His musing about injecting chlorine to kill Covid were prompted by anger, dejection over TV coverage, and letter from religious nutcase…--NY Times cites White House insiders who report that the stable genius watches 6 hours of morning TV and feels isolated and downcast
--The Guardian reveals letter from Mark Grenon, who runs pro-chlorine “church” Genesis II and touts industrial bleach as “miracle cure” banned by FDA
--our daily Covid-19 update, with details on Trump’s bizarre comments
--Clorox, Lysol and Tide all issue consumer warnings
--FDA issues warnings about hydroxychloroquine, recently promoted by Conman Don
--first clinical trial of remdisivir shows it has no effect in Covid treatment
--claims from antibody research by Stanford and USC draw strong criticism
--NY Times graph shows per capita death rates in US hotspots
--nursing homes and prisons remain high-spread zones for coronavirus
--Pennsylvania prison staff fed cruel hoax to supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal
--in remarkable interview that links “blame China” memes to US hybrid warfare, Pepe Escobar illuminates us in new podcast interview
--Navy brass recommend reinstatement of Capt. Brett Cozier to command of the Roosevelt, and we’ll find out if Trump ordered his removal
--Gov. Cuomo dares Mitch McConnell to change laws to allow states to declare bankruptcy
--Trump signs latest relief bill, which was vastly improved by Democratic “obstructors”
--the package includes $10 billion loan to Post Office, which Trump threatens to withhold if Amazon’s delivery rates aren’t jacked up
--small biz owners who actually get SBA loans get no written assurance that the loans will be forgiven, as advertised
--Lee Fang at The Intercept shows that Trump donors got small biz loans in first round
--corporate lobbyists got big tax breaks that only apply to the super weathy in CARES Act
--Trump’s share of loans from Bank of China in NYC investment partnership exceed $60 million
--White House immigrant hater Stephen Miller tells top Trumpers that latest immigration restrictions won’t be “temporary”
--Ryan Grim at The Intercept confirms Biden accuser Tara Reade’s claim that her mom talked about Tara’s complaints on Larry King’s TV show
--Biden shakes up DNC, installs expert on high-dollar fundraising
--Biden wans that Trump may try to postpone November election and warns about Russian interference
--even as Sanders exited, poll shows that Latino support for Biden is falling
--near the end of our interview today, Pepe Escobar reported breaking news from Brazil of shake-ups in Bolsonaro administration
--as newspapers lay off reporters due to drop in ad revenue, Facebook buys multiple full page ads in my local papers
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