Stimulus package hands Trump keys to the country.
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Thursday, March 26
U.S. DEATH TOLL TOPS 1,000, MAKESHIFT MORGUE IN NYC U.S. deaths from the coronavirus pandemic topped 1,000, in a grim milestone for a global outbreak that is taking lives and wreaking havoc on economies and established routines of ordinary life. Deaths soared in New York City, the epicenter of the American outbreak, and bodies of the dead were being stored in refrigerated truck trailers. [AP]
SENATE UNANIMOUSLY PASSES STIMULUS PACKAGE The Senate late Wednesday passed an unparalleled $2.2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and health care systems engulfed by the coronavirus pandemic. The unanimous vote came despite misgivings on both sides about whether it goes too far or not far enough and capped days of difficult negotiations as Washington confronted a national challenge unlike it has ever faced. [AP]
PELOSI DEFENDS JOBLESS AID IN STIMULUS House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) defended a proposed $600 weekly increase in unemployment payments to laid-off workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic, rejecting assertions by some Republican senators that people would rather collect government assistance than keep their jobs. “Please don’t resent our lowest-paid workers in America for getting $600 so that they can meet the needs of their families. Spend the money,” Pelosi said. [HuffPost] |
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| | | | | | | | CONGRESS HANDS TRUMP KEYS TO THE COUNTRY The emergency coronavirus legislation that the Senate agreed to can only be described as an outrage. It is not an economic rescue package, but a sentence of unprecedented economic inequality and corporate control over our politics that will resonate for a generation. It represents a transfer of wealth and power to the super-rich from the rest of us, with the support of both political parties ― a damning statement about the condition of American democracy. [HuffPost]
ABORTION PROVIDERS SUE TEXAS A coalition of abortion rights groups filed a lawsuit against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), challenging his ban on abortions during the coronavirus crisis. Abbott’s administration has ordered abortion providers to postpone all abortions that are not medically necessary to preserve the life or health of the patient, ostensibly to conserve medical supplies as health care facilities are flooded with coronavirus patients. [HuffPost]
CHRISTCHURCH MOSQUE SHOOTER PLEADS GUILTY The man accused of murdering 51 worshippers at two Christchurch mosques last year abruptly changed his plea to guilty. Australian citizen Brenton Tarrant's sudden confession took relatives and survivors by surprise and brought relief to people across New Zealand. [AP]
THESE RETAILERS REFUSED TO CLOSE, SO TOWN SHUT THEM A spokesperson for the McHenry, Illinois, police department said it has served cease-and-desist orders against JoAnn Fabrics, Michaels and GameStop, telling the retailers they were violating the stay-home order issued by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The refusal of those chains to close their doors has enraged employees who believe their services are anything but essential. [HuffPost] |
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| | WHAT'S BREWING
ANIMAL HOSPITALS, VETS, DONATE VENTILATORS Veterinary hospitals and colleges and even zoos around the country are offering critically needed ventilators to hospitals struggling to treat coronavirus patients. Hospitals in areas hard-hit by the outbreak face dire shortages as the number of cases of COVID-19 quickly climb. As resources are stretched thin, loans of the breathing machines could save hundreds of lives. [HuffPost]
DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIMS NEED MORE HELP As millions of Americans are forced to shelter in place amid the coronavirus crisis, some of the most vulnerable are those confined to isolation with their abusers. Two dozen senators urged the Department of Health and Human Services asking it to ensure anti-domestic violence and anti-sexual violence organizations have the “flexiblity, resources and information needed to continue to provide these critical services during the pandemic.” [HuffPost]
GOP SENATORS: CASH WILL MAKE AMERICANS LAZY Some Republican lawmakers have a big problem with the Senate’s emergency coronavirus legislation, which improves unemployment benefits for millions of people being laid off during the pandemic. “Unless this bill is fixed, there is a strong incentive for employees to be laid off instead of going to work,” four GOP senators complained in a statament. [HuffPost]
EX-FBI AGENT DIED IN IRANIAN CUSTODY The U.S. government has concluded that retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who vanished more than a decade ago, died while in the custody of Iran, his family and administration officials said. The circumstances and timing of Levinson’s death was unclear, but White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien said he U.S. believes Levinson “may have passed away some time ago.” [AP]
BILLIONAIRES WANT PEOPLE AT WORK, EVEN IF IT KILLS THEM As President Donald Trump pushes for an end to the nationwide social distancing practices that health professionals say are essential to saving lives, incredibly wealthy Americans are eager to get employees back to work ― and some say they’re OK with people dying. A number of the country’s richest businesspeople spoke frankly about the matter for a Bloomberg story published Wednesday. [HuffPost]
JUDGE ORDERS REVIEW OF DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE A federal judge ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a full environmental review of the Dakota Access pipeline, nearly three years after it began carrying oil despite protests by people who gathered in North Dakota for more than a year. Standing Rock Chairman Mike Faith called it a “significant legal win” and said it’s humbling that the protests continue to “inspire national conversations” about the environment. [AP] |
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