State and local officials are forced to compete against one another to purchase personal protection equipment (PPE), in a fierce global competition for masks, gowns, ventilators and other medical supplies. The Trump administration has refused to federally coordinate PPE distribution. The Trump administration tells state and local officials not to rely on the federal government because the federal … Read more
With Coral Evans term-limited from leading Flagstaff and seeking potential opportunities in the State Legislature, City Council Member and past Vice Mayor Jamie Whelan hopes to bring her leadership and civic experience to the Mayor’s Office in January 2021. A wife and mother of two, Ms. Whelan and her wife, Laura Anne, own Flagstaff’s Old … Read more
Republicans and Democrats in Washington are currently negotiating a fourth stimulus measure that will appropriate about $470 billion. These funds would be apportioned in the following way: $310 billion to the small business paycheck protection program that ran out of money last week. $75 billion for hospitals. $60 billion for loans targeted for minority and … Read more
Sanjana Karanth at Huffington Post gets it exactly right. Trump Defends Right-Wing Protesters Fighting Coronavirus Restrictions: ‘These Are Great People’: President Donald Trump on Sunday defended right-wing protesters he has encouraged to rally against state coronavirus restrictions. At Sunday’s White House coronavirus briefing ― events the president has often used to campaign and push misinformation … Read more
David Gordon did a brief post about this on Friday, but I want to expand upon his post further. President Donald Trump tweeted his approval of his personality cult followers staging anti-lockdown protests against social distancing rules to stop the spread of the coronavirus, in dog whistle coded language familiar to his cult followers: As … Read more