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

Planeloads of personal protective equipment arriving for health staff

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The deliveries are due to start arriving in Ireland on Sunday as the country battles coronavirus

The Good, the Bad, and the Very Fucking Ugly of that Proposed Trillion-Dollar Covid-19 Stimulus Package

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So, you’ve probably heard that the Senate is poised to pass a $2.2 trillion stimulus package, to offset the economic fuckery caused by covid-19 (and the United States’ garbage response). But what exactly is in the bill? Who sees the benefits and who gets fucked? Well, it’s… a mixed bag.

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Coronavirus advice from Mexico’s president: ‘Live life as usual’

Sorry but you are being a fool and many will die as a result

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López Obrador’s apparent nonchalance in response to pandemic draws barrage of criticism

From a bountiful table filled with culinary delights from Oaxaca, Mexico’s president offered unusual advice for a country facing the coronavirus crunch: keep dining out.

“We’re going to keep living life as usual,” a relaxed Andrés Manuel López Obrador insisted in an online video shot during a weekend tour of the southern Mexican state.

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