Just another dose of Trump-related corruption

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/512887-bannon-three-others-charged-with-defrauding-donors-of-we-build-the

And another shoe drops in Trump-world. And the Trump heads will just say “It wasn’t Trump.”

To that I say “Yet!”

Nothing like a pandemic to highlight how dependent we are on low wage work.

http://digitaledition.pilotonline.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=dcce006f-fe1b-45ae-9318-9fb94e6134a7

If some workers are so essential, then their value to our economy is apparently not remunerated at market rates. Sadly, this applies to the millions of illegal immigrants we cannot do without, but we are willing to exploit for their lack of rights and compliance to stay in the shadows.

Portsmouth corruption circles the wagons.

Pilot: Portsmouth City manager tries to block police chief

The powers that be in Portsmouth scramble to save thoroughly guilty Senator Lucas and council members.

The political ad that has Democrats terrified

Klacik for Congress Baltimore

A smart, attractive, conservative Black woman who threatens the Democrat’s lock on the Black vote.

LA Times: Column: I had COVID-19, and these are the things nobody tells you

https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2020-08-12/column-bill-plaschke-covid-19-experience

Sports columnist Bill Plaschke, tells his story.

A compelling reminder to not let your guard down.

Yes, he is 61, but has no comorbidities. Yet here is his tale.

“I’m the first person I know who has had the coronavirus. I would occasionally hear acquaintances wonder if it was truly that awful. I can now offer indisputable confirmation. Yes, it really sucks.”

Good enough for me.

The White House Prepared for a Pandemic

Source (behind paywall): Wall Street Journal.

That the Trump administration did little or nothing to prepare for the Covid-19 pandemic is a recurring and false criticism. Commentary in today’s Wall Street Journal describes proactive measures the administration took to prepare for vaccine development months before the Wuhan virus became known.

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‘If We Had Not Been Told There Was a Pandemic, You Wouldn’t Have Known’

It’s so pleasant to see something intelligent in the media about the virus..

Meanwhile, Dr. Zelenko takes on Fauci & Pharma. Visit his site to see where the battle is; to sign a White House partition to grant the hydroxy cocktail Emergency Use Authorization; to see the much-maligned Dr. Emmanuel speak on the first day of the Frontline Doctors presentation; and to find out how anyone can order the protocol for about $20. Apparently, no one else needs to die nor even to be afraid. That was Doctor Zelenko’s point all along.

I think Zelenko is winning. This is extraordinary given the power and evil of his opponents, the stubborn disingenuousness of the media, and the ignorance of the population.