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[homoe]

Anthony Fauci said Friday that his advice for people who want to attend President Donald Trump’s campaign rallies is the same for anti-Trump protestors -- any large group is "a danger" and "risky." And if a person insists on going, they should wear a mask, especially when they are yelling or chanting, he said.
"You know, it's a danger to the people who are trying to control the demonstration," he said of the recent protests. "And it's a danger to the people who are demonstrating. So at the end of the day, it is a risky procedure."
Fauci said he understands the urge people have to participate in the political process. But he also said the safest bet is to avoid congregating in large groups When asked whether his advice also applies to Trump’s plans to resume campaign rallies next week, Fauci said yes: "I am consistent. I stick by what I say."
The "best way that you can avoid -- either acquiring or transmitting infection -- is to avoid crowded places, to wear a mask whenever you're outside. And if you can do both, avoid the congregation of people and do the mask, that's great," he said.

[homoe]

Bolton Accuses Trump Of More Impeachable 'Transgressions' In Book...

Defying the White House, former national security advisor John Bolton will release a book that suggests President Donald Trump committed impeachable offenses beyond Ukraine and alleges that his entire foreign policy is motivated by domestic politics, his publisher said Friday. Trump earlier this year warned Bolton not to publish his book while the president is still in the White House, whose lawyers have contended that large portions of the material in the memoir are classified.

But publisher Simon and Schuster said it would go ahead and release "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir" on June 23, teasing in a press release: "This is the book Donald Trump doesn't want you to read."

Timing is everything IMHO and you Mr. Bolton lost your window of opportunity to release this book eons ago!

[homoe]

Oregon Governor Announces One-Week Pause in State's Reopening After Spike in New Coronavirus Cases


Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D) announces a seven-day pause in the state's reopening after a spike in new coronavirus cases. An estimated 5,237 people have tested positive in the state since the pandemic began and 171 people have died from the disease. Governor Brown says she will assess next week whether to lift or extend the pause.

[C0LLETTE]

These really are good things to know. Thank you for posting this in case we missed it on the news.

[homoe]

Originally Posted by homoe

Bolton Accuses Trump Of More Impeachable 'Transgressions' In Book...

Defying the White House, former national security advisor John Bolton will release a book that suggests President Donald Trump committed impeachable offenses beyond Ukraine and alleges that his entire foreign policy is motivated by domestic politics, his publisher said Friday. Trump earlier this year warned Bolton not to publish his book while the president is still in the White House, whose lawyers have contended that large portions of the material in the memoir are classified.

But publisher Simon and Schuster said it would go ahead and release "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir" on June 23, teasing in a press release: "This is the book Donald Trump doesn't want you to read."

Timing is everything IMHO and you Mr. Bolton lost your window of opportunity to release this book eons ago!

I wouldn't count on much $$$ rolling in from royalties checks either if I were you Mr.Bolton! We're living in a world a lot different than we were, and there are more IMPORTANT issues to worry about!

[C0LLETTE]

Originally Posted by homoe

I wouldn't count on much $$$ rolling in from royalties checks either if I were you Mr.Bolton! We're living in a world a lot different than we were, and there are more IMPORTANT issues to worry about!

Absolutely right.

[homoe]

On Wednesday, Trump explained the rationale for holding his first rally since March in Tulsa.

“They’ve done a great job with COVID, as you know, in the state of Oklahoma.”

While the state’s number of confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, fell in the month of May, it has spiked over the last few weeks, according to data from the Oklahoma State Department of Health. On Friday, the state recorded its largest single-day increase since the pandemic began.

[C0LLETTE]

Very good. We should all know this.

[homoe]

Originally Posted by homoe

Bolton Accuses Trump Of More Impeachable 'Transgressions' In Book...

Defying the White House, former national security advisor John Bolton will release a book that suggests President Donald Trump committed impeachable offenses beyond Ukraine and alleges that his entire foreign policy is motivated by domestic politics, his publisher said Friday. Trump earlier this year warned Bolton not to publish his book while the president is still in the White House, whose lawyers have contended that large portions of the material in the memoir are classified.

But publisher Simon and Schuster said it would go ahead and release "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir" on June 23, teasing in a press release: "This is the book Donald Trump doesn't want you to read."

Timing is everything IMHO and you Mr. Bolton lost your window of opportunity to release this book eons ago!

How I hope this book is a total flop after it being touted as the be all to end all books! You should of cashed in when you had the chance instead of refusing too first testify and do the country some good but NO you put money ahead of the good of the country! Payback is a bitch isn't it Bolton!?

[C0LLETTE]

Thanks for reposting that a second time. Almost missed it.

[homoe]

Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams says the state’s Tuesday primary performance was “an unmitigated disaster,” pinning the blame on Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

Polling locations all around Georgia experienced delays and long lines Tuesday due to a mix of logistical problems, technical issues with the state’s new voting machines and COVID-19-related restrictions resulting in fewer available voting sites.

“The Constitution puts the obligation for the conduct of elections squarely in the hands of the secretary of state. On top of that, [Raffensperger] very vigorously pushed to purchase new machines that he insisted would be ready for roll out in the primary, at the cost of $107 million,” Abrams told NPR Friday. “He failed to adequately direct, train, and invest in the counties so they could do their work,” she added.

https://wamu.org/story/20/06/13/stac...ated-disaster/

[Bèsame*]

From an alert on my phone and a breaking news report on NBC

The Supreme Court declared Monday that the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects LGBTQ employees from workplace discrimination.

In a major victory for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender workers, the justices said the law's ban on job discrimination on basis of "sex" can be read to forbid bias against employees because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

[dark_crystal]

Originally Posted by Bèsame*

From an alert on my phone and a breaking news report on NBC

The Supreme Court declared Monday that the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects LGBTQ employees from workplace discrimination.

In a major victory for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender workers, the justices said the law's ban on job discrimination on basis of "sex" can be read to forbid bias against employees because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

AND! Trump's first appointment, Gorsuch, sided with the majority!

[homoe]

Originally Posted by dark_crystal

AND! Trump's first appointment, Gorsuch, sided with the majority!

Loved it. Talk about your Irony and Poetic Justice!

[homoe]

June 15, 2020 at 6:49 PM EDT Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is coming under fire for her 2018 vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, after Kavanaugh dissented in Monday’s landmark ruling affirming that federal anti-discrimination laws protect gay and transgender employees.

Despite expressing objection that the matter was decided by the judicial branch instead of the legislature, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the conservative darling who was a hotly-contested Supreme Court nominee amid sexual abuse allegations, wrote in his dissent on Monday that he finds the high court ruling reading sexual orientation and gender identity into the meaning of “sex” in federal civil rights law to be an “important victory” for “gay and lesbian Americans” and they can “take pride in” it.

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" A cheap and widely-used steroid called dexamethasone has become the first drug shown to be able to save lives among COVID-19 patients in what scientists said is a “major breakthrough” in the coronavirus pandemic.

Trial results announced on Tuesday showed dexamethasone, which is used to reduce inflammation in other diseases such as arthritis, reduced death rates by around a third among the most severely ill of COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital..."

Reuters

[homoe]

Vice President Mike Pence painted a rosy ― and misleading ― portrait of the U.S. government’s response to the coronavirus and the current state of the crisis in an op-ed published Tuesday in The Wall Street Journal.

In one section, Pence, whom President Donald Trump appointed in late February to lead the White House’s coronavirus task force, praised all 50 states for beginning to reopen in a “safe and responsible manner.”

But Dr. Anthony Fauci, the lead infectious disease expert on the task force, suggested that isn’t the case during an interview with NPR earlier Tuesday.

“There certainly were states that did not strictly follow the guidelines that we put out about opening America again,” Fauci said. “There were rather well-delineated gateway criteria followed by phase 1, phase 2 and phase 3.”

He added: “Clearly there were states that ― left to their own decision about that ― went ahead and opened to a varying degree ... certainly before they got to the benchmarks that they needed to get.”

The contradicting statements serve as an example of the distance between the propaganda pushed by the White House and some of the warnings raised by Fauci and other public health experts.

[homoe]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - After much debate between members of the Montgomery City Council Tuesday night, a vote for a mandatory mask wearing ordinance failed to pass.

The proposal, sponsored by Councilman Cornelius “CC” Calhoun, would have made it mandatory to wear a mask in a public location with groups of 25 or more people. The vote ended in a tie, 4 to 4.

Three of the speakers in attendance during Tuesday’s meeting in city hall were Montgomery-area doctors and medical personnel. All felt that the mask ordinance would have been a big step in the right direction.

“Two months ago, our units were almost empty, without patients, and now the units are full,” said Dr. William Saliski with Montgomery Pulmonary Consultants. “If this continues the way it’s going, we will be overrun.”

As of June 14, Montgomery County is number one in the state for total number of COVID-19 cases, surpassing counties like Mobile and Jefferson that have more than double the population.

Saliski went on to say that half of their patients are on ventilators and between 85 and 90 percent of those are African American.

[homoe]

Originally Posted by homoe

Vice President Mike Pence painted a rosy ― and misleading ― portrait of the U.S. government’s response to the coronavirus and the current state of the crisis in an op-ed published Tuesday in The Wall Street Journal.

In one section, Pence, whom President Donald Trump appointed in late February to lead the White House’s coronavirus task force, praised all 50 states for beginning to reopen in a “safe and responsible manner.”

But Dr. Anthony Fauci, the lead infectious disease expert on the task force, suggested that isn’t the case during an interview with NPR earlier Tuesday.

“There certainly were states that did not strictly follow the guidelines that we put out about opening America again,” Fauci said. “There were rather well-delineated gateway criteria followed by phase 1, phase 2 and phase 3.”

He added: “Clearly there were states that ― left to their own decision about that ― went ahead and opened to a varying degree ... certainly before they got to the benchmarks that they needed to get.”

The contradicting statements serve as an example of the distance between the propaganda pushed by the White House and some of the warnings raised by Fauci and other public health experts.

Mike Pence Hammered Over Coronavirus Op-Ed:

The vice president was accused of gaslighting with his column for The Wall Street Journal. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) described it “as pathetic as it is reckless.”

[homoe]

Originally Posted by homoe

How I hope this book is a total flop after it being touted as the be all to end all books! You should of cashed in when you had the chance instead of refusing too first testify and do the country some good but NO you put money ahead of the good of the country! Payback is a bitch isn't it Bolton!?

Well I guess I won't get my wish after all....