New reports on wildlife species collapse and melting of Greenland ice show that warming impacts are happening sooner, much faster…--almost a year ago, we interviewed controversial climate scientist Guy McPherson, you can listen here
--Bernie Sanders promoted Green New Deal, and Elizabeth Warren had a plan for climate change; now they’ve both endorsed Biden, who hasn’t changed his weak climate agenda
--in –ill-timed comment, Sanders lectures his supporters that it would be “irresponsible” not to support Biden
--former Sanders advisor and speech writer David Sirota deplores the “Tyranny of Decorum” that led Bernie to avoid “attacking” Biden
--ignoring claims by Trump of his “total” authority, California Gov. Newsom outlines 6 criteria for reopening the state
--as NY death count stays on “plateau”, Gov. Cuomo issues order on masks
--our daily Covid-19 summary, edited by Linda Lewis, plus her report on misinformation and political attacks on the shutdown
--protests against Gov. Whitmer in Michigan are being funded by the DeVos network, and aided by Rep. Justin Amash
--WashPost reports that Snopes can’t keep up with rate of inquiries
--in Iran, US sanctions and Covid lead to resumption of many activities
--today’s news includes a number of reports on Covid data and projections
--SF Chronicle revisits Dr. Fauci’s early failures and evolution during 1980’s AIDS crisis
--PBC Podcast Community Fund issues grant to Blake in Madison, WI
--Trump’s empire is highly leveraged, and is asking Deutsche Bank for delay in loan payments
--at MintPress, Alan Macleod lists the corporate winners in this crisis
--SBA loan program has 3 million applications worth $372 billion, but only $7 billion in funds
--Postal Service has $160 billion in liabilities, $120 billion were created by Congress and Bush Jr
--Trump names the wizards of capitalism who will “advise” him on restarting
--before he took over the “daily briefing”, Trump thought about doing a daily radio show, but didn’t want to compete with El Rushbo
--check out Kevin Gosztola’s latest podcast with music author Brad Schreiber about protest music, at Shadowproof
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