The Coronavirus pandemic has hit communities of color disproportionately hard: Native Americans, Navajo Nation residents to be under strictest lockdown yet after a spike in deaths; African-Americans, Disproportionately black counties account for over half of coronavirus cases in the U.S. and nearly 60% of deaths, study finds; and Latinos, For Latinos and Covid-19, Doctors Are … Read more
Several U.S. senators are currently under investigation for possible insider trading in their personal finances, including Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. This week, the Justice Department ramped up its investigation of Burr by obtaining a subpoena from the court to seize the senator’s cell phone. This is a BFD. Burr steps aside … Read more
Ahead of his testimony today, “whistleblower” Dr. Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, in his prepared remarks submitted to a subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, warned that the United States faces the “darkest winter in modern history” if it does not develop a more coordinated national response … Read more
Donald Trump, whose lawyers told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that he is simply too busy to be bothered with having to meet with his lawyers to raise frivolous objections to subpoenas sent to third parties, spent the weekend as he usually does when he is not golfing at one of his resorts — rage … 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