20 May 20
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19 May 20
Elizabeth Warren | My Brother's Death Didn't Have to Happen
Elizabeth Warren, The Atlantic
Excerpt: "For anyone who heard a Warren stump speech during the year she was running for president, her brothers were familiar characters, the Oklahoma family."
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Elizabeth Warren, The Atlantic
Excerpt: "For anyone who heard a Warren stump speech during the year she was running for president, her brothers were familiar characters, the Oklahoma family."
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Mike Pompeo. (photo: OZY)
Watchdog Was Investigating Pompeo for Arms Deal and Staff Misuse Before Firing
Julian Borger, Guardian UK
Borger writes: "The government watchdog who was fired last week had been investigating the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, for sidestepping Congress to approve arms sales to the Gulf and using staffers for personal errands, according to congressional sources."
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Julian Borger, Guardian UK
Borger writes: "The government watchdog who was fired last week had been investigating the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, for sidestepping Congress to approve arms sales to the Gulf and using staffers for personal errands, according to congressional sources."
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Donald Trump. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Trump's Doctor Just Screwed Everyone Fighting This Pandemic
Daniel Summers, The Daily Beast
Excerpt: "If the White House doctor really did write the president a prescription for the risky, unproven treatment just because he asked for it, it's grossly irresponsible."
EXCERPT:
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Daniel Summers, The Daily Beast
Excerpt: "If the White House doctor really did write the president a prescription for the risky, unproven treatment just because he asked for it, it's grossly irresponsible."
EXCERPT:
…...at this time, there is no reliable evidence to support the use of hydroxychloroquine for treatment of the novel coronavirus. There is, however, ample evidence of the potential for very serious, potentially fatal side effects from the medication. It was because of these side effects that clinical trials using it to treat COVID-19 were halted in France and Brazil, and that an NIH-backed (not peer-reviewed) study of patients at the Veterans Administration concluded it was more strongly associated with killing than relieving ailing veterans. The Food and Drug Administration went so far as to issue a warning to the general public about use of the medication outside of hospital settings.
For ailments where its benefits are well-established, these risks may be worth accepting. Without evidence of genuine benefit, touting it for widespread use is grossly irresponsible.
Which is to say, precisely the kind of thing that Trump is apt to do.
As physicians nationwide, myself included, rushed to discourage people from demanding hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19—and news of halted trials began to mount—Trump had largely stopped talking about it. Fox News did the same thing.
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A food truck vendor pushes his cart down an empty street near Times Square in New York City. (photo: Wong Maye-E/AP)
Stay-at-Home Orders Saved Hundreds of Thousands of Lives, Report Finds
Reid Wilson, The Hill
Wilson writes: "A new analysis says nearly 250,000 people in the nation's 30 largest cities are alive today because of strict stay-at-home orders issued by local and state governments."
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Reid Wilson, The Hill
Wilson writes: "A new analysis says nearly 250,000 people in the nation's 30 largest cities are alive today because of strict stay-at-home orders issued by local and state governments."
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A security contractor frisks a detainee ahead of a deportation flight. (photo: Getty Images)
Redirecting Asylum-Seekers From US to Guatemala Was a Cruel Farce, Report Finds
Cora Currier, The Intercept
Currier writes: "Last November, the United States began sending Salvadoran and Honduran asylum-seekers to Guatemala, telling them, in effect, to try their luck there."
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Cora Currier, The Intercept
Currier writes: "Last November, the United States began sending Salvadoran and Honduran asylum-seekers to Guatemala, telling them, in effect, to try their luck there."
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A doctor in Cuba. (photo: COHA)
Cuba Develops Effective Peptide for Treatment of COVID-19
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Cuba's Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) developed the CIGB-258, a new protein effective in Covid-19 treatment."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "Cuba's Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) developed the CIGB-258, a new protein effective in Covid-19 treatment."
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'The great awakening that the coronavirus pandemic has dealt to city-dwellers, in particular, is that true independence was always a myth.' (photo: David Becker/AFP/Getty Images)
Will Social Distancing Kill Car-Free Culture?
Eve Andrews, Grist
Andrews writes: "When I gave up my car nearly four years ago, I anticipated it would come with certain challenges. But one I did not anticipate was not being able to get tested for a highly contagious virus that had covered the world in a pandemic."
Eve Andrews, Grist
Andrews writes: "When I gave up my car nearly four years ago, I anticipated it would come with certain challenges. But one I did not anticipate was not being able to get tested for a highly contagious virus that had covered the world in a pandemic."
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