Nurses all over the world including in the US are risking their lives to save COVID-19 patients. Hospitals and healthcare administrators are telling them to work without masks and other personal protective equipment or lose their jobs. Some nurses have come down with COVID-19. Some have quit their jobs. Many nurses have been fired from their jobs, simply because hospitals gave them a choice: lose your job or lose your life. Omar Moore chronicles a few of the nurses in the US who have been left unprotected and need your help. Call senators at 202-335-6015 and demand PPE protection for nurses. Also: call your congressperson at 202-225-3121 and demand the same. Also: Black women and health outcomes—a nurse in London dies from COVID-19 but gives birth, while a white woman in a coma in New York gives birth during the coma and survives. Also: Headlines, including that stimulus check you didn’t get; Steve Mnuchin tells you you can live on $1200 for 10 weeks, and much more. April 16, 2020. The Politicrat Twitch channel (literally JUST started): https://twitch.tv/thepoliticrat The Politicrat YouTube page: https://bit.ly/3bfWk6V The Politicrat Facebook page: http://bit.ly/3bU1O7c The Politicrat blog: http://politicrat.politics.blog Tweet to Omar: http://twitter.com/thepopcornreel Tweet to The Politicrat: http://twitter.com/the_politicrat

A protest against Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in Lansing that ignored the real issues in Michigan, and the person who should have been protested against instead. Omar Moore explains what truly ails Michigan. April 15, 2020. the critical issue of mental health. April 15, 2020. The Politicrat YouTube page is now up: https://bit.ly/3bfWk6V The Politicrat Facebook page: http://bit.ly/3bU1O7c The Politicrat blog: http://politicrat.politics.blog Tweet to Omar: http://twitter.com/thepopcornreel Tweet to The Politicrat: http://twitter.com/the_politicrat

The profound lack of transparency from numerous California local and state governments and lack of testing of people all over California regarding the coronavirus. Juxtaposed with California governor Gavin Newsom’s public release of proposed plans for an eventual reopening of a California that he once said 56 percent of its 41 million residents could get COVID-19, is definitely not a good look, says Omar Moore. Plus: Trump’s vanity kills—and delays your stimulus check. And: The great advocacy of Taraji P. Henson and what she is doing to give free help to Black communities across the USA on the critical issue of mental health. April 15, 2020. The Politicrat YouTube page is now up: https://bit.ly/3bfWk6V The Politicrat Facebook page: http://bit.ly/3bU1O7c The Politicrat blog: http://politicrat.politics.blog Tweet to Omar: http://twitter.com/thepopcornreel Tweet to The Politicrat: http://twitter.com/the_politicrat

The Republican Party has been prepping dictatorship for more than 50 years in the U.S. Omar Moore looks at this long history and documents what has transpired, from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump. April 14, 2020. The Politicrat YouTube page is now up: https://bit.ly/3bfWk6V The Politicrat Facebook page: http://bit.ly/3bU1O7c The Politicrat blog: http://politicrat.politics.blog Tweet to Omar: http://twitter.com/thepopcornreel Tweet to The Politicrat: http://twitter.com/the_politicrat

A look at Sweden and its changing society and the politics of social democrat Stefan Löfven, an unholy political coalition and a pandemic. Omar Moore also looks at the far-right Sweden Democrats and their growing influence in Sweden’s Parliament. ABBA chimes in, too. April 13, 2020. The Politicrat YouTube page is now up: https://bit.ly/3bfWk6V The Politicrat Facebook page: http://bit.ly/3bU1O7c The Politicrat blog: http://politicrat.politics.blog Tweet to Omar: http://twitter.com/thepopcornreel Tweet to The Politicrat: http://twitter.com/the_politicrat

On this Easter Sunday Omar Moore poses the question: do you want a government that cares about people or one that cares about money and staying in power? Analysis of why the UK and US governments have failed miserably in the midst of a pandemic that has now killed as of this writing over 32,000 people combined in both countries, with US deaths from COVID-19 at a worldwide high 22,000. Plus: An update on Tara Reade as the New York Times finally prints all that fits, though not without impropriety. April 12, 2020. The Politicrat YouTube page is now up: https://bit.ly/3bfWk6V The Politicrat Facebook page: http://bit.ly/3bU1O7c The Politicrat blog: http://politicrat.politics.blog Tweet to Omar: http://twitter.com/thepopcornreel Tweet to The Politicrat: http://twitter.com/the_politicrat

The subject of Tara Reade and a look at the allegations she has made against Joe Biden, who she says violently attacked her in 1993. Omar Moore looks at what “Believe All Women” means (it means what it reads here) and ruminates on partriarchy, power, culture, class, race, gender, women, misogyny and men. Omar *tries* to avoid the politics. Also: Remembering Washington Post reporter and writer Darran Simon, who passed away at 43. Note: THIS EDITION DOES NOT CONTAIN GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS OF TARA READE’S ACCOUNT. April 11, 2020. The official The Politicrat Facebook page is now up: http://bit.ly/3bU1O7c The Politicrat blog: http://politicrat.politics.blog Tweet to Omar: http://twitter.com/thepopcornreel Tweet to The Politicrat: http://twitter.com/the_politicrat

What must be done to counter the incorrect messaging about coronavirus and how it is disproportionately killing Black people across the United States and beyond. There must be more data based on racial groups afflicted with and being killed by COVID-19 released by cities and states across the US. Plus: Omar Moore looks at Magic Johnson’s pitiful and embarrassing appearance on CNN last night in the network’s Coronavirus town hall with Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta. And: Analysis of what must be done next, via Dr. Camara Jones. April 10, 2020. The official The Politicrat Facebook page is now up: http://bit.ly/3bU1O7c The Politicrat blog: http://politicrat.politics.blog Tweet to Omar: http://twitter.com/thepopcornreel Tweet to The Politicrat: http://twitter.com/the_politicrat

What did Donald Trump know and when did he know it? A comprehensive look at the timeline of Donald Trump and his knowledge of the coronavirus in China and the pandemic to reach the US. Omar Moore documents all of this with specific instances of briefings from US intelligence to the White House as far back as November 2019. Trump actually knew about the possibility of a pandemic back in January 2017. Does he have blood on his hands, or is this all a case of incompetence? Plus: Tributes to Honor Blackman, Chynna Rogers, John Prine and Mort Drucker. And: Headlines on the IMF and a dire forecast. Boris Johnson, seemingly on the mend. Bernie Sanders supporters look at voting in the 20-plus states yet to vote. April 9, 2020. The official The Politicrat Facebook page is now up: http://bit.ly/3bU1O7c The Politicrat blog: http://politicrat.politics.blog Tweet to Omar: http://twitter.com/thepopcornreel Tweet to The Politicrat: http://twitter.com/the_politicrat

A look at the numbers that tell the real story, or don’t, about the state of America, especially amidst these times. Plus: The theft of 2020. And: Trump’s pandemic re-election strategy. Also: The age of information and helpful news you must use. Omar Moore chronicles the structures of state and behavior, too. And the headlines of the day, including the latest jobless numbers (6.6 million more people in the USA last week claiming unemployment) and Senate Democrats holding Republican Mitch McConnell to account on Trump’s $250 billion payment protection supplement for small businesses. April 9, 2020. The official The Politicrat Facebook page is now up: http://bit.ly/3bU1O7c The Politicrat blog: http://politicrat.politics.blog Tweet to Omar: http://twitter.com/thepopcornreel Tweet to The Politicrat: http://twitter.com/the_politicrat