Trump announced the immediate imposition of a national lockdown in response to the skyrocketing number of Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths. However, the lockdown will only apply to certain Americans, based on their income group.
American household members with annual incomes of less than $50,000 will be placed on full lockdown. “They can go out to buy food and medicine,” said Trump, “if they can afford it.”
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Republican candidates David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler are focusing on labeling the Democrats as “socialists.” The Republicans pledged to eliminate the Military Health System and the Tricare health system that provide health care for active-duty soldiers and their families, as well as members of the reserves.
“This is pure 100% socialism,” The same goes for Medicare, a waste of government funds. The Democrats want Medicare for All; we want Medicare for None.”
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Can the Republican governors and legislatures of battleground states, with the help of the Supreme Court, reverse what appear to be victories for Joe Biden? In Donald Trump’s words, “I think this will end up in the Supreme Court….And I think it’s very important that we have nine justices.” There are six battleground states in which both the state legislature and the governorship are controlled by Republicans. read more
Donald Trump paid $750 a year in taxes so that he, as president, could receive top-of-the-line medical care for his Covid infection. The rest of us, including White House workers, are not so lucky. First Lady Melania Trump has promised these employees that their environment will be safe, but can one really trust this family to do what they say or even, if sincere, to know how to do it?read more
The United States now has more Covid deaths per million than Italy. Remember when Americans sneered at the Italians and the Chinese because they were experiencing so many deaths? Now, in other countries, they shake their heads and wonder how the United States could have gotten it so wrong. Italy and China were caught by surprise, and deaths rose quickly. The U.S. has no such excuse. read more
