Pandemic: As coronavirus cases continue rising in 21 states, the Federal Reserve says unemployment will remain over nine percent through the end of the year, President Trump is planning political rallies with no health precautions, but the Coachella Music festival and the Iowa State Fair were cancelled. 

  By the end of yesterday, the US had passed the mark of two million coronavirus cases with 112,924 deaths. A Harvard researcher says deaths could reach 200,000 by September.

  Another 1.5 million Americans filed for unemployment insurance last week, bringing the pandemic total to about 44 million.

  We hearken back to yesteryear, January 22^nd after the first US case was confirmed and Trump said, “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.”

  Today some of the hotspots where cases are growing are Yuma and Show Low, Arizona; Yakima, Washington; Oxford, North Carolina; and Elkhart, Indiana. 

  The city with the fastest growth rate right now is Logan, Utah at 22 percent a day.

  Angry that Charlotte, North Carolina would not allow a political convention without virus precautions, Trump and the Republican leadership are moving the event, possibly to Jacksonville, Florida

 Trump also plans his first post-coronavirus rally for June 19^th in Tulsa, just in time for the 99^thanniversary of the Tulsa Massacre in which black residents were slaughtered for a month. June 19^this also the date slavery ended, giving over to the celebration of “Juneteenth.” It seems no one told the President.

Black Lives: George Floyd’s brother Philones delivered emotional testimony before Congress yesterday saying, “He didn’t deserve to die over $20. I’m asking you: Is that what a black man is worth?”

  George Floyd had been accused of attempting to pass a counterfeit $20 bill. 

  Protests continue all over the country. Protesters in Seattle have painted a giant “Black Lives Matter” slogan on Pine Hill. The demonstrations in Seattle have been rough at times, inspiring President Trump to tweet, “Domestic Terrorists have taken over Seattle, run by Radical Left Democrats, of course. LAW & ORDER!”

  Trump threatened, “Take back your city NOW. If you don’t do it, I will.” 

The Flynn Man: The retired federal judge appointed by a court to examine the Justice Department’s move to dismiss the guilty plea of former national Security Adviser Michael Flynn says in a lengthy brief that it’s “corrupt” and “politically motivated.” 

  Former judge and Mafia prosecutor John Gleeson writes in his 79-page brief that, The facts surrounding the filing of the government’s motion constitute clear evidence of gross prosecutorial abuse. They reveal an unconvincing effort to disguise as legitimate a decision to dismiss that is based solely on the fact that Flynn is a political ally of President Trump.”

  Flynn pleaded guilty not just once, but twice to lying to the FBI about his contacts with the Russian ambassador before Trump was inaugurated. Flynn was conducting foreign policy behind the back of the Obama administration.

  Taking a 180-degree turn from its original position, the Justice Department under Bill Barr now argues that Flynn’s lies were not “material” to a legitimate investigation — in this case, the Russia investigation — so it didn’t matter.

  Gleeson says the Justice argument is “riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact.”

Most Foul: The human remains buried on an Idaho farm have been confirmed to be those of two children missing since September, Tylee Ryan, 17, and her brother Joshua Vallow, 7.

  Their mother, Lori Vallow, ran off to Hawaii after marrying Chad Daybell, the man who owns the farm. He’s now being held on $1 million bail. Vallow has been held for months on charges of desertion and nonsupport of children, according to a criminal complaint filed with an Idaho court. Both she and Daybell believe the Biblical end times are coming. Daybell has a podcast that’s popular with the Doomsday crowd.

The Bulletin Board: The European Union accused China of a waging a concerted disinformation campaign about the coronavirus response to sow division among European countries. — A woman in her 20s whose lungs were destroyed by coronavirus has been given a double lung transplant in Chicago. — Walmart says it will no longer put grooming products for black people in locked cases. —

Amid all the protests, the television reality series “Cops” has finally been cancelled by Paramount on the brink of its 33^rd season. Bad boys, bad boys, watcha gonna do? 

Civil War Update: It seems the Civil War will never end. Last night protesters in Richmond toppled the statue of Jefferson Davis, president of the confederacy, which had stood on Monument Avenue since 1907. 

  The US Army, which to its credit was one of the prime movers of racial integration in this country, proposes to re-name 10 military bases bearing the names of Confederate generals. Among them are Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Fort Hood in Texas, and Fort AP Hill in Virginia.

  President Trump vetoed the idea via Twitter saying, the bases are “part of a Great American Heritage, and a history of Winning, Victory, and Freedom.

  Of course, Braxton Bragg wasn’t even a good general. They all fought for slavery, not freedom, they lost, and their heritage was treason and rebellion against the US government. 

  On another front, NASCAR has banned the display of the Confederate flag at all of its car races. Bubba angry. 

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