Corona, Politics, Finance News

Corona

Q&A with Dr. Fauci: ‘We will get out of this and we will return to normal. Don’t despair.’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/qanda-with-dr-fauci-we-will-get-out-of-this-and-we-will-return-to-normal-dont-despair/2020/08/20/e986cca8-e232-11ea-b69b-64f7b0477ed4_story.html

Global Death Toll From Virus Surpasses 800,000 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/22/world/covid-19-coronavirus.html?smid=tw-share

Trump without evidence accuses ‘deep state’ at FDA of slow-walking coronavirus vaccines and treatments https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/08/22/trump-without-evidence-accuses-deep-state-fda-slow-walking-coronavirus-vaccines-treatments/

Cover your nose: Johns Hopkins research suggests that’s how coronavirus gains foothold https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-hs-hopkins-covid-nose-study-20200821-4nrl4f2nhnf4vbka5wjhz4rsbq-story.html

Is It OK to Ask Patients for Their Plasma? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/18/magazine/is-it-ok-to-ask-patients-for-their-plasma.html?smid=tw-share

What if We Worried Less About the Accuracy of Coronavirus Tests? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/magazine/what-if-we-worried-less-about-the-accuracy-of-coronavirus-tests.html?smid=tw-share

Politics

The Fox News reviews of Biden's speech were so glowing, Junior deflated live on air https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/8/21/1971152/-The-Fox-News-reviews-of-Biden-s-speech-were-so-glowing-Junior-deflated-live-on-air

Lincoln Project ad: Biden shows his compassion to a stutterer. Beautiful.  https://twitter.com/i/status/1296884003090432000

More than 70 Republican former national security officials come out in support of Biden - ABC News - https://abcn.ws/3aUQBnH

All The Republicans Who Have Endorsed Joe Biden For President https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/08/20/all-the-republicans-who-have-endorsed-joe-biden-for-president/

A second Trump term might injure the democratic experiment beyond recovery https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/21/second-trump-term-might-injure-democratic-experiment-beyond-recovery/?tid=ss_tw

Review | The story of Trump’s impeachment, and what it says about our democracy https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/the-story-of-trumps-impeachment-and-what-it-says-about-our-democracy/2020/08/19/68a7c17a-d76d-11ea-aff6-220dd3a14741_story.html

Why Biden Needs a Landslide Just to Win https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/22/opinion/sunday/trump-cheat-biden-2020.html?smid=tw-share

President’s Sister Describes Trump as Liar With ‘No Principles’ in Recordings https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/22/us/politics/maryanne-trump-donald.html?smid=tw-share

Amid resentment and fatigue, Latino activists frustrated with Democrats make peace with Biden. For now. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/grand-rapids-latinos-biden/2020/08/22/b943f8c4-e23f-11ea-b69b-64f7b0477ed4_story.html

‘Are you really going to impeach me?’: How the Ukraine bombshell unfolded over 48 hours and laid bare Trump’s fixation with Biden https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/21/trump-impeachment-pelosi-congress/

Analysis | Trump’s claim he’ll send sheriffs to polling places is revealing in a lot of unintended ways https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/21/trumps-claim-hell-send-sheriffs-polling-places-is-revealing-lot-unintended-ways/

The Axios Interview Showed Us an Important Threshold for the President https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/magazine/trump-axios-interview.html?smid=tw-share

At this rate, it’ll take 60 years to reach gender equality in U.S. politics https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/21/this-rate-itll-take-60-years-reach-gender-equality-us-politics/

‘Pure, unvarnished, courage’: A 13-year-old ‘regular kid’ with a stutter gave a must-watch Democratic convention speech https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/21/brayden-harrington-joe-biden-dnc/

Maine Sen. Susan Collins 8 points behind Democratic challenger in new poll https://www.newsweek.com/maine-sen-susan-collins-8-points-behind-democratic-challenger-new-poll-1524480

Stephen Colbert Delivers Emotional Plea for Joe Biden: ‘Water in the Desert’ https://www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-colbert-delivers-emotional-plea-for-joe-biden-on-last-night-of-dnc?source=twitter&via=desktop

Perspective | I mailed my ballot in on time. Florida tossed it. 2020 will be much worse. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/florida-discard-mail-ballot/2020/08/21/bbedee18-e2ee-11ea-b69b-64f7b0477ed4_story.html

Perspective | How fascist is President Trump? There’s still a formula for that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/how-fascist-is-president-trump-theres-still-a-formula-for-that/2020/08/21/aa023aca-e2fc-11ea-b69b-64f7b0477ed4_story.html

With a truce brokered over Zoom, one D.C. neighborhood goes nearly 100 days without a shooting https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/with-a-truce-brokered-over-zoom-one-dc-neighborhood-goes-nearly-100-days-without-a-shooting/2020/08/21/69f010a8-e183-11ea-b69b-64f7b0477ed4_story.html

Finance

How Trump, Mnuchin and DeJoy edged the Postal Service into a crisis https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-mnuchin-dejoy-postal-service-delays-crisis/2020/08/22/b80f5ba8-e3c3-11ea-8181-606e603bb1c4_story.html

Perspective | Five myths about the U.S. Postal Service https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-the-us-postal-service/2020/08/21/6a113206-e304-11ea-8dd2-d07812bf00f7_story.html

Perspective | Trump was too focused on white men to make the economy truly great https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/trump-was-too-focused-on-white-men-to-make-the-economy-truly-great/2020/08/20/d948e886-ddae-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html

$300 Unemployment Benefit: Who Will Get It and When? https://www.nytimes.com/article/stimulus-unemployment-payment-benefi.html?smid=tw-share

Outdoor Dining Is a Hit, but Restaurants Face ‘Apocalyptic’ Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/23/nyregion/outdoor-dining-new-york.html?smid=tw-share

TikTok to Challenge Trump Administration Over Executive Order https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/22/technology/tiktok-lawsuit-trump-executive-order.html?smid=tw-share

Consumer groups alarmed by PayPal’s role in education finance want regulators to investigate https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/08/21/consumer-groups-alarmed-by-paypals-role-education-finance-want-regulators-investigate/

Education Department clarifies Trump executive order on student loans https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/08/21/education-department-clarifies-trump-executive-order-student-loans/

To narrow racial and economic disparities, Atlanta Fed chief Raphael Bostic is rethinking what the Fed’s mandate means https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/21/bostic-fed-race-economy/

Cellphone apps designed to track covid-19 spread struggle worldwide amid privacy concerns https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/17/covid-tracking-apps-cellphones/

The U.S. forced major manufacturers to build ventilators. Now they’re piling up unused in a strategic reserve. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/18/ventilators-coronavirus-stockpile/

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