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New study: COVID-19 is mutating, making antibody immunity and a vaccine more problematic (updated)
May 5, 2020
I happened to catch this segment of The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell last night about the “uncertainty” of the current state of COVID-19 research. Dr. Naji Masri from Louisiana State University Medical School has been “keeping a video diary of life and death in New Orleans” for the show. Dr. Masri reports that “Currently … Read more
“Notes from the Motherfield” to celebrate Mother’s Day 2020
May 5, 2020
“This Mother’s Day special edition of Notes will celebrate in story, music, and performance! Join us for a new kind of listening session and intimate online experience! This event is ASL interpreted. Friday, May 8, 2020 on Zoom : 6pm MST / 8pm CST / 9pm EST Purchase tickets: http://ow.ly/8oYw50zv4Sv” https://www.facebook.com/events/636622543849098/ Carolyn’s note: I personally … Read more
The Arizona State Unemployment System is Broken and Needs to be Fixed
May 5, 2020
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Close to half a million people, mostly because of the Coronavirus, have filed for unemployment protection. Some have not seen their first payment. Approximately 175,000 of these people, because they had to leave their job for health reasons or because they were contractors/gig workers are waiting to receive their first check. Why? Because the Arizona … Read more
The Lincoln Project: ‘Mourning in America’ ad
May 4, 2020
The Lincoln Project, the anti-Trump conservative group whose aim is to derail the president’s reelection campaign, has unleashed a devastating new ad that aims to be the mirror image of former President Ronald Reagan’s famous “Morning in America” ads. ‘Mourning in America’: GOP group unleashes devastating ad that hits Trump for making US ‘weaker, sicker, … Read more
The Trump death cult: reviving 20th Century social Darwinism and eugenics
May 4, 2020
Above Photo: A woman holds a sign during a rally to open the state at Wesley Bolin Plaza in Phoenix on May 3, 2020. Arizona Republic. We are witnessing the consequences of Moral Relativism and Objectivism among the right-wing with the “spread the coronavirus” protestors opposed to social distancing measures enacted by governors to slow the … Read more
Déjà vu: Trump administration is ‘cooking’ intelligence to politicize the intelligence agencies
May 4, 2020
Donald Trump has spent four years promoting a “deep state” conspiracy theory with which to undermine the U.S. intelligence agencies and the state department. He has removed virtually all of the career service personnel who led those agencies, out of retaliation for their having investigated his campaign’s numerous interactions with Russian operatives in the 2016 … Read more
Defying the Governor’s Stay at Home Declaration is Illegal; Even for the Law and Order Hypocrites in the Trump Zone
May 4, 2020
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Governor Ducey’s extension of the Stay at Home Declaration until May 15 is not meant to hurt people or damage them financially. It is meant to protect them as much as possible from exposure to the Coronavirus, which has not peaked yet in Arizona. It is meant to save lives. It is meant to help … Read more
50th Commemoration of the Kent State Massacre
May 4, 2020
For younger generations, May the Fourth has become a fun wordplay for Star Wars fans: “May the fourth be with you.” Yeah, I get it. But for people of my generation, May the Fourth is still a solemn reminder of a divisive time in American history, perhaps even more so than today. On May 4, … Read more
