theblaze--2020-04-03--An Italian nurse allegedly killed his doctor girlfriend and told police she gave him coronavirus. Ne

An Italian nurse allegedly killed his doctor girlfriend and told police she gave him coronavirus. Neither of them was infected.

An Italian nurse allegedly killed his doctor girlfriend and told police she gave him coronavirus .
Neither of them was @ @

A doctor in Italy was killed by her boyfriend, a nurse who worked at the same hospital — and the boyfriend claims he did it because he thought she gave him the coronavirus, The Sun reported.
Prosecutors called the claim by 28-year-old suspect Antonio De Pace "nonsense" and said there is no indication that either he or the woman, 27-year-old Lorena Quaranta, had contracted COVID-19.
De Pace reportedly called police Tuesday to report that he had strangled Quaranta at their apartment. When the authorities arrived, they found Quaranta dead and De Pace laying on the floor with his wrists cut.
De Pace was transported to the same hospital he and Quaranta worked at in Sicily and his colleagues managed to save his life.
Both De Pace and Quaranta had been placed on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis in Italy, where more than 14,000 people have reportedly died from the virus.
"She was a doctor who was working hard to save others. It's such a tragedy," a police source told The Sun.
Quaranta had recently finished medical school, and during the coronavirus crisis she had posted on social media about her experience.
"Now more than ever we need to demonstrate responsibility and love for life," Quaranta wrote days before her death, commenting on an article about the number of doctors dying in Italy. "You must show respect for yourselves, your families and the country. You must think and remember those that dedicate their lives daily to looking after our sick. Let's stick together everyone staying at home. Let's avoid the next one falling sick is a loved one or ourselves."
De Pace, the month before, had posted congratulatory messages to Quaranta for completing medical school.
"To reach our dreams you have to work hard with determination and you are proof," De Pace wrote. "I wish you to keep chasing your dreams, always live the life you always imagined. Well done! Congratulations on your brilliant graduation doctor."
(H/T: New York Post)


theblaze--2020-04-03--Mark Levin blasts big-gov't spending, sweeping business closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic: 'Washin

Mark Levin blasts big-gov't spending, sweeping business closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic: 'Washington, stop! You're going to destroy the economy!'

Mark Levin blasts big-gov't spending , sweeping business closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic : 'Washington , stop !
You 're @ @ @ @ @ ! '
'You can not deficit spend your way into prosperity '

BlazeTV host Mark Levin blasted the big government stimulus spending amid the COVID-19 pandemic and called on President Donald Trump to reconsider opening up parts of the economy again by Easter (April 12), a previously stated hope of the president that has since been nixed.
In an appearance on Fox News' "Hannity" Thursday night, Levin slammed the latest phase of the recently passed economic stimulus package, arguing that infusing the economy with stimulus money won't help if much of the economy is still closed.
"I'm hoping people in Washington are listening," Levin said. "You cannot deficit spend your way into prosperity. If you could, Venezuela would be the richest nation on the face of the Earth.
"The media and the Democrats and some of his advisers, I fear, are boxing the president in," he continued. "The president a few weeks ago, I thought had a very good idea: Let's look at the areas of the economy that we can open up.
"I'm not saying drop all the conditions. I'm saying let's get a little smarter about this," Levin added.
The LevinTV host then warned that if the federal government continues to "pour money into industries that aren't open" it could result in seismic economic destruction.
"Washington, stop! You're going to destroy the economy!" he charged.
Levin suggested that certain businesses could be operational in some capacity while still abiding by social distancing guidelines.
"I'll give you a perfect example," he suggested. "We have food, we have heat, we have clean water. Who you think is giving that to us? Other citizens. Electricity, gasoline for our cars. Truckers, we have a mail service, UPS, FedEx, grocery stores, fast-food drive-throughs, all open, all functioning. We get soap and diapers and toilet paper, prescription drugs, 7-Elevens are open. Doctors, nurses, cops, firefighters, more, going into these hot zones despite the fact that they are exposed."
Or at the very least, he argued, we could ask businesses if there are things they could still do while taking measures to prevent the spread of the infectious disease.
"We don't ask these businesses, 'Can you adjust to the virus? Are there things you can do?'" he said.
Last weekend, President Trump extended the White House's social distancing guidelines until the end of April. Though the president's advisory says nothing specifically about closing businesses, it does instruct Americans to follow the directions of their state and local authorities. Many officials in states across the country have opted to force the closure of businesses deemed "nonessential" in an effort to combat the ongoing pandemic.
The economic fallout from the shutdowns has already been sizable. Earlier this week it was reported that in late March an additional 6.6 million Americans had filed unemployment claims, and the Federal Reserve estimates that, before all is said and done, the country could suffer 47 million job losses and a whopping 32% unemployment.


theblaze--2020-04-03--'You're on your own': New York doctors told to choose who lives and dies amid ventilator shortage, l

'You're on your own': New York doctors told to choose who lives and dies amid ventilator shortage, leading medical group says

'You 're on your own ' : New York doctors told to choose who lives and dies amid ventilator shortage @ @ @ @ @ 'At this point , the most difficult decisions facing physicians will have to be made @

The Medical Society of the State of New York said emergency room doctors "are reporting being told the equivalent of 'Use your best judgment. You're on your own'" amid a ventilator shortage that's crippling hospitals amid the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic, WNBC-TV reported.
In effect, doctors treating critically ill COVID-19 patients are tasked with choosing who lives and who dies, the station said.
"Ventilators as lifeboats are reaching capacity. At this point, the most difficult decisions facing physicians will have to be made," and that "we will be seeing increasing depression and PTSD that will eclipse today's physician burnout," the premier medical group said Thursday, WNBC reported.
'In escapable warzones'
Emergency rooms have become "inescapable warzones," the station said, citing a Manhattan doctor, while a Queens physician told WNBC his ER is so flooded that ventilators are being managed in hallways. Other doctors said they've intubated their own colleagues, the station said, adding that nurses have walked out demanding more personal protective equipment.
In addition, an EMT group issued new guidelines telling paramedics to not transport cardiac arrest patients to emergency rooms if they can't revive them in the field, WNBC reported.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said the spike in COVID-19 patients necessitated that the 2,500-bed Javits Center field hospital — intended for non-coronavirus patients to ease the strain on other hospitals — now will exclusively treat coronavirus patients, the station said, adding that the U.S. Army will run it.
Rising numbers
WNBC said New York City — now the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in America — accounts for 26% of the nation's death toll and nearly a quarter of its overall cases. The city had 51,809 cases and 1,562 dead as of Thursday while the state had 92,381 cases and more than 2,500 deaths, the station said.
State consultants said New York will need 75,000 to 110,000 COVID-only beds when the apex of the outbreak hits, WNBC reported, adding that Cuomo said his team estimates the apex hitting at the earlier end of a seven-to-30-day range.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said on MSNBC Friday he expects 5,000 or more patients in need of intubation or ventilators in ICUs by next week, the station said.
"We have enough ventilators just to get to Sunday/Monday," the mayor said, the station reported.
"I'm guaranteeing you that next week is going to be a lot tougher. Next week in New York City is going to be very tough," de Blasio added, according the WNBC. "We have days to set up a structure to truly mobilize the medical community of this nation ... If that is not done in the coming days, you're going to see people die who did not need to die."
The need for ventilators
More from the station:
New York needs three things — beds, equipment and staff, Cuomo says. Beds are the easiest to acquire. Nearly 100,000 retirees have returned to work to shore up medical staffing; some colleges are graduating medical students early. De Blasio called for a national medical personnel enlistment program Friday, saying the country needs a wartime footing for a wartime threat.
But equipment to save lives? Cuomo says he has 2,200 ventilators in the state's stockpile. "At the current burn rate" of 350 new patients a night, Cuomo said Thursday the state supply could run out in six days.
The governor says he knows "where every ventilator is in the state." He's leveraging creative techniques like co-venting and retrofitting anesthesia machines to stretch supply. And he's still trying to buy more.
"I need roughly 30,000 ventilators which I can't get, but I only need 30,000 ventilators for two or three weeks at the top of my curve. I need backup public health professionals. But I only need them for two or three weeks at the top of my curve," Cuomo said on MSNBC Thursday, according to WNBC.
Cuomo added that he doesn't believe the federal government has enough ventilators to outfit what states will need in the coming weeks, the station said, and that they should be sent where they're needed first — and then reallocate.
"No state is equipped to handle this situation. States don't do public health emergencies," Cuomo said on MSNBC, according to WNBC. "There is no capacity in my state health system that runs 50,000 beds to create and maintain an additional 50,000 beds, just in case once every 20 years there's a pandemic. It doesn't work that way."
A Gates Foundation-funded Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation projection predicts New York could lose a total 16,000 people through the second week of May, the station said.


theblaze--2020-04-03--VIDEO: Sailors cheer for deposed Navy captain who sounded alarm on COVID-19 outbreak

VIDEO : Sailors cheer for deposed Navy captain who sounded alarm on COVID-19 outbreak

USS Theodore Roosevelt's sailors erupted in cheers for Capt. Brett Crozier, who was removed from duty on Thursday after he wrote a letter pleading for help for COVID-19 patients aboard his ship.
What's a brief history?
In his letter, which was leaked to the media, Crozier revealed that the tight quarters on the ship did not allow for adequate social distancing to ensure the safety of its sailors. He requested to offload the majority of the ship in order to properly clean and sanitize it.
He was let go on Thursday after Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said that Crozier "did not take care" to ensure that the letter did not leak to the public.
"I don't know who leaked the letter to the media," Modly said during a briefing on the matter. "That would be something that would violate the principles of good order and discipline, if he were responsible for that. But I don't know that."
While the secretary did not rule out disciplinary action, Capt. Crozier will keep his rank and remain in the Navy.
By Thursday, there were at least 114 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the ship, which is docked in Guam at the time of this writing. At least 5,000 of the ship's occupants are being tested for coronavirus.
What are the details of his departure?
The moment was caught on video as the sailors cheered for their departed captain as he left the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
As Crozier leaves the ship, a large crowd of officers can be seen and heard cheering, clapping, and chanting "Captain Crozier!"
A petition calling for Crozier's reinstatement has received more than 75,000 signatures.
In the impassioned letter, Crozier wrote, "This will require a political solution but it is the right thing to do. We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset — our Sailors."


theblaze--2020-04-03--University of Pittsburgh researchers say they have developed a potential COVID-19 vaccine

University of Pittsburgh researchers say they have developed a potential COVID-19 vaccine Now they are hoping it will be fast-tracked @ @ @

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine believe they have developed a potential vaccine for COVID-19.
The researchers announced the news in a study published in EBioMedicine Thursday, calling the potential vaccine a "promising immunization strategy" and noting that it could be introduced and distributed quickly enough to "significantly impact the spread of disease."
The vaccine, called PittCoVacc, is made of dissolvable sugar and bits of a particular protein known as the spike protein, which the virus uses to attach to cells and infect its host. When tested in mice, it was found to produce what is thought to be the sufficient number of antibodies needed to counteract the virus.
The researchers said they were able to move so quickly because of their past work developing potential vaccines for similar coronaviruses such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).
"We had previous experience on SARS-CoV in 2003 and MERS-CoV in 2014. These two viruses, which are closely related to SARS-CoV-2, teach us that a particular protein, called a spike protein, is important for inducing immunity against the virus," said co-senior author Andrea Gambotto, M.D., associate professor of surgery at the Pitt School of Medicine.
"We knew exactly where to fight this new virus," he added.
The possible vaccine was developed the old-fashioned way "using lab-made pieces of viral protein to build immunity," according to a news release from the school — the same way current flu shots work. But it is delivered in a novel way, using a small fingertip-sized patch, similar to a BandAid. The patch goes on and then 400 tiny needles deliver the vaccine into the skin, where the immune reaction is the strongest.
"It's actually pretty painless — it feels kind of like Velcro," co-senior author Louis Falo, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of dermatology at Pitt's School of Medicine and UPMC, said.
The researchers are now seeking approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in order to advance to testing in humans, and they hope that the FDA will fast-track the normally lengthy process.
"Testing in patients would typically require at least a year and probably longer," Falo said. "This particular situation is different from anything we've ever seen, so we don't know how long the clinical development process will take. Recently announced revisions to the normal processes suggest we may be able to advance this faster."


theblaze--2020-04-03--Nearly decadelong job gains streak ends as economy loses 701,000 jobs in March — and the reality is

Nearly decadelong job gains streak ends as economy loses 701,000 jobs in March — and the reality is likely much worse

Nearly decadelong job gains streak ends as economy loses 701,000 jobs in March — and the reality is likely much @

The U.S. economy lost 701,000 jobs in March according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and that number doesn't even take into account the final two weeks of the month during which approximately 10 million people filed new unemployment claims, CNBC reported.
The number of lost jobs far exceeded the consensus projections of economists, who believed the report would reflect roughly 100,000 lost jobs. March is the first month in nearly a decade in which the economy didn't add jobs.
As a result, the unemployment rate increased to 4.4% from 3.5%. As bad as that is, the numbers likely don't come close to reflecting the actual damage caused by widespread lockdowns to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, a city in the Hubei province of China. CNBC reports:
A better picture of how profound the damage has been comes from the weekly initial jobless claims reports, which have shown 10 million new filings for unemployment insurance over the past two weeks. Both weeks have far and away eclipsed anything the U.S. has ever seen in terms of job losses.
"My sense is that when we get April data a month from now, we'll see that the economy lost somewhere between 10 and 15 million jobs," Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, said earlier this week. "That would be consistent with the initial claims for unemployment insurance data that we're getting."
The March jobs data uses only information for the period ending March 12. It wasn't until March 16 that President Donald Trump recommended nationwide closure school, restaurants, bars, and other nonessential businesses, as well as limiting gatherings to 10 people of fewer. Some cities and states had already enacted similar measures at that time.
"Today's numbers are shockingly bad and an understatement of the damage already done to the U.S. economy," Nick Bunker, economic research director at job search site Indeed, said in a statement, CNBC reported. "If this is an indication of what was happening before the full force of the crisis hit, then it will be hard to come up with the words to describe the numbers in future months."


theblaze--2020-04-03--Report: Experts warn that coronavirus can possibly spread through talking, breathing

Report : Experts warn that coronavirus can possibly spread through talking , breathing Warning sent to the White House Wednesday @

Dr. Harvey Fineberg, chairman of a committee with the National Academy of Sciences, says that the coronavirus can be also possibly be spread even by talking and breathing.
Fineberg is also the former dean of the Harvard School of Public Health.
What are the details?
Fineberg presented the White House with a Wednesday night report on his research.
According to CNN, Fineberg wrote, "While the current [coronavirus] specific research is limited, the results of available studies are consistent with aerosolization of virus from normal breathing."
The letter added, "Currently available research supports the possibility that [coronavirus] could be spread via bioaerosols generated directly by patients' exhalation."
Fineberg added that wearing face masks in public is imperative.
Further, on Wednesday, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams requested that the Centers for Disease Control review protocol on the advice of wearing face coverings in public.
On NBC's "Today" Wednesday, he admitted that he asked the CDC about the possibility, nothing that new research shows "there is a significant amount of asymptomatic spread."
"I'm not going to wear a surgical mask," Fineberg told CNN, "because clinicians need those. But I have a nice western-style bandana I might wear. Or I have a balaclava. I have some pretty nice options."
CNN reported that Fineberg insisted, however, that the coronavirus isn't as infectious as tuberculosis or measles.
"If you generate an aerosol of the virus with no circulation in a room, it's conceivable that if you walk through later, you could inhale the virus," Fineberg added. "But if you're outside, the breeze will likely disperse it."
What else?
According to WBZ-TV, Fineberg noted that the U.S. could potentially beat the outbreak in just 10 weeks if it were to follow six specific steps to do so:
First, the president should give full authority to one commander who can mobilize every civilian and military asset needed to fight the pandemic.
Second, the country should make millions of diagnostic tests available to be used over the next two weeks to trace the scope of the outbreak.
Third, the country should supply healthcare workers with the necessary personal protective equipment (PPE), ventilators and other supplies necessary to care for the sick.
The fourth step is to put everyone into five different coronavirus buckets: those known to be infected, those assumed to be infected, those who have been exposed, those not known to have been exposed or infected and those who have recovered from infection and are immune.
The next step is to inspire and mobilize the public, individuals and businesses to do their part to socially distance, help friends and neighbors, utilize their skills to make equipment, find treatments and develop innovative solutions.
And finally, we need to learn as we go and make decisions based on science. We need to think about who's most at risk, who is likely immune and how dangerous contaminated surfaces are so that we can safely decide when to reopen businesses and schools and get the economy back on track.
Fineberg added, "Rather than stumble through a series of starts and stops and half-measures on both the health and the economic fronts, we should forge a strategy to defeat the coronavirus and open the way to economic revival. If we act immediately, we can make the anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 2020, the day America declares victory over the coronavirus."
At the time of this writing, at least 245,601 cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in the U.S., and at least 6,058 have died because of the virus.


theblaze--2020-04-03--'Snitches get rewards': Democratic LA mayor wants residents to tattle on businesses that don't obey

'Snitches get rewards': Democratic LA mayor wants residents to tattle on businesses that don't obey 'safer at home' order

'Snitches get rewards ' : Democratic LA mayor wants residents to tattle on businesses that do n't obey 'safer at @ @ @ @ @ to thank you for turning folks in ... '

On the heels of his promise to shut off power and water for nonessential businesses that refuse to close amid California's coronavirus "safer at home" order, Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti encouraged residents to report such businesses to authorities, KCBS-TV reported.
"You know the old expression about snitches? Well, in this case snitches get rewards," a smiling Garcetti said at a Tuesday media briefing. "We want to thank you for turning folks in and making sure we are all safe."
The mayor told residents "if you've observed continued violations of the safer at home order, please continue to let us know," after which he pointed to a Los Angeles city website where violations can be reported. It isn't clear what the "rewards" entail; there's no reference to rewards on the violations website.
'Snitches Get Rewards': Garcetti Encourages Community To Report Businesses Violating Safer At Home O youtu.be
The crackdown
Garcetti said business ambassadors had visited 540 non-compliant businesses as of Tuesday afternoon, and 144 of them were visited by Los Angeles police officers to ensure compliance with the order, KCBS said. Four businesses have been referred to the city attorney's office for misdemeanor filings, the station added.
Last month, Garcetti announced the formation of the "Safer at Home" Business Ambassadors program "which deploys city workers and volunteers with the mayor's Crisis Response Team to businesses that appear to be out of compliance with the emergency order with a goal of securing voluntary compliance. If voluntary compliance is not achieved, the ambassadors will share information with the city attorney and LAPD for follow-up."
Anything else?
Calling nonessential businesses that don't voluntarily shut their doors "irresponsible and selfish," Garcetti last week added that "they'll wind up facing misdemeanor charge, and [the Department of Water and Power] will step in and shut off their water and power. You know who you are, you need to stop it. This is your chance to step up and shut it down — because if you don't, we will shut you down."
Garcetti said neighborhood prosecutors will implement safety measures and contact noncompliant businesses before the city flips the switches on them, KTLA-TV reported.
"The easiest way to avoid a visit is to follow the rules," the mayor added, according to the station.
According to the website of L.A. City Attorney Mike Feuer, neighborhood prosecutors are "local problem solvers who combat the most destructive community crimes like drug sales, prostitution, illegal dumping, graffiti, and more. By addressing such criminal activity before it mushrooms into more serious offenses, they are making our city safer and improving quality of life every day."
More from the site:
Neighborhood Prosecutors are big parts of the communities they serve, and actually work from each of the 21 LAPD stations across the city. By being outside of City Hall and side by side with residents, Neighborhood Prosecutors are plugged-in to the unique challenges and frustrations faced, are accessible, responsive and ready to assist you.
Also on Tuesday, Garcetti said the city of Los Angeles saw an 18% increase in coronavirus cases — 215 additional cases for a total of 1,386 — and the county saw a 23% decrease in available hospital beds over the previous two days, KCBS reported.


theblaze--2020-04-02--'We'll get through it ... it's in our American blood': 95-year-old WWII vet who survived coronavirus

'We'll get through it ... it's in our American blood': 95-year-old WWII vet who survived coronavirus shares powerful message of hope

'We 'll get through it ... it 's in our American blood ' : 95-year-old WWII vet who survived coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ 'We 're that type of people .
We take care of each other '

William "Bill" Kelly is a 95-year-old World War II veteran from Oregon. He lived through the Great Depression.
He served in the South Pacific during World War II. And now he has just fought the coronavirus — and won.
Bill joined Glenn Beck on the radio program Thursday to share his experience and a hopeful message about why the younger generations can overcome this crisis.
"I want to tell the people that it wasn't pleasant, but on the other hand, you know, if you do what you're supposed to do, and you have some loved ones around you and do a lot of praying, why, you'll come through it okay. ... We've been through Pearl Harbor. We've been through the big Depression and who knows what else. We're tough. We get through it. Hang in there," Bill said.
"You know, it's just — it's born in our American blood," he added. "We're that type of people, that we take care of each other, and we are not going to break down. We're going to make it through, every time. Every time."
"There's people that don't think we are those people any more. That it was the Greatest Generation — your generation — they did it, and now we're not the same people. Do you agree with that?" Glenn asked.
"No, I don't," asserted Bill. "And the reason I say that is because I remember when I was a young kid, you know, and people, the older people, said 'all those young kids are soft' ... but when we were attacked at Pearl Harbor — sneak attack, you know — it's surprising how those so-called goofy kids turned into mighty fine fighting people. And they're very loyal. I have lots of faith in them ... no, I don't have any problems with this new generation. They'll take care of us. We're Americans."
Watch the video below to catch more of the conversation:
In response to the COVID-19 quarantine, BlazeTV is offering our BIGGEST discount ever! Get $30 off your subscription when you use promo code GLENN. Claim your special offer at https://get.blazetv.com/glenn/.
Want more from Glenn Beck?
To enjoy more of Glenn's masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution and live the American dream.


theblaze--2020-04-04--Grieving widow describes final moments with her husband over Facetime as he died of coronavirus

Grieving widow describes final moments with her husband over Facetime as he died of coronavirus The doctor told her , @ @ @ @ @ but there is no more pulse '

In a heartbreaking interview on Friday, New York wife and mother Maura Lewinger described to CNN's Erin Burnett her husband's final moments as she said goodbye to him over Facetime before he passed away from COVID-19.
What are the details?
Maura's husband, Joe Lewinger, 42, was a beloved associate high school school principal and basketball coach, a devoted father of three, and a man with no preexisting conditions who passed away from the novel coronavirus without his family present due to the pandemic-induced restrictions against visitors in hospitals across the country.
"We had to get used to virtual caregiving and a virtual marriage,' Maura told Burnett, describing Joe's time in the hospital.
Despite many instances during the ongoing outbreak where loved ones are not allowed to communicate with their family members before they pass, Maura was able to say to goodbye to Joe over her cellphone via Facetime.
When Joe's condition deteriorated to the point that health care workers realized his time was near, they grabbed Joe's phone at Maura's prompting so that he wouldn't feel alone.
"I thanked him for being the most amazing husband and for making me feel cherished and loved," Maura said as she described their final moments to speak to one another and the way he treated her during their marriage. Before her last call with Joe ended, Maura recalled, the doctor told her, "I'm sorry, but there is no more pulse."
The interview left Burnett — justifiably — in tears, as Maura described how her and Joe's three children were handling their devastating loss, and how Joe's former students weighed in on how he impacted their lives.
Maura said she participated in the interview to urge Americans to take the threat of COVID-19 seriously and to make sure they protect their loved ones and children by practicing social distancing as the pandemic spreads.
Watch it in its entirety:
Widow describes emotional moment she lost her husband to Covid-19 www.youtube.com


theblaze--2020-04-04--Liberal comedian deletes 'insensitive' coronavirus tweet after furious backlash

Liberal comedian and actor David Cross deleted a tweet mocking economic anxiety resulting from the coronavirus pandemic after receiving a furious online backlash .
Cross himself was mocking a tweet from political commentator Michael Knowles .
`` All right , enough of this .
Time to start reopening , '' said Knowles of the coronavirus lockdown that has grievously damaged the economy .
`` Oh sh*t , are you slightly inconvenienced ? ''
Cross responded mockingly .
The comedian received many messages excoriating him for downplaying the economic damage and financial anxiety from the government 's response to the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which was circulated on social media in screenshots .
He tried to explain the sentiment behind the `` insensitive '' tweet in another missive .
`` Deleting a tweet that , as noted , was insensitive to the millions who are in danger of long-term unemployment but the intent remains , '' the comedian said .
`` I do n't want millions to die unnecessarily including you and yours .
4.3 % of the population dying to `` save '' the economy is unacceptable , '' he concluded .
Cross has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Donald Trump .
In 2016 , he predicted that then-candidate Trump would win the Republican nomination , but he said that he would lost to Hillary Clinton , because she `` knows what she is doing . ''

Liberal comedian and actor David Cross deleted a tweet mocking economic anxiety resulting from the coronavirus pandemic after receiving a furious online backlash.
Cross himself was mocking a tweet from political commentator Michael Knowles.
"All right, enough of this. Time to start reopening," said Knowles of the coronavirus lockdown that has grievously damaged the economy.
"Oh sh*t, are you slightly inconvenienced?" Cross responded mockingly.
The comedian received many messages excoriating him for downplaying the economic damage and financial anxiety from the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. He eventually deleted the tweet, which was circulated on social media in screenshots.
He tried to explain the sentiment behind the "insensitive" tweet in another missive.
"Deleting a tweet that, as noted, was insensitive to the millions who are in danger of long-term unemployment but the intent remains," the comedian said.
"I don't want millions to die unnecessarily including you and yours. 4.3% of the population dying to "save" the economy is unacceptable," he concluded.
Cross has been a vocal and passionate critic of President Donald Trump. In 2016, he predicted that then-candidate Trump would win the Republican nomination, but he said that he would lost to Hillary Clinton, because she "knows what she is doing."
Here's more about Cross' political prognostications:


theblaze--2020-04-04--Trump fires key intelligence figure that sparked Ukraine probe, Dems are already calling it 'retribu

Trump fires key intelligence figure that sparked Ukraine probe, Dems are already calling it 'retribution'

Trump fires key intelligence figure that sparked Ukraine probe , Dems are already calling it 'retribution' The investigation ultimately led @ @ @ @ @ Trump

President Donald Trump notified Congress on Friday evening that he was firing a key intelligence community figure that sparked the Ukraine probe, and Democrats rushed to call it unfair "retribution."
"This is to advise that I am exercising my power as President to remove from office the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, effective 30 days from today," Trump said in the letter.
Michael Atkinson served as the intelligence community's chief watchdog and was the first to notify Congress about the whistleblower complaint that led to the impeachment inquiry against the president.
The president said in the letter that he no longer had confidence in Atkinson and that he would be relieved of his duties in 30 days.
"As is the case with regard to other positions where I, as president, have the power of appointment, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, it is vital that I have the fullest confidence in the appointees serving as Inspectors General," Trump added.
Democrats immediately pounced on the opportunity to accuse the president of politically motivated retribution.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) accused the president of trying to diminish the independence of the intelligence community.
"President Trump's decision to fire Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson is yet another blatant attempt by the President to gut the independence of the Intelligence Community and retaliate against those who dare to expose presidential wrongdoing," Schiff said.
"At a time when our country is dealing with a national emergency and needs people in the Intelligence Community to speak truth to power, the President's dead of night decision puts our country and national security at even greater risk," he added.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) defended Atkinson.
"Michael Atkinson is a man of integrity who has served our nation for almost two decades," he tweeted.
"Being fired for having the courage to speak truth to power makes him a patriot," he concluded.
Here's more about the firing from Fox News:


theblaze--2020-04-04--Joe Biden endorses President Trump's China travel ban

The former vice president has accused the president of 'xenophobia ' since the plan was announced two months ago

Democratic presidential front-runner and former Vice President Joe Biden has come out in support of President Donald Trump's Jan. 31 decision to ban travel from China as the coronavirus spread, after accusing the president of "xenophobia" several times since the plan was announced.
What are the details?
"Joe Biden supports travel bans that are guided by medical experts, advocated by public health officials, and backed by a full strategy," Biden's campaign deputy manager, Kate Bedingfeld, told CNN Friday, saying of President Trump's China travel ban: "Science supported this ban, therefore he did too."
On the same day the travel ban was announced by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar two months ago, Biden told a crowd at a campaign rally in Iowa, "This is no time for Donald Trump's record of hysteria and xenophobia, hysterical xenophobia, and fearmongering to lead the way instead of science," the Washington Examiner reported.
Biden tweeted a similar message the next day:
Last week, President Trump told Fox News that Biden labeled him a racist because of the travel ban. "I had Biden calling me xenophobic," the president said on "Hannity." "He called me racist, because of the fact that he felt it was a racist thing to stop people from China coming in."
The Biden campaign denies that the Democratic candidate was referring to the travel ban. Bedingfeld told CNN Biden's "reference to xenophobia was about Trump's long record of scapegoating others at a time when the virus was emerging from China."


theblaze--2020-04-04--'You oughta be ashamed of yourself!' — Trump berated a reporter at coronavirus briefing over her 'na

'You oughta be ashamed of yourself!' — Trump berated a reporter at coronavirus briefing over her 'nasty tone'

'You oughta be ashamed of yourself ! '
— Trump berated a reporter at coronavirus briefing over her 'nasty tone' @ @ @ @ @ the 'gotcha ' question

President Donald Trump berated a reporter during the coronavirus task force briefing for asking a question in what he considered to be a "nasty tone" about his son-in-law Jared Kushner.
CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang asked the president what Kushner meant when he said the federal stockpile of medical supplies were for "us," and not for the states.
"Yesterday Jared Kushner said the notion of the federal stockpile was it's supposed to be 'our' stockpile, it's not supposed to be the state's stockpiles that they then use. What did he mean by 'our' stockpile given the fact that taxpayers from every state paid for it?" Jiang said.
"Why are you asking that, what do you mean, a gotcha? I gotcha!" responded Trump angrily.
"No, it's not a gotcha," she interrupted.
"Our, you know what our means? United States of America, that's what it means, it means, our, our, it means the United States of America," responded Trump.
"Because we need it for the government and we need it for the federal government but when the states are in trouble," he added.
"But who are you giving it to if not to the states?" she interrupted.
"...to keep for our country, because the federal government needs it too," Trump continued.
"But out of that we oftentimes choose, as an example, almost ten thousand ventilators and we are ready to rock with those ventilators. We're gonna bring them to various areas of the country that need them," he added. "But when he says 'our,' he's talking about our country, he's talking about the federal government. I mean, it's such a basic, simple question, and you try and make it sound so bad."
"It's not bad, I just want to understand," Weijia protested.
"You oughta be ashamed of yourself, you know what? You oughta be ashamed of yourself. It's such a simple question!" he told her.
"You just asked your question in a very nasty tone!" he said.
"You didn't give me an answer!" she fired back.
"I gave you a perfect answer, and you know it!" the president snapped.
Earlier in the briefing, the president announced that they were recommending all Americans voluntarily wear masks to help stop the spread of the virus, though he added that he wouldn't choose to do it personally.
Here's the video of the fiery interaction:


theblaze--2020-04-04--Wisconsin dairy farmers dumping milk as prices fall

'It is a sad situation .
There are a lot of people going hungry who could use these products .
@

Dairy farmers across Wisconsin are dumping their milk into drains and other outlets rather than sending it to market as milk prices continue to tumble during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
While many grocers are limiting the amount of milk individual consumers can buy, the dairy industry is reeling from decreased demand due to the widespread closures of restaurants and other food service buyers — leading dairy cooperatives to ask farmers to discard fresh milk in an effort to prop up prices.
What are the details?
"We never thought this would happen," dairy farmer Ryan Elbe told the Detroit Free Press. "Everybody's rushing to the grocery store to get food, and we have food that's literally being dumped down the drain."
Earlier this week, roughly 115 large Wisconsin dairy operations ditched their products, according to WISC-TV, and Elbe's was one of them.
Elbe's Golden E Dairy began dumping its 25,000 gallons of fresh milk each day into a wastewater lagoon after the cooperative it belongs to, Dairy Farmers of America, asked them to do so. One reason for the dumping is that processing plants owned by co-ops are already at capacity with perishable milk, or have also closed since the outbreak began.
Milk prices initially rose in February as COVID-19 began to spread and consumers made a run on supermarkets, but as schools, hotels, and other buyers closed due to Americans sheltering-in-place, there was soon an oversupply and prices dropped to unprofitable levels for producers.
Bob Schwandt, a dairy farmer in Juneau, was recently warned by his co-op, Foremost Farms-USA, that members should prepare for dumping their milk, too. "It is a sad situation," Schwandt told WKOW-TV. "There [are] a lot of people going hungry who could use these products."
Dairy trade associations and co-ops are pressing the USDA to purchase surplus milk in order to keep Americans fed while keeping dairy farmers in business.
"We have asked the government to step in and buy dairy products to give to feeding programs and give to school lunch programs," Cheese Makers Association Executive Director John Umhoefer told WTMU-TV. "So we can get people fed and get money back to that diary farmer."
Why farmers are being told to dump milk, even with some store shelves empty www.youtube.com


theblaze--2020-04-03--The moment I realized the media were WRONG about Trump: 'American Psycho' author Bret Easton Ellis o

The moment I realized the media were WRONG about Trump: 'American Psycho' author Bret Easton Ellis on why he's 'anti-anti-Trump'

The moment I realized the media were WRONG about Trump : 'American Psycho ' author Bret Easton Ellis on why @ @ @ @ @ have lost their way

In this episode of "The Rubin Report," best-selling author, screenwriter, and podcast host Bret Easton Ellis joined Dave Rubin to discuss the decline of the mainstream media, cancel culture, and why he is "anti-anti-Trump."
Bret is the author of "American Psycho," "Less Than Zero," and his latest hit, "White", and has been described as the dark laureate of Generation X. He shared the inside story of how "American Psycho" was almost cancelled as a precursor to the cancel culture that we see today.
Bret also talked about how the media's blatantly biased coverage of President Donald Trump was a political awakening for him and why he now considers himself anti-anti-Trump. He stressed that he thinks news institutions like the New York Times and CNN have lost their way and revealed the moment that he realized that the media were getting the Trump narrative wrong.
Watch the video below to catch more of the conversation:
The Moment I Realized Media Were Wrong On Trump (Pt. 1)| Bret Easton Ellis | POLITICS | Rubin Report youtu.be
Want more from Dave Rubin?
Looking for smart and honest conversations about current events, political news and the culture war? On "The Rubin Report," comedian Dave Rubin engages the ideas of some of society's most interesting thought leaders, authors, and politicians. Subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution and live the American dream.