| | | | | | Trump administration alters national stockpile website to cover Kushner claims |
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| | | Jared Kushnerwas pilloried Thursday after telling reporters at the daily coronavirus briefing that the “federal” Strategic National Stockpile is “our stockpile,” and that, therefore, states shouldn’t rely on it for live-saving materials in the event of an emergency.
It’s a flawed statement at face value, one directly contradicted by language on the Strategic National Stockpile’s website at the time.
“The Strategic National Stockpile is the nation’s largest supply of life-saving pharmaceuticals and medical supplies for use in a public health emergency severe enough to cause local supplies to run out,” the website read.
“When state, local, tribal, and territorial responders request federal assistance to support their response efforts,” it continued, “the stockpile ensures that the right medicines and supplies get to those who need them most during an emergency. Organized for scalable response to a variety of public health threats, this repository contains enough supplies to respond to multiple large-scale emergencies simultaneously.”
Caught in a lie, the Trump administration didn’t correct itself; instead, it changed the website. |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said the so-called Paycheck Protection Program would launch Friday. But the nation’s biggest banks said they weren’t ready, and half a dozen business owners told HuffPost that they weren’t able to apply for the loans. |
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| | An Amazon worker fired after staging a walkout to protest the company’s poor response to the coronavirus outbreak was the subject of a smear campaign by the company’s top brass, a leaked memo shows. |
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| | New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised to release people who are imprisoned “because they violated parole for nonserious reasons” as part of the state’s efforts to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. But at least 547 remain imprisoned at Rikers Island for technical parole violations. |
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