All posts by nedhamson

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

Donald Trump reportedly owes tens of millions to the Bank of China | US news | The Guardian

Debt derives from 30% share the US president owns in a Manhattan building that was refinanced in 2012
— Read on www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/24/donald-trump-bank-of-china-debt-report

Revealed: leader of group peddling bleach as coronavirus ‘cure’ wrote to Trump this week | World news | The Guardian

Mark Grenon wrote to Trump saying chlorine dioxide ‘can rid the body of Covid-19’ days before the president promoted disinfectant as treatment
— Read on www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/revealed-leader-group-peddling-bleach-cure-lobbied-trump-coronavirus

Turmoil in Brazil: Bolsonaro Fires Police Chief and Justice Minister Quits – The New York Times

Sergio Moro, the justice minister who became the face of a powerful anti-corruption crackdown in Brazil, resigned in protest after President Jair Bolsonaro fired the head of the national police.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/world/americas/brazil-bolsonaro-moro.html

What will the military do?

Nursing Homes Violated Basic Health Standards, Allowing… — ProPublica

Our analysis of federal inspection reports found that nine nursing homes put residents in “immediate jeopardy,” including a case where a nursing assistant…
— Read on www.propublica.org/article/nursing-homes-violated-basic-health-standards-allowing-the-coronavirus-to-explode

No one was ready or able/allowed to act quickly and appropriately- so many died.