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Loading a New Database of Defensive Gun Use

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 09:00 PM PDT

For well over a year, The Daily Signal has published a monthly series highlighting lawful gun owners who used their firearms to protect their liberties, lives, or livelihoods.

Although these articles recount just a dozen or so stories each month, the incidents are selected from hundreds of other, similar examples.

Those defensive gun uses are worth highlighting, too. That's why The Heritage Foundation is introducing its Defensive Gun Use Database, an interactive map featuring all of the news accounts from police reports that we couldn't fit into installments of the monthly series.

What's the Defensive Gun Use Database?

The database features an interactive map that allows users to locate instances of defensive gun use in their own states and cities.

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Is Jill Biden Running For President? Jill Delivers Joe’s 2020 Campaign Message as He Stands Next to Her Blinking (VIDEO)

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 08:30 PM PDT

Is Jill Biden running for President now?

Jill Biden delivered Sleepy Joe's 2020 campaign message as her husband stood next to her and blinked.

77-year-old Joe can hardly string a sentence together without stumbling so now his wife is talking for him.

"This moment reminds us that the presidency is about true leadership — having the forethought to prepare for the worst, the backbone to lead through chaos, the character to move beyond politics," Jill Biden said as Joe stared into space.

Old Joe's handlers should tell him to at least smile instead of scowling next time his wife speaks for him.

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Rudy Giuliani Goes There: Did Obama Approve Dr. Fauci’s $3.7 Million NIH Grant to Wuhan Lab in 2015?

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 08:00 PM PDT

Back in 2015 the NIH under the direction of Dr. Tony Fauci gave a $3.7 million grant to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

The Wuhan Institute of Virology is now the main suspect in leaking the coronavirus that has killed more than 50,000 Americans and, thanks to Dr. Fauci again, destroyed the US economy.

As early as 2018 US State Department officials warned about safety risks at the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab on scientists conducting risky tests with the bat coronavirus.

US officials made several trips to the Wuhan laboratory.

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Subject: OpenSecrets to offer free online classes on money in politics throughout coronavirus crisis

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 07:30 PM PDT

To assist faculty who will be teaching students online for the foreseeable future, the Center for Responsive Politics will offer free 30-60 minute demonstrations via Zoom, Skype or GoToMeeting of OpenSecrets.org with a special emphasis on connecting money in politics data to issues related to campaign finance, lobbying, or political influence. We can customize these presentations to home in on a specific topic and will include time for questions from students if requested.

Topics which can be covered include:
Campaign finance at the federal level
Dark money, grey money and outside groups
Lobbying by political interest groups from the U.S. and foreign countries
Money in politics in the post-Citizens United era
Political action committees and whether money can buy influence
And more…

A doctor speaks out on the shutdown

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 07:00 PM PDT

The opinions expressed are my own.

As many people in my community and followers of my social media accounts know, I am the cardiologist who was placed on leave by my employer after I attended a rally a week ago. The rally was held to send a message to our governor encouraging him to reconsider his extension of the Safer at Home order for another month past the original date of April 24th. The governor's decree is currently being challenged in court by the Legislature.

There is much misinformation and speculation regarding my involvement in the event, why I attended the event, what I believe, what I believe should be done, and even my work schedule. The individuals spreading such misinformation have judged me despite knowing very little about me. These misguided attacks appear to be guided by political ideology rather than knowledge of the facts regarding the danger of COVID-19 in our area or the impact of the lockdown on our community's healthcare services and local economy.

I have listed my main points below and a more in-depth discussion follows for those who may be interested.

1. I was in FULL agreement with the governor's first Safer at Home order scheduled to end on April 24th, and I still believe it was an appropriate action. During this period we prepared for the impact of COVID and, as time progressed, we were able to assess how prevalent it was in our community of North Central Wisconsin.
2. Fortunately, we have not seen nearly as many COVID cases as we had expected and were prepared to treat. As of today, there have been only 17 confirmed cases of COVID in Marathon County and only one mortality since the beginning of the pandemic. Those numbers have not changed for several days.
3. According to John Hopkins daily tracking data, in nearby counties--including Price, Taylor, Langlade, Lincoln, and Oneida--only a single instance of COVID has been recorded. Thus, large areas of Wisconsin have had minimal contact with COVID.
4. The forced lockdown has caused severe adverse health consequences locally, as it has prevented people from getting the care they need. This is likely to get worse as many health care organizations are facing financial collapse.
5. The forced lockdown has caused severe economic damage, and economists are already projecting that unemployment rates will be higher than in the Great Depression. If we don't allow portions of the country to open, I fear that many jobs will be lost forever as businesses are forced to close.
6. There are many areas throughout the country where COVID is very active, and continued aggressive mitigation efforts in those areas are appropriate and necessary.
7. There are areas in the country like North Central Wisconsin where the prevalence of COVID is very low.
8. We need to start assessing our response to COVID on a regional basis. We should consider population density, the prevalence of the virus, capabilities of the health care system to treat COVID, and the ability of local businesses to take reasonable precautions to protect their employees and patrons.
9. Lower-risk areas and businesses need to make plans to open the economy soon. Businesses and health care providers need to cooperate in this endeavor and be prepared to adjust their responses according to close monitoring of viral activity in their area.
10. I am deeply disappointed that this has become a political issue. The virus doesn't care what party you may favor. The politicization of this has greatly impeded our ability to address the pandemic.
11. The consensus medical view is that this virus is here to stay. In other words, this virus cannot be defeated simply by staying inside for a couple of months. The world will likely see periodic outbreaks, and we need to accept that and be prepared to deal with COVID long term. Like it or not, this virus is here to stay, and we need to be prepared for this reality.
12. I placed no patient in any more jeopardy from the virus by attending the rally than that encountered in my daily living, for reasons outlined further below.
13. Finally, despite the way it was perceived throughout the country, I was not fired by my employer for attending the rally. I was placed on an unpaid, one-week leave for violating the hospital's policy, and I voluntarily extended my time off by another week by taking vacation time. During this time, I have been assessing my future plans, together with my wife and family.

For those interested in more details, let me first give you a bit of background about myself. I am a research cardiologist and author of over 100 medical papers and research studies. I have provided cardiovascular care to patients in North Central Wisconsin and portions of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for almost 33 years. When I first began practicing cardiology in North Central Wisconsin, the program was in its infancy and was unrecognized. With the hard work of several talented medical professionals, we have succeeded in building a program in which IBM Watson Health awarded a top-50 ranking in the entire country a remarkable 13 times during my tenure.

I began studying the COVID virus after seeing the initial reports coming out of China, and I have read the published studies in various medical journals regarding COVID. I recognized how serious and dangerous it could be if not successfully contained early. When COVID began spreading across the United States, I helped craft guidelines to minimize the risk of spread at my local church.

I saw on Facebook that many people had questions about COVID or were simply interested in learning more. I began writing posts on Facebook to explain how infection occurs and how it spreads. I wrote posts about virus mutations and the difficulty these mutations cause for finding a vaccination and developing natural immunity. I published several firsthand accounts of what we were doing locally to prepare for COVID patients. Our hospital was very well-prepared and much was done ensure the safety of its staff. I have often said that I felt I was safer from catching the virus in our hospital than virtually everywhere I went.

As time went by, however, the danger of COVID in our area was much less than we had expected. Indeed, this was true of most of the areas I provided cardiovascular care. Nevertheless, I was absolutely behind the governor's first Safer at Home order. This initial Safer at Home order allowed us time to prepare for the expected surge. The surge of COVID infections never materialized in our area.

The effect of the first Safer at Home on our local economy and our local health care system has been devastating. I saw firsthand how this order was adversely impacting people with medical needs. The hospital system shut down 16 primary care clinics. Think of that, 16 CLINICS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. More recently the system announced numerous additional furloughs and cut work hours for nurses and support staff. All this to hopefully avoid the total financial collapse of our local health care system. This is not isolated to our region. These events are happening all over the country. Millions of healthcare workers are effected.

Meanwhile, health care within our community has suffered. The shutdown of clinics has reduced access to healthcare. People are afraid to come into our office or the emergency room. Cancers are not being detected or operated on, dental care is not being provided, severe orthopedic issues are not being addressed, and some specialties--such as ENT, dermatology, chiropractic care, and some surgical specialties--are being decimated. It became increasingly clear that the health care system was near collapse. This was not due to the virus overwhelming the system, but due to a government-imposed restriction on "nonessential" services. This restriction has caused horrific damage to patient care. I certainly felt, as did many others within our community, that the drastic reduction in health care was worse than the minimal effect we were seeing from the virus. Interestingly, publications in prestigious medical journals are now attesting to this fact. A poor economy has morbidity and lethality too.

The loss of millions of jobs caused by the shutdown was hard to comprehend. I felt I needed to observe the economic side on a more personal level in our community. So, I attended the rally. The timing of the event worked out reasonably well with my schedule, as I wasn't scheduled to be in the hospital for over two weeks. The vast majority of my clinic patient encounters for the next couple of weeks were already set to be done by phone or video conferencing. A few non-urgent, office-visit patients could be rescheduled if necessary. I went to the rally as an observer and stayed in the back to maintain social distancing. Overall, I felt my minimal exposure risk was no more than what I experienced on my trips to the grocery store or essential errands.

By attending the rally, I was able to gain a greater understanding of the devastating effects the Safer at Home order was having on businesses in our community. The lockdown doesn't discriminate by political party, social status, or gender. The misery is shared by all, and it will get worse. I heard small business owners and farmers tell their gut-wrenching stories. Several of the stories I heard were told through tears and a tone of utter despair. Many felt their businesses and farms were near collapse and that an additional month would seal their doom. Dairy farmers were dumping milk and some grain farmers were not harvesting their crops due to the collapse of their markets. The bailout money was not even close to what they needed to survive. And they didn't want to survive on government handouts, assuming these were even available; they wanted to work. It was hard for these individuals to accept that they were deemed non-essential when it was their only means of survival.

After this rally, I joined a small group of people who prayed the Rosary with our priest for the health of those fighting the virus, those infected by the virus, our country, and the many businesses devastated by the lockdown. Though it started small, it rapidly grew in size as more and more joined to pray.

On Monday morning, my first day at work after the rally, I immediately notified my employer that I had attended the event. Although all the patients on my schedule were phone calls or video visits, I agreed to leave the office and for the rest of the week as part of established policy. I later added a vacation week to follow as I contemplate my future with my wife and family. Neither of the two administrators with whom I met felt I posed a risk of infecting others.

Upon returning home, I learned of some of the comments made on social media about me and the orchestrated slander of my name and reputation. These comments had my wife and family in emotional turmoil and my wife, in particular, in tears numerous times. I was accused of taking action that would cause the death of children. I was accused of showing a total disregard for my patients' health. These words and accusations do not in any way reflect my 33 years of dedicated service to my patients and my community. I was called a conspirator and an anti-science Trumptser. But most disturbing was the vulgarity involved and a clear sense of an orchestrated political hit job. There were words said using language that I haven't heard since high school. They vandalized my home by scattering feces on the front steps prompting me to file a police report. They also mocked Christianity. Nobody should have to put up with this evil. No human has the right to inflict this pain on others.

America's Constitution enshrines the right to assemble peacefully and voice opinions. Blood from our forefathers has paid for this right countless times. These assemblies have contributed to the ending of Slavery and the Vietnam War. They were a major factor in the Civil Rights Movement. We shouldn't be so willing to give up these rights when we feel the government is on the wrong course.

To all of you who have supported me through this, I thank you deeply. I am truly blessed by this outpouring of support. To those who disagreed with my action but were respectful in their comments, God bless you as well. I feel an honest discussion is what's needed on this subject. To those who showed an unsubstantiated vile toward me and my religion, I feel sad for you, and I pray that you find peace.

Donald Trump takes aim at Fox News during anti-media tirade

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 06:30 PM PDT

President Donald Trump took aim at Fox News over the weekend, saying he wants an 'alternative' to his former favorite cable news network and blasting board member Paul Ryan.

The president's rant came amid a larger diatribe against the media and its coverage, a wave of fury that resulted from Thursday's White House press briefing where Trump suggested officials look into injecting disinfectant into people to combat thecoronavirus, advice medical experts were quick to debunk.

In fact, the advice was so unsound even Fox News hosts like Steve Doocy, the 'Fox & Friends' morning show host who is Trump supporter, disregarded it.

Injecting disinfectants 'is poisonous,' he said Friday morning. Fox News' anchor Chris Wallace warned: 'The answer is no, it's not safe. A lot of the major manufacturers say it isn't.'

Trump has had a love-hate relationship with Fox in recent weeks as he touts One American News, a small conservative news outlet that is becoming his new favorite.

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Western Spy Agencies Investigating Wuhan Scientist Highlighted By Zero Hedge In January

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 06:00 PM PDT

Western intelligence agencies are "looking closely at the work of a senior scientist at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Peng Zhou," as part of a joint international investigation into the origins of COVID-19, according to the Daily Telegraph.

In a stunning expose, the Australian newspaper reports that "the Five Eyes intelligence agencies of Australia, Canada, NZ, UK and US, are understood to be looking closely at the work of a senior scientist at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Peng Zhou, as they examine whether COVID-19 originated from a wet market or whether the naturally-­occurring virus may have been released from the level four laboratory in Wuhan that was studying deadly coronavirus pathogens from bats."

Of course, the name of Peng has been long familiar to our readers, and would have been familiar to far more people had Twitter not decided to arbitrarily suspend the Zero Hedge account over a report exposing Mr. Zhou.

As we reported in January - posting publicly available professional contact information and suggesting people ask him about the outbreak near his lab - Peng, head of the Bat Virus Infection and Immunization Group, sought to hire two post-doc fellows last November, who would be tasked with using bats "to research the molecular mechanism that allows Ebola and SARS-associated coronaviruses to lie dormant for a long time without causing diseases."

One press release from his lab was titled: "How bats carry viruses without getting sick." Via the Telegraph:

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What to Do About China And Its American Lackeys

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 05:30 PM PDT

America's China problem is a two-part problem – one part is dealing with those pangolin-kebabing commie bastards and the other is dealing with their fellow travelers among our garbage globalist elite here at home. But the Chinese coronavirus – aptly named the "Chinese coronavirus" because this pandemic is the result of either Chinese incompetence and/or bizarre bat soup gulping, plus a lot of standard ChiCom deception – has at least made clear that we better deal with them before they deal with us. It's a wake-up call we better heed by getting woke.

Red China must be dealt with as what it is – an enemy. If the country's Maoist mullahs had decided that they wanted China to spin-up into a first world power and responsibly assume a place at the world's head-table by trading fairly, respecting human rights, not stealing our inventions, and not sending weird bugs across the globe, cool. But Red China wants to dominate the world.

It can't and won't do it militarily, at least outside its immediate geographic zone of control. Inside that zone, it wants to be the big bully on the block and it is only a matter of time before it decides to flex its muscles against Taiwan, then Vietnam, then Japan, and sometime in the not too distant future, against us. The fact is that China is building up combat power designed to take on the U.S., to defeat our strengths (like by building hypersonic missile systems to take out our carriers), to steal our tech (weird how all their jets look just like ours), and to dominate in space and cyber. Still, this is a naval conflict primarily, and we still have some advantages, including good ships (but not enough) and a longer, stronger naval tradition. You can't just build massive, integrated blue water fleets and suddenly be able to employ them effectively. We have been doing that for a century, but let's not get cocky. Our naval traditions today may not be the "rum, sodomy and the lash" that still built a winning Royal Navy, but they are hardly those of ruthless competence either. Our ships run into other ships too often, and there's way too much "social justice" and not enough "warrior" in the mix. The indiscipline of the captain of the Roosevelt was appalling and if the bozos with stars give him back his gig cuz the Twitter blue checks whined, that's worse. Virtue signaling one's feelz isn't going to win wars.

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How to Regrow Your Groceries

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 05:00 PM PDT

The idea of regrowing your groceries sounds too good to be true, but in some cases it really is possible. Check out these step-by-step instructions for regrowing common grocery items.

Green Onions

Overhead view of fresh whole spring onions on table
Tim MacPherson / Getty Images
Cut Bottom Off

Cut the last inch off of each green onion (this will give you the bulb and roots).

Plant in a Pot or Garden

Plant these in a flower pot or in your garden.

Cover Bulbs and Water Regularly

Be sure to cover the bulbs completely, and to leave a portion of each stem sticking out above the soil. Water regularly, and watch your green onions grow back.

Cut Stalks as Needed

To harvest, simply cut off as much of the green stalks as you need. If you leave the white bulbs in the plant, they'll continue to regrow more greens. Expect to get three to four cuttings off of your green onions before you need to plant more.

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Guest Commentary: The Virus of Leftism Now Infects Even the Mayo Clinic

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 04:30 PM PDT

Dennis Prager, the founder of the now wildly popular Prager University, which produces five-minute "courses" watched by billions each year, has it spot on. He says and writes regularly about how the value system of Leftism poisons everything it touches. Thank God his short videos are a potent intellectual vaccine, helping millions of our young people especially to fight off something far worse and more threatening to America than the coronavirus — Leftism.

Barak Obama and all of the leaders of the now radicalized and profoundly regressive Democrat Party talk about working to fundamentally transform this benighted country of America. Prager rightfully argues such transformation is, at its core, a powerful and evermore successful attempt to basically destroy the Judeo-Christian foundation of America and replace it with the false promise of a utopia run by the enlightened ones of the iron-fisted state. It's right out of the playbooks of Karl Marx, Woodrow Wilson, FDR, Saul Alinsky, our current Democrat Party, our universities, Hollywood, and New York Times op-ed writers. It is a revolution to overturn the American Revolution. It is the forces of darkness aligned against the force of light. It is immorality battling the morality of America and its values.

Examples are legion. For men and women of the Left, nihilism rules. Every part of our culture is up for destruction. A "burn it all down" mentality grips the millions holding this ideology. They tell us there are no longer men or women, but dozens of genders — and you'll be thrown in jail if you misgender someone. Steve can give birth and Brad can menstruate. No longer does a child need a family with a mom and dad because the only thing that matters is, as clueless Joe Biden said, "love" — with whomever and with how many you get off on. No longer is the fundamental part of liberty and a peaceful civilization valued, namely the protection of private property. Instead, cheered on is massive robbery — taking by threat of force money earned by Sarah to give to Rachel, all in the name of social justice. As Barack Obama said, after a certain point, Sarah has made enough money. Who the hell cares if our kids get saddled with tens of trillions of dollars in debt? The Left is busy distributing economic justice as fast as the Treasury printing presses can roll.

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Shhh: Democrats Asked Zero Questions About Biden Allegations on Sunday Shows, Despite New Evidence

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 04:00 PM PDT

If you missed in on Friday, some new evidence turned up related to the sexual assault allegation a former Senate staffer lodged against Joe Biden. We've already written at length about the accusation, focusing specifically on the media's outrageous handling of it -- especially compared to the feeding frenzy in which they hungrily engaged during the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation firestorm (The New York Times' excuse for the disconnect is quite literally laughable). We already knew that there was more contemporaneous evidence to buttress the allegation against Biden than Christine Blasey Ford ever produced. Then this new strain of information arrived, via The Intercept:

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The Surrender Syndrome: What Herbert Hoover Can Teach Republicans

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 03:30 PM PDT

Herbert Hoover never saw it coming. On New Year's Day 1932 the Republican president was in good cheer as he looked forward to another year in the White House. And another year after that. And another. And …

He never seemed to contemplate that with the election later that year he might actually lose. True, unemployment was rising, but it had to level off, then go down at some point. Right?

After all, history showed time and again that the economy was cyclical, and always rebounded somewhere down the road. Where that road would take the millions out of work, he did not say. He only knew that better times were just around the corner. Government need only stay out of the way and things would work out in the end.

Problem is, far too many Americans sensed that the end was near. For them.

By autumn 1932 unemployment was hovering around 25%, Gross Domestic Product growth hit an astonishing minus 13%. For the third straight year the stock market was down. Way down. Inflation plummeted to minus 10%, since few had any money to buy anything.

Hoover was at his wits end. He figured he had tried everything, even when it ran against his best capitalist instincts. To secure more federal money to try to slow the economic downturn he even raised taxes across the board, causing the opposite effect when federal revenue actually fell.

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"This Happened": Biden Accuser's Sexual Assault Claim Corroborated By Two More Witnesses

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 03:00 PM PDT

Two more sources have come forward to corroborate sexual assault claims against Joe Biden by former staffer Tara Reade, who claims that in 1993 Biden forced himself upon her and penetrated her against her will with his fingers.

Two people have already come forward to say that Reade told them of the incident shortly after it allegedly occurred; her brother Collin Moulton, and a friend who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of retribution.

Now, two more witnesses have come forward to Business Insider; former neighbor Lynda LaCasse - a self-described "very strong Democrat," and Reade's former co-worker, Lorraine Sanchez, who worked in the office of a California state senator in the mid-1990s.

"This happened, and I know it did because I remember talking about it," said LaCasse, a retired former medical staff coordinator and emergency room clerk for San Luis Obispo General Hospital in California, who lived next door to Reade in the mid-1990s in an apartment complex in Morro Bay, CA. LaCasse said she and Reade shared a bond because they were both mothers whose daughters swam together in the apartment complex's pool.

In a series of interviews with Insider over the last week, LaCasse said she decided to speak up now, at a time when Reade's story is under intense scrutiny in the media and facing denials from the Biden campaign, because she believed Reade's account when she first heard it.

"I have to support her just because that's what happened," LaCasse said. "We need to stand up and tell the truth." -Business Insider

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On average, Wisconsin is pumping nation's cheapest gas

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 02:30 PM PDT

MANITOWOC COUNTY (WLUK) -- Fewer drivers on the road, means fewer and fewer people are filling up their tank.

"With consumers are staying at home and the economy in troubled waters, I think that's kind of the best summary. People are just not driving," said GasBuddy Head Petroleum Analyst Patrick De Haan.

At one point Friday morning, the Francis Creek Shell station was selling the cheapest gas in the country at just 75 cents a gallon.

Experts say while you're saving now, you may have to pay for it later.

A Viewer Writes: Apparently Jake Day doesn't believe in the Constitution

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 02:00 PM PDT

Hey Joe, check out Jake Day's latest...

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1568586916637983&id=515198518629427

Specifically at the 20:51 mark.

Apparently Jake Day doesn't believe in the Constitution.

Royal Farms Has What You Need, At A Price...

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 01:30 PM PDT

Getting the Facts Right on Islam and Beheading

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 01:00 PM PDT

Recently, a terrifying triple murder in my home state evoked memories of a moment of human depravity so vile that it is difficult to think about, much less write about six years later. First, the more recent murder scene.

On April 7, 2020, three women were brutally stabbed to death by Idris Abdus-Salaam at a Pilot Travel Center in Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, outside Knoxville. A fourth woman survived the attack.

Arriving on the scene, deputies from the Knox County Sheriffs Office spotted Abdus-Salaam in the parking holding a knife. Refusing to drop his weapon, the attacker was shot and killed by a deputy. The three murder victims were Pilot employees and the survivor a customer.

Abdus-Salaam was a 33-year-old truck-driver from Durham, North Carolina. The attacker's mother, Walidah Abdus-Salaam, contended that behavior like this was completely out of character for her son. Speaking to the Knox News, she said, "He's not a violent person. The picture they painted is ugly. That is not my son."

His mother also indicated that her son was a practicing Muslim and there had been no signs of him becoming radicalized. Across the state, police in the Memphis area are trying to discover if Abdus-Salaam is tied to the brutal stabbing of a nurse.

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DC Mayor Appoints Obama’s Former NatSec Advisor Susan “Benghazi” Rice to “Reopen DC”

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 12:30 PM PDT

The Democrat Mayor of Washington, D.C., appointed Obama's former National Security Advisor Susan Rice to "reopen DC" after issuing an authoritarian lockdown order due to the Coronavirus panic.

Mayor Muriel Bowser made the announcement on Monday.

"ReOpen DC is about working together as a community to reopen Washington, DC in a way that is safe and sustainable. Together, we will create a plan that is based in science and tailored to the needs of our community." – Bowser said.

There are three phases of reopening:

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The Crash Has Only Just Begun

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 12:00 PM PDT

Everything, including a rational, connected-to-reality, effective financial system, is on back-order and unlikely to ship any time soon.

While the stock market euphorically front-runs the Fed and a V-shaped recovery, the reality is the crash has only just begun. To understand why, look at income and debt. Income--earned and unearned--is in free-fall, while debt--which must be serviced by income--is exploding higher.

Bailouts are not a permanent substitute for income. In the short-term, bailouts--in the form of payments to everyone who's lost their source of earned income, i.e. their job--is a necessary substitute for lost income. But longer term, subsidizing income with borrowed money weakens the currency and the economy, as productivity stagnates.

As for servicing debt--the unemployed working class is getting an extra $600 a week not out of kindness but to make sure these households can continue to service their debts: auto and truck loans, student loans, credit cards, etc. Absent a federal bailout, millions of unemployed would cease making loan payments, creating a financial crisis for lenders.

Investment income is also crashing as companies slash dividends and stock market gains dry up. Oil exporters are facing a $1.2 trillion cut in annual income, and institutional property owners are facing steep declines as tenants stop paying rent and structural declines in employment will pressure rents lower in housing and commercial properties.

As the housing market implodes, capital gains from flipping houses will also collapse. As Corporate America realizes it no longer needs vast office spaces for its (reduced) workforce as millions are working from home, the demand for commercial properties will fall off a cliff, and the rental income generated by commercial property will also fall off a cliff.

Even if interest rates fall to zero, the interest paid by borrowers will not be zero. But even if borrowers get very low rates, they still have to make the monthly principal payments, which can each run into the hundreds of dollars. Lowering interest rates doesn't reduce the principal payments or reduce the interest due to zero. Indeed, the student loan and credit card rackets are experts at sucking borrowers dry with late fees and much higher rates than initially advertised.

Capital isn't flowing into productive investments; it's front-running the Federal Reserve's free money for financiers in grossly overvalued stocks and seeking "dead money" safe havens.

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Jemele Hill Slams NFL for Allowing ‘White Supremacist’ in the League While Kaepernick Remains Unemployed

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 11:30 AM PDT

Over the weekend, former ESPN personality and extreme left-wing writer Jemele Hill, criticized the NFL for allowing kicker Justin Rohrwasser, whom Hill claimed is a "white supremacist," to be drafted while Colin Kaepernick remains unemployed.

Hill unleashed a slew of Tweets attacking the NFL and Rohrwasser after the player was drafted by the New England Patriots on Sunday. Rohrwasser has been questioned repeatedly for the last few years over a particular tattoo he has on is arm that left-wing watchdog groups claim is a racist "right-wing militia" symbol.

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Study: Historic Drop in U.S. Reading and Math Scores Since Common Core ‘Debacle’

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 11:00 AM PDT

A study released Monday by the Boston-based Pioneer Institute reveals a historic drop in national reading and math scores among U.S. students since the adoption of the Common Core Curriculum Standards a decade ago.

"Nearly a decade after states adopted Common Core, the empirical evidence makes it clear that these national standards have yielded underwhelming results for students," said Pioneer executive director Jim Stergios in a statement. "The proponents of this expensive, legally questionable policy initiative have much to answer for."

The study, titled "The Common Core Debacle" and authored by education policy researcher Theodor Rebarber, asserts the "shocking trends" in American student performance in critical math and reading skills since the creation of the U.S. Education Department 40 years ago recommends reevaluation of federal involvement in education.

Performance in reading and math since the adoption of Common Core has especially declined in the nation's lowest-achieving students – many of whom come from low-income families and failing public schools – widening the achievement gap and creating further inequality.

Supporters of Common Core, however, touted the Obama-era federally incentivized standards would be "rigorous" and also "level the playing field." The Common Core State Standards Initiative boasted that the standards are "important" because:

[h]igh standards that are consistent across states provide teachers, parents, and students with a set of clear expectations to ensure that all students have the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in college, career, and life upon graduation from high school, regardless of where they live. … The standards promote equity by ensuring all students are well prepared to collaborate and compete with their peers in the United States and abroad.

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Could the world have a coronavirus vaccine by September?

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 10:30 AM PDT

Could the world have a coronavirus vaccine by September? Monkeys given Oxford University's jab were infection-free a month after contact with the virus - and researchers say 'millions' of doses could be ready this fall

Scientists at Oxford University in the UK say they are one step closer in developing a vaccine to stop the spread.

Last month, promising results were seen after six rhesus macaque monkeys were injected with a single dose of the university's new vaccine.

This means that a new vaccine trial involving more than 6,000 participants will be started by the end of next month in an effort to show the vaccine is safe and effective.

With emergency approval, 'a few million' doses could be available as early as September, if the inoculation works, reported The New York Times.

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COVID-19 Update

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 10:27 AM PDT

Global Cases Surpass 3,000,000
  • The U.S. now accounts for one-third of total global cases with over 1,000,000 while the global total has surpassed 3,000,000. While much of Europe has "flattened the curve" or seen consistent declines in new cases, other countries are seeing explosive case growth, including Brazil, Russia, Turkey, Mexico, and Peru. 
  • Gilead Sciences announced today that the company "is aware of positive data" from a study of its drug remdesivir as a potential treatment for COVID-19. The drug was developed as potential treatment for Ebola but found limited success in treating the disease in Africa. It may be the best therapeutic treatment for COVID-19 but is expensive and in limited supply. 
  • The U.S. economy shrank by 4.8 percent in the first quarter of 2020, the worst quarterly contraction since 2008. Things are likely to get much worse as, the lockdown went into full effect at the very end of the quarter. Current quarter figures may show a 30 percent contraction of the U.S. economy. 
  • The economic impact in Europe is becoming more apparent. The region's five biggest economies (Germany, France, UK, Italy, & Spain) have reported more than 30 million furloughed workers. Across the continent, hundreds of thousands of retailers could be forced into bankruptcy, and tens of thousands of oil jobs in the North Sea could be cut due to the collapse of energy prices.
  • In early May, the European Commission is expected to release guidance on common rules and protocols for member states related to border control measures during the summer travel period.
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Latest global updates:
  • In Lebanon, anti-government activists held a "Day of Rage" on 27 April to protest the government's handling of the COVID-19 crisis. Violent protests broke out and lasted until morning hours on 29 April. Lebanese soldiers deployed tear gas and chased protesters out of the streets after they set fire to at least two banks in Tripoli 
·        Austria announced that general lockdown restrictions will end on 30 April, although people have to practice social distancing and gatherings will still be limited to ten people. All stores are allowed to reopen from the start of May, restaurants and bars from 15 May, and hotels can reopen from 29 May.
·        The Czech Republic extended its state of emergency to 17 May. 
  • France announced a phased easing of restrictions starting on 11 May. 
  • Greece will rollback some restrictions starting on 04 May. Restaurants, hotels and tavernas will not be allowed to open until June. 
  • Luxembourg, a country of 600,000 people, announced its intention to test the entire population by the end of May.
  • Russia announced it will slowly withdraw restrictions beginning on 12 May despite experiencing significant daily new case growth. 
What we know:
  • Over 3,160,000 confirmed cases worldwide
  • 220,000 deaths
  • 975,000 recovered
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Travel Advice

The U.S. State Dept. has issued Level 4: DO NOT TRAVEL guidance for the entire world amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

In addition, Global Guardian recommends the following:
  • Return to the U.S. if currently abroad while commercial means are still available. Otherwise, prepare to remain abroad for an indefinite period. 
  • Avoid all international travel.
  • Practice advanced careful hygiene measures, including frequent hand washing and sanitizing.
  • Practice "social distancing" while in public spaces. 

Outlook 

The outlook remains optimistic as several European countries are starting to see a significant decline in new cases 20-30 days after instituting aggressive lockdown measures. Many are now starting to re-open limited parts of their economies and the success of those restarts will be key for how other nations handle lifting of restrictions. 
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Ocean City Following State’s Roadmap to Recovery, Hopes to Lift Restrictions Once Stay-At-Home Order Ends

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 10:24 AM PDT

Lodging Restrictions Extended, Beach and Boardwalk Remain Closed

Ocean City, Maryland – (April 29, 2020): Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan amended two mayoral declarations combating the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19), in order to mirror the State of Maryland's recovery plan. The April 28th declaration extends emergency orders enacted in March, including closure of the beach, Boardwalk and Inlet Parking Lot until May 15. In addition, restrictions on short term rentals have been extended through May 22. The amended declarations dates will be revised if Governor Hogan lifts the Stay-At-Home order as part of phase one of his Maryland Strong: Roadmap to Recovery.

"Governor Hogan's Maryland Strong: Roadmap to Recovery laid out a path to gradually and responsibly reopen the economy, while also protecting the health and safety of our residents," commented Mayor Rick Meehan. "The plan intends to move rapidly, but not recklessly. It is important that Ocean City mirror these actions to help avoid any set back in the progress we have made in our community and across the State."

The mayor declaration also echoes the Stay-at-Home order, which is in place in Maryland and several surrounding states. This order directs residents and property owners to stay home, except for essential activities, to help slow the spread of coronavirus. "Our entire community continues to make sacrifices during this health crisis, but this has been especially difficult for our non-resident property owners who are anxious to visit their beach homes," continued Mayor Meehan. "Although it has not been easy, we believe these restrictions have been successfully slowing the spread of the virus. If we all continue to work together over the next few weeks, hopefully we will be welcoming everyone back sooner rather than later."

To read the declaration in full, please visit: www.oceancitymd.gov/covid19

Ex-ICE Chief: ‘If Biden Becomes President, We Lose the Border’

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 10:00 AM PDT

A Joe Biden presidency will plunge the U.S. southern border into "chaos" again, former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting director Tom Homan has warned.

The ex-ICE chief has issued a stark caution to American voters about the choice they face in November, pointing to Biden's radical immigration positions and track record during the Obama administration.

"Here's a guy who spent two years saying, 'President Trump isn't above the law, he needs to be held accountable.' President Trump isn't above the law, but apparently [Biden] thinks illegal aliens are above the law," Homan told the Daily Caller. "I'm not guessing at it – these are statements he's actually made and you've all seen them."

"If he becomes president, we lose the border."

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DE Coronavirus Update: Community Testing Sites in Sussex County & Face Coverings Guidance

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 09:45 AM PDT

Governor Carney Declares COVID-19 Hot Spot in Sussex County, Announces Expansion of Community Testing Sites
 
Tuesday, April 28: Governor Carney declared Sussex County a hotspot for COVID-19 in Delaware and announced the schedule for the State of Delaware's Coordination and Care community testing sites.

The community testing sites and outreach will be conducted in coordination with the Delaware Division of Public Health, the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, hospital systems, Federally Qualified Health Centers, community organizations, and Sussex County employers. 
 
Testing is geared to reach the following high-risk populations: 
  • Those with symptoms consistent with COVID-19,
  • Those living or working with someone diagnosed with COVID-19
  • Family members or housemates of those working in the poultry industry 
  • Those with chronic medical conditions such as asthma, diabetes, hypertension, or compromised immune systems.

It is critical to protect your family and yourself by following the guidance from the CDC and the Delaware Division of Public Health. Most importantly, stay home unless it's absolutely necessary to go out for essential work or essential items. Don't go out in public unnecessarily.
Community Testing Sites

  • Hosted by Beebe Healthcare in the parking lot between JD Shuckers and the Veteran's Administration off of Rt. 404 in Georgetown: Wednesday, April 29 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

  • Hosted by Bayhealth at the DHSS State Services Center in Milford located at 253 NE Front Street: Thursday, April 30 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

  • Hosted by Beebe Healthcare in the parking lot between JD Shuckers and the Veteran's Administration off of Rt. 404 in Georgetown: Friday, May 1 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

  • Hosted by Bayhealth at the DHSS State Services Center in Milford located at 253 NE Front Street: Saturday, May 2 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

  • Hosted by Beebe Healthcare in the parking lot between JD Shuckers and the Veteran's Administration off of Rt. 404 in Georgetown: Saturday, May 2 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

  • Hosted by Bayhealth at the DHSS State Services Center in Milford located at 253 NE Front Street: Monday, May 4 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

DUE TO WEATHER THURSDAY TESTING CANCELLED

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 09:35 AM PDT

TARGETED COVID-19 MASS TESTING FOR CRITICAL EMPLOYEES
DUE TO WEATHER THURSDAY TESTING CANCELLED
TESTING WILL BE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
(April 29, 2020, Salisbury, MD) As COVID-19 cases continue to rise on Delmarva, the Wicomico County Health Department will hold targeted COVID-19 testing. This increased testing is for residents of Lower Eastern Shore, including workers in poultry processing plants and their families.
Targeted testing will take place at the Arthur W. Perdue Stadium at 6400 Hobbs Road, Salisbury, MD 21804 on:
·       Friday, May 1st from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
·       Saturday May 2nd from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Transportation to the testing site:
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Friday and Saturday Pickup Time

Somerset
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Friday and Saturday Pickup Time
Pocomoke
5th and Market Street
8:00 am

Crisfield
Food Lion
8:00 am
Snow Hill
Byrd Park
8:30 am

Princess Anne
Hardees
8:30 am
Berlin
Decatur Street
9:00 am





Wicomico County - Friday and Saturday Pickup Time
Royal Farms
Parsons Road
8:00 am

Royal Farms
Parsons Road
5:00 pm
Wico. Nursing Home
Booth Street
8:15 am

Wico Nursing Home
Booth Street
5:15 pm
Wicomico Health
Adkins Building
8:30 am

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Adkins Building
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Booth Street
2:45 pm




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This press release is also to inform all members of the media that this drive-thru medical clinic will not be open for any form of media coverage.  Wicomico County Health Department, PRMC, and the Delmarva Shorebirds all agree the protection and the privacy of those being tested is paramount.  We are asking you to please provide our patients the same level of privacy. 

For more information about COVID-19 call 410-912-6889 or visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at  www.cdc gov/coronavirus or Maryland Department of Health at coronavirus.maryland.gov. Local updates are posted on www.wicomicohealth.org  and our social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram (WicomicoHealth) or Twitter (@WicomicoHealth).

DPI statement on President Trump's executive order

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 09:34 AM PDT

In response to President Trump's executive order keeping meat and poultry plants operating during the COVID-19 crisis, Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. issued the following statement:

"This executive order will give needed assistance to Delmarva's chicken processing companies by sending food supply chain resources to plants, giving them even more ways to keep workers safe and protected from coronavirus. By resolving inconsistencies among states in enforcing CDC guidelines, the order is a good first step towards a uniform standard for worker safety during this crisis in meat and chicken processing.

"Last week, Delmarva's governors jointly conveyed to the President an urgent need for additional federal support for our chicken community, asking the White House to identify federal resources that could help chicken companies, employees, farmers and chicken growers and to provide necessary equipment, personnel, supplies and testing materials to ensure processing plants can remain open. They also asked for national, uniform guidance from the CDC and OSHA for the meatpacking and poultry processing companies. This executive order accomplishes those goals and aids us in keeping the safe and stable chicken supply chain our country must have.

"This crisis is sorely testing Delmarva's chicken community – our more than 20,000 chicken company employees, the more than 1,300 farmers who raise chickens here, and the scores of allied businesses we rely on. All of them have shown astounding reserves of patience, determination and strength. Together, and with a helping hand from the states and the federal government, we will continue to feed the country and the world."

Gregg Jarrett: New evidence on Michael Flynn — drop all charges and let him sue his persecutors

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 09:30 AM PDT

Michael Flynn is the victim of one of the worst miscarriages of justice in modern times — an innocent man who was unfairly targeted by the FBI, wrongfully prosecuted by special counsel Robert Mueller, and coerced into a guilty plea under threat.

New court documents finally handed over to Flynn's lawyer contain exculpatory evidence that has been long sought, yet concealed until now. The charge against him should be dismissed. Then, he should sue the very people and government thatpersecuted him under the pretext of a legitimate prosecution.

The unvarnished truth is that the retired Army lieutenant general and former National Security Adviser never did anything wrong and committed no crimes. He was set up by unscrupulous FBI officials, then relentlessly pursued by Mueller's team of overzealous prosecutors who were desperate to show that President Trump and his campaign colluded with Russia to win the 2016 presidential election.

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Jacki Pick: Artificial Depression Built Around Coronavirus Will Kill Thousands

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 09:15 AM PDT

An artificial depression created around the coronavirus outbreak by American leadership will kill thousands of Americans, explained Jacki Pick, host of the Jacki Daily Show on BlazeMedia, warning of the consequences of varying economic shutdowns across the nation ostensibly aimed at addressing the viral spread. She offered her analysis on Tuesday's edition of SiriusXM's Breitbart News Daily.

In her recently-published article, "What a Prolonged Shutdown Will Cost in Human Life," Pick wrote:

A prolonged shutdown could bring tens of thousands of deaths through spikes in rates of suicide, heart attack, missed cancer diagnoses, domestic violence deaths, substance abuse, and more. We have evidence that these deaths are coming, and the shutdown is only a month old.

"For whatever reason, we decided to artificially create a depression around [a once-in-a-century pandemic]," Pick said. "Leadership created a demand collapse for oil — basically gasoline — and then any oil-derived products."

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Detroit Democrats Cast Out Fellow Lawmaker Who Had Audacity To Credit Trump For HCQ COVID Cure

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 09:00 AM PDT

A Detroit Democratic lawmaker was officially censured by her party colleagues last weekend after she credited President Trump with for promoting hydroxychloroquine, which she says saved her life after she contracted COVID-19.

According to The Detroit News, State Rep. Karen Whitsett of Detroit 'broke protocol' by meeting with President Trump and VP Mike Pence during an April 14 meeting of coronavirus survivors.

"Thank you for everything that you have done," Whitsett told Trump at the meeting. "I did not know that saying thank you had a political line. … I'm telling my story and my truth, and this how I feel and these are my words," she said during the meeting.

Whitsett's penalty? She was cast out by the 13th Congressional District Democratic Party organization, which unanimously voted via Zoom on Saturday to oust the first-term lawmaker representing Michigan's 9th House District.

"We have the ability to be the referee when we see our leaders out there attacking and not being willing to have a discussion to find common ground," said chairman Jonathan Kinloch. "Based on her actions and recent statements, she's chosen to be a stand-alone Democrat with the goals of a Republican."

According to the resolution, Whitsett has "misrepresented the needs and priorities" of Democrats to the President and public, and that she participated in events with the Republican Women's Federation of Michigan to express her thanks to Trump.

Whitsett "has repeatedly and publicly praised the president's delayed and misguided COVID-19 response efforts in contradiction with the scientifically based and action-oriented response" from Michigan's Democratic leadership, "endangering the health, safety and welfare of her constituents, the city of Detroit and the state of Michigan."

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A Federal Bailout Won't Fix States' Finances

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 08:30 AM PDT

Bailing out the Illinois state pension system is the worst idea from a week in which we were discussing the health benefits of mainlining Lysol. (Please do not mainline Lysol. It will kill you.)

Irresponsible state and local governments are attempting to exploit the fear and disruption of the coronavirus epidemic to push off the consequences of their decades of reckless and culpably dishonest policies onto the federal government. This will inspire a great deal of conversation about "moral hazard" and "fairness," but the fundamental problem is something else: Such a bailout would not work because it would not actually solve the real-world problems that threaten to cripple state and local finances.

Contra Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, this is not exclusively a "blue state" problem.

State and local governments are facing short-term financial problems that are tied to the epidemic and the imposition of social distancing, lost tax revenue prominent among them. With businesses forcibly closed and unemployment soaring, there is less money coming into state, county, and city tax coffers. Some states are better prepared for this than others: Wyoming maintains a "rainy-day" fund that has socked away in it funds equal to 109 percent of the state's annual government expenditures. Alaska has more than half a year's expenditures tucked away, North Dakota 30 percent, New Mexico 27 percent. Most states have a good deal less, and some have very little: New York has only 3 percent, Pennsylvania 1 percent, and Senator McConnell's home state of Kentucky less than 3 percent. Illinois, to nobody's great surprise, comes in at 0.0 percent, no doubt from spending all its money on Chicago-style avocado toast.

Conservatives often have been critical of these funds, characterizing the reserves as excessive an

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Maryland Covid-19 Data 4-29-2020

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 08:21 AM PDT



COVID-19 Statistics in Maryland
Number of confirmed cases: 20,849
Number of negative test results: 90,080  
Number of confirmed deaths: 985
Number of probable deaths: 93
Currently hospitalized: 1645
Acute care: 1,060
Intensive care: 585
Ever hospitalized: 4,402
Released from isolation: 1,361

Cases and Deaths Data Breakdown:
Parenthesis = Confirmed death, laboratory-confirmed positive COVID-19 test result
Asterisk = Probable death, death certificate lists COVID-19 as the cause of death but not yet confirmed by a laboratory test
NH = Non-Hispanic

By County

County    Cases Deaths   
Allegany    116    (6)   
Anne Arundel    1,662    (75)    8*
Baltimore City    2,014    (94)    7*
Baltimore County    2,740    (104)    14*
Calvert    142 (8)   
Caroline    69       
Carroll    421    (45)   
Cecil    164 (8)   
Charles    551 (41)    1*
Dorchester    51    (2)   
Frederick    893    (45)    6*
Garrett    4
Harford    371    (6)    7*
Howard    831 (18)    1*
Kent    73    (4)   
Montgomery    4,152 (218)    24*
Prince George's    5,738    (213)    11*
Queen Anne's    55    (4)       
St. Mary's    145    (7)    1*
Somerset    21
Talbot    34 (1)   
Washington    197 (3)
Wicomico    350    (7)   
Worcester    55    (2)
 Data Not Available (74)    13*

By Age Range and Gender

Age/Gender    Cases Deaths   
0-9    256
10-19    539
20-29    2,393 (7)   
30-39    3,511 (14)    1*
40-49    3,696    (24)    2*
50-59    3,792    (65)    7*
60-69    2,927    (152)    11*
70-79    2,035    (234)    12*
80+    1,700    (413)    49*
Age Data Not Available (76)    11*
Female:    11,130    (483)    52*
Male:    9,719 (502)    41*
Gender Data Not Available:  
    
By Race and Ethnicity
Race/Ethnicity    Cases Deaths   
African-American (NH)    7,615    (404)    27*
Asian (NH)    434 (36)    3*
White (NH) 4,808    (390)    49*
Hispanic 3,473    (64)    3*
Other (NH)    747    (17)   
Data Not Available    3,772    (74)    11*

Coronavirus lingers in the air of crowded spaces, study finds

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 08:00 AM PDT

The novel coronavirus that has swept the globe, infecting over 3 million people and killing at least 208,131, can linger in the air of crowded spaces.

A new study published Monday in the journal Nature Research revealed that bits of COVID-19's genetic materials were found floating in the air of hospital toilets, in an indoor space holding large crowds and in rooms where medical staff removed protective gear.

Researchers, who analyzed two hospitals in the pandemic's epicenter in Wuhan, China, did not seek to establish whether these airborne particles could cause infections. Scientists are still learning more about this new coronavirus, so the question of whether it can spread through airborne particles is still being debated.
https://www.foxnews.com/science/coronavirus-lingers-air-crowded-spaces-study-finds

Rental owners say there's 'no light at the end of tunnel' amid coronavirus

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 07:30 AM PDT

ATLANTA - Rental owners nationwide are dealing with the impact of the coronaviruswhile their properties sit empty.

Jenn Cook has two rental properties in Florida that were booked into the summer season before the pandemic began.

"I mean, pretty much all of our pending reservations, canceled, every single one of them. As soon as they started to do this quarantine thing, it was kind of a ripple effect," Cook said.

Cook's income from her rental properties has drastically declined and she doesn't know when things will get better.

"We usually make about $12,000 a month between the two vacation rentals that we have. We've lost March, we've lost April…and we don't know how bad it's going to be," Cook said.

Thousands of rental owners are in similar situations. Rich Munroe, a rental owner in Georgia said it feels like they are living in the unknown.

"Any bookings that were booked for the next 60 to 90 days, all of them canceled," Munroe said.

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https://www.foxnews.com/us/short-term-rental-owners-coronavirus

Sen. Cotton asks how Dems who believed claims against Kavanaugh could 'possibly agree' to be Biden running mate

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 07:00 AM PDT

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Sunday that Democratic senators who believed sexual assault accusations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh shouldn't want to be Joe Biden's running mate, claiming there is more evidence for an assault claim against Biden as a sitting senator in the 1990s than there were for claims against Kavanaugh from his youth.

The Biden campaign has denied the allegation by an aide against the former vice president.

"These Democratic senators believed Christine Blasey Ford's claim against Justice Kavanaugh, yet there's more evidence to support Tara Reade's claim of sexual assault against Joe Biden," Cotton wrote in a Sunday tweet. "How could they possibly agree to be VP under those circumstances?"

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U.S. coronavirus death toll now greater than that of Vietnam War

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 06:45 AM PDT

(NEXSTAR) – The number of Americans who died from COVID-19 is now higher than the death toll of U.S. soldiers killed in the Vietnam War.

By late Tuesday afternoon, More data showed U.S. coronavirus deaths to be 58,343. The bloody conflict in Vietnam, which spanned two decades, killed 58,220 Americans, according to statistics from the National Archives.

Coronavirus cases in the United States surpassed 1 million Tuesday, more than four times the number in Spain, the country with the second-most.

Rick Scott: ‘Not Fair’ to Bail Out Indebted States via Coronavirus Bill

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 06:30 AM PDT

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said on Monday that it is not fair for taxpayers to bail out indebted states, such as New York, Illinois, and California, via a future coronavirus package.

Scott slammed a Democrat proposal to use federal funds to aid struggling state and local governments, which could reach as high as $700 billion.

"It's not fair to the taxpayers of Florida. We sit here, we live within our means, and then New York, Illinois, California, and other states don't. And we're supposed to go bail them out? That's not right," Scott told reporters.

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IMF chief echoes AOC on using pandemic as 'great opportunity' to push green agenda

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 06:00 AM PDT

International Monetary Fund head Kristalina Georgieva echoed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Twitter feed on Monday by framing the coronavirus pandemic is a "great opportunity" to push green initiatives.

The Bulgarian economist told the Atlantic Council via videoconference that "Mother Nature" would continue warning the world about embracing green policies whether citizens liked it or not.

"A crisis [is] never to be missed as an opportunity to do better," Ms. Georgieva said, the Washington Examiner reported.

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Eighth Circuit Upholds Determination that Wells Fargo is Liable for Penalties for Engaging in Abusive Tax Shelter Scheme

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 05:30 AM PDT

WASHINGTON – The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a precedential opinion on Friday, April 24, 2020, affirming a district court decision that a transaction designed to generate massive foreign tax credits (referred to as the STARS tax shelter) lacked economic substance and business purpose and was subject to the accuracy-related penalty for negligence, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Joshua Wu of the Justice Department's Tax Division.

In Wells Fargo v. United States, No. 17-3578, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota and the position of the United States. Wells Fargo, like several other U.S. banks, had entered into the STARS shelter, a transaction promoted to them by Barclays PLC and KPMG as a method of generating foreign tax credits on U.S. income. The Eighth Circuit rejected the transaction as an economic sham subject to penalties, consistent with the decisions of three other courts of appeals. In rejecting Wells Fargo's appeal, the court agreed with the government that "STARS was an elaborate and unlawful tax avoidance scheme, designed to exploit the differences between the tax laws of the U.S. and the U.K. and generate U.S. tax credits for a foreign tax that Wells Fargo did not, in substance, pay."

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Zuckerman thanked Tax Division attorney Judith Hagley and former Tax Division attorneys Gilbert Rothenberg and Richard Farber, who handled the case on appeal for the government, as well as Chief Senior Litigation Counsel Dennis Donohue, Senior Litigation Counsel Kari Larson, trial attorneys William Farrior, Harris Phillips, Matthew Johnshoy, and former Tax Division attorney Viki Economides Farrior, who litigated the case in the district court.

BREAKING: CA Supreme Court Orders Gov. Respond Re Unemployment Benefits For Undocumenteds

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 05:13 AM PDT

'Not a slush fund for the Governor to spend as he sees fit'

While more than 3 million California citizens are awaiting state unemployment benefits because of Governor Gavin Newsom's order for statewide lockdown, the governor announced last week he was extending $75 million to undocumented immigrants to be passed-through unnamed regional non-profit associations.

However, the Center for American Liberty's lawsuit, in coordination with The Dhillon Law Group, filed an emergency petition with the California Supreme Court Wednesday asking the Court to immediately halt Governor Newsom's appropriation of $75 million for the undocumented immigrants.

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U.S. Marshals Capture Eastern Shore Gang Member “RJ” Northan

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 05:00 AM PDT

Norfolk, VA – A Bloods gang member on the run from attempted murder charges in Accomack County since March 25 was captured today in Maryland. Robert "RJ" James Northan Jr., 34, was arrested as a result of an extensive multi-agency fugitive investigation.

At approximately 9:45am, U.S Marshals Fugitive Task Force members from Norfolk, VA and Salisbury MD arrested Northan at a hotel in Pocomoke City, MD. The arrest was the result of an extensive fugitive investigation involving the following agencies: U.S. Marshals, FBI, Accomack Sheriff's Office, Northampton Sheriff's Office, Virginia State Police, Maryland State Police, Eastern Shore Drug Task Force, and Worcester County Sheriff's Office.

"I would like to thank the U.S. Marshals and all the agencies involved with this team effort in bringing this fugitive to justice," said Accomack Sheriff W. Todd Wessells.

"I am routinely humbled by the tenacity and the "never give up" attitude displayed by Deputy Marshals and our state and local law enforcement partners. Despite the significantly increased risk to law enforcement during the crisis caused by the ongoing viral pandemic, the public should take comfort in knowing that the Marshals Service and their partners are still on the street every day helping to ensure that the public is protected from dangerous groups and individuals. Cases like this, under these circumstances, should give the citizens here in Virginia piece of mind in knowing that the Marshals Service works daily to serve the public with Justice, Integrity and Service." U.S. Marshal Nick E. Proffitt.

Northan is being held at the Worcester County Detention Center awaiting return to Virginia.

Local Covid-19 Testing

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 04:30 AM PDT

PRMC hospital and Wicomico County Health Department will run a health clinic in which tests will be offered to people who are at high risk of contagion of Covid-19, especially chicken plant workers and their relatives.

Place: Arthur W Stadium. Perdue 6400 Hobbs Road, Salisbury, MD 21804

When: Thursday April 30, Friday May 1st and Saturday May 2

The hours of service are:

• 9 Am - 1 PM
• 3 PM- 7 PM

Interpreters will be available in the Spanish and Creole language
Reports Covid-19 (410) 912 6889

Transportation is offered: To know the places where you will pick up the people you want to go call 211

Covid-19 Nursing Home Cases ****5 cases at one Salisbury Nursing Home****

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 04:07 AM PDT

Here is the link to check other nursing homes. https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/pages/hcf-resources?

California, The Land Of Fruits & Nuts

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 04:00 AM PDT

AP declares Kweisi Mfume winner of 7th Congressional District race

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 03:50 AM PDT

BALTIMORE (WBFF) - Associated Press is calling the special 7th Congressional District election for former NAACP leader Kweisi Mfume.

The special election was held after the death of longtime U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings.

The Maryland Board of Elections has released only partial results from voting so far.

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Japan begins ‘mass manufacturing exodus’ from China

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 03:00 AM PDT

Japan is about to hit Covid Cover Uppers China with a massive manufacturing exodus following the Coronavirus pandemic that has brought the world to its knees.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has proposed "building an economy that is less dependent on one country, China, so that the nation can better avoid supply chain disruptions." reports Nikkei Asia Review.

The plans have sent chills down the Chinese Communist Party's spines as more of the worlds top economies are set to follow suit, Politicalite reports.

Britian, the EU and the United States – who have been touting an America First policy for almost four years could follow suit.

In Beijing, the ruling unelected Communist Party bigwigs are said to be in a state of panic.

"There are now serious concerns over foreign companies withdrawing from China," a Chinese economic source said.

"What has particularly been talked about is the clause in Japan's emergency economic package that encourages (and funds) the re-establishment of supply chains."

"Had the pandemic not struck, Chinese President Xi Jinping's maiden state visit to Japan would have been wrapped up by now with Xi proudly declaring a "new era" of Sino-Japanese relations. He would have cheered on Abe as Japan prepared for the next big event, the 2020 Olympics."

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MARYLAND PREPARES FOR SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION WITH VOTE-BY-MAIL

Posted: 29 Apr 2020 02:00 AM PDT

Maryland's first all-mail election is underway, with most voters from the state's 7th Congressional District casting ballots remotely to elect an interim representative following Congressman Elijah Cummings' death last October.

Registered voters across the district—which encompasses roughly half of Baltimore City, in addition to areas of Baltimore and Howard counties—received paper ballots by mail or fax earlier this month from the state's Board of Elections, which also made electronic ballots available to download directly from its website. The board is accepting ballots issued by mail on or before April 28, as well as those deposited at designated drop-off locations prior to 8:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday.

Several outlets, including the Associated Press, have reported that ballots cast in-person during Maryland's 7th Congressional District election will be quarantined for 24 hours before they are reviewed by election officials in effort to avoid potential exposure to infection.

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Posted: 29 Apr 2020 01:00 AM PDT
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