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According to a report released Thursday by a government watchdog agency, more than 1 million dead people were given stimulus money intended to keep the economy from flatlining (irony? no?) during the pandemic. It was revealed back in April that dead people were getting checks due to the need to get said checks out to people quickly, but […]
Scottsdale councilman Guy Phillips issued an apology on Thursday morning following heavy backlash after he mocked some of George Floyd’s last words, “I can’t breathe,” at an anti-mask rally in Arizona on Wednesday. In a statement to the Arizona Republic, Phillips said, “It was a stupid and insensitive comment that I shouldn’t have made, and I […]
As a confounding number of Americans continue to behave as if COVID-19 isn’t real, the country has now broken its own record of daily cases. The U.S. bagged a record number of new coronavirus cases in a single day—45,557—on Wednesday, per an NBC News tally of new diagnoses. This tops the previous record for highest […]
Disneyland and Disneyland California Adventure will delay their phased reopening, which was scheduled to begin on July 17, Deadline reports. Both parks have been closed since March. The announcement was made on Wednesday, hours after California Gov. Gavin Newsom revealed the state had a record 7,149 new coronavirus cases the previous day. Disneyland will now […]
Attempting to stack up political confidence ahead of an election by touting polls is, as recent history has made quite clear, not a good idea. Still, it’s hard not to at least pay a bit of attention to a fresh poll from the New York Times and Sienna College in which Joe Biden takes 50 percent and […]
It appears that Donald Trump really asked his administration to slow down coronavirus testing, contradicting senior White House officials who have argued that Trump’s comments were made facetiously. During Saturday’s infamous campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Trump said, “When you do testing to that extent you’re going to find more people, you’re going to find […]
Florida, in a move that should sadly surprise literally zero people, has become the latest state to surpass 100,000 total COVID-19 cases. The state’s Department of Health said in its latest update on coronavirus stats on Monday that the current total of agency-confirmed cases is 100,217. Florida has also seen 3,173 deaths. Per WKMG-TV, a regional Orlando outlet, there was […]
China has mad the decision to suspend poultry imports from a Tyson Foods plant in Arkansas over COVID-19 concerns. In addition to the temporary suspension of imports from the plant, per an NPR report, China’s General Administration of Customs office has confirmed that any products that have already arrived in the region will be seized […]
Although Florida has started its reopening process, Miami’s DJ Khaled isn’t trying to risk it. On Friday, Khaled took to Instagram where he posted a picture of himself in a hazmat suit, gloves, and a face mask. “Play wit it if you want,” Khaled wrote. “I got kids I don’t play games. … First day out […]
President Trump is heading back on the road despite the coronavirus pandemic still in full effect. Yet, it seems like this decision might have come at the cost of some employees’ health. Ahead of Trump’s Tulsa rally on Saturday, it was reported by the New York Times that six staff members who were scheduled to work […]
