Archives for General News
March 2020
Tuesday, March 31:
Coronavirus: Wisconsin moves ahead with April 7 primary as others postpone
Tomgram: Rebecca Gordon, Feminism in the Time of Coronavirus
WHO Stands by Recommendation to Not Wear Masks if You Are Not Sick
UN Secretary General Antonio Gutteres: Please Create a Coronavirus Board of Inquiry in the Hague International Court (1 comments)
Netanyahu's agenda for a new government: Annexation of Palestine with US consent? (2 comments)
Rep. Mark Meadows resigns from Congress to become Trump's chief of staff
Monday, March 30:
Maria Mercader: CBS News Journalist Dies of Coronavirus at 54
Largest US dam removal stirs debate over coveted West water (1 comments)
Tomgram: William Astore, Living Through Coronavirus Hard Times
USNS Hospital Ship "Comfort" Arrives in NYC to Cuomo Welcome
Why Russia just torpedoed global oil prices (1 comments)
Coronavirus Inspires Socialism as Moratoriums on Rent & Utilities Flourish
Sunday, March 29:
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Medical Expert Who Corrects Trump, Is Now a Target of the Far Right
'Succession' Producer Frank Rich on Reining In Trump's Coronavirus Press Conferences (1 comments)
Billionaire Philanthropists Accelerate Propaganda Attacks on Public Schools During Pandemic
Gretchen Whitmer takes on Trump as coronavirus cases rise in Michigan - (3 comments)
Flattening the curve: What's next for Utah and the nation, and a look at the Spanish flu
Tips for Avoiding Coronavirus (16 comments)
A leading South Korean doctor says Trump's 'pride' and 'ego' are putting the world's health at risk (1 comments)
Israel - the regime has been transformed into a criminal parody (2 comments)
Saturday, March 28:
The Hammer and The Dance - Tomas Pueyo
Coronavirus and the 2020 U.S. Census
Bernie Sanders Discusses Medical Response with 2 Front line Physicians and President of National Nurses Union (1 comments)
USNS Comfort on her way to the rescue - Destination: NY (1 comments)
DNC quietly considering convention switch from Joe Biden to Andrew Cuomo: Sources (2 comments)
Fox News just delivered some terrible news for Donald Trump (1 comments)
Biden Mounts Behind-the-Scenes Mission to Win Over Wary Progressives (1 comments)
Trump orders GM to make ventilators, without contract, at someone else's factory- via tweet
Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson trying to secure release of sick Navy vet in Iran
Friday, March 27:
New Fear Expressed by Scientists: Their Work Is Viewed as a Hoax (3 comments)
EPA Indefinitely Suspends Environmental Rules using pandemic as excuse
Coronavirus Testing: Why South Korea Does So Much Better Than US
WTC 7 Not Destroyed by Fire, Concludes Final University of Alaska Fairbanks Report (19 comments)
The Sociopath-in-Chief Denies New Yorkers Life Saving Medical Equipment (2 comments)
Sanders: "It's Going to Be a Very Steep Road to Beat Biden"
Defenders cannot defend themselves against coronavirus
Thursday, March 26:
Pastor Who Claimed Covid-19 'Hysteria' Was Plot Against Trump Dies From Virus (8 comments)
The Fog of Pandemic: All the Coronavirus Statistics Are Flawed- by Derek Thompson, The Atlantic (2 comments)
High consequence infectious diseases (HCID) - GOV.UK
Democrats delayed stimulus bill to tighten ban on Trump family profiting
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Victorious, Fed Court Rules DAPL Permits Violated Law
Bernie Shames Senate into Passing Stimulus Bill (3 comments)
Biden has a "Me, Too" problem (4 comments)
Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, America Terrorized
3.28 million people filed for unemployment in the U.S. last week amid coronavirus shutdown
Quantifying the Coming Recession - The Atlantic (1 comments)
Half of New Yorkers Likely to Get Coronavirus, de Blasio Says
Wednesday, March 25:
Biden Doesn't Want to Debate Sanders Anymore (6 comments)
Dark Money Con Artists Use Green Party In Dirty Trick For Swing Senate Seat (1 comments)
[Videos] Collapse of the Israeli regime - dancing in Jerusalem (2 comments)
US at a critical juncture: Facing Two Epidemics, Covid-19 and Soaring Joblessness (3 comments)
Trump claims the media doesn't want the country to reopen so he'll lose reelection (1 comments)
Understanding the Pandemic as an Imbalance of Human Tendencies (3 comments)
India to enter 'total lockdown' after spike in cases "To save India, to save its every citizen"
Group of Young Adults Have "Coronavirus Party" in Kentucky. Now One of Them Has It. (5 comments)
First death from COVID-19 reported in N.M.
Playwright Terrence McNally Dead From Complications With COVID-19
What's in the Coronavirus Stimulus Package? 5 Things to Know
40M+ use 17-Year-Old's Coronavirus Tracking Website (3 comments)
Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus (6 comments)
How To Clean Your Clothes If You've Got To Go Out Amidst Coronavirus (3 comments)
Tomgram: Engelhardt, "The Skies Are Emptying Out"
WATCH LIVE: Sen. Bernie Sanders holds town hall with health experts (1 comments)
Tuesday, March 24:
"'Ragtime' playwright Terrence McNally dies from coronavirus complications
Think Biden Has a Young Voter Problem? Think Again
New York City: Catastrophe Looms (1 comments)
NM Governor Lujan Grisham's Hardball Orders against Coronavirus; What Other States Can Learn; Shutdown for 2 Weeks (1 comments)
Spit On, Yelled At, Attacked: Chinese-Americans Fear for Their Safety: This is Reprehensible (3 comments)
How South Korea Flattened the Coronavirus Curve
Monday, March 23:
Joe Biden Rips Donald Trump's Response To Coronavirus Pandemic (2 comments)
Bernie Wins Big in the Democrats Abroad primary - Vox (1 comments)
Tomgram: Andrea Mazzarino, The Perfect Military Wife I'm Not (But Who Is?)
US axed CDC expert job in China months before outbreak: Reuters (1 comments)
Sunday, March 22:
Coronavirus spread is slowing says Nobel Laureate (4 comments)
Syrian refugee camps are in danger of extinction from COVID-19
First US Senator with Coronavirus: Rand Paul
Dr. Gabriela Leon, Mexican Biochemist, made Nbelyax: 1 Ton Shipped to China to Treat Coronavirus (4 comments)
How the Coronavirus Shattered Trump's Serene Confidence; and put untold numbers of Americans at risk. (5 comments)
Rand Paul Becomes First Senator Known To Test Positive For Coronavirus (4 comments)
In the Hospital, My Dad Got Tested Twice for Covid-19 (3 comments)
Republican senators who dumped stocks ahead of pandemic take withering fire from their own party
Global Prayer Mar 22 Noon EST called for by Marianne Williamson
Watch Angela Merkel's Coronavirus Speech
Saturday, March 21:
A Biden-Gabbard ticket? (8 comments)
EPA Exploits Crisis to Change its Rules on Scientific Evidence (1 comments)
Friday, March 20:
Rep. Maxine Waters Just Proposed A Sweeping Coronavirus Stimulus Plan
US-Backed Syrian Fighters Plan to Capture Russian Military Personnel
Lithuania's State Defence Council discussed coronavirus situation, intelligence reports
Trump Administration Moving Forward With April 1 Plan to Kick 700,000 Off Food Stamps Despite Coronavirus Crisis (1 comments)
Tulsi Gabbard Drops Out of Presidential Race and Endorses Joe Biden
First 2 Royals Test Positive, Karl Von Habsburgh and Prince Albert II of Monaco
Straight from Common Cause and NY Times' Leonhardt: Calls for Senator Resignations, Insider trading on Coronavirus (1 comments)
Bernie Refused Tulsi's Endorsement, Brother Claims He Treated Her 'Like Sh*t' (13 comments)
Coronavirus observation (1 comments)
Accident or Engineering? Who or What Is Responsible for the Coronavirus Pandemic? (22 comments)
Tulsi Gabbard Finally Ended Her Increasingly Quixotic Campaign (2 comments)
Senators sold stock before steep market losses from virus (3 comments)
CA Governor Newsome Orders Lockdown for 40 million Californians (1 comments)
Coronavirus Kills 4 Family Members After a Dinner in New Jersey
"Not every regime succumbs to Corona, but Israel's is in the high-risk group"
Thursday, March 19:
Lindsey Graham urging Trump not to send direct payments to Americans as part of coronavirus relief (5 comments)
Tomgram: Nick Turse, America's Commandos: What Did They Do and Where Did They Do It?
Letter Carriers Say the Postal Service Pressured Them to Deliver Mail Despite Coronavirus Symptoms (1 comments)
Wednesday, March 18:
U.S. political tools in Europe are working
Moveon Petition To Federal Election Commission, a Class Action Lawsuit Against DNC for Fraudulent Primaries (8 comments)
Senate passes emergency coronavirus package with paid sick leave, sending it to Trump's desk (4 comments)
NY Atty Gen Suspends All Medical and Student Debt Collection during Outbreak
Set Conditions on Companies that Want Government Bailouts (1 comments)
Trump Brags About Cutting Pandemic Response Team in 2018~Video Scrubbed but Here is UK's Independent article (6 comments)
Tuesday, March 17:
Election/Voting Today Open Thread (1 comments)
Tomgram: Adam Hochschild, Our Country Under Censorship
How to Hack Voting Machines and Flip Votes In Less Than 2 Minutes in 18 States (10 comments)
Monday, March 16:
Who won the Biden-Sanders Democratic debate? 4 winners and 2 losers - Vox (5 comments)
James Biden's health care ventures face a growing legal morass - POLITICO (2 comments)
Sunday, March 15:
An American Theory for Origin of COVID19 (2 comments)
Saturday, March 14:
Fireside Chat with Bernie Sanders Previews Debate Strategies
In Trump's own words: the Candidate Who Scares Him the Most
Trump Lies: Google is NOT building a nationwide coronavirus screening website
Will Apple Publish "Same Day" Election Audit App in Time for March 17 Florida Vote?
U.S. military presence in Europe will be paid by European taxpayers (3 comments)
2020 Has Become the Dementia Campaign: "Nice old guy with Alzheimer's against the Mean old man with Dementia" (1 comments)
Iranian, Russian and Chinese Officials Claim COVID-19 Is A Biological Weapon (Video) (18 comments)
Friday, March 13:
Covid-19 and 8 Other Diseases Have Clear Cause Media Ignores (3 comments)
Thursday, March 12:
Pelosi says Sanders should stay in 2020 race: 'I'm a grassroots person'
World Health Organization's Ghebreyesus Declares COVID-19 a 'Pandemic.' Here's What That Means (3 comments)
Sanders Delivers Address on Health and Economic Crisis Resulting from Coronavirus
Bernie Sanders Picks Up First Endorsement From Jewish Organization, IfNotNow
"Biggest Risk is Biden's Cognitive Decline~This isn't going away": Jill Stein, Harvard MD, Plus Washington Post (9 comments)
Lindsey Graham tested for coronavirus after being at Mar-a-Lago Brazilian president -- Trump still won't test (1 comments)
Tomgram: Nomi Prins, The Global Economy Catches the Coronavirus
NBA suspends season until further notice, over coronavirus
Silver solutions and essential oils among fake COVID-19 cures warns FDA (3 comments)
Coronavirus Brings a New Legislative Push for Paid Sick Leave (1 comments)
Something Weird Is Happening on Wall Street, and Not Just the Stock Sell-Off ; By Neil Irwin (1 comments)
The U.S. Isn't Ready for What's About to Happen; By Juliette Kayyem in The Atlantic (1 comments)
"Voter suppression, plain and simple": Texas closed hundreds of polling sites in black, Latino areas (2 comments)
Wednesday, March 11:
Voters approve Proposal 3, bringing sweeping changes to Michigan's election law (3 comments)
Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison (2 comments)
Biden's Cognitive Decline Critics~Enjeti:"Highest Form of Gaslighting"~Young Turks Beg Bernie to Not Be Silent (23 comments)
Judge allows Dallas County recount of missed ballots to move forward
Tuesday, March 10:
UK Health Minister Tests Positive~~Coronavirus Medical News Clearinghouse~New Facebook Group Created (1 comments)
BELLWETHER BUCKS HAS NEW OPSCANS; DITCHED DREs
Tomgram: Nan Levinson, What Difference Does It Make Who Fights Our Wars?
Monday, March 9:
Dallas Morning News: Dallas County election recount court date set for Tuesday
Jimmy Carter Endorses Bernie Sanders (1 comments)
86% of Americans are (Still) "Very" or "Fairly" Happy (3 comments)
Is Wuhan a test of the health impact of 5G? (7 comments)
Organizers Inspired by Sanders Are Changing the Landscape in the Rural South
Tomgram: John Feffer, Survivor-in-Chief?
Bernie lost 553,000 Votes to California Dem Party Rules: UPDATED
Pharma Finds Profit in "Geriatric ADHD" (2 comments)
Sunday, March 8:
Stop Calling It A 'Stutter:' Dozens of Examples Show Biden's Dementia Symptoms (12 comments)
Tulsi Gabbard...Still Going (6 comments)
Solidarity Forever: MauiTime endorses Bernie Sanders (2 comments)
Saturday, March 7:
She Was Excited for a New School. Then the Anti-Semitic 'Jokes' Started. (1 comments)
Hotel collapse traps 70 in eastern China
Swiss Scientists Have Recreated the Coronavirus in a Lab; by Emily Mullin at OneZero (1 comments)
The Only Column You Need to Read about COVID-19 - Garrison Keillor (3 comments)
Friday, March 6:
Biden Fought to Keep Out All Vietnamese Refugees from the US in 1975 (1 comments)
Major Detroit Endorsements for Bernie
Biden's Campaign wins Mega Support from Big Pharma Executives (2 comments)
"We can't keep polishing the brass while the Titanic is Sinking"~Missouri Times & Arab American News endorse Bernie (6 comments)
The Iranian Hikers Guide (1 comments)
Thursday, March 5:
Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All Policy Would Likely Increase Wages and Create Jobs, New Economic Analysis Shows (2 comments)
Laurie Dobson: Another disastrous primary election: Was Maine's Democratic Party Behind Effort to Block Sanders Votes? (3 comments)
Discrepancies in MA Dem Primary Exit Poll Versus Reported Vote Count
Tomgram: Bob Dreyfuss, A Giuliani-Trump Foreign Policy?
Elizabeth Warren drops out of 2020 presidential race (2 comments)
Breaking News FDA Adds Boxed Warning to Popular Allergy and Asthma Drug (1 comments)
Texas Officials Have Already Rigged The 2020 Election. Super Tuesday Is Proof. (1 comments)
Wednesday, March 4:
Texas Closed 100's of Polling Sites in Areas With Fast-Growing Black & Latino Populations
Mike Bloomberg Drops Out of 2020 Race, Endorses Biden
Tuesday, March 3:
Democracy for America endorses Bernie Sanders (1 comments)
Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Trump Conundrum
California's Rules for Independent Voters could Suppress the Bernie Vote (1 comments)
Monday, March 2:
Trump Called "First Black President" at White House Black History Month Round-table (2 comments)
Netanyahu Win Election but still has trial March 17 - analysis
Los Angeles Comes Out for Bernie and Tulsi. But Will their Votes Be Undercounted? (1 comments)
Maine U.S. Senate candidate Betsy Sweet endorses Bernie Sanders for President
Chris Matthews announces retirement, mutually parts ways with MSNBC (3 comments)
Tomgram: Mandy Smithberger, Letting the Pentagon Loose With Your Tax Dollars
BREAKING: Amy Klobuchar to end presidential campaign
Democracy For America Members Overwhelmingly Voted To Endorse Bernie Sanders
Civil Rights Groups Beef Up Their Efforts to Protect the Vote
More than 500,000 Georgia Voters at Risk of Being 'Potentially Disenfranchised'
New Generation of Black Leaders Fights to End Voter Suppression
Endorsement Bernie, From Columbia College newspaper, Chicago
Sunday, March 1:
Ancient Native American burial site blasted for Trump border wall construction at Organ Pipe Monument (1 comments)
Huffington Post reports: Progressive Entrepreneur Joe Sanberg Endorses Bernie Sanders For President
Buttigieg Dropping Out of Presidential Race: First Reported in NY Times Tweet
Mitt Romney Goes On Record Criticizing Trump's Handling Of Coronavirus as "Inadequate"
Buttigieg Drops Out (1 comments)
Judge rules Cuccinelli appointment to top immigration post was unlawful, voiding some asylum orders (1 comments)
Biden and Buttigieg See Pharma Money as the Cure For Campaign Woes (1 comments)
Green Party of Philadelphia Elects 2020 Leaders
US and Taliban sign historic peace deal to end 18-year war (4 comments)
Trump Has Amassed More Than 3,000 Conflicts of Interest Since Taking Office
Israeli UN Ambassador Danon calls Bernie A Liar or A Fool or Both, After Sanders Describes Netanyahu as Racist (1 comments)