On Monday, seven GOP senators sent a <a href="https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/sites/default/files/Letter%20to%20UN%20SecGen.pdf">blistering letter</a> to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres opposing the appointment of the Minister of the Chinese Mission in Geneva to the UN Human Rights Council Consultative Group.
Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz from Texas, Macro Rubio from Florida, James Inhofe from Oklahoma, Marsha Blackburn from Tennessee, Kevin Cramer from North Dakota, and Martha McSally from Arizona fired off a missive stating, “The Chinese government&#8217;s decision to deceive the international community about the grave dangers of the initial 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Wuhan, China, violates any credibility on human rights and should disqualify them from a position on the Human Rights Council Consultative Group.”
They continued, “Through intimidation of its medical first responders, censorship of online forums, and threats of severe punishment for anyone who dared to speak out with the truth, the Chinese Communist Party engaged in its most egregious human rights abuse: the unchecked spread of a new and dangerous virus on an unwitting global population.” They concluded, “all member states to condemn in strongest terms the human rights violations committed by Chinese Communist Party.”
The issue was brought to the fore by Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, which monitors the UN Human Rights Council and has championed the rights of victims in China, who <a href="https://unwatch.org/china-joins-u-n-human-rights-panel-will-help-pick-experts-on-free-speech-health-arbitrary-detention/">stated</a>, “Allowing China’s oppressive and inhumane regime to choose the world investigators on freedom of speech, arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances is like making a pyromaniac into the town fire chief. It’s absurd and immoral for the UN to allow China’s oppressive government a key role in selecting officials who shape international human rights standards and report on violations worldwide.”
The full text of the senators’ letter is below:
<blockquote>We write to express our profound disappointment and opposition to the appointment of Jiang Duan, Minister of the Chinese Mission in Geneva, to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council Consultative Group. As you know, in this position, Jiang will provide China with the opportunity to play a central role in picking at least 17 human rights investigators, including those who look at freedom of speech, enforced disappearance, and arbitrary detention, rights abuses which the Chinese regime routinely perpetrates.
The Chinese government&#8217;s decision to deceive the international community about the grave dangers of the initial 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Wuhan, China, violates any credibility on human rights and should disqualify them from a position on the Human Rights Council Consultative Group. Through intimidation of its medical first responders, censorship of online forums, and threats of severe punishment for anyone who dared to speak out with the truth, the Chinese Communist Party engaged in its most egregious human rights abuse: the unchecked spread of a new and dangerous virus on an unwitting global population. Chinese government actions in the early days of the outbreak are not commensurate to influencing a council responsible for upholding human rights throughout the world. Even now, China withholds critical information about the spread and death toll of the virus and continues to silence and intimidate its critics.
In addition to its willful deceit and gross negligence regarding its handling of the COVID-19 outbreak, China is guilty of widespread and well-documented cases of human rights abuses targeting the Uyghur Muslim community in Xinjiang province. Over one million Chinese Uyghurs sit in so-called re-education camps against their will, in what can only be described as ethnic cleansing on an industrial scale and millions more are treated as second-class citizens in their own country at the hands of the regime in Beijing. It is tragic such terrible crimes against humanity can be committed by a power wanting to be seen as a responsible international actor, and even more egregious such behavior can be rewarded.
The UN was created following the most devastating conflict humanity had ever endured and to safeguard against repeating the most aw l crimes ever perpetrated. We must expect more om its leadership and from its member states. China should not occupy a position of prestige or influence on the UN Human Rights Council while it engages in human rights violations of the worst kind both at home and abroad. We implore you to intervene on behalf of our shared values of freedom and dignity by suspending Jiang&#8217;s appointment to the Human Rights Council Consultative Group, and to implore all member states to condemn in strongest terms the human rights violations committed by Chinese Communist Party.
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Cruz, Rubio, 5 Other GOP Senators Blast UN Appointing China To Council Overseeing Human Rights Investigators

China

James Inhofe

John Cornyn

Kevin Cramer

Marco Rubio

Marsha Blackburn

Martha McSally

Ted Cruz

United Nations

Speaking on MSNBC, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, the architect of Obamacare, stated that until a vaccine for the coronavirus is ready, with most estimates ranging from 12-18 months, people in the United States should eschew &#8220;conferences, concerts, sporting events, religious services, dinner in a restaurant.&#8221; Emanuel posited that all the “economic pain” such measures would cause must be worth it, arguing, “The truth is we have no choice.”
Emanuel began, “No one is immune to the COVID-19 virus. It threatens all of us. But while we are all experiencing the same pandemic, we are not experiencing it in the same way. The first dividing line is whether you or someone you love has gotten sick. Many Americans have not yet seen firsthand what devastation a positive test can inflict. Another dividing line is whether you have a job that lets you stay at home, working as you juggle child care and video chats.&#8221;
Emanuel said, “60 million Americans are still out there not sheltering in place and instead tirelessly working to keep everything going for the rest of us. You keep the electricity flowing and the internet running, food and groceries moving. You are putting your own health on the line to ensure the rest of us are living as normally as possible. And then there are the tens of millions of Americans who have lost jobs and businesses, or who fear that they&#8217;re just about to. Your anxiety about the virus is coupled with worry over having a paycheck, covering the mortgage, keeping the lights on, and buying food.”
He continued, “Realistically, COVID-19 will be here for the next 18 months or more. We will not be able to return to normalcy until we find a vaccine or effective medications. I know that&#8217;s dreadful news to hear. How are people supposed to find work if this goes on in some form for a year and a half? Is all that economic pain worth trying to stop COVID-19? The truth is we have no choice.”
Emanuel speculated on the numbers of deaths without physical distancing and like measures, stating, “If we prematurely end that physical distancing and the other measures keeping it at bay, deaths could skyrocket into the hundreds of thousands if not a million. We cannot return to normal until there&#8217;s a vaccine. Conferences, concerts, sporting events, religious services, dinner in a restaurant, none of that will resume until we find a vaccine, a treatment, or a cure.”
He asserted that his perspective was the realistic one:
<blockquote>One thing I&#8217;ve learned as a cancer doctor is that it&#8217;s wrong to paint an overly rosy picture in order to maintain a patient&#8217;s hope. It&#8217;s wrong because it fails. It&#8217;s false. Biology and disease are formidable opponents that inevitably tell us the truth. We cannot relieve the oppression of this pandemic until we are realistic. We need to prepare ourselves for this to last 18 months or so and for the toll that it will take. We need to develop a long-term solution based on those facts. It has to account for what we are losing while this fight goes on, things like schooling and income and contact with our friends and extended family.</blockquote>
He concluded:
<blockquote>The crisis is not going to go away in a few weeks or after the 30-day plan comes to an end. Although COVID-19 is affecting us in different ways, we have to be up to it and fight together.</blockquote>
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Klick Health Ideas Exchange

WATCH: Obamacare Architect Suggests No Religious Services, Dinner In Restaurants For 12-18 Months

Coronavirus

Ezekiel Emanuel

Obamacare

On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) indicated he would try to obtain more funding for the small-business loan program Congress created last month, stating, “The small-business Paycheck Protection Program needs more funding. Congress needs to act with speed and total focus to provide more money for this uncontroversial bipartisan program.”
<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcconnell-says-small-business-loan-program-needs-more-funding-11586275489">The Wall Street Journal</a> reported, “The Treasury Department is expected to request at least $200 billion more for the program on Tuesday, and Mr. McConnell will need the consent of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) to pass the funding this week. With lawmakers out of town, Mr. McConnell said he hoped to pass the measure through unanimous consent or a voice vote.”
“Texas Senator Marco Rubio, the chairman of the Small Business Committee, estimated the program needs an additional $200-$250 billion,” <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8197075/Senate-rush-250-billion-bailout-small-businesses-early-Thursday.html">The Daily Mail</a> noted.
The Journal added, “Lenders have been inundated with applications for the funds since the program launched on Friday. The loans, capped at a maximum of $10 million for businesses with fewer than 500 employees, are intended to cover roughly two months of essential costs, and the government will forgive the debt if businesses don’t lay off workers … The <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/fed-preparing-to-purchase-new-small-business-payroll-loans-11586194588?mod=article_inline">Federal Reserve said Monday it would create a new program</a> to finance the loans lenders make to small businesses, freeing up more lending capacity.”
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/04/06/trump-democrats-coronavirus-stimulus-trillion/">The Washington Post</a> added, “Wells Fargo didn’t begin taking applications until Saturday and by Monday morning said it had reached the $10 billion cap it had set for loans under the program. To deal with the crushing demand, the Federal Reserve launched a system for banks to offload these assets so they could originate more loans.”
McConnell’s <a href="https://www.republicanleader.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/mcconnell-statement-on-additional-funding-for-paycheck-protection-program">statement</a> read:
<blockquote>Twelve days ago, the Senate passed the largest rescue package in American history. Our bipartisan CARES Act provided more than $2 trillion in relief for workers and families, resources for hospitals and healthcare providers, and emergency lending to blunt mass layoffs and help workers continue to get paid. As the administration works to implement this historic legislation and push money out the door, Senate Republicans believe any potential further action will need to be tailored to the actual needs of our nation, not plucked off preexisting partisan wish lists.
Even as the CARES Act continues to come online, one such need is already clear: The small-business Paycheck Protection Program needs more funding. This bold legislation from Chairman Marco Rubio, Chairman Susan Collins, Senator Ben Cardin, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen is providing emergency liquidity to Main Street businesses nationwide to keep paychecks coming.
In just a few days, this program has become overwhelmingly popular. Thanks to the hard work of small businesses and lenders, billions of dollars have already landed and tens of billions more are already in the pipeline. Jobs are literally being saved as we speak. But as Secretary Mnuchin has explained, Congress needs to quickly provide more funding or this crucial program will run dry. That cannot happen. Nearly 10 million Americans filed for unemployment in just the last two weeks. This is already a record-shattering tragedy and every day counts.
Congress needs to act with speed and total focus to provide more money for this uncontroversial bipartisan program. I will work with Leader Schumer and hope to approve further funding for the Paycheck Protection Program by unanimous consent or voice vote during the next scheduled Senate session on Thursday.</blockquote>
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley has suggested that the federal government directly finance companies so they can pay employees, asserting, “We seem to be on a roller coaster that is currently plunging down. personally do not want to ride that roller coaster and find where the bottom is. And I don&#8217;t think American workers should be forced to.&#8221;

Congress Works Toward Finalizing Coronavirus Stimulus Bill

McConnell: We Hope To Approve Further Funding For Small Businesses On Thursday

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Mitch McConnell

Prompted by a tweet from someone positing that President Trump has used the controversy over utilizing hydroxychloroquine to fight the coronavirus in order to cover something else up, one author who is a frequent MSNBC contributor and committed Trump-hater took the vitriol to a new nadir, tweeting that the “Trump crime cult wanted people to die, and they want many more people to die.”
Author and MSNBC contributor Sarah Kendzior, who frequently appears on MSNBC’s AM Joy, as <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/msnbc-guest-republicans-want-one-party-state-that-trump-will-rule-as-an-autocrat/">Mediaite</a> has noted, added, “They usually have two goals: 1) short term scam profits 2) longer term disaster capitalist destruction. Basically they&#8217;ll make a little money on the side while committing mass murder.&#8221;
Kenzior was prompted by a tweet arguing, “I wonder if the whole hydroxychloroquine dust-up isn&#8217;t another red herring. Trump is a master at manipulating the direction of the conversation. Every time he wants to cover something up, he draws attention to something else. He is pulling a LOT of attention to a generic drug.”
She responded:
<blockquote>Trump&#8217;s trying to convince people that he wants it cured and that, should a cure appear, it would be accessible to all. So the media focus on the proposed drug instead of the cold reality &#8212; which is that the Trump crime cult wanted people to die, and they want many more to die … They usually have two goals: 1) short term scam profits 2) longer term disaster capitalist destruction. Basically they&#8217;ll make a little money on the side while committing mass murder.</blockquote>
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Trump&#39;s trying to convince people that he wants it cured and that, should a cure appear, it would be accessible to all. So the media focus on the proposed drug instead of the cold reality &#8212; which is that the Trump crime cult wanted people to die, and they want many more to die.
&mdash; Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahkendzior/status/1247260550830137344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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They usually have two goals: 1) short term scam profits 2) longer term disaster capitalist destruction. Basically they&#39;ll make a little money on the side while committing mass murder.
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As <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/msnbc-guest-loses-it-over-massive-national-security-risk-in-wh-indict-jared-kushner-indict-ivanka-trump/">Mediaite</a> reported, in March 2019, Kendzior frenziedly stated on “AM Joy” that Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump should be indicted, ranting,
<blockquote>Basically, Trump has been grooming those two for a dynastic kleptocracy. This is very common. This is something you see in autocracies, this is something you see in mafia states, where the leader will put his children or relatives into office in order to keep the corruption going, keep the money flowing, not get caught, override prosecution …
This is like the 12th time I’ve been on your show talking about Jared Kushner, and the fact that he lied on his clearance forms, that he’s done illicit dealings, that he’s giving away state secrets and that he’s a massive national security risk. And so is Ivanka Trump. The only way that we would be able to finally stop having this conversation on national TV is if he is indicted! That is is what needs to be done. Because this problem is enormous. It’s going to persevere.
Even if he is gone, he is carrying around this information, other people are carrying around classified information. They do not have loyalty to the country. They have debt. They have financial interests. They have personal interests … This problem needs to be handled now. Just indict Jared Kushner! Indict Ivanka Trump and get this crime family out of the White House!</blockquote>
In May 2019, Kendzior <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/msnbc-guest-republicans-want-one-party-state-that-trump-will-rule-as-an-autocrat/">stated</a> on “AM Joy,” “What we have seen on the GOP end is total obstructionism that is aimed at making American citizens weaker, making them less likely to fight back.. They want a one-party state, that is what the GOP seeks, and Trump wants to be an autocrat with that state behind him … They are just not interested in the actual process of governing. They are interested in ruling.”
<a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/142977/new-paranoia-trump-election-turns-democrats-conspiracy-theorists">The New Republic</a> stated of Kendzior in an article titled, &#8220;The New Paranoia&#8221; in 2017:
<blockquote>For Kendzior, virtually every action taken by the Trump administration is evidence that we’re in the early throes of an authoritarian takeover. She has compared Trump to Saparmurat Niyazov, the deceased dictator of Turkmenistan, who renamed months of the year after himself and his family members, instituted a new alphabet, banished dogs from the capital, and outlawed lip-synching. She has suggested that Trump hopes to team up with Vladimir Putin to launch a nuclear war against “as-yet unknown shared enemies.&#8221;</blockquote>

Late Night with Seth Meyers &#8211; Season 5

Trump Derangement Syndrome On Steroids: MSNBC Contributor: ‘Trump Crime Cult Wanted People to Die’

Trump Derangement Syndrome

Speaking to Maria Bartiromo of Fox Business on Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin offered comfort to small business owners, noting, “If you can’t get the loans today or tomorrow, don’t worry. There will be money; if we run out of money we’ll go back for more,” adding, “I know the president is very much looking at how we can reopen parts of the economy.”
Bartiromo stated, “We’re in lockdown. Do you think that this next eight weeks they’ll open up in the time that they can actually use the money and make sure that the employee has the money but they’re also going to actually get revenue in so that they can open up again? Because this is an eight-week period that they’re giving money to employees and they’ve got no revenue. They’re in lockdown. So at some point, they may have to fire that person anyway, because they won’t make it.”
Mnuchin answered:
<blockquote>Well, Maria, the whole point of them hiring these people now is because they have no revenues. The government is giving them money to pay their employees. And if eight weeks from now we need more money, we’ll go back to Congress. But the whole purpose of this is we understand small business has no revenues, and that’s no fault of their own; that’s because of the coronavirus. We’re going to kill this virus, and during this period the president wants to make sure that employees are paid.
So the whole purpose of this is people have zero revenues. Go take the loan, pay your employees, use the 25% overhead and pay rent and electricity and other things, and at the end of the period, as long as you use the money for what you’re supposed to use, the loan will be forgiven. And the only time we’d ever come back against somebody is if the money was used for fraudulent purposes … Now let me just encourage everybody out there: If you can’t get the loans today or tomorrow, don’t worry. There will be money; if we run out of money we’ll go back for more.</blockquote>
Bartiromo asked bluntly, “Do you think this shutdown is going to go longer then eight weeks?”
Mnuchin replied, “Maria, I hope not; I hope we can get back to the point — I think everything I hear from the medical professionals —in many places we are close to the worst point; they’re beginning to peak, and I think then things are going to get better, and I know the president is very much looking at how we can reopen parts of the economy. There are parts of the country like New York, where obviously this is very, very concerning; there are other parts of the country where it’s not; and so he’s meeting with the task force and the medical professionals and getting posted on this every day.”
Mnuchin asserted that more than 3,000 lenders backed by the Small Business Administration are participating in the program. Fox Business noted, “As of Monday afternoon, more than 130,000 loans worth more than $40 billion had been paid, a senior administration official told FOX Business. Companies may borrow up to 2.5 times their payroll, or up to $10 million, which can be used for payroll and other expenses, like insurance premiums, mortgages, rent or utilities through June 30. The loans, which are guaranteed by the federal government, will be fully forgiven if 75 percent of the money goes toward keeping workers employed, according to the SBA.”
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Members Of The Coronavirus Task Force Hold Press Briefing

WATCH: Mnuchin To Small Business Owners: ‘Don’t Worry. There Will Be Money’

Steve Mnuchin

On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO), which has been accused of parroting Chinese propaganda, <a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/06-04-2020-who-and-global-citizen-announce-one-world-together-at-home-global-special-to-support-healthcare-workers-in-the-fight-against-the-covid-19-pandemic">announced</a> it was partnering with Global Citizen, an organization that <a href="https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/about/who-we-are/">describes itself</a> as “a movement of engaged citizens who are using their collective voice to end extreme poverty by 2030,” to host a globally televised and streamed special on April 18 at 8:00 EDT titled One World: Together At Home.
The program will be hosted by Jimmy Fallon of &#8220;The Tonight Show,&#8221; Jimmy Kimmel of &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live&#8221; and Stephen Colbert of &#8220;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” all of whom have consistently taken shots at President Trump.
Last week GOP Senator Rick Scott of Florida accused WHO of “<a href="https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152?s=20">willfully parroting propaganda</a> from the Chinese Communist Party, spreading misinformation that puts families health at risk.”
He added:
<blockquote>The mission of the WHO is to get public health information to the world so every country can make the best decisions to keep their citizens safe. When it comes to Coronavirus, the WHO failed. They need to be held accountable for their role in promoting misinformation and helping Communist China cover up a global pandemic. We know Communist China is lying about how many cases and deaths they have, what they knew and when they knew it – and the WHO never bothered to investigate further. Their inaction cost lives. As soon as Congress is back in session, there should be a hearing, along with a full investigation, to review whether American taxpayers should continue to spend millions of dollars every year to fund an organization that willfully parroted propaganda from the Chinese Communist Party.</blockquote>
WHO <a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/06-04-2020-who-and-global-citizen-announce-one-world-together-at-home-global-special-to-support-healthcare-workers-in-the-fight-against-the-covid-19-pandemic">stated</a> of their upcoming event:
<blockquote>Last month in response to the global pandemic,<a href="https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/campaign/stand-together-to-beat-coronavirus/"> </a><a href="https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/campaign/stand-together-to-beat-coronavirus/">Global Citizen</a> launched an urgent campaign in support of the <a href="https://covid19responsefund.org/">COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO</a>, powered by the UN Foundation. Calling on individuals to take action, and asking world leaders and corporations to support the response with sufficient resources, Global Citizens from over 130 countries around the world have taken tens of thousands of actions in support of the response fund …
Commitments from supporters and corporate partners will go to the<a href="https://covid19responsefund.org/"> </a><a href="https://covid19responsefund.org/">COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO</a> to support and equip frontline healthcare workers around the world, with masks, gowns and other vital equipment, and to local charities that provide food, shelter, and healthcare to those that need it most. These local groups have been verified to ensure that they are helping communities impacted by COVID-19.</blockquote>
WHO <a href="https://covid19responsefund.org/">states</a> of the <a href="https://covid19responsefund.org/">COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO</a>:
<blockquote>Donations support WHO’s work to track and understand the spread of the virus; to ensure patients get the care they need and frontline workers get essential supplies and information; and to accelerate efforts to develop vaccines, tests, and treatments.</blockquote>
Performers scheduled to perform for the event include Alanis Morissette, Andrea Bocelli, Billie Eilish, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, Burna Boy, Chris Martin, David Beckham, Eddie Vedder, Elton John, FINNEAS, Idris and Sabrina Elba, J Balvin, John Legend, Kacey Musgraves, Keith Urban, Kerry Washington, Lang Lang, Lizzo, Maluma, Paul McCartney, Priyanka Chopra Jonas,  Shah Rukh Khan and Stevie Wonder.
António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, asserted, “The United Nations system is fully mobilized: supporting country responses, placing our supply chains at the world’s disposal and advocating for a global cease-fire. We are proud to join forces with ‘One World: Together At Home’ to help suppress the transmission of the virus, minimize social-economic impacts on the global community and work together now to advance Global Goals for the future. There is no greater case for collective action than our joint response to COVID-19 – we are in this together and we will get through this together.&#8221;
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, stated, “The World Health Organization is committed to defeating the coronavirus pandemic with science and public health measures, and supporting the health workers who are on the frontlines of the response. We may have to be apart physically for a while, but we can still come together virtually to enjoy great music. The ‘One World: Together At Home’ concert represents a powerful show of solidarity against a common threat.”

ABC&#8217;s &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live&#8221; &#8211; Season 15

Kimmel, Colbert, Fallon To Host Event For World Health Organization

Jimmy Fallon

Jimmy Kimmel

Stephen Colbert

World Health Organization

Speaking on a radio show called &#8220;Radio Andy,&#8221; actress Alyssa Milano <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcNx_nD6Bi4&amp;feature=youtu.be">explained</a> why she has not spoken out about the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/woman-accuses-joe-biden-of-sexual-assault">sexual assault allegation</a> that has been made against former Vice President Joe Biden, and for the woman who ferociously condemned Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearings, her answer on the Biden claim reeked of utter hypocrisy.
Milano stated:
<blockquote>I have not publicly said anything about this; if you remember, it kind of took me a long time to publicly say anything about Harvey (Weinstein) as well, because I believe that even though we should believe women, and that is an important thing, and what that statement really means is like, for so long, the go-to has been not to believe them. So really, we have to sort of societally change that mindset to believing women. But that does not mean at the expense of not giving men their due process.</blockquote>
Andy Cohen, aka Radio Andy, gushing, “I like that.”
Milano continued, “And investigate situations, and giving, you know, it’s gotta be, it’s gotta be, it&#8217;s gotta be fair in both directions. So I’ve been very vocal about Biden and my support for him. I’ve known him for a very long time, and I did do my due diligence because part of it was that, and the article that sort of stood out to me was that Time’s Up decided not to take the case.&#8221;
Cohen: That was important to you. That meant there was more to the story here.
Milano: Right. I did my work and I spoke to Time’s Up and I just don’t feel comfortable throwing away a decent man that I’ve known for 15 years —
Cohen: Yup.
Milano:  — in this time of complete chaos, without there being a thorough investigation. I’m sure that mainstream media would be jumping all over this as well if, if, y’know if —
Cohen, jumping in to help: “If we weren’t in a pandemic.”
Milano: If they found more evidence … so I’m just staying quiet about it … I sent the #MeToo tweet over two years ago; I never thought that it would be something that was going to destroy innocent men, right? We don’t want that to happen either. So we have to find this balance in the “believe women” movement and also giving men their due process, realizing that we’re destroying lives if we publicly don’t go through the right steps in order to find out if an accusation is credible or not.
Here’s Milano in an <a href="https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/9/23/17890700/brett-kavanaugh-alyssa-milano-assault-allegations-why-i-didnt-report">op-ed</a> from September 2018:
<blockquote>So let me be as clear as possible: I believe Christine Blasey Ford and I demand that our Senators vote to reject Brett Kavanaugh as the next Justice on the Supreme Court. Every person who refuses to loudly and openly reject Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination is telling every generation of Americans that an alleged abuser’s career is more valuable than a survivor’s humanity. And the highest court in our land is no place for an alleged sexual offender to sit.</blockquote>
Only days later, Milano was one of a group of anti-Kavanaugh leftists protesting at on the door of Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), which she pounded. She tweeted, “I’m in D.C. because I don’t believe any man’s misogyny should take precedent over a survivor’s humanity.”
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I’m in D.C. because I don’t believe any man’s misogyny should take precedent over a survivor’s humanity. 
We tried to see a Murkowski, Collins and Hyde-Smith today and share our stories of survival. They refused to see us. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KavaNo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KavaNo</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BelieveWomen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BelieveWomen</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SurvivorStrong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SurvivorStrong</a> <a href="https://t.co/rRtTSVWEpJ">pic.twitter.com/rRtTSVWEpJ</a>
&mdash; Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) <a href="https://twitter.com/Alyssa_Milano/status/1045009533653979137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Only a few days after that, Milano wangled a seat at the Kavanaugh hearings, where she held up a sign emblazoned, &#8220;I BELIEVE SURVIVORS NO ON KAVANAUGH.&#8221;
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Oh, so suddenly due process has made a comeback. How convenient! <a href="https://t.co/do1ZtvIzoV">https://t.co/do1ZtvIzoV</a>
&mdash; Steven Crowder (@scrowder) <a href="https://twitter.com/scrowder/status/1247231724611866625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Remember all the mainstream media attention Milano got for sitting behind Kavanaugh and scouring and weeping? There&#39;s no corroborating evidence Kavanaugh and Ford have even met. This is a former Biden staffer. Now Milano is &quot;whoa whoa, we have to hear him out!&quot; <a href="https://t.co/G1D9z7acjd">https://t.co/G1D9z7acjd</a>
&mdash; Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1247228780323561472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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This woman is a hypocrite, a liar, and a bad joke. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MeToo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MeToo</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TimesUp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TimesUp</a> <a href="https://t.co/aBFoxOVqet">https://t.co/aBFoxOVqet</a>
&mdash; Nick Searcy, INTERNATIONAL FILM &amp; TELEVISION STAR (@yesnicksearcy) <a href="https://twitter.com/yesnicksearcy/status/1247233675147673600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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So you *don&#39;t* believe all women then. <a href="https://t.co/OQpdNq0vIh">https://t.co/OQpdNq0vIh</a>
&mdash; Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) <a href="https://twitter.com/chadfelixg/status/1247243310856429568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Dr. Christine Blasey Ford And Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Testify To Senate Judiciary Committee

Alyssa ‘I Believe Survivors’ Milano Explains Silence On Biden Sexual Assault Allegation. Internet: ‘Hypocrite, A Liar, And A Bad Joke’

Alyssa Milano

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On Monday morning, stocks surged as reports surfaced that the coronavirus epidemic plaguing New York may be slowing down. As <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/us-stocks-april-6-2020">Fox Business</a> reported at roughly 1 p.m. EST, “The number of new cases over the weekend in New York City, the U.S.’s epicenter for the virus, rose by 30.4 percent versus last week, down from a 46.1 percent jump the week prior … The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up more than 1,100 points, or 5.5 percent, while the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were higher by 5.4 percent and 5.3 percent, respectively.”
<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/06/stock-market-live-updates-dow-futures-up-750-nasdaq-futures-up-4percent-bottom-in.html">CNBC</a> reported at 2:15 EST, &#8220;About 12 stocks rose at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday for every decliner as the market rallied on hopes the rate of new coronavirus cases is starting to ebb. Overall, more than 2,700 NYSE-listed stocks traded higher while 231 fell, according to FactSet data.&#8221;
The lowest point for the Dow Jones Industrial Average since the coronavirus pandemic reached American shores occurred on March 23, when it dropped to 18, 591. At the beginning of Monday morning, the Dow Jones rested at 21,052; by roughly 2:30 EST on Monday, it had climbed to roughly 22,200.
<a href="https://www.ccn.com/the-dow-is-surging-thats-terrible-news-for-stock-market-bulls/">CCN</a> noted, &#8220;BTIG chief equity and derivatives strategist Julian Emanuel said last week that the market likely wouldn’t<a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-the-vix-gauge-of-stock-market-volatility-is-still-so-stubbornly-high-2020-03-30" target="_self" rel="follow noopener noreferrer" data-wpel-link="exclude"> secure sustained upward momentum</a> until the VIX ticked below 50 and stayed there &#8230; The stock market’s &#8216;fear gauge&#8217; swung below 50 last Friday after peaking as high as 85.47 in mid-March.&#8221; Good news: as of 2:35 EST on Monday, the VIX <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EVIX/history?p=%5EVIX">rested</a> at 44.28.
<a href="https://www.investors.com/market-trend/stock-market-today/dow-jones-coronavirus-stock-market-rally-covid-19-cases-amazon-netflix-tesla-zoom-video/">Investor&#8217;s Business Daily</a> reported on Monday, “On Sunday, there were signs of slowing growth with the number of new cases rising 25,316, down from Saturday&#8217;s increase of 34,196 … New York state continues to be the epicenter of the outbreak in the U.S. with more than 123,000 total cases, or about 36% of the country&#8217;s confirmed total. But even in New York, the number of new cases slowed on Sunday with an increase of about 8,200. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said New York virus deaths declined for the first time, while hospitalizations also fell.”
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york-update.html">The New York Times</a> added, “Despite nearly 600 newly reported coronavirus deaths in New York on Monday, the state’s second-highest one-day death toll, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said there continued to be signs that the outbreak was starting to slow. For days, New York officials have sought indications that the virus was reaching a peak in the state, which has been the U.S. epicenter of the pandemic. On Sunday, the one-day death toll dropped to 594, from 630 the day before. On Monday, it was about the same as Sunday, 599, Mr. Cuomo said.”
The Times also noted that the day-over-day increase of people on intensive care in New York from Sunday to Monday, 128, “was the smallest in at least two weeks. Last week, the number of people in intensive care beds, which have ventilators, was growing more than 300 people a day, driving projections that the state would soon run out of ventilators.”
Thecity.nyc <a href="https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/early-signs-new-nyc-coronavirus-infections-may-be-slowing.html">reported</a>, “After peaking at a jump of 118% between March 17 and March 18 — just after schools, restaurants and other gathering places closed — the increase in new cases has declined to between 9% and 13% per day since March 29, according to THE CITY’s analysis of city Health Department data.”
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Stocks Surge As Reports Say N.Y. Virus Crisis Slowing Down

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Since the global impact of the coronavirus pandemic struck, illegal immigration across the southern border of the United States has plunged dramatically, with the numbers dropping to a level unseen since the 9/11 attacks in 2001.
One high-ranking border official confirmed to <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/illegal-mexican-border-crossing-at-a-standstill-as-coronavirus-pandemic-rages-in-us">The Washington Examiner</a>, “It’s like next to nothing. For almost a week, their apprehensions have been under 150. This is what happened on 9/11 — on steroids. Mexico has locked down a lot of their country … and then they [migrants] think if they come to the U.S., they’re going to catch the virus.”
<a href="https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/04/05/illegal-border-crossing-reportedly-next-to-nothing-less-than-150-apprehensions-for-almost-a-week-905163">BizPacReview</a> noted, “To put this in perspective, in February border officials apprehended 30,000 illegal aliens, whereas in May of last year they apprehended a whopping 132,000 illegals.”
The Examiner reported that on Sunday March 29 Border Patrol agents encountered only 79 people agents “nationwide after they had attempted to enter the country between ports of entry. If that rate continued over the course of a month, it would make for fewer than 2,500 apprehensions, a drop in the bucket compared to the 30,000 arrests that agents made just on the southern border in February and 132,000 at the peak of the border crisis last May.”
One Border Patrol official pointed out, “The issue is what to do with everyone on the border since there’s no one to arrest. They flushed out the academy, and they need places for them to go. People are on the payroll, and you have to have them start doing work.”
Business Insider <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/more-us-troops-deployed-to-mexico-border-over-coronavirus-concern-2020-4">reported</a>, “The U.S. military is deploying an additional 540 troops to the US-Mexico border to assist Border Patrol agents handling migrants who may be COVID-19 positive … As the U.S. deploys troops, hospital ships and other military assets across the U.S. to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19, Gen. Terrance O’Shaughnessy, the commander of US NORTHCOM told reporters Wednesday that there was also an ‘increased demand signal’ for support to help secure the southern border over COVID-19 concerns.”
<a href="https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/04/02/trump-puts-drug-cartels-exploiting-virus-pandemic-on-notice-deploys-navy-and-air-force-assets-903967">BizPac Review reported</a>, “The onslaught of the coronavirus has not only sent the global economy tumbling — it has also hit the black market where it hurts, and Mexican cartels are no exception. The outbreak of COVID-19 has sent the price of heroin, methamphetamines and fentanyl soaring, as the likes of the Sinaloa cartel – and its main rival, the Jalisco ‘New Generation’ – struggle to obtain the necessary chemicals to make the synthetic drugs, which typically come from China and are now in minimal supply.”
Derek Maltz, a former special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Operations Division in New York, told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexican-drug-cartels-struggle-lab-supplies-china-coronavirus">Fox News</a>, “The cartels have suffered from COVID-19 due to the inability to get the regular shipments of synthetic opioids and precursor chemicals for the massive production of meth from China. The cartels have continued their production at a slower rate, but the demand seems to be increasing during these times of uncertainty in America. The shutdown of cities in China and travel in and out of China have also negatively impacted the flow of chemicals and drugs to Mexico.”
President Trump <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/04/01/cnns_john_king_trump_shameless_for_using_coronavirus_briefing_to_talk_about_war_on_drugs.html">stated last Wednesday</a>, “As governments and nations focus on the coronavirus, there’s a growing threat that cartels, criminals, terrorists, and other malign actors will try to exploit the situation for their own gain. And we must not let that happen. We will never let that happen. Today, the United States is launching enhanced counter-narcotics operations in the Western Hemisphere to protect the American people from the deadly scourge of illegal narcotics. We must not let the drug cartels exploit the pandemic to threaten American lives.”
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, “We’re looking at both our northern and our southern border. We want to make sure that cargo continues, trade continues, heath care workers continue to be able to traverse that border. But tourism, some recreational activities and other things needs to stop during this crisis.&#8221;
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Illegal Immigration Across Southern Border Plunging Because Of Coronavirus

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Now that more anecdotal evidence has amassed that the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine has been successfully used in many cases to counter the novel coronavirus, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has determinedly opposed pharmacists dispensing it outside a hospital or inpatient setting, is being pressured to change his mind.
On March 23, Cuomo issued an executive order preventing pharmacists from filling prescriptions for chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine, its next-generation derivative, unless they were utilized for specifically treating malaria or lupus or for a clinical trial for COVID-19. The order <a href="https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/no-20210-continuing-temporary-suspension-and-modification-laws-relating-disaster-emergency">stated</a>:
<blockquote>No pharmacist shall dispense hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine except when written as prescribed for an FDA-approved indication; or as part of a state approved clinical trial related to COVID-19 for a patient who has tested positive for COVID-19, with such test result documented as part of the prescription. No other experimental or prophylactic use shall be permitted, and any permitted prescription is limited to one fourteen day prescription with no refills.</blockquote>
On March 27, Cuomo <a href="http://www.op.nysed.gov/COVID-19_EO.html">amended that order</a>, stating:
<blockquote>The directive contained in <a href="https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/no-20210-continuing-temporary-suspension-and-modification-laws-relating-disaster-emergency">Executive Order 202.10</a> related to restrictions on dispensing hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for prophylactic purposes is amended as follows: No pharmacist shall dispense hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine except when written: as prescribed for an FDA-approved indication; for an indication supported by one or more citations included or approved for inclusion in the compendia specified in 42 U.S.C. 1396r–8(g)(1)(B)(i); for patients in inpatient settings and acute settings; for residents in a subacute part of a skilled nursing facility; or as part of an study approved by an Institutional Review Board.  Any person authorized to prescribe such medications shall denote on the prescription the condition for which the prescription has been issued.</blockquote>
Now critics are demanding that Cuomo permit pharmacists to dispense the drug outside a hospital or inpatient setting. As <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/5/rudy-giuliani-urges-andrew-cuomo-lift-hydroxychlor/">The Washington Times</a> reports, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, appearing on “Sunday Morning Futures,” recalled witnessing an elderly man with a high fever arrive at Mount Sinai Hospital, “and the first thing they did before they even talked to him was give him hydroxychloroquine … Why is the governor banning it? … Everything shows that it works.” Giuliani added, “There’s a dispute as to whether it treats symptoms or cures the disease. But it works. And we don’t have the luxury right now for a perfect solution.”
Fox News host Sean Hannity <a href="https://foxwilmington.com/headlines/sean-hannity-gov-cuomo-stop-denying-new-yorkers-hydroxychloroquine/">issued an op-ed</a> on Saturday stating, “Enough is enough. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo needs to IMMEDIATELY lift his pharmacy ban that is forcing New Yorkers stricken by the coronavirus into an already overburdened hospital system to get the potentially life-saving drug hydroxychloroquine. Because of an executive order issued by the Democratic governor, any new prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine must go through the already overrun hospital system. This makes no sense … The governor is creating a much bigger crisis in his state’s hospital system by denying New Yorkers THE CHOICE (in consultation with their doctors) to take this potentially life-saving medication.”
<a href="https://nypost.com/2020/04/05/ny-coronavirus-patients-being-treated-with-anti-malarial-drug/">The New York Post</a> reported on Sunday: &#8220;As many as 4,000 seriously ill coronavirus patients in New York are being treated with the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine, state health officials say.&#8221;
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Critics Blast Andrew Cuomo: Let Druggists Dispense Hydroxychloroquine

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Despite the cadre of Democratic presidential candidates who have endorsed the idea of giving college student their education for free, the impact of the coronavirus COVID-19 may have shelved those plans indefinitely, according to various experts, including a former deputy domestic policy adviser in the Obama White House.
Morley Winograd, president of the Campaign for Free College Tuition, told <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/04/03/financial-woes-states-threaten-free-college-proposals-biden-and-sanders">Inside Higher Ed</a> that free tuition and such ideas “need to be put aside for now … As states focus their attention on responding to the immediate crisis, they are rapidly draining their financial reserves and then some. This combination of events makes it clear that even though the need for free college tuition has never been greater, the likelihood of funding it, even partially, from state revenues is unlikely.”
Phillip Oliff, the Pew Charitable Trusts’ senior manager of fiscal federalism and student loans policy, echoed, “It’s looking very challenging for state budgets. The coronavirus crisis looks like it&#8217;s going to have a major economic impact. When there are economic downtowns, they often mean major troubles for state budgets.&#8221;
James Kvaal, president of the Institute for College Access &amp; Success and former deputy domestic policy adviser in the Obama White House, added, &#8220;Colleges never fully recovered from the last recession, and now they need tens of billions of dollars to avoid massive tuition hikes. The first priority for both the federal government and states has to be addressing steep budget cuts and preventing large tuition hikes … (that) puts the free college plans in doubt for the foreseeable future.&#8221; He added, “It’s scary. Colleges will be swamped by a tidal wave of state budget cuts that could be more devastating than the Great Recession.”
Senator Bernie Sanders wants the federal government to pay three-fourths of the cost, roughly $48 billion per year, while states would cough up another $16 billion, Inside Higher Ed notes, adding, “Biden, meanwhile, initially proposed that states pick up one-fourth of the cost of a smaller plan that would have made community colleges free, with the rest paid by the federal government … Biden announced last month that he would adopt an earlier Sanders proposal, the 2017 Colleges for All bill, making public colleges and universities free for all students whose families earn less than $125,000 a year.”
Moody&#8217;s has reported, “Universities face unprecedented enrollment uncertainty, risks to multiple revenue streams and potential material erosion in their balance sheets.&#8221; Ted Mitchell, the president of the American Council on Education, which represents over 1,700 colleges and universities, told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/us/politics/colleges-universities-coronavirus.html">The New York Times</a> in late March, “Campuses are losing staggering sums. If these needs are not met, students are going to suffer financially and may drop out.” The Times added, &#8220;In <a class="css-1g7m0tk" title="" href="https://www.acenet.edu/Documents/Higher-Education-Supplemental-Summary-Memo-031920.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a memo</a>, the council joined other associations representing virtually every school in the country to request at least $50 billion to help with student housing costs, other student expenditures and the damages that universities are suffering from their shutdowns.&#8221;
Kvaal concluded, “The top priority now has to be recovery from the immediate crisis. Colleges will need tens of billions of dollars to prevent rising tuitions and layoffs. In return, states should be required to limit their cuts and reinvest in colleges over time.”

Students Wearing Mortarboards In City

Dems Want Free College Tuition. Coronavirus Blows That Apart.

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On Sunday, an Ohio Democratic state representative who was reportedly <a href="https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/02/joe-bidens-campaign-names-three-ohio-elected-officials-as-senior-advisers.html">named a senior advisor</a> to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign in February tweeted that she wanted to prosecute President Trump at the International Criminal Court for “crimes against humanity” for pushing the drug Hydroxychloroquine as a solution for the coronavirus COVID-19.
Rep. Tavia Galonski tweeted in response to someone accusing Trump of “pushing a drug that hasn’t been tested for coronavirus patients,” “I can’t take it anymore. I’ve been to The Hague. I’m making a referral for crimes against humanity tomorrow. Today’s press conference was the last straw. I know the need for a prosecution referral when I see one.”
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I can’t take it anymore. I’ve been to The Hague. I’m making a referral for crimes against humanity tomorrow. Today’s press conference was the last straw. I know the need for a prosecution referral when I see one. <a href="https://t.co/XQin24gqY4">https://t.co/XQin24gqY4</a>
&mdash; Rep. Tavia Galonski (@RepGalonski) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepGalonski/status/1246981735876870144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The <a href="https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2020/04/05/ohio-democratic-legislator-wants-trump-prosecuted-for-crimes-against-humanity/">Ohio Capital Journal</a> reported:
<blockquote>Asked by the Capital Journal if she legitimately intended to pursue this action, Galonski replied: “Yes!” Just how Galonski planned to initiate this plan, the representative was not at first sure. “I honestly have no idea,” Galonski told the Capital Journal on Sunday evening. “But how hard can it be?” She said her plan was to find out on Monday the referral procedure for reporting an alleged crime against humanity to The Hague.</blockquote>
Galonski graduated from the University of Akron School of Law in 1995 and served as a magistrate in the Summit County Court of Common Pleas, according to her <a href="http://www.ohiohouse.gov/tavia-galonski/biography">biography</a> from the Ohio House of Representatives. She may have been unaware that The United States is not a State Party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. United States participation in the ICC treaty regime would be unconstitutional because it would permit the ICC to try American citizens for crimes committed in America.
As the <a href="https://www.asil.org/insights/volume/7/issue/7/us-announces-intent-not-ratify-international-criminal-court-treaty">American Society of International Law</a> explains, President Bill Clinton signed the treaty, but also stated that he would not recommend that the next President submit the treaty to the Senate for its advice and consent &#8220;until our fundamental concerns are satisfied.&#8221; In May 2002, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld explained that the Administration had &#8220;a number of serious objections to the [International Criminal Court] &#8211; among them, the lack of adequate checks and balances on powers of the [Court&#8217;s] prosecutor and judges; the dilution of the U.N. Security Council&#8217;s authority over international criminal prosecutions; and the lack of any effective mechanism to prevent politicized prosecutions of American service members and officials.&#8221;
Galonski followed her initial tweet with this one: “I need every lawyer that ever did any work on the international level to contact me at jtb1666@aol.com immediately. When we worked on international custody cases we had a cadre of lawyers working on the case. Suit up!”
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I need every lawyer that ever did any work on the international level to contact me at jtb1666@aol.com immediately. When we worked on international custody cases we had a cadre of lawyers working on the case. Suit up! <a href="https://t.co/pkmF4cWGIQ">https://t.co/pkmF4cWGIQ</a>
&mdash; Rep. Tavia Galonski (@RepGalonski) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepGalonski/status/1246985877206810632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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When one respondent tweeted, “Don’t forget disbanding an Indigenous Tribe, kidnapping children, putting them in cages, making babies stand trial, abusing them in those concentration camps, not giving them medical care so they die, oh and letting this pandemic slam into this population like Boris let it in U.K,” Galonski responded on Twitter, “Exactly. I have been boiling since I saw that. It will be part of the Complaint.”
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Exactly. I have been boiling since I saw that. It will be part of the Complaint. <a href="https://t.co/8edAxMdaHV">https://t.co/8edAxMdaHV</a>
&mdash; Rep. Tavia Galonski (@RepGalonski) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepGalonski/status/1246993436978241538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Galonski said of working for Biden, “As a former Teamster and as the proud daughter of a UAW worker, I know Joe always has and always will fight successfully for the respect working people deserve. I can’t wait to roll up my sleeves to build out the strong support Joe already enjoys across Ohio because he has the empathy and experience that blue collar-strong towns like Akron need in the White House.”

Biden Campaign Advisor: Prosecute Trump For ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ For Endorsing Hydroxychloroquine To Fight Virus

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On Wednesday despite its litany of reported human rights abuses, Communist China was appointed to a United Nations Human Rights Council panel called the Consultative Group, a panel that will choose some of the U.N.’s human rights investigators. The Consultative Group has only five members who help select at least <a href="https://unwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Vacancies-HRC44-46-.pdf">17 UN human rights mandate-holders</a> who investigate, watch over and publicly report on violations, as <a href="https://unwatch.org/china-joins-u-n-human-rights-panel-will-help-pick-experts-on-free-speech-health-arbitrary-detention/">UN Watch</a> reports.
The United Nations <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/SP/Pages/BasicInformationSelectionIndependentExperts.aspx">writes</a> of the selection and appointment process for independent United Nations experts of the Human Rights Council:
<blockquote>Independent United Nations experts of the Human Rights Council are appointed through a competitive and transparent process which involves an online written application in response to a call for candidatures issued by the Secretariat. Shortlisted candidates are then interviewed by telephone by the Consultative Group composed by five Ambassadors nominated by each of the five regional groups. The Consultative Group makes recommendations to the President of the Human Rights Council through its public report. The appointment is finalized when the selected candidate put forward by the President is approved by the Human Rights Council.</blockquote>
Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, which monitors the UN Human Rights Council and has championed the rights of victims in China, stated, “Allowing China’s oppressive and inhumane regime to choose the world investigators on freedom of speech, arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances is like making a pyromaniac into the town fire chief. It’s absurd and immoral for the UN to allow China’s oppressive government a key role in selecting officials who shape international human rights standards and report on violations worldwide.”
<a href="https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2019/country-chapters/china-and-tibet">Human Rights Watch</a> reported in 2018:
<blockquote>In October, Meng Hongwei, then-president of Interpol, the international police organization, and China’s vice minister for Public Security, disappeared upon return to China and was assumed to be held in “liuzhi.” … Authorities dramatically stepped up repression and systematic abuses against the 13 million Turkic Muslims, including Uyghurs and ethnic Kazakhs, in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region. Authorities have carried out mass arbitrary detention, torture, and mistreatment of some of them in various detention facilities, and increasingly imposed pervasive controls on daily life. New regulations in Tibet now criminalize even traditional forms of social action, including community mediation by religious figures. In Hong Kong, a region promised “a high degree of autonomy” under the Sino-British Joint Declaration, the Chinese and Hong Kong governments hastened their efforts in 2018 to undermine people’s rights to free speech and political participation.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/china/">AmnestyUSA</a> echoed:
<blockquote>Repression conducted under the guise of “anti-separatism” or “counter-terrorism” remained particularly severe in the <a href="https://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/china/xinjiang/">Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region</a> (Xinjiang) and Tibetan-populated areas (Tibet). Authorities subjected Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups in Xinjiang to intrusive surveillance, arbitrary detention and forced indoctrination. From early 2017, after the Xinjiang government had enacted a regulation enforcing so-called “de-extremification”, an estimated up to one million Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other ethnic minority people were sent to internment camps.Police detained human rights defenders outside formal detention facilities, sometimes incommunicado, for long periods, which posed additional risk of torture and other ill-treatment to the detainees.</blockquote>
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No joke: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/China?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#China</a> joins U.N. Human Rights Council panel, where it will help select the U.N.&#39;s next world monitors on freedom of speech, enforced disappearances &amp; arbitrary detention—and on health. That&#39;s like making a pyromaniac into the town fire chief. <a href="https://t.co/DqFY90rd6I">https://t.co/DqFY90rd6I</a>
&mdash; Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1245890358342553603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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China Appointed To U.N. Council That Helps Pick Human Rights Investigators

On Friday morning, a leftist writer for The Daily Beast reacted to the news that President Trump had nominated a young, 37-year-old former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh for a position on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by snapping, “Is there any doubt that if a Supreme Court vacancy opened up right now McConnell wouldn’t rush to fill it?”
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Is there any doubt that if a Supreme Court vacancy opened up right now McConnell wouldn’t rush to fill it? <a href="https://t.co/wn1p8poKU5">https://t.co/wn1p8poKU5</a>
&mdash; Sam Stein (@samstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1246088114210312194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Apparently, in Stein’s judgment, because of the coronavirus crisis that has gripped the nation Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should eschew filling a Supreme Court vacancy if one should occur.
The Washington Post’s Seung Min Kim had an answer for Stein that every conservative, knowing McConnell’s history of pushing forward on judicial appointments, knew was coming, tweeting, &#8220;No. He told me in the interview that he would.&#8221;
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No. He told me in the interview that he would.
&mdash; Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) <a href="https://twitter.com/seungminkim/status/1246088906870792194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Kim wrote in an <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-taps-former-kavanaugh-clerk-to-fill-vacancy-on-powerful-dc-appeals-court/2020/04/03/3ddb5e50-7446-11ea-ae50-7148009252e3_story.html">article for the Post</a> that was published on Friday:
<blockquote>In the interview with The Post this week, McConnell said the Senate Republican majority’s commitment to confirming judges is unchanged despite a congressional calendar made uncertain by the coronavirus pandemic, preventing senators from holding confirmation hearings and casting votes &#8230;
&#8220;This Congress goes on until Dec. 31, and we intend to confirm all of the judges that are sent up to us this year,” McConnell said. He also reiterated his promise that he would fill a Supreme Court vacancy this year, should there be one, a reversal from his argument in 2016 that a seat should remain open until the voters decide in the presidential election.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/us/politics/mcconnell-judges-republicans.html">The New York Times</a> reported on March 16 that McConnell has led the effort to convince conservative judges who are eligible to retire to go ahead and retire while the GOP holds the Senate and the White House. The Times wrote:
<blockquote>Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, who has used his position as majority leader to build a judicial confirmation juggernaut for President Trump over the past three years, has been personally reaching out to judges to sound them out on their plans and assure them that they would have a worthy successor if they gave up their seats soon, according to multiple people with knowledge of his actions.</blockquote>
McConnell <a href="https://www.hughhewitt.com/senate-majority-leader-mitch-mcconnell-5/">spoke with radio host Hugh Hewitt</a> on Tuesday. Hewitt asked,&#8221;I’ve never done an interview with you without bringing up judges. So you’ve got a 5th Circuit nominee yesterday. When the Senate comes back, will you be acting on judges? And part two, have you heard anything about any retirements from the Supreme Court?&#8221;
McConnell answered, &#8220;I’ve heard nothing about any retirements at the Supreme Court, but of course, we will go back to judges. You know, Hugh, you and I have talked about this before. My motto for the rest of the year is leave no vacancy behind.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/trump-mcconnell-judicial-nominations-despite-coronavirus">Buzzfeed News</a> noted, &#8220;One potential hiccup in Republicans’ effort to keep confirming judges as the coronavirus outbreak continues is that hearings for nominees usually involve in-person sworn testimony and that the committee itself has to meet to vote. Social distancing and travel restrictions could complicate that process.&#8221;
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U.S. Senate Meets After Democrats Again Refused To Advance McConnell&#8217;s $2 Trillion Stimulus Plan

Leftists Upset That McConnell Might Fill SCOTUS Vacancy During Virus Crisis. McConnell: Yup.

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Despite the typical antipathy and critical rhetoric from liberals and leftists exhibit for bearing arms, a lot of them are buying guns during the coronavirus crisis.
As <a href="https://bearingarms.com/cam-e/2020/04/02/yes-liberals-are-buying-guns-too/">Bearing Arms</a> points out, “Even The New Yorker is recognizing that many of the 1-million or more new gun owners around the country don’t fit neatly into the anti-gun stereotype of the typical Second Amendment supporter.”
<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/06/choose-your-weapon">The New Yorker</a> related a story from Gorge Guns in Hood River, Oregon, where owner Erika Bales said one new customer decided to buy a firearm:
<blockquote>At noon, a woman in her sixties came in. She wore plastic gloves and had a scarf wrapped around her face, and she traced a wide arc around the only other non-employee in the store. “I’ve been doing this since the beginning of March,” she said, referring to her protective gear. “I don’t feel sick at all. I’m self-quarantining.” She left her house only for essential activities. This was one. “I’m buying a gun,” she said. “I can’t believe it.” … Unlike many of the shop’s regulars, she was no fan of Trump: “He’s a divider all the way.”</blockquote>
The customer bought a Key-Tec PMR30 pistol. Bales noted, “I think she’s a liberal. There’s so many coming in. First-time-gun-owner liberals. I’ve probably seen ten this week. It’s so funny, because I hope it just turns them on to liking the Second Amendment. I mean, the Constitution was created for a reason. To protect us.”
Bearing Arms quoted an article from the <a href="https://www.post-gazette.com/local/2020/03/22/guns-firearms-COVID-Pittsburgh-Pennsylvania/stories/202003220084">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</a> describing a self-described “liberal Democrat from New York City” who bought a gun, then segued to noting, “His purchase last week occurred during a nationwide rash of firearm sales to people who had never considered gun ownership until becoming rattled by concerns about COVID-19’s impact on America’s social infrastructure. Last week, many southwestern Pennsylvania gun shops ran out of stock. Owners said they sold firearms of all types to many first-time buyers.”
On March 16, <a href="https://www.kunc.org/post/firearms-background-checks-double-colorado-coronavirus-concerns-spread#stream/0">KUNC</a> reported:
<blockquote>Anthony Navarro, the owner of Colorado Shooting Sports in Greeley, said his computer system was showing over 3,000 background check requests in CBI’s queue … “When people are scared, there’s that sense of grasping and hoarding mentality,” Navarro said. “It’s part of our DNA as cavemen.” He said many of his customers are worried about the government limiting or banning gun sales. “We’re seeing everything from your standard client that we see all the time, all the way to liberal, democratic anti-gun people, buying guns for the first time.”</blockquote>
CNN Business <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/business/coronavirus-gun-sales/index.html">reported</a> on March 19:
<blockquote>The ammunition website Ammo.com said it has recorded an unprecedented surge in bullet sales over the last three weeks. Administrators for the site, which ships ammunition to all but four states across the nation, released <a href="https://ammo.com/coronavirus-impact-on-ammunition-sales">sales figures</a> late Monday night showing a 77% increase in website visits between February 23 and March 15. Those visits led to a 222% increase in transactions over the same period when compared to the first three weeks in February.Revenue has increased 309%, according to the site, which said coronavirus fears are fueling the sales surge.</blockquote>

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Now Even Typical Gun Opponents Are Buying Guns

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On Thursday night, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reacted to the scathing letter President Trump sent him on Thursday, clutching his pearls and huffing, “I’m just appalled.”
Schumer stated, “And so about two weeks ago, I called the president and said, &#8216;Why don’t you invoke the Defense Production Act?&#8217; That’s an act on the books from the Truman administration and it says that the military can commandeer both manufacturing and distribution when there’s a national emergency or a war. The president said he’d do it and then three hours later he said no.”
Schumer continued, “And now, he hasn’t done it, and we sort of have this patchwork, where governors and mayors, my governor, my mayor, they’re doing good jobs, but they’re going around looking for ventilators, looking for masks. It’s uncoordinated and it’s a patchwork.”
Then Schumer referenced the letter he had written to Trump earlier on Thursday that prompted Trump’s withering response.
<blockquote>So this morning I sent the president a letter and said, &#8220;Why don’t you invoke the Defense Production Act and put in place a military person? Somebody who knows command and control, someone who knows logistics, someone who knows quarter-mastering, to not only commandeer factories and supply chains to make the stuff that we need, desperately need, but also to distribute it in the places that are most needed so not the 50 governors will be hunting and pecking.&#8221;</blockquote>
Then Schumer started complaining:
<blockquote>And then I spoke to the president late this afternoon and explained it and the result is this letter. And so I’m just appalled. I say to the president, “Just stop the pettiness. People are dying.” And so, President Trump, we need leadership, we need to get the job done. Stop the pettiness. Let’s get it done. Let’s roll up our sleeves. I sent the letter with the best of intentions, trying to improve a very bad situation.”</blockquote>
Schumer’s <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Letter.POTUS.re%20COVID-19%20Mil%20Off.pdf">letter</a>, with the “best of intentions,” contained statements such as “the tardiness and inadequacy of this Administration’s response to the crisis becomes more painfully evident,” “The existing federal leadership void has left America with an ugly spectacle,” and “our national response is far behind where it should be.”
Trump’s letter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/read-trumps-devastating-open-letter-to-schumer-i-never-knew-how-bad-a-senator-you-are">roared back</a>:
<blockquote>If you spent less time on your ridiculous impeachment hoax, which went haplessly on forever and ended up going nowhere (except increasing my poll numbers) and instead focused on helping the people of New York, then New York would not have been so completely unprepared for the “invisible enemy.”  No wonder AOC and others are thinking about running against you in the primary.  If they did, they would likely win.
Fortunately, we have been working with your state and city governments, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio to get the job done.  You have been missing in action except when it comes to the “press.”  While you have stated that you don’t like Andrew Cuomo, you ought to start working alongside him for the good of all New Yorkers.
I’ve known you for many years, but I never knew how bad a Senator you are for the state of New York until I became President.</blockquote>
H/T <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2020/04/03/schumer-appalled-at-trumps-letter-n2566286">Townhall</a>

Senate Takes Up Coronavirus Relief Bill Passed By House

Schumer Huffs Of Trump’s Scathing Letter: ‘I’m Just Appalled’

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On Thursday, a photo was posted of the No. 2 train in Manhattan at 6 p.m. showing people jammed into it despite the efforts by New York City to implement social distancing among people.
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I am speechless. 
New York is in deep trouble&#8230;which means all of us are. <a href="https://t.co/S99fr2KTHX">pic.twitter.com/S99fr2KTHX</a>
&mdash; Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1245907325023432704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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There’s no way of knowing how many people on the train were working essential jobs necessary even in the midst of the coronavirus crisis and were risking their health to travel to them, but the picture was a disturbing reminder of how much the crisis has made normal life subject to rancorous debate as to how to act.  The cost of traveling by taxi or a car service such as Uber or Lyft could inhibit people from taking alternate methods of transportation.
On Tuesday, New York Gov. <a href="https://thehill.com/people/andrew-cuomo">Andrew Cuomo</a>, ordering the closing of the city’s playgrounds, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/490623-cuomo-says-nypd-needs-to-enforce-social-distancing-rules">stated</a> that he might be forced to mandate social distancing measures, saying, &#8220;The NYPD has to get more aggressive. Period. Period. If you&#8217;re going to force me into a position where I have to mandate it, and make it a law, a social distancing law, which I think is absurd, but it has to be enforced. I&#8217;ve said this 100 different ways, but compliance is still not where it should be. How reckless and irresponsible and selfish for people not to do it on their own? I mean, what else do you have to know? What else do you have to hear? Who else has to die for you to understand you have a responsibility in this?&#8221;
Prior to that, on March 22 Cuomo <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/22/cuomo-gives-city-24-hours-to-address-crowding-in-parks-amid-coronavirus/">said</a> he was giving New York City 24 hours to make sure residents stayed away from parks, addressing Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and saying, “It has to be reduced and it has to be reduced fast, and that’s why I’m asking for a plan from them in 24 hours. I could make those decisions in New York City.  But I think they’re in a better position to do it. They know the problem. They see it. I mean, it’s all over the place. It’s not that you need a microscope to find this. It’s all over the city. Now, maybe it was a nice day yesterday, whatever.”
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio followed on March 27 by <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/27/coronavirus-in-ny-fines-may-come-for-social-distancing-violators-de-blasio-says/">warning</a> that residents might face $500 fines for violating social distancing rules, saying, “We have seen some non-compliance that is really of concern,” adding, “I don’t want people to be penalized in a time when there is so much economic distress … but I need people to listen. I’m asking my fellow New Yorkers to take it seriously or else there will have to be more severe measures.”
On Friday, <a href="https://www.amny.com/coronavirus/interactive-map-shows-if-people-in-new-york-city-are-actually-staying-home-due-to-social-distancing/">AMNY</a> reported that there has been a radical shift in how many people were traveling from home:
<blockquote>A new study sought to find out if social distancing is really working in the country’s major cities by seeing if people are actually staying home during the pandemic. The study, hosted by Voro, used the CityMapper app to track how many users in New York City were planning trips by car, mass transit and walking. As of April 1, New York City residents are planning 7% as many trips as usual, compared to 100% on March 2.
Based on the data from CityMapper, New York City saw a slight uptick in ridership between March 2-8. However, by March 9 the number of planned trips began to decrease, eventually dropping to 85% on March 11.Between March 11-19, the number of planned trips fell dramatically, eventually leveling out at 13%. The days following saw smaller decreases in ridership, settling at 7% by April 1.</blockquote>

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Photo From N.Y. Subway Shows Jammed Subway Train

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Speaking on Fox News with host Tucker Carlson Thursday night, a Florida official accused 3M of letting their distributors sell vitally-needed masks to foreign countries in such numbers that there were none left that his state could procure.
Jared Moskowitz from the Florida Division of Emergency Management told Carlson:
<blockquote>For the last several weeks we’ve had like a boiler room in our UFc, chasing down 3M authorized distributors, brokers, supposedly representing that they sell N95 masks, only to get the warehouses that are completely empty, being told that our shipments are on cargo planes and the flights don’t even appear on FlightAware.  We’re chasing ghosts, Tucker. And so I just decided to turn up the heat and tell people what is actually happening in the N95 mask space.
3M reached out to us today; their governor relations folks wanted to have a conversation. I thought that perhaps, maybe, what 3M would finally say to me is that they have masks to sell, but what I actually found out is even more frightening; it’s what we suspected, which is that the system is completely broken and the authorized distributors, who right now can’t tell me a timeline when I’m going to receive my masks, orders that I put in a month ago, and, by the way, the terms and conditions are I’ve got to pay for the masks and can’t cancel my order, is that 3M has lost total control.
And so what I asked 3M is that, are they aware that their authorized distributors, U.S. companies, are telling me that the reason why our orders are being pushed down is because foreign countries are showing up with cash to purchase the orders? And when I told 3M that, not only did they not dispute it, I asked them if they’d put out any guidance to prevent the behavior and the answer was no.
And so when I asked 3M what is your production —they said they’re making 10 million masks a week —and when I said, great, I have money, I’d like to purchase some of those, they said I couldn’t; that they have no masks to sell me.</blockquote>
He added, “This is not about the workers in the factories at 3M who are working 24 hours a day to try to create lifesaving PPE; this is about the executives who decided not to put America first, and it’s going to have devastating consequences.&#8221;
Carlson summarized, “You tried to get an answer; you’re in charge of procuring these for the first responders in Florida; you’re not some guy off the street; you’re a government official trying to help a state that is becoming one of the centers of the outbreak: Florida. And you basically got the run-around. So you went after 3M on Twitter and they responded… and you said, why can’t I get it? And they basically said we have no control; our dealers are selling some of these masks to foreign countries because they got there first or they’re paying cash, and you said, well, shouldn’t you tell your distributors to make a priority for America? For the states, or local governments, of first responders, physicians, nurses, EMTs, and they said, no, we haven’t done that. Is that a fair summary?&#8221;
Moskowitz answered:
<blockquote>Yeah, not only is that a fair summary, it’s exactly what’s happening. It’s why Governor DeSantis said the other day it’s shady as hell, because that’s exactly what it is. 3M is an ice cream store that doesn’t sell ice cream, apparently. Since when do we have a U.S. company that sells masks and I try to offer them money and they won’t sell them to me? That I have to go through their authorized distributors and their only excuse is that they don’t have a perfect system.
Well, that’s great that they don’t have a perfect system and that I’m relegated to making deals with brokers at costs that are ten and sometimes twenty times that actual costs of these masks, which, at the end of the day, Tucker, regardless of the costs at this point, getting the masks is the most important thing at the moment. We can’t even get them.</blockquote>
&#8220;The 3M authorized distributors are telling me this,&#8221; Moskowiz said later. &#8220;They’re specifically saying, listen I’m sorry that your order got pushed down, but there are folks showing up to the factories; there are folks showing up to us paying cash. And when I said, what do you mean, &#8216;There are folks?&#8217; they said, well, listen, you know, here are foreign countries that do business differently; they’re showing up with cash.&#8221;
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Florida Official Accuses 3M Of Letting Foreign Countries Buy All Their Masks

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On Thursday, President Trump issued a devastating letter to Democrat New York Senator Chuck Schumer after Schumer issued a letter criticizing him earlier in the day.
Schumer <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Letter.POTUS.re%20COVID-19%20Mil%20Off.pdf">wrote</a> on Thursday, “As the Coronavirus spreads rapidly into every corner of our nation and its terrible, grim toll grows more severe with each passing day, the tardiness and inadequacy of this Administration’s response to the crisis becomes more painfully evident.” He snarked, “America cannot rely on a patchwork of uncoordinated voluntary efforts to combat the awful magnitude of this pandemic. It is long past the time for your Administration to designate a senior military officer to fix this urgent problem.”
Schumer continued, “The existing federal leadership void has left America with an ugly spectacle in which States and cities are literally fending for themselves, often in conflict and competition with each other, when trying to procure precious medical supplies and equipment.” Schumer sniped, “It must also be pointed out that while you continue to dismiss the Defense Production Act as not being needed, it is clear that the capacity of American industry has not yet been fully harnessed.”
Trump, who loves nothing more than a mano-a-mano confrontation, fired back, with this salvo as an opening shot before the fusillade began: “Dear Senator Schumer: Thank you for your Democrat public relations letter and incorrect sound bites which are wrong in every way.”
Then Trump got down to work:
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<li>As you are aware, Vice President Pence is in charge of the Task Force. By almost all accounts, he has done a spectacular job.</li>
<li>The Defense Production Act (DPA) has been consistently used by my team and me for the purchase of billions of dollars’ worth of equipment, medical supplies, ventilators, and other related items. It has been powerful leverage, so powerful that companies generally do whatever we are asking, without even a formal notice.  They know something is coming, and that’s all they need to know.</li>
<li>A “senior military officer” is in charge of purchasing, distributing, etc. His name is Rear Admiral John Polowczyk.  He is working 24 hours a day, and is highly respected by everyone.  If you remember, my team gave you this information, but for public relations purposes, you choose to ignore it.</li>
<li>We have given New York many things including hospitals, medical centers, medical supplies, record numbers of ventilators, and more. You should have had New York much better prepared than you did, and as Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx said yesterday, New York was very late in its fight against the virus.  As you are aware, the Federal Government is merely a back-up for state governments.  Unfortunately, your state needed far more of a back-up than most others.</li>
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<blockquote>If you spent less time on your ridiculous impeachment hoax, which went haplessly on forever and ended up going nowhere (except increasing my poll numbers) and instead focused on helping the people of New York, then New York would not have been so completely unprepared for the “invisible enemy.”  No wonder AOC and others are thinking about running against you in the primary.  If they did, they would likely win.
Fortunately, we have been working with your state and city governments, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio to get the job done.  You have been missing in action except when it comes to the “press.”  While you have stated that you don’t like Andrew Cuomo, you ought to start working alongside him for the good of all New Yorkers.
I’ve known you for many years, but I never knew how bad a Senator you are for the state of New York until I became President.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call.  Or, in the alternative, call Rear Admiral Polowczyk.</blockquote>
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READ: Trump’s Devastating Open Letter To Schumer: ‘I Never Knew How Bad A Senator You Are’

On Thursday, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where Dr. Jonas Salk discovered a vaccine for polio, announced they have created a potential vaccine for the coronavirus.
Researchers gave the vaccine to mice through a patch in the skin, and say not only that the vaccine proved effective, but that producing similar patches with a vaccine for humans is scalable and can be produced in large quantities, according to <a href="https://kdkaradio.radio.com/articles/potential-coronavirus-vaccine-developed-at-upmc">KDKA radio</a>, which notes, “It is the first study to be published after it was critiqued by other scientists ‘at outside institutions that describes a candidate vaccine for COVID-19.’”
Co-senior author Andrea Gambotto, M.D, who is an associate professor of surgery at the Pitt School of Medicine, stated, “We had previous experience on SARS-CoV in 2003 and MERS-CoV in 2014. These two viruses, which are closely related to SARS-CoV-2, teach us that a particular protein, called a spike protein, is important for inducing immunity against the virus. We knew exactly where to fight this new virus. That’s why it’s important to fund vaccine research. You never know where the next pandemic will come from.”
Co-senior author Louis Falo, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of dermatology at Pitt’s School of Medicine and UPMC, echoed, “Our ability to rapidly develop this vaccine was a result of scientists with expertise in diverse areas of research working together with a common goal.”
In the paper describing their work, the authors, who are waiting for approval from the FDA to quickly start human trials, <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/home">write</a>:
<blockquote>Genomic analyses indicated that SARS-CoV-2 shares genomic similarities with SARS-CoV within the receptor-binding motif that directly contacts the human receptor ACE2. This has important implications for vaccine design and for predicting pandemic potential. Human-to-human transmission of SARS-CoV-2 has now been established, and the situation with SARS-CoV-2 is evolving rapidly with the numbers of verified cases growing into the thousands.
Another recently emerged coronavirus, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was first isolated in 2012 in Saudi Arabia … For both these coronaviruses, the spike (S) protein is crucial for viral transmission and infection, and determines the tropism of the virus and host cell entry. SARS-CoV-2 binds the ACE2 receptor as MERS-S binds to the cellular receptor dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) via the receptor-binding domain (RBD) in the N-terminal surface subunit (S1), and then employs its C-terminal transmembrane subunit (S2) to fuse with the host cell membrane. [
Due to this vital functional property and established antigenicity, the S protein is an important target for vaccine development. Our previous studies have shown that adenoviral vaccine candidates expressing SARS-CoV-S1 and MERS-S1 subunits induced more efficacious antibody-mediated neutralizing activity than full-length S1, suggesting the subunit immunogen as an ideal vaccine candidate.
… The skin is an ideal target for immunization. It contains a rich population of antigen presenting and immune accessory cells capable of inducing a proinflammatory microenvironment favoring the induction of potent and durable adaptive immunity.
… Although the stability of each vaccine candidate in MNAs needs to be validated at different temperatures for varying storage periods, the available literature indicates that MNA-embedded vaccines have the potential to remain stable for an extended period of time without expensive “cold chain” requirements. Further, previous animal and clinical studies suggest that MNAs could provide a safe and well-tolerated delivery platform for efficacious immunization strategies.
… Driven by the promising immunogenicity of MNA-MERS-S1 vaccines and the urgent need to respond to the recent coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), we rapidly (within 4 weeks of the identification of the SARS-CoV-2 S1 sequence) designed and produced MNA SARS-CoV-2 S1 vaccines and tested their immunogenicity in mice. We describe the rapid development of MNA embedded SARS-CoV-2-S1 subunit vaccines using clinically-applicable MNA production methods by relying on our experience with clinical trials utilizing MNA delivery. Taken together, our results support the development of MNA delivered recombinant coronavirus vaccines for clinical applications.
… Taken together, our studies demonstrate the speed at which vaccines against emerging infections can be designed and produced using the recent advances in recombinant DNA technology. Combining emerging biotechnology methods with bioengineering advances in vaccine delivery strategies, it may now be possible to rapidly produce clinically-translatable vaccines against novel pathogens for human testing and subsequent global distribution in time to significantly impact the spread of disease.</blockquote>
The University of Pittsburgh <a href="https://www.225.pitt.edu/story/ending-polio%27s-reign-terror">writes</a> of Salk:
<blockquote>In 1947, the University of Pittsburgh recruited Jonas Salk—an expert in influenza whose flu vaccine is still in use today—to develop a virus program at Pitt. For more than seven years, his team worked tirelessly to develop an effective killed-virus vaccine &#8230; The efforts of Pitt&#8217;s polio research team culminated in the largest national controlled field trial in history. At the trial’s successful conclusion, the federal government approved the vaccine for the public on April 12, 1955, an action that Newsweek called “a summit moment in history.”</blockquote>
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Hank Berrien

Articles by Hank Berrien