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Seeing The "Open the Economy" Protests In Their Proper Light..........this picture says it all .....

Best question of the day from CBS' Weijia Jiang

Leaked Memo Shows Officials Warned Trump Against Defunding WHO

STOCK MARKET WATCH - Monday, 20 April 2020

Geeeeeeeeeeez! WTF was that?

Beware of Darkness-Sheryl Crow (feat. Eric Clapton, Sting & Brandi Carlile)

Who said it.

The stupidity is real folks! (Not to mention selfishness & willful ignorance)

A test of 200 people just outside Boston found that 32% had been exposed to the coronavirus

Highway funding, which relies on gas tax, will be hard hit as fuel sales decline

FYI.. @SymoneDSanders and actor @TonyGoldwyn host a town hall on how CV has impacted workers in the

Nurses blocking anti lockdown protests in Denver is kind of bad assery that we all should aspire to

U.S. coronavirus death toll rises to 40,000

Racine County sheriff will not enforce stay-at-home order, says it will have 'dire lifetime

Trump: 'Testing is a local thing'

trump said the protesters have cabin fever....

A Nice Scientific Review Article on the Destruction of Persistant Perfluoroorganic Pollutants.

Treetops on fire

The White House Has Erected A Blockade Stopping States and Hospitals From Getting Coronavirus PPE

House conservatives call to immediately reopen the economy

Trump and Fox went all-in on a coronavirus silver bullet. But maybe the wrong one.

Cash-rich Democrats tighten grip on House majority

Patients with heart attacks, strokes and even appendicitis vanish from hospitals

Looks like Trump has lost Matt Drudge:

Coronavirus Testing Hampered by Disarray, Shortages, Backlogs

Being a truck driver who travels to many parts of this country...

"Who told you that?" is a great question for Trump at these pressers.

AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsely blames governors for virus test

Pro-Gun Activists Push Anti-Quarantine Protests

2020 CO US Senate Election- Can Romanoff-D defeat Gardner-R if he is the Democratic nominee?

Presenting one of the dumbest men in America

Not protesters, terrorists.

So, are all of the people applying for unemployment and getting in line at food banks LAZY?

NBC Poll: Majority Of Americans Disapprove Of Trump's COVID-19 Response MSNBC

38 countries had travel bans before Trump's China ban was in place.

Brazil's Bolsonaro attacks coronavirus lockdowns as supporters take to streets

Our local Safeway closed today

Brazil's Bolsonaro attacks coronavirus lockdowns as supporters take to streets

While the Orange Asshole has been stinking up the place, some other asshole shot and killed...

Dr Sanjay Gupta was saying soap was better for cleaning countertops than sanitizer

"Dr Fauci, he's so fine"... time to SING ALONG

Workers are dying in US factories in Mexico, which stayed open despite the spread of coronavirus

*EXHALE* 14 whole days without a cigarette

John King breaks down which states are bending the Covid-19 curve

Mexican town uses drone to enforce lockdown protocol

I had no idea that so many small businesses have very little cash reserve.

Colombia's first major hospital down after coronavirus forces personnel quarantine

A sad day in history, 25 years ago.

Postal Workers Union Leader Warns the USPS Could Be Dead in Three Months

"Branch COVID-ians" or "Bodybaggers". What is the best name from the 43%?

Klobuchar to be next guest on Biden's podcast

Bogota dismisses Duque's intention to relax Colombia's lockdown

Millions upon millions do NOT protest stay at home orders. Actually they agree with science, and

Another reason to self-isolate

Bob Dylan & John Lennon, London Cab Ride To Make A Film, 1966: Bizarre Conversation

Michael Cohen is writing a "tell-all "book abt working w/ Trump & plans to release before election.

I want someone to start a hospital JUST for the anti-stay at home protestors who get sick.

End the pandemic; stay home.

The 'Spanish' flu outbreak of 1918 is playing out just like 'reopen' protesters are in 2020: report

How has your money flow changed since the stay at home situation?

Germany sends China 130billion bill for 'coronavirus damages' - sparks fury in Beijing

It is time to sue Fox out of existence.

Greed, Inequality, and a Pandemic (Franciscan priest reflection)

Wisconsin COVID-19 statistics question

Cuomo Says New York Appears On 'Other Side' As Deaths Drop Again

Fascinating Baseball History #2

Early trading, oil down to $15..

Bernie raising money for...PART of "The Squad"

Hey, at the risk of TMI, I'm doing one of those foot peel thingys.

My Body, My Choice

self isolation ordered by a dalek.

15 pages of obituaries in The Boston Globe today.

Coronavirus confirmed in one of Colombia's largest prison

Brian Tyler Cohen: Trump ally Piers Morgan RIPS him on air in stunning reversal

Do we know for a fact that people who have recovered from the virus have

Mnuchin says it was his idea to put Trump's name on stimulus checks

"What My Great Grandmother Saw." Her oil painting of the old family homestead, and my go at doing it

Amy Klobuchar for veep? Minnesota senator is in mix

I didn't think it was possible Chuck Todd has

Ole Miss professor dies after complications with COVID-19

Michael Cohen writing tell-all book about Trump: report

The right keeps saying we are just waiting and wanting Trump to fail

Bets Against Stocks Rise to Highest Level in Years

More Than 1,800 Inmates Test Positive at Single Prison

Looking for the graphic of other countries payments to citizens

Yet *another* way corona virus can cause severe permanent damage!

Broadway star Nick Cordero has leg amputated (covid related!)

Could someone please explain the meaning and context of the terms "astroturf" and "astroturfing"

American opera star Arlene Saunders dies from Covid-19, age 89

How Trump let the U.S. fall behind the curve on coronavirus threat

Federal officials announce new coronavirus rules for nursing homes to boost transparency

GOP Lawmaker Says Stay-At-Home Orders 'No Different' Than Nazis Sending Jews To Death Camps

About the Con Man coming to your door..

my local news opens with the protests. tennessee has some goddamn dumb people.

DEMOCRACY GARDENS, what do you think? Long overdue.

Preview For This Week's Top 10 Conservative Idiots

Louisiana lawyer hospitalized with COVID-19 less than 10 days after visiting controversial church

The MAGAt hats have been retired.

Heroes arise

Why aren't we coordinating our efforts with the G20, or at least G7, nations?

Is it Sunday night so soon?

Read your federal stimulus check carefully: there are hackers sending fake checks to get account #'s

We are playing chicken with disaster by not testing...

Will the Pandemic Keep Third Parties Off the 2020 Ballot?

Harry and Meghan tell UK tabloids they will no longer deal with them

A question about these people losing their shit about the stay at home orders.

Dana Bash calls out Trump's treatment of female reporters

Rolling protest of F-35s coming to Madison 'amplifies voices' around State Capitol

New jobs/New Rules for the New Economy

Trump is in EVERY video..

Is anyone else feeling guilt over having your stuff delivered?

TCM Schedule for Tuesday, April 21: Female Ensemble Casts

I admit it. I'm scared for my life.

TCM Schedule for Wednesday, April 22: 50th Anniversary of Earth Day

Anxiety DUers: How are you holding up?

A fitting reminder of who these "protesters" are putting at risk.

When Will Someone In The Media Do A Bodycount Study - See How Many Died From Trump's Inaction

Gay couple with COVID-19 die within hours of each other in separate hospital rooms

What the anti-stay-at-home protests are really about

Lady Gaga told Donald Trump no when asked if he could join #OneWorldTogether concert special.

How many bong hits in one hour is too many?

As governors battle Trump over pandemic, Walz plays Minnesota nice

16 killed in shooting rampage, deadliest in Canadian history

New Zealand to drop to alert level 3 next week

It's been 10 years....

French researchers: High temperatures ineffective against coronavirus

Employ a vet: Duckworth for VP!

Mayo says it has capacity to deliver testing needed to reopen the economy

Shake Shack returning $10 million government loan meant for small businesses

Florida: endangered sea turtles thriving thanks to Covid-19 restrictions

Future President Joe Biden consoles America twice in one day.

This woman is a real American

Chain restaurants got big PPP loans when small businesses couldn't.

L.A. Times: The PPP is letting our small businesses and restaurants die.

WaPo: dumpster shifts testing rhetoric continually....

"The cops are liars," says pandering and prattling pandemic pastor...

"Give me freedom or give COVID"!

Springtime is gone- Lee Jung-pyo

For those of you who miss the voice of Garrison Keillor, on a weekend evening...

New Iowa coronavirus cases surge by 389 as Waterloo officials call for close of Tyson plant

I'm not saying that the #MAGits who are protesting should get the virus...

Coronavirus-stricken Broadway star has leg amputated

FOR SKYLAR, we MUST #StayInPlace as long as it Takes. Period!

Coronavirus could push Americans to lobby for a social safety net like Europe's, experts say

Support local businesses

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - Coronavirus V

Positive virus tests mount after North Dakota plant outbreak

florida moron tweets

Antibody Test, Seen as Key to Reopening Country, Does Not Yet Deliver

'We've totally disrupted our food chain.' Farmers face impacts of Smithfield closure

George Takei on Benghazi

Heather Cox Richardson - April 19, 2020 - Letters From An American

North Dakota coronavirus cases rise sharply

What got Trump all excited today?

Courtier says it was his idea to debut the Emperor's New Clothes

Anger in Sweden as elderly pay price for coronavirus strategy

Looking for Surgical Masks?

Voter suppression looks likely to be the GOP's fallback strategy for November

Demkota Beef Reports First Coronavirus Cases; Shall We Try Something Different from the Smithfield

ECU scientists: Stay at home orders having positive impact on environment

Debunked COVID-19 conspiracy theory weaves a UNC medical researcher into the tale

Mormon Church gets $54 million in stimulus money

Group opposed to NC stay-at-home order demands protection from arrest while protesting

US oil prices drop to 21-year low as demand dries up

SC Gov. McMaster to lift coronavirus restrictions on some retail stores

Sweden's Princess Sophia trains as Medical Assistant to help fight covid19

College commissioners to VP Mike Pence: No students on campus, no college football

shut down protester tells asian American nurse to "go to China"

3 accused white supremacists denied bond amid virus concerns

Minnesota high school students mock Jews being sent to Auschwitz in TikTok video

Egging on social-distancing protesters is another 'bone spurs' moment for Donald Trump

Some Ohio coronavirus protesters using anti-Semitic symbolism

Tucson moves some homeless into hotels to decrease coronavirus spread

The current COVID-19 death-toll in the US is...

On this day, April 20, 1962, "Jazz Samba" was released.

Breakfast Monday 20 April 2020

Sparkling waters hide some lasting harm from 2010 oil spill

The Dow Futures are as down as

On this day, April 20, 1939, Billie Holiday recorded "Strange Fruit."

Bio-Chemical Research

#DeathCult2020

Class Actions against 4 large banks for alleged PPP loan practices

Irish PM, a medical doctor, picks up shifts to fight covid19

Lizette & Quevin - Grow Forever

These Charts Put the Historic U.S. Job Losses in Perspective

Lawyers ask for Fields to be sanctioned for allegedly destroying evidence

Lamb Stew Part Two

El Michels - Life Of Pablo

COVID Could Cut Global CO2 Output By 5%; Unfortunately, It Needs To Fall 7.6% Every Year For 1.5C

Millions under tornado watches in areas still recovering from last week's storms

Monday TOONs - Ask Not Over Whom The Tread Rolls...

River of the Year for 2020: The Delaware River

Sad but True

Bobby Oroza - Down On My Knees

River of the Year for 2020: The Delaware River

The Protestors

Anyone remember the Twilight Zone Episode: The Old Man in the Cave?

Trump, Head of Government, Leans Into Antigovernment Message

"Don't be a cutie pie", "Relax - Relax", "Shhhh - Just be calm"

Video: Wichita nurses go to Detroit to help in the COVID-19 battle

With no good answer for his lost month of coronavirus preparation, Trump snaps at female reporter

First day of wearing mask in public places

This American Coronavirus Carnage needs to stop right here and right now

Impeachment Taught Trump All the Wrong Lessons

If you could use a laugh: "Life Accordian to Trump", parts 1 thru 4

To Yellowstone Park and Seattle on Amtrak's Empire Builder

Well it's Monday!

So it's 4/20/2020

Peter Beard, Wildlife Photographer on the Wild Side, Dies at 82

Trump's Tea Party: Are right-wing "open the country" protests an AstroTurf operation?

Brett Giroir, Trump's testing czar, was forced out of a job developing vaccine projects.

One of the most beautifully authentic things I've ever heard.

The idiocy and heartlessness being peddled on RWNJ talk radio is unbelievable.

Each day a part of me reflexively looks at the latest death charts

The smallpox blanket.

Miami police disperse crowd by David Guetta's relief concert

Sh*t got real. This is the first person I knew who died of CV-19.

Virology and Forgotten History

"Dean". An excellent film written by and starring Demetri Martin.

US scuppers G20 coronavirus statement on strengthening WHO

US scuppers G20 coronavirus statement on strengthening WHO

New Joe Biden ad:

Sanders asks for donations to reelect members of 'The Squad'

Richard Wadani: Austrian Nazi deserter dies aged 97

4/20 2020

Pentagon to extend troop movement freeze to June 30

Deserted Thai beaches lure rare turtles to build most nests in 20 years

😜😁😊Photography Contest is now open for a second submission😊😁😜

Here's what the Treasury checks with Trump's name look like

Fauci warns reopening US too soon could 'backfire'

Do not be stampeded. Relatively speaking, there is a handful of truly evil people---

RCMP officer among 17 confirmed dead in Nova Scotia killing spree

Absurd "Talking Points If Approached by Media" for "Reopen VA Rally" Set for Wednesday

Official: Police kill gunman who hijacked Dallas-area bus

We have to wake up: factory farms are breeding grounds for pandemics

April 20 - Happy Birthday Rep. Cindy Axne (D) IA-3rd

How Bogota is combatting child begging

New Mexico Town Hall: More than one-third of coronavirus cases are Native Americans

Baby stingrays (cuter than you might think!)

Experts say it may be time for grocery stores to ban customers from coming inside because of Covid-1

Liberty AND death! -by Tom Tomorrow

It's 4/20!

We Are Living in a Failed State

'We're starving to death': City of Maracaibo symbolises Venezuela's collapse

Cities and states are going broke. It is impossible to define Trumps stupidity.

Frontline traces start of COVID-19 crisis in America, telling a tale of two Washingtons

The Killer At Home: House Cats Have More Impact On Local Wildlife Than Wild Predators

Newsom is helping immigrants amid coronavirus pandemic. There's nothing Trump can do about it.

Regarding Flat Earthers: what's their motivation?

'No way food safety not compromised': US regulation rollbacks during Covid-19 criticised

As a big fan of zombie films, I would say this is accurate.

We have a kind of experiment taken place in America.

Democrats Tighten Grip on House Majority

Trump was busy golfing when the WHO warned of COVID-19 in early January

So my daughter is practicing her Italian on her new (rescue) dog...

I don't know why Americans are so shielded from Canadian news

Thinking about the incarcerated. How terrifying must it be to be trapped as they are right now. nt

Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb; Widespread testing not until September

1968 Photo Of President Johnson about the time American deaths in Vietnam reached 40,000

A watchdog out of Trump's grasp unleashes wave of coronavirus audits

The Rundown: April 17, 2020

Gene Deitch, American Director and Cartoonist, Dead at 95

San Diego Comic-Con Cancelled for First Time in History Due to Coronavirus

Bernie Sanders: The Foundations of American Society Are Failing Us - good read

Not Claiming That I Am An Expert On Edmund Burke

Coronavirus tests: what they are and how they can help

The question not one journalist has asked the shithound

Remarks by Trump, Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing, 04-19-2020

Fact check: On Sunday, Trump takes no break from repeating false virus claims

As seen on my way to the grocery store this morning

Congressional Black Caucus PAC backs Biden's White House bid

Trump and the astroturf protests: An ugly, cynical new strategy to divide America

Handsome Boy Modeling School - The Truth

Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Kiss The Sky

Time for Dunning-Kruger

are there other du members on youtube?

Faulkner: ...."man will not merely endure; he will prevail."

Thundercat - King of the Hill

Cartoon: Fox Gets A Second Opinion By Clay Jones -April 20, 2020 9:00 AM

We are Living in a Failed State - George Packer, the Atlantic

Thinking about other crises

Ah, you gotta love Seniors.

Putin

Administration official in charge of coronavirus testing was forced out of vaccine research job

This video suggests a rational method to take on Trump 2020.

A few pixs with comment

Coronavirus in Texas: State parks reopen Monday in first phase of broader loosening of restrictions

I've reported on war for years. I'm more afraid now than I've ever been.

Shake Shack Returns Its $10M PPP Loan: Finally, a company that does the right thing in the end.

Famous words in times of crisis

IA-04: Steve King Campaign Nearly Broke Weeks Before Primary

I'm sitting at my desk, getting ready to pee into a bucket

Trump Bungles Hit on Cuomo and Shatters Own Wrongness Record on "1917" Pandemic

A page from my quarantine diary ...

New statement from VP Biden on our climate emergency:

Alicia Keys - You Don't Know My Name

So proud of these nurses, who put their lives on the line every day AND do this, too:

Social distancing 40% less prevalent in Trump country, Rice University study shows

The protesters who want to open up the economy, reflect Trump's "I don't give a shit mentality"

Lionel Hampton was born on this date.

Paycheck protection act should have put money into unemployment insurance instead

Funding Opportunity: Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements

A Refresher from the last weekend..........and I am being sarcastic with the word refresher.........

Midday Music for Millennials -- MovinOnMonday

It is perhaps a failing of my character...

Must read: The Anti-Mask League during the Spanish Flu.

League of Conservation Voters endorses Biden

South Carolina Social Engineering Experiment

Trump said the flu was deadlier than COVID-19. The numbers just proved him wrong

Artist Joan Miro was born on this date.

Checks will have Trump's name associated with an arrow pointing to the Statue of Liberty's crotch.

Drop in car crashes in California has saved taxpayers $1 billion

See video of a Russian jet intercepting US Navy P-8 Poseidon for second time in less than a week

Just because we need this. Ripple

Mayer Hawthorne - Just Ain't Gonna Work Out

New animal studies support remdesivir's effectiveness against covid-19.

Thee Lakesiders - Parachute

Dog Mom Gives Her Adorable Newfoundland a New Makeover Every Day During Lockdown

I am very concerned the Census will be negatively affected

Happy 4/20, everyone.

Why Conditions Should Determine When Economies Open, Not A Target Date

Why Conditions Should Determine When Economies Open, Not A Target Date

Fauci Warns Protesters That Ignoring Stay At Home Orders Is 'Going To Backfire'

VPN? Does it affect Screen Mirroring (Smart View) between android and Smart TV? Why Bluetooth ON?

Trump's Denialism Is a Great Danger

Lordy we got tapes!

Trump couldn't carry Cuomo's jock:

Poll: Michiganians favor Whitmer's COVID-19 handling over Trump's

Disturbing footage of a young primate mauled by domesticated wolves

Governor Cuomo Pandemic Update April 20 2020

The current corruption of the Trump Administration is being very under reported

Jeff Koterba's latest cartoon: I voted by mail

Everything we know about coronavirus immunity and antibodies -- and plenty we still don't

Fact check: Texas congressman touts product, says it kills coronavirus for 2 weeks

Sycophant Senator Touts Trump's Non-Existent Psychic Powers

Thousands of Israelis protest against Netanyahu, two meters apart

Cartoons 4/20/2020

Jesus Christ: Kimmy Reynolds has an ass kissing at her presser just like Trump

It's no mystery that the number of COVID-19 cases directly correlate to population density

Fred Guttenberg is conducting an online Town Hall tonight on gun violence:

Biden yard signs.

This health care worker is so badass.

(UPDATE) Amber Alert canceled after two boys missing from Tekamah are found safe in Kansas

A video compilation of the crazy:

Some Americans Are Misinformed About The Coronavirus. How Responsible Is The Media?

Harvard, America's Richest University, Grabs Nearly $9 Million In Taxpayer CARES Aid

This may or may not be interesting:

TN governor has zero worker representation on his "Re-open the Economy" committee

Man Who Called Ohio's Lockdown Order 'Bullshit' Has Succumbed To COVID-19

Gas prices are the lowest in more than 10 years, but we have nowhere to go!

An interesting post-Primary article in the Jacobin

Baby Trump throws tantrum at press conference after making big poopy in Depends

Fox With Hate Radio Sending Hordes of Infected Zombies At Us In Waves

How do I get UI benefits as an independent contractor?

Nuclear Engineer Trump

White House, GOP face heat after hotel and restaurant chains helped run small business program dry

PA's turn: Protest of Gov. Wolf's coronavirus shutdown at Capitol

634 Coronavirus Deaths In Washington; 11,790 Confirmed Cases

Oil suffers record plunge below $11 amid historic glut

My Business Is The Opposite Of Smithfield Foods I Care About My Employees And Customers

How Typhoid Mary Left A Trail Of Scandal And Death

Is Houston ready? Texas will begin reopening process on Monday

Name one public person you are thankful for.

Evergreen 2020 Tribute to medical professionals

Happy 4.20 folks.

The Daily Dread - Tracking the spread, 4/20/20 - 4/20. 10-39! 10-4!

Dangerous Carriers.

What will post-presidency life look like for the Trumps?

Happy 420 everyone.

Reich Wing change in tone

71 Publicly Traded Companies Got Paycheck Protection Funding Before Money Ran Out

CA Unemployment Benefits for Indie Contractors etc - Application avail 4/28/20

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's misdirection on virus testing, deaths

Wasn't trump bragging

I believe his sin of filming in the vertical will be forgiven:

Actual poster promoting an "Anti-Lockdown Rally"

As coronavirus cases climb to 81 at Tyson beef plant near Tri-Cities, more improvements required

How a Bakery Survives the Pandemic Apocalypse

Encinitas CA protesters were NOT majority "right wingers"!

This guy reminds me of Jackson C. Frank in a few ways

Olympia protest of 'stay at home' order organized by Bremerton Navy vet

Richard Wadani: Austrian Nazi deserter dies aged 97

Three Whatcom renters file complaints for violation of state's eviction moratorium

Health care, semis and the q's

Most Americans reject anti-lockdown protests

Neiman Marcus to file for bankruptcy as soon as this week - sources

How does coronavirus kill? Clinicians trace a ferocious rampage through the body, from brain to toes

State recalls 12,000 coronavirus test kits due to possible contamination

Puget Sound-area Boeing workers heading back to work amid pandemic

You raised $2,188.10 on April 19, 2020 to elect Joe Biden POTUS with our DU ActBlue link

GOP war on mail ballots may backfire

This weeks lockdown menu ideas

The Darwin Awards committee is putting in lots of OT......

Pic Of The Moment: It's Not Just You: Most Americans Don't Trust What Trump Says About Pandemic

Does anyone here have Spectrum pr AT&T for cable/internet ?

Virginia lawmakers to hold session unlike any other

Oh Hi, Good Morning

Scariest movie ever...because it's real.

Maryland Acquires 500K COVID-19 Tests From Labs In South Korea

The struggle of it all: "I hate having to get two iced teas in the drive thru,"

ROFL: Dog Owners will relate

8M in restaurant industry without jobs: survey

Meghan McCain Defends Armed Lockdown Protesters

FOR SALE: ONE BUCKET

Speak Loudly and Carry a Big Schtick: Trump's Most Outrageous Ambassadors

One DUers Questions and Musings about the Protests

$1.2 west Texas crude!

New York City cancels all nonessential events through June

PGA Tour could use 1m Covid-19 test kits to complete season

Jim Bakker whines about going broke...

Detroit girl, 5, dies of COVID-19. She's Michigan's youngest victim

Holy *#&. West Texas Intermediate is under $3/barrel

ActBlue sees $533M small-donor bonanza in first quarter

Trump aligns with the world's 'ostrich' leaders

WHO head warns worst of virus is still ahead

Joe Biden scores endorsement from big-spending green group

After noticing that Ken slept with a photo of his late wife every night, one of the carers...

Healthcare workers are heckled as they stand in front of anti-lockdown protesters cars' in Colorado

Zombie Apocalypse

Anyone else finding it harder to be motivated these days?

My Facebook photographic history project while staying home.

to all the protesters out there

Man Who Called Ohio's Lockdown Order 'Bullshit' Has Succumbed To COVID-19

KENTUCKY REPORTS HIGHEST CORONAVIRUS INFECTION INCREASE

Find the Cat

a song of hope we need this

fascinating how much media coverage a handful of right-wing protesters can get

P.T. Barnum relative who paved the way for Pride in Florida dies of coronavirus

Politicians cannot thwart the will of the people.

Masks are the latest political, cultural divide

Looks like OPEC knew what it was doing two weeks ago

Hogan speaking.

The Gene: An Intimate History...... Anyone watching??

We cannot allow cable media to gloss over these two things.

New devastating Joe Biden ad hitting Trump on #COVIDー19 stimulus checks

rules for protests seem to have changed...

My republican governor pushing past Trump to get 500,000 Covid-19 tests to Marylanders

"We Are Living in a Failed State"

Great poll:

Meat Shortage? Could Be. Here's Why:

Do I need brine my chicken before I marinate it?

The World Health Organization -- under attack by Trump -- was targeted by conservatives in 1948, too

Dumb fuck statement of the day:

Handmaid's Tale,' Harry Potter on challenged books list

Crude Oil has gone NEGATIVE!

420 pipe

Proper treatment of the flag

Kentucky sees highest spike in coronavirus cases after lockdown protests

J. Kavanaugh writes balancing test for overruling precedent. Roe v. Wade featured in first footnote

The White House Has Erected a Blockade Stopping States and Hospitals From Getting Coronavirus PPE

Protesters are afraid of nothing?

Oil is trading for negative dollars right now

Protesting for the god-given right to have free refills!!11

spacex starlink satellite over europe apr 19 2020 (earthsky.org)

Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf

Bernie Sanders: The Foundations of American Society Are Failing Us

Kavanaugh cites Roe v. Wade in opinion explaining when to overturn 'erroneous precedents'

Russia sees record one-day increase in coronavirus cases

Crazy stuff. WTI at -$25 a barrel

We Need a New Social Contract for the Coronavirus.

Hilton partners with Zomato and Swiggy. Signature dish deliveries/India

Poor Travis. NOT

"You would have thought they were stoned."

On Bloomberg, Dennis Gartman just used the D word.

Trump, Head of Government, Leans Into Antigovernment Message

Postal Workers Were Already Worried About Getting Sick -- Now Their Jobs Could Be on the Line, Too

US oil price goes below $1 a barrel as storage capacity runs out

FreeDUMB is not free, and it comes at a cost, to you and to me.

The Coronavirus Crisis Free-Falling: U.S. Oil Drops Below $2 Per Barrel As Demand Disappears

irs.gov is working

Thom Hartmann just said something that's absolutely terrifying.

We know trump is egging on these protesters disobedience, but..

Gov. Gavin Newsom live [WATCH HERE]

I just got mugged at the gas station!

Watch me eat your entire garden:

Oil plunges below zero for first time in unprecedented wipeout

A Deep-Diving Sub. A Deadly Fire. And Russia's Secret Undersea Agenda.

Michigan Prefers Whitmer's Approach Over Trump's

WHO chief says 'worst' of coronavirus pandemic is still to come

The More I See These Crazy Idiots Out Protesting

Even if Trump tried to do the right thing about this pandemic

Nicole Wallace just showed clips from a reopen rally

Amid bipartisan criticism, Treasury Department attorneys review bank seizures of $1,200 stimulus

ZOMG! I had decades of dandruff and used Head & Shoulders. Switched and No More Dandruff.

You know 420 posts are legit....

CNN headline: OIL CRASHES. PRICE GOES NEGATIVE.

White House Tells Federal Workers to Prepare to Return to Office

Preppers

Distance learning is a challenge, says California First Partner

FDR, with uptilted cigarette holder, watches Red Sox play Washington Senators 80 years ago this week

Mark Zuckerberg: Organizing Stay-at-Home Order Protests on Facebook Considered "Harmful Misinformati

I thought Trump saved the oil industry.

Pierce: To Paraphrase Another President: 'Is Our Media Learning?'

A nurse's 9 year old daughter left this on the sidewalk....

The "allegory of the long spoons" teaches us that when we struggle to feed only ourselves

anybody able to translate some German for me?

MSNBC said 1% of Americans have been tested

How many people and animals are you quarantined with?

Tom Lester, "Eb" on Green Acres, dies at 81

Some cautious optimism:

Oh, Canada . . .

New Poll: Only 36% of Americans Trust Trump's Rhetoric on Coronavirus

Tweet of the Day

"Stop! I have a boyfriend!"

Any members of a Mutual Aid Network here?

Legal Insider: Filing Unemployment Claims in Virginia Related to COVID-19

US needs to conduct 20 million coronavirus tests per day to reopen fully, Harvard report says

Netanyahu and Gantz agree to form unity Israeli government

We're excited to announce that NYCB is producing a free streaming 2020 Digital Spring Season

If "China virus" is bioweapon from a lab, why are protesters out spreading it for the Chinese?

Samuel L. Jackson - "Stay The F*ck At Home" ( Uncensored )

Tweet of the moment -

Lyrid meteor shower peaks this week: Here's how to watch

Boris Johnson and his ministers accused of bungling coronavirus response, unleashing disaster

Woman shelter worker does a Shelter Slumber Party

Questions mount over Christian group behind Central Park Covid-19 hospital

I wish I had a huge storage tank for oil

Kosovan acting PM accuses Trump envoy Richard Grenell of meddling

Eggs triple in price-beef at least 4.00 a lb higher!

I want to sue those behind these protests.

Ohio K-12 schools closed for the remainder of the academic year

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro denounced for joining pro-dictatorship rally

Tennessee governor announces Safer at Home order to expire April 30

White House, Congress get closer on $450B virus aid talks

OK Light 'em Up!

A lady raises a baby moose and it's so cute!

honolulu gas prices still above $3/gallon. don't drive from LA ok? nt

D.C.-area forecast: An unsettled week with frequent chances of rain

BREAKING: you can get your roots dyed in Georgia this Friday!! (via @fox5atlanta)

500,000 Tests available.

Beautiful -- when this will all end

The basics, update browser; I've been receiving msgs

Who's Behind the "Reopen" [Web site] Domain [registration] Surge?

Trump team sees edge in linking Biden to China

Why is Dr. Phil still

(Jewish Group) Attacks on two synagogues

In a recent poll, Joe is leading Trump by 7 points, 49 to 42 per cent. That's not enough, folks.

Jane Goodall hopes pandemic creates movement 'of people who've never before breathed clean air in c

Georgia to allow some shuttered businesses to reopen amid pandemic

Is there a way to get my IPhone SE to ring?

Deported from U.S., man infects 14 migrants with coronavirus in northern Mexico

Awful influencer encourages people to make fake Grindr profiles to out gay men

Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler Request Investigation Into AG Barr

G-dammit! Re-Open Pennslvania! Penn slv ania

Saudi Arabia gets physical with Russia in underground oil bout

We will know it is safe to reopen country when Trump holds a live rally.

Trans Instagrammer leads campaign to hunt down & out gay men. There has already been one suicide.

To defeat the Republican, you must become the Republican...

Duque's most damning scandal to date left 1.8 million Colombians starving: report

We still don't have our LGBTQ rights. What are we going to do about it?

Democrats' momentum puts Senate majority in play

Duque's most damning scandal to date left 1.8 million Colombians starving: report

We made our weekly social distancing bike ride today

Pope postpones two mega-events by a year because of coronavirus

Saving wilted celery

GOP's Louie Gohmert busted for hyping nonexistent 'magic powder' that purportedly kills COVID-19

On Corona Virus and Camels

Poll: Voters worry Trump has made America less respected Dave Lawler

4/20 livestream link and live thread invite to "Come and Toke It"

BREAKING: Tennessee will lift lock-down rules on May 1.

And what's a "peaple"?

Colombia's mayors and governors block Duque's attempt to restart economy

Gov. Lee to allow 'Safer-at-Home' to expire April 30 (Tenn)

Colombia's mayors and governors block Duque's attempt to restart economy

Anybody using a mechanical keyboard?

My anti-Con ads would start with the following

And in the news today we have this................

Hey mom, tell us how you really feel!

Greg Palast: Mail-in ballots could reelect Trump in 2020

Noted booze-hound, attempted rapist, and illegitimate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh ...

If all finance Bills originate in the House, why is the Senate passing these Bills first?

White House Tells Federal Workers to Prepare to Return to Office

America stepped in dog shit when Trump moved into the White House

Ok, Eleny started it so it's time for another kitchen hack thread.

McConnell and GOP frantic they're about to lose control of the Senate as more seats come into play:

Columnist systematically dismantles Dan Crenshaw's viral defense of Trump

"I've Been Everywhere" COVID-19 musical humor to lighten the collective mood...

White House, GOP face heat after hotel and restaurant chains helped run small business program dry

Anecdotal story re:antiretroviral meds for HIV as treatment for Covid19

Coronavirus: N95 masks lost in tractor trailer fire on Middle Tennessee interstate

Hundreds of thousands in L.A. County may have been infected with coronavirus, study finds

GOP Governors Opening Up...what could go wrong?

Trump warned by conservative allies he has one month to salvage his re-election

Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler Request Investigation Into AG Barr

Priceless.

Remdesivir clinical trials:

Is this rural community really Texas' sickest county?

A little something for the MAGAt protesters:

39 year old asymptomatic on Friday, but found dead the following Tuesday

How U.S. Cities Tried to Halt the Spread of the 1918 Spanish Flu

GOP Moving 'Full Steam Ahead' With Plans To Hold Convention Amid Outbreak

Shitshow just started

Tea baggers suck...

what do you call a bunch of covidiots????

When People die who will Brian Kemp blame?

What's for Dinner, Mon., April 20, 2020

Japanese 'Invasion' of America 1942

Joe Biden ad: 'He never thought he'd have to protect nearly 330 million Americans...

SIAP, but this great article in The Atlantic needs to be read and digested

Elizabeth Warren is really on the ball

Biden shows a clip of how he stays connected with his family.

In 10-14 days, prepare for an increase in Patriotic choking noises

Biden supports #SOULSaturday, doing everything from sewing masks and hosting food drives

Just dropped in...

Krebs On Security: Who's Behind the "Reopen" Domain Surge?

Biden thanks first responders: We truly couldn't get through this withou you.

The Buck Stops Here

Let me know when you see it

We don't need a Coronovirus "update" every flipping day from the White House

Sitting here in limbo...

I made an update to the DU for Joe ActBlue link

Bolsonaro Participates in A Pro-Military Protest

Bolsonaro Participates in A Pro-Military Protest

SC, GA and TN are about to start an experiment - a deadly one

Our death rate here in the US...

The soulless orange POS lied about the swabs

Greener pastures....

Medical Staffing Companies Cut Doctors' Pay While Spending Millions on Political Ads

Liberal Justice Slammed for Joining Conservative Dissent That 'Ignores Racist History' of Jury Issue

What the hell is he talking about?

Might as well get stoned...

This is my 5th week in self-isolation and I feel that I can't do another day. But, I have to.

Who Is Killing Latin America's Environmentalists?

The coronavirus was Trump's 3 am phone call and he fucked it up.

Who Is Killing Latin America's Environmentalists?

I'm Just Saying...

Sorry, Trump. You can't fire the GAO, and it's investigating what you do with COVID-19 money

Criminal cases opened for spreading disinformation about Covid-19

So I sent an email to Sen. Cory Gardner (Colorado) today -

Trump says the MD governor "didn't understand". The MD gov, meanwhile, got 500K tests for . . . .

Criminal cases opened for spreading disinformation about Covid-19

Tom Lester who played Eb on Green Acres passed away

Smoke a little smoke...

Live music thread in the lounge

Remember please, if you watch the daily shit show, NOTHING rump says will be

COVID-19 is now the leading cause of death in the United States

US Senate seats likely to flip in 2020.

GOP Should Be Nervous About the Senate

How we know Thrillist is completely useless

acoustic guitar players

George Washington dealt with a spreading viral infection

Medal of Honor recipient (Viet Nam hero, green beret) dies of covid19

Grandma...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker arranges secret flights to bring PPE from China.

Peru: riot police block highway as people attempt to flee amid lockdown

CO-SEN: How the coronavirus cemented Hickenlooper as the front-runner

"Frontline" on PBS tomorrow evening airs a probe into trump's bungled response...

Georgia says yay to killing their residents with COVID. Oh my! What a surprise...

Trump - yeah, sure, he's on top of this folks:

Coronavirus Is Hammering the News Industry. Here's How to Save It.

It ain't all flowers 💐....

Who's Behind the "Reopen" Domain Surge?

Frustrated by Lack of Coronavirus Tests, Maryland Got 500,000 From South Korea.

Gov. Bill Lee won't extend Tennessee stay-at-home order past April 30

And now for your public service announcement

If Trump were Captain of the Titanic:

Did you accidentally kill someone today?

A dilemma ahead for too many people

Happy 4/20. Say Hello To Thrillist Cannabis.

Indigenous input helps save wayward grizzly bear from summary killing

He is raising his voice and is getting excited to cover up more lies!

NPR: Expert Warns Of 'Real Festival Of Partisan Gerrymandering' In 2021

Bought a manscaper

Trump's Company Suggests Vodka Can Kill Coronavirus

Workman's Comp and COVID

HI update 4/20 - only 4 new, none on Oahu/Honolulu - 584 total, 423 recovered

Corp of Engineers & WH live -- did DT just ask about the [expletive] wall ??

When I'm stoned

"I take the Civil War as a guide - 500,000 dead!1"

Far-right pro-gun Facebook trio behind anti-quarantine protests.

Quarantine protests in a nutshell

More than 40 employees lived at their plant for 28 days to make material to protect health care work

How to Break Free From Your Phone

Big Majority Are Willing to Wait to Lift Restrictions

American oil crashes below $0 a barrel -- a record low

Let's get social!

I love living in a blue state and city. I just got a call from my San Francisco district supervisor

GOP Should Be Nervous About the Senate

Fox News's follow up to the daily presser

AOC On the Interim Relief Bill

Pro-gun activists using Facebook groups to push anti-quarantine protests

Thomas Thabane: Scandal-hit Lesotho PM to get 'dignified' exit

Look at this loser.

Charles Blow for the win NYT "Stop Airing Trump's Briefings!"

The Graupel are dancing on my deck!

Trump golf company tweeted John Daly video suggesting vodka will 'kill this coronavirus'

Politico: Republicans attack Facebook as network shuts down anti-lockdown protests

Trump's Stay At Home Order Protests Have Completely Backfired

Stacey Abrams Rips Brian Kemp For Reopening Georgia As Virus Cases Surge

I have wept more in these past three months than in the prior decade. Not out and out

It's Time...

Ancient crocodiles imitated whales to dominate Jurassic seas, university finds

Mr. Protester when signing this form please press hard, we need it in triplicate.

Federal Employees to end telework, return to office

More than 40 employees lived at their plant for 28 days to make material

Pretty sure my mission statement includes a "Promote Blasters' Music" clause

"ReOpen Wisconsin" Protest: No Permit, No Porta-Potties

BP Celebrates 10th Anniversary Of Deepwater Horizon By Dyeing Gulf Of Mexico Black

Red State Roadtrip Report

Millions of homeowners are now delaying their mortgage payments

In Trump's scoreboard mentality- deaths are equivalent to points

Guess I'm crazy, but these appear to be businesses that SHOULD NOT reopen right now???

WaPo: Why Joe Biden needs Elizabeth Warren

04/21 Mike Luckovich- Flag sheds snake

Will these protests get Trump re-elected?

Mediterranean shipwrecks reveal 'birth of globalisation' in trade

1918 flu pandemic survivor interview...

Not sure if this was posted here yesterday, a flyer about the protests yesterday...

Amazon Warehouse Workers Plan Nationwide Protest This Week To Demand Coronavirus Protections

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