Jake Johnson Posts

Dr. Anthony Fauci, who was in surgery and under general anesthesia when the changes were discussed, warned the new guidance "will give people the incorrect assumption that asymptomatic spread is not of great concern."

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said 29-year-old Jacob Blake's children were in the car he was attempting to enter as police fired seven shots at his back.

According to David Williams, Mnuchin required members of the USPS Board of Governors to "come to his office to kiss the ring."

Documents obtained by a watchdog group reveal that Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin met with the Postal Service Board of Governors in February "to discuss the search for a new postmaster general."

"Donald Trump is so desperate to defund Social Security, he may rip the Constitution to shreds to make it happen."

"In his first month on the job, the postmaster general has already taken steps that could undermine efficient voting by mail in November."

"The deliberate delaying of Americans' mail delivery would be a stunning act of sabotage against our Postal Service."

"If we had Medicare for All, nobody would be losing their healthcare."

"The crisis offered an especially lucrative opportunity for those lobbyists who enjoy close ties to President Donald Trump and his administration—and they seized it."

"This administration will put our country at grave risk if it tries to declare an early victory, leave lifesaving work undone, and leave resources our communities desperately need sitting untouched."

"Private equity firms will now be allowed to access—and skim fees off of—the $9 trillion in 100 million workers' 401(k) plans and IRAs."

Economists have warned that in addition to "causing avoidable human misery," ending the enhanced unemployment insurance "would severely hamper spending—and, by extension, the overall economic recovery."

"They arrested a CNN reporter and camera crew for reporting the news but not Derek Chauvin, the police officer who killed George Floyd on camera."

"With seniors most at risk from Covid-19, we need to be increasing Social Security's modest benefits, not creating secret commissions to cut them."

"We cannot afford to allow the interests of private corporations to supersede the needs of the American people and the long-term stability of our economy."

"President Trump rewards a partisan donor by installing him at the United States Postal Service. This crony doesn't cut it."

"Trump's actions are a war on seniors. He is insisting on threatening Social Security on which most seniors rely for their food, medicine, and other basic necessities."

"As Covid-19 cases began to increase, senators and representatives from both parties traded securities—many related to the pandemic itself."

"ALERT! Please do not ingest, inject, inhale, or otherwise use any disinfectant outside of its labeled instructions. And do not start using tanning beds or sunning without sunscreen."

"We now need Congress to tell Mnuchin, 'There will be no incentive package that you want without the Post Office in it.'"