~ Mark Joseph Stern / SLATE ℜ
8/7/2020
How COVID-19 might increase risk of memory loss and cognitive decline
~ Natalie C. Tronson, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan / The Conversation ℜ
8/9/2020
Bad news: Scientists think a coronavirus vaccine might not work for one huge group of people
~ Andy Meek / BGR
The CDC’s list of underlying medical conditions that can exacerbate a COVID-19 infection includes:
8/8/2020
Trump is trying to take away insurance coverage for pre-existing conditions, and that's the truth
~ Mark Sumner / Daily Kos Staff
8/7/2020
The US food system is killing Americans
~ Opinion by Akash Goel, Michel Nischan, Bill Frist and Tom Colicchio / CNN
Yes, it's directly related to death by the Covid-19 Pandemic!
8/5/2020
Dr. Fauci says to watch for this warning sign ahead of a second wave
~ Mike Wehner / BGR
8/6/2020
CDC Warns Parents About Paralyzing Illness Affecting Kids
~ Arden Dier / Newser Staff
Mother Jones Series — PANIC-PROOFING AMERICA
~ MotherJones / Started: July 6, 2020
8/5/2020
America’s Pandemic Response Is Creating Major Hurdles for Many Deaf People
~ Will Peischel / Mother Jones
8/5/2020
What happens if Trump loses?
~ Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly – via AlterNet
8/5/2020
If Trump wins, all of our past war victories are reversed
~ Jeremy Sherman / AlterNet
8/1/2020
WHO just gave us the worst possible coronavirus prediction
~ Chris Smith / BGR ℜ
7/29/2020 — Boggle! Who woulda guessed?
US officials: Russia behind spread of virus disinformation
~ Eric Tucker and Daria Litvinova / AP News
8/2/2020 — Ok, good idea, but it's not completely true... check your location rules.
Do not vote by mail. I repeat: DO NOT VOTE BY MAIL! Do this instead.
~ liberaldad2 / KOS Community
July 31, 2020
The Complaint Files NYPD Unions Don’t Want You to See
~ ProPublica, by Josefa Velasquez, Greg B. Smith and Reuven Blau, THE CITY
7/31/2020 Nope! Let’s go for it Big Time!
Is it rude to throw this quote from Trump’s 2015 campaign launch back in his face?
~ Aldous J. Pennyfarthing / DailyKos
7/31/2020
There are very good reasons to doubt information from Trump's new COVID-19 database
~ Mark Sumner / Daily Kos Staff
7/30/2020
Obama’s John Lewis Eulogy: “Let’s Honor Him by Revitalizing” the Voting Rights Act
~ Abigail Weinberg / Digital Media Fellow – Mother Jones
7/30/2020 — You knew it was coming!
Trump proposes delay federal elections until it's ‘safe’—something he doesn’t have the power to do
~ Mark Sumner / Daily Kos Staff
7/28/2020
Column: GOP slips an attack on Social Security into its coronavirus relief bill
~ Michael Hiltzik / LA Times (original source paywalled)
July 28, 2020
On Bill Barr’s testimony and "Both sides do it"
Let Them Eat Tweets
~ Teri Kanefield / Blog
July 24, 2020
More Hierarchy v. Fairness
~ Teri Kanefield / Blog
7/28/2020
WHO says COVID-19 pandemic is 'one big wave', not seasonal
~ Emma Farge / Reuters
7/28/2020
This changes everything: How COVID-19 could upend geopolitics
~ John Feffer / TomDispatch – Alternet.org
7/28/2020
The Massive, Overlooked Role of Female Slave Owners
~ Becky Little / history.com – Mar 12, 2019
It's estimated that 40 percent of slave owners may have been white women.
7/27/2020
Masks May Reduce Viral Dose, Some Experts Say
~ Katherine J. Wu / New York Times ℜ
7/26/2020
You BETTER REALLY WORRY TRUMP Will Steal the “election.” The Scenario Provided is 100% WRONG
~ 4CasandChlo / KOS Community
July 17, 2020
Greg Palast for BuzzFlash: 22% of Mail-In Votes Never Get Counted
~ Greg Palast – on his buzzflash website
7/23/2020
I Took the Cognitive Test and it wasn't Voluntarily
~ dternove / KOS community
7/25/2020
Timothy Snyder, "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The 20th Century"
~ Prof. Timothy Snyder, Yale University historian – YouTube: from the book of the same name
7/23/2020
Antibodies might also fuel coronavirus reinfection, says a puzzling theory
~ Chris Smith / BGR
7/23/2020
Cops and Constitutions
~ Richard Moser / counterpunch.org
7/21/2020
We might finally know how deadly the coronavirus is compared to the flu
~ Chris Smith / BGR
7/21/2020
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/07/what-it-means-that-coronavirus-antibodies-fade-immunity-vaccine/
~ Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Assistant Editor / MotherJones.com
7/20/2020
‘No end in sight’ to coronavirus, Fauci tells cancer doctors at Philly-run conference
~ Stacey Burling / The Philadelphia Inquirer
7/17/2020
Anti-maskers have found a new way to put everyone in danger
~ Chris Smith / BGR
7/15/2020 ★ ★
Three pioneers who predicted climate change | BBC Ideas
~ BBC Ideas / YouTube
7/14/2020
Some coronavirus survivors experience symptoms that simply won’t go away
~ Yoni Heisler / BGR
7/14/2020
You need to stop using one type of popular coronavirus face mask right away
~ Zach Epstein / BGR
7/13/2020
Coronavirus survivor shares terrifying symptoms the CDC won’t tell us about
~ Zach Epstein / BGR
7/13/2020
Scientists explain how to differentiate coronavirus vaccine news from hype
~ Nicole Karlis / Salon – (AlterNet)
7/12/2020
What Is ‘Indoctrination’? And How Do We Avoid It in Class?
~ David Gooblar – February 19, 2019 – The Chronicle of Higher Education
July 9, 2020
The Man Who Forgot He Doesn’t Exist
~ Op-Ed by Rob Goldstein / Demcast
July 9, 2020
A government official tried to share optimism about vaccines – but he hinted at a dark possible future
~ Cody Fenwick / AlterNet
July 9, 2020
Aerosols are a bigger coronavirus threat than WHO guidelines suggest – here’s what you need to know
~ Byron Erath, Andrea Ferro, Goodarz Ahmadi / The Conversation
7/7/2020
Oxford scientist says the coronavirus pandemic didn’t begin where everyone thinks it did
~ Chris Smith / BGR
7/4/2020
Experts say coronavirus is spreading through ‘airborne transmission’ — and there could be major implications
~ Bob Brigham / Raw Story
7/3/2020
"If you're baffled at all these people refusing to wear masks, in 1865 they threw the doctor that recommended handwashing in an insane asylum and then beat him to death." – Jesse Case ( jessecase ), 2020-06-26 – referring to Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) — story link:
Article date: 1/12/2015
The Doctor Who Championed Hand-Washing And Briefly Saved Lives
~ Rebecca Davis / NPR - Heard on "Morning Edition"
7/3/2020 – Article date: 3/25/2020
Covid-19: The history of pandemics
~ By Bryan Walsh / BBC
7/2/2020
Does wearing a mask pose any health risks?
~ The Associated Press / By The Associated Press ℜ
7/2/2020
Another Bank Bailout Under Cover of a Virus
~ May 18, 2020 by Ellen Brown / Web of Debt
7/1/2020
The coronavirus is making our cells grow tentacles
~ Chris Smith / BGR
7/1/2020
Neuroscience reveals the mental blindspots that can become deadly in a pandemic
~ Gleb Tsipursky / Common Dreams
7/1/2020
A doctor’s simple experiment demonstrates why you need to wear a coronavirus face mask
~ Chris Smith / BGR
6/30/2020
As if coronavirus isn’t enough, a new virus with pandemic potential was just found in pigs
~ By Chris Smith / BGR
6/30/2020
The CDC surrenders: COVID-19 spreading too rapidly to be brought under control
~ Mark Sumner / Daily Kos Staff
6/25/2020
Decades-old Soviet studies hint at coronavirus strategy
~ Andrew E Kramer, The New York Times – via: bdnews24.com - Bangladesh's first internet newspaper.
6/26/2020
Farewell to privacy: Lindsay Graham unveils a bill that would make encryption useless
~ Matthew Rozsa / Salon
6/25/2020
Trump Regulators Just Rolled Back a Major Obama-Era Bank Reform
~ Hannah Levintova – Mother Jones
6/20/2020
Legislative Responses for Policing-State Bill Tracking Database
~ NCSL – National Conference of State Legislatures
6/20/2020
What Is Your State Doing Right Now About Policing?
~ Tokyo Sand / Explainer – demcastusa.com
6/15/2020
Police Killings are a Political Tactic
~ Rob Urie / counterpunch.org ℜ
6/12/2020
Am I immune to COVID-19 if I have antibodies?
~ William Petri, Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia / The Conversation ℜ
6/11/2020
Multiple strains of coronavirus are now circulating in the US. Here’s what that really means ℜ
~ Nicole Karlis / Salon
A new analysis published in the journal Science found seven new strains of the coronavirus that have been circulating …
“These strains are like looking at people and saying one is tall, one is short, one has brown eyes and one has blue eyes,” Rutherford said. “These are small differences in the genome, and they don’t necessarily mean that there are differences in infectivity, pathogenicity, in the types of symptoms they cause, … ”
6/11/2020
How Bill Barr is laying the groundwork to spin his dubious Crossfire Hurricane investigation
~ Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly
6/11/2020
How Donald Trump killed America
~ Arun Gupta / Raw Story
6/11/2020
During the 1918 Flu’s Second Spike, Americans Resisted Social Distancing. Could That Happen Again?
~ Abigail Weinberg / Mother Jones
Jun 10, 2020
We Need A New Food System, Not Meat Industry Bailouts
~ A.J. Albrecht / Ourfuture.org
6/9/2020
New coronavirus study changes everything we thought we knew about the Wuhan outbreak
~ Chris Smith / BGR
6/9/2020
Dr. Fauci’s bleak remarks: His ‘worst nightmare’ has occurred — and it ‘isn’t over yet’
~ Cody Fenwick / Alternet
6/8/2020
bgr.com/2020/06/07/coronavirus-symptoms-severe-covid-19-complications-type-a-blood/
~ Chris Smith / BGR ℜ
6/4/2020
Ten Veterans and National Security Leaders in Congress Pen Open Letter To America, On Trump's Threat of Military Use Against Protests
~ VoteVets.org
6/4/2020
Tear gas is way more dangerous than police let on
~ Lisa Song / ProPublica
6/3/2020
Oops—Trump Brought the Wrong Bible to His Church Stunt
~ Molly Schwartz – Digital Media Fellow / Mother Jones
June 1, 2020
How can we win?
6/1/2020
Cincinnati police raise ‘Blue Lives Matter’ flag outside justice center
~ Martin Pengelly / The Guardian ℜ
5/30/2020
CDC: Coronavirus began spreading in the US much sooner than we thought
~ Chris Smith / BGR.com ℜ
5/28/2020
Bad state data hides coronavirus threat as Trump pushes reopening
~ Darius Tahir and Adam Cancryn / Politico ℜ
5/28/2020
Increasingly, the Word ‘Airborne’ Is Being Used for Coronavirus
~ by Evann Gastaldo / Newser Staff ℜ
5/28/2020
Florida forced medical examiners to stop reporting death results, and now we know why
~ Mark Sumner / Daily Kos Staff
5/27/2020
The U.S. (Read: "Trump") is declaring a vaccine war on the world
~ Prabir Purkayastha / Independent Media Institute
Related: 4/28/2020
Public Health and Private Profits Under COVID-19 Pandemic
~ Yves Smith / naked capitalism.com
5/26/2020
Donald Trump’s ex-wife once said Trump kept a book of Hitler’s speeches by his bed
~ Business Insider — Sep 1, 2015
5/25/2020
Editorial: If the pandemic-preparedness cupboard was bare, it was Trump's doing
~ By the Editorial Board — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
5/25/2020
Donald Trump, the Most Unmanly President
~ Tom Nichols / The Atlantic (saved)
5/24/2020
A grandiose collective paranoid fantasy: It’s time to speak honestly about the GOP’s evolution into a conspiracy cult.
~ David Atkins / Washington Monthly
5/23/2020
In unusual electoral strategy, Trump declares war on must-get Michigan
~ Kerry Eleveld / Daily Kos
- Trump threatened to withhold funding from Michigan,—It's illegal to do so.
- Trump showed up at the Ford plant in Ypsilanti and refused to wear a mask for any of the photo ops, even though it violated company policy and flouted an order issued by Gov. Whitmer, or "that woman from Michigan," as he once called her.
- During his speech at the plant, Trump mocked the company's premier sports car—the sleek $750,000 carbon edition GT—as too pricey, while Ford executive chairman Bill Ford Jr., and Ford CEO Jim Hackett stood beside him.
- Trump gave a shout-out to all those neo-Nazis out there, playing up the "bloodlines" of Henry Ford, a known anti-Semite.
5/23/2020
Trump administration orders halt to ‘first of its kind’ COVID-19 testing at home project backed by Bill Gates
~ David Badash / The New Civil Rights Movement – May 17, 2020
5/23/2020
Video of Trumpian anti-mask jerks goes viral
~ https://twitter.com/RussoHernandez_/status/1263176820142333953
5/23/2020
Why we might not get a coronavirus vaccine
~ The Guardian
• Politicians have become more cautious about immunisation prospects. They are right to be.
5/21/2020
You Can’t Mask Stupid
~ Elie Mystal / The Nation