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July 13, 2020
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Florida sets one-day record with more than 15,000 new Covid cases . . . Florida reported a record increase of more than 15,000 new cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours on Sunday, as the Trump administration renewed its push for schools to reopen and anti-mask protests were planned in Michigan and Missouri. If Florida were a country, it would rank fourth in the world for the most new cases in a day behind the United States, Brazil and India, according to a
Reuters analysis. Florida’s daily increases in cases have already surpassed the highest daily tally reported by any European country during the height of the pandemic there. It has also broken New York state’s record of 12,847 new cases on April 10 when it was the epicenter of the U.S. outbreak. Reuters
New York City reports zero coronavirus deaths . . . New York City, once the epicenter of the nation’s coronavirus outbreak, has just reported its first day with zero confirmed or probable virus deaths since the pandemic hit New York State. The milestone came Sunday.
It marked the end of a four-month stretch since the city reported its first Covid-19 fatality on March 11. The confirmed daily death count hit its height on April 7 at 597. Another 216 people were reported likely to have died from the virus despite no positive laboratory tests that day. Bloomberg
White House seeks to discredit Fauci . . . The White House is seeking to discredit Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country's leading infectious disease expert, as President Donald Trump works to marginalize him and his dire warnings about the shortcomings of the U.S. coronavirus response. A White House official said Sunday that "several White House officials are concerned about the number of times Dr. Fauci has been
wrong on things." The official gave NBC News a list of nearly a dozen past comments by Fauci that the official said had ultimately proven erroneous. Among them: Fauci's comments in January that the coronavirus was "not a major threat" and his guidance in March that "people should not be walking around with masks." NBC News
Fauci has not briefed Trump in two months . . . Well, in case you were worried Dr. Anthony Fauci had too much influence.
According to the Washington Examiner: The country’s leading infectious diseases expert and key member of the White House coronavirus task force says he has not briefed the president on the coronavirus pandemic in more than two months. He says he has not even seen the president at the White House since June 2. White House Dossier
Immunity to Covid-19 may be lost in just a few months . . . New research suggests that, like the common cold and flu, the virus could infect people on an annual basis. This undermines ideas that herd immunity could be a way of defeating the virus. King’s College London scientists looked at the immune response of more than 90 patients and healthcare workers at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS foundation trust. They found antibody
levels peaked three weeks after symptoms and then declined. Daily Mail
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Poll gives Biden a five-point lead in Texas . . . Former Vice President Joe Biden has built a five-point lead over President Donald Trump in Texas as unease over Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic mounts, a new Dallas Morning News/University of Texas at Tyler poll has found. Biden had 46% support to Trump’s 41%. If the general election were held today, the outcome could depend on the 14% of voters
who were undecided or named someone else. Biden’s lead, comes after he and Trump were tied 43%-43% in The News and UT-Tyler’s April survey. Dallas Morning News
Trump threatens to end tax-exempt status for schools teaching leftism . . . President Trump threatened to end taxpayer subsidizing of leftist indoctrination at universities and school systems. Only Trump would do this. Not Bush, not Rubio, not any of them. That’s why he won the Republican primaries. Because people know he will take actual measures, beyond whining, to take back our culture. Universities especially have no God-given right to
federal funds. And if they want its money, the federal government has a right to say, don’t teach young people to tear down the system that is paying for their education. White House Dossier
NBA players defend ESPN reporters after profane attack on GOP senator . . . NBA players have come to the defense of an ESPN reporter who was suspended without pay for a profane email response to Senator Josh Hawley’s criticism of the league for ‘kowtowing’ to China. Adrian Wojnarowski, known popularly on social media as ‘Woj,’ was suspended on Saturday by the Disney-owned sports network after Hawley, the Republican from Missouri,
posted an email from the reporter on social media. ESPN reprimanded Wojnarowski on Friday after he launched an expletive at Hawley and the company termed it 'completely unacceptable behavior.' Daily Mail
AOC defends NYC crime spike, saying that people don't have money . . . Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has suggested the rise in crime in New York City is because 'desperate' people are 'stealing bread to feed their children'. The Democrat, speaking during a
virtual town hall last Thursday, was commenting on plans to defund the police. Police data shows that shootings in the city last month were up 130 per cent year on the year - from 89 shootings last year to 205 this year. But Cortez asked: 'Do we think this has to do with the fact that there’s record unemployment in the United States right now? Daily Mail
It makes sense. If you don't have money, what you do is, see, you take other peoples money. Because, like, they have it, and you don't. So if you take it, then YOU have the money, and you're good. Also: You shoot people. Man, she is dumb, but dangerous.
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China sanctions Rubio and Cruz . . . China on Monday announced retaliatory sanctions against U.S. officials and entities, including Republican Senator Marco Rubio, after Washington sanctioned senior Chinese officials who it claimed are responsible for mass detentions, religious persecution and forced sterilization against Muslim Uighur minorities in China's Xinjiang province. Also sanctioned: Republican Senator Ted Cruz
of Texas; Sam Brownback, a U.S. Ambassador for religious freedom; Representative Chris Smith, R-N.J. The sanctions would begin immediately and those penalized would be barred entry to China. USA Today
I guess their Wuhan vacation plans are off now.
Fire aboard Navy warship injures 21 . . . Flames raged for hours on Sunday aboard a U.S. warship docked at Naval Base San Diego, sending 21 people to the hospital with minor injuries and prompting a relocation of two other Navy vessels moored nearby, military and local fire officials said. The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department reported an explosion in conjunction with the blaze, which broke out at about 8:30 a.m. local time aboard the USS Bonhomme
Richard, an amphibious assault vessel in port for routine maintenance. The blast was believed to have been triggered by the rapid initial release of heat from a confined space under pressure, as opposed to an explosion of fuel or ordnance. Reuters
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Polish President Duda wins reelection . . . Polish President Andrzej Duda has won five more years in power on a deeply conservative platform after a closely fought election that is likely to deepen the country’s isolation in the European Union. Nearly final results from Sunday’s presidential election put him on more than 51%, giving him an unassailable lead over Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, who won almost 49% of the
votes. Duda is allied with the ruling nationalist Law and Justice party, and his victory will give the government a new mandate to pursue reforms of the judiciary and media which the executive European Commission says subvert democratic standards. Reuters
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Wealthy investors worry about running out of cash . . . The fallout from coronavirus has provoked fears among the world’s wealthy, with the majority planning to curtail travel and move closer to family in a world they see permanently altered by the pandemic. More than half of respondents in a survey of wealthy investors by UBS Group AG said they feared not having enough liquidity in the event of another pandemic, while a similar
percentage expressed worry about leaving sufficient money to their heirs. The crisis “feels very personal,” said Bonnie Park, head of wealth planning for UBS in the Americas. “In the U.S. specifically, 82% of investors feel their lives have changed permanently.” Bloomberg
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Washington Redskins to change their name . . .
The Washington Redskins plan to announce Monday morning that they will change their team name, three people with knowledge of the situation confirmed Sunday night. The team is not expected to reveal a new name until a later date. Two people with knowledge of the team’s plans said Sunday that the preferred replacement name is
tied up in a trademark fight, which is why the team can’t announce the new name Monday. Washington Post
Atlanta Braves will keep their name
Soros to invest $220M in efforts to achieve "racial equality" . . . The Open Society Foundations, the philanthropic group founded by the business magnate George Soros, will announce on Monday that it is investing $220 million in efforts to achieve racial equality in America, a huge financial undertaking that will support several Black-led racial justice groups for years to come. New York Times
Antifa group among those behind Portland protests . . . The Pacific Northwest Youth Liberation Front, a group comprised of anti-capitalist and anti-fascist teens, has been blamed for playing a major role in the weeks of unrest unfolding in Portland, a report Sunday said. The Seattle Times identified one of these groups in a lengthy article that is “emerging as a persistent militant voice” in the city. The
group reportedly effectively employs social media and even provides protesters with tactical advice. The paper reported that the group has anonymous leaders and considers itself anti-fascist and anti-capitalist. One of its goals is to upend the U.S. political system. Fox News
Bronx crowd cheers on man who puts officer in a headlock . . . A Bronx man put an NYPD officer in a headlock while a crowd cheered him on, video of the wild incident shows. A pair of officers were trying to arrest a man on Grand Concourse and Morris Ave. July 1 when a crowd gathered around them and started shouting. One man in the group filmed the encounter on his cellphone while cursing and taunting the officers, telling one, “This n----- right
here, he act gangster cause he got a badge and a gun.” Seconds later, the officer rushes at a man in the crowd — identified by police sources as Wisnel Manzueta, 29 — but Manzueta gets the better of the cop and puts him in a headlock, dragging the officer to the ground. New York
Daily News
Meat eating better than plants for muscle as you age . . . Plant-based proteins will not boost muscle health as much as eating meat as we get older, a study suggests. Researchers found that animal protein is more effective than plant protein in preventing muscles wasting away. The UK has 600,000 vegans and many have joined the booming trend for health, animal welfare or environmental reasons. Daily Mail
Lisa Marie Presley inconsolable after death of her son and Elvis's grandson . . . Lisa Marie Presley has been left 'inconsolable' after her eldest child - and lookalike of his grandfather Elvis - died in a suspected suicide. Benjamin Keough, 27, was found by police with a single gunshot wound to the upper torso at around 6.30am on Sunday at his mother's Calabasas mansion in California. It is not clear whether Benjamin was alone at the house. Lisa
Marie's manager said: 'She is completely heartbroken, inconsolable and beyond devastated but trying to stay strong for her 11-year-old twins and her oldest daughter Riley. She adored that boy. He was the love of her life.' Daily Mail
Actress Kelly Preston dies of breast cancer . . . A heartbroken John Travolta today paid tribute to 'my beautiful wife' Kelly Preston after she died of breast cancer at the age of 57. Preston died on Sunday morning having 'fought a courageous fight with the love and support of so many', Travolta said as he revealed his wife's two-year cancer ordeal for the first time. The two actors' lives had already been overshadowed by tragedy when their
16-year-old son Jett died after a seizure at a Bahamas holiday home in 2009. Preston, a former model and actress who starred in Jerry Maguire, met Travolta on the set of The Experts and had been married to the Grease star for 29 years. The couple lived in Florida and were both practicing Scientologists, and have another nine-year-old son, Benjamin. Daily Mail
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Florida regulators shut down strip clubs for violating social distancing rules . . . Two strip clubs — one in Orlando and one in Panama City Beach — are the latest bars to face the consequences of a statewide crackdown on violators of a June 26 emergency order forcing bars to shut down in the face of mounting coronavirus cases. Le Palace Otown on Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando and Show N Tail The Legend on Thomas Drive
in Panama City Beach had their licenses suspended Friday evening.In the case of Le Palace Otown, "Customers failed to observe social distancing guidelines and were in close proximity to each other and with adult performers," the order said. Tallahassee Democrat
Good for those regulators. How could they possibly have imagined social distancing rules would be broken at a strip club?
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