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Senate Passes $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill

On one hand, great. On another, wait, what? Senate unanimously passes $2T coronavirus stimulus package The Senate unanimously passed an approximately $2.2 trillion stimulus package late Wednesday night in an effort to jumpstart an economy decimated by the coronavirus pandemic. The bill provides aid for workers, small business and industries impacted in recent weeks by […]

White House, Senate Agree On $2 Trillion Bipartisan Compensation Bill

Will the Senate Democrats scuttle this one after agreeing to it? White House, Senate strike deal on historic $2T coronavirus relief bill, but House support remains uncertain White House and Senate leaders reached a historic deal shortly after midnight Wednesday on a massive $2 trillion coronavirus relief package for workers and businesses, although support in […]

Democrats Scuttle Senate Coronavirus Relief Bill, Playing Typical Politics

If they think their polling is correct that this will help them come November, they are sorely wrong. The American people will remember them playing games while average citizens are worried about their jobs, their money, keeping their homes, cars, finding food, etc Senate Fails To Pass Cloture Vote On Coronavirus Stimulus Bill The Senate […]

Latest Fearmongering: DOJ Wants To Suspend All Sorts Of Constitutional Rights

The Coronavirus fearmongering has obviously been flying around for weeks. We keep getting all the “Trump’s shutting down the nation for (X) long!!!!!!!”. No one ever actually has a named source, but, they keep having to knock this down, like People with too much time on their hands were spreading unfounded rumors, looking for their […]

Whining Whiners Who Whine: Washington Post Wonders Where Trump’s Wartime Response Is

I don’t know about you, but, I’m sick and tired of the uber-partisan Credentialed Media with their never helpful, over the top, doomsaying, negative let’s bash Trump coverage, which is rarely ever helpful, and continues to drive people into fear, when we should be pushing optimism to get over this. Real people’s lives are affected, […]

Some Ask Whether America Is Over-reacting To Wuhan Virus

It’s a rather taboo question, isn’t it? But, it’s not quite what you think Some Ask a Taboo Question: Is America Overreacting to Coronavirus? As an America desperate to stem the coronavirus outbreak put in place sweeping restrictions last week on every facet of public life, the University of Wyoming economist Linda Thunstrom asked what […]

NY Times: Wuhan Virus Is Worse Than 9/11 Or Something

There once was a time when the people in charge of media outlets would sit back and say “is this really a good idea?” Sure, they weren’t always perfect, but, in these days, reading the Credentialed Media is more like reading the Democratic Underground, Daily Kos, or Media Matters. Here we have Unhinged Frank Bruni […]

Washington Post Suddenly Discovers This Thing Called Federalism In Differing Wuhan Virus Responses

Why, yes, this is the way it is supposed to work. Different areas require different responses. Heck, different parts of different states require different responses. What’s needed for small parts of New York, such as NYC, Long Island, Buffalo, Albany, are quite different than the rest of mildly suburban/rural NY. Across U.S., a vast disparity […]

ZOMG, They Might Shut The Whole Country Down For Two Weeks!!!!!!!!!! Or Something

I was wondering where this rumor came from. A bunch of fellow employees were yapping about it, scaremongering that Los Federales were about to invoke a two week mandatory quarantine of all citizens. Which would be statutory and Constitutionally problematic, if not downright illegal and un-Constitutional. Like quite a few of the ones invoked by […]

Americans Returning From Overseas Whine About Having To Wait For Coronavirus Screening

They should be grateful they aren’t being quarantined for a week or two, and that the tests don’t require testing in, let’s say, the back nether-regions US citizens returning from overseas say they are waiting hours for coronavirus screening at airports As Americans are being urged to keep their distance from one another, travelers returning […]

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