The American Rescue Plan extended the CARES Act pandemic unemployment benefits to September 6. But virtually all “red state” governors ended the unemployment benefits early, in June and July, on the specious argument that you Lucky Duckies are lazy couch potato ne’er-do-wells who don’t want to return to work while living off that extra $300 … Read more
Update to CDC Announces New Eviction Moratorium, Likely To Face Challenge Before The Radicalized Republican Supreme Court. Well, that didn’t take long. One of the plaintiffs in the earlier Supreme Court case, the Alabama Association of Realtors, joined by the Georgia Association of Realtors, filed an emergency motion arguing that the Centers for Disease Control … Read more
Donald Trump liked to claim that “Before the coronavirus pandemic, the United States had ‘the greatest economy in the history of our country.’” Yeah, that was total bullshit, and Politifact rated it as “false” at the time. Donald Trump’s dubious statement about presiding over ‘the greatest economy’ in history (excerpt): Growth in the nation’s gross … Read more
The New York Times has reported that COVID relief measures enacted under both the Trump/Pence and Biden/Harris Administrations (expanded unemployment insurance, stimulus checks, increased food stamp access, and more recently the expansion of the child tax credit) have reduced poverty in this country by almost 50 percent. According to the Times reporting, the main beneficiaries … Read more
Politico reports, Schumer says he has votes for moving $3.5 trillion package: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday that all 50 Democrats will vote to move forward on the party’s $3.5 trillion social spending proposal. The devil will be in the details. Schumer’s remarks come after the Senate took the first step to advance … Read more