Midweek Reading

Injections of Bleach? Beams of Light? Trump Is Self-Destructing Before Our Eyes

Billionaire Trump Donor is Pushing for Recall of Wisconsin’s Governor Over Stay-at-Home Order

'It's overhyped': Trump Mega-Donor Pushes to End Wisconsin's Stay-at-Home Order
The Junk Science of Robin Vos
The Pandemic Has Led to a Huge, Global Drop in Air Pollution

COVID-19 Coronavirus Epidemic has a Natural Origin

Stunning CNBC Anchor, Venture Capitalist says Let Hedge Funds Fail and Save Main Street

Here's the Reason We Are Still Shut Down Right Now

President’s Intelligence Briefing Book Repeatedly Cited Virus Threat
Tyson Foods Helped Create The Food Crisis It Now Warns Against
The Pandemic Shows What Cars Have Done to Cities

Why the US shouldn’t let states go bankrupt

Scott Walker Loses Again

Coronavirus Is Much, Much Worse Than The Flu

The Daily Mail bluntly described the situation, Coronavirus has killed more Americans in one month than both flu and car accidents do in an entire YEAR.

As John McCormack noted:

Although there is still much we don’t know about the coronavirus, we know enough to say that it is far more dangerous and deadly than the flu. It took twelve months and 61 million infections for the H1N1 swine flu to kill 12,500 Americans in 2009–10. The Centers for Disease Control estimated that the seasonal flu killed 34,200 Americans during the 2018–19 flu season. In 2019, car crashes killed 38,800 Americans.

As for the new coronavirus? On March 20, the death toll in the United States was 225. By April 20, the coronavirus had killed more than 42,000 Americans.

Donald Trump, Republicans and the right-wing media have done such a disservice to this country by muddling this discussion with all their lies, misinformation and nonsense. This is the height of irresponsibility for those with a public platform. Turn off Fox News. Turn off Donald Trump. Listen to the experts.

Sources Of Coronavirus Misinformation - From Televangelists And Right Wing Media, To President Trump

Stick To Manufacturing & Commerce

WMC Unveils It's Plan To Reopen Wisconsin Business

WMC Opposes Help for First Responders

Big business group gets legislative change so it's harder for police, fire fighters to get workers comp.

Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) - the name says it all. WMC are not infectious disease experts. Why should anyone care what their pandemic-opinion is?

They're more worried about their bottom-line (which is understandable) than the people who help make that possible for them. The WMC is fighting to make it harder for police and fire fighters to get workers compensation. I've had my issues with the pay-structure of police and fire departments. But using a pandemic to suppress others while lobbying for your own pocket-book, that's pretty low.

WMC, stick to manufacturing and commerce. We'll let the scientists, doctors, nurses and experts handle the pandemic. We'll let them decide when things can get back to "normal".

Sunday Reading

Here’s why the US can afford its high-priced pandemic rescue

What Does The 1918 Flu Reveal About The Economic Impacts Of A Pandemic?

Not Too Soon for Post-Pandemic Planning

Republican Group Asks Americans A Critical Question In Scathing Anti-Trump Ad

Trump Organization Seeking Aid From U.K., Ireland For Golf Resorts

Conservative Groups Twist Coronavirus Facts
Trump Pulls Back Obama-Era Protections For Women Workers
At Least 40 COVID-19 Cases Tied to Election in Milwaukee

Cuomo rips McConnell's 'blue state bailout' by noting 'your state is living on the money that we generate'

Ohio man who disparaged lockdown measures on Facebook dies of coronavirus

States rushing to reopen are likely making a deadly error, coronavirus models and experts warn

40 Policies That Helped Pollute State

Milwaukee’s Coronavirus Racial Divide

Midweek Reading

Daily case increase more than doubles in Milwaukee County, fewer hospital beds in use for COVID cases statewide

Banks Made $10 Billion In Fees Processing PPP Loans

Steve Schmidt Says It Out Loud: These Are Just Campaign Rallies

Republicans Suppress Their Own Voters

Some Sheriffs, Police Question Evers’ Shutdown

The World’s Bad Actors See Coronavirus as an Opportunity

How many workers are employed in sectors directly affected by COVID-19 shutdowns, where do they work, and how much do they earn?

A disturbing new study suggests Sean Hannity helped spread the coronavirus

Our Pre-Corona Existence Was Not Normal

More Covid Reading: How Republicans Are Ignoring Experts, Prolonging The Pain And Killing Citizens

Kentucky sees highest spike in coronavirus cases after lockdown protests

No, Coronavirus Isn’t Slowing Down in Wisconsin. In Some Areas, It’s Getting Worse.

We Are Living in a Failed State

Denmark and Poland are refusing to bail out companies registered in offshore tax havens

Milwaukee Documents Seven Coronavirus Cases Linked To In-Person Voting

Death toll and coronavirus cases continue to rise in Wisconsin as more push back against stay-at-home order

MSNBC’s Katy Tur Skewers Protesters’ ‘Plain Dumb’ Comments About Coronavirus

CNN’s Dana Bash Calls Out Trump’s Sexism After Latest Comments To Female Reporter

Dr. Fauci Warns Protests May ‘Backfire’: Economy Can’t Recover Until People Do

Give Me Liberty And Also Give Me Death

The social-distancing deniers have arrived

Paycheck Protection Program State-by-State Distribution

Debt and Deficits with the Coronavirus

America doesn’t want another Tea Party

Shake Shack plans to send back $10 million coronavirus stimulus loan

What the anti-stay-at-home protests are really about

The White House Has Erected a Blockade Stopping States and Hospitals From Getting Coronavirus PPE

Gov. Evers reveals multi-phase “Badger Bounce Back” plan to reopen Wisconsin. Read it here

Three Southern states move to reopen businesses amid coronavirus crisis as experts warn of possible ‘backfire’

Trump berates female reporter: Keep your voice down

Biden Sets Record Straight On Trump's Coronavirus Propaganda

Covid Reading: How Republicans Are Ignoring Experts, Prolonging The Pain And Killing Citizens

Heartland hotspots: A sudden rise in coronavirus cases is hitting rural states without stay-at-home orders

Thousands of Americans backed by rightwing donors gear up for protests

Some governors are easing coronavirus restrictions. Experts say it’s too soon.

She discovered coronaviruses decades ago—but got little recognition

Epidemiologist Delivers Blunt Reality Check On Current Phase Of Coronavirus Pandemic

People Make ‘Mad Dash’ To Florida Beach That Reopened Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Owner of Jackson's pub in Tosa says he will open the dining room May 1

Racine County sheriff will not enforce stay-at-home order, says it will have 'dire lifetime consequences'

Pastor Flouting Stay-At-Home Order Remains Defiant After Parishioner’s Death

Hundreds in Brookfield protest Evers' extension of safer-at-home order

Joy Reid: Those Re-Open Protests Are All About Helping Trump And Wall St., Not Main St.

Hundreds Defy Common Sense, Safety At Infowars Rally To Reopen Businesses

The coronavirus was not engineered in a lab. Here's how we know.

A top German doctor recommends whiskey to protect against COVID-19 (he's joking...but still)

Sen. Kennedy: We Gotta Let Americans Die From Coronavirus So We Can Reopen The Economy

Why Did The World Shut Down For COVID-19 But Not Ebola, SARS Or Swine Flu?

Robin Vos Threatens Lawsuit Over Gov. Evers' Stay-At-Home Orders

Republican lawmakers are planning to ask the Supreme Court to block Evers' stay-at-home order extension

Pandemic Changing State’s Political Landscape?

USA: Tests per COVID-19 case

‘We need to be the Rosa Parks’: Trump ally plans Wisconsin protest of coronavirus restrictions

COVID-19 Protesters Just Like Rosa Parks, Says White House Adviser Stephen Moore

South Korea’s New Coronavirus Twist: Recovered Patients Test Positive Again

Workers Are Getting the Short End of the Stick from the Cares Act

House Democrats introduce plan to pay Americans $2,000 a month until economy recovers from COVID-19

Wis. Republicans to Push Amendment Making It Harder for Essential Workers to Get Workers Comp

Sore Loser

After losing election, state Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly signals he will participate in voter rolls case

Days after learning he was losing his seat on the state Supreme Court, Justice Daniel Kelly signaled he would participate in a case over who should remain on Wisconsin's voter rolls after earlier stepping away from the lawsuit.

The case is expected to determine whether tens of thousands of voters who are suspected of having moved can stay on the state's voter rolls. Both sides are watching the case closely because Donald Trump won Wisconsin's presidential election by fewer than 23,000 votes in 2016. 

Before last week's election, Kelly said he would be inclined to re-join the case whether he won or lost his bid for a new term on the court.

On Wednesday, he made that clearer with a court order saying it appears he no longer has a conflict in the case. He asked those involved in the case to file briefs by next week on what they think he should do before he makes a final decision.

Now that Justice Kelly has lost his election, where his fellow conservatives tried to suppress the vote, he is more than ready to jump back into the fray to throw thousands off of the voting roll.

Just when you think Republicans can't go lower, they get out their shovels and dig deeper.

All Wet

For Further Reading:
The coronavirus likely came from China’s wet markets. They’re reopening anyway.

Further Proof Trump & His Team Are A Bunch Of Fucking Idiots

‘Ignorant’ Kellyanne Conway ridiculed for scientifically illiterate COVID-19 ran

Kellyanne Conway Raises Eyebrows With 'COVID-1' Remark On Fox News

Obviously they are not listening to experts, reading the news or trying to educate themselves. These are exactly the people you do not want at the helm during an emergency.

Midweek Reading

Foxconn's Buildings In Wisconsin Are Still Empty
The real reason Republicans ‘threw a fit in Wisconsin’

He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trump’s Failure on the Virus

If the Postal Service Dies, So Does Democracy

DONALD TRUMP CAMPAIGN SUES WISCONSIN TV STATION OVER AD CRITICIZING HIS CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE

GOP was giddy for low-turnout vote

Trump berates media at jaw-dropping briefing

Voter suppression now has a white face in Wisconsin

GOP Congressman: Lawmakers Must “Put On Our Big Boy and Big Girl Pants” and Let Americans Die

Why the Supreme Court’s contentious Wisconsin election ruling looks even worse now

Treasury stalls delivery of 70 million coronavirus stimulus checks to put Trump’s name on them
Its Not Capitalism, its Crony Capitalism

Capitalists or Cronyists?

Some Companies Are Too Connected to Fail
A raging pandemic is showing the world how Republicans weaponize deficits and states’ rights against Democratic presidents

Tucker Carlson attacks Michelle Obama and says she’s trying to ‘destroy’ American democracy

Capitalists or Cronyists?

Capitalists or Cronyists?

Trump's Failed Coronavirus Response

Karofsky Wisconsin Supreme Court Win A Boost for Liberals

Ha ha ha. Hey Republican cheaters, go fuck yourselves!

Jill Karofsky Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Race in a Boost for Liberals

Liberals Prevail In Wisconsin’s Contentious Coronavirus Judicial Election

Jill Karofsky wins Wisconsin Supreme Court election, defeating justice Daniel Kelly

Sean Hannity’s Stunning Hypocrisy On Coronavirus

The Way We Were

Stimulus Packages Around The World

Sunday Reading

Killing to win

Yes, Wisconsin Republicans used the pandemic to stop people from voting

Coronavirus Is Forcing the GOP to (Tacitly) Admit Its Ideology Is Delusional

You'd Have to Be a Newborn From Mars Not to See Wisconsin Was a Test Run for November

Voting in Wisconsin During a Pandemic: Lines, Masks and Plenty of Fear

Ron Johnson sends doctors' note to Trump urging action on hydroxychloroquine

‘Not as Wisconsin Nice as We Used to Be’: The Divisions in Dairyland

Obama pans Wisconsin 'debacle,' backs vote-by-mail efforts amid pandemic

There Is No Evidence Of Mail-In Voter Fraud

Trump Administration Ignored Repeated Warnings About The Threat Of A Pandemic & Lied To The American People About It

Republicans Have Spent 50 Years Building Barriers Between Voters And The Ballot Box

Bill Moyers: Republicans admit they lose when elections are fair and free

Bill’s guest in this episode is the journalist David Daley. His best-selling first book, RATF**KED-WHY YOUR VOTE DOESN’T COUNT showed how Republicans used gerrymandering to lock up control of many state and local government for years, possibly decades – and remains their strategy.

For Further Reading:
Republicans Exploit Coronavirus to Undercut Democracy in Wisconsin
How The GOP Rigs Elections
Wisconsin Gerrymandering Was Awesome
Voter suppression in Wisconsin could go nationwide in 2020
Court ignored its own rules in hearing on postponing election

Coronavirus Is Not A Great Leveler

The Scott Walker Economy

The Scott Walker Economy

The myth that Walker’s policies turned Wisconsin around still evokes emotional support among many ideological conservatives and is therefore dangerous. The more likely story is that Walker took power in the national recovery and rode it all the way up, yet trailed both the nation and nearby states in economic growth and job creation.

Fox News Is A Genuine Public Health Threat

Chris Hayes Delivers Blistering Review Of Fox News’ Coronavirus Coverage

Republicans, Please, All Of You, Get Together

Kansas Republicans override Democratic governor’s stay-at-home order in brazen power grab

You know what, Republicans go ahead an get together, mingle in large groups, spread the coronavirus among yourselves and die quickly.

Republicans, I've had enough with trying to reason, be practical, or espouse the advice of medical experts to you. Like everything else in life, you all are completely selfish, stubborn, unreasonable and only care about partisanship and power. You're greedy, stupid troglodytes. 

So, go ahead, get together. But when you're sick, or your family is sick, or your friend is sick, don't you fucking dare call a doctor or go to the hospital. You're on your own. Just hunker down in that doomsday bunker of yours and die.

For Further Reading:
Republican Legislators In Kansas Overturn Governor’s Executive Order On Church Gatherings

Please Stop Asking Trump & His Enablers Anything

Why is anyone asking this crook anything?

AG Barr calls coronavirus restrictions 'draconian,' says they should be reevaluated next month

That asshole should have been disbarred long ago. And, who gives a shit about what he thinks...about anything.

Barr, stick to licking Trump's ass. Otherwise, shut the fuck up!

For Further Reading:

William Barr lied to Congress about the Mueller report

William Barr Told All the Right Lies About the Mueller Report

Stark Contrasts Between the Mueller Report and Attorney General Barr’s Summary

Pelosi says Barr committed a crime by lying about Mueller report

A Federal Judge Just Called Out William Barr for Distorting the Mueller Report’s Findings

Judge Calls Barr’s Handling of Mueller Report ‘Distorted’ and ‘Misleading’

Attorney General William Barr doesn’t mind lying for Trump but he’s really awful at it

William Barr is a bad lawyer and a bad liar

William Barr’s War on Reality, Truth, and the Law

Dirtbags: Robin Vos, Scott Fitzgerald and Wisconsin Republicans

Republicans propose giving finance committee the power to cut school aid, slash spending as part of coronavirus relief bill

So after Wisconsin Republicans irresponsibly made people go to the polls to vote during a pandemic, now they are trying to use the pandemic to slash school budgets and cut state spending. Well, at least cut state spending on programs that they don't care about.

Wisconsin's number two douchebag, second only to Robin Vos, Scott Fitzgerald had this to say:

"For almost a month we have been at work on a bill that includes essential provisions dealing with everything from Medicaid to the first week of unemployment," Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, said in a statement. "Millions of relief dollars are at stake for Wisconsin. Suggesting he’ll veto the full bill publicly, while privately we’re still negotiating, is irresponsible.

Um, no. Using a global pandemic to advance your partisan stranglehold and crony policies is a travesty.

Republicans want:

The power they are seeking is vast. It would allow them to reduce aid to schools, local governments and University of Wisconsin campuses. They could also scale back programs aimed at helping the poor and those who have trouble getting health-care coverage.

Robin Vos, Scott Fitzgerald, Wisconsin Supreme Court conservatives, and their ilk are terrible human beings. And I use the word 'human' lightly. Fuck that hazmat suit wearing dipshit and his know-nothing enablers.

Enough is enough with Republicans using the government as their personal piggy-bank to reward themselves and their cronies. Enough putting their contributors before the people they are supposed to represent. Enough with putting corporate life ahead of actual human life. 

This is no longer a spirited debate among civil, reasonably thinking people. Republicans are nothing more than apparatchiks doing the bidding of their paymasters with no concern for the citizens.

The Republican party is a joke. Individuals identifying themselves as Republicans are a joke.

For Further Reading:
Robin And Michelle Vos: The Most Dysfunctional People In Wisconsin

Wisconsin Speaker Wearing Head-to-toe PPE: You Are Incredibly Safe To Go Vote
COVID-19 Relief Muddied By GOP Legislators’ Power Grab

The Republican Way: Hypocrisy, Partisanship, Pettiness, Selfishness & Stupidity

Trump Goes Full Conspiracy Theory About Wisconsin’s Coronavirus Concerns

Wisconsin GOP Forced Thousands Of Voters To The Polls During A Pandemic

'This is ridiculous': Wisconsin holds its primary election in the middle of a pandemic

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Goes Off on Conservative Majority for Jeopardizing Voters’ Safety Amid Pandemic

The Republican Death Cult

New York Times Blasts State Republicans

The Supreme Court Has Sided With Wisconsin Republicans to Put Wisconsin Voters in Danger
Joe Scarborough Explodes Over Trump’s Coronavirus Lies, Networks Airing Them

Trump's Deep, Fetid Swamp

Rush Limbaugh Claims Health Experts Are Hillary Clinton Allies Trying To Hurt Trump

Trump Attacks W.H.O. and Ousts Watchdog for Pandemic Fund

Trump adviser warned of millions of virus deaths in January. Trump says he saw the memo only this week.
Trump Defends His Weeks Downplaying Coronavirus: I’m A ‘Cheerleader’

Please Vote Against Republicans. They Are Trying To Kill Us.

Wisconsin's Governor Tony Evers tried to do the right thing. And, as usual, Republicans did not.

In an effort to allow people more time to vote, Evers tried to extend the period for absentee ballots. You know, since we're in the midst of a pandemic and people have other things on their minds.

Wisconsin's election is still April 7, but a federal judge has extended the deadline for absentee votes to be counted

Evers tried to postpone the election until June. You know, because we're in the midst of a pandemic and it would be foolish and dangerous to go forward with an election.

But, of course, the conservative-stacked courts, at the state and federal level, denied more time for absentee ballots and overruled Evers delay of the election.

High courts block Evers on 2 fronts: Wisconsin justices overturn ban on Tuesday voting, U.S. Supreme Court restricts absentee ballots

I'm sure the Republicans, along with the court justices, that felt we could not dare delay the election, will be working at the polls tomorrow on election day. Yes, I have no doubt that these great public servants will be putting their righteous devotion to democracy above their own health and helping process the thousands of others that will be risking their own health in an attempt to vote, or work the polls, tomorrow. 

This is epic irresponsibility. Republicans should be voted out. Public servants should not be so selfish and short-sighted that they are putting the people, they claim to represent, at risk.

For Further Reading:
Wisconsin's coronavirus case total increases to 2,440, deaths surpass 80
Justice Ginsburg sends out dire warning about the new Supreme Court ruling in Wisconsin election case
Wisconsin Election Back On For Tuesday In The Middle Of Coronavirus Pandemic

The Supreme Court’s disturbing order to effectively disenfranchise thousands of Wisconsin voters

Charting the coronavirus pandemic state by state

Wisconsin Republicans rebuff governor’s 11th-hour bid to delay Tuesday’s election

Republican Hypocrisy on Election
Nakedly Partisan Wisconsin Republicans: Safety For Me But Not For Thee!

Wisconsin Republicans Are Egotistical, Duplicitous Scumbags

Wisconsin governor denies Republicans' request to allow in-person Easter and Passover services during coronavirus pandemic

A dismissive Vos declares in-person voting 'safe.' Says poll work beats boring TV.

Vos claims Milwaukee is not looking for election solution; top election official invites him to work in city's 'hot spots'

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers calls special session to stop in-person voting, but Republican leaders say it should go forward

Supreme Court candidate Jill Karofsky files suit asking court to pull two TV ads for making false statements

Republicans Are Brainless, Horrendous, Shameless Liars

Weekend Reading

Trump administration to finalize weaker mileage standards, dealing a blow to Obama-era climate policy

Trump says Republicans would ‘never’ be elected again if it was easier to vote

Coronavirus map of the US: latest cases state by state

How Many Jobs Can be Done at Home?

Tracking The Spread Of The Coronavirus In Wisconsin

John Menard Retail Bizarro

Big Money

Federal judge blisters Gov. Tony Evers and GOP lawmakers for not delaying Wisconsin's election

Bernie Sanders Calls For Wisconsin To Delay Upcoming Primary Due To Coronavirus

The stark differences in countries’ coronavirus death rates, explained

GOP Lame-Duck Law Blocks COVID-19 Aid

White House economists tried warning the Trump administration a pandemic would kill up to 500,000 Americans and cost the economy $4 trillion

Republicans, Fox News Are A Threat To Civilization

Rush Limbaugh: Economy Being Destroyed 'Under The Guise' Of Saving Lives

Lou Dobbs: Health Experts Not Recognizing Donald Trump's 'Leadership'

Sean Hannity Has Full-On Meltdown Over Criticism Of Fox News Coronavirus Coverage

Professors, Journalists Call Out Fox News’ Coronavirus Misinformation In Scathing Letter

Fewer than half of Americans believe their daily routine will return to normal by June, as fears over coronavirus rise: POLL

‘Inexcusable’: Dr. Sanjay Gupta Goes Off on Georgia Governor’s ‘Stunning’ Coronavirus Admission

Seth Meyers Exposes Fox News’ Sean Hannity Over Huge Coronavirus ‘Hoax’ Lie

Shortcomings of the Trump Administration’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Republicans, You First

Conservative pundits, and other blowhards, are pushing the idea that those that may die from coronavirus should just die and we shouldn't really worry about it because the alternative is a depressed economy.

Here's an idea - Republicans, you first. Please start doing yourselves in. Just go out behind the barn, take one of those many guns you own that you cherish so much, and end it. That will be some that the rest of us won't have to worry about.

Rush Limbaugh and Ron Johnson, why don't you two start this off.

Rush Limbaugh: Economy Being Destroyed ‘Under The Guise’ Of Saving Lives

GOP senator calls on Trump to reopen parts of the coronavirus-stricken economy because 'death is an unavoidable part of life'