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The Biden Plan(s)

By artappraiser on Tue, 04/07/2020 - 2:20am |

First, messaging: no tribes, just Americans, and we're going to get through this together:

We're going to get through this. Together. pic.twitter.com/Te1Ep3RG2y
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) April 6, 2020

To be continued as I see stuff...feel free to contribute.

‘Swept Up by FEMA’: Complicated Medical Supply System Sows Confusion

By artappraiser on Tue, 04/07/2020 - 12:55am |

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/us/politics/coronavirus-fema-medical-supplies.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

FINALLY, two reporters working on wassup with the seizures of PPE:

The Times finally has a story about the supply seizures & the airlift program. Basically raises more questions than it answers. Also names the west coast entity I’ve referred to but cldnt name: Kaiser Permanente hospital system which had shipment seized. https://t.co/onaxq39XTD

More than 700 Henry Ford Health System employees tested positive for coronavirus

By artappraiser on Tue, 04/07/2020 - 12:48am |

https://www.freep.com/story/news/health/2020/04/06/more-than-600-henry-ford-employees-tested-positive-coronavirus/2958261001/

734 workers in a Detroit hospital system have tested positive for coronavirus. https://t.co/hDNqJuwvVt
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) April 7, 2020

MA Gov. Baker Announces 'Test-and-Trace' Initiative To Track Spread Of COVID-19

By artappraiser on Mon, 04/06/2020 - 7:59pm |

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2020/04/03/watch-live-gov-charlie-bakers-update-on-coronavirus-in-mass

Gov. Charlie Baker said that Massachusetts’ newly-announced test-and-trace initiative will be the first such statewide effort in the country. It’s an approach that has worked elsewhere across the globe:https://t.co/2mdVGXh3XU
— WGBH News (@wgbhnews) April 3, 2020

Spanish Government Aims to Roll Out Basic Income ‘Soon’

By artappraiser on Mon, 04/06/2020 - 5:35am |

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-04-05/spanish-government-aims-to-roll-out-basic-income-soon

News short @ Bloomberg News, April 5. He noticed:

Spain rolling out Universal Basic Income soon https://t.co/MAf1a2b1DC
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) April 6, 2020

A Vision of Post-Pandemic New York

By artappraiser on Mon, 04/06/2020 - 5:28am |

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-03-31/post-pandemic-new-york-younger-cheaper-poorer-more-segregated?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-view&utm_content=view&utm_source=twitter&sref=ASwlXxSA&__twitter_impression=true

By Tyler Cowen @ Bloomberg.com/opinion, March 31

Once this is over, the city will be younger, cheaper, poorer and segregated in a new way.

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With 4th coronavirus bill, vote-by-mail in November is a big point of contention

By artappraiser on Sun, 04/05/2020 - 9:26pm |

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/05/vote-by-mail-election-coronavirus-164574

The new coronavirus funding battle over the November election. A vote-by-mail push by Democrats sets up new clash over coronavirus relief.

By Marianne Levine & Burgess Everett @ Politico.com, April 5

Consensus is growing that Democrats and Republicans will soon hash out a new coronavirus emergency package in the coming weeks. But a major obstacle is emerging: the November election.

Cuomo evokes Trump in war with Schumer over coronavirus funding

By artappraiser on Sun, 04/05/2020 - 9:01pm |

https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/04/05/cuomo-evokes-trump-in-war-with-schumer-over-coronavirus-funding-1270261

By Dana Rubenstein & Shannon Young @ Politico.com, April 5

Virus Scrambles the Left-Right Lines: Politics Through the Looking Glass

By artappraiser on Sun, 04/05/2020 - 8:44pm |

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/us/politics/coronavirus-democrats-republicans-trump.html

A huge federal disaster response, new urgency around health care and a debate over social distancing have muddled the nation’s ideological debate. NOTE BIDEN ADVISER QUOTE

By Jim Rutenberg @ NYTimes.com, April 5

Tiger at Bronx Zoo in New York City tests positive for coronavirus

By artappraiser on Sun, 04/05/2020 - 7:19pm |

https://abc7.com/tiger-at-nyc-zoo-tests-positive-for-covid-19/6079258/

Malayan tiger at NYC's Bronx Zoo tests positive for COVID-19 after developing dry coughhttps://t.co/UkquEs9Avr
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) April 5, 2020

George W. Bush in 2005: 'If we wait for a pandemic to appear, it will be too late to prepare'

By artappraiser on Sun, 04/05/2020 - 10:45am |

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/george-bush-2005-wait-pandemic-late-prepare/story?id=69979013

By Matthew Mark @ ABCNews.com, April 5

A book about the 1918 flu pandemic spurred the government to action.

[Stories bout local gummint at work.] 1. County of Maui micro-business owner loans

By artappraiser on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 10:49pm |

https://www.kitv.com/story/41972963/maui-mayor-announces-loan-for-micro-businesses-with-10-employees-or-less

found via Senator Brian Schatz's twitter feed:

County of Maui and Chamber of Commerce announce partnership to help with 'micro' business owners effected by COVID-19. https://t.co/EvwhGngBEs

Zero sum game dimensional chess with lefties. Death is a eventual winner?

By artappraiser on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 9:10pm |

How to Cope With a Pandemic by Being the Only Kind of Clown You Know How to Be https://t.co/PV2bbQw7uQ
— We need #TestAndTrace (@Noahpinion) April 4, 2020

Zero sum game dimensional chess with lefties. Death is a winner?

By artappraiser on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 9:09pm |

305 die of covid-19 in NYC in 24 hrs. w/more than 56,000 cases & 1,867 deaths

By artappraiser on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 8:15pm |

https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-death-toll-confirmed-cases-nyc-20200403-32kdp4rm2jhzvpn4jonnacabdi-story.html

published little over an hour ago.

305 die of coronavirus in NYC in 24 hours with more than 56,000 cases and 1,867 deaths https://t.co/7c4O7nd3t0

Approval for Trump coronavirus management by propaganda preference: extremely striking poll

By artappraiser on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 8:01pm |

https://twitter.com/pewresearch/status/1246579310791704576

% of U.S. adults who say Donald Trump is doing an excellent job at responding to the coronavirus outbreak, by main source of political news

Fox News: 63%
CBS: 24%
NBC: 15%
ABC: 14%
CNN: 7%
MSNBC: 2%
NPR: 2%
New York Times: 1%

More in our data tool: https://t.co/JfsbOIyhGE pic.twitter.com/QdG84JBWlL

Keir Starmer, new leader of UK's Labour Party

By artappraiser on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 9:52am |

https://twitter.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1246375395064262656

Well written and perfectly pitched. Labour has a serious leader again. https://t.co/pVrVuuhgQv
— Philip Collins (@PCollinsTimes) April 4, 2020

I agree with Phil.

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New York is merging all its hospitals to battle the coronavirus

By artappraiser on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 6:57am |

https://www.vox.com/2020/4/3/21207310/coronavirus-new-york-hospitals-andrew-cuomo

An expert in hospital outcomes, Dr. Gawande prescribes:

What it takes: “From Buffalo to NYC, hospitals will be sharing staff, patients and supplies for the foreseeable future, with Albany overseeing the distribution of resources” @voxdotcom https://t.co/MUYZRHolIS
— Atul Gawande (@Atul_Gawande) April 4, 2020

McConnell: Health care tops list for next virus aid bill

By artappraiser on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 5:06am |

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcconnell-health-care-tops-list-for-next-virus-aid-bill/ar-BB128DOe

By Lisa Mascaro & Andrew Taylor @ Associated Press, April 3

[....] In an interview with The Associated Press, the Republican leader said Congress should focus on correcting any shortcomings in the just-passed $2.2 trillion aid bill and rely on health care experts for solutions to “wipe out” the virus.

Who's in Charge?

By artappraiser on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 4:32am |

http://bostonreview.net/law-justice/robert-l-tsai-whos-charge

By Robert L. Tsai @ BostonReview.net, April 1

It’s easy to interpret the disorder of our COVID-19 response through the lens of unpreparedness or partisanship. But that misses the complex legal structure of emergency governance.

[Tsai is Professor of Law at American University. He is the author of America’s Forgotten Constitutions and Practical Equality: Forging Justice in a Divided Nation.]