Earlier this week, the Trump administration ordered hospitals to stop reporting COVID-19 data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and instead send everything to a private firm by the name of TeleTracking Technologies. I’m still trying to figure out exactly what’s going on here, but it seems as though, while the company […]
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The Trump administration stops the CDC from collecting COVID-19 hospitalization data
Posted in Health, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Anthony Fauci, anti-science, CDC, Chuck Woolery, COVID-19, facts, HHS, Kayleigh McEnany, National Governors Association, National Healthcare Safety Network, pandemic, Patty Murray, public education, public health, TeleTracking Technologies 28 Comments
PPP data, finally released by the SBA, shows that millions of US taxpayer dollars went to businesses tied to the likes of Jared Kushner, Mitch McConnell, and Devin Nunes, in what can best be described as a corporate looting free-for-all
I was going to write about Florida’s executive order to reopen schools in August in spite of the fact that they just broke a national record with 11,458 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, and their hospitals are now reaching capacity, but then the Small Business Administration (SBA) finally caved to pressure and released the names […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Americans for Tax Reform Foundation, anti-government, Ayn Rand, Ayn Rand Institute, CARES Act, coronavirus, corruption, COVID-19, Devin Nunes, Donald Trump, Elaine Chao, Florida, Foremost Group, Grover Norquist, hypocrisy, Jared Kushner, Kanye West, looting, Marc Kasowitz, Mitch McConnell, oversight, Paycheck Protection Program, PPP, public education, public health, Small Business Administration, Treasury Department, Yeezy 10 Comments
While it’s nice that people are sending bottles of water to Flint, I can’t help but wonder where all of that money is going
I’ve been thinking a lot today about the millions and millions of little, single-serving bottles of water being sent to Flint by people around the world… On the whole, I think it’s a good thing. And I love knowing I live in a world where people so desperately want to help that they’re willing to […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Environment, Uncategorized Also tagged ACLU, Big Water, bottled water, campaign donations, Cher, Curt Guyette, Deb Muchmore, Dennis Muchmore, disaster capitalism, Flint, Flint water crisis, FOIA, Ice Mountain, lead, lead poisoning, MDEQ, Mecosta County, Michigan Department for Environmental Quality, Muskegon aquifer, NERD fund, Nestle, public health, water 41 Comments