Donald Trump Is Either Ignorant or Intentionally Deceptive About Universal Mail-in Voting — We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident

Donald Trump represents that mail-in voting is different than absentee voting. His position is that absentee voting requires requesting a ballot while mail-in voting does not. Trump also represents a factual error about mail-in voting. He postures it as ALL states mailing ballots to registered voters whether or not they want to vote by mail. […]

Donald Trump Is Either Ignorant or Intentionally Deceptive About Universal Mail-in Voting — We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident

FDA creates list of medical supply shortages for the first time – Business Insider

  • For the first time, under the CARES Act signed in March, the FDA issued a “publicly-available, up-to-date list” of medical supply shortages.
  • The list, which was released on Friday, includes surgical gowns, gloves, swabs, and ventilators.
  • That same day, President Donald Trump called the US “is now the king of ventilators.”

Source: FDA creates list of medical supply shortages for the first time – Business Insider

Esper eyes $2.2 billion cut to military health care – POLITICO – (just as you thought, it couldn’t get worse…)

Pentagon officials working on Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s cost-cutting review of the department have proposed slashing military health care by $2.2 billion, a reduction that some defense officials say could effectively gut the Pentagon’s health care system during a nationwide pandemic.

The proposed cut to the military health system over the next five years is part of a sweeping effort Esper initiated last year to eliminate inefficiencies within the Pentagon’s coffers. But two senior defense officials say the effort has been rushed and driven by an arbitrary cost-savings goal, and argue that the cuts to the system will imperil the health care of millions of military personnel and their families as the nation grapples with Covid-19.

 

Source: Esper eyes $2.2 billion cut to military health care – POLITICO

Belarus ambassador declares solidarity with opposition protesters | The Independent

The Belarusian ambassador to Slovakia has broken rank to declare solidarity with protesters in Belarus following the country’s disputed presidential election.

“I stand in solidarity with those who came out on the streets of Belarusian cities with peaceful marches so that their voice could be heard. The Belarusians have achieved this right through suffering,” Igor Leshchenya said in a video posted by Nasha Niva media on Saturday.

 

Source: Belarus ambassador declares solidarity with opposition protesters | The Independent

New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern delays election over coronavirus fears – BBC News

The prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, has postponed the country’s general election by a month amid a spike in coronavirus cases.

The vote was due to take place on 19 September but will now be held on 17 October instead.

Ms Ardern said on Monday that the new date would allow parties “to plan around the range of circumstances we will be campaigning under”.

 

Source: New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern delays election over coronavirus fears – BBC News

Cheney calls pardoning Snowden ‘unconscionable’ after Trump says he’s considering it | TheHill

“Edward Snowden is a traitor. He is responsible for the largest and most damaging release of classified info in US history. He handed over US secrets to Russian and Chinese intelligence putting our troops and our nation at risk,” Cheney, the No. 3 Republican in the House, tweeted on Sunday afternoon, adding; “Pardoning him would be unconscionable.”

Source: Cheney calls pardoning Snowden ‘unconscionable’ after Trump says he’s considering it | TheHill

Hong Kong third wave: health officials race to contain port outbreak as nearly half of 74 new Covid-19 cases tied to container terminal cluster | South China Morning Post

Health authorities are racing to contain an outbreak at Hong Kong’s biggest container terminal that is already threatening a temporary suspension of business at a port company linked to nearly half of Sunday’s 74 new

Covid-19

cases.

Expanded tests will be carried out to cover up to 8,000 workers, many of whom spend hours inside cramped, makeshift dormitories at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals, according to union members. The site now has 63 Covid-19 cases connected to more than 10 companies.

Source: Hong Kong third wave: health officials race to contain port outbreak as nearly half of 74 new Covid-19 cases tied to container terminal cluster | South China Morning Post