Covid-19 means Ka-ching for billionaire class, adding $700 billion to their fortunes as middle class shrinks and the poor are ignored…--lightning has sparked 367 wildfires all over California, forcing evacuations and call for mutual aid from 50 states
--Speaker Pelosi slams Postmaster General for misleading statements after phone call with DeJoy, says House will proceed on legislation
--DNC ghost convention Day 2 features novel video roll call, and lots of misleading puffery about Joe Biden
--NY Times pundits offer comments, and some accurate criticism of the DNC, while unsigned Guardian report is pretty accurate
--while younger leaders were featured in script group video, AOC seconded the Sanders nomination and was slimed by inaccurate NBC tweet
--in Portland, county building was scene of protests and small fire
--Portland police identify suspect in beating of pickup truck driver
--Austin, TX offers model for smart defunding of police, leading state GOP leaders to threaten funding cuts to the capital city
--Facebook cracks down on Qanon groups, false Covid info
--at The Grayzone, Ben Norton exposes right wing Coda Story, funded by US and EU governments, for false attacks on Grayzone reporting
--Trump crony Robert Kraft, owner of NFL Patriots, beats sex charges over improper surveillance
--in petty move, Trump tweets for boycott of Goodyear after it tells employees not to wear MAGA hats while working
--some GOP senators float modest relief package
--our daily Covid-19 update, edited by Linda Lewis
LINK for LISTENERS: COVID Testing Choke Points
https://californiahealthline.org/multimedia/covid-testing-choke-points/
LINK for LISTENERS: Coronavirus is in the [indoor] air. Here’s how to get it out.
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2020/8/19/21364031/coronavirus-air-purifiers-filter-hepa-merv-ventilation
[VOX describes how to reduce COVID-19 exposure through better ventilation.]
[California Healthline uses graphics to more clearly explain roadblocks to COVID-19 testing in the US.]
--listener Olivier de Mirleau challenges description of PCR tests, and shares report from Israeli scientists who challenge lockdowns and social distancing for healthy people
--US media barely notice Israel’s 9-day assault on Gaza, but Caitlin Johnstone does
--in surprise ruling, top Israeli court rules against home demolition for Palestinian suspected of killing IDF soldier
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