As fatalities climb from the spread of coronavirus, the Department of Defense has moved to procure 100,000 body bags to accommodate increased demand from morgues across the country. “The Department of Defense and the Defense Logistics Agency have a longstanding arrangement with FEMA to procure key commodities from DLA’s industrial partners during crisis response operations,”…… MORE
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How 2 Trump-loving governors are struggling amid the coronavirus crisis
On Wednesday, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp issued a shelter-in-place order for his state. Asked why he had made the decision, Kemp said this (bolding mine): “Finding out that this virus is now transmitting before people see signs, so what we’ve been telling people from directives from the CDC for weeks now that if you start…… MORE
New York Times: 2,000 ventilators in federal stockpile don’t work because of a maintenance lapse
More than 2,000 ventilators, a key piece of equipment to treat coronavirus patients, in the federal stockpile are unavailable to be deployed because the Trump administration failed to maintain the devices as they were in storage, according to The New York Times. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the federal government is withholding 10,000 ventilators…… MORE
Biden says he thinks the Democratic convention will ‘have to move into August’
Joe Biden said he believes the Democratic National Convention scheduled to take place in July will be pushed back a month later because of the coronavirus pandemic. “I doubt whether the Democratic Convention is going to be able to be held in mid-July or early July. I think it’s gonna have to move into August,”…… MORE
Trump administration faces colossal test as it prepares to disperse trillions from stimulus
The White House and federal agencies face a colossal challenge of dispersing more than $2 trillion of stimulus money approved by Congress last week. With the economy in freefall, there is a particular emphasis on speed, but also fears that the government won’t be able to meet the demand of struggling Americans as it tries…… MORE
Police and fire departments warn supplies for first responders running dangerously low
When a resident at an elder care facility near Madison, Wisconsin, refused to isolate Monday night after a coronavirus diagnosis, local law enforcement responded to the call for help. On the scene, a Dane County sheriff’s deputy helped subdue the person and transport them to a local hospital. She was spat on in the process.…… MORE
Filing for unemployment benefits? Read this first
Unemployment benefits are becoming a financial lifeline for millions of Americans after their employers shut their doors to help stem the spread of the coronavirus. The growing tsunami of layoffs has overwhelmed state unemployment systems as a record number of workers try to apply for benefits. The situation isn’t likely to improve anytime soon. The…… MORE
This Midwestern mayor is fighting to get her residents to take coronavirus seriously
Topeka, Kansas, Mayor Michelle De La Isla has a mission: Convince the residents of her medium-sized, Midwestern city who have not been touched by the coronavirus pandemic that this is their fight too. During news conferences she posts online, she pleads with people to listen to the facts and to understand what could be coming…… MORE
As tragic toll from virus rises, so do questions about Trump’s leadership
President Donald Trump‘s White House appears powerless to halt an increasingly tragic trajectory in the coronavirus pandemic as the death toll climbed by nearly 1,000 on a single, dark day. Vice President Mike Pence warned in a CNN interview that the most comparable example for what is to come is Italy, which has endured weeks…… MORE
Nation’s top coronavirus expert Dr. Anthony Fauci forced to beef up security as death threats increase
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top medical expert on the coronavirus pandemic and a member of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force, is facing threats to his personal safety and now requires personal security from law enforcement at all times, including at his home, a source confirms to CNN. A law enforcement official told CNN…… MORE