‘This is unstoppable’: America's midwest braces itself for a Covid-19 surge https://t.co/RGDTzMlWHC
— The Guardian (@guardian) August 9, 2020
America's failure so far to contain the spread of the coronavirus has been met with astonishment and alarm abroad. Much of the incredulity in Europe stems from the fact that the U.S. had the benefit of time and Europe's experience with COVID-19. https://t.co/DVQbC3Oe5x
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 9, 2020
A new CDC analysis of children hospitalized for the coronavirus finds:
• 1 in 3 was admitted to the ICU
• Black kids were 5 times as likely as white kids to be hospitalized
• Hispanic kids were about 8 times as likely as white kids to be hospitalized https://t.co/TmYKZpnS80— NPR (@NPR) August 9, 2020
"According to @youyanggu, the best modeler of the pandemic spread, the infection fatality rate has fallen from about 1% in March to about 0.25% today. In other words, the lethality of the disease in the U.S. has fallen by about 3/4 since its peak." https://t.co/yrdrI7bv6d
— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) August 9, 2020
Meanwhile…
Trump quashed report section showing Russia is helping him win 2020 – Business Insider https://t.co/wjcDeOBlGA
— craig newmark (@craignewmark) August 9, 2020
That’s a core part of the job of NSA. I wonder what else he isn’t doing. https://t.co/aT5HmcQsQD
— Susan Rice (@AmbassadorRice) August 9, 2020
We are all suffering from scandal fatigue, but this scandal cannot be ignored: Trump does not want the intelligence community to expose Russian attacks because he is their beneficiary.
In @PostOpinions: https://t.co/IeK0PFnJrR
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) August 8, 2020
Opinion: Russia is actively helping Trump. Again. https://t.co/3k0uvdXaDe
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 9, 2020
And, meanwhiler…
tbh I did not see “Cut Medicare and Social Security” coming as Trump’s election year pivot.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) August 9, 2020
One day after Pres. Trump's response to Congress' impasse over additional coronavirus relief spending by signing a series of executive actions, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer described the directives as "paltry… unworkable, weak and far too narrow" https://t.co/FVdnv5Tuxr
— ABC News (@ABC) August 9, 2020
Failure wasn't an option on coronavirus aid. It was the only option.: Analysis: There was no political incentive — other than public need — for the White House and Congress to reach a deal. So they didn't. https://t.co/0tXMKALjXx
— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) August 8, 2020
A national poll of teachers finds overwhelming trepidation about returning to the physical classroom:
• 82% are concerned about returning to in-person teaching
• two-thirds prefer to teach primarily remote
• 77% are worried about risking their healthhttps://t.co/sJYWzmYJ4H— NPR (@NPR) August 9, 2020
Some photos from the 6th anniversary of Michael Brown shooting and protests in Ferguson https://t.co/YiZ1vpsA0h via @stltoday pix by @ChrisKohley and @PDPJ pic.twitter.com/JNCYo7xHR5
— David Carson (@PDPJ) August 9, 2020
And tonight in “Fuck Right Off…”
Kudlow claims payroll tax deferral will give employed Americans "a gigantic wage increase" https://t.co/d9daujDNN8 pic.twitter.com/bY47H2IIEw
— The Hill (@thehill) August 9, 2020
Navarro on Trump spending weekend at golf club: "This is the hardest working president in history" https://t.co/1P0O5ymHJI pic.twitter.com/XuFrYE8rO4
— The Hill (@thehill) August 9, 2020
White House asked if Trump could be added to Mount Rushmore https://t.co/6LodMRfPVx pic.twitter.com/lT0YLOImcV
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) August 9, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
Highest Covid death toll in Europe, worst economic hit in the G7.
No wonder they want us to focus on small numbers of desperate migrants arriving in dinghies. https://t.co/MOKR4lvo3z— David Schneider (@davidschneider) August 9, 2020
Heartbreakingly, mind numbingly true. What a nation we have become. https://t.co/gaRDC3g3Ty
— garret o'fachtna (@sozandoko) August 9, 2020
Does he understand that it is not a staycation when one travels somewhere else?
Does he understand that he is the PM and there is still a health crisis?https://t.co/lUZxY4kfBI— Jen 🐇😷 (@Jennyflower) August 9, 2020
I wont be taking no vaccind nor walking around with a submission mask..I have never in all life put on a mask over the threat of passing on or receiving a common cold..
— David Taylor (@Davidjt43) August 9, 2020
Two-thirds of UK’s furloughed workers continued job in Covid-19 lockdown even though the government explicitly forbids this practice. I imagine all the @ExcludedUK self-employed freelancers who received nothing will be furious at this news. I am. https://t.co/kDV9IEjN8W
— Steve Smith (@dirstevesmith) August 9, 2020
Hurrah! At last we have a working Track and Trace App. 👍
Simply Track any recently awarded government contract and you can Trace it back directly to one of their mates.— Alistair Barrie (@AlistairBarrie) August 8, 2020
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WORLDWIDE
Landslide kills 43 at southern Indian tea plantation https://t.co/pCQCbaee8Q
— The Independent (@Independent) August 9, 2020
Gunmen kill six French aid workers, their driver and guide in Niger, minister says https://t.co/ANH08fLLsO pic.twitter.com/8aHMqjhOTv
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 9, 2020
Police in Belarus violently suppress protests after ‘dictator’ Lukashenko declared winnerhttps://t.co/lxQIYmQp34
— The Independent (@Independent) August 9, 2020
The city of Minsk erupted in pro-democracy protests as critics question exit polls showing a strong victory for authoritarian incumbent Aleksander Lukashenko. https://t.co/dtBckCkxww
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) August 9, 2020
According to the official exit poll this is only 6,8% of #Belarus.
It's fair to say we just witnessed the most shameless case of electoral fraud in the modern history of #Europe pic.twitter.com/UJt8549829
— Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge) August 9, 2020
Evidently, police are using disproportionate force to disperse protesters. People just stand and wait, and shout "Long Live Belarus!" Police throw explosives. pic.twitter.com/ghMN0HwWsP
— Franak Viačorka (@franakviacorka) August 9, 2020
► VIDEO: New Zealand hits 100 days without domestic transmission of Covid-19 https://t.co/qVy0zZYiRu pic.twitter.com/1gPc8cyDqq
— Irish Times Video (@irishtimesvideo) August 9, 2020
Doctors in Europe say progress in treating people with Covid-19 is helping to reduce fatalities among the sickest patients, a hopeful sign as the region grapples with sporadic flare-ups as it heads through the tourist season and into fall and winter.
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 31, 2020
Experience in the age of pandemic: https://t.co/2b13fm3DhQ
— Matt Haber (@Matthaber) August 9, 2020
Beirut residents mourn destruction amid transformed cityscape https://t.co/N5EU27PE02 pic.twitter.com/PTmFYod64p
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 9, 2020
Fire breaks out near Lebanese parliament amid clashes with protesters: tv https://t.co/sLoRsFjuKS pic.twitter.com/qoXxyU55i6
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 9, 2020
Rough seas are hampering response to Mauritius ship leak; oil spill reaches 1,000 tons https://t.co/J7VRD6Gkzq
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 9, 2020
Meanwhile..
Not now, ET.https://t.co/uZHnfdK8Jg
— Duke Of Havoc (@DukeOfHavoc) August 9, 2020
Google Earth in Siberia seems to show four Russian tanks guarding a crashed… something…
I don’t know what it is, but I’m sure the truth is out there! pic.twitter.com/3vJb35hxam— Mothra P.I. (@Hardywolf359) August 9, 2020
The Overnight Note 