Scholarship table
The New York Times reports that the Trump team "has decided not to trace the contacts of guests and staff members" at the superspreading White House Rose Garden celebration for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, the apparent source of infection for at least three Republican senators and numerous other people.The Trump White House is going to dodge the question of how many people were infected by the Rose Garden event in the most obvious and criminal way: They've "decided" not to find out. They've also refused to give the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention authority to do that contact tracing themselves, despite the agency having scrambled a team to do just that.
I put this in the POTUS thread.It's borderline criminal negligence. Again.
GOP official from Arkansas who hosted a mostly mask-less event last month died of COVID-19 today. This is pretty said. Regardless of political leanings, it seems this guy was sincere in serving his community. This is what happens when a health crisis gets politicized.https://www.thedailybeast.com/steven-farmer-ak-republican-county-chair-dies-of-covid-19-weeks-after-committee-hosted-maskless-gathering?ref=home
Yep - the unfortunate (and clearly foreseeable) effect of the leader of the party actively downplaying the benefit of masks, and ridiculing those who wear them.
The equivalent of Birmingham, Alabama has been eliminated. Santa Clarita up next.
Citing Birmingham is not a way to get White supremacists Republicans concerned about this pandemic
There is only one early voting location per county in Ohio. For example, Franklin County (Columbus) has 880,000 registered voters, and one location.Harris County Texas, (Houston) population 4.7 million, over half of which are registered to vote, has one drop off location for early voting. Lines for days, increasing the health risks for everyone.
When in doubt ... suppress!
“This is probably one of the busiest early voting periods that there’s ever been,” said Columbus voter Jesse Jackson.
I mean, I haven't researched details, to see if any of this is correct but for Houston he clearly says one "drop off" location. If you've already done your voting and just need to drop it off, I doubt there are any lines since it takes about 3 seconds to drop off a ballot. Also, I'm guessing they could mail it back instead of driving to the drop-off location.
I mean, I haven't researched details, to see if any of this is correct but for Houston he clearly says one "drop off" location. If you've already done your voting and just need to drop it off, I doubt there are any lines since it takes about 3 seconds to drop off a ballot. Also, I'm guessing they could mail it back instead of driving to the drop-off location.And for 27 day early voting, I doubt Franklin County has any lines either. So, I know you're both using your jump to conclusions mat judiciously, but these don't seem like suppression efforts...at this point.Edit: OK. I stand corrected on Franklin County - they had lines today. But I read it as they're were surprised SO many people were excited to vote this early.https://www.nbc4i.com/news/your-local-election-hq/franklin-county-voters-turnout-in-scores-for-first-day-of-early-voting/edit 2: And I've just educated myself on Houston too. They have unfortunately limited boxes, but mail-in is still an option.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/03/texas-mail-in-ballot-drop-off-sitesSo, what has this to do with COVID-19? I donno.
Again, still nothing to do with Covid, but I did appreciate the "COVID ‘absentee’ ballot " line. Decent attempt at tie-in.