Noam Chomsky

• Viral photo shows massive failure of Florida’s piecemeal coronavirus response as state hurdles toward ‘huge public health crisis’
  On March 16 six San Francisco Bay Area counties announced a “shelter in place” order—Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, Santa Clara, and San Mateo. They were the first in the…
  Daily Kos Staff
• Dr. Anthony Fauci says between 100,000 to 200,000 American COVID-19 deaths now possible
  Despite frequently contradicting Donald Trump’s false declarations during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci has not yet been fired by the narcissistic manchild whose whims and self-interest continues to damage,…
  Hunter
• American small businesses are on edge of extinction event — and Congress is not doing enough
  Rent is due. Payroll is due. Vendor invoices are piling up.  The shops are closed and there is no money to cover basic operating expenses for millions of small business…
  Common Dreams
• Trump compares his ratings to ‘Bachelor finale, Monday Night Football’ as US deaths top 2,300
  Donald Trump, earlier today: Because the “Ratings” of my News Conferences etc. are so high, “Bachelor finale, Monday Night Football type numbers” according to the @nytimes, the Lamestream Media is…
  Hunter
• Watch Speaker Pelosi slam Trump’s coronavirus response: ‘As the president fiddles, people are dying’
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared on CNN’s State of the Union to speak with host Jake Tapper on Sunday morning. With a growing number of cases of the novel coronavirus in the United States,…
  Marissa Higgins
• Calculating COVID-19’s devastating economic impact: The coronavirus pandemic is going to cost us $5 trillion
  The $1 trillion coronavirus relief package Congress passed won’t come close to making up for the damage caused by COVID-19 and the Trump administration’s lethal dawdling. We need the government…
  David Cay Johnston
• Lindsey Graham attacks ‘disgusting’ Nancy Pelosi after she says Trump contributes to ‘people dying’
  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday lashed out at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) after she suggested that President Donald Trump’s handling of the global COVID-19 pandemic will likely mean more…
  David Edwards
• Is Wall Street killing grandma?
  If you or your loved ones become seriously ill during this pandemic crisis, either with Covid-19 or for any other reason, there may not be a hospital bed or life-saving…
  Les Leopold
• We are all just collateral damage in Trump’s re-election strategy
  This country has had some truly bad people as president over its history. Andrew Johnson was a racist. Warren G. Harding was plagued by scandal. Richard Nixon was a criminal, a racist and an…
  Dartagnan
• The cultural constants of contagion
  Sometime during the year 541, a few rats found their way into Byzantium. Soon more would arrive in the city. Whether they came from ships unloading cargo in Constantinople’s bay,…
  Ed Simon