On Friday, Trump used a flawed unemployment report showing showing some two million jobs returned to the economy as a reason to launch his Russian-style dezinformatsiya campaign ad, “The great American comeback has begun”. Actually, A ‘misclassification error’ made the May unemployment rate look better than it is: “The special note said that if this … Read more
The Washington Post reports that more than a dozen states and Puerto Rico are recording their highest seven-day average of new cases since the pandemic began, hospitalizations in at least nine states have been on the rise since Memorial Day: In Texas, North and South Carolina, California, Oregon, Arkansas, Mississippi, Utah and Arizona, there are … Read more
Congress recently sweetened the terms for businesses seeking loans to survive the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic with the passage of the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020, amending the original PPP loan program enacted as part of the CARES Act (summarized): The SBA had previously provided that PPP loans would have a … Read more
So much bullshit comes out of the Trump White House every day that I’m going to need a bigger shovel to dig out and try to explain what is actually going on. The latest is a complex innovative policy initiative that, in my opinion, is badly branded by criminal justice reformers: “defund the police.” Could … Read more
Michael Bryan covered Governor Doug Ducey’s weekly press conference on the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday. Ducey Stays on Course for Re-Opening, Despite COVID-19 Resurgence. Governor Doug Ducey allowed his stay-home orders to end May 15. A surge of new cases began about 10 days later, about the time it takes an infected person to develop … Read more