THE BAD NEWS: White House Is Infected With Coronavirus. But The GOOD NEWS IS

White House spent the weekend scrambling as they did contact tracing for staffer who tested positive for coronavirus

Trump administration officials spent the weekend scrambling as they attempted to do contact tracing for Katie Miller, Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary who tested positive for coronavirus last week.

I miss the days when Trump was just going to kill one guy on 5th Avenue. - Bill Ader

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• Coronavirus cases expanding in states preparing to reopen
• 11 Secret Service employees are infected + 60 in self-quarantine
• Cuomo announces parts of New York state to reopen Friday: 'It's an exciting new phase'
• Putin eases Russia's stay-at-home orders as cases soar
• Trump tells Iraq's new PM: US willing to give economic help

Wow. The White House has become a Covid-19 hotspot. 

Sending thoughts and bleach. - George Takei

Navy's Top Admiral Self-Quarantines

Michael Gilday, the Navy's top admiral, will self-quarantine this week despite testing negative for Covid-19 after coming in contact with a family member who tested positive, the Pentagon confirmed on Sunday.

I think the Trump presidential library should just be a cemetery. - Don Winslow

Republican Shenanigans

• Pence had CEOs remove masks before meeting with him
• Spox for VP Pence Denies He's in Quarantine After His Press Secretary Tests Positive
• Pence Asked About Flynn Potentially Returning to Administration: 'I'd Be Happy to See' Him Again
• Sen. Lamar Alexander Self-Quarantining, Two Days Before Committee He Chairs Will Hold Hearing on Reopening Economy
• Almost 2000 former Justice officials condemn department for dropping Flynn case
• Kevin Hassett Addresses Concern Over White House Coronavirus Cases: 'It Is Scary to Go to Work'
• Larry Kudlow Hits Back at Obama for Panning Trump's 'Chaotic Disaster' Coronavirus Response: 'Sounds So Darn Political'
• Charges Filed After Armed All-White Mob Led By Off-Duty Deputy ‘Terrorized’ Black Family in North Carolina

How is he not sick yet? Doctors, please investigate if orange spray tan and urine hair dye repel the coronavirus. - Randi Mayem Singer

Maybe We Shouldn't Trust Leaders With Wackadoodle Hair? 

Groups representing UK business and workers have blasted the government's plans to ease coronavirus lockdown rules, complaining that crucial details on how companies should prepare for a safe return to work are missing.



The White House having to be quarantined due to their own stupidity is a delicious plot twist. - Hamish Mitchell






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Rock The Voter News

• Biden: Trump testing promise a 'baldfaced' lie
• Democrats blast 'blatant misuse' of Russia deterrence funding on border wall
• Sanders says another presidential run is 'very, very unlikely'

FUN FACT:  The people that are tellin' you our COVID-19 death/infection numbers are "artificially inflated" are the same idiots that believed Hillary ran a global pedophile ring out of a pizza parlor. - Tea Pain

Fight over Trump's finances moves to Supreme Court

The high-stakes legal confrontation could result in historic rulings on a president's immunity from investigation while in office and Congress' oversight powers.

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Business/Tech News

• Trump may let workers take Social Security benefits early in exchange for reduced payments later
• Chris Wallace Confronts Mnuchin: ‘Are Your Rosy Predictions Based on Economic Reality or the November Election?’
• Former NBC Staffer Emily Miller Says She Was Sexually Harassed at the Network: 'I Knew That I Had to Leave'
• Bipartisan senators seek funding for pork producers forced to euthanize livestock

What’s your favorite Trump lie? Mine is that he “works so hard that he frequently misses meals”. - NotHoodlum tweet

China Planning To Hack United States' Coronavirus Data To Save Chinese People

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are preparing to issue a warning that China’s most skilled hackers and spies are working to steal American research in the crash effort to develop vaccines and treatments for the coronavirus. The efforts are part of a surge in cybertheft and attacks by nations seeking advantage in the pandemic.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Odd News

• A Chinese Rocket Is Out Of Control And Falling Towards Earth Right Now
• SpaceX Ship Rescues Boater
• Large snake climbs into ATM outside bank
• Singapore Officials Using ‘Robodogs’ To Enforce Social Distancing In Parks
• Florida woman spits on bus driver after told to wear a mask

Time To Deflate Photo

Emerald Lake, Canada where shovels make great oars.

Peace.

Coronavirus: US death toll tops 70,000 as New York fatalities top 20,000

Coronavirus: US death toll tops 70,000 as New York fatalities top 20,000
Daily increase in epicentre of US outbreak takes tally nationally to more than 70,000

When will America rise up and say, ENOUGH?!?! - Publius tweet

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• Trump cryptically tells reporters 'a lot of things' might happen soon following call with Putin
• Republican breaks with Trump, calls for 'tens of millions' of coronavirus tests
• Frustrated doctors push administration to reveal which hospitals are getting remdesivir — and why
• Amid pandemic, Pompeo to visit Israel for annexation talks
• France seizes 440,000 face masks as it breaks up medical smuggling networks
• EU proposes extending its travel ban until June 15

Joe Biden: "Think about how much fear, how much loss, how much agony could have been avoided if President Trump hadn't wasted so much time."

This Is Probably True
American mercenary Luke Denman, who was captured along with other Americans during a failed coup against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, claimed President Donald Trump commanded the mission in an edited “confession” video that aired on Venezuelan television Wednesday.

Bill Barr Orders Justice Department To Remove Word Justice From Website. - Andy Borowitz

Republican Shenanigans

• Bill Barr acting ‘strangely confident’ that Trump will win re-election: Ex-FBI special agent
• Mike Pence caught on hot mic delivering ’empty’ PPE boxes into a nursing home ‘for the camera’
• Pence staff member tests positive for coronavirus
• Trump Calls Obama DOJ ‘Human Scum,’ Accuses Administration of Treason in Response to Flynn Case Being Dropped
• Woman Who Accused Dr. Fauci of Sexual Assault Claims Blundering Operative Jacob Wohl Paid Her to Lie
• Kayleigh McEnany called Trump comment 'racist,' 'hateful' and 'not the American way' in 2015
• Neighbor of father and son arrested in Ahmaud Arbery killing is also under investigation

Trump Says Prosecuting Flynn Would Set Dangerous Precedent of Guilty Person Being Punished.  - Andy Borowitz

The two killers of Ahmaud Arbery were finally arrested after 75 days, not because the justice system demanded it, but because the people demanded justice. We will continue to do so until it is served. - George Takei

Lock This Fool Up!
Colorado Republican Chairman Ken Buck is getting some criticism from his own party after it was revealed that he pressured a party official to enter inaccurate election results, the Times-Call reports.
The Denver Post reported this week that Buck, who is also a U.S. congressman, was caught on an audio recording as he attempted to pressure a local party official to submit the incorrect results to set the primary ballot for a state Senate seat.

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Good morning, I want to live. I'm voting for Joe Biden. End of story. - Indian Spice tweet

Rock The Voter News

• New Bill Would Give Americans $2,000 Per Month Until Coronavirus Pandemic Is Over
• House Intelligence Committee releases Russia probe transcripts with dozens of witnesses, including Trump Jr.
• Joe Biden Responds To Accuser Tara Reade's Call For Him To Drop Out: 'These Claims Are Flat-Out False'

Trump is selling these useless facemasks.

Q. What do Barack Obama & Fred Trump have in common? 

A. Donald Trump wrecked everything he inherited from them both 

#TrumpDepression - John Fugelsang

Drip, Drip, STOP!
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday put a temporary hold on the disclosure to a Democratic-led House of Representatives committee of grand jury material redacted from former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The block will remain in place while the court considers what action to take. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in March that the materials had to be disclosed to the House Judiciary Committee and refused to put that decision on hold.

Over 70,000 Americans dead.
More than 20 million newly unemployed.
No national testing and trace strategy.
What was the President’s message to the nation this morning?
That I am “dirty” and “going down.”
I have said he’s unfit for office, and every day he proves me right. - Rep. Adam Schiff

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South Korea and the US had their first reported case on the same day. 

Today, South Korea has reduced daily cases by 90%. In the US, 70,000 Americans have died and unemployment has hit 14.7%.

The difference: competent government that heeds experts. Vote for that in November. - Hillary Clinton

Business/Tech News

• April jobs report shows horrific impact of pandemic
• Still hiring! Walmart, other superstores buck U.S. employment trend
• J.C. Penney to file for bankruptcy as soon as next week, sources say
• Off-duty officer body slams Walmart shopper irate over face mask rule
• Rick Wilson Blasts 'Typical F*ckery' After Facebook Slaps Warning Label on Lincoln Project's Anti-Trump Ad

You couldn't really call Donald Trump a Republican president until he wrecked the economy. - Middle Age Riot

Dept. of Education Puts The Screws To Public Colleges
When Congress allocated money for higher education in the coronavirus rescue package, it set aside nearly $350 million for colleges that had "significant unmet needs."
Most of that money has now been allotted by the U.S. Department of Education to small, private colleges that serve just a fraction of U.S. college students. Meanwhile, public colleges — which serve more than 70% of all college students – are facing a steep drop in state funding.

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Scorpion/Wildfire Update: No scorpions inside my home today but I smashed the twin of yesterday's intruder with my foot in my garden. He was scurrying across the gravel. Shudder.
My son's home is safe so far and he may return home tomorrow.


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Odd News

• Space agency: Human urine could help make concrete on moon
• Boom heard in Washington state likely an exploding meteor
• Fortune cookie numbers earn $2 million lottery jackpot after 5 years
• Iowa man receives postcard mailed 33 years earlier
• For the 1st time, there will be no baby name list this year

Time To Deflate Photo

I'd do that in the Maldives via a jetski to avoid those possibly hungry black finned sharks.

Peace.

Today started off with a giant scorpion in my window track.

Did I ever tell you how much I dislike scorpions?  I immediately sprayed all my window tracks -- a more correct description would be that I saturated my windows with insecticide. They love to hide in nooks and crannies. Ewwwww. Shudder.

I posted late yesterday because my son called and said he was evacuating from a wildfire. He's still evacuated at this writing and his home has not been affected. He wrote a funny line: Do you know what is an absolute treat of an experience? Evacuating your home during a pandemic due to a nearby wildfire! 

I've been watching the wind direction in his area and he's in good shape -- so far. Thoughts and prayers that the winds don't shift.

Since the scorpion shot my morning, and my mom instincts are all a tither, today's edition will be a collection of memes.

Oh, one more thing, Trump's valet has the coronavirus. Shouldn't Trump self-quarantine for 14 days?


One of Trump's personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus

The Stairway to Heaven on Oahu, Hawaii, is also known as the Haiku Stairs. 3,922 stairs lead up the imposing mountain ridge, often at a vertical incline, with only a handrail to catch you from falling into the valley below. All I want to know is -- are there scorpions?

Stay safe and peaceful.