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Feb 01 2021
News
Biden's push for stimulus checks sparks income eligibility debate
President Biden’s push for more direct payments is sparking a debate over what the income thresholds should be for the stimulus checks.
Many Republicans and some centrist Democrats say any additional payments need to be more targeted toward lower-income households, arguing they are most in need of relief and are more likely to spend the money quickly, providing a boost to the economy.
The Hill
May 04 2020
News
DHS report: China hid virus’ severity to hoard supplies
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials believe China covered up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak — and how contagious the disease is — to stock up on medical supplies needed to respond to it, intelligence documents show.
Chinese leaders “intentionally concealed the severity” of the pandemic from the world in early January, according to a four-page Department of Homeland Security
Associated Press
May 04 2020
News
Amazon VP Quits Over Recent Firings Of Protesting Workers
A vice president at Amazon Cloud quit his job Monday, saying in his public resignation that he opposed the recent firings of Amazon employees who have protested for improved work conditions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Tim Bray, a senior engineer and vice president at the Amazon company, announced his resignation on his website, saying warehouse workers being fired was “evidence of
HuffPost
May 04 2020
News
The Senate’s return is a test case for the House
If Congress returns too soon and lawmakers contract coronavirus, leaders could face backlash for not keeping members safe. But if Congress doesn’t get back to business, leaders could take heat for sitting on the sidelines in the middle of a crisis. Those are the competing pressures that the Senate and House are under as they make decisions about when — and how — to reopen.
So far, the
Politico
May 06 2020
Opinion
Trump's anti-China theory implodes
The big lie of the Trump administration is that China is the cause of America's problems. The meme has worked for a while, since it plays into American smugness that if China is succeeding, they must be cheating.
Trump and his right-wing allies upped this game recently by claiming the Covid-19 pandemic was the result of an accidental release from a Chinese laboratory and that China's "
CNN (Opinion)
May 04 2020
News
5 things you should do to take care of your vehicle while it’s sitting idle
You may not be driving your vehicle due to shelter-in-place instituted during the coronavirus pandemic, but that doesn’t mean you should ignore car maintenance.
Many multicar families are currently limiting their driving trips, which means they may have tucked their extra car into the garage for the foreseeable future. Cars are meant to be driven. Sitting still isn’t healthy for them,
MarketWatch
Sep 02 2020
News
Democrats and Republicans disagree about Covid-19 facts, in a divide that goes beyond usual political partisanship
Politics can divide even friends and families. When this happens, we like to tell ourselves that the explanation lies in honest differences in values and preferences. From this standpoint, friends from different political parties won’t really disagree, for example, about the number of workers displaced in the pandemic, but they might differ on who should bear the costs. It’s another matter,
Nieman Lab
May 04 2020
News
Kevin McCarthy, House Republicans lay out priorities for reopening Congress
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and several top Republicans on Monday laid out a set of proposals for members to follow when the full chamber does return to Washington, D.C., amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Office buildings and floor plans should be reassessed to accommodate social distancing and plexiglass dividers could be installed at security checkpoints or other high-traffic
Washington Times
May 04 2020
News
McCarthy lays out plan to reopen Congress
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) released a plan Monday to reopen the House amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The top House Republican, along with Rep. Tom Cole (Okla.), the ranking GOP member of the Rules Committee, and Rep. Rodney Davis (Ill.), the ranking GOP member of the House Administration Committee, offered four strategies as part of the plan.
“This pandemic has
The Hill
May 05 2020
Analysis
The Grim Post-COVID-19 Future For Nursing Homes
Someday, most of us will return to life before COVID-19. Nursing homes will not.
The deaths of more than 16,000 of their residents from COVID-19 has profoundly disrupted senior living facilities—especially nursing homes— and will drive historic change in the industry. Robert Kramer, president of the consulting firm Nexus Insights and a long-time observer of nursing home finances, told
Forbes