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WASHINGTON - States across the country are moving swiftly to reopen their economies despite failing to achieve benchmarks laid out by the White House for when social distancing restrictions could be eased to ensure the public's safety during the coronavirus pandemic. These governors' biggest cheerleader is President Donald Trump. A slew of states - such as Texas, Indiana, Colorado and Florida - have pushed forward with relaxing social distancing guidelines as the number of people testing positive in many states has increased in recent weeks and testing continues to lag. White House recommendations released last month encouraged states to wait...

This is how the loss of our liberties begins. – It begins not with the clatter of gunfire but with 300 million citizens timidly holed up in their homes watching TV 18 hours a day, hoping for permission from some unelected bureaucrats at the NIH and the CDC to go to the grocery store or maybe to see a doctor to check out that disturbing mole on our back after putting it off for two months . It begins not with tanks rolling into downtown Lansing, but with the power-mad Michigan Governor with the plastic face ordering you to keep...

It's time (beyond time, actually) for Trump to be bold and green light the country getting back to work. That will put huge pressure on the cities, counties and states that did their own lockdown. The unemployment and suffering are going to be epic as it is. The time to end this is NOW. This virus is no different than anything else that has come our way and we never shut the government down in the past. The idiot talking heads like Fauci, have been WRONG, just like the Imperial College modelling. All agenda driven. Also, I think cuomo is...

Early Tuesday morning, President Trump continued to signal that it is his intention to re-open the U.S. economy and get Americans back to work sooner rather than later. Repeating yesterday’s theme that the government can’t afford to implement a draconian “cure” that is worse than the China Virus, the President issued the following tweet: Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump Our people want to return to work. They will practice Social Distancing and all else, and Seniors will be watched over protectively & lovingly. We can do two things together. THE CURE CANNOT BE WORSE (by far) THAN THE PROBLEM! Congress...

Like a lot of you stuck at home, I find myself having family dinners most nights -- and it’s been nice. With our son home from college, my office closed, my husband’s gym shuttered and my mother’s doctor’s offices seeing only coronavirus cases, all of the outside-the-house, time-suck activities have dropped away. During the day, we each go about our business, but we come together around the kitchen table for an actual sit-down dinner. It feels like a sweet throwback to my childhood in the ‘70s, when Daddy came home and snoozed over the newspaper after work, and if you...