Tag Archives: Obituary

Supremes Save DACA, It’s Juneteenth

Friday, June 19, 2020

Stay at Home Order: Dealing a blow to President Trump’s anti-immigration agenda, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 yesterday that Trump cannot abruptly end protections for illegal immigrants brought to the US as children.   The program known as DACA, Deferred Action for …

Again in Atlanta, The Virus Spreading

Monday, June 15, 2020

Police Blotter: An officer was fired, the chief of police resigned, and a restaurant was burned after the shooting death of an unarmed black man in Atlanta over the weekend.   Even as protests continue over the Minneapolis police killing of George …

America in Flames, America in Space

Monday, June 1, 2020

Anger and Flames: American cities roiled and burned over the weekend in continuing protest and violence over the police killing of 46-year-old George Floyd in Minneapolis a week ago.   Police, and demonstrators and vandals clashed in the cities of Detroit, Philadelphia, …

Trump Threatens WHO, Taking His Medicine

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

If I Ran the Zoo: President Trump is threatening to defund the World Health Organization, claiming it did a bad job warning and preparing the world for the coronavirus pandemic.   “We’re going to put a hold on money spent to the …

$3 Trillion with No Hope, Retail Cashed Out

Saturday, May 16, 2020

The Continuing Crisis: The House last night passed another $3 trillion economic relief bill that has little chance of passing the Senate and would face a veto by the President.   The bill includes another $1,200 direct payment to taxpayers as well …

The Worst Day Yet, Warning Memo

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

The US yesterday suffered its single worst day of deaths so far in the coronavirus pandemic. As many as 1,918 people died in what officials have warned could be the worst week of the crisis.

A Critical Week, The Unproven Drug

Monday, April 6, 2020

The Pandemic Report: British Prime minister Boris Johnson is in the hospital with the coronavirus and CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin has it, as does the Navy captain relieved of command of his aircraft carrier for sounding the alarm about the virus spreading on …

New York Slowing, Dying in Italy

Thursday, March 26, 2020

The rate of increase in New York coronavirus appears to have slowed slightly, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo still says the state is still in dire straits. New York is the epicenter of the pandemic in the US.

Bailout Bigger than the Budget, The Living Dead

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Pandemic Politics: Just after midnight, Congress finally reached agreement on a $2 trillion pandemic bailout bill that includes the Democratic demands for stronger protections for workers and oversight of a $500 billion fund to bail out distressed businesses.   The intent is to …

Go Home and Stay, Intelligence Warning

Saturday, March 21, 2020

Viral News: While President Trump ordered the closure of the Mexico and Canada borders in response to the coronavirus pandemic, several more states including New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey put a limit on non-essential outdoor gatherings.   “These provisions will be …