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Est. 2015 · New York

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Sounds right

This sound about right. According to the NYT Maggie Haberman, the so called “protest rallies” against the stay at home orders of a handful of governors “have been relatively small and scattershot, organized by conservative-leaning groups with some organic attendance. It remains to be seen if they will be durable.”

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Goes nasty

Michigan’s Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer, is a favorite target of Trump. She’s “that women” and worse in Trump’s words. Consistent with past form, he goes nasty when he is challenged by a women. The only good thing that comes out of this Trump’s routine misogynist behavior is the sight of Michigan women wearing shirts, inscribe with “That Woman'” across the front.

 

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Crony capitalism

Much more needs to be done. But expect push back from Republicans in opposing new appropriations for states, cities, and the tens of millions of people in need. Even the money appropriated for small business is ending up, for example, in the hands of big restaurants chains. If Trump and the Republicans had their way, the stimulus measures would go nearly exclusively to their biggest supporters in the corporate world. Is there a better example of crony capitalism.

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