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The head coach of the NFL's Los Angeles Chargers tested positive for Covid-19, he revealed in the latest season of HBO's "Hard Knocks." "I can't promise you you're not going to get infected," Anthony Lynn told his players at the top of the program. "I got infected." The revelation was met with looks of surprise from the players. https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/12/sport/coronavirus-hard-knocks-chargers-anthony-lynn/index.html

Agnes Chow: Hong Kong activist hailed as the 'real Mulan' Agnes Chow, a 23-year-old pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong, has got a new nickname. Her supporters have started calling her "the real Mulan" - in reference to the legendary Chinese heroine who fought to save her family and country. Ms Chow was one of a handful of activists and media figures arrested this week under a controversial new security law imposed by Beijing. She has been charged with "colluding with foreign forces" - if convicted, she could face up to life in jail. She's now been released on bail, but her arrest prompted an outpouring of support, with many tweeting the hashtag #FreeAgnes. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53746867 Yeah Agnes

I'm still for John Kasich ? , didn't vote for president in 2016 , won't again in 2020.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/16/corn-pop-joe-biden-story-what-happened-is-it-real-swimming-pool-confrontation

Susan Rice

I would be ok with that, it worked for Buffalo once before "The control board was created in 2003 in response to a fiscal crisis. Facing a huge budget shortfall, exacerbated by an expensive new labor contract with city police and other looming budget strains, then Mayor Anthony Masiello begged the state for a bailout."

Riots should not be tolerated for any reason . The loss of revenue due to covid is a real problem.

You do realize the covid recession is costing States and cities a massive loss of revenue and big budget cuts are coming.

Turned down $900B aid to States and cities , ask Nancy and Chuck

Seattle moves to slash police budget by $20M to offset coronavirus losses as officials vow to dismantle CHOP The mayor’s budget proposal will be introduced as the city of Seattle faces “economic devastation and job losses that have led to record unemployment, an unprecedented loss of $300 million in revenue, and community needs including food access and housing assistance.” The plan also vowed to “develop a new vision of the East Precinct area in partnership with community leaders.” https://www.foxnews.com/us/seattle-mayor-durkan-police-budget-20-million-coronavirus-chop-chaz-protest-zone thanks Trump

The Republicans have the Senate , WH and EO they have all the leverage. The House use to have leverage with the debt ceiling but "The Congress has suspended the debt ceiling until after the 2020 presidential election."

Voters should have to request a mail in ballot then BOE checks their voter records and DMV if voter moved.

President Total executive orders 42 Bill Clinton 364 43 George W. Bush 291 44 Barack Obama 276 45 Donald Trump 180 just first term so far

God @thegoodgodabove If I step in now, you guys will never learn the ‘stop putting fascists in power’ rule.

That convinces me , she will be the perfect VP ?

We can't sing Happy Days are Here Again that's for sure.

New York’s largest hospital network had to buy garden hoses to fix ventilators: book This experience and many others resulted in Northwell Health seeking to buy its own medical supply company so it never again has to rely on China or other governments for vital goods like vents, scrubs and masks. Northwell’s network of 23 hospitals treated some 70,000 coronavirus patients — more than anywhere in the country. But staffers were plagued by a dire lack of medical equipment, so much so that “Even when we did receive much-needed ventilators from New York State, many arrived without parts needed to make them functional,” execs wrote. The over-reliance on foreign companies extended to pharmaceutical drugs, Northwell officials said, suggesting this was a serious national security issue. The virus also took a financial toll, costing Northwell $1.2 billion in lost revenue and added costs. But the provider said it paid bonuses to front-line workers for their heroic work and said it would worry about the financial reckoning later. https://www.foxnews.com/health/state-provided-malfunctioning-ventilators-to-new-york-city-hospital-at-height-of-crisis-report

New York Times: White House reached out to South Dakota governor about adding Trump to Mount Rushmore According to a person familiar who spoke with the Times, Noem then greeted Trump when he arrived in the state for his July Fourth celebrations at the monument with a four-foot replica of Mount Rushmore that included his face. According to a 2018 interview with Noem, the two struck up a conversation about the sculpture in the Oval Office during their first meeting, where she initially thought he was joking. "I started laughing," she said. "He wasn't laughing, so he was totally serious." Trump also toyed with the idea of adding himself to Mount Rushmore in 2017 at a campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio. A White House official noted to the New York Times that Mount Rushmore is a federal, not a state monument. https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/09/politics/mount-rushmore-trump-south-dakota/index.html

What covid is doing to the economy , the president in 2021 is going to have one hell of a mess and take the blame. I don't wish that on either of them.

Fake driver's licenses flooding into US from China, other countries, US says Nearly 20,000 counterfeit U.S. driver’s licenses were seized at Chicago’s O’Hare airport in the first half of 2020, according to a report. Counterfeit documents are giving criminals a license to commit a host of offenses, including terrorism, U.S. officials say -- and young adults who are lax with their personal information may be their biggest enablers. “Some of the major concerns as it relates to fraudulent identity documents is identity theft, worksite enforcement, critical infrastructure protection, fraud linked to immigration-related crimes such as human smuggling and human trafficking, and these documents can be used by those individuals associated with terrorism to minimize scrutiny from travel screening measures,” Thomas Mahn, the Louisville port director, said. https://www.foxnews.com/us/fake-drivers-licenses-flooding-into-us-from-china-other-countries-us-says

Trump walks out of news conference after reporter asks him about Veterans Choice lie he's told more than 150 times Trump, speaking at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club, had claimed again that he is the one who got the Veterans Choice program passed -- adding, "They've been trying to get that passed for decades and decades and decades and no president's ever been able to do it, and we got it done." In fact, former President Barack Obama signed the Choice program into law in 2014. The law, which allowed eligible veterans to be covered by the government for care provided by doctors outside the VA system, was a bipartisan initiative spearheaded by two senators Trump has repeatedly criticized, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and the late John McCain of Arizona. What Trump signed was a 2018 law, the VA MISSION Act, that modified and expanded the eligibility criteria from the Choice program. Rather than tout that bill, Trump has claimed over and over that he created Veterans Choice itself -- after others had failed for "50 years." "Why do you keep saying that you passed Veterans Choice?" CBS News White House correspondent Paula Reid asked Trump at the Saturday news conference, during which Trump announced executive actions on coronavirus relief. As Trump tried to call on another reporter instead, Reid continued, "You said that you passed Veterans Choice. It was passed in 2014...it was a false statement, sir." https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/08/politics/trump-veterans-choice-paula-reid/index.html

To be sure, there is good reason for Biden -- and all Americans -- to be leery of the debates. As former White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart wrote, "It's a fool's errand to enter the ring with someone who can't follow the rules or the truth." Given Trump's track record with presidential debates, each encounter will likely turn into some mashup of professional wrestling, reality television and presidential politics. One way the commission can make sure the debates are fair and substantive is to carefully choose the moderators. It's telling that Trump's campaign has released a list of suggested moderators that includes right-wing pundits and Fox News personalities who would likely go easy on him. The commission should thoroughly vet reporters who are prepared to ask tough questions, follow up when a candidate fails to answer, and set the facts straight in the face of misleading responses. The moderators must also do their part to choose topics that cover a broad range of issues voters care about, so the American people can get a clear sense of how each candidate would handle the biggest crises facing the nation. As anyone who has seen his interviews with Fox News' Chris Wallace or Jonathan Swan of Axios knows, it's clear why the President prefers his campaign rallies over one-on-one Q&As -- he does not fare well when challenged. https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/08/opinions/trump-fourth-debate-request-zelizer/index.html

Because the payroll tax funds SS and Medicare ?

Coronavirus has already dealt a blow to Social Security's finances. Trump's payroll tax holiday could make it worse The entitlement programs' finances have long been troubled. And the crush of coronavirus-induced layoffs has only deepened the problem by slashing the amount of payroll tax revenue going into their trust funds. This isn't a far-off problem that retirees' grandchildren would face. If this economic downturn is as bad as the Great Recession a decade ago, then the Social Security trust funds could run out of money in 2029, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center. After that, beneficiaries could see a 31% cut in retirement payments. The program's trustees had projected earlier this year that the trust funds would be depleted in 2035, but that did not take the coronavirus pandemic into account There were nearly 13 million fewer people working in July than in February. Those folks and their former employers are no longer contributing the 12.4% combined tax for Social Security and the 2.9% total levy for Medicare. The situation is even more dire for the Medicare trust fund, which its trustees projected earlier this year would run out of money by 2026, not taking into account the pandemic. https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/07/politics/social-security-medicare-trump-payroll-taxes/index.html

I like Marcel-Louis so far and give Fromm the benefit of a doubt at his age.