All posts in April 2020

“There is a stereotypical view of the places in America that COVID-19 has affected most: they are broadly urban, comprised predominantly of racial minorities, and strongly vote Democratic,” demographer and Brookings Institution senior fellow William Frey writes in a post on his new analysis. But during the first three weeks of April, Frey adds, “new counties…

Daily Kos Staff Friday April 24, 2020 · 7:48 AM PDT 2020/04/24 · 07:48 Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Donald Trump’s approach to coronavirus information is dangerous, former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy told CNN’s Brian Stelter. And while that’s not exactly news in the wake of Trump’s ultraviolet-light-and-bleach-cure advice, Murthy said that before Trump…

Business owners of color were already at a massive disadvantage going into this pandemic. While Blacks made up 12.7% of the population, they owned just 4.3% of the nations’ businesses, according to the 2012 census of business owners. Latino and Hispanic Americans account for 16.4% of the population, but 12% of businesses. And just 1%—ONE PERCENT—of…

Russia For the first months of the crisis, Vladimir Putin was even Trumpier than Trump when it came to claiming to have everything absolutely under control. He didn’t just claim to have “15 cases on their way to near zero”—Putin claimed to have just two cases, both of them recovered. It’s only been a month…

In Florida, for instance, Trump mini-me Gov. Ron DeSantis has actually seen his approval ratings sink by at least a handful of points amid the pandemic, while most other governors have seen a double-digit spike in their approval ratings. The Sunshine State is a nonnegotiable for Trump and while DeSantis was very popular precoronavirus, Trump could…

Can you imagine this is an actual message from the president of the United States during a pandemic that has killed 34,000 Americans with no end in sight? As my colleague Steve Singiser was quick to point out on Twitter, all three governors from those states have markedly higher approval ratings in those states compared to…

“During the initial period of performance,” the GAO continued, “CBP paid the contractor to operate the facility at full capacity, including food and guard services, regardless of the number of individuals housed in the facility, due to the terms of the delivery order it negotiated with the contractor.” So few people were jailed at Tornillo that…

Here’s how Trump rated on his coronavirus handling in five separate national polls this week: The CBS poll was brutal in almost every way. But since Trump insists his coronavirus briefings are must-watch TV, it’s particularly worth noting that just 37% of respondents said they trust Trump to relay accurate medical information, while 63% don’t trust him. The Monmouth…

Georgia extends state primary and advocates demand paid postage for absentee ballots Yesterday, state Republican officials in Georgia convened and decided to delay the state primary election to June 9. All seats in the Georgia state legislature are up for reelection, along with some local races. Georgians remain under a statewide stay-at-home order, which was recently…

On Monday evening, The New York Times ran an article headlined “Trump’s Aggressive Advocacy of Malaria Drug for Treating Coronavirus Divides Medical Community” which is an absolutely miserable and incorrect headline. The medical community is not “divided” over Trump’s daily use of the national airwaves to push an untested remedy for a deadly disease. Everyone…