Saturday, June 27, 2020
Friday, June 26, 2020
Governors Who Quickly Reopened Their States Are Backpedaling as Coronavirus Surges
https://time.com/5860146/coronavirus-record-restrictions-governors-reopening/
The escalating crisis is testing governors — many of them Republicans
who aggressively reopened before most of the U.S. — as pressure mounts
from their biggest cities, health experts and even friendly business
groups. Any move backward could land them at odds with President Donald
Trump, who has sought to move on from the virus and return to the
campaign stage, all while refusing to wear a mask in public.
Trump entrenched in failed strategy as virus surges and polling drops
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/25/politics/donald-trump-campaign-coronavirus-strategy/index.html
While advisers say Trump is aware of his weakened standing, he has rejected public surveys showing him trailing former Vice President Joe Biden
by double digits, claiming they are flawed attempts to suppress the
vote. And while advisers and allies have privately -- and, this week,
publicly -- begun to encourage Trump to moderate his tone and change
behaviors they fear are alienating wide swaths of the electorate, he has
shown almost no willingness to change course.
"He didn't think he would win in 2016, he doesn't think he can lose in 2020," one senior White House official said.
Haredi lawmaker Uri Maklev urges public to accept discriminatory arrangement for ultra-Orthodox communities despite 2011 High Court ruling banning such practices, says the move is 'for the benefit of women'
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/26/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-single-worst-day-new-cases/index.html
America's single worst day of new coronavirus cases obliterated President Donald Trump's fantasyland vision
of a post-Covid America -- even as he sowed new diversions in an effort
to hide the reality of his leadership void in a deepening national
crisis.
More than 37,000 new cases of
Covid-19 were reported on Thursday, according to Johns Hopkins
University data. The numbers superseded the previous darkest day of the
pandemic, on April 24. The new data suggests that the sacrifices made by
tens of millions of Americans who stayed at home, that cost many of
them their jobs, might have been in vain. It also suggest that the
aggressive state re-openings championed by Trump, who wants a quick
economic reboot to boost his reelection hopes, exacerbated a situation
that now seems close to tipping out of control across a swathe of
southern states.
Dep. transportation minister: Women should sit at back of bus
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/Sy8y114zRL
Haredi lawmaker Uri Maklev urges public to accept discriminatory arrangement for ultra-Orthodox communities despite 2011 High Court ruling banning such practices, says the move is 'for the benefit of women'
Jason Greenblatt to settler leaders: Stop attacking Trump
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/jason-greenblatt-to-settler-leaders-stop-attacking-trump-632885
Former US special envoy Jason Greenblatt noted during the hearing:
"Settlement leaders and the right-wing leadership should not attack
President Trump and Jared Kushner. They need to explain what their
concerns are without simply criticizing. It's not fair. A future
Palestinian state will not pose a threat to Israel. "
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Federal appeals court orders Flynn judge to dismiss charges
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/24/dc-circuit-orders-flynn-judge-to-dismiss-charges-337751
The
ruling Tuesday may not be the last word on the issue. Any active judge
on the D.C. Circuit — including dissenting Judge Robert Wilkins — could
call for a vote to bring the matter before the full court en banc. The
court’s active bench is currently made up of seven Democratic appointees
and five Republican ones.
But the victory, no matter how temporary, was greeted with celebration — not just by Trump, who called the ruling “great!” but his Justice Department too.
Bolton’s book reveals: Trump was America’s first anti-Kurdish president
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/boltons-book-reveals-trump-was-americas-first-anti-kurdish-president-632756
The US President, according to former National Security Advisor John Bolton, is actually anti-Kurdish and dislikes a minority group in the Middle East that has been consistently pro-American.
532 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/282444
Health Ministry reports that the number of coronavirus cases is greater than 460 for just the second time since April 9.
US said to slam covering of Jerusalem embassy Pride sign as sovereignty breach
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-said-to-slam-covering-of-jerusalem-embassy-pride-sign-as-sovereignty-breach/
The Jerusalem Municipality’s covering
of an LGBT pride banner from an external wall of a US Embassy facility
in the capital continued to draw protest on Wednesday, with one American
official comparing the issue to Israel’s planned annexation of parts of
the West Bank.
“While Ambassador Friedman is fighting for annexation in the
United States, are you invading our sovereign territory here?” the
senior embassy official fumed to Channel 12 news, referring to the
envoy’s trip
to Washington for talks at the White House on whether the Trump
administration should back Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to
begin the process of annexation from July 1.
Trump promised to pay for Covid care. But patients with long-term symptoms see huge bills.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/24/trump-pay-coronavirus-symptoms-338924
The Trump administration’s pledge to
protect Covid-19 patients from massive medical bills is falling short
for a growing number of survivors who experience long-term complications
from the virus.
Doctors are discovering
life-threatening and costly long-term health effects ranging from kidney
failure to heart and lung damage. That’s exposing a major gap in the
federal government’s strategy for ensuring patients won’t go broke
because of a coronavirus diagnosis.
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