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GoFundMe summary: Because I think it's important that during this time the President stay healthy and being that he's pushing this drug so much he should have his own. So, what nicer way to say thank you for all he's done for America than to send him, literally, a taste of his own medicine.

Goodbye, boneless chicken. Food retailers across North America are swapping boneless chicken legs for less popular thighs and drumsticks as a wave of shutdowns at meatpacking plants has reduced supplies of sought-after cuts. Covid-19 infections among workers at some of the largest meat processing plants in the U.S. and Canada have reduced slaughter capacity, and in some cases the types of cuts available. Outbreaks have shut down almost a third of U.S. pork capacity and the growing wave of disruptions has spurred plans by President Donald Trump to order meat-processing plants to remain open. In Canada, Cargill Inc. has idled...

The irony of this whole Tara Reade/"Fingers" Biden situation is that if Gropin Joe came out and made a public apology to her RIGHT NOW, he could most likely contain the blast damage from this situation. There's considerable sympathy on his side and in the middle with the independents for the #MeToo movement, and "believing all women". Telling the truth in the forthright "common man" Joe Biden way might just defuse the bomb. As it stands now, the longer Joe's Democrat political advisors delay the inevitable, the more collateral damage there is among his defenders, who are being forced to...

(CNN)A news conference by two California doctors that downplayed the threat of the coronavirus and made dubious claims that the disease had already spread widely, and therefore was not dangerous, struck a chord with those itching for states to ease stay-at-home orders -- but is being condemned by public health officials and experts. A widely shared local television video of last week's news conference, which was posted on YouTube, reached more than 5 million views and was amplified by Elon Musk and Fox News, where Dr. Dan Erickson and Dr. Artin Massihi appeared on primetime shows two nights in a...

The Fund for Public Health in New York City is looking for people to work as contract tracers as experts say the strategy is necessary for cities and states planning to relax social distancing orders. The position requires experience in a health-related field or some sort of "public health training." -The Fund for Public Health in New York City is seeking contract tracers to identify and record people who have been in contact with individuals diagnosed with COVID-19. -Bipartisan health experts recommended Congress spend $12 billion to hire an additional 180,000 contract tracing workers over the next 18 months. -The...

Caution: The massive disruptions caused by the Coronavirus outbreak may prompt me to revise the forecast, especially if there is a crack in Trump support. Primaries Predict Election Winner -- Cycle Also Favors GOP — Forecast Model Batting 5 for 6 (since 1996) The Primary Model gives President Trump a 91% chance of winning a possible match-up with Democrat Joe Biden in November, based on primary performance in New Hampshire and South Carolina, plus the first-term electoral benefit. Trump would get 362 electoral votes, Biden 176. In a possible match-up with Bernie Sanders in November, Trump’s chance of winning would...

Throughout the Trump era, the media have hated President Donald Trump for both coming and going. They condemned him for not having "formal" press briefings. Now they condemn him for having them. The Washington Post and The New York Times augmented their aggression on the briefings by doing content analysis of the transcripts. Research by reporters Philip Bump and Ashley Parker of The Post was published Monday under the headline "Trump briefings full of attacks, boasts but little empathy: Analysis shows how much politics dominates daily news conferences." They analyzed the transcripts of 35 press briefings since March 16 and...

Coronavirus Cases: 3,183,985 Deaths: 225,136 Recovered: 986,314 Active Cases 1,972,535 Currently Infected Patients 1,912,111 (97%) in Mild Condition 60,424 (3%) Serious or Critical

The Garda Commissioner has said that “we are in uncharted waters” in terms of the long-term impact of the new powers given to Gardaí during the COVID-19 crisis. Drew Harris said that Gardaí had “engaged in more than 10,000 checkpoints” across the country last week. Commissioner Harris was speaking during a public meeting with the Policing Authority, which is overseeing the Garda response to COVID-19. The proceedings are being streamed live online due to the COVID-19 restrictions. Mr. Harris said that the low number of coronavirus-related arrests to date — 76 — illustrated how well the public was complying with...

Oxford University scientists who have already begun testing a potential coronavirus vaccine in humans say they believe that, if proven successful, it might be available as early as September. The vaccine, which is being developed by the Jenner Institute and Oxford Vaccine Group, began clinical trials last week. “Personally I have a high degree of confidence about this vaccine because it’s technology that I’ve used before,” Sarah Gilbert, professor of vaccinology at Oxford University, told CBS News. Gilbert was referring to success the team, which began working on potential vaccine in January, has previously seen in using a similar vaccine...

Kansas cannot demand that new voters who register under the federal Motor-Voter law prove citizenship before their applications will be accepted, a U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday. The two judges of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Kansas at best proved only a few noncitizens registered to vote each year, and said that wasn’t as bad as more than 30,000 would-be voters who were prevented from registering because of the citizenship requirement. “The significant burden quantified by the 31,089 voters who had their registration applications canceled or suspended requires us to increase the ‘rigorousness of our inquiry,’ …...

VIDEO It was supposed to be Joe Biden's Virtual Town Hall but guess which person did most of the talking? Hillary Clinton. But don't worry, Joe. Hillary will not be pulling the carpet from under you in a few weeks when the time comes for the big switch in nominees. And if you believe that, I have a certain bridge to sell you.

There is a price to pay for taking the ‘orange man…bad’ route if you’re a liberal reporter. You’re bound to get slapped in the face. How many times will the liberal media endure being embarrassed before they realize that they’re bad at their jobs and it only helps Trump’s re-election efforts? The coverage of this White House has been atrocious. It’s par for the course—and I know they will never have a reflective moment because they’re all insufferable, self-righteous clowns who think their word is the gospel. I’ve never seen such an arrogant bunch.  In their effort to attack the Trump...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — For the second time in two days, the state of Ohio’s mandatory requirements for businesses reopening this month have been revised, now requiring face masks for employees and distributors in all business sectors slated to reopen in May. This comes after the state revised its requirements on Tuesday from required for everyone to highly recommended. According to the updated Responsible Protocols on the state’s Responsible RestartOhio plan website, the following applies to all businesses that will be allowed to reopen in May: “Require face coverings for employees and recommend them for clients/customers at all times.” The state’s...

A Republican lawmaker from northern Illinois has launched a second legal challenge against Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order, this time aiming to free more Illinoisans from its restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic. The class-action lawsuit was filed Wednesday morning in Winnebago County Circuit Court by Rep. John M. Cabello, records show. Cabello’s lawsuit seeks an injunction prohibiting Pritzker from entering any further stay-at-home orders against Cabello “and all citizens similarly situated.”

...[I]t seems quite noteworthy that as of Sunday, coronavirus had killed zero school-aged people in all of Massachusetts and just 31 people under age of 50. Total. Out of close to 3,000 deaths in the state... Meanwhile, in New York, a top doctor who's been working on the frontlines...says he now believes re-opening is in order-for health reasons, in addition to economic ones.

Prayers up for all the families suffering from the impact of this virus. And we're still praying that the spread starts fading with the warmer Spring weather and that an effective treatment and vaccine are developed before the next flu season starts. And we pray that our people are allowed to go back to work very soon and that our economy comes roaring back. Meanwhile, we may be hurt and slowed down somewhat, but we have faith in the long-run that "what doesn't kill us only makes us stronger." God willing, America will survive and we will survive and we...

We're seeing now what efforts against COVID-19 were supposed to produce: a flattening of the growth curve of new fatalities. The growth rate of fatalities is dropping. We entered the dark tunnel, and now we are on the way out. Rays of light are shining in. We will survive. But will we learn? It appears that the initial estimates of the scope of the threat were off by some orders of magnitude. But we started with zero knowledge. Mistakes are part of living. The problem is when we don't learn. The country already had huge, pressing problems before COVID-19. The...

White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday that data from a coronavirus drug trial testing Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug remdesivir showed “quite good news.” Speaking to reporters from the White House, Fauci said he was told data from the trial showed a “clear cut positive effect in diminishing time to recover.” “This will be the standard of care,” Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, added.

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by John Adams. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. John Adams was one of the principle architects and major influence behind the founding of the United States. Along with Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, they worked tirelessly to initiate the start of our world's greatest societal experiment in history. Unfortunately, it's very existance is now at direct threat by the spawn of the political party emanating out of the "regretful" side effect of freedom, the "political party;" in this case the Democrat Party. The...