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The Villains of the Virus Are Cashing In and Spreading Death

April 12, 2020April 12, 2020 NewsEditorcoronavirus, Devin Nunes, Donald J. Trump, Florida, Members Only, opinion, Richard Burr, Rupert Murdoch, Rush Limbaugh

Devin Nunes, who over the course of his career has blamed collusion with the Kremlin on the FBI, went dark on us for a little while but has returned with a vengeance, blaming the soon-to-be-wrecked economy on California education bureaucrats. OK, not directly. But in a The ugly world view that has brought us to this wretched point was on full display, along with the evidence that this impassioned advocate of a return to pedagogical normalcy must have skipped English class as a lad (kids coulda went back to school…

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Trump Officials Warned of Coronavirus Economic Impact Before Senators Sold Off Their Stock

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 NewsEditorcoronavirus, Richard Burr, senate, stock

On Jan. 21, senators gathered in their chamber on Capitol Hill to formally begin a virus spreading throughout China. The administration first learned of the outbreak Jan. 3, officials have now said. But by the time they convened with lawmakers for the briefing, the novel coronavirus had killed 41 people and infected more than 1,200. According to two individuals with knowledge of the briefing, officials stressed to senators that the coronavirus was contagious, deadly, and would eventually spread beyond Chinas borders to the U.S., at which point it would pose…