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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

After Charlottesville, Trump violated Washington’s promise to US Jews

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Shortly after George Washington became America’s first president, he undertook to reassure the young nation’s religious minorities that their rights would be safeguarded under this new republic.

Don Jr. and Ted Cruz Fell For a Russian Propaganda Campaign

As the New York Times put it, “The Portland video represents the Russian disinformation strategy at its most successful. Take a small but potentially inflammatory incident, blow it out of proportion and let others on the political fringes in the United States or Canada or Europe spread it.”

Congrats to Don Jr. and Ted Cruz for falling for some Russian propaganda and continuing to be as dumb as rocks!

 

Source: Don Jr. and Ted Cruz Fell For a Russian Propaganda Campaign

GOP Chair Who Called Mail Voting ‘Fraught With Danger’ Voted by Mail 22 Straight Times — Voice of San Diego (HYPOCRITE)

Last week, San Diego County Republican Party Chairman Tony Krvaric sent a press release with a warning: Mail ballot voting is “fraught with danger.”

He sent the message two hours after Voice of San Diego asked him to reconcile the fact that he has voted by mail in 22 consecutive elections dating back to 2004 with a May 3 tweet in which he said vote-by-mail is “fraught with danger, from millions of ballots floating around, some delivered to wrong people, some not delivered at all, and much more.”

 

Source: GOP Chair Who Called Mail Voting ‘Fraught With Danger’ Voted by Mail 22 Straight Times — Voice of San Diego

Beirut pauses to remember the dead one week after catastrophic explosion

Thousands of people marched near the devastated port, remembering those who died in the most destructive single blast to hit the country.

They observed a minute of silence at 6:08 p.m. local time, the moment on Aug. 4 that thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in the city’s port where it had been stored for more than six years, apparently with the knowledge of top political and security officials.

 

Source: Beirut pauses to remember the dead one week after catastrophic explosion

Children Are Not Immune – The New York Times

Recent research suggests that children can carry at least as much of the virus in their noses and throats as adults do, even if they have only mild or moderate symptoms. That has prompted fears that students who become ill at school may spread the virus to their older relatives.

But it’s not just older people who are at risk — in some rare cases, a child’s health can be severely affected. Nearly 600 young people in the U.S., from infants to 20 year olds, have developed an inflammatory syndrome linked to Covid-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. Most of the children required intensive care.

The Virus Is Killing Young Floridians. Work, Not Partying, Is Often to Blame.

Throughout the pandemic, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has stressed that the state’s coronavirus crisis is largely limited to the very old. He has repeatedly noted that Florida has seen more coronavirus deaths in people over the age of 90 than in all people under 65. But data reviewed by The New York Times shows that’s changing: Deaths were greater in July for residents under 65 than for those over 90. Additionally, more Floridians in the 25-44 age group died in July than had died in the previous four months of the pandemic combined, a review of Florida Department of Health data shows. More than 200 have died in all. The number of younger adults in the state who died of the disease quadrupled last month, as rising numbers of them tested positive.

Local Officials Say a Nursing Home Dumped Residents to Die at Hospitals — ProPublica

The deaths of 18 residents of a New York nursing home highlight the continuing controversy over the Cuomo administration’s decision not to count deaths in hospitals as nursing home deaths. The home denies the allegations.

The people dying at the hospitals had been residents of a local nursing home, the Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Barnwell in the tiny town of Valatie, New York. In all, the nurse counted 18 deaths of residents over five weeks. She didn’t have detailed medical records for the patients, but she noted that all had arrived at the hospital with orders saying no extraordinary measures were to be taken to keep them alive. As a result, she and the Columbia County health director developed a theory: “For me,” said Jack Mabb, the health director, “it appeared they were sending people to the hospital so they wouldn’t die in the facility.”

A change in the way New York tabulated nursing home deaths could have incentivized such behavior, he said, making homes’ records on COVID-19 containment appear better than they were.

Source: Local Officials Say a Nursing Home Dumped Residents to Die at Hospitals — ProPublica

Trump unveils new Covid adviser who backs reopening schools | World news | The Guardian (Translation: he agrees with Trump, so he must be wrong)

Proof that he is a propagandist and nothing more: “Young people that age, without a co-morbidity, have virtually a zero risk from this. The risk is less than seasonal influenza. There is such fear in the community, and unfortunately it’s been propagated by people doing sloppy thinking and sensationalistic media reporting.” Source: Trump unveils new Covid adviser who backs reopening schools | World news | The Guardian