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Bernie Drops out of Democratic Presidential Race
(likely due to the in-person election that took place in Wisconsin- here's what you need to know:WI state Supreme Court voted 4-2 to continue election as "normal"
Opinion | On the Wisconsin Primary, the Supreme Court Failed Us By Linda Greenhouse in the New York Times, Contributing Opinion Writer
"There is barely a hint in the opinion of the turmoil in the country. Did it not occur to these justices to wonder why they were working at home rather than in their chambers? It was left to Justice Ginsburg in her dissenting opinion to point out that “the District Court was reacting to a grave, rapidly developing public health crisis.”"
Governor Northam requests that the General Assembly move May local elections to November and June 9th elections to June 23rd.
https://www.whsv.com/content/news/Gov-Northam-moves-Republican-primaries-back-due-to-COVID-19-569477801.html
United States now #1 in confirmed Covid-19 deaths
Virus: We're number one! ... in almost certainly undercounted deaths per JHU Coronavirus reporting, Worldometer, etc. The US will cross through 20k deaths today while ABC News, The New York Times, and others report that deaths are undercounted. Most nursing home deaths and other at home and in public deaths presumed to be coronavirus aren't being booked as such. NYC has 250 or more excess at home deaths per day.
US now has more coronavirus deaths than any other country, but the worst of epidemic may not be far off by Jesse Yomtov. This is a super odd optimistic article in USA Today.
WHO looks into report of Covid patients testing positive after negative tests The Guardian
Yet in New York-- 14 days to claim the dead before they are put into mass graves
News 9 Images Show Mass Burials At NYC Public Cemetery As City Shortens Deadline For Claiming Dead
Most swing states have no-excuse vote by mail option (excluding Florida). FL)https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/04/voting-mail-2020-race-between-biden-and-trump/609799/ by Ron Brownstein not actually clear who this will help
Jonathan reminds us of the Orange Terrorism Alert to step on John Kerry's convention bounce. It was later revealed that the alert was based on real, but not timely intelligence https://www.wired.com/story/bidens-path-to-victory-does-not-bode-well-for-voters/ by David Karpf
Tax Day now July 15: Treasury, IRS extend filing deadline and federal tax payments regardless of amount owed IRS (Irs.gov)
Jennifer Carroll Foy is officially running for Governor.
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By Laura Jackson & Jonathan StevensBernie Drops out of Democratic Presidential Race
(likely due to the in-person election that took place in Wisconsin- here's what you need to know:WI state Supreme Court voted 4-2 to continue election as "normal"
Opinion | On the Wisconsin Primary, the Supreme Court Failed Us By Linda Greenhouse in the New York Times, Contributing Opinion Writer
"There is barely a hint in the opinion of the turmoil in the country. Did it not occur to these justices to wonder why they were working at home rather than in their chambers? It was left to Justice Ginsburg in her dissenting opinion to point out that “the District Court was reacting to a grave, rapidly developing public health crisis.”"
Governor Northam requests that the General Assembly move May local elections to November and June 9th elections to June 23rd.
https://www.whsv.com/content/news/Gov-Northam-moves-Republican-primaries-back-due-to-COVID-19-569477801.html
United States now #1 in confirmed Covid-19 deaths
Virus: We're number one! ... in almost certainly undercounted deaths per JHU Coronavirus reporting, Worldometer, etc. The US will cross through 20k deaths today while ABC News, The New York Times, and others report that deaths are undercounted. Most nursing home deaths and other at home and in public deaths presumed to be coronavirus aren't being booked as such. NYC has 250 or more excess at home deaths per day.
US now has more coronavirus deaths than any other country, but the worst of epidemic may not be far off by Jesse Yomtov. This is a super odd optimistic article in USA Today.
WHO looks into report of Covid patients testing positive after negative tests The Guardian
Yet in New York-- 14 days to claim the dead before they are put into mass graves
News 9 Images Show Mass Burials At NYC Public Cemetery As City Shortens Deadline For Claiming Dead
Most swing states have no-excuse vote by mail option (excluding Florida). FL)https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/04/voting-mail-2020-race-between-biden-and-trump/609799/ by Ron Brownstein not actually clear who this will help
Jonathan reminds us of the Orange Terrorism Alert to step on John Kerry's convention bounce. It was later revealed that the alert was based on real, but not timely intelligence https://www.wired.com/story/bidens-path-to-victory-does-not-bode-well-for-voters/ by David Karpf
Tax Day now July 15: Treasury, IRS extend filing deadline and federal tax payments regardless of amount owed IRS (Irs.gov)
Jennifer Carroll Foy is officially running for Governor.