On Tuesday, the nation’s top medical experts were testifying before Congress about the danger of opening up the economy too soon. At Senate Hearing, Government Experts Paint Bleak Picture of the Pandemic: Two of the federal government’s top health officials painted a grim picture of the months ahead on Tuesday, warning a Senate panel that … Read more
The Associated Press reported earlier this month in an AP Exclusive: Docs show top WH officials buried CDC report: The decision to shelve detailed advice from the nation’s top disease control experts for reopening communities during the coronavirus pandemic came from the highest levels of the White House, according to internal government emails obtained by … Read more
I want to reiterate everything David Gordon said in his excellent post. Michael Flynn needs to be in Jail; William Barr needs to Resign. But I also want to direct your attention to some ominous signs of the “grand distraction” that the Trump White House and his sycophant supporters in Congress are about to unleash … Read more
A recession is a normal part of the business cycle that generally occurs when GDP contracts for at least two quarters. We are halfway there. U.S. gross domestic product fell at a 4.8 percent annual rate in the first quarter of the year, the worst quarterly contraction since 2008, when the country was in a deep recession (most of … Read more
Frank Rich has a summary of the week’s news at New York Magazine. He succinctly ties together a number of related topics that I simply do not have the time to cover in full. I was particularly impressed with this analysis. MAGA vs. COVID: In the face of a climbing death toll and against warnings from some of … Read more