US PoliEra 2020 |OT4| Disaster Voltron
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Oh thank god I don't watch much traditional television anymore.
Well, if House Dems don't seem to have a unified front there, that's on them for opening that door to allow stuff like that to happen. It's a terrible miscalculation and creating damning headlines when payments were going to have to be all but considered anyway. And from my understanding, Yang is working with Trump on this. So not sure how much "taking" is happening.
It's the bill the house passed last week and edited earlier this week to water it down more for republicans.
Text - H.R.6201 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Text for H.R.6201 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Families First Coronavirus Response Act
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Lawyer summary of what's in it here:
Summary of FMLA and Sick Leave Provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act | JD Supra
On March 14, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act in response to the ongoing coronavirus...
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Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and a senior adviser, has created his own team of government allies and private industry representatives to work alongside the administration's official coronavirus task force, adding another layer of confusion and conflicting signals within the White House's disjointed response to the crisis.
Kushner, who joined the administration's coronavirus efforts last week, is primarily focused on attempting to set up drive-through testing sites with the help of technology and retail executives, as well as experts in health-care delivery. The goal, officials familiar with the work said, is to have limited testing in a handful of cities running by Friday and to expand the project from there.
But Kushner's team is causing confusion among many officials involved in the response, who say they are unsure who is in charge given Kushner's dual role as senior adviser and Trump family member. Some have privately dubbed his team a "shadow task force" whose requests they interpret as orders they must balance with regular response efforts.
Some members of Kushner's team are working out of offices on the seventh floor of Health and Human Services headquarters — one floor above the office of HHS secretary Alex Azar — while others are working out of an office in the West Wing of the White House, officials said.
They include representatives of companies such as UPS, FedEx and Flatiron Health, as well as Kushner allies inside the government such as Brad Smith, director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.
Two senior officials said some government officials have become increasingly confused as they have received emails from private industry employees on Kushner's team and have been on conference calls with them, unsure what their exact role is in the government response. Several people involved in the response said the involvement of outside advisers — who are emailing large groups of government employees from private email addresses — also raises legitimate security concerns about whether these advisers are following proper government protocols.
"We don't know who these people are," one senior official said. "Who is this? We're all getting these emails."
Kushner defended his role in an interview, saying his team's goal was to bring "an entrepreneurial approach" to the crisis.
"We're getting things done in record speeds and are doing everything possible to avoid damage and mitigate the negative impacts," Kushner said. "In America, some of our best resources are in our private sector. The federal government is not designed to solve all our problems; a lot of the muscle is in the private sector and there's also a lot of smart people."
This account of Kushner's involvement in the administration's coronavirus response effort is based on interviews with 10 senior administration officials and people familiar with the effort, most of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal dynamics and speak candidly.
I know we hate Ivanka and all but is there a reason the GOP/admin hides her? You'd think with their massive suburban problem they'd be pushing her on the talk shows to justify the ghoulish admin behavior. Maybe she's just not up for it lmao.
Kind of annoying how there aren't Bloomberg-funded ads blanketing the TV airwaves attacking Trump on his handling of this whole thing. They should be exactly like the one that was posted in here last night where there are just clips of the moronic things he's said. The message that he made things considerably worse should be pounded into Americans' minds from now until November. That shit needs to be plastered on every other commercial break like Bloomberg's campaign ads were.
We all know the Repubs would be capitalizing on this if the shoe was on the other foot.
We all know the Repubs would be capitalizing on this if the shoe was on the other foot.
I beat Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Yoshi's Crafted World, and Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon. I watched Kung Fu Panda 2, Rango and the Incredibles 2. I also watched half of the episodes of Good Eats Redone, and read Tolkein's version of the Green Knight
Basically I've cleaned out my Switch backlog, watched a bunch of movies I've been meaning to watch, and read a book I forgot I wanted to read
Tomorrow I'll probably get through the remaining books and then Friday is Animal Crossing
At some point I need to do my taxes, I guess...
And there's Captain Nepotism's indirect admittance of failure.
Oh, one of many. Think the Shutdown in its self-destructive randomness but one per month WHILE the virus/stock market combo wrecks things.
Gonna feel good to vote against that coward next year.
Oh, one of many. Think the Shutdown in its self-destructive randomness but one per month WHILE the virus/stock market combo wrecks things.
Gonna feel good to vote against that coward next year.
I agree with him, but Kushner's problem is that he thinks the government can't solve ANY problem. Which makes sense considering he's in charge.
Not a good idea to do it now. Better to wait until closer to the election. With Trump, news cycles last like 5 minutes.
Unless it's about him cutting people checks and outflanking cowardly Dems. That one will last all the way until election day.
There are significant downstream issues with relying on the private sector in a capitalist society...
I imagine calling her a neoliberal shill for being OUTFLANKED by strong white daddy Republicans who are now more liberal than Biden because they talked about cutting a one-time $1000 check that won't avert a recession (while still keeping immigrants in cages). God, Dems just suck.
I didn't even know a Tolkien edition of The Green Knight existed--I'm going to add it to my list.
I swear every single tweet I go into now is just nothing but people with math hats. You would think Yang is about to be the nominee based off Twitter.
I see it as more going hard in the paint for means-tested payments. That's an idiotic move to make as a Dem right now. She should be called out for sending her deputy chief of staff to double down and defend that.
Also a lot of media outlets and ~~~leftists~~~ spreading the disinformation that Trump has suddenly become a socialist savior and outflanked spineless Dems.
Most of them probably just want a flimsy excuse to vote for Trump, but they're still doing their best to disseminate lies.
Has anyone seen Ivanka since she was at that party with the 16 Brazilian delegation members that tested positive for the virus? I guess Trump, Pence, and Tucker didn't contract it but she was there too.
I mean Oprah trended at #1 overnight due to QAnon shitheads and the credulous morons out there. At this point Twitter represents reality not at all.
Teaching Tolkien’s Translations of Medieval Literature: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Orfeo and Pearl - Medievalists.net
J.R.R. Tolkien, the medievalist who became the father of modern fantasy literature, translated many poems out of Old English, Old Norse and Middle English into carefully versified modern English
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I only know it existed because I took a college class on medieval literature and this was the version we used
Well the kids aren't officially part of the administration I think, so I imagine they pretty much do whatever they want. Ivanka probably isn't that committed unless she feels like it. They probably would use her during the election though.
Trump Jr. made the rounds and kinda shut down The View women lmao. Ivanka seems just scared to do anything.
Gov DeWine is an ass who I disagree with on at least 90% of all issues...but I'll be damned if he's not doing a damn good job managing this covid thing. Like, doing an insanely good job, outside of the confusion over the delayed primary. If I have to have a Republican governor, at least I have a competent one.
But, like, it should be means tested. My family doesn't need a $1000 check. There are people who would benefit far, far more than we would. I would happily give my $1000 or whatever to someone who is laid off trying to make ends meet.
Nah, economic pumping, if you really dont want it, just spend it at a business or donate it to a charity.
Then you should donate yours to charity. There's so many people in vastly different scenarios living in different parts of the country who might not qualify in a means test but still need the money.
That's going to take too long to hash out and setup. Time is of the essence. The pain has already started.
The economy is going to need you to spend that $1000 check.
They tried the Beautiful White Moderating Influence Ivanka thing early in the administration, like, 2017. Every time she tried something, she got roundly and rightly mocked. You don't remember the #WomenWhoWork shit and how she had her clothes made in Chinese factories? I think she just gave up.
Congress is going to have to shut down soon. They're not the best positioned to weather an outbreak, to put it mildly
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