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McConnell Rips Apart Democrats Going ‘Supermarket Sweep’ on Coronavirus Bill

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 23, 2020 31 Comments

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted the Democrats over the pork they want to insert into the coronavirus bill. He described it as a "left-wing episode of supermarket sweep."

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NYT Changes Headline To Avoid Blaming Democrats for Blocking Senate Coronavirus Deal

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 23, 2020 13 Comments

Okay, yeah, the mainstream media totally sticks to the nonpartisan position they should all have. I blogged about how Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi ruined the bipartisan stimulus bill in the Senate. The New York Times used a correct headline the first time but changed it two more times to move the blame away from the Democrats.

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Trump Suspends Student Loan Payments and Standardized Testing Due to Coronavirus

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 23, 2020 1 Comment

"DeVos has directed federal lenders to allow borrowers to suspend their student loans and loan payments without penalty for at least the next 60 days"...

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Iran’s Ayatollah Rejects U.S. Help, Claiming U.S. Created Coronavirus To Target Iran

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on March 23, 2020 18 Comments

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei on Sunday rejected U.S. assistance in the fight against Coronavirus outbreak. He cited a bizarre conspiracy theory that the virus, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, was an American creation "specifically built for Iran using the genetic data of Iranians."

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Democrats’ Rescue Bill Plan: “This is a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 23, 2020 41 Comments

Nancy Pelosi didn't just swoop in out of nowhere to kill the bipartisan Senate bill. It was part of the plan since at least last Thursday, when Senate negotiations kicked off with the Republican goal of a vote on the bill today.

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Five Students From U. Tampa Test Positive for Coronavirus After Spring Break Trip

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 23, 2020 2 Comments

"did not disclose the names of the students, nor where they travelled during the break"...

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Dems Stall Revote on Economic Rescue Bill After Blocking it Sunday

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on March 23, 2020 12 Comments

Sunday, Democrats tanked a bipartisan bill that would've quickly helped buffer the economic damage caused by the country's coronavirus response, choosing instead to utilize the current crisis to further their policy wish list.

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Stanford Epidemiologist Claims Coronavirus Crackdown Based on Bad Data

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 23, 2020 16 Comments

"If we had not known about a new virus out there, and had not checked individuals with PCR [virus] tests, the number of total deaths due to ‘influenza-like illness’ would not seem unusual this year."...

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Hillary and Chinese Gov’t Reading From Same Script In Calling Trump Racist Over “Chinese Virus”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2020 27 Comments

Two weeks ago we noted that Democrats and the media were attacking Trump as racist for using the term "China virus." That was part of a wide effort not only to ban that term, but any term tying the coronovirus to China. That effort started from the moment Trump restricted travel from China. That decision, now recognized at buying the U.S. critical time, was called racist and xenophobic, including by Joe Biden:

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Senate Democrats block economic rescue bill after Pelosi pulls powerplay in House

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 22, 2020 90 Comments

The supposed bipartisanship to help the economic fallout from the Wuhan coronavirus fell apart on Sunday after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi returned to DC. Coincidence? Probably not because the minute she gets back, shows off her "wishlist," the Democrats vote no on a bill they negotiated.

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When a Global Pandemic Brings Out the Best in the American People

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on March 22, 2020 20 Comments

If you're a political / news junkie like me, you have been inundated with coronavirus doom and gloom of late.  From the media's relentless TDS that has turned them into scruffy sandwich-board doomsday prophets to news of stay-at-home orders and various lock-downs, we can easily get caught up in the panic and despair ourselves.

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University of Minnesota Going ‘Full-on MacGyver’ to Fight Coronavirus

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 22, 2020 5 Comments

"The makeshift ventilator was made from $150 in parts, with a motor ripped from another device and a red metal toolbox tray as its base."...

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Sen. Rand Paul Tests Positive for Wuhan Coronavirus

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 22, 2020 16 Comments

Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul tested positive for Wuhan coronavirus. He is the first senator to receive the diagnosis.

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Should statistical analysis allegedly understating Wuhan coronavirus risk have been taken down by Medium?

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 22, 2020 44 Comments

On Saturday, "growth hacker" Aaron Ginn published a data-heavy piece called "Evidence over Hysteria".

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Harvard Class of 2020 Will Have ‘Virtual’ Online Graduation

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 22, 2020 5 Comments

"it is difficult to imagine how we could safely hold such a large gathering this spring"...

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“There is not enough federal bailout money in the Treasury to save every pointless university in a bad recession”

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 22, 2020 27 Comments

As I pointed out in a recent Quick Take, people are already wondering if the Coronavirus crsis will burst the higher education bubble. Tucker Carlson addressed this issue in a monologue on his show this week which was right to the point.

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Wuhan Virus Watch: VP Mike Pence and wife test negative for coronavirus

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 22, 2020 5 Comments

Today's update begins with some good news: Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence have both tested negative for coronavirus.

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Support your local businesses, while they still exist

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2020 72 Comments

I went to Walmart early this morning, hoping to pick up a few things before the crowds arrived. The bad news is the shelves were really picked over, frighteningly so, and not just for food. The good news is the aisles were filled with wrapped pallets of food and assorted other things, with workers feverishly unpacking and shelving items. Seems I got there just a little too early.

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