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July 10th: Coronavirus Updates from The Washington Post
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joker44

The latest
Health experts are increasingly convinced that the only way to stop America's rapidly worsening coronavirus situation is to reimpose stay-at-home orders, effectively abandoning the country's two-month-long effort to resurrect public life. “Stay-at-home is a…

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July 9th: Coronavirus Updates from The Washington Post
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joker44

The latest
Coronavirus patients are pouring into hospitals in hot spots such as Florida, Arizona, California and Texas, where hospitals are adding new ICU beds and special airflow systems as virus hospitalizations set records almost daily.…

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July 8th: Coronavirus Updates from The Washington Post
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joker44

The latest
President Trump and senior administration officials on Wednesday ramped up pressure on schools to reopen in the fall, and downplayed the recommendations of their own health experts. Trump tweeted that the safety measures recommended…

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July 7th WashingtonPost Coronavirus Update
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joker44

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The Trump administration has sent a letter to the United Nations withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization over its handling of the pandemic, a dramatic move that could reshape public health…

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
posted by
joker44

upi.com

Ennio Morricone, Oscar-winning film composer, dead at 91

Morricone is best known for scoring Leone's spaghetti Westerns which also included A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, Once Upon a Time in the West…

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Country rocker and fiddler Charlie Daniels dies at age 83
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joker44

apnews.com

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music firebrand and fiddler Charlie Daniels, who had a hit with “Devil Went Down to Georgia,” has died at 83.

A statement from his publicist said the Country Music Hall of…

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started 4 yrs ago
Political Discourse
False Alarm: Gettysburg 'flag-burning hoax' sees armed far-right groups assemble
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joker44

bbc.com

Rumours that anti-fascist protesters planned to burn American flags on the Gettysburg Civil War battleground site led to armed far-right groups turning up in numbers on US Independence Day. Posts on social media by supposed…

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Political Discourse
Image of Thomas Jefferson alongside Black descendant holds 'a mirror' to America
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joker44

tuscl.net

Shannon LaNier, a TV host in Houston, is pictured in a photo in Smithsonian Magazine alongside his direct ancestor, Thomas Jefferson. Shannon LaNier, a ninth-generation descendant of Thomas Jefferson and his slave, Sally Hemings,…

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started 4 yrs ago
Political Discourse
This is a one-issue election. Are you for Trump, or are you for America?
posted by
joker44

theguardian.com

[Good to see more and more conservative Republicans ready to dump Trump and reclaim their party]

Just like in 2016, a faction of the Republican party has emerged to try to defeat Donald Trump in the…